1. First of all, you must create an account. The account is used to log into both the game and our website. Click here to open the registration page.

2. Install World of Warcraft. You can download it (legally) from here: Windows or Mac. Make sure to upgrade to our current supported patch.

3. Open up the "World of Warcraft" directory. The default directory is "C:\World of Warcraft\". When you've found it, open up the directory called "_retail_", then go into the directory called WTF. Example: C:\World of Warcraft\_retail_\WTF

4. Open up the file called "Config.wtf" with a text editor such as Notepad. To do this, you must right click on the file and choose properties, then select notepad as the default software for files with the ".wtf" ending. You may also just start the text editor and drag the file into the edit window.

5. Search for the line: SET portal "US"  Change it to:  SET portal "phoenixtww.us"

6. Download the program Arctium Custom Server Game Launcher from here . 

7. Copy Arctium Game Launcher.exe into your "World of Warcraft" directory. Example: C:\World of Warcraft\

8. Use Arctium Game Launcher.exe to run your game client.