This article is part of the Installation Guide. You can read it alone or click on the previous link to easily move between the steps.
Before proceeding, please make sure that you have compiled your sources and they are up-to-date.
Downloading the Database
Download the latest database compilation from TrinityCore Downloads.
Click the green Download button on top right next to right column.
The file is in .7z format, so you will need an archive program like 7zip to unpack it.
Important
Note: There are multiple .sql files to choose from in the .7z archive. If this is your first time installing TrinityCore, you will want to import ONLY the file with "TDB_full" at the beginning.
The other files are for updating existing world and characters databases from a previous compilation. This makes it easy to update your databases from one compilation to the next as explained in the section above.
NEVER apply the sql files in the sql\old directory on fresh instalations, those files are only needed for people updating core between TDB releases that uses long time to update between revisions.
THIS INFORMATION IS UPDATED FROM THE POINT OF CREATION OF TRINITYCORE UNTIL TODAY, AND UNLESS WE CHANGE THE SYSTEM, IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED. WE HAVE USED THIS SYSTEM SINCE THE START AND IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT IT WILL CHANGE.
NEVER APPLY THE SQL FILES ON auth/character databases on fresh instalations those files are only needed for people updating core between TDB releases.
THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE CREATION OF TRINITYCORE UNTIL TODAY, AND UNLESS WE CHANGE THE SYSTEM, IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE UP TO DATE. WE HAVE USED THIS SYSTEM SINCE THE START AND IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT IT WILL CHANGE.
NEVER APPLY THE SQL FILES ON auth/character databases on fresh instalations those files are only needed for people updating core between TDB releases.
THIS INFORMATION IS KEPT UP TO DATE SINCE TRINITYCORE CREATION UNTIL TODAY, AND UNLESS WE CHANGE THE SYSTEM, IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE UP TO DATE. WE HAVE USED THIS SYSTEM SINCE THE START AND IT IS VERY UNLIKELY IT WILL CHANGE.
(Note to wiki editors, this text is added on this way intended)
NEVER EVER (LIKE, EVER) ENABLE CONTINUE ON ERROR ON YOUR SQL CLIENT.
Installing The Trinity Databases
Help
If you still have any problem, check:
- Updating or starting with TrinityCore issues, Trouble with your TrinityCore Install / Readme 1st / FAQs
- Ask help on the Forum
- If you still have problems, you can try to ask help on IRC, but remember it's not real time 24/7 support, most of people there lives on GMT and they can be sleeping or working.
This article is part of the Installation Guide. You can read it alone or click on the previous link to easily move between the steps.