Unowned Item Search

Overview

WoW Gear Sim lets you search for items you don’t own and add them to your gear comparison. This helps you answer “Is this item worth farming?” before spending time on it.

How to Add Unowned Items

1. In any gear slot card, click ”+ Add item to compare”
2. Type the item name in the search box
3. Results appear from the local item database and Wowhead (if online)
4. Click an item to add it to the slot

Gear Track Selection

After selecting an unowned item, you must pick a gear track to determine its item level:

Track	Item Level Range	Source Example
Adventurer	224–237	World quests, open world
Veteran	237–250	Normal dungeons, LFR
Champion	250–263	Heroic dungeons, Normal raid
Hero	263–276	Mythic+, Heroic raid
Myth	276–289	Mythic raid, high M+ vault

The gear track determines which bonus_id is applied to the item, which SimC uses to calculate the correct stats and item level.

Assume Socket

For unowned items, you can check “Add socket” to simulate the item as if it came with a socket (e.g., from the Great Vault or a lucky drop). This adds the socket bonus ID to the item.

How Search Works

The app searches two sources in parallel:

1. Local database (items.db) — instant, works offline, contains all equippable items from SimC’s data files
2. Wowhead API — online search for items not found locally

Results are merged and deduplicated. Up to 10 results are shown, displaying:

• Item name
• Slot type
• Quality color (common, uncommon, rare, epic, legendary)

Searching by ID

You can also paste an item ID directly (e.g., 235620) to find a specific item.

Unowned Items in the Gear Panel

Unowned items appear in the slot card with a distinct [unowned] badge and show:

• The item name and quality
• The selected gear track and item level range
• The “Add socket” checkbox

They can be selected and deselected like any other item.

Technical Details

The app doesn’t need to store item stats — SimC resolves all stats internally from the item ID and bonus IDs. The local items.db only contains item names, slots, and base item levels for search purposes.

The database is rebuilt each release from SimC’s item_data.inc source file and contains approximately 50,000–80,000 items.