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- Not to be confused with Exile's Rise.
 Exile's Reach | |
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| Level: 1 - 10 | |
| Races |
 Ogre Ogron  Quilboar Harpy  Murloc |
| Location | North Sea (off the coast of Stormheim)[1] |
| PvP status | Contested territory |
Stranded on Exile's Reach.
Exile's Reach is an uncharted island off the coast of Stormheim[1] which will serve as a level 1-10 starting zone in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. New World of Warcraft players will automatically start in Exile's Reach before moving to their faction's capital and entering Battle for Azeroth leveling content. Existing players starting new characters will be able to choose if they want to start in their race's regular starting zone or in Exile's Reach before moving on to 10-50 content. The story through the island culminates in a mini-dungeon of two bosses designed for 1 to 5 players, with scaling difficulty and no role requirements. Players can choose if they want to take on the challenge alone or with friends. Overall, the experience is intended to introduce new players to the world and the basics of the features seen later in the game.[2][3]
Allied races, demon hunters, and death knights won't be able to start in this zone as they already have their own starting areas and begin at level 10.[2]
History
The Horde and Alliance sent an expedition to the island, but it was never heard from again. Novice adventurers travel to the island as part of a bigger and stronger expeditionary force to find out what happened. As with many such journeys, the adventurers find themselves as part of a crew aboard a ship bound to their last known location. When things take a turn for the worse, they make landfall on the island of Exile's Reach, eventually discovering that the previous expedition was captured by an ogre necromancer who intends to sacrifice them to raise an undead dragon.[2][3][4]
Geography
Exile's Reach is located in the North Sea, close to the Broken Isles' Stormheim's coast.[1] The island has large mountains, vistas, waterfalls, dark forests, and a variety of familiar monsters.[3]
Maps and subregions
Map of Exile's Reach.
Dungeons
| Instance name | Level range | Group size | Approximate run time |
|---|---|---|---|
 Darkmaul Citadel |
10 | 5 |
Gallery
- BlizzCon 2019
Exile's Reach as shown at BlizzCon 2019
Patch changes
- Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Added.
References
- ^ a b c MrGM 2019-11-02. Blizzcon Shadowlands Interview: Frank Kowalkowski & Steve Danuser - Titanforging/Tier Sets & More!. YouTube. Retrieved on 2020-03-06.
- ^ a b c Shadowlands: Adventure Awaits in the New Starting Experience
- ^ a b c Blizzard Entertainment 2019-11-02. World of Warcraft: Deep Dive Panel Recap. Retrieved on 2020-03-06.
- ^ Medievaldragon 2019-11-15. BlizzCon 2019 World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Deep Dive Panel Transcript. Blizzplanet. Retrieved on 2020-03-06.
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