Boat

An Alliance vessel nearing Menethil Harbor.

A boat as seen in World of Warcraft

A ship as seen in the comics.

Boats, also known as ships or sea vessels, are a form of transportation, mostly in use between Alliance ports, but also between some neutral ports. The Horde equivalent is the zeppelin airship, although some docked Forsaken ships have appeared in Northrend. Boats stay docked for exactly 60 seconds, then depart.

In patch 2.3.0, transport ships were crewed by NPCs. Unfortunately, the vendors did not work as intended and the crews were removed in a hotfix on 12/06/07. The crew and guards returned in the Wrath of the Lich King beta, and with patch 3.0 on live realms.

Ship routes

Cataclysm Boat and Zeppelin Route Map

Eastern Kingdoms ↔ Kalimdor

• The Maiden's Fancy: Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale ↔ Ratchet, Northern Barrens
• The Lady Mehley: Menethil Harbor, Wetlands ↔ Theramore Isle, Dustwallow Marsh
• The Bravery: Stormwind Harbor (formerly Menethil Harbor) ↔ Rut'theran Village, Teldrassil (formerly Auberdine, Darkshore)

Eastern Kingdoms ↔ Northrend

• The Kraken: Stormwind Harbor, Stormwind City ↔ Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra
• Northspear: Menethil Harbor, Wetlands ↔ Valgarde, Howling Fjord

Kalimdor ↔ Azuremyst Isle

• Elune's Blessing: Rut'theran Village, Teldrassil (formerly Auberdine, Darkshore) ↔ Valaar's Berth, Azuremyst Isle

Northrend

• Walker of Waves: Unu'pe, Borean Tundra ↔ Moa'ki Harbor, Dragonblight
• Green Island: Moa'ki Harbor, Dragonblight ↔ Kamagua, Howling Fjord

Defunct routes

Kalimdor ↔ Sardor Isle

• Feathermoon Ferry: The Forgotten Coast, Feralas ↔ Feathermoon Stronghold, Sardor Isle, Feralas (Removed in Patch 4.0.3a)

Kalimdor ↔ Teldrassil

• The Moonspray: Auberdine, Darkshore ↔ Rut'theran Village, Teldrassil (Removed in Patch 4.0.3a)

Named vessels

A ship getting attacked by a red dragon.

Alliance boat routes in the original World of Warcraft.

Alliance ships

• The Lady Mehley Active passenger ship
• The Bravery Active passenger ship
• Elune's Blessing Active passenger ship
• The Kraken Active passenger ship
• Northspear: Active passenger ship
• The Frostbreaker: Strand of the Ancients Active passenger ship —
• The Graceful Maiden: Strand of the Ancients Active passenger ship —
• The Bleeding Sparrow: Theramore Isle, Dustwallow Marsh Inactive docked ship
• The Assurance: Stormwind Harbor, Stormwind City Inactive docked ship
• The Stormbreaker: Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra Inactive docked ship
• The Intrepid: Shimmering Expanse Inactive ship —
• The Tidebreaker: Shimmering Expanse Inactive ship —
• Voldrin's Hold: Shimmering Expanse Inactive ship —
• The Defiant: Krasarang Wilds Inactive ship —
• Valor's Edge: Krasarang Wilds Inactive ship —
• Rhonin's Beard: Isle of Thunder Inactive ship —
• The Seabolt: Isle of Thunder Inactive ship —
• Spellsails: Isle of Thunder Inactive ship —
• The Vanguard: Jade Forest Wrecked —
• Maiden's Virtue: Menethil Harbor, Wetlands Sunken ship
• The Mist Veil: Mist's Edge, Darkshore Sunken ship
• Silver Dawning: Mist's Edge, Darkshore Sunken ship
• The Gallant: Sar'theris Strand, Desolace Sunken ship
• Wavecutter —
• Gracious Breeze —
• Passion's Reward —
• Stormchild —
• Blind Princess
• Elune's Radiance Sunken ship —
• Lion of the Waves Sunken ship —

Third Fleet

• Flying Osprey: Menethil Bay, Wetlands Wrecked
• Wave Mistress: The Lost Fleet, Wetlands Wrecked
• Intrepid: Lost Fleet, Wetlands Wrecked

Northwatch Expeditionary Unit

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• The Bellipotent: Merchant Coast, Northern Barrens Inactive anchored ship
• Blackpool: Merchant Coast, Northern Barrens Inactive anchored ship

Ships removed in the Shattering

• The Moonspray Active passenger ship
• Feathermoon Ferry Active passenger ship

Horde ships

• The Blightbringer: Strand of the Ancients Active passenger ship —
• The Casket Carrier: Strand of the Ancients Active passenger ship —
• Galerek's Remorse: Shimmering Expanse Inactive ship —
• Stygian Bounty: Shimmering Expanse Inactive ship —
• The Iron Reaper: Shimmering Expanse Inactive ship —
• The Crimson Treader: Isle of Thunder Inactive ship —
• Salabria: Isle of Thunder Inactive ship —
• The Starchaser: Isle of Thunder Inactive ship —
• Dawn Runner: Dustwallow Marsh Wrecked
• Draka's Fury: Lost Isles Wrecked —
• Bladefist Reaper: Jade Forest Sunken ship —
• Stygian Scar: Jade Forest Sunken ship —
• Mannoroth's Bones —
• Orgath'ar —
• Raknor —

The Windrunner Fleet

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• The Dark Defiance: Howling Fjord Inactive anchored ship
• The Oblivion: Howling Fjord Inactive anchored ship
• The Windrunner: Howling Fjord Inactive anchored ship
• The Queen's Reprisal: Howling Fjord Wrecked

Other Azerothian ships

Kael'thas Sunstrider's Dawnblade

This section concerns content exclusive to The Burning Crusade.

• Silvermoon's Pride: Isle of Quel'Danas Inactive docked ship
• The Bloodoath: Isle of Quel'Danas Inactive anchored ship
• The Dawnchaser: Isle of Quel'Danas Inactive anchored ship
• The Sin'loren: Isle of Quel'Danas Inactive anchored ship

Blackwater Raiders ships

• The Maiden's Fancy: Active passenger ship
• Harbinger: Faldir's Cove, Arathi Highlands Inactive docked ship
• Maiden's Folly: The Drowned Reef, Arathi Highlands Sunken ship
• Spirit of Silverpine: The Drowned Reef, Arathi Highlands Sunken ship
• Shattered Dagger —

Bloodsail Buccaneers ships

• Crimson Veil: Wild Shore, Stranglethorn Vale Inactive anchored ship
• Damsel's Luck: Wild Shore, Stranglethorn Vale Inactive anchored ship
• Riptide: Wild Shore, Stranglethorn Vale Inactive anchored ship
• Devil Shark - Duke Falrevere's Flagship —
• Sea's Castle —
• Garrote —

Southsea Freebooters ships

• Heedless: Outside Northwatch Hold, The Barrens Inactive anchored ship
• Tide Razor: The Merchant Coast, The Barrens Inactive anchored ship
• Maiden's Dagger: Fray Island, Northern Barrens Inactive anchored ship
• Southsea Pearl
• Conquest

Other Northrend ships

Northsea Freebooters

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• Sister Mercy: Circling Garvan's Reef, Howling Fjord Active ghost ship

Kalu'ak Turtle Fleet

This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.

• Walker of Waves: Active passenger turtle
• Green Island: Active passenger turtle
• The Half Shell: Moa'ki Harbor, Dragonblight Inactive docked turtle

Kvaldir ships

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• Bor's Anvil: Borean Tundra Inactive anchored ship
• Bor's Fury: Hrothgar's Landing Inactive anchored ship
• Bor's Hammer: Borean Tundra Inactive anchored ship
• The Kur Drakkar: Borean Tundra Inactive anchored ship
• The Serpent's Maw: Borean Tundra Inactive anchored ship

Scarlet Onslaught

This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.

• The Sinner's Folly: Dragonblight Inactive docked ship

Sunreavers

This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.

• The Crimson Dawn: Hrothgar's Landing Inactive anchored ship
• The Firehawk: Hrothgar's Landing Inactive anchored ship

Silver Covenant

This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.

• The Silver Blade: Hrothgar's Landing Inactive anchored ship
• The Wavecrest: Hrothgar's Landing Inactive anchored ship

Miscellaneous

• The Horizon Scout: Azshara Sunken ship
• Smotts' Revenge: Stranglethorn Vale Sunken ship
• Beating Heart —
• Fearsome Yacht — Wrecked
• Snarling Gribble Eel —

Unnamed vessels

Kalimdor

Zone	Location	Coordinates	Notes	Screenshot
Azshara	Bilgewater Harbour	[58, 52]	A human ship found on the coast of Bilgewater Harbour
Azuremyst Isle	Veiled Sea, The	[33, 31]	The two Alliance Naval ships floating south of Odesyus' Landing.
Azuremyst Isle	Veiled Sea, The	[28, 33]	The high elven ship buried on the southern part of Silvermyst Isle.
Barrens	Merchant Coast, The	[65, 39]	The sunken transport ship nearby Ratchet.
Bloodmyst Isle	Hidden Reef, The	[34, 15]	The two sunken ships off the northern coast.
Bloodmyst Isle	Bloodcursed Reef, The	[83.8, 19.5]	The six sunken ships (5 human / 1 high elven) off the eastern coast of Wyrmscar Island.
Darkshore	Mist's Edge	[55, 13]	Gelkak Gyromast's wrecked high elven ship in northern Darkshore.
Darkshore	Long Wash, The	[32, 45]	Elura's wrecked high elven ship below the docks of Auberdine.
Desolace	Sar'theris Strand	[35, 16]	The sunken high elven ship southeast of Ranazjar Isle.
Durotar			The nine sunken ships off the eastern coast. Probably part of Admiral Daelin Proudmoore's fleet.
Dustwallow Marsh	Theramore Isle	[67, 58] [76, 56]	The two Theramore deserter ships, one docked in town at the farthest dock, the other moored on a tiny island southeast of Theramore Isle.
Dustwallow Marsh	Tidefury Cove	[61, 66]	The wrecked high elven destroyer.
Dustwallow Marsh	Tidefury Cove	[57, 62]	The sunken Alliance warship southwest of Nat's Landing. It is crawling with makrura.
Dustwallow Marsh	Dustwallow Bay	[58, 46]	The sunken Alliance ship.
Dustwallow Marsh	Alcaz Island	[69, 22]	The wrecked high elven destroyer.
Dustwallow Marsh	Dreadmurk Shore	[59, 13]	The wrecked high elven destroyer located among the islands.
Tanaris	Great Sea, The	[75, 27]	The pair of ships in the distance off the eastern coast. They appear to be a pirate ship and an Alliance ship in service to the Goblins firing cannons at each other. Both are on fire.
Tanaris	Lost Rigger Cove	[75, 47]	The two Southsea Pirates ships and one under construction.
Thousand Needles	Shimmering Flats	[82, 55]	The high elven ship.

Eastern Kingdoms

Zone	Location	Coordinates	Notes	Screenshot
Arathi Highlands	Drowned Reef		The elven destroyer wreck lying very close to the Spirit of Silverpine.
Dun Morogh	Newman's Landing	[18, 74.5]	A small wrecked boat off the dock.
Eversong Woods	Sunsail Anchorage	[31, 68]	The docked blood elf ship belonging to Captain Kelisendra.
Eversong Woods	Sunsail Anchorage	[34, 68] [31, 67]	The two high elf sunken destroyers.
Ghostlands	Shalandis Isle	[10, 23]	The moored night elf ship.
Isle of Quel'Danas	Sun's Reach	[49, 27]	The docked night elf ship, that first brought the Shattered Sun Offensive to Quel'Danas.
Silverpine Forest	North Tide's Run	[37, 29]	The wrecked ship.
Stranglethorn Vale	Vile Reef, The	[29, 32]	Hecklebury Smotts' first ship lying in the ocean, west of Grom'gol Base Camp, next to Smotts' Revenge, his second ship.
Stranglethorn Vale	Vile Reef, The	[25, 30]	A sunken high elven destroyer west of Grom'gol Base Camp.
Swamp of Sorrows	Forbidding Sea, The	[95, 23]	A rotting human ship that has probably been here for a long time.
Tirisfal Glades	North Coast, The	[67, 26]	The wrecked high elven destroyer off the northern coast.
Westfall			The seven crashed boats lining the shore, including one lying on very deep water. One of them is Captain Grayson's pirate ship.
Westfall	Deadmines		The Defias Brotherhood juggernaut located inside.
Silverpine Forest	North Tide's Beachhead, Skittering Dark		The three ships are in a very bad condition. They are referred to as the Warchief's Fleet.
Twilight Highlands	Obsidian Breakers		Five known ships met their fate because of Ophelia.

Outland

Zone	Subzone	Coordinates	Notes	Screenshot
Twisting Nether		[60.9, 34.5]	A wrecked ship once docked with Kirin'Var Village.

Northrend

Zone	Subzone	Coordinates	Notes	Screenshot
Dragonblight	Forgotten Shore		Scattered along the coast are several human ships, damaged beyond repair. They are most likely the remains of the boats used in Arthas' pursuit of Mal'ganis.
Grizzly Hills	Venture Bay	[, ]	A docked Horde ship captained by Captain Zorna.
Grizzly Hills	Venture Bay	[, ]	A docked Alliance icebreaker captained by Captain Brightwater.
Grizzly Hills	Venture Bay	[, ]	A docked Venture Company ship.
Grizzly Hills	Venture Bay	[, ]	An anchored Horde Lumberboat.
Grizzly Hills	Venture Bay	[, ]	An anchored Alliance Lumberboat.
Howling Fjord	Frozen Sea, The		A Forsaken Destroyer with all Forsaken Crew slain and overrun with Kvaldir trying to retrieve a stolen Artifact
Howling Fjord	Frozen Sea, The		Scattered throughout the sea floor and surface lies many unnamed vessels, mostly of human design.

Boat types

• Battleship
• Dinghy
• Destroyer
• Frigate
• Galley
• Giant turtle battle sub
• Gnomish submarine
• Goblin submarine
• Icebreaker
• Iron fish
• Juggernaught
• Keelboat
• Landing ship
• Lifeboat
• Longboat
• Longship
• Lumberboat
• Merchant ship
• Oil tanker
• Prison ship
• Raft
• Rowboat
• Sailing ship
• Schooner
• Steam launch
• Steamboat
• Transport ship
• Warship
• Wave runner
• Tirassian wind-runner
• Turtle boat

Boat types appearing in World of Warcraft

This section attempts to classify boats and ships appearing in World of Warcraft using real-world standards and terminology. Some discrepancy between the names that Blizzard has given for subjects and the names listed here may arise.

Name	Description
Alliance Transport	Seen extensively throughout Azeroth, transport ships are employed by both the Alliance and the Steamwheedle Cartel (and various pirate entities). They employ a barque sail plan (three masts with square sails) with jibs and gaffs and have no prominent weaponry. Their sails would make them suited to open ocean sailing along many points, but at the cost of requiring more crew to man the square sails.
Alliance Frigate	Introduced in Mists of Pandaria, these frigates are used by the Alliance as new warships in the Alliance-Horde conflict.
Pirate Frigate	These frigates are the warship mainly used by the pirates of Azeroth, although there are a few to be found in the service of the Alliance (most notably at Venture Bay). These ships employ brig sail plans, but appear to lack jibs or gaff sails, both of which would contribute greatly to the maneuvering and speed of these craft without increasing the crew requirements to man the sails. With just square sails, these ships would have poor performance sailing against the wind or maneuvering in battle. In realistic terms, these ships would only qualify as brig sloops because of their small armament. Some confusion over whether these are actually battleships has arisen, but their sail plan has more in common with Warcraft III human frigates.
Pirate Destroyer	A new warship based on the mesh of the Transport with a gun deck. They can be found patrolling near Scalawag Point.
Freighter	A type of cargo vessel that can be found in Venture Bay outfitted with cranes for handling lumber. Somewhat similar to the Oil Tanker of the Second War; possibly a multipurpose type that can be outfitted for various tasks. Driven by stern paddlewheel.
Goblin Submarine	A type of submersible that can be found in Vashj'ir. Its design draws parallels to a leviathan.
Gnomish Submarine	A type of submersible that can be found in Vashj'ir. Its design draws parallels to a fish, with a giant drill machine.
Orcish Vessel	These are the ships used by the orcs in the Alliance-Horde conflict, introduced in Cataclysm.
Forsaken Vessel	These are ships dredged up from the bottom of the ocean, most of which were once among Lordaeron's fleets. They are based on the Pirate Destroyer.
Vrykul Longboat	More information coming soon.
Darnassian Caravel	Employed principally by the night elves of Darnassus, these ships are similar in size and capacity to transports. Built around a lateen sail, they can be seen frequently plying the waters of the west coast of Kalimdor. Their sail plan does not require an extensive crew but can be a liability on the high seas and dangerous in storms, a problem that would be exaggerated by its high sterncastle.
Elven Destroyer	A mainstay of the Second War, the trimaran destroyers of Silvermoon continue to be a common sight in the northern waters. While they do not mount heavy weaponry, their ramming prows and versatile junk rigging make them fierce opponents at sea. Their rigging would put them at a disadvantage for raw speed (partially offset by their hull configuration) but at a significant advantage for maneuvering in most wind conditions.
Alliance Icebreaker	A relatively new invention, icebreakers appeared with the resurgence of Alliance activity in Northrend. Equipped with sturdy armored prows for icebreaking and backup brig rigging, they represent the resurgence of Alliance naval supremacy in the aftermath of the third war. Like frigates, their incomplete sail plan would put them at a disadvantage were it not for their steam powered paddlewheels.
Orcish Juggernaught	Once the centerpiece of the Horde's naval power, juggernaughts today are but a fading memory. Only one surviving ship of the type is known to exist, hidden away in a secret dock in the mines south of Moonbrook. Having basically no significant sails to speak of these ships were dependent on steam power to move.
Elven Cutter	Time has not been kind to the ships of this class. Built during the days of the high elves, and featuring the prominent unicorn sails commonly employed by ships of Silvermoon before their downfall, these were at one time a common sight in the waters of Azeroth. No longer. No surviving member of this ship type have yet been found, and those wrecks that exist to be found are typically mangled so that no conclusive information can be drawn about their full sail plan. All that can be said for sure was that they were reasonably small craft with armored prows suitable for ramming.

Patch changes

• introduced a mercenary ship from Stormwind (same dock as the Northrend ship) with the quest  [81] Call of Duty
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): The boat from Stormwind now sails to Rut'theran Village following Deathwing's destruction of Auberdine.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): The crews have returned.
  
• Hotfix (2007-12-06): "The vendors on the Boats and Zeppelins throughout Azeroth have run out stock and shut up shop, they are no longer able to service you with their wares."
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Boats that carry players are now populated with NPC crews, some of which are vendors. The boats also now rock side-to-side while moving.
  
• Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-22): Some of the ship paths have been modified.
  
• Hotfix (2005-04-22): "The boat between Menethil and Auberdine has returned to normal operation."
  
• Hotfix (2005-01-21): "Today's maintenance removed the boat that traveled from Menethil Harbor to Auberdine from the realms listed below. Two new NPCs, Captain Placeholder in Menethil Harbor and Captain Noteo in Auberdine, have been placed on the docks where players used to board this boat. Both NPCs are marked with a yellow exclamation point over hovering over their heads (the same exclamation point used to let players know that an NPC has an available quest for them). Opening a dialog with these NPCs will allow players to travel between the two cities."
  

See also

•  I'm on a Boat
• Cataclysm travel guide for a map of all major boat/ship routes