Download Warcraft III 1.24e

Blizzard Entertainment released a new patch for Warcraft III last month: Reign of Chaos and the accompanying expansion set Frozen Throne. The version number is fixed at 1.24e and fixes some crashes and exploits in the game. The corresponding announcement looks like this:

Warcraft III Patch v1.24e

The Warcraft III patch v1.24e has been released with several game fixes and updates.

For the easiest patching process it is recommended that you connect to Battle.net. This can be done by starting the game and clicking on the Battle.net button.

If you have The Frozen Throne expansion installed you only need to download and install The Frozen Throne patch. Note: If you have any problems while patching, please refer to our support site steps for help.

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne:

• go to the The Frozen Throne patch downloads page to download the standalone patch.
• If you are looking for old patches please check here Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Patches.

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos:

• go to the Reign of Chaos patch downloads page to download the standalone patch.
• If you are looking for old patches please check here Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Patches.

Changes:

• Fixed an exploit rendering buildings non-interactable (“tower hack”).
• Fixed an exploit allowing a player to bypass a summon ability’s cooldown (“summon/cooldown hack”).
• Fixed a client crash related to workers failing to build in an unintended way (“new crash hack”).
• Fixed an exploit allowing the Blood Mages’s Phoenix to be resurrected instantly (“phoenix hack”).
• Fixed a bug allowing players to select an invalid matchmaking race resulting in all the player’s units and buildings becoming sheep (“sheep hack”).