Capital

For the capital city of the kingdom of Lordaeron, see Capital City.

Capital cities are typically the main headquarters of factions and organizations. They are usually the largest of the faction's cities, and where their leaders usually reside.

Game capitals

These are capital cities, that function as major social and economical hubs for players, and must contain a bank, flight path, mailbox, inn, and at least class and profession trainers, an auction house, or a faction leader.

Playable faction capitals

These are capital cities specific to one or more playable factions.

Capital	Location	Factions	Races	Status
Darnassus	Teldrassil, Kalimdor	Darnassus, Gilneas	Night elf, Worgen	Destroyed
Ironforge	Dun Morogh, Eastern Kingdoms	Ironforge, Gnomeregan	Dwarf, Gnome	Active
Stormwind City	Elwynn Forest, Eastern Kingdoms	Stormwind, Tushui Pandaren	Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Pandaren, Night elf, Worgen	Active
Exodar	Azuremyst Isle, Kalimdor	Exodar	Draenei	Active
Vindicaar	Great Dark Beyond	Army of the Light	Lightforged	Active
Telogrus Rift	Unknown	Void elves	Void elf	Active
Shadowforge City	Blackrock Depths, Blackrock Mountain, Eastern Kingdoms	Dark Iron clan	Dark Iron dwarf	Active
Boralus Harbor, Boralus	Tiragarde Sound, Kul Tiras	Proudmoore Admiralty	Kul Tiran human	Active
Orgrimmar	Durotar, Kalimdor	Orgrimmar, Darkspear Trolls, Thunder Bluff, Bilgewater Cartel, Huojin Pandaren , Mag'har Clans	Orc, Troll, Tauren, Goblin, Pandaren, Undead, Mag'har orc	Active
Undercity	Tirisfal Glades, Eastern Kingdoms	Undercity	Undead	Plagued
Thunder Bluff	Mulgore, Kalimdor	Thunder Bluff	Tauren	Active
Darkspear Isle	Durotar, Kalimdor	Darkspear tribe	Jungle troll	Active
Silvermoon City	Eversong Woods, Eastern Kingdoms	Silvermoon City	Blood elf	Active
Bilgewater Harbor	Azshara, Kalimdor	Bilgewater Cartel	Goblin, Hobgoblin, Orc	Active
Suramar City	Suramar, Broken Isles	The Nightfallen	Nightborne, Withered, Pandaren	Active
Thunder Totem	Highmountain, Broken Isles	Highmountain Tribe	Highmountain tauren	Active
The Great Seal, Dazar'alor	Zuldazar, Zandalar	Zandalari Empire	Zandalari troll	Active

Non-playable faction capitals

These are capital cities specific to non-playable factions, that act as game capitals for players.

Capital	Location	Factions/Organizations	Races
Dalaran	Formerly: Crystalsong Forest, Northrend Currently: Broken Isles	Kirin Tor, Sunreavers, Silver Covenant	Human, Half-elf, High elf, Blood elf, Gnome
Shattrath City	Terokkar Forest, Outland	Sha'tar ( Aldor, Scryers), Lower City, Sha'tari Skyguard, Shattered Sun Offensive	Naaru, Draenei, Blood elf, Arakkoa, Human
Shrine of Seven Stars	Vale of Eternal Blossoms, Pandaria	Alliance	-
Shrine of Two Moons	Vale of Eternal Blossoms, Pandaria	Alliance	-

Lore capitals

These are capital cities that do not function as capitals in World of Warcraft, but are considered capitals in lore.

Faction capitals

These are capital cities specific to factions with reputation that can be increased or are permenantly friendly.

Capital	Location	Factions	Races
Aerie Peak	Hinterlands, Eastern Kingdoms	Wildhammer clan	Hill dwarf
Cenarion Refuge	Zangarmarsh, Outland	Cenarion Expedition	Night elf, Tauren
Dun Baldar	Alterac Valley, Alterac Mountains, Eastern Kingdoms	Stormpike Guard , Stormpike clan	Mountain dwarf
Frostwolf Village	Alterac Valley, Alterac Mountains, Eastern Kingdoms	Frostwolf clan	Orc
Garadar	Nagrand, Outland	Mag'har	Mag'har orc
Gadgetzan	Tanaris, Kalimdor	Steamwheedle Cartel	Goblin
Nighthaven	Moonglade, Kalimdor	Cenarion Circle	Night elf, Tauren, Dryad, Cenarius's children
Revantusk Village	Hinterlands, Eastern Kingdoms	Revantusk tribe	Forest troll
Sporeggar	Zangarmarsh, Outland	Sporeggar	Sporeling
Timbermaw Hold	Felwood, Kalimdor	Timbermaw Hold	Furbolg

Other faction capitals

These are capital cities specific to non-playable factions without reputation that can be increased or are permenantly hostile.

Any faction not listed as Neutral, Horde or Alliance is considered Hostile.

Capital	Location	Factions	Races
Blackrock Spire	Blackrock Mountain, Eastern Kingdoms	Dark Horde, Black dragonflight, Smolderthorn tribe, Spirestone clan	Orc, Dragonkin, Forest troll, Ogre
Dragonmaw Port	Twilight Highlands , Eastern Kingdoms	Dragonmaw clan	Orc
Gundrak	Zul'Drak, Northrend	Drakkari tribe	Ice troll
Grizzlemaw	Grizzly Hills, Northrend	Polar Furbolgs	Polar Furbolg
Hellfire Citadel	Hellfire Peninsula, Outland	Fel Horde	Fel orc
Icecrown Citadel	Icecrown Glacier, Northrend	Scourge	Undead, Lich, Nerubian, Abomination
Mak'aru	The Rift, The Maelstrom	Makrura	Makrura
Mok'Nathal Village	Blade's Edge Mountains, Outland	Mok'Nathal clan	Mok'Nathal
Nazjatar	The Rift, The Maelstrom	Naga	Naga
Razorfen Kraul	Southern Barrens, Kalimdor	Razorfen tribe	Quilboar
Skettis	Terokkar Forest, Outland	Skettis	Arakkoa
Temple of Ahn'Qiraj	Ahn'Qiraj, Silithus, Kalimdor	Ahn'Qiraj	Qiraji, Silithid
Zul'Aman	Ghostlands , Eastern Kingdoms	Amani Empire	Forest troll
Zul'Farrak	Tanaris, Kalimdor	Sandfury tribe	Sand troll
Zul'Gurub	Northern Stranglethorn, Eastern Kingdoms	Hakkari tribe, Atal'ai tribe	Jungle Troll

Former capitals

This is a list of capital cities that were once the capitals of playable races or factions, but have since fallen or changed hands. The factions, races, and location names are listed to reflect the capital's situation at the time of its "golden age".

Any faction not listed as Neutral, Horde or Alliance is considered Hostile.

Capital	Region	Affiliation	What Happened	Race
Alterac City	Alterac Mountains, Eastern Kingdoms	Kingdom of Alterac	Destroyed in the Second War	Human
Angerfang Encampment	Wetlands, Eastern Kingdoms	Dragonmaw clan	Defeated by adventurers and faction relocated to Twilight Highlands	Orc
Azjol-Nerub	Azjol-Nerub, Dragonblight, Northrend	Nerubian Empire	Conquered by the Scourge	Nerubian
Bleeding Hollow Village	Terokkar Forest, Outland	Bleeding Hollow clan	Destroyed after the Second War	Orc
Bonechewer Village	Terokkar Forest, Outland	Bonechewer clan	Destroyed after the Second War	Orc
Burning Blade Village	Nagrand, Outland	Burning Blade clan	Destroyed after the Second War	Orc
Capital City	Tirisfal Glades, Eastern Kingdoms	Kingdom of Lordaeron	Destroyed by the Scourge	Human
Dragonmaw Fortress	Shadowmoon Valley, Outland	Dragonmaw clan	Defeated by adventurers and faction relocated to Twilight Highlands	Fel orc
Echo Isles	Durotar, Kalimdor	Darkspear tribe	Taken over by Zalazane	Jungle troll
Eldre'Thalas	Feralas, Kalimdor	Highborne	Ruins known as Dire Maul	Night elf
Gilneas City	Gilneas , Eastern Kingdoms	Kingdom of Gilneas	Destroyed by the Forsaken	Human/Worgen
Gnomeregan	Dun Morogh, Eastern Kingdoms	Gnomeregan	Irradiated	Gnome
Grim Batol	Twilight Highlands , Eastern Kingdoms	Wildhammer clan	Abandoned after the War of the Three Hammers	Hill dwarf
Icemist Village	Dragonblight, Northrend	Taunka	Destroyed by the Scourge	Taunka
Kaskala	Borean Tundra, Northrend	Kalu'ak	Under attack by the Kvaldir	Tuskarr
Laughing Skull Village	Nagrand, Outland	Laughing Skull clan	Destroyed after the Second War	Orc
Sen'jin Village	Durotar, Kalimdor	Darkspear Trolls	Supplanted by Darkspear Isle	Troll
Strom	Arathi Highlands, Eastern Kingdoms	Kingdom of Arathor	Abandoned and slowly lost in favor of new kingdoms	Human
Stromgarde	Arathi Highlands, Eastern Kingdoms	League of Arathor	Slowly lost to various other factions after the death of Thoras Trollbane	Human
Shrine of Ula-Tek	Zul'Aman , Eastern Kingdoms	Amani Empire	Empire pushed back by Humans and Quel'Dorei	Forest troll
Thaurissan	Burning Steppes, Eastern Kingdoms	Dark Iron clan	Destroyed by Ragnaros	Dark Iron dwarf
Thunderlord Stronghold	Blade's Edge Mountains, Outland	Thunderlord clan	Destroyed after the Second War	Orc
Undermine	Kezan	Trade Princes , Bilgewater Cartel	Destroyed by the eruption of Mount Kajaro	Goblin, Hobgoblin
Zin-Azshari	Kalimdor	Kaldorei, Quel'Dorei	Destroyed during the Great Sundering	Kaldorei
Zul'Gurub	Northern Stranglethorn, Eastern Kingdoms	Gurubashi Empire	Taken over by the Hakkari tribe	Jungle troll