World of Warcraft: Entering Dalaran for Free at Any Level

Are you too proud to pay a warlock for a summon? Perhaps your too cheap to pay a mage for a port? I know I am. So when I started playing, I was told there was "NO WAY" into Dalaran without using magic. Well, I heard that and two words came to mind "Bull" and "Dung". Well maybe not exactly dung but I think you get the idea. So I started searching for the route. Well after much exploration I can tell you with much pride and certainty that it IS possible and not one of my characters who's home is in Dalaran ever used a player made port or summon to get there.

As counter-intuitive as it sounds, the first step is to die. It doesn't matter where you die at all just die somewhere. Next in spirit form go to the nearest boat to Borean tundra. That is if you didn't already die in Northrend. Once you have arrived in Borean tundra head north. Your goal is to find a place that you can walk to that is considered Icecrown. You can do this in the ocean off the west coast of ice crown or in the mountains of Sholizar basin. This works because the zones are layed out in grids that sometimes don't exactly match the terrain. To make it very easy on yourself just run up the west coast until you enter Icecrown.

Once you're in Icecrown you will get a spectral gryphon that will allow you to fly as a spirit. Carefully follow the mountains around to the east and head towards Icecrown citidel. If you accidently exit Icecrown you will fall from you gryphon and be forced to walk back to Icecrown for another one. Once you reach Icecrown citidel you should be able to see on your map that you are directly north of Wintergrasp fortress. The fortress is the lynch-pin in this convoluted plan. If your faction holds Wintergrasp you will have access to the portal inside the fortress. That portal takes you to the purple parlor in Dalaran. So, from the citidel fly directly to the fortress cemetery of the Wintergrasp fortress while it is controlled by your faction. You will lose your gryphon as soon as you exit Icecrown so make sure you are over the fortress when you cross the border. If you hit an invisible barrier fly lower. You will then fall straight down into the fortress and be on your merry way.

Once inside the fortress contact your factions "Spirit guide" in the fortress cemetery. You will be resurrected on the spot and not telported out. This is an interesting and little known feature of Wintergrasp. You are not sent to another graveyard upon rezzing. Most if not all other cemeteries will send you back to the closest cemetery to where you died. You also suffer no additional penalty for spirit rezzing. Now very much alive again and inside of Wintergrasp while it is controlled by your faction you simply run around to the main chamber and use the teleporter on the stairs to enter the fortress proper. Once inside use the port to Dalaran.

For new players it is sometimes difficult to find things once inside Dalaran. If you are looking for the inn, it is in the Silver Enclave. Just use your map by pressing "M" and it will show you where the enclave is. One side of the Enclave is the inn the other is portals to all theother Alliance cities. For you Horde rats out there, you want the Filthy Animal in Sun Reavers Sanctuary on the north end of town.

You have to remember a couple circumstances that can make this unworkable. These are things you should check before you begin so you are not left hanging in Wintergrasp. First, The fortress must be controlled by your faction. Meaning if you're human the Alliance must control it. Second as of the evil patch who must not be named low level players cannot enter Wintergrasp during combat. however, they can enter during off times. So make sure you have enough time before the next battle to complete the trip. 15 or 20 minutes should be enough but why push it. Go as soon as your side wins Wintergrasp.

That's all there is to it. It's just a long run as a fast ghost and a little hop through the permanent portal. I of course use the easier way. *Hearth*