The Pre-Patch 11.0 for World of Warcraft: The War Within is being released. MeinMMO reveals how you can download the update right now.
The era of Dragonflight is almost over in World of Warcraft. On Wednesday, the major Pre-Patch 11.0 will be released, bringing with it the key dates for the expansion “The War Within”. As usual, such a large patch comes with a fairly hefty download. So that you don’t have to start it on Wednesday, you can download most of the data in advance.
How to download Patch 11.0? To be able to download the large update in advance, you first need to enable this option in the Battle.net launcher, as it may still be disabled by default for many. You can find the option as follows:
- Open the Battle.net launcher.
- Select World of Warcraft and click on the gear icon next to the “Play” button, then select “Game Settings”.
- In the new menu, select the “Downloads” section on the left and scroll down to “Game Updates”.
- Under “Automatic Updates”, check the box for “Game-Specific Settings”.
- For “World of Warcraft”, select “Latest & Future Updates”.
- Confirm by clicking on “Done”.
Additionally, you can check the box for “Pause updates when a game is launched” a bit further up – in that case, patches will only be downloaded when you are not currently playing a game. This helps prevent issues such as high latency in the game due to the large download.
You can also check whether everything has been downloaded in the Battle.net launcher. If the pre-download is complete, a notice saying “Pre-download completed” will appear in green text under the blue “Play” button. In that case, you’ll be ready for the patch release on July 24!
Our colleagues at GameStar have created a special issue about the new WoW expansion:
Do you need to download anything on Wednesday? Yes. Even though most game data can be downloaded in advance, a small portion will only appear with the release of the patch. These are the final data necessary for installation, or they might even contain small changes from the PTR. However, this download should be significantly smaller and, in most cases, completed in just a few minutes – if not seconds.
We have explained everything included in the new patch and generally in the expansion The War Within in our comprehensive overview of The War Within. There, you can also find all information related to the story, the new areas, the hero talents, and the Warband feature.
