Places Between Places - 10 More of WoW Classic’s Restricted Reaches

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  • Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
  • There are many places in Azeroth which, despite not being finished, still shine bright. Here's a few of them.
    Chapters
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    Intro - 00:00
    The Dream - 00:19
    The Village - 02:57
    The Tiger - 03:54
    The Tree - 04:41
    The Island - 06:20
    The Chasm - 07:48
    The Tower - 08:39
    The End - 09:45
    The Desert - 11:09
    The Other Farm - 12:06
    Outro - 14:08
    Songs Used
    ---
    "Behold the Great Science Fi (Mellow Mix)", Age of Mythology
    "Auriel's Ascension", The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
    "Action Figure Hands", Halo Wars
    "Dog Theme", Fable II
    "Sky Burial", Shadow of the Colossus
    "Deconstruction", Destiny
    "Song of the Elves", Old School RuneScape
    "Gather Around the C.a.M.P. Fire", Fallout 76
    The Artwork shown in chapter The Tower is called "Italian Coast Scene with Ruined Tower, 1838", by Thomas Cole.
    Find Me Here
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    Discord: / discord
    Email: veriganic@protonmail.com
    Twitch: / haslam_
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  • @Veriganic
    @Veriganic  Місяць тому +76

    Couple of corrections I'd like to make:
    1. I was under a strong impression that the Bengal Tiger mount *was* available during alpha, and that it then got removed. A couple of comments made me check this, only to find out that there's no evidence for that, and that I've further reinforced the decades-old hoax. Sorry :D
    2. What I called the 'Northern Plaguelands' is in fact slightly visible during Kel'Thuzad's boss fight, and represents Northrend. Though my theory is now damaged, I still enjoy it :)

    • @KrakenGameReviews
      @KrakenGameReviews Місяць тому +5

      the 'Northern Plaguelands' is also just a section of Wintersprings used so that Blizzard can give players the cold breath effect and for the scenery.

    • @kristoferkravis1474
      @kristoferkravis1474 Місяць тому +3

      I remember the Tiger cave a long time ago, eventually i reached the cave, and i think the Bengal Tiger hoax spawned from a video showing off the vendor. (Secretly filmed in a private server)

    • @suint
      @suint Місяць тому +1

      @@kristoferkravis1474 lmfao me too thats one of those core memories

    • @Silly_Illidan
      @Silly_Illidan Місяць тому

      the last homestead reminded me of the place thanos retired to...

    • @trentsims
      @trentsims Місяць тому

      There also use to be a Dragon in the cave near the abandoned Tauren coastal village. Had a name and everything, but all it did was sleep.

  • @spaceowl9246
    @spaceowl9246 Місяць тому +109

    Your channel encapsulates the old feeling of WoW. It's more than just nostalgia, it's just magical.

    • @PULAG
      @PULAG Місяць тому +2

      That's how blizzard became so successful, they used real, actual magic. True story research it

    • @Quick-Silver206
      @Quick-Silver206 Місяць тому

      I couldn't agree more.

  • @NomicFin
    @NomicFin Місяць тому +115

    The snowy area inside Naxx is actually what you see out of the portals in the Kel'thuzard fight in the phase where he summons adds. Surprisingly the portals don't just have a texture applied to them but are actually semi-transparent, with the snowy area visible through them existing just outside the boss room. It's definitely intended to represent and area in Northrend where the adds are summoned from.

    • @Veriganic
      @Veriganic  Місяць тому +16

      I forgot to mention that! You're right, it's definitely supposed to be Northrend, though as the area is so large and detailed, my theory is that it once served a different purpose!

    • @Hephera
      @Hephera Місяць тому +13

      it's actually just a copy-pasted section of winterspring. which is the reason it seems so large and detailed.

    • @Notpoop906
      @Notpoop906 Місяць тому

      @@Hephera It's not Winterspring. The trees are different.

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 Місяць тому +5

      @@Notpoop906 it can be both, a dev can copy a part of winterspring and then add different trees

    • @Hephera
      @Hephera Місяць тому +9

      @@Notpoop906 it is winterspring. There's even the tent one of the night saber trainer npcs hangs out at

  • @cujoedaman
    @cujoedaman Місяць тому +27

    Fun fact about Teldrassil: It's still there in the latest version(s) of WoW... kinda.
    Years ago, when Teldrassil was burned and Blizz replaced the zone with one of their "smoke and mirrors" backdrop of the burned tree, they made it so you couldn't go out to it. However, I found a way to see what was out there without having to bypass the invisible wall.
    Hunters have an ability called Eagle Eye which lets you see great distances, but there's an in-game mini-script you can use to let you cast it while it's already cast:
    /cast !Eagle Eye
    I went underwater with a fishing rod that gives underwater breathing and began casting (you can't cast it underwater if you're on top of the water). I found that all the roads and a lot of the areas where there would be trees and buildings are still there, I even found Darnassus (just no buildings, of course).

    • @vectro4284
      @vectro4284 11 днів тому

      Underrated comment, that is pretty cool. I remember casting an ice spell (can’t remember the name, it’s a DK ability) that makes you walk on water to explore distant islands.

  • @miskee11
    @miskee11 Місяць тому +10

    I've visited all of these places, most during the golden years of actual Vanilla. Exploring was always the task I pursued with the greatest enthusiasm, and even when upgrading my PC, I made a point to optimize my FPS for walljumping -- even though it cost a little extra in terms of hardware. Thanks for sharing, it never stops being magical.

  • @dawnstar5294
    @dawnstar5294 Місяць тому +20

    "The Chasm" @7:48 is a prototype for Outland!
    Thanks as always for making some of the coziest wow content I've ever seen, it's lovely 🥰

    • @Dolthra
      @Dolthra Місяць тому

      IIRC, it was a prototype for a pre-TBC Outland that was essentially going to be a single zone. Eventually that idea transitioned to the outland we know today, and whatever original expansion they had been thinking of doing (Emerald Dream/Hyjal, maybe?) got put to the wayside.

    • @BasketChase98
      @BasketChase98 Місяць тому +1

      It looks like it could’ve been a great concept for a possible entrance to Deepholm.

  • @SovrinnK
    @SovrinnK Місяць тому +18

    Wonderful video. This sort of thing is my absolute favorite World of Warcraft content, much like the wonderful Hayven Games (may he rest in peace) whose channel has brought me back to the game with exploration nostalgia year after year.

  • @skune8317
    @skune8317 Місяць тому +40

    Liking the Age of Mythology music! Cosy haha XD Great video as always.

    • @benvos2458
      @benvos2458 Місяць тому +2

      I had the exact same thought! I love hearing it pop up, seems to be everywhere lately!

    • @Zagreus717
      @Zagreus717 Місяць тому +2

      Prostagma?

    • @benvos2458
      @benvos2458 Місяць тому +2

      @@Zagreus717 Vulome!

    • @Veriganic
      @Veriganic  Місяць тому +6

      @@benvos2458 ETIMOS

    • @benvos2458
      @benvos2458 Місяць тому +1

      @@Veriganic isvoli!

  • @Kagarin05
    @Kagarin05 19 днів тому +2

    So thankful for Turtle WoW for bringing life to so many of these areas

  • @ruadeil_zabelin
    @ruadeil_zabelin Місяць тому +62

    Underneath GM island is a large hollow cube room with blue/white checkboard walls. In my WoW private server GM days this is where I would bring the naughty people after stripping their hearthstone from them.

    • @Veriganic
      @Veriganic  Місяць тому +18

      I went there! Completely forgot to include it somehow :\

    • @hansolowe19
      @hansolowe19 Місяць тому +1

      I still have a character on gm island, but I can't log in or I'll get in trouble.
      Never saw the cube you mention, it's not accessible from the island as far as I could see.

    • @ruadeil_zabelin
      @ruadeil_zabelin Місяць тому +1

      @@hansolowe19 I dont think you can get there on the real servers without somehow hacking to it.

    • @MetalandMGS
      @MetalandMGS Місяць тому +4

      @@ruadeil_zabelin They outright removed the island some time ago, so if that person's character were to log in, it'd probably put him at some generic graveyard somewhere

    • @hansolowe19
      @hansolowe19 Місяць тому

      @@ruadeil_zabelin I got a little file (emailed to me by ingame buddy) which changed the org-stv flight path. It flew over the island and I jumped out.
      I am not sure if the file is a hack, I pasted it into a directory and believe I removed it after.
      This happened in 2004 or 2005, so forgive me if not every detail is perfect. I don't like cheaters and would not use stuff to gain an advantage, especially in a multiplayer game.

  • @Reac2
    @Reac2 Місяць тому +15

    It's kinda cool to see the influences of the original that made it into the Emerald Dream that we got in retail. It's much more dense ,but it's clearly still the same Dream

    • @Dolthra
      @Dolthra Місяць тому +2

      I'm extremely surprised at how many details remain. The large statues embedded in the ground and the weird ground spirals are present in the retail version of the dream. Really makes it feel like this wasn't something they pulled out because they needed another location, and more like someone on staff has been iterating on these ideas for two decades, waiting for them to be implemented into the game.

  • @Nepstr_
    @Nepstr_ Місяць тому +9

    Love the Age of Mythology sondtrack in the backgroud!

  • @bigmikeyp7018
    @bigmikeyp7018 Місяць тому +8

    Never clicked a video faster. I cannot get enough of these 'hidden places in MMOs' videos that you do, keep em coming please! :D

    • @Veriganic
      @Veriganic  Місяць тому +2

      Glad you like them!

  • @whatwastaken
    @whatwastaken Місяць тому +4

    Thanks for another great video. I've recently been playing WoW again, reading some of the books, really getting back into the spirit of exploring this wonderful world Blizzard created.
    I'm sure you know, but in Cataclysm when Blizzard recreated the Vanilla landscape, the southern part of Silithus was turned into an outdoor Ahn'Qiraj. This was simply done to smooth out the area so you could fly over it without seeing a big empty unfinished zone, there's nothing there. They also removed the tauren farm, but left the cave in. Inside the cave was nothing for a quite a while, but as of 5.3 there is a lone sleeping red dragon NPC named Andrestrasz.
    He does nothing and has no purpose, save for speculation that he is a reference to a developer's child.

  • @WyrmrestAccord
    @WyrmrestAccord Місяць тому +15

    My WoW subscription ends in 3 days and I'm not going to renew it for Cata Classic. So, that quiet tauren farms seems like a nice place to end my WoW journey after 18 years.

  • @Saalanary
    @Saalanary Місяць тому +11

    There is a super old official trailer for when vanilla Naxx was released that I believe uses that hidden snowy zone in the instance!

    • @suomar-art
      @suomar-art Місяць тому +3

      I didn’t know about the trailer before and went to check it out; very cool! However, it seems like the trailer used Winterspring as its background (that being said, I’m pretty sure the Naxx snowy location is just cut and paste Winterspring as well, just without the purple effect)

  • @KayLee-lw5iv
    @KayLee-lw5iv 26 днів тому

    the novelty, whimsy, and wonder of my days in classic wow seemed to have fled, but i can see now they merely took up shop in these lovely videos. Thank you

  • @ladyrenegade1113
    @ladyrenegade1113 6 днів тому

    Thank you for sharing these little hidden places that have always been just in front of our noses for so long.
    Also, I appreciate all of the amazing aerial views that we can pause and maybe grab some screenshots to use as our own desktop wallpaper.

  • @mdg8919
    @mdg8919 Місяць тому +2

    This is so good, I am 35 now and spent so many years in Vanilla playing, I loved this game so much, this video brings so much nostalgia, there will never be a game that even touches what feeling WoW gives. I don't play anything anymore, however, the time playing WoW was incredible.

  • @RepentlessCrusader
    @RepentlessCrusader Місяць тому +8

    Your episodes are always so wonderfully written. I look forward to each and every one of them, they are a real treat to the mind, they put me at ease.

  • @ratfinkb8623
    @ratfinkb8623 6 годин тому +1

    There's a lake under the world tree in Hyjal that is extremely deep. Extremely. After getting undewater breathing, we would swim to the bottom and summon our guildies to the 'forbidden land' for a gander at Hyjal. Of course, unless they could breath underwater, there was no way to swim to the top before drowning. *Sniff, good times.

  • @alphawoolf5981
    @alphawoolf5981 Місяць тому +4

    Back in the day we traveled into Orgrimmar's "instance", went from Kargath to SW through the mountains, and glitched into Hyjal. It was glorious!

  • @Xephie
    @Xephie Місяць тому +14

    The score cutting from Oblivion to Halo Wars was a delight 20 years in the making.
    These little adventures fill me with nostalgic yearning for places I've never been.

  • @kettnrad
    @kettnrad Місяць тому

    Thank you for incorporating "Deconstruction" from the Destiny soundtrack into the video. I haven't played either of the Destiny games since the beginning of the Forsaken expansion for Destiny 2 (several years ago at this point). "Deconstruction" was one of my many favorites from D1. I have not heard it in a long time, and almost forgot about it. Thank you for reminding me of it's beauty.
    Please continue to make videos. I have enjoyed each and every one so far. You have a wonderful ability and talent.

  • @dannyhanson3434
    @dannyhanson3434 Місяць тому +8

    So glad I became a member, wonderful content as always!

  • @Fingolfin3423
    @Fingolfin3423 Місяць тому +1

    Great video again, Verigan. Just lovely. These videos remind me of the good times of WoW. I honestly wish I could relive them. Some thoughts of mine as you go through each of these locations:
    - I remember seeing images of The Dream area. We used to talk about it over the years.
    - I remember going to The Village at some point many years ago, likely in Vanilla.
    - I've been to The Tiger cave at some point over the years, but I didn't know about the rumor of a tiger mount being there in alpha, etc.
    - We went to Mount Hyjal a few times back in Vanilla. We wall jumped our way in from Darkwhisper Gorge in southern Winterspring.
    - We went to GM Island back in Vanilla. We killed a GM who was AFK there. I still have a screenshot of our shaman standing next to the slain GM.
    - I had no idea The Chasm existed, nor did I know about the Deadmines glitch to get there. The chasm reminds me of Deepholm from Cataclysm.
    - A friend of mine used to go exploring with me sometimes, and we swam out to The Tower in Vanilla or TBC one night after getting the Swift Zulian Tiger out of ZG.
    - I never knew about the winter zone area attached to Naxx, although I am aware of being able to see the winter zone out of Kel'Thuzad's throne room.
    - The unfinished desert area south of the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj is a place I never went to. By the time we got flying mounts, I'm not sure if I went back there.
    - The remote Tauren farm and cave is a place we swam to in Vanilla. I returned to it later, only to discover that the farm was removed. Pretty lame move on Blizzard's part.

  • @coreygarrett9545
    @coreygarrett9545 19 днів тому

    I’ve been to all of those places (at least the ones you can get to), I went to all of them in original vanilla, many with wall walking. Went to as many as you could get to in Classic.
    Sadly they made Hyjal impossible to get to in Classic, it was always my favorite. We used to go to the bottom of the water pool under the world tree and take water breathing pots then summon people there and they would drown before they could reach the surface, it was a hilarious prank!
    Video brought back a lot of good feels, thanks for making it!

  • @lucasmachadoh
    @lucasmachadoh Місяць тому +3

    It’s nice to see that some features of the dream remained the same like the spiral ground, the dream catcher’s

    • @Darkkfated
      @Darkkfated Місяць тому +1

      And the big stone statues!

  • @SeaSurf74
    @SeaSurf74 Місяць тому +5

    Another fantastically cozy video as always :)

  • @bigmankevin
    @bigmankevin Місяць тому

    Your videos have kept me grounded for a long time.
    Thank you, Verigan.

  • @gibletgibby1567
    @gibletgibby1567 Місяць тому

    The way you describe these places is full of grandeur and awe. It's been hard not to see things as grey, useless, or bland today, and the way you talked about these fictional places most people who play won't even see did something for me.
    Thanks for the video, it was fantastic.

  • @Bazzabazeman
    @Bazzabazeman Місяць тому +2

    Oh my god using the Destiny soundtrack at 10:00 gives me chills, so nice.

  • @Tornciti
    @Tornciti 4 дні тому

    I am glad your channel got recommended to me. Love the topics and your sound is very pleasant.

  • @MajloT
    @MajloT Місяць тому

    Haha ! "The Tower" served me and my arena partner as a wedding ceremony location when i used to play on a private server! Damn... so many memories

  • @logiberra5317
    @logiberra5317 Місяць тому +2

    Love Song of the Elves at 11:09, one of my favorite OSRS tunes

  • @darkzler
    @darkzler Місяць тому

    Lowkey using these amazing videos to get locations to explore in WoW with the VR mod, awesome work!

  • @NinaFelwitch
    @NinaFelwitch Місяць тому

    Back in Vanilla, before BC, I visited many of these places. Hyjal, Ironforge airfield, the small village at the wetlands, the waterfall between Elwynn and Burning Steppes. Back then you could bug yourself up mountains by slowly walking at an angle, before it was patched out. We were once on top of the Stormwind walls. Then a GM showed up and asked us to leave. That was fun. First and only time I ever saw a GM in person.
    Hyjal was easy. You just had to die close to the gate, then walk through as a ghost and revive on the other side.

  • @bmo14lax
    @bmo14lax 24 дні тому

    I just wanted to thank you for the amazing camera angles and scenery That you put in your videos. It really sucks me into that world again.

  • @eachristos8736
    @eachristos8736 11 годин тому

    Damn. That Age of Mythology music makes me emotional.

  • @VS666
    @VS666 Місяць тому +1

    I’ve unsubscribed from all WoW channels a long time ago but I refuse to miss your uploads. Wonderful story as always.

  • @PhDPS
    @PhDPS Місяць тому

    I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this in the comments, but there is an entire old versions of Zul'Gurub that is reachable without godmode within Karahzan (in TBC ofc im not sure any other xpac). It's really neat, and a cool insight in to the design process of an early Blizzard Team instance!
    I have also heard my friends refer to that Chasm within Deadmines as the early version of Outland? My buddy is always telling me how the trees reminded him of Nagrand. Anyhow, I'm really glad we got the version of outland that we did..but still cool to see a possible early design.
    My favorite of these has to be the Ruins of AQ. I love walking through what was once proclaimed as a massive city, harboring so much life, and to see it now without the truth of it's former self. Haunting, really, especially since a race of god-awakened bugs would function in a way that humans could barely comprehend. Great video! Love em as always!

  • @nyleen
    @nyleen Місяць тому

    Other than the dwarven village I've learnt so much from your video! Thank you. ♥
    Despite no longer playing Classic, I still love the world that once was. Original WoW really was special in so many countless ways.

  • @Troopertroll
    @Troopertroll Місяць тому +2

    Nice, you did cover that little Wetlands dwarf town! :D
    Turtle made it into a fascinating quest hub with its own music.

    • @Mychelle2197
      @Mychelle2197 Місяць тому

      That was definitely one of my favorite little hubs in turtle wow

  • @jaspooh5153
    @jaspooh5153 Місяць тому

    Age of Mythology music is a win in my books. Thanks for the cosy videos!
    These places also make me think how scale matters for the feel a place. Large areas with massive features always make me feel like I am exploring somewhere that wasn't made for humans (or other humanoids). In this case it's also quite literal! I think destiny 2 is the best game for areas designed like this.

  • @KrimsonKiwi
    @KrimsonKiwi Місяць тому

    I am loving your content mate. You have ignited the old flame to track down as many of these places as possible with my little Paladin. Thank you.

  • @Guatdefook
    @Guatdefook Місяць тому

    I loved hearing the Fallout 76 music during the othet farm. It's very fitting and I am glad you went with it.

  • @ChipzAndBeer
    @ChipzAndBeer Місяць тому

    This is my favourite WoW channel on youtube.

  • @PGFize
    @PGFize Місяць тому

    If anyone is interested in not only visiting alot of these wonderful places from these incredible videos, but quest in them too, I can wholeheartedly recommend trying out Turtle-Wow!
    They've restored so much of the cut content in a Vanilla+experience, complete with well written quest and lore. Too name a few: Hyjal, Gilneas, Tel'Abim.
    They've added 2000+ quest to both new and existing zones, added new dungeons such as Karazan in Deadwind pass.
    I could go on, but let me stop here and just say that it's the best wow experience I've had, with a great community and very active player base. Give it a try!

  • @Sarnahanfi
    @Sarnahanfi Місяць тому

    fascinating how after so many years there's still things and places which I have never seen! thanks for the video!

  • @willhem5668
    @willhem5668 Місяць тому +1

    I never knew the emerald dream was so massive I've seen a couple of screenshots and videos about it but they only showed the verdant fields part, congratulations, you showed me something that I didn't know about this old zones/removed content

    • @JoshSweetvale
      @JoshSweetvale Місяць тому +1

      It was designed to be an endgame continent.

  • @luciregelt2813
    @luciregelt2813 Місяць тому

    Allthough I knew all those places, your presentation, your editing still made it very entertaining. Also, the only real reason for GM Islands visit, was to spot GMs that quickly warned or ported you away. (Or just stood afk lol)

  • @maxsayo
    @maxsayo 13 днів тому

    This may have just been an aspect of the private server build, but when my friend and I made one during the time of TBC just so we could explore; there were NPCs there that you could interact with to get gear and items.

  • @nathanhaywood273
    @nathanhaywood273 Місяць тому

    This is so interesting! So many cool little secrets! :^)
    Few people have probably ever even seen this stuff!

  • @Killernod
    @Killernod Місяць тому

    I click your videos so fast every time I see a new one. Thank you so much for the work you put in to make these videos. The gentle tone you narrate the videos with while showing the scenery of Warcraft landscape leaves me with such a feeling of wholesomeness. One of my favorite things about Classic WoW to this day is running through a zone on foot and getting lost in the music and background sounds, not worrying about the most optimal questing route or gold per hour to be made. I hope you make more videos where you tell a short story with some of the games quests. I really really enjoyed the paladin hammer quest video you did. Thank you so much again for your work and I hope you find the success you deserve :)

    • @Veriganic
      @Veriganic  Місяць тому

      Thank you very much!

  • @Asdkassi
    @Asdkassi Місяць тому

    The fact that I have been almost all of these places during TBC really brings me back and makes me wonder how much time I spent in the game just to explore and chat with guild mates.There is no feeling I could compare to this, just taking the ambient and music in and enjoying everything.

  • @minichisha
    @minichisha Місяць тому

    Nice video! I remember about most of the places (because i had run a local server and explored it with friends), but i like to see them once more-
    P.S. 14:33 Ferrari sucks

  • @Quick-Silver206
    @Quick-Silver206 Місяць тому

    Thank you for the awesome video! You and JediWarlock encapsulate what I love about WoW.

    • @Quick-Silver206
      @Quick-Silver206 Місяць тому

      I'm also curious what program / method you use to view this.

    • @Veriganic
      @Veriganic  Місяць тому +1

      Mostly done using GM commands on a private server :)

    • @Quick-Silver206
      @Quick-Silver206 Місяць тому

      @@Veriganic Thank you :)

  • @charliefleming3859
    @charliefleming3859 Місяць тому

    very cool. It's crazy how this 20-year-old game still has stunning beauty, and all the zones are meaningful.

  • @Magnus_Mundus
    @Magnus_Mundus Місяць тому

    I love this ❤ i was never a wow-guy (picked it up once with friends back in school, but it just wasn't my game), but you give me a glimpse of the experience i have missed out on. I'm glad for that. It's fun 😊

  • @thedragonknight3600
    @thedragonknight3600 Місяць тому

    It’s fun looking at zones that never made it into base wow and seeing how they influenced zones that would come in the future. Or random things added to these hidden corners of the world when the game was updated to cata. Like that cave at the end of the video has a red dragon in it now. We know nothing about it, other than it’s likely a tribute of some kind. But he’s there.

  • @Misha13ify
    @Misha13ify Місяць тому

    I remember once being teleported to the GM island on a private server for something I don't remember now, but then I completely forgot that it exists somewhere, and now when I saw it a struck of nostalgia really hit me :D thank for your content, as always, xx

  • @Quick-Silver206
    @Quick-Silver206 Місяць тому

    I like how you have the chapters pop up at the bottom of the screen. Reminds me of the Halo 1 chapter titles.

  • @Lurkzz
    @Lurkzz Місяць тому

    Still my favourite new channel! All your videos have this nostalgic and cozy feeling to them.
    Also nice Halo soundtrack in this ;)

  • @Ascending4
    @Ascending4 Місяць тому

    Love these videos you've created!
    A few recommendations if you plan to make more vids of this nature:
    1. Stonetalon Camp - Northwest Stonetalon (To get there: Swim down from Ashenvale near BFD)
    2. Tirisfal Glades Secret Area - West of Deathknell (To get there: Mountain climb)
    3. Echo Isles - South East Durotar (To get there: A long swim off the coastline towards the isles)
    4. Azshara Crater (I think datamining may the the only way to get live video footage)
    Keep up the good work!

    • @johnnny5veeoxx
      @johnnny5veeoxx 28 днів тому

      No, there are private 1.12 servers where you can TP to Azshara Crater and see it in its entiretly

  • @Dimumouto
    @Dimumouto Місяць тому +1

    To comment on the Emerald Dream segment, its possible the reason it's *so big* is because of the lore. The Dream is supposed to be what Azeroth is without mortal meddling or something along those lines, so it's possible Blizzard was trying to make a separate Azeroth sized zone for the Dream (kind of like the Dark World in A Link to the Past). But trying to fill a single zone that huge would be a daunting and lengthy task, until it was scrapped (and later re-emplemented on a much smaller scale in Dragonflight).

    • @ZanathKariashi
      @ZanathKariashi Місяць тому

      the Dream is the Ideal state of Azeroth and what the planet is slowly trying to return to even if most of the titan devices that are supposed to fix it aren't functioning anymore except in a few specific areas (it's also what the Forge of Origination would use as it's blueprint if it ever properly activated to do a full reset, which is why N'zoth was trying to infect the Dream with corruption, as a backup plan in case someone said F-it and initiated Re-Origination (i.e. Algalon's plan wouldn't have worked since the Dream was already corrupted and that corruption would be introduced into the new Azeroth to start tainting it anew).
      the World we see now is the world caused by outside interference.

    • @Dimumouto
      @Dimumouto Місяць тому

      @ZanathKariashi I was more talking about the gameplay side of it; if the Dream was supposed to be Azeroth, it'd be a daunting task to *fully* realize it from a gameplay perspective (especially back when WoW ran like a potato). Like, imagine them making an entire zone that's the combined size of Kalimdor and EK, that kind of thing.
      But thanks for the clarification! I only had a vague idea of what the Dream actually was lol.

  • @VladTheImpaler454
    @VladTheImpaler454 Місяць тому

    Nice video. Vanilla Azeroth truly is an amazing world to explore. I had an amazing time playing through classic with a fantastic guild, a very fulfulling experience that I miss dearly

  • @ajpaynter7810
    @ajpaynter7810 Місяць тому +1

    I absolutely adore this channel! Keep up the great work!

  • @mouraak4962
    @mouraak4962 Місяць тому

    Verigan! Your videos never fail to amaze me. When I think I knew everything Warcraft has to offer, you show me things i've never seen. I will be exploring some of these locations in due course! Amazing content

  • @Evil0tto
    @Evil0tto Місяць тому

    02:58 Back in the day I used to explore all these places on my Gnome Mage. I wish I'd saved the screenshots of all the places I'd visited where I wasn't supposed to be... the village, the dancing trolls, the huge jagged unfinished canyons.

  • @Dukenukem
    @Dukenukem 4 дні тому

    There is a "interrogation chamber" inside the mountain on GM island, tall square room with only one chair with bright light focused on anyone sitting there. There is no way there except for teleport. This was before GMs had the tools to check everything outside the game so the purpose of GM island was lost over time, but it is a cool feature to know :)

  • @libertyprieb3191
    @libertyprieb3191 Місяць тому

    You totally understand what i find so interesting about old games and game design, thank you!!

  • @vectro4284
    @vectro4284 11 днів тому

    When i was young i loved exploring and i used to cast an ice spell (can’t remember the name, it’s a DK ability) that makes you walk on water to explore distant islands.

  • @ZackeroniAndCheese
    @ZackeroniAndCheese Місяць тому

    Excellent video. I had a lot of fun watching this

  • @IggyF
    @IggyF Місяць тому +1

    Wonderful video, thanks! Well narrated and depicted! Indeed a great option for Private servers to make out something. For the last 5 years Turtle WoW has been such a place. The dwarven village is bigger and with interesting quests, aswell there are High elves as a playable race with a recent expanded starting zones. Other zones are improved (West of Tirisfal glades, elven outposts in Eastern Feralas and Ashenvale and more) or even made anew. RP is strong there.

  • @andreasaxelsson4693
    @andreasaxelsson4693 Місяць тому

    Really nice and chill video! ❤

  • @048bubblehead
    @048bubblehead Місяць тому

    Each video I watch from you makes me want a halo vid more and more lol

  • @Credaxi
    @Credaxi Місяць тому

    You're a Warcraft version of Ahoy and I love it. The facts were great :)

  • @bobmalibaliyahmarley1551
    @bobmalibaliyahmarley1551 21 день тому

    Hello Verigan! I can confirm that the ''snow part'' inside Naxxramas is NOT said fabled ''Northern Plaguelands'', nor is it an early rendition of Northrend... However, it is actually an early DEPICTION of Northrend. You see, when you fight Kel'Thuzad, he starts summoning Undead minions from these ''gateways'' that he opens inside the boss room, and through the gatesways you can actually see ''the snowy landscape'' outside, which is supposed to depict that Kel'Thuzad opened up magical gateways from Northrend to his floating citadel of Naxxramas, allowing minions of the Scourge to travel from Northrend and into his boss room.

  • @tdegraaf1990
    @tdegraaf1990 Місяць тому

    Great video!! Love this content.

  • @donjan007
    @donjan007 Місяць тому

    A wonderful video, thank you so much!

  • @zilverzero
    @zilverzero 25 днів тому

    I love your videos! Gives that feeling of exploration and so cinematic🤩

  • @Hamond1989
    @Hamond1989 Місяць тому

    Always a good day when you make a post, thank you for your work

  • @Digital-Scriptorium
    @Digital-Scriptorium Місяць тому

    Good stuff! A few places I never knew about!

  • @Fazquel
    @Fazquel Місяць тому

    Love your videos, always a must watch

  • @Nakkisampyla
    @Nakkisampyla 2 дні тому

    Dancing troll village and Dun Morogh "airport" are my favourites

  • @benji8216
    @benji8216 Місяць тому

    i really enjoyed this. going to have to watch another!

  • @Dezrustrian
    @Dezrustrian Місяць тому +1

    In the early versions of WoW (1.7 and below), Southern Silithus had a huge chunk of what eventually became the AQ raid, including underground tunnels and apparatus that dripped slime (matching the one in Undercity), placed where Buru would be in the 20-man raid. The tunnels were so expansive that you could actually fall into them if you were swimming right around the southern tip, where the Tauren Village is. Over the course of the patches, these features were removed, until 1.8 hit and completely broke the southern area, leaving jagged holes in the landscape, which were shown off in this video.
    Fun fact about 1.8: It removed wall walking from the game, and also completely broke the southern tip of Silithus, causing the water to become fully solid.

    • @Veriganic
      @Veriganic  Місяць тому

      That's really cool! Looks like I'll have to make a Places BEFORE Places at some point

    • @Dezrustrian
      @Dezrustrian Місяць тому

      @@Veriganic If you locate a server running on 1.8, I'd love to see it. There was a lot of broken areas in and around there that I did not have a chance to fully explore before it was fixed.
      Additional fun fact: There used to be a Silithid that would sit in Southern Silithus yelling in Dwarvish for his Southshore Stout.

  • @clm89
    @clm89 Місяць тому

    Yet another amazing video. You really don't miss!

  • @miroslavteindl9838
    @miroslavteindl9838 Місяць тому

    that´s very nice video. i just want to say this cave near tauren farm looks like cave in Zangarmarsh. thank you so much for your video and i am looking forward for new one.

  • @user-rb6hx8ok1n
    @user-rb6hx8ok1n Місяць тому

    1:43 I was very glad to see this dreamcatcher in game (at least top part of it) - in DF quest where Dream Portal was frozen. (3d ago or so)
    Hope to see some other old ED assets, even reworked, there.

  • @Merkygloom
    @Merkygloom Місяць тому

    Unrelated to the video, but I really love the background music you used

  • @slimebuck
    @slimebuck Місяць тому

    Caverns of Time where explorable in original classic wow too, you could even explore alternate versions of foothills brad and swamp of sorrows.
    Also I remember getting to Dev Island during beta. I explored the portals in the trees, and at one point they lead places, and one of them lead to Dev Island and I explored that giant castle made from an octopus or something that was untextured.
    The best thing I ever explored was one time I swam all the way around the back sides of the continents, and behind sithilus there was a cube missing from the terrain, and I was able to get INSIDE the land but under neath and swimming. I was down there for about 30 minutes before a GM teleported me out and back to Undercity. He asked how I got down there, and I told him, and 30 minutes after that there was a emergency update and they fixed that missing cube from the landscape lol

  • @WenderPottery
    @WenderPottery Місяць тому

    The other farm is an "oceanmane" settlement and has some lore to it! They're an active tauren clan that we just happened to not see there at the time

  • @katalinks
    @katalinks 20 днів тому

    On retail Dragonflight i managed to exploit my way in the back of uninstanced Stratholme and get to the Quel Thalas tower area.There are some invisible walls to prevent reaching that zone but with Heroic Leap from the warrior and a fly mount i managed to get through the wall.The old unfinished Naxxramas necropolis is still there inside uninstanced Stratholme to this day (That was so cool that this thing is still in the game even on Dragonflight)and on the tower area there is some purple effect on the sky when you reach that zone

  • @HoisinCrispyOwl
    @HoisinCrispyOwl Місяць тому

    The AoM and OSRS music was an excellent touch

  • @Senio6667
    @Senio6667 Місяць тому

    man that age of mythology soundtrack took me way back!

  • @sayten5038
    @sayten5038 Місяць тому

    Love how you threw the sotc music in here bro!

  • @Yoshilisk
    @Yoshilisk Місяць тому

    silithus appearing overly tall on the continent map and only being half highlighted on mouseover is probably a remnant of how the zone was mapped out originally. before patch 1.8, the silithus map was zoomed out so that the scarab wall was a little below the center of the map (rather than at the bottom), and ahn'qiraj was represented by an area of unexplored map texture surrounded by mountains

  • @willable2
    @willable2 Місяць тому

    absolutely lovely video as usual

  • @Heads_tales
    @Heads_tales Місяць тому

    Love this series man keep it up!!