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

• 9.0.5 or later (master)
• 2.5.1 or later (2.5.x)

Building

Build Prerequisites

• .NET Core SDK 6.0.0-preview7 or later
• Optional for native builds: C++ workload through Visual Studio 2019/2022 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

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

Parameters

• --path "Your WoW Path" to specify your custom wow path.
• --binary "Your WoW Binary" to specify your custom wow binary name.
• -keepcache to skip deleting the Cache folder on launch..

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.