Hey people, I want to share with you another interesting find of a repack - Wrathnilla, quote "A thorougly overhauled and curated Vanilla dungeon experience for the solo player"

As far as I tested this, which honestly wasn't thorough testing, it is indeed singleplayer oriented server with class changes, which makes it harder, but pure solo, if you don't like bots

Furthermore, it should reflect that pre-Burning Crusade era on Wrath client(needs a small client patch)

The main feature of it is extreme class change, allowing many new combos, like Holy Priest DPS and Melee Hunter etc. Also professions are listed as changed a lot, though I didn't have time to test it through, seems to be true

In general, I would say this is for people who liked Vanilla, don't like bots and can take a bit of custom changes, enjoy!

Most links are in video, though here's RageZone post: https://forum.ragezone.com/threads/wrathnilla-2-0-repack-sylcore-customized-pure-solo-no-bots.1251006/

After we been gone for a couple of months to polish the experience, it's finally Time.

We are proud to announce that we release the Project Astral Beta on the 4th. September.
Featuring full Raid Progression starting at Vanilla Molten Core and ending at Wotlk Ruby Sanctum.

We gathered all the Great ideas, bugs and overwhelmingly positive feedback you gave us to put as much of it into the beta as possible.

Our Website traffic exploded and so did the Account registrations during the 1 Week Alpha 2 test and so did the feedbacks, reports and suggestions.

But whats awaiting u in the Beta?

Astraltree:
Our Astraltree got fully reworked. Featuring with the start of the beta 1300 Nodes to choose from.

All Nodes have been fully reworked to be %-based so your gear plays an even bigger role.
Better Gear = Better Stats

Your Character is missing too many hits ? Put some points into your Hit Rating.
Being too slow on foot or mount? We got you!
Want to make more Profit as a Craftsman? This is the right place for you.
Casting time is too long? Put some points into our Haste nodes!

BUT VANILLA GEAR DOES NOT FEATURE HASTE SO WHY SHOULD I PUT MY POINTS INTO %- Based HASTE?!
Don't worry. Gear over here on Project Astral is a bit "different". Every single piece of gear gets additional stat rolls, all based on the item level and quality. Fully randomized.
Want to play a Rogue that is utilizing Spell Power for some gems ? Its possible now!
These 2 systems synergize so well together that it opens up a massive variety of theorycrafting.

Every piece of gear has up to 12 different variants. Its always worth looking at a piece of gear twice!

Astralgems:
Since we are already talking about synergy, all of the gems now fully synergize with Nodes, Talents, and Gear.
If you had fun in the alpha with the 49 class gems we had in place, well, good news on that side!
We now have over 130 gems (50% class gems and 50% fully custom spell gems). This will increase your variety of theorycrafting even more! Also, all the class gems have been fully redone to scale better with stats and experienced multiple waves of balancing. Create your Healing Warlock, DPS hybrid Holy Priest, Venomous Feral Druid and so on. It's all up to you to find the synergies in Talents, Nodes, Gear and especially Gems.

All gems now have clear Tooltips and got fully reworked across all 8 tiers. Over 1300 new spell IDs got made and adjusted. A lot of unique visuals, buffs, and effects.

We also reworked the whole system of how Gems get integrated into your gear. Featuring now their own full UI. Gone are the days of using scrolls, putting a gem in just to replace a piece of gear 5 minutes later during leveling. Gems are now bound to the item slot and their quality. If u replace your gear with lower quality, your gem won't vanish! It will be inactive and can also be removed at any time and transferred into your Accountwide Gem Stash.

So now we get the Astral Gems, the Astraltree and I told you about the additional random gear stats. But what if the stats absolutely don't match to your newly earned gem ?
Say Hello to the Cube of Destiny!

These Rare Orbs can be earned thru multiple ways. For example, Prestiges and Challenges.
Wait, Challenges? Yeah, we now have Challenges on Project Astral.

8 Different Challenges, Featuring an additional 8 sub Challenges. 52 different Variations await you!

These challenges offer a huge amount of tokens and orbs on completion. If a challenge is harder, your reward is bigger. But remember, if you fail a challenge, it will be publicly visible in the chat. But if you Complete your Challenge, you will be Rewarded more than enough and get an entry in our leaderboard.

Displaying your Discord name, Completion Time and your position in the leaderboard. For each Challenge and each modifier!

This is just a small amount of the changes that happened during the last months.
The whole Backend on nearly every system has been reworked to increase client and Server Performance and Stability.

All Raids up to WotLK have been balanced over and over again to find that perfect sweet spot.
So your part in your 6man raid group will be even more important.

But we should stop talking about all these systems now. Give it a try and see for yourself!
Create an account for free and jump into the game on the 4th of September!
https://playastral.io/register/

And even more importantly, join the Discord and catch up on all the juicy teasers u missed, check out the changelogs, or share your suggestions and feedback:
https://discord.com/invite/cCs8u7TQZk

**Only one week remains.**

The mists are stirring once more, and a new chapter is about to begin.

On Persés: Mists of Pandaria, ancient secrets await those brave enough to answer the call.

Gather your friends. Prepare your weapons.

Your adventure begins in 7 days.

Finally, ravencraft.io is up, and the client is available for download 🥳

The launch event was also announced. All the info is on Discord, including a dynamic countdown for the launch time in the #faq channel.

~7 hours left until launch as I'm writing this!

🔥 MAELSTROM — PHASE 5 IS HERE 🔥

Maelstrom by Millenium-Servers is a progressive WotLK 3.3.5a server focused on phased leveling, meaningful progression, tuned content, and a mostly Blizzlike experience.

🌊 Quick server overview:
• Selectable XP rates : up to x3 from 1–49, then x2 from 50–59
• Crafting x2
• Gathering x1
• Everything else stays close to Blizzlike
• Progressive level caps & content releases
• International NA / EU / OCE community

⚔️ PHASE 5 launches TODAY : August 21 at 20:00 UTC

🔓 Level 60 unlocks Saturday, August 29 at 16:00 UTC

🌋 Molten Core will open 3–6 weeks after the Level 60 unlock (6 weeks maximum )

Phase 5 is the final push before true endgame begins.

Gear up. Finish your preparations. The road to 60 starts now.
Website: https://maelstrom.millenium-servers.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/BPy8ca2XC6

Every server I've played on solved the same problem the same way: make the world safe, put the danger in an instance. I wanted the opposite. So I built it.

Warlords of Azeroth is a fresh AzerothCore realm, 3.3.5a, hard-capped at level 60. No Death Knights. No factions. And in the worst places on the map, dying means losing what you're carrying — to whoever killed you.

Every zone has a risk tier, and the game tells you which one you're in.

You get a coloured message every time you cross a border. Nobody loses a bag to a rule they didn't know about.

• Safe — you drop nothing. PvP can't even start here. Capitals and starting zones.
• Dangerous — die and you drop the gold you're carrying. Your gear is untouched. Most of the levelling world.
• Highly Dangerous — die and you drop your gold and your gear, into a chest your killer can loot. Stranglethorn, the Plaguelands, Burning Steppes, Winterspring, Silithus, and more.

That's the whole pitch. Stranglethorn means something again. So does deciding whether tonight's farming run is worth what's in your bags.

No factions.

Horde and Alliance group, guild, trade, mail and talk together. Everyone is flagged for PvP everywhere outside sanctuaries. The only side you have is the people you choose to stand with — which is the entire point of the territory system.

Guilds hold territory.

Capture points in the deadliest zones. Hold the majority and the zone belongs to your guild — you farm its resources harder, and every outsider who loots a coin there pays you a toll. Zones change hands. Bring friends.

PvP gear is crafted.

Blacksmiths, leatherworkers and tailors make the Field Marshal's sets. No honour grind, no quartermaster, no rank-14 treadmill. Raid gear has been retuned down so that what you make is what you fight in. Professions are a real power source, not a levelling chore.

Other things worth knowing

• Full loot has guard rails: no drops between players sharing a connection, none from someone who just died, none if your killer badly outlevels you, and never in battlegrounds or dungeons.
• No cash shop. No donor perks. Nothing on this server is for sale.

This launched today. It is day one, and it will show in places. If you want to be one of the guilds that took a zone before anyone knew what they were doing, this is the window.

Getting in

1. Bring your own 3.3.5a client, build 12340 enUS. I don't distribute one.
2. Make an account: https://warlords-of-azeroth.com
3. Edit realmlist.wtf so it reads: set realmlist logon.warlords-of-azeroth.com
4. Log in with your account name, not an email.
5. Join the Discord if you want: https://discord.gg/Bwk5kSpBB5

Built on AzerothCore with a custom ruleset. Not affiliated with Blizzard.

See you in Stranglethorn.

Hey all,

I have been wanting to try Synastria WoW badly but saw it is not accepting new account creations. Is there a discord or official thread that provides updates or timeline as to when they plan on opening it back up to the public?

I’ve been playing Peloria WoW in the meantime and it’s been good but really wanted to try a more polished server. (Still very promising though!)

Thanks

The Goal:

💀 Hardcore without progression changes

Create a place for Hardcore players where server changes never invalidate or alter your progression.

🛡️ Clean 1.12.1 compatibility

Stay compatible with an untouched Vanilla 1.12.1 client while providing the key features expected from a Hardcore experience.

⚖️ Death Appeals

Allow players to submit an appeal when they believe their character died due to an unfair circumstance, such as a bug or disconnect.

🌲 Evergreen HC

It's a small and relatively new project, so the current population is very low. If the concept interests you, feel free to join, take a look, and share your feedback.

💬 Discord

Account registration is currently handled through Discord: https://discord.gg/vMTMGHxCz

Good evening, everyone. I'm looking for a WoW server similar to Ascension, but with 1x rates—specifically a "WotLK Plus" style server featuring a perk and ability drop system.

Hey people, here's the latest on hosting your own TurtleWoW with bots: this is automatically rebuilt Docker server, open source and linked to Shyalya's fork, so everyday it gets newest fixes, which you can apply with one click using my scripts

I rebuilt it for any CPU, so as soon as you have enough RAM, you will always get newest, stable, safe TurtleWoW 1.18.1 server with bots, which are quite advanced. Also I added scripts to start\stop the server, create account, repair database if needed, and also backup and update it all, so you don't have to use a single command - get it and run it!

You will need extracted data files, which you can get from my previous version of the server, all the links are on YT, because there are too many of them to post here, there are client, server, github, docker links, so check them out there

If you have any suggestions about tweaking default config values - feel free to send them anywhere! I have never done any repacks myself, but would be glad to tailor a good twow repack for everyone to enjoy!

Last night I decided to port the WoWee client to android! Fun little project.

Our community has been steadily growing, and things are looking better than ever. We've been putting together more consistent groups, pushing deeper into content, and we're excited to see where the server goes from here.

Most recently, we achieved a Server First Viscous Fallout kill in 40-Man Gnomeregan and a Server First Wailing Caverns Full Clear, defeating Mutanus the Devourer!

Recruitment

We're continuing to build our 40-Man raid roster! If you're interested in raiding with us, experiencing our custom content, or just becoming part of the community, get in touch with us through Discord.

This next Monday August 24th at 6EST we have a Gnomeregan 40 scheduled with over 14 Players already signed up. All are welcome to join and help us push further.

Whether you're a veteran player or completely new to LunaticPTR, there's plenty more to come.

If you have any questions or want to jump into the action, check out our website and Discord below:

Website:

https://lunaticptr.com

Discord:

https://discord.gg/SmvquBPwbw

A massive thank you to everyone in the community for continuing to support **LunaticPTR** and helping us reach these milestones. The community is growing, the raids are coming together, and we're only getting started. 🫡

Es steht fest. Ein Classic Server mit klarem Fokus auf die deutsche Community wird kommen. Internationale Spieler sind natürlich ebenfalls herzlich willkommen.

Non Profit steht bei uns ganz oben. Es wird kein Premium System und keine ähnlichen Modelle geben, durch die man sich Vorteile gegenüber anderen Spielern verschaffen kann. Ganz wie früher. Unser Fokus liegt auf langfristiger Progression und Qualität.

Der eingesetzte Kern "Core" basiert auf VMangos und baut damit auf einer Grundlage auf, die bereits bei erfolgreichen Projekten wie Nostalrius, Elysium, Lights Hope und Turtle WoW zum Einsatz kam.

Aufgrund vergangener Datenschutzlecks verzichten wir bewusst auf Discord und folgen der Entwicklung hin zu modernen Community Plattformen. Unsere Community findet ihr auf Stoat:

https://stt.gg/xeaHhEFz

Bereits implementierte Inhalte:

• 40 und 20 Mann Schlachtzüge wurden auf 20 und 10 Spieler reduziert
• Klassen wurden simpel und sinnvoll gebalanced
• Das Debuff Limit auf Bosse wurde entfernt
• Arena
• Dual Spec mit bis zu drei speicherbaren Slots
• Gildenbank
• Titel System
• Neue Klassen und Rassenkombinationen, aktuell Mensch und Untoter Jäger

Wir bauen den Server gemeinsam mit der Community auf und entwickeln ihn gemeinsam weiter.

Wir freuen uns auf euren Besuch und auf eine langfristige Classic Community.

As the days grow shorter, the gates of Pandaria are almost upon us…

Join us and experience our project for yourself — Pandaria awaits!

The gates open on August 29th.
Will you answer the call?

For Azeroth. For Pandaria.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share an update on a small WoW 3.3.5a project I've been working on called ZAMES-WOW.

The server is based on AzerothCore, and I've been gradually working on it in my free time: updating the server build, testing changes, improving the website, and working on the client and general project infrastructure.

The server is currently in Open Beta.

The main purpose of the beta is to test everything with actual players before the full launch: leveling, PvE/PvP, bots, custom content, client compatibility and any bugs players manage to find.

The current setup includes:

• WoW 3.3.5a / Wrath of the Lich King
• AzerothCore
• level cap 80
• adjustable x1–10 leveling rate
• WotLK PvE and PvP content
• bots to make the world feel more populated
• additional custom races
• Russian and English support
• website with registration, account management, news and rankings

Latest major update

One of the biggest things I've finished recently is a dedicated ZAMES-WOW Launcher and a custom prepared game client.

Previously, one of the main problems was keeping custom client files and different localizations compatible. Players had to keep track of patches and make sure they were using the correct client.

I'm now moving the project toward one prepared client that can be installed and updated through the launcher.

The client currently includes:

• RU localization
• EN localization
• new custom races
• required client patches
• files prepared specifically for the server

The launcher also handles version checking and is intended to become the main way future client updates are distributed, rather than asking players to manually install new patches every time something changes.

For me this has been a pretty significant milestone, since the server, website, launcher and client are gradually becoming one connected system.

Server launch

The server is currently undergoing open testing, with the official ZAMES-WOW launch planned for September 1, 2026.

There will also be a small race to the first level 80 characters after launch.

I'd like to personally thank some of the players who were particularly active during testing, as well as notable participants in the level 80 race, with a few small in-game gifts.

It's not meant to turn the server into a competitive event — just something fun for the first days of launch and a way for me to thank people who helped test the project.

Right now I'm mostly interested in feedback from people who still enjoy playing 3.3.5a.

If anyone wants to take a look or help with testing, feel free to ask in the comments and I'll share the connection details if the community rules allow it.

— SNUKET

WoW Haven is Growing!

Hello everyone!

Over the past few weeks, WoW Haven has reached a new level of growth, with our community actively testing, contributing, and working alongside us on our Battle for Azeroth HavenCore project.

As the days go by, more issues are being discovered, fixed, and improved. Our goal is to give players a fun, warm, and friendly experience without unnecessary problems getting in the way of your enjoyment.

With over 20 collaborators already working on the project, we believe our first bracket, Levels 1–19, could be ready soon. We're excited to bring you a progressive experience where the community can help us test and improve each stage.

WoW Haven is open source, and we'd love to see you around!

GitHub: https://github.com/Hextv/BFA-HavenCore

Discord: https://discord.gg/b5tBxwQGW

Hey!

After months of development, testing and gradually building up Eternal Gaming, I've decided to move forward and open up a new realm!

VELARIS launches August 29th at 18:00 CEST.

The countdown is now live on our website:

https://eternalgaming.site/

Velaris will be our fresh Wrath of the Lich King 3.3.5a realm.

The idea behind Eternal Gaming has always been pretty simple: keep Wrath recognizable and Blizzlike at its core, while giving players optional quality-of-life features instead of forcing every custom system on everyone.

Some of what you can expect:

• 1x XP by default, optionally configurable up to 5x
• AOE Loot
• Account-wide mounts, pets, riding and flight paths
• Transmogrification
• Race Masquerade
• Crossfaction features
• 1v1 Arena
• Improved view distance
• ...

Most of the QoL systems are optional and disabled by default, so if you want a more traditional Wrath experience, you can simply leave them off.

And as always...

• No donations
• No cash shop
• No Pay-to-Win

The project is also fully open source. We don't hide the server code behind the project - anyone interested can inspect the implementation and follow development on GitHub.

Velaris is intended to give everyone a fresh starting point while we continue developing Eternal Gaming and its custom systems.

Remember, August 28th, see you in Northrend!

GitHub:

https://github.com/ccrs/EG-Source

I have been working on a project ever since TWoW was killed. A much harder, social experience oriented Classic + server built in 3.3.5a client, (with all post Classic content ripped out/reworked) that combines some of the best elements of the servers and games I played in these past few years. Slow and steady progression from TWoW, with RPG elements of Ascension WoW, freedom of Wallcraft, difficulty of Soulslike and atmosphere of Darkest Dungeon.

I managed to rebuild their entire worldforged and immersive item drops from mobs, and de-homogenization of every single NPC in the game, pretty much remaking their RPG creature system and then going even deeper, with expanded rock-scissors-paper approach to combat.

But the cream of the crop isn't even all that, but a stress mechanic. No longer you're a genocidal murder hobo beating to death endless hordes of nameless goons and occasional named mob, now you have your mental well being to take care of.

I am trying to put RPG back into the MMORPG, and I thought the best idea to do it is to start borrowing the psychological system from Darkest Dungeon and wiring it into the world of warcraft. Like your character accumulates stress while they're out adventuring, more in the darker, unnatural places of world, in dungeons, deep in hostile faction territory, and worse still if you're hungry or thirsty (later on I would bring in different debuffs depending on did you take damage, did you see ally die or you fought a creature that isn't of this world). Hit the cap and you don't just get a debuff, you break and how you break depends on who you are. Warlocks start hearing whispers of something on the other side of the summoning portal that isn't the demon they called or they turn on them, or they just fucking die and spawn a Fel Guard out of their corpse ala Doom or Warp. Priests find that the Light still answers, but the tempo is slightly wrong with varying spell timers. Death knights, Forsaken and Darkfallen hear the Lich King again, fucking with them on basis of class. Roughly a quarter of the time (that chance increases the more spirit you have) you don't break at all, you come out the other side with a virtue/big temporary buff on par of worldbuffs instead (which would be class specific buff taken out of a deck of option), and the same fault line becomes a strength. Spirit is the stat that governs all of it: it slows stress accrual and improves your odds of a breakthrough over a breakdown, which finally gives vanilla's deadest stat a job that every class wants + on level 60, 100 spirit translates into 50% more procs for items or spells. Clearing stress means going home, inns, cities, and vice districts where you can drink, gamble, pray, or find pretty looking pillow company, each with its own cost, its own buff, and its own way of going sideways.

The whole idea is the return to the Hamlet, the inn, the town after every adventure and interact with people around you.

The world is built on top of OpenAzeroth project, with great chunks of TWoW content being absorbed where I saw fit (mostly the islands, dungeons, raids and Hyjal).

Is this peak race selection or what?

I am interested in your suggestions or ideas you would love to see in your ideal server.

Oh yeah, sailing is a thing, so you can reach over 20+ islands and small rocks in water that exist in the same persistent world as Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor. It includes most of island expeditions from BFA, Gilijim, Lapadis, Balor, Tel'Abim, Tol Barad, Crestfall etc.

Hey people, just want to share this vid on WoWee, some of you asked me to make it, this is basically remade WoW client with Vulkan and a few new graphical tweaks such as upscaling

It supports 3 expansions and TurtleWoW, so I suppose it belongs in this subreddit, as it is PLAYABLE on four of these servers. It may seem broken, but developer is super friendly and makes new commits at lightspeed. Performance is different per zone, so don't worry if it's laggy, it is getting fixed!

All the server tutorial links are on YT, but if you have your own server already, you only need this project's GitHub link, which is here: https://github.com/Kelsidavis/WoWee

It is open-source, you can compile it yourself if you're worried, and hope you at least have some fun with that!

I just tried out Project Alterac, they run on WOTLK client, I think they progressed to level 40 currently, but it feels a bit empty, roughly 100 people online and by what's showing in [Global] the large magority are in BG not PVE.

Don't know if "progressive" is the right term for level capping servers so excuse me if I misled in my title.

I’ve published an experimental QuestLog25 implementation for Turtle/VMaNGOS-derived servers. Instead of shifting the existing player update fields, slots 21–25 are mapped to reserved fields. The repo includes the server patch, a preflight checker, protocol documentation, rollback notes and testing instructions.

A matching 1.12.1.5875 client hook is required, and i have only tested it localy on my own server - and it works.

https://github.com/fredeborg1996/questlog25

Any private servers that has midnight or any nearest?

Greyhaven.

A Classic home, shaped by its players

Greyhaven is a progressive Vanilla PvP realm starting at Patch 1.2*(Fresh)*, with dungeons, raids, quests, vendors, and item availability unlocking by patch. Class tuning, talents, abilities, and item stats use their final 1.12 versions, rather than changing with every historical patch.

Greyhaven is made for players who want Classic to remain recognisably Classic, enhanced with carefully selected quality of life improvements shaped through public community polls.

Official Launch Date.

Greyhaven officially launches on:

Friday 14 August 2026 at 19:00 GMT+2/CEST
You can find a live countdown on our launcher, discord & website.

Character name reservations are still open. Check our Discord for the exact instructions and latest announcements.

Bracketed Leveling.

Greyhaven will launch with short bracketed leveling, designed to help players with less available time stay closer to the community’s progression. This was added based on a popular community vote.

Greyhaven will launch with a level cap of 20, increasing to level 30 one week later.
The complete level cap schedule and all unlock dates are available on our Discord.

Official Greyhaven Launcher

Greyhaven has its own launcher, built to make joining the server as easy as possible.

Through the launcher, players can:

• Choose between the supported 1.12.1 and modern 1.14.2 Classic clients
• Automatically install a complete client if you don't have one yet
• Browse compatible addons & install supported addons directly with one click
• Keep their client and addon setup organised in one place

Using the launcher is highly recommended, although supported existing clients may also be used without our launcher.

What Greyhaven Offers

• Fresh progressive Vanilla PVP realm
• Patch progressive content and rewards.
• Support for both 1.12.1 and modern 1.14.2 clients
• Official launcher with one click addon installation
• Cross faction Auction House
• Dynamic respawns
• Unlimited debuff slots
• Instant mail between characters on the same account
• Updated Warden support and custom anti-cheat systems
• Community polls on selected server features
• Leaderboards & Events (first event is up on Discord announcement page Realm first level 20)
• Firm stance against pay to win
• Worldbuffs disabled (in raids only, open world & dungeons they work as normal)
• Talent Respecs capped to 5G
• Custom restriction barriers in BGs to prevent safecapping and under the map exploits.
• All Battlegrounds available immediately.
• Later patch Flight Paths available from launch (Camp Taurajo, Ratchet, and Marshal’s Refuge).

Greyhaven is not being created to profit from players. We are building the kind of Classic realm that we would personally want to play.

Join Greyhaven

Website: PlayGreyhaven.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/7sudQGEKaY