WoW-Launcher

A game launcher for World of Warcraft that allows you to connect to custom servers.

License & Copyright

The WoW Launcher source is licensed under the MIT license.

Binary Releases

You can find signed binary releases at Arctium

Supported Game Versions (Windows)

Retail: 9.1.0 (default)
Classic: 2.5.2 (--version Classic)
Classic Era: 1.14.0 (--version ClassicEra)

Building

Build Prerequisites

.NET Core SDK 6.0.0-rc.2 or later
Optional for native builds: C++ workload through Visual Studio 2022 or latest C++ build tools

Build Instructions Windows (native)

Execute dotnet publish -r win-x64 /p:Configuration=Release /p:platform="x64" --self-contained
Native output is placed in build\Release\bin\native

Usage Windows

Copy Actium WoW Launcher.exe to your World of Warcraft folder.
Optional: Edit the WTF/Config.wtf to set your portal or use a different config file with the -config Config2.wtf launch arg.
Run the Actium WoW Launcher.exe

Parameters

Use --help

WARNING

DO NOT USE THIS AS BASE FOR ANY OFFICIAL SERVER TOOLS. IT WILL GET YOU BANNED THERE!!!

Special Request <3

Please do NOT remove the name arctium from the final binary. Blizzard filters their crash logs based on localhost and the string arctium in the binary name.

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