GetZoneText

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Added in 1.0.0 / 1.13.2

Returns the name of the zone the player is in.

zoneName = GetZoneText()

Returns

zoneName

string - Localized zone name.

Details

• The ZONE_CHANGED_NEW_AREA is triggered when the main area changes (such as exiting or leaving a major city).
• If you want more detail, ZONE_CHANGED is also triggered every time you move between sub-sections of an area, (such as going from Shattrath's center to Lower City, etc).
• There is ZONE_CHANGED_INDOORS for specialized cases.

Example

Returns the name of the zone the player is currently in.

/run print("Current Zone: " .. GetZoneText())

See also

• GetSubZoneText()
• GetRealZoneText()
• GetMinimapZoneText()