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Zones and Regions (WoW)

The World of Warcraft is a big place, and the only way to make it easier to understand is breaking it into pieces. While the most obvious division is the continents of Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms, Outland, and eventually Northrend, those areas are still much too large. Each continent is divided into many different zones, all of which have their own specific chat channels and map.

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Kalimdor Eastern Kingdoms Outland Northrend Other Places

Kalimdor

The land of Kalimdor once included the landmass now known as the Eastern Kingdoms. Now it is home to the Night Elves, Draenei and the Cenarion Circle in the north, while the Tauren, Orcs, and Darkspear Trolls live in the central regions. The southern portion of the continent remains largely wild and uninhabited, but is home to the insect race of Category:Silithids that threaten the continent out of Ahn'Qiraj.

Northern Kalimdor Darnassus (city) The Exodar (city) Ashenvale Blackfathom Deeps (instance) Warsong Gulch (battleground) Azshara Azuremyst Isle Bloodmyst Isle Winterspring Darkshore Felwood Moonglade

Central Kalimdor Thunder Bluff (city) Orgrimmar (city) Ragefire Chasm (instance) The Barrens The Wailing Caverns (instance) Razorfen Downs (instance) Razorfen Kraul (instance) Desolace Durotar Dustwallow Marsh Onyxia's Lair (raid) Maraudon (instance) Mulgore Stonetalon Mountains

Southern Kalimdor Caverns of Time Old Hillsbrad Foothills (instance) The Black Morass (instance) Hyjal Summit (raid) Feralas Dire Maul (instance) Silithus Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj (raid) Ahn'Qiraj (raid) Tanaris Zul'Farrak (instance) Thousand Needles Un'goro Crater

Eastern Kingdoms

The Eastern Kingdoms consist of the human Kingdom of Azeroth in the south, the formerly-human kingdom of Lordaeron in the north, and the dwarven kingdom of Khaz Modan in between.

Lordaeron	Khaz Modan	Kingdom of Azeroth
Alterac Mountains	Arathi Basin (battleground)	Blasted Lands
Alterac Valley (battleground)	Arathi Highlands	Burning Steppes
Eastern Plaguelands	Badlands	The Deadmines (instance)
Eversong Woods	Blackrock Depths (instance)	Deadwind Pass
Ghostlands	Blackrock Mountain	Duskwood
The Hinterlands	Blackrock Spire (instance)	Elwynn Forest
Hillsbrad Foothills	Deeprun Tram	Karazhan (raid)
Isle of Quel'danas	Dun Morogh	Redridge Mountains
Naxxramas (raid)	Gnomeregan (instance)	The Stockade (instance)
Scarlet Monastery (instance)	Ironforge (city)	Stormwind (city)
Scholomance (instance)	Loch Modan	Stranglethorn Vale
Shadowfang Keep (instance)	Molten Core (raid)	Swamp of Sorrows
Silvermoon City (city)	Searing Gorge	The Temple of Atal'Hakkar[1] (instance)
Silverpine Forest	Uldaman (instance)	Westfall
Sunwell Plateau (raid)	Wetlands	Zul'Gurub (raid)
Tirisfal Glades
The Undercity (city)
Western Plaguelands

Outland

The Burning Crusade required!

The beautiful planet of Draenor that was home to the Draenei, Orcs and Ogres has been shattered horribly, and all that remains is this husk of a world. Added to the game during the Burning Crusade expansion, Outland is designed for players from levels 60-70.

Auchenai Crypts (instance)	Auchindoun (hub)	The Arcatraz (instance)
The Black Temple (raid)	Blade's Edge Mountains	The Blood Furnace (instance)
The Botanica (instance)	Coilfang Reservoir (hub)	Eye of the Storm (battleground)
Gruul's Lair (raid)	Hellfire Citadel (hub)	Hellfire Peninsula
Hellfire Ramparts (instance)	Magtheridon's Lair (raid)	Mana-Tombs (instance)
The Mechanar (instance)	Nagrand	Netherstorm
Serpentshrine Cavern (raid)	Sethekk Halls (instance)	Shadow Labyrinth (instance)
Shadowmoon Valley	The Shattered Halls (instance)	The Slave Pens (instance)
The Steamvault	Tempest Keep (hub)	Tempest Keep - The Eye (raid)
Terokkar Forest	The Underbog	Zangarmarsh

Northrend

This article refers to the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, which should be released sometime in 2008.

Wrath of the Lich King required!

Northrend is home to the Lich King and The Scourge. Although it is not presently part of the game, it was the setting for a large part of Warcraft III and its expansion, The Frozen Throne. Northrend will be the focus for the second expansion to World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King.

Known Northrend zones include:

Azjol-Nerub	Borean Tundra	The Dragonblight
Grizzly Hills	Howling Fjord	Icecrown Glacier
Lake Wintergrasp	Sholazar Basin	The Storm Peaks
Zul'drak

Other Places

Beyond the three continents and Outland, there are other locations within the lore.

• The Emerald Dream is home to the sleeping druids of the Cenarion Circle, and looks exactly as the original Kalimdor did before The Sundering. Although there are (or at least were) no humanoid races in the Dream, it is starting to fall under dark influences and may be a potential location for a future expansion.
• The Undermine is the home of the Goblins of the Steamwheedle Cartel.
• Kul Tiras is a naval kingdom that exists on some of the islands in the center of The Great Sea. Some of their marines can be found in Durotar and The Barrens.
• The Maelstrom is the large swirling storm in the center of the Great Sea. Little is known about the Maelstrom, but it is suspected that the naga capital lies beneath it.
• There are a great many other worlds in the universe. Little is known about most of these, other than that the Burning Legion has made it their goal to conquer each of these worlds. Before finally settling on Draenor, the Eredar tribe known as the Draenei fled from planet to planet chased by the legion.

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1. ^ also known as Sunken Temple

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