The Easiest And Fastest Method To Get To Northrend

Northrend is the northernmost icy continent of the world of the Azeroth. It is the source of the evil Scourge. Home of Icecrown Citadel, Northrend is the seat of the evil Lich King. The continent is a featured setting in the World of Warcraft expansion, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

Northrend is primarily an ice and snow-covered zone. However, some regions are somewhat temperate, maybe by location, such as Grizzly Hills song, while the Crystalsong Forest and some parts of Howling Fjord are mild. Sholazar Basin is a strange exception similar to Un’Goro Crater in Kalimdor, and it’s not quite as swampy.

The Game Setting Of Northrend

Northrend is found as the setting of the second expansion. The Northrend expansion, in terms of size, is similar in scope to the Burning Crusade expansion. Northrend has been projected to contain ten zone-like areas compared to the seven zones of Outland plus the four zones of Draenei and a few blood elf starting areas featured in the Burning Crusade.

As far as the zones’ sizes are concerned, a few of them (especially the Borean Tundra and Dragonblight) are massive, making them akin to the larger-than-average zones in Outland. However, at the same time, Northrend also includes a few relatively small zones (namely Sholazar Basin and Wintergrasp). Northrend is actually bigger than Outland by a few couple of zones, and some of the zones themselves are even larger than Outland’s largest zones. Also, there is no minimum level requirement to enter Northrend, unlike Outland.

The question is how to get to Northrend?

There are numerous ways to get to Northrend, and here are a few ways.

Horde: If one is in the Horde, then:

1. Take the Orgrimmar Zeppelin to Borean Tundra.
2. Take the Undercity boat to Howling Fjords.
3. Take the Dalaran, Cystalsong Forest portal in the Orgrimmar portal room. 

Be careful not to end up on the wrong zeppelin, or one will find themselves in Thunder Bluff.

Alliance: If one is in the Alliance, then:

1. Take the boat from the northernmost Stormwind Harbor to Borean Tundra.
2. Take the boat from Menethil Harbor in the Wetlands to Howling Fjords
3. Take the Dalaran, Crystalsong Forest portal in the Stormwind portal room.

Neutral: Argent Crusade tabard, Hearthstone, mage portals, etc.  Any user-friendly mage of sufficient level can create the portal. However, the items can only be helpful in this particular way after acquiring them in Northrend already.

From Borean Tundra to Howling Fjord:

A series of three Tuskarr villages along the coastline offer rides between them via giant sea turtles. One can take them from BorTun to HF or vice versa. For that, one has to reach up to the coast until they find a dock with a walrus guy. Dragonblight has a stopover.

From Stormwind to Northrend from Dalaran

The fastest way one can reach the Old Dalaran in Northrend is to go to the Stormwind Portal Room and then take the portal labeled: Dalaran, Crystalsong Woods. Then, to reach the New Dalaran in Broken Isles, one has to enter the Portal Room and then take the Portal to Azsuna to fly from there.

The easiest way of getting into Dalaran (Northrend) after the launch of Legion (Patch 7) from the new Dalaran:

• Use the Dalaran Hearthstone to reach Dalaran (Legion)
• In the Dalaran (Legion), take the Portal to Vale of Eternal Blossoms
• From there, fly to the faction’s Shrine/City (Alliance/Horde)
• The vale portal inside still points to Dalaran in Northrend

Alternate method:

• Use the Dalaran Hearthstone to reach Dalaran (Legion)
• In the Dalaran (Legion), take the Portal to get to the Wyrmrest Temple (Dragonblight)
• Then either fly or take the flight point North to Dalaran (Northrend)

Fastest method:

The fastest method, however, remains using the Ring of the Kirin Tor. One needs to have one. These old rings will still point to Dalaran (Northrend), making this a sort of Hearthstone that one can buy for frequent visits. 

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