Global options live in the native Blizzard interface options panel. Open it from Blizzard’s AddOns menu, by right-clicking the minimap button, or with /em options.
Options are global - they apply to the whole account, not per-character. For per-character overrides (including Stash Old Quest Items), see the Sidecar Options Tab.
Sections#
The panel has two subcategories.
General#
| Option | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Minimap Button | On | Show the LibDBIcon minimap button. |
| ESC to Close | On | Pressing Escape closes the Dashboard and Triage windows. |
| Clamp Windows to Screen | On | Keep EmpireManager windows inside the visible screen area. |
| Chat Messages | On | Master toggle for all EmpireManager chat output (Triage summaries, etc.). Turn this off to make the addon fully silent. |
| Verbose Messages | Off | Adds bank capacity snapshots and other diagnostic lines to chat. |
| Show Hints | On | Prints once-per-login Upgrade Hints (undersized bag slots, unpurchased Character / Warband Bank tabs). Independent from Chat Messages. |
| Always Compare Items | Off | Forces equipped-item comparison tooltips alongside Triage hover. |
Triage#
The Triage subcategory groups everything that affects the Bag Triage flow. Three sections: Rules (how items are classified), Vendor (guards that protect gear from being vendored), and Actions (when the Triage overlay auto-opens).
Triage > Rules#
Classification rules that affect what lands in which category.
| Option | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Default Vendor Threshold | Disabled | Common-quality items with a per-item vendor price at or below this value are flagged as junk. Crafting materials, trade goods, consumables, and recipes are excluded. Set to 0 to disable. |
| Disenchant Routing | Off | Route BoE gear to your Enchanting Artisan when disenchanting is more profitable than selling on the AH. Uses TSM price data when available; falls back to the Disenchant Threshold below when TSM is not loaded. |
| Disenchant Threshold | Disabled | When TSM is not available, BoE gear with per-unit sell price below this value is routed to the Enchanting Artisan. Set to 0 to disable. |
Triage > Vendor#
Guards that protect specific gear from being vendored.
| Option | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Protect ‘Equipment Set’ Items | On | Skip vendoring soulbound gear that belongs to any saved equipment set. |
| BoP Non-Upgrades (Pawn) | Off | Flag soulbound gear that Pawn considers not an upgrade as vendorable. Requires the Pawn addon. |
| BoP Lower iLvl | Off | Flag soulbound equippable gear as vendorable when its item level is lower than the equipped item in the same slot. Pawn takes priority when both are enabled. |
| Keep Above iLvl | Disabled | Soulbound equippable gear at or above this item level is kept regardless of Pawn/iLvl vendor checks. Set to 0 to disable. |
| Confirm Before Selling Quality Gear | On | Show a confirmation dialog before vendoring uncommon (green) or higher quality items. Junk and common items vendor silently. |
Triage > Actions#
When the Triage overlay auto-opens. Each toggles independently. Chat messages print regardless of these toggles (they are controlled by the Chat Messages option under General).
| Option | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Open on Bank/Warband Open | On | Auto-open the Triage overlay when opening the Bank or Warband Bank (if deposit items exist). |
| Open on Guild Bank Open | On | Auto-open the Triage overlay when opening the Guild Bank (if deposit items exist). |
| Open on Mailbox Open | On | Auto-open the Triage overlay when opening a Mailbox (if routable items exist). |
| Open on Vendor Open | On | Automatically open the Bag Triage overlay when visiting a Vendor (if there are vendorable items). |
Defaults Philosophy#
The addon ships with safe defaults:
- No automatic vendoring of BoP gear - both BoP Non-Upgrades (Pawn) and BoP Lower iLvl default off. You opt in when you trust the heuristics.
- Both vendor thresholds disabled - Default Vendor Threshold and Disenchant Threshold both default to Disabled, so white-quality items aren’t auto-junked and BoE gear doesn’t split to the Enchanter until you say so.
- All four auto-open triggers on - the core value proposition is catching items at the right moment.
- Confirm Before Selling Quality Gear on - you have to explicitly approve selling green-or-better gear in
Vendor All.