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Among the famous (and infamous) locales of Azeroth, Blackrock Mountain stands out not just for its great height, but the history that has taken place within and around it, the peoples and monsters that have called it home, and for the massive instances that attract adventurers from all over. InWorld of Warcraft: Classic’s Season of Discovery, this volcano’s time to shine arrived with the game’s fourth phase.
Blackrock Mountain serves as a hub for several high-level dungeons and raids in the Classic era of the game. They are Blackrock Depths, Blackrock Spire, Molten Core, and Blackwing Lair. With phase four allowing adventurers to reach max level, this location is a hotspot for glory-seekers and treasure-hunters alike.
Where To Find Blackrock Mountain
Blackrock Mountainis a massive volcano which looms over thecentral mountain ranges of the Eastern Kingdoms. Before its first major eruption during Ragnaros' explosive entrance into the mortal plane hundreds of years ago, the peaks it lies amongst were all called the Redridge Mountains.
Blackrock Mountain sits on the border of the two blackened zones, and is accessed by gates into both of them. Additionally, when inside the mountain, you will find yourself in a separate global chat channel that is unique to the mountain.
How To Enter Blackrock Mountain Through The Searing Gorge
As it was originally part of the Redridge Mountains that lay on the north side of Blackrock Mountain, theSearing Gorge is where the northern gate into the mountain is found. To enter the legendary mountain from the Searing Gorge, you will need to travel to the zone’s southwestern reaches.
The easiest way to get to the mountain’s northern gate is tostart your journeyat the dark iron dwarves of the Thorium Brotherhood’s town ofThorium Point, which sits on a ridge in northern Searing Gorge, directly opposite Blackrock Mountain.
The Horde and the Alliance both have flightmasters in this town, and upon arriving, you can easilytravel souththrough a natural corridor found on the zone’s western side. Traveling down this path to the mountain makes it easy to avoid the hostile dark iron dwarves that populate the zone’s central chasm, The Cauldron.
If you haven’t been to Throrium Point before, Searing Gorge can be accessed bytraveling through the Badlands to the east, orLoch Modan to the northeast. If coming from Loch Modan, though, you will need to have thekey to the dwarven tunnel connecting the two zonesor be able tolockpickit.
How To Enter Blackrock Mountain Through The Burning Steppes
Being the battlefield where the Second War ended, theBurning Steppeslies directly north of what remains of the Redridge Mountains and is where thesouthern gate into Blackrock Mountain is found. With Blackrock Mountain sitting on the zone’s northwestern border with the Searing Gorge, the giant ramp leading into the mountain rises out of the Burning Steppes' western foothills.
Traveling through the Burning Steppes to Blackrock Mountain is quite simple, with amajor road winding its way through the zone from east to west. The Alliance and Horde haveoutpostshere too, these beingMorgan’s Vigil in the southeast, and Flame Crest in the north, respectively.
Both of these outposts have flightmasters, and following the paths from them to the zone’s main road will lead you directly into Blackrock Mountain, should you fly into them.
If you haven’t been to the Burning Steppes before, and thus Morgan’s Vigil and Flame Crest, you may easily enter the zone through Blackrock Pass in the southeast, directly west of Morgan’s Vigil. This is where the zone’s major road leads south into the Redridge Mountains.
