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• FreeBSD 15.0 (Xfce)
• World of Warcraft 3.3.5

• https://trinitycore.info/install/requirements/linux

su -

pkg install git readline mariadb118-client mariadb118-server cmake-core libressl

exit

• https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore/commits/3.3.5/

mkdir -p ~/'Projects' && rm -Rf ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/src' && git clone --branch '3.3.5' --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore.git' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/src'

rm -Rf ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' && mkdir -p ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' && ee ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/custom.cnf'

[client]
default-character-set = 'utf8mb4'

[mariadb-client]
default-character-set = 'utf8mb4'

[mariadbd]
character-set-client-handshake = 'FALSE'
character-set-server = 'utf8mb4'
collation-server = 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'
init-connect='SET NAMES utf8mb4'
expire_logs_days = '7'
max_binlog_size = '100M'
skip-networking = 'On'
table_definition_cache = '1400'

# End

mariadb-install-db --datadir=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' --defaults-file=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/custom.cnf'

• Change the root password: N

mariadbd-safe --no-watch --skip-syslog --datadir=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock'

mariadb-secure-installation --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER

mariadb-admin 'shutdown' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER

• https://trinitycore.info/en/install/Database-Installation#creating-the-trinitycore-databases-in-mysql

mariadbd-safe --no-watch --skip-syslog --datadir=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock'

mariadb --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER

CREATE DATABASE authserver;

CREATE DATABASE characters;

CREATE DATABASE worldserver;

CREATE USER 'authserver'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

CREATE USER 'characters'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

CREATE USER 'worldserver'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON authserver.* to 'authserver'@'localhost';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON characters.* to 'characters'@'localhost';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON worldserver.* to 'worldserver'@'localhost';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;EXIT;

mariadb-admin 'shutdown' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER

• https://trinitycore.info/en/install/Core-Installation/linux-core-installation

rm -Rf ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/build' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run' && mkdir -p ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/build' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run' && cd ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/build' && cmake ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/src' -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE='Release' -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-w' -DWITHOUT_METRICS='1' -DTOOLS='1' && make -j "$(nproc)" install

• https://trinitycore.info/en/install/Server-Setup/Linux-Server-Setup
• Expects World of Warcraft 3.3.5a

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/mapextractor' -i ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' -o ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin' -f '0'

cd ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin' && ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/vmap4extractor' -d ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' -l && cd -

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/vmap4assembler' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/Buildings' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/vmaps'

• ~30 minutes i5-8400H ¹⁾
• --threads $(nproc)

cd ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin' && ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/mmaps_generator' --silent --skipJunkMaps 'true' --debugOutput 'false' --bigBaseUnit 'true' --threads "$(nproc)" && cd -

• ~/Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin needs Cameras, dbc, maps, mmaps, and vmaps folders

cd ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin' && ls -d 'Cameras' 'dbc' 'maps' 'mmaps' 'vmaps' && cd -

gio open ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin'

rm -Rf ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/Buildings' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/mapextractor' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/vmap4extractor' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/vmap4assembler' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/mmaps_generator'

• https://trinitycore.info/en/install/Database-Installation#populating-the-mysql-trinity-databases

• https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore/releases
• Last tested: TDB_full_world_335.25101_2025_10_21.7z

ls ~/'Downloads/TDB_full_world_335.'*'.7z' && rm -f ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/TDB_full_world_335.'*'.sql' && 7z e -o$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin' -y ~/'Downloads/TDB_full_world_335.'*'.7z'

rm -f ~/'Downloads/TDB_full_world_335.'*'.7z'

• Last commit: Apr 9, 2026 440847c
• New commits check
• Upstream authserver.conf.dist (raw)

cp -f ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/etc/authserver.conf.dist' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/etc/authserver.conf'

mkdir -p ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/authserver.conf.d' && ee ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/authserver.conf.d/localhost-authserver.conf'

[authserver]

# Connection
BindIP = "127.0.0.1"
LoginDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;../../mariadb.sock;authserver;x;authserver"

# Etc
AllowLoggingIPAddressesInDatabase = 0
Updates.EnableDatabases = 1
Updates.CleanDeadRefMaxCount = -1

# End

• Last commit: Apr 9, 2026 440847c
• New commits check
• Upstream worldserver.conf.dist (raw)

cp -f ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/etc/worldserver.conf.dist' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/etc/worldserver.conf'

mkdir -p ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/worldserver.conf.d' && ee ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/worldserver.conf.d/localhost-worldserver.conf'

[worldserver]

# Connection
BindIP = "127.0.0.1"
LoginDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;../../mariadb.sock;authserver;x;authserver"
WorldDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;../../mariadb.sock;worldserver;x;worldserver"
CharacterDatabaseInfo = "127.0.0.1;../../mariadb.sock;characters;x;characters"

# Server
Updates.CleanDeadRefMaxCount = -1
FlashAtStart = 0
Server.LoginInfo = 1
Motd = "Welcome to your localhost server!"
AllowTickets = 0
CharDelete.Method = 1
CharDelete.KeepDays = 0
WhoList.Update.Interval = 300
HotSwap.Enabled = 0
HotSwap.EnableReCompiler = 0

# Quests
Quests.LowLevelHideDiff = -1
Quests.HighLevelHideDiff = -1

# Character
GM.LoginState = 0

# Protections
MaxOverspeedPings = 0
PacketSpoof.Policy = 0
ChatFakeMessagePreventing = 0
ChatFlood.MessageCount = 0

# End

mkdir -p ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts' && ee ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-authserver-start.sh' && chmod +x ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-authserver-start.sh'

#!/bin/sh

cd ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin'

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/authserver' --config-dir ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/authserver.conf.d'

# End

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-authserver-start.sh'

mkdir -p ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts' && ee ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-worldserver-start.sh' && chmod +x ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-worldserver-start.sh'

#!/bin/sh

cd ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin'

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/worldserver' --config-dir ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/worldserver.conf.d'

# End

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-worldserver-start.sh'

mkdir -p ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts' && ee ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-database-start.sh' && chmod +x ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-database-start.sh'

#!/bin/sh

cd '/tmp'

mariadbd-safe --skip-syslog --datadir=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock'

# End

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-database-start.sh'

mkdir -p ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts' && ee ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-update.sh' && chmod +x ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-update.sh'

#!/bin/sh

cd '/tmp'

git -C ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/src' reset --hard
git -C ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/src' pull origin '3.3.5' --rebase

cd ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/build'

cmake ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/src' -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE='Release' -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-w' -DWITHOUT_METRICS='1' -DTOOLS='0'
make -j "$(nproc)" install

cd '/tmp'

cp -f ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/etc/authserver.conf.dist' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/etc/authserver.conf'
cp -f ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/etc/worldserver.conf.dist' ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/etc/worldserver.conf'

notify-send -i ~/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' -t '3000' 'WoW 3.3.5 localhost server update complete'
read -p 'Done. Press Enter to exit.' 'x'

# End

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-update.sh'

mkdir -p ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts' && ee ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-databases-backup.sh' && chmod +x ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-databases-backup.sh'

#!/bin/sh

cd '/tmp'

notify-send -i ~/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' -t '2000' 'Backing-up WoW 3.3.5 Databases...'

mariadbd-safe --no-watch --skip-syslog --datadir=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock'
sleep '2'

mariadb-dump --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER --single-transaction --quick 'authserver' -r $HOME/'Downloads/'$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)'-localhost-authserver.sql'
mariadb-dump --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER --single-transaction --quick 'characters' -r $HOME/'Downloads/'$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)'-localhost-characters.sql'

mariadb-admin 'shutdown' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER

notify-send -i ~/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' -t '2000' 'WoW 3.3.5 Databases Backed-up Successfully to Downloads'

# End

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-databases-backup.sh'

mkdir -p ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts' && ee ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-database-maintenance.sh' && chmod +x ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-database-maintenance.sh'

#!/bin/sh

cd '/tmp'

notify-send -i ~/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' -t '2000' 'Starting WoW 3.3.5 DB maintenance...'

mariadbd-safe --no-watch --skip-syslog --datadir=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock'
sleep '2'

mariadb-check --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER -o -A -f -e --auto-repair

mariadb-admin 'shutdown' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER

notify-send -i ~/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' -t '2000' 'WoW 3.3.5 DB maintenance complete'

# End

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-database-maintenance.sh'

mkdir -p ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts' && ee ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-start.sh' && chmod +x ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-start.sh'

#!/bin/sh

cd '/tmp'

xfce4-terminal --minimize -T 'WoW 3.3.5 [MariaDB]' -I ~/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' -e ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-database-start.sh' &
sleep '2'

xfce4-terminal --minimize -T 'WoW 3.3.5 [auth]' -I ~/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' -e ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-authserver-start.sh' &
xfce4-terminal --minimize -T 'WoW 3.3.5 [world]' -I ~/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' -e ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-worldserver-start.sh'

# End

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-start.sh'

• Done from worldserver console
• Change x to password

~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-start.sh'

account create Espionage724 x

account set gmlevel Espionage724 3 -1

server shutdown 1

• https://www.wowhead.com/classic/item=14646/northshire-gift-voucher
• https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=13584/diablo-stone
• Gives Diablo Stone for Mini Diablo pet

.additem 14646

• https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=39656/tyraels-hilt
• Mini Tyrael might have buggy movement and not follow more-often than other pets (Mini Diablo seems fine)

.additem 39656

mariadbd-safe --datadir=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock'

mariadb-dump --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER --single-transaction --quick 'authserver' -r $HOME/'Downloads/'$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)'-WoW-335-localhost-authserver.sql'

mariadb-dump --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER --single-transaction --quick 'characters' -r $HOME/'Downloads/'$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)'-WoW-335-localhost-characters.sql'

• Initial set-up

mariadbd-safe --no-watch --skip-syslog --datadir=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock'

mariadb --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER --execute='CREATE DATABASE authserver;'

cat ~/'Downloads/'*'-localhost-authserver.sql' | mariadb --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER 'authserver'

mariadb --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER --execute='CREATE DATABASE characters;'

cat ~/'Downloads/'*'-localhost-characters.sql' | mariadb --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER 'characters'

mariadb-admin 'shutdown' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER

mariadbd-safe --no-watch --skip-syslog --datadir=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' && sleep '2' && mariadb-check --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER -o -A -f -e --auto-repair && mariadb-admin 'shutdown' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER

• --no-watch runs as a background daemon

mariadbd-safe --skip-syslog --datadir=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock'

mariadbd-safe --no-watch --skip-syslog --datadir=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/database' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock'

mariadb-admin 'shutdown' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER

cd ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin' && ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/authserver' --config-dir ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/authserver.conf.d'

cd ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin' && ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/run/bin/worldserver' --config-dir ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/worldserver.conf.d'