# Darkshore (levels 21–23) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 21–23: 32 steps and 34 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/03-darkshore-return Polestar is a free, open-source (GPL-3.0) leveling guide addon for World of Warcraft: Forever. Every guide here ships inside the addon: in game, `/polestar guides` opens the guide menu, and the guide window shows the steps with a waypoint arrow. ## At a glance - Category: Leveling; in game: Leveling > Alliance 1–30 > Darkshore - Levels: 21–23 - For: Alliance - Zones: Darkshore, Teldrassil, Darnassus, Moonglade - 32 steps, 34 quests - Flight paths: Rut'theran Village (Skyborne only), Moonglade (Druid only) - Comes after: [Loch Modan, Redridge Mountains & Westfall](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/03-loch-modan.md) (levels 17–21) - Next: [Ashenvale, Wetlands & Stonetalon Mountains](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/06-ashenvale.md) (levels 22–25) - Last changed 2026-11-10, in Polestar 0.3.6 ## Steps The steps as the guide window shows them, in order. Goals marked with a race or class are only for that race or class; a step marked with a condition applies only while it holds. ### 1. Auberdine Where: 37.4, 40.1 on the Darkshore map. From the dock, up to the north end of the village first (Thundris Windweaver, Alanndarian Nightsong by the moonwell, Archaeologist Hollee), then down the main street: the WANTED poster outside the inn, Terenthis at its east end, where the road leaves south. Sentinel Selarin stands beside Terenthis by the flight master; if she isn't there, she has been killed and respawns shortly: wait a moment. - Turn in **Making Do** at Thundris Windweaver (optional) — Thundris Windweaver, north end of the village: Baros Alexston's reply - Accept **Gathering the Cure** from Alanndarian Nightsong (Night Elf, Druid only) - Accept **The Absent Minded Prospector** from Archaeologist Hollee - Sell and repair at a vendor (optional) - Accept **WANTED: Murkdeep!** from WANTED: Murkdeep! — The WANTED poster - Accept **A Lost Master** from Terenthis - Accept **Trek to Ashenvale** from Sentinel Selarin — Sentinel Selarin, beside Terenthis: for Raene Wolfrunner in Astranaar, in the next guide ### 2. Onu (While Grove of the Ancients is in your quest log) Where: 43.6, 76.3 on the Darkshore map. - Turn in **Grove of the Ancients** at Onu (Night Elf only) ### 3. Onu Where: 43.6, 76.3 on the Darkshore map. Onu is the ancient at the Grove; Arbal and Kerlonian Evershade sleep beside him. - Turn in **Onu** at Onu - Accept **The Master's Glaive** from Onu ### 4. Lunar Fungus and Earthroot (Night Elf, Druid only) Where: 42.6, 71.9 on the Darkshore map. The Lunar Fungal Blooms grow in the moonkin caves in the hills just east of Auberdine; the moonkin there are irritable. Earthroot needs Herbalism: herbalists pick it all over Darkshore, anyone else brings it from Stormwind (Maria Lumere) or the Auction House. - Collect **Earthroot** ×5 for Gathering the Cure (Night Elf only) - Collect **Lunar Fungus** from **Lunar Fungal Bloom** ×12 for Gathering the Cure (Night Elf only) ### 5. The Grove of the Ancients Where: 41.1, 81.3 on the Darkshore map. Grizzled Thistle Bears roam the hills around the Grove; Buzzbox 525 stands west of it among them. - Kill **Grizzled Thistle Bear** or **Den Mother** for **Grizzled Scalp** ×4 for Buzzbox 525 — Grizzled Scalps - Turn in **Buzzbox 525** at Buzzbox 525 ### 6. The Master's Glaive Where: 39.9, 81.4 on the Darkshore map. Moonstalker Sires prowl the woods around the glaive. The Twilight Tome sits at the bottom of the crater; Therylune stands on its north side. For Onu's quest, use the Phial of Scrying at the bottom of the crater: it makes the Scrying Bowl, and you hand the quest in to the bowl. - Kill **Moonstalker Matriarch** or **Moonstalker Sire** for **Fine Moonstalker Pelt** ×5 for A Lost Master — Fine Moonstalker Pelts - Accept **Therylune's Escape** from Therylune - Complete **Therylune's Escape** — Escort her out of the glaive; Therysil takes the turn-in in Ashenvale - Accept **The Powers Below** from Book: The Powers Below (optional) — Only if a Disciple or Thug dropped Book: The Powers Below: right-click it - Complete **The Master's Glaive** - Turn in **The Master's Glaive** at Scrying Bowl — The Scrying Bowl - Accept **The Twilight Camp** from Scrying Bowl - Turn in **The Twilight Camp** at Twilight Tome — The Twilight Tome - Accept **Return to Onu** from Twilight Tome - Accept **It's All Fun and Games Until...** from Twilight Tome — The Twilight Tome, once it has The Twilight Camp - Collect **Peerless Eye** for It's All Fun and Games Until... — Peerless Eye: Twilight Disciples and Thugs ### 7. Prospector Remtravel Where: 35.7, 83.7 on the Darkshore map. Remtravel's Excavation lies on the coast south of Murkdeep's beach. Protect the prospector while he searches for the fossil. Careful: Ambushers appear as he passes certain spots: a scout comes out from under the board ramp, and more scouts come out when he checks the tent. - Turn in **The Absent Minded Prospector** at Prospector Remtravel - Accept **The Absent Minded Prospector** from Prospector Remtravel - Complete **The Absent Minded Prospector** ### 8. Murkdeep's beach Where: 31.3, 87.4 on the Darkshore map. Murkdeep camps on the beach west of the glaive: kill the murlocs at the camp fire; he comes in the third wave with his hound. Four beached remains lie on the beaches west and south-west of Remtravel's Excavation: take them on the way north to his camp. - Accept **Beached Sea Creature** from Beached Sea Creature - Accept **Beached Sea Turtle** from Beached Sea Turtle - Accept **Beached Sea Turtle** from Beached Sea Turtle - Accept **Beached Sea Creature** from Beached Sea Creature - Kill **Murkdeep** for WANTED: Murkdeep! ### 9. The Grove of the Ancients Where: 43.6, 76.3 on the Darkshore map. - Turn in **Return to Onu** at Onu - Accept **Mathystra Relics** from Onu ### 10. The Grove of the Ancients Where: 43.8, 76.5 on the Darkshore map. - Accept **Swelling Forces** from Arbal ### 11. The shore west of the Grove (Dwarf, Gnome, Human, Skyborne only) Where: 36, 70.9 on the Darkshore map. On the way north to Auberdine, the last Beached Sea Creature lies on the shore west of the Grove. - Accept **Beached Sea Creature** from Beached Sea Creature ### 12. Auberdine Where: 36.6, 45.6 on the Darkshore map. Follow the road north. - Turn in **Beached Sea Turtle** at Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde - Turn in **Beached Sea Creature** at Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde - Turn in **Beached Sea Turtle** at Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde - Turn in **Beached Sea Creature** at Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde - Turn in **Beached Sea Creature** at Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde (Dwarf, Gnome, Human, Skyborne only) - Accept **Holy Diver** from Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde — Holy Diver: Gwennyth offers it once all nine beached remains are handed in - Turn in **WANTED: Murkdeep!** at Sentinel Glynda Nal'Shea - Accept **Unrequited Love** from Archaeologist Hollee (optional) - Turn in **The Absent Minded Prospector** at Archaeologist Hollee - Turn in **Gathering the Cure** at Alanndarian Nightsong (Night Elf, Druid only) - Accept **Curing the Sick** from Alanndarian Nightsong (Night Elf, Druid only) — She gives you the Curative Animal Salve - Turn in **It's All Fun and Games Until...** at Thundris Windweaver - Turn in **A Lost Master** at Terenthis - Accept **A Lost Master** from Terenthis - Sell and repair at a vendor (optional) ### 13. On the way (On the way until step 14) Where: 57.7, 24.4 on the Darkshore map. - Kill **Stormscale Myrmidon** ×12 for Swelling Forces - Kill **Stormscale Sorceress** ×8 for Swelling Forces ### 14. The naga Where: 58.5, 24.2 on the Darkshore map. Follow the coast north-east to the Ruins of Mathystra. Mathystra Relics lie among the ruins; Stormscale Myrmidons, Sorceresses and Warriors hold them, and Stormscale Beastmistresses walk the shore. - Collect **Mathystra Relic** ×6 for Mathystra Relics — Mathystra Relics - Kill **Stormscale Myrmidon** ×12 for Swelling Forces - Kill **Stormscale Sorceress** ×8 for Swelling Forces ### 15. The Ruins of Mathystra Where: 56.7, 13.5 on the Darkshore map. Gelkak Gyromast hides on the little island off the ruins. The key pieces drop from Giant Foreststriders (top), Greymist murlocs (middle) and Raging Reef Crawlers (bottom). - Accept **Gyromast's Retrieval** from Gelkak Gyromast - Kill **Giant Foreststrider** for **Top of Gelkak's Key** for Gyromast's Retrieval - Collect **Bottom of Gelkak's Key** for Gyromast's Retrieval - Collect **Middle of Gelkak's Key** for Gyromast's Retrieval — Underwater - Turn in **Gyromast's Retrieval** at Gelkak Gyromast ### 16. Strange Lockbox (Night Elf, Druid only · while Trial of the Sea Lion is in your quest log) Where: 48.9, 11.3 on the Darkshore map. - Collect **Half Pendant of Aquatic Agility** from **Strange Lockbox** — Half Pendant of Aquatic Agility: the Strange Lockbox under the water off the north coast, west of the ruins ### 17. Mist's Edge: kill these as you meet them Where: 57.6, 17.2 on the Darkshore map. - Kill **Stormscale Myrmidon** ×12 for Swelling Forces - Kill **Stormscale Sorceress** ×8 for Swelling Forces - Kill **Stormscale Warrior** ×6 for Swelling Forces - Kill **Stormscale Beastmistress** for **Rod of Deep Dominion** for Holy Diver — Rod of Deep Dominion: Stormscale Beastmistress ### 18. Back south Where: 36.6, 45.6 on the Darkshore map. - Turn in **Holy Diver** at Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde - Turn in **Mathystra Relics** at Onu — Onu, at the Grove - Turn in **Swelling Forces** at Arbal ### 19. Volcor Where: 45, 85.3 on the Darkshore map. Volcor hides in the hills east of the Master's Glaive. Help him back to the road; he fights on his way out. Terenthis takes the escort in Auberdine on the next visit there. - Turn in **A Lost Master** at Volcor — Volcor, inside Blackwood Den - Accept **Escape Through Force** from Volcor - Complete **Escape Through Force** — His walk ends at the road, where Grimclaw waits - Cure Sickly Deer ×10 for Curing the Sick (Night Elf, Druid only) — Sickly Deer: use the Curative Animal Salve on them; they roam all of Darkshore ### 20. Auberdine (Druid only) Where: 39.4, 43.5 on the Darkshore map. - Turn in **Escape Through Force** at Terenthis ### 21. Auberdine flight master (Druid only) Where: 36.4, 45.6 on the Darkshore map. - Go to **Auberdine flight master** Darkshore ### 22. The Great Cat Spirit (Druid only) Night Elves fly from Auberdine to Rut'theran Village; Skyborne take the boat from the Auberdine dock and learn the Rut'theran flight path there. Take the portal up to Mathrengyl Bearwalker in the Cenarion Enclave. - Fly to **Rut'theran Village** (Night Elf only) - Get the flight path at **Rut'theran Village** from Vesprystus (Skyborne only) - Reach level **20** (Druid only) ### 23. Darnassus (Night Elf, Skyborne, Druid only) - Go to **Mathrengyl Bearwalker** Darnassus ### 24. The Great Cat Spirit (Druid only) - Accept **The Great Cat Spirit** from Mathrengyl Bearwalker (Night Elf, Skyborne only) ### 25. Moonglade (Night Elf, Skyborne, Druid only) Where: 85.8, 7.8 on the Darkshore map. - Go to **Cast Teleport: Moonglade** Moonglade ### 26. Dendrite Starblaze (Druid only) Where: 85.8, 7.2 on the Darkshore map. Cast Teleport: Moonglade. Dendrite Starblaze stands upstairs in his building in Nighthaven: go up inside, the arrow cannot tell the floors apart. Learn the flight path there if you do not have it. - Turn in **The Great Cat Spirit** at Dendrite Starblaze (Night Elf, Skyborne only) - Accept **The Great Cat Spirit** from Dendrite Starblaze (Night Elf only) - Turn in **Curing the Sick** at Dendrite Starblaze (Night Elf only) - Accept **Power over Poison** from Dendrite Starblaze (Night Elf only) - Accept **The Great Windborne Cat Spirit** from Dendrite Starblaze (Skyborne only) ### 27. Dendrite Starblaze (Druid only · while Moonglade is in your quest log) Where: 85.8, 7.2 on the Darkshore map. Dendrite Starblaze stands upstairs in his building in Nighthaven: go up inside, the arrow cannot tell the floors apart. - Turn in **Moonglade** at Dendrite Starblaze (Skyborne only) — Dendrite Starblaze: the welcome from Sheldras ### 28. Dendrite Starblaze (Druid only) Where: 83, 20.1 on the Darkshore map. - Get the flight path at **Moonglade** from Sindrayl ### 29. The relics of the Barrow Dens (Druid only) Where: 85.2, 22.8 on the Darkshore map. The Great Cat Spirit (Night Elves) and the Avatar of Saeyleenan (Skyborne) wait in southern Moonglade. The three relics lie in the Stormrage Barrow Dens, east of them. Reports from the first weeks say a relic gives no loot while another player is looting it: wait a moment and try again. - Turn in **The Great Cat Spirit** at Great Cat Spirit (Night Elf only) - Accept **The Great Cat Spirit** from Great Cat Spirit (Night Elf only) - Turn in **The Great Windborne Cat Spirit** at Avatar of Saeyleenan (Skyborne only) - Accept **The Great Windborne Cat Spirit** from Avatar of Saeyleenan (Skyborne only) - Collect **Relic of the Fang** for The Great Cat Spirit (Night Elf only) - Collect **Relic of the Claw** for The Great Cat Spirit (Night Elf only) - Collect **Relic of the Silent Shadow** for The Great Cat Spirit (Night Elf only) - Collect **Relic of the Fang** for The Great Windborne Cat Spirit (Skyborne only) - Collect **Relic of the Claw** for The Great Windborne Cat Spirit (Skyborne only) - Collect **Relic of the Silent Shadow** for The Great Windborne Cat Spirit (Skyborne only) - Turn in **The Great Cat Spirit** at Great Cat Spirit (Night Elf only) - Accept **Blessings of the Great Cat Spirit** from Great Cat Spirit (Night Elf only) - Turn in **The Great Windborne Cat Spirit** at Avatar of Saeyleenan (Skyborne only) - Accept **Blessings of the Great Windborne Cat Spirit** from Avatar of Saeyleenan (Skyborne only) ### 30. Back to Dendrite (Druid only) Where: 85.8, 7.2 on the Darkshore map. Back to Dendrite Starblaze in Nighthaven, then Silva Fil'naveth there flies Druids straight to Rut'theran Village. Dendrite stands upstairs in his building: go up inside, the arrow cannot tell the floors apart. - Turn in **Blessings of the Great Cat Spirit** at Dendrite Starblaze (Night Elf only) - Turn in **Blessings of the Great Windborne Cat Spirit** at Dendrite Starblaze (Skyborne only) - Reach level **20** (Druid only) - Accept **To Darnassus** from Dendrite Starblaze (Night Elf, Skyborne only) - Fly to **Rut'theran Village** ### 31. Darnassus (Night Elf, Skyborne, Druid only) - Go to **Mathrengyl Bearwalker** Darnassus ### 32. To Darnassus (Druid only) Take the portal up to Mathrengyl, then fly back to Auberdine for the road south to Ashenvale. - Turn in **To Darnassus** at Mathrengyl Bearwalker (Night Elf, Skyborne only) — Mathrengyl Bearwalker: Cat Form - Turn in **Power over Poison** at Mathrengyl Bearwalker (Night Elf only) — Mathrengyl Bearwalker: Cure Poison - Fly to **Auberdine** --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt