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Doodad
The Shimmering Flats
Doodad Object in World of Warcraft. Doodads are scenery: props placed to dress the world, with no interaction of their own.
Details
Reference guides for the world's herb, ore and fishing-pool nodes are on the farming pages.
Where It Appears
Maps this object is placed on in the current game build. No stitched map art ships for them, so there is nothing to pin.
Model and Footprint
The model measures 2.2 by 0.2 yards across its base and stands 0.8 yards tall. The Shimmering Flats is not one model but 2: the client swaps display between placements, and 3 placements of the 4 read use the one measured above. Its art is client file 200453.
All 4 located placements sit on Kalimdor, the two furthest apart on one map stand 1,745.6 yards from each other on Kalimdor, and they range from -60.2 to -44 yards of altitude, a 16.2 yard climb between the lowest and the highest.
Getting There
The closest flight master to a The Shimmering Flats placement is Freewind Post, Thousand Needles, 100.4 yards away to the south-east. Distances are measured on the ground from the nearest placement, using the client's own world coordinates.
| Kind | Name | Yards | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flight point | Freewind Post, Thousand Needles | 100.4 | south-east |
| Flight point | Thalanaar, Feralas | 143.3 | south-west |
| Map landmark | Thalanaar | 154.5 | south-west |
| Map landmark | Freewind Post | 155.1 | south-east |
| Map landmark | Darkcloud Pinnacle | 229.9 | south-east |
What Stands Beside It (6)
Other named objects the current client cache places within 25 yards of this one. The Barrens is the nearest of them, less than a yard from a The Shimmering Flats placement.
| Object | Type | Yards | Copies nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Barrens | Doodad | under 1 | 4 |
| Freewind Post | Doodad | under 1 | 3 |
| Tanaris | Doodad | under 1 | 1 |
| Feralas | Doodad | under 1 | 2 |
| Thalanaar | Doodad | under 1 | 2 |
| The Great Lift | Doodad | 1.9 | 2 |
The Place
The Shimmering Flats is also a named location in the World of Warcraft world map data. Its zone entry has the surrounding subzones, level range and the rest of the area record.
Nearby Objects (8)
Other doodad groups the client places on Kalimdor.