When the installation finishes it will begin to try and install newer patches of the game, make sure to cancel this immediately to avoid any issues. Remember where you installed the game as we’ll be going there later. The client comes in a zip file, you can use a built in zip extractor or a third party program such as 7zip. You can find the original client full download on FilePlanet, a much safer alternative than using a torrent which could have been modified in some way. 1) Get the WotLK Client (6.35GB) – Download

Remember, don’t use the launcher to start the game, make sure you use Wow.exe inside the World of Warcraft folder otherwise it can start updating the game and making you start all over. Here we have a guide to not only downloading but also configuring it to connect to your private server. The information below is considered no longer relevant and is left for archival purposes.

Direct – Client from Paragon-Servers (French)(Mac).

Torrent – Client from Heroes of WoW (Spanish).

Magnet – Client from Warmane (Original Models).

Magnet – Client from Warmane (WoD Models).

There are a couple of different options to help with this, we recommend using either a cloud based torrent client such as Bitport or a VPN ( Proton VPN is a solid choice, they have a decent free tier also). Note that there have been many reports lately that Blizzard does file copyright strikes with ISPs for people using torrents to download their older clients.

Direct – Client from Paragon-Servers (French).

Found a WotLK private server to play on and need to download the client to get started? Look no further!We have compile a list of multiple download options for users to be able to find the best options for them.

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