Valheim players who are concerned about the time they spend outside of World of Warcraft can now kill two birds with one stone. Thanks to a new – free – mod you can explore the popular areas of Azeroth in each of the most popular Viking survival games.
The free mod called Valheim of Warcraft doesn’t change Valheim’s core game, but adds most of the World of Warcraft zones to Valheim as playable land masses. These include Kalimdor, the Eastern Kingdoms, Quel’Thalas, Northrend, Pandaria, and more.
Note that this import is not a one-to-one rebuild. The mod’s creator, who speaks of “Kromek” on the Nexus Mod website, says that each landmass was shrunk by about 20% to make the map fit in Valheim and the cosmic areas like Argus, Draenor, Outlands and the Shadowlands not yet included. The Maelstrom is technically there too, but without its iconic vortex.
The custom map launches players in a newly created version of the Timeless Isle that includes active portals to the various starting zones of World of Warcraft. From there, each zone has its own progression path and boss fights with additional portals that take you across the country instead of the World of Warcraft ship and zeppelin routes.
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That said, you won’t find any major cities, dungeons, or other structures to explore, although Kromek plans to add optional pre-built structures and add “burial chambers, sunken crypts, and goblin villages” to the map in which they would appear believable. But since Valheim allows players to build their own cities, you and your friends could challenge yourself to recreate Orgrimmar, Stormwind, and the rest right now.
To add a Valheim of Warcraft map to your game:
- Go to User /[Your User Name]/ AppData / LocalLow / IronGate / Valheim on your pc.
- Back up the Worlds and Characters folders in a safe, easily accessible location so that you can restore your game data if something goes wrong.
- Install that Better continents mod from Nexus Mods (requires a free Nexus Mods account).
- Download the zip folder for the Valheim of Warcraft map from Nexus mods.
- Unzip the map of Valheim of Warcraft User /[Your User Name]/ AppData / LocalLow / IronGate / Valheim / Worlds
- Open Valheim and select “Valheim of Warcraft” from the listed worlds to play.
For instructions on how to play the map online, visit Valheim of Warcrafts Nexus Mod page.
