Wrath Classic Zone Guide: Zul’Drak and Sholazar Basin

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Learn more about Zul’Drak and Sholazar Basin— two challenging Northrend zones beckoning Azeroth’s bravest heroes.

Venture into Zul’Drak, a Scourge-infested wasteland inhabited by Drakkari ice trolls but beware of Scourge trying to infiltrate this zone to support the Lich King’s evil efforts. Unlike any other Northrend zone, Sholazar Basin is a tropical anomaly overflowing with vicious wildlife, where champions will find themselves in the middle of a local faction war.

The amphitheater of Zu’Drak is a formidable temple area in east Northrend, between Grizzly Hills and Storm Peaks. This contested zone boasts one of the most inhospitable climates. While the southern part of this zone is a harsh land plagued by death, the northern part is blanketed in freezing ice and snow. This area is home to the Drakkari, a vicious tribe of ice trolls rumored to practice ritual sacrifice of their ancient loa gods to counter the threat from the Scourge.

There are five entrances to Zul’Drak. One in Grizzly Hills to the south, another on the western border of Crystalsong Forest, in the southwest, there’s an entrance through Jintha’kalar Passage in Dragonblight, and another through Drak’atal Passage located in Drak’Tharon Keep.

Along with this region’s primary inhabitants of crazed Drakkari ice trolls, Scourge, Nerubians, and elementals, you’ll encounter other denizens while you adventure.

In the middle of Northrend, between Borean Tundra and Icecrown Glacier, lies a tropical anomaly. A jungle thrives amid the ice and snow of Northrend, beckoning adventurous champions. Pylons erected by the titans have kept this region’s climate temperate and mostly safe from the Scourge, but one of the pylons has fallen, and the protection barrier has broken.

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