Moonwell

A moonwell

In World of Warcraft, a moonwell has both a historical and in-game meaning:

1. An upwelling of magical waters created by the Night Elves to maintain and restore their magical powers. Little is known about the first moon well or how the moon wells proliferated through Azeroth, despite the taboo on overt magical practice among the Night Elves. Supposedly, the first moon well was created by Illidan Stormrage with the only remaining waters of the Well of Eternity.
2. An in-game phenomenon that looks like a stone pool filled with silvery glowing water, sometimes used as a resource for quests and a catalyst for some recipes. These wells appear almost exclusively in Night Elf lands.

Sometimes referred to as a Moon Well, but referred to in-game as moonwell.

History of moonwells

Moonwells are/were created by the Night Elves to harness the energy of the Moon, very much like a solar panel but for the moon. In WarCraft 3, the Moon Well was the Night Elven farm structure, that also had the ability to heal friendly units, and it had mana that only recovered at night. In World of WarCraft, Moon Wells are typically only cosmetic or quest related. Some newer players can sometimes be seen standing in a Moon Well after combat, with the uninformed belief that it is healing them faster (As was similar in WarCraft 3). Tenaron Stormgrip in Aldrassil says that water of the Moonwell is brought from the Well of Eternity, and that sentinels keep them as shrines of Elune.

Enchanted pools throughout the Moonglade give the night elves their spiritual power and feed the World Tree that stands atop Hyjal Summit. The shimmering waters within give off a blue light, causing the moon wells to glow slightly in the night. They are scattered throughout the forest, often near giant standing stones covered in ancient runes.Template:Cite

In-game uses of a Moonwell

• Tailors can purify  [Felcloth] into  [Mooncloth] and create  [Primal Mooncloth] only when standing at or in a Moonwell.
• Various quests such as  [14] As Water Cascades and  [25] The Sacred Flame involves tapping water from moonwells.

Moonwell locations

Kalimdor

• Teldrassil: Various settlements, including Dolanaar
• Darnassus: Temple of the Moon
• Darkshore: Various places:
  • Auberdine ^[37, 44]
• Ashenvale: Various places:
  • Raynewood Retreat ^[59, 59]
  • Shaeldryn's moonwell, east of Iris Lake ^[53, 46]
  • Southern moonwell, east of Mystral Lake ^[60, 72]
• Stonetalon Mountains: Stonetalon Peak
• Moonglade: Nighthaven ^{[48, 33][46, 45]}
• Thousand Needles: Thalanaar
• Desolace: Nijel's Point
• Feralas: Feathermoon Stronghold, Thalanaar, Dire Maul
• Felwood: Various places (Both corrupted, but can still be used to purify  [Felcloth] into  [Mooncloth]):
  • Jaedenar
  • Ruins of Constellas
• Silithus: Cenarion Hold ^[48, 37]
• Tanaris: Caverns of Time (near the entrance for the Battle of Mount Hyjal, but as of 4/6/07 does not create primal mooncloth)

Eastern Kingdoms

• Stormwind: In The Park district is a pool that looks like a moonwell but does not have the glowing waters.
• Duskwood: In the Twilight Grove
• Ghostlands: On Shalandis Isle ^[13, 25]
• Is the new well in Eastern Plaguelands: Quel'Lithien Lodge next to Aurora Skycaller^[54, 22] a small Moonwell?

Outland

• Zangarmarsh: Cenarion Refuge ^[80, 64]
• Blade's Edge Mountains: Evergrove ^[62, 39]
• Blade's Edge Mountains: Sylvanaar ^[37, 63]
• Terokkar Forest: Cenarion Thicket ^[45, 24]

See also

• Sunwell