Skeletons in World of Warcraft | Pointless Top 10

[@adamant8941]

What I really love about Pointless Top 10s is that our host really makes sure to elaborate and profoundly express his reasonings for each tier list spot. Truly wonderful content, Crendor, keep it up.

[@Dvpainter]

Our heavenly host 🙏

[@dawn_connor]

also the occasional profuse flabbergast in expressing his lack of knowledge on something

[@TYOjoe]

because inside pointless things are treasure

[@laughingmask3118]

I only just now discovered his channel with this video and this comment has sealed it, I'm subbing

[@JaraxinK]

Fun fact about Noggenfogger’s elixir: Druids can shapeshift and still be a skeleton. Consequently, if a druid is in flying form, then they’ll be a skeleton swimming through the air

[@Geraldo_Rivian]

Imagine the horde and alliance establishing truces, finding new allies, raising funds for their combined armies to finally siege icecrown citadel and end the lich king.. Meanwhile this random goblin in Tanaris created the perfect assasination elixir 😂

[@sydneyrunion6188]

My favorite pointless skeleton is at the Darkmoon Faire. Over by the Blight Boar cave, there's an outhouse with a male Forsaken dancing on the roof, and a male Draenei knocking on the door. If you look through the moon cutout, you can see a skeleton sitting in the outhouse. I go see him every month.

[@GrokNZ]

Level 70 Karazhan has two skeletons on one the beds in the side rooms on the way to Maiden that are a reference to Romeo and Juliet. You can see a small vial and a dagger next to them.

[@snowcraft-d3d]

See, they're not useless though, they're a reference. :P

[@ashenlitch7863]

know you wont read this crendor, but i just wanted to write. This summer and up til now ive been working a really hard job at a paper factory, doing many 12 hour shifts there, your pointless top tens were allways something i looked forward to watching when i get home at night from the factory, thank you hope you can keep it up chief.

[@crendor]

I did read it! Just a year late lol

[@FatGuyEngineer]

I can't wait for Crendor to be like 60 years old and still doing pointless things in WoW

[@Jesse3beards]

Holy shit I haven’t seen Crendor in years. Hearing your voice again nearly gave me whiplash.

[@gekkokkid]

you know Crendor num.10 still has a questline even in current WoW . the quest line is now from cataclysm and what happen to that guy was that he went to explore to see if people where ok from the massive quake that happen during Death Wing's attack but he gets killed off by the offspring of the deadly bear from Classic and you are sent to check on him when you find his dead body the bear suddenly attacks you and you have to kill the bear and bring proof of what happen to him to his friend that ask you to check on him.

[@GrokNZ]

In regards to 6, are they skeleton pirates or pirate skeletons? Are they skeletons of pirates, or are they skeletons who made the conscious decision to be come pirates?

[@willhumason8213]

You're telling me someone would consciously become a pirate and choose not to wear a pirate hat? No, I believe they were pirates first, died (and subsequently lost their hats) and reanimated to resume their booty-lovin' duties

[@Vanished584]

Top 10 WoW player theories that were too deep.

[@mattwo7]

@@willhumason8213 That's actually correct, Pirate-King Zem'lan cursed his crew. He kept his own hat after becoming a skeleton though.

[@jma00a1]

South Park…Korn! 😅☠️

[@Talezi1]

yes

[@DarcBloom]

The troll skeletons could be a reference to Pirates of the Caribbean. In the first movie the entire reason why the crew is cursed, is because of some ancient Aztec gold. And of course the curse turns them into skeletons. Since the troll empire is based on ancient Aztec and Mayan culture, it could be an Easter egg reference.

[@jmnero4447]

So the tree trunk skeleton could be a person who ran away from Alterac during the Second War. If memory serves the nobles of Alterac betrayed the Alliance and allowed the Horde to move through their land. This person could have been afraid of what was occurring and ended up starving to death in their hiding spot after finding out what was going on. It's been a long time since I've read lore regarding the Second War so I could potentially be wrong about it. Otherwise just a thought!

[@DIEGhostfish]

I choose to think it's a dad who died letting his family get away and his daughter left him the doll so he wouldn't be alone.

[@thesnep4757]

That is sad@@DIEGhostfish

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@thesnep4757 True, but the alternative was a family not getting away at all, and the mom or dad just having it as a memento by the time they too died. Could maybe be a soldier who died on behalf of a family that got away intact too, with that last gift being there.

[@melamaro3890]

@@DIEGhostfishim sorry to ruin your theory a year later but the way the skeleton is sitting is how human females pose, so this skeleton belongs to a woman. Then again, this could be the same story but with the mom. Or maybe she died while looking for her lost child ):

[@Evan-mt7bc]

The best thing about the Noggenfogger Elixir is it's the only cosmetic that overwrites Druid forms in Classic so if you're bored of looking at your Chicken/Tree/Cat/Bear grab yourself a couple hundred stacks of these

[@Sagittakaze]

Back in WotLK when I learned you could look through statistics of your character, I looked at my most consumed potion. It was Noggenfogger elixir and it was in the thousands. I really wish they would add a toy version of it so I don't have to keep filling my bag slots with more. What? I don't have a problem. I swear.

[@theog2885]

You missed the deeper lore behind the nagrand skeleton. That is the only apple tree in Outlands. There is an apple cart blocking an orcs shop stand in the lower city in Shat. Connect the dots but beware the orc's rage

[@Limrasson]

For the barber...if it's a demon pretending to be a gnome, then the solution is probably that the demon killed the original gnomes and took over the guy's place (andp robably say his wife left him for a shorter gnome).

[@godlygamer911]

The nostalgia I felt at seeing a crendor video pop up on my page in a decade... I now want to go back to "what your class says about you" and "what's your luckydoo" you were a huge part of my teenage years.

[@rb1051]

WoW players and their nostalgia

[@PsyclonX]

In regards to 1, the quest ''A Pilot's Revenge'' is still active in retail. I completed it last week (/quest=26855/a-pilots-revenge) so everyone get in there and make this dwarf skeleton feel a little less pointless! Great video as always Crendor

[@Jordan-le8rc]

These videos make me happy. I didn’t know there was still stuff about this game I could still learn and discover. Thank you for the years of incredible content.

[@thestralner6335]

another fun thing about the troll skeltons is that the majority of them have unique names. they arent required for any quests or any interaction really, theyre just a bunch of named regular mobs.

[@Taalsman]

I remember using Noggenfogger to shrink my gnome in Warsong Gulch and run with the flag

[@doodoobuttah]

Ooo that dwarf skeleton at number 10 I remember it cuz as a dwarf hunter that questline was like the first time you could catch a polar bear pet (besides the off chance of finding the rare spawn Bjarn). A hunter I met in WSG showed me and it was almost like a secret spot since most ppl skipped Loch Modan in favor of Westfall. That was my pet all the way til I had to quit around WOTLK

[@mattwo7]

6:42 That was William Tell shooting an apple on his _son's_ head. Course the person who made him do that threatened his son's life. “If my first arrow had killed my son, I would have shot the second at you, and I would not have missed.” Top ten badass fathers material right here.

[@seeker296]

In response to something like "why did you knock a second arrow?" Then they arrest him for his response despite the situation being an unfair setup to begin with. Tell was not aware he was supposed to kneel in front of a hat hung on a wooden post as he walks past

[@keonepatterson327]

Im surprised the 2 skeletons in the center of Sunken Temple arent included, those gjys are my favorite. Theyre straight chillin side-by-side with their legs hangin over the huge hole right in the center of the dungeon with some food by em or something like that, like its 2 skelly lovers outfor a picnic

[@TheMrLampe]

Man- there's something nostalgic about your videos! it's like a time machine back to 2012 or whenever you and Jesse started making wow videos!

[@derago-dev]

Pointless things are what make games trully special these days... It's not about content, is about making a game feel special, almost like it makes your money worth

[@stevensperanza109]

There's also the giant dragon skeleton just south of Wyrmrest Temple in the sea. You can see it on the map as well as from the sky. Don't know whose skeleton it is, but it's a strange one!

[@Arkantos117]

I cannae believe you left out the giant skeletons in Desolace, they have snake heads and tridents.

[@crendor]

too many skeletons, too little time... or uhh, too little spots on a list

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

Pretty sure that ogre strapped to the elevator died to the... massive fucking wood spike through his abdomen, not starvation or dehydration.

[@briannamonaghan9061]

That second skeleton in the booty bay statue almost makes this video border on being content... tread carefully, crendor. You mustn't cross into content!

[@qpSubZeroqp]

Underrated comment 😂

[@OrangeBananaMonster]

WoW is sublime for the average player not when pushing damage meters, raiding, or doing high-end PvP or other endgame content. Instead, people's fond nostalgia of WoW generally comes from idiosyncratic experiences, questing in beautiful and quirky landscapes, with moving and calming music-- living in the world. And Pointless Top 10 captures that sublimity perfectly.

[@DrinkingMud]

I wonder if tree trunk skeleton somehow got stuck inside the tree, and the only reason we can find him is because the trunk has decomposed over time

[@Fuzzywumbo]

your voice is so iconic and nostalgic for me. glad to see you making content again!

[@Vanished584]

Nice profile picture

[@MrVlad12340]

Marrowgar should be first on the list because of how many times Blizz recycled his fucken model. Literally gets recycled every expansion into a "new" boss. Sometimes more than once.

[@tatalsaba]

The zem'lan skeletons is pretty cool, each and every one is named and most are ranked. The elevator skeleton actually makes sense, in the Grom Hellscream short from WoD, the ogres use a similar punishment on Grom to break him, starvation and thirst while hung up. This skeleton could have been a rebel or a rival of one of the rulers of Highmaul that disposed of the problem.

[@elenhin]

Marrow is the king skellie. I would also like to mention the dudes hiding under the veggies in the fields around Andorhal. You try to pick a pumpkin or an apple, and up comes a skellie with the fruit on its head. Most adorable ever.

[@TheMaghorn]

With the elevator skeleton, it could have been an Ogre that they tied to it then had the elevator push down on him so hard that the spike on the bottom impaled him. Can't imagine any other way you'd get a spike through him, it takes a lot of force to impale a normal human let alone an Ogre.

[@PercNP]

No, it's arms and legs are tied to the struts.

[@catmanduu66]

@@PercNP That's what he's saying though. They tied him to the bottom of the elevator but he was hanging down a bit so the spike was pushing on his back until the elevator went down and he was impaled.

[@briannamonaghan9061]

The fact that you thought this through so clearly is both amusing and disturbing

[@laughingmask3118]

0:57 okay I can't confirm all the fine details but I absolutely remember this quest, he's absolutely correct in the general gist of things

[@lycos94]

people in china watching this video like ''there are skeletons in this game?''

[@RazielIgor]

Number 9 could be a child that escaped or lost and survived and grew up, but didn't throw away their toy as it reminded them the old days and were hiding in the tree trunk at nights to sleep and one day they passed away in their sleep or maybe they were injured and were trying to recover and passed away or something.

[@DIEGhostfish]

My idea was a father or uncle or grandpa who died helping their family escape, and his daughter/granddaughter left him the doll so he wouldn't be lonely

[@sheepsky]

the tree trunk skeleton makes me think of "who put bella in the wych elm"

[@thelonelyturkey7902]

I like the skeletons in the island expeditions in BFA on the island with the abandoned Horde base. They all died fighting an unknown foe that did not even take the supplies or anything else in the base. They were simply attacked, annihilated and forgotten. Left where they fell to be consumed.

[@themightybako8103]

Not sure if mentioned but the pirate skeletons are now sometimes in Orgrimmar and come from the BFA portal and make their way to the trading post. Quite fun conversation actually

[@Uldihaa]

I think the one with the axe in its head is a reference to William Tell and the 'shoot an apple off someone's head' tale. Instead of an arrow, they used a throwing axe... with tragic results.

[@Fugitive292]

So happy this got back in my KZbin recommendations.

[@jorenthar9186]

the pirate troll skeletons of BFA, iirc they were part of a world quest or something

[@skullervo]

now this is a fantastic top 10, spooked my guts off

[@ValensBellator]

I used to love looking for random hidden skeletons. I remember coming across one in vanilla on the peak above ironforge that you weren’t supposed to be able to reach and thought it was so dang cool.

[@n3wb1shness]

I love how every pointless skeleton on this list has a point. Its my favorite thing ever!

[@jpfischer6003]

It would be pointless to tell you how happy I get when I get a notification for a new pointless top 10 from Crendor. Keep on rocking in the free world Crendor!

[@fittushattana]

Never played this game but thanks to youtube feed I can now answer if someone ever asks me where the most pointless skeletons remain in world of warcraft.

[@Sweetguy1821]

I was expecting to see the skeleton boss from RFD dancing on his pile of bones.

[@DIEGhostfish]

Not pointless enough I think.

[@Alt-o-holic47]

I'm sad that you went with the island of zandalari skeletons that are all unnamed mobs vs. The guys on the shore across the island which is very cool, because it's an entire city if pirate skeletons and they're all named too

[@BandTrap]

You can always count on Crendor for some sense of normality. Just a calm moment in the storm. Thanks man. It's hard to know if it's even on purpose or not but you just clear my head so efficently.

[@Mike_W78]

Eso has a ton of great skeletons. Don’t know if you branch out but with games but this made me think of that game.

[@neonhvit]

Cant believe you didnt mention the skeleton in 1k needles that starts a quest for rfk or rfd (dont remember it all)

[@Korja88]

I can't believe you hadn't already done this one

[@DecayedPony]

Honorable mention Archimondes skeleton in Hyjal Pre cataclysm. and Galakronds skeleton

[@killerbee.13]

Those skeletons are extremely point-ful, though

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@killerbee.13 Well Archimonde's skeleton was retconned out of existence, which makes it the height of pointlessness.

[@Poopdahoop]

OMG! What a great number one twist!

[@ZirayaAlex]

My favourite pointless skeletons are two really weird skeletons up in the northern mountains in the Vale of eternal blossoms. They are two donosaur/lizardman looking skeletons, with a huge dinosaur skull on each. Inside the dino mouth are demon skulls. And they are surrounded by red roses. It's a really odd one.

[@5chr4pn3ll]

I'd love a top 10 snake statues, or top 10 really big creature skeletons, or top 10 shoes for trolls.

[@mossysnail6857]

"Aw man i love bein' a rock snake!"

[@thegreatdictator7462]

Did any one else scream “bone storm!” when he did?

[@SirPhoebus]

The noggenfogger skeleton gives you water breathing for the duration.

[@lexion21]

noggenfogger, and we used to have several "giant" potions and spells and the witchdoctors cauldron , i got my troll (on a mount) to be to big to fit through the orgrimmar main gate shame those buff dont stack anymore, and some dont even exist anymore

[@DIEGhostfish]

Wait thwy removed size stacking? Blizzard truly hates fun.

[@Proximixum]

Have you ever found the pointless skeletons on top of the mountains in the alliance BFA zones? I think there are skeletons on all three zones peaks.

[@KingChayle87]

0:50 IT WAS HANK THE TANK!

[@Khamzes]

#4 to me looks like they strapped him to the elevator with the spike at his back and then lowered the elevator, skewering him. Pretty terrible way to go.

[@samljer]

Poor poor souls... they have to quest in the shadowlands now. a fate worse then death.

[@quchi7232]

What a way to start my morning! Thanks Crendor

[@mattwo7]

RIP Galakrond ...Wait that doesn't work because he's actually dead...

[@MegaChickenfish]

7:50 I mean that's what the ogres did to Grom so let's just call that canon. Ogres are brutal, man.

[@declansekol6438]

MOM CRENDOR POSTED

[@hauptberg]

#9 might be a reference to a true crime event in 1943 by three teenagers in Worcestershire, England of a skeletal female body in a Wych Elm tree. Look up Who put Bella in the Wych Elm. Fascinating stuff!

[@RichardJamesStayAtHomeDad]

Thanks for this content

[@Mysbananen]

Finally a new episode god bless

[@SoothGAMES]

If I remember correctly about number 8, the barber in stormwind barbershop was also a goblin, not a gnome. And also thats why there is a razor in the table beside the skeletons, there is a theory that the goblin killed the 2 gnomes living in that house for refusing to selling him for his barbershop. Or im just sleep deprived, who knows.

[@scyren2337]

For #4 (elevator skeleton) it reminded me of the Warlords shorts they released, specifically the one for Grommash. Tied to a tree and left to wither and die for weeks. Maybe it's similar to that? Who knows.

[@Kyrazi]

my favorite of your videos

[@GiveMeThatLetter]

I finally checked out the Booty Bay statue. There are actually THREE pointless skeletons in there. 😂 But there's honestly an actual makeshift set of stairs in the back and everything like someone was DEFINITELY using that as their stash. And seeing as it's goblin-made and the hidden area must have been in the blueprints for the statue... it probably actually belongs to Baron Revilgaz. The skeletons are probably from poor souls who tried to break in.

[@astrealove1]

Happy Crendoween!

[@JamesTree99]

Number 8 makes me think of the Princes in the Tower

[@mattwo7]

My favorite sekeletons are the ones left behind by dead Forsaken mains who stanned Sylvanis between Wrathgate and the end of Shadowlands,

[@anwaralexander3035]

Love it!

[@gonx9906]

your NPC ingame could give a npc that says: "find 10 pointless things"

[@ArkBlanc]

Really, none of these are pointless. They each tell a story about something that happened.

[@Sid_the_space_Sloth]

Isnt the number 6 reference to pirates of the caribbean? you know, considering the plot of first movie... the coins, skeletons and stuff

[@Daktangle]

Number 8...wow, never bothered to ever explore the barbershop. Going to never go there again!

[@Hyzen0_0]

Can you do Pointless Top 10 eggs please Crendor? maybe at Easter time next yer :-)

[@phillipmeyer110]

There is also a skeleton on a throne in Eastern plaguelands i believe

[@foreverziogas99]

My man Crendor really forgot to mention the troll skeletons were a reference to Pirates of the Caribean u_u

[@monkiy1300]

Oh man, that ending really got me.

[@jeremiah1293]

Yay for BONESTORM

[@silverwolfgamez]

I expected to see the piles of skeletons in kharazan crypts and the skeleton with a bong on top of a mushroom in zangarmarsh

[@wardenm]

Speaking of pointless skeletons... There's one beneath the lift in Thousand Needles, and another beneath the wreckage of Thandol Span, both of which gave quests when clicked back in Vanilla! Sadly, don't think they're active any longer. Also, there's a tomb for a Conan styled skelly out in Badlands worth checking out too, sitting on his throne!

[@crayonchomper1180]

I always wondered about the Badlands tomb, I always hoped there would be a quest or archaeology dig site there so I could peice together what happened

[@BSHoce]

There is massive dragon skeleton in northrend just south of path of the titans on the oceanfloor. It is alot bigger than Galakrond yet Galakrond were to be largest dragon ever known. What or who is it?

[@Desolaytore]

Thought number 8 was a reference to "The Tell-Tale Heart"

[@EnhancedNightmare]

My favourite is the dragon skeleton in wotlk coastline thats not even an object just map shape its so big xD

[@kolbeandris2095]

I am very sad, that you didn't include Mor'Ladim in Duskwood. He has a very tragic story, he's my favorite skeleton.

[@Draqson]

Pointless Top 10 - Alts I never play, but refuse to delete

[@mattwo7]

5:50 I mean BFA at least had some great models and art design.

[@stakkadakka3427]

No.3 Pretty sure the pearl is a reference to the 'Sphere' Movie. The whale skeleton itself, who knows