Terms of use

Version 1 · 13 October 2026. Plain-language rules for using Open Vanilla's launcher, website and realms.

What Open Vanilla is

An independent, non-commercial, open-source fan project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment. Open Vanilla does not sell anything.

Game files

Open Vanilla doesn't distribute Blizzard's game files. You use a World of Warcraft client (Vanilla Client v1.3) you obtain yourself, and you're responsible for having the right to use it.

Playing on our realms

Be decent: no harassment, hate speech, cheating, exploiting bugs on purpose, or attacking the servers.
One person per account; keep your password to yourself and don't reuse it from other sites.
Accounts and characters can be reset during the alpha, and may be removed for breaking these rules.
You must be 13 or older.

Community content

Mods, projects and servers in the Workshop belong to their authors and keep their own licences. Listing them isn't an endorsement; install what you trust.

No warranty

Open Vanilla is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, as its open-source licences say. Back up anything you care about.

Questions: the Open Vanilla Discord or a GitHub issue.