Zen Pilgrimage
| Zen Pilgrimage | |
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| Properties | |
| Class | Monk |
| School | Nature |
| Cooldown | 1 minute |
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| Level learned | 11 |
Zen Pilgrimage is a monk ability. It teleports the monk to the Peak of Serenity in Pandaria, after which it turns into 
[Zen Pilgrimage: Return].
Upon completing 
[10-45] The Dawning Light it instead teleports the monk to Temple of Five Dawns. However, a portal leading back to the Peak of Serenity is provided on the steps leading from the temple, halfway down on the southwest side.
Notes
This is the monk equivalent of 
[Teleport: Moonglade] and 
[Death Gate]. However, it has some uniquely different subtleties. The less obvious distinction is that it is different from normal travel to the Peak of Serenity.
Attempting to leave on foot to get to another area of Kun-Lai Summit teleports the player back inside the building; the only way out is by using Zen Pilgrimage again or by another means of teleportation, such as a 
[Hearthstone]. However, players can fly in the open world Pandaria to the Peak of Serenity and are not subject to the same restrictions when leaving it.
Despite the spell referring to "your spirit" and "leaving your body behind", this is a true teleport: players actually disappear at the former location and appear bodily at the Peak, and are not subject to any different game mechanics.
There are portals to Orgrimmar and Stormwind City at the Peak, which can be taken if you get stuck and cannot teleport out by other means. Before the patch that introduced them, it was possible for monks to become trapped at the Peak of Serenity, with Hearthstones, 
[Summon Friend] and the unstuck feature simply teleporting them to either the Shrine of the Ox or the Peak graveyard. Players were however able to escape by queueing for a dungeon and Hearthstoning from there, or using a mage portal.
Blizzard at one point hampered this ability's functionality by causing the buff "Zen Pilgrimage: Return" to be removed if the monk left Peak of Serenity via any means other than using Zen Pilgrimage (which also causes the buff to be removed, once the player is returned). However, the 28 February 2014 hotfix reverted this; monks can once again use Zen Pilgrimage as a kind of second hearthstone.
Patch changes
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 11 (was 20). 
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Cooldown reduced to 1 minute (was 30 minutes). Now sends you to the Temple of Five Dawns instead of the Peak of Serenity after completing [10-45] The Dawning Light. 
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now learned at level 20 (was 30). 
Patch 5.1.0 (2012-11-27): New icon (was 
). - Hotfix (2012-10-12): Zen Pilgrimage can no longer be used on the Wandering Isle.
- Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
Other versions
MoP Classic
Zen Pilgrimage 
- Zen Pilgrimage
- Level 20 monk ability
- 30 min cooldown
- 10 sec cast
- Your spirit travels to the Peak of Serenity in Pandaria, leaving your body behind.
Use Zen Pilgrimage again to return near to where you were.
Properties Class Monk School Nature Cooldown 30 minute Other information Level learned 20 Related buff - Zen Pilgrimage: Return
- Visiting the Peak of Serenity.
Use Zen Pilgrimage again to return near to where you once were.
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