I Swam Around Kalimdor and Found... (Part 1) | World of Warcraft
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- čas přidán 20. 12. 2022
- Welcome back to Azeroth's Deep Dives, everyone! Today, we begin our journey around the majestic land of Kalimdor! I had a lot of fun practicing with the DaVinci video editor, and plan on using it more in the future! :)
All footage retrieved from Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft (2004-).
Images retrieved from WoWHead and Google Images.
Background Music: "The Swamp of Sorrows", "The Barrens", and "Ashenvale" from the WoW OST
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Outro Music: "You're The One Acoustic Rehearsal" by Greta Van Fleet
Jediwarlock 2022 - Hry
The island at 6:31 is where I used to meet up with my friend back in 2007. I was a Gnome Warlock and she was a Gnome Mage.
Every time I level through Darkshore I always visit it and get flooded with memories.
Strange how something like a little island with no purpose, in a video game nearly 2 decades old, can hold a special significance in my heart.
That is so fun! Thank you for sharing :)
what happened to your friend?
@@MrOrchidion shes married now to someone else
@@MrOrchidion No clue, I moved schools and never saw her again.
But the version of her that I remember sticks around in my memories, every so often popping up when I'm reminded of the adventures we had.
I'd prefer to keep it that way.
Those kinds of friendships can't be recreated in adulthood, and any meddling with them in the present would only serve to harm the past.
@@goawaygosh that's very beautifully put
Just to add a couple points:
1- The gnome building in Azshara is accesible by a road from the main land. Is one of the many hidden vendors in the game. I think this one sells the mythril dragonling schematics or something like that. Sorry is been nearly 15 years since i went there for the last time.
2- The Heliport is for an alliance quest that starts at Ironforge where you had to go to Azshara and recover 3 gems. Then you had to go there and Brann would come in his flying machine to pick em up. I love that detail. It was the 1st time i saw one of those actualy moving and not just in display.
3- Those "random" anchors arent actualy that random. They act as landmarks for quests. As you know , originaly there wasn't a tracking function that told you were to go for your quest, so you had to find whatever it was you were looking for using the directions given in the quest text. Anchors were used often to point you towards the treasure, or sometimes, the treasure was literaly under it, or the mob you were looking was next to it or close, or the quest would say "swim down west from the giant anchor".
Desolace is one of my favorite vanilla zones. The quests in the underwater ruins were always so much fun for me. I know lots of people hate underwater quests, but i find them, excuse the pun, a breath of fresh air, from all the regular land quests. And i just love the underwater ambiences. I think the game needs those quests more often.
About the first one: Also sells Schematic: Deepdive Helmet which can sell for 100+ gold on AH right now on WotLK (I guess because it's so far to get it, people would rather buy it for higher price).
I think you meant they are Anchor points ;)
Thank you for the thoughtful comment! :) I really appreciate all that… the anchors make a lot of sense!
Good tip. Actualy, im going to check that vendor right now :D
your pun got me sinking.
It’s like watching David Attenborough playing wow 😂 love it
Haha, thank you! :)
jeez i could never do this because i have a big fear of large open water, i remember being a little kid playing classic wow and falling off a boat right before it cut to the loading screen and i immediately shut off the computer because i absolutely screamed seeing nothing but open water and the fatigue bar haha
Ah, I see you are also a fellow sufferer from Thalassophobia :D
I thought I was the only one. I get existential dread looking under the water, especially when you've hit the fatigue zones!
You should play sea of thieves, that shit is scary as hell man
Darkshore didn't help, even the relatively "safe" parts without the instakill sharks were full of threshers.
Good thing he did not show off the depths of northern Kalimdor. North of Winterspring the floor just drops straight off into an abyss. If you have Thalassophobia (fear of large bodies of water) that's a bad place to swim.
This is the most vanilla thing i have seen in 15 years. Respect.
Haha, thank you! :)
Wooo! I was waiting for this!
Glad you are enjoying them! :)
I feel like this guy should get more viewers. Just reminding us all about how much we use to explore.
Thank you very much! :)
Heh, I remember when I first discovered the way to climb outside Ironforge to reach the secret airfield - and from then on, the many many tries to use slowfall or noggenfogger to reach Westfal. The goal? Jump from IF and drop inside the departing ship. What stupid funny journeys we had!
This game has endless mysteries. I just started playing WotLK CLassic. It's been 14 years since I played WotLK. Leveling from 1 to 30 was incredibly fun. Probably my favorite stretch.
Vanilla and TBC I had the same feeling with. 1-30 (even though it took MUCH longer back then). LoL!!
Thank you for sharing! Even after all this time we can still find something new every so often :)
This is so cute. My favorite part of WoW has always been exploring the world.
Thank you! I'm glad you are enjoying these :)
Every one of these zones evoke different memories of the mid 2000s. A testament to the excellent immersion this game offers.
Agreed! :) Thank you for the comment.
i am sad you didnt encounter the shark near echo isles, i have sucha fond memorie of it being something around level 10 elite and when i killed it when i was a child, it dropped a bag for me.
I definitely have been on the lookout for sharks but I could have easily missed it :) thank you for letting me know!
@@Jediwarlock if i am correct it swims all the way around from Echo isles till near barrens touching the ground and being far out before there is no ground
You're ACTUALLY discovering stuff I never knew was in the game. This is great content.
Thank you very much! :)
Another awesome exploration video. Reminds me of when I first started playing the game, and on some late nights I would just…travel the world. Climb mountains, swim coasts, and ultimately be awestruck by the beauty of Azeroth. You’re really recapturing that feeling with these videos, great work man.
Thank you very much! I am definitely trying to capture the old world feel :)
Just in time for lunch! Thanks for making these amazing videos!
Thank you! I’m glad you are enjoying them :)
fun fact the boats near scuttle coast have tool boxes in them from an early horde quest, also coming from private server scene that durotar waterfall is a good early money maker on vanilla servers. great video!
Thank you very much! :)
Day off, gloomy morning weather, hot cup of coffee and a new jediwarlock exploration video.
This is the life I want.
Sounds awesome! I’m glad you are enjoying them :)
LETS Go!!
:D
Love this series. A well documented journey.
Thank you very much! :)
4:08 i do not know if you are aware but the Duke used to be the NPC you got the water from to douse the runes in Molten Core. He got no quests to give anymore now that the water is no longer needed
Aqual quintessence, brings back memories
Yes! I am aware of that… it was fun to run into an NPC that had an important role in Classic WoW!
Hell yeah, sightseeing time. The feeling of liminal spaces, well put.
Haha, thanks! :)
Only dislike is how short the video is! Thanks for the content, looking forward to more
Haha, thank you! :)
the waterfall between aszhara and winterspring is something i accidentally encountered on classic months ago, while questing with my brother, and totally forgot about it! what a lovely location
Thank you for sharing! Yes, it is quite the exquisite little spot :)
Exploring in wow shows you how much content was cut from Vanilla and never released. They had big plans for Grim Batol, Azshara, Desolace and some other unreachable areas. But they were left on the cutting room floor
Very true! *whispers* "Classic+..." XD
This relieves so much stress for me :)
I’m glad you are enjoying them! :)
Thank you for recording your exploration of Kalimdor! It's fun to ponder how things got where they are around the coasts.
I did not know about the shipwrecked crew south of Azshara, thank you for showing me something new about this game.
You are very welcome! Thanks for watching :)
This is some wholesome content right here! Can’t wait for part 2! It’s super cool that your previous exploration videos went viral, too. I hope these do as well, I would love to see you put out some more WoW videos! I think it would be super cool if you made a video series of you getting “The Explorer” title, and also exploring each zone in depth.
I remember back in 2010-ish when I took my main around the world to get that title. It was a hell of a lot of fun. Initially I just wanted to do it for the easy title, but once I explored a few zones it started becoming almost addicting lol. It was almost sort of sad when I discovered the last area of that last zone… 😂
Thank you for the thoughtful comment! :)
Thanks! I always love to watch these videos. It's nice to grab a drink and relax.
I’m glad you are enjoying them! :)
Love this! Thank you. 🎄
Thank you! :)
Love this series man, keep up the great work!
Thank you! Will do :)
Good video man, thank you for keeping me entertained.
I'm glad you are enjoying these! :)
Yooo I was waiting for this, excited to watch it
Glad you’re enjoying them! :)
Really enjoyed this. Good work :)
I’m glad! Thank you very much! :)
I played WoW back in classic through to wrath. My first character was a NE druid. Back then the game was shiney and new and more importantly, the breath mechanic was far more dangerous at the time. You could drown within about 30 seconds or so. This made Druids and Warlocks kings of underwater combat. But yeah i was filled with wonder by the game and i ended up doing something quite simular to what you're doing, though i didn't set a goal or anything. I swam the coasts making discoveries, i was so enthralled with the undersea life that i ended up spending nearly a week just swimming around the coasts and discovering what i could. The waters were far more dangerous than they are nowadays, or at least it seems so. I remember there used to be large elite sharks that would prowl around the deeper parts near the fatigue zones. The last time i checked (during legion) they were all gone.
Thank you for sharing your story! I am keeping an eye out for those sharks but thankfully I haven't had any bad encounters with them yet :)
getting stuck in darkshore as a kid with my first night elf hunter will always stick to me. Love the video!
I ended up rezzing there after falling off the Teldrassil. Scary mobs with Skulls for level numbers!!
Thank you! :)
Awesome videos, the map and details are treated with such respect and adore. Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much! More adventures soon to come :)
top notch as usual
Thank you! :)
I like the crate under the waterfall, as if it had been washed down by the current of the river above, and fallen off the edge.
Yes!! Great idea :)
Commentary is great. I reluctantly clicked on this video but glad I spent time here.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. :)
Good video. Love how much interesting stuff blizzard put into the water where most player won't look.
Thanks! I totally agree! It's fun to find these hidden Easter eggs :)
I had to check the year because the crust was just 2000s enough to bring a smile to my face
Haha, that's the spirit I'm trying to capture with my videos ;)
Great video, thank you!
You are most welcome! :)
The old zones are so much more pleasant to look at and explore.
Agreed! The more modern zones don't have the same feel to them, that's for sure! :)
Props for dedication... and nice vid :)
Thank you very much! :)
hell yea man love it keep up the good work
Thank you very much! :) Glad to have a Death Knight join the Jedi Order, haha
@@Jediwarlock whats funny in swtor i play a lightside sith inquisitor xD
LETTSS FFFF GOOOOOOO glad this video came out!
Glad you’re enjoying them! :)
This was a great Video! Considering how much less Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms are I’m excited to see all of the secrets from the newer zones
Thank you very much! :) I am not a retail player, but I plan on at least getting to Northrend and maybe Outland too!
I've never played WOW but your content is giving me a run for my money. Excited for new content!
I’m glad you’re enjoying it! Thank you :)
Waiting for Part 2 and 3 :)
Glad you are enjoying them! :)
Wow, this is actually really cool to watch! I used to swim around certain areas as well to see what was hidden underwater, I've found some strange stuff.. Glad to see I'm not the only explorer left!!
Thank you very much! Just finished filming Part 3 and it gets wild! ;)
this is the most interesting wow video that i have seen so far :)
I’m glad you enjoyed it! :)
Even though I can easily do this myself I never really bothered, this series is the only series on youtube which I actually look forward to watching when I see a new video
I’m glad you are enjoying it! :)
These videos make me want to explore the world so much more!
I’m so glad! :)
This is so chill and a great way to enjoy breakfast :D
I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)
These videos have made me also go explore places in wow i never knew existed love your content ❤
I'm glad I've inspired you to go on some adventures of your own! Thank you :)
I did this when I was in my early days of WoW. Absolutely miss this😁
Glad I could give you a nostalgic experience with this :)
shoutout to jediwarlock bringing back the nostalgia
Thanks! :D
Something to note is that the color of water is decided by the skybox. Which is why when going between zones, the water might drastically change hue.
Good point! I think the weirdest one for me was in Durotar with the purple water in the orange zone! XD
Your calm and smooth voice is music to my ears 🙏
Thank you for the kind words :)
I remember swimming around both continents as a child! I thought the coastlines were so cool and liked catching glimpses of level ?? mobs. I was never able to get much higher than level 30 at the time.
Haha, that sounds pretty familiar to me as well! ;) ... my original character "Jediknight" never made it past the 30s either!
I really like this series. I'm looking forward to the next part for covering southern Kalimdor. I've se wam around that part myself a few years ago (like 15 or more :D) and I'm looking forward to you uncovering some of the secrets there. :)
I hope you enjoy it! :)
This reminds me of the hours I put into getting the Explorer title back in the days of BC/Wrath. I didn’t have flying for a lot of it, and I also loved to run into zones I was way under-leveled for. 😂 I remember being somewhere around 30-40 and following my best friend through Zangarmarsh trying to not die while she quested.
Haha, what a great story! Thank you for sharing :)
At 6:30 thats the place back when I first started wow me and a friend found and we called that our Guild HQ, some good times there.
Very cool! Thank you for sharing :)
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NEW SWIM AROUND A CONTINENT
Woohoo! :)
Great video as always. I know there are a collection of islands off map in Tanaris that require water walking + horse riding + knowing where they are to get to through the fatigue. I've been there once before but had a hard time getting back there on my own (I went with a friend). I look forward to your next video!
JUST finished filming that chapter of Part 2! ;)
I visited the islands in a beta build. It's interesting how far the devs got in developing the islands and yet how unfinished they are. It'll be interesting to see if Blizz added any NPCs. Can't wait for the next video. :)
At the Zoram Strand, there is a Giant turtle skeleton near to where the main tributary meets the sand and grass border... The interesting this about it, is that it has a manmade structure on its giant shell, akin to East Asian architecture... I found it a few weeks ago while levelling another toon. I had seen it many times before on many other toons over the years, but this is the first time I had actually taken note of it. I couldn't find anything out about it though. But made me think if it was a long abandoned foreshadowing of MoP... though I'm unsure if that aspect of lore was even a concept back in classic.
Pandaren have been around since 2003 with Frozen Throne so it's definitely a possibility that it could be a reference to them. Whether or not it actually is though, lol. Only Blizz knows, I guess.
There is an aimilar turtle with an Asian looking saddle-thingy on the coast if the Arathi Highlands so it was an asset they used a few times. I am sure they had thought of the Pandaren civilization before they made vanilla
Very observant! There are also a couple in Swamp of Sorrows along with a very Pandaren-looking bridge! ;) no official confirmation by Blizzard but it is fun to think about I think!! :)
I loved exploring zones and weird places like out of bounds areas in old wow. I like looking around in the post-cata changed world too to see what's different but it's a bit more dull because of the way the game is meant to be played nowadays
Thank you for the comment! :) Especially with the addition of universal flying, from my point of view the entire idea of exploring means a little less after Cataclysm.
@@Jediwarlock yeah exactly. Exploring the world was so much more fun
Great video!
Thank you! :)
My favourite one is at the edge of the coastal seabed at the westernmost part of Westfal - just where it starts to become steep into the ocean floor. Halfway down where your breath would end, there's a chest for the druid aquatic form quest. When you go there the atmosphere and water color become darker and really eerie, and you can see a shipwreck waaaaaaay down at the ocean floor. I was so scared when I first went there (was like 12 years old at the time). I wanted to go to the ship, but I felt overwhelming doom, haha. (you barely have enough fatigue left when you are close to reaching the ship)
Oh boy, you should check out Part 3 of my Eastern Kingdoms swim then! ;)
@@Jediwarlock Will do. Most of the times youtube's algorithm is nagging you with boring, but once in a while I get gems in the dirt like your channel. I really enjoy your content, because it really exhibits what I loved about adventuring in wow. The exloration, the lore, the storytelling and worldbuilding details. Just being inside the world, feeling how alive it is. And I also played a NE druid, so i's even more relatable to me, haha. Thank you for all the content, Jediwarlock!
So many years of my teenage years sank into that world, and I don't regret it one bit!
If you are not a nightelf and u die at the most northern tip in Darkshore, you actually respawn in Moonglade! Used to do this to catch
the most valuable fish in Vanilla Classic and I believe it also had some speedrun uses.
Fascinating! I might have to check that out sometime :)
@@Jediwarlock You should! The Rested EXP addon actually takes you to very weird places when you speedrun the game. Great places for a video tbh.
There's a dead "old god" in darkshore on the beach. it has the same model as c'thun. I remember back in vanilla when everyone was theorycrafting where the other old gods were in the game. As far as I know thats the only place in the game where that model is used outside of c'thun itself.
Oh yes, the Master's Glaive! :D Very mysterious area!
I just love the old Darkshore
It wasn't one of my favorites until my most recent questing experience... it has some very cool questlines! :)
@@Jediwarlock I also love the vibe of it and those grey beaches!
Amazing
Thanks! :)
3:14 you can get up to without wall jumping :)
Good vid tho! Nice to see you got some tracktions with Asmon!
Thank you! I did not know Asmon saw one of them??? :D
5:29 moon glade sky box lol
Haha, yes! XD
Oh man, so sad that poor blood elf died. She was so cute and curious
A casualty of the deep XD who knows? Maybe she will come back someday…
These videos take me back to being a preteen, watching WoW videos with Straight to Video playing in the background
I’m definitely trying to capture that old school feel, I’m glad that is working! :)
My fun fact about Darkshore: there are bunch of quests about examining the turtle skeletons along the coasts, whose style reminds of pandaren mounts, but this isn't said ingame. Maybe this is a foreshadowing to the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion. I think this, because there is also another quest in Darkshore about a glowing red crystal which makes the moonkins angry, and we don't know who put it there. It is now clear that it should be a part of the nearby draenei mothership, so this quest foreshadows the Burning Crusade expansion.
Yes!! I just quested in Darkshore to hit level 20 and oh MAN I definitely want to make a video about those beached sea creatures sometime… the red crystal is very cool too! I think it definitely foreshadows the Exodar ;)
YEAPPP Nice video, master!
Thank you very much! :)
Clearly the bridge makes those prototype ships susceptible to sinking
Indubitably XD
I find it lovely to explore this way. When I started playing classic I found this hidden pass from the Hinterlands into the Western Plaguelands. I never knew it was there...? It felt almost like a small story for me to have some trolls flee the Scourge expanse through this pass, or maybe even humans, towards the 'safety' of the Hinterlands. Going from Plague brown towards lush green really aided in that feeling though.
Thank you for sharing your story! :) I like your thinking with that… makes sense especially how there are now undead trolls who did not escape the Scourge in the Plaguelands!
@@Jediwarlock O h man their story is so sad. Just like the Drakari. I think I love the tragedy of the troll empires most. Everywhere around the world you see them grasp splinters of that what once was.
One thing I did notice on their ruins though. Have you ever noticed that they are literally plastered with swastikas? It's a pattern, but once you have seen it you really can't unsee it.
There are a lot of sunken wrecks we only ever see sunken!
Indeed! :)
Great idea! I've always loved exploring in MMOs and the fact the game designers will drop Easter Eggs to find. Sub +1, I mean how could I not be part of the Jedi Order!
Happy to have you with us! :)
The island off the coast of Darkshore in Pre-Cata is the location of the Lighthouse in Classic WoW. The ruined house you find there is all that remains of the caretaker's cottage. No real quests to speak of attached to it sadly.
Hope you found The Cave off the coast of Uldum and it's mysterious guest inside. I was sadly he had no lore attached for Dragonflight.
Thank you for the comment! I am on Classic WoW so I probably will not find anybody inside, but we will see! :)
The best beach IMO is in the very south of Kalimdor - World's End Beach. Enjoy!
Just finished filming that part of the next video earlier! ;) lots going on there!
wohoo yes new video
Woo! Thanks! :)
Let's go bro, we rising
Haha, yes!! :)
Ayo another BANGER
Thanks! :)
@@Jediwarlock glad i found your channel a few weeks ago keep on uploading
Neat. Keep it up
Will do! :)
*devs putting random anchors* "we do a little bit of trolling"
Haha, right? XD
Yasss!! Lets fucking go!
Haha, I'm glad you are excited! :D
What a beautiful content you're doing here. My thalassophobia drives me crazy sometimes, when I'm trying to do the same. Was flying from Fjord to Eastern Kingdoms with my extremely fast DK and reached the noflying zone of the extremely dark sea. Continued to run on regular mount with the help of Path of Frost until death from fatigue. Reached more than a halfway and got almost near the Eastern Kingdoms most Northwestern point. Was scared af thou, coz it's a dark dark sea with no borders and bottom. Resurrected in Barrens somehow after that. Love your work, coz I'm playing WoW exactly the same with a lot of love to scenery and locations of Classic.
BTW, what programs you use to capture locations of Classic from above with such smoothness. I can fly in TBC and WotLK to capture footages, but in Vanilla regions there is no flying, but you somehow capture locations from far distances and height.
Thank you for the thoughtful comment! :) I play on a WotLK private server to film these videos, and the videos where I have "flying" overhead shots are actually retrieved by the server's GM, Wowmaster! He helps me out with some of my video gathering... I think he has commands where he either can fly slowly or he modifies where the camera can go! Not sure too much beyond that but I appreciate the question!
@@Jediwarlock thanks for the info. Thought it's some sort of private server feature and it is. :) It looks so clean and smooth. The type of content I was looking for in a while, enjoying it so much. Wish you good luck with it. And waiting for more water runs. :D Was questing in The Storm Peaks yesterday and saw an Island in the northwestern part, flew through fatigue and reached Hrothgar's Landing. Never knew about it and I'm playing WoW for almost 14 years. New discoveries every time. :D
Also, I'm wondering, if it's possible to remove water from the world entirely to look and walk at the bottom of the sea. There was a bug on Classic PTR where somehow the oceans are missing in the Blood Elf and Draenei Starting zones, as well as on the Isle of Quel'danas. Really want to watch it. :D
Dude, I did this back in 2004. Back before the world was expanded and it was somewhat harder. I did find some weird terrain stuff.
Thanks for sharing! :)
cool content, greetings from amsterdam
Thank you! Happy to have you with us :)
I just did this tonight.Explored all around 3 zones.
Awesome! Good to know there are other explorers out there ;)
@@Jediwarlock I took around 13 yrs off the game and when I returned, found myself in the minority of players.
That hidden gnome house it for a quest for the ahn quiraj chain i believe also a vendor sells an engineering schematic
Thank you for the comment! The one here in Azshara is for the engineering schematic, there is another one coming soon that is part of the AQ quest line ;)
I think all new players do this? I started at northern Darkshore, but couldn't get past the high level mobs in the water off Aszhara, so portalled out after dying a few times. This was shortly before Cataclysm.
Haha, I think a lot of new players attempt it too ;) ... or at least the adventurous ones!
I think the sunken land you think may have been a starting area is just evidence of the Sundering. All the continents were connected before being destroyed, sinking under the sea. Always found that disturbing considering how large ancient Kalimdor was...
Great point! I completely spaced that possibility but I think it makes a lot of sense! There are definitely places where you can totally see that lining up :)
You talk like that youtube guy who bought a lobster for dinner, decided to keep it as pet and named it Leon I like it, good vibes!
Thank you! :)
I wonder if it would have been a bit easier to do this using the shaman farsight at some place where you can target the ground below the waterline and start from there. It wouldn't have been as cool as personally exploring though haha.
Hmm, that is not a bad idea! I might have to revisit some of those places with a Shaman ;)
That's how you play a game! ;)
The Game, in this case.
The Game indeed XD
@@Jediwarlock I'm off WoW, unfortunately, I wanna play it really bad but all in good time ;) and soon, hopefully! =)
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