The very first WoW world map concept layout

[nanoneo]

https://ibb.co/bJwnZbR

Anyone has this in better resolution?

Jeff Kaplan said it’s from 2001 the very first Concept map for world of Warcraft (including northrend, later cut)

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Just these maps:

Metzen's map in 1999:

[nanoneo]

Cool, thx for the comprehensive list!!

Interesting how the dragon isles was seen on almost every map concept

[Triceron]

Interesting that Runemaster was on there with every other known class except Druid.

[8bithamster]

Interesting that Runemaster was on there with every other known class except Druid.

Jep. Tbh, I can still see it happening. Would be an interesting addition if it happens.

[ProphetFlume]

Really cool to see how it grew and what were thought touchstones from the beginning. And how how significant ulduar was supposed to be!

Funniest thing is Azeroth as just the name for the southern part of EK instead of the planet.

[Wonderment2]

I think it's so weird Uldum went from its own continent to not being in game during vanilla. I assume it contained most of what we consider southern Kamilmdor within it

[Shrouded]

Funniest thing is Azeroth as just the name for the southern part of EK instead of the planet.

That's from the previous Warcraft games. Another name for the nation of Stormwind is "The Kingdom of Azeroth". They haven't used it in WoW to avoid confusion I guess, but that was how it was referred to in the RTS games.

[Z3ROR]

I think it's so weird Uldum went from its own continent to not being in game during vanilla. I assume it contained most of what we consider southern Kamilmdor within it

Ulduar, not Uldum. Quite a difference.

[Wonderment2]

Ulduar, not Uldum. Quite a difference.

Not really?

Fine then an entire titan continent disappeared during production.....

[Funkyjunky]

That's from the previous Warcraft games. Another name for the nation of Stormwind is "The Kingdom of Azeroth". They haven't used it in WoW to avoid confusion I guess, but that was how it was referred to in the RTS games.

They did use it in WOW. There were a few quests referencing the area as Azeroth, but they were removed with cataclysm.

[Shrouded]

They did use it in WOW. There were a few quests referencing the area as Azeroth, but they were removed with cataclysm.

You know I thought so, but it's been so long I thought it might've been a trick of the mind, thanks for the clarification. I guess part of it is that the factions were named after the capital cities, so it was a natural change over time. What's funny to me is that Azeroth is the name of the world, the kingdom and the southern-most part of the continent, everything south of Khaz Modan to Stranglethorn.

[Lochton]

*grumbles*

And people call me crazy for wanting Undermine..

[Apatrida]

"Undermine" hey a "delve" expansion (if you know POE) would be amazing!! You dig deeper and deeper in an massive dungeon with hundreds of rooms, caverns, bosses. Every four week of dailies you can open a new branch and going deeper the "themes" change like in the old Eye of the beholder games.

[pacotaco]

Interesting that Runemaster was on there with every other known class except Druid.

And there were 3 factions?

- Green: Night Elves (NE), Tauren (T), Orcs (O), Goblins (G)
- Blue: Human (H), Dwarves (D)
- Red: Naga (NA), Undead (U), Demons (DE)