Minimap



The minimap is a circular, zoom-able overhead view of the area around your character (represented as silver arrow pointing the direction your character is facing).

Besides being able to zoom the view in and out, the minimap has a variety of informational UI features.

Location name

 * The name of the current location of your character appears at the top of the minimap.

Terrain and buildings

 * A reasonable shadowed, textured view of the surrounding terrain appears in the minimap.
 * Rough silhouettes of buildings (mostly to scale) also appear on the minimap.

Calendar

 * In the upper right corner of the minimap appears the calendar icon (Calendar minimap button.png) with the date inside. Replacing the Day/Night indicator during, this feature allows you to quickly see today's date.

Character locations

 * Your character ([[File:MinimapArrow up 18x18.png]]): Your character will appear as silver arrow pointing the direction your character is facing always at the center of the minimap.
 * Your objectives: If you currently have objectives for a quest you're tracking a large golden arrow ([[File:GuideMinimapArrow up 24x22.png]]) will appear along the edge pointing you on where to go.
 * Your corpse ([[File:Corpse gravestone 20x20.png]]): If you die, your corpse will appear and a small tombstone on the minimap and an arrow ([[File:CorpseMinimapArrow up 16x16.png]]) on the edge of the minimap circle will point to it if it is out of view.
 * Your Graveyard: If you die, but don't press the "Release Spirit" button, there will be a golden arrow ([[File:GuideMinimapArrow up 16x16.png]]) pointing towards the nearest available Graveyard.
 * Party members: If your character is in a party, any party members will appear on the map as colored dots (matching the color of their class). Arrows ([[File:GroupMinimapArrow up 16x16.png]]) on the edge of the minimap circle will point to party members out of view.
 * Raid members: If your character is in a raid, any raid members, not directly in your party, will appear as a fully colored blip with a black dot in the middle. Arrows ([[File:GroupMinimapArrow up 16x16.png]]) on the edge of the minimap circle will point to raid members out of view.

Flight masters
Flight masters that you have not yet gotten the flight point for will display on the minimap as a light green exclamation point.

Detected creatures or resources
Moving the pointer over the blip will give the creatures name.
 * A small circular indicator at the top-left of the minimap shows the current detection method ability (like Hunter's Track Beasts, Herbalism profession's Find Herbs, or Mining's Find Minerals). You can right-click on this indicator to change the kind of tracking that is active.
 * Any detectable creatures appear as gold-outlined red blips ( [[File:mob blip 16x12.png]] ; like with the Hunter ability, Track Beasts).
 * Detectable creatures would appear as gold blips ( [[File:resource blip 16x12.png]] ).
 * Detectable creatures appear as gold-outlined green blips ( [[File:in-faction NPC blip 16x12.png]] ).
 * Any detectable minerals appear as gold blips ( [[File:resource blip 16x12.png]] ; like with the Herbalism ability, Find Herbs or the Mining ability, Find Minerals). Moving the pointer over the blip will give the type of herb or mineral (usually a vein or deposit). If the color of the blip is slightly dimmed ( [[File:under rsrc blip 16x12.png]] ), it means that the resource is on a different level (underground if you are above ground and vice versa).

Quest givers and enders

 * Quest NPCs will show up on the minimap as gold exclamation marks, or as a question mark when you have a completed quest to turn in to them, and the tooltip will give the NPC name when you mouse over it.  If the color of the indicator is slightly dimmed ([[File:Quest Avail Inside 16x16.png]] or [[File:Quest Complete Inside 16x16.png]]), it means that the questgiver is inside a building, or on another level. Repeatable quest giver NPCs show up as a blue mark ( or ) instead of gold.

Guard directions
When you talk to a guard and ask for directions, minimap features will help you find your target.
 * A golden guide arrow ([[File:GuideMinimapArrow up 16x16.png]]) will appear on the edge of the minimap pointing in the direction of your target.
 * A red marker flag ([[File:MinimapGuideFlag 16x16.png]]) will appear on the minimap roughly where your target is located.

Services
Similar to tracking creatures or resources, you can also track on the minimap locations of vendors or services that will help you while playing.
 * Auctioneers will appear with a stack of gold coins ([[File:MiniIcon Auctioneer.png]]).
 * Bankers will appear with an icon of two sacks ([[File:MiniIcon Banker.png]]).
 * Battlemasters will appear with the Alliance and Horde symbols ([[File:MiniIcon BattleMaster.png]]).
 * Class trainers will appear with a blue book ([[File:MiniIcon ClassTrainer.png]]).
 * Profession trainers will appear with a brown book ([[File:Trainergossipicon.png]]).
 * Flight masters will appear with a winged boot ([[File:MiniIcon FlightMaster.png]]).
 * Food and Drink vendors will appear with a bread/milk icon ([[File:MiniIcon FoodDrink.png]]).
 * Mailboxes will appear with a letter ([[File:MiniIcon Mailbox.png]]).
 * Reagent vendors will appear with a reagent icon ([[File:MiniIcon Reagent.png]]).
 * NPCs that repair gear will appear with an anvil ([[File:MiniIcon Repair.png]]).
 * Stable masters will appear with a horseshoe ([[File:MiniIcon StableMaster.png]]).
 * Inns will appear with a hearthstone icon ([[File:Inngossipicon.png]]).

Points of Interest
When your character is near a point of interest, often times a city or town, a silver edge arrow will appear on the edge of the minimap indicating the direction of the settlement. This option can be turned off.

Detecting other players
Usually only applies to Druids and Hunters with Track Humanoids.
 * Any detectable players appear as white-outlined green blips ( [[File:in-faction blip 16x12.png]] ).
 * Enemy players, when they're not flagged for PvP (or otherwise unattackable, e.g. on a flight taxi) appear as white-outlined gold blips ( [[File:out-faction blip 16x12.png]] ).
 * Enemy players, when they are flagged appear as white-outlined red blips ( [[File:Enemy player blip 16x12.png]] )

Pinging a location
If you click on the minimap, you can ping a location that is visible to other members of your party.

Mail status

 * A smaller circular indicator (Got Mail 26x26.png) under the day/night indicator shows an envelope if your character has unread mail.
 * [[File:Got Mail 26x26.png]] you have mail!
 * Moving the pointer over the icon will let you know who sent the recent unopened mail.

Time clock
This can be turned off through the interface display options.
 * A small clock ([[File:Clock.jpg]]) at the bottom of the minimap shows the server time.
 * Moving the pointer over the clock will show you server time and local time.

Minimap UI
The minimap only has zoom in and zoom out buttons at the bottom-right:
 * Click the gold + button (Minimap Zoom In 26x26.png) to zoom in the minimap view. If the button is a gray + (Minimap Zoom In Disabled 26x26.png), that means the view is zoomed in as much as possible.
 * Click the gold - button (Minimap Zoom Out 26x26.png) to zoom out the minimap view. If the button is a gray - (Minimap Zoom Out Disabled 26x26.png), that means the view is zoomed out as much as possible.

Day/Night and time

 * A small circular indicator at the top-right of the minimap used to show a sun or a crescent moon, depending on whether it was day or night in game time. Moving the pointer over this indicator showed the current in-game time.
 * [[File:Minimap day 42x42.png]] day         [[File:Minimap night 42x42.png]] night
 * The Day/Night indicator was replaced by the calendar button in Patch 3.0.2.