Access to Borean Tundra:
- A Horde airship from a new tower west of Orgrimmar city gates goes to Warsong Hold in Borean Tundra
- An Alliance ship from the new Harbor District in north Stormwind City goes to Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra
To get to Coldarra, do the few quests at Amber Ledge and you will get the flight path. (or get summoned)
WoW Zone
Borean Tundra
Northrend - Level 10-30.
Details
Counts are what the current game build's data holds for this zone.
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Home of the new and improved Tundra Chat! (Kinda like Barrens Chat but more Tundra-ey)
Located in the far western edge of Northrend, the Borean Tundra (pronounced BOHR-ian, not boh-REHH-an) is the home of the Tuskarr. Drakkari trolls, blue dragons, the Undead Scourge, and naga also inhabit the zone. Important landmarks of the region include the Tuskarr capital of Kaskala and the Riplash Ruins. Coldarra is an island just off the coast.
Most of the Borean Tundra is empty ice. Tuskarr are the dominant presence in the Borean Tundra. However, they keep near their villages, and one can go for days without seeing another living creature. Tuskarr mainly care about fishing, whaling and protecting their villages. Tuskarr will fend off hungry Drakkari, and even fight wayward nerubians, and are formidable foes; but they never attack anyone without a good reason. Drakkari wander the tundra, but not in any significant numbers, most are content to roam alone or in small packs. They have no city in the tundra, but live in several camps, none big enough to have names. They harass the tuskarr from time to time, but every time the tuskarr gather their forces and send the Drakkari running. Nerubians wander about as well, but only in small packs. Naga live near the south end, in the Riplash Ruins. Sometimes blue dragons from Coldarra also fly over the tundra from time to time. Scourge creatures, lone scouts straggle over from the lake area.
The Borean Tundra is not an important part of Northrend. It’s too isolated and too barren to be desirable and has too much shoreline to be defensible. Tuskarr like it because of that expansive shore, and the Riplash Ruins gives the naga a perfect view of anyone approaching across the ocean from the south. Drakkari hunt here because they can and because the tundra provides little cover for wildlife. Most others stay well away, preferring the forested areas to the east.
Borean Tundra contains bases of both factions, and won't have an emphasis for a specific faction.There will be a port between Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord that uses a giant turtle with a deck on its back as a quick means to travel between the 2 starting zones.There will be a murloc faction that opens up after some quests for D.E.H.T.A. The murlocs can actually talk and repair your equipment. They also have quests against an infected camp across the cove
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Map
Coldarra ClimbGeothermal JauntAmber LedgeBor'gorok OutpostFizzcrank AirstripTaunka'le VillageUnu'peValiance KeepWarsong HoldThe NexusThe Eye of Eternity / The OculusQuest hub near Taunka'le VillageQuest hub near Fizzcrank AirstripQuest hub near Valiance KeepQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubQuest hub near Amber LedgeQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubAmber LedgeBor'gorok OutpostColdarraDeath's StandGarrosh's LandingKaskalaRiplash StrandSteeljaw's CaravanTemple City of En'kilahThe Dens of DyingThe Geyser FieldsTorp's FarmValiance KeepWarsong HoldThe in-game map of Borean Tundra with 2 landmarks, 7 flight points, 2 instance entrances, 12 quest hubs and 14 subzones placed from the game data. Coordinates are the in-game map's own (0 to 100, left to right and top to bottom); subzone marks sit at the centre of each area's explored-map overlay.
| Marker | Name | Coordinates | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldarra Climb | 32.3, 23.9 | Join the Northrend Cup. | |
| Geothermal Jaunt | 54.1, 15.6 | Join the Northrend Cup. | |
| Amber Ledge, Borean Tundra | 45.1, 34.1 | Flight point, Both factions | |
| Bor'gorok Outpost, Borean Tundra | 49.6, 11.0 | Flight point, Horde | |
| Fizzcrank Airstrip, Borean Tundra | 56.5, 20.1 | Flight point, Alliance | |
| Taunka'le Village, Borean Tundra | 77.7, 37.7 | Flight point, Horde | |
| Unu'pe, Borean Tundra | 78.5, 51.5 | Flight point, Both factions | |
| Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra | 58.9, 68.4 | Flight point, Alliance | |
| Warsong Hold, Borean Tundra | 40.4, 51.5 | Flight point, Horde | |
| The Eye of Eternity and The Oculus | 27.5, 26.7 | Dungeon and Raid entrance | |
| The Nexus | 27.5, 25.9 | Dungeon entrance | |
| Quest hub | 33.3, 34.5 | 14 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 42.6, 54.8 | 11 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 43.0, 13.7 | 11 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 57.1, 44.1 | 9 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 58.2, 62.8 | 8 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 32.2, 54.1 | 5 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 52.1, 52.6 | 5 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 61.8, 35.7 | 5 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub near Amber Ledge | 45.5, 33.4 | 12 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub near Fizzcrank Airstrip | 57.1, 19.0 | 18 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub near Taunka'le Village | 76.8, 37.3 | 20 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub near Valiance Keep | 57.2, 69.4 | 17 quests turned in here | |
| Amber Ledge | 44.6, 37.0 | Subzone | |
| Bor'gorok Outpost | 51.1, 15.2 | Subzone | |
| Coldarra | 27.9, 28.5 | Subzone | |
| Death's Stand | 85.0, 48.0 | Subzone | |
| Garrosh's Landing | 28.6, 63.9 | Subzone | |
| Kaskala | 70.0, 55.7 | Subzone | |
| Riplash Strand | 48.3, 76.6 | Subzone | |
| Steeljaw's Caravan | 51.8, 33.8 | Subzone | |
| Temple City of En'kilah | 85.5, 24.1 | Subzone | |
| The Dens of Dying | 76.2, 17.3 | Subzone | |
| The Geyser Fields | 66.6, 25.6 | Subzone | |
| Torp's Farm | 36.4, 56.1 | Subzone | |
| Valiance Keep | 58.5, 62.1 | Subzone | |
| Warsong Hold | 45.8, 56.3 | Subzone |
Flight Points in Borean Tundra
7 flight points on the Borean Tundra map, with each one's direct routes from the game's flight network.
- Amber Ledge
Direct flights to Bor'gorok Outpost (Borean Tundra), Fizzcrank Airstrip (Borean Tundra), Taunka'le Village (Borean Tundra), Transitus Shield (Coldarra), Valiance Keep (Borean Tundra) and Warsong Hold (Borean Tundra).
- Bor'gorok Outpost
Direct flights to Amber Ledge (Borean Tundra), Nesingwary Base Camp (Sholazar Basin), River's Heart (Sholazar Basin), Taunka'le Village (Borean Tundra) and Warsong Hold (Borean Tundra).
- Fizzcrank Airstrip
Direct flights to Amber Ledge (Borean Tundra), Nesingwary Base Camp (Sholazar Basin), River's Heart (Sholazar Basin), Stars' Rest (Dragonblight), Unu'pe (Borean Tundra) and Valiance Keep (Borean Tundra).
- Taunka'le Village
Direct flights to Agmar's Hammer (Dragonblight), Amber Ledge (Borean Tundra), Bor'gorok Outpost (Borean Tundra), Unu'pe (Borean Tundra), Warsong Camp (Wintergrasp) and Warsong Hold (Borean Tundra).
- Unu'pe
Direct flights to Fizzcrank Airstrip (Borean Tundra), Moa'ki (Dragonblight), Stars' Rest (Dragonblight), Taunka'le Village (Borean Tundra), Valiance Keep (Borean Tundra) and Warsong Hold (Borean Tundra).
- Valiance Keep
Direct flights to Amber Ledge (Borean Tundra), Dalaran, Fizzcrank Airstrip (Borean Tundra), Stars' Rest (Dragonblight) and Unu'pe (Borean Tundra).
- Warsong Hold
Direct flights to Amber Ledge (Borean Tundra), Bor'gorok Outpost (Borean Tundra), Dalaran, Taunka'le Village (Borean Tundra) and Unu'pe (Borean Tundra).
Zones one flight from Borean Tundra
Quest Hubs in Borean Tundra
The game marks 207 quests on the Borean Tundra map, 187 of them with a turn-in point. Turn-in points that cluster together make a hub; a hub is named after the flight point or landmark it sits beside when one is that close.
- Near Taunka'le VillageShrouds of the Scourge, The Bad Earth, Blending In, Scouting the Sinkholes, The Heart of the Elements, Return with the Bad News, The Horn of Elemental Fury, The Collapse and 12 more
- Near Fizzcrank AirstripDirty, Stinkin' Snobolds!, Just a Few More Things..., Hah... You're Not So Big Now!, Plan B, It Was The Orcs, Honest!, Back to the Airstrip, The Mechagnomes, What's the Matter with the Transmatter? and 10 more
- Near Valiance KeepThe Late William Allerton, Lost and Found, In Wine, Truth, A Deserter, Enlistment Day, A Time for Heroes, A Soldier in Need, Cultists Among Us and 9 more
- HubTraversing the Rift, Nuts for Berries, Keep the Secret Safe, Basic Training, Drake Hunt, Cracking the Code, Hatching a Plan, Puzzling... and 6 more
- HubHellscream's Vigil, The Defense of Warsong Hold, Taking Back Mightstone Quarry, Cutting Off the Source, Nerub'ar Secrets, Message to Hellscream, Wind Master To'bor, The Plains of Nasam and 3 more
- HubWinterfin Commerce, Oh Noes, the Tadpoles!, Them!, I'm Being Blackmailed By My Cleaner, Grmmurggll Mrllggrl Glrggl!!!, Succulent Orca Stew, The Spare Suit, Surrender... Not! and 3 more
- Near Amber LedgeMonitoring the Rift: Cleftcliff Anomaly, Monitoring the Rift: Sundered Chasm, Prison Break, Abduction, The Borean Inquisition, The Art of Persuasion, Sharing Intelligence, A Race Against Time and 4 more
- HubA Mission Statement, Unfit for Death, The Culler Cometh, Happy as a Clam, The Nefarious Clam Master..., Help Those That Cannot Help Themselves, Kaw the Mammoth Destroyer, Nedar, Lord of Rhinos... and 1 more
- HubPernicious Evidence, It's Time for Action, Fruits of Our Labor, Reference Material, Take No Chances, Weapons for Farshire, Call to Arms!, Repurposed Technology
- HubMagic Carpet Ride, Tank Ain't Gonna Fix Itself, Mobu's Pneumatic Tank Transjigamarig, Super Strong Metal Plates!, Tanks a lot...
- HubThe Wondrous Bloodspore, Pollen from the Source, A Suitable Test Subject, The Invasion of Gammoth, Gammothra the Tormentor
- HubFinding Pilot Tailspin, A Little Bit of Spice, Lupus Pupus, Emergency Protocol: Section 8.2, Paragraph C, Emergency Protocol: Section 8.2, Paragraph D
Storylines in Borean Tundra
Quest lines from the game data that run through Borean Tundra, in the order the client lists them.
Zone storyline achievement (Alliance): Nothing Boring About Borean (char specific hidden copy)Complete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.
Zone storyline achievement (Horde): Nothing Boring About Borean (char specific hidden copy)Complete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.
Borean Tundra
- Enlistment Day
- A Time for Heroes
- The Siege
- Death From Above
- Plug the Sinkholes
- A Soldier in Need
- Cultists Among Us
- Notify Arlos
171 more steps, ending with Across Transborea.
Winterfin Retreat
- King Mrgl-Mrgl
- Learning to Communicate
- Winterfin Commerce
- Oh Noes, the Tadpoles!
- Them!
- I'm Being Blackmailed By My Cleaner
- Grmmurggll Mrllggrl Glrggl!!!
- Succulent Orca Stew
4 more steps, ending with Escape from the Winterfin Caverns.
Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
Light's Wrath
Gnome Heritage Armor
- Shifting Gears
- Gnomeregan's Finest
- Shadowed Halls and Dusty Cogs
- A Tundra Conundrum
- Now With More Mechanical Fowl
- Smarter Than Your Average Trogg
- A Signal in Storm Peaks
- Gnomercy!
3 more steps, ending with G.E.A.R. Up.
The Veiled Ossuary
- Keeper of the Ossuary
- On the Trail Again
- Rolling Out
- Lest We Forget
- Sindragosa and Malygos's Rest
- Memories of Sindragosa and Malygos
- Archives Return
- Azuregos's Support
12 more steps, ending with Crystalsong Forest.
Maps Inside Borean Tundra
Caves, buildings and instances the game gives their own map, each opening from the Borean Tundra map.
- The Beyond (dungeon map)
- The Eye of Eternity (dungeon map)
- The Nexus (dungeon map)
- The Oculus (dungeon map)
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Named areas inside Borean Tundra, from the current game data.
Quests the game data places in this zone. Open one for its objectives and rewards.
Flight points in Borean Tundra, from the current game data.
Landmarks
Named points of interest in Borean Tundra, straight from the game data.
- Coldarra ClimbJoin the Northrend Cup.
- Geothermal JauntJoin the Northrend Cup.
Quest Rewards in Borean Tundra
Blizzard's quest data places 256 quests in Borean Tundra. Together they award 848,475 experience and 1,637g 48s in coin. They are open to characters of level 1 to 90.
- Reputation earned: Valiance Expedition (+12,910), Warsong Offensive (+8,645), The Taunka (+7,790), The Kalu'ak (+5,975), Cenarion Expedition (+4,380), The Wyrmrest Accord (+3,210), Kirin Tor (+3,070) and Horde Expedition (+250).
- Item rewards (220 different items, counting every choice): Activist's Signet of Blasting, Amberplate Grips, Amberplate Headguard, Amberplate Legguards, Amberplate Waistguard, Amphibious Speargun, Assailant Shroud, Assault Hauberk, Augmented Arcane Prison, Axe of Frozen Death, Band of Wholesome Preservation, Battle Leader's Breastplate, Benign Crusader's Plate, Besieging Breastplate, Binder's Links, Blubber Carver, Blubber Grinder, Bogstrok Plate Gloves, Borean Smasher, Borean Ward, Branch of Everlasting Flame, Caraway Burnwine, Cauterizing Chain Leggings, Cauterizing Chain Strand, Cavernous Gauntlets, Chain of the Tolling Bell, Chain of Vigilant Thought, Charred Drakehide Belt, Charred Treads, Chestguard of Salved Wounds, Chilled Greaves, Chilled Mail Boots, Chilled Pauldrons, Chilled Shoulderplates, Choker of Forceful Redemption, Claw of the Tuskarr, Clutch of Undying Will, Combatant Greatsword, Compact Arrow Launcher, Crimson Will and 180 more.
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 Borean Tundra
10 achievements in the current game data name Borean Tundra in their criteria.
- Explore Borean Tundra (10 points) Explore Borean Tundra, revealing the covered areas of the world map. Its 13 areas to discover: Temple City of En'kilah, Steeljaw's Caravan, Riplash Strand, Kaskala, Garrosh's Landing, Death's Stand, Coldarra, Bor'gorok Outpost, Amber Ledge, Warsong Hold, Valiance Keep, The Geyser Fields and The Dens of the Dying.
- Extinguishing Northrend (10 points) Desecrate the Horde's bonfires in Northrend.
- Extinguishing Northrend (10 points) Desecrate the Alliance's bonfires in Northrend.
- Flame Keeper of Northrend (10 points) Honor the flames of Northrend.
- Flame Warden of Northrend (10 points) Honor the flames of Northrend.
- Local Pet Mauler (5 points) Win a pet battle in 10 different zones on Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor, Outland, Northrend, or Pandaria.
- Northrend Explorer (25 points) Explore the regions of Northrend.
- Northrend Tamer (5 points) Capture a battle pet in each of the Northrend zones listed below.
- Traveling Pet Mauler (5 points) Win a pet battle in 30 different zones on Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor, Outland, Northrend, or Pandaria.
- World Pet Mauler (10 points) Win a pet battle in 60 different zones on Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor, Outland, Northrend, or Pandaria.