Alterac Valley Posted in ,

AV is a very large Battleground. There are several graveyards, keeps/garrisons, bunkers, outposts, towers, and sentry posts to attack and gain control of. You win by reducing the opposing team’s reinforcements to zero. You do this by killing enemy players, capturing towers/bunkers, and killing captains. The fastest way to win is to kill the enemy general, this immediately ends the round.

The generals are raid level bosses and you will need about 15 players to take one down. Tip: once the general has been engaged do not run outside the building no matter what. If the general follows you outside the building, he will regain full health.

Battleground overview

In Alterac Valley, your goal is to reduce the opposing faction’s reinforcement count to zero. The most direct way to do this is to push your way to the other faction’s base, and kill the enemy General. Along the way, you have to deal with Bunkers, Towers, and several groups of NPCs. Each faction can capture the seven Graveyards that are arranged through the valley to gain control of an area and a resurrection point. There can be up to 40 players on each side, and the minimum level requirement is 51. The match can be completed in fifteen minutes, but battles can last several hours.- WoWWiki

A word of caution for those who are twinked and/or trying not to level. You get experience in AV. The experience comes from turning in any of the several available quests from the NPCs inside the Battleground as well as from killing the opposing NPCs themselves. Also the level 60s are grouped in with the 51-59s so expect to see level 60s in full PVP gear riding their Epic Mounts. It’s always best to wait to PVP in any of the BGs until you are in the higher end of your level bracket, but being grouped with the 60s makes this even more important. I’ve been 3 and 4 shotted a couple times, and I’ve twinked Kimico pretty well for level 59.

Alterac Valley

  • Factions: Stormpike Guard (Alliance), Frostwolf Clan (Horde)
  • Alliance Base: Dun Baldar
  • Alliance Entrance: The Headland
  • Horde Base: Frostwolf Keep
  • Horde Entrance: North East of Sofera’s Naze
  • Levels: 51-60, 61-70
  • Combatants: 40 per faction (20 minimum)
  • Map on WoWWiki

—WoWWiki

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Posted 28.04.08 by Shazuku

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  1. Posted by Padmo

    Fantastic set of articles, I might have to give some of these a try.

    7.05.08
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