Graveyard

:For the Warcraft III building, see Graveyard (Warcraft III). For the instance wing of the Scarlet Monastery, see the Scarlet Monastery Graveyard.
Graveyards (also named cemeteries, burials, catacombs, tombs and crypts), are places where the remains of dead people are buried. In World of Warcraft, they are special locations usually, but not always, located near towns where the ghost of the dead character appears alongside a Spirit Healer.
==Lore==
The Forgotten Hill is known as one of the largest cemeteries on Azeroth.World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth: The Eastern Kingdoms, pg. 103
The caretakers, acting as morticians, are in charge of the surveillance and maintenance of the cemeteries.
The Spirit Healers encountered at a graveyard after death are kyrian Watchers, they are called to evaluate souls within the Veil. If they deem the soul ready, they will call forth a kyrian Bearer to bring them to the Shadowlands. If they aren't ready, the Watchers return them to life.A deep dive into Bastion, the Shadowlands realm of selflessness and greater purposeRoles In Bastion: The Watcher
Grave Moss can often be found around graveyard areas, while Gravebloom was used for ages by the caretakers of Barrowknoll Cemetery to commune with the dead.Seeing Spirits
Most human graveyards have the symbol of the Church of the Holy Light on their graves. Their paladins and priests are often sent there to purge and exorcise the undead and spirits.Soothing SpiritsThe Cries of the Dead
It is a tradition that a small memento be buried on top of a Gilnean's graveyard, beneath the shallow earth.Laid to Rest
In Duskwood, the Council of Darkshire was responsible for ordering death sentences by beheading those who sold the bodies from cemeteries in the region.Crime and Punishment (Classic)
==Known graveyards==
===Eastern Kingdoms===
===Kalimdor===
*Aviana's Burial Circle
*Hyjal Summit's crypts
*Khartut's Tomb
*Kodo Graveyard
*Razorfen Downs
*Red Rocks
*Tomb of the Earthrager
*Tomb of the Sun King
*Tombs of the Precursors
===Northrend===
*Azure Dragonshrine
*Bronze Dragonshrine
*Emerald Dragonshrine
*Galakrond's Rest
*Obsidian Dragonshrine
*Ruby Dragonshrine
*Shield Hill
*Tomb of the Ancients
*Utgarde Catacombs
*Waking Halls
*Wintergarde Crypt
*Wintergarde Mausoleum
===Pandaria===
*Court of Bones
**Hall of the Defamed
**Hall of the Exalted
**Hall of the Grand Imperion
*Domination Point Graveyard
*Lion's Landing Graveyard
*Liu Lang's Final Rest
*Niuzao Catacombs
*Tu Shen Burial Ground
===Broken Isles===
*Field of Fallen Kings
*Grand Sepulcher
*Haustvald
*Heroes' Rest
*Highmountain Burial Ground
*Ravencrest Mausoleum
**Ravenscrypt
*Sepulcher of the Sky
*Tel'anor
*Tomb of Sargeras
*Tomb of the Old Kings
*Tomb of the Penitent
===Dragon Isles===
*Eternal Kurgans
===Great Sea===
*Atal'Dazar
*Barrowknoll Cemetery
*Burial Mound
*Falcon's Rest
*Lathos' Memorial Site
*Lord Admiral's Rest
*Necropolis
**Necropolis Catacombs
*Seafarer's Rest
*Sunstone Terrace
*Unknown Crypt
===Outland===
*Ancestral Grounds
*Auchindoun
**Auchenai Crypts
**Crypt of Remembrance
**Mana-Tombs
*Shadow Tomb
*Tomb of Lights
===Draenor===
*Ancestral Grounds
*Ashmaul Burial Grounds
*Auchindoun
*Burial Fields
*Crypt of the Ancients
*Icescar Boneyard
*Kings' Rest
*Shadowmoon Burial Grounds
*Tomb of Lights
*Tomb of Souls
===Shadowlands===
*Absolution Crypt
*Catacombs of Regret
*Crypt of the Forgotten
*Wanecrypt Hill
==In-game==
In faction zones, there are usually three or more graveyards. In contested territories there are usually only one or two graveyards. In battlegrounds, there is a Spirit Healer who resurrects all ghosts in the graveyard every 30 seconds. This only works if your side actually controls that graveyard.
Two graveyards in the game world are designated as "default"The Burning Crusade Trial F.A.Q. (archive.org): "Any characters that find themselves still in Outland at the trial expiration will be transported to their bind point in Azeroth. If the character’s bind point was set in Outland, he or she will be transported to one of the default graveyards (Westfall/Barrens).": the Sentinel Hill graveyard for Alliance players and the Crossroads graveyard for Horde players. They are a safety net, used as spawn points where the player will spawn if the game cannot, for whatever reason, spawn them at a location that would make more sense. Most such instances indicate bugs in the game.
Some actions that can cause a player to spawn at a default graveyard:
*Logging out in an area that becomes inaccessible to the character before the next login — for example, in an expansion-restricted area after the free trial for that expansion expires.
*Falling through a hole in the world.
*Dying in a bugged location not bound to any graveyards. Before patch 4.0.3a revamped the old world to make it more seamless, that included many unimplemented zones intended to be inaccessible.
*Dying at the edge of a map (normally impossible, as fatigue would kill the player before reaching the edge).
*Dying in an instance, such as a dungeon or battleground, and then having the normal release mechanics malfunction, usually due to lag.
==Trivia==
*In the World of Warcraft alpha demo shown at 2001, characters could bind themselves to one of various "Bind Points" across the land. On death, the character would return to their Bind Point's location. This system was likely a precursor to graveyards.
==Gallery==
;Eastern Kingdoms
Aderic's Repose.jpg|Aderic's Repose
Amani Catacombs.jpg|Amani Catacombs
Barov Family Vault.jpg|Barov Family Vault
Brill Graveyard.jpg|Brill's graveyard
Faol's Rest.jpg|Faol's Rest
Firebeard Cemetery.jpg|Firebeard Cemetery
Deadwind Pass Crypt.jpg|Forgotten Crypt
Frostwolf Graveyard.jpg|Frostwolf graveyard
Legion Alliance Epilogue - Lion's Rest.jpg|Lion's Rest
Raven Hill Cemetery.jpg|Raven Hill Cemetery
Hall of Champions (Sanctum of Light).jpg|Sanctum of Light's crypts
The Sepulcher (Cataclysm).jpg|Sepulcher
Sorrow Hill (Cataclysm).jpg|Sorrow Hill
Thunderstrike Mountain summit.jpg|Thunderstrike Mountain's graveyard
Tranquil Gardens Cemetery.jpg|Tranquil Gardens Cemetery
Crypt1.jpg|Trollbane's Tomb
Uther's Tomb Outside BfA.jpg|Uther's Tomb
;Kalimdor
Khartut's Tomb.jpg|Khartut's Tomb
Kodograveyard.jpg|Kodo Graveyard
Tomb of the Sun King.jpg|Tomb of the Sun King
Tombs of the Precursors.jpg|Tombs of the Precursors
;Northrend
Azure Dragonshrine.jpg|Azure Dragonshrine
Bronze Dragonshrine phased.jpg|Bronze Dragonshrine
Emerald Dragonshrine.jpg|Emerald Dragonshrine
Galakrond's Rest.jpg|Galakrond's Rest
Obsidian Dragonshrine2.jpg|Obsidian Dragonshrine
Ruby Dragonshrine 2.jpg|Ruby Dragonshrine
ShieldHill.jpg|Shield Hill
Tomb of the Ancients - Gundrak.jpg|Tomb of the Ancients
Utgarde Catacombs Entrance.jpg|Utgarde Catacombs
Wintergarde Crypt.jpg|Wintergarde Crypt
;Pandaria
Court of Bones (Isle of Thunder).jpg|Absolution Crypt
Hall of the Grand Imperion.jpg|Hall of the Grand Imperion
Niuzao Catacombs mouth.jpg|Niuzao Catacombs
Tu Shen Burial Ground.jpg|Tu Shen Burial Ground
;Broken Isles
Field of Fallen Kings.jpg|Field of Fallen Kings
Grand Sepulcher.jpg|Grand Sepulcher
Heroes' Rest.jpg|Heroes' Rest
Ravencrest Mausoleum Hallway.jpg|Ravencrest Mausoleum
The Ravenscrypt.jpg|Ravenscrypt
Tomb of Sargeras 06.jpg|Tomb of Sargeras
Tomb of the Old Kings.jpg|Tomb of the Old Kings
;Great Sea
Atal'Dazar 4.jpg|Atal'Dazar
Lord Admiral's Rest.jpg|Lord Admiral's Rest
The Necropolis.jpg|Necropolis
Seafarer's Rest.png|Seafarer's Rest
Sunstone Terrace.jpg|Sunstone Terrace
;Outland
Ancestral Grounds.jpg|Ancestral Grounds
Auchenai Crypts.jpg|Auchenai Crypts
Crypt of Remembrance Auchindoun.jpg|Crypt of Remembrance
Shadow Tomb.jpg|Shadow Tomb
Tomb of Lights.jpg|Tomb of Lights
;Draenor
Ancestral Grounds (alternate universe).jpg|Ancestral Grounds
Ashmaul Burial Grounds.jpg|Ashmaul Burial Grounds
Auchindoun Draenor3.jpg|Auchindoun
The Burial Fields.jpg|Burial Fields
Icescar Boneyard.jpg|Icescar Boneyard
Kings' Rest Ashran.jpg|Kings' Rest
Shadowmoon Burial Grounds.jpg|Shadowmoon Burial Grounds
Inside the Tomb of Lights on Draenor.jpg|Tomb of Lights
;Shadowlands
Absolution Crypt.png|Absolution Crypt
Catacombs of Regret.png|Catacombs of Regret
Crypt of the Forgotten.png|Crypt of the Forgotten
Maw graveyard.jpg|Maw graveyard
;Art
Dino Graveyard concept 1.jpg|Concept art of Vol'dun's dino graveyard.
Dino Graveyard concept 2.jpg|
Graveyard Shift HS.jpg| in Hearthstone.
Grave Defiler HS.jpg| in Hearthstone.
Sinstone Graveyard HS.jpg| in Hearthstone.
Snowfall Graveyard HS.png| in Hearthstone.
==See also==
*Alterac Grave Robber
*Bone Spike Graveyard
*Guard Contract: Graveyard
==References==
 
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