Map.dbc

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❌ denotes unused fields

Structure

Index	Field	Type	Reference
0	ID	uint32
1	Directory	string
2	InstanceType	uint32
3	Flags	uint32
4	MapType	uint32
5	MapName_0	string
6	MapName_1	string
7	MapName_2	string
8	MapName_3	string
9	MapName_4	string
10	MapName_5	string
11	MapName_6	string
12	MapName_7	string
13	MapName_8	string
14	MapName_9	string
15	MapName_10	string
16	MapName_11	string
17	MapName_12	string
18	MapName_13	string
19	MapName_14	string
20	MapName_15	string
21	MapName_lang_mask	uint32
22	AreaTableID	uint32	AreaTable.dbc/0
23	MapDescription0_0	string
24	MapDescription0_1	string
25	MapDescription0_2	string
26	MapDescription0_3	string
27	MapDescription0_4	string
28	MapDescription0_5	string
29	MapDescription0_6	string
30	MapDescription0_7	string
31	MapDescription0_8	string
32	MapDescription0_9	string
33	MapDescription0_10	string
34	MapDescription0_11	string
35	MapDescription0_12	string
36	MapDescription0_13	string
37	MapDescription0_14	string
38	MapDescription0_15	string
39	MapDescription0_lang_mask	uint32
40	MapDescription1_0	string
41	MapDescription1_1	string
42	MapDescription1_2	string
43	MapDescription1_3	string
44	MapDescription1_4	string
45	MapDescription1_5	string
46	MapDescription1_6	string
47	MapDescription1_7	string
48	MapDescription1_8	string
49	MapDescription1_9	string
50	MapDescription1_10	string
51	MapDescription1_11	string
52	MapDescription1_12	string
53	MapDescription1_13	string
54	MapDescription1_14	string
55	MapDescription1_15	string
56	MapDescription1_lang_mask	uint32
57	LoadingScreenID	uint32	LoadingScreens.dbc/0
58	MinimapIconScale	float
59	CorpseMapID	int32	Map.dbc/0
60	Corpse_X	float
61	Corpse_Y	float
62	TimeOfDayOverride	int32
63	ExpansionID	uint32
64	RaidOffset	uint32
65	MaxPlayers	uint32

Description of fields

ID

Col: 0 (uint32)

- no description -  

Directory

❌ Col: 1 (string)

reference to World\Map\ [...]
 

InstanceType

Col: 2 (uint32)

enum MapType

ID	Name	Comment
0	MAP_COMMON	none
1	MAP_INSTANCE	party
2	MAP_RAID	raid
3	MAP_BATTLEGROUND	pvp
4	MAP_ARENA	arena

 

Flags

Col: 3 (uint32)

enum MapFlags

Value	Flag	Name	Comment
1	0x0001		Optimize
2	0x0002		Development Map
4	0x0004		Weighted Blend
8	0x0008		Vertex Coloring
16	0x0010		Sort Objects
32	0x0020		Limit to players from one realm
256	0x0100	MAP_FLAG_DYNAMIC_DIFFICULTY	Dynamic Difficulty.

 

MapType

❌ Col: 4 (uint32)

0 or 1 for battlegrounds (not arenas)  

MapName

Col: 5 – 21 (Loc)

- no description -  

AreaTableID

Col: 22 (uint32)

Common zone for instance and continent map.  

MapDescription0

❌ Col: 23 – 39 (Loc)

Text for PvP Zones (Horde).  

MapDescription1

❌ Col: 40 – 56 (Loc)

Text for PvP Zones (Alliance).  

LoadingScreenID

Col: 57 (uint32)

- no description -  

MinimapIconScale

❌ Col: 58 (float)

- no description -  

CorpseMapID

Col: 59 (int32)

MapID of entrance map.  

Corpse

Col: 60 – 61 (DBCPosition2D)

Entrance coordinate (if exist single entry).  

TimeOfDayOverride

❌ Col: 62 (int32)

-1, 0 and 720  

ExpansionID

Col: 63 (uint32)

Value	Expansion
0	Vanilla
1	The Burning Crusade (TBC)
2	Wrath of the Lich King (WotLK)

 

RaidOffset

Col: 64 (uint32)

- no description -  

MaxPlayers

Col: 65 (uint32)

Max players, fallback if not present in MapDifficulty.dbc.