GoldScout

GoldScout Companion

A free Windows app that brings auction house prices into GoldScout every hour, without scanning, and shares your drop data so GoldScout's Farm tab keeps getting better for everyone.

Download for Windows Get the GoldScout addon

Free · code-signed · updates itself · Windows only for now

What you get

Prices every hour

Blizzard's auction house snapshot for your realm and faction, saved for GoldScout about once an hour. Farm and Craft rankings stay current without a trip to the auction house, and your own scans still win when they're newer.

Blackwater prices too

What items go for at the goblin auction houses, shown as an extra tooltip line. They never replace your own faction's prices.

Better drop rates for everyone

Every mob you loot teaches GoldScout what it really drops. The companion shares that for you, so the next release knows more mobs, for you and every other player.

Out of your way

It sits in the system tray, starts with Windows if you like, never pops up over your game, and updates itself in one click.

Why it matters

GoldScout uses no data from Wowhead or any other site: every drop rate comes from players looting in game. 4 players have shared so far. Each new player fills in mobs and zones nobody has recorded yet, and the farms get more accurate with every kill.

Set it up in a minute

  1. Install GoldScout from CurseForge or Wago, if you haven't already.
  2. Download and launch the app. There's nothing to install, and it finds your WoW Forever folder by itself.
  3. Choose once. Agree to share automatically, or choose Not now and use it just for prices.
  4. Play. GoldScout loads new prices when you log in or /reload, and its window offers Load newer prices when a fresher snapshot is waiting.

Questions

Does it touch the game?

No. It reads GoldScout's saved data file and writes one small data addon, GoldScout_Prices, which the game loads at login like any other addon. It never reads or changes the running game. Auction prices come from Blizzard's official Game Data API.

What does it share?

Only GoldScout's drop data: creature and item IDs, kill and drop counts, levels and where you looted, plus a random ID. Never character, account or realm names. See the privacy policy and contributor terms.

Do I need it?

No. GoldScout works on its own: scan at the auction house, and share with /gscout export and the share form. The companion does both for you.

Will it interrupt my game?

No. Its only notification says a new version is out, and it waits until World of Warcraft is closed.

Is it safe to run?

Every release is code-signed, so Windows shows who published it, and the companion only installs updates that are signed the same way. The source is on GitHub.

Is there a Mac version?

Not yet; it's Windows only for now.

Auction data from the Blizzard Entertainment Game Data API. GoldScout is not affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment.