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The 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, the 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 hue, barren, almost uninhabitable 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]
The Hellfire Peninsula — indeed, most of areas that The 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
The 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, the 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
The 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 the 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
Map of the Hellfire Peninsula.
Hellfire Peninsula region during Warcraft III.
| Shadowed Seas (WC2) • Zeth'kur (WC2) |
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| Mountains of Flame (TFT) • Black Citadel (TFT) • Shadowmoon Ruins (TFT) • Draenei Village (TFT) |
The Hellfire Peninsula before the destruction of Draenor according to the Warcraft II manual.
Dungeons
| Dungeon Name | Level Range | Group Size | Approximate Run Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hellfire Citadel: Hellfire Ramparts | 60-62 | 5-man | 30 mins-1 hour |
| Hellfire Citadel: The Blood Furnace | 61-63 | 5-man | 45 mins-1 hour |
| Hellfire Citadel: The Shattered Halls | 70 | 5-man | 2 hours |
| Hellfire Citadel: Magtheridon's Lair | 70+ | 25-man | Unknown |
Elite areas
Travel hubs
Spinebreaker Post, a small Horde camp with a flight master in the southern Hellfire Peninsula.
Adjacent regions
| Zone Name | Faction | Level Range | Direction | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zangarmarsh |  
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60-64 | West | By foot, or by flight path |
| Terokkar Forest |
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62-65 | Southwest | By foot, or by flight path |
| Blasted Lands |
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45-55 | East | By foot through the Dark Portal |
Notable characters
- Main article: Hellfire Peninsula NPCs
Alliance Characters:
Horde Characters:
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.
The quest is available at the following NPCs:
Warrant Officer Tracy Proudwell
- [60] Hellfire Fortifications (Alliance)
- [60] Hellfire Fortifications (Alliance daily) (PvP, Daily)
- Battlecryer Blackeye
- [60] Hellfire Fortifications (Horde)
- [60] Hellfire Fortifications (Horde daily) (PvP, Daily)
[Mark of Honor Hold] may be redeemed at the following NPCs:
[Mark of Thrallmar] may be redeemed at the following NPCs:
Quests
- Main article: Hellfire Peninsula quests
- See also: Hellfire Peninsula questing guide
Resources
Wild Creatures
Concept art of the Hellfire Peninsula.
- Arakkoa
- Broken
- Burrowers
- Carrion Birds
- Colossi
- Doomguards
- Dreadlords
- Eredar
- Felguards
- Fel Orcs
- Fel Reavers
- Ghosts
- Helboars
- Imps
- Infernals
- Mag'har
- Oozes
- Pit Lords
- Ravagers
- Rock Flayers
- Shivarra
- Voidwalkers
- Wolves
- Wrathguards
Trivia
The beginning of the Pink Floyd song Shine On You Crazy Diamond is the background music in many areas of the Hellfire Peninsula (quod vide Floyd Pinkus).
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