Azeroth Survivors: How to Play and Every Zone
Updated
Azeroth Survivors is a free, fan-made survivors-like set in the World of Warcraft 1.12 world: pick a class, enter a zone and survive the waves while your spells cast themselves. It plays in the browser at wow.aethus.pl or as a Windows download. Below: how to start, what it needs, and all 12 zones with their five bosses, read from the game's own text on October 23, 2026.
Where and how to play
- Official site
- wow.aethus.pl
- Price
- Free (optional tip link in the menu)
- Browser
- Needs WebGPU: current Chrome, Edge or Safari. Linux Chrome: enable chrome://flags/#enable-unsafe-webgpu
- Download
- Windows version (a .rar) from the official page; also the fallback when the browser server is busy
- Account
- None: no login, no WoW subscription, no game server
- Made by
- Aethus, a fan project; not made or endorsed by Blizzard
- Community
- Discord, linked from the official page
Controls
| Action | Keyboard and mouse |
|---|---|
| Move | WASD, or hold both mouse buttons |
| Pick a level-up card | 1, 2 or 3 |
| Reroll the cards | R |
| Start the run | Enter |
| Pause | Escape |
On a gamepad the left stick moves, the right stick turns the view, A jumps, bumpers and triggers zoom and Y opens stored level-ups. Key bindings can be changed in Options. At each level-up you choose a spell, and its rarity decides how strong it is; you can also skip a pick for gold or pay gold to reroll.
All 12 zones and bosses
Each zone has its own enemies and five bosses. New zones open as you beat bosses: the picker shows locked zones as “defeat (boss) in (zone)”. The highlighted boss is the one the zone's own description names.
Elwynn Forest
The Defias Uprising
Kobolds pour out of Jasperlode Mine, gnolls cross the river and the Defias Brotherhood marches on the farms. Their leader waits for you at the end.
- Hogger
- Mother Fang
- Rhahk'Zor
- Mr. Smite
- Edwin VanCleef
Duskwood
Night of the Nightbane
The graves of Raven Hill stand open. Worgen hunt between the trees, and Morbent Fel calls the dead of Duskwood to war.
- Naraxis
- Mor'Ladim
- Stitches
- Lupos
- Morbent Fel
Warsong Gulch
The Burning Legion
A demon gate tears open over the gulch. Imps, felhounds and satyrs pour through, and Lord Kazzak follows.
- Doomguard Commander
- Mannoroth's Herald
- Varimathras
- Lord Hel'nurath
- Lord Kazzak
Arathi Basin
The Highlands Rise
With the Basin's banners down, the Highlands come for it: Boulderfist ogres and Witherbark trolls out of the hills, and the Syndicate behind them, sent by the last lord of Alterac to take it for his own.
- Kovork
- Nimar the Slayer
- Marez Cowl
- Lord Falconcrest
- Lord Aliden Perenolde
Feralas
The Gates of Dire Maul
The Gordunni ogres break out of Dire Maul with the Woodpaw gnolls and the wild things of Feralas behind them. King Gordok himself comes to claim the forest.
- Zevrim Thornhoof
- Alzzin the Wildshaper
- Tendris Warpwood
- Immol'thar
- King Gordok
Gurubashi Arena
The Blood God Wakes
The Hakkari turn the Arena into an altar. Trolls, raptors and the Blood God's serpents fill the ring, and Hakkar the Soulflayer walks the world again.
- High Priestess Jeklik
- High Priest Venoxis
- Bloodlord Mandokir
- Jin'do the Hexxer
- Hakkar the Soulflayer
Alterac Valley
The Frozen Wilds
The valley wakes. Troggs swarm from the mines, the wolves are starving, and the Ice Lord stirs beneath the snow.
- Korrak the Bloodrager
- Ivus the Forest Lord
- Lokholar the Ice Lord
- Glacius the Frozen Titan
- Azuregos
Blackrock Mountain
The Lord of Blackrock
The Dark Iron and the Blackrock clan march out of the mountain together, fire elementals and dragonkin at their side. Above them circles the Lord of Blackrock.
- General Angerforge
- Warchief Rend Blackhand
- Emperor Dagran Thaurissan
- Majordomo Executus
- Nefarian
Gates of Ahn'Qiraj
The Old God Stirs
The Scarab Wall has fallen. The silithid swarm and the Qiraji legions spill across the sands, and behind them C'Thun opens its eye.
- Kurinnaxx
- General Rajaxx
- Princess Huhuran
- Ossirian the Unscarred
- C'Thun
Un'Goro Crater
The Primal Hunt
The crater's jungle wakes hungry. Ravasaur packs run the ferns, the pterrordax circle overhead, and King Mosh shakes the ground on his way to the kill.
- Ravasaur Matriarch
- Uhk'loc
- Lar'korwi
- Tyrant Devilsaur
- King Mosh
Scarlet Monastery
The Crusade's Last Stand
The Scarlet Crusade bars the cathedral against the world. Monks and zealots fill the garden and the nave, and at the altar High Inquisitor Whitemane waits to raise the fallen.
- Houndmaster Loksey
- Arcanist Doan
- Herod
- Scarlet Commander Mograine
- High Inquisitor Whitemane
Naxxramas
The Scourge Invasion
Naxxramas hangs over the Plaguelands, and its master waits in his frozen chamber. His lieutenants step out of the alcoves where the abominations stand, and when they fall, Kel'Thuzad rises from his throne.
- Anub'Rekhan
- Noth the Plaguebringer
- Patchwerk
- Sapphiron
- Kel'Thuzad
What carries over between runs
- Gear: bosses drop gear for your class, and it stays in your collection for good. Each class has five named sets, from starter gear to raid tiers; see the class page.
- Talents: each class earns its own talent points. A class with less talent experience than your best one earns more (the game text gives 20% and 40% bonuses), so new classes catch up.
- Perks and tabards belong to your account, so every hero of every class has them. Achievements give more perk points; tabards are cosmetic.
- Companions follow every hero and fetch coins and experience wisps; instincts teach them extra tricks, like fetching battleground runes.
- Rings, trinkets and amulets come from battleground caches, elites and guardians. Legendary amulets rework one spell each, so they are class-specific.
Frequently asked questions
What is the official Azeroth Survivors website?
wow.aethus.pl. The game only runs there (or from the Windows download): its own code refuses to start on other domains or inside another site's frame, and sends players to wow.aethus.pl. Look-alike sites with 'azerothsurvivors' in the name are fan guides or ad pages, not the game.
Is Azeroth Survivors made by Blizzard?
No. It's a free fan-made game by Aethus, built on the World of Warcraft 1.12 (Classic-era) world. Blizzard doesn't make or endorse it, and you don't need a WoW account or subscription.
Why won't Azeroth Survivors load in my browser?
It needs WebGPU. Use a current Chrome, Edge or Safari; on Linux Chrome, enable chrome://flags/#enable-unsafe-webgpu. If the page says too many people are playing, the server's daily limit was hit: use the Windows download instead.
Is Azeroth Survivors free?
Yes. There's a 'Buy me a coffee' link in the menu for tips, but the game itself, in the browser or as a Windows download, costs nothing.
Can I move my Azeroth Survivors progress to another computer?
Yes. Options → Save files → Export Save writes your heroes, opened zones, gear, talents and codex to a file; Import Save on the other machine replaces its progress with it. The game also keeps an hourly backup of the last 5 saves.
Do WoW addons work in Azeroth Survivors?
Addons made for WoW 1.12 work. Install them from Options (pick the .zip files) or put each addon's folder in the game's AddOns folder; they load on your next run.