Chromie Time: Shadowlands
Updated 2026-09-22 · checked against Midnight 12.1
Death, and what comes after it. Shadowlands is the most linear of the nine: one route through the Maw, Oribos and four zones, in a set order.
How it starts
Shadowlands: A Chilling Summons comes from Darion Mograine, outside Stormwind Keep or Grommash Hold. Since 10.0.2, a character of any level can skip the Maw intro.
Where it takes you
In order:
- The Maw, unless skipped
- Oribos
- Bastion
- Maldraxxus
- Ardenweald
- Revendreth
You choose your covenant after Revendreth.
Threads of Fate is not available in Chromie Time. Blizzard disabled it for new characters on 15 November 2022, saying Shadowlands was now part of Chromie Time. A character that picks this campaign plays the full linear route.
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 |
|---|---|
| De Other Side | Dungeon |
| Halls of Atonement | Dungeon |
| Mists of Tirna Scithe | Dungeon |
| Plaguefall | Dungeon |
| Sanguine Depths | Dungeon |
| Spires of Ascension | Dungeon |
| Tazavesh, the Veiled Market | Dungeon |
| The Necrotic Wake | Dungeon |
| Theater of Pain | Dungeon |
| Castle Nathria | Raid |
| Sanctum of Domination | Raid |
| Sepulcher of the First Ones | Raid |
What carries across your account
- Ten Shadowlands reputations have been warband-wide since 11.1.5: Ascended, Undying Army, Court of Harvesters, Wild Hunt, Court of Night, Avowed, Ve’nari, Death’s Advance, Archivists’ Codex and Enlightened.
- Covenant renown is still per character. The reputations carry over; the renown does not.
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.
- Skipping the campaign on a low-level alt. A 2025 guide says a character under 60 can pick “Skip the level up campaign and unlock world content” from Kah-Delen, once another character has done the Maw. A 2024 forum guide says low-level characters get no skip. We have not confirmed which is current.