Common questions

Where is the Ebon Hold?

Where is the Ebon Hold?

(pronounced a-ker-us) is a former Scourge necropolis floating above Light’s Hope Chapel in the Eastern Plaguelands. It is the headquarters of the Knights of the Ebon Blade and is the starting area for all death knights of the Alliance and the Horde.

How do I get to acherus the Ebon Hold Legion?

As of Legion, there are now two separate “Ebon Holds”, from level 55-100, when you Death Gate you’re teleported to Acherus in the Eastern Plaguelands. When you begin Legion, your Death Gate instead sends you to Acherus on the Broken Shore.

How do I get from Orgrimmar to Ebon Hold?

So on the off chance that this is the case, the simplest way to return to Orgrimmar is to take a flight from Acherus to Undercity. Just outside of Undercity there’s a zeppelin that will take you back to Orgrimmar.

How do I get out of acherus the Ebon Hold?

Just use the Death Gate while in Ebon Hold, you will be returned to near your initial departure point.

How do I get out of the Death Knight starting area?

You don’t get to leave the DK starting zone and go to SW (or anywhere else) until you will be about level 64. This is due to the current 100% bonus exp event. The DK starting zone is designed for you to FINISH it at level 58 – ready to go right to Outland.

Are there portals in Ebon Hold?

Having a portal to either major city in Ebon hold has no negative impact on the game. In fact, it has a positive incentive to populate Ebon hold.

How do I get back to Ebon Hold?

Opens a gate which you can use to return to Ebon Hold. Using a Death Gate while in Ebon Hold will return you back to near your departure point. Opens a gate which you can use to return to Ebon Hold.

Can you skip DK starting area?

Yes, repetitive. After 10 years we’ve all rolled DKs, some of us multiple just for race. People have been asking to skip that as well as the Goblin, Worgen and Panda starting areas for years.

How long is the Death Knight starting area?

That zone takes 3-4 hours tops unless they have changed it. It still takes only 2-3 hours.

What level do death knights leave starting area?

level 10

Is Death Knight good for beginners?

They’re great tanks and great dps, I love playing mine in both blood and frost spec. If you enjoy soloing content, which you’ll probably end up doing at least a little after you hit max level, a DK is one of the best classes in the game. Even in dps gear, if you go into blood spec it’s near impossible to die.

Can you start a Death Knight at level 1?

As a hero class, death knights do not start at level 1, instead starting at level 8. …

What level can you make a Death Knight?

Unlocking the Death Knight As of December 2014, creating a Death Knight no longer requires an existing 55+ character. Previously, for any players to unlock the first hero class, the Death Knight, a character of level 55 or above on any server was required.

Which race is best for Death Knight?

Best Death Knight Races for Mythic+ Overall

Race Popularity
Night Elf 20 %
Blood Elf 9.68 %
Worgen 8.39 %
Orc 5.81 %

Which death knight spec is best?

Although each specialization has strengths and weaknesses, we recommend Blood as the best Death Knight leveling spec. Blood has high area damage capability and amazing self-healing, and its damage is not far behind the two damage specializations. As a tank, you can often experience near-instant dungeon queues!

Can Death Knights dual wield?

DKs were never meant to dual wield and should never have been given the option.

Can Frost DK Use 2 hander?

Obliterate rank 2 and Killing Machine rank 2 are frost abilities. Both weapons get them, and with DW having both runeforges instead of just one, Might only really buffs Obliterate by 15% over DW. It all depends on rules around weapon tokens, dual wield will be higher dps marginally at equal weapon level.

What is better Unholy or Frost for DPS?

Frost is good single target DPS with slows and burst damage that requires setup. For Many DKs this is the ideal PvP spec due to CC and bursty inconsistent damage. On the other hand Unholy is more consistent DPS and better AOE. They use undead minions for a big portion of DPS.

Can Death Knights use shields?

Avoidance, which is seen to be finicky and unreliable survivability stats, involve Miss Dodge, Parry and Block (DKs do not use shields, and cannot block). Mastery especially is important because of the blood shield effect, which essentially puts a bubble that will absorb incoming damage.

Are Death Knights Immortal?

They don’t age like a living would age, they are given “eternal youth”. However they do rot without proper care and application of necromancy. Its possible they do but deathknights as a whole have only existed in lore for, even if you count first gen, about thirty years.

Can death knights eat?

Death Knights have a need to feed on the suffering of others. The Lich King gave all his minions a depraved addiction and the DK’s is causing pain to other creatures. Otherwise you can but don’t need to eat traditionally. Like eating in the traditional way, you can but it’s not necessary.

How many death knights can you have?

“The restriction limiting players to one death knight character per realm has been lifted.”

Can death knights feel love?

They can feel Familial love, such as Thassarian does for his living sister in Borean Tundra, they can even feel genuine bonds of friendship, such as Thassarian and Koltira.

Is the Lich King a death knight?

Years after the destruction of Draenor, the immensely powerful Lich King created a new breed of death knights: malevolent, rune-wielding warriors of the Scourge.

Are Death Knights evil wow?

At the time of their creation, they were definitely evil. The sole purpose of a death knight was to be a merciless killing machine. They even have a built-in blood lust that causes extreme agony to them if they don’t inflict it on others enough.

Are Death Knights Necromancers?

Only Unholy Death Knights share traits with necromancers, however Death Knights are not Necromancers. Necromancers use the magic against their foes and themselves are largely unaffected by it. It is similar to how Priests call upon the Light as opposed to Paladins who are infused with the Light.

Do Death Knights remember their past?

Death knights definitely remember. Their emotions are impacted as part of their free will being blocked, but they remember. Thassarian is forced by the Lich King to kill someone he was very close to in life.

What is a death knight in wow?

Just what is a death knight? Death knights are heavily armored fighters who are designed survive be in the thick of battle, combining fearsome melee abilities with dark magic. In a group, death knights can tank with the blood specialization or dish out damage with a frost or unholy specialization.