With the Warlords of Draenor release looming on the horizon (it launches November 13th, 2014, which is… well, tomorrow!), players everywhere scramble to get everything ready for the new content and level cap. So, while guilds prepare for the launch and players figure out how to get ahead of the leveling game, they need to figure out how to actually get to Draenor.
The portal to Draenor is the Dark Portal in Blasted Lands! The powers-that-be have repurposed the path to Outlands (which, for the newly WoW-initiated, was Draenor before Garrosh went back in time and mucked up the timeline) for the Iron Hordes attempted invasion of Azeroth.
Outlands content will still be available through portals in faction capitals – Orgrimmar for Horde, Stormwind for Alliance. Just dont make the mistake of trying to go through the Dark Portal for Burning Crusade leveling!
There are basically two ways to reach draenor. You first need to make sure that you are level 90.
You need to go to the left and there you’ll see several portals. Just go to the left one named Warspear. That portal will take you to the Warspear in Draenor.
You need to go to the mage tower in Stormwind. After entering the doors, you’ll see 4 mages in that tower. You can go to the dark portal from there using chat. This is possible if you have the quest.
You can easily get to Warspear Draenor from Orgrimmar. Enter the gates of Orgrimmar. There you will see a red flag with black art on in at the end of the wall.
Otherwise, go to the trade district, take the flight path. Now, you can travel to the Blasted Lands and keep directed towards the dark portal. The portal color should be red for Draenor and after crossing it, you will get to Draenor.
Presto, there are quests for you to get started establishing your garrison in both areas, no Tanaan Jungle required. Note that by doing this, your character will not receive the Welcome to Draenor achievement. You’re also going to be missing out on the experience, quest rewards, and gold that you would normally get by going through Tanaan to get things started. But if you’d just like to get your alt to Draenor and get things going, this method effectively skips the opening experience and lets you do so. And if you’d like a handy teleport back to Pandaria, you can use the chairs and campfire to get there, too, as long as you’ve got a glider or Aviana’s Feather to get you to the island off of Gorgrond.
Take a seat in one of those chairs, and you’ll notice that suddenly you’re able to interact with the campfire in the middle — it now says Grim Campfire when you mouse over it. And if you click it, you’ll be presented with a Warlords of Draenor loading screen.
You’re headed for the Iron Docks — or rather, the uninstanced version of the dungeon. Note the two dots on the map. Alliance players will want to head to the blue dot once you get there, Horde players will want to head for the red dot. Each dot is a small camp, one Alliance, one Horde, presumably for upcoming content. There are no quests or anything associated with the area, and you’ll want to stick closely to the camp because this area is crawling with level 100 mobs that will make quick work of your alt if you’re not careful.
This is where your water walking mount or ability comes in extremely handy, because you’re about to make a jaunt around the north tip of Gorgrond. Note that there are hostile mobs in the water, but you should be able to avoid them for the most part — and be sure to stick near the coast so you don’t end up in fatigue zones. This is the path you want to follow:
Instead, speak to either Dron Skyborn if you’re Horde, or Lungar Longdrink if you’re Alliance. These two are listed as flight masters, but they only have one option available on their menu: Take me back to the garrison. Select this option and enjoy the lengthy flight over scenic Draenor. The flight masters will do exactly as you ask and fly you to your garrison, or where your garrison flight master would be if you actually had a garrison established. You don’t, so you’re going to end up in the middle of an area with some level 90 mobs that might attack you upon your grand entrance. Doesn’t really matter, just mount up and head to the stranded ships on the coast – south if you’re Horde and in Frostfire, north if you’re Alliance in Shadowmoon Valley.
The portal to Draenor is the Dark Portal in Blasted Lands! The powers-that-be have repurposed the path to Outlands (which, for the newly WoW-initiated, was Draenor before Garrosh went back in time and mucked up the timeline) for the Iron Hordes attempted invasion of Azeroth.
Outlands content will still be available through portals in faction capitals – Orgrimmar for Horde, Stormwind for Alliance. Just dont make the mistake of trying to go through the Dark Portal for Burning Crusade leveling!
With the Warlords of Draenor release looming on the horizon (it launches November 13th, 2014, which is… well, tomorrow!), players everywhere scramble to get everything ready for the new content and level cap. So, while guilds prepare for the launch and players figure out how to get ahead of the leveling game, they need to figure out how to actually get to Draenor.
