Ghost city: WoW gamers debate which zone has the bottom inhabitants

With a world as vast and expansive because the one present in World of Warcraft, it shouldn’t come as a shock that lots of the zones are practically deserted totally. 

For as a lot of the participant base that may be discovered within the Dragon Isles, there’s as a lot uninhabited empty house throughout the sport’s older zones. Assume to your self: Genuinely, when was the final time you had been in a mid-game Basic zone just like the Searing Gorge? 

In a current thread posted to the official WoW subreddit, gamers debated which zones had been the least populated within the present model of the sport, and the solutions assorted throughout a number of continents, proving that extra of the sport could also be left to wreck than we predict. 

The preferred reply throughout the thread for the query of “least populated zone” was Silithus, the southwestern-most zone on Kalimdor. The zone was infamous again within the day for its lack of questing content material, and even in fashionable WoW, there are few causes to go there. 

Some gamers argued towards the declare that Silithus is the least populated zone within the recreation, and we are inclined to agree with that line of considering. Silithus is house to Ahn’Qiraj, which, even if it’s a near-20-year-old raid, it’s nonetheless value farming for popularity grinders and completionists. Plus, the main addition of Sargeras’ sword to the center of the zone on the finish of Legion has made Silithus extra populated with gamers catching up on the story, even if it hasn’t been present content material in years. Nonetheless, Silithus is a strong candidate. 

An in-game WoW screenshot of Sargeras' sword sticking out of the ground in Silithus.
Sargeras’ sword in Silithus is well the most important landmark in all of WoW, nevertheless it’s no vacationer attraction. Screenshot by Dot Esports

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Different WoW gamers claimed that zones such because the Arathi Highlands and Hinterlands had been a few of retail WoW’s useless spots, for which there are positively instances to be made. These two zones, regardless of their excessive prominence in Basic WoW, are comparatively dead-silent within the fashionable model of the sport. That might change, although, with the addition of the Eastern Kingdoms Dragonriding Cup later this month, when races unlock in additional of the sport’s older zones.

As for us, our choose for the least-populated zone in WoW might be Felwood. The zone has only a few quests, and even if you happen to’re leveling via Kalimdor as your alternative in your Chromie Time timeline, there are different zones which might be extra experience-rich than Felwood. 

Felwood is a small strip of land discovered sandwiched between Darkshore, Mount Hyjal, and Moonglade—all of that are robust candidates themselves—however its very small measurement, relative lack of questing content material, and few causes to revisit within the endgame make Felwood our surefire nominee for the “least visited place in retail WoW.”

In regards to the writer

Michael Kelly

Employees Author overlaying World of Warcraft and League of Legends, amongst others. Mike’s been with Dot since 2020, and has been overlaying esports since 2018.

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