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There are many ways to get help. From online documentation to support from the community on IRC or forums.
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There are many ways to get help — from online documentation to support from the community on Discord, IRC or forums. If you are experiencing problems, you should consider [[ReportingBugs|reporting a bug]].
  
== Wiki Resources ==
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== Forums ==
* [[Play|Online Players Guide]] - Game manual, walkthroughs, strategy guides, and more.
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<ul style="-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2;column-count:2">
* [[Create|Content-Creation Guide]] - Manual showing how to create new campaigns for Wesnoth.
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<li><b>[//forums.wesnoth.org/ Official Wesnoth forums]</b>
* [[StartingPoints|Starting Points]] - List of pages to serve as starting point for diving deeply into the wiki...
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<li>[[Glossary|Wesnoth Acronyms]] - forum lingo
* [[MP_CodeOfConduct | Multiplayer Information ]] - Info about server moderators, useful MP commands, and our online Code of Conduct.
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<li>[http://www.wesnothlife.ru/forum/ Russian Wesnoth Forums (WesnothLife)]
* [http://wiki.wesnothlife.ru/ Russian Wesnoth Wiki]
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<li>[http://www.wesnoth.com.pl/news.php Polish Wesnoth Website]
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<li>[http://www35.atwiki.jp/weswiki/ Japanese Wesnoth Website]
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== Reporting Bugs ==
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== Discord ==
If you are experiencing problems, you should consider [[ReportingBugs|reporting a bug]].
 
  
== Community ==
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Wesnoth maintains a presence on Discord through its own <b>[https://discord.gg/battleforwesnoth official Discord server]</b>. Several channels are bridged to IRC in order to allow Discord and IRC users to interact with each other.
  
Before asking for help with some technical problem in the official forums, please read [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=25660 How to report a bug properly] for instructions and pointers.
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== IRC ==
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IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a time-tested communications system that offers greater flexibility and extensibility than modern chat platforms. For more information, check out [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Wikipedia's article] and [http://www.irchelp.org/ IRCHelp.org].
  
=== Forums ===
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Unless otherwise noted, all channels are hosted at the [https://libera.chat/ Libera.Chat] IRC network. If you don't have an IRC client installed or your firewall blocks ports 6667, 6697, and other [https://libera.chat/guides/connect supported ports], you can use [https://web.libera.chat Libera.Chat's web client] instead.
* [http://forums.wesnoth.org/ Official Wesnoth forums]
 
* [[Glossary|Wesnoth Acronyms]] - forum lingo
 
* [http://www.wesnoth.cn Chinese wesnoth forums]
 
* [http://wif.altervista.org/index.php  Wesnoth Italian Forums (W.I.F)]
 
* [http://www.wesnothlife.ru/forum/ Russian Wesnoth Forums]
 
 
 
=== IRC ===
 
If you don't know what Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is, check out [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Wikipedia's article] and [http://www.irchelp.org/ IRCHelp.org].
 
 
 
All of the following channels are hosted at the [http://freenode.net/ freenode] IRC network unless otherwise noted. If you don't have an IRC client installed on your machine or are behind a strict firewall that blocks [http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml freenode's supported ports], you can use a compatible Web gateway service such as [http://webchat.freenode.net webchat.freenode.net].
 
 
 
==== Main channels ====
 
 
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth #wesnoth]: This channel is for general conversation amongst Wesnoth players and developers.
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-offtopic #wesnoth-offtopic]: The Wesnoth off-topic/social channel.
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-dev #wesnoth-dev]: The development discussion channel. Most contributors and developers (WML, C++ and art people alike) hang around here, exchanging ideas and code patches.
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-mp #wesnoth-mp]: The multiplayer servers' status and development discussion channel.
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-music #wesnoth-music]: General talk about Wesnoth music and others.
 
 
 
==== International channels ====
 
 
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-ang #wesnoth-ang (Old English channel)]
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-de #wesnoth-de (German channel)]: The German look-alike of #wesnoth, mainly used by German-speaking players and translators.
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-es #wesnoth-es (Spanish channel)]
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-fi #wesnoth-fi (Finnish channel)]
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-gl #wesnoth-gl (Galician channel)]
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-la #wesnoth-la (Latin channel)]
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-pl #wesnoth-pl (Polish channel)]: As above, but Polish.
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth.cn #wesnoth.cn (Chinese Channel)]
 
* [irc://irc.tweakers.net/%23wesnoth #wesnoth (Dutch channel)] at the irc.tweakers.net network
 
* [irc://irc.syrolnet.org/%23WIF #WIF (Italian channel)] at the irc.syrolnet.org network
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-ja #wesnoth-ja (Japanese channel/日本語チャンネル)]
 
 
 
==== Other affiliated channels ====
 
 
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-umc-dev #wesnoth-umc-dev]: look-alike of #wesnoth-dev for the [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=21413 Wesnoth User-Made Content Development Project].
 
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/%23wesnoth-xp #wesnoth-xp]: discussion channel for the [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewforum.php?f=36 Wesnoth Experimental fork].
 
 
 
You can also see the [http://irclog.wesnoth.org/ logs] of some official Wesnoth channels.
 
 
 
=== Mailing Lists ===
 
* [https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev/ wesnoth-dev] ([https://mail.gna.org/public/wesnoth-dev/ archives]): the mailing list for discussing mainline development issues; it is not intended for bug reports or feature requests. See [[ReportingBugs]] for those.
 
* [https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-commits/ wesnoth-commits] ([https://mail.gna.org/public/wesnoth-commits/ archives]): all commits made to the mainline source repository are automatically echoed in this list for those who want or need to keep track of them. New developers and contributors are required to subscribe to this list.
 
* [https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-i18n/ wesnoth-i18n] ([https://mail.gna.org/public/wesnoth-i18n/ archives]): the internationalization (i18n) mailing list; all translation team maintainers and the i18n managers should subscribe and keep track of announcements and discussions taking place in this list.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:21, 4 January 2026

There are many ways to get help — from online documentation to support from the community on Discord, IRC or forums. If you are experiencing problems, you should consider reporting a bug.

Forums

Discord

Wesnoth maintains a presence on Discord through its own official Discord server. Several channels are bridged to IRC in order to allow Discord and IRC users to interact with each other.

IRC

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a time-tested communications system that offers greater flexibility and extensibility than modern chat platforms. For more information, check out Wikipedia's article and IRCHelp.org.

Unless otherwise noted, all channels are hosted at the Libera.Chat IRC network. If you don't have an IRC client installed or your firewall blocks ports 6667, 6697, and other supported ports, you can use Libera.Chat's web client instead.

This page was last edited on 4 January 2026, at 09:21.