In just over two weeks, on August 27, 2019, World of Warcraft Classic will go live. During the final stress test at the end of this week, we visited the starting area of the night elves, Shadowglen, with a druid at a late hour to be able to quest undisturbed. Below we have a gallery with all the quests for you, which looked completely different before the cataclysm.
In World of Warcraft Classic, Shadowglen (name not yet dubbed at that time) is the starting area of the Night Elves. It is located in the northeastern part of Teldrassil, north of Starbreeze Village. As in all other starting areas of the game, there are already class trainers for all night elf classes here. The small clearing is bathed in a soft twilight and is dominated by the large tree Aldrassil, which lies in the center of the clearing. Another notable site is Shadow Weaver’s Cave, located in the far northwest of the region. The entire area is surrounded by mountains; the only gap is in the south, where the path to Dolanaar divides the mountains. Thus, before the Cataclysm, this starting area was one of the safest places in the game on PvP servers until the flying mounts were added. This was because any Horde players trying to reach Shadowglen would first have to sneak past several Night Elf guards while taking a boat from Auberdine and running through Rut’theran Village as well as Darnassus. Also, the entrance to Shadowglen is a very narrow choke point.
New night elves spend their first levels (usually 1 to 5) in this area before being released into the main Teldrassil area outside the protective valley. The dozen or so starting quests have also been completely overhauled with the Cataclysm expansion, removing anything that feels “grindy” in favor of a more compact, cohesive starting experience. In the following gallery, you can see our Night Elf Druid – after a brief introduction of his skills and stats – completing all of the original quests (in German) until he moves on to Dolanaar at level 5. Have fun!
What is WoW Classic?
World of Warcraft Classic is a true recreation of the original WoW as you know it from 2006. All parts of the game – from combat mechanics and talent trees to character models and zones – have been recreated, contributing to the authentic experience.
Getting Started
All players with an active World of Warcraft subscription or game time on their accounts have access toWoW Classic at no additional cost.
- Open the Blizzard Battle.net Desktop App and select World of Warcraft from the menu.
- Select World of Warcraft Classic from the Version menu. If you have more than one World of Warcraft account, you’ll see a second Account drop-down list. In this column, select the active account you want to play with.
- Click the Install button. The progress bar will tell you when your game is ready to play.
- Click the Play button when the installation is complete.
You will need to select the realm you want to play on from several different realm types. Make sure you choose the same realm as your friends – in World of Warcraft Classic, you can only group with characters that are on the same realm as you!
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