WoW Forever Alterac Valley: Map, Objectives, Reputation and Rewards

Alterac Valley is the big battle of WoW Forever: 80 players in a long valley in the Alterac Mountains. Dun Baldar, the keep of the Alliance general Vanndar Stormpike, closes the north end; Frostwolf Keep, where Drek'Thar leads the Horde, closes the south. The match ends when a general dies.

It is the only battleground that waits for level 51, and you queue alone or in a group of up to 5, so a 40-player side is always a mix of groups. Blizzard named it when it set out Forever's PvP: Honor was evened out across the maps so players would not pick Alterac Valley for Honor alone.

The win needs only the enemy general, yet every tower, graveyard, captain and mine on the way changes how hard that push is. The Alliance owns the north end of the valley and the Horde the south; Snowfall Graveyard and the Field of Strife lie between them.

Objective	Alliance, north	Horde, south
Keep and general	Dun Baldar, General Vanndar Stormpike	Frostwolf Keep, Drek'Thar
Towers and bunkers	Dun Baldar North and South Bunkers, Icewing Bunker, Stonehearth Bunker	East and West Frostwolf Towers, Tower Point, Iceblood Tower
Graveyards	Stormpike Aid Station, Stormpike Graveyard, Stonehearth Graveyard	Frostwolf Relief Hut, Frostwolf Graveyard, Iceblood Graveyard
Captain	Balinda Stonehearth at Stonehearth Outpost	Galvangar at Iceblood Garrison
Mine on this half	Irondeep Mine	Coldtooth Mine

• Towers and bunkers, 4 a side. Clear the defenders, then click the banner to start the assault. The building burns only if the assault holds, and 1 click from its owners undoes it before then, so leave 2 or 3 players on it until it falls.
• Graveyards. Each one you own gives your side a closer respawn and pushes the enemy's respawn back. Snowfall starts with no owner, and the army that loses it walks much further after every death.
• Captains. Balinda Stonehearth and Galvangar each hold the middle of their side with an escort, and either kill pays Honor.
• Generals. Vanndar Stormpike and Drek'Thar fight with their guards around them, so the attack on a general needs healers and a careful pull.

Walk away from a tapped banner and its owners reclaim it. Staying until the tower falls costs 2 or 3 players a short wait and saves the whole army a long walk later.

Most matches take 1 of 2 shapes:

Races are short and good Honor per hour. A defense that nobody breaks makes a long, slow match. In a pickup group, do what most of your side is already doing: 40 players doing 1 thing beat 40 split 3 ways.

Every match pays Honor, Rank Points and Alterac Valley Marks of Honor, and Blizzard's 16 October notes let a stack hold 30 marks. Reputation goes to your side's faction:

Faction	Side	Home
Stormpike Guard	Alliance	Dun Baldar
Frostwolf Clan	Horde	Frostwolf Keep

Mounts in Forever's PvP come from the rank ladder: Blizzard puts them at Rank 11. The holiday week of a battleground adds Honor and Rank Points there, so Alterac Valley pays most in its own holiday week.

Our PvP page farms Stormpike Guard or Frostwolf Clan reputation to Exalted on your character, set in its builder.

Alterac Valley opens at 51, the last of the 4 maps to unlock. Below that, Warsong Gulch opens at 10, Arathi Basin at 20 and Darkspear Islands at 30, so a character can earn Honor long before the valley.

• Warsong Gulch: 10 v 10 capture the flag from level 10.
• Arathi Basin: 15 v 15 and 5 bases from level 20.
• Rank 14: the weekly ladder that every battleground feeds.

A character that is not 51 yet can get there with our leveling, and the PvP boost guide shows how our Pros play the rank climb after 60.