World of Warcraft: How to Leave the Undercity

The Undercity is a ring-shaped maze built under the ruins of Lordaeron, and its layout is famous for swallowing new Forsaken characters for twenty minutes at a time. The exits are not hidden, though. There are only two of them worth using, and one is a straight run from the Trade Quarter.

Quick answer: Head to the central ring, take one of the east or west elevator hallways up into the Ruins of Lordaeron, then run straight out the front gate into Tirisfal Glades.

The two exits out of Undercity

Route	Where it starts	Where you end up
Bat flight path	Trade Quarter, Michael Garrett	Any flight point you have already unlocked
Elevators	Central ring, east or west hallway	Ruins of Lordaeron, then Tirisfal Glades

The flight path is the faster option, but only if you already have a destination unlocked. A brand new character with no flight points will have to walk. The elevators work at any level, cost nothing, and put you on the doorstep of Tirisfal Glades.

Flying out with the Trade Quarter bat handler

The bat handler is Michael Garrett, and he stands in the Trade Quarter along with the vendors and the auction house crowd. Talk to him, pick the flight option, and choose any destination on the map you have already discovered. The bats carry you out of the city and over Tirisfal Glades without you ever touching the elevators.

Option 1: Flight Path — Michael Garrett, the Bat Handler, with the "I need a ride" option showing. Shown at 00:20 in PazarGamingGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

If the flight map opens with nothing selectable, you have not unlocked any other flight points yet. Use the elevators instead and pick up the flight masters as you travel.

Walking out through the elevators

Everything in the Undercity loops back on itself, which is why running the outer ring in circles never gets you anywhere. The elevator hallways branch outward from the central ring, and they show up on your map on the eastern and western sides. Pick whichever one is closer.

From the Trade Quarter, run toward the middle of the city until you reach the central ring with the bank and the throne area. This is your reference point for everything that follows.

Navigating to the Elevators — Leaving the Trade Quarter and heading for the central ring. Shown at 00:27 in PazarGamingGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Open your map and look for the corridors that break away from the ring on the east and west sides. Head down one of those hallways. They are wide, sparsely decorated, and usually patrolled by an abomination guard.

At the end of the hallway you will find a large door that opens and closes on a cycle. Wait for it to open, step into the elevator, and ride it up. The trip takes a few seconds.

Riding the Elevator — Riding the elevator up out of the city. Shown at 00:51 in PazarGamingGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Step out into the Ruins of Lordaeron and follow the hallway straight ahead. Ignore the side passages. The route runs directly into the main courtyard.

Exiting through the Ruins of Lordaeron — Crossing the Ruins of Lordaeron courtyard toward the front gate. Shown at 01:15 in PazarGamingGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Cross the courtyard, pass through the front gate, and keep going over the wooden bridge. You are now outside.

Reaching Tirisfal Glades — The wooden bridge past the gate marks the edge of Tirisfal Glades. Shown at 01:29 in PazarGamingGuides’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

How to confirm you actually got out

You have left when the zone name reads Tirisfal Glades instead of Undercity or Ruins of Lordaeron. The visual cue is just as obvious. The green fog and stone corridors give way to open ground, and the bridge behind you is the last piece of the ruins you will see.

Once you are in Tirisfal Glades, grab the nearby flight point. From then on you can use the bat handler in the Trade Quarter and skip the elevator walk entirely.

There is also a longer path north of the Royal Apothecary that eventually leads outside, but it drops you well away from where you want to be and takes considerably longer. Unless you are exploring for the sake of it, the elevators are the route worth memorizing.