A new engine for The Wheel of Time

Runs the 1999 game on Windows 10 and 11. Requires your own copy.

Download for Windows What you need

Version 0.1.3, 42.6 MB, released 30 October 2026

A new engine, written in C++

The 1999 game on new code, running on your graphics card as fast as it will go.

DirectX 12: The game draws on your GPU, with ray-traced lighting and shadows.
Frame rate: Set your own limit, or switch the limit off. VSync is optional.
Your copy, unchanged: It plays the game from your own install and changes nothing in it.

Arena modes

Team Deathmatch and Search and Destroy, against bots or other players.

Recorded in WoTReborn: Insane bots in the Coliseum.

Recorded in WoTReborn: Insane bots in Reeslin’s Forest.

Recorded in WoTReborn: Insane bots in the Temple.

Updated graphics

Each effect has its own switch, and the original 1999 graphics are still available. Drag to compare.

A cobbled corridor with displacement on High: each cobble stands up from the mortar and catches the light — Displacement gives flat brick and stone real depth. Shown on High, the top setting.

The same cobbled corridor with displacement off: the stones painted flat on the floor — Displacement gives flat brick and stone real depth. Shown on High, the top setting.

The corridor with ray-traced lighting: the ceiling falls into shadow — Ray-traced lighting and shadows.

The same corridor with the original 1999 lighting — Ray-traced lighting and shadows.

The corridor with ambient occlusion: corners and the ceiling’s underside darken — Ambient occlusion darkens corners and creases where light can’t reach.

The same corridor without ambient occlusion — Ambient occlusion darkens corners and creases where light can’t reach.

With depth of field: the Whitecloak sharp, the trees and the stream behind him softly blurred — Depth of field focuses on what you’re looking at and softens the rest, if you want it.

The same Whitecloak in Reeslin’s Forest without depth of field: everything equally sharp — Depth of field focuses on what you’re looking at and softens the rest, if you want it.

Weather

Clear skies, cloud, rain, storms, fog, snow and sandstorms.

Clear, at sunset Reeslin’s Forest
Cloudy Arena 05
Rain and storm Coliseum
Fog Graveyard
Snow Outpost
Sandstorm Desert

Bots

They aim and react the way people do, at the skill you choose, and fill a server until enough people join.

Easy: Slower to react and turn, and their aim is loose.
Human-like: They play as a person does.
Hard: Quicker to react and turn, and better aimed.
Insane: They never miss.
Auto: Each side’s bots get harder or easier by how that side is doing.

Through the eyes of George, an Insane bot, against Human-like bots in the Coliseum.

Characters

Play as an Aes Sedai, a Forsaken, a Hound or a Whitecloak, and choose from eight colours for each of four parts of the outfit.

Aes Sedai Auburn hair, white underdress, sapphire dress, brown boots
Forsaken Silver hair, midnight coat, crimson clothing, black boots
Hound Raven hair, umber leathers, saffron tunic, tan boots
Whitecloak Chestnut hair, white cloak, black armour, grey boots

What you need

The Wheel of Time: Your own copy: the GOG release, or the CD version patched to 333.
Windows 10 or 11: 64-bit, with a graphics card that runs DirectX 12.

WoTReborn includes none of the original game’s files. On first run it asks where your copy is installed and plays it from there.

The WoTReborn first-run window listing the game’s system, maps, textures, sounds and music as found — The first-run window, having found the game.

Releases

Installed copies update themselves.

All releases on GitHub

0.1.330 October 2026
Server browser works and lists your server. Sign-in finishes as soon as your browser confirms. Smoother frames: animated textures update off the main thread and ray-traced shadows cost less.
0.1.229 October 2026
Finds servers through the WoTReborn master server, and no longer needs the Visual C++ runtime installed. Faster dedicated servers.
0.1.129 October 2026
Test release. Unzips to a WoTReborn folder.

Download WoTReborn

Free, for Windows 10 and 11.

Download for Windows

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