A Short Introductory Guide To The Exploit Community In WoW

For more information on EXPLORATION:

GM island footage courtesy of Senpai

Ownedcore Exploration Forum:

For more information on Third-party HACKING:

"Purple Stuff" Footage courtesy of Hazzbazzy:

For more information on EXPLOITS:

Speedrunning:

Speedrunning Footage courtesy of Shiekrunner:

Kazuz, another excellent speedrunner:

[RichardHarlos]

Wonderful explanation of, and distinction between, approaches to exploring game bugs, vulnerabilities, and otherwise fun aberrations. Much respect and appreciation for all you do & share with us here on YouTube, Arch. Cheers!

[twistedshapeshifter]

I honestly don’t know how people even find all these exploits, so much dedication.

[laboon]

Always love the videos, content, and that beautiful voice. Even though I havent played retail in ages, I'll never forget finding your channel in my YT algorithms. You are always clear and direct with your wording, informative, and not one-sided on any topic. All while giving us the time to digest what you are explaining. Keep providing amazing, informative & enlightening content. Really appreciate all that you do! Dont change!

[SenpaiTheExplorer]

Really appreciate you using some of my gm island raid footage in this :) really awesome video and great information arch!

[Augury]

Can't wait to see what you have in store for us in classic (:

[tek]

I've been doing this shit for years without ever really having any community ties outside of a few likeminded individuals. It really adds a new (and entertaining) dynamic to the game. Been having a blast doing it in vanilla as well. That said, I certainly regret not becoming involved in the larger community of "explorers".

[KazuzWoW]

very nice video, Congrats to 51k subs!

[matminecraft]

Nice Video mate exact title and a good guide to how these little online subcultures work.

[lw-tv]

Hey Archvaldor this is CheekNation, i just changed my youtube name to match my btag/wow name. I’m extremely excited to see what you release for classic and have nothing but good wishes for you. I heard you say in your video that you’re putting in 60 hrs/wk into your work, but just make sure you keep your health up and stay positive, i’ve stated before i don’t have money to support through patreon but i’ve always been a huge supporter externally. Keep up the fantastic work, it’s much appreciated

[robertrosenthal]

I've always loved getting places I'm not supposed to be in games.
Haven't done a whole lot with it in WoW, but there was a day I was safely taking my level 5 through a level 50 area many years ago. Had a lot of comments on that from the people in the zone.
The rest of the WoW stuff was mostly the usual small things like going to the airport, the other side of the dam, finding places you can always fall through the world, that kind of minor stuff.
I'd say I've been killed falling through the world in WoW so many times that Blizzard probably owes me a few thousand gold for gear repairs. (It's really bad when they ask you to reproduce it for them. Of course that was back when you could get a hold of live GMs.)

In the MMORPG called "Horizons", during the beta I kept breaking into the "unreachable" starter area where you make your character and get your skills and stuff. That was a total exploit since it then allowed you to get those skills and things as many times as you broke in. Of course I sent the devs complete instructions on how I got in, they'd patch it, and I'd do it again. I guess it really got to them because when they released the game they'd removed the starter area and just used a normal character creator. :D
Oh yes, in Horizons, they planned to let you play dragons, but didn't release that until later. In the starter area, they had the dragon section, complete with giant pile of gold, it's just that entering the normal way you'd never be able to get to it. Somewhere I had pictures posted of it, but that too was a long time ago.

In Everquest I found a few spots to fall through the world. After they changed to code to warp you to a safe spot if you fall through, it became a great teleport convenience. I think my most fun being out of normal areas was in Freeport. The hallway between East and West where you zone. I found a way to get behind the zone trigger, and checked out what was behind the corner in the hall. (Just a little more hall then empty space.) I'd have fun standing just behind the zone trigger and dueling with passerbys. They'd rush me and get zoned, thus triggering a zone message that they ran away from the duel. I had fun with that prank. Back then, as far as I knew, the system didn't keep track of duel wins, nor did you get anything from them other than an announcement of the winner to the zone.

One thing I've never figured out is why in so many games that have invisible walls to keep you out of areas, but there are holes in them.

Ok, I've babbled too much about past fun going out of bounds. Have fun :D

[LaptopmenaceMTK]

i have many classic things i can't wait to try

[Shiekrunner]

Thanks for including me again :D what an awesome video to wake up to

[DovahTheExplorer]

Thanks for the shoutout (again :P ) <3

[bakedcity]

I'm on Golemagg as well, horde tho. Hopefully I can see you someday and wave at you. <3

[Serphentin]

Do you have any Classic exploits up or prepped to go up on your Patreon already? Or are you planning to let the dust settle first?

[ironail]

"More exploration on EXPLORATION"

:thonk:

[kylebennett]

archvaldor you are a legend and my personal hero

[thegrumpybusinessman]

Another awesome video. Love em pal. 👍👍👍👍. If only Chelsea performed as well as you. Lol.

[carloshurtado]

I'm really interested in joining, my only goal is GOLD no more, no less.

[Speedahx]

Imagine if this guy would stream. The whole ownedcore community would go to his server in classic xD #streamerprivileges.

As an "active" member in Ownedcore, I have to say that this guy is one of the best (if not the best) exploiters in the game, and it's worth it to follow his patreon!