Concept101: Where Wizards Walked

Wizard101 has long surprised us with new worlds. But Pirate101 opens the door for possible extensions to worlds from Wizard101. Several are very present in the story, while others are not as much. Nonetheless, these unknown worlds are still in the worlds. And I'm about to confirm one for you.

Pirate101's Krokotopia ought to be interesting. It was interesting in Wizard101, with the elemental environments, secret shop, boat, and enemies. I liked it. Pirate101, then, ought to do a great job of recreating it, just as they did with Marleybone.

The Backstory

According to Pirate101's website:

With colonies in Skull Island, Darkmoor, and Krokotopia and trade agreements nearly everywhere else, protecting the flow of ships between colonies and especially through Stormgates is Marleybone's highest priority.

We've visited one of those places and assume that the other is a future world, but what about Krokotopia? No one thought much of the text at the time, but we now know that it may very well be on its way.

A String of Hints

The first real signs of Krokotopia we had were the example for the Premium Area Sign. It reads: "To play in Krokotopia Skyway, you will need to either Pay By Area OR Subscribe!"

However, with the price of 750 crowns, this probably isn't permanent. Plus, I'm going to guess that it isn't called "Krokotopia Skyway."

The next real signs of Krokotopia we saw were in Marco Pollo's map. The map contained only worlds we knew about or that had been directly mentioned in the game. Cool Ranch did not get a set of numbers for the final code, but Krokotopia did - shouldn't that have been a hint of its importance?

Notice that the light there connects to Aquila, which connects to Valencia. Well, Valencia actually has an existing stormgate to Aquila, and Aquila has several unused stormgates. Besides that, Aquila and Krokotopia are very similar in color scheme, at least based on the look of the skyways. Could this map really tell us that we're going to Krokotopia in the near future from Aquila? I'd bet on it.

Ok, Let's See This Concept!

This is the concept of three or four completed islands for Pirate101. As you can see, you've got one big one in the front with a snake, and several in the back with a Phoenix and tomb entrance. Below that are four photos showing the finished areas.

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Notice the copyright date on KingsIsle there. It's 2010-2011! They started working on this after the release of Wizard101's Krokotopia, but well before Pirate101 even introduced new worlds... or even the game!

Additional Work

Krokotopia will definitely be different. I'm already wondering what sort of NPCs and enemies and companions we'll see.

Above, you'll see some of the flags there. When I received these, they were labelled "Dr. Fate Banners." Who's Dr. Fate? I'm interested!

In-Game Connection

Krokotopia was one of the launch worlds for Wizard101, but hasn't yet shown up in Pirate101. However, it's perfect. Krokotopia is already a string of islands that's much less stable than Wizard City and Marleybone. It's connected by bridges and boats, which you can see a little bit of next to the dock in the concept.

A couple of other people brought up the fact that one of the NPCs that sails the boat in Krokotopia has the title: "Sailor of the Eight Sands." That leaves us to wonder if Krokotopia will be a full and developed world, or just a single skyway like many words.

Concept Credits

All of these concepts are created by the KingsIsle art team. Dave Greco is the Lead Concept Artist there, and shares many of his works on his blog, My Electronic Days. You can view it HERE. See more from KingsIsle Entertainment at http://kingsisle.com/.

Stay Tuned for More!

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