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What the WowUtils Addon Collects and Shares

Exactly what data the WowUtils addon reads from the game, how it moves between guildmates and your group on the site, and how you stay in control of it.

2 min readLast updated: July 28, 2026
In short

The WowUtils addon reads a small, fixed set of gameplay numbers the Warcraft API does not expose: crests, upgrade progress, Sparks, Great Vault contents, and weekly quest completion. It shares them with guildmates running the addon in game, and through the Bridge app with your own group on the site. Nothing about your account travels with it.

Where to find it:ProfileLinked AccountsLinked Devices

What It Reads

Everything is per character, picked up just by playing:

DataWhat it is
Crest currenciesYour balance and season total for each crest tier, plus the conversion currency
Upgrade progressHow far each gear slot is already upgraded, the number that decides crest discounts
Crafting SparksHow many Sparks you have, bank included
Great VaultThe items your vault actually offered, and which reward you picked
Weekly questsWhether tracked weekly quests are done on that character

That is the whole list. The addon does not read your chat, your friends list, your gold, or anything about your Battle.net account.

Where It Goes

  • Between guildmates, in game. After raid boss kills and in the background, characters running the addon swap this data over the game's own addon channels. That is how one loot council officer sees the whole roster without anyone filling in forms.
  • To your group on the site, through Bridge. The one guildmate running WowUtils Bridge uploads what their addon has collected. Uploads are accepted only from a paired device, and only for characters on a roster of a group that person belongs to. Anything outside that scope is discarded on arrival.
  • Never to a public profile. The data appears on your group's own roster and loot surfaces. The public API exposes none of it beyond your group's existing opt-in.

Staying In Control

  • Not running the addon means not sharing. Collection happens in the addon on your own machine. Uninstall it, or just do not install it, and nothing is read from your characters.
  • Unlink a computer any time. The profile's Linked Devices card lists every paired Bridge computer, with a Revoke button. Revoking one stops its uploads immediately.
  • See exactly what is stored in game. Type /wu in-game to open the data explorer and browse every value the addon currently holds, for your characters and what guildmates have shared.
The fine print, in plain words

The full data-handling policy, including what the public API exposes and what it never exposes, lives on the data handling page. The short version: minimization is the rule, the addon's data is group coordination data, and identifiers stay out of the game entirely.

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Frequently asked questions

Who can see the data the addon collects?
In game, guildmates who also run the addon. On the website, only your own group's roster surfaces: uploads are accepted only for characters that match a roster of a group the uploader belongs to, and everything else is discarded on arrival.
Does the addon share my account or battletag?
No. The addon shares gameplay numbers between guildmates, never battletags or account details. Pairing the Bridge app with the website happens in your own browser, and the app never sees your password.
How do I stop sharing?
Stop running the addon and nothing more is collected or shared from your characters. A paired Bridge computer can be unlinked any time from the profile's Linked Devices card, which stops its uploads immediately.
Why does the addon collect this at all?
Because the Warcraft API does not expose any of it. Crest balances, per-slot upgrade progress, real Great Vault contents, and Spark counts only exist inside the game client, and they are exactly the numbers a loot council needs. An addon is the only way anyone gets them.