There are many dark details in World of Warcraft. However, one dark detail has been overlooked for years, even though it is so obvious.
World of Warcraft has grown extremely large over more than 20 years. Knowing every single detail of the game is almost impossible for both developers and fans. Often, dark details can be discovered in seemingly harmless areas, which one only truly understands upon a second or third glance.
One example of this is currently circulating in the WoW subreddit and sparking a discussion about “hidden cruelties” in the game world.
What has been rediscovered? The player Snackolotl has noticed a tent of the Razortusk while wandering through Durotar. The tent is made of leather and appears to be constructed from various patches. However, upon closer inspection, one can see a gruesome detail in one of the patches: a face. It seems that an ogre has been processed here and incorporated into the tent.
The discovery has led the community to talk about how they first encountered World of Warcraft and how some details have burned into their memory. For instance, Cakalacky describes under the post:
Funny story, I was still a child when Vanilla came out (about 10 or 11) and I remember my father coming into the living room and watching me level my first character. Vanilla was very brutal, and I still vividly remember seeing some body parts, skin tents, and such. My father then leaned over to me and quietly said, “Don’t tell your mother,” while patting me on the shoulder and then walking away.
WoW is full of evil, dark details
Are there more of these? Yes. World of Warcraft has many dark details that are not perceived as such at first glance until one thinks a little longer about them. A quite similar object can also be found with the gnomes, who have also set up their tents – for example, in the Elwynn Forest, Westfall, or Feralas. Looking at their tents, which are also made of leather, one can see here too that the skin of humanoids has been used – for example, a human (as seen in the title image).
Is this still the case in WoW today? Yes, but just like back then, one must keep an eye open and question environments or read quests carefully. Especially the expansion Legion, which is currently being revived through “Legion Remix,” had many dark details, such as melted dryads in blobs of flesh, the killing of innocents, or the sacrificing of defenseless refugees for the sake of one’s own power.
In the latest expansions, this cruel portrayal seems to have diminished somewhat, and the cruelty is mostly only implied in the quest texts.
If you enjoy secrets and mysterious places, we have already reported extensively on that too. Particularly impressive are the 5 secret places in World of Warcraft that you have probably never been to.
