# Badlands & Desolace (levels 39–41) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 39–41: 39 steps and 27 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/30-40/06-badlands 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 > Badlands & Desolace - Levels: 39–41 - For: Alliance - Zones: Badlands, Loch Modan, Wetlands, Dustwallow Marsh, Desolace - 39 steps, 27 quests - Sets the hearth at Nijel's Point - Flight paths: Theramore - Comes after: [Arathi Highlands, Alterac Mountains & Swamp of Sorrows](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/30-40/05-arathi-highlands.md) (levels 37–40) - Next: [Stranglethorn Vale, Dustwallow Marsh & Swamp of Sorrows](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/40-50/01-stranglethorn-vale.md) (levels 40–43) - 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. Hammertoe's Digsite Where: 53.4, 43.4 on the Badlands map. Head back west to the road and follow it south out of Loch Modan through the pass into the Badlands. Prospector Ryedol and Sigrun Ironhew camp side by side at the dig. - Accept **A Dwarf and His Tools** from Prospector Ryedol - Accept **Mirages** from Sigrun Ironhew ### 2. Shadowforge camp Where: 53, 33.9 on the Badlands map. The Shadowforge dwarves camp just north of the digsite; the crumpled map lies among their tents. Tunnelers and Darkweavers carry Ryedol's pick. Crag Coyotes roam the slopes around it. - Accept **A Sign of Hope** from Crumpled Map - Collect **Ryedol's Lucky Pick** for A Dwarf and His Tools - Kill **Crag Coyote** or **Feral Crag Coyote** for **Crag Coyote Fang** ×10 for Badlands Reagent Run ### 3. The excavation crate Where: 66.6, 22 on the Badlands map. Head north-east to the abandoned dig; the supply crate lies there among the Dustbelcher ogres. - Collect **Supply Crate** from **Excavation Supply Crate** for Mirages ### 4. Hammertoe's Digsite Where: 53.4, 43.4 on the Badlands map. - Turn in **A Dwarf and His Tools** at Prospector Ryedol - Turn in **A Sign of Hope** at Prospector Ryedol - Ryedol's next errand goes into Uldaman: skip it. - Turn in **Mirages** at Sigrun Ironhew - Accept **Scrounging** from Sigrun Ironhew ### 5. Valley of Fangs Where: 42.2, 52.7 on the Badlands map. Martek and Rigglefuzz camp together in the Valley of Fangs, in the middle of the Badlands. - Turn in **Martek the Exiled** at Martek the Exiled - Accept **Indurium** from Martek the Exiled - Accept **Barbecued Buzzard Wings** from Rigglefuzz - Accept **Pearl Diving** from Rigglefuzz — The clams lie on Stranglethorn's north-west coast, in the next guide: keep it ### 6. Ogres and buzzards Where: 29.9, 56.4 on the Badlands map. The Dustbelcher ogres camp just south of the valley; any of them drops scrap. Buzzards circle the plain to the east. - Collect **Scrap Metal** ×7 for Scrounging - Collect **Buzzard Wing** ×4 for Barbecued Buzzard Wings - Collect **Buzzard Gizzard** ×5 for Badlands Reagent Run ### 7. Agmond's End Where: 50.9, 62.4 on the Badlands map. The battered skeleton lies just east of the ogres, at the edge of the Stonevault trogg camp; the Bonesnappers and Shamans around it drop the flakes. Theldurin sits by the ruined camp further south. - Turn in **Find Agmond** at Battered Dwarven Skeleton - The skeleton's next task, Murdaloc, waits until the later Badlands guide at 43. - Kill **Stonevault Bonesnapper** or **Stonevault Shaman** for **Indurium Flake** ×10 for Indurium - Accept **Solution to Doom** from Theldurin the Lost ### 8. Valley of Fangs Where: 42.4, 52.9 on the Badlands map. - Turn in **Barbecued Buzzard Wings** at Rigglefuzz - Turn in **Indurium** at Martek the Exiled - Accept **News for Fizzle** from Martek the Exiled — for Fizzle Brassbolts in the Shimmering Flats: the Tanaris guide crosses them at 45, keep it ### 9. Lotwil Veriatus Where: 25.9, 44.9 on the Badlands map. Head west into the Dustbowl; Lotwil works by his machines in the middle of it. - Accept **Study of the Elements: Rock** from Lotwil Veriatus ### 10. Lesser Rock Elementals Where: 23.5, 45.5 on the Badlands map. The Lesser Rock Elementals wander the Dustbowl west of Lotwil. - Kill **Lesser Rock Elemental** for **Small Stone Shard** ×10 for Study of the Elements: Rock - Collect **Rock Elemental Shard** ×5 for Badlands Reagent Run ### 11. Lotwil Veriatus Where: 25.9, 44.9 on the Badlands map. - Turn in **Study of the Elements: Rock** at Lotwil Veriatus - Accept **Study of the Elements: Rock** from Lotwil Veriatus ### 12. Rock Elementals Where: 16.6, 36.1 on the Badlands map. The Rock Elementals roam south-east of Lotwil; Giant Buzzards and Elder Crag Coyotes share the plain to their west. - Kill **Rock Elemental** for **Large Stone Slab** ×3 for Study of the Elements: Rock - Collect **Rock Elemental Shard** ×5 for Badlands Reagent Run - Collect **Buzzard Gizzard** ×5 for Badlands Reagent Run - Kill **Crag Coyote** or **Feral Crag Coyote** for **Crag Coyote Fang** ×10 for Badlands Reagent Run ### 13. Lotwil Veriatus Where: 25.9, 44.9 on the Badlands map. - Turn in **Study of the Elements: Rock** at Lotwil Veriatus - Accept **Study of the Elements: Rock** from Lotwil Veriatus ### 14. Greater Rock Elementals Where: 6.7, 73.8 on the Badlands map. The Greater Rock Elementals (level 42) walk the far south-west corner below Camp Boff; pull them one at a time. The Dustbelcher Wyrmhunters and Maulers at Camp Boff also drop scrap. - Kill **Greater Rock Elemental** for **Bracers of Rock Binding** ×5 for Study of the Elements: Rock - Collect **Scrap Metal** ×7 for Scrounging ### 15. Lotwil Veriatus Where: 25.9, 44.9 on the Badlands map. - Turn in **Study of the Elements: Rock** at Lotwil Veriatus - Accept **Stone Is Better than Cloth** from Lucien Tosselwrench (optional) — Lucien Tosselwrench, beside Lotwil - Turn in **Stone Is Better than Cloth** at Lucien Tosselwrench (optional) — only if you carry Patterned Bronze Bracers (a blacksmith's craft) - Lotwil's next test needs crafted gear: skip it. ### 16. The Ancient Chest Where: 39.3, 18.8 on the Badlands map. Head north-east to the dwarven ruins in the north of the Badlands; the chest sits among the Shadowforge dwarves. Ambassador Infernus nearby is elite: give him room. - Collect **Tablet of Ryun'eh** from **Ancient Chest** for Solution to Doom ### 17. Hammertoe's Digsite Where: 53.8, 43.3 on the Badlands map. - Turn in **Scrounging** at Sigrun Ironhew ### 18. Theldurin the Lost Where: 51.4, 76.9 on the Badlands map. Head south to Agmond's End. - Turn in **Solution to Doom** at Theldurin the Lost - Accept **To Ironforge for Yagyin's Digest** from Theldurin the Lost — for Gerrig Bonegrip in Ironforge: keep it ### 19. Thelsamar - Hearth to **Stoutlager Inn** - Turn in **Badlands Reagent Run** at Ghak Healtouch — Ghak Healtouch, in the inn ### 20. Menethil Harbor Take the boat to Theramore from the far pier. - Fly to **Menethil Harbor** - Go to **Boat to Theramore** Wetlands ### 21. Theramore The flight master stands by the gate of Foothold Citadel; Clerk Lendry and Commander Samaul are inside the citadel. - Get the flight path at **Theramore** from Baldruc - Turn in **James Hyal** at Clerk Lendry - Turn in **The Missing Diplomat** at Commander Samaul - Accept **The Missing Diplomat** from Commander Samaul — for the Dustwallow loop in the next guide ### 22. Nijel's Point - Fly to **Nijel's Point** - Set your home to **Nijel's Point** at Innkeeper Lyshaerya - Turn in **Brother Anton** at Brother Anton - Accept **Down the Scarlet Path** from Brother Anton - Accept **The Karnitol Shipwreck** from Kreldig Ungor - Accept **Reagents for Reclaimers Inc.** from Kreldig Ungor - Accept **Carved Centaur Totems** from Captain Pentigast ### 23. Azore Aldamort Follow the road west across the north of Desolace to the ruins of Ethel Rethor. Azore's tower stands on the hill there, on the way to the wreck. - Accept **Book of the Ancients** from Azore Aldamort ### 24. Karnitol's Chest The wrecked ship's chest lies on the shore just west of Azore's tower. - Turn in **The Karnitol Shipwreck** at Karnitol's Chest - Accept **The Karnitol Shipwreck** from Karnitol's Chest ### 25. Lord Kragaru Lord Kragaru, a centaur chieftain, camps on the north-west coast, north of Azore's tower. - Kill **Lord Kragaru** for **Book of the Ancients** for Book of the Ancients ### 26. Azore Aldamort - Turn in **Book of the Ancients** at Azore Aldamort ### 27. Nijel's Point - Hearth to **Nijel's Point** - Turn in **The Karnitol Shipwreck** at Kreldig Ungor - Kreldig's next task, Karnitol's Satchel, is a drop on the far coast: skip it. ### 28. Bibbly F'utzbuckle Follow the road south to Kormek's Hut. - Accept **Bone Collector** from Bibbly F'utzbuckle ### 29. Kodo Graveyard Hornizz stands at the edge of the Kodo Graveyard, south-west of Kormek's Hut; Kodo Bones lie among the skeletons. A Flesh Picker crawls about the graveyard: catch one with the Entomology Starter Kit, then tick it off. - Accept **Ghost-o-plasm Round Up** from Hornizz Brimbuzzle - Collect **Kodo Bone** from **Kodo Bones** ×10 for Bone Collector - Kill **Flesh Picker** — Flesh Picker: catch it, for My Little Friends ### 30. Maraudine centaurs The Maraudine centaurs hold the Valley of Spears west of the graveyard; every kind drops the totems. - Collect **Carved Centaur Totem** ×5 for Carved Centaur Totems ### 31. Melizza Brimbuzzle Melizza is held in the centaur camp west of the graveyard. Free her and keep her alive on the walk out; she stops by the graveyard. - Accept **Get Me Out of Here!** from Melizza Brimbuzzle - Complete **Get Me Out of Here!** — escort Melizza back toward the graveyard ### 32. Hornizz Brimbuzzle - Turn in **Get Me Out of Here!** at Hornizz Brimbuzzle ### 33. Gizelton Caravan Rigger Gizelton's caravan stops on the road east of Gelkis Village. Take the quest and walk with the kodos past the Mannoroc Coven, killing the demons that jump them; talk to Smeed at his camp east of the Kodo Graveyard afterwards. - Accept **Gizelton Caravan** from Rigger Gizelton - Complete **Gizelton Caravan** - Turn in **Gizelton Caravan** at Smeed Scrabblescrew ### 34. Mannoroc Coven The demons gather at the Mannoroc Coven in southern Desolace: felhounds (Mana Eaters, Mage and Ley Hunters), Nether Maidens and Sisters, and Doomwarder Captains around the pit. - Kill **Mana Eater** or **Mage Hunter** for **Felhound Brain** ×10 for Reagents for Reclaimers Inc. - Kill **Nether Maiden** or **Nether Sister** for **Nether Wing** ×10 for Reagents for Reclaimers Inc. - Kill **Doomwarder Captain** or **Kaskk** for **Doomwarder Blood** ×10 for Reagents for Reclaimers Inc. ### 35. The Valley of Bones Undead Ravagers roam the bone fields south of the Magram village, east of the Coven; at the far south-east, use the Crate of Ghost Magnets to draw the Magrami Spectres. - Kill **Undead Ravager** ×30 for Down the Scarlet Path - Kill **Magrami Spectre** for **Ghost-o-plasm** ×8 for Ghost-o-plasm Round Up ### 36. Kodo Graveyard - Turn in **Ghost-o-plasm Round Up** at Hornizz Brimbuzzle ### 37. Kormek's Hut - Turn in **Bone Collector** at Bibbly F'utzbuckle ### 38. Nijel's Point Follow the road north to Nijel's Point. - Turn in **Reagents for Reclaimers Inc.** at Kreldig Ungor - Accept **Reagents for Reclaimers Inc.** from Kreldig Ungor — for Roetten Stonehammer in Ironforge: keep it - Turn in **Carved Centaur Totems** at Captain Pentigast - Turn in **Down the Scarlet Path** at Brother Anton - Accept **Down the Scarlet Path** from Brother Anton — for Raleigh the Devout in Southshore: keep it ### 39. Fly to Theramore The next guide starts in Theramore. - Fly to **Theramore** --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt