Zones Classified by Level Location Faction Inaccessible Lore Future Closed See also Instance Maps Ideas

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There are many closed off zones on Azeroth, but what if they were to be opened? The purpose of this page is to create a fact-based speculative zone ideas, similar to the Future race ideas page.

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+ Lime green - strongly for. + Dark green - for. ? White - neutral, could influence either way Also used for speculation and comparisons, that may have some support in lore or World of Warcraft game mechanics. - Orange - against. - Red - strongly against. Grey - related info Used for speculation or observation.

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World map of the area.

Area shown on the map between Western Plaguelands, Eastern Plaguelands, and Ghostlands.

Zul'Aman during the Third War

+ The instance doesn't cover up the entire zone. Many subzones already established in the lore are missing. Tor'Watha , a troll gate in Eversong Woods , could lead to this zone. ? Already in-game as an instance.

Barrow Deeps during the Third War

Azjol-Nerub in Wrath of the Lich King

? The vanilla Emerald Dream game files are still in-game as of Legion - Emerald Nightmare is already dealt with in Legion - The Emerald Dream has already been visited in WoW.

The instance entrance of Sanctum of the Blue Dragonflight.

The instance entrance of Sanctum of the Bronze Dragonflight.

The instance entrance of Sanctum of the Green Dragonflight.

Island locations

First seen in Warcraft 2 Balor was a domain of Azeroth (Kingdom of Stormwind) to the west of Stormwind City.

The location of the Darkspear Islands

+ Established place in lore as former home to Darkspear trolls. + Has been featured in a short story. - The Sea Witch has severely crippled, if not, completely sunk the islands. However, this may not be the case since the islands were still active several months later when Zalazane and Vol'jin returned from their trial in First Home.

Vanilla WoW concept art

Dragon Isles is only mentioned in the quest Unscarred Black Scale. + Has concept art from vanilla WoW. ? Not much known about this place, they (or one of them) may be home of one of the dragonflights.

Hiji

Has only been labeled on a RPG map of Azeroth. + There is recent precedent for RPG locations being elevated to canon, such as Boralus . - Speculated to be a different name for Plunder Isle The name Hiji is compatible with the Japanese syllabary, and could be used as the home for a civilization of Japanese-inspired humans.

Islands of battlegrounds or scenarios as open world zones

Island south of Tol Barad

Minimap of Tol Barad with a island to the south.

First seen in Cataclysm Island south of Tol Barad that is currently inaccessible could become a new zone.

+ Goblin capital Undermine not in-game, as well town of Pyrix , as well as RPG lore locations Edj and Voodress Village Bilgewater Port and the MOTHERLODE!! already featured in-game. Bilgewater Port inaccessible after the goblin starting experience and as such not accessible by any other race.

+ Established place in lore as Bloodsail Buccaneers ' main base.

Tel Abim banana: more than a simple fruit?

Warcraft 2 map showing Zul'Dare

First seen in Warcraft 2

In the Second War the Old Horde built a secret base on the island.

Maelstrom RPG locations

Underneath the Maelstrom in the RPG lore.

Draenor/Outland

Other Draenor remnants in Outland

Map of Draenor from Warcraft 2 before it became Outland.

Possible Draenor remnants outside current Outland. - Quite possibly destroyed and other remnants don't exist or are not yet established in lore. Warcraft III accessed by Rexxar by a Shimmering Portal in Dustwallow Marsh. Outland Arena inaccessed by Rexxar by a Shimmering Portal in Dustwallow Marsh. + On the loading screen for Outland Arena it says that "Lost pieces of Draenor still hurtle through space" implying there could be more pieces of Draenor. + Islands shown on the map in Warcraft 2 not seen in Outland. Ashran established in alternative Draenor not seen in Outland.