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

Doodad8 placements2 maps

Object ID628140

TypeDoodad

Placements in client data8

Where It Appears

Maps this object is placed on in this game version. Our stitched map art is cut from the current retail client, whose world differs from this version's, so these placements are listed without pins.

Kalimdor ×4

Reading the first 4 of 8 placements.

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 6 placements of the 8 read use the one measured above. Its art is client file 200453.

The 8 located placements are split across 2 maps, the two furthest apart on one map stand 1,745.8 yards from each other, 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	8
Tanaris	Doodad	under 1	2
Feralas	Doodad	under 1	4
Freewind Post	Doodad	under 1	6
Thalanaar	Doodad	under 1	4
The Great Lift	Doodad	1.9	4

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.