No one fan site (including this one!) has it all. To truly understand every facet of the game, the die-hard fan should never neglect the top sites in the scene. Here's a list of what we feel are the top sites for World of Warcraft on the Internet - the ones you shouldn't pass over in your quest to know everything about the game.

General Information

• The official World of Warcraft Community Site.  This is where all of the official 
  World of Warcraft related news announcements are made by Blizzard.
• Allakhazam.  Allakhazam has the most extensive collection of item, quest, mob, NPC, and tradeskill information in the game. If you're having trouble finding Echeyakee, head here.
• Thotbott.  A direct competitor of Allakhazam, Thotbott also has an extensive archive of information on items, quests, mobs, NPC's, and tradeskills.  The information on the site is good. However, ever since Thotbott was bought by a gold-selling company, many players have spurned the site in favor of its competitors.
• Worldofwar.net.  The "unofficial World of Warcraft site."  Worldofwar.net tries to be a jack of all trades and has forums, hosts articles, has an item and mod database, and hosts live chats and events.
• The Goblin Workshop.  The Goblin Workshop is another game data collection site, similar to Allakhazam and Thotbott.

Strategy Sites

• The Amazon Basin.  The Amazon Basin is a guild that "serves as a safe haven against cheating, racism, bigotry, hatred, and unfair gameplay. Members conduct themselves in a manner which promotes the fun of the game and prosperity of the guild and its members."  Its boards are also a fantastic place to discuss strategy and game mechanics, even if you are not an official member of the guild.
• Elitist Jerks.  The Elitist Jerks is also a guild website where even those who aren't elitist jerks can find good strategy discussions.
• Wowwiki.  Wowwiki has a variety of instance guides, maps, formulae, and just general information on the World of Warcraft.  It's a useful site, but be careful about depending on it too heavily, since some of the information on particular boss encounters has been shown to be inaccurate.
• WoW Guru.  WoW Guru hosts a variety of strategy guides as well as an item database similar to Allakhazam and Thotbott.

Specialized Information

Some sites like to specialize.  Some good ones are:

• Kaldorei World Map.  A map of Azeroth.
Kaliban's Class Loot Lists.  Kaliban's fills an interesting niche in that it lists all of the items that might be of interest to different classes and class builds as a way to help players plan what instances would be best to run to get the items that they want.
Wowhead's Talent Calculator.  This talent calculator is faster and easier to use than the one that Blizzard publishes.
Good Intentions.  This page has a wonderful summary of hunter pet abilities and how you get them.
Merciless Damage Reduction Calculator
WoW Equip.  A damage calculator for rogues.
The Warlocks Den.  This is an excellent resource for all things having to do with warlocks.
ShadowPanther.net.  ShadowPanther details where to get resist gear for rogues along with other rogue specific information.

Mod and 3rd Party UI Sites

Unlike most MMORPG's before it, World of Warcraft has an elaborate built-in scripting system that allows players to alter the user interface extensively.  Some of the more popular sites that contain UI libraries are:

• Curse-Gaming
• WoWInterface
• Unofficial WoW UI Site
• CTMod. CTMod is the home of the ever popular CT_RaidAssist.