# Badlands & The Hinterlands (levels 43–44) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 43–44: 18 steps and 9 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/40-50/02-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 40–50 > Badlands & The Hinterlands - Levels: 43–44 - For: Alliance - Zones: Badlands, Hillsbrad Foothills, The Hinterlands, Wetlands, Dustwallow Marsh, The Barrens - 18 steps, 9 quests - Flight paths: Aerie Peak - Comes after: [Stranglethorn Vale, Dustwallow Marsh & Swamp of Sorrows](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/40-50/01-stranglethorn-vale.md) (levels 40–43) - Next: [Feralas](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/40-50/03-feralas.md) (levels 43–46) - Last changed 2026-10-17, in Polestar 0.2.5 ## 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. Thelsamar - Fly to **Thelsamar** — Gryth Thurden, the Great Forge ### 2. Hammertoe's Digsite Where: 53.8, 43.3 on the Badlands map. Ride south out of Loch Modan through the pass into the Badlands; Sigrun Ironhew camps at the dig. - Accept **Fiery Blaze Enchantments** from Sigrun Ironhew ### 3. Garek Where: 61.9, 54.3 on the Badlands map. Garek camps by himself in Dustwind Gulch, south-east of the digsite. - Accept **Tremors of the Earth** from Garek ### 4. Agmond's End Where: 50.9, 62.4 on the Badlands map. The battered skeleton lies at the edge of the Stonevault trogg camp; Murdaloc, Agmond's killer, walks among the Bonesnappers. - Accept **Murdaloc** from Battered Dwarven Skeleton - Kill **Murdaloc** for Murdaloc - Kill **Stonevault Bonesnapper** ×12 for Murdaloc ### 5. Rigglefuzz Where: 42.4, 52.9 on the Badlands map. Ride west to the Valley of Fangs in the middle of the Badlands; Rigglefuzz camps beside Martek. - Turn in **Pearl Diving** at Rigglefuzz — Blue Pearls from Stranglethorn - Rigglefuzz's next quest pays no experience: skip it. ### 6. Boss Tho'grun Where: 12.6, 75.5 on the Badlands map. Ride west across the Badlands to the Dustbelcher camp at Camp Boff. Boss Tho'grun stands in its middle with Wyrmhunters and Maulers around him. - Kill **Boss Tho'grun** for **Sign of the Earth** for Tremors of the Earth ### 7. Garek Where: 61.9, 54.3 on the Badlands map. Ride back east to Dustwind Gulch. - Turn in **Tremors of the Earth** at Garek - Garek's next task is an elite hunt: skip it. ### 8. Lethlor Ravine Where: 69.7, 53.8 on the Badlands map. The Scalding Whelps nest in the ravine east of Garek; leave the Scorched Guardians (elite) alone. The Black Drake's Heart drops rarely: take it if it comes while you grind. - Reach level **43** — grind on Scalding Whelp at Lethlor Ravine, Badlands - Collect **Black Drake's Heart** for Fiery Blaze Enchantments (optional) ### 9. Hammertoe's Digsite Where: 53.8, 43.3 on the Badlands map. - Turn in **Fiery Blaze Enchantments** at Sigrun Ironhew (optional) ### 10. Southshore Ride north to Thelsamar and fly to Southshore. Raleigh the Devout preaches by the inn. - Fly to **Southshore** - Turn in **Down the Scarlet Path** at Raleigh the Devout - Raleigh's next errand is in the Scarlet Monastery: skip it. ### 11. Aerie Peak Ride north-east out of Southshore on the road into the Hinterlands; Aerie Peak sits just past the border. Falstad holds court at the top, Gryphon Master Talonaxe tends the aviary and Fraggar Thundermantle stands by the inn. - Get the flight path at **Aerie Peak** from Guthrum Thunderfist - Turn in **To The Hinterlands** at Falstad Wildhammer - Accept **Gryphon Master Talonaxe** from Falstad Wildhammer - Turn in **Gryphon Master Talonaxe** at Gryphon Master Talonaxe - Accept **Rhapsody Shindigger** from Gryphon Master Talonaxe - Accept **Witherbark Cages** from Gryphon Master Talonaxe - Accept **Troll Necklace Bounty** from Fraggar Thundermantle ### 12. Rhapsody Shindigger Rhapsody camps on the road east of Aerie Peak. - Turn in **Rhapsody Shindigger** at Rhapsody Shindigger - Rhapsody's cocktail needs parts from Kalimdor: skip it. ### 13. Witherbark villages The first two cages stand together in the Witherbark village south of Rhapsody; the third is in the next village to the east. Every Witherbark troll can drop a necklace. - Click **First Witherbark Cage** for Witherbark Cages - Click **Second Witherbark Cage** for Witherbark Cages - Click **Third Witherbark Cage** for Witherbark Cages - Collect **Troll Tribal Necklace** ×5 for Troll Necklace Bounty ### 14. Aerie Peak - Turn in **Troll Necklace Bounty** at Fraggar Thundermantle - Accept **Troll Necklace Bounty** from Fraggar Thundermantle (optional) — Fraggar keeps paying for necklaces: hand in any extras - Turn in **Troll Necklace Bounty** at Fraggar Thundermantle (optional) - Turn in **Witherbark Cages** at Gryphon Master Talonaxe — Gryphon Master Talonaxe, beside the flight master at the top - Talonaxe's next task waits for a later Hinterlands guide. ### 15. Menethil Harbor Take the boat to Theramore from the far pier. - Fly to **Menethil Harbor** - Go to **Boat to Theramore** Wetlands ### 16. Theramore Privateer Groy stands on the docks where the boat lands. - Turn in **Akiris by the Bundle** at Privateer Groy ### 17. Warlock: Summon Felsteed (Warlock only) Fly to Ratchet; Strahad Farsan teaches in the house by the bank. Fly back to Theramore afterwards. - Fly to **Ratchet** - Turn in **Summon Felsteed** at Strahad Farsan - Accept **Summon Felsteed** from Strahad Farsan - Turn in **Summon Felsteed** at Strahad Farsan ### 18. On to Feathermoon Fly to Nijel's Point, ride south through Desolace into Feralas and follow the road to the dock on the Forgotten Coast; the boat crosses to Feathermoon Stronghold, where the next guide starts. - Fly to **Nijel's Point** --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt