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{{Fishing}}
  
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[[Patch 4.0.3a]] and the {{cata-inline}} introduced new travel challenges for players. The portal hubs in [[Dalaran]] and [[Shattrath]] are gone, great fissures in the earth now impede overland travel between certain zones, many zone levels have changed, and players are now required to discover the new high-level instances before they are allowed to queue for them in the dungeon finder. A firm grasp of the geography of the world and an understanding of the available means for moving from one place to another will help you meet these challenges.
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A '''fishing trainer''' is an [[NPC]] that offers [[fisher]]s the opportunity to train and learn recipes.
  
   
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This guide presents the fundamentals of post-Cataclysm travel between the three continents of Azeroth ([[Kalimdor]], [[Eastern Kingdoms]], and [[Northrend]]) and provides details regarding the many methods of travel available. Also included is information about travel between these continents and [[Outland]].
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== {{Alliance Icon}} Alliance Trainers ==
  
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== How travel has changed ==
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The Cataclysm brought a new concept for world travel. In the {{bc-inline}} Burning Crusade and {{wotlk-inline}} Wrath of the Litch King expansions, a portal hub in a single remote city provided access to the major cities in the Old World.
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By contrast, in the post-Cataclysm world, new and improved travel facilities have turned the two capital cities, [[Stormwind]] and [[Orgrimmar]], into worldwide travel centers. Located in the heartlands of Azeroth's two original continents, these cities have also become centers for all types of [[trainers|training]], [[daily quests]], [[Auction House|auctioning]], and other activities.
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Although the old portal hubs are gone, improved [[#Mass transit|mass transit]] and [[taxi]] services, greatly expanded [[#solo|solo flight]], and [[#portals|new portal hubs]] allow players to move freely and reasonably quickly throughout the world. [[#Shorter waits at the dock|Shorter cycle times]] for ships and zeppelins and the addition of many new [[#flight paths|flight paths]] have made travel over land and sea much easier and faster than before, even for low level characters.
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{{cata-inline}} Things get even better as you level up. Characters who have reached level 60 can now fly freely around almost all of [[Kalimdor]] and [[Eastern Kingdoms]]. Characters level 80 and above can make use of [[#portals|new portal hubs]] in the capital cities. Located in [[Stormwind]] and [[Orgrimmar]], these hubs provide rapid access to the new level 81-85 zones. <ref name="portal caveats">You must complete quests for access to these portals, and the portals to [[Tol Barad]] require level 85. See [[#portals|Portals]] below for more information.</ref>
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=== Setting your hearthstone ===
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While setting your hearthstone to a city near where you are questing provides convenient access to trainers and auction houses, from about level 20 or 30 through level 60 you may find it advantageous to set your hearthstone to an inn in your capital city.
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The Alliance and Horde capitals, [[Stormwind]] and [[Orgrimmar]], now have class, profession, riding<ref name="ridingtrainers">The riding trainers in the capitals do not require the character to be exalted with the city's faction, although the racial mount vendors do.</ref>, and flight trainers, as well as [[Daily quest#Cooking dailies|cooking]] and [[Daily quest#Fishing dailies|fishing daily quests]] that all characters level 10 and up can complete. [[#Mass transit|Mass transit]] and [[Taxi|taxis]] provide ready access for all levels from these cities to most parts of the Old World.
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When you are questing in {{bc-inline}} [[Outland]] or {{wotlk-inline}} [[Northrend]], you will likely want to set your hearthstone in [[Shattrath]] or [[Dalaran]], respectively. Since there are now class and profession trainers and auction houses in both cities, you will have little need to travel back to the Old World until you are done questing in these continents. After that these cities will become largely irrelevant.
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Characters level 80 and above can make use of the new {{cata-inline}} [[#Portals|portal hubs]]<ref name="portal caveats"/> in the capital cities to access the new level 81-85 zones.
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== Flight enhancements ==
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=== Flight paths ===
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[[Patch 4.0.3a]] added many [[Patch_4.0.3a_(world_changes)#Flight_Paths|new flight paths]] (also known as "[[taxi|taxis]]") to both [[Kalimdor]] and the [[Eastern Kingdoms]], especially in the lower level zones.
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Flight paths in [[Kalimdor]] and the [[Eastern Kingdoms]] are now shown on the in-game map. After you have discovered an area, any flight paths in that area will show up on your map as a winged foot: blue for Alliance, red for Horde, and green for neutral.
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You'll need to talk to the [[flight masters]] and pick up the flight paths, but once you do they will make travel for low level characters much easier than it was prior to patch [[4.0.3a]].
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=== Flying solo ===
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{{cata-inline}} Characters level 60 or above can learn Expert [[riding]] and purchase a [[Flight Master's License]] from a [[riding trainer|flying trainer]] near the [[flight masters]] in [[Stormwind]], [[Orgrimmar]], [[Hellfire Peninsula]], [[Borean Tundra]], or [[Dalaran]]. This license allows the character to fly almost anywhere in the Old World.
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<ref name="soloflight"> Solo flight is still not possible in the {{bc-inline}} zones connected to the Old World, including the [[Exodar]], [[Azuremyst Isle]], [[Bloodmyst Isle]], [[Silvermoon]], [[Eversong Woods]], [[Ghostlands]], and associated islands.</ref>
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All characters level 68 or above<ref name="mincold"> Prior to Cataclysm, minimum level for [[Cold Weather Flying]] was 77, or level 68 with a [[Tome of Cold Weather Flight]].</ref> can now purchase {{wotlk-inline}} [[Cold Weather Flying]] from a [[riding trainer|flying trainer]]. This permits flying in all of [[Northrend]].
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The Expert [[riding]] skill, a [[Flight Master's License]], and [[Cold Weather Flying]] combine to allow a player to fly almost anywhere in the world, except within certain [[instances]] and a few zones not yet revised for flight.<ref name="soloflight"/>
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== Mass transit ==
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=== Ships, zeppelins, and trams ===
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A network of [[Travel_guide_to_Deeprun_Tram_and_boats|ships]], [[Travel_guide_to_zeppelins_and_boats|zeppelins]], and a [[Deeprun_Tram|tram]] connects the major cities and ports on all three continents of Azeroth. <ref name="cityportals">In two cases, portals are also available for travel between two cities. Although these are not strictly mass transit, they are included in the tables below because they complete the city-to-city travel picture.</ref> These methods of transport are known as "mass transit." Running on a regular schedule, mass transit is free, and it's fast, safe, and easy for all levels of characters.
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Mass transit is the most practical way to get between continents, particularly for lower level characters. Mass transit can also be used to travel between certain major cities on the same continent, or between the northern region of a continent and the southern region. Even the highest level characters (other than mages) are likely to find this method of transport useful.
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This section contains, for each faction, a table of ports by continent and region, and each port's connections. A quick glance at your faction's table should give you a good idea of how to get where you want to go.
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Also included are tables of the mass transit routes available to each faction, accompanied by maps providing graphical representation of these routes and ports.
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These maps and tables are intended to help you form a mental picture of the world, and the regions accessible by mass transit. They are also a quick reference for those times when you can't quite remember how to get where you want to go.
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=== Ports ===
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Ships and zeppelins connect the continents of [[Kalimdor]], [[Eastern Kingdoms]], and [[Northrend]]. Below are tables of the ports where they dock, and the ports to which they are connected via mass transit. (See the next section for tables and maps of [[#routes|mass transit routes]].)
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| [[Rut'theran Village]], [[Teldrassil]]
  
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| {{Race Icon NightElf Male Small}} [[Androl Oakhand]]
  
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| [[Kalimdor]] North || [[Darnassus]] || Alliance || Major city || [[Stormwind]], [[Exodar]] || ship, portal
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| valign="top"|[[The Temple Gardens]], [[Darnassus]]
  
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| {{Race Icon NightElf Female Small}} [[Astaia]]
  
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| {{quality|Uncommon|Journeyman}}
  
 
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| [[Kalimdor]] North || [[Exodar]] || Alliance || Major city || [[Darnassus]] || ship, portal
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| [[Crystal Lake]], [[Elwynn Forest]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Human Male Small}} [[Lee Brown]]
  
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| [[Kalimdor]] Central || [[Ratchet]] || Neutral || Port || [[Booty Bay]] || ship
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| valign="top"|[[The Canals]], [[Stormwind]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Human Male Small}} [[Arnold Leland]]
  
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| [[Kalimdor]] Central || [[Theramore]] || Alliance || Port || [[Menethil]] || ship
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| [[Iceflow Lake]], [[Dun Morogh]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Dwarf Male Small}} [[Paxton Ganter]]
  
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| [[Eastern Kingdoms]] Central || [[Menethil]] || Alliance || Port || [[Theramore]], [[Valgarde]] || ship
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| valign="top"|[[The Forlorn Cavern]], [[Ironforge]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Dwarf Male Small}} [[Grimnur Stonebrand]]
  
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| [[Eastern Kingdoms]] Central || [[Ironforge]] || Alliance || Major city || [[Stormwind]] || tram
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| [[Ammen Ford]], [[Azuremyst Isle]] {{bc-inline}}
  
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| {{Race Icon Draenei Female Small}} [[Diktynna]]
  
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| [[Eastern Kingdoms]] South || [[Stormwind]] || Alliance || Capital || [[Darnassus]], [[Ironforge]], [[Valiance Keep]] || ship, tram
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|valign="top"| [[The Crystal Hall]], [[the Exodar]] {{bc-inline}}
  
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| {{Race Icon Draenei Female Small}} [[Erett]]
  
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| [[Eastern Kingdoms]] South || [[Booty Bay]] || Neutral || Port || [[Ratchet]] || ship
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|valign="top"| [[Auberdine]], [[Darkshore]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Dwarf Male Small}} [[Gubber Blump]]
  
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| [[Northrend]] West || [[Valiance Keep]] || Alliance || Port || [[Stormwind]] || ship
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|valign="top"| [[The Loch]], [[Loch Modan]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Dwarf Male Small}} [[Warg Deepwater]]
  
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| [[Northrend]] East || [[Valgarde]] || Alliance || Port || [[Menethil]] || ship
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|valign="top"| [[Lakeshire]], [[Redridge Mountains]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Human Male Small}} [[Matthew Hooper]]
  
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|valign="top"| [[Menethil Harbor]], [[Wetlands]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Human Male Small}} [[Harold Riggs]]
  
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| [[Kalimdor]] Central || [[Orgrimmar]] || Horde || Capital || [[Thunder Bluff]], [[Undercity]], [[Grom'Gol]], [[Warsong Hold]] || zeppelin
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|valign="top"| [[Southshore]], [[Hillsbrad Foothills]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Human Male Small}} [[Donald Rabonne]]
  
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| [[Kalimdor]] Central || [[Thunder Bluff]] || Horde || Major city || [[Orgrimmar]] || zeppelin
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|valign="top"| [[Feathermoon Stronghold]], [[Feralas]]
  
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| {{Race Icon NightElf Male Small}} [[Brannock]]
  
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| [[Eastern Kingdoms]] North || [[Silvermoon]] || Horde|| Major city || [[Undercity]] || portal
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| [[Eastern Kingdoms]] North || [[Undercity]] || Horde|| Major city || [[Orgrimmar]], [[Silvermoon]], [[Grom'Gol]], [[Vengeance Landing]] || zeppelin, portal
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| [[Eastern Kingdoms]] South || [[Grom'Gol]] || Horde|| Major city || [[Orgrimmar]], [[Undercity]] || zeppelin
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| [[Eastern Kingdoms]] South || [[Booty Bay]] || Neutral || Port || [[Ratchet]] || ship
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| [[Northrend]] West || [[Warsong Hold]] || Horde || Port || [[Orgrimmar]] || zeppelin
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| [[Northrend]] East || [[Vengeance Landing]] || Horde || Port || [[Undercity]] || zeppelin
 
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Note that the intracontinental neutral [[Northrend]] ports of [[Unu'pe]], [[Moa'ki Harbor]], and [[Kamagua]] have been omitted from these tables. See [[Boats]] for more information on the routes between these ports.
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If you already know where the ports are located on each continent, the following tables may provide a more convenient reference.
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Note that the Nauticus<ref name="nauticus">[http://drool.me.uk/naut Nauticus] - An add-on which learns and displays ship and zeppelin arrival and departure times on your realm, with optional alarm.</ref> add-on learns the schedule for ship and zeppelin arrivals and departures on your realm and displays the next scheduled times for any route you choose. Nauticus allows you to set an alarm to let you know when the next voyage is due.
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The mass transit routes below are all bidirectional.
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[[Image:WorldMap-World_Travel_Alliance.jpg|thumb|Alliance Ports & Routes]]
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The ships between [[Darnassus]] and [[Stormwind]], and [[Darnassus]] and the [[Exodar]] dock at Rut'theran Village, at the base of the enormous tree known as [[Teldrassil]]. You can get between [[Darnassus]] and [[Rut'theran Village]] via portals located next to their respective flight masters.
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Note that once you pick up the flight path in the [[Exodar]], you can now take the taxi between there and [[Rut'theran]] or [[Darnassus]]. You can also fly from the [[Exodar]] or [[Darnassus]] to locations in [[Kalimdor]] where you have flight paths.
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There is also a portal in the [[Temple of the Moon]] in Darnassus which goes to the Exodar. This portal is on the first floor, next to the portal to the [[Blasted Lands]], and has no level requirement.
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Note that the zeppelin routes between [[Orgrimmar]] and [[Thunder Bluff]] and between the [[Undercity]] and [[Grom'Gol Base Camp]] in [[Northern Stranglethorn]] are to points on the same continent, rather than intercontinental as with other zeppelin (and ship) voyages. The zeppelin between the Undercity and Grom'Gol makes travel between the northern and southern parts of Eastern Kingdoms easy even if you have not yet picked up the key Horde flight path at [[New Kargath]] in the [[Badlands]].
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=== Shorter waits at the dock ===
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The time it takes to travel using mass transit has been significantly reduced. Before [[Patch 4.0.3a]], players often had to wait four or five minutes for a ship or zeppelin to arrive at their point of departure. Now the time between departures is typically closer to two minutes.
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Also, characters with the ability to fly in the departure zone can land on a ship or zeppelin which has already departed, provided it has not gained too much speed. This allows you to catch a voyage you might otherwise have missed. Characters with flight ability in the destination zone can fly off the ship or zeppelin before it has reached the dock, saving a little more time.
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The newly reduced departure cycle time is key to efficient travel in the post-Cataclysm world. Although the ports look far away on the map, in practical terms they are actually only two or three minutes apart - much less time than it takes to fly across a continent.
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Thus, the actual travel time between, for example, [[Stormwind]] and [[Darnassus]], is less than a minute longer than the travel time between [[Stormwind]] and [[Ironforge]]. The same is true for travel between [[Orgrimmar]] and [[Undercity]].
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=== Mass transit vs mage portals ===
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To put travel times into perspective, remember that the loading screen part of a mass transit trip takes the same amount of time as that of a hearthstone - or a portal. The only time penalty for taking a ship or zeppelin is the wait time at the dock, and that is now almost always less than two minutes.
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Keep this in mind the next time you are tempted to advertise in the trade chat for a mage to sell you a [[teleport|portal to another city]]. By the time you find a mage and he or she gets to you, takes your gold, and pops you a portal, you could have already been aboard mass transit and on your way.
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Also, many ships and zeppelins land near a flight master, whereas a mage portal will often deposit you somewhere deep in the bowels of your destination city.
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For most city to city trips, when you consider the total time of the trip, typically mass transit will get you to your destination as fast as or faster than a mage portal.
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The main exception is [[Dalaran]], because the taxi flight between [[Dalaran]] and the ports in [[Borean Tundra]] is almost five minutes. Master flying (310%) knocks this down to just over four minutes, but if you can find a mage quickly a portal might be a little faster. On the other hand, if you have one of the (very expensive) [[Ring_of_the_Kirin_Tor|Rings_of_the_Kirin_Tor]], you can teleport yourself from a port in [[Borean Tundra]] or [[Howling Fjord]] and forget about mages.
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But unless you are questing in [[Northrend]], why do you need to go to [[Dalaran]] at all? The capital cities, [[Stormwind]] and [[Orgrimmar]], are now the travel hubs, and have trainers and daily quests as well. And while you are questing in [[Northrend]], the class trainers and auctioneers who arrived in [[Dalaran]] with [[4.0.3a]] pretty much eliminate the need to go to any other cities.
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Another exception is [[Stormwind]] to [[Theramore]]; Alliance players wanting to get from their travel hub to central [[Kalimdor]] will need to fly (or take the tram) to [[Menethil]] to catch a ship to [[Theramore]], or fly to [[Booty Bay]] and take a ship to [[Ratchet]]. The necessary flights are close to four minutes, so a mage portal to [[Theramore]] may save a little time.
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== Portals ==
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Several portals allow rapid travel between continents, or to distant areas of the same continent. Some of these portals can be used by either faction.
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In some cases, portals can be used as stages in a trip designed for rapid travel from one part of the Old World to another. For example, a level 58+ character in [[Silvermoon]] can quickly reach [[Orgrimmar]] by taking the portal to the [[Blasted Lands]], running through the [[Dark Portal]], and then taking the small portal beside the [[Dark Portal]] to [[Orgrimmar]].
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Also, see [[Teleport]] for a list of non-mage teleportation spells that require a certain class, profession, and/or item to use.
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| {{Race Icon Tauren Male Small}} [[Uthan Stillwater]]
  
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| [[Exodar]] || [[Vault of Lights]] || Both || [[Darnassus]] || [[Temple of the Moon]] || Alliance || 1
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| [[Darnassus]] || [[The Temple Gardens]] || Both || [[Teldrassil]] shore || [[Rut'theran Village]] || Alliance || 1
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| [[Shattrath]] || [[Terrace of Light]] || One way || [[Isle of Quel'danas]] || [[Sun's Reach Sanctum]] || Neutral || 70 || [[Isle of Quel'Danas quests|Quests]] required
 
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| {{Race Icon Tauren Male Small}} [[Kah Mistrunner]]
  
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| [[Stormwind]] || [[The Eastern Earthshrine|Eastern Earthshrine]] || One way || [[Hyjal]] || [[Nordrassil]] || Alliance || 80 || {{cata-inline}} [[Hero's Call Board|Hero's Call]] quest required
 
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| [[Stormwind]] || [[The Eastern Earthshrine|Eastern Earthshrine]] || One way || [[Vash'jir]] || [[Seafarer's Tomb]] || Alliance || 80 || {{cata-inline}} [[Hero's Call Board|Hero's Call]] quest required
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| {{Race Icon Troll Male Small}} [[Lau'Tiki]]
  
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| [[Stormwind]] || [[The Eastern Earthshrine|Eastern Earthshrine]] || Both || [[Deepholm]] || [[Temple of Earth]] || Alliance || 82 || {{cata-inline}} [[Hero's Call Board|Hero's Call]] quest required
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| valign="top"|[[Valley of Honor]], [[Orgrimmar]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Orc Male Small}} [[Lumak]]
  
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| {{quality|Uncommon|Journeyman}}
  
 
|-
  
|-
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| [[Stormwind]] || [[The Eastern Earthshrine|Eastern Earthshrine]] || One way || [[Uldum]] || [[Ramkahen]] || Alliance || 83 || {{cata-inline}} [[Quest:Escape_From_the_Lost_City|Uldum quest]] required
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|valign="top"| [[Walk of Elders]], [[Silvermoon]] {{bc-inline}}
  
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| {{Race Icon BloodElf Male Small}} [[Drathen]]
  
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| {{quality|Uncommon|Journeyman}}
 
 
|-
  
|-
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| [[Stormwind]] || [[The Eastern Earthshrine|Eastern Earthshrine]] || ?? || [[Twilight Highlands]] || || Alliance || 84 || {{cata-inline}} [[Hero's Call Board|Hero's Call]] quest required
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|valign="top"| [[Zoram'gar Outpost]], [[Ashenvale]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Troll Female Small}} [[Kil'Hiwana]]
  
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| {{quality|Uncommon|Journeyman}}
  
 
|-
  
|-
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| [[Stormwind]] || [[The Eastern Earthshrine|Eastern Earthshrine]] || ?? || [[Tol Barad]] || || Alliance || 85 || {{cata-inline}}
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|valign="top"| [[Shadowprey Village]], [[Desolace]]
  
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| {{Race Icon Troll Female Small}} [[Lui'Mala]]
  
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| {{quality|Uncommon|Journeyman}}
  
 
|-
  
|-
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|}
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|valign="top"| [[Revantusk Village]], [[the Hinterlands]]
  
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| {{Race Icon ForestTroll Male Small}} [[Katoom the Angler]]
  
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The {{cata-inline}} Alliance portal hub, [[The Eastern Earthshrine]], is located on a small island in a lake northwest of [[Stormwind Keep]].
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| {{quality|Uncommon|Journeyman}}
  
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{| class="darktable"
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|+ Horde Portals
 
|-
  
|-
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! Zone/City
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|valign="top"| [[Zabra'jin]], [[Zangarmarsh]] {{bc-inline}}
  
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! Location
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| {{Race Icon Troll Female Small}} [[Zurjaya]]
  
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! Direction
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| {{quality|Uncommon|Journeyman}}
  
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! Zone/City
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! Location
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! Faction
  +
! Level
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! Notes
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|-
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| [[Silvermoon]] || [[Sunfury Spire]] || Both || [[Undercity]] || [[Ruins of Lordaeron]] || Horde || 1 || [[Orb of Translocation|Orbs of Translocation]]
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|-
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| [[Shattrath]] || [[Terrace of Light]] || One way || [[Isle of Quel'danas]] || [[Sun's Reach Sanctum]] || Neutral || 70 || [[Isle of Quel'Danas quests|Quests]] required
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|-
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| [[Sholazar Basin]] || [[Waygate]] || Both || [[Un'Goro Crater]] || [[Shaper's Terrace]] || Neutral || 77 || [[ Waygate]] activation required
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|-
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| [[Dalaran]] || [[The Violet Citadel]] || One way || [[Tanaris]] || [[Caverns of Time]] || Neutral || 1 ||
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|-
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| [[Dalaran]] || [[Violet Gate]] || Both || [[Crystalsong Forest]] || [[Violet Stand]] || Neutral || 1 || [[Teleport to Violet Stand Crystal|Violet Stand Crystal]] must be used first
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|-
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| [[Orgrimmar]] || [[Western Earthshrine]] || One way || [[Hyjal]] || [[Nordrassil]] || Horde || 80 || {{cata-inline}} [[Warchief's Command Board|Warchief's Command]] quest required
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|-
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| [[Orgrimmar]] || [[Western Earthshrine]] || One way || [[Vash'jir]] || [[Kelp'thar Forest]] || Horde || 80 || {{cata-inline}} [[Warchief's Command Board|Warchief's Command]] quest required
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|-
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| [[Orgrimmar]] || [[Western Earthshrine]] || Both || [[Deepholm]] || [[Temple of Earth]] || Horde || 82 || {{cata-inline}} [[Warchief's Command Board|Warchief's Command]] quest required
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|-
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| [[Orgrimmar]] || [[Western Earthshrine]] || One way || [[Uldum]] || [[Ramkahen]] || Horde || 83 || {{cata-inline}} [[Quest:Escape_From_the_Lost_City|Uldum quest]] required
  +
|-
  +
| [[Orgrimmar]] || [[Western Earthshrine]] || ?? || [[Twilight Highlands]] || || Horde || 84 || {{cata-inline}} [[Warchief's Command Board|Warchief's Command]] quest required
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|-
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| [[Orgrimmar]] || [[Western Earthshrine]] || ?? || [[Tol Barad]] || || Horde || 85 || {{cata-inline}}
 
|}
  
|}
   
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The {{cata-inline}} Horde portal hub, [[Western Earthshrine|The Western Earthshrine]], is on a cliff north of the [[Valley of Wisdom]] in [[Orgrimmar]].
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== {{Neutral Icon}} Neutral Trainers ==
  
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== Rockets and boats ==
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Horde characters may now use the [[Bilgewater Cartel]] [[Rocketway]] to travel quickly around [[Azshara]].
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Characters who complete the quest [[Quest:Circle the Wagons... er, Boats]] (Alliance) or the quest line beginning with [[Quest:To_the_Summit]] (Horde) get the [[River Boat]] for travel in the flood waters of [[Thousand Needles]].
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Turtle boats ply the waters between the neutral [[Northrend]] ports of [[Unu'pe]], [[Moa'ki Harbor]], and [[Kamagua]]. See [[Boats]] for more information.
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== Outland ==
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[[Outland]] is floating in outer space, physically unconnected to Azeroth. Unlike [[Northrend]] and the continents in the Old World, [[Outland]] has no mass transit ports.
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However, each faction can quickly travel to and from [[Outland]] via portals located in their major cities and in [[Outland]]. Portals in the major cities take the character to the [[Dark Portal]] in the [[Blasted Lands]], which provides access to the [[Hellfire Peninsula]] zone of Outland. Portals in [[Hellfire Peninsula]] return the character to their faction's capital city.
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Characters level 70 and above can take a portal from [[Shattrath]] to the [[Isle of Quel'danas]], from which flight paths to locations in the [[Eastern Kingdoms]] are available.
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=== Outland Portals ===
   
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{| class="darktable"
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{| style="width:100%" border="1"
  
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|+ Alliance
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|'''Location'''
  
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|'''Fishing Trainers'''
  
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|'''Ranks taught'''
 
 
|-
  
|-
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! Origin
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|valign="top"| [[Booty Bay]], [[Stranglethorn Vale]]
  
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! Location
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| {{Race Icon Goblin Male Small}} [[Myizz Luckycatch]]
  
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! Destination
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| {{quality|Uncommon|Journeyman}}
  
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! Notes
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|-
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| [[Stormwind]] || [[Mage Quarter]] || [[Dark Portal]] || In the [[Wizard's Sanctum]]
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|-
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| [[Ironforge]] || [[The Mystic Ward]] || [[Dark Portal]]
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|-
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| [[Darnassus]] || [[Temple of the Moon]] || [[Dark Portal]] || Ground floor
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|-
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| [[Exodar]] || [[Vault of Lights]] || [[Dark Portal]]
 
|-
  
|-
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| [[Dark Portal]] || South terrace || [[Stormwind]]
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|valign="top"| [[Booty Bay]], [[Stranglethorn Vale]]
  
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|-
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| {{Race Icon Human Male Small}} [[Old Man Heming]]
  
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| [[Shattrath]] || [[Terrace of Light]] || [[Isle of Quel'danas]] || Requires level 70, [[Isle of Quel'Danas quests|Quests]]
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| {{quality|Rare|Expert}}
  
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|}
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{| class="darktable"
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|+ Horde
 
|-
  
|-
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! Origin
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|valign="top"| [[Tidefury Cove]], [[Dustwallow Marsh]]
  
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! Location
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| {{Race Icon Human Male Small}} [[Nat Pagle]]
  
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! Destination
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| {{epic|Artisan}}
  
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! Notes
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|-
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|-
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| [[Orgrimmar]] || [[Cleft of Shadow]] || [[Dark Portal]]
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|-
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| [[Thunder Bluff]] || [[Spirit Rise]] || [[Dark Portal]] || Lower level
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|-
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| [[Undercity]] || [[Magic Quarter]] || [[Dark Portal]]
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|-
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| [[Silvermoon]] || [[Sunfury Spire]] || [[Dark Portal]] || Inside entrance, room on right
 
|-
  
|-
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| [[Dark Portal]] || North terrace || [[Orgrimmar]]
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|valign="top"| [[Cenarion Refuge]], [[Zangarmarsh]] {{bc-inline}}
  
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|-
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| {{Race Icon Human Male Small}} [[Juno Dufrain]]
  
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| [[Shattrath]] || [[Terrace of Light]] || [[Isle of Quel'danas]] || Requires level 70, [[Isle of Quel'Danas quests|Quests]]
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| {{Quality|legendary|Master}}
  
 
|}
  
|}
   
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Note that the portals from the major cities which provide access to [[Hellfire Peninsula]] take the player to the [[Blasted Lands]] in the vicinity of the [[Dark Portal]]. The player must then run to the Dark Portal and go through it to enter the Hellfire Peninsula zone of [[Outland]].
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[[Category:Fishing Trainers| ]]
  
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The portals in the major cities to the Blasted Lands can only be used by level 58 characters and above. The return portals, from the Dark Portal to the capital cities, as well as the Dark Portal itself from the Outland side, can be used by any level.
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=== Low level access ===
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Although the portals in the cities to the [[Blasted Lands]] can only be used by characters level 58 and above, there is no level restriction on the use of the [[Dark Portal]]. It is possible to ride lower level toons (usually level 20 or higher) through [[Duskwood]], [[Swamp of Sorrows]], [[Deadwind Pass]] and the [[Blasted Lands]] to the [[Dark Portal]] in order to enter [[Outland]].
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Once you get to the [[Blasted Lands]] go through the [[Dark Portal]]. Horde characters turn right (north) and jump off the steps. You'll find a flight master who will fly you to [[Shattrath City]] even if you've never been there before.
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Alliance characters turn left (south) and jump off the steps to find your flight master and fly to [[Shattrath]].
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To return to the Old World from [[Shattrath]], see the flight master outside the [[Terrace of Light]] and take the taxi back to the [[Dark Portal]]. Each faction has a small portal beside the steps. The Alliance portal goes to [[Stormwind]]; the Horde's to [[Orgrimmar]].
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= See also =
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*[[Living without portal hubs]] explains how to get out of Dalaran and Shattrath if you had your hearthstone there prior to {{cata-inline}} and used the now missing portals to move around the world.
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*[[Travel guide]] provides more information about traveling around the world.
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*[[Patch 4.0.3a (world changes)]] lists new, changed, and removed flight paths.
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*[http://www.wowhead.com/blog=173564/how-to-find-cataclysm-instance-entrances How to find Cataclysm instance entrances] has maps and videos which will help you find the new {{cata-inline}} dungeon and raid entrances.
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*[[Maps]] has an interactive world map, maps of all zones, maps of flight paths for both factions, and assorted other useful maps.
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*[[Dalaran]] - See the [[Dalaran#Getting to Dalaran|Getting to Dalaran]] and [[Dalaran#Leaving Dalaran|Leaving Dalaran]] sections.
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*[[Teleport]] - See the section on non-mage teleportation skills. Also, read the mage section if you are considering rolling a mage yourself.
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[[Category:Guides]]
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[[Category:Transportation]]
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[[Category:Travel guides|Travel guides]]
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[[Category:Newbies]]

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Patch 4.0.3a and the Cataclysm introduced new travel challenges for players. The portal hubs in Dalaran and Shattrath are gone, great fissures in the earth now impede overland travel between certain zones, many zone levels have changed, and players are now required to discover the new high-level instances before they are allowed to queue for them in the dungeon finder. A firm grasp of the geography of the world and an understanding of the available means for moving from one place to another will help you meet these challenges.

This guide presents the fundamentals of post-Cataclysm travel between the three continents of Azeroth (Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms, and Northrend) and provides details regarding the many methods of travel available. Also included is information about travel between these continents and Outland.

How travel has changed

The Cataclysm brought a new concept for world travel. In the Bc icon Burning Crusade and Wrath-Logo-Small Wrath of the Litch King expansions, a portal hub in a single remote city provided access to the major cities in the Old World.

By contrast, in the post-Cataclysm world, new and improved travel facilities have turned the two capital cities, Stormwind and Orgrimmar, into worldwide travel centers. Located in the heartlands of Azeroth's two original continents, these cities have also become centers for all types of training, daily quests, auctioning, and other activities.

Although the old portal hubs are gone, improved mass transit and taxi services, greatly expanded solo flight, and new portal hubs allow players to move freely and reasonably quickly throughout the world. Shorter cycle times for ships and zeppelins and the addition of many new flight paths have made travel over land and sea much easier and faster than before, even for low level characters.

Cataclysm Things get even better as you level up. Characters who have reached level 60 can now fly freely around almost all of Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. Characters level 80 and above can make use of new portal hubs in the capital cities. Located in Stormwind and Orgrimmar, these hubs provide rapid access to the new level 81-85 zones. [1]

Setting your hearthstone

While setting your hearthstone to a city near where you are questing provides convenient access to trainers and auction houses, from about level 20 or 30 through level 60 you may find it advantageous to set your hearthstone to an inn in your capital city.

The Alliance and Horde capitals, Stormwind and Orgrimmar, now have class, profession, riding[2], and flight trainers, as well as cooking and fishing daily quests that all characters level 10 and up can complete. Mass transit and taxis provide ready access for all levels from these cities to most parts of the Old World.

When you are questing in Bc icon Outland or Wrath-Logo-Small Northrend, you will likely want to set your hearthstone in Shattrath or Dalaran, respectively. Since there are now class and profession trainers and auction houses in both cities, you will have little need to travel back to the Old World until you are done questing in these continents. After that these cities will become largely irrelevant.

Characters level 80 and above can make use of the new Cataclysm portal hubs[1] in the capital cities to access the new level 81-85 zones.

  1. ^ a b You must complete quests for access to these portals, and the portals to Tol Barad require level 85. See Portals below for more information.
  2. ^ The riding trainers in the capitals do not require the character to be exalted with the city's faction, although the racial mount vendors do.

Flight enhancements

Flight paths

Patch 4.0.3a added many new flight paths (also known as "taxis") to both Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, especially in the lower level zones.

Flight paths in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms are now shown on the in-game map. After you have discovered an area, any flight paths in that area will show up on your map as a winged foot: blue for Alliance, red for Horde, and green for neutral.

You'll need to talk to the flight masters and pick up the flight paths, but once you do they will make travel for low level characters much easier than it was prior to patch 4.0.3a.

Flying solo

Cataclysm Characters level 60 or above can learn Expert riding and purchase a Inv scroll 11 [Flight Master's License] from a flying trainer near the flight masters in Stormwind, Orgrimmar, Hellfire Peninsula, Borean Tundra, or Dalaran. This license allows the character to fly almost anywhere in the Old World. [1]

All characters level 68 or above[2] can now purchase Wrath-Logo-Small Spell frost arcticwinds [Cold Weather Flying] from a flying trainer. This permits flying in all of Northrend.

The Expert riding skill, a Inv scroll 11 [Flight Master's License], and Spell frost arcticwinds [Cold Weather Flying] combine to allow a player to fly almost anywhere in the world, except within certain instances and a few zones not yet revised for flight.[1]

  1. ^ a b Solo flight is still not possible in the Bc icon zones connected to the Old World, including the Exodar, Azuremyst Isle, Bloodmyst Isle, Silvermoon, Eversong Woods, Ghostlands, and associated islands.
  2. ^ Prior to Cataclysm, minimum level for Spell frost arcticwinds [Cold Weather Flying] was 77, or level 68 with a Inv misc book 11 [Tome of Cold Weather Flight].

Mass transit

Ships, zeppelins, and trams

A network of ships, zeppelins, and a tram connects the major cities and ports on all three continents of Azeroth. [1] These methods of transport are known as "mass transit." Running on a regular schedule, mass transit is free, and it's fast, safe, and easy for all levels of characters.

Mass transit is the most practical way to get between continents, particularly for lower level characters. Mass transit can also be used to travel between certain major cities on the same continent, or between the northern region of a continent and the southern region. Even the highest level characters (other than mages) are likely to find this method of transport useful.

This section contains, for each faction, a table of ports by continent and region, and each port's connections. A quick glance at your faction's table should give you a good idea of how to get where you want to go.

Also included are tables of the mass transit routes available to each faction, accompanied by maps providing graphical representation of these routes and ports.

These maps and tables are intended to help you form a mental picture of the world, and the regions accessible by mass transit. They are also a quick reference for those times when you can't quite remember how to get where you want to go.

Ports

Ships and zeppelins connect the continents of Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms, and Northrend. Below are tables of the ports where they dock, and the ports to which they are connected via mass transit. (See the next section for tables and maps of mass transit routes.)

You can sort these tables by clicking on a column heading.

Alliance ports
Continent/Region City Faction Type Connections Via
Kalimdor North Darnassus Alliance Major city Stormwind, Exodar ship, portal
Kalimdor North Exodar Alliance Major city Darnassus ship, portal
Kalimdor Central Ratchet Neutral Port Booty Bay ship
Kalimdor Central Theramore Alliance Port Menethil ship
Eastern Kingdoms Central Menethil Alliance Port Theramore, Valgarde ship
Eastern Kingdoms Central Ironforge Alliance Major city Stormwind tram
Eastern Kingdoms South Stormwind Alliance Capital Darnassus, Ironforge, Valiance Keep ship, tram
Eastern Kingdoms South Booty Bay Neutral Port Ratchet ship
Northrend West Valiance Keep Alliance Port Stormwind ship
Northrend East Valgarde Alliance Port Menethil ship
Horde ports
Continent/Region City Faction Type Connections Via
Kalimdor Central Orgrimmar Horde Capital Thunder Bluff, Undercity, Grom'Gol, Warsong Hold zeppelin
Kalimdor Central Thunder Bluff Horde Major city Orgrimmar zeppelin
Kalimdor Central Ratchet Neutral Port Booty Bay ship
Eastern Kingdoms North Silvermoon Horde Major city Undercity portal
Eastern Kingdoms North Undercity Horde Major city Orgrimmar, Silvermoon, Grom'Gol, Vengeance Landing zeppelin, portal
Eastern Kingdoms South Grom'Gol Horde Major city Orgrimmar, Undercity zeppelin
Eastern Kingdoms South Booty Bay Neutral Port Ratchet ship
Northrend West Warsong Hold Horde Port Orgrimmar zeppelin
Northrend East Vengeance Landing Horde Port Undercity zeppelin

Note that the intracontinental neutral Northrend ports of Unu'pe, Moa'ki Harbor, and Kamagua have been omitted from these tables. See Boats for more information on the routes between these ports.

Routes

If you already know where the ports are located on each continent, the following tables may provide a more convenient reference.

Note that the Nauticus[2] add-on learns the schedule for ship and zeppelin arrivals and departures on your realm and displays the next scheduled times for any route you choose. Nauticus allows you to set an alarm to let you know when the next voyage is due.

The mass transit routes below are all bidirectional.

File:WorldMap-World Travel Alliance.jpg

Alliance Ports & Routes

Alliance Mass Transit
Between And Type Note
Stormwind Darnassus ship
Stormwind Ironforge tram
Stormwind Borean Tundra ship
Menethil Theramore ship
Menethil Howling Fjord ship
Darnassus The Exodar ship or portal
Ratchet Booty Bay ship Neutral

The ships between Darnassus and Stormwind, and Darnassus and the Exodar dock at Rut'theran Village, at the base of the enormous tree known as Teldrassil. You can get between Darnassus and Rut'theran Village via portals located next to their respective flight masters.

Note that once you pick up the flight path in the Exodar, you can now take the taxi between there and Rut'theran or Darnassus. You can also fly from the Exodar or Darnassus to locations in Kalimdor where you have flight paths.

There is also a portal in the Temple of the Moon in Darnassus which goes to the Exodar. This portal is on the first floor, next to the portal to the Blasted Lands, and has no level requirement.

File:WorldMap-World Travel Horde.jpg

Horde Ports & Routes

Horde Mass Transit
Between And Type Note
Orgrimmar Undercity zeppelin
Orgrimmar Thunder Bluff zeppelin
Orgrimmar Grom'Gol, STV zeppelin
Orgrimmar Borean Tundra zeppelin
Undercity Silvermoon City portal Orb of Translocation
Undercity Grom'Gol, STV zeppelin
Undercity Howling Fjord zeppelin
Ratchet Booty Bay ship Neutral

Note that the zeppelin routes between Orgrimmar and Thunder Bluff and between the Undercity and Grom'Gol Base Camp in Northern Stranglethorn are to points on the same continent, rather than intercontinental as with other zeppelin (and ship) voyages. The zeppelin between the Undercity and Grom'Gol makes travel between the northern and southern parts of Eastern Kingdoms easy even if you have not yet picked up the key Horde flight path at New Kargath in the Badlands.

Shorter waits at the dock

The time it takes to travel using mass transit has been significantly reduced. Before Patch 4.0.3a, players often had to wait four or five minutes for a ship or zeppelin to arrive at their point of departure. Now the time between departures is typically closer to two minutes.

Also, characters with the ability to fly in the departure zone can land on a ship or zeppelin which has already departed, provided it has not gained too much speed. This allows you to catch a voyage you might otherwise have missed. Characters with flight ability in the destination zone can fly off the ship or zeppelin before it has reached the dock, saving a little more time.

The newly reduced departure cycle time is key to efficient travel in the post-Cataclysm world. Although the ports look far away on the map, in practical terms they are actually only two or three minutes apart - much less time than it takes to fly across a continent.

Thus, the actual travel time between, for example, Stormwind and Darnassus, is less than a minute longer than the travel time between Stormwind and Ironforge. The same is true for travel between Orgrimmar and Undercity.

You can use the Nauticus[2] add-on to see the departure and arrival times for upcoming voyages. Nauticus also allows you to set an alarm to let you know when the next voyage is due.

Mass transit vs mage portals

To put travel times into perspective, remember that the loading screen part of a mass transit trip takes the same amount of time as that of a hearthstone - or a portal. The only time penalty for taking a ship or zeppelin is the wait time at the dock, and that is now almost always less than two minutes.

Keep this in mind the next time you are tempted to advertise in the trade chat for a mage to sell you a portal to another city. By the time you find a mage and he or she gets to you, takes your gold, and pops you a portal, you could have already been aboard mass transit and on your way.

Also, many ships and zeppelins land near a flight master, whereas a mage portal will often deposit you somewhere deep in the bowels of your destination city.

For most city to city trips, when you consider the total time of the trip, typically mass transit will get you to your destination as fast as or faster than a mage portal.

And mass transit is free.

Exceptions

The main exception is Dalaran, because the taxi flight between Dalaran and the ports in Borean Tundra is almost five minutes. Master flying (310%) knocks this down to just over four minutes, but if you can find a mage quickly a portal might be a little faster. On the other hand, if you have one of the (very expensive) Rings_of_the_Kirin_Tor, you can teleport yourself from a port in Borean Tundra or Howling Fjord and forget about mages.

But unless you are questing in Northrend, why do you need to go to Dalaran at all? The capital cities, Stormwind and Orgrimmar, are now the travel hubs, and have trainers and daily quests as well. And while you are questing in Northrend, the class trainers and auctioneers who arrived in Dalaran with 4.0.3a pretty much eliminate the need to go to any other cities.

Another exception is Stormwind to Theramore; Alliance players wanting to get from their travel hub to central Kalimdor will need to fly (or take the tram) to Menethil to catch a ship to Theramore, or fly to Booty Bay and take a ship to Ratchet. The necessary flights are close to four minutes, so a mage portal to Theramore may save a little time.

Also, travel from the capitals to the Bc icon cities of Exodar and Silvermoon involve runs between ports and portals, and some trips, such as Silvermoon to Thunder Bluff or Exodar to Ironforge, require multiple voyages if your hearthstone is not set to your capital city. In cases like these, a mage might save you a few minutes.

  1. ^ In two cases, portals are also available for travel between two cities. Although these are not strictly mass transit, they are included in the tables below because they complete the city-to-city travel picture.
  2. ^ a b Nauticus - An add-on which learns and displays ship and zeppelin arrival and departure times on your realm, with optional alarm.

Portals

Several portals allow rapid travel between continents, or to distant areas of the same continent. Some of these portals can be used by either faction.

In some cases, portals can be used as stages in a trip designed for rapid travel from one part of the Old World to another. For example, a level 58+ character in Silvermoon can quickly reach Orgrimmar by taking the portal to the Blasted Lands, running through the Dark Portal, and then taking the small portal beside the Dark Portal to Orgrimmar.

Portals in Northrend are also included here. For portals between Outland and the Old World, see the Outland section below.

Also, see Teleport for a list of non-mage teleportation spells that require a certain class, profession, and/or item to use.

Some portals listed below can be used by characters of any level, while others require a minimum level or completion of certain quests before they can be used.

Alliance Portals
Zone/City Location Direction Zone/City Location Faction Level Notes
Exodar Vault of Lights Both Darnassus Temple of the Moon Alliance 1
Darnassus The Temple Gardens Both Teldrassil shore Rut'theran Village Alliance 1
Shattrath Terrace of Light One way Isle of Quel'danas Sun's Reach Sanctum Neutral 70 Quests required
Sholazar Basin Waygate Both Un'Goro Crater Shaper's Terrace Neutral 77 Waygate activation required
Dalaran The Violet Citadel One way Tanaris Caverns of Time Neutral 1
Dalaran Violet Gate Both Crystalsong Forest Violet Stand Neutral 1 Violet Stand Crystal must be used first
Stormwind Eastern Earthshrine One way Hyjal Nordrassil Alliance 80 Cataclysm Hero's Call quest required
Stormwind Eastern Earthshrine One way Vash'jir Seafarer's Tomb Alliance 80 Cataclysm Hero's Call quest required
Stormwind Eastern Earthshrine Both Deepholm Temple of Earth Alliance 82 Cataclysm Hero's Call quest required
Stormwind Eastern Earthshrine One way Uldum Ramkahen Alliance 83 Cataclysm Uldum quest required
Stormwind Eastern Earthshrine ?? Twilight Highlands Alliance 84 Cataclysm Hero's Call quest required
Stormwind Eastern Earthshrine ?? Tol Barad Alliance 85 Cataclysm

The Cataclysm Alliance portal hub, The Eastern Earthshrine, is located on a small island in a lake northwest of Stormwind Keep.


Horde Portals
Zone/City Location Direction Zone/City Location Faction Level Notes
Silvermoon Sunfury Spire Both Undercity Ruins of Lordaeron Horde 1 Orbs of Translocation
Shattrath Terrace of Light One way Isle of Quel'danas Sun's Reach Sanctum Neutral 70 Quests required
Sholazar Basin Waygate Both Un'Goro Crater Shaper's Terrace Neutral 77 Waygate activation required
Dalaran The Violet Citadel One way Tanaris Caverns of Time Neutral 1
Dalaran Violet Gate Both Crystalsong Forest Violet Stand Neutral 1 Violet Stand Crystal must be used first
Orgrimmar Western Earthshrine One way Hyjal Nordrassil Horde 80 Cataclysm Warchief's Command quest required
Orgrimmar Western Earthshrine One way Vash'jir Kelp'thar Forest Horde 80 Cataclysm Warchief's Command quest required
Orgrimmar Western Earthshrine Both Deepholm Temple of Earth Horde 82 Cataclysm Warchief's Command quest required
Orgrimmar Western Earthshrine One way Uldum Ramkahen Horde 83 Cataclysm Uldum quest required
Orgrimmar Western Earthshrine ?? Twilight Highlands Horde 84 Cataclysm Warchief's Command quest required
Orgrimmar Western Earthshrine ?? Tol Barad Horde 85 Cataclysm

The Cataclysm Horde portal hub, The Western Earthshrine, is on a cliff north of the Valley of Wisdom in Orgrimmar.

Rockets and boats

Horde characters may now use the Bilgewater Cartel Rocketway to travel quickly around Azshara.

Characters who complete the quest Quest:Circle the Wagons... er, Boats (Alliance) or the quest line beginning with Quest:To_the_Summit (Horde) get the Inv helmet 66 [River Boat] for travel in the flood waters of Thousand Needles.

Turtle boats ply the waters between the neutral Northrend ports of Unu'pe, Moa'ki Harbor, and Kamagua. See Boats for more information.

Outland

Outland is floating in outer space, physically unconnected to Azeroth. Unlike Northrend and the continents in the Old World, Outland has no mass transit ports.

However, each faction can quickly travel to and from Outland via portals located in their major cities and in Outland. Portals in the major cities take the character to the Dark Portal in the Blasted Lands, which provides access to the Hellfire Peninsula zone of Outland. Portals in Hellfire Peninsula return the character to their faction's capital city.

Characters level 70 and above can take a portal from Shattrath to the Isle of Quel'danas, from which flight paths to locations in the Eastern Kingdoms are available.

Outland Portals

Alliance
Origin Location Destination Notes
Stormwind Mage Quarter Dark Portal In the Wizard's Sanctum
Ironforge The Mystic Ward Dark Portal
Darnassus Temple of the Moon Dark Portal Ground floor
Exodar Vault of Lights Dark Portal
Dark Portal South terrace Stormwind
Shattrath Terrace of Light Isle of Quel'danas Requires level 70, Quests
Horde
Origin Location Destination Notes
Orgrimmar Cleft of Shadow Dark Portal
Thunder Bluff Spirit Rise Dark Portal Lower level
Undercity Magic Quarter Dark Portal
Silvermoon Sunfury Spire Dark Portal Inside entrance, room on right
Dark Portal North terrace Orgrimmar
Shattrath Terrace of Light Isle of Quel'danas Requires level 70, Quests

Note that the portals from the major cities which provide access to Hellfire Peninsula take the player to the Blasted Lands in the vicinity of the Dark Portal. The player must then run to the Dark Portal and go through it to enter the Hellfire Peninsula zone of Outland.

The portals in the major cities to the Blasted Lands can only be used by level 58 characters and above. The return portals, from the Dark Portal to the capital cities, as well as the Dark Portal itself from the Outland side, can be used by any level.

Low level access

Although the portals in the cities to the Blasted Lands can only be used by characters level 58 and above, there is no level restriction on the use of the Dark Portal. It is possible to ride lower level toons (usually level 20 or higher) through Duskwood, Swamp of Sorrows, Deadwind Pass and the Blasted Lands to the Dark Portal in order to enter Outland.

Once you get to the Blasted Lands go through the Dark Portal. Horde characters turn right (north) and jump off the steps. You'll find a flight master who will fly you to Shattrath City even if you've never been there before.

Alliance characters turn left (south) and jump off the steps to find your flight master and fly to Shattrath.

To return to the Old World from Shattrath, see the flight master outside the Terrace of Light and take the taxi back to the Dark Portal. Each faction has a small portal beside the steps. The Alliance portal goes to Stormwind; the Horde's to Orgrimmar.

See also

  • Living without portal hubs explains how to get out of Dalaran and Shattrath if you had your hearthstone there prior to Cataclysm and used the now missing portals to move around the world.
  • Travel guide provides more information about traveling around the world.
  • Patch 4.0.3a (world changes) lists new, changed, and removed flight paths.
  • How to find Cataclysm instance entrances has maps and videos which will help you find the new Cataclysm dungeon and raid entrances.
  • Maps has an interactive world map, maps of all zones, maps of flight paths for both factions, and assorted other useful maps.
  • Dalaran - See the Getting to Dalaran and Leaving Dalaran sections.
  • Teleport - See the section on non-mage teleportation skills. Also, read the mage section if you are considering rolling a mage yourself.
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