A Hytale project
A faithful recreation of World of Warcraft Classic, rebuilt block by block inside Hytale. Play it on our multiplayer server, or download the mod and bring Azeroth to your own world.
The story so far
WowTale is a fan project with a simple goal that takes a very long time: rebuild World of Warcraft Classic inside Hytale, faithfully enough that walking into Goldshire feels like coming home.
We are recreating the zones, creatures, dungeons and systems of the original game using Hytale's engine and art style. Not a reskin and not a loose tribute, but the actual layouts, pull ranges and lantern-lit mine tunnels you remember, rebuilt by hand.
The project ships two ways: a persistent multiplayer server you can join, and a downloadable mod for running Azeroth in your own world.
Two ways to play
Whichever way you play, it is the same handbuilt Azeroth underneath.
Multiplayer
A persistent world shared with the whole community. Level through Elwynn with strangers who become guildmates, form groups at the mine entrance, and meet us in Goldshire. Server hosting is provided through our partner BisectHosting.
Server hosting
Downloadable
Prefer to host your own world, play with a small group of friends, or explore alone? The mod brings the full recreation to any Hytale world you control. Release lands alongside the public playtest. Progress updates are posted on Discord.
Follow developmentWhat we are building
Classic was never about one feature. It was the sum of a thousand small decisions, and we are remaking them carefully.
Elwynn Forest, Northshire and the roads to Stormwind, rebuilt block by block from the original layouts. Every hill, mine and murloc camp where you remember it.
Abilities, threat and pulls that behave the way they did in 2005. Careful positioning matters, and so does not fighting three kobolds at once.
Instanced runs built for groups, from cramped mine tunnels to full dungeons. Bring friends, assign roles, and mind the patrols.
Wolves, kobolds, harvest golems and worse, each remodelled in Hytale's style with their original behaviour and loot intact.
One persistent multiplayer server where levelling, trading and world events happen alongside other players, not in a lobby.
Gathering, crafting and a player-driven economy are planned for later phases, following the classic profession trees.
Media
Straight from the build server, no touch-ups. Click any shot to see it full size.
Everything shown will keep improving.
Creature spotlight
Anyone who levelled through the human lands remembers these things lurching between the wheat rows. Ours is rebuilt from scratch in Hytale's chunky, hand-painted style: straw bursting from the joints, a battered farmhand's hat, and those red eyes that mean you pulled one too many.
Every creature in WowTale gets this treatment. Original silhouette, original behaviour, remade with love in a new engine.
Roadmap
We build in phases and show our work as we go. Dates arrive when they are real, not before.
Phase one
Northshire, Goldshire, the mines and the road to Stormwind's gates. Zone building and creature work are underway now.
In progressPhase two
Core class kits, enemy behaviour, loot tables and the systems that make levelling feel right.
Next upPhase three
Quest chains through the starting zones, gathering and crafting, and expansion into neighbouring regions.
PlannedPhase four
The server opens its doors to the community, and the mod becomes available to download for your own worlds.
PlannedEverything here is subject to change. It is a big game and a small team.
Development happens in the open. Screenshots, votes on what gets built next, playtest signups and the occasional murloc noise, all on our Discord.
