The Barrier Hills, a sub-zone that bridges northeast Nagrand and northwest Terokkar Forest, is a popular gathering spot for herbs such as Mana Thistle, which is used in many Alchemy potions and flasks.The plateau also houses several Pure Water fishing spots, which each yield 3-8 Mote of Water as well. These mobs drop Mote of Fire, Mote of Water, Mote of Air, and Mote of Earth, which sell for exorbitant prices on the Auction House since they are used in endgame recipes for pretty much every profession. The Elemental Plateau, which lies north of the Throne of the Elements in Nagrand, contains level 70 and 71 elementals of all types: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth.Below are some examples of farming spots gated by flying: As a result, these farms are often heavily contested, with players competing for tags or PvPing to secure their bounty. Several of these spots require flying to access, and reward particularly lucrative drops that are required for endgame crafting recipes. Horde players purchase their mounts from Dama Wildmane, who is found at Shadowmoon Village in Shadowmoon Valley.įinally, Outland contains a number of lucrative farming spots concentrated with gathering nodes or high value mobs.Alliance players purchase their mounts from Brunn Flamebeard, who is found at Wildhammer Stronghold in Shadowmoon Valley.This trend was continued in all future WoW expansions, and more recent expansions impose further requirements after reaching max level before flying can be unlocked in the expansion's region.Īfter training the skill, the flying mounts themselves are purchased from different NPCs close to the trainer: As such, gating flying by level made quest and zone design much more tractable for developers, as players are forced to actually fight their way to quest objectives, and cannot escape from mob infested areas trivially by just flying out. Blizzard put in the max level requirement so that players could not simply bypass all obstacles in their way when completing quests by flying over packs of enemies. The one exception to this is the Druid class, which will be discussed later in this guide.
In TBC, flying skill has a level requirement of 70, so you must first progress through the TBC leveling content on foot before you can explore it from above. Horde players train with Olrokk, who is found at Shadowmoon Village in Shadowmoon Valley.Alliance players train with Ilsa Blusterbrew, who is found at Wildhammer Stronghold in Shadowmoon Valley.Alliance and Horde have separate flying trainers in Outland: