RestedXP vs Guidelime for WoW Forever

Which addon fits your leveling setup?

Pick RestedXP if you want to buy its named Forever guide for levels 1 to 60. Pick Guidelime if you want a free addon and don't mind creating or importing guide data while its Forever support develops.

For the paid route's current listing and scope, start with RestedXP's WoW Forever overview. The RestedXP purchase check compares the guide options.

What differs between the route models?

RestedXP sells a Forever guide for levels 1–60; with Guidelime, you can create or import a guide.

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RestedXP's Forever product page calls its in-game addon free and lists the paid guide separately. Guidelime's listing covers guide creation and importing, but it doesn't say whether any particular imported guide is free, paid, complete or Forever-ready.

What did Guidelime's v6.000 release add?

Guidelime's v6.000 is a first Forever support release, not a claim of complete route coverage. CurseForge lists a WoW Forever v6.000 file, and the GitHub release notes call the Forever work initial. Guidelime's README still describes full Forever support as future work, with guides being worked on.

Share Image: Guidelime v6.000 GitHub release notes, including Initial work to support WoW Forever and an Add arrow ETA and TomTom option entry

A separately captured September 22 commit reads: "Added races and zones from QuestieDB forever branch, not tested yet." That note is about data being added. It doesn't confirm that complete routes run in the Forever client.

If you use Guidelime, check the exact guide you plan to import. The source records we saved confirm an addon release and a support statement, but not a current catalog of completed Forever routes. The WoW Forever leveling addons guide puts Guidelime next to other free helpers and the paid route products.

When does paying for RestedXP make sense?

Level 1–60 with RestedXP’s Forever routes, created & tested since Day 1 Forever launch by world-class speed levelers. Get the Forever guide.

If your main question is how its paid model compares with another paid guide, see RestedXP vs Zygor for WoW Forever. That comparison is separate, and it doesn't verify Guidelime's guide packs or either product's speed.

What remains unverified?

The sources we kept don't show a complete inventory of Guidelime Forever guide packs, their level ranges or their route coverage. This comparison names no speed winner and doesn't treat a listed addon file as proof that every route works.

Compare the guide data you can actually open, not just the addon names. If the route matters more than the download, check its faction, level range and current status before you choose.

Why a Route Matters Under Forever's Leveling Design

Levels 30 to 60 Are Untested in the Beta

Nobody can test a route past level 30 in the Forever client yet. Forever's level cap is 60.

So every route for the second half of leveling gets written before anyone has played it in Forever. Any Guidelime guide for those levels would face the same limit.

Dungeon XP Moved to the Quests

Kris Zierhut's advice is to do a dungeon's quests, not grind its mobs over and over. Principal Designer Kris Zierhut told The Sun on September 13 that the overall experience curve "remains the same," but dungeon monster-kill XP was brought "way down" and dungeon quest XP is "much, much, much higher." He called a first run with the quests highly rewarding and repeated mob grinding the wrong way to level. This comes from a reported interview, not a patch-note table.Source: The Sun developer interview, checked Sep 28, 2026.

A good route has to plan around that. RestedXP lists a separate Dungeon Leveling Guide as Stage 2 of its roadmap. With Guidelime, you need a guide author who rebuilt dungeon stops around quest pickups, and the saved pages name no such Forever guide. How dungeon XP and anti-boosting work in Forever has the details.

Which addon is shipping Forever content faster?

RestedXP: Three Releases in Four Days

RestedXP's September 22 to 25 release history records three addon releases in four days:

• v4.11.9 (Sep 22): "Allow #classic on Forever"
• v4.11.10 (Sep 25): Durotar, Mulgore, Teldrassil, Darkshore, Redridge
• v4.11.11 (Sep 25): Elwynn group quest, profile save fix

The free addon's v4.11.13 source files bundle Forever starter routes, Alliance to about level 21 and Horde to about level 22. That is evidence of bundled guide data, not an in-game test of those routes or proof of the paid guide's completed level range. See what RestedXP includes for free before buying.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: RXPGuides v4.11.13 guide list, checked Oct 6, 2026, and route file headers at the same tag, read Oct 2, 2026.

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

Guidelime: One Initial Release

Guidelime's v6.000 release on September 24 added "Initial work to support WoW Forever" and a fix that skips secret values in spellcast events on Forever. The release notes credit both changes to contributor iacovlev-pavel. This section covers that release only; Guidelime has published later releases, including v6.003 on October 4.

What the Pace Tells You

Those September releases do not establish which project updates faster today. On October 6, the GitHub release pages showed RestedXP v4.11.17 published October 5 and Guidelime v6.003 published October 4. Compare the changes relevant to your route, not the number of releases; neither a release date nor bundled files establish completed route coverage or leveling speed.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: RXPGuides v4.11.17 and Guidelime v6.003, checked Oct 6, 2026.

What "free" Means for Each Project

License Labels Conflict

The license conflict only matters if you want to fork the code or republish guide data. RestedXP's GitHub repository includes a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license, but CurseForge labels the same addon "All Rights Reserved." Guidelime's CurseForge listing also reads "All Rights Reserved," and GitHub finds no license file for it.

Why RestedXP Sells Content, Not the Addon

RestedXP keeps the addon free, bundles Forever starter routes, and sells its paid Forever guide separately; Guidelime sells nothing. Blizzard's UI Add-On Development Policy says "Add-ons must be free of charge" and bars charging "for services related to the add-on."Blizzard: Blizzard UI Add-On Development Policy, checked Sep 28, 2026. Blizzard has published no statement applying the policy to either project, and the policy text never mentions Forever.

Setup Effort: Buying a Route Versus Building One

RestedXP: Install, Connect, Import

For purchased guides, RestedXP's manual has three steps: install the addon, add your Battle.net ID to your account, then export and import a guide string. Bundled starter routes are already in the addon files. RestedXP's Forever setup guide walks through installation and paid-guide imports, plus the three import errors RestedXP names.

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

Guidelime: Create or Import

Budget time to learn Guidelime's import: the saved pages don't walk through an import step by step. Guidelime's CurseForge description says "it is very easy to create your own guides or to import a guide." Its README also says it is "for WoW Classic only" and will not run on private servers or retail; Forever now sits among its CurseForge flavors.

Plays from YouTube

The Unprofessional Gamer, who wrote an Alliance guide for Guidelime, shows the result in Classic: an arrow points to the next quest giver, and the step list changes as you accept, progress and turn in quests. His video predates Forever by seven years and shows his guide, not one for Forever.

Only One Side Has a Refund Question

RestedXP's terms say it "generally does not offer refunds for completed orders," with a narrow exception for orders never downloaded. Guidelime involves no purchase at all. What RestedXP gives away for free covers the rest of that split.

Where These Two Sit in the Wider Forever Addon Field

Questie and TomTom

Neither Questie nor TomTom replaces a route; both support one. Questie's release notes say "Added Forever client support," and CurseForge lists it under GPLv3 with more than 207 million downloads. TomTom, a waypoint arrow rather than a guide, lists a Forever file too.

Share Image: Questie GitHub release v12.0.1+v1.0.3 notes, with Added Forever client support first under New Features and Forever fixes below

Guidelime's September 22 commit pulled races and zones from Questie's Forever data branch, so the two projects already share groundwork. If you run Questie with the paid route, the RestedXP and Questie compatibility check covers that pairing.

Blizzard on Needing Addons at All

The built-in damage meter and cooldown manager Blizzard named don't plan a quest route, so the choice on this page still stands. At the September 17 developer Q&A, Blizzard said "we did opt for the modern API approach" and that it does not want players "to feel like they need add-ons in order to play the game."Blizzard: WoW Forever Developer Q&A, Sep 17, 2026, checked Sep 28, 2026. The developers named both tools there, and Blizzard's September 24 notes made the Cooldown Manager testable on five classes.

Both Addons Can Run Routes You Write

RestedXP Takes Custom Guides Too

The difference isn't whether you can write a route. It's whether you pay for RestedXP's own. RestedXP's custom-guides page calls it "a free open source addon" that "offers you the possibility to create your own leveling routes."Source: RestedXP custom guides page community.restedxp.com/custom-guides/, checked Sep 28, 2026. That page was last modified April 15, 2026 and never names Forever.

Updates After You Pay

RestedXP's Forever order post says the product is "actively being developed" and that "your purchase includes all future updates and improvements at no additional cost." It also warns that some features "may be temporarily unavailable" during the adaptation.Source: RestedXP: World of Warcraft Forever guides are up for order now community.restedxp.com/world-of-warcraft-forever-guides-are-up-for-order-now/, checked Sep 28, 2026. Guidelime's updates cost nothing because the addon costs nothing.

Project Size and Age

RestedXP Guide showed more CurseForge downloads, and Guidelime is the older project. On CurseForge on September 28, RestedXP Guide showed about 26.3 million downloads on a five-year-old project. Guidelime showed about 5.3 million on a seven-year-old one and describes itself as "A WoW Classic addon for leveling guides with automatic progress updates." Those totals cover every game version, not Forever alone.

Choosing Between the Two Today

Level 1–60 with RestedXP’s Forever routes, created & tested since Day 1 Forever launch by world-class speed levelers. Get the Forever guide. For a subscription alternative, Zygor Guides plans Forever guides inside Zygor Elite at launch.

If you want to spend nothing and can write or import a route, Guidelime fits, with a newer and less proven Forever effort. Recheck both projects' own pages before you commit: each changed several times in the week before September 28.