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World of Warcraft isn’t just one game anymore — it’s a whole family of clients living side by side under one launcher. Retail, six flavors of Classic progression, Season of Discovery, Hardcore, and support for Windows, macOS, and Linux all funnel through the same Battle.net app, but the exact steps (and gotchas) differ depending on what you’re trying to play. …

Hardcore Classic runs the original vanilla ruleset with one major change: if your character dies, that’s it — permanent death, no resurrection, and the character is locked out forever. It installs as its own version inside the WoW Classic client. Here’s the full setup. What You’ll Need Before You Start A Battle.net account with an active WoW subscription or game …

Season of Discovery is Blizzard’s limited-time twist on Classic, adding class-defining runes and a remixed leveling path on top of the original vanilla client. It installs as its own version inside the existing WoW Classic client, separate from standard progression servers. Here’s the full setup. What You’ll Need Before You Start A Battle.net account with an active WoW subscription or …

Unlike Linux, macOS is officially supported by Blizzard with a native client, so the install process is almost identical to Windows. The main differences show up around Apple Silicon performance and a couple of macOS-specific permission prompts, both covered below. What You’ll Need Before You Start A Mac running a recent version of macOS (check the official WoW system requirements …

World of Warcraft isn’t officially supported on Linux, but it runs well through compatibility layers like Wine and Lutris — well enough that plenty of players use it as their daily driver. This guide walks through the full setup from a clean Linux install to your first login. What You’ll Need Before You Start A 64-bit Linux distribution (Ubuntu, Fedora, …

Mists of Pandaria Classic brings back Pandaria, the Monk class, the Pandaren race, and pet battles. Like the other Classic expansions, it installs as a version switch inside the existing Classic client rather than a brand new download. Here’s the full setup. What You’ll Need Before You Start A Battle.net account with an active WoW subscription or game time. Around …

Cataclysm Classic reworks the original Azeroth zones from the ground up and adds two new races, Worgen and Goblin, each with their own starting experience. Like the Classic expansions before it, Cataclysm installs as a version switch inside the existing Classic client rather than a fresh download. Here’s the full setup. What You’ll Need Before You Start A Battle.net account …

Wrath of the Lich King Classic brings back Northrend, the Death Knight hero class, and the dungeon-and-raid structure a lot of players consider the peak of Classic-era WoW. Like TBC before it, WotLK installs as a version switch inside the existing Classic client rather than a brand new download. Here’s the full setup. What You’ll Need Before You Start A …

The Burning Crusade Classic recreates the first WoW expansion — Outland, flying mounts, Arena, and the original Draenei and Blood Elf starting experience. It installs as its own client inside the Battle.net app, separate from both Retail and vanilla Classic, so this guide covers the full setup from scratch. What You’ll Need Before You Start A Battle.net account with an …

Retail is the current, ongoing version of World of Warcraft — the latest expansion, live seasons, and the servers most new and returning players land on by default. Getting it installed takes about ten minutes of clicking plus however long the download itself takes, and this guide walks through every step. What You’ll Need Before You Start A free Battle.net …