Battle for Ashenvale
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The subject of this article is exclusive to World of Warcraft Classic: Season of Discovery. |
The Battle for Azeroth is a world PvP event occurring periodically in Ashenvale.
Event overview
While the event is inactive, PvP kills within the zone for each faction are tracked and appear at the top of the screen. Once both bars have been filled, a message will be sent signifying the start of the battle:
- The Battle for Ashenvale has begun! Seek and defeat the enemy lieutenants and general!
Priestess of the Moon Felore Moonray will spawn at the Alliance Headquarters near Silverwing Outpost, and Far Seer Kazragore will spawn at the Horde Headquarters near Talondeep Path. The event will last for 60 minutes, or until one of these NPCs has been slain. Additionally, three lieutenants (Keepers of the Grove for Alliance and Blademasters for Horde) will also spawn for each faction; the generals will be immune to damage until all three of their lieutenants have been killed.
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Alliance lieutenants
- Centrius, at the Alliance Runestone Base just north of Maestra's Post
- Larodar, at the Alliance Glaive Base just east of Astranaar
- Ceredwyn, at the Alliance Research Device Base just south of Splintertree Post
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Horde lieutenants
- Jubei, at the Horde Shredder Base just west of Maestra's Post
- Tojara, at the Horde Catapult Base just west of Raynewood Retreat
- Moogul the Sly, at the Horde Lumber Camp Base just west of Splintertree Post
Another message will be sent when a general is killed and the battle ends:
- The Alliance Priestess of the Moon has been slain! The Horde are victorious in Ashenvale!
- The Horde Far Seer has been slain! The Alliance are victorious in Ashenvale!
Quests
Killing enemy NPCs or players will allow you to loot 
[Silverwing Sentinel Charm] or 
[Warsong Outrider Mark], which can be turned in to your faction's general for 
[Silverwing Battle Hymn] or 
[Warsong Battle Drum]. Only one such item can be obtained per week. After the battle, Felore and Kazragore can be found at Astranaar and Splintertree Post respectively to allow players to turn in these items.
In addition to the Alliance and Horde lieutenants cited above, the new mobs are:
Rewards
The event awards reputation with the Warsong Gulch factions, Silverwing Sentinels and Warsong Outriders, up to Revered.
- Killing an enemy lieutenant or general is worth 400 reputation.
- Killing elite mobs at enemy bases is worth 10-15 reputation.
- 200 reputation is granted to all players in the zone when their faction kills the enemy general.
- 200 reputation is granted to all players in the zone for each friendly lieutenant still alive when the battle ends.
PvP rewards can be purchased from the normal faction vendors: Illiyana Moonblaze at Silverwing Grove and Kelm Hargunth at the Mor'shan Base Camp. New rewards include mounts that can be used at level 25 and with no riding skill, but only within Ashenvale.
| Name | Type | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
 [Resilient Cloth Headband] |
Cloth Head | Friendly |
 [Resilient Mail Coif] |
Leather Head | Friendly |
 [Resilient Leather Mask] |
Mail Head | Friendly |
 [Rune of Duty] |
Physical Trinket | Friendly |
 [Rune of Perfection] |
Caster Trinket | Friendly |
 [Trainee's Sentinel Nightsaber]/ [Trainee's Outrider Wolf] |
Mount | Friendly |
 [Caretaker's Cape]/ [Battle Healer's Cloak] |
Caster Back | Honored |
 [Lorekeeper's Ring]/ [Advisor's Ring] |
Caster Ring | Honored |
 [Protector's Band]/ [Legionnaire's Band] |
Physical Ring | Honored |
 [Sentinel's Medallion]/ [Scout's Medallion] |
Caster Neck | Honored |
 [Lorekeeper's Staff]/ [Advisor's Gnarled Staff] |
Intellect Staff | Revered |
 [Outrunner's Bow]/ [Outrider's Bow] |
Bow | Revered |
 [Protector's Sword]/ [Legionnaire's Sword] |
1H Strength Sword | Revered |
 [Sentinel's Blade]/ [Scout's Blade] |
Agility Dagger | Revered |
Notes
- All the new NPCs are named after random Warcraft III heroes.
Patch changes
Hotfix (2024-01-08): The Battle for Ashenvale now has minimum and maximum times between battles. It will now never restart sooner than about 2 hours after its last start, and will not take longer than about 3 hours since its last start. If player activity is very low or very high, the percentage progress will be sped up or slowed down to match those time constraints. - Hotfix (2024-01-02): Two additional Spirit Healers will be present during the Battle for Ashenvale in the northwest of the zone.
- Hotfix (2023-12-18):
- The Battle for Ashenvale will now progress about 50% faster than previously.
- The reputation gain for participating in killing an enemy Keeper of the Grove or Blade Master has been increased to 400 (was 200).
- Hotfix (2023-12-14):
- The Priestess of the Moon Felore Moonray and Far Seer Kazragore are now spawned in Ashenvale while the Battle for Ashenvale is inactive, and are available to turn in quest items. Felore Moonray can be found in the inn in Astranaar, and Kazragore can be found in the inn in Splintertree Post. During the battle, they will move to their respective battlefield positions.
- Fixed an issue where progress for the Battle for Ashenvale could be reset repeatedly by battles ending at different times on different layers.
- Hotfix (2023-12-13):
- Population adjustments have been made to layers in the Ashenvale PvP event which should result in an improved experience for players.
- Ashenvale progress should be much more consistent.
- Hotfix (2023-12-12): Battle for Ashenvale camps will no longer delay their spawn if players are nearby.
- Hotfix (2023-12-07):
- When a player makes any hostile action against an opposing faction Lieutenant (e.g. Keepers of the Grove, Blademasters) or faction leader in the various objective areas, they will receive reputation when that enemy dies. It must be an offensive action (harmful spell, harmful ability, melee attack, or ranged attack) against an enemy to receive reputation.
- Players will receive reputation even if they are dead or no longer nearby as long as they are still in the zone when the enemy dies.
- Players now receive 200 reputation for killing a Lieutenant and all members of the winning faction will receive 200 reputation when the faction leader dies.
- The winning team will also receive 100 reputation per friendly Lieutenant remaining.
- Players now have 60 minutes to complete the Ashenvale PvP event (was 30 minutes).
- Hotfix (2023-12-06):
- The lieutenant and general NPCs in the Season of Discovery Ashenvale PvP event now have much higher health.
- Generals are now immune to damage until all of their lieutenants have been defeated.
- While no lieutenants are dead, generals and their nearby allies gain 1000% increased damage.
- The Horde general's chain lightning will now hit up to 40 targets.
- Patch 1.15.0 (2023-11-14): Added.