This guide is very helpful if you have ever wondered how people get to play World of Warcraft on a private server. Doing this will can also let you play as a GM if you know the person hosting the private server. I just collected this on the internet. With that said…here is the guide!
Have you ever wondered how you could solo MC or BWL? How about have a godly character that nothing can defeat? So… Now that I've caught your attention, I will explain how to connect to one of many WOW private server!
1. Rename your World of Warcraft folder to anything else, for example, something you won't forget is your WOW folder. For Windows users you'll find the folder “World of Warcraft” in C:\Program Files.
2. Install the World of Warcraft (again). The installer will ask you where you want to place World of Warcraft. The default is installed into C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft, but instead rename it to C:\Program Files\PrivateServerWOW (or anything else). Also, don't have it send an icon to the desktop.
3. Once you've installed World of Warcraft, DO NOT connect to the server!!! If you do this, WOW will update your game version to 1.9.0, and we don't want this! Instead, download the 1.8.0 full patch. you can download it here: FileFront
4. Run the 1.8.0 installation files and have it be installed to the WOW Private Server folder. (If it doesn't let you choose where to install it, it will automatically install in your private server folder).
5. This part is semi-optional. Just depends on if you want to have the Ahn-Qiraj stuff available in the Private Server. If you want to connect to a 1.9.0 hack server, you can download the 1.9.0 EMU patch (this is NOT the same as Blizzard's and using Blizzard's 1.9.0 will result in not being able to connect to the private server.) You can download the 1.9.0 emu patch HERE. Install the patch into your Private WOW server folder.
6. If you installed the 1.9.0 emu hack, go to your WOW private server folder and then inside the folder go to DATA, then to DBFilesClient. in the DBFilesClient folder DELETE the item “Spell.dbc.” If you don't delete this, WOW will NOT work. However if you didn't install the 1.9.0 emu hack, you won't have to delete anything.
7. Now on to finding a WOW private server to connect to. I find most of my servers at serverlist.php but you can find them elsewhere by doing a search. There, you'll find a list of private servers. If you want to play on a server with high XP rates and gold/item rates, choose a funserver (under the XP rate column). Click on the server's name to go to the info page. You can only play on servers that have 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, or 1.9.0 hack (which is really almost all servers).
8. To play on the server, you must make an account. Now click on the Account Signup page to register for that particular server. Most register sites will look like a login screen. Just type your desired username and password to sign up!
9. Once you're signed up for that particular server, you'll need to find the server's address. Go back to the server's info page, and you'll find the server's address In the row labeled “Server Address” (duh ).
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