# Duskwood (levels 22–26)

> A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 22–26: 29 steps and 29 quests.

Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/05-duskwood

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 > Duskwood
- Levels: 22–26
- For: Alliance
- Zones: Duskwood, Westfall, Stormwind City
- 29 steps, 29 quests
- Sets the hearth at Darkshire
- Flight paths: Darkshire
- Comes after: [Redridge Mountains](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/04-redridge-mountains.md) (levels 20–23)
- Next: [Ashenvale, Wetlands & Stonetalon Mountains](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/06-ashenvale.md) (levels 25–29)
- Last changed 2026-10-19, in Polestar 0.2.6

## 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.

### 1. Darkshire

Where: 77.5, 44.3 on the Duskwood map.

Follow the road south from Three Corners into Duskwood; Darkshire lies on the east side of the forest.

- Get the flight path at **Darkshire** from Felicia Maline — Felicia Maline, at the north end of town
- Set your home to **Darkshire** at Innkeeper Trelayne — Innkeeper Trelayne, Scarlet Raven Tavern
- Accept **The Totem of Infliction** from Madame Eva — Madame Eva, in her house by the tavern
- Accept **The Night Watch** from Commander Althea Ebonlocke — Commander Althea Ebonlocke, in the town hall
- Accept **The Valor Family** from Sirra Von'Indi — Sirra Von'Indi, in the house behind the town hall
- Accept **Deliveries to Sven** from Elaine Carevin — Elaine Carevin, at the south end of town
- Accept **The Hermit** from Elaine Carevin

### 2. Viktori Prism'Antras

Where: 79.8, 48 on the Duskwood map.

Viktori's house stands at the east end of town. Herble Baubbletump sells engineering goods in the house beside it.

- Accept **Look to the Stars** from Viktori Prism'Antras
- Buy **Bronze Tube** from Herble Baubbletump — Bronze Tube, from Herble Baubbletump: limited stock. Sold out? Neal Allen in Menethil Harbor sells it too.

### 3. Tranquil Gardens Cemetery

Where: 78, 67 on the Duskwood map.

Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages walk among the graves south-east of Darkshire, below Blind Mary's house on the hill. Every skeleton in Duskwood can drop a Skeleton Finger.

- Kill **Skeletal Warrior** ×8 for The Night Watch
- Kill **Skeletal Mage** ×6 for The Night Watch
- Collect **Skeleton Finger** ×10 for The Totem of Infliction
- Collect **An Old History Book** (optional) — An Old History Book: a rare drop from Duskwood's mobs
- Accept **An Old History Book** from An Old History Book (optional)

### 4. Darkshire

Where: 73.5, 46.8 on the Duskwood map.

- Turn in **The Night Watch** at Commander Althea Ebonlocke
- Accept **The Night Watch** from Commander Althea Ebonlocke
- Sell and repair at a vendor

### 5. Watcher Dodds

Where: 45.1, 67 on the Duskwood map.

Watcher Dodds stands south of the road, at the Yorgen Farmstead.

- Accept **Eight-Legged Menaces** from Watcher Dodds

### 6. Raven Hill

Where: 21.1, 55.6 on the Duskwood map.

Continue west to Raven Hill. The Memory of Valor glows by the ruined house south of the road.

- Collect **Raven Hill Tome** from **Memory of Valor** for The Valor Family — Raven Hill Tome, from the Memory of Valor

### 7. Raven Hill Cemetery, south

Where: 21.6, 48.3 on the Duskwood map.

The cemetery lies north of the village. Skeletal Horrors and Skeletal Fiends walk its southern half. Mor'Ladim, an elite, wanders the graves: keep away from him.

- Kill **Skeletal Horror** ×15 for The Night Watch
- Kill **Skeletal Fiend** ×15 for The Night Watch
- Collect **Skeleton Finger** ×10 for The Totem of Infliction

### 8. Sven's Camp

Where: 7.8, 34.1 on the Duskwood map.

Follow the road north-west past the cemetery to Sven's camp on the far west edge of the forest. Lars stands beside Sven.

- Turn in **Deliveries to Sven** at Sven Yorgen
- Accept **Sven's Revenge** from Sven Yorgen
- Accept **Wolves at Our Heels** from Lars

### 9. Abercrombie

Where: 28.1, 31.5 on the Duskwood map.

The hermit's shack stands in the woods north-east of the Raven Hill Cemetery.

- Turn in **The Hermit** at Abercrombie
- Accept **Supplies from Darkshire** from Abercrombie

### 10. Wolves, spiders and ghouls

Where: 33.1, 29.3 on the Duskwood map.

Rabid Dire Wolves roam the woods around the cemetery and Abercrombie, Starving Dire Wolves the hills north-east of him. Pygmy Venom Web Spiders crawl east of the cemetery and drop the venom. Every ghoul of the cemetery's northern half can drop a fang.

- Kill **Rabid Dire Wolf** ×8 for Wolves at Our Heels
- Kill **Starving Dire Wolf** ×12 for Wolves at Our Heels
- Kill **Pygmy Venom Web Spider** ×15 for Eight-Legged Menaces
- Collect **Vial of Spider Venom** ×5 for The Totem of Infliction
- Collect **Ghoul Fang** ×10 for The Totem of Infliction

### 11. Watcher Dodds

Where: 45.1, 67 on the Duskwood map.

Head back east along the road to the Yorgen Farmstead.

- Turn in **Eight-Legged Menaces** at Watcher Dodds

### 12. Yorgen Farmstead

Where: 49.9, 77.7 on the Duskwood map.

The mound of loose dirt lies south of the farmhouse, by the old stump.

- Turn in **Sven's Revenge** at Mound of loose dirt
- Accept **Sven's Camp** from Mound of loose dirt

### 13. Darkshire

Where: 72.6, 47.6 on the Duskwood map.

- Hearth to **Darkshire**
- Turn in **The Valor Family** at Sirra Von'Indi
- Turn in **The Night Watch** at Commander Althea Ebonlocke
- Turn in **The Totem of Infliction** at Madame Eva
- Turn in **Supplies from Darkshire** at Madame Eva
- Accept **Ghost Hair Thread** from Madame Eva
- Sell and repair at a vendor

### 14. Blind Mary

Where: 82, 59.1 on the Duskwood map.

Her house stands on the hill south-east of Darkshire, above the Tranquil Gardens Cemetery.

- Turn in **Ghost Hair Thread** at Blind Mary
- Accept **Return the Comb** from Blind Mary

### 15. Madame Eva

Where: 75.8, 45.3 on the Duskwood map.

- Turn in **Return the Comb** at Madame Eva
- Accept **Deliver the Thread** from Madame Eva

### 16. Abercrombie

Where: 28.1, 31.5 on the Duskwood map.

Head west along the road once more.

- Turn in **Deliver the Thread** at Abercrombie
- Accept **Zombie Juice** from Abercrombie

### 17. Sven's Camp

Where: 7.8, 34.1 on the Duskwood map.

- Turn in **Sven's Camp** at Sven Yorgen
- Accept **The Shadowy Figure** from Sven Yorgen
- Turn in **Wolves at Our Heels** at Lars

### 18. Back to Darkshire

Where: 75.8, 45.3 on the Duskwood map.

Head back east to Darkshire.

- Turn in **The Shadowy Figure** at Madame Eva
- Accept **The Shadowy Search Continues** from Madame Eva
- Turn in **The Shadowy Search Continues** at Clerk Daltry — Clerk Daltry, in the town hall
- Accept **Inquire at the Inn** from Clerk Daltry
- Turn in **Inquire at the Inn** at Tavernkeep Smitts — Tavernkeep Smitts, in the tavern
- Accept **Finding the Shadowy Figure** from Tavernkeep Smitts
- Turn in **Zombie Juice** at Tavernkeep Smitts
- Accept **Gather Rot Blossoms** from Tavernkeep Smitts

### 19. Rot Blossoms

Where: 79.2, 57.5 on the Duskwood map.

Skeletal Horrors walk the hillside between Darkshire and the Tranquil Gardens Cemetery, south-east of town; they drop the Rot Blossoms.

- Collect **Rot Blossom** ×8 for Gather Rot Blossoms

### 20. Tavernkeep Smitts

Where: 73.8, 44.5 on the Duskwood map.

- Turn in **Gather Rot Blossoms** at Tavernkeep Smitts
- Accept **Juice Delivery** from Tavernkeep Smitts
- Sell and repair at a vendor

### 21. Abercrombie

Where: 28.1, 31.5 on the Duskwood map.

Head west to the hermit once more.

- Turn in **Juice Delivery** at Abercrombie
- Accept **Ghoulish Effigy** from Abercrombie

### 22. Ghoul Ribs

Where: 26.9, 34.3 on the Duskwood map.

Every ghoul of the Raven Hill Cemetery's northern half can drop a rib: Flesh Eaters, Bone Chewers, Plague Spreaders and Brain Eaters.

- Collect **Ghoul Rib** ×7 for Ghoulish Effigy

### 23. Abercrombie

Where: 28.1, 31.5 on the Duskwood map.

- Turn in **Ghoulish Effigy** at Abercrombie

### 24. Jitters

Where: 18.4, 56.4 on the Duskwood map.

Jitters hides in the house at the west end of Raven Hill.

- Turn in **Finding the Shadowy Figure** at Jitters
- Accept **Return to Sven** from Jitters

### 25. Sven's Camp

Where: 7.8, 34.1 on the Duskwood map.

- Turn in **Return to Sven** at Sven Yorgen
- Next: Stormwind for training, then the boat from Stormwind Harbor to Auberdine for Ashenvale.

### 26. Agent Kearnen (Rogue only)

Where: 7.9, 73.3 on the Duskwood map.

Head west along the road out of Raven Hill into Westfall. Agent Kearnen watches Klaven Mortwake's tower from the hills just inside the border. The Malformed Defias Drone (level 23) guarding the tower carries its key; Klaven's journal is in the chest at the top.

- Turn in **Mathias and the Defias** at Agent Kearnen
- Accept **Klaven's Tower** from Agent Kearnen
- Kill **Malformed Defias Drone** for **Defias Tower Key** for Klaven's Tower — Defias Tower Key: Malformed Defias Drone
- Collect **Klaven Mortwake's Journal** from **Duskwood Chest** for Klaven's Tower — Klaven Mortwake's Journal, in the chest

### 27. Master Mathias Shaw (Rogue only)

Head north through Elwynn to Stormwind; Mathias Shaw is at SI:7 in Old Town.

- Turn in **Klaven's Tower** at Master Mathias Shaw — Master Mathias Shaw: Poisons, and Recipe: Thistle Tea
- Accept **The Touch of Zanzil** from Master Mathias Shaw (optional) — The Touch of Zanzil: Doc Mixilpixil, in the cellar of the Barracks
- Turn in **The Touch of Zanzil** at Doc Mixilpixil (optional)
- Accept **The Touch of Zanzil** from Doc Mixilpixil (optional)
- Complete **The Touch of Zanzil** (optional) — /lay down beside Doc Mixilpixil
- Turn in **The Touch of Zanzil** at Doc Mixilpixil (optional)
- Accept **The Touch of Zanzil** from Doc Mixilpixil (optional)
- Buy **Simple Wildflowers** from Bernard Gump (optional) — Simple Wildflowers: Bernard Gump
- Buy **Leaded Vial** from Maria Lumere (optional) — Leaded Vial: Maria Lumere, Alchemy Supplies
- Buy **Bronze Tube** from Billibub Cogspinner (optional) — Bronze Tube: Billibub Cogspinner, Dwarven District
- Collect **Spool of Light Chartreuse Silk Thread** for The Touch of Zanzil (optional)
- Turn in **The Touch of Zanzil** at Doc Mixilpixil (optional) — Doc Mixilpixil: Eau de Mixilpixil

### 28. Stormwind

Train in Stormwind, north through Elwynn Forest. Then take the boat from Stormwind Harbor to Auberdine.

- Train at your trainer (Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock, Druid only) — Level 22 and 24 spells

### 29. Shaman training (Shaman only)

Stormwind has no shaman trainer: take the Deeprun Tram from the Dwarven District to Ironforge, train with Eldrun Stormbreaker, then ride the tram back for the Auberdine boat.

- Train at your trainer


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Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt
