Thanks, MoL. So it's kind of a "phasing" thingy or even the same kind of phasing that's used for Black Gate? Scenario mentioned once that physical objects cannot phase (or something like that) so I assumed all these early game places couldn't be phasing/in the same physical spots, though maybe they're some kind of convoluted, tricky "early game phasing" or something. But yeah, it's clear now why would that be difficult.

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I don't think you should be swimming across Lake Nenuial either, but no one is going to let me sprinkle death volumes in the middle of the lake to make people take the longer, more realistic way around.
Realistically, sure! But that would be one of these game'y things that everyone expects these days, and while I don't really care about that part of Anduin in particular, I guess there are people who wish for that to happen + the traversability of waters in all other parts of the game makes that spot kinda off, a giant surprise, and not in a good way

Easier said than done, I know, but who knows, maybe, if it's technically feasible, there can be a "phasing" non-death waters once a player completes the Landing, or perhaps even a phasing passage added to Mirkwood proper to make that dream connection with Middle Mirkwood come true someday in the future, if this missing area of the forest is ever added.