Summary
- A World of Warcraft fan recreated the iconic Dark Portal from Burning Crusade in Minecraft, impressively replicating the landmark by hand using old concept art as a reference.
- The Dark Portal has played a significant role in the game's history and has been featured in login screens. FemKitsu's version resembles the one from Warlords of Draenor, with crimson gates and statues wielding staves.
- The Minecraft build brought back nostalgic memories for many fans, and the image shared on Reddit received hundreds of upvotes in less than a day.
A World of Warcraft fan recently recreated the Dark Portal from Burning Crusade in Minecraft. This incredible build perfectly replicates the iconic World of Warcraft landmark in the blocky style Minecraft fans know and love.
Though Warcraft has a history nearly 30 years long, with World of Warcraft around for almost 20 of them, few things are as recognizable in the universe as the Dark Portal. The magical monument has played a huge role in many stories throughout the game’s history and has been featured prominently on the login screens for Vanilla World of Warcraft and two of its expansions.
Now, Redditor and World of Warcraft fan FemKitsu has created this legendary landmark in Minecraft. Designing and building the Dark Portal took them about four days off and on, which is impressive considering it was done by hand. FemKitsu didn’t import anything into the game to do this; they merely used old concept art as a reference for the massive gate and sculpted it freestyle. The structure looks almost exactly like the Dark Portal World of Warcraft players can find in the game.
Interestingly enough, there are actually three Dark Portals in World of Warcraft–one on Azeroth, one on Outland, and another on alternate Draenor. FemKitsu’s portal doesn't use the smaller design of the Azeroth portal and has the red magic seen in the Warlords of Draenor version. However, old art from the discontinued World of Warcraft Trading Card Game showed the Dark Portal with a crimson gate, rather than the green one from Burning Crusade, meaning it was likely their reference–especially since the accompanying statues are wielding staves instead of swords like the in-game model.
Many fans love FemKitsu’s work. Seeing the towering monument in Minecraft reminded them of when they first played World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade and brought back memories of crossing through the Dark Portal for the first time. The Reddit post sharing the image got hundreds of upvotes in less than a day.
FemKitsu does not have a lot of other public Minecraft builds, but they have made a custom Japan-inspired TARDIS inspired by Doctor Who. World of Warcraft, on the other hand, has a plethora of Minecraft designs from tons of fans. Players have recreated World of Warcraft locations like the End Times dungeon, Stormwind, and Elysian Hold using Minecraft’s Creative mode. With some players having made staggeringly immense builds over the years, it would not be surprising if someone eventually remade all of Azeroth in Minecraft someday.
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