Elwynn Server

tatus: 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).

3. What Has Been Implemented

3.1 Raid & Instance Restoration

• Raids restored and configured for 25-player raiding.
• Naxxramas restored with proper world integration.
• Zul’Gurub planned as a 10-player long-running catch-up raid.
• Molten Core and Onyxia positioned as early progression anchors.
• UBRS / LBRS remain 5-player dungeons.

Note: Content is released in phases to preserve progression pacing and item value.

3.2 Attunements & Quest Logic

• Raid attunement requirements restored as close as possible to Vanilla behavior.
• Major quest scenes rebuilt to feel authentic while remaining stable.
• Long and meaningful quest chains are respected and preserved.

3.3 Talent, Skill & Leveling System

• Wrath of the Lich King talent trees
• Level cap: 60
• Maximum talent points: 61
• Standard talent availability begins at level: 10
• 1 Additional talent point awarded starting at Lev-15 and every 5 levels after
• Final state: LEVEL-60 CAP | 61 MAX TALENT POINTS
• Experience: 2× (community-driven subject to change)
• Crafting / Gathering skill rates: 1×
• Inscription & Jewelcrafting:Removed
• TESTING IS CURRENTLY OPEN: EXPERIENCE RATE :3X

3.4 Class Balance, T1-T3: Equipment & Spell Philosophy

• Balance is based on the Wrath of the Lich King era.
• Specs are not sidelined due to Vanilla-era limitations.
• Frost Mage restored as raid-viable with a Vanilla feel.
• Vanilla class design was ambitious but often incomplete.
• Reforged Tier 1-3 A new design specific emphasis that will compliment all specs across the classes.
• Wrath finalized that vision without erasing identity — and that’s the line this project follows.
• Balance is measured by viability, not meters. No class is mandatory, and no class is excluded.
• Future changes follow the same principle: fix broken mechanics, not redesign classes.

Selective TBC Spell Availability (≤ Level 60)

Spell acquisition remains capped at level 60. To prevent unfinished or “helpless” class states, a small set of Burning Crusade spells is made available before level 60. These are kit-completion tools, not power escalations.

• Mage: Ice Lance , Arcane Blast, Invisibility
• Warlock: Seed of Corruption, Fel Armor, Ritual of Souls, Incinerate
• Hunter: Kill Command, Snake Trap, Misdirection
• Priest: Mass Dispel, Prayer of Mending, Shadowfiend, Shadow Word: Death, Binding Heal
• Paladin: Crusader Aura, Seal of Vengeance, Avenging Wrath
• Druid: Cyclone, Lacerate, Maim, Lifebloom
• Rogue: Envenom, Deadly Throw, Shiv, Cloak of Shadows
• Shaman: Wrath of Air Totem, Earth Elemental, Fire Elemental, Bloodlust
• Warrior: Commanding Shout, Spell Reflection, Intervene

3.5 Factions & Grouping

• Faction uniqueness preserved.
• Cross-faction grouping planned for dungeons and raids.
• Policies may evolve based on population health and feedback.

4. Content Release Plan

Phase 1 – Launch

• Molten Core (25-player)
• Onyxia (25-player)
• UBRS / LBRS (5-player)
• Renewed / Doom Lord Kazak roams the Tainted Scar

Phase 2 – Blackwing Lair

• Blackwing Lair (25-player)

Phase 3 – Zul’Gurub

• Zul’Gurub (10-player) as a long-running bridge tier

Phase 4 – Ahn’Qiraj

• Community-driven Scarab Wall opening model

Phase 5 – Naxxramas

• Naxxramas (25-player) as the capstone raid

5. Testing & Community

• Closed alpha with focused testers.
• Feedback-driven tuning and policy decisions.
• Iterative improvement over rushed changes.