Winterspring

Winterspring
Level: 50 - 55 Battle Pet Level: 17 - 18
Capital(s)	Everlook
Races	Night elf  Goblin  Furbolg  Wildkin  Mountain giant  Blue dragon
Major settlements	Starfall Village Mazthoril
Minor settlements	Winterfall Village
Languages	Darnassian, Common, Draconic
Faiths	Ancients, druidism, Elune, shamanism
Resources	Arcanite, thorium, timber
Affiliation	Contested
Location	Northeastern Kalimdor

Winterspring (also known as Winterspring Valley) 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 primary home of the blue dragonflight on Kalimdor. Many wild creatures roam the beautiful landscape.

History

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

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.

This section concerns content related to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos or its expansion The Frozen Throne.

During the events of Third War the valley was in a rare period of springtime or summer with no snow to be seen anywhere. All, Thrall's Horde, Alliance remnants, Scourge, night elven Sentinels and corrupted satyrs made camps here. Tyrande and Malfurion destroyed one human camp and the satyrs and awakened the druids of talon.

Prior to the start of the war in Outland, Winterspring was invaded by a group of Burning Legion demons led by Highlord Kruul.

The area was also invaded twice by the Scourge in the years leading to the war against the Lich King.

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. It used to be that, in order to pass through the hold without the Timbermaw Furbolgs attacking you, you would 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. This is no longer necessary and Timbermaw mobs are unfriendly but will not attack.

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

Mazthoril

Travel hubs

Everlook

Flight paths from Everlook

• Orgrimmar, Durotar
• Bilgewater Harbor, Azshara
• Talonbranch Glade, Felwood
• Irontree Clearing, Felwood
• Moonglade
• Nordrassil, Mount Hyjal

Regions adjacent to Winterspring

Zone Name	Faction	Level Range	Direction	Access
Azshara		10-20	Southeast	By jumping down with Slow Fall/ [Parachute Cloak]/ [Levitate] from the small camp east of Frostwhisper Gorge
Felwood		45-50	West	By foot through Timbermaw Hold or flightpaths from Everlook to Bloodvenom Post or Talonbranch Glade
Moonglade		N/A	Northwest	By foot through Timbermaw Hold or flight paths from Everlook to Shrine of Remulos
Mount Hyjal		80-82	Southwest	By flying

Notable characters

Frostsaber Rock

Main article: Winterspring NPCs

Quests

Main article: Winterspring storyline

Quests in Winterspring mostly revolve around hunting the local wildlife or investigating the sources of madness plaguing them. Throughout their progression through the zone, players go from fighting the Winterfall tribe at the request of Donova Snowden, to studying Highborne spirits at Lake Kel'Theril, to game hunting from Everlook and the Goodgrub Smoking Pit, to helping the blue dragonflight exiles at Mazthoril reclaim their home.

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
  •  [Thick Leather]
  •  [Rugged Leather]
  •  [Worn Dragonscale] (Skinning Azurous or General Cobaltann])
  •  [Warbear Leather] (Skinning level 50-55 bears)
  •  [Blue Dragonscale] (Skinning Azurous or General Cobaltann)
• Ore
  •  [Truesilver Ore]
  •  [Thorium Ore]

Wild creatures

• Bears
• Chimaera
•  Dark trolls
• Deer
• Frostsabers
• Ghosts
• Owls
•  Satyr
• Thunder lizards
•  Wildkin
• Wolves
•  Yetis

Notes

Lake Kel'Theril

• Darkwhisper Gorge formerly occupied a rather large portion of the zone. It held elite demons of an approximate five-man difficulty who have guarded a non-functional entrance to Mount Hyjal. When the Cataclysm expansion was released, the subzone was merged with the Hyjal zone. However, the edge of the mountain drop between Darkwhisper Gorge in Hyjal and Azshara is still considered part of Winterspring, and players briefly enter and exit Winterspring when flying between Hyjal and Azshara.

Patch changes

• Patch 0.10 (2004-09-18): Opened.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

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