The Mysterious Rocks of Redridge | World of Warcraft

[@thender31]

Finally, back to wow rocks, I missed these videos

[@Jediwarlock]

Woohoo! :D

[@BasketChase98]

You can only play the same game, quest through the same zones, and level the same classes so many times before you start to wonder things like “why is this rock here”

[@Jediwarlock]

It's true XD

[@LadySurvivalWoW]

this was awesome. i really love Redridge, you're right its one of the most memorable and fun questing zones for the humans. I've always adored playing through Elwynn > Westfall > Redridge > Duskwood. one of my favorite leveling experiences to play through on classic WoW, and SO much nostalgia. Its funny because despite being in Redridge so many times, I've never really paid much attention to those rocks. this definitely changes how I'll look at them next time!

[@Jediwarlock]

100% Agree! I want to make a video on the 1-30 Human experience because it is unbeatable in my opinion! Such a good story told between the zones. :)

[@CoNteMpTone]

@@Jediwarlockfrom the future here: you made that video and its a masterpiece.

[@louis9109]

Interesting, i never though these rocks could be shards of northern redrige until know, yet it makes sense, funny how we can still view old zones differently after all these years

[@Jediwarlock]

Yeah! There's always more to discover ;)

[@SailorSuitRebel]

I will always have fond memories in Redridge. I'll never forget the stress of questing the elite orcs, running back to town, waiting for other party members to arrive, and to wait for their leader to respawn after he got killed. Heck, I even did my first PvP here near the Flightmaster. I was a Druid back then and was in an activate cat and mouse game with an Undead Rogue! Great fun, even if I don't play PvP anymore! :]

[@Jediwarlock]

Haha, those are great memories! :D

[@Laf-Adventures]

Bro, you’re always such a breath of fresh air. I really enjoy your videos and how you think about the world in the game. Keep up with your art and I will keep on watching. Thanks.

[@Jediwarlock]

You are very welcome! I'm glad you enjoy these :)

[@Aerthal]

Another banger of a video, always a pleasure to watch.

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks so much! :)

[@diegoaespitia]

:( i wish they did more with Burning Steppes. it had like 3 quests and they were yellow at like lvl 57 or something. the only time i set foot in that zone was to get to Blackrock Mountain. so many zones with probably rich history that were never fleshed out :(((((((

[@josejuanandrade4439]

In vanilla there were lots of quests there, tho the most important was "true masters" the chain for Onyxia's Lair. You had several quests at the tower, mostly for BRD, but also the quests at the middle like the one u had to get poisoned and bring it to the dwarf. There was also an NPC right there to craft Arcanums. Then you had quests for the ruins that started at IronForge, and the warlock quests near the altar. There were also quests by the ogre mount. Then in Cata they added a ton of new quests there with John J Keshan that goes through the whole zone.

[@DIEGhostfish]

I kinda liked the cata versions but they were a little too silly.

[@Jediwarlock]

Agreed! Hopefully one day they could go back and add more content here. :)

[@Garouwerks]

I did not know that history of Azeroth, so this was a learning experience. Thanks Jedi! I love learning new things about Azeroth. Now I will look at Redridge as more than just a Ali zone and see it as an Azeroth zone. One zone that effects other zones. Fascinating.

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you for the thoughts! I'm glad you liked my interpretation! :D

[@Garouwerks]

@@Jediwarlock The way you discuss the area, or people, or lore about the world of Azeroth is relaxing, easy to listen to and hear as well as a learning experience. Thank you again, you are a budding teacher, or in Azeroth's case, part of The Explorers League!

[@FitemeUrlnotIrl]

Awesome insight. I always thought the minimap outline of the lake had some crazy looking cracks / rocks , but it all makes sense knowing Rag was rampaging just underground

[@Jediwarlock]

Yeah! :D

[@kovatoro]

Short, but extremely compelling!

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks! :)

[@CarlosCanelaCinn]

nice another geologic analysis video! that's the reason I initially subbed, now the theories are what keep me engaged. Keep up the great work Mr Mage Jedi Warlock, father of the pebbles, master of the arcane

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you sir! I'm glad you're enjoying these :)

[@NoFutureZine]

This has to be my favorite KZbin channel in all of KZbin. Another banger.

[@Jediwarlock]

That means a lot, thank you! :)

[@forsetylord]

Amazing vid. U changed the way i look the game forever.

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks! :)

[@coby9282]

Its 3:31 am and I watch videos about strange Rockformations in World of Warcraft^^ No regrets

[@Jediwarlock]

Haha, I'm glad you liked it! :D

[@radiks2008]

Really appreciate these videos man, you do great work!

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks so much! :) I'm glad you're enjoying them.

[@Ren3gaid]

Damn I just now realize that both regions really might have looked similar before Ragnaros. Amazing

[@Jediwarlock]

Such a cool twist! :D

[@xxDrain]

I never considered why they're there, but they're certainly an iconic feature of the zone. Yeah, by the way they're scattered and some being sunken sure implies they fell from the sky in a dispersed manner.

[@Jediwarlock]

Definitely! :D

[@sneakybeak581]

wow talk about thinking outside of the box here. I never would have thought of this but it makes perfect sense

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks! Outside the box is what my channel is all about XD

[@oscarmichel9932]

I really love all the human zones

[@Jediwarlock]

I'm serious, that 1-30 Human experience is absolutely unbeatable... I definitely want to make a video about it someday. :)

[@MichZilla90]

Need more wow rocks. I didn’t know the burning steppes and searing gorge were part of the red ridge mountains that’s awesome

[@Jediwarlock]

More Rocks episodes in the future, hopefully! :D

[@AllThingsNerdChannel]

Never thought about looking at these things in WoW. Thank you for the video :)

[@Jediwarlock]

You are most welcome! :D

[@Beatlejuiceable]

Keep up the great content; your channel is going to blow up one of these days!

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks so much! I've already had one of those moments before... but maybe another someday! ;)

[@Marvindao]

Perfect timing, love your videos,

[@Jediwarlock]

Glad to hear it! :D Thank you!

[@WodkaManostra]

Never thought about that, but that makes sense. Also the color of these rocks indicates that the Blackrock mountain had more of a brownish color similar to Redridge before it erupted.

[@Jediwarlock]

Yeah! With all the ash and dried lava that's why it all looks grey and black now I think :)

[@noway-kc3zc]

Dude you are def. up there on one of my favorite wow youtubers

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks so much! :)

[@lucamckenn5932]

I never noticed the rocks are from Blackrock until you pointed out the idea. Makes sense geographically. Redridge is lower than Burning Steppes, and Blackrock towers even further skywards. Im reminded of Winterspring, a zone enshrouded by Hyjal which faces the results of its changes. Redridge defintely seems to be the ones better off though in this sense, id say.

[@Jediwarlock]

Yeah! :D Thanks for those details!

[@Moormanar]

always one of the best wow channel

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you! :D

[@Infernoblade1010]

Nice to see my headcannon justified after all these years!

[@Jediwarlock]

Glad to hear others are thinking along the same lines! ;)

[@spencerskewes9370]

I loved redridge. My first encounter with orcs. Ah yes, finally I fight the baddies

[@Jediwarlock]

It's a great zone... just watch out for the trio that will jump you from behind the rock! XD

[@KukizWoW]

That's interesting theory, well done

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you! :)

[@nakenmil]

This is very cool, and definitely my headcanon from now on, if nothing else!

[@Jediwarlock]

Sometimes that's all that matters! ;)

[@grafspe807]

You may be correct about these rocks all i know about them is i got flashbacks of those orcs hiding behind the ones right up the hill from town waiting to gank me and my friends

[@Jediwarlock]

Oh you know it XD I made sure to include a shot of that one because of that, lol

[@mathisirondil]

I hope that the world designers see the appreciation people have for what they created here. Sure, people talk about zones they love and the questing in those zones. But very little is ever said about the little details, the placement of a tree here or why there's a little rock there. It might have very well been a random placement, but I'm sure that there are probably a few little bits that were meant to have a story to them that the vast majority of players completely miss.

[@Jediwarlock]

Yeah! The WORLD of Warcraft really is one of the best parts in my opinion ;)

[@KevinArcade87]

You need to search for the world designers and interview them!

[@Jediwarlock]

That would be so fun! I'm also excited for the physical copy of John Staat's WoW Diary which comes out soon :)

[@KevinArcade87]

@@Jediwarlock uh his book been out for a while but he has a second printing with an additional booklet with more info

[@Jediwarlock]

@@KevinArcade87 Ohh I gotcha, I pre-ordered that second edition then :)

[@HarleyAMV]

This is awesome!

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you! :)

[@Getzapped42]

Jedi, I love that you're spending so much time on analyzing the game but I have a VERY important question I need to talk to you about... do you know WHY kids love the taste of Azerothian Toast Crunch?

[@Jediwarlock]

Hmm... now that is a question I have to research XD

[@metermaide1726]

there is so many mysterious things about this game that people miss all the time, hidden in plain sight infact, one example is on cataclysm classic, there is a all white tapestry with a sun symbol on it near the canals opposite of the dwarven district positioned on the east side where the cathedral is located at, i have tried looking on google for any clues but nothing came up.

[@Jediwarlock]

Hmm... very interesting! :D

[@surebud1765]

Great video

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks! :)

[@General12th]

Hi Jedi! My "fondest" memories of Redridge Mountains were gathering ingredients for those cooking quests. Who knew a few eggs and strips of meat could take hours to grind for?

[@Jediwarlock]

Right?? Those cooking quests are always rough because they're usually just regular loot table drops, not dedicated quest items which means the drop rates SUCK! XD

[@DG-rc8xf]

The rocks were built by the orcs to ambush the unsuspecting noobs

[@Jediwarlock]

Oh man, that one by the road especially T_T lol

[@stevehitman]

Very cool 😮

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you! :D

[@edcwseferg3603]

We need more videos about rocks in world of warcraft

[@Jediwarlock]

More in the future! :D I hope you've checked out my other geology videos ;)

[@AzuloluzA]

Beautiful editing on 4:28!

[@nicholaswoollhead6830]

I was just about to say the same, that was really simple and efficient but elegant all at the same time

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you! The shot just came to mind and I knew I had to include it :D

[@TheFatJohnny]

It was Ragnaros all along, what a great villain.

[@Jediwarlock]

Somehow... Ragnaros returned XD

[@zeran1994]

your videos keep me alive

[@Jediwarlock]

Hey, I'm glad to hear you enjoy these! I hope you're doing well

[@basedcommodore]

Good observation

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks! :)

[@robertseptim3579]

It's not just interpretation. It's a fact. Theres literally no other reason they could be there. Even before I even watched this video I had a feeling it mustve been from some impact. I've taken interest in irl archaeology in the past few years and I've learned about impact theory. So as soon as you mentioned the Burning Steppes I knew what you were gonna say the cause was

[@Jediwarlock]

Glad to know other people were thinking along the same lines! :D

[@snowcraft-d3d]

As someone in the emulation scene, I have to protest the use of the term game objects here. The vast majority of objects in WoW are *not* game objects. Trees, buildings, and other world decor are instead part of the terrain system itself, stored as part of the map files that comprise our favorite zones and regions of WoW. Game objects are intractable server-side objects that differ from the static objects of the world map.

[@Jediwarlock]

My mistake, thank you for those details! Using the Noggit map editor you're able to show/hide the WMOs and Doodad files so I was assuming they were client-side loaded as compared to the actual terrain but I see now that is incorrect and there are only some special objects (true "game objects") that are client-side. :)

[@snowcraft-d3d]

​@@Jediwarlock That's the thing though, they're *not* client-side. They're server-side objects. That's what makes them game objects, as they interact directly with the server. This is why a chest will despawn once looted, and can even be looted in the first place. It's also what allows you to smelt metal by a forge, or turn Felcloth to Mooncloth at a Moonwell - game objects within the vicinity that are part of the server-side. A building is a WMO. A rock is a doodad. An interactive server-side object is a game object. ...WoW under the hood is spaghetti.

[@BigSteak]

GREAT vid

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you! :)

[@josejuanandrade4439]

All these years i thought it was common sense that the rocks in Redrige were fragments from BlackRock mountain that flew there when Ragnaros was first summoned by the iron dwarves. I mean, they are obvious impact meteors, and there's the broken bridge with is also proof of that.

[@Jediwarlock]

The broken bridge I believe was from the more recent Blackrock Orc attack when they overran Stonewatch Keep, but I agree with you on the jagged impact fragments! :D

[@hannes5915]

As a level designer, this is beatiful

[@CoNteMpTone]

Holy fuck i have played this small indie game but have never been to redridge...

[@Jediwarlock]

It's a great zone! :D

[@Skyrimmit]

That's so fuckin cool omg

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks! :D

[@Nuhemio]

Fascinating, love this shit

[@Jediwarlock]

Glad to hear it! :D

[@Siganaga]

Rock on, dude!

[@Jediwarlock]

Literally XD

[@Warchrist]

wow is beautiful is the best game ever

[@Jediwarlock]

^ true!

[@hostandersson4301]

cool theory :)

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks! :)

[@ALXLVV]

TL DR: rocks were created by terraforming that ragnaros initiated when he created Black Rock Mountain

[@Jediwarlock]

You got it :D

[@MalakhimJWQ1]

Hail all

[@Jediwarlock]

Hello! :D

[@RK-vt1rw]

so cool

[@Jediwarlock]

Thanks! :)

[@addison9272]

Those very same rocks are on the northern shore of Tirisfall, unfortunately this sort of defeats the theory

[@Jediwarlock]

Oh yeah! I forgot about those... perhaps a repurposing of the same assets? They started as redridgerock01, 02, and 03 for a reason ;)

[@MDMvision]

nice content man.. hey just a question: is this your voice or an AI generated voice?

[@Jediwarlock]

It's my actual voice! XD it's been funny to get more of these comments since AI has been popping up more recently!

[@MDMvision]

@@Jediwarlock cool man! yeah there will come a time pretty soon that content creators will need to show their face or make some human scruffy noises every now and then, because frankly, maybe now some people are 'excited' about AI, pretty quickly people will want to make sure they're listening to a real human being ;)

[@marz_mitzi]

hewo OwO nd amazing video as alwaysss. looking forward to the abandoned farm videooo~ (jk, no pressure lmao) also why does the iconic wow song fit so well to all these mysteries and vids? really calming yet fits the vibes

[@Jediwarlock]

Right?? I go through my music library to find songs that fit and a lot of the time it's that one song XD Thank you for reminding me of that vid! I will review possibilities and ways I could put my signature Jedi twist on it ;)

[@insu_na]

July the 11th be with you

[@Jediwarlock]

You as well! :D

[@Bramandin]

WHAT THE ??

[@Jediwarlock]

:D

[@kalsizzle]

that like / dislike ratio though!

[@Jediwarlock]

Haha, I usually hit 98-99% on nearly all my vids ;) feels very rewarding! :D

[@Raxxer1993Q8]

Which vanilla dev are you getting all this info from 😝

[@Jediwarlock]

Haha, none (yet), but I'd love to interview them sometime! I'm also hyped for the physical copy version of the John Staat's WoW Diary that comes out this summer :D

[@Raxxer1993Q8]

@@Jediwarlock me too bro. I’ll read it to my students and say it’s how Lord of the Rings was made. If you can contact old WoW devs I don’t think they’ll refuse. I saw one was interviewed and she said she’s playing on Twow, she did the some of the vanilla quests.

[@cigslit]

We are lacking content to make about the old 4ss game from 2004. Hold my rock…

[@Jediwarlock]

Indeed XD

[@ferrumintra]

I love you

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you!

[@Kafj302]

I am like number 682

[@Jediwarlock]

Haha, nice! :)

[@Dakblasta]

Bruh

[@Sonlokill]

Iraq is not in WoW

[@Jediwarlock]

This is true!

[@coryhafer7285]

I'm starting to think you are stumbling upon meanings that Blizzard as a company hadn't intended, but which a single developer put in for themselves. You are unknowingly telling the story of individuals who cared about the small section of WoW that their were responsible for.

[@Jediwarlock]

I hope that has happened! The environmental storytelling is truly awesome to explore. :)

[@leonardceres9061]

once again, I feel like a lot of the stuff you’re saying is very cool and interesting. But one of the big problems with wow and Warcraft storytelling is they don’t really explain or showcase these things within the game very well. You have to read and dig and investigate and find all this different stuff outside of the game. Now that’s cool in real life when you’re investigating or researching something, but this is a game. These things should be a little bit more accessible and explains better in the story

[@Jediwarlock]

I agree! Sometimes the details in the world are not emphasized quite enough!

[@leonardceres9061]

@@Jediwarlock yes absolutely! But it’s not just the little details that need emphasizing. It’s just the story and history of the world that needs more emphasizing as well. The whole thing with the dwarves and the dark irons and everything else you would never even know about if you just did casual questioning here and there. it’s only through extensive investigation and extrapolations based on sources, conversations, quest, dungeons, etc. that you even get assemblance of a history.