System Requirements (PC)

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has the following minimum requirements. While some users may be able to play on computers that do not meet these requirements, Blizzard Entertainment Technical Support will only be able to help if your computer meets the following:

Windows(R) XP (Service Pack 3), Windows(R) Vista (Service Pack 1)

• Intel Pentium4 1.3GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+ processor.
  (Recommended: Dual Core Processor such as the Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2)
• 512 megabytes or more of RAM, 1GB required for Windows Vista users
  (Recommended: 1GB Ram, 2GB for Vista users)
• 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with at least 32 MB VRAM, such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or better.
  (Recommended: 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability with 128 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT class card or better.)
• 12 gigabytes or more of available hard drive space.
• DirectX(R) 9.0c or above.
• Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card.
• Internet Connection: Broadband.
• Mouse: Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel recommended.

Play Requirements

• Wrath of the Lich King is an Expansion set to World of Warcraft. You must already have a properly installed version of World of Warcraft and World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade in order to install and play this expansion.
• You must upgrade a World of Warcraft account before you can play World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.
• You must have an active Broadband Internet connection to play World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.