Winter(grasp) is Coming!

By SquireKel Updated: 2019/02/27

Wintergrasp: The Snowy Battle for ArchavonWintergraspMapping it Out: Wintergrasp

Wintergrasp FortressWestspark WorkshopEastspark WorkshopFlamewatch TowerShadowsight TowerWinter's Edge TowerThe Sunken RingThe Broken TempleThe Cauldron of FlamesThe Chilled Quagmire

At the top of the zone is Wintergrasp Fortress (marked in yellow), which houses the Vaults of Archavon raid instance and is the primary focus of the battle over Wintergrasp itself. The defending team will find they need to repel the invading faction to maintain control of the fortress, while the attacking team utilizes resources to breach the walls and capture the fortress.

Several regions across the zone (marked in purple) are home to elementals that flee when the Horde and Alliance forces prepare to clash, only resurfacing once the battle passes. During the battle, players may choose to fight in those regions but as there are no advantages given to either side in doing so, often times they are ignored in favor of more strategically important areas.

Active battle zones in Wintergrasp, aside from the fortress itself, are located across the bottom of the zone (marked in green). They fall under two general categories: workshops and towers. Gaining and maintaining control of a workshop increases a team's resources by providing vehicles toward the team's goal. Towers, on the other hand, increase the defenses of Wintergrasp Fortress, and when destroyed, increase the time provided to the attacking team.

PvP in Wintergrasp: The Battle for Wintergrasp!Wintergrasp Victory

Wintergrasp Fortress

Win the battle for Wintergrasp by securing control of Wintergrasp Fortress or preventing the opposing team from gaining control of the fortress.

Strategy:
Wintergrasp is devised such that there is an attacking team and defending team pitted against one another every 2.5 hours. These teams are determined by which faction last held Wintergrasp. The attacking team is given 30 minutes to secure control of Wintergrasp Fortress, located at the top of the map, while the defending team attempts to prevent them from doing so. The attacking team may use a variety of vehicles to destroy the three towers placed across the bottom of the zone to increase the time allotted for the battle, but must gain control of a workshop to receive vehicles. The attacking team must use the vehicles to directly attack Wintergrasp Fortress as well, as only siege damage harms the walls, though the defending team can use tower cannons to halt the progress of the opposing team. The battle ends when time expires, in which case the defending team is declared successful and control of Wintergrasp returns to the defending team's faction, or the attacking team successfully gains control of Wintergrasp Fortress, in which case the attacking team is declared successful and control of Wintergrasp shifts to the attacking team's faction.

Within Our Grasp

Wintergrasp Fortress

Gain control of Wintergrasp as the attacking team within 10 minutes of the battle starting.

Strategy:
Completion of this achievement requires some luck and finesse. Most importantly, the opposing faction must hold Wintergrasp in the prior rotation to ensure they are defending. Keeping an eye on which faction is in control leading up to a battle will save players from wasting time unnecessarily. Once in the battle, players should focus all attention on breaking into Wintergrasp, which is best accomplished by quickly acquiring control of at least one of the two workshops south of the fortress. The vehicles received through holding a workshop can more rapidly batter down the fortress walls. It is beneficial to head into the fight with friends if possible, but remember that the zone tries to keep the teams relatively even.

Wintergrasp Ranger

Wintergrasp FortressWestspark WorkshopEastspark WorkshopFlamewatch TowerShadowsight TowerWinter's Edge TowerThe Sunken RingThe Broken TempleThe Cauldron of FlamesThe Chilled Quagmire

Receive ten killing blows in Wintergrasp Fortress, Flamewatch Tower, Shadowsight Tower, The Sunken Ring, Westspark Workshop, Eastspark Workshop, The Broken Temple, The Cauldron of Flames, Winter's Edge Tower, and The Chilled Quagmire.

Strategy:
On most servers, Wintergrasp is fairly abandoned as a battleground, so it can be difficult to accrue the kills during battle. However, it is still an active zone between battles for questing and elemental farming, and the kills do not need to be obtained during the battle for Wintergrasp. It is suggested that players use the battles to acquire kills in the active battle areas (green pins), while the downtime between battles is better for the farming areas (purple pins).

Active Battle Zones:
Wintergrasp Fortress
Westspark Workshop
Eastspark Workshop
Flamewatch Tower
Shadowsight Tower
Winter's Edge Tower

Downtime Farming Areas:
The Sunken Ring
The Broken Temple
The Cauldron of Flames
The Chilled Quagmire

Destruction DerbyDestruction Derby

Tower CannonTower CannonTower CannonTower CannonTower CannonTower CannonTower CannonTower CannonTower CannonTower CannonTower CannonTower CannonTower CannonWintergrasp FortressWestspark WorkshopEastspark Workshop

Wintergrasp Catapult
Wintergrasp Siege Engine / Wintergrasp Siege Engine

Wintergrasp Demolisher
Wintergrasp Tower Cannon

Strategy:
Both the attacking and defending teams are able to acquire and use any of the vehicles, though the Wintergrasp Tower Cannon is limited to use by the defending team only. As long as a player is involved in the kill somehow, whether it be by actually achieving the killing blow or not, credit is given upon destroying the vehicle.

Wintergrasp Tower Cannon are found around the edges of Wintergrasp Fortress, as well as surrounding each of the three towers along the southern region of the zone.
Each of the other three vehicles are created in the workshops near the bottom of the zone while a team maintains control. Once obtained, players tend to drive them towards the towers or up to Wintergrasp Fortress to defend or attack the walls.

Vehicular Gnomeslaughter

While participating in Wintergrasp, use a vehicle or cannon to kill 100 opponent players.

Strategy:
Whether attacking or defending Wintergrasp, players can "mount" into at least one type of arsenal required for this achievement's completion. While it's important to stop all opponents, players should focus their attention to large groups of players as well as those with low health. Any honorable kills received while in a vehicle or cannon will count toward the achievement's progress.
Keep in mind that Didn't Stand a Chance requires only twenty players, but under more strict circumstances (using a tower cannon to kill mounted players), so it is advised that players focus on it while their team is defending Wintergrasp until obtained. Any non-mounted players killed will count toward this achievement, increasing time-efficiency.
Remember that the First Lieutenant buff is required to mount into a vehicle. 10 honorable kills are required in order to receive this buff, which can be readily obtained by killing opponent players and NPCs in the zone.

Leaning Tower

Flamewatch TowerShadowsight TowerWinter's Edge Tower

While your team is attacking Wintergrasp, use a vehicle to destroy one of the towers.

Strategy:
Destroying a tower increases the time allotted to the attacking team to gain control of Wintergrasp Fortress. It is advised that players seeking this achievement head to a tower immediately upon acquiring a vehicle, as the towers are relatively close to the workshops but not particularly in the same direction as Wintergrasp Fortress.
Remember that the First Lieutenant buff is required to mount into a vehicle. 10 honorable kills are required in order to receive this buff, which can be readily obtained by killing opponent players and NPCs in the zone.

Didn't Stand a Chance

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While your team is defending Wintergrasp, use a tower cannon to destroy twenty mounted opponents.

Strategy:
Wintergrasp Tower Cannon can only be used by the defending team's players, and are located in the turrets at each corner of Wintergrasp Fortress, as well as in clusters in the towers to the south. Remaining inside or near the fortress at the start of the battle can make it easier for players to gain control of a cannon when the opposing faction begins their attack on the fortress. While it's important to stop all opponents from breaching the wall, players should focus their attention to large groups of players as well as those still attempting to reach the wall in order to increase the chances of killing a mounted player.
Keep in mind that Vehicular Gnomeslaughter requires the death of one hundred players, but under less strict circumstances, so it is advised that players focus on this one while their team is defending Wintergrasp until obtained. Any non-mounted players killed will count toward the other achievement, increasing time-efficiency.

Black War Mammoth

Wintergrasp Quartermaster

Alliance

While the Alliance faction holds Wintergrasp, purchase Reins of the Black War Mammoth from
Knight Dameron

Horde

While the Horde faction holds Wintergrasp, purchase Reins of the Black War Mammoth from
Stone Guard Mukar

Master of Wintergrasp

Wintergrasp Veteran
Wintergrasp Ranger
Archavon the Stone Watcher (10 player)
Destruction Derby
Leaning Tower

Within Our Grasp
Black War Mammoth
Archavon the Stone Watcher (25 player)
Vehicular Gnomeslaughter
Didn't Stand a Chance

Strategy:
Since a player must participate in at least 100 battles, there is no rush to obtain all the achievements in a single battle. By focusing on a single achievement each time, a player is not only more likely to complete that achievement, but also more attentive to the battle in general. Upon completing the desired achievement for that battle, the player should spend the remaining time trying to help the group win.

Quests & VendorNo Mercy for the MercilessVictory in WintergraspKnight DameronStone Guard MukarReins of the Black War MammothMark of HonorAbout the Authormy profile pageWoW.Guide.Writer@gmail.com

Comments

Comment by MasterGaming101

Great guide! Will be especially helpful once WTRG is tuned to LvL 90 bracket!

Though you forgot an achieve -

- defeat Archavon, Emalon, and Koralon within 60 sec of each other in VoA

Strategy: Go after Koralon first, and bring him to 10% health, then kite him to Emalon... Bring Emalon to 15% and kill Koralon... As you kill Koralon kite both brothers near Archavon. Once Koralon dies engage Archavon and once he is at 60% kill Emalon then Archavon and BOOM achievement 4 u

Will update comment when on a computer and not phone (can link things better, etc)

Comment by bakhtarrh

It pretty much looks like it's not 70+ (anymore).

A leveling twink, farming Crystallized Fire for its very own Jeeves, had been teleported out of wintergrasp once the battle started. The diplayed note said that the player level was too low. It was 81.

Comment by CataBreed

Terrible on Doomhammer. Been alliance for 7 days, easy. Had one guy who must have waited until 5minutes was left and killed the tower. Would be nice to know if any ally joined the BG.

Comment by Monthy

What is happening now 2018-02-10? I can't get anything to work. All controllers of the workshops are red all the time.
No matter what rank I am. Also I can't find any portal to Wintergrasp or any menus for it.
Has anyone played Wintergrasp during Legion?

Comment by alpanhell

Definitely not much of a strategy guide.

Also, for some reason you've got "The Broken Temple" and "The Sunken Ring" marked as purple and say they should be ignored. These are very important.

You've also got the Towers at the bottom of the map completely backward. The defending team attacks them to remove time from the Battle.

Winter(grasp) is Coming!

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