How to Install RestedXP for WoW Forever

Before You Start

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The free addon needs only step 1. Steps 2 and 3 are for importing a purchased guide; installing the addon does not unlock the paid Forever routes.

For those routes, you need the Forever Leveling Guide on your RestedXP account: Horde, Alliance, or both factions. Compare prices and the roadmap on RestedXP's WoW Forever guide page. Level 1–60 with RestedXP’s Forever routes, created & tested since Day 1 Forever launch by world-class speed levelers. The free options are covered in What RestedXP gives away for free.

Step 1: Install the Addon

Delete any old copy, then install the free addon using the file marked WoW Forever. RestedXP's first step: "If you have an older version of RestedXP installed, delete the addon in your addon folder. Now, download the latest version of the addon."

Get the free addon from RestedXP Guide on CurseForge and pick the file marked WoW Forever. RestedXP also publishes official addon releases on GitHub. Both downloads give you the addon, not the paid Forever guide.

Share Image: RestedXP download page describing a free, open source addon with default 1-30 and 1-20 routes, a Download RestedXP button and GitHub and CurseForge links

Using the Bundled Free Guides

The addon files at v4.11.13 bundle Forever starter guides and register them without a purchase checkReported code reading. RestedXP's terms explicitly exempt free included guides and user-created guides from its Battle.net account restriction.Source: RXPGuides at tag v4.11.13, GuideLoader.lua and Guides/forever/; RestedXP Terms & Conditions, Licensing of RestedXP Guides, checked Oct 5, 2026.

What is free and what is paid explains the dated file evidence and starter limits. If you bought a guide, continue below to import it. Otherwise, compare the free alternatives.

Step 2: Connect Your Battle.net ID

Set your Battle.net ID before you export. RestedXP binds purchased guides to one player: "Your RestedXP guides are now bound to your account and Battle.net-ID. You are the only person that can access and use your guides."

Add your Battle.net ID in the account section of RestedXP's site before you export anything. A missing or wrong ID causes two of the three import errors below.

Share Image: RestedXP account page with a Your BattleTags box reading YourBattleTag#12345 and a Request Change button beside a Loyalty specials banner

Step 3: Import the Guide in Game

Export your guide string from RestedXP's site and paste it into Import guide in game. In RestedXP's words: open Downloads in your account section, click "Export" to download the string file, copy the whole string, then "Right click the addon overlay in-game and select 'Import guide' to open the import window."

Share Image: RestedXP manual image of the in-game guide menu with Available Guides, Unused Guides, and Import guide

You only need to be online for that first import. After that, RestedXP's Help Center says the addon detects your Battle.net login, and that you go online again to import later updates.

Import Errors and Fixes

Find your error below; two of the three trace back to your Battle.net ID. These errors apply to purchased-guide imports. The addon registers its included starter guides without a purchase checkReported from code at v4.11.13; that is separate from exporting a purchased guide.

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RestedXP's Help Center (see Sources) lists these as the three most common errors. For bugs in the addon itself, RestedXP takes reports on a separate form at support.restedxp.com/report-bug, which lists Forever first. Its contact form is for account and payment questions.

Platform, Price and Refund Rules Before You Buy

Check Your Platform First

Check that RestedXP supports your setup before you pay, since an unsupported platform forfeits refund eligibility. RestedXP's Terms & Conditions (see Sources) say it supports "Windows and Mac at the moment." They rule out "cloud based solutions or remote access computing," Linux, and setups that rely on Wine, DXVK or Proton. Using an unsupported platform "forfeits your eligibility for a refund," so check before you pay.

How Refunds Work

Refunds are the exception, and downloading the guide rules one out. The terms say "we generally do not offer refunds for completed orders." A refund is possible only at RestedXP's discretion, if you have not downloaded the guide and your account is still active.

To ask, email support within 30 days with "Refund Request" and your order number in the subject line. The body needs your account email, the order number again and a short reason; the terms say missing details "will automatically disqualify your request." RestedXP says all refund decisions are "final and not subject to appeal." Is RestedXP worth it for Forever? weighs the $30 or $45 price against what the guide covers today.

Choosing Where to Download the Addon

Why the Forever File Matters

An old Classic Era copy of RestedXP is the wrong file, because Forever changes the rules addons run under. Blizzard said at its September 17 Developer Q&A that Forever uses "the modern API approach" for addons.Blizzard: WoW Developer Q&A, Sep 17, 2026, checked Sep 28, 2026. Wowhead reports Blizzard's statement that Midnight's addon restrictions also apply in Forever, and that every Forever addon must adapt.Source: Wowhead: WoW Forever Will Have Addon Changes from Midnight, checked Sep 28, 2026.

Where to Get It

Use RestedXP's CurseForge listing to pick the Forever file, or review its official GitHub releases. CurseForge sorts files by game version. Its Flavors list includes "Forever," and on September 28 the Forever file was v4.11.11 from September 25.

CurseForge shows more than 26 million downloads for RestedXP Guide, first listed five years ago.

Reading the Three Import Errors

Check where an error shows up, in the string file or in game, to tell which one you have. The table above has the fixes. RestedXP's Help Center adds two details that help you tell the errors apart.

Where Each Error Appears

"undefined" shows up in the string file itself, before you import anything: "If your string file says undefined, your battle.net is not set on our site." Add the ID, then export a new string.

"Invalid Value" and "Invalid Import String" appear in game. The first is a connection problem that going online or restarting fixes. The second is an ID mismatch that only support can change, through the #open-ticket channel of RestedXP's Discord.

What You Will See After Importing in the Beta

Routes Cover the Early Levels First

RestedXP's October 9 update says Phase 1 was complete and its 1–35 leveling guides were finished; the vendor said it would keep improving them through beta. The Forever roadmap, read October 9, still labels the early route ‘Stage 1: Speedrun Guide’; the update calls it Phase 1. The same update says Phase 2 Dungeon Guide work had started. That dated announcement does not verify current delivery or which paid levels buyers can import.

Blizzard opened the beta with a level cap of 20 and said it would rise to 30 later in the beta.Source: The World of Warcraft: Forever Beta Now Live, checked Sep 28, 2026. Blizzard raised it to 30 with the October 1 update.Confirmed, a first-party sourceSource: Blizzard forums: Beta Update Maintenance - October 1, checked Oct 1, 2026. Beta routes may stop short of the new cap, so check the addon's release notes for how far they reach.

Your Start Depends on Class and Race

Two characters on the same guide can see different first steps. The same release fixes the Barrens start for Shaman and Warrior and updates the spells the addon trains automatically for Warlock and Warrior in Forever. Version 4.11.11 adds Croaky as a group quest on the Human route through Elwynn Forest.Source: RestedXP addon releases on GitHub, checked Sep 28, 2026.

If the Addon Forgets Your Settings

Check your beta build and addon version if settings vanish. Early in the beta, a player on Blizzard's bug-report forum documented addon saved data writing to disk but not loading at startup. On September 25, another player replied that build 70009 fixed it.Source: WOWF Beta: Addon SavedVariables not restored at startup (player thread), checked Sep 28, 2026. Neither post is from Blizzard.

RestedXP's v4.11.11 release, published the same day, lists "Fix Forever profile save workflow." If RestedXP resets after a restart, check that you have the current beta build and addon version before you import again.

Trust the Forever File, Not the Old Help Page

Go by the Forever file and its version number; RestedXP's help pages have not caught up. RestedXP's Help Center still answers "Does RXP support every expansion?" with a list that stops at "Hardcore and Cataclysm," with no Forever. The download page says the addon "works with every expansion" and shows v4.11.11, the same version as the CurseForge Forever file.

The getting-started page offers a setup video as an alternative to its written steps. That page was last modified on February 19, 2026, and does not mention Forever either.

The Warcraft Wiki lists 16001 as the Forever Beta interface number, and WoW marks an addon built for an older number as out of date.Source: Warcraft Wiki: TOC format, checked Sep 28, 2026. If the AddOns list flags RestedXP that way, you likely have the wrong file.

Account Problems That Block Setup

Passwords, Missing Emails and Split Accounts

A lost password can be reset from a link in the Help Center's Account FAQ. If a purchase email never arrives, RestedXP says to check your spam folder.

If you bought guides on two accounts, the Help Center says you can combine them: open "Browse Solutions," click "Link Order To Account," and follow the steps.Source: RestedXP Help Center, checked Sep 28, 2026.

Duplicates and Loyalty Prices

An accidental duplicate purchase can be refunded through a Discord ticket. Use the same ticket route if the returning-customer discount does not appear; it shows as a crossed-out price when you are logged in.

Staying Updated

RestedXP says updates come free with your purchase; you update the addon and import new route data online. RestedXP's Forever order post says "your purchase includes all future updates and improvements at no additional cost." It also warns that some features "may be temporarily unavailable while we adapt the product to WoW Forever."

Forever route work already appears in the addon's release notes. Version 4.11.10, published September 25, lists updates for Durotar, Mulgore, Teldrassil, Darkshore and Redridge. Update the addon from the same place you installed it, then go online to import new route data. The leveling addons roundup shows which other addons list a Forever file.

Share Image: RestedXP RXPGuides GitHub release v4.11.10 from September 25, 2026, listing Redridge, Barrens, Mulgore and Durotar updates for Forever

Tuning the Guide Once It Is Running

Check these notes if you earn bonus XP, run dungeons or play in another language. RestedXP's route assumes standard XP rates, and its Help Center explains the settings that change that. Those answers are general and do not mention Forever; the same FAQ's expansion list does not include Forever yet.

The EXP Slider

The EXP Slider lets you fit the route to any bonus XP you have. For heirlooms and other bonuses, RestedXP has an "EXP Slider in our options where you can customize your route to the amount of bonus exp you have." Above 1x, the guide skips chapters it calls inefficient and adds catch-up steps at the start of the next guide.

Dungeons and Missing XP

You can pick any level range if you break off for a dungeon. You will miss earlier zone quests, but RestedXP says it added "additional & optional quests to help make up for that."

If you seem short on XP, RestedXP says its guide "is based on speed," with fewer quests to turn in. RestedXP advises you to grind mobs between objectives. RestedXP has not said whether that advice holds at Forever's XP values.

MetaGoblin's tour shows where the dungeon choice lives on Classic Era: a Welcome Adventurer panel with four switches for hostile enemy warnings, Auction House steps, group quests and dungeons.

Share Image: RestedXP Welcome Adventurer setup panel with options for Hostile Enemy Warning, Auction House, Group Quests and Dungeons, with Dungeons ticked

Ticking Dungeons opens a picker. You can take RestedXP's recommended dungeons or all of them, and the panel says "The guide will adjust to your selection accordingly." MetaGoblin says the guide then adds each dungeon's quests to the route and tells you when to find a group.

Share Image: RestedXP Dungeon Configuration window listing Classic dungeons from Ragefire Chasm to Sunken Temple, beside Select Recommended and Select all buttons

Language

The addon works on non-English realms and clients, but "The text will be in English however."

Features That May Not Appear Yet

Some features RestedXP lists may not be in the addon yet. RestedXP's order post warns that some features "may be temporarily unavailable" while it adapts the product to Forever. Its Forever page lists an "Optimized Upgrade Finder" and "Enhanced Talent Builder" under coming features. The order post adds "optimized Legacy Point paths for every class."Planned, first-party, in the future tense

Endgame coverage is also a plan: the addon "will also cover important progression after leveling, including attunements, dungeon keys, and the Tier 0.5 questline."Planned, first-party, in the future tenseSource: RestedXP Forever page, checked Sep 28, 2026. A September 26 commit adds Auction House steps for early caster levels in Forever, but it had not reached a release when we checked.

How Zygor's Setup Differs

Zygor skips import strings. Its manual describes a desktop app that downloads, installs and updates the guides, runs on PC and Mac, and needs a Zygor Basic or Elite account to log in.Source: Zygor manual: installing content.zygorguides.com/support/manual/installing, checked Sep 28, 2026. Zygor also offers a manual package it calls "neither automatic nor error proof." The Zygor setup guide covers those steps.

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Building Your Own Route Instead of Buying One

RestedXP says you can build your own route with the free addon, though for Forever you scout new zones yourself. RestedXP's custom guides documentation calls the addon "a free open source addon" that lets you "create your own leveling routes." It offers a downloadable template, a setup video and tables of commands and syntax.

None of that documentation mentions Forever, so a homemade route for new zones means scouting them yourself. RestedXP vs Guidelime compares a free route addon, and RestedXP and Questie covers pairing a quest helper with the guide.