Winterspring

Winterspring valley is located in northeastern Kalimdor, east of Felwood and Hyjal, and north of Azshara. It is a cold land perpetually covered in snow, and holds both the goblin city of Everlook, old night elf holdings, and the traditional homeland of the blue dragonflight. Many wild creatures roam the beautiful landscape in search of prey, and the southern parts of the region has been completely taken over by demons.

History
Thousands of years ago, this valley upon the slopes of Mount Hyjal served as a place for the night elves to start anew in the wake of the Great Sundering. A realm of perpetual winter, the valley has long been involved in a struggle between mysterious blue dragons and the fearsome white frostsaber cats. Both the Goblin Steamwheedle Cartel and the Night Elves have established bases in the region.

During the events of Reign of Chaos the valley was in a rare period of springtime or summer with no snow to be seen anywhere.

Maps


Topographic map of Winterspring

Dungeons
None

Raid Dungeons
None

Half-Dungeons/Elite Areas

 * Mazthoril
 * Darkwhisper Gorge
 * Frostwhisper Gorge

Battlegrounds
None

Flight paths from Everlook

 * Orgrimmar
 * Talonbranch Glade, Felwood
 * Bloodvenom Post, Felwood
 * Shrine of Remulos, Moonglade
 * Talrendis Point, Azshara

Notable Characters
Winterspring is home to several characters of note. At the Frostfire Hot Springs, Donova Snowden attempts to find out more about the taint that has affected the local furbolgs. On Frostsaber Rock, Rivern Frostwind enlists aid in providing food and safety for his pets in exchange for the secret to tame them. And high above Mazthoril, the matron protector Haleh sends bold adventurers into the deepest lairs of the black dragonflight in search of draconic artifacts of power.

For a complete list of characters, see List of Winterspring NPCs.

Quests

 * [] Quest:It's a Secret to Everyone
 * [56] Quest:Threat of the Winterfall
 * [56] Quest:Winterfall Firewater
 * [56] Quest:Falling to Corruption
 * [56] Quest:Mystery Goo

Resources

 * Herbs
 * Mountain Silversage
 * Icecap (Winterspring is the only region you can gather it.)
 * Black Lotus (One of the few regions where you can gather it. Rare.)
 * Leather
 * Rugged Leather
 * Worn Dragonscale (Skinning level 40-60 whelps/wyrmkin)
 * Chimera Leather (Skinning level 50-55 chimeras, found in the western part of the zone)
 * Warbear Leather (Skinning level 50-55 bears)
 * Blue Dragonscale (Skinning level 50-60 elite whelps and wyrmkin, found in the southeastern part of the zone)
 * Frostsaber Leather (Skinning level 55-60 frostsabers, found in the northern part of the zone)
 * Ore
 * Silver Vein
 * Iron Deposit
 * Gold Vein
 * Mithril Deposit
 * Truesilver Deposit
 * Small Thorium Vein
 * Rich Thorium Vein

Wild Creatures

 * Bears
 * Blue Dragons
 * Chimerae
 * Dragonspawn
 * Felbeasts
 * Felguards
 * Frostsabers
 * Furbolgs
 * Ghosts
 * Owls
 * Succubi
 * Whelps
 * Wildkin
 * Wolves
 * Yetis

Notes, Tips, & Additional Info

 * Although it occupies a rather large portion of the zone, Darkwhisper Gorge holds only tons of elite high level demons guarding a non-functional entrance to Hyjal.