Purity Challenge AddOn for World of Warcraft

Purity is a hardcore challenge addon for World of Warcraft (Classic Era, WotLK, and MoP) that allows players to opt into strict, class-specific and global challenges. These challenges are designed to be completed from level 1 to level cap, testing your knowledge of the game and forcing you to play in new and interesting ways.

The addon is modular and designed to provide a verifiable path for proving your accomplishment.

Links

• Download on CurseForge
• Join our Discord Community
• Official Purity Challenge Leaderboard & Verification Website

Features

• Global & Class-Specific Challenges: Unique, thematic challenges available to all players, plus specific vows for all classes (including expansion-specific classes).
• Live Player Roster: See other Purity players on your server, their class, level, and current challenge status in real-time. The roster automatically refreshes when you view it.
• Specialization Paths: Many challenges require you to choose a specific sub-path or difficulty, further restricting gameplay and offering diverse experiences.
• Real-Time Violation Monitoring: The addon actively monitors your actions, talents, and spells to ensure the rules are being followed. A single violation fails the challenge permanently for that character.
• In-Game Status UI: Use /purity status to view your current standing, uptime, and other important information.
• Web-Based Verification System: Upon challenge completion, a unique verification code is generated. Post this code on our official Verification Website to have your run automatically verified and posted to the public leaderboard.
• Extensible Design: The addon is built to be expanded with new class and global modules.

How to Use

The addon will automatically present the challenge selection screen to you at level 1. If you decline, you can use the /purity slash commands to interact with the UI.

General Commands:

• /purity : Shows a summary of your current challenge status in the chat window.
• /purity status : Opens the main interface to the Status tab.
• /purity rules : Opens the main interface to the Rules tab.
• /purity roster : Opens the Roster tab and automatically refreshes the list of online players.
• /purity rankings : Opens the Rankings tab to see difficulty coefficients.
• /purity verify : Opens the verification window with your completion code.
• /purity options : Opens the Options menu.
• /purity requestfrom <PlayerName> : Manually requests challenge status from a specific player via whisper.

Challenge-Specific Commands:

• /purity bloodbar : (Blood Mage) Toggles the Blood bar between overlay mode and a separate, movable frame.
• /purity bloodlog [reset] : (Blood Mage) Toggles the Blood Log window. Add reset to reset its position.
• /purity glasslog : (Glass Heart) Toggles the damage log window.
• /purity drunk : (Drunken Master) Toggles the Drunken Master status window.

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Global Challenges

The Ascetic's Path

A challenge of self-denial where you must limit your reliance on material possessions by choosing one of three paths.

• Path of Humility (EASY): Only items of Common (white) quality or lower may be equipped.
• Path of Endurance (MEDIUM): No armor may be worn. Weapons and shields are permitted.
• Path of the Unburdened (HARD): No items may be equipped whatsoever.

The Blood Mage's Bargain

You have made a pact for power, allowing you to fuel your abilities with your own life force.

• The Bargain: Your life force is a resource (Blood Pool). All abilities, attacks, and damage taken deplete it. If it hits 0, you fail.
• The Price: Healing yourself causes "Sanguine Weakness" for 15s, doubling the blood cost of all abilities.

The Drunken Master

The Way of the Staggering Fist. You are a master of chaotic grace, fighting best when in a haze of ale.

• Levels 1-20: You must achieve a skill of 150 in at least TWO primary professions (The Path of the Citizen).
• Level 21+: You must be 'Drunk' or 'Smashed' to initiate combat.

Fisherman's Folly

The devoted angler. You have forsaken all worldly possessions in pursuit of the perfect catch.

• Key Prohibition: You may ONLY equip items that you have personally fished from the water (vendor-purchased fishing poles are an exception).

The Glass Heart

Your resilience is shattered. While your body appears intact, your tolerance for trauma is significantly reduced. This penalty is permanent.

• The Rules: Your Health Bar is replaced by a "Glass Heart" bar. You take significantly increased damage from all sources.
• Smart Regen: Natural regeneration is disabled; Spirit-based regeneration only kicks in when not taking damage (or out of combat).
• Difficulties:
  • Hard: 1.5x Damage Taken.
  • Extreme: 2.0x Damage Taken.

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Class-Specific Challenges (Classic Era & Onward)

Druid

• Pact of Purity: The Avenger of Nature

  • Description: Forsake the celestial balance of the moon, relying only on feral instincts and restorative powers.
  • Criteria:
    • You may not kill any creature of the 'Beast' type.
    • After level 10, you may not use any Balance spells.
    • You may not equip any Leather armor.

• Astrolabe of Purity: The Celestial Weaver

  • Description: Forsake your primal connection to focus on a cosmic balance. You are bound to an Astrolabe that tracks your spellcasting equilibrium.
  • Criteria:
    • You may not use Bear Form or Cat Form.
    • You may not learn or use any Restoration healing spells.
    • The Balance: Casting Nature spells charges the Astrolabe positively; Arcane spells charge it negatively. You may never hold more than 2 consecutive charges of one type. Overloading the Astrolabe shatters it and fails the challenge.

Hunter

• Bond of Purity: The Primal Savage

  • Description: Forsake cowardly ranged weapons and clever traps to fight in melee side-by-side with your pet.
  • Criteria:
    • You may not equip any ranged weapons or use ranged shots.
    • Your pet must be active during all combat.

• Quiver of Purity: The Lone Wolf

  • Description: Face the world on your own, relying only on marksmanship. No pets or melee weapons allowed.
  • Criteria:
    • You may not equip any melee weapons or use melee abilities.
    • You may not use a Hunter Pet or complete the Tame Beast quest.

Mage

• Tome of Purity

  • Description: Choose a tome to dedicate yourself to a single school of magic, forsaking all others. This decision is permanent.
  • Criteria:
    • You may ONLY use spells and talents from your chosen school of magic (Fire, Frost, or Arcane).

• Conduit of Purity: The Ley-Walker

  • Description: You have forsaken the stationary study of the arcane, becoming a living conduit for the world's latent energy. You draw power only through motion.
  • Criteria:
    • Static Charge: A custom bar tracks your energy. Moving generates Charge; standing still causes it to decay.
    • The Cost: All spells cost Static Charge to cast (paid upfront).
    • The Vow: Attempting to cast a spell without enough Static Charge breaks the vow.

Paladin

• Oath of Purity: The Selfless Shield

  • Description: Forsake retribution and personal glory, vowing to never be the aggressor.
  • Criteria:
    • Do not initiate combat; enemies must strike first.
    • No learning or using Retribution spells or talents.

• Libram of Purity: The Undead Bane

  • Description: Dedicate your sacred might solely to purging the impure Undead from the world.
  • Criteria:
    • You may ONLY land the killing blow on creatures of the 'Undead' type.

Priest

• Testament of Purity

  • Description: A true vessel of the Light, sworn off the corrupting whispers of the Shadow.
  • Criteria:
    • No weapons or physical attacks (including wands).
    • No learning or using Shadow magic spells or talents.
    • No killing Humanoid creatures.

• Covenant of Purity

  • Description: Forsake the Light's protection and healing. You must rely on the Shadow for survival.
  • Criteria:
    • No using Discipline spells.
    • No using Holy spells (except Smite).
    • No Holy damage wands.

Rogue

• Contract of Purity: The Honorable Duelist

  • Description: Forsake the shadows and underhanded tactics. Every fight is a fair duel.
  • Criteria:
    • You may not initiate combat from Stealth.
    • You may not learn or use any Poisons.
    • You may not use "cheap shots" like Backstab, Gouge, Kidney Shot, etc.

• Foil of Purity: The Fencer

  • Description: A master of single-blade combat.
  • Criteria:
    • You may not equip any item in your off-hand slot.
    • You may not equip any ranged weapon (Bows, Guns, or Thrown).

• Shroud of Purity: The Stalker

  • Description: Prolonged open combat leaves you vulnerable. You must strike from the shadows and vanish before your enemies can focus on you.
  • Criteria:
    • Exposure: A bar builds constantly while you are in combat and visible.
    • The Vow: If Exposure reaches 100%, you are Revealed and fail the challenge.
    • Mitigation: Use abilities like Vanish, Evasion, and Feint to reduce your Exposure. Incapacitating enemies (Gouge, Blind, Stun) pauses generation.

Shaman

• Communion of Purity

  • Description: The Spirit Walker. Your power flows purely from your spells and maintaining active totems.
  • Criteria:
    • You may NOT equip any weapons of any kind.
    • You must always maintain at least one active totem while in combat (after totems are unlocked).

• Flame of Purity

  • Description: Your spirit awakens to the flame, forsaking all other elements.
  • Criteria:
    • Level 1-9: Free to use any ability.
    • Level 10+: Only Fire spells and Fire totems may be used. Physical attacks are allowed.

• Tether of Purity

  • Description: You are a conduit for the spirits. Planting totems creates a "Tether" zone. The strength of your connection scales purely with distance.
  • Criteria:
    • Analog Connection: Standing on a Totem = 100% Signal. Max Range (30y) = 0% Signal.
    • The Vow: Casting a spell (Bolt, Shock, Heal) while at 0% Connection is a violation.

Warlock

• Grimoire of Purity

  • Description: A crazed demonologist focused on fire, brimstone, and demons.
  • Criteria:
    • No learning or using Shadow spells or Curses.
    • No spending points in the Affliction talent tree.
    • Soul Shards may ONLY be used to summon or subjugate demons.
    • Healthstones and Soulstones are forbidden.

• Sacrament of Purity

  • Description: Forsake demonic pacts and all external mana sources.
  • Criteria:
    • No demon pets may be summoned (Felsteed allowed).
    • No drinking or using mana potions.
    • No Demonology talents.
    • Mana must be regained passively, via Life Tap, or Drain Mana.

Warrior

• Brand of Purity: The Berserker

  • Description: No shields or defensive stance. All combat must be initiated with Charge.
  • Criteria:
    • You may NOT use shields or Defensive Stance.
    • After level 4, you must initiate combat with Charge.
    • After level 20, equipping two-handed weapons is forbidden.

• Bulwark of Purity: The Ardent Protector

  • Description: Forsake two-handed weapons and the Fury talent tree to become a bastion of defense.
  • Criteria:
    • You may NOT equip Two-Handed weapons at any time.
    • You may NOT allocate any talent points in the Fury talent tree.

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Expansion-Specific Classes

Death Knight (WotLK & MoP Only)

• Ashes of Purity

  • Description: Ashes are the tangible remains of the Death Knight's past life. You vow to start with nothing.
  • Criteria:
    • Must be started by sacrificing a character at level 55-58.
    • You may NOT equip the gear you started with (Acherus set).

• Sigil of Purity

  • Description: The sigil marks a berserker's vow. Focus only on destruction; refuse to use any magic or item to heal wounds.
  • Criteria:
    • No self-healing abilities (Death Strike, Rune Tap) or items (Potions, Food, Bandages).
    • You may only equip Two-Handed Axes, Maces, or Swords.

• Phylactery of Purity

  • Description: Bound to a warlock's phylactery, you reject the Lich King's chilling frost magic entirely.
  • Criteria:
    • You may NOT learn or use any Frost spells.
    • You may NOT allocate points in the Frost talent tree (or activate Frost specialization in MoP).

Monk (MoP Only)

• Chalice of Purity

  • Description: The Monk symbolically forsakes the alcoholic and magical brews they would normally rely on.
  • Criteria:
    • You may not use any abilities with 'Brew' or 'Tea' in the name.

• Bindings of Purity

  • Description: This Monk has sworn to be a mountain—unmoving, patient, and resolute.
  • Criteria:
    • You may not use high-mobility abilities (Roll, Flying Serpent Kick, Transcendence).

• Gauntlets of Purity

  • Description: These gauntlets symbolize a vow to never use a crafted weapon in combat.
  • Criteria:
    • You may not deal any damage while a weapon is equipped (you must fight unarmed).

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Installation

1. Download the latest version from CurseForge.
2. Unzip the package.
3. Copy the Purity folder into your World of Warcraft/_retail_/Interface/AddOns/ (or _classic_ / _classic_era_) directory depending on your game version.

License

This addon is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.