OutsiderXE

OutsiderXE · Jul 17, 2025

In co-operation with others, I have been developing a Warcraft 3 custom campaign based on The First War.

Key features include:

17-mission custom campaign retelling Warcraft I with updated lore and gameplay.
Classic WC1 tech meets WC3 mechanics—heroes, items, asymmetric races, and refined level design.
High-quality terrain and cinematics using custom assets, optimized for Classic SD.
Fully voice-acted with AI voices modeled after the original Warcraft cast.
Open-source project—anyone can contribute ideas or maps.
Built for WC3: Reforged (latest Battle.net version).
Based on [Melee] WC3: Orcs & Humans v1.1.5 by @loktar

The campaign is in early development, but we have finished nearly half of the human campaign so far. The full release is expected to be some time summer/autumn 2026. You can find more infos in this thread: [Campaign] - The First War

We are also looking for triggerers to join the team so we can finish faster.

OutsiderXE · Dec 17, 2024

I just updated Lord of the Clans HD to version 1.1.1. It includes fixes for the waterfall color and portraits. Please Use Old Terrain in your gameplay options. Have fun!

Lord of the Clans

OutsiderXE Presents v1.1.1 (HD) Custom campaign with extensive Action-RPG gameplay and a highly customizable main character 8 single-player missions, 67 quests, 7-9 hours of playtime High quality terrain and cinematics, supported by many custom assets, optimized for Reforged HD Full...

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OutsiderXE · Dec 14, 2024

Crazy last 30 hours. I basically wrote a concept for a new 16-map campaign based on Warcraft 1, wrote the transcript for the Intro and Chapter 1 and created a playable alpha for Chapter 1 including crude AI voices and a passable intro cinematic. More details and playable demo here: [Campaign] - The First War

OutsiderXE · Dec 13, 2024

A small side project I started working on yesterday [Campaign] - The First War

deepstrasz · Dec 12, 2024

Hey, sorry for the bother/spam. Maybe these would help:

Warcraft original lore

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As well as these:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/565021-warcraft-orcs-and-humans/faqs/76744

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/199259-warcraft-ii-tides-of-darkness/faqs/77141

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/199256-warcraft-ii-beyond-the-dark-portal/faqs/78015

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/256222-warcraft-iii-reign-of-chaos/faqs/38456

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/589475-warcraft-iii-the-frozen-throne/faqs/38545

OutsiderXE · Nov 23, 2024

I have a semi solution for the changed textures in Reforged 2.0. But this would affect local files (so all custom maps that players own), so I am not happy with it.
I will wait to see how CSW and RR handle their campaigns and take a breqk for a few weeks.

deepstrasz · Nov 16, 2024

Do you know of this?

Orcs & Humans: Orc Missions (ALPHA)

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OutsiderXE · Oct 17, 2024

Update 1.1 for Lord of the Clans HD just released: Lord of the Clans

New language texts: italian (GrayRaven), korean (Godoorer), polish (Karolis), chinese (诺森德的呜喵王), french (Nithael)
Updated abilities and enemies for Durotan and Draka
New ability for Blackmoore
Updated Baby cry sound
Fixes for music overlapping on reload
Cheat checkpoints to disable checkpoints (to prevent crashing)
Manual fix for loading screen race crest
Several fixes

OutsiderXE · Jun 7, 2024

Lore & Legends: Lord of the Clans - Reforged custom campaign

Warcraft 3 Reforged custom campaign with extensive Action-RPG gameplay and a highly customizable main character
8 single-player missions, 67 quests, over 8 hours of playtime
High quality terrain and cinematics, supported by many custom assets, optimized for Reforged HD
Full voice-over, with real voice actors and AI voices created from Warcraft franchise games
Based on the novel Lord of the Clans by Christie Golden

Released June 15th on Hiveworkshop.com.

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OutsiderXE · May 30, 2024

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OutsiderXE · May 16, 2024

LotC Reforged HD planned to be released this summer. Expect updated models, terrain, cinematics and more.

OutsiderXE · Feb 11, 2024

@everyone The Last Guardian is now available with korean subtitles! Translated by 고두러#6523
Prologue video:

Download: The Last Guardian

OutsiderXE · Nov 19, 2023

New cinematic for LotC HD

deepstrasz · Oct 29, 2023

I think you'd have a better chance at contacting modellers yourself instead of waiting for them to find a post in a thread in Requests.

OutsiderXE · Oct 14, 2023

Lord of the Clans Reforged HD Prologue

deepstrasz · Aug 18, 2023

BTNMuscleCharge

The skin is meant to be yellow. Keywords: strong, charge, power, up, powerup, muscle, arm, fury, olympia, strength, plus, buff, bulk, mass, weight, heavy, siege, flame, enchant, imbue, fire

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If you still need that, it can simply be recoloured.

OutsiderXE · Jul 19, 2023

A first look at the custom UI for my new campaign Of Blood and Honor

Inventory allows carrying up to 18 items
Items are now used directly with by double-click or on one another (not via dialog like The Last Guardian)
Smaller UI for a better look at the environment

OutsiderXE · Jun 2, 2023

The campaigns have been officially updated! Read the official announcement here! Including a surprise!

[Campaign] - Lore & Legends: A Custom Campaign Series By OutsiderXE

OutsiderXE Presents The Official Reforged Update to the classic campaigns, including AI powered voice over! 3 unique custom campaigns with Action-RPG, point & click adventure and classic RTS/RPG gameplay. 25 single-player missions, 131 quests, around 20 hours of playtime High quality terrain...

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OutsiderXE · May 25, 2023

Testing HD graphics and new camera style for Lord of the Clans!

OutsiderXE · May 14, 2023

@everyone The beta for The Last Guardian 2.3.0 is now also available! I was battling some plotstoppers in Chapter 4 (Pillar of Flame not appearing in the tavern) and Chapter 7 (1.heroes never unpause after the teleport/chest battles // 2.time stopped heroes don't drop items). Hopefully those are properly fixed now. New loading screens will be implemented later.

Download: TLG__Update_07__Version_2.3.0 – Google Drive

If things go well, beta testing should be completed in 10-14 days.

Please DM me feedback or write in my Discord.

OutsiderXE · May 11, 2023

The beta for Lord of the Clans 3.1.0 is now also available! Changes are similar to DotD (voiceover, gameplay, quality of life, etc.). Download: LotC__Update_08__Version_3.1.0 – Google Drive Please DM me feedback or write in my Discord.

OutsiderXE · May 9, 2023

The beta for Day of the Dragon 3.1.0 is now available!

Notable changes include:

Full voice over (mostly AI generated)
Full 1.35 integration (campaign screen, increased map bounds & expanded camera zoom, hotkeys, auto-saves, item stacking)
Numerous balance changes and bug fixes
Limitations and known issues: SD mode only, loading screens not fully implemented/buggy, removed difficulty selection via dialogs

Download: DotD__Update_08__Version_3.1.0 – Google Drive

Please DM me feedback or write in my Discord. If you decide to do so, be as detailed as possible: i.e. if balance is off describe what ability or situation seems to be off. If there is a bug in a cinematic tell me which map/cinematic.

Betas for LotC and TLG will be released in a few days.

Full release is expected to be no later than June 1st (probably earlier). These will be the definitive final SD updates - unless Blizzard breaks something.

OutsiderXE · Apr 25, 2023

Closed Beta for all upcoming campaign updates starting soon. DM me and I will send you the work-in-progress campaigns in 1-2 weeks. Provide some feedback via Discord (DM or via public chat) and you will appear in the credits.

OutsiderXE · Feb 7, 2023

The next updates to my campaigns will include complete voiceover!
Join my discord to find out more! Join the Lore & Legends Discord Server!

OutsiderXE · Jan 19, 2023

Be warned: The beta phase of my campaigns is going to end soon and the next update I release will be for 1.35. I don't plan to save the current 1.31 campaigns.

deepstrasz · Jan 10, 2023

[Need Help] Back to 1.29 1.29.2 archive (tommi gustafsson)
Also please fix the doublepost mentioned below.

deepstrasz · Jan 10, 2023

Heart of Storms: Dusk of Draenor (Public Beta)

After a very long wait and, finally, 2 years of intense development (as it was relaunched in 2020 and worked from the ground up, only keeping a few old assets and the story), Heart of Storms finally gets an open release - the Public Beta! For a (not very) brief history of this mod, check here...

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OutsiderXE · Jan 8, 2023

The Reforging for Lord of the Clans has begun! Calling all interested parties! [HD/Modeling] - Reforging Lord of the Clans

OutsiderXE · Jan 2, 2023

Question to everyone: What if I included AI voices to my campaigns but they would increase campaign size by around 300MB? Also new loading screens might increase size by another 100MB. Would a downloading a campaign of 500-600MB for SD be okay for you or would you like a separate minified version of around 100-150MB without the new loading screens and AI voices?

OutsiderXE · Dec 30, 2022

Today I'll be playing Re-Reforged today on my Twitch channel while chatting with its creator InsaneMonster.

(3PM EST / 9PM CET)

OutsiderXE · Dec 20, 2022

Adding a discord server for all of my projects: Join the Lore & Legends Discord Server!
It's still under construction, but you are welcome to join and chat!

Blood Raven · Dec 18, 2022

Hey there!

When I heard of the official support for custom campaigns, I immediately thought of how much I'd love to replay your campaigns with HD graphics. Do you have any plans to update the SD custom models with HD ones?
Your campaigns have always been a favorite of mine (made me read those books for real, The Last Guardian is now one of my all-time favorites <3), and I'm stoked to hear you're working on a new one. I wish you good luck with the project and I hope Reforged treats you better than it has in the past.
Also happy holidays! :3

OutsiderXE · Dec 14, 2022

PTR for CCs already here. Happy holidays!

I will do a test run of all of my campaigns over the holidays to see what bugs I can report and what changes I need to make to prepare the campaigns accordingly. One thing I can say is, they are probably going to get new HD loading screens. Additionally, all my campaigns will receive a common brand name to show they are part of the same continuity.

OutsiderXE · Nov 21, 2022

Today I found out Blizzard has started unlocking some menus for custom campaigns on Reforged, and that custom campaigns can already be played on the latest 1.34 PTR; no mods* or splitter required. Right now, there are still plenty of bugs with the UI, but the general hope is that custom campaigns will be implemented with 1.35, maybe even by the third anniversary of Reforged, end of January.

https://imgur.com/a/50oxNW3

I am still working with 1.31 and will continue to do so until CCs are officially and fully implemented. Only then I will update all of my campaigns to work with the CCs update and I expect players to update their game as well so we no longer have this versioning mess.

*some stuff needs to be done with internal files to unlock the menus; but no outside mod required.

OutsiderXE · Nov 11, 2022

You might be asking, when I am going actually going to announce the project properly with a title, screenshots and list of features. I used to do that around the 40-60% completion mark; so when I knew that the "worst" was behind me and could reasonably estimate the future workload and a release window... This time I will probably be closer to 80%; and I think I am around 30% done right now.

OutsiderXE · Sep 22, 2022

A couple of maps are playable now for my new campaign; but I need to evaluate the direction and make some changes before I continue.

OutsiderXE · Aug 16, 2022

New project is a campaign based on a book. It will be some time before I will reveal it, but it's making good and steady progress. Until then you will get tidbits of info every few weeks.

OutsiderXE · Jul 27, 2022

Working on something completely new. Don't ask. Won't tell

Xetanth87 · Jul 9, 2022

Hey. I know you want people to be able to play Custom Campaigns in Reforged. I've created a tool called "Campaign Splitter" that makes this possible by extracting the maps and merging the campaign data into them. I've tested "The Last Guardian" and it worked. Could you test the tool and tell me if you find any problems?

OutsiderXE · Jun 14, 2022

I'm waiting a bit longer to see what Blizzard does for Reforged custom campaigns before I release any final updates for LotC, DotD and TLG.

DarkRanger2 · May 19, 2022

I literally ran through your campaign in a single day so much it was amazing. The dialog is ON POINT and everything is just perfect. You're talented.

BewuuOJler · May 8, 2022

hello there OutsiderXE! where can I download all ur campaigns? and I'd like to see Arthas: "Rise of the Lich King"(chapters before RoH and TFT event)

deepstrasz · May 8, 2022

Hey, do you still have the 1.31 PTR?

https://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/wc3-download-archive-1-00-1-31-1-beta-demo.326836/post-3532125

For some reason, someone needs it.

arman193 · Nov 26, 2021

Hi alexAndros i want say something to you i grow up with your Beautiful warcraft Custom campaings with nice novel story and i enjoyed can you make another wc3 campaing on another warcraft books like war of Ancients or other novels becuse if you do this that be realy amazing and i Know peoples support you and you become famous again we realy miss your campaings

OutsiderXE · Jul 10, 2021

Quenching Mod enables Custom Campaigns for Reforged: Quenching Mod enables Custom Campaigns for Reforged

Meilstoer · Jul 3, 2021

Hey, OutsiderXE! In the Day of the Dragon. What do you think for Rhonin unique audio lines rather than WC3Priest audio lines.
I got that idea where the perfect voice lines should be Shen from League of Legends for good reason, Shen and Rhonin played by same voice actor (Keith Silverstein).

deepstrasz · May 28, 2021

Hey, great that you finally released LotC 3.0 and that you are happy about it.
I don't think it should be called beta if it's that polished and basically a full fledged release.

Anyways, I don't remember, did you enhance your other two campaigns as well or are you planning to?

deepstrasz · Apr 29, 2021

Ashbringer - Argent Book

This is my first big project... A four/five years project in the making, at least! It has 8 playable chapters and various interludes. There may be many typos and grammar mistakes, be patient please as I'm not a native English speaker. If you found any bug please report me and I will do my best...

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deepstrasz · Mar 21, 2021

Hey man, I remember you still modding on 1.31?
Would you be kind to share some info on how you bypassed those load game event bugs? I'm having issues with unit variables in events.

rcshaggy · Mar 8, 2021

Sorry to say I lost interest in the Orcs and Human Remake, but I will be working on my new/old Campaign since I do own Reforged now so I don't have to worry about a lot of stuff...

You can say it's much easier getting at the Resources and don't have to use skins from the old game, since the new models from Reforged look so much better and such...

So yeah...

And how are you by the way Outsider?
Have any plans to make your Campaigns playable in Warcraft III Reforged or not planning that?

It's ok, and I was just curious if you are doing that or not...<3

OutsiderXE

Lore & Legends: Lord of the Clans - Reforged custom campaign​

Lord of the Clans Reforged HD Prologue​

Lore & Legends: Lord of the Clans - Reforged custom campaign

Lord of the Clans Reforged HD Prologue