Website: elwynnserver.com/
Status: Active development • Target timeline: ~2 years of staged progression and polish.
This document is a living technical overview and will be updated as milestones ship and testing expands.
The mission is simple: restore the world, restore the raids, restore the attunements — then refine gameplay through careful engineering so the experience is reliable, difficult, and long-term.
This project is not an attempt to modernize Vanilla, but to finish what Vanilla set out to do without erasing its identity.
Status: Active development • Target timeline: ~2 years of staged progression and polish.
This document is a living technical overview and will be updated as milestones ship and testing expands.
1. Project Summary
Elwynn Server is a custom World of Warcraft project built to deliver an authentic, challenging Vanilla-era experience while leveraging the stability and tooling of the 3.3.5a (WotLK) client.The mission is simple: restore the world, restore the raids, restore the attunements — then refine gameplay through careful engineering so the experience is reliable, difficult, and long-term.
This project is not an attempt to modernize Vanilla, but to finish what Vanilla set out to do without erasing its identity.
2. Core Design Pillars
- Authentic progression with phased unlocks and restored raid requirements.
- Challenging PvE tuned to be meaningful and rewarding.
- Modern stability using a proven engine and contemporary tooling.
- Faction identity preserved: no Horde Paladins, no Alliance Shamans. (Community discussion pending)
- Community-guided decisions for server-scale events (ex: AQ gates).