Around Azeroth: Big trouble with little gnome
Yesterday's post referenced a place known as the Upside Down Sinners room, widely considered to be the creepiest place in Azeroth. Many commenters wanted to know where this room was, how to get there, and what was going on with all the floating corpses. Surprisingly, we've never mentioned this room before on WoW Insider, so Blasterina of Zangarmarsh was kind enough to send us a picture.
So, basically, Upside Down Sinners is part of an underground crypt located near the entrance to Karazhan. The crypt is gated off from public view and has not been accessible since Patch 2.0. However, a video can be found here, which really gives you the full effect. Pre-BC, it was one of the main stops for adventurous explorers/exploiters like myself, along with the Caverns of Time and Mount Hyjal. To get there, you had to pull mobs to you so you died next to the gate and rezzed on the other side. The only way out was summoning or hearthing. There are no mobs, just a series of creatively named chambers, many with corpses, tombs, or pools of water. Upside Down Sinners is just what it looks like -- a room filled with water and upside-down dead people, chained underneath the surface. The corpses have pretty detailed faces and wounds. The whole area is kind of hazy, which explains the poor picture quality. The title "Upside Down Sinners" is also a reference to the movie Big Trouble In Little China, as is the Six Demon Bag.
Thanks, Blasterina, and I hope everyone learned a little something today! *cue "The More You Know' music*
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
hotwheel Jun 3rd 2008 10:17AM
I got in there during patch 2.3, havent been again since but im sure this still works, go to the closed gate, start a duel with a mage and stand right against the gate, then have the mage poly you, make take a couple trys but you will get thru
Beath Jun 3rd 2008 10:17AM
The entire area can still be explored post-2.0 by being feared through the gate (polymorph and disorient mechanics also work fine, anything that makes your character wander). Being a mage I'd simply polymorph a warlock friend and 2 others someone else and then have them summon me inside. It's a lot of fun.
Jesse Ariss Jun 3rd 2008 11:34AM
If by "never mentioned this room before", you meant "already had a picture of it in Around Azeroth", you'd be right.
http://www.wowinsider.com/2006/11/07/around-azeroth-the-crypts-of-karazhan/
Richard Jun 3rd 2008 12:36PM
This place may or may not be accessible post 2.4.
I had a mage poly me through the gate - I can no longer /yield inside the gate. It doesn't work.
You may or may not get lucky and have the poly wander deep past the gate and have you unpoly on the other side.
I haven't attempted to trinket inside the gate, and maybe it was just a fluke, but I just couldn't get inside last week.
Alchemistmerlin Jun 3rd 2008 2:17PM
Even more delicious inaccessible content. nom nom nom
Retro Jun 3rd 2008 2:36PM
Uncredited props to me for catching the Big Trouble reference in yesterday's Around Azeroth. Great movie, just the right blend of campy action, snazzy special effects, one-liners and kung-fu; a true cult classic. Shame on anyone who hasn't seen it.
Eh? Jun 4th 2008 6:11AM
heh, only fear works now, and only then in one spot.
They put an invisible wall directly behind the gate so the poly doesn't work anymore. =/
Fear should still work post 2.4 though.
Athura Jun 7th 2008 1:44PM
Still works after 2.4. You simply need to be a mage, ask someone to poly you. As soon you are past the gate. Iceblock, and blink. Gratz your in :)