17-travel-qol

Travel and Quality of Life

Move around the world faster, die less painfully, and let the server clean up the loot and junk.

Status: LIVE — the Emerald Dreamway, starter and engineering gliders, mount training, instance respawns, Junk to Gold, and AoE loot are enabled. The .repair command is Disabled. Dreamway routes have no NPC staff.

At a glance

• Emerald Dreamway: free, level 1, four Great Tree routes, 2-second activation, no cooldown.
• Beginner’s Gliders: every new character gets 50; each successful use consumes one.
• Glide time: 3 minutes; 3-minute shared cooldown; 40 yd/s forward speed.
• Glider maps: Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor, Outland, and Northrend. Dungeons and battlegrounds are allowed; arenas are not in the allowed map list.
• Mounts: Apprentice Riding at 30, Journeyman at 60, flying skills at 70, Cold Weather Flying at 77.
• Dungeon/raid release: respawn at the instance entrance with 50% health.
• Junk to Gold: on by default; sells only newly looted grey items.
• AoE loot: on by default; collects eligible corpses within 55 yards, up to 10 additional corpses.
• .junktogold and .aoeloot: session toggles, not saved preferences.
• .repair: disabled. Repair at a vendor or repair mount.
• No .dreamway or .glider command. Use the pedestal or the item.

How to use travel and convenience

1. Use the Dreamway at level 1. Click a Great Tree pedestal in Duskwood, Ashenvale, Feralas, or the Hinterlands.
2. Stay still for two seconds. Moving more than 0.5 yards cancels the activation.
3. Cross the hub. The Verdant Fields connects all four trees in both directions. There are no vendors, trainers, or innkeepers there yet.
4. Glide from level 1. Use a Beginner’s Glider from your bag. It works from the ground, while falling, or while already rising.
5. Aim before you launch. The glider gives one forward impulse and a small upward launch; it does not grant sustained flight.
6. Buy a reusable engineering glider if you run out of starters. Schematics are sold by the three vendors below.
7. Train riding at 30, 60, and 70. Buy the mount separately from the riding skill.
8. Prepare for Northrend with Cold Weather Flying at 77, or the earlier Tome of Cold Weather Flight at 68.
9. Release inside dungeons and raids to return to the entrance at half health instead of running from the graveyard.
10. Toggle junk sales with .junktogold off before looting grey gear you want to keep.
11. Toggle AoE loot with .aoeloot off if you prefer to open each corpse individually.
12. Repair before you queue. .repair is disabled, so visit a repair vendor.

Emerald Dreamway

The Dreamway is a free four-way travel hub built into the classic Great Trees.

Great Tree	Zone	Continent	Pedestal entries
Twilight Grove	Duskwood	Eastern Kingdoms	990001 / 990002
Bough Shadow	Ashenvale	Kalimdor	990003 / 990004
Dream Bough	Feralas	Kalimdor	990005 / 990006
Seradane	Hinterlands	Eastern Kingdoms	990007 / 990008

How it works

• Minimum level 1. No attunement, quest, item, or cooldown.
• Two-way routes. Each tree has an entrance pedestal and a return pedestal in the Verdant Fields.
• Two-second cast. The activation uses a nature-themed cosmetic cast.
• Movement limit: more than 0.5 yards during the cast cancels the teleport.
• Eligibility is checked at the start and end. Entering combat, dying, or entering a vehicle during the cast fails it.
• Restrictions: cannot activate while in combat, dead, or in a vehicle.
• Shared world map: Emerald Dream map 169 is no longer instanced. Players in the hub can see each other.
• Graveyard: the Verdant Fields has a spirit healer.
• No services yet: no innkeeper, vendor, reagent vendor, or trainer in the hub.

Route notes

• Duskwood ↔ Verdant Fields is the shortest route for Stormwind and Elwynn characters.
• Ashenvale ↔ Verdant Fields serves northern Kalimdor.
• Feralas ↔ Verdant Fields serves southern Kalimdor and provides a fast link toward Silithus and Un’Goro.
• Hinterlands ↔ Verdant Fields links the northern Eastern Kingdoms and is useful for Hinterlands, Western Plaguelands, and Scholomance travel.
• The hub is not a portal room. You still need normal flight paths, boats, zeppelins, or class portals for destinations outside the four trees.

Goblin Gliders

Gliders are short-duration personal glides, not flying mounts. They use a custom movement spell and require the matching WarcraftXL client support.

Beginner’s Glider

• Item: Beginner’s Glider 981316.
• Grant: every newly created character receives one stack of 50.
• Existing characters: no retroactive grant.
• Level: 1.
• Quality: common; binds on pickup.
• Consumption: one glider per successful use.
• Cooldown: fixed 3 minutes, shared with reusable gliders. Switching items cannot bypass it.
• Persistence: the cooldown survives relog.
• Refill: the starter stack is not replenished on login.

Shared glide behavior

Property	Live value
Horizontal speed	40 yd/s
Initial upward launch	15 yd/s
Natural rise	about 5.8 yards above deployment
Terminal descent	7 yd/s
Duration	180 seconds
Cooldown	180 seconds
Allowed maps	0, 1, 530, 571
Dungeons allowed	Yes
Battlegrounds allowed	Yes
Arenas allowed	No — map not in the allowed list
Combat allowed	Yes
Requires outdoors	No
Line-of-sight check	Yes
Landing confirmation	200 ms

• One impulse per activation. There is no second airborne boost, renewed lifetime, or hovering.
• Steering: normal keyboard or mouse turning. No ascend or descend input.
• Deployment: ground, falling, or already rising from another jump effect.
• Mounted use: the mount is removed before deployment. A failed eligibility check keeps the mount.
• Water: deployment is refused while in, on, or walking on water. Landing in water stows the glider.
• Ends on: death, teleport, logout, map change, mounting after deployment, vehicle entry, incompatible control state, cancellation, or expiry.
• Area transitions: ordinary same-map area and progression-phase changes preserve the glide. Teleports and map transfers end it.
• Feather Fall: unrelated slow-fall auras remain valid.

Reusable engineering gliders

Glider	Item	Schematic	Engineering	Vendor	Schematic price
Ironwing Glider	981310	981313	300	Xizzer Fizzbolt 11185, Everlook	25 gold
Felweave Glider	981311	981314	350	Viggz Shinesparked 19661, Shattrath	100 gold
Frostwind Glider	981312	981315	425	Bryan Landers 28722, Dalaran	250 gold

• Schematics are consumed when learned.
• Learning requires the listed Engineering rank. The craft spell checks the rank too.
• Using a glider requires no profession or specialization.
• Finished gliders are reusable, can be sold or traded before first use, and bind when used.
• All three variants share the same movement, duration, and cooldown as the base glider. They are cosmetic.
• The original reusable Goblin Glider is item 109076; the engineering variants are the documented player-crafted routes.

Materials:

• Ironwing: 20 Arcanite Bars, 16 Thorium Tubes, 40 Bolts of Runecloth, 40 Rugged Leather, 8 Delicate Arcanite Converters.
• Felweave: 5 Hardened Adamantite Tubes, 8 Adamantite Frames, 24 Bolts of Netherweave, 20 Heavy Knothide Leather, 8 Primal Air, 20 Handfuls of Fel Iron Bolts.
• Frostwind: 8 Titansteel Bars, 40 Saronite Bars, 32 Bolts of Frostweave, 20 Heavy Borean Leather, 12 Overcharged Capacitors, 8 Eternal Air.

Mounts and riding

Riding skills and mount items are separate purchases. The skill is per character.

Skill	Cost	Required level	What it unlocks
Apprentice Riding	100 gold	30	60% ground mount
Journeyman Riding	1,000 gold	60	100% ground mount
Expert Riding	800 gold	70	150% flying mount
Artisan Riding	5,000 gold	70	280% flying mount
Cold Weather Flying	1,000 gold	77	Northrend flying
Tome of Cold Weather Flight	5,000 gold	68	Earlier Northrend flying

Mount items cost extra. Live base prices:

Mount category	Base price
Racial apprentice mount	10 gold
Racial journeyman mount	100 gold
Faction expert mount	100 gold
Faction artisan mount	200 gold
Paladin class mount	35 silver / 2 gold
Warlock class mount	1 gold / 10 gold
Druid class mount	3.4 gold / 20 gold
Death Knight class mount	100 gold

• No flying at 60. Expert Riding is required at 70 on this realm.
• Northrend flying still needs Cold Weather Flying, even with Expert or Artisan Riding.
• The Tome of Cold Weather Flight is the level-68 alternative to waiting until 77. It costs 5,000 gold.
• Mount items have per-mount overrides. Some event, drop, and class mounts have different level or price rules. Check the tooltip after clearing a stale client Cache if a requirement looks wrong.
• Reputation discounts can reduce vendor prices; the table shows base prices.

Dungeon and raid respawns

Easy Respawn is active in dungeons and raids only. It does not change open-world death.

• Release inside a dungeon or raid and you respawn at the instance entrance instead of the nearest graveyard.
• Health: 50% of maximum, not full.
• Open world: normal nearest-graveyard behavior.
• Icecrown Citadel has a custom outside respawn point in Northrend.
• Custom raid maps have explicit entrance respawns: Battle for the Dark Portal 901, Vanguard 902, Hall of Thanes 903, and Well of Eternity 939.
• No corpse run for covered instances.
• Still release. This is a release destination, not an in-combat automatic resurrection.

Junk to Gold

Junk to Gold sells newly looted, priced grey items automatically.

• Default: on.
• Toggle: .junktogold off / .junktogold on.
• Session-only: the setting resets on next login.
• Only new loot: it does not sweep your existing inventory, bank, equipped gear, or NPCBot equipment.
• Stack-safe: if you loot part of a stack, it sells only the new pieces.
• Retained: quest items, quest objectives, containers, loot-bearing items, refundable or tradeable items, wrapped items, zero-price items, and configured exclusions.
• Kept items: no extra custom exclusions are live; normal junk rules apply.
• Money rules: normal vendor value, including wallet cap and economic-challenge handling.
• Underdog warning: turn it off if your challenge needs grey gear retained.
• Full bags: normal pickup still needs bag space; there is no overflow mail.

AoE loot

AoE Loot collects nearby eligible corpses when you open one corpse.

• Default: on.
• Toggle: .aoeloot off / .aoeloot on.
• Session-only: the setting resets on next login.
• Range: 55 yards.
• Extra corpses: up to 10 additional corpses per opening.
• Group-aware: nearby corpses must share the clicked corpse’s recipient, group, phase, loot type, and line of sight.
• Pets and NPCBots: excluded as collection sources; NPCBot group membership does not disable the feature.
• Protected loot: round-robin ownership, master-loot reservations, rolls, won-roll items, currencies, conditional items, personal items, and group quest drops stay on their original corpses.
• Quest rows: personal quest rows are stored on the real corpse. Regular items that are quest objectives for any online group member remain on their corpse.
• Row limit: the native 18-row limit still applies. Overflow stays on the source corpse.
• Full bags: quest loot is retained on its corpse; no overflow mail is created.
• Skinnable corpses: emptied corpses can still be skinned; normal decay applies.
• Loot beams: hints follow the loot that remains.

Commands & UI

Command / action	What it does
Click a Great Tree pedestal	Start the 2-second Dreamway cast
Use a glider item	Deploy the glider
.junktogold off	Stop auto-selling newly looted grey items for this session
.junktogold on	Resume auto-selling grey items for this session
.aoeloot off	Turn off nearby-corpse collection for this session
.aoeloot on	Turn nearby-corpse collection back on
.repair	Disabled — use a repair vendor instead
/pals etc.	Not travel-related; see 16 — Pocket Pals

No custom travel commands: there is no .dreamway, .glider, .fly, or .teleport player command in this system.

NPC references

NPC / object	Entry	Location / role
Xizzer Fizzbolt	11185	Everlook; sells the Ironwing schematic
Viggz Shinesparked	19661	Shattrath; sells the Felweave schematic
Bryan Landers	28722	Dalaran; sells the Frostwind schematic
Twilight Grove pedestal	990001 / 990002	Duskwood ↔ Verdant Fields
Bough Shadow pedestal	990003 / 990004	Ashenvale ↔ Verdant Fields
Dream Bough pedestal	990005 / 990006	Feralas ↔ Verdant Fields
Seradane pedestal	990007 / 990008	Hinterlands ↔ Verdant Fields
Riding trainer	varies	Any capital city riding trainer
Repair vendor	varies	Any armor/weapons vendor or repair mount

There is no dedicated Dreamway NPC and no Dreamway vendor. Bring your own supplies.

Tips

• Dreamway first, hearthstone later. It is free, level 1, and has no cooldown. Use it for cross-continent travel before spending a hearthstone.
• Do not move during the cast. Even a small step cancels it. Stand still until the cast completes.
• Leave combat first. The Dreamway refuses combat, death, and vehicles.
• The hub is empty. There is no innkeeper or vendor yet, so repair and restock before entering.
• The hub is shared. Map 169 is a normal world map now; other players can be there.
• Glide from height. The glider launches up about 5.8 yards, then sinks. Starting from a cliff or tower gives you far more distance.
• It is not a flying mount. You cannot climb, hover, or extend the glide. Plan a landing.
• Do not deploy over water. Use is refused in or on water. Land on dry ground.
• Your 50 starters are finite. New characters get them; existing characters do not. A reusable engineering glider is the long-term option.
• Shared cooldown. Swapping from a beginner glider to a reusable one does not reset the 3-minute cooldown.
• Engineering variants are cosmetic. Pick the appearance you like; performance is identical.
• You can trade finished gliders. They bind when used, so a crafter can sell them.
• Train riding before buying the mount. The mount item is separate and will not work without the skill.
• No 60 flying. Expert Riding is a level-70 purchase here.
• Tome at 68 vs Cold Weather at 77. The Tome costs 5,000 gold; the skill costs 1,000 gold at 77. Decide whether early Northrend flying is worth the premium.
• Release early in a raid. You return to the entrance at 50% health, so heal before the next pull.
• ICC is the exception. Its custom respawn is outside the citadel in Northrend.
• Turn off Junk to Gold for Underdog. Grey gear can matter to that challenge.
• Junk to Gold does not clean your bags. It only handles new grey loot, and it still needs bag space.
• AoE loot respects master loot. It does not steal reserved or rolled items.
• Full bags keep loot on the corpse. Clear space before a big pull.
• .repair will not work. Repair before the dungeon, not after the first wipe.

Limits and configuration

• Dreamway routes: 4.
• Dreamway minimum level: 1.
• Dreamway cast: 2 seconds.
• Dreamway movement tolerance: 0.5 yards.
• Dreamway cooldown: none.
• Dreamway combat/dead/vehicle: prohibited.
• Dreamway services: none.
• Dreamway map: 169, non-instanced.
• Beginner’s Gliders per new character: 50.
• Beginner’s Glider cooldown: 180 seconds, fixed.
• Glider duration: 180 seconds.
• Glider horizontal speed: 40 yd/s.
• Glider launch: 15 yd/s.
• Glider descent: 7 yd/s.
• Glider maps: 0, 1, 530, 571.
• Glider dungeons: allowed.
• Glider battlegrounds: allowed.
• Glider arenas: not allowed.
• Glider combat: allowed.
• Glider water: refused.
• Glider outdoors requirement: off.
• Riding Apprentice: 100 gold at 30.
• Riding Journeyman: 1,000 gold at 60.
• Riding Expert: 800 gold at 70.
• Riding Artisan: 5,000 gold at 70.
• Cold Weather Flying: 1,000 gold at 77.
• Tome of Cold Weather Flight: 5,000 gold at 68.
• Easy Respawn: dungeons and raids only.
• Respawn health: 50%.
• Respawn location: instance entrance.
• Open-world respawn: nearest graveyard.
• Junk to Gold: on by default; session toggle.
• Junk sale scope: new grey items only.
• AoE loot: on by default; session toggle.
• AoE range: 55 yards.
• AoE extra corpses: 10.
• .repair: disabled.

Related systems

• 01 — Getting started: first mount and first travel routes
• 02 — Starting experience: starter glider grant
• 08 — Individual progression: stage-based world access
• 09 — Experience and rates: leveling pace
• 10 — Oaths: Underdog and grey gear
• 13 — Special items and artifacts: Lightforged Warframe movement
• 15 — NPCBots: bot groups and dungeon travel
• 19 — Dungeons and grouping: instance entry and release
• 20 — Custom raids and endgame: custom respawn overrides
• 23 — Loot and rewards: loot rules and toggles
• 24 — UI and addons: addon setup
• 26 — Admin and config appendix: module configs

Admin note

Live module config: EmeraldDreamway.Enable=1, Pedestals.Enable=1, Cast.Enable=1, MinimumLevel=1, AllowInCombat=0, AllowDead=0, AllowInVehicle=0, and all four routes enabled. The GO entries are 990001–990008; map 169 is made non-instanced through a map_dbc override. The module has no service NPCs yet; its README still lists innkeeper, vendor, and reagent services as unfinished. Do not add a level gate or cooldown without updating 08 — Individual progression and the overview.

GoblinGlider.Enable=1, HorizontalSpeed=40.0, LaunchVerticalSpeed=15.0, TerminalDescent=7.0, DurationMs=180000, CooldownMs=180000, AllowedMaps="0,1,530,571", DeniedAreas="", RequireOutdoors=0, AllowDungeons=1, AllowBattlegrounds=1, AllowCombat=1, CheckLineOfSight=1, LandingConfirmationMs=200, and Debug=1 (startup logging is verbose). Beginner item 981316 has a fixed 180000 ms item/spell cooldown independent of CooldownMs; do not try to remove one without the other. The module requires matching custom Spell.dbc/Item.dbc/visual data and the WarcraftXL movement extension. Goblin Glider spell chain 126389 -> 126408 validated in the startup log is the health check. Changing glider config reloads the values but ends active glides.

Mount requirements: MountRequirements.Enable=true, with live riding prices/levels Apprentice=1000000/30, Journeyman=10000000/60, Expert=8000000/70, Artisan=50000000/70, ColdWeatherFlying=10000000/77, and TomeOfColdWeatherFlight=50000000/68 (copper/level). Racial mounts are 100000/30 and 1000000/60; faction mounts 1000000/60 and 2000000/70; class mounts use their own blocks. The long OverrideMounts list sets many event/drop mounts to level 40/60/70/80 or custom prices. After changing this file, stop the worldserver and have players delete the client Cache folder, or tooltips and client-side learn checks will be stale. Disabling the module restores stock DB requirements on restart.

EasyRespawn.Active=1,2 (dungeons and raids), ResurrectPct=0.5, InstanceRespawnLocation=1 (inside the instance), OpenWorldRespawnLocation=2 (nearest graveyard), and no disabled maps. Overrides: ICC 631 → map 571 outside Icecrown; 901/902 → their entrances; 903 → -100,0,11.045; 939 → the Well of Eternity entrance. Do not add value 4 to Active unless open-world instant respawn is intended.

JunkToGold.Enable=1, Message=1, KeepItems=""; only newly looted priced grey items are sold, with exact-stack GUID/count protection, and equipment/bank/NPCBots are excluded. AOELoot.Enable=1, Message=1, Range=55.0, MaxCorpses=10, Group=1; it preserves rolls, master loot, quest provenance, and the 18-row cap. Both toggles are in-memory per login. CustomRepairCommand.Enable=0; the .repair handler still exists in cs_gear.cpp but is not available. Do not enable it without deciding whether free repairs belong in the economy.