OctoWoW emerges as a community-run successor to Turtle WoW

OctoWoW, a new rogue-server spin-off, picks up where Turtle WoW left off. It runs on a Turtle WoW-derived 1.12.1 core and continues the custom Mysteries of Azeroth storyline. Massively Overpowered covered the project on 22 June 2026, when it was still in beta.

There are three realms:

• N'Zoth (PvE)
• C'Thun (hardcore PvE)
• Y'Shaarj (PvP), which opened on 30 June 2026

High Elves and Goblins are playable, and there are new race and class combinations. OctoWoW also adds professions and updated versions of classic dungeons and raids, and its posted roadmap lists more dungeons and raids plus a dedicated PvP realm.

The project's Discord community hub grew to roughly 4,700 members over the summer, and YouTube creators were quick to call it "the new Turtle WoW".

Who runs OctoWoW

According to the beta announcement, the developers are not the former Turtle WoW staff, who now work as Moonwhisper Games. Contributors follow a "security principle" under which they do not know one another's real identities. Independent trackers note that the project's Classic+ content was made possible by a leak of Turtle WoW's code repository in 2024.