download the 3.0.8 PTR  links for the client at https://www.worldofwarcraft.com/charcopy/downloads.html point to a 3.0.1 version of WoW. This version is several months old.

To put it another way: the version you get from the official download page will be updated upon installation. Just because it’s old doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

This took Alex Ziebart and I a bit to realize, and we wanted to be sure that we shared this with you right away. Enjoy your PTRing!

We should note that the server names are a bit odd right now, but Alex is on the 3.0.8 PTR with his character he copied over earlier.

However once you download the version above, run the installer, and then run the game you’ll be presented with the requirement to download another patch. This patch will bring you up to the latest 3.0.8 version of PTR client.

There’s a good bit of changes to check out over at the PTR 3.0.8 patch notes. Be sure you do so and stay tuned to WoW Insider for more analysis of specific class changes.

The PTR client is not available to be downloaded yet, but we’ll let you know when we hear that it is. Expect that to be anytime, probably before the end of the business day on the west coast.If you want to copy your characters over to the 3.0.8 PTR I would do it soon, as in the next few minutes. The copy is currently up and working via the account management page at worldofwarcraft.com (go there yourself and navigate to account management as to ensure there’s no trickery involved in links, etc…)