[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":357},["ShallowReactive",2],{"site-settings":3,"article:\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Fjoin-turtle-successor-server-english-setup":16},{"id":4,"description":5,"email":6,"extension":7,"footerNote":8,"legalNotice":9,"locale":10,"meta":11,"name":12,"stem":13,"url":14,"__hash__":15},"settings\u002Fsettings.yml","Compare World of Warcraft realms by expansion, region, population and play style.","listings@realmlist.org","yml","An independent realm directory.","Not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment.","en",{},"RealmList","settings","https:\u002F\u002Frealmlist.org","QXaYspLUSxnrVumL6oFir6PInhNsRw-yJchxEYSe1AU",{"id":17,"title":18,"author":19,"body":20,"category":320,"description":321,"draft":322,"extension":323,"featured":322,"meta":324,"navigation":325,"path":326,"publishedAt":327,"seo":328,"sitemap":329,"sources":332,"stem":348,"tags":349,"updatedAt":355,"__hash__":356},"articles\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Fjoin-turtle-successor-server-english-setup.md","Joining a Turtle WoW Successor Realm: Client, Language Pack and Addon Setup","RealmList Editorial",{"type":21,"value":22,"toc":310},"minimark",[23,32,37,104,111,115,121,136,146,163,167,170,201,206,220,224,227,242,245,249,252,255,274,278,297,301,304],[24,25,26,27,31],"p",{},"The practical upside of Turtle WoW's shutdown is that its code outlived it. Several successor projects run the same ",[28,29,30],"strong",{},"1.18.1 lineage",", which means an existing Turtle client can usually be repointed at a new realm in a couple of minutes. The friction is not the download — it is three specific things: the server address, a bundled Chinese language pack, and player names that render as empty squares once you remove it.",[33,34,36],"h2",{"id":35},"know-what-you-are-joining-first","Know what you are joining first",[38,39,40,56],"table",{},[41,42,43],"thead",{},[44,45,46,50,53],"tr",{},[47,48,49],"th",{},"Project",[47,51,52],{},"Lineage",[47,54,55],{},"What it is",[57,58,59,71,82,93],"tbody",{},[44,60,61,65,68],{},[62,63,64],"td",{},"Capybara (CapyCraft)",[62,66,67],{},"Turtle 1.18.1",[62,69,70],{},"Run by ex-Turtle SEA admins, APAC-hosted. Third-party trackers report roughly 10k concurrent at peak, making it the largest concentration of former Turtle players. Chinese-dominant global chat.",[44,72,73,76,79],{},[62,74,75],{},"Ravencraft",[62,77,78],{},"Turtle 1.18.1 reupload",[62,80,81],{},"Built by former Turtle contributors, live since 22 August. The closest thing to a direct continuation, with the community tooling and addon documentation to match.",[44,83,84,87,90],{},[62,85,86],{},"OctoWoW",[62,88,89],{},"Turtle 1.18.1 core",[62,91,92],{},"Three realms (PvE, hardcore, PvP) with phased raids planned through 2027. The team's stated structure is deliberately anonymous.",[44,94,95,98,101],{},[62,96,97],{},"Caverns of Time",[62,99,100],{},"Turtle+",[62,102,103],{},"Opened 15 August. A variant rather than a reupload — treat its content as its own thing.",[24,105,106,107,110],{},"One guard rail before anything else: ",[28,108,109],{},"these projects inherit the legal profile of the code they run."," Turtle WoW was shut down by a permanent injunction, and successors built on its leaked core sit in the most exposed category. That is not a reason to avoid them — it is a reason to verify a realm is online through its own channels on the day you plan to play, and to treat population figures as snapshots rather than trajectories. Third-party trackers are updated lazily.",[33,112,114],{"id":113},"step-1-get-a-client-two-ways","Step 1 — get a client, two ways",[24,116,117,120],{},[28,118,119],{},"Option A: download the project's client."," Fastest route, and the one to take if you do not already have a Turtle install. Follow the project's own site — do not use a mirror, because a client is the one component you cannot inspect after the fact.",[24,122,123,126,127,131,132,135],{},[28,124,125],{},"Option B: reuse your existing Turtle client."," If you kept a 1.18.x install, you do not download anything. Open the client folder, find ",[128,129,130],"code",{},"realmlist.wtf"," next to the executable, and replace its contents with the address the realm publishes — for 1.18-era clients this usually means setting ",[28,133,134],{},"both"," the realm list and the patch list to the realm's host:",[137,138,144],"pre",{"className":139,"code":141,"language":142,"meta":143},[140],"language-text","SET realmList \"logon.example.org\"\nSET patchList \"logon.example.org\"\n","text","",[128,145,141],{"__ignoreMap":143},[24,147,148,149,152,153,158,159,162],{},"Use the values from the realm's own documentation, not from this example. Afterwards, right-click the file, open Properties and mark it ",[28,150,151],{},"read-only",", so a launcher cannot overwrite your edit on the next update. If the client still connects to the old realm, our ",[154,155,157],"a",{"href":156},"\u002Fresources\u002Fguides\u002Fchange-realmlist-wtf","realmlist troubleshooting guide"," covers the usual causes — wrong locale directory, a hidden ",[128,160,161],{},".txt"," extension, or a build mismatch.",[33,164,166],{"id":165},"step-2-turn-a-chinese-ui-client-into-an-english-one","Step 2 — turn a Chinese-UI client into an English one",[24,168,169],{},"Clients distributed by the APAC-based successors commonly ship with a Mandarin language pack applied. It lives inside the client folder:",[171,172,173,181,192],"ol",{},[174,175,176,177,180],"li",{},"Open the ",[128,178,179],{},"Data"," directory.",[174,182,183,184,187,188,191],{},"Look for the patch archive whose name ends in a ",[128,185,186],{},"Z"," — most commonly ",[128,189,190],{},"patch-Z.mpq",".",[174,193,194,197,198,200],{},[28,195,196],{},"Move it out"," of ",[128,199,179],{}," (your desktop is fine) rather than deleting it, then restart the game.",[24,202,203,204,191],{},"The interface returns to English on the next launch. To switch back, put the file back in ",[128,205,179],{},[24,207,208,209,212,213,215,216,219],{},"Match the file by the ",[28,210,211],{},"patch-Z pattern rather than an exact filename",". Naming and letter case vary between repacks, and the same archive may appear as ",[128,214,190],{}," or ",[128,217,218],{},"Patch-Z.MPQ","; on macOS and Linux, filesystems are often case-sensitive, so a wrong-case reference in a guide will not match your install.",[33,221,223],{"id":222},"step-3-make-chinese-player-names-readable","Step 3 — make Chinese player names readable",[24,225,226],{},"Removing the language pack creates the next problem: players with Chinese names show as blank boxes above their heads. The fix is a font, not a setting:",[171,228,229,236,239],{},[174,230,231,232,235],{},"Create a folder named ",[128,233,234],{},"Fonts"," in the client's root directory, next to the executable.",[174,237,238],{},"Put a font that covers CJK glyphs into that folder.",[174,240,241],{},"Restart the client.",[24,243,244],{},"Chinese names now render as characters. No addon substitutes for this — the client needs the glyphs.",[33,246,248],{"id":247},"step-4-addons-and-what-is-safe-to-install","Step 4 — addons, and what is safe to install",[24,250,251],{},"The 1.12\u002FTurtle addon stack generally works across this lineage: quest helpers, bag and inventory suites, and the compatibility shims they depend on. The ecosystem has also kept pace with the successors specifically — community UI projects have shipped builds adapted for Capybara and OctoWoW, and a WeakAuras-style tool has been ported to the 1.12 client by community authors.",[24,253,254],{},"Two rules worth keeping:",[256,257,258,268],"ul",{},[174,259,260,263,264,267],{},[28,261,262],{},"Install only from the project's own community channels."," Addons execute inside the game process; an addon packaged with an installer or a helper ",[128,265,266],{},".exe"," is not an addon.",[174,269,270,273],{},[28,271,272],{},"If global chat is mostly Chinese, install a translation addon rather than switching realm."," On APAC-populated successors, chat language is the most common complaint from English-speaking players, and it is the cheapest one to fix.",[33,275,277],{"id":276},"step-5-account-and-payment-hygiene","Step 5 — account and payment hygiene",[256,279,280,287,290],{},[174,281,282,283,286],{},"Use a ",[28,284,285],{},"unique username, email and password"," for every realm. Never reuse a Battle.net password, and never reuse the email you rely on for account recovery. A project that disappears without notice is the highest-value target you can hand credentials to.",[174,288,289],{},"Expect registration pages to be region-blocked by design on some successors. A block is not a bug, and a VPN is a workaround, not a requirement to play — check the project's own instructions rather than a third-party page.",[174,291,292,293,296],{},"Expect search results around these servers to be dominated by ",[28,294,295],{},"gold-selling and leveling ads dressed as guides",". Anything offering gold, power leveling or \"starter packages\" for a private realm is not the realm's shop, and no payment method belongs near it.",[33,298,300],{"id":299},"what-the-experience-is-actually-like","What the experience is actually like",[24,302,303],{},"Vanilla+ realms are gold-scarce by design. Consumables, dual specialisation, higher-rank abilities and cosmetics all compete for a small money supply, and on APAC-populated successors the auction house is dominated by Chinese-speaking players who know the market better than a newcomer does. Budget your first week around that: pick a class that levels comfortably without bought gear, and treat your first mount as a milestone rather than a formality.",[305,306,307],"note",{},[24,308,309],{},"Accurate as of September 17, 2026. Client setup steps reflect community documentation for the 1.18.1 lineage, including third-party walkthroughs that mention both APAC and EU-based successors; specific file names can differ between repacks, so match by pattern rather than by exact text. Project status, addresses and available realms change with little notice — take every address from the realm's own current documentation before you edit any client file, and treat population and longevity claims from third-party trackers as unverified.",{"title":143,"searchDepth":311,"depth":311,"links":312},2,[313,314,315,316,317,318,319],{"id":35,"depth":311,"text":36},{"id":113,"depth":311,"text":114},{"id":165,"depth":311,"text":166},{"id":222,"depth":311,"text":223},{"id":247,"depth":311,"text":248},{"id":276,"depth":311,"text":277},{"id":299,"depth":311,"text":300},"guides","Capybara, Ravencraft and OctoWoW all run the same 1.18.1 lineage. 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