# Stranglethorn Vale (levels 35–36) > For characters of 35 to 36, but several quests here are level 37–41: on purpose, for their experience. Troll Witchery's Skullsplitter trolls are 39–42, so pull them one at a time. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/30-40/04b-stranglethorn-vale 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 > Stranglethorn Vale - Levels: 35–36 - For: Alliance - Zones: Stormwind City, Stranglethorn Vale - 18 steps, 15 quests - Comes after: [Desolace](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/30-40/02-desolace.md) (levels 35–36) - Next: [Arathi Highlands, Alterac Mountains & Swamp of Sorrows](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/30-40/05-arathi-highlands.md) (levels 36–38) - Last changed 2026-11-11, in Polestar 0.3.7 ## 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. Collin Mauren (Once Retrieval for Mauren is ready to turn in) - Turn in **Retrieval for Mauren** at Collin Mauren — In the Slaughtered Lamb, if you still carry it ### 2. Fly to Darkshire - Go to **Stormwind flight master** Stormwind City - Fly to **Darkshire** ### 3. Stranglethorn Vale Where: 40.8, 4.2 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. - Go to **Into Stranglethorn Vale** Stranglethorn Vale ### 4. Rebel Camp Where: 37.8, 3.6 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. From Duskwood take the road south; the camp sits in the hills west of the road. - Accept **Kurzen's Mystery** from Brother Nimetz - Accept **Special Forces** from Sergeant Yohwa - Accept **Krazek's Cookery** from Corporal Kaleb — Corporal Kaleb: for Krazek in Booty Bay ### 5. Nesingwary's Expedition Where: 35.6, 10.5 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. South along the road: the hunters' tents stand just west of it. - Accept **Panther Mastery** from Sir S. J. Erlgadin — Sir S. J. Erlgadin: the Shadowmaw Panthers prowl around Lake Nazferiti, after Kurzen's Compound ### 6. Bookie Herod (While Bookie Herod is in your quest log) Where: 43.7, 9.4 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. East to Kurzen's Compound: Herod's records lie in a hut on its west side. - Turn in **Bookie Herod** at Bookie Herod's Records — Bookie Herod's Records, upstairs - Accept **The Hidden Key** from Bookie Herod's Records ### 7. Kurzen's Compound Where: 46.3, 7.8 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. Headshrinkers stand deeper in the compound; the Commandos lurk stealthed around it and in the cave, and Herod's strongbox sits by the cave mouth. Pick up Green Hills pages as they drop. Careful: Kurzen Commandos are level 34–35, not elite, and often spawn stealthed; near death they use Smoke Bomb. - Kill **Kurzen Commando** ×10 for Special Forces - Kill **Kurzen Headshrinker** ×6 for Special Forces — Kurzen Headshrinker, below ground - Turn in **The Hidden Key** at Bookie Herod's Strongbox — Bookie Herod's Strongbox, below ground - Accept **The Spy Revealed!** from Bookie Herod's Strongbox ### 8. Lake Nazferiti Where: 44.5, 20.5 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. South from the compound to Lake Nazferiti: the Venture Co. Geologists in the camps on its shore carry the Tumbled Crystals, and the Shadowmaw Panthers prowl stealthed in the jungle south and east of it. - Kill **Venture Co. Geologist** for **Tumbled Crystal** ×8 for Hostile Takeover - Kill **Shadowmaw Panther** ×10 for Panther Mastery ### 9. The jungle ruins Where: 29.5, 19.1 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. West across the jungle to the troll ruins: each holds one stone tablet of the troll legends, the first two in the ruins south-west of Nesingwary's camp, the last two on the hill in the north-west. - Collect **The First Troll Legend** from **Moon Over the Vale** for Kurzen's Mystery — The First Troll Legend: Moon Over the Vale - Collect **The Second Troll Legend** from **Gri'lek the Wanderer** for Kurzen's Mystery — The Second Troll Legend: Gri'lek the Wanderer; underwater ### 10. Water Elementals Where: 22.5, 23.1 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. The haunted island lies just off the shore west of the second tablet: the Lesser Water Elementals rise from the water around it. - Kill **Lesser Water Elemental** for **Water Elemental Bracers** ×6 for Water Elementals ### 11. The Ruins of Zul'Kunda Where: 22.9, 12 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. North along the coast to the ruins on the hill: the last two tablets lie there. Pick up Green Hills pages as they drop. - Collect **The Third Troll Legend** from **Fall of Gurubashi** for Kurzen's Mystery — The Third Troll Legend: Fall of Gurubashi - Collect **The Fourth Troll Legend** from **The Emperor's Tomb** for Kurzen's Mystery — The Fourth Troll Legend: The Emperor's Tomb - Complete **Chapter I** (optional) — Chapter I - Complete **Chapter II** (optional) — Chapter II - Complete **Chapter III** (optional) — Chapter III - Complete **Chapter IV** (optional) — Chapter IV ### 12. Rebel Camp Where: 38, 3 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. East to the Rebel Camp, on the way back to Nesingwary's camp. - Turn in **The Spy Revealed!** at Lieutenant Doren - Accept **Patrol Schedules** from Lieutenant Doren - Turn in **Patrol Schedules** at Corporal Sethman - Accept **Report to Doren** from Corporal Sethman - Turn in **Report to Doren** at Lieutenant Doren - Turn in **Special Forces** at Lieutenant Doren — Sergeant Yohwa: the Commandos and Headshrinkers fell in the compound - Turn in **Kurzen's Mystery** at Brother Nimetz - Accept **Troll Witchery** from Brother Nimetz ### 13. Nesingwary's Expedition Where: 35.7, 10.5 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. - Turn in **Chapter I** at Barnil Stonepot (optional) - Turn in **Chapter II** at Barnil Stonepot (optional) - Turn in **Chapter III** at Barnil Stonepot (optional) - Turn in **Chapter IV** at Barnil Stonepot (optional) - Turn in **The Green Hills of Stranglethorn** at Barnil Stonepot (optional) - Turn in **Panther Mastery** at Sir S. J. Erlgadin - Accept **Raptor Mastery** from Hemet Nesingwary ### 14. Nesingwary's Expedition (If you do Panther Mastery with a group) Where: 35.6, 10.5 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. - Accept **Panther Mastery** from Sir S. J. Erlgadin ### 15. Snapjaw Crocolisks Where: 39.8, 16 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. Snapjaw Crocolisks bask along the river in the middle of the jungle, on the way south to the Skullsplitter ruins. - Kill **Snapjaw Crocolisk** for **Snapjaw Crocolisk Skin** ×5 for Some Assembly Required ### 16. Level 36 (Below level 36) Where: 40.2, 27.2 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. Troll Witchery's Skullsplitter trolls are 39–42. Below 36? Keep killing the Snapjaw Crocolisks along the river until level 36. Or, with a group, run the Scarlet Monastery dungeon (Armory) or the Razorfen Downs dungeon instead. - Go to **Snapjaw Crocolisk** Stranglethorn Vale - Reach level **36** — grind on Snapjaw Crocolisk ### 17. Skullsplitter trolls Where: 42.5, 33.3 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. The Skullsplitter trolls hold the ruins east of the road between Nesingwary and Grom'gol. - Kill **Skullsplitter Witch Doctor** or **Skullsplitter Mystic** for **Skullsplitter Fetish** ×4 for Troll Witchery ### 18. Booty Bay Where: 28.3, 77.6 on the Stranglethorn Vale map. - Turn in **Some Assembly Required** at Drizzlik — Drizzlik, inside - Turn in **Water Elementals** at Baron Revilgaz — Baron Revilgaz, upstairs in the tavern - Accept **Magical Analysis** from Baron Revilgaz — For Archmage Ansirem in Alterac Mountains - Turn in **Hostile Takeover** at Kebok - Turn in **Krazek's Cookery** at Krazek — Krazek, upstairs - Accept **Favor for Krazek** from Krazek (optional) — Krazek, upstairs: this optional quest needs four Lesser Bloodstone Ore. Mine Lesser Bloodstone Deposits in Arathi Highlands with Mining 75, or buy the ore at the Auction House or ask a miner friend. The kobolds do not drop it; skip this quest if you cannot get the ore. - Accept **Venture Company Mining** from Crank Fizzlebub — Crank Fizzlebub, inside - Accept **Scaring Shaky** from "Sea Wolf" MacKinley — "Sea Wolf" MacKinley, on the top floor --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt