I could have sworn I posted this before but here's a list of all the referances i could find I love LoZ or legend of zelda so for blizzard to honour the best rpg like this is awsome.

1) we will start with the raft( In link's awakening our hero link in stranded on an island after his raft crashs with no memory of how he got there)
2) In each dungon you have to collect 3 items a map a compass and a key.
3) in every zelda game you can/have to lvl up you sword.
4) to do so in majoras mask you have to give your sword to a gentleman who uses the hotspring to lvl up your sword as well in "A Link to the past" you have to throw your sword boomarang and shield in to a hotspring.
5) in almost every zelda game you get a bomarang
6)in every game i can think of you can push the grave stones back to reveal secret's
7) the first quest title usally appeard when you found a secret room in which a man would give or take away money
8)the silver heart totem is a refrence to several games namely "A Link To the Past" in which you must use silver arrows to dispel the main boss"gannon" invisable arura
9) the second last comes from the title of the second game "Legend of Zelda: Links adventure
10) the title of the last quest come from the first game In where you get your first sword the guy that gives it to you say's "It's dangerous to go alone"
11)blazerrunner looks alot like gannon
12) the golden flame is in the shape of a triangle just like the tri force that you must collect from almost every game.

Im sure iv missed some so if you see one i didnt let me know and i will gladly throw it on this list with credit to who found it

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The various references to Zelda and other games is fascinating.&nbsp But the origin comes ultimately back to the N'gorogoro Crater in Tanzania.&nbsp Its an ancient volcanic crater where numbers of African veldt animals wandered in and couldn't find their way out again, developing their own subspecies or special characteristics.&nbsp A fabulous place for a visit.

You might want to combine these two quest series, as they both start in Un'Goro and require you to travel to the same NPC up in Winterspring.

It's a Secret to Everybody: http://classicdb.ch/?quest=3844

Finding the Source: http://classicdb.ch/?quest=974

go HERE for the entire walkthrough.

I was in the water facing the raft and got my wheel of action.. then just got closer to raft to activate quest.

The whole series is worth just shy of 60k experience (56.9k). It requires a lot of travel between far-flung corners of Kalimdor. Definitely worth picking up though.

Another note on the Legend of Zelda reference:

The name of the quest is most likely from the hidden moblins who give you money when you find their cave (When you walk in, "IT'S A SECRECT TO EVERYBODY" is printed on the screen).

Make sure if you find the boat to get the back pack & open the pack to complete both quests. Bag with back back is in the water south of boat .

Most probably a Legend of Zelda : Link's Awakening, where you wind up on an island after your ship wrecks.

First quest..
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Last quest..
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First step in the quest gives you a small pack with a few trinkets in it. If ya look at the faded photo it has a picture of a pair of gnomes. And if ya read the paper it says to investigate Marshal's Refuge. 1+1=2. Gnome is in Marshal's Refuge, his name is Linken. Hope that helps =)

this other set of references is before (most) of your times . . .

Back in the 1970's, there was a cheesy show on Saturday morning tv in the States called 'Land of the Lost.'

It ran for a few seasons, I guess - the main characters were Will, Holly, and Marshall. They were explorers who were on a rafting trip, got sucked into a whirpool/time vortex, and wound up in a prehistoric world.

A lot of the quests, names, items, etc. seem to be plays off of that, as well, in Un' Goro.

Just no Sleestak or friendly baby dinosaur yet! :)

here is a link to the series (no pun intended):

http://www.landofthelost.com/

Be prepared for a lot of cross-country flying. I've flown across Kalimdor longways twice and I'm not even done The Videre Elixir yet.

Yes, there is a tremendous amount of traveling involved, but for an old Legend of Zelda fan like myself the quest series was a real delight. The rewards are fun and there is a huge amount of experience rewarded as well. It's well worth doing, in my opinion.

Worth doing because it gets you 85,950 total XP after all is said and done, JUST from the quest rewards, ignoring exploration and killing XP.

Spraggle Frock is obviously a refrence to Fraggle Rock, another blast from the past.

Look for bag under the water.
-Yalarp

Is underwater at 63,69.

Love how the compass points to the center of Ungoro, just like the compass in the Zelda games showed where the boss is, this one does too =P

The boat is at exactly (63.027316 , 68.553423).

The bag is at exactly (63.107502 , 69.049930).

DO NOT pass over this quest. It is a quest chain and even if the quest reward isn't that great, the xp is toatally worth it

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Guild: Laidies of Legend
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In the legend of Zelda there was a guy behind a bush who, if you found him there, would say: "I'ts a secret to everybody" lol and then pay you to be silent about his whereabouts.
I think he was supposed to be a deserter or something...

I havnt started this quest yet and I wont for a couple more lvls, but I think any questline that give 56900 xp just for handins with no kills is a good quest line, as it happens the reward is a great trinket which can be used much like the rogue throwing knifes, this is excellent for bg's, if your going to quest, why not getimba xp and great rewards :)

I can only reccomend this chain-quest...
because you get 2 greens at the end and you get 82256xp for whole chain

The rewards for the final quest "It's dangerous to go alone" are:

Linken's Sword OR Spirit of Aquementas
AND Linken's Boomerang

Hope this helps.&nbsp This is a fun series.

Yes, It is supposed to be link, and i'm sure that's Zelda in the Picture. you even get the sword after pushing a Gravestone.&nbsp And the Gorilla's in the area also have a Chance to Drop Empty Barrels(Donkey Kong).There's also Larion And Muigin(Mario Bros.)&nbsp &nbsp But here's my question.&nbsp Where's The Metroid Referrence Blizz? Cmoe on! I haven't seen Some Blonde Human in a Ginormous set of Powered armor yet !
I'm dissapointed =P

There's also a reference to a SERIOUSLY old school RPG in Un'Goro. Namely, the 'delicious cave mold' you can pick up seems rather similar to an item drop in NetHack...

www.wikipedia.org

look up the warcraft/world of warcraft article, has a fat growing list of all the references in the game.