Database, guides and tools for WoW: Forever, built from what players actually see in game
Overview
Jigma is the community's information site for WoW: Forever: quests, NPCs, items and locations, plus class, leveling, profession and dungeon guides, a talent calculator, a world map and an item finder. What sets it apart is where the data comes from: nothing is copied from other databases. A custom add-on records what players actually see while they play, values come straight from the game client, and every entry shows its source. The project grew out of the circle around the guild Amaya. The video shows the state of November 4, 2026; the current version is live at jigma.eu.
The Challenge
When a new game launches, reliable information is scarce. Established databases are built around other game versions, overloaded with ads and often show values that don't apply to the new game. Jigma had to match them on data quality while being clearer and faster, and to say openly what is still unknown instead of filling the gaps. That takes a way to collect data from many players without touching their privacy, and a site that stays current with every contribution and every patch on its own.
How We Got There
It starts with the Jigma Collector, a Lua add-on also available on CurseForge. It records quests, enemies, loot, vendors and trainers, stores no names and sends nothing by itself: players choose to upload their file. Python tools merge the submissions with the client tables and check them; an entry only counts as confirmed once at least five players have seen it. The site runs on Next.js 16 in German and English, database pages are generated on first request, and search runs on the server with MiniSearch. New data goes online without a build or restart. On top of that come a patch watcher that reports new client builds and hotfixes, a Blue Tracker for official Blizzard posts, tooltips other sites can embed, and a custom simulation engine in TypeScript whose tier list stays clearly marked as beta until real combat logs back it up. The “Stone & Ember” design picks up the idea of the cairn: every collector adds a stone. Hosted on a self-managed VPS with Nginx and systemd, fixed resource limits, rate limiting and fail2ban against mass scraping.
The Outcome
Jigma has been online at jigma.eu since October 2026 and was ready for the launch of WoW: Forever on November 5: more than 20,000 items, around 2,900 quests and 2,200 NPCs in the database, 27 spec guides, 18 leveling guides and 23 dungeons. The site runs without ads or trackers and keeps growing with every submission. Jigma is a fan project and is not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft is a trademark of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.