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title: 'WoW Forever''s Hyjal Proves Blizzard Can Do It'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=WvPtVth9bSI'
video_id: 'WvPtVth9bSI'
date: 2026-10-01
duration_sec: 1857
channel: 'Xaryu'
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# WoW Forever's Hyjal Proves Blizzard Can Do It

> Source: [WoW Forever's Hyjal Proves Blizzard Can Do It](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WvPtVth9bSI)

## Summary

The video is a live gameplay exploration of the World of Warcraft Classic beta, where the streamer and his group attempt to reach the unfinished zones of Gilneas and Mount Hyjal. They navigate through dangerous areas, encounter sharks, bears, and other mobs, and finally unlock a flight path, showcasing the new content and discussing the game's atmosphere and design.

### Key Points

- **Exploring Gilneas** [00:00] — The streamer decides to check out Gilneas, noting the absence of fog in the zone, which affects immersion. He attempts to reach the island to reset his fatigue bar.
- **Fatigue and Blink** [00:30] — He uses Blink to reset fatigue and avoid aggro, but gets stunned by sharks. He notes that Blink is usable while stunned, contrary to the game's message.
- **Reaching Land as Ghost** [02:27] — After dying, he explores the land as a ghost, noting that the map doesn't work and the zone is still under construction. He sees a Gothic Cathedral-like structure and a caved bridge.
- **Breaking Through the Gate** [04:49] — He finds a way through a gate, entering a building with stained glass windows and paintings, noting the absence of rain inside and the inability to read books while dead.
- **Group Encounter with Elite Mob** [05:57] — The group pulls an elite mob, using guards to kill it. They loot 'magically fortified legs' (16 defense, 27 stamina, 16 damage), a new B.O.P. item with a 3 gold vendor price.
- **Navigating the Cave** [08:07] — The group debates which cave to take, using hunter pets and concussive shots to scout. They face multiple deaths and respawns, eventually finding the right path.
- **Arrival at Mount Hyjal** [16:10] — After a harrowing journey with bears and other mobs, the group reaches Mount Hyjal, praising the music, fire, and ambience. Only a few classes (Mage, Hunter, Druid) made it through.
- **Unlocking Flight Path** [21:21] — They discover a flight path, allowing easy access to the zone. The streamer notes the zone's design, transitioning from green landscapes to fel-corrupted areas, and the duality of life and death.
- **Summit of Eternity and Archimonde** [28:22] — At the Summit of Eternity, they see what appears to be Archimonde's remains (head and ribcage) and his armor, noting it looks different from Warcraft 3. They unlock the flight path and observe the new raid entrance.

### Conclusion

The video showcases the unfinished zones of Gilneas and Mount Hyjal in the WoW Classic beta, highlighting the dangers and rewards of exploration. The streamer successfully unlocks a flight path, providing a preview of the new content and its atmospheric design.

## Transcript

Go check out Gilneas. Oh yeah, there's Hyjal and Gilneas I wanted to check out. I forgot about those. Okay, so Herdation Isle is here. So this is Gilneas over here. Oh my gosh, bro, that looks sick.
I might just die to fatigue before getting there, unless I can get to this island and reset my fatigue bar, which I think I can. Wait, why do I not have fog on? Oh, maybe they messed up fog here.
Okay, so fatigue bar resets. Blink? I'm gonna say blink for now. I'm gonna say blink and get the aggro or something. Maybe they didn't add fog in the zone yet,
because it's still being worked on. Because, yeah, I can see... This is what the game looks like with no fog. You just see everything, bro. So much better without fog? No, I think, like, seeing this far,
it's, like, almost less immersion, because it's like, you can just see like every detail, every... I don't know, I definitely like the fog. Are we just exploring? Yeah, I was going to check out Kilmeas because a bunch of people told me that you can, so it's like, oh my gosh, I haven't actually done this yet,
let's go check it out. So, we're checking it out. Did you see what happened to the other streamer that was sneaking into Kilmeas? He got owned by a warden. That's definitely not going to happen to me, guys.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Come on! Oh, I'm probably not supposed to be here, and two sharks come out and stunlock me, and I press blink, and it says you can't do that while stunned.
Well, yes, I actually can, because blink is usable while stunned. So, Blizzard, I don't know. I was just trying to show off your game here. Unbelievable. At least it wasn't a warden. Yeah.
Okay, we'll see if we can make it to land. I don't know if we can, but sharks can't go on land, right? So as long as I can make it on land, we should be pretty chill here.
There's someone else's dead body there, too. Oh, come on! Almost there. One more run, guys. One more run. Unbelievable.
If I had enough mana to blink, we would have been fine there. Ah! Come on! Almost made it to the promised land. I mean, bro, who knows? Maybe when you get on land, something else kills you, but I wanted to try.
Okay, let's take a look. Guys, we made it to the land of sharks. Cannot get on land... I think I got a keybob saying you're not supposed to be here, so maybe we're actually not supposed to be there.
Except as a ghost, I mean, they can't kill me if I'm already dead, so let's go explore the ghost just for a second, huh? Let's turn off ghost effects. And let's take a look. Map doesn't do anything. Bruh. Bruh! I wonder what patch this is coming out in.
So clearly they're working on, like, some stuff down the road here. Gonna get jumpscared, like, as far as I'm already dead, so I don't think I can fight. Deal Nega City!
Oh! I can't get in there! Dude! Let's see if we can get around this way. Oh, man, it's gonna be real fun to rez, huh? I'm gonna have to run all the way back to the GY, dude. There's the bridge over there. There's a camp over here. That tower looks so cool, dude.
That looks like the Gothic Cathedral. Oh, not really. I was going to say the Cologne Cathedral a little bit. Thanks for the fun, man. Where am I going? I'm literally just running around. I was going to check out this bridge over here. Looks like it's, um, caved
I want to go in here though.
And then there's some boats, more buildings. Cool. I can hear the rain when I'm dead. Is that crazy? I can't even see it, but I can hear it. And I can feel it. Is there any music? Nah, not yet. Okay.
Yeah, we'll definitely see what they do with this place and when they actually add it. And I can go up this way, but it might be a bunch of nothing. Might be time to make our way back to the spirit healer pretty soon here. Wait, you're saying I can go around?
Oh, can I? Let's see. Oh, just like that? I don't know why I spaced out on that. If I can get in there, that'd be cool. Oh, you guys are right. What the heck? What's the point of that gate if you... Nice gate, bro!
What the heck? Are you kidding me? Uh... Nice. What are we talking about? We made it inside. We broke through the gate.
Oh, actually, I wonder if I can... Oh, dude, I fell twice. That's not because of my age, guys. I'm lagging. Yeah, I'm going to go this way. I didn't want to go that way anyway. Oh, the door is open. Okay, let's go in here for a second.
Oh, it's nice in here. No more rain. Oh, there's someone else that's dead and exploring. Oh, dude! Sick! So cool.
So cool. Some paintings over here. Stained glass windows. Okay, and then we're going to flip around. Read the books? I don't think you can read when you're dead.
Is this just the Kata area? I'd have to re-go back and just look at the Kata area. For people that have played Kata recently, it's this... Or I guess more of a modern version. Oh, I can't get them through here. Okay, if anyone wants to go explore
uh, casual with me. I'm not going to start invites yet. I think I'm going to wait until I get to the zone and then start invites. I think that's basically the strat.
60 locks can have SLSL. Yeah, but that fear range nerf is crazy, man. Oh! Who pulled? Oh! Yo, yo, just let it reset, guys. Don't attack that. Don't attack that. Just let it reset. Don't attack that.
Oh crap! Yeah, do not attack that guys.
Just let it reset. Or we could tie it into the guards and have the guards kill it and get the loot. Yeah, kill it, let the guards kill it. Yeah! Alright, everybody attack now. The guards will kill it.
Don't stand in front of it though, he's a cone. Yeah, watch out for the cones. Oh my gosh, go! World first to Azeroth! World first! Okay. Yo, imagine. Imagine.
You can't get loot unless you do 50% of the damage. Guys, pick it up! Pick it up! Get some more damage! Oh!
We got some magically fortified legs! 16 defense, 27 stamina, 16 damage legs. These are prop alley legs. Never before seen. Until right now.
Guess I might need those to beta test. We'll see. Wow! Brand new B.O.P. Oh, three gold vendor price. Guys, I'm definitely going to need that to beta test then.
That actually kind of sick SK won the role Nice Craft on world first magically fortified legs
Let's see if we can get through here. This has been quite the journey, boys. I think almost everyone's here. I don't actually know where to go, but hopefully it leads us to Heichel pretty soon here. It goes through this past year, I suppose. Uh-oh. Calvis will
play Mage or Rogue. I think Mage and Rogue are also going to be pretty darn strong. Through the cave
and then hold right? Wait, through this cave? Oh, crap. Guys, it's been real. It's been real. It's been nice knowing you.
Alright. A Druid, a Rogue, a Sprint. It should probably go first. Or like a hunter. Oh, the pets, the pets. Yeah, good call, the pets. Good call, the pets. Send the pets in.
Pets, pets, pets, pets, pets. Yes, pets, pets, pets. And then, like, and then after you send your pets, pull them back. Wait, is it this cave? Wait, is that cave or... Oh, crap. I don't know, guys. Is it through the cave or not?
Oh, crap. I think it's down here, huh? Oh, no. Okay. Hunter pets, concussive shots. If you're like a rogue or a druid, a sprint. I mean, you're our guy here. Good luck.
Oh, RIP. RIP, Mercer. I don't know which cave it is. Oh, my gosh. No one knows. Okay, we're going right. Oh, it's left. Oh, is it right?
Okay, no, it's right. It's got to be right. I remember saying right. This is it. This is it. Oh, very nice line of sight from Shelly there.
I'm assuming it's this way, but I don't know.
No! No! No! We got to just keep moving. Guys, we got to keep moving. What do you want me to do? We got to keep moving. We're going to die over there, guys.
We have to keep moving. Revive. Oh, what a beast.
Where did we go? I would assume it's this way.
Okay, at least we're out of combat. We can regroup here. Oh, no! God, no, no, no! Okay, okay, okay. Okay, so we need to wait for everyone to res.
Guys, this is the safe spot here. This can be the chill. Maybe some healers can get some reses off. Apparently, that other way is the way we want to go, not this way. We have to run from Everlook.
Oh. Oh! Oh, guys, I got some bad news. Oh, bad news. Okay, look.
Okay, okay, okay, okay. This way, this way, this way, this way. This way, this way, this way, this way. This way, this way, this way. Maybe we're fine here.
Less than for you, Mr. Streamer. Don't even look at him.
Don't even look at him.
Oh, no, no, no, guys, back, back, back, back. All right, he's coming back.
Okay. Guys, do I go out this way, or do I double back into the cave? Like, is this the right way out here? Both work, double back into the cave. It looks like this might be legit.
I aggroed. Don't, oh, don't say Iagred. Oh, dumb idea.
Oh, moving fast. Oh, brick pot. Oh, shadow bolt, are you kidding me?
I think this is the one right there. I don't know if that's true. It can res me. Probably not, but we're close enough. I'll be back in 15 minutes, guys. Don't worry. Oh.
Oh. Oh, hello. Okay, hello. I'm trying to get my camera angle set here. Okay, so we need to make it through there.
Guys, we're very close. We're very close here. Okay. So we're just gonna chill here with the elves for a bit until the rest of the team gets back.
And then we'll lock this in and dial it, alright? Trying to think of the best way to get through here, man. There is a little gnome right there. Oh, oh, oh, oh.
There's a patrol here and here. So that circle is gonna go back. The diamond... Oh, someone made it through.
Is that Diamond? Okay, I have two more Spring Pods. I think what I might do is just aggro this, let it cast, and then blink the cast, Spring Pod through. Once we get through, are we good?
Like, this is the final mob? Okay, okay, here it is. Here it is. So Circle is going that way. Diamond's gonna come back. This is our chance. This is our chance.
Druids, you can stay back. A diamond should be a little further back.
No! Gah! I think that went off. I might be dead. Oh, did it go off? Okay, okay. Don't worry. Oh no, oh gosh, oh.
Oh goodness. Okay, I'm out of combat. Alright, everybody chill here for a minute. We gotta re-strategize. We do not want to aggro anymore.
Okay. So I think the finale is like right through there. Oh my gosh, dude.
Okay Whoa bro this is epic
Okay, let's flip up and around here. Okay. Okay, so we're going to chill like this. Wait, we have a hunter here? Yo, hunter, you might need to do some hunter things here, man. You move quicker than the rest of us. I'm just saying.
You got a pet, too. We can get right through there. We're not in combat.
We're not in combat. The hunter did it. The hunter did it. Oh my gosh, yes. We made it, boys! Oh no! No, no, no, no!
There's bears! Some of us died, but we made it. Oh, I'm in combat! Oh, no.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, not another one. Oh, crap! Oh, crap! The music is so good.
Why is that a bagger on me? Why? Oh gosh. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Why is that a bagger? That's so cruel. Oh my gosh, it's the easiest one. No, no, I got a bagger on that one. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No. No, Bubba! Oh my gosh, I got dazed.
Don't look back. Don't look back. Don't look back. Oh, no, where did he respond?
Keep moving, keep moving, keep moving, keep moving. Don't look back, don't look back, don't look back. Oh, there's more. There's bears everywhere. Guys, we made it. Like I said, some of us did die.
Holy moly, what a journey. We made it to the Mount Hyshel. Music, fire, ambiance, up there. This is nuts. This is nuts. There are bears here.
It is just Treloris and Ozzy Hunt with me. Everyone else has fallen. And not so hardcore. Wow. You guys can make it through. Oh, God.
Oh, God. There's going to be a lot of people trying to get here. I wish I could help you Oh! Oh, someone echoed What the heck? Why is there a beak? Steel beak?
What is it? Why is there a bird? This guy, help me Help me The NPC Let's go, guitarist Let's go Let's go, guitarist
Let's go Oh my gosh. Kitharis is going to lose this. Run, B1. No, he's going to win. He's going to win. He's going to win. My savior. No, he's going to lose. Okay, I got to run. No, no, no. He's going to win.
Help Kitharis. Help him. Help Kitharis. Oh gosh, Kitharis is going to lose, isn't he? Kitharis, don't lose this. We got to save Kitharis.
Oh my gosh. Kithara saved us. Kithara saved us. Kithara saved us. Yes. Big.
Big. Alright guys, everybody, we hang here. Greetings, travelers. The road to Mount Haisho is long and dangerous. You may rest in the shelter of this cave if you wish. Oh! That's exactly what I did!
I was going to die, so we ran into the cave. Greetings! Okay. Um, guys, I don't know how we're going to get more people through. The only people that have made it are druids that can stealth, hunters that can sprint,
and myself. I got rezzed by the druid, and I'm amazed I can blink. I don't know how we're getting more people through here. Stealth isn't even worth much.
Oh, oh, it's so nice out here. Oh!
Oh!
There's squirrels, deer, bears, owls, chipmunks, airplanes. Oh, the music took a sudden turn.
There's a stag, a bear. Oh my gosh, there's a flight path. Guys, if we make it to this flight path, we're home free. We can get back here anytime we want. Oh, there's a bear. There's a bear. There's a bear.
Careful, guys. Careful. We can get back here anytime we want now. Wow, what a journey.
Oh, someone else made it. There's only Mages, Hunters, and Druids that can get through. If you're not a Mage, Hunter, or Druid, it's rough. Guys, we could literally fly here now.
Yo. Yo. This music goes dumb hard.
Curious bro. Why do you call me Dirt Walker?
Well, because you walk in the dirt! Not to worry, it is a term of endearment for you poor land-bound creatures. It is really a shame you can't fly. It would make everything a lot easier and faster, no?
Walking just seems like such a silly thing. Imagine being that close to the ground all the time. Oh, I thought we had to go. Oh, we have...who pulled?
Someone pulled, man. We gotta keep moving. Oh! Oh Oh
Yeah, don't aggro those. Bro, this almost nice. I'm so happy it looks like classic. Yeah, they did a really good
job with Hyjal and with Riverglades, keeping it feeling like classic-y. This is great. Okay, we're all the way around to the next flight path, but reality is we're probably dead before that, but we'll go as far as we can.
There's flying Chimera! Oh, there's a Steelbeak! Hopefully that won't aggro from way up there.
Oh, the music is so good! Why does my team have a needle first here? Okay, guys, we made it back to this.
There's chimera. There's waterfall. It's green. Man, this zone is done so well. I love that you go from, like, the green landscape to, like, the fell blood star, back to the green landscape,
back to morning's rest. It's like life and death. You see the duality of both, right? Back and forth. We have foxes on the right. We have a kitty on the right. Wild demikitty on the right.
We have Witherbeer up on the left. Okay, so look. If we make it past a little bit, we're going to rez at this fear healer. And then we can take red stick and then come back and get the flight path. But we don't want to get to this fear healer,
so we're just going to have to push through and then die. That's the plan, okay? Aussie hunts, we're going to utilize your crocodile. We're going to leverage your croc. Actually, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Look, look, look, look, look, look.
Up here, up here, up here. Oh well, it is what it is, we're going. It's live. We might have been able to just run this way. Ah crap, okay we're going down, go down, go down. Oh gosh, I'm stuck! Oh no!
Okay, I think we've made it far enough, but we just want to get as far as we can before dying. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Oh! I'm running the wrong way.
This is bad. I want to run this way, but if I turn around, I'm dead. We're playing the long con here. I get dazed? Oh, they reset. Great, great, great. Move, move, move, move!
We're out of comms. We're out of comms. Okay, we need to get as close as we can so when we die, we're at the right spirit res. they're so weak lol it's not that they're weak alright your streamer is strong
it's much different oh ba ba ba Yo, keep moving
Oh, what a noob He's casting Rain of Fire, brother I'm no NPC, dog that is what we're talking about man
right there right there I'll take this shit monk out real quick done wild god renalard there's a fox in here let's go talk to the fox
see what the fox has to say so in order to change one's station one must be willing to outwit their opponent thankfully in this case Demons aren't nearly as clever as we are, so that shouldn't be a problem. They are, however, extremely fun to torment.
Alright. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! Now we know what the fox says. Alright, uh, this is 2026, by the way. Let's move.
So, Jarrell... Oh, Naso got the reds from the other side. Nice, bro. Nice.
Oh, but Naso died again. Not nice, Naso. Naso, nice. Not so nice, Naso. Okay, guys. The tree. We made it.
We made it to the tree. Summit of Eternity.
Oh! Oh! Is that Archimonde? I can't really tell.
Is that Archimonde's, like, It is? Holy crap! Who's that music? The view! Someone's dying! Oh, let's get his life out before anything. That's his head and ribcage of Archimonde. Is that like his armor? Around it? Oh man, that looks sick.
I don't want to die. There's a 24 in here I could easily kill, but I don't want to die to the Guardians. That's his shoulder armor? Yeah, I want to look up a picture of Archimonde real quick. This Archimonde might be different.
Oh, that's different than I was envisioning in my head. Oh crap. No we're good. Archimonde Warcraft 3? That's still different than I thought in my head.
Oh, still so sick, man. So sick, bro.
I love that. And now we have the flight path, so we can get back here whenever we want. Um, so if we run around, these will probably kill us. Wait, where does this exit out to over here
when you run to the end of the, on the end of the ledge? It's to the new raid.
That was sick. I might just jump down there and see what's good. Because I don't want to die over there. I already have the flight. Don't come down here, guys. Don't, don't come down here.
What? Night savers! Night savers! I guess I can just steer it, right? Because we're about to leave, right?
That's fine. I wanted to see kind of what it looked like from this edge. Oh, dude. Mount Tyshaw.