Classic WoW in your browser: a free 1.12 realm with nothing to install

Play WoW in your browser, with nothing to install

Keldurn is a WoW browser game in the literal sense: the classic world opens in a Chrome, Edge, Opera or Safari tab. You do not install a launcher, you do not need a copy of the original game and you do not need administrator rights on the computer. You sign in, pick your character and you are standing in Elwynn Forest or Durotar.

It is not cloud gaming either. Nobody streams a video of a remote computer to you: the game runs on your own device, so the picture stays sharp and you do not need a streaming plan. Your characters are saved on the realm, not in the browser, so you can close the tab tonight and carry on from another computer or your phone tomorrow.

The first visit takes a little longer while the browser gets the game ready. After that, entering from the same browser is much quicker. If you prefer a classic desktop program, an optional Windows client uses the same account and the same characters.

Read the full guide to playing WoW in a browser

Free classic WoW: what is free, honestly

Playing Keldurn is free. There is no monthly subscription, no box to buy and no trial with a level cap. You can create an account, level a character from 1 to 60, run every dungeon, join raids and battlegrounds and never pay anything.

That is the difference from the official Classic realms, which need an active World of Warcraft subscription. Keldurn is an independent realm, so the only thing you need is a free Keldurn account.

What a free vanilla 1.12 realm offers

WoW on your phone and tablet: iPhone, iPad and Android

Keldurn plays on phones and tablets from the mobile browser: Safari on iPhone and iPad, Chrome on Android. There is no app to install from a store. Touch controls sit on top of the classic interface so you can move, turn the camera, pick targets and use your action bars with your thumbs.

It is the same realm and the same character as on the computer. Many players quest on the phone during the day and raid on a PC at night. A recent phone gives the best experience; on a tablet you can also pair a keyboard or use a trackpad.

If you want to try it before committing, open the site on your phone, create the account there and log in to the same character later on a bigger screen.

How to play on an iPhone

Mac, Chromebook and modest PCs

On a Mac you play in Safari, Chrome or Edge, with no Boot Camp, no virtual machine and no Wine. On a Chromebook you play in Chrome, without switching on Linux or installing anything. On Windows any current browser works, and the optional Windows client is there if you prefer one.

You do not need a gaming PC. The 1.12 world was designed for the computers of its time, and most laptops from the last few years, including ones with integrated graphics, can play it. Keep your browser up to date and its graphics acceleration switched on, close tabs you are not using and lower the graphics quality in the game options if an older machine struggles.

Recent Firefox works on a computer as well. If something looks wrong, the most tested browsers are Chrome and Edge on Windows and Chromebook, and Safari on Mac and iPhone.

Which browser to use on each device

Any current browser with graphics acceleration switched on. This is the recommended combination for each device:

A vanilla 1.12 realm for players from closed servers

2026 was a hard year for classic players. Stormforge closed its realms on 14 May 2026 after a cease and desist from Blizzard, and Project Ascension shut down its WoW realms on 4 and 5 September 2026 after reaching an agreement with Blizzard. Their characters were not transferred anywhere.

Keldurn is not a copy of either server. There are no custom races, classless characters or invented zones: it is the original 1.12 world at x1, with the classes, talents, quests and dungeons you remember. What changes is how you get in, from a browser tab or a phone, plus a short list of conveniences that save waiting rather than effort.

Everybody starts fresh at level 1. If you are coming with a guild or a group of friends, pick the same faction and you can level together from the first evening.

Sources: PCGamesN: Stormforge shuts down · Wowhead: Project Ascension announces its shutdown

Where to play after Project Ascension

Looking for Turtle WoW's 1.18 content instead? It has its own realm: turtle.keldurn.com

What the game is like: blizzlike 1.12 with a few vanilla+ conveniences

The rules are the ones of patch 1.12: experience at x1, the level cap at 60, talents and gear as they were, Alliance and Horde on one PvP realm. Starting zones such as Dun Morogh, Elwynn Forest and Durotar, dungeons such as the Deadmines and the Scarlet Monastery, and raids such as Molten Core and Onyxia's Lair are all there.

On top of that sits a short list of changes that remove dead time without taking away the feeling that you earned your character:

• Cross-faction dungeon groups Alliance and Horde players can team up inside dungeons, so a group fills faster.
• Dungeon finder Queue by role and the group meets at the dungeon's meeting stone.
• Shared auction house Both factions buy and sell in one market.
• Dual specialization Keep two talent builds, for example one to level and one for dungeons.
• Battlegrounds Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin and Alterac Valley, with Call to Arms events that rotate between them.
• Gurubashi Arena A chest appears in the Stranglethorn arena every three hours and only one player walks out with it.
• Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza Every Sunday afternoon, the first angler to hand in forty Speckled Tastyfish wins.
• Holidays and fairs The Darkmoon Faire, Hallow's End, Winter Veil and the rest of the classic calendar, plus experience events at +50 % from time to time.

Keldurn, a typical private server and official Classic compared