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| + | [[File:Realm selection.png|400px|right|Realm selection screen for North American realms]] |
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| + | A '''realm''' is an instance of the ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' (WoW) game world. Realms are hosted on physical devices called '''servers''' (for this reason, the terms "realm" and "server" are often used interchangeably). This prevents any one realm from becoming too crowded and overwhelming its associated server, provides for better connection times by allowing players to connect to local servers, allows for [[localization|localized]] communities based on language, and to appeal to different play-styles for different users. |
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| − | This quest is obtained by speaking to a [[Blood Elf]] outside of [[Blackrock Depths]] named [[Lothos Riftwaker]]. It is necessary to complete this quest so that you may enter [[Molten Core]]. Once Completed, [[Lothos Riftwaker]] will teleport you directly inside. |
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| + | To play WoW, you must first choose a server (realm) to play on. You then connect to this realm over the {{wplink|Internet}}. Blizzard has servers in the US, Europe, China, and Korea. |
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| − | =With a group= |
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| − | The entrance is just off the path to [[General Angerforge]], and people will often do Attunement to the Core during '''A shred of hope''', which is part of the [[Drakefire Amulet]], better known as the [[Onyxia]] key quest line. |
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| + | == Types == |
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| + | According to the North American realm status page, there are 241 total NA realms. Of these 113 are Normal (PvE) servers, 105 are PvP, 17 are RP, and 6 are RPPvP. For Europe, there are 109 English speaking realms, 87 German, 37 French, 11 Spanish, and 19 Russian, for a total of 263 realms. This breaks down into 99 Normal (PvE), 129 PvP, 20 RP, and 15 RPPvP servers. |
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| + | === Player versus environment === |
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| − | =Solo Attunement= |
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| + | Abbreviated '''PvE''', the [[player versus environment]] realm allows for a more relaxed style while in the world. Depending on the location within the world, it is more difficult to initiate [[player versus player]] combat. This realm is also referred to as a "normal" realm. |
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| − | Soloing '''Attunement to the Core''', the [[Molten Core]] access quest, while not entirely straightforward, is doable. |
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| − | You will need: |
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| + | === Player versus player === |
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| − | * To be level 60, because of the reduced [[Aggro Radius]] |
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| + | This [[realm]] type features [[Player vs Player]] play-style as opposed to a [[PvE realm]]. The main difference between a PvP realm and a PvE realm is that in a PvP realm entering any [[contested territory|contested]] or enemy territory automatically [[PvP flag|flags]] you for PvP combat and you cannot unflag yourself while in these zones. |
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| − | * Several invisibility potions or the ability to [[Stealth]] / [[Prowl]]. |
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| − | * A way to get past the Shadowforge Door. Any of these will do: |
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| − | ** The [[Shadowforge Key]] |
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| − | ** [[Lockpicking]] |
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| − | ** A friend who can use his key or pick the locks. This is only for the 3 doors a the very start and won't take more than a minute. |
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| − | ** A lot of patience and patrol dodging skills |
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| − | * Some way to cross some lava and several mob packs without taking lethal damage. Any of these will do: |
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| − | ** Fire Protection Potions |
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| − | ** Power Word: Shield |
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| − | ** Healing Potions |
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| + | === Roleplaying === |
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| + | This [[realm]] type features [[Player vs Environment]] play-style (same as "normal" or PvE realms) with [[roleplaying]] rules (RP) as opposed to a straight [[PvE realm]] or [[PvP realm]]. |
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| + | - Roleplaying version of a PvE realm. Additional behavior and naming rules apply. |
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| − | ==Part 1 - Get Past the Shadowforge Door== |
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| − | ===Without Key or Lockpicking=== |
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| − | You can use an invisibility potion or prowl/stealth to sneak the guards toward the entrance, head up straight to the arena by avoiding the demon hounds (who see through stealth). Once done, step in the middle of the arena to activate the normal event, head back to the arena entrance and stick up to the iron gate that closed behind you. There are some random mobs that will come from the door on the right. These mobs will despawn after 5 minutes opening mysteriously the door on the left, giving access to the Garrisons. Use another potion/prowl/stealth there to sneak up to the opening downstairs and you will be able to jump down on path to the bridge leading to Lord Incendius. |
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| + | === Roleplaying player versus player === |
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| − | ===With Key or Lockpicking=== |
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| + | This [[realm]] type features [[Player vs Player]] play-style with [[roleplaying]] rules (RP) as opposed to a [[PvE realm]], straight [[PvP realm]], or [[RP realm]]. |
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| − | From the entrance, turn left and open the door. Bypass or kill the patrolling elemental. Keep right and open the second door. Open the third door immediately on your left. There is a single fireguard patrolling the stairs on your right. Avoid the patrol and go up the stairs. |
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| + | === Test === |
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| − | Your goal is the window in the hallway around the corner and down the hall to your left. You will have to run through three packs of mobs and you will aggro them. Quickly make a break for it, being sure to use any avoidance/damage mitigation measures you have, including fear. Run past all the mobs, run down the hall, make a quick left, and then jump through the first window on the right. As soon as you make it out the window, all the mobs will de-aggro you. |
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| + | For the adventurous, there is also a [[Test Realm]] that is periodically available in which players can try experimental features in development before they get released as general [[patches]]. Test realms often exist in both PvE and PvP varieties. |
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| − | [[Image:Soloattune-corridor.jpg|thumb|Keep to the center and all but the last pair will ignore you.]] |
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| + | * [[Realms list]] |
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| − | You will land just behind the shadowforge door, overlooking a bridge with a patrol near the middle and two elementals at the far end. Jump down, keeping to the edge, cross halfway between the patrol and the elementals, and then scoot to the middle of the bridge. You can walk between the first two sets of elementals. Pause before the last set of elementals and watch [[Lord_Incendius]] doing laps around the [[Black Anvil]]. Wait until he is pathing away from you. Quickly run in and make an immediate left off the bridge and into the lava. |
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| + | * [[Player vs Environment#Pros and cons of PvE realms|Pros and cons of PvE realms]] |
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| + | * [[Player vs Player#Pros and Cons of PvP realms|Pros and cons of PvP realms]] |
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| + | * [[Roleplaying]] |
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| + | == External links == |
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| − | Repeatedly jumping up out of the lava as you move seems to save some damage, so try and do this whenever possible. Your next goal is the wall of the cavern, and it is only a few steps on your left. Follow this wall north around the cavern, passing one island, until you are on a small bluff overlooking a second island with Four Fireguard Destroyers. You will be able to see the destroyers only when correctly positioned on the bluff, so use that as a guide. The island is underneath the bridge to Molten Core that is your ultimate destination. |
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| + | <!-- |
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| + | *[http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/realms.html Realms Q&A] at WorldofWarcraft.com |
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| + | *[http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/realmtypes.html Realm Types] Information |
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| + | --> |
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| + | {{elink|type=blizzard|site=US Blizzard Support|link=http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=20049&pageNumber=1|desc=Which realm should I pick to play on?}} |
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| + | '''US''' |
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| + | *[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/status World of Warcraft – Realm Status] List of US Realms, including type and status |
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| + | <!-- *[http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/realmstatus/status.xml US Servers' XML] Status --> |
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| + | '''EU''' |
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| + | *[http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/status World of Warcraft Europe – Realm Status] List of all European realms, including type and status |
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| + | **[http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/status English], [http://eu.battle.net/wow/fr/status French], [http://eu.battle.net/wow/de/status German], [http://eu.battle.net/wow/ru/status Russian], or [http://eu.battle.net/wow/es/status Spanish] lists of all European realms, including type and status |
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| + | <!-- *[http://www.wow-europe.com/realmstatus/index.xml European Servers' XML] Status --> |
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| + | '''Korea''' |
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| + | *[http://kr.battle.net/wow/ko/status World of Warcraft – Realm Status] List of Korean Realms, including type and status |
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| + | '''Fansites''' |
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| − | ==Part 2 - Get to the MC Bridge== |
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| + | *[http://www.warcraftrealms.com/ WarcraftRealms.com] Useful realm info, based on user submitted data |
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| − | [[Image:Soloattune-islandgoal.jpg|thumb|We're going to the island over yonder, behind which is visible the bridge to the Core.]] |
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| + | *[http://www.realmwatcher.com/ RealmWatcher.com] Free realm status email alerts (with customizable alert criteria, e.g. "alert when <realm> is Queued for at least 5 minutes") and RSS feeds |
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| − | Now you need to cross the lava and stand on the edge of that island. There are several Fireguard Destroyers patrolling around in the lava between you and the island that can be extremely difficult to spot. The best and easiest way to get past this is to invite a friend or guildmate so that you are in a party, tab target them, and then put a marker above their heads so that you can easily dodge their patrol path. If you don't have any friends, you'll simply have to use trial and error. |
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| + | *[http://www.patryk.net/projects/wow-tools/ Realm Status Firefox Microsummary tool] European Realms and Firefox 2.0 or later required |
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| + | *[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1780/ Realm Status Firefox Add-On] US realms and Firefox 1.5 or later required |
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| + | *[http://warcraftupdate.net WarcraftUpdate.net] Get text messages through Twitter when realms come online or when a world event is happening. |
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| + | *[http://www.wowrecord.com/ Wowrecord.com] Realm information and statistics mined from the armory. |
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| + | [[Category:Game terms]] |
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| − | [[Image:Soloattune-wheretostand.jpg|thumb|Our intrepid heroine demonstrates where to stand.]] |
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| + | [[Category:Servers| Realm]] |
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| − | Once you have an opening, jump out into the lava and swim, while jumping, to the edge of the island, out of aggro range of the elementals there. Take a breather and heal up. Your final goal is in sight. Wait for the Fireguard nearest you to path to the right, and then jump back into the lava on the left side. Continue north through the lava until you make it to the ramp leading up to the bridge. Hug the right wall very tightly, as you come out very close to a front elemental which will be on your left side as you go up the ramp. You now stand before the bridge to [[Molten Core]]. |
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| + | [[da:Realm]] |
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| − | ==Part 3 - Get past the Bridge Elementals== |
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| − | [[Image:Soloattune-bridge.jpg|thumb|Some of Ragnaros's minor minions waiting to welcome you into the Core.]] |
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| − | Use another invisibility potion to get past the three elementals and cross halfway across the bridge. At the far side are three more elementals. Wait 10 minutes for the cooldown on the invisibility potion to expire and use another to get past the second pack of elementals. |
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| − | The core fragment is a stalagmite on the left next to the Molten Core instance entrance. Use it to get quest item. |
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| − | After gaining the fragment, you can exit Blackrock Depths by inviting someone, converting to raid, then entering Molten Core and immediately exiting. It'll exit the instance and bring you right to Lothos Riftwalker where you can turn in the quest for your reward. |
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| − | Congratulations! You are now Attuned to the Molten Core! |
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| − | =Videos showing Attunement= |
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| − | *[http://files.filefront.com/flamewalker_attunementwmv/;4121527;;/fileinfo.html A movie] A movie showing solo attunement |
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| − | *[http://files.filefront.com/attunementavi/;5166829;;/fileinfo.html Another movie] showing the beginning to end attunement process for a non stealth class. |
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| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-2u48dD2EI Another short movie] showing beginning to end attunement with a mage. |
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| − | [[Category:Quests|Attunement to the Core]] |
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Revision as of 22:16, 13 July 2011
A realm is an instance of the World of Warcraft (WoW) game world. Realms are hosted on physical devices called servers (for this reason, the terms "realm" and "server" are often used interchangeably). This prevents any one realm from becoming too crowded and overwhelming its associated server, provides for better connection times by allowing players to connect to local servers, allows for localized communities based on language, and to appeal to different play-styles for different users.
To play WoW, you must first choose a server (realm) to play on. You then connect to this realm over the Internet. Blizzard has servers in the US, Europe, China, and Korea.
Types
According to the North American realm status page, there are 241 total NA realms. Of these 113 are Normal (PvE) servers, 105 are PvP, 17 are RP, and 6 are RPPvP. For Europe, there are 109 English speaking realms, 87 German, 37 French, 11 Spanish, and 19 Russian, for a total of 263 realms. This breaks down into 99 Normal (PvE), 129 PvP, 20 RP, and 15 RPPvP servers.
Player versus environment
Abbreviated PvE, the player versus environment realm allows for a more relaxed style while in the world. Depending on the location within the world, it is more difficult to initiate player versus player combat. This realm is also referred to as a "normal" realm.
Player versus player
This realm type features Player vs Player play-style as opposed to a PvE realm. The main difference between a PvP realm and a PvE realm is that in a PvP realm entering any contested or enemy territory automatically flags you for PvP combat and you cannot unflag yourself while in these zones.
Roleplaying
This realm type features Player vs Environment play-style (same as "normal" or PvE realms) with roleplaying rules (RP) as opposed to a straight PvE realm or PvP realm.
- Roleplaying version of a PvE realm. Additional behavior and naming rules apply.
Roleplaying player versus player
This realm type features Player vs Player play-style with roleplaying rules (RP) as opposed to a PvE realm, straight PvP realm, or RP realm.
Test
For the adventurous, there is also a Test Realm that is periodically available in which players can try experimental features in development before they get released as general patches. Test realms often exist in both PvE and PvP varieties.
See also
External links
US Blizzard Support Which realm should I pick to play on?US
- World of Warcraft – Realm Status List of US Realms, including type and status
EU
- World of Warcraft Europe – Realm Status List of all European realms, including type and status
Korea
- World of Warcraft – Realm Status List of Korean Realms, including type and status
Fansites
- WarcraftRealms.com Useful realm info, based on user submitted data
- RealmWatcher.com Free realm status email alerts (with customizable alert criteria, e.g. "alert when <realm> is Queued for at least 5 minutes") and RSS feeds
- Realm Status Firefox Microsummary tool European Realms and Firefox 2.0 or later required
- Realm Status Firefox Add-On US realms and Firefox 1.5 or later required
- WarcraftUpdate.net Get text messages through Twitter when realms come online or when a world event is happening.
- Wowrecord.com Realm information and statistics mined from the armory.
da:Realm