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Posted December 9th, 2005 by Messiah

World of Warcraft - Burning Crusade - Wrath of the Lich King

This quick reference guide covers the areas (zones) that you can adventure in and at what levels it is viable and rewarding to do so. The level range is a rough guideline as some players or classes are able to handle more difficult fights than others. Feel free to go at your own pace and just use this as a rough idea of where to be.

Zones
Level Range	Zone Name	Continent	PvP Status	Notes
1-10	Dun Morogh	Eastern Kingdoms	Alliance	Dwarf / Gnome Starting Zone
1-10	Durotar	Kalimdor	Horde	Orc / Troll Starting Zone
1-10	Elwynn Forest	Eastern Kingdoms	Alliance	Human Starting Zone
1-10	Mulgore	Kalimdor	Horde	Tauren Starting Zone
1-10	Teldrassil	Kalimdor	Alliance	Night Elf Starting Zone
1-10	Eversong Woods	Eastern Kingdoms	Horde	Blood Elf Starting Zone
1-10	Azurmyst Isle	Kalimdor	Alliance	Draenei Starting Zone
1-10	Tirisfal Glades	Eastern Kingdoms	Horde	Undead Starting Zone
10-20	Darkshore	Kalimdor	Alliance
10-20	Loch Modan	Eastern Kingdoms	Alliance
10-20	Silverpine Forest	Eastern Kingdoms	Horde
10-20	Westfall	Eastern Kingdoms	Alliance
10-20	Bloodmyst Isle	Kalimdor	Alliance
10-20	Ghostlands	Eastern Kingdoms	Horde
10-25	The Barrens	Kalimdor	Horde
15-25	Redridge Mountains	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested	Alliance Favored
15-27	Stonetalon Mountains	Kalimdor	Contested	Horde Favored
18-30	Ashenvale Forest	Kalimdor	Contested	Alliance Favored
18-30	Duskwood	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested	Alliance Favored
20-30	Hillsbrad Foothills	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
20-30	Wetlands	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested	Alliance Favored
25-35	Thousand Needles	Kalimdor	Contested	Horde Favored
30-40	Alterac Mountaints	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
30-40	Arathi Highlands	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
30-40	Desolace	Kalimdor	Contested	Horde Favored
30-45	Stranglethorne Vale	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
35-45	Badlands	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
35-45	Dustwallow Marsh	Kalimdor	Contested
35-45	Swamp of Sorrows	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
40-50	Feralas	Kalimdor	Contested
40-50	Hinterlands, The	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
40-50	Tanaris	Kalimdor	Contested
43-50	Searing Gorge	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
45-55	Azshara	Kalimdor	Contested
45-55	Blasted Lands, The	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
48-55	Felwood	Kalimdor	Contested
48-55	Un'Goro Crater	Kalimdor	Contested
50-58	Burning Steppes	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
51-58	Western Plaguelands	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
53-60	Eastern Plaguelands	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
53-60	Winterspring	Kalimdor	Contested
55-60	Deadwind Pass	Eastern Kingdoms	Contested
55-60	Silithus	Kalimdor	Contested

Instances and Raids (Click here for the 1-60 Guides)
Level Range	Instance Name	Located in Zone	Notes
13-18	Ragefire Chasm	Orgrimmar	Horde Only
17-24	Wailing Caverns	The Barrens	Mainly Horde
17-26	Deadmines, The	Westfall	Mainly Alliance
22-30	Shadowfang Keep	Silverpine Forest
24-32	Blackfathom Depths	Ashenvale
24-32	Stockades, The	Stormwind	Alliance Only
25-30	Razorfen Kraul	The Barrens
29-38	Gnomeregan	Dun Morogh
33-40	Razorfen Downs	The Barrens
34-45	Scarlet Monastery, The	Tirisfal Glades
35-47	Uldaman	The Badlands
44-54	Zul'Farrak	Tanaris
45-55	Sunken Temple, The	Swamp of Sorrows
46-55	Maraudon	Desolace
52-60	Blackrock Depths	Searing Gorge / Burning Steppes	Located in Blackrock Mountain
55-60	Dire Maul	Feralas
56-60	Scholomance	Western Plaguelands
58-60	Blackrock Spire	Searing Gorge / Burning Steppes	Located in Blackrock Mountain
58-60	Stratholme	Eastern Plaguelands
60	Zul'Gurrub	Stranglethorn Vale	20 person raid
60	Molten Core	Searing Gorge / Burning Steppes	40 person raid, Located in Blackrock Mountain
60	Blackwing Lair	Searing Gorge / Burning Steppes	40 person raid, Located in Blackrock Mountain
60	Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj	Silithus	20 person raid
60	Temple of Ahn'Qiraj	Silithus	40 person raid

Zones
Level Range	Zone Name	Continent	PvP Status	Notes
58-63	Hellfire Peninsula	Outlands	Contested
60-64	Zangarmarsh	Outlands	Contested
62-65	Terokkar Forest	Outlands	Contested
64-67	Nagrand	Outlands	Contested
65-68	Blade's Edge Mountains	Outlands	Contested
67-70	Shadowmoon Valley	Outlands	Contested
67-70	Netherstorm	Outlands	Contested

Instances and Raids (Click here for 60-70 Guides)
Level Range	Instance Name	Located in Zone	Notes
60-62	Hellfire Ramparts	Hellfire Peninsula / Outlands
61-62	The Blood Furnace	Hellfire Peninusla / Outlands
62-64	The Slave Pens	Zangarmarsh / Outlands
63-65	The Underbog	Zangarmarsh / Outlands
64-66	Mana Tombs	Terokkar Forest / Outlands
64-66	Auchenai Crypts	Terokkar Forest / Outlands
65-67	Escape from Durnholde Keep	Caverns of Time / Tanaris
66-68	Shadow Labrynth	Terokkar Forest / Outlands
68-70	Opening the Dark Portal	Caverns of Time / Tanaris
68-70	Sethekk Halls	Terokkar Forest / Outlands
69-70	The Mechanar	Netherstorm / Outlands
70	The Steamvault	Zangarmarsh / Outlands
70	The Shattered Halls	Hellfire Peninsula / Outlands
70	The Botanica	Netherstorm / Outlands
70	The Arcatraz	Netherstorm / Outlands
70	The Magister's Terrace	Isle of Quel'Danas
70	Karazhan	Deadwind Pass	10 man raid
70	Zul'Aman	Ghostlands	10 man raid
70	Gruul's Lair	Blade's Edge Mountains	25 man raid
70	Magtheridon's Lair	Hellfire Peninsula / Outlands	25 man raid
70	Serpentshrine Cavern	Zangarmarsh / Outlands	25 man raid
70	Battle of Mount Hyjal	Caverns of Time / Tanaris	25 man raid
70	The Eye	Netherstorm / Outlands	25 man raid
70	Black Temple	Shadowmoon Valley	25 man raid
70	The Sunwell	Isle of Quel'Danas	25 man raid

Zones
Level Range	Zone Name	Continent	PvP Status	Notes
68-72	Borean Tundra	Northrend	Contested
68-72	Howling Fjord	Northrend	Contested
71-75	Dragonblight	Northrend	Contested
73-75	Grizzly Hills	Northrend	Contested
74-77	Zul'Drak	Northrend	Contested
76-78	Sholazar Basin	Northrend	Contested
77-80	Crystalsong Forest	Northrend	Contested
77-80	Storm Peaks	Northrend	Contested
77-80	Icecrown	Northrend	Contested
77-80	Wintergrasp	Northrend	Combat Zone	PVP

Instances and Raids (Click here for 70-80 Guides)
Level Range	Instance Name	Located in Zone	Notes
70-72	Utgarde Keep	Howling Fjord
71-73	The Nexus	Borean Tundra
72-74	Azjol'Nerub	Dragonblight
73-75	Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom	Dragonblight
74-76	Drak'Tharon Keep	Grizzly Hills / Zul'Drak
75-77	Violet Hold	Dalaran
76-78	Gun'Drak	Zul'Drak
77-79	Halls of Stonr	Storm Peaks
80	Utgarde Pinnacle	Howling Fjord
80	The Occulus	Borean Tundra
80	The Halls of Lightning	Stormpeaks
80	Naxxramas	Dragonblight	Raid
80	Obsidian Sanctum	Dragonblight	Raid
80	Vault of Archavon	Wintergrasp	Raid
80	Eye of Eternity	Borean Tundra	Raid
80	Ulduar	Storm Peaks	Raid
80	Icecrown Citadel	Icercrown	Raid