AreaTable.dbc

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❌ denotes unused fields

Structure

Index	Field	Type	Reference
0	ID	uint32
1	ContinentID	uint32	Map.dbc/0
2	ParentAreaID	uint32	AreaTable.dbc/0
3	AreaBit	uint32
4	Flags	uint32
5	SoundProviderPref	uint32	SoundProviderPreferences.dbc/0
6	SoundProviderPrefUnderwater	uint32	SoundProviderPreferences.dbc/0
7	AmbienceID	uint32	SoundAmbience.dbc/0
8	ZoneMusic	uint32	ZoneMusic.dbc/0
9	IntroSound	uint32	ZoneIntroMusicTable.dbc/0
10	ExplorationLevel	int32
11	AreaName_0	string
12	AreaName_1	string
13	AreaName_2	string
14	AreaName_3	string
15	AreaName_4	string
16	AreaName_5	string
17	AreaName_6	string
18	AreaName_7	string
19	AreaName_8	string
20	AreaName_9	string
21	AreaName_10	string
22	AreaName_11	string
23	AreaName_12	string
24	AreaName_13	string
25	AreaName_14	string
26	AreaName_15	string
27	AreaName_lang_mask	uint32
28	FactionGroupMask	uint32	FactionGroup.dbc/1
29	LiquidTypeID_0	uint32	LiquidType.dbc/0
30	LiquidTypeID_1	uint32	LiquidType.dbc/0
31	LiquidTypeID_2	uint32	LiquidType.dbc/0
32	LiquidTypeID_3	uint32	LiquidType.dbc/0
33	MinElevation	float
34	AmbientMultiplier	float
35	LightID	uint32	Light.dbc/0

Description of fields

ID

Col: 0 (uint32)

- no description -  

ContinentID

Col: 1 (uint32)

Map this area belongs to.  

ParentAreaID

Col: 2 (uint32)

Recursive. If this is a sub-area, it will link to its parent area.  

AreaBit

Col: 3 (uint32)

- no description -  

Flags

Col: 4 (uint32)

enum AreaFlags

Value	Flag	Name	Comment
1	0x00000001	AREA_FLAG_UNK0	Unknown
2	0x00000002	AREA_FLAG_UNK1	Razorfen Downs, Naxxramas and Acherus: The Ebon Hold (3.3.5a)
4	0x00000004	AREA_FLAG_UNK2	Only used for areas on map 571 (development before)
8	0x00000008	AREA_FLAG_SLAVE_CAPITAL	city and city subzones
16	0x00000010	AREA_FLAG_UNK3	can't find common meaning
32	0x00000020	AREA_FLAG_SLAVE_CAPITAL2	slave capital city flag?
64	0x00000040	AREA_FLAG_ALLOW_DUELS	allow to duel here
128	0x00000080	AREA_FLAG_ARENA	arena, both instanced and world arenas
256	0x00000100	AREA_FLAG_CAPITAL	main capital city flag
512	0x00000200	AREA_FLAG_CITY	only for one zone named "City" (where it located?)
1024	0x00000400	AREA_FLAG_OUTLAND	expansion zones? (only Eye of the Storm not have this flag, but have 0x00004000 flag)
2048	0x00000800	AREA_FLAG_SANCTUARY	sanctuary area (PvP disabled)
4096	0x00001000	AREA_FLAG_NEED_FLY	Respawn alive at the graveyard without corpse
8192	0x00002000	AREA_FLAG_UNUSED1	Unused in 3.3.5a
16384	0x00004000	AREA_FLAG_OUTLAND2	expansion zones? (only Circle of Blood Arena not have this flag, but have 0x00000400 flag)
32768	0x00008000	AREA_FLAG_OUTDOOR_PVP	pvp objective area? (Death's Door also has this flag although it's no pvp object area)
65536	0x00010000	AREA_FLAG_ARENA_INSTANCE	used by instanced arenas only
131072	0x00020000	AREA_FLAG_UNUSED2	Unused in 3.3.5a
262144	0x00040000	AREA_FLAG_CONTESTED_AREA	On PvP servers these areas are considered contested, even though the zone it is contained in is a Horde/Alliance territory.
524288	0x00080000	AREA_FLAG_UNK4	Valgarde and Acherus: The Ebon Hold
1048576	0x00100000	AREA_FLAG_LOWLEVEL	used for some starting areas with ExplorationLevel <= 15
2097152	0x00200000	AREA_FLAG_TOWN	small towns with Inn
4194304	0x00400000	AREA_FLAG_REST_ZONE_HORDE	Instead of using areatriggers, the zone will act as one for Horde players (Warsong Hold, Acherus: The Ebon Hold, New Agamand Inn, Vengeance Landing Inn, Sunreaver Pavilion, etc)
8388608	0x00800000	AREA_FLAG_REST_ZONE_ALLIANCE	Instead of using areatriggers, the zone will act as one for Alliance players (Valgarde, Acherus: The Ebon Hold, Westguard Inn, Silver Covenant Pavilion, etc)
16777216	0x01000000	AREA_FLAG_WINTERGRASP	Wintergrasp and it's subzones
33554432	0x02000000	AREA_FLAG_INSIDE	used for determinating spell related inside/outside questions in Map::IsOutdoors
67108864	0x04000000	AREA_FLAG_OUTSIDE	used for determinating spell related inside/outside questions in Map::IsOutdoors
134217728	0x08000000	AREA_FLAG_WINTERGRASP_2	Can Hearth And Resurrect From Area
536870912	0x20000000	AREA_FLAG_NO_FLY_ZONE	Marks zones where you cannot fly

 

SoundProviderPref

❌ Col: 5 (uint32)

EAX settings  

SoundProviderPrefUnderwater

❌ Col: 6 (uint32)

Underwater EAX settings  

AmbienceID

❌ Col: 7 (uint32)

Ambient sound  

ZoneMusic

❌ Col: 8 (uint32)

Ambient music  

IntroSound

❌ Col: 9 (uint32)

Music upon entering the zone.  

ExplorationLevel

Col: 10 (int32)

Level this is made for.  

AreaName

Col: 11 – 27 (Loc)

- no description -  

FactionGroupMask

Col: 28 (uint32)

Bitmask of FactionGroup MaskIDs as bit offset.  

LiquidTypeID

Col: 29 – 32 (uint32)

Liquid override by type enum LiquidType

Col	Name
29	LIQUID_TYPE_WATER
30	LIQUID_TYPE_OCEAN
31	LIQUID_TYPE_MAGMA
32	LIQUID_TYPE_SLIME

 

MinElevation

❌ Col: 33 (float)

-5000, -500, 1000  

AmbientMultiplier

❌ Col: 34 (float)

0.0 - 1.0; Something to do with character ambient lighting  

LightID

❌ Col: 35 (uint32)

Skybox, ambient lighting and fog.