• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
• enUS
• 3.3.5 June 2010 ¹⁾
• 32-bit

• 2026/08/03: WIP (see old rev)

• Debian 13 (Xfce)
• Wine (old WoW64)
• TODO: Installers and patches randomly crashed with Wine Staging 11.14 (non-HQ wine 10.0 seems fine)

• This is for private server use
• See TrinityCore 3.3.5 localhost to set-up a local server

• https://archive.org/download/World_of_Warcraft_Client_and_Installation_Archive/ISO/
• https://archive.org/download/World_of_Warcraft_Client_and_Installation_Archive/Patches/2.x/
• https://www.bastionofstormwind.com/client-patch-downloads/
• https://www.getmangos.eu/downloads/category/9-wow-patches/
• https://archive.org/download/wow-3.x-retail/Clients/
• https://archive.org/download/wow-3.x-retail/Patches (Win)/enUS/
• wow_335_files

mkdir -p ~/'.wine' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' WINEARCH='win32' wine wineboot --init && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' winecfg /v 'win98' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DllOverrides' /v 'winemenubuilder.exe' /t 'REG_SZ' /d '' /f

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Drivers' /v 'Graphics' /t 'REG_SZ' /d 'x11' /f

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D' /v 'renderer' /t 'REG_SZ' /d 'gdi' /f

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DirectSound' /v 'EAXEnabled' /t 'REG_SZ' /d 'Y' /f

udisksctl loop-setup --file ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WoW 1.12.1.5875/WoW-1.0.1.3989-enUS.iso'

udisksctl mount --block-device '/dev/loop0'

ln -s -f '/media/'$USER'/WoW-1.0.1.3989-eNUS' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/dosdevices/y:'

• Default install directory ²⁾

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine 'Y:\Installer.exe'

umount '/media/'$USER'/WoW-1.0.1.3989-eNUS'

udisksctl loop-delete --block-device '/dev/loop0'

rm -f ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/dosdevices/y:'

• End patch: 1.12.1.5875

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WoW 1.12.1.5875/wow-1.12.0-enus-patch.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WoW 1.12.1.5875/wow-1.12.0.5595-to-1.12.1.5875-enus-patch.exe'

udisksctl loop-setup --file ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/TBC 2.4.3.8606/WoW-2.0.0.6080-enUS-expansion.iso'

udisksctl mount --block-device '/dev/loop0'

ln -s -f '/media/'$USER'/WoW-2.0.0.6080-eNUS-EXPANSION' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/dosdevices/x:'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' winecfg /v 'win2k' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine 'X:\Installer.exe'

umount '/media/'$USER'/WoW-2.0.0.6080-eNUS-EXPANSION'

udisksctl loop-delete --block-device '/dev/loop0'

rm -f ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/dosdevices/x:'

• End patch: 2.4.3.8606

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/TBC 2.4.3.8606/wow-2.4.0-enus-patch.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/TBC 2.4.3.8606/WoW-2.4.0.8089-to-2.4.1.8125-enUS-patch.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/TBC 2.4.3.8606/WoW-2.4.1.8125-to-2.4.2.8278-enUS-patch.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/TBC 2.4.3.8606/WoW-2.4.2.8278-to-2.4.3.8606-enUS-patch.exe'

udisksctl loop-setup --file ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WotLK 3.3.5.12340/WoW-3.0.1.8874-NA-combo.iso'

udisksctl mount --block-device '/dev/loop0'

ln -s -f '/media/'$USER'/WOW-3.0.1.8874-NA-COMBO' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/dosdevices/w:'

• Skip: Account Management page

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' winecfg /v 'winxp' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine 'W:\Installer.exe'

umount '/media/'$USER'/WOW-3.0.1.8874-NA-COMBO'

udisksctl loop-delete --block-device '/dev/loop0'

rm -f ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/dosdevices/w:'

• End patch: 3.3.5.12340 ³⁾

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WotLK 3.3.5.12340/WoW-3.2.0-enUS-patch.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WotLK 3.3.5.12340/WoW-3.2.0.10192-to-3.3.0.10958-enUS-patch.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WotLK 3.3.5.12340/WoW-3.3.0.10958-to-3.3.0.11159-enUS-patch.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WotLK 3.3.5.12340/WoW-3.3.0.11159-to-3.3.2.11403-enUS-patch.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WotLK 3.3.5.12340/WoW-3.3.2.11403-to-3.3.3.11685-enUS-patch.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WotLK 3.3.5.12340/WoW-3.3.3.11685-to-3.3.3.11723-enUS-patch.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WotLK 3.3.5.12340/WoW-3.3.3.11723-to-3.3.5.12213-enUS-patch.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'Downloads/WoW (localhost)/WotLK 3.3.5.12340/WoW-3.3.5.12213-to-3.3.5.12340-enUS-patch.exe'

mv -f ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/BackgroundDownloader.exe' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/BackgroundDownloader.exe~'

mv -f ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Launcher.exe' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Launcher.exe~'

mv -f ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Repair.exe' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Repair.exe~'

mv -f ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WowError.exe' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WowError.exe~'

rm -Rf ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/dosdevices/d:' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/dosdevices/d::' ~/'Desktop/World of Warcraft.lnk'

mkdir -p ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF'

gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF'

nano ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_Sound.wtf' && chmod '440' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_Sound.wtf'

SET Sound_EnableHardware "1"
SET Sound_NumChannels "32"

nano ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_D3D9EX.wtf' && chmod '440' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_D3D9EX.wtf'

SET gxApi "d3d9ex"
SET gxTextureCacheSize "2047"

nano ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_SFX.wtf' && chmod '440' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_SFX.wtf'

SET Sound_OutputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_EnableMixMode2 "1"
SET Sound_OutputQuality "2"
SET Sound_EnableReverb "1"
SET Sound_SFXVolume "1"
SET Sound_MusicVolume "0.8"
SET Sound_AmbienceVolume "0.6"
SET Sound_ZoneMusicNoDelay "1"
SET Sound_MaxCacheableSizeInBytes "805306368"
SET Sound_MaxCacheSizeInBytes "805306368"

nano ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_UI.wtf' && chmod '440' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_UI.wtf'

SET useUiScale "1"
SET uiScale "1.2"

nano ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_Etc.wtf' && chmod '440' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_Etc.wtf'

SET showToolsUI "0"
SET checkAddonVersion "0"
SET screenshotQuality "5"
SET violenceLevel "5"
SET dbCompress "0"

nano ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_GFX.wtf' && chmod '440' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/WTF/RunOnce_GFX.wtf'

SET gxDepthBits "24"
SET DesktopGamma "1"
SET Gamma "1.000000"
SET componentCompress "0"
SET SmallCull "0"
SET basemip "0"
SET SkyCloudLOD "3"
SET environmentDetail "2"
SET spellEffectLevel "250"
SET groundEffectDensity "256"
SET groundEffectDist "140"

• localhost Server

mv --no-clobber --debug ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Data/enUS/realmlist.wtf' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Data/enUS/realmlist.wtf~'

echo 'set realmlist 127.0.0.1' | tee ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Data/enUS/realmlist.wtf' > '/dev/null'

• Hides the time on the minimap along with the hiding the time being shown on Calendar orb hover (source)
• Interface → Display → [x] Show Clock ⁴⁾

/run TimeManagerClockButton:Hide() TimeManagerClockButton:HookScript("OnShow", function(self) self:Hide() end) GameTimeFrame:HookScript("OnEnter", function() GameTooltip:SetOwner(UIParent) end)

• Useful for building shader cache

/g .rev
/g .gm on
/g .gm fly on
/g .mod speed 50

• https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/API_GetUnitSpeed

/script print(string.format("Current speed: %.2f%%", GetUnitSpeed("player") /7 *100))

• https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk

• https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v2.6.2

wget -O '/tmp/dxvk-2.6.2.tar.gz' 'https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/download/v2.6.2/dxvk-2.6.2.tar.gz' -q --show-progress && tar -xzvf '/tmp/dxvk-2.6.2.tar.gz' --strip-components='2' -C ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/windows/system32' 'dxvk-2.6.2/x32/d3d9.dll' && rm -f '/tmp/dxvk-2.6.2.tar.gz'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DllOverrides' /v 'd3d9' /t 'REG_SZ' /d 'native' /f

• https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/blob/9d6f54a1ade20d1d27dd421024717a636f3d8c68/dxvk.conf

nano ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/dxvk.conf'

#dxvk.hud = "devinfo,fps,memory,gpuload,frametimes"
#dxvk.hud = "full"

dxvk.allowFse = "True"
d3d9.maxFrameLatency = "1"
d3d9.maxFrameRate = "80"
dxvk.latencySleep = "False"
dxvk.disableNvLowLatency2 = "True"
d3d9.hideNvidiaGpu = "False"
d3d9.hideNvkGpu = "False"
d3d9.hideAmdGpu = "False"
d3d9.hideIntelGpu = "False"
d3d9.presentInterval = "-1"
dxvk.tearFree = "False"
dxvk.tilerMode = "False"
d3d9.samplerAnisotropy = "0"
d3d9.samplerLodBias = "-2.0"
d3d9.invariantPosition = "False"
dxvk.useRawSsbo = "True"
dxvk.enableGraphicsPipelineLibrary = "False"
dxvk.trackPipelineLifetime = "False"
dxvk.enableMemoryDefrag = "False"
d3d9.dpiAware = "False"
d3d9.lenientClear = "True"
d3d9.floatEmulation = "False"
d3d9.sincosEmulation = "False"
d3d9.forceSwapchainMSAA = "0"
d3d9.deviceLocalConstantBuffers = "True"
d3d9.enumerateByDisplays = "False"
d3d9.seamlessCubes = "True"

# End

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Screenshots' && nano ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft (3.3.5a).desktop' && sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft (3.3.5a).desktop' && update-desktop-database --quiet ~/'.local/share/applications'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=World of Warcraft (3.3.5a)
Categories=Game;
Path=/tmp
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' vblank_mode='3' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -nolagfix -nofixlag -nowarnings -console -opengl -fullscreen"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Icon=/home/CHANGEME/.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png
StartupWMClass=wow.exe
Actions=Server;Saves;Update;Screenshots;Window;DB-Optimize;Kill;DB-Stop;Notes;

[Desktop Action Server]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-start.sh'"
Name=Local Server

[Desktop Action Saves]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-databases-backup.sh'"
Name=Databases Back-up

[Desktop Action Update]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "kgx --working-directory='/tmp' -T 'WoW 3.3.5 [Updater]' -e ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-update.sh'"
Name=Update Local Server

[Desktop Action Screenshots]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Screenshots'"
Name=Screenshots

[Desktop Action Window]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' vblank_mode='3' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -nolagfix -nofixlag -nowarnings -console -opengl -windowed"
Name=WoW (Windowed)

[Desktop Action DB-Optimize]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-database-maintenance.sh'"
Name=Optimize DBs

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wineserver -k"
Name=Force-close WoW

[Desktop Action DB-Stop]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "mariadb-admin 'shutdown' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER"
Name=Stop MariaDB

[Desktop Action Notes]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games:linux:wine:world_of_warcraft_3.3.5' && sleep '0.1' && gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/servers:linux:games:trinitycore_3.3.5_localhost'"
Name=Install Notes

# End

mkdir -p ~/'.wine/Icons' && wrestool --output=$HOME/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' --extract --name='__GDF_THUMBNAIL' --raw ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' winecfg

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' winetricks

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' regedit

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wineserver --kill

killall -9 'Wow.exe'

• D3D9Ex
• -windowed for non-fullscreen

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -d3d9ex -nolagfix -nofixlag -nowarnings -console -fullscreen

• Default when no API is specified on command-line nor Config.wtf

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -console

cat ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Logs/gx.log' | grep 'CGxDeviceD3d'

gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Logs/gx.log'

• 3.3.0 - d3d9ex mode, ATI, and 134 crashes

-d3d9ex

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -console -d3d9ex

cat ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Logs/gx.log' | grep 'CGxDeviceD3d9Ex'

gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Logs/gx.log'

• Disables the in-game Video → Hardware Cursor option ⁵⁾
• Limits Shadow Quality to blobs and no dynamic options
• 2026/05/20: Doesn't work with Wine graphics=wayland ⁶⁾

-opengl

cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -console -opengl

cat ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Logs/gx.log' | grep 'CGxDeviceOpenGl'

gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Logs/gx.log'

• GL 2.0/2.1 seemingly lose color bits

MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE='3.0' MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE='110'

gio open ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft'