Booty Bay


 * This popular port city was originally a map in Warcraft III.

Booty Bay is a large pirate port city nestled into the cliffs surrounding a beautiful blue lagoon on the southern tip of Stranglethorn Vale. The city is entered by traversing through the bleached-white jaws of a giant shark.

Run by the Blackwater Raiders who are closely associated with the Steamwheedle Cartel, the port offers facilities to any traveler passing through, regardless of their faction. Combined with the world renowned Salty Sailor Tavern, it is one of the most popular locations in Azeroth.

Outside of Booty Bay, on the island of Janeiro's Point, is the giant statue of Baron Revilgaz.

Players of all level ranges can be expected to be found going about their business in Booty Bay. Horde players can access the city using the boat from Ratchet while low level Alliance players can swim along the coast from Westfall. Frequent visitors will more than likely fit in the 35-45 range. The quests available from the locals reflect this range nicely.

Baron Revilgaz, ruler of this city, is hiring all the help he can get against the pesky Bloodsail Buccaneers and other threats of the city. He resides, together with the leader of the Blackwater Raiders, Fleet Master Seahorn, at the top of the inn of Booty Bay.

If you fall into the water, you can get back onto the docks by swimming to the centre of the U-shaped docks, where there will be a small ramp leading up from the water to dry land.

The water there occasionally has floating wreckage and schools of fish. The Schools that are most often are Firefin Snappers, Oily Blackmouths, and Stonescale Eels. Fishing in the floating wreckage will also give you very high chances of fishing out chests and items, making Booty Bay an ideal place for fishing.

Booty Bay is located at Blackwater Cove, a large, sheltered, semi-circular cove surrounded by cliffs at the southern end of Stranglethorn Vale. It was former small port town inhabited by humans which was overrun by trolls. Eventually, the goblins managed to drive out the trolls from the immediate area to claim the shores of the cove for their new center for operations in the Eastern Kingdoms — Booty Bay.

Facilities



 * Stranglethorn Trust Bank, Bank (with Mailbox), on the lowermost level, farthest from the entrance (to the right from this angle)
 * Equipment Repair at any vendor that normally does this
 * Forge & Anvil, on the top level, near the entrance
 * To get here, at the entrance before you go down the slope towards the boat, turn left; they are at the second building along, just after the armorcrafter
 * Inn (with Mailbox), on the second and third floors, roughly halfway between where the second floor begins and where it ends; innkeeper is on the second floor (the bottom of the inn, second floor of town)
 * Master Blacksmith
 * Master Gnomish Engineer
 * Fishing vendors on the bottom and the second floors just north of the bank
 * Transport to Ratchet via Boat
 * Gryphon Master - Accessed from the upper level of the Salty Sailor Tavern.
 * Windrider Master - May be difficult to find, though in reality it actually isn't. On the south side of town, there is a tavern. Travel to the very top level of the tavern where there is a balcony with a Tauren and a Goblin, the goblin being Baron Revilgaz. As soon as you come onto the balcony, turn immediately left to see a small walkway. This walkway will lead you to the Flight Path platform complete with a couple of bruisers.
 * Shady Dealer, on the lowermost level, behind the buildings
 * Rogue Trainer on the top floor of the inn
 * The famous auctioneer O'reely stands on the boxes outside the largest building, linked to the neutral goblin auction.

Flight

 * Stormwind City
 * Sentinel Hill
 * Darkshire
 * Rebel Camp
 * Grom'gol Base Camp
 * Stonard
 * Kargath

Boat

 * Ratchet

Quests
See Stranglethorn Quests.

Reputation
Having all of Azeroth's goblins' factions at exalted is a requirement for Insane in the Membrane, be warned this is months of work.

Killing the Bloodsail Buccaneers and Venture Co. in Stranglethorn will increase your Reputation with the Steamwheedle Cartel.

See Mobs which affect reputation with Steamwheedle Cartel.

See Steamwheel Cartel Reputation Rebuilding Quests.

Patch changes

 * The quests and  are not repeatable anymore, they just give a single 350 rep.
 * The quests and  are not repeatable anymore, they just give a single 350 rep.

Ganking in the Bay (PvP Servers)
In WoW, Booty Bay served as a popular ganking spot when guilds assembled there to run Zul'Gurub or get the Hakkar buff, but contrary to urban legend, there is no reputation level at which players can attack other players without fear of reprisal from the guards.

Although the majority of booty bay is patrolled by bruisers, its complexity creates several ganking spots where players may attack others without aggroing the goblins. One absolute spot is the second floor of the inn in the hallway before the room where the rogue trainer resides. Others include several areas above the rooftops which take some initiative to find. In addition watch out when shopping in the arcade — it is not patrolled by Bruisers and the vendors won't assist you or summon help if you're attacked.

It is also worth noting that, for the past two years at least, on the day after New Years the town becomes an even greater volatile place for active PVP. The guards of the bay all sleep following the drunken escapades of the night before and do not awaken until the 2nd of January. Thus, it is commonplace for the entire harbour to become a large battlefield which should be avoided by lower players.

WoW history


During the alpha phase of World of Warcraft's initial development, Booty Bay was designed differently. However, with the way boat transportation was going to work though, change was needed.

Cataclysm
Tensions between Booty Bay and the Bloodsail Buccaneers have come to a head.

The statue of Baron Revilgaz has been partially damaged, exposing hidden treasure. The large red cannons have fallen into the sea, and flotsam and jetsam can be seen littered around the harbor. Booty Bay has been partially damaged.

Phased area
During Quest:Return to Revilgaz, as soon as the Doublerum is collected, Booty Bay turns into a phased area where the whole town is on fire, the port is blockaded, and Brashtide Raiders storm the area. Many NPCs are still in town, many of those based outside showing themselves to be in terror, others have stationed themselves outside their buildings ready for a fight.

Warcraft III
Pirates once anchored their ships here. The tileset is called "Lordaeron Summer".