Booty Bay


 * This popular port town was originally a scenario in Warcraft III.



Booty Bay is a large pirate town nestled into the cliffs surrounding a beautiful blue lagoon on the southern tip of Stranglethorn Vale. The city is entered by traversing through the bleached-white jaws of a giant shark.

Run by the Blackwater Raiders who are closely associated with the Steamwheedle Cartel, the port offers facilities to any traveller passing through, regardless of their faction. Combined with the world renowned Salty Sailor Tavern, it is one of the most popular locations in Azeroth.

Outside of Booty Bay, on the island of Janeiro's Point, is the giant statue of Baron Revilgaz.

Due to the boat route from Booty Bay to Ratchet, players of all level ranges (mostly Horde, if lower level) can be expected to be found going about their business, although frequent visitors will more than likely fit in the 35 - 45 range. The quests available from the locals reflect this range nicely.

Baron Revilgaz, ruler of this city, is hiring all the help he can get against the pesky Bloodsail Buccaneers and other threats of the city. He resides, together with the leader of the Blackwater Raiders, Fleet Master Seahorn, at the top of the inn of Booty Bay.

If you fall into the water, you can get back onto the docks by swimming to the centre of the U-shaped docks, where there will be a small ramp leading up from the water to dry land.

The water there occasionally has floating wreckages and schools of fish. The Schools that are most often are Firefin Snappers, Oily Blackmouths, and Stonescale Eels. Fishing in the floating wreckages will also give you very high chances of fishing out chests and items, making Booty Bay an ideal place for fishing.

Facilities

 * Bank (with Mailbox), on the lowermost level, farthest from the entrance (to the right from this angle)
 * Equipment Repair at any vendor that normally does this
 * Forge & Anvil, on the top level, near the entrance
 * To get here, at the entrance before you go down the slope towards the boat, turn left; they are at the second building along, just after the armorcrafter
 * Inn (with Mailbox), on the second and third floors, roughly halfway between where the second floor begins and where it ends; innkeeper is on the second floor (the bottom of the inn, second floor of town)
 * Master Blacksmith
 * Master Gnomish Engineer
 * Fishing vendors on the bottom (who sell the expert book) and the second floors just north of the bank
 * Transport to Ratchet via Boat
 * Gryphon Master - in the south (to the right from this angle) of the city, upper level
 * Windrider Master - May be difficult to find, though in reality it actually isn't. On the south side of town, there is a tavern. Travel to the very top level of the tavern where there is a balcony with a Tauren and a Goblin, the goblin being Baron Revilgaz. As soon as you come onto the balcony, turn immediately left to see a small walkway. This walkway will lead you to the Flight Path platform complete with a couple of bruisers.
 * Shady Dealer, on the lowermost level, behind the buildings
 * Rogue Trainer on the top floor of the inn
 * The famous auctioneer O'reely stands on the boxes outside the largest building, linked to the neutral goblin auction.

Quests
See Stranglethorn Quests.

Gaining Favor
Killing the Bloodsail Buccaneers and Venture Co. in Stranglethorn will increase your Reputation with the Steamwheedle Cartel. Having a Friendly or higher Reputation will make the Guards help you in case of initiated violence against you.

See Mobs which affect reputation with Steamwheedle Cartel.

Ganking in the bay
In vanilla WoW, Booty Bay served as a popular ganking spot when guilds assembled there to run Zul'Gurub or get the Hakkar buff, but contrary to urban legend, there is no reputation level at which players can attack other players without fear of reprisal from the guards.

Although the majority of booty bay is patrolled by bruisers, its complexity creates several ganking spots where players may attack others without aggroing the goblins. One absolute spot is the second floor of the inn in the hallway before the room where the rogue trainer resides. Others include several areas above the rooftops which take some initiative to find. In addition watch out when shopping in the arcade -- it is not patrolled by Bruisers and the vendors won't assist you or summon help if you're attacked.

It is also worth noting that, for the past two years at least, on the day after New Years the town becomes an even greater volatile place for active PVP. The guards of the bay all sleep following the drunken escapades of the night before and do not awaken until the 2nd of January. Thus, it is commonplace for the entire harbour to become a large battlefield which should be avoided by lower players.

WoW History
During alpha phase of WoW, Booty Bay was designed just a little differently. With the way boat transportation was going to work though, change was needed.