Lighthaven
Lighthaven is a Wrath of the Lich King private server (3.3.5a, x1-x100 rates, PvE) online since May 2026, with an estimated 10-40 players and no pay-to-win shop.

May 2026
PvE
3.3.5a
10-40
x1-x100
English (also FR, DE, ES, RU, KO, ZH)
No pay-to-win
- Blizzlike+
- Fully Progressed
- RDF Enabled
- Cross-Faction PvP
Listing updated
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About Lighthaven
Lighthaven is a Wrath of the Lich King realm on AzerothCore built around PlayerBots. About 2,000 bots are spread across every level bracket, so a level 30 character finds level 30 bots to run dungeons with, and you can hire them as followers, gear them and pick their specs. Bots also fill battlegrounds and arena queues, rated 2v2 and 3v3 included. All content has been open since launch, from Naxxramas to Icecrown Citadel, and dungeon and raid bosses scale their health, damage and mechanics to the group that pulls them, so a few players with bots can raid. Each character sets its own rates with one command: experience, money and reputation up to x100, loot up to x10. Quality-of-life modules such as AoE loot, junk auto-sell and random Diablo-style enchants are all off by default, and you switch them on per character at the Adventure Assistant, an NPC you summon anywhere with .aa. Bots chat in nine languages through an AI model that runs on the realm’s own hardware, and the same model moderates public chat. Global chat is shared across client languages, and the website is in English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Korean and Chinese. One person runs Lighthaven on a self-funded dedicated server in France, with no shop and no donations, and the source is public on GitLab. The stock 3.3.5a client works. The realm counts humans and bots separately: from 5 September to 4 October 2026 the daily peak was between 8 and 41 human players.
Features
- WotLK 3.3.5a on AzerothCore, Stock Client
- Fully Progressed: Naxxramas to Icecrown Citadel Open
- About 2,000 PlayerBots across All Level Brackets
- Bots as Followers, Dungeon and Raid Partners
- Bot-Filled Battlegrounds and Arenas, Rated 2v2 and 3v3 Included
- Dungeon and Raid Bosses Scale to Group Size
- Per-Character Rates: XP, Money and Reputation up to x100, Loot up to x10
- Opt-In Quality-of-Life Modules, All Off by Default
- Adventure Assistant NPC, Summoned with .aa
- Optional Challenge Modes
- AI Bot Chat in Nine Languages, Run on the Realm’s Own Hardware
- Global Chat Shared across Client Languages
- Characters Downloadable as AzerothCore Dumps
- Hosted in France, Run by One Person
- No Shop, No Donations, Open Source on GitLab
- Realmlist: set realmlist lighthaven.quest
Lighthaven FAQ
How many players does Lighthaven have?
Lighthaven has an estimated 10-40 players. Population numbers are estimates from the servers and their communities, not exact counts.
Is Lighthaven pay to win?
No. We list Lighthaven as having no pay-to-win shop: gear and gold are not sold for real money.
How do I join Lighthaven?
Create an account on the Lighthaven website, then set up the World of Warcraft 3.3.5a client as its guide explains. New to private servers? Our guide on how to play on a WoW private server explains the client and the realmlist.
What are the rates on Lighthaven?
Lighthaven runs x1-x100 experience rates on a PvE realm.
News
View all newsLighthaven keeps dungeons and raids at their original levels for new characters
New characters meet creatures at the level each instance was built for. Group-size scaling stays, so bots still get you into 25-player raids.
Lighthaven opens a forum instead of a Discord
The one-person WotLK realm still has no Discord. On its new forum you post as one of your characters, and it stays readable during maintenance.
Lighthaven adds free class changes and crafting artisans
A free class change, ten artisans who craft from your materials, and a Yogg-Saron that bot raids can clear came to the bot-filled WotLK realm in July.
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