EU+US Mt Hyjal - how to get there? Other hard to reach places...

[P'Li]

There's your issue... re-read the original instructions. The whole point was to "Queue & Die" just outside of the Mount Hyjal gates, precisely to avoid having to walk from Ashenvale.

haha my bad xD
and it worked! thanks to you kinda people here I can finally get the flower crown transmog I can wear all year long

 

[icehawk]

haha my bad xD
and it worked! thanks to you kinda people here I can finally get the flower crown transmog I can wear all year long

Hahaha, nice work. Got there in the end.
I still shudder when I hear the word Mt Hyjal....... the number of times I raged when ghost walking from Ashenvale, before the days u could ghost rez after a bg queue.

 

[Embu]

I never managed to reach the top of Mt Hyjal from my side.

Except on Warcraft III ;p

 

[FiveSpice]

haha my bad xD
and it worked! thanks to you kinda people here I can finally get the flower crown transmog I can wear all year long

Excellent! That's the reason I made the trip this time - looks great on my Tauren.

I re-read my guide post. I wrote it twice and the first time definitely put this in - then got distracted half way through and had to start again. I forgot this important stage second time around. Sorry. I've now edited it to be complete.

The benefit of queuing for both Random BG & Dungeon is that if one or other pops before you are ready, you can turn down the invite & take more time. If you can choose your spec this affects your queue time as well. I queue healer so Random Dungeons can take about 5 minutes to pop. (Tank faster DPS slower.) BGs as has been said 5-10.

Hope that helps.

 

[P'Li]

Hahaha, nice work. Got there in the end.
I still shudder when I hear the word Mt Hyjal....... the number of times I raged when ghost walking from Ashenvale, before the days u could ghost rez after a bg queue.

Just like you icehawk, at first I tried to corpse-walk through Mount Hyjal. After realizing how atrocious my journey to Nordrassil was (especially ghost-walk from ashenvale to hyjal), I started to look for some alternative routes.
Then a few days ago I was able to discover the BG/dungeon shenanigan FiveSpice provided..woooo!


one happy panda haha

 

[Chops]

Just like you icehawk, at first I tried to corpse-walk through Mount Hyjal. After realizing how atrocious my journey to Nordrassil was (especially ghost-walk from ashenvale to hyjal), I started to look for some alternative routes.
Then a few days ago I was able to discover the BG/dungeon shenanigan FiveSpice provided..woooo!

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one happy panda haha

yay!

just dont forget to snag all the flight paths so you dont have to do it all again

 

[icehawk]

I heard some rumblings recently about Pandaria and how to get to the Ship in the air. Well, for Ally...... I don't know what the Horde questline is, all you need is the Cannon, and 1 x Glider and you'll be in the air, and on your way to the ship.
From Zhu's watch, you can follow a track which wraps around a tall mountain. Follow it up past the goats....

The map above shows the location halfway up the mountain.
You can get up without incident, I did it the 2nd time no worries, but watch out for the bird that circles near the top. It has a taste for us 20's.......

Shield spike to face....ahhh, beak.... you nasty birdie.....

Anyhow, if you tuck yourself next to the statue, you'll avoid aggro'ing the little birdie.

Launch from this height......

Pop a glider......

And you'll be on the ship in no time.....

 

[Slynx]

How to get to vashjir without help?(to tabard)

Can do it without problems with a turtle mount (or any mount/attribute that ups your swim speed), which you could fish as f2p. Surprisingly, I fished mine at Darkmoon, though Northrend is the usual place.
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I'm sure this is old news by now, but just in case, this is how I got to Mount Hyjal today without assistance:

1. Get to Winterspring - e.g. Everlook Flight Master.
2. Run south to Frostwhisper Gorge and stick high up on the western side.
3. [Edit*: As late as you dare i.e. before you get killed, queue for a Random Battleground and/or Dungeon. This is important.]
4. If you die (likely) you'll res here:
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5. Head for this mound which is flat enough to plant your Darkmoon Canon:
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6. Aim for the conical conifer & blast off.
   
7. When you land, run south & get killed by the mobs.
8. This time you'll res here:
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9. Corpse run past your corpse and into Mount Hyjal through these gates:
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10. Once in you will start to fly. Fly up to the Nordrassil Flight Master & wait for your BG/Dungeon top pop.
11. When you return you'll be alive & well in Mount Hyjal - don't forget to grab the Flight Master quickly.

I died twice & used the canon once. Rinse, repeat for other flight paths.

Enjoy.

* I wrote this guide twice and the first time definitely put this in - then got distracted half way through and had to start again. I forgot this important stage second time around. Sorry.

(First post) Really helpful info; as f2p, I could find no physical route to get into Hyjal (could only get there by resurrecting on the edge of Frostwhisper just outside the zone). Corpse walking from #"%& Ashenvale got me nowhere; your tip finally got me to Nordrassil.

Couple of points:

1) For the Hyjal ghost run (NB 'standard' WoW, not Classis), I found you could just run into, or even to the northern edge, of Frostwhisper Gorge. Dying there means your spirit pops up on the 'right' side of the Gorge to get into Hyjal (no need to track north). Then you can resurrect & queue for a BG or Dungeon to die & run as a ghost to Nordrassil. Best to list yourself as DPS to maximise wait/run time.

2) Although I use it sparingly, ghost dungeon running is a useful alternative to corpse running,e.g. for getting into opposing faction capitals, or for avoiding ressurecting when you do want be where your spirit resurfaces.

3) You can use the BG/Dungeon queue to extend swimming range. Get a queue time as close to, but within, your exhaustion + spirit release time, swim out, probably die. Go to dungeon when it pops, return 'refreshed', keep swimming, and try repeating (my spirit got auto-released after one cycle, probably as I tried to join the dungeon queue when dead elsewhere).

Obviously, you can shorten queue time by signing up as a tank or healer, but this means you either have to be capable of the role, or you'll p#¤ off the pick-up group!

 

[icehawk]

(First post) Really helpful info; as f2p, I could find no physical route to get into Hyjal (could only get there by resurrecting on the edge of Frostwhisper just outside the zone). Corpse walking from #"%& Ashenvale got me nowhere; your tip finally got me to Nordrassil.

There is 1 physical route to Hyjal, but it’s not immediately obvious. It’s near a gorge and some giants if I recall. When u get there it looks as if u can’t do it, but if u jump around, eventually u can get over it.
How do I know, because I did it like 100 times when doing the darn Ashenvale run pre-dungeon/bg rez’ing

 

[eluni]

Really helpful info

just in case anybody haven't seen my guide https://www.wowhead.com/guide=7294 you are welcome to check it out, particularly the exploration section. it contains the f2p exploration tips mentioned in this thread and some more.
btw, to get the universal explorer achievement (and the grand title!) as f2p you need only 2 summons (deepholm and quel'danas) and the rest is possible solo. the guide will not tell you how to get to bfa zones though, because it's not fully legal atm, but it is not hard to find this info and complete the job.
i have visited all the places for the title, so if you happen to have any trouble reaching a location don't hesitate to ask.
e.g. have you all been to frosthold and seen elder fargal? both tricks 8.1. and 8.2. in the guide allow you to do that.
or e.g. have you been on top of the twin colossals and got a colossal parachute? your favourite darkmoon cannon allows you to do that (approach from north, 2-3 lucky jumps needed).

 

[Slynx]

just in case anybody haven't seen my guide https://www.wowhead.com/guide=7294 you are welcome to check it out, particularly the exploration section. it contains the f2p exploration tips mentioned in this thread and some more.
btw, to get the universal explorer achievement (and the grand title!) as f2p you need only 2 summons (deepholm and quel'danas) and the rest is possible solo. the guide will not tell you how to get to bfa zones though, because it's not fully legal atm, but it is not hard to find this info and complete the job.
i have visited all the places for the title, so if you happen to have any trouble reaching a location don't hesitate to ask.
e.g. have you all been to frosthold and seen elder fargal? both tricks 8.1. and 8.2. in the guide allow you to do that.
or e.g. have you been on top of the twin colossals and got a colossal parachute? your favourite darkmoon cannon allows you to do that (approach from north, 2-3 lucky jumps needed).

Thanks; after just a quick scan the guide looks very useful as it shows you what is possible and the tweaks that make stuff feasible. Darkmoon Cannon is high on my 'wanted' list, but failed so far (2 Darkmoons).
Will read guide closely, and carry on trying to notch this stuff up, and maybe add some gen. Yesterday, finally got another Blingtron 6000 teleport; dropped me at Gallywicks for instant death... darn.
Druid class also have the teleport return to Moonglade, which is reassuring when you're on a different and unfamiliar planet.

 

[icehawk]

Cheers for that, but you are not going to believe what happened to me.........
I did obtain the Flamewarden for Deepholm, and I only had 1 more area to explore to complete not only Deepholm, but all of the Cata explore achieve............
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and I got terribly stuck in like some damn crevice and couldn't get out no matter what I tried. Even tried to blast out with the cannon but to no avail. I certainly wasn't going to hearth out. I felt like crying, but then I thought, oh, what about the stuck option. I've never used that before. I saw an option to hearth and an option to die and go to nearest graveyard. So I chose the graveyard option and........
WTF? I ended up back in my hearth point in Pandaria? I'm not sure if it is a bug thing for us Vets and F2P's in the Cata zones, a bit like Hyjal kicks you out to Ashenvale when you die, but trying to get out of a stuck situation in Deepholm spat me right out of that place!
So now I have to contain my OCD'ness because I have this one last freaking dag of an area to explore which will require another favour from friends down the track!

For the last 3 and a half years...... I have allowed no sleep to my eyes...... there has been a constant niggle...... when..... when will this take place..........
Well, finally, last night..... Iceháwk slept like a baby.........

Nothing beats that feeling of scratching an itch.....
Shout out and thanks to @ohti for assistance in getting to Deepholm.
Just a few more dungeons to visit (thanks to Shadowlands for that)...... and you shall refer to me as Elder Iceháwk!

 

[Chops]

For the last 3 and a half years...... I have allowed no sleep to my eyes...... there has been a constant niggle...... when..... when will this take place..........
Well, finally, last night..... Iceháwk slept like a baby.........
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Nothing beats that feeling of scratching an itch.....
Shout out and thanks to @ohti for assistance in getting to Deepholm.
Just a few more dungeons to visit (thanks to Shadowlands for that)...... and you shall refer to me as Elder Iceháwk!

FINALLY!

congrats!