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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Rebuild acore_world from data/sql/base/db_world only (AzerothCore "shortcut"):
+# the shipped base `updates` table already records archived migrations as applied,
+# so worldserver only needs to run pending files under data/sql/updates/db_world
+# (and your custom/pending paths if used).
+#
+# Usage:
+#   export MYSQL_PWD='...'
+#   ./scripts/world-db-from-base.sh -h 10.0.13.252 -u acore -D acore_world
+#
+# Requires: mysql client. Optional: pass --force to skip confirmation.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+usage() {
+  echo "Usage: $0 -h HOST -u USER -D DATABASE [--port PORT] [--force]" >&2
+  echo "  Or set: MYSQL_HOST MYSQL_USER MYSQL_DATABASE [MYSQL_PWD in env]" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+HOST="${MYSQL_HOST:-}"
+USER="${MYSQL_USER:-}"
+DBNAME="${MYSQL_DATABASE:-}"
+PORT="${MYSQL_PORT:-3306}"
+FORCE=0
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -h) HOST="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    -u) USER="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    -D) DBNAME="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --port) PORT="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --force) FORCE=1; shift ;;
+    *) usage ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+: "${HOST:?set -h or MYSQL_HOST}"
+: "${USER:?set -u or MYSQL_USER}"
+: "${DBNAME:?set -D or MYSQL_DATABASE}"
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+BASE_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/data/sql/base/db_world"
+
+if [[ ! -d "$BASE_DIR" ]]; then
+  echo "Base directory not found: $BASE_DIR" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "$FORCE" -ne 1 ]]; then
+  read -r -p "DESTROY database '$DBNAME' on $HOST and rebuild from base? [yes/no]: " ans
+  [[ "$ans" == "yes" ]] || { echo "Aborted."; exit 1; }
+fi
+
+MYSQL=(mysql -h "$HOST" -P "$PORT" -u "$USER" --protocol=tcp)
+"${MYSQL[@]}" -e "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS \`$DBNAME\`; CREATE DATABASE \`$DBNAME\` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;"
+
+mapfile -t SQL_FILES < <(find "$BASE_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -name '*.sql' -printf '%f\n' | sort)
+
+for f in "${SQL_FILES[@]}"; do
+  echo ">> $f"
+  "${MYSQL[@]}" "$DBNAME" <"$BASE_DIR/$f"
+done
+
+echo ">> Done. Start worldserver once; it should report World DB up-to-date or only apply updates/db_world."