Cleft of Shadow

The Cleft of Shadow.

The Cleft of Shadow before Cataclysm.

The Cleft of Shadow^[47, 50] (or the Cleft of Shadows) is home to Orgrimmar's rogue, mage, and warlock trainers. It is also the location of the entrance to the Ragefire Chasm instance and is inhabited by the less-than-savory denizens of the great city. Its Arcane Enclave also has the second of the city's portals to the Blasted Lands, the first being in the troll-designed Valley of Spirits.

Garrosh Hellscream, having an extreme hatred of warlocks, put them under guard by the Kor'kron and shadowmages. Many of the warlocks were later executed, and after the Siege of Orgrimmar a stone plaque was put at the entrance of the area in memory of all who died during the battle.

During Saurfang's rebellion, the entrances to the Cleft of Shadow were barred.

Points of interest

• Ragefire Chasm (instance)
• The Slow Blade
• Shadowswift Brotherhood ( Rogue trainer)
• Rekkul's Poisons
• Ironwood Staves and Wands
• Shadowdeep Reagents
• Darkfire Enclave ( Warlock trainer)
• Dark Earth
• Arcane Enclave ( Mage trainer)

The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 8.1.5.

Portal hub as of 8.1.0.

• Portals
  • Portal to Blasted Lands
  • Portal to Dalaran
  • Portal to Hellfire Peninsula
  • Portal to Dazar'alor
  • Portal to Warspear

Inhabitants

Excludes the above areas.

•   Craven Drok

Near Ragefire Chasm

•   Arnak Fireblade

The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 6.0.2.

•   Neeru Fireblade
•   Ureda of the Black Flame

Patch changes

• Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Portals removed.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Portals to Dalaran (Broken Isles) added.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Named subzone correctly appears again.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): No longer see sky. Named subzone removed.

  Area still in-game however.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB