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The Explorer’s Handbook
Version 7.3 – The Complete Edition
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Contents of The Explorer’s Handbook: The Explorer’s Handbook .............................................................................................................................. 1
A List of Beneficial Exploration Items: ...................................................................................................... 5
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• A .................................................................................................................................................... 5
• B .................................................................................................................................................... 5
• C .................................................................................................................................................... 5
• D .................................................................................................................................................... 6
• E..................................................................................................................................................... 6
• F ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
• G .................................................................................................................................................... 7
• H .................................................................................................................................................... 7
• I ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
• J ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
• K .................................................................................................................................................... 7
• L ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
• M ................................................................................................................................................... 8
• N .................................................................................................................................................... 8
• O .................................................................................................................................................... 8
• P .................................................................................................................................................... 8
• Q .................................................................................................................................................... 8
• R .................................................................................................................................................... 8
• S ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
• T..................................................................................................................................................... 8
• U .................................................................................................................................................... 9
• V .................................................................................................................................................... 9
• W ................................................................................................................................................... 9
• X .................................................................................................................................................... 9
• Y..................................................................................................................................................... 9
• Z ..................................................................................................................................................... 9
Exploration Obstacles ............................................................................................................................. 10
Invisible Walls: .................................................................................................................................... 10
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Fatigue................................................................................................................................................. 13
Class Specific Abilities: ............................................................................................................................ 13
Demon Hunter .................................................................................................................................... 13
Druid: .................................................................................................................................................. 16
Mage ................................................................................................................................................... 19
Monk ...................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Rogue .................................................................................................................................................. 20
Useful Mounts for Exploration:............................................................................................................... 21
“Chopper” Mounts: ............................................................................................................................. 21
Large Mounts: ..................................................................................................................................... 21
Common Exploration Techniques: .......................................................................................................... 22
Client Frame Lag: ................................................................................................................................ 22
Extreme Speed: ................................................................................................................................... 22
Clipping Through Walls & Ceilings: ..................................................................................................... 22
Unknown Zone Teleportation ............................................................................................................. 22
Third Party Exploration Resources: ......................................................................................................... 23
The Explorer’s Hall of Record. ................................................................................................................. 24
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A List of Beneficial Exploration Items:
• *
• "Blooming Rose" Contender's Costume – Sold by Chapman during Day of the Dead, grants 3
different abilities that rotate when used. The relevant one for exploration is Jump Attack –
“Jump forward and strike contenders in a 2.5-yard circle for 30% health and knock them down
for 1.5 sec”. Jump Attack functions similar to that of a Warrior’s Heroic Leap ability.
• "Night Demon" Contender's Costume – Sold by Chapman during Day of the Dead, grants 3
different abilities that rotate when used. The relevant one for exploration is Jump Attack –
“Jump forward and strike contenders in a 2.5-yard circle for 30% health and knock them down
for 1.5 sec”. Jump Attack functions similar to that of a Warrior’s Heroic Leap ability.
• “Purple Phantom” Contender’s Costume – Sold by Chapman during Day of the Dead, grants 3
different abilities that rotate when used. The relevant one for exploration is Jump Attack –
“Jump forward and strike contenders in a 2.5-yard circle for 30% health and knock them down
for 1.5 sec”. Jump Attack functions similar to that of a Warrior’s Heroic Leap ability.
• “Santo’s Sun” Contender’s Costume – Sold by Chapman during Day of the Dead, grants 3
different abilities that rotate when used. The relevant one for exploration is Jump Attack –
“Jump forward and strike contenders in a 2.5-yard circle for 30% health and knock them down
for 1.5 sec”. Jump Attack functions similar to that of a Warrior’s Heroic Leap ability.
• "Skyterror" Personal Delivery System – Aquired from the Gnomish Gearworks. Combines the
functionality of a Gnomish Gravity Well and a Goblin Glider into one item.
• “Snowy Owl" Contender's Costume – Sold by Chapman during Day of the Dead, grants 3 different
abilities that rotate when used. The relevant one for exploration is Jump Attack – “Jump forward
and strike contenders in a 2.5-yard circle for 30% health and knock them down for 1.5 sec”.
Jump Attack functions similar to that of a Warrior’s Heroic Leap ability.
• A
• Aromatic Honey Brew – Obtained from being a member of the “Brew of the Month Club” during
March; has a small chance to apply the “Honey Touched” buff, which is a form of fear.
• Aviana’s Feather – A Quest Reward from Aviana’s Request; launches the player high into the air
and deploys magical wings, like a glider. Can only be used in Draenor.
• B
• Blue Crashin’ Thrashin’ Racer Controller – Purchasable from various different vendors across
Azeroth. Summons a controllable Crashin’ Thrashin’ toy which can be used to test jumps or the
integrity of a surface. This variant can be casted on, so spells such as Wild Charge can be used to
great benefit. In addition, it can also cast Racer Rocket Slam which can be used to go through
object based walls.
• Brazier of Awakening – Looted from the Brazier of Awakening in Tanaan Jungle. This item acts as
a self-resurrection when used preemptively.
• C
• Crashin' Thrashin' Flamer Controller – Can be obtained via Stolen Presents during the Feast of
Winter Veil. Summons a controllable Crashin’ Thrashin’ toy which can be used to test jumps or
the integrity of a surface.
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• Crashin' Thrashin' Flyer Controller – Can be obtained via Stolen Presents during the Feast of
Winter Veil. Summons a controllable Crashin’ Thrashin’ toy which can be used to test jumps or
the integrity of a surface.
• Crashin' Thrashin' Killdozer Controller – Can be purchased from Izzy Hollyfizzle during the Feast
of Winter Veil. Summons a controllable Crashin’ Thrashin’ toy which can be used to test jumps
or the integrity of a surface.
• Crashin' Thrashin' Mortar Controller – Drops from Smashum Grabb in Tanaan Jungle. Summons
a controllable Crashin’ Thrashin’ toy which can be used to test jumps or the integrity of a
surface.
• Crashin’ Thrashin’ Racer Controller – Can be obtained via Stolen Presents during the Feast of
Winter Veil. Summons a controllable Crashin’ Thrashin’ toy which can be used to test jumps or
the integrity of a surface. This variant can be casted on, so spells such as Wild Charge can be
used to great benefit. In addition, it can also cast Racer Rocket Slam which can be used to go
through object based walls.
• Crashin' Thrashin' Roller Controller – Looted from Drakum in Tanaan Jungle; another variant of
the Crashin’ Thrashin’ Racer Controller
• Crashin' Thrashin' Shredder Controller – Obtained from the Stolen Present during the Feast of
Winter Veil event. Another variant of the Crashin’ Thrashin’ Racer.
• Critter Hand Cannon – Lets you spawn some critters to Shadowstep/Wild Charge/... to.
• Cursed Feather of Ikzan – Transforms you into an Arakkoa, increasing your character's size.
• Cursed Swabby Helmet – Obtained from the Sunken Treasure node in Pandaria. Increases your
base swimming speed by 200%, and allows indefinite breathing while underwater in Pandaria.
• D
• Darkmoon Cannon – Rewarded from the achievement Big Powermonger: Gold. Launches your
character high into the sky after a few seconds, also breaks combat.
• Darkmoon Firewater – Purchased from Galissa Sundew during the Darkmoon Faire. Increases
your character’s base size and is therefore very useful in places where a size increase is
required.
• Darkmoon Gazer – Reward from the achievement Big Wanderluster: Gold. Functions to that of a
Crashin’ Thrashin’ toy, but with the added benefit of increased speed and slowfall.
• Darkmoon Seesaw – Historically perhaps one of the greatest items for exploration; obtained
from Gelvas Grimegate during the Darkmoon Faire and can be used to pass through object
based walls.
• Darkmoon Tiger – Can be purchased from Gelvas Grimegate during the Darkmoon Faire. Can be
used as to pass through object based walls.
• Darkmoon Tonk Controller – Can be obtained from the achievement Ace Tonk Commander
during the Darkmoon Faire. Similar to the other toys of the Crash’ Thrasin’ series.
• E
• Elixir of Giant Growth – Can be obtained via the Podling Patrol Garrison mission, Alchemy, or
another player, this item increases your character’s base size and is therefore very useful in
places where a size increase is required.
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• Farwater Conch – Looted from various mobs on Pandaria, but primarily Zai the Outcast.
Functions in the exact same way to a Shaman’s Far Sight
• Filled Festive Mug – Only obtainable at the end of the Midsummer Fire Festival event, but can
be used as an almost infinite method of slowfall.
• Fishing Chair – Obtained via TCG Loot Cards, this item acts in an almost identical fashion to a
Darkmoon Tiger.
• Flexweave Underlay – Requires an Engineering level of 350. Acts as a temporary slowfall.
• Fuzzy Green Lounge Cushion – Obtained from the Stolen Present during the Winter Veil event;
works in the same way to the Darkmoon Tiger.
• G
• Gamon's Braid – Transforms you into Gamon, increasing your character's size
• Faintly Glowing Flagon of Mead – Transforms you into a Vrykul, increasing your character's size.
• Gastropod Shell – Drops from Gastropods in Throne of Thunder. Another variant of the Crashin’
Thrashin’ Racer, but much slower.
• Ghostly Iron Buccaneer's Hat – Transforms you into a big skeleton, increasing your character's
size
• Goblin Glider Kit – Created by Engineers, purchased from the AH, or created via a Draenor
Garrison, works in a similar way to a Demon Hunter’s Glide ability, but with more speed.
• Gnomish Gravity Well – Created by, and only usable by, Engineers with a skill above 500. Allows
for an almost endless vertical ascent when paired with a frame lag macro.
• Goblin Rocket Boots – 60% base speed increase; created by Engineers and require an
Engineering level of 225 to use.
• H
• Headdress of the First Shaman – Found via archaeology. Provides a spell similar to that of a
Shaman’s Far Sight in an item.
• Hearthstone – Obtained from any innkeeper. Once obtained, it can be used to teleport back to a
specified innkeeper. Quite useful in getting out of sticky situations.
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• J
• Jin Warmkeg’s Brew – Rewarded from the quest “Holed Up”. Can be placed down in a specified
location and interacted with via spells, such as Wild Charge.
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• Leather Love Seat – Created by Leatherworkers. Can be used in the same regard as the
Darkmoon Tiger to get through OBIWs.
• Log – Pushes you down to the ground.
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• MiniZep Controller – Obtained from the Stolen Present during the Feast of Winter Veil event.
Another variant of the Crashin’ Thrashin’ Racer, has the additional benefit of flight.
• Mushroom Chair
• Mr. Smite's Brass Compass – Transforms you into Mr. Smite, increasing your
character's size
• N
• Nat’s Fishing Chair – Rewarded from being Exalted with Nat Pagle. Behaves in a similar way to a
Darkmoon Tiger.
• Nitro Boosts – Created and only usable by Engineers. Provides a moderate speed increase for a
brief time.
• Noggenfogger Elixir – Can function as a consumable slowfall, RNG based however.
• O
• Ornate Spyglass – In game extended Camera Zoom! Created by Engineers.
• P
• Parachute Cloak – Created and only usable by Engineers. Provides an additional slowfall.
• Q
• R
• Rainbow Generator – Useful to test Line of Sight
• Rocket Boots Xtreme – Created and used by Engineers with a level of 320 or higher. These boots
increase your speed dramatically, and can be paired with slowfall to make jumps between large
distances.
• Ruther’s Harness
• S
• Safari Lounge Cushion
• Sandbox Tiger
• Sassy Imp – Primarily dropped by Imp Master Valessa; summons an imp to perform various
services. Can sometimes force you into combat.
• Shushen’s Spittoon - Can be placed down and interacted with via friendly spells.
• Spirit of Bashiok – Places a targetable NPC that you can use spells like Shadowstep on.
• Swapblaster – Allows you to swap place with another player. While it no longer works through
invisible walls, or on players in vehicles such as the Darkmoon Seesaw, this tool is still quite
useful in duo exploration.
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• Throbbing Blood Orb*
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• Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife – Requires Engineering. Can be used as a single target
resurrection for any Engineer.
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• Vrykul Drinking Horn –
• W
• Whispers of Rai’Vosh
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• X-52 Rocket Helmet
• XD-57 "Bullseye" Guided Rocket Kit
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Exploration Obstacles
Invisible Walls:
Static Invisible Walls
Static Invisible Walls are your base invisible walls, consider them the bricks that form a house, while
there are no public methods to get through them, there are private ones; invisible walls are usually
marked by white / pink textured boxes while in game. However, these boxes can also represent area
triggers or events.
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Object Based Invisible Walls
OBIWs (Object Based Invisible Wall) can be one of the easiest obstacles to overcome when exploring;
OBIWs are defined as walls that intersect through terrain objects, such as logs, rocks, and sometimes
even bridges. While these walls are technically just Static Invisible Walls, they become object based
when they intersect with an object. This usually provides an easy escape route, as most objects will
respond to pathing abilities and therefore allow the player to path through unconstrained. Examples of
this bypass can be seen here.
Diagram of an Object Based Invisible Wall
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Pocket Invisible Walls
Pocket Invisible Walls, or sticky walls as they’re most commonly known, are the absolute bane of any
Explorer’s existence. It’s not clear for what purpose they were designed for, but sticky walls are a
collection of Static Invisible Walls arranged into an odd shape. These walls usually only exist outside of
the primary boundaries (after the first invisible wall), and are a massive killer in terms of exploration.
PIW/Sticky walls are designed to only have a one-way entry, and will trap any player inside until they
exit via means of teleportation. However, if you struggle enough a lot of the time it is possible to escape
a sticky wall, but only from the way you came. The below diagram shows how a sticky wall is usually
arranged. As it currently stands, there are no public methods to pass through a sticky wall.
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Fatigue Fatigue is an effect which provides the player with a certain amount of time to exit “uncharted waters”
(sometimes land) before taking increasing damage. The easiest way to get around this is to gear yourself
out healing wise and brute force it. Alternatively, if it’s a short distance then water walking methods
may suffice.
Class Specific Abilities:
Demon Hunter
Abilities (Written by OoThe):
Double Jump: (Passive)
"You are able to jump again while near the apex of your first jump."
After activating your Double Jump ability (or when you use it manually any other
time), you will virtually gain a third jump, allowing your character a bonus in their
vertical reach. Additionally, you will glide at a slowed descent (more downward than
forward). An interesting item to note is that Glide does seem to make your character
all the slightest bit faster upon use! Neat! One negative note to make though is that
you will not be able to double jump if you manually Glide after your first jump. Also,
this ability cannot be used while on the ground, meaning that if you wish to use it for
climbing up terrain, you will need to jump upwards in place (rather than running
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forward into the slope of terrain). By the way? You will always Glide in the direction
of your orientation, even when knocked back!
Infernal Strike:*
“Leap through the air toward a targeted location, dealing (316% of Attack power) Fire damage to all
enemies within 6 yards.” - Functions similar to that of a Warrior’s Heroic Leap ability.
Fel Rush:
(Instant | 10 second recharge) - "Rush forward, incinerating anything in your path..."
This ability is quite unique in its line of capability, as it is more of a projectile than a
specific movement of placing your character in a location in front of you (namely
comparatively to Heroic Leap or Blink). Because of this, Fel Rush allows Demon
Hunters to both cross distances through the air without a loss of altitude and to
accelerate a character upwards through a sloped surface. Should jumping fail to get
you to your desired location, Fel Rush almost always will be just the distance you
need. It stores up to two charges, allowing consecutive uses (but is still limited to the
global cooldown).
Glide:
(Instant | 1.5 second cooldown) - "Reduces your falling speed."
After activating your Double Jump ability (or when you use it manually any other
time), you will virtually gain a third jump, allowing your character a bonus in their
vertical reach. Additionally, you will glide at a slowed descent (more downward than
forward). An interesting item to note is that Glide does seem to make your character
all the slightest bit faster upon use! Neat! One negative note to make though is that
you will not be able to double jump if you manually Glide after your first jump. Also,
this ability cannot be used while on the ground, meaning that if you wish to use it for
climbing up terrain, you will need to jump upwards in place (rather than running
forward into the slope of terrain). By the way? You will always Glide in the direction
of your orientation, even when knocked back!
Metamorphosis:
(Instant | 5-minute cooldown | 40-yard range) - "Leap into the air and land with explosive force..."
While very similar to the Warrior's Heroic Leap ability, Metamorphosis does not let
you jump to all locations - if your target location is not connected to the one you are
on, a la instances of a Warrior's Charge, you may not be able to leap there. Even
so, whenever Glide, Double Jump, Vengeful Retreat or Fel Rush might not be
what you need, Metamorphosis might just be your golden ticket on a rainy day. It's
always good to have a backup (just don't look in the mirror)!
Vengeful Retreat:
(Instant | 25 second cooldown) - "Viciously assault nearby enemies and vault away."
While only providing a minimal amount of vertical distance for your character,
Vengeful Retreat does in fact allow you an extra inch of distance you may need
when ascending terrain. More noteworthy, however, is the distance it also helps you
cover. If for whatever reason Fel Rush does not provide what you need, perhaps this
ability will. If a surface is not slanted enough or is even concave with its edges,
Vengeful Retreat will certainly help.
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*Additions to Oothe’s writeup.
Talents:
Agonizing Flames:
“Immolation Aura increases your movement speed by 30%, and deals 20% increased damage.” – Base
movement speed increase of 30% while Immolation Aura is present.
Prepared:
“Reduces the cooldown of Vengeful Retreat by 10 sec, and generates 100 Fury over 10 sec if you
damage at least one enemy with Vengeful Retreat.” – As the description states, reduces the cooldown
on your Vengeful Retreat by 10 seconds.
Nertherwalk:
“Slip into the nether, increasing movement speed by 100% and becoming immune to damage, but
unable to attack. Lasts 5 sec.” – Base movement speed increase of 100%. Also grants damage immunity.
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Druid:
Talents:
Balance Affinity:
“You gain: Astral Influence - Increases the range of all of your abilities by 5 yards. You also learn:
Moonkin Form, Starsurge, Lunar Strike, Solar Wrath, Sunfire.” – The main highlight of this is that other
specializations can use Wild Charge’s disengage variant, and Flap while in Moonkin form.
Displacer Beast:
“Teleports you up to 20 yards forward, activating Cat Form and increasing your movement speed by 50%
for 2 sec.” – Almost identical to a Mage’s blink spell; can be used to teleport through objects / object
based walls but also gives you a 50% base movement speed increase.
Feral Affinity:
“Feline Swiftness: Increases your movement speed by 15%.” – As the description states, increases your
base movement by 15%. Combining this with Dash makes for very fast Druid!
Force of Nature:
“Summons a stand of 3 Treants for 10 secs […] in the targeted area.” – An extremely helpful talent;
these Treants can be placed on the other side an invisible wall and flown to using Wild Charge through
object based walls. In addition, this spell can also be used to place Treants on top of a mountain and fly
to them almost immediately which ultimately makes wallclimbing trivial.
Guttural Roars:
“Increases the radius of Stampeding Roar by 200%, the radius of Incapacitating Roar by 100%, and
reduces the cooldown of Stampeding Roar by 50%.”
Wild Charge:
“Grants a movement ability that varies by shapeshift form:”
• Aquatic Form:
"Increases swim speed by an additional 150% for 5 sec.” – Useful in beating the Fatigue meter.
• Bear Form:
“Charge to an enemy, immobilizing them for 4 sec.” – This is affected by Line of Sight.
• Cat Form:
“Leap behind an enemy, dazing them for 3 sec.” – Like the Bear Form variant, this is also
affected by Line of Sight.
• Mookin Form:
“Bound backward.” – This spell functions in the same manner as a Hunter’s disengage, so can be
used to cross long distances with ease. Also affected by slowfall effects, such as flap.
• Non-shapeshifted:
“Fly to an ally’s position.’ – This version is useful in that is it not affected by pathing like spells
such as intercept and charge are.
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• Travel Form:
“Leap forward 20 yds.” – Useful for wallclimbing; no longer functions through object based
walls.
Abilities:
Cat Form:
“Shapeshift into Cat Form, increasing movement speed by 30%, granting protection from Polymorph
effects, and reducing falling damage. The act of shapeshifting frees you from movement impairing
effects.” – Activated Cat Form, unlocking additional abilities but also increasing your base speed by 30%.
Dash:
“Activates Cat Form and increases movement speed by 70% while in Cat Form for 15 sec.” – While the
tooltip states 70%, Dash is a minimum of a 100% total speed increase due to the passive speed increase
from Cat Form; not only does Dash stack with Cat Form, but also Feline Swiftness.
Dreamwalk:
“Teleports the caster to the Emerald Dreamway.” – This spell will also teleport the caster back to the
nearest graveyard from where they casted Dreamwalk originally, if casted a second time.
Flap:
“You descend on starry dust, slowing your falling speed.” – Serves as a slowfall for both Balance Druids
and other specializations with Balance Affinity.
Feline Swiftness:
“Increases your moment speed by 15%.” – Base speed increase of 15%; stacks with other increases.
Prowl:
“Activates Cat Form and places you into stealth until cancelled.” – Useful in avoiding enemies.
Revive, and Rebirth:
“Returns the spirit to the body, restoring a dead target to life with 35% of maximum health and mana.
Not castable in combat.” – Single target resurrection.
“Returns the spirit to the body, restoring a dead target to life with 60% health and 20% mana. Castable
in combat. Usable in all shapeshift forms.” – Single target resurrection with an instant cast.
Revitalize:
“Returns all dead party members to life with 35% of maximum health and mana. Not castable in
combat.” – Group target resurrection with no requirements for Line of Sight.
Stag Form:
“Shapeshift into a mountable stag form, increasing movement speed by 40%. Also protects the caster
from Polymorph effects. Only usable outdoors. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of movement
impairing effects.” – This spell also functions as a multi-passenger mount.
Stampeding Roar:
“Lets loose a wild roar, increasing the movement speed of all friendly players within 10 yards by 60% for
8 sec.” – Base movement speed increase of 60% for both yourself and nearby friends.
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Travel Form:
“Shapeshift into a travel form appropriate to your current location, increasing movement speed on land,
in water, or in the air, and granting protection from Polymorph effects. The act of shapeshifting frees
you from movement impairing effects.” – Increases your speed by 100% outside of combat (excluding
PvP instances).
Macros For druids:
Fly to Treants using wild Charge: #showtooltip
/cancelform
/tar treant
/cast Wild Charge
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Mage
Talents:
Shimmer:
“Teleports you 20 yards forward, unless something is in the way. Unaffected by the global cooldown and
castable while casting.” – Can be used a second time to return to the primary casting location. Will go
through OBIWs.
Mirror Image:
Abilities:
Blink:
“Teleports you forward 20 yds or until reaching an obstacle, and frees you from all stuns and bonds.” -
Quite a useful ability for multiple reasons; can be used to negate fall damage, and to get through most
object based walls.
Ice Block:
“Encases you in a block of ice, protecting you from all attacks and damage for 10 sec, but during that
time you cannot attack, move, or cast spells. Causes Hypothermia, preventing you from recasting Ice
Block for 30 sec. “- Can be used to negate all fall damage.
Portal:
“Creates a portal, teleporting group members who use it to any major city.” - For getting both yourself
and friends out of situations where you find yourself stuck.
Slow Fall:
“Slows a group member's falling speed for 30 sec.” – Self-explanatory, can also be cast on yourself and
combined with other items / spells.
Summon Water Elemental:
“Summons a Water Elemental to follow and fight for you.” – Can be controlled and interacted with;
spells such as Wild Charge will work on the summoned elemental.
Teleport:
“Teleports you to a major city.” – Pretty self-explanatory.
Time Warp:
“Warp the flow of time, increasing haste by 30% for all party and raid members for 40 sec. Allies will be
unable to benefit from Bloodlust, Heroism, or Time Warp again for 10 min.” – While not documented,
this spell also increases your base size.
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Rogue
Abilities (Written by Azix)
Shadowstep (Subtlety/Assasination):
“Step through the shadows to appear behind your target and gain 70% increased movement speed for 2
sec. “- Teleports you behind your target.
Sprint:
“Increases your movement speed by 70% for 8 sec. Usable while stealthed“ - The faster you are, the
further you jump.
Stealth:
“Conceals you in the shadows until cancelled, allowing you to stalk enemies without being seen“- Makes
it easy to bypass enemies you don't want to encounter, for example on your way to a specific location
you want to get out of map from in a high level instance.
Vanish:
“Allows you to vanish from sight, entering stealth while in combat. For the first 3 sec after vanishing,
damage and harmful effects received will not break stealth. Also breaks movement impairing effects” -
In case you need to get out of combat.
Fleet Footed (Passive):
"Your movement speed is increased by 15% and you take reduced falling damage."
Subtly Traits
Catlike Reflexes:
“Increases dodge chance by X% and makes you immune to falling damage”
Class Specific Item:
Survivor's Bag of Coins:
"Use: Throw one of the coins to the ground, propelling yourself in the opposite direction." - Enables you
to collect coins by pickpocketing enemies which can then be used as explained in the description.
Talents:
Grappling Hook (Outlaw):
“Launch a grappling hook and pull yourself to the target location.“ - Can be used to climb mountains,
jump through most types of walls and avoid fall damage if timed right.
Death from Above:
"Finishing move that empowers your weapons with shadow energy and performs a devastating two-part
attack.[...]" - You leap to the position of your target, ignoring collisions on your way.
Hit and Run (Outlaw):
"Increases your movement speed at all times by 15%."
Nightstalker (Subtlety/Assassination):
“While Stealth is active, you move 20% faster and your abilities deal 50% more damage."
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Useful Mounts for Exploration:
“Chopper” Mounts: Chopper mounts are the kings of beneficial exploration mounts. Most, if not all, “Chopper” mounts can
jump while standing still, meaning they can be used at 100% speed to wallclimb. In addition, some of
them have the bonus of being multi-passenger, meaning you could bring a friend!
• Champion’s Treadblade / Warlord’s Deathwheel:
Can be purchased from Paulie for 100,000g / a reward from the achievement “Warlord’s
Deathwheel”.
• Chauffeured Chopper:
Provided as a reward for the achievement “Heirloom Hoarder”. While it is not a multi-passenger
mount, it can be used at any level.
• Mechano Hog / Mekigneer’s Chopper:
Can be purchased on the Auction House or created via an Engineer, has the bonus of being a
multi-passenger mount.
Large Mounts: Large sized mounts such as Grand Black War Mammoth increase your size significantly, allowing for
ceiling clipping. While there are numerous large-scale mounts, Mammoths appear to be more beneficial
as they allow for passengers, who are not affected by their hitbox size.
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Common Exploration Techniques:
Client Frame Lag: Client Frame Lag can be instigated to delay, or continue, the effects of a spell. For example, if a Druid
uses Wild Charge (Moonkin Form) and instigates 15 seconds of Client Frame Lag during the Wild Charge,
he can force the game to hold him in position for the duration of the Wild Charge cooldown which in
turn allows the Druid to instantly cast it again. Methods such as this can be used to effectively “fly” up to
an obstacle, or across a gap. The below macro can cause Client Frame Lag (change the X character to the
required number of seconds):
/run local t = time() +X while time() <t do end
Extreme Speed: Extreme Speed is one of the oldest techniques and has been used throughout every expansion. By
combining various items, toys, spells, and armor, almost anyone can achieve a very high movement
speed allow them to cross gaps very quickly. A prime example of this is combining Rocket Boots Xtreme
with a Filled Festive Mug. While client Frame Lag may be more reliable than using Extreme Speed, it is
not as quick.
Clipping Through Walls & Ceilings: Another technique that’s been around for quite a long time, clipping through walls and ceilings allows a
player with a significant size increase to pass unconstrained through ceilings. The current working
method requires the player to use a size increase, such as a mount or an Elixir of Giant Growth, and then
to log out (alt + F4 just before the mount cast finishes, if using a mount). Upon logging back in, the
player will be able to jump through the ceiling, and over the wall.
Unknown Zone Teleportation Dying in an unknown zone will teleport you to your “default” faction Graveyard, regardless of continent.
For Alliance, this is Westfall, and for Horde it’s the Northern Barrens.
Exploring with Offline Mode: Offline Mode allows a player to walk around the world of Azeroth without taking any form of damage; in
Offline Mode, there is no way to dismount, mount, die, communicate with, or see, other players. There
is no current working method to activate Offline, but for educational purposes a previous method can
be seen here.
Using Client-Side Lag to Explore: Using client-side lag to explore is a new method that simplifies both exploration via travelling and wall
climbing; the theory behind it is that you cause your client to freeze in order tonullify the cooldowns of
certain spells. For example, a Demon Hunter can use Fel Rush twice, cause some client-side lag for the
duration of the cooldown, and the proceed to use Fel Rush again, without their character moving at all.
This allows for the Demon Hunter to endlessly scale up a wall, or dash across a large open crevice
without falling. There are a few methods to cause client-side lag, but the simplest ones are macros, one
example is listed below:
/run local t = time() +10 while time() <t do end
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The duration of the lag can be changed by changing the number “10” to however long you would like to
lag (in seconds)
Extreme Speed: Combining speed increasing items, such as the Rocket Boots Xtreme, and the Filled Festive Mug can
result in a very fast-moving player with a long lasting, re-applicable, slowfall. If you do not have a Filled
Festive Mug, another form of slowfall can be used such as the Noggenfoger Elixir.
Third Party Exploration Resources: • Carbonite – In-game addon that provides minimap data on the world map.
• Marlam’s WoW Minimap Browser – Website that provides the raw minimap data of all zones.
• HiddenWoW Reddit – Subreddit for WoW Exploration.
• Ownedcore – Site for sharing and discovering exploration and exploits.
• Ridpef – French exploration community.
• The Exploration Discord – Discord for sharing and discussing exploration.
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The Explorer’s Hall of Record. (Green is Active, Red is for Inactive, as far as I can tell (in the context of exploration).
• Arrrdolf – Previous GM of Keepers of the Secrets, a German Exploration Guild. Renowned for
creating large scale events, such as raids on GM Island.
• Archvaldor’s Warcraft Hacks – Professional Exploiter, likes to dabble in Exploration now and
again. Known for his corny channel trailer.
• Berserks – Hailed as perhaps the best wallclimber of all time. Interested in, well, wallclimbing.
• Codescrafter
• Dovah The Explorer – Previous co-owner of the Exploration Discord, interested in Model Editing,
Exploration, and Exploitation. Known for his deliberately intriguing signatures on Ownedcore.
• TheDopefish – Creator of the [TheDopefish] WoW - Exploration the Movie
• Hazzbazzy – Primarily known for being the creator of this handbook, and owner of the
Exploration Discord. Interested in Exploration, and Exploitation.
• Haven Games – Now deceased according to the internet, made a LOT of content about the
different WoW secrets and myths.
• Hurricaanz
• Madori999
• Marulu
• Nami Heartlilly – Previously maintained a series known as “Out of World” where she explored
various zones.
• OfficialHelpKenny – Retired explorer, lots of old content.
• OotHEWoW
• Raknator
• Random Acts of Violation – Renowned exploit group, now individual. Videos are made public
periodically and then redacted. Interested in primarily Exploitation and Private Servers
• Reznik Shaman – Talented explorer; now primarily interested in Model Editing.
• Shunt1900 – Long time explorer, now looks to be inactive.
• Strangletusk92 – Creator of “The Explorer’s Map”, which while outdated is still actually quite
useful.
• VOTU – Large player a few years ago in the exploration community. Now looks to be inactive.
• WizardTrokair – Author of the original Exploration Tutorial.
• Wowgamer119xx
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