Chromie Time: Battle for Azeroth
Updated 2026-09-22 · checked against Midnight 12.1
The faction war, fought on two continents. Battle for Azeroth is the only campaign where Alliance and Horde level through completely different zones, and it used to be the one you had to play. Neither is true of the others.
How it starts
- Alliance: Battle for Azeroth: Tides of War, which takes you to Kul Tiras.
- Horde: Battle for Azeroth: Mission Statement, from the Warchief’s Herald in Grommash Hold, then The Stormwind Extraction and Welcome to Zuldazar.
Where it takes you
Three zones per faction, in any order:
| Alliance — Kul Tiras | Horde — Zandalar |
|---|---|
| Tiragarde Sound | Zuldazar |
| Drustvar | Nazmir |
| Stormsong Valley | Vol’dun |
The zone finales are A Nation United and Zandalar Forever!. The War Campaign runs alongside the zones.
Dungeons you can queue for
While you are in the campaign, the group finder offers this expansion’s dungeons. Raids and Mythic dungeons are off limits until you leave Chromie Time, and some Heroics refuse entry below a set level.
| Instance | Type |
|---|---|
| Atal'Dazar | Dungeon |
| Freehold | Dungeon |
| Kings' Rest | Dungeon |
| Operation: Mechagon | Dungeon |
| Shrine of the Storm | Dungeon |
| Siege of Boralus | Dungeon |
| Temple of Sethraliss | Dungeon |
| The MOTHERLODE!! | Dungeon |
| The Underrot | Dungeon |
| Tol Dagor | Dungeon |
| Waycrest Manor | Dungeon |
| Uldir | Raid |
| Battle of Dazar'alor | Raid |
| Crucible of Storms | Raid |
| The Eternal Palace | Raid |
| Ny'alotha, the Waking City | Raid |
Siege of Boralus has separate Alliance and Horde versions on Normal. Heroic and Mythic use the Alliance one. The reputation and quest requirements on Siege of Boralus and King’s Rest were removed in 8.1.0.
What carries across your account
- Allied races are no longer a reason to pick it. Since 10.1.5 an allied race only needs one level-40 character on the account. Their heritage armour still needs that race levelled to 50 by hand, with no boost, and that works in any campaign.
- Battle for Azeroth reputations go warband-wide in patch 12.1.5. That is on the test realm, not live in 12.1.
What this campaign puts in reach
Counting…
Counts are a floor, not a total. The expansion is not recorded for every collectible, and many source lines name a boss without a zone. "Missing" uses what you have ticked on the mounts, pets and toys pages, in this browser.
Where the sources disagree
- How far Chromie Time goes. Everyone agrees you can start a campaign up to about level 68–69. Whether you then stay scaled to 80 or are moved on at 70 is disputed: the wiki says 80, two levelling guides say 70, and there is no Blizzard patch note either way.