Wait, did Dalaran just bubble-hearth?
WoW Zone
Dalaran
Northrend - Level 10-30.
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Counts are what the current game build's data holds for this zone.
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To get to Dalaran:
- Mages can learn to teleport to Dalaran after completing the short Dragonblight quest Attunement to Dalaran (Alliance / Horde) available at level 71.
- Mages can learn to open a portal to Dalaran at level 74. Warlocks can also summon players to Dalaran.
- Anyone who has reached level 74 can pick up the quest The Magical Kingdom of Dalaran (Alliance / Horde / Neutral) from any of several members of the Kirin Tor. This quest will offer a one-time teleport to Dalaran.
- Once a player has arrived in Dalaran, they can complete the quest Learning to Leave and Return: the Magical Way to allow them future access to Dalaran by using the teleport crystal below the city. The quest requires level 68.
- Several level 80 rings that teleport the player to Dalaran are available for 8500g each.
- Any player who has learned Cold Weather Flying may fly themselves to Dalaran. Cold Weather Flying requires level 68 and costs 500g.
Orgrimmar and Thunder Bluff are about as close to legendary horde cities you are going to get.
In WC2, orcs came over through the dark portal and were defeated and forced into servitude to humans. Anything they built on Azeroth was destroyed, and most of it was temporary. After Thrall escaped, he built small outposts until he migrated to Kalimdor and built Orgrimmar. He brought the trolls, who have cities (ZA, ZG) but almost every other troll in WoW is hostile to horde trolls because they think of the orcs as weak (because they were defeated). So horde trolls have no place to call home except the horde.
Tauren were driven out of the Barrens by Centaur, and up until Carine reunited the tribes into a single entity they lived nomad on the plains. They never established a legit city until Thunder Bluff.
In addition, all except the northern reaches of Kalimdor were desolate until the horde came over. Night Elves were the only ones to live there, and they mostly slept and stayed in peace with nature, so expansion was not a top concern considering they were immortal.
Meanwhile, dwarves and humans lived on Azeroth (the continent) for the entire history of warcraft, established numerous kingdoms and didnt have their whole planet destroyed (Draenor). So while the humans and dwarves built cities like Ironforge and Stormwind, Dalaran, Lorderon, the horde were still in Outland before Guldan destroyed it, and even then they were in constant war with Draenei, demons and such.
Humans have so many cities because they went the whole time leading up to Medivh opening the dark portal in complete peace for the most part. (They emerged after the sundering, so they probably had no conflict with elves and had peaceful relations with Silvermoon).
Also, the forsaken only originated in the last 15 years of warcraft history, since Sylvannas broke out of Nerzuls control and raided Lorderon and built UC. Maybe Sylvannas will take over Icecrown when the Lich King ether dies or escapes Azeroth, and turns Northrend into a forsaken empire. Considering they made UC is such a short time.
About Dalaran
Dalaran is an area of the Northrend game map, from Wrath of the Lich King.
- Group finder
- Borean Tundra
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- Howling Fjord
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- Grizzly Hills
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- Dragonblight
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- Wintergrasp
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- Zul'Drak
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- Sholazar Basin
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- The Storm Peaks
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- Icecrown
Named areas inside Dalaran
- Antonidas Memorial
- Circle of Wills
- Dalaran City
- Dalaran Floating Rocks
- Dalaran Island
- Krasus' Landing
- Krasus' Landing
- Magus Commerce Exchange
- Runeweaver Square
- Sewer Exit Pipe
- Sewer Exit Pipe
- Sunreaver's Sanctuary
- The Eventide
- The Silver Enclave
- The Underbelly
- The Violet Citadel
- The Violet Citadel Spire
- The Violet Hold
- Vargoth's Retreat
- Violet Citadel Balcony
Quest Briefings in Dalaran
The opening lines of the 14 quests the game places in Dalaran, in the quest giver’s own words.
- A Timely Summons from NorthrendThe blazing wanes in the shadow of a celestial mass, striking fear in to the seers. Seek out the sage Vormu in Dalaran, and lend her your aid.
- Allies in DalaranWelcome to Northrend, {name}. I have been asked to arrange travel for you to Dalaran so that you can meet with our allies there.
- Friends in DalaranWelcome to Northrend. I have been asked to arrange travel for you to Dalaran so that you can meet our friends in the city.
- Learning to Leave and Return: the Magical WayJust in case you don't already know, you can use the crystal on the platform behind me to teleport to the Violet Stand in Crystalsong Forest beneath Dalaran.
- Sealed Vial of PoisonThis vial of poison looks particularly dangerous. Perhaps someone in Dalaran might be interested in it.
- The Magical Kingdom of DalaranHello, {name}. You may or may not be aware that we Kirin Tor moved our city here to Northrend.
- The Magical Kingdom of DalaranHello, {name}. You may or may not be aware that we Kirin Tor moved our city here to Northrend.
- The Magical Kingdom of DalaranHello, {name}. You may or may not be aware that we Kirin Tor moved our city here to Northrend.
- The Magical Kingdom of DalaranThe Kirin Tor have moved their city here to Northrend. No longer does Dalaran sit under its protective dome on the shores of Lordamere Lake.
- The Silver Covenant's SchemeOne of my contacts in the Underbelly caught sight of a Silver Covenant agent gathering information at the Cantrips and Crows Tavern.
- The Sunreaver PlanOne of my contacts in the Underbelly caught sight of a Sunreaver agent buying reagents from a dealer in the Black Market area.
- The Unstable PrismAs the prism struggles to stabilize in a single time flow, it bleeds a shadowy chill, the likes of which you haven't felt since Northrend.
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Named areas inside Dalaran, from the current game data.
Quests the game data places in this zone. Open one for its objectives and rewards.
Collectibles from Dalaran
Mounts, toys and battle pets the game data says you can obtain in Dalaran. Showing 24 of 50 - the rest are listed on each collection's own page.
Mounts (8 of 11)
Toys (8 of 15)
Pets (8 of 24)
Landmarks
Named points of interest in Dalaran, straight from the game data.
- Dalaran
Quest Rewards in Dalaran
Blizzard's quest data places 14 quests in Dalaran. Together they award 26,675 experience and 93g 89s in coin. They are open to characters of level 1 to 90.
- Reputation earned: Kirin Tor (+800), The Silver Covenant (+10) and The Sunreavers (+10).
Totals are summed from the Blizzard game data API quest records for this area; a quest that offers a choice counts every option once.
Achievements Tied to Dalaran
3 achievements in the current game data name Dalaran in their criteria.
- Field Photographer (5 points) Take a picture with the S.E.L.F.I.E. camera in all of the locations listed below.
- Taking the Show on the Road (10 points) Launch off Darkmoon Fireworks in every friendly capital city.
- Taking the Show on the Road (10 points) Launch off Darkmoon Fireworks in every friendly capital city.