How to Play World of Warcraft for Free

This thread is to guide newcomers who are new to WOW. This guide will help you install World of Warcraft, its patches and what settings to change in order to play the game for free. Ok lets get on with it shall we.
Software Requirements
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[FONT="]Please note that all of them should either be US versions or GB versions. You can't install a GB version of the game over a US version and vice versa.
You can get the WOTLK 3.0.9 client version from WOW Arthas MBL ftp server. The link is given below:
[/FONT][FONT="][FONT="]http://wow.dsl.net.pk/downloads/wowclient309.rar[/FONT][/FONT][FONT="]
Current Patch Version
3.3.5a
Download the patches from here
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Steps:
1) Install the following in sequential order
a) Install WOW
b) Install WOW: Burning Crusade
c: Install WOW: Wrath of the Lich King
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The login screens for each game is given below
WOW:

WOW: The Burning Crusade:

WOW: Wrath of the Lich King

[FONT="]2) Patches
Note:
All patches that start with 1.x.x are for WOW. Similarly, all patches that start with 2.x.x are for WOW: The burning crusade and 3.x.x patches are for WOW: Wrath of the Lich King only. If you have installed WOW up to WOTLK then you game version would be 3.0.0.
Since this patch is for a WOW server that is running on WOW Wrath of the Lich King therefore we will only use patches that start with the digit 3
a) Install the patches in sequential order i.e. 3.0.1 first followed up by 3.0.2 and so on. You can download the patches from the link given above.
b) Now confirm whether the patches have been successfully. In order to versify run WOW and check the bottom left part of the login screen. You'll see that in the picture below its written 3.3.5(12340). This means that your game has been patched up to 3.3.5a[/FONT]
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[FONT="]3) Server Setting
a) Now we need to change the server settings. For this find your WOW directory where you have installed the game. Locate your "realmlist.wtf" which is located in World of Warcraft\Data\enUS\. The directory should look like in the image below. Open the realmlist.wtf file with notepad since we need to change a few things.[/FONT]

[FONT="]b) Once open you need to change the first line as shown in the picture. Change the first line to from "set realmlist us.logon.worldofwarcraft.com" to "set realmlist logon.heroic-wow.net". Once done save the file and close it.
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[FONT="]4) Account Creation
a) Now create an account here http://heroic-wow.net/
b) Create a user account name of your choice and make sure you've selected
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[FONT="]5) JUMP Around with joy and say "Hurrah" just you've done it. Run WOW and enter the details for the account at the login screen. If you have done everything accordingly you should be able to see login successfully.[/FONT]
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Congratulations you've configured WOW successfully
I Hope you enjoy it as much as I do because (wm)
Congratulations you've configured WOW successfully
I Hope you enjoy it as much as I do because (wm)
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