Linux Client

Linux (also known as GNU/Linux) is a Unix-like computer operating system. For details on Linux itself see Wikipedia:Linux.

Since the Tibia update 7.6 there is no native Tibia client which works on Linux. However, Linux users can play Tibia using Wine.

Get Wine
To run Tibia on a Linux system, you first need to have Wine installed. If you do not have a Wine installation check the Wine download page. Tibia will not work with a version newer then 0.9.16, so choose this release. For details on how to install Wine please see the chapter Wine user guide, Chapter 2 (Getting Wine).

Install Tibia
Download the Tibia client from the download section on www.tibia.com. Enter the directory in which you have saved the client and run the following (for client version 7.81): wine tibia781.exe

Now simply follow the installation instructions.

Run Tibia
To run Tibia, enter the directory in which you have installed Tibia. If you have used the default configuration to install both Wine and Tibia, this should be something like ~/.wine/drive_c/Programme/Tibia/ (look in ~/.wine/ or ~/.wine/drive_c/ if the path does not exactly match, "Programme" is German). To start Tibia run wine Tibia.exe engine 0

If you want to know why you have to use "engine 0": Tibia supports three graphics engines: DirectX 5, DirectX 9 and OpenGL. Out of these, Wine supports only DirectX 5. See the official FAQ explanation on the matter here.