AzerothCore Post-Install Setup

This page collects practical post-install notes and snippets for AzerothCore. Use it to quickly get a test environment ready: useful worldserver.conf values, account and character provisioning, recommended client addons, and workflows for managing multiple clients.

worldserver.conf

Helpful worldserver.conf snippets to simplify testing and troubleshooting:

worldserver.conf

# Paths
DataDir=
LogsDir=

# Logging / packet capture
PacketLogFile = "world.pkt"

# Gameplay / economy tweaks (testing)
StartPlayerMoney = 1000000000
StartHeroicPlayerMoney = 1000000000

# Instance / group tweaks (testing)
Group.Raid.LevelRestriction = 1
Instance.IgnoreRaid = 1
AllowTwoSide.Interaction.* = 1

Account setup

A small set of convenience accounts makes testing faster. I use short, easy logins for admins and a simple player account:

account create q q
account set gmlevel q 3 -1

Example convention: admin accounts q/q, w/w, e/e, r/r, t/t and a player p/p for quick logins.

Character creation

• Use .pdump to export/import characters between servers or cores.
• Prefer fresh test characters for isolated checks, or import a template when useful.

Helpful modules for quickly provisioning characters:

• PTR template: https://github.com/heyitsbench/mod-ptr-template
• Skip DK starting area: https://github.com/azerothcore/mod-skip-dk-starting-area
• NPC talent template: https://github.com/azerothcore/mod-npc-talent-template

Useful client addons

• AnyIDTooltip: https://github.com/Raynbock/AtlaslootProjectEpoch/tree/main/AnyIDTooltip — shows IDs in tooltips.
• TrainAllButton: https://github.com/sogladev/addon-335-train-all-button — adds a "train all" button to trainers.

Client / realm switching

Manage multiple clients and realmlists efficiently with workspace-based utilities. For example rs-realmctl lets you define named client workspaces, set realmlist, and launch specific client configs (aliases like WOWL, WOWL2, WOWC). It reduces disk usage by creating client workspaces from a stock client.

https://github.com/sogladev/rs-realmctl

Addon manager

Git-based addon manager for installing, updating, and symlinking addons per client workspace:

https://github.com/sogladev/rs-addon-manager

Useful for keeping addon sets in sync across client workspaces and simplifying installs/uninstalls per client.