Tracking

For the hunter ability, see [Tracking]. For the lore on trackers, see Tracker.

The tracking menu.

Tracking is a feature of the interface that enables players to track services, resource nodes, and creatures on the minimap. The "binoculars" icon on the left side of the minimap's header allows the player to choose which types of tracking are enabled. Some forms of tracking are restricted to certain classes and professions.

Forms of tracking

General

Some of these options are no longer listed in the tracking menu by default. To make them visible again, enter /console minimapTrackingShowAll 1 into the chatbox.

Name	Requirement	Notes
[Ancient Mana] nodes		Activated with  [Mana Divining Stone].
Auctioneer
Banker
Barber
Battlemaster
[Find Fish]	Fishing	Learned from  [Weather-Beaten Journal]. Tracks schools of fish.
[Find Herbs]	Herbalism
[Find Minerals]	Mining
[Find Treasure]	Outlaw rogue
Flight Master
Focus Target		Puts a thick silver border around the blip for your focus target.
Food & Drink
Gas Cloud Tracking	Engineer	Passively enabled while  [Zapthrottle Mote Extractor] is in inventory.
[Infused Ruby] Creatures & Objects		Activated with  [Enchanted Map of Infused Ruby Network] (permanent version) or  [Stolen Map of Infused Ruby Network] (1-day version).
Innkeeper
Item Upgrade
Mailbox
Points of Interest		Points toward nearby towns and other hubs.
Profession Trainers
Reagents
Repair
Stable Master	Hunter
Target		Puts a yellow cross behind the blip for your target.
Track Digsites	Archaeology
Track Pets	Pet battling
Track Quest POIs		Highlights areas of interest for tracked quests.
Track Warboards
Transmogrifier
Trivial Quests		Tracks quests far below your level.

Creature tracking

Type	Name	Requirement	Notes
Beast	[Track Beasts]	Druid	Learned from  [Tome of the Wilds: Track Beasts]. Only functions in [Cat Form].
Beast	[Track Beasts]	Hunter
Beast	[Well Fed]		1 hour buff from  [Tracker Snacks].
Demon	[Track Demons]	Hunter
Demon	[Detect Demon]		1 hour buff from  [Elixir of Detect Demon]  [Cursed Vision of Sargeras]
Dragonkin	[Track Dragonkin]	Hunter
Elemental	[Track Elementals]	Hunter
Giant	[Track Giants]	Hunter
Giant	[Tallstalk Mushroom]		1 hour buff from  [Tallstalk Mushroom].
Hidden	[Track Hidden]	Hunter	Increases stealth detection and tracks hidden units within detection range.
Humanoid	[Track Humanoids]	Hunter
Humanoid	[Track Humanoids]	Druid	Only functions in [Cat Form].
Humanoid	[Well Fed]		1 hour buff from  [Blackened Worg Steak].
Mechanical	[Track Mechanicals]	Hunter	Known innately by Gnome, Goblin, and Mechagnome Hunters. Other races can learn from  [Mecha-Bond Imprint Matrix].
Undead	[Track Undead]	Hunter
Undead	[Sense Undead]	Paladin

Trivia

• During very early alpha, Tracking was intended as a secondary profession.

Patch changes

• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Several tracking options have been hidden from the tracking menu. Most of these hidden options are turned on by default.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Players can now track more than one thing at a time.
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): "If a players selects Track Low Level Quests, the quest objectives will no longer appear dim on the Map, nor will the exclamation points appear dim over NPC heads or on the Mini-Map."
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): New tracking option: Low Level Quests.
  
• Patch 2.4.3 (2008-07-15): "Fixed an issue where players could have two minimap tracking types active at the same time."
  
• Patch 2.4.2 (2008-05-13): "Mailboxes can now be tracked on the minimap."
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): "All players now have a tracking bubble on their minimap. From that menu you can select a specific type of vendor or npc to look for or you can select a specific tracking type if your character has tracking. Yes this means that hunters can take all of those tracking buttons off of their action bars."