XP Bar Enhanced

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XP Bar Enhanced is a World of Warcraft add-on that replaces and augments the default XP bar with richer visuals, quest XP overlays, session statistics, and customizable colors.

WoW 12.1.0 Actively Maintained

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About this addon

What it does

XP Bar Enhanced

A World of Warcraft addon that replaces and enhances the default experience bar with richer visuals, quest XP overlays, session statistics, and full color customization.

Retail only · Interface 120100 · Version 1.2.0

Features

  • Multiple Bar Styles — None (Blizzard default), Classic, Flat, Vertical, Circular, Minimap Ring, Terminal, and Orb
  • Quest XP Overlay — See pending and completed quest XP directly on the bar
  • Session Tracking — Track XP gained, time played, levels gained, and XP/hour rate
  • Session Breakdown & Rate Smoothing — Session stats include quest XP vs other XP totals, with a rolling recent XP/hour rate for faster responsiveness
  • Statistics Window & Session Charts — Detailed breakdown of your leveling progress, with an XP/hour histogram and a quest-vs-other split chart
  • Profile System — Create, rename, delete, and switch between named settings profiles; Blizzard-style dropdown with inline actions and a global shared profile option
  • Bar Size Presets — Scale the Flat and Vertical bars to Small, Default, Large, or Huge without distorting text or overlays
  • Reputation, Companion, Housing, Honor, and Profession Tracking — The secondary bar can track watched faction progress (including Delve companion flavor), Housing Favor, Honor (PvP) levels, or a profession's skill
  • Secondary Source Selector — Choose Reputation, Housing Favor, Honor, or Profession as the secondary bar source (with a first/second/auto profession selector)
  • Main Bar at Max Level — Optionally repurpose the main bar to display the selected secondary source once you reach max level
  • Style-Aware Secondary Bars — Secondary progress display adapts to the active style (Classic label ticker, Vertical side bar, Circular inner arc, Minimap arc toggle, Terminal single-line phosphor bar, companion Orb)
  • Color Customization — Full control over bar and overlay colors
  • Minimap Button — Quick access to options and stats
  • Animations & Celebration — Smooth fill, flash-on-gain, two-phase level-up animations, and an optional golden-glow level-up celebration
  • Level Progress Notifications — Announces 25%/50%/75% level progress with the estimated time to ding
  • LibDataBroker Feed — XP/h and time-to-level datatext for Titan Panel, Bazooka, or ElvUI

Bar Styles

Style Description
None Blizzard's default XP bar only
Classic Blizzard-style bar with atlas textures and quest overlays
Flat Wide draggable bar with milestone ticks
Vertical Vertical bar with animated XP fill
Circular Progress ring with configurable size, segments, and scalable center text
Minimap Ring XP ring anchored around the minimap with optional button collection
Terminal ASCII-style retro bar with phosphor-green progress display
Orb Diablo-style filling sphere with glass highlight and metallic rim, plus a companion orb for the secondary source

Installation

  1. Download and extract to your Interface/AddOns folder
  2. Ensure the folder is named XPBarEnhanced
  3. Start or reload World of Warcraft

Slash Commands

Command Description
/xpbe Show command help
/xpbe options Open the options panel
/xpbe stats Toggle the statistics window
/xpbe changelog Show the update changelog
/xpbe style <none|classic|flat|vertical|circular|minimap_ring|terminal|orb> Set the active bar style
/xpbe profile Show current profile and list available profiles
/xpbe profile global Switch to the global shared profile
/xpbe profile use <name> Switch to a named profile
/xpbe profile new <name> Create and select a new profile
/xpbe profile rename <name> Rename the active profile
/xpbe profile delete [name] Delete a profile
/xpbe reps Export all faction IDs
/xpbe debugevents [on|off|show|reset] Toggle and inspect EventBus emit counters
/xpbe test <celebration|milestone> Preview the level-up celebration or a progress notification
/xpbe reset Reset all settings
/xpbe resetstats Reset session statistics
/xpbe resetcolors Reset colors to defaults
/xpbe help Show available commands

Additional slash aliases: /xpbarenhanced, /xpbar

Configuration

Access options via /xpbe options or the minimap button. Settings include:

  • Bar Style — Choose between all available styles
  • Colors — Customize XP bar, rested XP, quest XP overlays
  • Display — Toggle text rows, quest overlays, animations, and minimap button
  • Profiles — Manage named settings profiles; switch per character or use a shared global profile
  • Secondary Progress Bar — Enable the secondary bar and choose its source (Reputation, Housing Favor, Honor, or Profession — with a first/second/auto profession selector); optionally attach it above the XP bar or position it freely; hide the Delve companion bar when outside a Delve
  • Session Behavior — Optional reset of session tracking on /reload
  • Circular Bar — Ring size (Small/Medium/Large/Huge), segment count, texture style, optional center text scaling, and optional full-circle secondary arc
  • Minimap Ring — Ring padding, segment count, segment dimensions, optional minimap button collection, and optional "start minimap arc expanded" behavior for the reputation arc
  • Terminal — Toggle between authentic terminal colors and custom color scheme

Requirements

  • World of Warcraft Retail
  • No external dependencies

Credits

This addon was inspired by the WeakAura from Luxthos [https://wago.io/LuxthosExperienceBar] for the flat bar design.

License

MIT License — See LICENSE for details.

At-a-glance numbers

Performance highlights

  • Peaked at Hot #441 on Aug 17, 2026.
  • Peaked at Rising #755 on Aug 17, 2026.
  • Featured on the Hot list across 5 distinct weeks.
  • Shipped 2 releases in the last 30 days.
  • Averaging 2 new downloads per day over the past week.

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