Elwynn Forest - Music & Ambience - World of Warcraft

The peaceful woodlands to the south of Stormwind City seem more tranquil than ever since the fall of the Defias Brotherhood, but the inhabitants of Elwynn Forest are hardly idle. There are fields to sow, mines to work, and lumber to harvest. For all its pomp and grandeur, Stormwind wouldn’t last long without a constant stream of food and supplies to support the city’s population. This exchange has become increasingly threatened by kobold invasions, vicious feuds among farmers, and attacks from wild animals. Northshire Abbey remains dedicated to recruiting and training any adventurers brave enough to help keep the peace. Likewise, the Blackrock orcs are gathering their forces in the nearby Redridge Mountains. With Stormwind’s militia stretched thinner than ever, these renegade orcs stand ready to finally annihilate their old human enemies in Elwynn Forest.
Original thumbnail artwork by Konstantin Turovec:
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[@user-vi7ik7sk5p]

"I dont have a target" "I need a target" "I dont have a target" "Greetings" "Need something?" "What can I do for you?" "Goldshire is under attack" "Stormwind is under attack" Pure nostalgia.....

[@BeeyothGaming]

I can hear these lines in my head

[@megannewman2317]

"For the Alliance!"

[@rosshealea]

My you're a tall one!

[@CMUmelky]

Lok'tar Ogar

[@craftman4761]

I remamber all time i was hearing i don't have a target when mob was next to me and i learned 5 hours later to click "Tab"

[@ankoo439]

Theese "simple" zones were always my favourites. No world ending problems and stress. Just minor local issues and the best relaxing music.

[@katm8128]

They also seemed so cozy when you have other fantastical zones as a comparison. it was so well balanced aesthetically

[@beanasmr7357]

@@katm8128 Exactly - my favorite part was wandering around and feeling safe in the goldshire inn :]

[@fraserthomson4953]

those are my favourite kind of quests. dealing with simple local people problems :")

[@wks2291]

except when DMF comes to town, especially on a pvp server :)

[@JWFreeman]

I agree

[@adampilarski7083]

I remember my first character was a Paladin and I was like lvl 5 running into Stormwind with just a silver or two to my name and a lvl 60 Paladin on a mount rides through the gates gloriously, stopping when they see me to ask "Hey, are you new?" I was and told them so. "Here, trade with me." And they gave me 5 gold. Of course this was nothing to them, but to me it was more money than I could have ever imagined in the game at the time! They said, "We Paladins have to look out for each other." And went on their way. It was the true experience of an uncertain new recruit peasant boy meeting a storied, legendary knight and the knight taking time to notice you. I was in awe and will always treasure that interaction in my heart. It's so funny how a tiny act of virtual kindness can have such an impact on a person. I honestly try to embody that person's kindness and leadership in my real life to this day. What a game!

[@Nintendoggy]

That's amazing!

[@obixium7601]

@Wex Classic. Went to classic and never looked back.

[@bmh18172]

I played a paladin and have a story almost identical to this!! Very cool - big thanks to all those kind, experienced strangers. It’s on us to pay it forward whenever life affords us the opportunity.

[@RrRr-wj4xv]

I was the real paladin

[@alexanderblohme5044]

Now THATS TRUE VANILLA, oh god, please take me back to 18th of February 2005

[@killbot7205]

“I sell only the finest goods” “Well met” “Kings honor friend”

[@geniebobeanie]

and the clinking sound when you talk to a merchant

[@flajflaj]

Off with ya xD

[@GustavoVeraScuderiPY]

Mell wet

[@TheElijahKings]

“Do you need something?” “See ya later” “Go with honor friend” “Light be with you”

[@rogerb181]

"Time is money, friend." Best line ever. Laughed out loud the first time I heard it.

[@vladcjskate]

"Need something?"

[@madchildm7162]

"Can I help you?"

[@turtlevomit7197]

"Good day to you."

[@arthurcecchini4322]

MY LIFE FOR AUIR

[@chivu1870]

"Have a good one"

[@totyesz387]

"Greetings"

[@neonsolace2748]

We never knew we were living the good times t'ill they ended

[@zzlowkie]

Facts...

[@ik3963]

damn i just cried about your reaction. These things are so true when u grow up

[@Nekotrekk]

Ouch..

[@siren6719]

I played this game long time ago

[@Habbolulu1]

Such a big part in my heart ... I’ll never forget

[@morganbarnes4843]

Got my Mom playing World of Warcraft while battling with cancer. She really made me appreciate the small things in life, even in WoW. This was her favorite place to run around and quest. Sounds a little ridiculous but while I was all about doing dungeons and trying to get her strong gear, she just wanted to ride around on her mounts that she collected and listen to music. I really miss those days. Love, your Son. (I keep coming back to this page...I miss you more than you could ever imagine.)

[@SirMevan]

I'm so sorry for your loss. ❤ She's never really gone. You'll see her again.

[@shittyspeedpaints1012]

I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure your mom watches over you still.

[@StrobeFireStudios]

Sorry for your loss man, your words touched me a little there. Thanks for sharing.

[@lockecole3726]

Were both of you on the Moonrunner server by chance?

[@morganbarnes8593]

​@@lockecole3726Actually, yes..

[@YahoeyV22]

It’s crazy what kind of nostalgia can be trigged by sounds

[@drozone3658]

Imagine the ancient times when they pulled out the harp and chimes

[@wolfkin71]

The sounds were half the game

[@BIGAPEGANGLEADER]

its mad how much nostalgia is triggered by sound and smell. obviously this is sound, but i find smells trigger nostalgia just as hard. visuals dont do it as much.

[@XXflashbang]

I didnt even play the game back then and feel nostalgic

[@kaptenville]

@@XXflashbang same, It still sounded rather beautiful. I don't know, but one of those nostalgic long lost feelings was awoken in me, it is beautiful when it happens... I want to write a new story that takes back those times, of lord of the rings for example, of an easier time or world or what to call it. Those adventures calls, somehow.

[@Frozus-nh9oq]

Local Defense: Goldshire is under attack! Local Defense: Goldshire is under attack! Local Defense: Goldshire is under attack! Local Defense: Goldshire is under attack!

[@cursed9930]

;(

[@c.h.2218]

Death to the horde

[@user-fq5gt9xt3v]

@@c.h.2218 death to the horde! death to the alliance! death to the living! death to the scourge! death to the legion! all hail azshara! all hail N'zoth! the hour of twilight shall come!

[@majbritpedersen6533]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jewerly3843]

Lion Pride is under attack! How may I help? Is there anything you need? The soldiers walking by ask.

[@shekeljewstein6382]

"I need to Target something first" "I don't have a target" Ah, the memories. Been playing since vanilla... I'm never going to willingly give it up.

[@rusk1963]

Shekel Jewstein LOL i said that as I was listening to this, so good

[@battleforvoidzeroth5243]

"I can't attack that target." "I need to get closer!" "I can't use that ability yet." "That spell isn't ready yet."

[@grant5964]

"My bag is full."

[@pabloseocofre7357]

"What can i do for you?"

[@orgasplosion]

Not enough energy

[@reginamountaincross3363]

Who ever wrote this music was insanely talented, its almost a spiritual experience playing the game mainly because of this music. Respect.

[@theblah12]

I believe this was Jason Hayes, who did most of the outdoor themes for WoW. Also worked on Starcraft, Diablo and Dota 2 among other games.

[@wolfkin71]

The music was insane. I truly loved this game there was nothing that could come close overall.

[@slinttu1378]

Jason Hayes was Lead Composer for Vanilla WoW.

[@tarron3237]

All of WoW's soundtracks. Pure beauty and genius

[@ZakhadWOW]

Elwynn, Eversong, Teldrassil, Ashenvale, ValleyOf4Winds...some of the most amazing relaxing peaceful music Ive ever encountered in my 61 years and I was an actual symphonic musician and choir member for about 30 or so of those years - I got exposed to a lot of music.. But sometime s the most amazing compositions of the last 50 years or so have come from films and video games.

[@benjones380]

I miss being 12 years old and playing this at 3am while everyone slept. This was the most relaxing times of my life. This soundtrack just brings me back to when life was easy

[@A1rWaxta]

how old are you now?

[@StopFlaggingVideos]

@@A1rWaxta 13

[@Triggy6825]

yes, playing at 3am. The real world was off, but the world of warcraft never slept. Just you and the game. No other concerns.

[@benjones380]

@@A1rWaxta I am 21 now. I started playing during wrath with my sister and childhood best friend. I could never get past level 20 though lol. still some of the best memories. So basically I lived in starting zones.

[@benjones380]

@@Triggy6825 Yeah man. I can never actually play world of warcraft again. The game is still here, but it's not the same game.

[@Tronarul]

it's never lonely in goldshire ^^

[@Tronarul]

i'll get my mining pick!

[@jeremysmith2576]

+Tronarul lol

[@Danuxsy]

Except if u are a loner

[@mileyrocks852]

Tronarul especially on moodguard ;))))))

[@HHalcyon]

What happens on Moonguard stays on Moonguard.

[@drshegol]

WoW gave me the worst school grades back then, I regret fckn nothing - not a single minute!!!

[@Thalasius]

Yeah I had too resit pretty much all my exams.

[@alvar6811]

So same

[@austinhaynes6420]

I went from a 4.0 GPA to a 2.8 and barely graduated lol, but I joined the military so my grades didn't really matter so much as I got my diploma XD

[@savvagrachev2754]

Should I stop playing?

[@liawilcox3915]

Absolutely not!

[@hausy]

Once upon a time, long long ago, a young boy made 25 different email addresses to play the free trial over and over again because he had no way to buy game time. Elwynn forest and Westfall was the only parts of the world he knew, and he loved every minute of it.

[@matthewvann-hinton6978]

I was that boy, WTF, however I would always ride the underground tram to Dun morough, and go to Loch Modan because I knew there was a quest there where I could obtain shoulderpads, I'd usually end up getting them on the last day of my trail before my character along with the account disappears into the void only to be replaced when I make a new email address.

[@lolmaemae]

@@matthewvann-hinton6978 I hope you’re able to enjoy the game freely now. ☺️

[@chikuman6224]

@@matthewvann-hinton6978 haha wow man, listen u can play private servers now if u want to

[@VinyZikss]

@@chikuman6224 if he's anything like me now he doesn't have time or maybe even the energy to play and enjoy it carelessly like when we were 10

[@chikuman6224]

@@VinyZikss yes coz its a slavery system all around the known land.

[@danielhamor7446]

as a depressed adult. i miss my teenage years. this game was the best years of my life sadly.

[@erikzamecnik4914]

You will break it, I believe. :)

[@deviouscat4571]

@@erikzamecnik4914 Contrary to what people say... no. It never goes away. I guess it could get a little better, but the reality is we just learn to live with it, like guys whose hair has fallen off, or women with menopause. :|

[@NykezTV]

@@deviouscat4571 Not true! Believe

[@Coeurebene1]

@@deviouscat4571 It's very hard and can take many years, but it's not hopeless. Brain chemistry is a tricky thing, but it can heal.

[@specie44]

Perhaps it is your grammar. I totally feel u though.

[@mizzysparrots4874]

THIS ENTIRE CHANNEL IS MAKING ME NEED TO PLAY AGAIN. ugh. Being a lvl 1 and running around Elwynn was seriously the best thing ever.

[@Xutl65]

Mizzy's Parrots Yeah do it will be fine 👍🏻

[@FedeArgentina]

Yes, So much potential, so many adventures ahead.

[@venom9566]

Thats true

[@digitalemotion3820]

Untill you reach Duskwood 😁

[@rasmus4236]

It's because the music calms your hormones and nerves.. It's a great form of therapy when a game has the capability to make your body release adrenaline and other hormones. You are simply being managed by sound ;)

[@mikesintelligenceconcepts4255]

awesome, I'm not sure we truly knew how good these time really were.

[@philj212]

we did my friend, we did. i miss it so much

[@anth789]

I'm 37 now and I miss those days. You're right, at the time I didn't know how good it was.

[@robertbaird9267]

Don’t be sad that it’s over, be happy it happened. 😔

[@TheJedimaster6788]

@@robertbaird9267 still sad though

[@Adam-zb5kk]

Classic is relaunching this summer. Round 2....

[@KesselRunner606]

That time in my life when the real world was the dream, and playing WoW was waking up.

[@TheGrandmaster1]

Well said.

[@gordoncameron8222]

@@TheGrandmaster1 Yeah, that pretty much describes my 2005-06. Some days I would get by on 4 hours of sleep a day because it would allow more WoW time.

[@bobsag1164]

I still remember my first time venturing out of Northshire in complete awe of how beautiful the world and forest were. I didn't understand the scale of how large the game was going to be until I made those first steps toward Goldshire. At that moment is when i knew i was playing something special.

[@geminitiger957]

It's so weird, I can hear all the spells going off in my head.

[@StrackBR]

Ikr? I can remember exactly the sound of a frostbolt nova, the dash from the warrior, the judgement from paladins, the ambush from rogues...

[@Zack_Wester]

3 defias brotherhood aggroing at the same time and my character dying 30 sec later.

[@infiniteflow8849]

@geminiTIGER 'can't cast that' 'can't cast that' 'can't cast that' 'can't cast that'

[@cdalvany]

"I need to target something first"

[@astridstoik6002]

kik@Wei Zhao

[@Nexus-6]

"King's honor, friend."

[@beniamingherman2452]

congrats, you just made me completely decide to level up again in wow after i quit last year due to the game being garbage

[@fuckoffgoogle9747]

@@beniamingherman2452 How's that going?

[@beniamingherman2452]

@@fuckoffgoogle9747 I leveled to 35 but i was so sick of how the game changed with so many heirlooms and things to alter the experience, i miss the wotlk / cataclysm days... i quit again and deleted wow. Sadly, i live only with the memory of the great times.

[@fuckoffgoogle9747]

@@beniamingherman2452 Ah similar to me then. Ah well, guess we both must wait till WOTLK servers are back!

[@beniamingherman2452]

@@fuckoffgoogle9747 pretty much, or AOC (ashes of creation) comes out and maybe find a new mmorpg home.

[@monk3495]

More than a game, a second life... memories that give me a smile or a tear both for happiness

[@turbodrift255]

These comments are breaking my heart. I dont regret a single minute playing this game back then!

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

Thank you, this made me cry tears of nostolgia

[@chloenarciss2643]

Same...

[@seanthebrawn]

it stops being nostalgia if you play again!

[@johnzackarias11]

Nah, Sean. It's never the same.

[@turtlehd4839]

Brianna McNeil you're so damn right, i miss being a little kiddo exploring the game, making a lot of characters just to see different zones and creating a lot of accounts because the trial game was only 10 days long. legion is not as good as that. i'm having fun, but wow will never be the same to me as it was when i was 8 years old. good memories my friend 😔

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

Fox, the world is so much larger now than it was then, but back then the world felt bigger. No flying mounts, no movement abilities at level 10, and no heirlooms. When you traveled the world it felt as though you were a normal person going on an adventure, conquering all odds and surviving in a world set out to kill you, way better than the power-fantasy gameplay of today, where everyone's the special hero to save all creation or some bullshit. When you played then you knew what you were, an individual. In a way it felt more empowering to know that you weren't just "the chosen one", given arbitrary power for some god-granted quest, but a normal person with perseverance and teamwork, making slow but steady progression. Teamwork was a huge part of the game, which made interacting with people not only essential, but fun. The community was much more friendly back then. I remember my first character as a level 11 rogue, going to a bag vendor to buy new bags and having some max level character come up and trade me free 12 slot bags, just as a random act of kindness, I remember priests stopping to give me buffs, I remember mages giving free food if you asked politely. That's something you just don't see in wow today. The gameplay, graphics, lore, and overall polish is far better in Legion than it ever was in vanilla, but the game feel? The atmosphere? I'd take vanilla over current wow any day.

[@sightseek3r]

YOU NO TAKE CANDLE!

[@Derovre]

Yeah, I do. I need to complete this quest!

[@andreasmartin7942]

Du nicht nehmen Kerze! (German Version)

[@venom9566]

Andreas Martin Ach ja :)

[@venom9566]

But we need golddust

[@jacobmccloskey171]

Me take candle!

[@sasha_1290]

Listening to this I feel a deep sadness and longing for a time that is long gone and will never come back.. It takes me back to simpler times where I could come home from school and play for hours on end without anything else to worry about. 2005 I started playing WoW and had such an amazing time, made new friends over the years but today I don't even know what they are all doing, if they feel the same painful nostalgia when they think about those early WoW days.. I don't know if it's getting older or todays gaming industry, but I don't think that there will be another game that elicits this kind of emotion and sense of belonging.. Good old times ;(

[@jasonlough6640]

> if they feel the same painful nostalgia when they think about those early WoW days They do. 🙂Were still here bud.

[@rar5617]

WoW Classic came back

[@matthewrykes4111]

dude i know exactly what youre talking about. ive talked about this many times before. i think, for me anyway, it was the first game that really took me wholeheartedly and i fell into almost with my soul. even the music was perfect. sometimes i try to play the game currently in the mindset of how i played when i was noob. i try to get into this mindset and hold it as long as i can, the feeling of being fresh... idk, but i know exactly what you mean when you say deep sadness. i realized this long ago when i realized i enjoyed leveling alts in retail more than anything and would always get bored. i was longing to play the game again especially with the same feeling i had before. thank god for classic anyway

[@LittleF1ng3rs]

I feel u si much i secretly Hope one day we'll have a New mmo impactfull and perfect as wow

[@Pavlo-uj7cv]

It's the pain made from a sht life and the need of anther world where live is better. Know dat bro. I cried a lot with this song...

[@kurrandor]

I actually let a tear Slip listening to this. Back when tbc released my dad showed me the game that he was very enthusiastic to play. I was 9 back then but it sparked so much of my inspiration about fictional worlds just watching him play. He would always read the original quest text to me and sometimes we thought of different storylines and reasons for the quests if we (or mostly i) didn't like it or thought it could be improved upon. (As much as you can improve queststories as a 9 year old) Sometimes we would make house chores my quests and I was super enthusiastic about my fictional reward of gold which I didn't even really got since I wasn't even playing the game :D We would listen to the same soundtracks over and over again including this. He told me to be creative, kind and respectful to everyone and everything and if I don't like something I can make it enjoyable by just looking at it from another point of view (like long rides or boring farming questlines but you got to Enjoy the music, moving on beat or maybe see a pattern of trees you already saw somewhere else) I didn't listen to this soundtrack for I think about 8 years now and those first 30 seconds brought back everything at once I love my dad

[@neglesaks]

"Now, son, behave yourself or people from the Horde will pwn you over and over....!!"

[@TheKalippp1]

sadly when i was a kid, no body ever introduced me to wow. i think i was 14 when i found about it and only could play the trial version because we were poor at the time.. i remember when i joined a random dungeon alone then died and when i came out some random dude asked me if i had a group then invited me and we did it together. i was blood elf, dunno what class exactly maybe warrior at the time.. such good memory even tho it lasted for a week for me..

[@harryashton7948]

Your dad is a literal God amongst dad's. My Dad tried to cut off the internet all the time when I played wow from 2004-2011 😂

[@mrnice88x]

Me too bro. Life is so beautiful.

[@beanasmr7357]

this happened to me too! Though, I was much younger when I started playing, around 5. Lovely that we share the same memory

[@Muzanjiro]

I met my wife in goldshire, we spent many many hours just sitting in elwynn forest talking, getting to know each other. eventually we met in RL and moved in together and married. exactly today, 5 years later, we divorced and went our own ways. this was the place we first met and fell in love, maybe sounds weird for a lot of people but it can happen. anyways, life goes on. still a lot of memories in this pixelated little world.

[@RainbowDashMoreThanABrony]

Aw, sorry to hear about that :(

[@thelonespeaker]

Did you marry her in sw cathedral tho

[@konasaketrinh4783]

MAJKL nice

[@joel7342]

wow relationships doesn't work most of the time

[@Azmina_the_warlock]

lew leary tell us more since you were there

[@TheVildee]

I started out as a dark pink, blue-haired Night elf warrior in 2006 when I was 11, after my classmates convinced me to try. My friend fixed a portal for me from Teldrassil to Elwynn because she "knew the quests" in Elwynn, hahaha. English was not our first language, and without today's quest system we sometimes struggled. We were six friends, three guys and three girls, who were absolutely terrible at this game, I remember I wore armor with intellect because I wanted to have a smart character. We chose the wrong professions. But it was so much fun. One day me and another friend decided to WALK up to Ironforge where her stepfather was. We thought we had to walk through Redridge and up (as level 12's or something). We died and died and died in Burning Steppes until we gave up. And we didn't have enough time until we were attacked from skull level mobs to use our hearthstone, so we had to die our way back down again. Then we spent all our silver repairing our broken armor. Memories.

[@hhattonaom9729]

when you realize there is a horde rogue in the tram system.

[@floribori2807]

Hahaha a typical WoW Story xD

[@Elbruhman6456]

Barely of my school knows jack sh*t about WoW, lucky.

[@rubenbuitrago8305]

I used to level up my mage hoping that with a higher level I wold be able to wear mail or plates because it had more armor than cloth. But it was not only my fault, the game itself used to say "you don't have enough level to wear this". I noticed the reality because I whispered a lvl 80 mage in my guild.

[@timmofonnius]

swifty, relogin

[@woobeforethesun]

The nostalgia I feel for WoW is brutal. It's punishing. It was such a fun, happy experience and I miss it sorely. I started playing WoW from the start and I still can't shake off the nostalgia. I haven't really played much since Mists. I have every expansion since and leveled up to max level (except in the current xpac), but I found the leveling is a soulless, empty experience. I miss the days of busy starting zones, with people helping each other. Those early group experiences with Princess and then Hogger. We didn't have the knowledge, experience and resources we do now that make it a lot easier and we relied on each other. We made friends. It was a great time! This music really impacts me and takes me back to this pre-facebook, pre-social media, pre-netflix time. It just makes me wish I could go back and forget what lies ahead, so that I could experience it all again for the first time.

[@ExiledStardust]

I feel you, man. I stopped playing WoW in 2015 when I went back to school because I needed all my energy for school, and I realized WoW was the closest thing to an addiction I ever had, so it would be better not to go back to it. But there are times when I really miss the starting areas, just running through the forest, and playing with friends.

[@gordoncameron8222]

I played into Cataclysm and revisited for Warlords of Draenor, but for me the magic period was c.2005-06, pre-Burning Crusade even. There was just nothing else like it. It was the coolest game going, everyone was playing, and it felt like there were infinite possibilities when you were just starting out. I don't think another game will make me feel that way again. In a way I'm relieved, because I played it way too much, but still, I left a piece of myself behind in Azeroth...

[@gordoncameron8222]

@@ExiledStardust Same. WoW is the most addictive game I've ever played, by an order of magnitude.

[@Schnibs]

Wonder how many friendships started out over hogger

[@carmeloangelo9579]

@@ExiledStardust no but he tells you about the years 2004 2006 it was really magical at that time and it was definitely not the same generation of crap today

[@RooNinful]

2005., 14 y.o., coming from school, no money, no job, no problems to worry about...just me, this game and happiness...life was simple and beautiful. I concluded that it was never about material possessions, influence, power or whatever...it is about mindset...most simple things bring the most joy to ones life. Memory is all that is left and completely new life I am living right now, so distant from fantasy almost 20 years ago...

[@Kaktusalax]

it's fall 2006 and you're levelling your mage in elwynn forest

[@petrhorak931]

sounds just like start of a movie from late 21st century about some old man

[@triari3146]

@Spam Spammy that's strange....WoW launched on November 23, 2004

[@Albinoblacksheepable]

@@triari3146 2002 was internal alpha maybe? that would be the *realest beggining*

[@triari3146]

@@Albinoblacksheepable friends and family alpha was released sometime in 2003, so he's still a year off.

[@Megaknaak]

@Pennington J Knickernacker I was 12 than, this game felt like a legitimate world to me. Being so young and creative, my brain filled in the gaps. Miss it : /

[@Hellfox00]

2004 - 2012: I get a little teary eyed remembering all my friends in this game. Each and every time we quit and told everybody we're coming back was like waking up to Christmas. Blizzard, although imperfect, gave us something not too many worldly materials could: memories. Thank you Blizzard. $15 a month and you gave me an lifetime experience I'll never forget. It was worth every cent.

[@Ren3gade]

Will we see you back, to experience the old memories and nostalgia once again in Classic WoW? :)

[@_KimAngell]

Imagine, that era began two decades ago now

[@Abriel87]

No matter where you are or how long it's been since you last played this game, you hear this music and feel at home...

[@Uaarkson]

For entire generations, this game was our first real online social network. The feeling of playing for the first time back in 2004 cannot be described or replicated. I can’t overstate the importance of this monumental, ground breaking video game.

[@Skullz2wheelz]

This is where I grew up! This is... home

[@khalilwilliams4461]

Home... home.

[@chupacabra5644]

Heyyyyyy, are you from Northshire too? I grew up in there! Good to see a familiar face!

[@ThirstyHyena]

This was more than just a game, it was an experience to be had. I will never forget my dwarf hunter times. So many great memories come to me listening to this. Just being in Dun Morogh doing the quests, running across the frozen lake, shooting boars, and then discovering Elwynn Forest running through the woods, shooting more mobs... Thank you to whoever the level ~20 was that helped me get Hogger and with other quests. At the crowded center of Elwynn Forest I got invited to my first guild Guardians of Nature. I had leveled to 70 and stopped playing 6-7 years ago, I got back once and with my items (carrot as a trinket and such) I got defeated in duels by levels 15 lower than me. Those were the noob times, but they provided with such great experiences unmatched by any other game. Thank you for making this beautiful video.

[@geechyguy3441]

I feel you dude, I still remember sitting on some dock in the Redrock mountains that was on a lake, I was my human main Sinerexx and I was sitting with one of my best friends on the game who I've never seen since I stopped playing. We were legit just sitting on that dock watching the sunset and talking and I felt like I was really there in the experience, it was just a game though. I dont know why it feels so magical

[@brankogolombos9402]

Agree, same by me, NOOB of the year...but it was experience so beatifull this music brings back so much memories...Quests, raids, guildies, grinding animals for XP etc.....Didnt have enough gold for repairs first few months since i was such noob, started using auction house than it was easier.....priceless

[@Matthecruel]

I can relate to this on a spiritual level, as i was also a dwarven ranger in everquest.

[@Kermaperse_]

You made me cry...Happy tears :'D

[@henrik1743]

i played as a dwarf hunter too, 10 years old and the ultimate noob lmao

[@Djolesabijacica]

Those were the days, I didn't have to worry about anything. I just needed an internet connection and soda drinks. I will always remember that feeling when you enter Stormwind for the first time. Wow vanilla and TBC were everything to me and I don't regret any single second of my life spent on it.

[@oshovah5434]

It hurts. It really hurts.

[@gustofing]

Ik man

[@paulstaker8861]

I opened this to listen while working. But then I played WoW instead. Fuck.

[@chubzillaglobal8020]

I was just scatching my balls and then one thing led to another.. same concept :P

[@Bthakilla4rilla]

There you go

[@rickyj1]

Hahaha

[@Septiviumexe]

Just had a wank and I suddenly started missing the times I rode my raptor...

[@mikaela5528]

Uh oh. I might be following suit soon. I don't even have WoW downloaded on this computer, but...

[@KoiandDragon]

As soon as I clicked on this video I immediately started crying. I remember the tough times this game helped me through. Something about Elwynn Forest... It reminds me of all the people I met and all the amazing times I had. This game saved my life. I don't know what I would've done to myself or others if I didn't have somewhere to go where I could be accepted and understood. WoW gave me a place I could call home...

[@2WhiteAndNerdy]

Same here, my friend. I got into it in 2007 when I was going through a painful divorce. I could've easily become a self destructive bar fly/club whore or something, but instead my brother got me into WoW while he let me crash at his pad. He showed me the ropes and we had a blast playing ALL THE TIME together. Not only did it keep me out of trouble as the dust settled, but it helped me heal. Sounds silly, but you know what I'm talking about. This game was seriously therapeutic for life. Wish I wasn't too busy these days to play, but the nostalgia factor is off the charts for this tune. I seriously miss this world and the friends I made there. :(

[@Albelius]

WoW did help me to get through bullying and the hard times that caused. The adventure was grand, the people were mostly great and dedicated to have a good time! It's shame that the game these days just isn't as friendly, thanks to all quick dungeon and raid tools. :( And the feeling of adventure isn't there, when the content can be just breezed through. Still, these ambients bring back all the good memories, the thrilling moments when you run away from too powerful mobs or people from the opposite factor. Or sneaking with stealth with my kitty druid. And the dungeons, when you collected the group and pushed through together, thinking how to defeat each trash patrol and especially how to deal with the bosses. WoW has a special place in my heart, even if I don't like the current WoW as much. It did help me get through difficult times and experience adventure.

[@sandro123429]

TrollingTonishi this game is awesome now aswell. Nostalgia makes you like this

[@user-vx6qc9es9u]

I miss this awesome game too. In fact, it was my home and many friends who helped me all the time was here. i wish that I can play it one more. Nostalgiaaa.....(((

[@Chroillz]

WoW forever in our hearts!

[@andremforeira]

Waking up at 4 am to play this game before school during Ulduar patch was thrilling. There was something mystic about the entire concept of this game. Playing it was better than real life if you were young. Elwynn Forest, Tirisfal Glades and Eversong Woods were amazing zones.

[@warcrimeconnoisseur5238]

It was the first and only game that had this feeling, it was a once in a lifetime thing

[@ganpapathsoypethwong4806]

The music reminded me of my husband who passed away 2 years ago. He played this soundtrack while working and when I could not sleep. It is one of my favorite. 💙

[@melvinmiller4947]

[@ItsNat]

So very sorry for your loss ❤️

[@ganpapathsoypethwong4806]

@@ItsNat thank you🙏

[@Boban1611]

I am also sorry for your loss. I told my little brother once, that I wanted this music to be played at my funeral one day. He passed away on the 11th of May.... and I am also heartbroken. I am sending you love and light from Germany.... wherever you are. And may your husband find a peaceful place, similar to that in the Elwynn Forest.

[@donti873]

@@Boban1611 Alles Gute dir und deiner Familie bro :(

[@TheCrazyObsession]

It's so heart breaking seeing all these comments about people having to quit WoW because of their studies, including me.. I really miss it, the nostalgia is just unreal. Wish I could go back in time and play WoW all day and night long, because WoW is not just a game, it's a whole another world.

[@laconic_90]

Most people quit because the game turned to shit.

[@Ballsofsteel5]

I play all day and night living the dream once again. Selling on amazon working from home gg

[@qczm99]

Because of current circumstances, you should have time now to play a lot :)

[@chimaerejade5090]

A bit late but there is a way to return back to those times. If you are willing to life a more basic life with less nice-to-have-stuff and less working hours, you can get a better balance. ETFs are a good way (over years) to get more place to breath over time. :)

[@regidon793]

@@laconic_90 no they didnt they grew up and got married kids etc u clown lol

[@tchilst]

"So, I have this idea for a great movie. It's about two gnomes who find a bracelet of power, and they have to take it to the Burning Steppes and cast it into the Cauldron. They form the Brotherhood of the Bracelet. Along the way they're trailed by a murloc named Gottom, who's obsessed with the bracelet, and nine bracelet bogeymen. It could be a three-parter called 'Ruler of the Bracelet'. The first part would be called 'The Brotherhood of the Bracelet', followed by 'A Couple of Towers', with the climactic ending called 'Hey, the King's Back!'"

[@MidnightOutlaw]

I heard the exact sound clip in my head. Nostalgia is killing me now.

[@sightseek3r]

As I read it my mind automatically added bold and italicized text where necessary

[@badruddinpouget4183]

Lord of the rings much?

[@andreasmartin7942]

Unfortunately, a certain goblin whose name I keep forgetting did exactly that. It was a huge success, or so I've heard.

[@XantherBlaze]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@Kamelot19]

Human starting area from Elwynn Forest to Westfall, Redridge and Duskwood were so great in its atmosphere. It will forever be remembered.

[@Zeldafan1009]

It’s so weird how this game and particularly this area in it had such an impression on so many people. Whatever blizzard’s become today, you gotta agree they were definitely on point when they made Elwynn forest.

[@Mavyia]

The most magical experience ever. There was just this huge uncovered map, and every new step was so exciting!

[@Ren3gade]

Can't wait to experience it again in Classic WoW!

[@vaclavnevesely8023]

AND SW was sooooo BIG... That BIG foking gate! xD never forget that moent

[@lynchpintm8928]

You're smoking hot.

[@Ehxx]

@Swooz ^ This is what everyone forgot, that and the fact KZbin was in its infancy and was people genuinely having fun with shitty videos. Now its 'meta this, making exploit public for $5 ad revenue'

[@radekseky4571]

@Swooz I almost feel like the game was designed with that in mind somehow. I played it for the first time literally last year and I already have a huge nostalgia even for the briefest of songs from the game.

[@Silverfel]

Sometimes I go to Goldshire (actually my hearthstone is Goldshire Inn because i never wanted to change it) and i just sit there for a while or ride across elwyn forest just because I miss it so much

[@Tribaleyes]

Thirsty! Nah but really, are you sure you're not on Argent Dawn, @SweenettHBCManson

[@Silverfel]

how in the fuck am i being thirsty? holy fuck if i was a guy no one would say shi. but girls cant enjoy wow so im thirsty...such logic much wow

[@Tribaleyes]

You're not the thirsty one lmao. I think everybody can enjoy everything, and I trivialise and make jokes when somebody thinks otherwise.

[@pieter5004]

the rage cannot be contained xD gamer girls syndrome is real

[@Wft-bu5zc]

Pretty sure he was calling the first guy thirsty, not you lol.

[@jeyjeyp2927]

this music is so beautiful... i remember the time when my mother and father, my brothers and i played this game together. My brothers in the horde my parents in the allliance whenever i played with my parents we would run around telling jokes jumping around or dancing on a spot while talking in TS together and having so much fun. And that for so many years. And today where my mother has now died for 2 years. I think of all that and miss her so much all the MORPGs we played..... I have lost all my desire to play games since that day... this music brings me so much nostalgia and sadness... for what will never be again... at the same time.

[@DrMrtst]

Its so crazy that all our memories with these zones are more than 15 years old.

[@fabs680]

I love how the video ends leading into Westfall.

[@irgendwaskurzes7718]

@Spam Spammy yeah man totally 😂

[@RuiRomaoTVd]

Sometimes I listen to the soundtrack, but this area soundtrack with ambience... Just the best. Reminded me of all the time spent there, countless hours, and everything was new, and that I bought a cat there thinking it would evolve into into a pet and then into into a mount haha its the night elves fault hanging around goldshire with their mounts x)

[@HealthRecovery]

Lol I thought the same with pets. I kept a raptor egg in my bag for ages waiting for it to hatch

[@daviddebergh254]

My grandpa got me hooked on WOW back in its early days. This music will forever remind me of him teaching me how to play a Paladin while he level his Mage right along side. This game was a weekend thing for my family. Me, both uncles, and grandpa were addicted to it and they still play WOW Vanilla. Thank you for making this video.

[@user-wl3hi2qh8u]

I wish any of my family played it!

[@mouthpiece200]

I know I'm getting old now if you're grandpa got you hooked on it.

[@marcoottone2799]

Not only is this the greatest nostalgia of all time for my childhood but it hits so hard and different after this world has fallen and changed since the early 2000s. Its like we entered a new dimension here on earth . Its hard to explain but i feel it in my soul. Nothing is the same

[@nightelf9215]

Check out this guy ''Drunvalo Melchizedek'' if you wanna know more about different dimensions and stuff like that 😉

[@malkmuslistener5459]

it was smartphones! everyone having the internet in their hand 24/7/365, everyone having and needing the immediate connection to everything... kind of killed humanity's soul. i'm kidding but... sorta not too. =\

[@NaviniusGames]

10 seconds in, Already crying...

[@Warriorfall]

are you serious though?

[@Vgnwes]

I hate these comments! If you lie, you suck! if you dont lie you suck even more!

[@harioschtroliki]

What is this comment??????

[@ianinthemike5137]

Vgnwes Than I guess he will have to lie and don't lie. Your comment is self explanatory pretty much

[@CashflowConfidentials]

same wtf ..

[@loicrgl8117]

I had to stop WoW because it was taking too much time to me and it would has made me fail my studies... But damn, listening to this now is in the same time a blessing and a torture. I love this game. Now and forever !!

[@nikolamladenoff3516]

WoW is like your first love. You end up not being together but she always stays in your heart.

[@MrClaudiuzz9]

Well said Nikola

[@henrypaulson5692]

Nikola Mladenoff I never thought of it that way but you are absolutely correct.

[@sandro123429]

Nikola Mladenoff if you cannot control yourself. That was a good decison

[@SuperSoldier212]

19:03 my favorite segment from this music. Felt important in my own story, the dire tone as you were the hero that was going to make a difference.

[@sora2765]

Ty for the minute mate u save me ahah i love it

[@nat040496]

Man i wish we could go back to zones like this. Simple, fantasy forests and villages. Simple fantasy problems, no world-ending threats. Just peaceful, cozy zones with peaceful, cozy, mysterious music. I just wish there was a reason to go back to Elwynn aside from nostalgia.

[@brianlarsen45]

i know right. now people just wanna replace each other with AI and chimpanzees

[@shynethegod360]

There is. Epic duels against other players at goldshire

[@einarhornraiser9019]

Crazy how some music from an MMORPG can make me a little teary eyed. This game was my *life* from Vanilla to Cata. BC and WotLK were unreal when they first released! If only I could turn back the hands of time...

[@jjcoola998]

Dude that TBC raiding was peak times of the best of the internet And remember all the forum drama LOL

[@drozone3658]

Like the butterfly effect

[@drakepowered7098]

1:36 let the nostalgic tears roll...

[@Dellengarcia]

I would listen to this while bustin tables at my job as a dish washer, tears would run down my face. I miss my first experiences

[@theambientfactory]

The sad part is: The feeling you had back then will never come back. I tried with every MMORPG out there, I never had the sensation, the motivation, the excitement. It will never be the same as it was back in the days, and that makes me incredibly sad. I can still feel the emotions I had back then, the memories, the fun and the connections I made. But it will never be the same. As a wise man once said: "You will never know you're in the good old days, until you're not".

[@Smokin438]

Goldshire......home.

[@teamyordle23]

Crow T. Robot // at least it was before I fucked everythang up.

[@oce1989]

@@teamyordle23 you mean Blizzard.

[@BatmanisBatman]

@@teamyordle23LMAO

[@NickArrowPumpkin]

@@teamyordle23 ROFL

[@Sk8SaM47]

@@teamyordle23 hahahahahahaha

[@kmartell3581]

I think I speak for many, but thank you so much for uploading all of these music & ambiance videos! This has become part of my morning ritual: Sit down at my desk at work every morning when it's quiet, turn on the sounds of Elwynn Forest and bang out some paperwork!

[@Everness1]

Thank you! Glad to be of use.

[@BassHeadsProduction]

this is a bigger nostalgia rush than watching 90's movies

[@ClockworkSatan]

Despite losing five years of my life to WoW, I somehow still miss playing it. I miss being one of the lead healers for my guild and keeping a 25-player raid party alive, and just running around farming materials and stuff. I never appreciated how amazing the music for it was until I heard it out of context.

[@chuckchuk14]

Did you really lose those 5 years if you cherish them?

[@ClockworkSatan]

@@chuckchuk14 I suppose not! They were good times.

[@janpala5922]

Same here bro

[@ElderTaranis]

I miss the announcer guy! His voice explaining the story of your race is what plunged you deep into the world the second you create that character. They should bring him back into the story as some supreme loremaster or something!

[@bradford1110]

It's khadgar

[@olofpersson983]

I swear to god I gotta stop listening to stuff like this, taking me back to times that will never be again...

[@purplesamurai13]

I don't know about you but I just can't stop The power of nostalgia is a real drug...

[@TheGrandmaster1]

I know how ya' feel man. I had a good job, money, lots of friends, parties, was young, had women, drank and partied all the time, didn't worry about anything, paid all my bills, had peace and freedom, traveled a lot, talked to girls a lot, did a lot of photography, and played a lot of World of Warcraft. I was so happy back then.

[@SirJaxxon]

I didn't play WoW when it released. I was in my senior year of college, so I was too busy studying, working a part time job at GameStop, and preparing for grad school overseas in Japan. But my roommate asked me if I could use my employee discount to pre-order and purchase the game, which I did as an early holiday gift for him in 2004. He played it on his laptop in the living room area while I studied in our room. But whenever I would pass through the living room to go to the bathroom, or stretch my legs, or make something to eat in the kitchen, I would hear the sweet melodies of this game. He was a great friend, that was a great time, and those were wonderful memories. I miss those days dearly, and oftentimes I wish I could go back and relive them. My life is good now, but those times were magical, and while I never really played WoW much, the music means so much to me. I can only imagine how hard and heavy the nostalgia is for people who associate such strong memories of playing the game with this incredible music. Their minds must be instantly transported to those virtual worlds. I love reading all these life stories of the fond memories people had discovering and playing WoW in those vanilla days and how this music brings back the richness of those experiences.

[@JamesBond-fg6bt]

jump jump jump FLIP YES!!!!!

[@SkoloT]

amazing 🤣

[@mottenschreck1204]

Tried listening to this while studying, couldn't focus for 5 minutes 'cause nostalgic thoughts hit hard

[@deathbyslipknot]

Wish I could play this game again. So many good memories. WoW is one of the most nostalgic things ever for me.

[@TheGrandmaster1]

You can play it again. You can play it today. But yes, it is true. It may not be quite the same and it probably won't feel quite the same. The reality of life is you really can't go home again. Because home changes and you're not the same person. But you can still play and it will bring back lots of nice memories.

[@wikoroo2366]

@@TheGrandmaster1 this! So much this. I don't enjoy the way wow went with the recent stories and expansions, but I still come back every now and then to get a new character and start leveling him up, getting that feeling of "I'm back, I love this", with all the nostalgia of old places and quests. And this music. But I don't go to the newest quests. I tried BfA, it was ok but nothing special, and now shadowlands I can't get past like 10-15 main story quests.

[@primeemperor9196]

Who else remembers fighting Hogger in Elwyyn ad then again in the Stormwind Stockades? "Forest just setback!"

[@jjcoola998]

I remember being so hyped when I got THREE whole people to group with me to kill him haha it was all so new man... Then doing SSC TK and black temple were legendary

[@drozone3658]

All nighters in gnomergon several times haha

[@Funkytrip73]

My first character was right here. Elwynn forest, all the way back in 2004. It was here, I realized the scope of the game. And no, there was no level 60 knight riding by, giving me gold. There was not even a level 10. It was launch. And it was glorious.

[@tbttblbl]

Cue goosebumps at 21:30

[@dannybrazina8488]

Joel Symes goosebumps like never before good timing man

[@KeizashiAcidRain]

stormwind's theme btw

[@bjrnification]

Still get em!

[@joseuda5141]

wow

[@khade12345]

I remember playing wow as a child; never even made it past level 50 because i would spend the whole time exploring this other world.

[@LiamLefort]

Lucasio Martinio Saame ! And i would try to buynevery clothes and see every creature there had in the game !

[@GrobariNBGD1970]

I came here In 2005 with my Night Elf level 18 for the first time. I walk to Elwynn Forest with hardest route but best adventure. Went from Darkshore to Ashenvale then to Barrens and got boat in Ratchet. I use map from WoW mini book that we got with CDs from classic box(If someone remember). I walk for maybe 2 weeks, i lost my path few times, met some people on road that they tell me where should i go and i was afraid as hell of dying cuz i was think that my character will die forever( I was noob, I was 9 year old, first MMORPG) WoW make unique emotions and experience that i can’t describe. Sry for my english

[@Immersed94]

This will be a very random comment. I am sitting here at 2:30 AM, working on my book project, while I listen to music that calms my mind and invokes fond memories. And I was struck by a strange feeling: My grandmother and I always had a special bond. I loved her deeply, and I miss her every day. She spent her final years with a dreadful case of Alzheimer's. Towards the end, she could no longer talk, or recognize her own husband or daughters, let alone me, her grandson. The last time I got to visit her before she died, I brought my guitar. At the time I was aspiring to become a musician, and did it more out of selfish interest because I wanted her to know what her grandson was doing. But I ended up mostly playing her songs that she had sung to me when I was a kid. And it was like a moment of magic. She would hum along, and cry tears of joy. The music spoke to her, and transcended the gaps of cognition. I never forgot it... And just now, it hit me that I imagine these pieces of music will likely be among those that I would be able to recall from beyond a faltering cognition of my own, should a similar fate one day befall me. Memory is a strange thing. Still, the comments on this video tell me that I am not alone in feeling this way. We all grew up since those days, back in vanilla. But the memory will stay with us forever. And if you read this, I wish you well

[@jjdp287]

Guys, I have the exact same feeling of burning nostalgia when I hear this music. This game has become childhood memories: comforting, soothing. It should teach us that we are all part of the same thing, that the only thing we inspire to is to cooperate, to evolve, to interact, to create stories with one another. WOW is an inspiration to something else, not an end in itself. Much love to everyone.

[@Puya008]

Beatiful and true comment

[@alexbull4722]

I remember summer days off school in 2006. With my friends we'd gank Southshore all day, or run around Westfall causing trouble. We were only 15 and this was the best game ever... I can't believe I'm 26 now. WoW is more than a game, in my memories, it's real... Can't we go back?

[@mb-dev06]

This was the real metaverse. Played when I was in 7th grade. Brings back so many memories. How I miss these simple times..

[@Vicious248]

WoWs Halloween event has to be my favorite piece of nostalgia of all time. Just questing and you hear "Prepare yourselves, the bells have tolled! Shelter your weak, your young and your old! Each of you shall pay the final sum! Cry for mercy; the reckoning has come!" from the headless horseman running around as well as putting out fires around Goldshire.

[@IDK-xv8wg]

CLASSIC WOW BABY WE'RE COMING HOME

[@coolasice3531]

It'll never feel the same...

[@PhyrexianSwarmlord]

@James Dillingham because you're not playing again for the first time..

[@Hirotoro4692]

@@coolasice3531 so? it's still a preferred game for many.

[@JH-fd9xt]

@@coolasice3531 I know what you mean man.

[@runningoutofideas2319]

I'm going to play classic WoW but don't think I'm not gonna play the expansions to explore new areas just got to keep an open mind is all

[@GrymligastPS4]

This is the one i've been waiting for! Thanks for uploading. Spent many many MANY times rolling around Elwynn, kicking Goldtooth's ass.

[@Everness1]

The amount of times I was slaughtered by murlocs around Stone Cairn Lake was too damn high! Good times.

[@TheMurlocKeeper]

I think this was the start of my murloc obsession and the love/hate feelings I have for those little bastards, lol! Now I collect anything murloc related. :P I have issues....

[@Everness1]

What do you think about the cutest little murloc coin purse in "Hero" trailer from Overwatch?

[@TheMurlocKeeper]

+Everness Wait, what? I didn't spot that! I'll have to go find it and get back to you on that, lol! But I'd probably find it adorable, just by default. :P

[@Everness1]

+TheMurlocKeeper It's pretty awesome. As soon as the trailer came out people started to ask Blizzard to add it in the goodies store.

[@MAG-lj2st]

"hey bro i am going afk for lunch i'll be back in 5 minutes" "okay bro just do it fast" 40 minutes later "i am back bro sorry it took so long" "nahh it's all good.mount up" now it's been almost 2 month's since he died and our memories are killing me.but this song make that memory so real. it looks like a dream that was way too good to be real.

[@nergset]

RIP 🙏🏻 It's heartbreaking

[@baodk3571]

😭

[@Arobazer]

rip

[@stevenwelch3994]

I see many of us are nostalgic for these simpler times. We didnt know how good we had it at the time, but at least we had it. I feel a lot of teenagers now will never have a gaming experience as we did in the early WoW days. I cant imagine they'll be looking up the soundtracks to "modern warfare 2 remastered" in 15 years and almost tearing up..I sometimes think about playing again, but I know the game too well. The magic was real, but I suspect it is gone. I think that could be why listening to this music strikes such a chord for us. Just typing this I remember a time when I was levelling my first character, with no knowledge of mods, forums or even thottbot and I accidently stumbled into Burnings Steps through Red Ridge Mountains (i think..). I was utterly panicked seeing all the level ?? enemies. I somehow died and resurrected at the graveyard in Burning Steps. A druid saw me, invited me to a party and escorted me back to Red Ridge. At the time I had so many questions, I couldnt wait to be that high of a level myself! Now sadly I know where burning steps is, and what level i should be to quest there...

[@SirJaxxon]

I never really played WoW in its glory vanilla days of the mid-2000s when I was in college, but when I started playing Final Fantasy XIV in 2021 I experienced a lot of the same "feels" that my friends who played WoW vanilla had. I'm sure a lot of teenagers around the world are still discovering WoW (retail & classic) alongside other major MMOs like FF14, ESO, or even Guild Wars 2 and having strong mental associations formed between the music and their gameplay experiences. I know when I stopped playing FF14 to start a new job, I tuned in to a random streamer playing FF14 a year later and the music hit me with such a strong wave of nostalgia that I almost cried from the good memories. And that was after being away from the game for only a year. I can only imagine how profound the nostalgia must be for people who played WoW almost two decades ago when they hear this music.

[@chrissport9896]

Still my favourite place in Azeroth.

[@johnnyx900]

Chris Sport This is my favorite place along with Darkshire

[@jeremysmith2576]

so, a guy walks into a bar and sees a parrot sitting on an orcs shoulder and says... HEY!!!, where did you get that?.. the parrot says DUROTAR!!!, THEIR ALL OVER THE PLACE!!.

[@seths4089]

hahah!

[@lassehansen4170]

haha missed that joke

[@basileus-pr6jh]

they're*

[@yournotinformedwellenoughsadly]

"the parrot says" that's the joke

[@theoriginalsp33dey]

oh my fucking god I feel so stupid to get this joke only now

[@user-eg2wj6mo5d]

This track for me reminds me of (and really captures) the magic and wonder of playing this for the first time in 2005 on a PC with Windows XP professional on it. I was 25 at the time. I love to reminisce about those days and remember the feeling I had when I played it for the first time. Sometimes, I wish I could go back in time and relive some of them magical moments just for a little while although I wouldn't want to go back permanently because there was alot of BS that happened during those days in my life as well. One of my many memories I had of playing this was when my older brother and I were grouped together and we were in Ironforge (or Lagforge as it was in my case back then). At the time I had an Athlon 1.2Ghz Processor and maybe around 256mb or 512mb of DDR Ram (I can't remember exactly how much it was. But, it was somewhere in that ballpark.) and an ATI All-In-One Wonder 9500 video card. The performance in Ironforge was so bad that it looked like a slide show going at about 1 frame every 2 or 3 (or more seconds). We had cable internet where I was living at the time. I got so frustrated that I said to my brother in Party Chat that I was done playing this, my computer couldn't handle it and my brother said, "Come on, we're gettin' the hell outta here!" and we left Ironforge out into Dun Morogh and my performance improved. :) I later went on to upgrade to an Athlon 2.0Ghz processor and more ram in my machine. My performance got alot better in-game. :)

[@johnrambro5928]

Music was slightly curious and tense at the same time. You knew you were going on an adventure. I will never forgot the first time I logged in. It was like I knew what I was involved in was something epic and it turns out we were.

[@Black14825]

"Safe travels!"

[@jo2k459]

0:01 The opening gets me every time. The suspense of the violins, followed by the flute, the harp...just incredible. When I started playing Wow back in Vanilla, my first character was a dwarf warrior, so the music from the Elwynn Forest was not the first music I heard. Eventually shortly after I started with Wow, I ended up in Elwynn, played a human, and fell in love with the music. I have to say that, this and the Dun Morogh music are simply the ones that bring out the best memories and emotions from those times. Shortly after TBC came out, I went Horde. But it never felt the same. Horde zones also have great music, but I always missed the music from those places that introduced me to the game. Even to this day, I come back to Elwynn every once in a while, just for the music and the feeling. But it's kind of sad to realize that we can never get those times again, we can attempt to relive them, but the people, the memories, the experiences, the innocence... all that stuff that came as first stepped in WoW, we can never get back. Enjoy your time today, right now, because in 5, 10, 15 years you will think about it and will want to transport yourself back to this time, and wish you were back to this time at some point in your life. But that time will be gone, to live only in your memories.

[@arisuaozora]

Agree with you, only diff is i started off as horde , orc hunter on trial account in 2006. Good memories. Hopefully players of that time can rejoice and return and play one fine day. Being nice to everyone would be a plus.

[@NotOfThisWolrd]

I will never forget my first time walking into Stormwind as a low level human in vanilla. Stumbled upon it by mistake, not understanding what a 'major city' was, the beautiful big music playing. I must have just walked around for hours exploring the in's and out's. Admiring all of the level 60s in their armor and mounts, which I figured I would never get. Sigh, good times.

[@MrPatrick1414]

Nothing like coming back from questing and hearing this beautiful music in the safety of Elwynn

[@olofpersson983]

2005, no more school. Kobold mines... linen and copper gathering... timber wolves.... bandits in the woods. UUUGGGH, feels

[@juju0834]

Bring me back in 2006 plz...

[@Ren3gade]

Classic WoW has been announced :)

[@DutchCassidy1]

@@Ren3gade not only wow was better in 2006 :p

[@tyraelswings]

@@Ren3gade I am a bit sceptic with WoW Classic. The game is not the only one what changed over the years.

[@nikodemmaciejewski2807]

@@DutchCassidy1 live was better

[@doubleitp]

@@Ren3gade Classic WoW is awesome!!! :)

[@bloubiboulga6774]

This music is litterally my childhood. Miss the good ol'times

[@paulmckean5692]

Elwynn Forest always had the ability to calm and sooth me