The first Balcony which is located at Shao Kahn's Fortress, is a place of kombat during the Konquerer's invasion of Earthrealm. it has two Centaurian statues on both sides of the room. A hole shows a green light where the Soul Chamber rests below. It also served as Motaro's sanctuary, it even sometimes referred to as Motaro's Balcony or Motaro's Lair.

The Balcony debuted in Mortal Kombat 3 and its remakes. (For unknown reasons, it was errornously referred to as "Kahn's Tower" in the arcade version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.) It served as the arena wherein the player battled sub-boss Motaro (though in the SNES version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, the battle with Motaro takes place on The Roof, as The Balcony was removed in the port).

It should be noted that noob's dorfen is an edit of the balconey (no walls or motaro statue).