DK Assist 2

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Death Knight combat alerts and trackers for Unholy, Frost, and Blood — Retail 12.1.0.

WoW 12.1.0 Actively Maintained

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Latest interval 0 /h 1h observed interval · ending Sep 11, 5 AM
Peak estimate +4.99 /h 1h observed interval · ending Sep 10, 8 PM
Average estimate +0.832 /h Time-weighted · 47.1h covered of 48h

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About this addon

What it does

DK Assist 2

A configurable quality-of-life addon for Unholy, Frost, and Blood Death Knights in World of Warcraft Retail / Midnight.

This community-maintained fork of DK Assist by ZachoWOW preserves the original MIT license and attribution while adding Retail 12.1 compatibility, modern settings, trackers, and combat reminders.

NEW IN VERSION 2.0.1

• Added a dedicated Frost section.
• Added a compact Pillar of Frost tracker with horizontal or vertical orientation.
• Added Killing Machine and Rime icon alerts.
• Killing Machine and Rime can glow either the DK Assist tracker icon or the Cooldown Manager.
• Added full glow controls: style, colour presets, animation speed, opacity, particles/lines, and thickness.
• Compact Gargoyle, Dark Transformation, and Pillar of Frost timelines now show only the icon and timer.
• Improved Dark Transformation tracking with Death Coil and Epidemic duration extensions.
• Reorganized settings and fixed overlaps and wasted space.
• Added a new three-colour icon representing Frost, Unholy, and Blood.

OTHER FEATURES

• Blightfall & Soul Reaper timeline and icon modes.
• Festering Scythe warnings for Action Bars or the Cooldown Manager.
• Movable WA-style alerts for Festering Scythe and Sudden Doom.
• Separate Sudden Doom alerts for Death Coil and Epidemic.
• Blood Death and Decay tracker and Cleaving status reminder.
• Putrefy hold warning and Runic Power cap warning.
• Pixel Glow, Autocast Shine, Button Glow, and Proc Border.
• Minimap button, addon compartment integration, DataBroker support, Rescan Bars, Test tools, and /dka.

INSTALLATION

1. Download the latest release ZIP.
2. Extract the DKAssist folder into World of Warcraft/_retail_/Interface/AddOns/.
3. Restart World of Warcraft or run /reload.

CREDITS AND LICENSE

Original project: DK Assist (Death Knight QoL) by ZachoWOW.
This fork preserves the original MIT license and attribution.
Maintained by FaneyQ8.

At-a-glance numbers

Performance highlights

  • Peaked at Hot #495 on Aug 21, 2026.
  • Peaked at Rising #1 on Aug 14, 2026.
  • Featured on the Hot list across 4 distinct weeks.
  • Shipped 17 releases in the last 30 days.
  • Averaging 33 new downloads per day over the past week.

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