WMO Converter

Extract text from WMO files


Drop or upload your .WMO file
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How to extract text from your WMO file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WMO file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert WMO to another file type

To convert your WMO file to another format, you need World of Warcraft or other Game software.

Convert a file to WMO

To convert other file formats to the "3D Map Object" file type, you need software like World of Warcraft or a similar tool.


About WMO files

A .WMO (World Map Object) file is a proprietary 3D geometry format developed by Blizzard Entertainment specifically for World of Warcraft. These files define large-scale static structures - such as capital cities, dungeons, towers, and complex buildings - comprising geometry, texture definitions, and collision data. Unlike standard 3D formats like OBJ or FBX, .WMO files are heavily optimized binary containers often compressed within the game's CASC (formerly MPQ) archives. This can lead to major headaches for modders and 3D artists: you cannot simply double-click to view them, nor can you import them directly into tools like Autodesk Maya or Blender without specific import scripts or intermediate extraction software. Furthermore, they rely on external texture files (BLP), meaning a standalone .WMO often appears untextured or broken if the dependencies aren't maintained. To work with these assets, the most practical workflow is converting them to widely supported exchange formats. Converting to OBJ is ideal for static geometry, while FBX is better if you are attempting to preserve hierarchy for game engines like Unity.

Convert.Guru analyzes your WMO file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert WMO file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use World of Warcraft or similar software from the "3D Game Environment Geometry" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to WMO, try World of Warcraft or another comparable tool in the "3D Game Environment Geometry" category.



The WMO Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our WMO converter.