How to Play Season of Discovery
wowhead.comSeason of Discovery launches Thursday, November 30th at 1:00 PM PST! If you're new to Season of Discovery or WoW Classic and aren't quite sure how to start playing, this is a helpful step by step guide to get you started. We've also prepared a basic Overview Guide for Season of Discovery, which you can view below --
Season of Discovery Overview
1. Download World of Warcraft Classic
Make sure you have «World of Warcraft Classic» selected for Game Version. It might update you to version 1.15.0 if you haven't updated your WoW Classic Client or ever played WoW Classic before. Season of Discovery is a new Seasonal game mode within the WoW Classic client.
2. If you are automatically sent to a Realm, select «Change Realm»
If you have played WoW Classic before, the game will likely automatically choose your most recently played character. If this happens, you are not on a Seasonal Realm and need to select «Change Realm»
3. Choose «Seasonal» Tab on Realm Selection
This will display a list of Season of Discovery Realms available for play! Now you can choose a realm and start playing Season of Discovery. If you are viewing this article before the realms are available, you won't be able to play just yet. In the mean time, check out our Season of Discovery Overview guide to help you get started.
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Wowhead Client
After opening the Client, it will automatically download the appropriate addon for your game versions, which will record data of your gameplay to a text file. After a session of play and after you've closed World of
