

These are located on the eastern outside platform: blue marker for Stormwind, red marker for Orgrimmar.Ĭrossing into these takes you to the portal rooms for Stormwind and Orgrimmar. In the fifth quest in this line, A Doorway Through the Veil, you establish the portals in Oribos back to Orgrimmar and Stormwind. This is where you will become acquainted with the city that will serve as a central hub for the entire expansion. This opens the second storyline, Arrival in Shadowlands. There you will follow the storyline Through the Shattered Sky, to proceed through and eventually escape The Maw.Īfter completing Through the Shattered Sky, you will be appear in Oribos, the central city of the Shadowlands.

This leads to The Maw, a desolate place of trapped souls, where you will help the mixed group of Alliance and Horde leaders escape eternity in The Jailer's dominion. There, you take an Acherus Deathgate to the depths of Icecrown Citadel, to meet with Highlord Bolvar Fordragon and receive your orders to use the Helm of Domination to breach the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead. The Alliance quest Shadowlands: A Chilling Summons summons players back to Stormwind, and the Horde quest Shadowlands: A Chilling Summons leads players back to Orgrimmar, where you learn that prominent leaders of both the Alliance and Horde have disappeared. When Shadowlands goes live, any characters who reaches level 50 will automatically receive a quest to go to the Shadowlands:

Of course, the "easy" way to enter the Shadowlands is to die a permanent death - but as a future Maw Walker, you will be able to pass the veil in mortal form and won't need to resort to anything so drastic.Īs you open the mysteries of Shadowlands, you'll also unlock portals so you can travel between the Shadowlands and Azeroth. Welcome to Wowhead's guide on how to get to Shadowlands! This guide covers both a general overview of the opening questline, and how to travel back and forth between Shadowlands and the lands of Azeroth.
