New Player Guide: City Overview

By Wowhead Updated: 2018/09/25

What is a City?

Auction House: Buy and sell important items of value by listing or placing bids.

Bank: Store important items in your personal bank or your Void Storage. You can also access your guild bank, if you belong to a guild.

Class Trainers: Speak to class trainers to reset your chosen specialization or learn dual specialization. These trainers are often found in a themed-area, adding a bit of personality to your chosen class.

Barbershop: Change your character's hair style, color, or other customizations.

Experience: You'll automatically be well-rested in a city, increasing the amount of time you'll gain experience faster when you go back out into the world.

Inn: Talk to an Innkeeper to set your Hearthstone to a major city. You can set your Hearthstone at Inns around the world, but it's most convenient to set it in a major city for access to features like trainers, the AH, and bank.

Profession Trainers: Learn new recipes, as well as profession levels, from trainers in capital cities. These trainers are usually next to vendors who sell materials that will aid you in leveling up professions.

Transportation: Cities contain useful transportation options that let you get around faster than regular gryphons: portals, zeppelins, and boats.

Alliance CitiesDarnassusDarnassusAreas of Interest:Transportation:History:Darnassus in Battle for Azeroth:War of the ThornsSiege of LordaeronExodarThe ExodarAreas of Interest:Elemental SaptaTransportation:History:Tempest KeepIronforgeIronforgeAreas of Interest:Transportation:History:StormwindStormwind CityElwynn ForestAnduin WrynnHighlord Bolvar FordragonLady Katrana PrestorKing Varian WrynnAreas of Interest:Bernard GumpElizabeth BirdsongTransportation:HistoryHorde CitiesOrgrimmarOrgrimmarAreas of Interest:Ragefire ChasmTransportation:History:AzsharaSiege of OrgrimmarSilvermoon CitySilvermoon City (Burning Crusade)Areas of Interest:Transportation:History:Thunder BluffThunder BluffAreas of Interest:Transportation:History:UndercityUndercityAreas of Interest:Transportation:History:Undercity in Battle for Azeroth:Burning of TeldrassilSiege of LordaeronHigher-Level CitiesDalaranDalaranAlterac MountainsCrystalsong ForestKirin TorTitanium Seal of DalaranShattrath CityThe Burning CrusadeGoblin CitiesBooty BayBaron RevilgazBloodsail BuccaneersFleet Master SeahornBooty BayEverlookGadgetzanRatchetneutralShattrathShattrath CityShrine of the Seven Stars/Two MoonsShrine of Seven StarsShrine of Two MoonsDazar'alorDazar'alorBoralusBoralus

Comments

Comment by lankybrit

Very nice guide. Could you also include 'Inn' in you What is a City? section? Say there are mulitple inns in different districts in the city that you can set your HS to.

Comment by PositveRoleModel

These cities come with banks and a neutral version of the Auction House which lets players buy goods across factions.

All Auction Houses are neutral auction houses now, not just the ones in goblin cities.

Comment by Nighteye

Very helpful!

Comment by DragonANGL

Unlike most of the other cities, the 2 Pandaria Shrines have Auction Houses, but they are mechanical Auctioneers instead, restricted only to Engineers. That said, they also have portals to all the other major cities (that are possible for each faction).

Comment by 1461072

Thunder Bluff paragraph, areas of interest: Highland Rise misspelled as Rose; Elder Rise: i in Rise is capitalized needlessly.
Also, perhaps have Shattrath and Dalaran in order of encountering them?

Comment by GrizzlyUK

Under Darnassus -> Areas of Interest the final sentence currently reads:

The Temple of the Moon is the center of worship for the Sisters of Elune, where Tyrande Whisperwind and Malfurion Stormwind reside.

I suspect Malfurion Stormrage is wondering who this Malfurion Stormwind is! ;)

Also under Darnassus:

Transportation: Darnassus is located in northern Kalimdor. The most common way to reach Darnassus is to take a boat from Stormwind to Ruth'theran Village and then teleport up the island. Darnassus is a city you'll encounter naturally as a Draenei or Night Elf.

I'd like to suggest that it might read better as (also correcting the spelling of Rut'theran):

Darnassus is located in Teldrassil, north west of Kalimdor. The most common way to reach Darnassus is to take a boat from Stormwind to Rut'theran Village and then use the large teleport in Rut'theran. Darnassus is a city you'll encounter naturally as either a Night Elf, Draenei or Worgen.

Comment by dimestorecandy

From Stormwind section:

The district formerly known as the Stormwind Park is now damaged.

Change to something like:

Lion's Rest - 'a place of contemplation and remembrance' - can be found between Cathedral Square and the Mage Quarter. It was built over the site of the former Park and Old Barracks, destroyed by Deathwing.

Comment by OneMoreBook1268

The Exodar Bank TomTom cords are located at 50.96, 44.10. It is between The Crystal Hall steps and The Vault of Light steps. Nestled in a little tunnel with a mailbox on the right and money sign on the left.

I only include this because even after asking a guard for directions and running literally all around it did I discover its location.

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