This is a basic guide to teach you how to get dota working and play dota on Garena
- Install Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne on your computer.
- Download the DotA map at getdota.com or you can download the map from Play DotA as well
- Download Garena and Register
- Put the map into X:\Warcraft III\Maps\Download (if download folder does not exist, simply create one)
- Launch Garena by double clicking the shortcut on desktop
- Click Game/War3 RPG (top left hand corner)
- Search for your country and double click your country's room
- Go to Setting and set the correct path for War3 RPG. (eg. X:\Warcraft III\war3.exe)
- Click Start Game
- Click Local Area Network
- Join a game. The title should be the name of the host + his latency in bars
- The host will start the game when all the players are ready