I WANT TO SAY, Before I start that I know almost everything I post here is going to be OLD and KNOWN, but its my first time experiencing it and not just reading about it, and I felt like sharing it.
I decided to show some of the Stormwind Vault, which has been a building of interest for many inside of Stormwind and is the long-unused big brother to the Stockade instance. Now I'm 100% sure I'm not the first person to step foot in here in game, but I decided to share with you my exploration, maybe you'll find it interesting?
This is the building in question which the "Vault" lays, located in the Stormwind Canals just between the Trade District and Old Town.
As we can see, the building is locked up by these annoying Portcullises, one on each entryway into the building. The only way to the interior is either by glitching or teleport commands, which will be my choice method.
The inside of the building, very much the same as the inside of the building that houses the Stockade instance.
The entryway into the instance is near identical to the portal for the Stockade, although it is lacking the whizzing portal animation in the passageway and plays no whirring sound like a finished dungeon portal.
The loading screen image appears to be unique, very cool.
Image snapped the second the instance loaded, you can see it has a much more elaborate naming convention "The Stockade" and "Stormwind Vault", rather then the actual stockade instance which simply says "Stormwind Stockade".
You can also see its name on the map as "Stormwind Vault"".
Using the .gps GM commands in the chat box shows our location as being on Map: 35, a rather low instance number, hinting at this being a rather early inclusion. The map is named "<unused>StormwindPrison", and the zone itself "The Stockade".
Here you can also see the first hallway of the instance, it may look similiar to the Stockade instance, but look at the map and see how complex this gets very quickly. This instance is an exact opposite of the stockade, which was a rather small and straight forward dungeon, this one is sprawling, maze like and generally confusing to navigate due to this version of Wow's lack of instance maps and its very non-monumental design making it hard to tell where you are at any given time.
There isn't much to show on the inside of the instance, it all looks very similiar to it all and the Stockade, its just much larger and more confusing to navigate. I did come across this room, which so far is the most interesting thing I've found in here. Its very large and is near the end of where you would end up if you ran this as an instance, perhaps a final boss room or the like?
I'mma keep exploring and see what other interesting things I can find :3
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