Chromie Time: The Burning Crusade
Updated 2026-09-22 · checked against Midnight 12.1
Through the Dark Portal and into what is left of Draenor. Portal to Outland is the oldest campaign on Chromie’s list and the one that shows its age most: seven zones built for a levelling curve that no longer exists, now scaled to whatever level you walk in at.
How it starts
Chromie hands you Burning Crusade: To Outland! The objective is the same for both factions: go through the Dark Portal in the Blasted Lands. On the far side is Hellfire Peninsula, where your faction’s base is Honor Hold for Alliance or Thrallmar for Horde.
The launch quest itself has paid no experience or gold since patch 9.0.1. It is a signpost, not a reward.
Where it takes you
Hellfire Peninsula first, then the rest of Outland:
- Zangarmarsh and Terokkar Forest
- Nagrand and Blade’s Edge Mountains
- Netherstorm and Shadowmoon Valley
Those seven are what the Loremaster of Outland achievement counts. The Isle of Quel’Danas is not one of them. After Hellfire there is no fixed order the sources can point to. Zones scale, but each still has a minimum level, and nobody has published the current floors for Netherstorm or Shadowmoon Valley.
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: the game refuses entry with “You cannot enter this instance while participating in a Timewalking Campaign.”
| Instance | Type |
|---|---|
| Auchenai Crypts | Dungeon |
| Hellfire Ramparts | Dungeon |
| Magisters' Terrace | Dungeon |
| Mana-Tombs | Dungeon |
| Old Hillsbrad Foothills | Dungeon |
| Sethekk Halls | Dungeon |
| Shadow Labyrinth | Dungeon |
| The Arcatraz | Dungeon |
| The Black Morass | Dungeon |
| The Blood Furnace | Dungeon |
| The Botanica | Dungeon |
| The Mechanar | Dungeon |
| The Shattered Halls | Dungeon |
| The Slave Pens | Dungeon |
| The Steamvault | Dungeon |
| The Underbog | Dungeon |
| Karazhan | Raid |
| Gruul's Lair | Raid |
| Magtheridon's Lair | Raid |
| Serpentshrine Cavern | Raid |
| The Eye | Raid |
| The Battle for Mount Hyjal | Raid |
| Black Temple | Raid |
| Sunwell Plateau | Raid |
What carries across your account
Less than you might expect:
- Flying is not a reason to pick it. Expert Riding at level 20 is account-wide, and the old Outland flying requirements are gone.
- Outland reputations are not warband-wide. The War Within, Dragonflight and Shadowlands reputations have been converted. Legion and Battle for Azeroth are announced for 12.1.5. The Burning Crusade has not been announced.
- Achievements are. Loremaster of Outland counts towards The Loremaster wherever you earn it.
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.
- The dungeon list. A 2023 bug report had this campaign offering only four normal dungeons and no Heroics. Nobody has confirmed whether that was fixed.