Warchive is an addon for WoW Forever that keeps a journal of your open world PvP. Who you ran into, who you killed, who got you and how many times.

You can put bounties on people, rate the folks you group with, and it writes down your dungeon and raid runs too. Bosses, wipes, who died, what dropped.

This website is the board on the wall. Kills from everyone using the program end up here: the kill feed, leaderboard, bounties, ratings.

Just the addon to start. That's the journal and it works fine by itself.

The program is optional. It's the courier that takes your journal to this website and brings your numbers back. No program, no website, but the addon still does its thing.

• Keeps a list of every enemy you run into, with class, level and guild
• Logs your kills and deaths, and keeps a running count per character
• Bounties: post one, raise it, claim it. Shared with your group and guild
• Ratings and notes on players, shared the same way
• Adventures: your dungeon and raid runs, bosses, wipes, deaths and loot
• Wanted posters, the Tally page, all in the journal (/war)

Two catches. On WoW Forever an addon can't see the combat log, so without the program its kill counts are its best guess. And it trims old entries so your saved file doesn't grow forever.

Because WoW keeps addons in a box. An addon can't go on the internet, can't read or write files on your PC, and on WoW Forever it can't even read the combat log.

The only thing that ever leaves the game is the addon's saved file, and WoW only writes that when you log out or /reload.

So getting anything to a website takes something outside the game to pick that file up and carry it over. That's all the program is. Same reason the big log and rating sites have their own desktop apps.

1. Sends your journal. When WoW saves the addon's file, the program sends it here.
2. Reads the combat log while you play. That's how kills get confirmed: who really landed the killing blow, who helped, kills that happen while you're in the middle of a fight. The addon turns WoW's combat log on for you.
3. Brings your numbers back. While WoW is closed it writes your website totals into the addon (the Tally page) along with a copy of your journal, so you can get it back if the addon gets wiped.
4. Cleans up after WoW. WoW starts a new combat log every session and never deletes them. They get big. The program deletes ones older than 3 days, once it's read them.
5. Tells you about updates. It never installs anything by itself, see below.

Heads up: ratings and notes you send show up on this website for everyone to read, on the Reputation page. Bounties too.

Nothing updates on its own, ever. When there's a new version the tray icon says so and you click Update if you want it.

Every update is signed. The program checks the signature before it uses anything it downloaded and refuses anything that doesn't match, so even if someone broke into this website they couldn't hand you a fake one.

If an update doesn't start right, the program puts the old version back by itself.

Windows will probably warn you the first time you run it ("Windows protected your PC"). That's because the program isn't code signed with a certificate yet. Click More info, then Run anyway. That warning goes away once it's signed.

Warchive isn't made by or tied to Blizzard.

Nope. Install the program whenever. It can install or update the addon while you play too, the new version just loads the next time you start WoW (or /reload if it's an update).

The one thing that waits is your website numbers going into the Tally page. WoW rewrites its saved files when you log out, so anything written while it's open would get wiped. The program just does it on its own the next time WoW is closed, nothing for you to do.

With the program: no. Your stuff is on the website. Log in and out once so the program learns your characters, close WoW, and next time you log in the addon fills the book back up by itself. There's also a Restore from website button in the addon's Settings.

Addon only: mostly yes, it only lived in that saved file. Bounties and ratings your guildmates have will get shared back to you, the rest is gone.

Addon: delete the Warchive and Warchive_Inbox folders from Interface\AddOns.

Program: right click the tray icon, untick Start with Windows, then Quit. Delete Warchive.exe and the %APPDATA%\Warchive folder. Nothing else to clean up.