Blizzard's Planet Azeroth EP. 2: a Stranglethorn comedy, with a Riverglades advert at the end

2026-11-01 · ForeverDB

Blizzard's second Planet Azeroth episode is a comedy wildlife documentary with Bill Bailey touring Stranglethorn Vale and Booty Bay. It's mostly jokes, not Forever news, but it ends with a mock travel advert for the Riverglades, the new zone. We checked every place it names against the Forever client.

Corrected 5 November 2026: we wrote that the beta's level cap was 60. The beta stopped at level 30 (it opened at 20 and went up to 30 on 1 October); 60 is the cap of the live game, which launched on 4 November.

This is an official Blizzard video, posted on the World of Warcraft YouTube channel on 1 November 2026. It's a comedy nature documentary narrated by Bill Bailey, so most of it is jokes about Stranglethorn Vale, not Forever news. The place facts below come from the Forever client (build 1.60.1.70755).

Planet Azeroth is back for a second episode, with Bill Bailey narrating a mock wildlife documentary along Azeroth's coasts. It's played for laughs: crocolisks that look like logs, a tiger you shouldn't tangle with, and a dig at pirates who abandon you. The one thing worth a Forever player's attention comes at the end, a joke travel advert for the Riverglades, the new zone.

The short version

• The video tours Stranglethorn Vale and Booty Bay, Classic zones the Forever client still has.
• The creatures it names (crocolisk, raptor, panther, tiger) are standard Stranglethorn wildlife. Nothing in the client marks them as changed for Forever, and we don't have creature stats in the data checked here.
• The Riverglades, the new Forever zone, gets a comedy advert. The video places it "just east of Redridge Mountains"; the client has it as a new zone, map 2548.
• Booty Bay is a real faction in the client, the Blackwater Raiders under Baron Revilgaz. The "soft" pirates joke is the Bloodsail Buccaneers.
• The table below checks every place the video names against the client.

Claim by claim

Every place checked against the Forever client (build 1.60.1.70755).

Stranglethorn Vale and Booty Bay

Most of the episode is a straight-faced wildlife documentary about Stranglethorn Vale: crocolisks that sit still like logs, a raptor that reigns in the canopy, a giant tiger and the Stranglethorn Panther. All of it is standard STV. The Forever client still has the zone (map 1434), the Cape of Stranglethorn (area 1577) and the Zuuldaia Ruins (area 122, which the captions spell "Zuuldaia ruins"). Nothing in the client marks the wildlife as changed for Forever, and we don't have creature stats in the data checked here.

This is Stranglethorn Vale, a tropical wilderness where every clearing holds a predator. Every riverbank conceals a trap. Blizzard, World of Warcraft: Forever | Planet Azeroth EP. 2 (ft. Bill Bailey) (0:35)

Booty Bay gets the same treatment, with a swipe at the "soft" pirates who abandon you. In the client Booty Bay is a real reputation faction: the Blackwater Raiders under Baron Revilgaz, mortal enemies of the Bloodsail Buccaneers and part of the Steamwheedle Cartel. The pirate joke is the Bloodsail.

Here you'll find goblins, gankers and pirates. Blizzard, World of Warcraft: Forever | Planet Azeroth EP. 2 (ft. Bill Bailey) (1:40)

There's also a gag about Hemet Nesingwary's hunting quests and King Bangalash, and a line about keeping your pet on passive without Raptor Mastery. Those quests and that talent aren't in the data for this check, so there's nothing to confirm.

The Riverglades

The one new thing for Forever players comes at the end: a mock travel advert for the Riverglades, the new zone. The video sells it as an aquatic holiday "just east of Redridge Mountains", with ocean views, ruined keeps and locals including humans, ogres, goblins, orcs, gnolls and murlocs.

Nothing beats a Gryph2 holiday to the Riverglades! Blizzard, World of Warcraft: Forever | Planet Azeroth EP. 2 (ft. Bill Bailey) (3:59)

The client backs the location and the cast. The Riverglades is a new zone (map 2548), and our lore page places it beside Redridge, the Burning Steppes, the Swamp of Sorrows and the Badlands. The client's area and faction data name the Powderfuse goblins, the Brotherhood of the Horse (Stormwind knights, the humans), the Bolder'ok ogres and gnoll camps, with the old Horde's remnants and the Twilight's Hammer in the mix. See the Riverglades map and our Riverglades lore.

What we have, and what we don't

Every zone the video visits is in the Forever client.

• We have the maps: Stranglethorn Vale, Redridge Mountains, the Eastern Kingdoms and the new Riverglades, plus the Cape of Stranglethorn and Zuuldaia Ruins as named areas.
• We have Booty Bay as a faction: the Blackwater Raiders page, with its standing and the Bloodsail feud.
• We don't have the wildlife: the crocolisk, raptor, panther and King Bangalash aren't in the zone data we checked, so there's nothing to say about their Forever stats here.
• We don't have the gag quests or Raptor Mastery: the Nesingwary hunt and the pet talent the video jokes about aren't in this check's data.
• You can visit, though: the beta stopped at level 30, and Blizzard's leveling video puts the new Riverglades after that, so you reach it as you level past 30 in the live game.

Sources

• World of Warcraft: Forever | Planet Azeroth EP. 2 (ft. Bill Bailey) (World of Warcraft, YouTube)
• Riverglades (Maps)
• Riverglades lore (ForeverDB)
• Booty Bay reputation (ForeverDB)