Zone scaling

Zone scaling, also known as level scaling,Patch 7.3.5#A Scaling World causes mobs, quests, and loot to scale with the player character's level over a range. This allows the player more freedom to choose where they level. It was first introduced in Legion for zones in the Broken Isles, but was later expanded to include the entire game. However, scaling usually excludes content that was meant to be part of its expansion's end game: raids, heroic mode dungeons, and end-game zones such as Suramar or Mechagon.
As of patch 9.0.1, all starting zones scale from levels 1 - 10, including those for hero classes; zones from Battle for Azeroth scale to level 50; and all previous expansions scale to anywhere from level 30 to level 45. New characters can also enable Timewalking Campaigns, which causes all content to scale up to level 50. This means that players can spend almost the entirety of a character's leveling journey in the same expansion, allowing them to experience stories more fully than with the previous system.
The below list shows zones' default level ranges. Timewalking Campaigns increase these ranges' upper limits to 50.
==Expansion summary==
Generally speaking, zones have a maximum level they scale to based on which expansion they are set in, and a minimum level they scale to based on how far into the expansion characters are expected to reach that zone. Dungeons follow this trend as well. All of the maximums instead go to 50 when in a Timewalking Campaigns. Some starting zones are exceptions to this rule.
Expansion 	Maximum level	Note
World of Warcraft 	30 	Zones were updated in Cataclysm but have the lower max level matching other earliest expansions
The Burning Crusade 	30 	
Wrath of the Lich King	30 	Death Knight starting area scales to 10
Cataclysm 	35 	Worgen and Goblin starting areas scale to 20
Mists of Pandaria 	35 	Pandaren starting zone The Wandering Isle scales to 10
Warlords of Draenor 	40 	
Legion 	45 	
Battle for Azeroth 	50 	
Shadowlands 	60 	New player starting experience in Exile's Reach scales to 10
Dragonflight 	70 	
The minimum scaling level, or "level requirement", varies within each expansion. For most expansions, the zone encountered first has a minimum level of 10, while the final leveling zone typically has a minimum 5 levels below the maximum for the expansion, with intermediate zones' minimums distributed in between, often in increments of 5. Dungeons follow a similar pattern, while some end-of-expansion content has a level equal to the maximum for the expansion and does not scale. Exceptions include:
* The primary five new Cataclysm zones and their associated dungeons - those introduced as completely new content rather than revised versions of the original zones - all have minimums of 30 rather than a distribution starting at 10.
* Non-endgame Legion content all scales starting with level 10.
* The "starting zones" for each race, composed of the first two to three zones they would encounter, usually have 1, 5, and possibly 7 as minimums.
* Death Knight and Demon Hunter starting areas both scale starting at 8, the starting level for those classes.
* The Exile's Reach starting zone for new players in Shadowlands naturally starts at 1.
== World of Warcraft==
===Eastern Kingdoms===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	8.2.5 	9.0.1
Dun Morogh 	1 - 10 	1 - 20 	1 - 60 	1 - 30
*Gnomeregan 	26 - 29 	24 - 60	24 - 60	10 - 30
Elwynn Forest 	1 - 10 	1 - 20 	1 - 60 	1 - 30
*Stormwind Stockade 	22 - 30 	20 - 60	20 - 60	10 - 30
Tirisfal Glades 	1 - 10 	1 - 20 	1 - 60 	1 - 30
*Scarlet Halls 	Min. 21 	26 - 60	26 - 60	10 - 30
*Scarlet Monastery 	28 - 33 	28 - 60	28 - 60	10 - 30
Loch Modan 	10 - 20 	10 - 60	10 - 60	5 - 30
Silverpine Forest 	10 - 20 	10 - 60	10 - 60	5 - 30
*Shadowfang Keep 	16 - 26 	17 - 60	17 - 60	8 - 30
Westfall 	10 - 15 	10 - 60	10 - 60	5 - 30
*Deadmines 	15 - 21 	15 - 60	15 - 60	7 - 30
Redridge Mountains 	15 - 20 	15 - 60	15 - 60	7 - 30
Hillsbrad Foothills 	20 - 25 	15 - 60	15 - 60	7 - 30
Duskwood 	20 - 25 	20 - 60	20 - 60	10 - 30
Wetlands 	20 - 25 	15 - 60	15 - 60	10 - 30
Arathi Highlands 	25 - 30 	25 - 60	25 - 60	10 - 30
Northern Stranglethorn	25 - 30 	25 - 60	25 - 60	10 - 30
Cape of Stranglethorn 	30 - 35 	30 - 60	30 - 60	10 - 30
Hinterlands 	30 - 35 	30 - 60	30 - 60	10 - 30
Western Plaguelands 	35 - 40 	35 - 60	35 - 60	15 - 30
*Scholomance 	Min. 33 	38 - 60	38 - 60	15 - 30
Eastern Plaguelands 	40 - 45 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
*Stratholme - Main Gate	42 - 52 	42 - 60	42 - 60	15 - 30
*Stratholme - Service Entrance	46 - 56 	46 - 60	46 - 60	20 - 30
Badlands 	44 - 48 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
*Uldaman 	37 - 40 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
Burning Steppes 	49 - 52 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
*Blackrock Depths - Detention Block	47 - 57 	47 - 60	47 - 60	20 - 30
*Blackrock Depths - Upper City	51 - 60 	51 - 60	51 - 60	20 - 30
*Lower Blackrock Spire	52 - 60 	55 - 60	55 - 60	20 - 30
Searing Gorge 	47 - 51 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
Swamp of Sorrows 	52 - 64 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
*Sunken Temple 	50 - 60 	50 - 60	50 - 60	20 - 30
Blasted Lands 	54 - 60 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
Deadwind Pass 	55 - 56 	55 - 56	55 - 56	10 - 30
===Kalimdor===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	8.2.5 	9.0.1
Durotar 	1 - 10 	1 - 20 	1 - 60 	1 - 30
*Ragefire Chasm 	15 - 21 	15 - 60	15 - 60	7 - 30
Mulgore 	1 - 10 	1 - 20 	1 - 60 	1 - 30
Teldrassil 	1 - 10 	1 - 20 	1 - 60 	1 - 30
Azshara 	10 - 20 	10 - 60	10 - 60	5 - 30
Darkshore 	10 - 20 	10 - 60	10 - 60	5 - 30
Northern Barrens 	10 - 20 	10 - 60	10 - 60	5 - 30
*Wailing Caverns 	15 - 25 	17 - 60	17 - 60	8 - 30
Ashenvale 	20 - 25 	15 - 60	15 - 60	7 - 30
*Blackfathom Deeps 	20 - 27 	20 - 60	20 - 60	10 - 30
Stonetalon Mountains	25 - 30 	20 - 60	20 - 60	10 - 30
Southern Barrens 	30 - 35 	25 - 60	25 - 60	10 - 30
*Razorfen Kraul 	32 - 35 	30 - 60	30 - 60	10 - 30
*Razorfen Downs 	42 - 45 	35 - 60	35 - 60	15 - 30
Desolace 	30 - 35 	30 - 60	30 - 60	10 - 30
*Maraudon - The Wicked Grotto	Min. 25 	30 - 60	30 - 60	10 - 30
*Maraudon - Foulspore Cavern	Min. 25 	32 - 60	32 - 60	10 - 30
*Maraudon - Earth Song Falls	Min. 25 	34 - 60	34 - 60	10 - 30
Feralas 	35 - 40 	35 - 60	35 - 60	15 - 30
*Dire Maul - Warpwood Quarter	36 - 46 	36 - 60	36 - 60	15 - 30
*Dire Maul - Capital Gardens	39 - 49 	39 - 60	39 - 60	15 - 30
*Dire Maul - Gordok Commons	42 - 52 	42 - 60	42 - 60	15 - 30
Dustwallow Marsh 	35 - 40 	35 - 60	35 - 60	15 - 30
Winterspring 	50 - 55 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
Felwood 	45 - 50 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
Thousand Needles 	40 - 45 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
Tanaris 	45 - 50 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
*Zul'Farrak 	44 - 54 	44 - 60	44 - 60	15 - 30
Un'Goro Crater 	50 - 55 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
Silithus 	55 - 60 	40 - 60	40 - 60	15 - 30
== The Burning Crusade==
===Eastern Kingdoms===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	8.2.5 	9.0.1
Eversong Woods 	1 - 10 	1 - 20 	1 - 60 	1 - 30
Ghostlands 	10 - 20 	10 - 60	10 - 60	1 - 30
Isle of Quel'Danas	70 	67 - 80	67 - 80	25 - 30
*Magisters' Terrace	68 - 70 	68 - 80	68 - 80	25 - 30
===Kalimdor===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	8.2.5 	9.0.1
Azuremyst Isle	1 - 10 	1 - 20 	1 - 60 	1 - 30
Bloodmyst Isle	10 - 20 	10 - 60	10 - 60	1 - 30
*Caverns of Time - Escape from Durnholde	66 - 68 	64 - 80	64 - 80	15 - 30
*Caverns of Time - Opening of the Dark Portal	68 - 70 	68 - 80	68 - 80	15 - 30
===Outland===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	9.0.1
Hellfire Peninsula 	58 - 63 	58 - 80	10 - 30
*Hellfire Citadel - Hellfire Ramparts	57 - 67 	58 - 80	10 - 30
*Hellfire Citadel - Blood Furnace	59 - 68 	59 - 80	10 - 30
*Hellfire Citadel - Shattered Halls	59 - 68 	67 - 80	20 - 30
Zangarmarsh 	60 - 64 	60 - 80	10 - 30
*Coilfang Reservoir - Slave Pens	62 - 64 	60 - 80	10 - 30
*Coilfang Reservoir - Underbog	63 - 65 	61 - 80	10 - 30
*Coilfang Reservoir - The Steamvault	70 	67 - 80	20 - 30
Terokkar Forest 	62 - 65 	62 - 80	15 - 30
*Auchindoun - Mana-Tombs	64 - 66 	62 - 80	15 - 30
*Auchindoun - Auchenai Crypts	65 - 67 	63 - 80	15 - 30
*Auchindoun - Sethekk Halls	67 - 69 	65 - 80	15 - 30
*Auchindoun - Shadow Labyrinth	69 - 70 	67 - 80	20 - 30
Nagrand 	64 - 67 	64 - 80	15 - 30
Blade's Edge Mountains	65 - 68 	65 - 80	20 - 30
Netherstorm 	67 - 70 	67 - 80	25 - 30
*Tempest Keep - The Mechanar	67 - 69 	65 - 80	20 - 30
*Tempest Keep - The Botanica	70 	67 - 80	20 - 30
*Tempest Keep - The Arcatraz	70 	68 - 80	25 - 30
Shadowmoon Valley 	67 - 70 	67 - 80	25 - 30
== Wrath of the Lich King==
===Eastern Kingdoms===
Zone	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	9.0.1
*Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave	55 - 58 	55 - 58	8 - 30
===Kalimdor===
Zone	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	9.0.1
*Caverns of Time - The Culling of Stratholme	80 	68 - 80	25 - 30
===Northrend===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	9.0.1
Borean Tundra 	68 - 72 	58 - 80	10 - 30
*The Nexus 	71 - 73 	59 - 80	10 - 30
*The Oculus 	80 	67 - 80	20 - 30
Howling Fjord 	68 - 72 	58 - 80	10 - 30
*Utgarde Keep 	70 - 72 	58 - 80	10 - 30
*Utgarde Pinnacle	80 	67 - 80	20 - 30
Dragonblight 	71 - 75 	61 - 80	15 - 30
*Azjol-Nerub 	72 - 74 	60 - 80	15 - 30
*Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom	73 - 75 	61 - 80	15 - 30
Grizzly Hills 	73 - 75 	63 - 80	15 - 30
Zul'Drak 	74 - 76 	64 - 80	25 - 30
*Drak'Tharon Keep	74 - 76 	62 - 80	15 - 30
*Gundrak 	76 - 78 	64 - 80	20 - 30
Sholazar Basin 	76 - 78 	66 - 80	25 - 30
Crystalsong Forest	77 - 80 	67 - 80	25 - 30
*The Violet Hold 	75 - 77 	63 - 80	15 - 30
Storm Peaks 	77 - 80 	67 - 80	25 - 30
*Ulduar - Halls of Stone	77 - 79 	65 - 80	20 - 30
*Ulduar - Halls of Lightning	79 - 80 	67 - 80	20 - 30
Icecrown 	77 - 80 	67 - 80	25 - 30
*Crusaders' Coliseum - Trial of the Champion	80 	68 - 80	25 - 30
*Frozen Halls - The Forge of Souls	80 	70 - 80	25 - 30
*Frozen Halls - Pit of Saron	80 	70 - 80	25 - 30
*Frozen Halls - Halls of Reflection	80 	70 - 80	25 - 30
Hrothgar's Landing	77 - 80 	67 - 80	25 - 30
Wintergrasp 	77 - 80 	67 - 80	25 - 30
== Cataclysm==
===Eastern Kingdoms===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	9.0.1
*Blackrock Caverns	81 - 83 	80 - 90	30 - 35
Gilneas 	1 - 12 	1 - 20 	1 - 20
Ruins of Gilneas 	14 - 20 	10 - 60	5 - 30
Tol Barad 	84 - 85 	84 - 85	30 - 35
Tol Barad Peninsula	85 	85 	30 - 35
Vashj'ir 	80 - 82 	80 - 90	30 - 35
*Throne of the Tides	80 - 81 	80 - 90	30 - 35
Twilight Highlands 	84 - 85 	84 - 90	30 - 35
*Grim Batol 	85 	85 - 90	30 - 35
===Kalimdor===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	9.0.1
*Caverns of Time - End Time	85 	85 	35
Mount Hyjal 	80 - 82 	80 - 90	30 - 35
Uldum 	83 - 84 	83 - 90	30 - 35
*The Vortex Pinnacle	82 - 84 	81 - 90	30 - 35
*Lost City of the Tol'vir	84 - 85 	84 - 90	30 - 35
*Halls of Origination	84 - 85 	84 - 90	30 - 35
Molten Front	85 	85 	32 - 35
===The Maelstrom===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	8.2.5 	9.0.1
Kezan 	1 - 5 	1 - 5 	1 - 20 	1 - 20
Lost Isles	5 - 12 	1 - 20 	1 - 20 	1 - 20
Deepholm 	82 - 83 	82 - 90	82 - 90	30 - 35
*The Stonecore	82 - 84 	81 - 90	81 - 90	30 - 35
== Mists of Pandaria==
===Pandaria===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	9.0.1
Jade Forest 	85 - 86 	80 - 90	10 - 35
*Temple of the Jade Serpent	85 - 85 	80 - 90	10 - 35
Valley of the Four Winds	86 - 87 	81 - 90	15 - 35
*Stormstout Brewery 	86 - 87 	80 - 90	15 - 35
Krasarang Wilds 	86 - 87 	81 - 90	15 - 35
Kun-Lai Summit 	87 - 88 	82 - 90	20 - 35
*Shado-Pan Monastery 	87 - 90 	82 - 90	20 - 35
Townlong Steppes 	88 - 89 	83 - 90	25 - 35
*Siege of Niuzao Temple	88 - 90 	83 - 90	25 - 35
Dread Wastes 	89 - 90 	84 - 90	30 - 35
*Gate of the Setting Sun	88 - 90 	83 - 90	25 - 35
Veiled Stair 	87 	87 	30 - 35
Vale of Eternal Blossoms	90 	85 - 90	35
*Mogu'shan Palace 	87 - 90 	82 - 90	20 - 35
Isle of Thunder 	90 	85 - 90	35
Isle of Giants 	90 	85 - 90	35
Timeless Isle 	90 	85 - 90	35
===Unknown sea===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	9.0.1
Wandering Isle	1 - 10 	1 - 20	1 - 10
== Warlords of Draenor==
===Alternate Draenor===
Zone 	Pre-7.3.5	7.3.5 	9.0.1
Assault on the Dark Portal	90 	90 	10 - 40
Frostfire Ridge 	90 - 93 	90 - 100	10 - 40
*Bloodmaul Slag Mines 	90 - 93 	90 - 100	10 - 40
 	90 - 93 	90 - 100	10 - 40
*Shadowmoon Burial Grounds	100 	100 	10 - 40
Gorgrond 	92 - 94 	92 - 100	15 - 40
*Iron Docks 	93 - 95 	92 - 100	15 - 40
*Grimrail Depot 	100 	100 	35 - 40
*The Everbloom 	100 	100 	35 - 40
Talador 	94 - 96 	94 - 100	20 - 40
* 	95 - 98 	94 - 100	20 - 40
Spires of Arak 	96 - 98 	96 - 100	30 - 40
*Skyreach 	97 - 100 	97 - 100	30 - 40
 	98 - 100 	98 - 100	35 - 40
Tanaan Jungle 	100 	100 	40
Ashran 	100 	100 	40
===Eastern Kingdoms===
Zone	Pre-9.0.1	9.0.1
*Upper Blackrock Spire	100 	35 - 40
== Legion==
===Twisting Nether===
Zone 	Pre-9.0.1	9.0.1
Mardum, the Shattered Abyss	98 - 99 	8 - 45
===Broken Isles===
Zone 	Pre-9.0.1	9.0.1
*Assault on Violet Hold 	105 - 110	10 - 45
The Battle for Broken Shore	98 - 100 	10 - 45
Val'sharah 	98 - 110 	10 - 45
*Darkheart Thicket 	98 - 110 	10 - 45
*Black Rook Hold 	110 	10 - 45
Stormheim 	98 - 110 	10 - 45
*Halls of Valor 	98 - 110 	10 - 45
*Maw of Souls 	110 	10 - 45
Azsuna 	98 - 110 	10 - 45
*Vault of the Wardens 	110 	10 - 45
Highmountain 	98 - 110 	10 - 45
*Neltharion's Lair 	98 - 110 	10 - 45
Suramar 	110 	45
*The Arcway 	110 	45
*Court of Stars 	110 	45
Broken Shore 	110 	45
Eye of Azshara 	110 	10 - 45
*Eye of Azshara 	98 - 110 	10 - 45
===Argus===
Zone 	Pre-9.0.1	9.0.1
Krokuun 	110 	45
Eredath 	110 	45
Antoran Wastes	110 	45
== Battle for Azeroth==
===Kul Tiras===
Zone 	Pre-9.0.1 	9.0.1
Tiragarde Sound 	110 - 120 / 120	10 - 50
*Freehold 	110 - 120 / 120	16 - 50
*Tol Dagor 	115 - 120 / 120	30 - 50
*Siege of Boralus	120 	50
Stormsong Valley	110 - 120 / 120	25 - 50
*Shrine of the Storm	110 - 120 / 120	35 - 50
Drustvar 	110 - 120 / 120	35 - 50
*Waycrest Manor	110 - 120 / 120	25 - 50
===Zandalar===
Zone 	Pre-9.0.1 	9.0.1
Zuldazar	110 - 120 / 120	10 - 50
*Atal'Dazar	110 - 120 / 120	10 - 50
*The MOTHERLODE!!	115 - 120 / 120	30 - 50
*Kings' Rest	120 	50
Nazmir 	110 - 120 / 120	25 - 50
*The Underrot	110 - 120 / 120	25 - 50
Vol'dun 	110 - 120 / 120	35 - 50
*Temple of Sethraliss	110 - 120 / 120	35 - 50
===Zone level not changing===
Zone 	Pre-9.0.1	9.0.1
Mechagon Island	120 	50
*Operation: Mechagon	120 	50
Nazjatar 	120 	50
== Shadowlands==
===North Sea===
Zone 	9.0.1
Exile's Reach	1 - 10
===Shadowlands===
 	9.0.2 	9.0.2
Zone 	Storyline	Threads of Fate
Bastion 	51 - 53 	50 - 60
*The Necrotic Wake	51 	50 - 60
*Spires of Ascension	60 	60
Maldraxxus	53 - 55 	50 - 60
*Plaguefall	53 	50 - 60
*Theater of Pain	60 	60
Ardenweald	55 - 58 	50 - 60
*Mists of Tirna Scithe	55 	50 - 60
*The Other Side	60 	60
Revendreth	58 - 60 	50 - 60
*Halls of Atonement	57 	50 - 60
*Sanguine Depths	60 	60
The Maw 	60 	60
==Notes and trivia==
*Scaling only applies to equipment at the moment it is obtained. Completing a quest at level 40 will reward level 40-appropriate equipment, but leveling up after completing the quest will not cause that equipment to scale to 41 or beyond.
*When scaling was added to old world zones, a number of items that had been made unobtainable by level changes in Cataclysm became obtainable again.
==Previous versions==
As of patch 8.2.5, most content was scaled based on the following level bands:
*1 - 60: Old world and starting zones
*60 - 80: The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King zones
*80 - 90: Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria zones
*90 - 100: Warlords of Draenor zones
*100 - 110: Legion zones
*110 - 120: Battle for Azeroth zones
Between patch 7.3.5 and patch 8.2.5, starting zones had their own band, which spanned levels 1 - 20. Only a few instanced starting zones (such as Gilneas) retained this level band after 8.2.5.
==Patch changes==
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==See also==
*Timewalking - scales the player down to the content's level.
*Party Sync - scales the player down to another player's level.
==References==
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