Hellfire Peninsula

Hellfire Peninsula
Level: 58-63
Capital(s)	Hellfire Citadel
Races	Template:Human Race; Template:Night Elf Race; Template:Orc Race; Template:Tauren Race; Template:Blood Elf Race; Template:Draenei Race; Template:Mag'har Orc Race; Template:Eredar Race; Template:Fel Orc Race; Template:Felblood Elf Race; Broken; File:IconSmall Arakkoa Small.gif Arakkoa; File:IconSmall PitLord Small.gif Pit Lord; Template:Demon Races
Ruler(s)	Doom Lord Kazzak
Location	Eastern Outland

Hellfire Peninsula is one of the surviving parts of Draenor. It is a pivotal area of Outland that has been the location of many of the most brutal battles in Warcraft history. This is where the other side of the Dark Portal is located. Two of its past cities include Hellfire Citadel and Zeth'kur.

As its name implies, Hellfire Peninsula is a grim place. In regards to topography, well, there isn't much. Aesthetically, the ground looks like it does in Durotar: reddish in hue, and hard-packed. There is one key exception, though — when you travel on the ground, you note bones cracking and shattering beneath your feet. These would be the remains of the countless draenei that the blood-crazed orcs systematically slaughtered prior to bringing their war to Azeroth.[1]

Hellfire Peninsula — indeed, most of areas that Burning Crusade introduced — is much larger than what classic WoW players are used to. Part of the motive for this is to justify the relative speeds at which flying mounts travel.

History

Hellfire Peninsula was originally part of the world of Draenor before it was torn apart by Ner'zhul's dimensional portals, becoming Outland. The peninsula remains mostly intact, although parts of it can be seen floating above and outside in the form of smallish islands. It was also the site of one of the bloodiest battles since the end of the Second War, the Battle of the Hellfire Peninsula - where Khadgar and the Alliance Expedition battled Ner'zhul, Warchief of the Horde of Draenor, in his mad bid to open portals to other worlds to conquer - the portals that tore the planet apart. This resulted in the sealing of the Dark Portal; for fifteen years, the fates of every member of the Alliance Expedition remained unknown, until the Portal was reopened...

Worldofwarcraft.com says the following about the Hellfire Peninsula:

Once a lush and verdant land, Hellfire Peninsula is now a dry, barren wasteland rendered lifeless by the dark practices of orc warlocks. It is here that the Dark Portal stands, cementing the peninsula's place in history as the site of many pitched battles between the Alliance and Horde. The nefarious Burning Legion has gathered here also, using the area as a staging ground for its apocalyptic crusade.

Geography

Hellfire Peninsula is a barren wasteland looking like a cross between the Blasted Lands and Tanaris.

Accessing the Dark Portal (the minimum level to pass through is 58) to Hellfire Peninsula is the most common way to reach Outland for the first time; thus, it is typically the first zone encountered in the 60+ content of the Burning Crusade.

Maps and subregions

WorldMap-Hellfire — Map of Hellfire Peninsula.

The Abyssal Shelf • Broken Hill • Cenarion Post • Den of Haal'esh • Dustquill Ravine • East Supply Caravan • Expedition Armory • Expedition Point • Falcon Watch • Fallen Sky Ridge • Felspark Ravine • Forge Camp: Mageddon • Forge Camp: Rage • Gor'gaz Outpost • The Great Fissure • Haal'eshi Gorge • Hellfire Basin • Hellfire Citadel • Honor Hold • Honor Hold Mine • Invasion Point: Annihilator • The Legion Front • Mag'har Grounds • Mag'har Post • Northern Rampart • The Overlook • The Path of Anguish • The Path of Glory • Pools of Aggonar • Razorthorn Trail • Reaver's Fall • Ruins of Sha'naar • Sha'naari Wastes • Shatter Point • Southern Rampart • Spinebreaker Mountains • Spinebreaker Pass • Spinebreaker Post • The Stadium • The Stair of Destiny • Stonewall Canyon • Supply Caravan • Temple of Telhamat • Thornfang Hill • Thrallmar • Thrallmar Mine • Throne of Kil'jaeden • Valley of Bones • Void Ridge • The Warp Fields • Zeppelin Crash • Zeth'Gor

Outlandtft — Hellfire Peninsula region during Warcraft III.

Warcraft II

Shadowed Seas (WC2) • Zeth'kur (WC2)

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

Mountains of Flame (TFT) • Black Citadel (TFT) • Shadowmoon Ruins (TFT) • Draenei Village (TFT)

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Hellfire Peninsula before the destruction of Draenor according to Warcraft II manual.

Dungeons

Dungeon Name	Level Range	Group Size	Approximate Run Time
Hellfire Citadel: Hellfire Ramparts	60-62	5-man	1-2 hours
Hellfire Citadel: The Blood Furnace	61-63	5-man	1-1.5 hours
Hellfire Citadel: The Shattered Halls	70	5-man	2 hours
Hellfire Citadel: Magtheridon's Lair	70+	25-man	Unknown

Elite areas

Travel hubs

SpinebreakerPost1 — Spinebreaker Post, a small Horde camp with a flight master in southern Hellfire Peninsula.

Stair of Destiny (Alliance & Horde)
Honor Hold (Alliance)
Temple of Telhamat (Alliance)
Shatter Point (Alliance)
Thrallmar (Horde)
Falcon Watch (Horde)
Spinebreaker Post (Horde)

Adjacent regions

Zone Name	Level Range	Direction	Access
Zangarmarsh	60-64	West	By foot, or by flight path
Terokkar Forest	62-65	Southwest	By foot, or by flight path
Blasted Lands	45-55	East	By foot through the Dark Portal

Notable characters

Main article: Hellfire Peninsula NPCs

Alliance Characters:

Horde Characters:

Nazgrel

World PvP - Hellfire Fortifications

Three PvP objectives, small ruined forts of Broken Hill, The Overlook and The Stadium, stand in the center of the region just west of Hellfire Citadel. As with other World PvP games each of these points may be captured by PvP flagged characters holding position within the objective. In order to flag a fort, you need to be non-stealthed, and the fort in question needs to be currently flagged by opposing faction, or unflagged (shown as gray on zone map).

The faction with the most flagged characters within the objectives vicinity will slowly gain ownership of the point. When all three points are controlled by a faction they will gain a zone-wide bonus of +5% Damage, applicable even within the Hellfire Citadel instances. This bonus is called [Hellfire Superiority].

In addition, any opposing players killed while fighting for the objectives will reward the player and the player's party with a PvP token, [Mark of Honor Hold] for the Alliance and [Mark of Thrallmar] for the Horde. Grouping is encouraged as only the party that performs the killing blow will receive a token.

The repeatable quest, [10-30P] Hellfire Fortifications, awards 150 reputation points for either Honor Hold or Thrallmar, and 3 tokens. The quest requires the player to capture each point once, is repeatable and cannot be completed in a raid. The quest can only be completed once per day.