# Wetlands, Hillsbrad Foothills, Ironforge & Stormwind City (levels 30–33) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 30–33: 37 steps and 40 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/30-40/01-hillsbrad-foothills 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 30–40 > Wetlands, Hillsbrad Foothills, Ironforge & Stormwind City - Levels: 30–33 - For: Alliance - Zones: Wetlands, Hillsbrad Foothills, Alterac Mountains, Stormwind City, Ironforge - 37 steps, 40 quests - Sets the hearth at Southshore - Flight paths: Southshore - Comes after: [Thousand Needles, Duskwood & Wetlands](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/07-thousand-needles.md) (levels 28–31) - Next: [Desolace](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/30-40/02-desolace.md) (levels 31–34) - 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. Menethil Harbor Where: 9.9, 57.5 on the Wetlands map. Captain Stoutfist stands in Menethil Keep; James Halloran stands by the north gate. - Accept **This Land Was Their Land** from Captain Stoutfist — Captain Stoutfist: for Howin Kindfeather - Accept **Crocs of the Sky** from James Halloran ### 2. Prospector Whelgar Where: 38.8, 52.4 on the Wetlands map. Follow the road east to Whelgar's Excavation Site. - Accept **Understanding Our Present** from Prospector Whelgar ### 3. Goaz Warder Where: 36.6, 52.3 on the Wetlands map. The Goaz Warders stand just west of Whelgar's camp: use the Goaz Stone he gave you beside one. - Kill **Goaz Warder** for **Titanic Keystone** for Understanding Our Present ### 4. Prospector Whelgar Where: 38.8, 52.4 on the Wetlands map. - Turn in **Understanding Our Present** at Prospector Whelgar - Accept **Gleaning Our Future** from Prospector Whelgar — A new Goaz Stone, for the four titan watchers around the Wetlands ### 5. The Green Belt Where: 49.4, 42.1 on the Wetlands map. Follow the road north-east into the Green Belt: Howin Kindfeather camps beside it, Rethiel the Greenwarden a short way east. - Turn in **This Land Was Their Land** at Howin Kindfeather - Accept **Razormaw Needling** from Howin Kindfeather - Accept **Carnage** from Rethiel the Greenwarden (optional) — Rethiel the Greenwarden: Carnage, an elite raptor ### 6. Angerfang Encampment Where: 47.5, 47 on the Wetlands map. South to the Dragonmaw's Angerfang Encampment: the first catapult stands on the way, and the Tattered Spellbook lies in the camp. - Turn in **Nek'rosh's Gambit** at Dragonmaw Catapult - The next step, Defeat Nek'rosh, pits you against an elite chieftain: skip it. - Accept **Old Habits** from Tattered Spellbook — Tattered Spellbook: for Captain Stoutfist ### 7. Golm Where: 64.5, 62.8 on the Wetlands map. Golm stands in the south-eastern hills: use the Goaz Stone beside it. - Kill **Golm** for **Heart of Golm** for Gleaning Our Future ### 8. Dragonmaw Gates Where: 75.1, 48.3 on the Wetlands map. North-east to the Dragonmaw Gates: Ados stands at the gates (use the Goaz Stone). - Kill **Ados** for **Heart of Ados** for Gleaning Our Future ### 9. Whelps, raptors and Neru Where: 71.6, 47.4 on the Wetlands map. Red whelps fill the hills west of the gates, Maddened Rotclaws the Green Belt, Razormaws the northern slopes; Neru stands in the north-east (use the Goaz Stone). Carnage is elite: grouping up is advised. - Collect **Pristine Crimson Scale** ×8 for Crocs of the Sky - Collect **Razormaw Incisor** ×10 for Razormaw Needling - Kill **Neru** for **Heart of Neru** for Gleaning Our Future - Kill **Maddened Rotclaw** for **Malignant Rotclaw Flesh** for Carnage (optional) - Kill **Carnage** for **Carnage's Head** for Carnage (optional) ### 10. The Green Belt Where: 49.4, 42.1 on the Wetlands map. - Turn in **Razormaw Needling** at Howin Kindfeather - Accept **Word to Ironforge** from Howin Kindfeather (optional) — For King Magni in Ironforge, at the end of this guide - Turn in **Carnage** at Rethiel the Greenwarden (optional) ### 11. Dun Modr Where: 50.5, 20.9 on the Wetlands map. North along the road to Dun Modr. Modr stands in the ruins (use the Goaz Stone); the Captive Fire Elemental is held on the west side: lead it out to Roggo Harlbarrow. - Kill **Modr** for **Heart of Modr** for Gleaning Our Future - Accept **Spark of Freedom** from Captive Fire Elemental - Turn in **Spark of Freedom** at Roggo Harlbarrow ### 12. The Villards Where: 49.9, 12.6 on the Wetlands map. Comar Villard waits north of Dun Modr by the Thandol Span; Essene a short walk further north-east. - Accept **Hearts of the Lost** from Comar Villard - Turn in **Hearts of the Lost** at Essene Villard ### 13. Prospector Whelgar Where: 38.8, 52.4 on the Wetlands map. Back south down the road to the excavation site. - Turn in **Gleaning Our Future** at Prospector Whelgar - Accept **For Further Study** from Prospector Whelgar — For Historian Karnik in Ironforge, at the end of this guide ### 14. Menethil Harbor Where: 9.9, 57.5 on the Wetlands map. West along the road to Menethil. - Turn in **Old Habits** at Captain Stoutfist - Turn in **Crocs of the Sky** at James Halloran ### 15. Boat to Southshore Where: 4.8, 57 on the Wetlands map. - Go to **Boat to Southshore** Wetlands ### 16. Southshore Pick up everything in town before heading out. Off the boat, Captain McManus is the first you meet, north-west of the flight master; Micha Yance and Bartolo Ginsetti stand between the flight master and the inn, Farren and Barkeep Kelly at the inn, Maleb in the town hall. - Accept **Hillsbrad's Hoard** from Captain McManus - Get the flight path at **Southshore** from Darla Harris - Buy **Soothing Spices** from Micha Yance — Soothing Spices, from Micha Yance - Accept **Bartolo's Yeti Fur Cloak** from Bartolo Ginsetti - Accept **Costly Menace** from Darren Malvew — Darren Malvew: the lions come later - Set your home to **Southshore** at Innkeeper Anderson - Turn in **The Shamed Lieutenant** at Lieutenant Farren Orinelle - Accept **Down the Coast** from Lieutenant Farren Orinelle - Accept **Talk of the Town** from Barkeep Kelly — Barkeep Kelly, in the inn: for Booty Bay (04-stranglethorn-vale) - Accept **Soothing Turtle Bisque** from Chef Jessen - Accept **Hints of a New Plague?** from Phin Odelic — Phin Odelic: his trail leads to Arathi - Accept **Syndicate Assassins** from Magistrate Henry Maleb - Accept **An Alarming Request** from Emissary Jacques ### 17. Torn Fin murlocs The Torn Fin murlocs crowd the Western Strand, south-west of Southshore. - Kill **Torn Fin Tidehunter** ×10 for Down the Coast - Kill **Torn Fin Oracle** ×10 for Down the Coast ### 18. Farren - Turn in **Down the Coast** at Lieutenant Farren Orinelle - Accept **Farren's Proof** from Lieutenant Farren Orinelle ### 19. Murloc heads Back to the same murlocs; not every one drops a head. - Collect **Murloc Head** ×10 for Farren's Proof ### 20. Farren's Proof - Turn in **Farren's Proof** at Lieutenant Farren Orinelle - Accept **Farren's Proof** from Lieutenant Farren Orinelle - Turn in **Farren's Proof** at Marshal Redpath - Accept **Farren's Proof** from Marshal Redpath - Turn in **Farren's Proof** at Lieutenant Farren Orinelle - Accept **Stormwind Ho!** from Lieutenant Farren Orinelle ### 21. Daggerspine naga The naga hold the shore south-east of Southshore. - Kill **Daggerspine Shorehunter** ×10 for Stormwind Ho! - Kill **Daggerspine Siren** ×10 for Stormwind Ho! ### 22. Farren - Turn in **Stormwind Ho!** at Lieutenant Farren Orinelle - Accept **Reassignment** from Lieutenant Farren Orinelle — A report for Stormwind Keep ### 23. Snapjaws The Snapjaw turtles bask along the river east of Southshore, south of Tarren Mill (Horde). - Collect **Turtle Meat** ×10 for Soothing Turtle Bisque ### 24. Syndicate camp The Syndicate camp sits on the Alterac border in northern Hillsbrad, west of Tarren Mill (Horde); the documents lie in the camp. - Kill **Syndicate Thief** ×8 for Syndicate Assassins - Kill **Syndicate Footpad** ×12 for Syndicate Assassins - Accept **Foreboding Plans** from Syndicate Documents - Accept **Encrypted Letter** from Syndicate Documents ### 25. Yeti cave The yetis live in the cave in the hills north of Southshore, on your way back south. - Collect **Yeti Fur** ×10 for Bartolo's Yeti Fur Cloak - Bartolo also wants a Hillman's Cloak, a Bolt of Woolen Cloth and Fine Thread: crafted or bought; the cloak is turned in when you are back in Southshore later. ### 26. Hillsbrad's town hall West to the farms of Hillsbrad: place the Sealed Company Request on the bookkeeping table in the town hall, where Magistrate Burnside and the councilmen stand. - Go to **Hillsbrad town hall** Hillsbrad Foothills ### 27. Southshore - Turn in **Hillsbrad's Hoard** at Captain McManus - Turn in **Soothing Turtle Bisque** at Chef Jessen - Turn in **Encrypted Letter** at Loremaster Dibbs - Accept **Letter to Stormpike** from Loremaster Dibbs - Turn in **Syndicate Assassins** at Magistrate Henry Maleb - Turn in **Foreboding Plans** at Magistrate Henry Maleb - Accept **Noble Deaths** from Magistrate Henry Maleb ### 28. Fly to Stormwind - Fly to **Stormwind** — From Darla Harris in Southshore ### 29. Elling Trias The cheese shop in the Trade District. - Turn in **The Missing Diplomat** at Elling Trias - Accept **The Missing Diplomat** from Elling Trias ### 30. Dashel Stonefist Dashel waits in the Pig and Whistle tavern in Old Town; he and his two thugs fight you, but stop once beaten. - Turn in **The Missing Diplomat** at Dashel Stonefist - Accept **The Missing Diplomat** from Dashel Stonefist - Complete **The Missing Diplomat** - Turn in **The Missing Diplomat** at Dashel Stonefist - Accept **The Missing Diplomat** from Dashel Stonefist ### 31. The Islander (Warrior only) Wu Shen trains warriors in Old Town, beside the Pig and Whistle. Klannoc Macleod waits on Fray Island in the Barrens, on the way to Ratchet much later (40–50/01). - Accept **The Islander** from Wu Shen ### 32. Stormwind Keep - Turn in **Reassignment** at Major Samuelson ### 33. Cathedral of Light - Turn in **Cleansing the Eye** at Archbishop Benedictus - Turn in **Seeking Wisdom** at Bishop Farthing - Accept **The Doomed Fleet** from Bishop Farthing ### 34. Mage Quarter Archmage Malin is in the Slaughtered Lamb; Garion Wendell near the canal; Connor Rivers south of the Mage Quarter. - Accept **Malin's Request** from Archmage Malin - Accept **Greater Friend of the Library** from Garion Wendell (optional) — Garion Wendell: only offered once you have handed in library books (the Library Books guide) - Turn in **Greater Friend of the Library** at Garion Wendell (optional) - Accept **James Hyal** from Connor Rivers ### 35. Elling Trias - Turn in **The Missing Diplomat** at Elling Trias - Accept **The Missing Diplomat** from Elling Trias ### 36. Druid training (Druid only) Ironforge has no druid trainer: train with Sheldras Moontree in Stormwind before the tram. - Train at your trainer ### 37. Deeprun Tram Where: 22.1, 90.1 on the Wetlands map. Take the Deeprun Tram from the Dwarven District to Ironforge. - Turn in **Letter to Stormpike** at Prospector Stormpike — Prospector Stormpike, Hall of Explorers - Accept **Further Mysteries** from Prospector Stormpike - Turn in **For Further Study** at Historian Karnik — Historian Karnik, Hall of Explorers - Turn in **Word to Ironforge** at King Magni Bronzebeard — King Magni Bronzebeard, the High Seat - Accept **Reclaimers' Business in Desolace** from Roetten Stonehammer - Train at your trainer (Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock only) — Level 30 and 32 spells --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt