# Summit: reconstructing a World of Warcraft 3.3.5a server

> Summit rebuilds a World of Warcraft 3.3.5a server in Go, with authentication, world-server and packet-handling components. Its supporting tools include a proxy for capturing authentication traffic, a packet dumper and a DBC converter; the author describes using Ghidra during development.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game · Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/paalgyula/summit>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/paalgyula/summit/blob/0a3f2b62ad2bd42340a38ef4747e9aac927bc07c/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/summit-wow-server-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/summit-wow-server-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/summit-wow-server-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The module declares Go 1.25.0.
- **Limits:** The author describes the project as a small, ongoing emulator and lists several planned features.
- **License:** Apache-2.0 licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/paalgyula/summit/blob/0a3f2b62ad2bd42340a38ef4747e9aac927bc07c/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/paalgyula/summit/blob/0a3f2b62ad2bd42340a38ef4747e9aac927bc07c/AGENTS.md>

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