Comprehensive Ashran Guide

By HelloKitty Updated: 2022/06/25

literally everythingObjectiveGrand Marshal TrembladeHigh Warlord VolrathVol'jin's SpearAshmaul StrongboxWrynn's VanguardAshmaul StrongboxCrossroadsCrossroadsTremblade's VanguardVolrath's AdvancebuffbuffA

Values Tip: Every time you get to this area, you will have a bonus objective (H) to kill enemy Priests (H). For doing so, you get roughly 75g. Your progress is saved even if you do not kill all 5. If you tag every Priest as soon as you get there, you will typically get 6 kills, netting you a free ~90g every time you pass through. I'm unsure if this was affected by the recent Bonus Objectives hotfix in Ashran.

Archmage OverwatchEmberfall Towerrare spawnHBonus ObjectiveHbuff20%Fortune Favors the BoldStormshield StrongholdWarspear KeepbuffupgradedFortune Favors the Bold

Values Tip: You (usually) won't get the reward for killing the enemy's leader if you aren't present for the kill and on the Boss's threat table. There are some buggy exceptions, but the general rule of thumb is to make sure you get on their threat table and do NOT release if you die!

Enemies SlainCaptain's WhistlehereTable of ContentsHonor Quests

Ashran Dominance/Ashran Dominance: Kill the enemy faction leader and win four events. Rewards include 500 Honor and a Mark of Honor.

Continue the Domination/Continue the Domination: Repeatable version of the quest above, which rewards 500 Honor.

Slay Them All!/Slay Them All!: Kill 200 players in Ashran. Rewards 200 Honor.

Table of ContentsBonus Events & Kor'lokTour of DutyDented Ashmaul StrongboxTour of DutyThy Kingdom ComeHEmpowered Ore eventSilithid Crystallimits your movement speed

Values Tip: Although not covered yet, the jump-launch effect from Leaping Gorger Residue allows you to bypass the movement-limiting effect from carrying ore!

This eventThe eventRisen Spiritfinal eventEvent: Apexis MarksApexis Mark of RedemptionRukmazKor'lokGaul Dun FirokMuk'Mar RazachievementHTable of ContentsArtifact FragmentsArtifact Fragmentan Apexis dailyAObtainingArtifact Fragmentrare mobsOgron DestructorAshmaul Bruiserbelowherelose half of their fragments if they release spirit or have their insignia lootedSpendingArtifact Fragmentbuyable itemsAlmost no matter how you contribute them to the effort, you will receive 5 Reputation with your faction and 3 Honor points per Fragment you spend.Faction GuardianFangraalKronusFangraalAnengaAtomikKronusFangraalSoul of the ForestKronus

Values Tip: Killing the enemy Guardian will reward you with something like 75 Honor. If this interests you, be sure to get onto the enemy Guardian's threat table just before it dies, and do not release if you die!

outridersACaptainCaptain's WhistleCommander Anne DunworthyGeneral Ushet WolfbargerCaptain's WhistleCaptain's WhistlequestHMage PortalsHWarlock GatewaysHCrossroadsthe enemy faction can kill a guard standing near your portal to close itCaptain's WhistleanyTake all my fragments!NOTherequestdoes not actually require or consume any fragmentsTable of ContentsBonus ObjectivesArtifact Fragment

Molten Quarry

Brute's Rise

Ashmaul Burial Grounds

Amphitheater of Annihilation

Ashran Excavation

Table of ContentsItemsfreely lootable itemsquestable itemspurchasable itemsclass spellbooksLootable Items

Song Flower: 15% increase to all stats for 1 hour, persists through death. Can easily loot many from Song Flowers. They are in the "Dark Woods" (east) portion of the map.

Star Root Tuber: Small heal and 40% mitigation for 10 seconds on a 90s CD. Obtainable from interacting with Tuber objects inside of the Root Den in eastern Ashran.

The following items are obtainable from random objects and rare monsters.

Scroll of Speed: AoE Sprint.
Scroll of Protection: AoE 60% mitigation.
Scroll of Mass Invisibility: AoE Invisibility. Does not work in combat.
Scroll of Town Portal: Returns you to your faction's keep.
Wand of Lightning Shield: Places a devastating AoE Damage Pulse on an ally. Can be cast on your Faction Leader or Faction Guardian.
Wand of Neutralization: AoE Super-Mass Dispel. You choose where you want to aim it at the ground, and has roughly a 10y radius.
Wand of Mana Stealing: Mana Burn/Mana Heal. Best used as a healer VS healers
Wand of Arcane Imprisonment: Traps enemies within a ~15y radius of the targeted ground. Combined with N.U.K.U.L.A.R. Target Painter or Wand of Lightning Shield will devastate.
Scroll of Replenishment: Restores 30% mana to all nearby allies.
Wand of Death: Kills any level 100 NPCs nearby. Particularly effective against the enemy's roaming outriders and their faction's Champions!

The following items may only be obtained (to my knowledge) from the enemy's faction chests (H). These are opened up via keys (H) obtained by looting enemy players' corpses. From my experience, these items each have a loooong cast time (~10s). I don't know if they share cooldown.

Frost Wyrm Egg: Summons a Frost Wyrm that goes down the Road of Glory and freezes all enemies hit for 8 seconds (as well as dealing ~100k damage).
Nesingwary's Lost Horn: Summons Kroshik and a whole host of other legendary beasts that Nesingwary has tamed to rush down the Road of Glory, knocking any enemy players high (~100y) into the air and dealing roughly 100k damage.
Scroll of Invoke Yu'lon, the Jade Serpent: Summons Yu'lon to fly down the Road of Glory, fully healing/cleansing all allies in her wake.

Questable Items

Vintage Free Action Potion: 15 seconds of CC immunity potion. Obtained via quest (A). Requires Ashmaul Pearl to complete. Found from Ashmaul Clam, which are plentiful north of the Brute's Rise area.

Phantom Potion: 25 seconds of invisibility + 30% movement increase, even works while mounted. Quest (H). Requires Ghost Truffle to complete, which spawn in many small areas of the map. with the area north of Molten Quarry being the best.

Purchasable ItemsArtifact Fragment

Vol'jin's Spear Tabard (A): Tabards for your faction. Bought with gold. Require Exalted.

S.O.S. Relief Flare (A): When used, puts a giant red X on the map of all other players in your faction with a zone-wide yell. Bought with gold. Consumed.

Disposable Pocket Flying Machine (A): Cashes in your artifacts without you having to go back yourself. Bought with gold. Consumed.

Swift Riding Crop (A): Instant mounting! Bought with gold. Consumed. Requires Honored. Cannot mount while moving.

Flimsy X-Ray Goggles (A): Shows little brown/red bag icons over enemies heads. Brown = few fragments, red = many. Bought with fragments. Consumed. Requires Honored. Mainly useful for Rogue pickpocketing.

Preserved Discombobulator Ray: Dismount enemies. Bought with fragments. Consumed.

Proximity Alarm-o-Bot 2000: Truesight and force-reveal on stealthies. Bought with fragments. Not consumed. Very underwhelming (tiny radius, clearly marked).

Gazlowe's Gargantuan Grenade (A): Damage + root on a small AoE bomb. Bought with fragments. Consumed.

Vol'jin's Spear Battle Standard (A): Battle standard giving AoE versatility. Bought with fragments. Not consumed. Requires Friendly.

Kowalski's Music Box: Supposed to limit aggro radii from mobs. Bought with fragments. Not consumed. VERY underwhelming and possibly buggy!

LeBlanc's Recorder (A): Directs all mobs within 60y to your target(?) Bought with fragments. Not consumed. Requires Revered. Have not ever seen it in use.

Class SkillbooksSigil of Death GripDark Simulacrum

Values Tip: As of when I last checked a few days ago: if you're an Alliance, you can steal the ability from Jeron Emberfall and proceed to instant-cast 100k attacks off the global cooldown, decimating anyone you look at for 30 seconds.

Book of RebirthBook of Flight FormI suspect this book isn't as easy to find, but cannot confirm this.Guide: DisengageDisengageGuide: Rogue TrackingI don't know if this lets them pierce Rogue's stealth, but I would assume it's useless otherwise.Tome of BlinkBlinkScroll of Touch of FatalityTouch of Death

Values Tip: Bosses are generally 102, but some elites are 100. Most notably, the enemy's Champions are level 100s, which means you can instantly kill enemy Champions. This can also trivialize the achievement Down Goes Van Rook.

The Jailer's LibramJailer's JudgmentYour jail is inside of your base, inside of the main building. Also, I've never tested this, but I assume a second- or third-DR stun will simply expedite the teleporting process.

Values Tip: I can't speak for Alliance, but as a Horde character you are sent to the same place as the Rescue Operation achievement, safely out of harm's way. You can kill the guard 3 times and free the 3 prisoners safely. Additionally, there is a Scroll of Town Portal on the ground right next to where you zone in. You can use it to escape safely when you're done. This libram is an easy way to help any cross-faction friends get their achievement.

Codex of AscensionAscensionHandbook: Pick PocketPick PocketArtifact FragmentHandbook: VanishKilling Blow

Values Tip: If the target has less than 5 Fragments, Pickpocket will simply steal nothing. Additionally, if you're behind enemy lines and have the Fortune Favors the Bold buff, you will actually get 10 fragments per pickpocket (they will still only lose 5). Since every fragment is now worth 5 reputation and you can reasonably pickpocket 10 to the cooldown with Flimsy X-Ray Goggles active, you can realistically gain over 10k rep/hour (and 6k honor/hour!) by grinding these out in the enemy's base.

Tablet of Ghost WolfGhost WolfGrimoire Of Convert DemonRather useless is my understanding, unfortunately.Manual Of Heroic LeapSpell ReflectionDoes not work with .Table of ContentsBuffs/GuardiansSong FlowerStar Root Tuberthe items sectionAncient ArtifactLeaping GorgerLeaping Gorger ResidueLeaping LegsLeaping LegsLeaping GorgerCaptured Gor'vosh StoneshaperLeaping GorgerBoulder ShieldWeb-wrapped SoldierPriestHSlippery SlimeSlippery SlimeLeaping Gorger Residue

Values Tip: If you bind Interact With Target in your keybinding menu, you can mash the keybind freely as you run past the Slime to easily get the buff!

Ancient ArtifactAncient ArtifactIt puts an icon on your minimap when it's nearby.Boulder Shield

Values Tip: I once saw two Ancient Artifacts picked up within 10 seconds of each other. I'm not sure if it's because a person picked it up and died or passed it immediately or if it's actually possible to have more than one Ancient Artifact up at any given time.

Table of ContentsAchievementsHero of Warspear/StormshieldVol'jin's SpearWrynn's VanguardSavage Friends

On some realms, you can kill the enemy's leader repeatedly in the middle of the night. It gives a very large amount of reputation (~20k/hour) and can be worth skipping some sleep for!

Turning in Artifact Fragment yields plenty. Try not to die. Kill rare mobs whenever they're up for roughly 100 per kill.

Completing the bonus events will reward 500 reputation each. Do them every time they're up!

Cross your fingers for some racial tokens. They reward 2,500 reputation each turn-in!

Rogues can simply pickpocket their way to Exalted in roughly 4-5 hours of dedication.

Medallion of the Legion added in 6.2 increases reputation by 1000.

Divide and Conquerpassively

Values Tip: You can tell if you're in the Road of Glory by checking the top of your screen. If you can see the BG Statistics at the top ("Enemies Slain" counter and such), then you're in the Road of Glory. As long as you're one step out of that, you're good for this achievement, no matter where the kills happen!

Grand Theftartifactplayer deaths

Values Tip: While leeching them in a raid is the most consistent method, expect to get over 2-3k HKs in Ashran before this method gives you what you need. You can expedite this process by grabbing buffs and books and hunting people solo with Flimsy X-Ray Goggles. You can occasionally get kills of 30-50 Fragments this way, although it's obviously a bigger commitment.

You can alternatively get this passively while leeching credit for Divide and Conquer.

Rescue OperationRescue OperationJailerAkeyA

Values Tip: As I posted on Rescue Operation, the achievement can be soloed by the Horde via a stealthy. I'm not sure about Alliance's ability to solo.

Operation CounterattackH

Values Tip: This achievement isn't really grindable. It often has a lot more to do with the Guardian's AI (and when it chooses to reset) as well as how many healers the enemy team has.

Thy Kingdom ComeKor'lokBonus Events & Kor'lokJust for MebooksSupposedly, this is currently bugged for Priests.Bounty HunterADented Ashmaul StrongboxH

Values Tip: These are very easy to obtain for the common races (Humans, Night Elves for Horde - likely Forsaken, Troll(?) for the Alliance). I've found that Pandaren can be particularly difficult. Don't hesitate to leave group and solo some enemy PvE'ers who are the correct race, since that will guarantee you the token if it drops!

Down Goes Van RookElliott Van RookWand of DeathTouch of DeathScroll of Touch of Fatality

Values Tip: Since Van Rook is a Horde captain, there's no current way for Horde to get this achievement. Current speculation is that Horde needs to do the same to one of Alliance's Captains, but is unconfirmed. More information about the speculation can be found on the the page.

Tour of DutyhereHigh-value TargetsHigh-value Targets

Values Tip: As mentioned before, most these mobs are typically pretty easy to solo with about 3-4 people, or any tank+healer combination. It's also worth noting that some these rare's HP does not seem to reset upon death, so it's possible to "graveyard zerg" them if one chooses. This is not true of all, as Brickhouse DOES reset when the fight ends. Additionally, the rare spawns located in the Ring of Conquest (such as Ancient Inferno) will likely take a larger group, since they're in a tougher area surrounded by harder mobs.

Take Them OutAWand of DeathWand of Death

Values Tip: This achievement is rather easy to passively get by just playing a lot of Ashran. You don't seem to even need to get on the Captain's threat table to get credit for their death!

Ashran VictoryTable of ContentsMisc.Market GraveyardCrossroadsI'm not sure if it's because I rarely died, but I don't think I EVER remember spawning here, so it could be bugged. I'm not sure.

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