The ultimate "lazy" way to host your own private WotLK World of Warcraft server with PlayerBots.
DrePack is a fully portable AzerothCore environment, with a bunch of mods, featuring a minimal built-in management menu, and a simple account-registration page.
A "repack" is basically a ready-to-use package of the server software, in this case AzerothCore. Think of it like a starter kit that saves you from having to compile all the server files yourself from the source code. Basically, it allows you to download the files, unzip everything, run one or two files, and that's all you need to start playing.
In case you get an error during startup (or the worldserver window closes immediately), then please change the option called Playerbots.Updates.EnableDatabases in the configs\modules\playerbots.conf file to 0. Or simply re-download the zip file because it has been fixed.
_START_SERVER.bat inside the DrePack folder.SET realmlist 127.0.0.1
Skeptical about running a .bat file? No problem, I get that! Go ahead and open it with Notepad to check it out for yourself. Or paste the code into ChatGPT and have it explain to you what it does exactly. It will tell you that all it does is automate the tedious stuff, like:
DrePack comes preloaded with numerous modules. Playerbots, AHBot and Transmog have been enabled, but nearly all other mods are disabled, to save resources, but also because several mods will change the server drastically, so you should first decide if you want that or not. Enabling the modules is easily done.
configs\modules\module-name.conf.Module.Name.Enable=0 to 1.ollama pull llama3.2:1b from a command prompt first.http://localhost.http://localhost/phpMyAdmin.
http://localhost to create regular accounts.account create accountname passwordaccount set gmlevel accountname 3 -1_START_SERVER.bat menu.config\worldserver.conf. If you break it, delete it and copy worldserver.conf.dist to reset.Several modules require an in-game NPC to interact with. You'll need to spawn them.
Enable the module first, then use .npc add [ID] in-game.
| Module | Spawn Command |
|---|---|
| Assistant | .npc add 9000000 |
| Transmog | .npc add 190010 |
| Beastmaster | .npc add 601026 |
| Services | .npc add 55002 |
| Dungeonmaster | .npc add 197762 |
| Buffer | .npc add 601016 |
| Enchanter | .npc add 601015 |
| Spectator | .npc add 190000 |
| GuildHouse | .npc add 500030 |
| Queue List | .npc add 93080 |
| Top Arena | .npc add 55333 |
| 1v1 Arena | .npc add 999991 |
| Reward Shop | .npc add 92000 |
| Mythic Plus | .npc add 200005 |
| Gambler | .npc add 601020 |
| Tic-Tac-Toe | |
Complete list of all the modules that are included in the repack.
DrePack was compiled on Monday the 22nd of March 2026. ⚔️
After many, many requests, or at least, that one person, I have packaged an all-in-one repack for AzerothCore on Windows. It includes a couple of really cool mods, like PlayerBots, AHBot, Transmog, OllamaChat, GuildHouse, and many more. Because why? Because I aim to please.
I compiled the server on Tuesday the 22nd of March 2026. It took me quite some time to package everything together in a way that it would become fully portable. It wasn't as easy as I thought beforehand. Especially because I wanted to include a simple webpage that allows people to register an account for the server. I borrowed a thing or two from XAMPP, and I downloaded a random repack to learn from how they packaged everything. Being the perfectionist that I can be sometimes, I believe I did a much better job.
Since everybody who wants to use this repack will choose a different folder location, my priority was to make sure that everything would work fine, wherever the files are stored. Wanting to include Apache and PHP didn't make things easy for myself, since they use some config files that contain absolute paths. Simply changing these to relative paths didn't work out the way I had hoped. So, I decided to create a .bat file, that will copy all the required config files from a template file, and at the same time it will change each line where an absolute path is used, so it will work from the folder where you will run it from.
In order to keep the file size of the repack as small as possible, I've chosen not to include the game-data files. Since those are hosted on GitHub, the bat file will download it from there and unzip it when you run it for the first time. This trimmed down the size of the repack with another 1.1GB. Resulting in a zip file that has an acceptable file size of 570MB in total.
I've tested the repack myself, twice, and everything was working as intended. It should, in theory, work for anybody on Windows, but, I can imagine that a some people will experience errors, or issues, due to things that I didn't think of. If this is the case for you, let me know in the comments. I wrote detailed instructions in the README.md. As long as you don't already have MySQL running, or anything that runs on port 80, you should be good. In theory… Feedback is always welcome. So, I guess I'm looking for a couple of people who are willing to test it out! Are you up for that?
That means something is not working as expected. And since the window automatically closes, we don't get to see any error messages. But, there is a way to keep the window open. And that is to manually run the authserver.exe or worldserver.exe. This can be done from the command line. So click start, type in: cmd to find it, and open it. Now cd to the drive/folder where DrePack is located, and from there start the server by typing worldserver.exe.
I can probably help you out, when it comes to running the server itself. Leave a comment below, and let me know where and when it goes wrong. Any information you find in the log folder would be of great help to me. Please be as detailed as you can with your description of the problem, since that will make it easier for me to quickly pinpoint the issue. Screenshots are also a great help. When it comes to AzerothCore related questions, you should check out their Discord server, because they are probably able to offer better help than I can. Especially when it comes to working in the databases.
You can, but then you'll need the source files that I used when I compiled the server, since these are not included in the repack. But if you want, you can download the zip file from Mega, it's 1,5GB. Unpack it to a folder that does not have a long name (to avoid errors during compile). Then edit your worldserver.conf and authserver.conf to specify where the source files are stored. Once everything is in place, go to the "ac" folder, and type: git pull. Do the same in each module folder (or use a script that performs "git pull" from each folder all at once). Now you can go ahead and compile the server. Once that is done, run the servers, and it will automatically import all the updates in to the database.
Paste this in a .bat file that you save in the modules' folder, and run it to update every module in this folder.
@echo off
for /d %%d in (*) do (
if exist "%%d.git" (
echo Updating %%d
cd %%d
git pull
cd ..
)
)
pause
No. First, let me compliment you for how cautious you are. You should be, nowadays. Since I'm the one who put the whole package together, I know there's nothing malicious in there. But I'm aware that me saying that, may not be very convincing, because if I would've packed it with malware, I would of course not be admitting that here, certainly not on the page where you downloaded it from. All I can say is, I don't hide who I am, and I'm hosting it from my personal website. Links can be found to my social media, and getting in contact with me is really easy. This hopefully shows that I have nothing to hide. For what it's worth, I promise you, the repack is 100% safe, and only contains stuff that allows you to run a server, the easiest way possible. Put together by a huge WoW fan, and a hobbyist, since I enjoy just meddling around with stuff like this. And from this meddling I learn all the ins-and-outs, and at that point, I just like to share it, hoping it will bring others joy as it does me. That's the honest story behind it. But hey, I totally get your concerns, especially because we know that repacks have indeed been used to spread malware by people who used it to do bad things. I say: Fuck those guys!
That's not a question.
Hi, I was the one who requested or least one of them who did to download the repack. I currently have one with a lot of modules that make solo playing Wrath totally doable. But it was missing the player bots which the guy in our forum didn't want to add as at that time it was very insecure and people were using the mine crypto on people's pc's. Anyway this looks great and I did try to run it. One of the windows disappeared quickly but I let it continue to run. The window to create account wouldn't let me click on it and appeared stuck? Maybe hadn't completed downloading database? I also couldn't load localhost page for account creation. You think maybe it just wasn't done unzipping? Also I know the .bat is safe according Chatgpt but is the entire thing safe , no backdoors, keyloggers? Sorry to ask just being safe. It's a great thing for us that can't do this and just want to be sure. No offense of course. If it works like I'm hoping I'd be glad to send a few bucks on paypal later to show gratitude. Any advice on the above though is greatly appreciated.
First, let me compliment you for how cautious you are. You should be, nowadays. Since I'm the one who put the whole package together, I know there's nothing malicious in there. But I'm aware that me saying that, may not be very convincing, because if I would've packed it with malware, I would of course not be admitting that here, certainly not on the page where you downloaded it from. All I can say is, I don't hide who I am, and I'm hosting it from my personal website. Links can be found to my social media, and getting in contact with me is, as you can see, really easy. This hopefully shows that I have nothing to hide. For what it's worth, I promise you, the repack is 100% safe, and only contains stuff that allows you to run a server, the easiest way possible. My intention is to release a better repack in the near future, because I know I can do a lot better. More on that later.
Your story made me realize that the next time, I should try to find some way that proves to others that the repack is 100% safe, and put together by a huge WoW fan, instead of a person with bad intentions. And a hobbyist, since I enjoy just meddling around with stuff like this. And from this meddling I learn all the ins-and-outs, and at that point, I just like to share it, hoping it will bring others joy as it does me. That's the honest story behind it. But hey, I totally get your concerns, especially when know that repacks have indeed been used to spread malware by people who used it to do bad things. Fuck those guys! Probably Russians.
On a server I manage, I blocked the entirety of Russia from accessing its services, and since then, the firewall logs, and the log files that keep track of attacks have reduced in size at least 75%. That really says something. Anyways..
You told me that the repack basically didn't work for you. That's a shame and I would love to hear what exactly went wrong, so I can fix it. First though, I have a question. Are you same person who I told about the repack in the YouTube comments on an earlier video of mine? Because if that is the case, then you're issues may be solved by simply re-downloading the zip again. Cause here's the thing: When I left that comment for you, I tested the repack myself for a third time. And I found an issue, which I solved, and created a new zip file that I uploaded the day after. If you have no clue what I'm talking about, then let me ask you this question: when exactly did you download the zip? The zip that had errors was online for almost 24 hours. Also, if it turns out that you downloaded the correct zip file, and it still doesn't work, then I would be interested to learn where it went wrong exactly. You can help me with that, by checking to see if any log files appeared in the log folders, and telling me what is in them.
Thank you so much for replying to my comment. And not being offended for me being cautious. I too am a huge Wow fan or at least was. I played since Vanilla and finally stopped after 17 years. The game began to be too serious and too sweaty. Raids were a pain instead of fun like in Vanilla and BC. Hence wanting a repack. To play through the three favorites of most players. I actually like Pandaria too myself. Coming from a martial arts background.
I did reload the reload the repack and noticed you had changed playerbots update to keep it from crashing. I've not try to run it yet. But on the first one, what did happen is. I clicked .bat file and watched two windows load, third one loaded then seemed to crash. The one window where you create an account seemed to stall. The cursor was just flashing but the page was doing nothing and I couldn't click on it. So I think maybe it was still downloading the database? Or expanding it? I didn't wait that long to see. I did miss the part in video on how to create account and was trying to log in to accounts using your passwords. I see now they were for the server or Myqsl? But I did see a realm with 9 chars there. But it would not let me click it to join or create character. I think the entire thing was my fault, not your repack. I should have finished watching the video. Again I did redownload the repack after you said you fixed it. I'm just being cautious and anyone should. Never know these LOL. I can see why you'd do this. As a wow fan and just wanting to share something you're good at doing. To let others who liked Wow to play with bots that is tough for some of us to build. Anyways thank you for sharing and not being offended by my questions. I'll try to run the new one soon. And look forward to seeing what you create on the next one. One thing the creator of the old azerothcore I have did was allow creativity. We were allowed to change the music of each city to whatever we wanted. The login screen could also be changed. There was also various patches we had that changed the looks of mounts, armor, etc. He also imported Cataclysm water, trees, and bodies into the core. I found and downloaded a patch that gave the game "darker night" so at night it was more realistic making each city so pretty at night.Just some ideas you might can use to create your next repack. Thanks again will let you know if I get it to run.
I redownloaded the files. I clicked on the start.bat file again. Two windows appeared and a third appeared then crashed. I let everything run as long as possible. It appears it's looking for c:/games which doesn't exist. I restarted the bat file again and the authorserv started again.This time with a continued error not being able to connect to server. It finally aborted. On one screen that did stay open title was blank and showed this on the screen.
mysqld: Can't open shared library 'C:\Games\DrePack\mysql\lib\plugin\component_reference_cache.dll' (errno: 126 The specified module could not be found.)
mysqld: Cannot load component from specified URN: 'file://component_reference_cache'.
2026-04-04T01:00:22.561214Z 0 [System] [MY-010116] [Server] D:\DrePack\DrePack\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe (mysqld 8.0.45) starting as process 1640
2026-04-04T01:00:22.561294Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-010338] [Server] Can't find error-message file 'C:\Games\DrePack\mysql\share\errmsg.sys'. Check error-message file location and 'lc-messages-dir' configuration directive.
2026-04-04T01:00:22.605086Z 1 [System] [MY-013576] [InnoDB] InnoDB initialization has started.
2026-04-04T01:03:06.553319Z 1 [System] [MY-013577] [InnoDB] InnoDB initialization has ended.
2026-04-04T01:03:30.491065Z 0 [Warning] [MY-013829] [Server] Missing data directory for ICU regular expressions: C:\Games\DrePack\mysql\lib\private.
2026-04-04T01:03:30.565077Z 0 [Warning] [MY-010068] [Server] CA certificate ca.pem is self signed.
2026-04-04T01:03:30.565150Z 0 [System] [MY-013602] [Server] Channel mysql_main configured to support TLS. Encrypted connections are now supported for this channel.
2026-04-04T01:04:12.991628Z 0 [System] [MY-011323] [Server] X Plugin ready for connections. Bind-address: '::' port: 33060
2026-04-04T01:04:12.991804Z 0 [System] [MY-010931] [Server] D:\DrePack\DrePack\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe: ready for connections. Version: '8.0.45' socket: '' port: 3306 MySQL Community Server - GPL.
After this I did try to click on the Authserv page to create account and it will not let you add any text. And the http://localhost will not open. There are no entries in logs folders.
Sorry for the extra comment. I did find two files in the crash folder. They are long so didn't want paste them here. I did read in one of them and error connecting to sql server. One window that stayed open did say error finding data.zip file then said success downloading data. But the one window is still crashing. I did also create C:/games/ and unzipped the files to that folder. Same results.
Ok, hmm, that's not good. I'm going to try and see if I can replicate this error. I have some questions first though..
- In what folder and which drive did you store the files from the zip?
-Did you by any chance already have a previous installation of MySQL on your computer? That was installed the regular installer way? Also, if it's not too much trouble, can you send me those other, long errors also? You can mail that to ustoopia@gmail.com.
-Can you start the authserver.exe and worldserver.exe from the command line? So do not run them by double-clicking, or from the menu. But open a command prompt window, go to the folder where the exe's are located, and from there, type: worldserver.exe. When you run it this way, the window will not automatically close, but stay open, and, more importantly, show an error message. This message will be interesting to me.
The first time I tried to run the program I ran it from unzipped folder on my D: drive. I saw the errors looking for C:/games/drepack so I created that folder and unzipped there. Same errors. I did notice last time it seemed to be looking for your ip address that I saw in your video. My client is set for local home ip though. I deleted the folder after several attempts but will run the .bat file again and get the files. I'll also try what you said and run from CMD and send you what it says. Thanks for the help. I'll email you something soon.
Oh and as far as having an installation of Mysql installed earlier, there was none at first. But after the errors I got trying to start the repack I decided to create my own using Chatgpt which was a disaster. There might be reminents of the Mysql still on the pc. I did a system restore and it seemed to remove all the programs I had installed.
I emailed you some error messages you requested. Did you figure anything out? I've tried over and over and it will not work. My question is if it's portable why does it keep trying to look in C:/games/Drepack? Shouldn't it run no matter where it is? Hoping you found something, I'd really like to get it working.
Hi Andre. I finally got it the repack to work. With a little help from Chatgpt. I was wondering though can You change the server status from PVP to regular? Also the chat window does have some errors while trying to chat. Lua errors? I tried to chatting with a bot and it doesn't respond. It did join my party. Last question why is there level 60's in starting areas for gnomes? Is that a settings in the bot file?
Sorry all the comments. I did fix the chat problem it was an addon. So far your repack is running great and is awesome! Last problem I did create a gm account in server like in your video but cannot get commands to work in the game. Any ideas?