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For the mountain this zone is named after and resides on, see Mount Hyjal (mountain).
For the Caverns of Time raid, see Battle of Mount Hyjal.

Mount Hyjal is a contested zone opened up for general access in the Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Cataclysm expansion. Hyjal is under heavy siege by Ragnaros, who is trying to destroy the World Tree, Nordrassil. Malfurion Stormrage has returned from the Emerald Dream, and commands the armies of Cenarius, known as the Guardians of Hyjal. The zone makes extensive use of the terrain phasing technology.[1]

History[]

For years, Mount Hyjal and the wounded World Tree, Nordrassil, remained cut off from the rest of Azeroth. Sealed away within a protective field of dense foliage by Malfurion Stormrage, Nordrassil has been slowly recovering from the devastation of the Third War, when Malfurion called upon the tree's power to destroy the archdemon Archimonde and repel the forces of the Burning Legion and Scourge. Now, with the cataclysm, the World Tree's well-being is threatened once more. From the Firelands within the Elemental Plane, Ragnaros and his minions prepare to burst into Hyjal and set Nordrassil ablaze -- and the conflagration would endanger all life on Azeroth.

Geography[]

Mount Hyjal is full of lush forest in the north, but the beauty is scarred by swaths of fiery ground that threaten to expand and char everything. The best evidence of this is to the south, where giant wyrms of the Twilight dragonflight soar through the skies, and members of the Twilight cult plot and scheme.

Travel[]

Getting there[]

Gryphon

The most convenient way to reach Hyjal is via a flying mount (you may fly in Azeroth once you get the Flight Master's License) if portals within Stormwind City (Eastern Earthshrine) or Orgrimmar (Valley of Wisdom) are unavailable, i.e. the player has not completed the introductory quest to Mount Hyjal. There is only one other access south of Winterspring. It's ill-advised for characters without the required level (and no flying mount) to enter this way since one enters at the lowest point of Hyjal making it necessary to run through every sub-zone to reach Nordrassil.

Alliance Alliance: From Talonbranch Glade in Felwood, fly southeast until you reach high mountains. Use your minimap to make certain the mountains border Mount Hyjal and not Winterspring. Fly up and over the mountains, and you should be on the western flank of The Edge of the World. Flying northeast brings you to Nordrassil.

Horde Horde: From Irontree Clearing in Felwood, fly southeast until you reach high mountains. Use your minimap to make certain the mountains border Mount Hyjal and not Winterspring. Fly up and over the mountains, and you should be on the western flank of The Edge of the World. Flying northeast brings you to Nordrassil.

Flight Master locations[]

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Gates of Sothann
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Shrine of Aviana
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Grove of Aessina
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Nordrassil
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Sanctuary of Malorne

Portals[]

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Flamegate to Firelands Hatchery within The Regrowth/Flamewake
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Flamegate to Crucible of Flame at the Scorched Plain
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Portal to the Molten Front atop Nordune Ridge
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Portal to Stormwind City at Nordrassil (right side, outside of inn)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Portal to Orgrimmar at Nordrassil (left side, outside of inn)

Adjacent regions[]

Zone Name Faction Level Range Direction Access
Moonglade HordeAlliance N/A North Via breadcrumb quest
Ashenvale HordeAlliance 20-25 South By flying
Felwood HordeAlliance 50-55 West By flying
Winterspring HordeAlliance 55-60 Northeast By flying

Inhabitants[]

Normal[]

Beasts
Classification Type
Beast Basilisks
Bears
Core Hounds
Eagles
Hippogryphs
Owls
Rocs
Stags
Turtles
Demon Pit lords
Fiends
Classification Type
Dragonkin Dragonkin
Drakes
Faerie dragon
Elemental Air elementals
Earth elementals
Fire elementals
Humanoid Dark Iron Dwarves
Ettins
Harpies
Humans
Naga
Worgen

Rare mobs Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found.[]

Note:Those labeled "hunter pet" do not drop any worthwhile loot, only the Inv misc gem azuredraenite 02 [Crystalline Tear of Loyalty].

Name Type
RepFrame - Neutral Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. IconSmall SpiritBeast Ankha Hunter pet
RepFrame - Neutral Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. IconSmall SpiritBeast Ban'thalos Hunter pet
RepFrame - Alliance Hostile RepFrame - Horde Hostile Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. IconSmall FireHawk Blazewing Loot
RepFrame - Alliance Hostile RepFrame - Horde Hostile Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. IconSmall Earth Garr Loot
RepFrame - Neutral Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. IconSmall SpiritBeast Magria Hunter pet
RepFrame - Alliance Hostile RepFrame - Horde Hostile Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. IconSmall Turtle Terrorpene Hunter pet
RepFrame - Alliance Hostile RepFrame - Horde Hostile Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. IconSmall Ettin Thartuk the Exile Loot
WorldMap-Hyjal

Resources[]

Trade mining
Trade herbalism
Inv misc pelt wolf 01
Trade fishing
Source Item Skill Level
Herbalism Inv misc herb azsharasveil [Azshara's Veil] 425
Inv misc herb cinderbloom [Cinderbloom] 425
Inv misc herb stormvine [Stormvine] 425
Mining
Yhvhyhvh
from Obsidium Deposits
425
Source Item
Cloth (Drop) Inv misc emberweaveclothbolt 01 [Embersilk Cloth]
Skinning Item savageleather [Savage Leather]
Fishing (Pools) Inv misc fish 90 [Mountain Trout]
APB Skill FishingVolatile Fire from Pools of Fire

Notable characters[]

Main article: Mount Hyjal NPCs

Quests[]

Quest point
Main article: Mount Hyjal quests

See also: the Firelands Invasion quests.
See also: the Elemental Bonds questline.

Players will be able to enter Hyjal by way of Moonglade, to take on a series of high-stakes quests in a historic location alongside some of Azeroth's most renowned heroes. With a longstanding rivalry among the night elf leadership threatening to undermine the campaign against Deathwing, players will quickly discover the task of defending Nordrassil is more daunting than they had anticipated. In order to succeed, they must seek out the help of extremely powerful allies: the Ancients.

To protect Nordrassil and heal the devastation the invading fire elementals are causing across Mount Hyjal, players must first recapture the shrine of the wolf god Goldrinn. The ogres surrounding the shrine will not leave peacefully, but seizing the shrine will allow players their first opportunity to infiltrate the Firelands and shut down a key Twilight portal, slowing the advance of the nearby Twilight's Hammer in Hyjal. With the first portal dismantled, players will soon be sought by the wilderness spirit Aessina to assist in cleansing and healing the nearby forest, ultimately returning the land to its former splendor. This small victory, however, isn't enough to deter the Twilight Remnants from attempting to scorch the forest once more. As you struggle to keep these foes at bay, you'll also need to help the Guardians of Hyjal -- a new neutral faction of druids and worshipers of the Ancients -- repopulate the forest with animal life. It's even rumored that Malorne has been spotted in the wilderness. Perhaps further investigation is necessary.... Amid the chaos, the Druids of the Talon will need players' assistance to resurrect the goddess of winged creatures. Players begin the process by helping to slay a group of black dragons and closing a second Firelands portal from within. Just when you think things might be heating up, you'll need to fight through a burning night elf town to shut down the third and final portal with the assistance of the turtle god Tortolla.

Your successes in Hyjal will ultimately lead you to the assembly of the Ancients, who have set a plan in motion to bring a powerful ally and demigod back into this realm. Before that can happen, however, you will need to infiltrate Darkwhisper Gorge disguised as a follower of the Twilight's Hammer, acting quickly to sow discord within the entrenched faction, weakening it for the coming struggle. Only time will tell if the Ancients' plan is a success -- but you'll need to do your part if there's any hope of saving Mount Hyjal from the twilight dragons, Ragnaros, and his minions of the Elemental Plane.[2]

The quest line in Hyjal is intensively phased and takes players from Nordrassil to the four shrines to Darkwhisper Gorge and finally to Sulfuron Spire. Hyjal is one of the few non-starting-experience zones that has a phased zone map as well as phased terrain, unlocked halfway through the storyline.

Once quests are completed up to and including Aessina's Miracle, players will have the opportunity to engage in quests that will lead them to the Molten Front. A short side questline also explores the tearing apart of Thrall and the scattering of his being into the elemental planes. Players are able to rescue him from his fears and doubts, eventually restoring his soul and body.

Areas of interest[]

Inv misc idol 05

Points of interest[]

Note: Coordinates are not exact. General locations shown. Locations also depend upon phase.

WorldMap-Hyjal

Maps[]

Dungeons[]

Dungeon Name Level Range Group Size Approximate Run Time
Instance (raid) portal Firelands 85+ 10/25 man ?

Subzones[]

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Media[]

Images[]

Current
Other

Videos[]

Notes[]

  • Before World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, two versions of the Hyjal zone were present in the game. The first one in terms of lore-chronology is the map used for the Caverns of Time instance "Battle for Mount Hyjal". This map, however, was a retouched version of the zone which was present in the game from the very beginning but inaccessible via normal means. Nevertheless, it used to be possible to access pre-Cataclysm Hyjal via Winterspring with some skillful rock climbing, or a glitch that allowed you to die close to the zone's entry gate then resurrect on the other side[3]. However, after Patch 2.1.2, Blizzard implemented a "No Man's Land" teleport that removes you from the zone. It is still possible for a shaman to chain-cast Far Sight from neighboring zones such as Winterspring to see inside the existing Hyjal zone.
  • The ruins of the Alliance and Horde bases from the Battle of Mount Hyjal do not appear to be present in the Cataclysm-era Hyjal.

Patch changes[]

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 7.0.1 (Alpha): Portal to Emerald Dreamway added at Nordrassil.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Firelands Invasion quests added.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added.

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