Authentic HD – Faithful / Curated, Enhanced + DXVK

Works with Project Epoch Reborn. This collection is kept up to date against the current Reborn client.

A carefully selected Epoch Graphics Collection with essential upscaling patches, subtle world upgrades, and Vulkan support via DXVK 2.7.1 for improved graphics performance.

Keep the authentic Classic WoW look, just a little more crisper! Also adds many uniquely voice-acted NPCs and updated player sounds. Refreshes zone music/ambience. Blends better for veteran players.

UPDATED 11/08/2026

⚠️ Letters changed in this update. Epoch now ships its own PATCH-D and PATCH-M, so the collection was moved up a letter to get out of the way: old D → E, old E → F, old F → G, old M → N.

Download here: My Google Drive

In the epoch_live (WoW folder) folder, extract the .mpq files into the Data folder and the Icons folder into the Interface folder.

WARNING: If your PC isn't powerful or feel you want more FPS, do not extract the HD Spells/Items Icons!

If you want OLD Original Vanilla Character Models for your own character, delete PATCH-E

1. Epoch / WotLK MPQ Setup (Just for reading information)

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Core Game Files

⚠️ Do not change or delete these! These are shipped by the game and kept updated by the launcher — if you overwrite one, the launcher will either re-download it or you will break the client.

• COMMON.MPQ
• COMMON-2.MPQ
• EXPANSION.MPQ
• LICHKING.MPQ
• PATCH.MPQ
• PATCH-2.MPQ
• PATCH-3.MPQ
• PATCH-A.MPQ
• PATCH-B.MPQ
• PATCH-C.MPQ
• PATCH-D.MPQ — Epoch's own UI patch (custom FrameXML/GlueXML: GM tickets, raid browser, spell scaling, character select). Not the old HD character models — that is PATCH-E now.
• PATCH-M.MPQ — shipped by Epoch
• PATCH-Y.MPQ
• PATCH-Z.MPQ (if present)

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Custom MPQs Added

• PATCH-4.MPQ — Vanilla NPC texture upscale 2x (unknown modder)
• PATCH-5.MPQ — Vanilla armor items texture upscale 2x (unknown modder)
• PATCH-E.MPQ — HD Character Models from WotLK HD, maintained by Loriendal, then updated by Bset for Epoch (Bset Patch-E). (was PATCH-D)
• PATCH-F.MPQ — Faithful Upscaled Textures Epoch (Vish patch-K) (was PATCH-E)
• PATCH-G.MPQ — Better Trees (OdysseyMods) (was PATCH-F)
• PATCH-N.MPQ — Faithful Upscaled Textures Epoch – 4K Maps (Vish patch-M) (was PATCH-M)
• PATCH-R.MPQ — New Skyboxes from WotLK HD DBC (Bset)
• PATCH-W.MPQ — Cataclysm Water (unknown modder)
• PATCH-X.MPQ — Enhanced Sounds + Soundtracks from multiple WoW versions (Vish patch-X)

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Load Order & Naming Rules

The client loads patch-<one character>.MPQ — numbers first (patch-2 … patch-9), then letters (patch-A … patch-Z). Later letters win. So the order here is:

patch → 2 → 3 → 4 → 5 → A → B → C → D → E → F → G → M → N → R → W → X → Y

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Useful Links

• epochHD GitHub (Bset work)
• NexusMods – Faithful Upscaled Textures
• NexusMods – Better Trees
• NexusMods – Push Fog Only

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Credits & Thanks

• Bset
• Vish
• Jolander
• Loriendal
• OdysseyMods
• Various unknown modders
• All players who test, report bugs, and contribute

Summary: This repack enhances authentic Epoch visuals with faithful upscales (armor, UI, maps, icons), subtle environment boosts (trees, skyboxes, fog clarity), while keeping the original game's aesthetic.

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2. Add Vulkan via DXVK 2.7.1 (Windows)

Improve Direct3D rendering through Vulkan translations.

Steps:

1. Download DXVK 2.7.1:
   Download from GitHub:
   dxvk-2.7.1

2. Extract the Archive:
   Use 7-Zip or a similar tool to extract the .tar.gz.

3. Copy Required DLLs:
   Navigate to x32/ folder, and copy d3d9.dll into the folder containing Wow.exe (your game executable).

4. Enable for NVIDIA GPUs:
   Follow this video demo (GIF) for setting Wow.exe highest potential graphics for NVIDIA GPUs.
   

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3. Run graphical macros in games (you can also use this addon for almost the same result - VanillaGraphicBoost and skip below)

Macro 1 :

/Console environmentDetail 150
/Console groundEffectDensity 256
/Console groundEffectDist 600
/Console groundEffectFade 1277
/Console ffxGlow 1
/Console ffxspecial 1
/Console farclip 1600
/Console horizonFarclipScale 6

Macro 2 :

/Console skycloudlod 3
/Console waterDetail 3
/Console reflectionMode 3
/Console rippleDetail 3
/Console shadowmode 3
/Console shadowtexturesize 2048
/Console particleDensity 100
/Console ffxnetherworld 1
/Console ffxDeath 1

Macro 3 :

/Console sunshafts 2
/Console textureFilteringMode 5
/Console terrainMipLevel 0
/Console ssao 2
/Console ssaoblur 2
/Console weatherDensity 3
/Console gxmultisample 8
/Console violencelevel 5
/Console overridefarclip 1

Macro 4 :

/Console farclip 1600
/Console horizonfarclip 6226
/Console groundeffectdensity 256
/Console groundeffectdist 140
/Console smallcull 0
/Console characterAmbient 1
/Console extshadowquality 5
/Console componentEmissive 1
/Console SSAODistance 750

Macro 5 :

/Console specular 1
/Console componentSpecular 1
/Console lodObjectMinSize 1
/Console lodObjectCullSize 1
/Console lodObjectCullDist 200
/Console lodObjectFadeScale 300
/Console detailDoodadAlpha 100

Macro 6 :

/Console particleMTDensity 100
/Console showfootprints 1
/Console showfootprintparticles 1
/Console doodadLodDist 2000
/Console entityLodDist 100
/Console worldBaseMip 0
/console nameplateMaxDistance 41

In the epoch_live folder, in WTF -> "config.wtf" : add these lines only after you did in game previous 6 macros:

SET M2Faster "3"
SET gxTextureCacheSize "512"
SET objectFade "0"
SET screenshotQuality "10"