🎮 TrinityCore Scripts Downloader

Two scripts for downloading src/server/scripts from the TrinityCore GitHub repository:

Script	What it does
download_trinitycore_scripts.sh	Downloads all 147 tagged TDB releases spanning every expansion
download_trinitycore_current_branches.sh	Downloads the 4 current active branches

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📁 What You Get

TrinityCore_Scripts_Downloader/
├── download_trinitycore_scripts.sh           ← 147-branch archive downloader
├── download_trinitycore_current_branches.sh  ← 4 current branches downloader
└── README.md                                 ← this file

After running both scripts:

TrinityCore_Scripts_Downloader/
├── TrinityCore_Scripts/                      ← from the archive script
│   ├── 01_TheWarWithin_Dragonflight/
│   │   ├── TDB1200.26021/src/server/scripts/...
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── 02_Shadowlands/
│   ├── 03_BattleForAzeroth/
│   ├── 04_Legion/
│   ├── 05_WarlordsOfDraenor/
│   ├── 06_TDB6xx/
│   ├── 07_CataclysmClassic/
│   ├── 08_MoPClassic/
│   └── 09_WotLK_3.3.5a/
│       ├── TDB335.25101/src/server/scripts/...
│       └── ...
├── TrinityCore_Scripts_log.txt               ← archive script log
│
├── TrinityCore_Current/                      ← from the current branches script
│   ├── 01_Master_TheWarWithin/master/...
│   ├── 02_WotLK_3.3.5/3.3.5/...
│   ├── 03_CataclysmClassic/cata_classic/...
│   └── 04_WotLKClassic/wotlk_classic/...
└── TrinityCore_Current_log.txt               ← current branches script log

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✅ Requirements

Tool	Why	Install
Git	Clones repos via sparse checkout	git-scm.com
Bash	Runs the scripts	Built into macOS/Linux, use Git Bash on Windows

Windows Users

Install Git for Windows (includes Git Bash). Right-click in the folder → Git Bash Here → run the scripts.

macOS / Linux

Open Terminal, cd into this folder, and run.

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🚀 Quick Start

Step 1 — Make scripts executable (first time only)

chmod +x download_trinitycore_scripts.sh
chmod +x download_trinitycore_current_branches.sh

Step 2 — Run them

Download all 147 tagged releases:

./download_trinitycore_scripts.sh

Download the 4 current active branches:

./download_trinitycore_current_branches.sh

Run both back-to-back:

./download_trinitycore_current_branches.sh && ./download_trinitycore_scripts.sh

Step 3 — Check the results

• Browse the TrinityCore_Scripts/ or TrinityCore_Current/ folders for your files
• Open the log files to see timestamps, file counts, and a summary

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📜 Script 1 — download_trinitycore_scripts.sh

Downloads src/server/scripts from 147 tagged TDB releases organised by expansion.

Expansion Groups

#	Group	Branches	Description
01	TheWarWithin_Dragonflight	27	TDB 1000+ / build tags
02	Shadowlands	13	TDB 900–927
03	BattleForAzeroth	9	TDB 820–837
04	Legion	10	TDB 703–735
05	WarlordsOfDraenor	3	6.x tags
06	TDB6xx	5	Older format TDB6.xx
07	CataclysmClassic	7	TDB434/440/441/442
08	MoPClassic	2	TDB343.xx
09	WotLK_3.3.5a	70	TDB335.xx (largest group)
	Total	147

Output

Item	Path
Downloaded files	TrinityCore_Scripts/
Log file	TrinityCore_Scripts_log.txt

How to configure

Open the script in any text editor. Each download is a line like:

download_branch "TAG_NAME"  "GROUP_FOLDER"

To add a new branch — add a line to the appropriate group:

download_branch "TDB335.26001"  "09_WotLK_3.3.5a"

To add a new group — add a new section:

# ==============================================================
# GROUP 10 — My Custom Group
# ==============================================================
download_branch "some_tag"   "10_MyCustomGroup"
download_branch "other_tag"  "10_MyCustomGroup"

To remove a branch — delete or comment out the line:

# download_branch "TDB335.11.43"   "09_WotLK_3.3.5a"

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📜 Script 2 — download_trinitycore_current_branches.sh

Downloads src/server/scripts from the 4 current active TrinityCore branches.

Current Branches

Branch	Group Folder	Description
master	01_Master_TheWarWithin	The War Within (latest mainline)
3.3.5	02_WotLK_3.3.5	WotLK 3.3.5a maintenance
cata_classic	03_CataclysmClassic	Cataclysm Classic
wotlk_classic	04_WotLKClassic	WotLK Classic

Output

Item	Path
Downloaded files	TrinityCore_Current/
Log file	TrinityCore_Current_log.txt

How to configure

Open the script and find the branch download section. Each branch is one line:

download_branch "BRANCH_NAME"   "FOLDER_NAME"

To add another branch:

download_branch "some_branch"   "05_MyBranch"

To remove a branch — delete or comment out the line:

# download_branch "wotlk_classic"   "04_WotLKClassic"

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📋 Log Files

Both scripts create their own log file with timestamps, file counts, and a final summary.

Example log entry

[2026-06-05 14:35:00] ========================================
[2026-06-05 14:35:00] Downloading branch: TDB335.64 -> ./TrinityCore_Scripts/09_WotLK_3.3.5a/TDB335.64
[2026-06-05 14:35:00] ========================================
[2026-06-05 14:35:12]   [DONE] 09_WotLK_3.3.5a/TDB335.64 — 703 files downloaded

Example summary

[2026-06-05 14:50:00] ============================================================
[2026-06-05 14:50:00]   ALL DONE!
[2026-06-05 14:50:00]   Total files in TrinityCore_Scripts/: 108426
[2026-06-05 14:50:00]   Saved to: ./TrinityCore_Scripts
[2026-06-05 14:50:00]   Log saved: ./TrinityCore_Scripts_log.txt
[2026-06-05 14:50:00] ============================================================

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🔄 Re-Downloading

Both scripts skip anything that already exists. To re-download:

Remove a single branch:

rm -rf TrinityCore_Scripts/09_WotLK_3.3.5a/TDB335.64
rm -rf TrinityCore_Current/04_WotLKClassic

Remove everything and start fresh:

rm -rf TrinityCore_Scripts TrinityCore_Current

Then re-run the script(s).

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

Problem	Solution
command not found: git	Install Git from git-scm.com
Permission denied	Run chmod +x download_trinitycore_scripts.sh
Branch/tag not found	Check the tag exists on the GitHub repo's releases page
Download stalls	Check your internet. Re-run to resume (skips existing)
Want to update a branch	Delete its folder and re-run

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📊 Quick Reference

	download_trinitycore_scripts.sh	download_trinitycore_current_branches.sh
What	All 147 tagged TDB releases	4 current active branches
Output	TrinityCore_Scripts/	TrinityCore_Current/
Log	TrinityCore_Scripts_log.txt	TrinityCore_Current_log.txt
Branches	147 (fixed list)	4 (easy to add more)
Configure	Edit download_branch lines	Edit download_branch lines

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Made for the WoW private server development community.