World of Warcraft Unveils Cooldown Manager in Patch 11.1.5

World of Warcraft is stirring up excitement with Patch 11.1.5, featuring an intriguing addition: the Cooldown Manager. This fresh UI feature is designed to enhance players’ ability to keep tabs on their most important abilities and cooldowns, delivered to fans’ eager hands on April 22.

As patch day nears, anticipation builds with a bouquet of new activities, features, and rewards bundled together for players to savor. From the Nightfall scenario and Flame’s Radiance Renown faction to Horrific Visions Revisited and various limited-time events, there’s a lot of content on the horizon set to enrich the game once it officially releases.

In a recent video shared on Twitter, World of Warcraft offered a first look at the Cooldown Manager, which promises significant quality-of-life improvements. It’s a customizable interface feature that allows players to personalize how they track their abilities and buffs. The Advanced Options menu offers a wealth of settings, letting players tweak the size, padding, opacity, and orientation of their icons and bars. These can be freely positioned on the screen, set to appear only in combat if needed, and further personalized with timers, tooltips, or simple icon-only displays.

The Cooldown Manager borrows elements familiar to veterans using the WeakAuras add-on, known for enabling similar customizations to the game’s interface. Having these functionalities baked into the game’s core system is a major step forward, removing the dependency on external modifications.

The Cooldown Manager will be available right as Patch 11.1.5 launches. Meanwhile, some other enticing elements and features will trickle into the game at later dates. Players also have a slew of additional tweaks to look forward to, including new accessibility options for rarity text colors, a much-requested guild renaming ability, and a convenience-boosting bulk purchase button at the Trading Post. Fans will definitely want to explore these enhancements on April 22, when the patch officially goes live.