Wastelands of Outworld

This brutish and nightmarish part of Outworld is known as the Wastelands (also in full, the Wastelands of Outworld) or simply The Wastes. This location is a bleak and ruined landscape which is forever dominated by the night. The roadsides have and continue to serve as a battlefield, which gives a lingering feeling of spontaneous conflict. A catapult resided nearby which was the source of many deaths. Located here is the Falling Cliffs and the Sea of Blood.
This is what's left of Edenia, a once beautiful realm ruled by King Jerrod and Queen Sindel. After Shao Kahn's warriors defeated Edenia's warriors in ten consecutive Mortal Kombat tournaments, the Konqueror was free to invade Edenia and convert the realm as part of Outworld.
This arena made its debut in Mortal Kombat II and returned in Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, where players meet - and rescue - a maskless Kabal and cross the Wastelands' gigantic, bloody lake called the Sea of Blood in order to progress further into the wastelands.
This arena returned as a stone fortress within the wasteland at war with another nearby tower in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. The players start within the fortress' main gates, although opponents can be knocked through the gate down to the courtyard below, which contains five burning catapults being used in the war, which also work as death traps.
In Mortal Kombat (2011), the Wastelands are fought along a shoreline this time around displaying burning destruction and also old Netherships on sea in the background. There appears to be several corpses of all shapes and sizes washed up along the shore.
The Wastes are believed to also be occupied by camps of Tarkatans.
== Theme songs ==
Wasteland/The Pit II (MKII Arcade)
The Wastelands (Mortal Kombat: Armageddon)
Wasteland (Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks)
Wasteland (MK9)
== Ikran's Mortal Kombat Khronology ==
There were some flashbacks by Liu Kang, Kung Lao and Sub-Zero in which they traversed thru the foreboding territory, even sailing over the Bloody Sea and dealing with Tarkatans.
But it wasn't till around Mortal Kombat: Vengeance, in which the heroes dreaded they'd be journeying thru the barren badlands and be ambushed by the karnivorous klan. At first, Sonya and Johnny wound up beneath the Wastelands while they rallied the Shokan as they were forging Cobalt armor for Shinnok's invasion. This time, the group headed in, though they never had to cross the Bloody Sea as they were heading north to northwest. Instead, it led them to other destinations such as the Lost Tomb of Onaga, the Sarna Ruins and eventually to Shang Tsung's Palace.
== Trivia ==
* The Wastelands appear as part of Outworld in the first Mortal Kombat movie. Several humans (presumably the original natives) were seen running about. It is there that Liu Kang fights Reptile.
== Gallery ==
File:Wastelands of Outworld Shaolin Monks.webp|Wastelands in MK Shaolin Monks
File:Wastelands MK Armageddon.webp|Wastelands in MK Armageddon
File:Wastelands cameo MKMobile.webp|Wastelands cameo in MK Mobile
File:Wastelands cameo in MK11.webp|Wastelands cameo in MK9 as Kombat Kard background
File:Wastelandmk9.webp|Wastelands in MK 2011
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