Winterspring

Winterspring
Level Scalable 40-60
Capital	Everlook (3,000)
Population	6,500
Races	Night elf (2,600)  Goblin (1,625)  Wildkin (975)  Blue dragonflight (650)  Furbolg  Tauren  Mountain giant  Yeti
Major settlements	Starfall Village (1,500) Mazthoril (550)
Minor settlements	Winterfall Village (300)
Languages	Darnassian, Common, Draconic
Faiths	Ancients, druidism, Elune, shamanism
Resources	Arcanite, thorium, timber
Affiliation	None
Location	Northeastern Kalimdor

Winterspring (aka Winterspring Valley or Winterspring Grove) is a valley located in northeastern Kalimdor, east of Felwood and Hyjal, and north of Azshara. It is a cold land perpetually covered in snow, and holds the goblin city of Everlook, old night elf holdings, and the traditional homeland of the blue dragonflight. Many wild creatures roam the beautiful landscape. However, the southern parts of the region have been completely taken over by demons.

History

Thousands of years ago, this valley upon the slopes of Mount Hyjal served as a place for the night elves to start anew in the wake of the Great Sundering. A realm of near-perpetual winter, the valley has long been involved in a struggle between malevolent blue dragons and the fearsome white frostsaber cats.

During the events of Reign of Chaos the valley was in a rare period of springtime or summer with no snow to be seen anywhere.

Getting there

The Timbermaw Tunnel

Winterspring can be accessed through Timbermaw Hold. To reach Winterspring, head through the hold entrance in the northeastern tip of Felwood and continue straight after the bridge. In order to pass through the hold without the Timbermaw Furbolgs attacking you, you will need to have reached at least unfriendly reputation with the Timbermaw furbolgs. There are several quests in Felwood which can be completed to raise reputation with them.

Geography

Winterspring Valley is above Moonglade and is the last stop along the road that winds up to Hyjal Peak. The valley is separated from Moonglade, lower on the mountain slope, by a thick, white cloud bank. Winterspring is a cold realm consistently covered with snow and frost. Once above the clouds, the air is crisp and clean and the sun shines often when the snow is not falling. The trees of Winterspring were bent and twisted into odd positions during the climactic Battle of Mount Hyjal. Many of the World Tree's massive roots are also exposed here, towering overhead like massive oak archways. This otherwise cold and serene place shakes with periodic conflict between the forces of the sorcerer-dragon Cobaltann and the night elves who strive to drive them from the slopes of Mount Hyjal. Snow cats, bears, and other creatures of the wild are seen here on occasion, but only rarely due to the high altitude. It is a place of cold medium forest and rugged mountains.

Both the Steamwheedle Cartel and the night elves have established bases in the region. Though there are no instanced dungeons or battlegrounds in Winterspring, there are several micro dungeons in the area.

Maps and subregions

Winterspring map

In-game
Warcraft III Barrow Dens (WC3) • Cursed Glade (WC3)

Mazthoril

• Topographic map of Winterspring

Elite areas

• Mazthoril
• Darkwhisper Gorge
• Frostwhisper Gorge

Flight Master Locations

Everlook

Everlook

Regions adjacent to Winterspring

Zone Name	Faction	Level Range	Direction	Access	Access
Azshara		10-20	Southeast	Jumping down from the small camp east of Frostwhisper Gorge (fall-slowing ability needed)	from Everlook to Bilgewater Harbor
Felwood		45-50	West	By foot through Timbermaw Hold; from Everlook to Talonbranch Glade	By foot through Timbermaw Hold; from Everlook to Irontree Clearing
Moonglade		50-60	Northwest	By foot through Timbermaw Hold; from Everlook	By foot through Timbermaw Hold; from Everlook
Mount Hyjal		80-82	Southwest	By flying mount	By flying mount

In Cataclysm

This section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.

Winterspring in Cataclysm

Winterspring HD - World of Warcraft Cataclysm

Winterspring will become a 50-55 zone. Areas affected:

• Darkwhisper Gorge - now a part of the Mount Hyjal zone. Vi'el's cave has been removed. The bridge leading there has collapsed presumably to prevent low level players from entering the zone.
• Donova Snowden - still remains at her camp, which is now called Snowden Chalet; in addition, Witch Doctor Mau'ari has joined her
• Frostfire Hot Springs - the eastern-most pool is now inhabited by Scalding Springsurges (a type of Water Elemental) and Boiling Springbubbles
• Lake Kel'Theril - Kelek Skykeeper is now located here as a quest giver
• Ruins of Kel'Theril - new undead mobs: western section houses Quel'dorei spirits (Betrayed Rangers and Archmage Maenius); eastern section houses Sin'dorei spirits (Wretched Spectres); the Kaldorei spirits still inhabit the northern section. Quests revolve around the Crystal of Zin-Malor and how it corrupted generations of elves
• Mazthoril - the dragons are gone; Altered Beasts roam the exterior of the cave while Arcane Tesseracts are guarded within by various mobs, all reminiscent of Outland demons and beasts; the interior appears to be controlled by Umbranse the Spiritspeaker
• Frostwhisper Gorge - now populated by Ice Avatars; Vi'el has been relocated to the bottom and is accompanied by Lorax; the Frostmaul Giants still patrol the upper rim and have moved almost to Dun Mandarr
• Owl Wing Thicket - the quest giver outside of here is now Jadrag the Slicer, who apparently had an unfortunate run-in with the Owlbeasts while collecting relics
• Winterfall Village - two Timbermaw tribe quest givers now wait for adventurers on the outside: Tanrir and Burndl; within the Village High Chief Winterfall has apparently been replaced by Grolnar the Berserk who looks like an oversized Furbolg
• Moon Horror Den - the Raging Owlbeasts have been relocated and the cave is now inhabited by Ursius
• Goodgrub Smoking Pit - a new, small quest hub located northeast of Starfall Village; oddly enough, it appears all the Chimaeras of Winterspring have been relocated to the northeast of this camp
• Ban'Thallow Barrow Den - the formerly empty cave system right near Starfall Village is now utilized as a small quest area, filled with Coldlurk Burrowers (worms) and Coldlurk Creepers (spiders); the quest giver that starts everything off is Rinno Curtainfire
• Starfall Village - Now a neutral quest hub

Notable characters

Frostsaber Rock

Main article: Winterspring NPCs

Winterspring is home to several characters of note. At the Frostfire Hot Springs, Donova Snowden attempts to find out more about the taint that has affected the local furbolgs. On Frostsaber Rock, Rivern Frostwind enlists aid in providing food and safety for his pets in exchange for the secret to tame them. And high above Mazthoril, the matron protector Haleh sends bold adventurers into the deepest lairs of the black dragonflight in search of draconic artifacts of power.

Quests

Main article: Winterspring quests

See also: Winterspring questing guide

Resources

Starfall Village

• Herbs
  •  [Mountain Silversage]
  •  [Icecap] (Winterspring is the only region you can gather it.)
  •  [Black Lotus] (One of the few regions where you can gather it. Rare.)
• Leather
  •  [Rugged Leather]
  •  [Worn Dragonscale] (Skinning level 40-60 whelps/wyrmkin)
  •  [Warbear Leather] (Skinning level 50-55 bears)
  •  [Blue Dragonscale] (Skinning level 50-60 elite whelps and wyrmkin, found in the southeastern part of the zone)
• Ore
  •  [Silver Vein]
  •  [Iron Deposit]
  •  [Gold Vein]
  •  [Mithril Deposit]
  •  [Truesilver Deposit]
  •  [Small Thorium Vein]
  •  [Rich Thorium Vein]

Wild creatures

Darkwhisper Gorge

• Bear
• Blue dragon
• Chimera
• Dragonspawn
• Felbeast
• Felguard
• Frostsaber
• Furbolg
• Ghost
• Owl
• Succubus
• Whelp
• Wildkin
• Wolf
• Yeti

Notes

• Darkwhisper Gorge occupies a rather large portion of the zone. It holds elite demons of an approximate five-man difficulty who guard a non-functional entrance to Hyjal. It is to be changed in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, as this subzone will belong to the Mount Hyjal zone that will be implemented in the expansion.

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB