Importing Your Character

The SimC Addon

WoW Gear Sim reads character data from the SimulationCraft addon for World of Warcraft. This addon creates a text export of your character’s gear, talents, and stats that SimC can understand.

Installing the Addon

Install SimulationCraft from CurseForge (or via your addon manager of choice)
Log into WoW and make sure the addon is enabled

Creating an Export

Equip the gear you want as your “baseline” — this is what results will be compared against
Put any alternative gear pieces in your bags (not in your bank)
Type /simc in chat
A window opens with your export string
Press Ctrl+A (select all) then Ctrl+C (copy)

What the Export Contains

The export string includes:

Character metadata — name, realm, region, race, spec, level
Talent string — your current talent build (base64 encoded)
Equipped gear — every slot with item ID, bonus IDs, gems, and enchants
Bag items — alternative gear pieces in your inventory

Example Export (abbreviated)

shaman="Thrall"
level=80
race=orc
region=eu
server=draenor
spec=enhancement
talents=BYQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgUSShQ...

head=,id=235602,bonus_id=10355/10257/1498/8767/10271,gem_id=213743,enchant_id=7359
neck=,id=235610,bonus_id=10355/10257/1498/8767/10271,enchant_id=7361
# ... more equipped slots ...

# head=,id=229379,bonus_id=10390/10257/1498/8767/10271
# trinket1=,id=225652,bonus_id=10390/10257/1498/8767/10271

Lines starting with # followed by a gear slot are bag items. The app parses these automatically.

Tips for Best Results

Re-export after gear changes — If you acquire new items, do a fresh /simc export
Talents are fixed — The app uses your current talent build for all simulations. If you want to test different talents, change them in-game and re-export
One character at a time — Each paste replaces the previous character data