Seven Wonders of Warcraft! - Natural Marvels | World of Warcraft

Happy Saturday, everybody! Welcome back to another episode of Seven Wonders of Warcraft. Today, we take a look at some of the natural wonders scattered across Azeroth... have you been to all of these places? :)
Video Footage:
Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft (2004-)
Some images retrieved from Google Images
Composite WoW map borrowed from Greywolf WoW's website
Background Music:
"Feralas" and "Tanaris" from the WoW OST
#worldofwarcraft #classicwow #seasonofdiscovery
Outro Music:
"Watch Me (Live)" by Greta Van Fleet
Jediwarlock 2024 (wow!)

[@solaaz]

These are so nice to watch. It’s like a PBS style documentary.

[@Jediwarlock]

I'm glad you're enjoying these! :D

[@sikhandtakerakhuvar9678]

If Bliz ever filled in all the stuff that would have to be hidden behind all those Dwarf facades poking out from mountainsides, it would likely amount to an entire zone, comprised of Ironforge and a massive underground 'suburbs'.

[@Jediwarlock]

True!!

[@Awesomeuserdude]

Azshara was my pick, and I'm pleasantly surprised to see you had it on your list. I love your videos, it's really fun to see how much effort the team went to back then to really make the world feel alive. Super nostalgic also, it's making me want to play again just to explore the world.

[@IgorEngelen1974]

i vaguely remember picking up a priest quest in Azshara. needed some blood from sunken temple but that's where the memory stops 🙂. should look it up

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks so much! Bay of Storms was so cool to explore especially when I did my swimming adventures ;)

[@cajintexas7751]

Tanaris is one of my favorite zones. The music for it is perfect. I love the little trails that tell little stories. There's also lots to farm there.

[@Jediwarlock]

Agreed! I always like how despite multiple zones share the same music tracks (i.e. Swamp of Sorrows and Un'Goro, or Thousand Needles and Westfall) each zone still finds a way to make its bond with the music unique. :)

[@VogueXTC]

The shimmering flats are basically a nod to the great salt flats in Utah. You have the Bonneville speedway there, and it just so happens the flats were created after Lake Bonneville dried up.

[@VogueXTC]

Thousand needles in itself is a whole nod to Utah as the “needles” portion totally resembles Zions / Arches national park.

[@Jediwarlock]

Yes! I love how the designers took inspiration from real life locations :D

[@Quick-Silver206]

Teldrassil is my all time favorite place. My first character. A Night Elf Rogue. Man. I love this game.

[@Jediwarlock]

Such a classic location :D

[@AdaKada-dq1vd]

Legend, delivering interesting and good stuff as always !

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks so much! :)

[@DudeWheresMyJo-Car]

Big feel on that last part. I'm expecting Blizzard to find some inspiration for extra Azshara content in SoD!

[@Jediwarlock]

I'm definitely hoping for that! Maybe Azshara Crater or giving Timbermaw Hold some attention :)

[@alexanderg.s2652]

Nice video, clean and short. A future idea could be a top 10 wow historical locations. (Locations that held important events made by player)

[@Jediwarlock]

I like that! Player-centric events are super cool :)

[@alexanderg.s2652]

Would look forward to such a video, you could even make small series of it. Such as top 10 horrific/fun/eventful/dumb historical location. Although these are just ideas :D

[@alexanderg.s2652]

Or make a PVP, PVE historical player locations. It all would depend on how you’d want to approach the subject

[@Toxik_Tobi]

Another great video. Thank you! From time to time i get numb from playing so much but you show me over and over again how beautiful the game actually is.

[@Jediwarlock]

I'm so happy to hear that... it's comments like these that make me love KZbin and WoW even more :D

[@maricelsereda1169]

great video mate,nice to see these wonders like a natural geographic documentary

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you! :) Some of my WoW Rocks geology mindset was definitely shining through on this one ;)

[@Ilikefinalfantasy795]

That great Kodo skeleton is massive!

[@Jediwarlock]

Indeed! Could be fun to speculate how it could have been so big! :o

[@Ilikefinalfantasy795]

@@Jediwarlock pet for a titan? They liked their big things

[@EggeFett]

Always found it funny that the Vishas family decided to stay in a house hugged by the Scourge agents on the west and Syndicate rogues on the east. It's going to be quite a road back home, Nancy. If the adventurers doesn't kill your husband than he would likely die traveling back home. Great video regardless!

[@Jediwarlock]

Haha, thank you! Yeah, if that is his daily commute things aren't going to go well for him XD

[@juancho650]

3:46 I love that a Goblind tried to make a Star Wars Podracer

[@Jediwarlock]

Bro tried and failed XD

[@thekingofkings9465]

Uuuuu mama another Jedi Warlock vidya yesss!❤

[@Jediwarlock]

:D

[@Telados]

I miss questing in old Azeroth

[@Jediwarlock]

It's the best :D

[@CarlosCanelaCinn]

Mr Jedi warlock, I appreciate you actually used my suggested unit of measurement, I believe both imperial and metric users can have a better understanding of the dimensions of the world around us within Azeroth 🤣

[@Jediwarlock]

Mrgl's all the way! :D

[@game4win]

the twin colossal parachute slow fall was one of the few ways to sprint with a rogue to reach the undercity secret milk barrel :D

[@Jediwarlock]

Ooh very nice! :)

[@Bigbarbin]

Yet another great video keep it up bro

[@Jediwarlock]

Will do! Thanks so much! :)

[@Ren3gaid]

Those videos are so chilly to watch :)

[@Jediwarlock]

I'm glad you're enjoying them! :)

[@noyankara4726]

Awesome videoooo as always

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you! :)

[@IRLlosersQ]

Love the Salt Flats. I also make a point of going there every character I level. It's the kind of place that makes you feel far from home. It's usually a hot spot for PvP, now it's gonna be a bloodbath in SoD phase 2... All these hunters and nothing to hide behind!

[@Jediwarlock]

I'll be watching my back! XD

[@IRLlosersQ]

@@Jediwarlock WASH YER BACK

[@selasiovec8581]

so i've been having two different thoughts while running around Azeroth: 1.) has anyone else noticed how the Elf structures seem to get bigger the farther back in time you go? (here's lookin' at you Dire Maul) and than you get to Valdrakken in the Dragon isles and they got same sort of feel. Almost like they're both accommodating for very large ppl. yes, highs elves are supposed to be opulent, but after a certain point it becomes...awkward. 2.) The skeletons in the southeastern corner of desolace come across as being related to that mammoth skeleton in the ocean south of Wyrmrest Temple. (i'm thinking an evolutionary distant cousin maybe)

[@Jediwarlock]

Love those thoughts!! I will keep those in mind... ;)

[@selasiovec8581]

than there's this 3rd thought that's been making no sense: why is there so much blue water in all/most of the elvish buildings? it's this glowing blue water that feels like mana, but doesn't make sense in night elf buildings, since they have a history of swearing off mana and its uses. If it's like moon blessed water that's one thing, but sounds a bit wibbly wobbly.@@Jediwarlock

[@nakenmil]

I'm surprised we didn't see Mount Hyjal mentioned! But nice picks nonetheless.

[@Cainite]

Yeah, the list is 'meh' at best. There are way more insteresting and better locations/natural wonders than most of the listed ones. Like for example Lake Elune'ara, Frostsaber Rock, _(as you mentioned already)_ Mount Hyjal, that one gigantic mesa in the Badlands, Fireplume Ridge, Crystal Vale, Jaguero Isle and so on and so forth.

[@Jediwarlock]

I might discuss it in the future... it's sure a great one! ;)

[@Owl_Knight98]

Another great video❤

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you! :)

[@sikhandtakerakhuvar9678]

Speaking of 'wonders' to take the other definition, have you ever wondered why where is a Troll ruin in that drained part of that lake in Outlands (the snake), even though we've never seen a Troll in Outlands?

[@Jediwarlock]

Great question!

[@Shokisan1]

Thunder Bluff is my favorite city! Perfect for a bank alt, everything you need is right there

[@Jediwarlock]

Yeah! :)

[@Supermai1998]

I’m sure the city of I’lalai sank because a troll was meddling with something similar to tidestone of golganneth and not the sundering itself? We find a dead goblin surrounded by water elementals that used the same thing nearby?

[@Jediwarlock]

I think that is very likely! I had totally spaced that questline when writing this video but I think you are correct ;)

[@Kagarin05]

Check it out while you can? Good thing we have Turtle WoW! Great video!

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks so much! And yes I suppose I was being dramatic with Turtle WOW and Classic Era and whatnot existing XD

[@lennic]

oh wow the map at 0:19 is the best ive seen yet, anywhere I could find it ?

[@Jediwarlock]

There are some really good composite maps just on Google Images that I've used... this one is borrowed from Greywolf WoW's website :)

[@georgeofkunstatandpodebrad8147]

Were there high elves before the sundering?

[@McPeror]

No there were just elves. High elves was classification after sundering since they continued to use arcane magic unlike night elves.

[@Eyevou]

Na, High Elfs were only differentiated after the creation of the Sun Well. It's said that the first settlers had physical differences from normal Elfs that were accentuated over time and their use of the Well: smaller, paler color, ect.; mostly due to their "noble" lineage. When talking with Lorewalker Cho about ancestors, as a Blood Elf, the models used are clearly that of Night Elfs.

[@DIEGhostfish]

There were Highborne, the statues in Dire Maul did seem to have high elf style ears, but the actual Highborne elves within are Nightelves, and we go back to meet orginal Azshara. Sobthe statues in Dire Maul are just an error.

[@Jediwarlock]

Yeah I should be better about differentiating these lol, we would be talking about the original night elves with the Highborne nobility within that civilization in this case. So I probably shouldn't call them high elves XD

[@Psyches7]

Damn i played this game for years but had no idea of the parachuting thing in feralas..

[@Jediwarlock]

It's super neat! :D

[@AutumnSquirrel]

Great video! Except the last part goblins make things better.

[@Jediwarlock]

Haha, I knew there were bound to be a few goblin fans out there ;)

[@Veelaru]

Flooding Thousand Needles is the most frustrating part about Cataclysm revamp. It felt so unique, especially for an old vanilla zone 😢

[@Jediwarlock]

I agree! D:

[@jaracgos]

Great video. High elves did not exist until after the sundering, so the tanaris ship must have been early night elven.

[@Jediwarlock]

Ugh I always mess that up XD You are correct! Original night elves/Highborne not high elves like in Quel'thalas :)

[@Kaiyanwang82]

A living, immersive world needs to breathe. The design principles of Cataclysm completely misunderstand this.

[@Jediwarlock]

TRUE!

[@hospitalcakewalk]

Kind of weird, but as I was listening to this I was questing in the emerald dream and I had to sing a night elf a lullaby and it was about a goblin :D it was so cute, put him right to sleep so I think I'm gonna use it on my residents

[@Jediwarlock]

I hope it works! :) Good idea

[@hospitalcakewalk]

@Jediwarlock when I tell you, my resident looked at me like I came in her room to do the most illegal drugs when I sang it XD she did like I overall tho :}

[@RunehearthCL]

I remember dropping from the two colossals in hardcore lol

[@Jediwarlock]

Oh no! Did you make it? :o

[@ocix]

Tanaris will always be special to me. When I first played wow in middle school, I use to dislike questing and would just hard grind mobs. So what I would do is kill all the beasts out there and collect their loot for cash. I did this though while listen to Coast to Coast AM, late night and into the early morning just vibing out to spooky stories and a desert full of XP and gold lol

[@Jediwarlock]

That sounds awesome :) ...good memories!

[@TheFatJohnny]

Was expecting the Holy Mt. Hyjal to be on the list

[@Jediwarlock]

Some day! ;)

[@Halibel764]

How did I never heard of the lost Troll city of I'lalai in 19 years?

[@Jediwarlock]

I hadn't either! There are basically no other references to it besides in that troll story. :o

[@Halibel764]

@@Jediwarlock i remember in vanilla playing Druid and farming Enchanted waters in the area. So the lost city has seen my corspe many times. I think I forgot about this because it never became relevant again, which is a shame. I want to visit it and I know that Bronze dragons can travel in timz!

[@Shokisan1]

Haha the murloc unit of measurement

[@Jediwarlock]

I plan on using it more in the future XD

[@6enduro331]

yes master

[@kingmufasa8929]

Please do video on the special Altarac run

[@Jediwarlock]

Can you elaborate on what that is? I am not sure what this Alterac run is about

[@chixbro]

would be nice to use the ingame music of these areas in your video

[@Jediwarlock]

I keep the music very faint so it is probably hard to hear... I can try increasing it next time ;)

[@downstairs2508]

wish mount hyjal made it but still pretty good

[@Jediwarlock]

It might make an appearance eventually ;)

[@fierceblu]

Can the horde talk to the NPC to get to the top of the twin colossals?

[@Jediwarlock]

Yes, she is friendly to both Horde and Alliance :)

[@wigglytough5745]

The dark portal in Azshara being a raid entrance ended up being a myth. John Staats deubunked this in his interview with Esfand. All the extra dark portals were there because they were originally considering placing the dark portal in those locations, including the Azshara one.

[@Jediwarlock]

I love that detail! I NEED to read that sometime :)

[@collinfant5146]

Goblins made azshara better also those are plateaus not mesas

[@Jediwarlock]

Fair points lol

[@jonathanjones270]

with that being said... 😣

[@Jediwarlock]

Yeahhhh I know I tend to make patterns in my speech XD