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{{Infobox zone
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|level=85 PvP
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|loc=[[Baradin Bay]]
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|affiliation=[[Contested]]
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''For the daily quest hub that is separate from the PvP event, see [[Tol Barad Peninsula]].''
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'''Tol Barad''' is a ravaged island [[kingdom]] in [[Baradin Bay]], between [[Hasic]] and the shores of [[Khaz Modan]].<ref name="DotD 121">''[[Day of the Dragon]]'', 121</ref>
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==History==
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{{Novel-section}}
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During the [[Second War]], Tol Barad was an island citadel belonging to [[Stromgarde]]. The island was also the site of a fierce battle between the [[Horde]] and [[Alliance]]. The Horde, having already conquered most of the [[dwarven]] lands, were preparing to strike out into the northern kingdom of [[Lordaeron (kingdom)|Lordaeron]]. At the time, the island was being used as a staging point to strike back at [[orc]] raiders. In response, [[Orgrim Doomhammer]] launched an invasion of the island. Overwhelmed by the orcs, no life more complex than a few hardy weeds and insects survived the Horde's bloody victory. An aura of death seemed to radiate from the island,<ref name="DotD 121" /> and the original fortress was razed to the ground. Tol Barad became a frightening symbol of the Horde's merciless tenacity and barbarity.
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Years later, after the Second War, the island nation of [[Kul Tiras]] claimed the former stronghold and established a magic prison over the ruins of the old fortress. [[Wizard]]s from both [[Dalaran]] and [[Stormwind (kingdom)|Stormwind]] oversaw the complex, and prisoners included enemy mages, lesser and greater [[demons]], [[warlock]]s, and [[undead]] war criminals. The [[wizard]]s did not allow anyone near the island and kept the prison's existence secret.<ref>''[[Lands of Conflict]]'', 102</ref>
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{{cata-section}}
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After the [[Cataclysm]], however, Tol Barad became once again a contested zone between the [[Alliance]] and the [[Horde]]. The Horde elite regiment of [[Hellscream's Reach]] was charged by [[Garrosh Hellscream]] to take the island for the Horde. [[Baradin's Wardens]] is an army that originally guarded the prison, but aligned themselves with the [[Alliance]] after the Horde started attacking Tol Barad.
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==World of Warcraft: Cataclysm==
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{{cata-section}}
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Tol Barad is an outdoor PvP raid zone in ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm]]'', very similar to [[Wintergrasp]] in [[Northrend]]. However, the island is also similar to the [[Isle of Quel'Danas]] in that it is a major daily quest hub. Battling for control of the island are the [[Baradin's Wardens]] for the [[Alliance]], and [[Hellscream's Reach]] for the [[Horde]]. Whichever side controls the prison on Tol Barad gains access to more dailies and the dungeon instance [[Baradin Hold]].
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In ''World of Warcraft'', Tol Barad consists of two zones:
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*Tol Barad - PvP area (location of the battle) as well as a daily quest hub for the faction that controls it. This PvP area is also home to the [[Baradin Hold]] dungeon.
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*[[Tol Barad Peninsula]] - A daily quest hub for level 85 players regardless of who controls Tol Barad.
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Players can enter Tol Barad by portals from Stormwind and Orgrimmar once they reach level 85 or by means of a mage portal, [[Portal, Tol Barad]].
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===PvP===
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[[File:WorldMap-TolBarad.jpg|thumb|PvP Area]]
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The Tol Barad zone plays out like Wintergrasp. There are seven discrete points of interest, with [[Baradin Hold]] at the center of the island and three destroyable towers and three capturable buildings surrounding it.
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Points of Interest, circling clockwise around Baradin Hold from the north:
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*[[Ironclad Garrison]] at 12:00
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*[[East Spire]] at 2:00
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*[[Slagworks]] at 4:00
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*[[South Spire]] at 6:00
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*[[Warden's Vigil]] at 7:00
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*[[West Spire]] at 10:00
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Battle lasts for 15 minutes with a 2 hours 30 minutes cooldown period. The victory condition for the attacking side is capturing all three buildings at the same time. The defending side has to prevent this, waiting for the timer to expire, to win. Whoever has more players near the flag gains control of the area, much like in [[Wintergrasp]] and [[Eye of the Storm]].
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Battle time is extended by 5 minutes for every tower destroyed bringing the total battle time up to 30 minutes with all three towers destroyed.
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Three [[Tol Barad Commendation]]s are warded for a win.
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Running north along the [[Blackstone Span]] connects to the [[Tol Barad Peninsula]], a contested zone.
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===Questing===
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[[File:WorldMap-TolBarad Peninsula.jpg|thumb|Peninsula Map]]
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See also [[Baradin's Wardens#Reputation|Baradin's Wardens]] and [[Hellscream's Reach#Quests|Hellscream's Reach]] for a full list of daily quests.
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Points of Interest, circling clockwise around [[Darkwood|The Darkwood]] from the north:
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*[[Cape of Lost Hope]] at 12:00
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*[[Rustberg Village]] at 1:00
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*[[Largo's Overlook]] at 2:00
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*[[Baradin Base Camp]] at 3:00
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*[[Hellscream's Grasp]] at 6:00
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*[[Forgotten Hill]] at 7:00
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*[[The Restless Front]] at 8:00
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*[[The Darkwood]] at 9:00
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*[[Wellson Shipyard]] at 10:00
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*[[Farson Hold]] at 11:00
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===Resources===
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*Herbalism
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**[[Azshara's Veil]]
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**[[Cinderbloom]]
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**[[Whiptail]]
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*Mining
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**[[Elementium Ore]]
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**[[Elementium Ore]]
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**[[Pyrite Ore]]
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== Inhabitants ==
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*{{RaceIconExt|DemonicHound}} [[Demonic hound]] (one, [[Svarnos]])
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*{{Race|Draenei}}
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*{{Race|Dwarf|[[Dwarf|Dwarves]]}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Ettin}} [[Ettin]] (one, [[Problim]])
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*{{RaceIconExt|FloatingEye}} [[Floating eye]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Fox}} [[Fox]]es
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*{{RaceIconExt|Ghost}} [[Ghost]]s
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*{{Race|Gnome}}s
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*{{Race|Human}}s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Imp}} [[Imp]]s
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*{{Race|Jungle troll}}s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Sludge}} [[Ooze]]s
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*{{Race|Orc}}s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Rat}} [[Rat]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Shivarra}} [[Shivarra]]s
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*{{RaceIconExt|Snake}} [[Snake]]s
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*{{Race|Tauren}}
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*{{Race|Undead}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Wrathguard}} [[Wrathguard]]s
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==Video==
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===Tol Barad===
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<youtube>eV5TWOnoBe0</youtube>
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{{youtubelink|LlAb3B_DGBk}}
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{{youtubelink|l9ZOvIzADYk}}
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===Daily Quests===
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<youtube>9xaIytpBgLg</youtube>
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===Tol Barad Peninsula===
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<youtube>bC6HWG_Zteg</youtube>
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{{youtubelink|aRJ9VvQFo1Y}}
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{{youtubelink|tN8oAiWP-ow}}
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
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File:Tol Barad Prison.jpeg|Concept art of Tol Barad in ''[[The Art of World of Warcraft]]''.
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File:War2.jpg|Tol Barad's position in ''Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness''.
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File:Warcraft II Tides of Darkness - Humans Mission 05.jpg|Tol Barad in the ''Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'' human campaign.
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File:Warcraft II Tides of Darkness - Orcs Mission 05.jpg|Tol Barad in the ''Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'' orc campaign.
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File:LordaeronLoC.JPG|Tol Barad in the ''World of Warcraft'' manual map.
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File:Tol Barad location.jpg|Tol Barad at the Game Systems panel at BlizzCon 2009.
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</gallery>
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===Tol Barad===
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<gallery>
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File:Tol Barad 001.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 002.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 003.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 004.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 005.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 006.jpg|The Slagworks
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File:Tol Barad 007.jpg|The Slagworks
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File:Tol Barad 009.jpg|Another view of the Slagworks
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File:Tol Barad 010.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 011.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 012.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 013.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 014.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 015.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 016.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 017.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 018.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 019.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 020.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 021.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 022.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 023.jpg|Baradin Hold
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File:Tol Barad 024.jpg|Baradin Hold
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File:Tol Barad 025.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 026.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 027.jpg
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File:Tol Barad 028.jpg|Blackstone Span
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</gallery>
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===Tol Barad Peninsula===
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<gallery>
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 001.jpg|Blackstone Span
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File:Blackstone Span.jpg|Blackstone Span
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 002.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 003.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 004.jpg|Largo's Overlook
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 005.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 006.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 007.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 008.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 009.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 010.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 011.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 012.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 013.jpg|Cape of Lost Hope
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 014.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 016.jpg|Cape of Lost Hope
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 017.jpg
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 018.jpg|Wellson Shipyard
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 019.jpg|Wellson Shipyard
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 020.jpg
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File:Restless Front.jpg|Restless Front
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 021.jpg|Restless Front
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 022.jpg|Forgotten Hill
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 023.jpg|Forgotten Hill
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 024.jpg|Hellscream's Grasp
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 025.jpg|Hellscream's Grasp
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 026.jpg|The Darkwood
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File:The Darkwood.jpg|The Darkwood
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 015.jpg|The Darkwood
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File:Tol Barad Peninsula 027.jpg
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</gallery>
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==Trivia==
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*"Tol" is [[wikipedia:Sindarin|Sindarin]] for "isle" (as in Tol Brandir) and "Barad" is Sindarin for "tower" (as in Barad-dûr) according to [[wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]' appendices. "Tol Barad" would thus mean "The Isle of the Tower" in Sindarin.
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*The Tol Barad art was the instance loading screen for the [[Scarlet Monastery]] before it was split into four wings.
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*Tol Barad Peninsula is not a [[Wiktionary:peninsula|peninsula]].
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*Although Tol Barad is visible on the map of the Eastern Kingdoms, it is housed in a separate instance and thus cannot be accessed by flying from [[Vashj'ir]] or the [[Ruins of Gilneas]]. Instead of the two islands, the main map only has fatigue water at their supposed locations.
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* There is an island south of here; through a sight spell it's just unimplemented terrain.
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
   
==Source==
 
This item drops from:
 
* [[Debilitated Mag'har Grunt]] in [[Hellfire Peninsula]]
 
* [[Mag'har Grunt]] in [[Hellfire Peninsula]]
 
==Mag'har Ancestral Beads as a quest objective==
 
This item is an objective of {{questlong|alliance|63|Makuru's Vengeance|id=9424}}.
 
 
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Revision as of 00:04, 24 March 2011

NeutralTol Barad
Level: 85 PvP
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Tol Barad loading screen
Affiliation Contested
Location Baradin Bay

For the daily quest hub that is separate from the PvP event, see Tol Barad Peninsula.

Tol Barad is a ravaged island kingdom in Baradin Bay, between Hasic and the shores of Khaz Modan.[1]

History

WoW-novel-logo-16x62 This section concerns content related to the Warcraft novels, novellas, or short stories.

During the Second War, Tol Barad was an island citadel belonging to Stromgarde. The island was also the site of a fierce battle between the Horde and Alliance. The Horde, having already conquered most of the dwarven lands, were preparing to strike out into the northern kingdom of Lordaeron. At the time, the island was being used as a staging point to strike back at orc raiders. In response, Orgrim Doomhammer launched an invasion of the island. Overwhelmed by the orcs, no life more complex than a few hardy weeds and insects survived the Horde's bloody victory. An aura of death seemed to radiate from the island,[1] and the original fortress was razed to the ground. Tol Barad became a frightening symbol of the Horde's merciless tenacity and barbarity.

Years later, after the Second War, the island nation of Kul Tiras claimed the former stronghold and established a magic prison over the ruins of the old fortress. Wizards from both Dalaran and Stormwind oversaw the complex, and prisoners included enemy mages, lesser and greater demons, warlocks, and undead war criminals. The wizards did not allow anyone near the island and kept the prison's existence secret.[2]

Cataclysm This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

After the Cataclysm, however, Tol Barad became once again a contested zone between the Alliance and the Horde. The Horde elite regiment of Hellscream's Reach was charged by Garrosh Hellscream to take the island for the Horde. Baradin's Wardens is an army that originally guarded the prison, but aligned themselves with the Alliance after the Horde started attacking Tol Barad.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

Cataclysm This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

Tol Barad is an outdoor PvP raid zone in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, very similar to Wintergrasp in Northrend. However, the island is also similar to the Isle of Quel'Danas in that it is a major daily quest hub. Battling for control of the island are the Baradin's Wardens for the Alliance, and Hellscream's Reach for the Horde. Whichever side controls the prison on Tol Barad gains access to more dailies and the dungeon instance Baradin Hold.

In World of Warcraft, Tol Barad consists of two zones:

  • Tol Barad - PvP area (location of the battle) as well as a daily quest hub for the faction that controls it. This PvP area is also home to the Baradin Hold dungeon.
  • Tol Barad Peninsula - A daily quest hub for level 85 players regardless of who controls Tol Barad.

Players can enter Tol Barad by portals from Stormwind and Orgrimmar once they reach level 85 or by means of a mage portal, Portal, Tol Barad.

PvP

WorldMap-TolBarad

PvP Area

The Tol Barad zone plays out like Wintergrasp. There are seven discrete points of interest, with Baradin Hold at the center of the island and three destroyable towers and three capturable buildings surrounding it.

Points of Interest, circling clockwise around Baradin Hold from the north:

Battle lasts for 15 minutes with a 2 hours 30 minutes cooldown period. The victory condition for the attacking side is capturing all three buildings at the same time. The defending side has to prevent this, waiting for the timer to expire, to win. Whoever has more players near the flag gains control of the area, much like in Wintergrasp and Eye of the Storm.

Battle time is extended by 5 minutes for every tower destroyed bringing the total battle time up to 30 minutes with all three towers destroyed.

Three Tol Barad Commendations are warded for a win.

Running north along the Blackstone Span connects to the Tol Barad Peninsula, a contested zone.

Questing

File:WorldMap-TolBarad Peninsula.jpg

Peninsula Map

See also Baradin's Wardens and Hellscream's Reach for a full list of daily quests.

Points of Interest, circling clockwise around The Darkwood from the north:

Resources

Inhabitants

Video

Tol Barad

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Daily Quests

Tol Barad Peninsula

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Gallery

Tol Barad

Tol Barad Peninsula

Trivia

  • "Tol" is Sindarin for "isle" (as in Tol Brandir) and "Barad" is Sindarin for "tower" (as in Barad-dûr) according to Lord of the Rings' appendices. "Tol Barad" would thus mean "The Isle of the Tower" in Sindarin.
  • The Tol Barad art was the instance loading screen for the Scarlet Monastery before it was split into four wings.
  • Tol Barad Peninsula is not a peninsula.
  • Although Tol Barad is visible on the map of the Eastern Kingdoms, it is housed in a separate instance and thus cannot be accessed by flying from Vashj'ir or the Ruins of Gilneas. Instead of the two islands, the main map only has fatigue water at their supposed locations.
  • There is an island south of here; through a sight spell it's just unimplemented terrain.

References

External links

ru:Тол Барад