How to use the LFG / LFM interface Can ' t find a pick - up group for your toon ' s very first Deadmines run ? Need help with Heroic Slave Pens to finally get your ? WoW ' s built in Looking For Group tool can help . Many people have missed out on valuable instance runs because they do not understand the Looking For Group / Looking For More interface . The tool itself does a marvellous job , but it is so bone - headedly unintuitive that you would not know this until someone pointed it out to you with an . So , as a public service , please read this handy guide for using the Looking For Group / Looking For More interface . Starting . To open the Looking For Group / Looking For More interface click on the appropriate icon on the icon bar or use the " I " key . The big buttons that lead you to the Looking For Group and Looking For More tabs do exactly that ; they do not change the behaviour of the tool . Just choose between the Looking For Group and Looking For More tab as needed . Turn off Auto Join in the Looking For Group tab and Auto Add Members in the Looking For More tab . Having these options on would put you in a group or add members automatically , like meeting stones used to do . Real people do not like being matched with strangers , they want to see who is joining or who they are joining . Looking For Group tab . Only bother with Looking For Group if you are really flexible about where you want to go and want to signal your availability for many different options . This is like posting " LFG Stratholme , Scholomance , Upper Blackrock Spire " in a chat window . If you are more focused , the Looking For More tab can provide greater flexibility than the Looking For Group tab when forming a group for one specific instance . Looking For More tab . Regardless of whether you are forming a group or want to join an existing group , go to the Looking For More tab . Choose the type of instance you are after and the name , for example " Dungeon " and " Stratholme . " The choices available on the list are fixed , based on your level and on the minimum and recommended levels for each instance . In other words , you cannot use the Looking For Group / Looking For More tool to advertise your top - level character for paid runs through Stockade — you can codice _ 1 to trawl the chat channel manually . Remember to watch the instance type as well , for example Lower Blackrock Spire is in Dungeons and Upper Blackrock Spire is in Raids . Depending on how busy it is you will see a set of names listed . Those with crowns are leaders of partly formed groups , and those without crowns are individuals wanting to join a group for that instance . Hovering your mouse over a party leader shows you the names , classes , and levels of all the members so you know exactly what the group is like . If you are looking for a group , find a group that suits you and message the leader for an invite . Alternatively you can build your own group by finding individuals that suit you and message them to offer them a place . If you are a group leader who is looking for more , bear in mind that some individuals on the list are just browsing , or waiting for their guildies to log on , so you will get turned down a lot - just be patient and keep looking . Use the comment field to indicate something about yourself or the group . For example , a comment on an individual might be " Have T2 set , wanting item XYZ only . " A comment on a group might be " Supreme Raiders + PuG , PuG get 10 DKP . " Talking to a player on the list is made easy by the Send Message button . Select a character on the list and click this button to start a whisper chat . It has the same effect as the codice _ 2 command , where < name > is the selected player . The Group Invite button invites the selected player to join you in a group . It has the same effect as the codice _ 3 command , where < name > is the selected player . Quitting . If you close the window , the tool will continue to advertise your Looking For Group or Looking For More status . If you do not want that ( for Looking For Group mostly you will not , and for Looking For More mostly you will ) turn your preferences back to " None " in all the appropriate fields before you close . Limitations and workarounds . As useful as the LFG interface is , it does come with one inconvenience : if your character is a higher level than the level bracket of your desired instance ( for example , if your level 36 character wants to join a Stockade run ) , you will not be able to select that instance from the list . One way to circumvent this is by selecting a dungeon from the drop - down menu ( even if you do not want to attempt it at that moment in time ) and adding " LFG ( your desired dungeon ) " in the comment bar . Also , you can check if other players currently looking for different dungeons have also listed your dungeon among their options . Finally , the interface still doesn ' t prevent you from spamming " LFG ( dungeon ) " in both LookingForGroup and Trade chat channels , so feel free to do so while waiting for your group to come together .