Globe of Warcraft initially launched on November 23, 2004. It forever changed online gaming experiences and set the bar for every MMO to follow. Since so, it has released six expansions and has inverse drastically in the past xiii years. World of Warcraft reached the peak of its popularity back in 2010 when it peaked at over 12 one thousand thousand players. However, despite its drib in popularity, it is the 2d best-selling PC game of all time and has over 100 million accounts in total.

Even though 13 years take passed since its initial release, many of the original players are even so actively engaging in both the game and the community. For its tenth ceremony Blizzard awarded its most loyal players with an incredible orc statue. Only the players who had joined on or close to launch and kept their accounts active received the gift.

Blizzard has shown time and fourth dimension once again that information technology is dedicated to both World of Warcraft and its fans. One way they do this is by stuffing their game and expansions full of tiny secrets, fun easter eggs, and incredible mysteries. It'southward incommunicable for ane player to find every piddling particular World of Warcraft has to offer. Fifty-fifty the oldest players oasis't seen everything. Below are 15 obscure things that y'all probably don't know virtually, even if you lot began with Vanilla.

15 The Sunken Gnome Village

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One of the most mysterious locations in the lost city of Atlantis, or in the case of World of Warcraft, the sunken gnome village.

In all honesty, fifty-fifty calling this place a hamlet is severely pushing the definition of the give-and-take. Information technology's but ii houses with a couple of random beds and some machinery that serves some inexplicable purpose. The machinery might be powering the singular lamp that miraculously works at the lesser of the ocean. That lamp is probably the single most impressive slice of technology on Azeroth, and no one can utilise it.

Honestly, how anyone constitute this hamlet in the first place is across me. The village rests deep in the fatigue zone and only getting in that location is a trial all on its own. Powerful healing spells are an absolute necessity in order to reach this place. You can forget about returning alive. Getting to the sunken village is a one-fashion trip.

fourteen Bambina's Vengeance

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Most of the older Earth of Warcraft players are well aware of Blizzard'southward penchant for references. There are little nods to all sorts of books, movies, tv shows, anime, and other video games scattered throughout the world. Many of these references are loving parodies from ane obscure fandom or some other. Some of them are as obvious every bit a slap in the face up, and hitting you correct in your childhood.

A pocket-sized group of animals wanders through the eye of the woods w of the Westfall Brigade Encampment. This harmless drove of critters is comprised of a fawn (Bambina), a doe (Mother of Bambina) a rabbit (Thudder), and a skunk (Flora). Yup, it's a riff on the Disney classic, Bambi.

The tiny band wanders frantically most of the time. However, a Westfall Brigade Hunter occasionally spawns and shoots the Bambina's female parent. Bambina flies into a rage; growing in size and gaining the buff Bambina's Vengeance. The buff increases Bambina'due south assail speed by 150% and impairment output by 2000%. It besides turns Bambina reddish. Unsurprisingly, Bambina makes quick piece of work of the hunter before returning to its friends.

13 The Elite Tauren Chieftain

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The Elite Tauren Chieftain is actually a existent stone ring. They've gone by a variety of names over the years including Level 90 Elite Tauren Chieftain, The Artists Formerly Known as Level fourscore Elite Tauren Chieftain, and Tenth Level Tauren Chieftain. The band members are actually Blizzard employees. They fifty-fifty have their own virtual counterparts in World of Warcraft, a Horde band chosen The Tauren Chieftain. The existent globe ring has played at various events effectually the world, simply the virtual band can be heard during the Darkmoon Faire.

The Darkmoon Faire is an issue that occurs once a calendar month on Darkmoon Island. The Darkmoon Faire occurs once a month and lasts for a week. Players can only accomplish the isle via portals near Goldenshire and Thunder Bluff. Unsurprisingly, portals only spawn while the Faire is taking place. The Tauren Chieftains play once an hour during the outcome. They can also exist found once every three hours at Earth's Stop Tavern in Shattrath City.

12 Maw Of The Void

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Ordinarily, jumping off a cliff into a raging puddle of water that swirls into a neverending void would be considered a very bad thought. Swirling vortexes typically indicate instant expiry and just the dumbest parts of humanity would require signs that tell them not to jump. Of form, knowing you shouldn't spring and doing it anyways are not mutually exclusive. There are those amidst united states who just can't resist the temptation of an extremely bad thought. Thankfully, not everything that looks like a bad thought ends up existence one.

The Maw of the Void is a maelstrom at the lesser of Cliffspring Falls in Lor'danel. Leaping into the Maw of the Void triggers a cutscene that shows your character being sucked down into the whirlpool, only to autumn through the lesser and end upward in an underground cavern. At that place are 3 achievements that you lot tin proceeds from jumping into the whirlpool, and an entire quest line awaits those brave (or dumb) enough to accept the plunge.

11 Children Of Goldshire

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This one is for horror fans. At around 7:00 am server time, six children will spawn on the second floor of a house located in the northeastern part of Goldshire. Yous know you're in the right house if you lot notice leatherworking and skinning trainers on the first floor. However, they don't stay in the firm for long. They apace leave the house and will wander the nearby area, never straying too far from either the business firm or Stormwind. The children volition class a pentagram as they move.

Later wandering for some time, the children return to their business firm. If you lot follow them, you will hear eerie music too as some agonizing sounds. The exact sound file is random, just it tin be annihilation from banshee screams and crying to C'Thun's disembodied voice promising death. The children will eventually despawn at viii:00 am server time.

10 Exploding Robotic Sheep

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There is a quaint piffling sheep subcontract just exterior of Stormwind. The subcontract itself is comprised of a single cabin with a bunch of sheep roaming a pocket-size terrace. It rests at the top of Elwynn Forest Waterfalls. Agee Tyler, a level fourscore gnome, runs the small farm by himself and spends well-nigh of his time staring into a lit hearth. If you accept a keen eye and pay shut attention, you'll notice that one of the sheep looks a lilliputian odd. The sheep in question, Tekton, is actually a robot! This level iii NPC was almost likely built past Tyler and does its best to blend in with the residue of the herd. It, like every other sheep, is a non-ambitious animal. Still, it has a nasty habit of exploding when attacked. I'k not talking about a little pop either. Tekton volition erupt in a ball of flames that will button y'all correct off the cliff. If yous manage to survive and not go thrown off the precipice, Tyler runs out of his house to yell at you before storming back inside.

nine The Deeprun Tram

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The Deeprun Tram has been around since the very beginning. The underground tram travels from Stormwind to Ironforge and back over again. It only has 2 tracks, but is a major mode of travel for new players. Equally an added bonus, the tram is completely free.

The Tram is really a lot of fun to ride. It travels relatively quickly through a narrow tunnel that is lit past a series of strategically placed lights. The tunnels never turn, only they do ascension and fall along artificial hills. There are walking paths forth both tracks, but information technology's a really long fashion and is likely in that location for those who accidentally autumn off. The tram even goes through an underwater tunnel in the ocean. It's a actually interesting view, and attentive players might even spot Nessy. Nevertheless, if y'all look at the map there is no ocean or any big trunk of water between Stormwind to Ironforge.

Interestingly enough, the tram was initially planned to Stormwind and Darnassus. However, that idea was scrapped earlier Globe of Warcraft first launched. The underwater section is only a relic of that time.

8 Fluorescent Green Mechanostrider

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In that location are a lot of rare and valuable mounts in World of Warcraft. Many of them require hours of time and energy to obtain. Others need a startling amount of luck. Nigh, if not all, of these rare mounts fall under the epic category. Mounts have come and gone over the years. Some are no longer bachelor or accept gone through redesigns. However, at that place is 1 mount that was only ever given to a unmarried player.

Narshe, a thespian on the Frostmane Europe server, accidentally deleted his ain mechanostrider. He contacted a GM to try and replace the lost mountain. The GM accidentally gave the gnome a Fluorescent Green Mechanostrider. The unusual mechanostrider can be seen in the European Amory, simply it is not obtainable. Blizzard apparently deleted the Fluorescent Greenish Mechanostrider on Narshe's business relationship and replaced it with a regular Dark-green Mechanostrider. Supposedly, Narshe attempted to sell their business relationship, and that prompted Blizzard to make the modify.

vii Critter Wars

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A lot of things have changed since the shattering. Some changes were for the amend while others were inexcusable. Nonetheless, no matter what your opinion of the changes are, no 1 tin deny that information technology through the world of Azeroth into chaos. Since so, alliances have been forged and cleaved. Many new parties have joined the fight, and the state of war the engulfs the earth reached previously untouched populations. A few unexpected races were forced to take up arms, including fluffy bunnies and prairie dogs.

If you lot think I'm kidding, head to the hoard occupied zone of Mulgore. Just caput northwest of Thunderbluff, i of the Tauren cities, and brand your manner into the Stonetalon Mountains. A small department of the mountains, dubbed Stonetalon Pass, features the Grimtotem questline. If you can make it past the Grimtotem Tauren, you'll find an unlikely hoard of armed critters waiting for you at the summit. Bunnies bounce around with axes. Prairie dogs are adorned in spiked helms and armed with daggers. Mice vesture skulls and carry around two blunderbusses. It'due south really bizarre. If that wasn't strange plenty, these weaponized mammals are larger than normal ones and volition assail their smaller counterparts without mercy.

vi Dormus The Camel-Hoarder

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Scattered around the desert of Uldum are tiny camel figurines. These are rightly named the Mysterious Camel Figurines. At commencement glance, they don't actually serve whatever real purpose. Most of them crumble as shortly equally you loot them, granting yous some Crumbled Statue Remnants. These Remnants are a gray item and the only thing they are good for is the 25 golden pieces yous get for selling them. Yet, if yous are lucky (or accept the patience of a saint), there is a 5% chance that the Mysterious Camel Figurine will transport you into a phased version of the steam pools. The steam pools are normally where players can go to relax and visit the fancy goblin resort. However, Dormus the Camel-Hoarder inhabits the phased area forth with several camels. If you defeat him, he'll drop the Reins of the Grayness Riding Camel. The Grayness Riding Camel is one of 3 ballsy camel mounts in the game.

5 Classes Lost And Found

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In that location were initially only nine classes when Earth of Warcraft get-go launched: druid, hunter, mage, paladin, priest, rogue, shaman, warlock, and warrior. Since and then, three new classes joined the roster. Death knights were introduced in the second expansion, Wrath of the Lich Male monarch. Monks were added in the quaternary expansion, Mists of Pandaria. Finally, the newest expansion, Legion, introduced demon hunters. Out of the three new classes, two are specialized Hero classes that have unique playstyles and perks.

Many of these classes can be constitute in the Warcraft series. Because Globe of Warcraft is supposed to accept identify in the aforementioned universe, it isn't foreign that they developers would pull inspiration from the Warcraft games. However, a speaker at Blizzcon in 2007 revealed that death knights, demon hunters, and necromancers were scraped classes from Vanilla. These classes were unfortunately cutting to save time, but it is good to see that two of them managed to make their way back into the game.

4 Corrupted Ashbringer Inside The Cherry-red Monastery

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Corrupted Ashbringer was a 2-handed epic sword that players could become in the 40-human Wrath of the Lich Rex raid Naxxramas. Unfortunately, the raid was moved to Northrend, and a lot was inverse. Well-nigh of the old bosses are no longer there, and Corrupted Ashbringer is no longer available. Yet, a lucky few managed to find the undercover of this sword before its demise.

If you traveled to the Cathedral wing of the Scarlet Monastery in Hearthglen and equipped Corrupted Ashbringer, it would trigger a unique cutscene. The crusaders within the Monastery bowed before y'all every bit you were welcomed by the Cherry-red Commander Renault Mograine. It goes through a serial of startling events that delve deep into the game'southward lore and tell the story that surrounds the sword. Although you can no longer experience the event for yourself, yous tin can find videos of it on youtube and a transcript on the World of Warcraft wiki.

three Pepe The Bird

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Pepe is a tiny bird that speedily gained favor among the World of Warcraft customs. He was introduced in the Warlords of Draenor expansion and lives just outside of the commander'due south garrison. Although he is hard to spot, yous can find him sitting on a co-operative in a tree simply outside the compound. If you can figure out a mode to get close enough, you can right-click on Pepe to take him join you on your adventures for an hour. He happily sits on your head and prompts the "I found Pepe" accomplishment.

Pepe is the creation of Jordan Powers, the associate 3D artist who worked on the World of Warcraft prop team. Obviously, Powers created Pepe two years earlier the release of the Warlords of Draenor expansion. Powers has included Pepe in all of his works e'er since, eventually giving Pepe and name and personality earlier the expansion launched.

2 Reins Of The Long-Forgotten Hippogryph

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Style back in 2007, data miners delved into the World of Warcraft code and discovered an unusual looking mountain. Information technology was a pink hippogryph. Players were sure that it was a new mountain that just hadn't been released even so. They expected information technology to show upward during an event or early expansion. Notwithstanding, years went past, and no one had discovered how to actually acquire the pink hippogryph. No one was sure if this was simply an unused asset or a hugger-mugger that had yet to exist discovered.

Data miners went dorsum into Globe of Warcraft'southward code before the launch of Legion and discovered clues to a mysterious item dubbed the Reins of the Long-Forgotten Hippogryph. Finally, someone plant the Reins in the Broken Isles. In order to obtain the mount, you'll need to collect five Imperceptible Crystals that spawn in Azsuna. Really collecting the crystals is a lot harder than information technology sounds, especially since you lot have to compete with other players. Notwithstanding, if y'all manage to exercise it, you lot'll be rewarded with a pink hippogryph that uses Vanilla's hippogryph model.

ane Lovecraft

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The creators of the World of Warcraft lore are probably gigantic fans of H.P Lovecraft. References to his works and creatures are really incorporated into some of the most important bits of lore in all of Azeroth. The erstwhile gods are actually named after Lovecraft's monsters. The behemothic eyeball of a god C'thun is an explicit reference to the almighty Cthulhu. Yogg-Saron is an homage to Yog-Sothoth. Northward'Zoth is a rather blatant rip-off of Zoth-onmog. Finally, Y'Shaarj parallels Shrub-Niggurath.

It isn't just bosses that owe their inception to Lovecraft. The designs for several dungeons and numerous quests all pay homage to the horrors that Lovecraft created. Even Azeroth owes its name to the Lovecraftian god and curt story Azathoth. In fact, even the game's title is a direct homage to the great author. The developers at Blizzard simply replaced the word Love with War to create the Warcraft title.

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