Summary
OneWorld of Warcraftfan discovered GM Island inWoW Remix: Mists of Pandariaby using two different map discovery toys in conjunction. Though this developer-onlyWorld of Warcraftlocation was said to have been removed from the game six years ago, this player shared proof that suggests it still exists in some form.
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandariais a special limited-time game mode where fans play through the 12-year-old expansion with modern convenience to earn a bunch of achievements and cosmetics. Untilthe end of theWorld of Warcraftevent, characters made in this game mode cannot leave Pandaria outside a few special instances.
However, it seems like this special game mode set oneWorld of Warcraftplayer up to discover a very different relic from the past. While playing a Timerunner,WoWfan and Redditor Mechgyrasaur was able to discover GM Island, an old location used by in-game moderators before it was removed from the game six years ago, by using the new Warband Map to Everywhere All At Onceadded inWoW: The War Within’s Pre-Patch, followed by the Kalimdor Scouting Map toy. Outside a quick display on the UI, the mysterious island cannot be found, as it does not appear on any in-game map.
What is GM Island in World of Warcraft?
GM Island was a mysterious in-game location that was once located far northwest of Kalimdor, past Teldrassil. The area was surrounded by unmapped space and kill zones, making it impossible to reach without exploits or GM powers. The island was used by GMs as a base to move around the game world – and as a prison for misbehaving players to be put into time-out early in the game’s existence. Though not a part of the canon world of Azeroth, the EUWoWwebsite even had a short story about two characters on GM Island. Unfortunately,WoWremoved GM Island from the game in Patch 8.2 duringBattle for Azeroth, in part because it stopped using in-game moderation.
Despite this, players who repeat Mechgyrasaur’s instructions will discover the same locations. Fans were shocked by the fact that GM Island still exists in some fashion, immediately joked about it beinga new zone inWoW: The War Within, and speculated about how this glitch happened in the first place. They were especially entertained by the second discovered location named “Delete ME” – another relic that tumbled out from behind the development curtain using the same glitch.
Sadly,World of Warcraft Remix: Mists of Pandariais coming to an end at 7 AM PDT on August 20. Players who need tofinish theirWoW Remixachievements, farm a little more Bronze, or discover GM Island for themselves using this glitch have less than a day to do so before the event is over.
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