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Comment by Desacrasa

Adjacent Zones:

Hillsbrad Foothills
Western Plaguelands
and Across Lordamere Lake are the Tirisfal Glade.

Comment by 7576

I personally find this zone to be one of the better grind zones in the game, or rather the region. Starting with the Yeti's in Hillsbrad, which is just south of the Alterac Mountains around level 31-33, you can grind there for a few levels, then switch to the Alterac yeti's around levels 34-37, then you can kill the ogres from levels 37-39. If you are a Skinner, this area is a must for leveling since you can get a good amount of leather from the Yeti's as well as decent cash and greens from the yeti's and ogres. Overall, even if it is somewhat boring to grind mindlessly, I find that between levels 31-39, this area is probably the fastest area to grind those levels.

Comment by raventears

Alterac Mountain is a great place to go if you need any mining supplies in the Iron - Mithril range, even to sell. There are a large amount of ore nodes around the mountain range with copper and tin surrounding it in Hillsbrad.

Alterac City was destroyed after the second war. The leader, Lord Perenolde, was siding secretly with the Horde, offering them information and resources in exchange to let the kingdom stand.

The Kirin Tor found out and wouldn't stand for it. Dalaran dispatched mages and they helped to tear parts of the city apart. King Terenas was going to offer the city to Lord Prestor as a wedding gift for marrying Terenas's daughter, but Prestor was Deathwing in disguise and suddenly disappeared, never claiming the princess or the city.

Afterwards, the plague took a hold of the city and it slowly fell apart from there, where Ogres now rein amongst the ruins.

Comment by Kaoswarr

Peronally i always level my character here.

Be it Horde or Alliance, i will always make sure that i grind in this zone from around 33 to about 38, and if i can get a duo/group going, i will grind the Elite ogres untill about level 43.

This is how i work:

33-35: Mountain yetis, levels 33-34
35-38: Ogres (Non-Elite) levels 35-37.
38-42: Ogre's (Elite) (Just above the Non elite ogres) Levels 37-41.

Comment by Chaosangel

This is one of my favorite zones in the game, mostly because it is such a peaceful, serene region. Especially Dandred's Fold and the Uplands, if only those pesky Syndicate operatives would leave. Also, Strahnbrad is probably my favorite "town" in the game just because I love the ghost town feel. If only the Alliance could take it back.

I also level my characters from around 33 to 40 here. There are tons of mobs to kill, and they all respawn relatively fast.

Comment by 41544

Hi How DO U GET TO ALTERAC PLEASE TELL ME!!

Comment by FalkuZ

this place are great for ppl mining and skinning i made my first 200g here killing and walking around the mountain a great place 2 train and make money and ogres have good drops 2 for that lvl yeti drop ironweaver quite often 2(its 20-30g on ah)
and the hordes around here are very friendly 2

Comment by 58919

This zone would be great.. only if there were a little more quests for both sides. Sure grinding is great but its the most inefficient way to level. If there were 5 or 6 more quests then this zone would be perfect.

Comment by 72738

I beleive that this is the only zone to get the Herb Wintersbite.
It is quiet not much PvP action going around here but if you are willing to enter this zone from hillsbrad foothills you have to be ready to get past ogres that are about 35-38.
The syndicate drop good money here too.

Comment by 39865

Is there an alliance or neutral flight path in this zone?

Comment by 80268

In the new expansion of World of Warcraft
Dalaran, the circle on the bottom left of the screenshot
will be the portal which will teleport you to Northrend,
Just like Blasted Lands Dark Portal to Strath in Terrokar Forest,
Outlands.

Comment by 102508

i go here to skin for leather

Comment by 152977

Does someone know where the town hall in alterac mountains is?

Comment by 180557

The Alterac Mountains are home to many powerful Ogres and to the Dalaran. While standing on the northwest shores of the area, a person can see over the grim canopy of Silverpine Forest, a land filled with the walking dead. Yeti hold most of the high, snow-filled areas of Alterac, while the mages of Dalaran and the dangerous Syndicade control the lowlands.

Comment by realta

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this, but Alterac has no flight masters.

Comment by Thottbot

In the snowy place in the middle of the map

Comment by Thottbot

Getting into Dalaran is easy, and any class/level can do it. (This is 1.9)

Step 1: Use your Hearthstone.
Step 2: Go to the outside of Dalaran.
Step 3: Get right up against the bubble thing, facing it.
Step 4: Use auto-unstuck. (this is why it only works while your hearthstone is cooling down, as the auto-unstuck will attempt to teleport you a few feet forward, similar to the mage's blink spell.)

And you're in! It may not work the first time, as happened with me. In that case, wait 5 minutes and try again from another point along the edge of the energy/forcefield thing.

I have some screenshots of me inside:

http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/1995/wowscrnshotdalaran2jpeg8co.jpg
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/3805/wowscrnshotdalaran1jpeg7xn.jpg
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/649/wowscrnshotdalaran3jpeg5gz.jpg
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/2315/wowscrnshotdalaran40cq.jpg

Happy Adventuring,
Jakenautilus
Silvermoon

Comment by Thottbot

Can any one tell me where i can get the reicpe for frost oil? i couldnt find the guy that thottbot shows on its map. please help

Comment by Thottbot

I have spotted Narillasanz the level 44 Elite Dragon that shows up as ? Skull. He was spotted in Dalaran on 7 April 2006. Went from the mountain yettis to the enternement camp and spotted me stealhed and 1 hit killed me. havent been able to find him since. Location: 37,66 Alterac

Comment by Thottbot

I am proud to say i have seen the Red Dragon, it was skull elite for me at the time and have seen it 3 times flying backwards and forwards just near the place were the warriors summon cyclonion for that 2H axe quest. The red instance is Alteric Valley a Battle Field and OMG you guys are noobs (No Offense Intended). Dalaran was destroyed by Archimond after he was summoned by Kel'thuzard using the book of Midhiv that opened the portal, so the portal should still remain. My bet is the Wizards of Dalaran are rebulding the City and i recon it will be opened in the expansion for mages to do a quest that allows them to open a portal to outland, maybe it will be an Mage version of Moonglade who knows? What ever the answer it still represents that what we know of the WarCraft World is very little and that WOW will be a major competetor for MMOMRPG far into the future.

Comment by Thottbot

the reason why there is a big purple sphere is because 1. after archimonde completely destroyed it, wizards from dalaran, ironforge, stormwind and the human alliance arrive to dalaran to rebuilt it because archimonde destroyed it but left the foundations.. and also when you go there, there will be dalaran guards guarding it while the wizards are building it with those golems and their magics, and 2. you can't see anything in it because blizzard didn't confirmed it yet, in probably will put it in the Burning Crusade..

Comment by Thottbot

i finally found him the best way is go around the Alterc Ruins there is a back entrance from the right side of the building once over stay to the left and hug the wall be carefull with the elites,should only take u a few seconds to get to the stone wall,there u will see bro'kin on top,of course u can always do the hard way thru the front and i dont recommend it unless u are a lvl 50 good luck

Comment by Thottbot

whers the griffon master in Alterac Mountains?

Comment by Thottbot

Jailor Borhuin is at around 62, 42

if you enter strahnbrad directly from the road, he's in the big building in the back with the steps leading up to the entrance. He will drop the key.

Gol'Dir is in the second building on the left as you enter strahnbrad from the road. He is upstairs, to the right in the room.

Comment by Thottbot

well if ur still wondering the new bg is alterac valley for lvl 51-70's

Comment by Thottbot

can you actuelly get into dallaran?

Comment by Thottbot

Is there a flight plan in Alterac Mountains?

Comment by Thottbot

Where's the FP for Alterac?

Comment by Thottbot

Whats the name if the Horde city in Alterac Mountains? (if there is one)

Comment by Thottbot

I went around exploring.. Apparently there isn't an FP after all :]

Comment by Thottbot

actually dalaran is gonna be the city from the new expansion ... Wrath of the Lich King ..... The city will probably be located in Northreand and will be the equivalent of TBC's Shattrath....

Comment by Thottbot

Yea that place is totaly empty nothing exept dirt and all those screenshots are just the buildings that are on the other side of the shield cause the shield is invisible from the inside u can only see the sparkles from it

Comment by Thottbot

Okay, in the upcoming expansion (Wrath of the Lich King) Dalaran will be moved to NORTHREND, floating in the sky. It will be a neutral city (equivalent to Shattrath), and is rumored to be led by Rhonin (a powerful Kirin'Tor mage). There.

Comment by Thottbot

is there a town in alterac mountain?

Comment by Thottbot

dalaran will be the new place, like shattrath in bc. The mages must have spent a hell of a time getting it to levitate lol.

Comment by Thottbot

now Dalaran is in Northerend

Comment by Allakhazam

hi how do u join a game

Comment by Allakhazam

Anyone know how to get inside the bubble? I'm guessing there isn't a way, but if there were, it would almost have to be a tunnel. No luck as of yet finding a tunnel, but who knows..

Anyone know a way in?

Comment by Allakhazam

I assume they are going to make it into something, perhaps a city for the new alliance race, I dunno. If they didnt plan to do something, they would have just put a load of old ruins there.

Comment by Allakhazam

For anyone who is wondering where it is lol, its not to terribly hard to find. I was stupered before I came to this webpage and saw Alterac Mountains in parentheses hehe... Anyhow yeah go to Southshore and basicaly go directly NW into the Alterac Mountains, you'll see a bunch of Dalaran named Alliance NPC's and a huge purple glowing bubble heh. Peace out!

Comment by Allakhazam

i think the wizards created the bubble to protect the most important houses when the horde attacked the town. or whatever destroyed the houses.

Comment by Allakhazam

I can't wait to see what Dalaran is going to look like-assuming that it will be in the exp. pack(I shouldn't assume anything, I know)- but I can't wait to take my gnome mage there. Maybe they'll turn it into a neutral city or a ruined instance. Who knows for sure.

Comment by Allakhazam

This will probably beocome an instance in the future. I'm imagining that some goblins decide to to help the Horde/Alliance attack Dalaran and drill a deep hole into the basement of one of the buildings sticking out of the bubble. The goblins don't care which faction goes into the bubble, they just want money. Anyway you go into the basement through the tunnel, climb up into the building, walk to the inside of the bubble side an ur in the dungeon. I guess the instance would like be the palace where the Dalaran leader is or something. OR it could be winged and another instance is like the training halls? or the nursery(would they have Dalaran children?)? well thats pretty much what i think.

Comment by Allakhazam

If Dalaran was a dungeon, the big boss will be lord Garithos version undead. Some parts there will be mutants and undead warriors. And others parts they will be crazy humans fighting for nothing. Undead archmage like Antonidas or other Conjurus Rex. They will be a frost wyrm and some nerubians, and of course the experiments that the mage have failed. I know that its not possible but the Dalaran dungeon where Kael'thas and his blood elfs have escape to outland should be an idea.

Comment by Allakhazam

Just as the portal behind the giant dragon in Duskwood leads nowhere, this mysterious bubble is most likely something that will become something in a future expansion. Blizzard knows they have to keep expanding the game otherwise they will start losing interest with their millions of players. By the way, as of today (to my knowledge) Blizzard has not yet released any details about when or what the next expansion will be, however they have said new expansions might build on existing areas already in the game.

As for mages being able to get inside, it's probably just a bug with the game since there is nothing but one ruined house inside and nothing else. Or maybe it was an intentional "bug" to help satify curiousity. I like what SubSidal posted, "Later on the wizards of the Kirin Tor (Dalaran's leaders) created the bubble to rebuild their glorious city...", well maybe one day the city will be rebuit =)

Edited, May 11th 2007 11:05am by gratefulbeauty

Edited, May 11th 2007 11:13am by gratefulbeauty

Comment by Allakhazam

Actually DjKuja... The Horde didnt attack Dalaran... The Undead Scourge (Note: Not the Forsaken), led by Arthas attacked Dalaran, and then Archimonde destroyed it almost completely... Later on the wizards of the Kirin Tor (Dalaran's leaders) created the bubble to rebuild their glorious city...

Comment by Allakhazam

is it ever supposed to be something? is it ever going to be a city? or a portal or something, anyone?

Comment by Allakhazam

i was intrigued when i saw this from the top of Alterac Mountains so i glided down and manage to blink inside and take a screenshot but it is completly empty like mizoto said. Here is the screenshot. Actually it is quite easy to go inside i did it many times. You have to stand on top of a small piece of house floor around 13,74, run toward the dome and blink before touching it. Theres probably other ways to do it too.

Edit:
Actually there is one building inside, i tought it was outside from the distance but you can see here its right at the limit

Edited, Dec 30th 2006 2:10am by WolfLann

Comment by Allakhazam

I assume they are going to make it into something, perhaps a city for the new alliance race, I dunno. If they didnt plan to do something, they would have just put a load of old ruins there.

Comment by Allakhazam

For those of you who want to know how to get inside Dalaran. Note: I am a mage that used blink to get inside and am not sure if classes other than mages are able to get in...

Also: For you mages, bring some light feathers. I used slowfall to get in although there are other ways other than mine.

First, I went to the location: (23, 71) which is on top of a small hill as seen here.

Then I activated the Slowfall ability, mounted up, and jumped for the building bording the protective shield. Dismount, get close, and blink through. Just keep walking and you're inside. Very simple.

Here is a screenshot of me inside.

Also, try getting on the side of a building and blinking through. It works in quite a few places. Hope this helped. ^_^

Comment by Allakhazam

Something that I always thought was strange in WoW, being a fantasy game with magic and such, was the lack of variety in ammunition. Sure there's different ammo, but it's all strictly differentiated by damage. Why is that?

Why not have some special arrows? There are some arrows 'named' ice arrows, but they should add ice damage! Make some ice, fire, lightning arrows. Now, I know that you probably couldn't add stun, sleep, or blinding arrows because of balance issues, but it sure seems natural that in a world of magic and enchantments, people would be doing all sorts of fun things to their ammunition.

It would probably make it more expensive, but that kind of variety would be fun. Also, why not make a few arrow enchants? You enchant a stack of ammo with +1 damage stinging or something.

Maybe we'd see a few more than random crap someone has spammed off to raise tradeskill in the auctionhouse!

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