Narrated zone lore for ZoneLore, VBR mono — the smaller pack. This addon is data only — it does nothing on its own.
The voice, as of 0.3.0
Every line was re-recorded with a new narrator — picked for the tone the lore deserves rather than for getting a first pass made cheaply — and the names of NPCs and places now go through a pronunciation dictionary, so Lordaeron sounds the same in every line it appears in.
That doesn't make it finished. With this many lines, some readings will still land flat and some names will still come out wrong. If a line reads badly, report it: there's a Feedback button on lore.rusty.one, and per-line re-rolls follow what comes in.
The lore text was rewritten in the same release to describe the world as a vanilla character finds it. Where a line's text gets fixed, its narration is regenerated — so an occasional re-download is expected.
Which pack to install
Two packs, the same voicelines, differing only in quality:
| Pack | Bitrate | Download |
|---|---|---|
| ZoneLore Audio | 128 kbps | ~450 MB |
| ZoneLore Audio 64 (this one) | VBR mono | ~220 MB |
This is the smaller pack. VBR mono is close to transparent for speech, so it costs less than the gap between the numbers suggests — take it if the ~450 MB of ZoneLore Audio is more than you want to spend. A higher bitrate makes the voice clearer on good headphones, not different.
Both can be installed at once — ZoneLore plays the higher-quality one, and /zl audio switches between them.
Installing
Install ZoneLore first; this pack is inert without it. Extract into Interface/AddOns so the folder sits alongside ZoneLore, and leave the folder name as shipped — ZoneLore finds packs by folder name.
Neither addon declares a hard dependency on the other, so install order doesn't matter.
Compatibility
Built for Classic Era 1.15.9. The pack and ZoneLore work together as long as they share a major version.
Support
Every one of these lines — and there are a lot of them — costs money to synthesise, and every reported fix costs it again. If the narration is worth something to you, buy me a coffee — it's what funds the fixes.
Credits
The narration is generated from lore text derived from warcraft.wiki.gg and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Attribution: warcraft.wiki.gg contributors.
The Spoken Zones Audio 64 Team
