World of Warcraft is full of bugs – no wonder, after 20 years a lot accumulates. We present the 5 most absurd bugs and glitches here.
With nearly 20 years of lifespan, World of Warcraft has experienced a lot. From the good old “Vanilla” version to the current expansion “Dragonflight”, the game has constantly evolved, improved, and changed.
However, these changes brought problems from time to time. Bugs, exploits, and glitches occasionally crept into the game, causing curious incidents that many WoW veterans still remember today with a broad grin or nostalgic smile.
We want to present five of these strange errors here.
1. XP loss – character levels backwards
In MMORPGs from the last decades, there were often various mechanics for punishment. One of the most annoying of these types: the loss of gained experience points, which could sometimes even reverse a level-up.
World of Warcraft consciously decided against such punishing mechanics at release, which dulled the gaming experience. Nevertheless, at least one player has had the experience that his character suddenly lost multiple levels.
We are talking about Saurzan, and the bug occurred shortly after the launch of Patch 8.0. Saurzan wanted to participate in some PvP battlegrounds to level his character from level 98 to 99.
However, that didn’t quite work out. When Saurzan returned to Orgrimmar from the first battleground, he couldn’t believe his eyes. His mage had not reached level 99 – but had fallen back to level 94.
This also led to the curious situation that the character wore armor that he couldn’t even use because it had a higher level requirement. The corresponding armor was marked in red and thus “inactive”.
Blizzard was able to quickly fix the error and restore the correct level – but this mage is likely the only one who has ever actively “leveled backwards”.
2. Players could tame druids
Another bug revolves around druids. Although Shadowlands is certainly not remembered as the most popular expansion in WoW history, it did create some notable memories.
One of them occurred shortly after the launch of the first raid “Castle Nathria.” Here you could obtain a very special necklace from the boss “Hunter Altimor.”
The necklace allowed the wearer to control numerous wild animals in the open world via mind control and thus have a companion by their side for a few minutes to assist in battle. A fitting reward for a fight against a beastmaster.
What the developers apparently overlooked: The trinket was applicable to all animals.
“All animals” meant in this case also druids in animal form. If you were in a duel with a druid or encountered a member of the other faction, you could tame these players. They would then lose control of their character and follow the user of the necklace faithfully.
Blizzard noticed and fixed the error a few hours after the raid opened. But for a few hours, players could make druids their subjects.
3 more curious incidents and bugs are on page 2.
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