# Tanaris (levels 45–47) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 45–47: 24 steps and 25 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/40-50/04-tanaris 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 > Tanaris - Levels: 45–47 - For: Alliance - Zones: Thousand Needles, Tanaris, The Hinterlands - 24 steps, 25 quests - Sets the hearth at Gadgetzan, then Aerie Peak - Flight paths: Gadgetzan - Comes after: [Feralas](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/40-50/03-feralas.md) (levels 43–46) - Next: [The Hinterlands, Blasted Lands & Loch Modan](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/40-50/05-the-hinterlands.md) (levels 46–48) - 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. Mirage Raceway Where: 52.9, 7.7 on the Tanaris map. From the Forgotten Coast dock, boat to Feathermoon and fly to Thalanaar, then ride east through Thousand Needles to the Mirage Raceway on the Shimmering Flats. Fizzle Brassbolts and Pozzik are in the camps beside the track; Zamek stands by the goblin camp. - Turn in **News for Fizzle** at Fizzle Brassbolts - Accept **Keeping Pace** from Pozzik - Accept **Zamek's Distraction** from Zamek - Turn in **Zamek's Distraction** at Zamek — He runs off to keep Rizzle busy ### 2. Rizzle's plans Where: 52.3, 7.9 on the Tanaris map. While Zamek keeps Rizzle talking, his plans lie unguarded in the gnome camp across the track. - Turn in **Keeping Pace** at Rizzle's Unguarded Plans - Accept **Rizzle's Schematics** from Rizzle's Unguarded Plans ### 3. Pozzik Where: 54.2, 6.9 on the Tanaris map. - Turn in **Rizzle's Schematics** at Pozzik ### 4. Gadgetzan Where: 51.6, 26.8 on the Tanaris map. Ride south-east off the Shimmering Flats into Tanaris. Gadgetzan is just inside the border. - Turn in **Tran'rek** at Tran'rek — Tran'rek, north side of town - Get the flight path at **Gadgetzan** from Bera Stonehammer - Set your home to **Gadgetzan** at Innkeeper Fizzgrimble - Accept **Wastewander Justice** from Chief Engineer Bilgewhizzle — Chief Engineer Bilgewhizzle, by the water tower - Accept **Water Pouch Bounty** from Spigot Operator Luglunket — Spigot Operator Luglunket, next to him ### 5. Steamwheedle Port Where: 67.1, 24 on the Tanaris map. Ride east across the dunes to the goblin harbour on the north-east coast. - Turn in **Stoley's Debt** at Stoley — Stoley, in the port's tavern - Accept **Stoley's Shipment** from Stoley - Accept **Southsea Shakedown** from Security Chief Bilgewhizzle - Accept **WANTED: Andre Firebeard** from Wanted Poster — The Wanted poster beside him - Accept **WANTED: Caliph Scorpidsting** from Wanted Poster — The same poster: Caliph comes much later, after Gadgetzan - Accept **Pirate Hats Ahoy!** from Haughty Modiste ### 6. Lost Rigger Cove Where: 70.9, 42.5 on the Tanaris map. Follow the coast south to the pirate cove. Southsea pirates crowd the beach and the boats: work along the edge and pull one at a time. Andre Firebeard stands on the far side; Stoley's stolen cargo lies in the camp. - Kill **Southsea Pirate** ×10 for Southsea Shakedown - Kill **Southsea Freebooter** ×10 for Southsea Shakedown - Kill **Southsea Dock Worker** ×10 for Southsea Shakedown - Kill **Southsea Swashbuckler** ×10 for Southsea Shakedown - Collect **Southsea Pirate Hat** ×20 for Pirate Hats Ahoy! - Kill **Andre Firebeard** for **Firebeard's Head** for WANTED: Andre Firebeard - Collect **Stoley's Shipment** from **Stolen Cargo** for Stoley's Shipment ### 7. Steamwheedle Port Where: 67.1, 24 on the Tanaris map. - Turn in **Stoley's Shipment** at Stoley - Stoley's next delivery goes back to Booty Bay: skip it. - Turn in **WANTED: Andre Firebeard** at Security Chief Bilgewhizzle - Turn in **Southsea Shakedown** at Security Chief Bilgewhizzle - Turn in **Pirate Hats Ahoy!** at Haughty Modiste ### 8. Wastewander bandits Where: 63.8, 29.1 on the Tanaris map. Ride back west toward Gadgetzan. The Wastewander bandits and thieves hold the dunes on the way; any of them can carry a water pouch. - Kill **Wastewander Bandit** ×10 for Wastewander Justice - Kill **Wastewander Thief** ×10 for Wastewander Justice - Kill **Wastewander Shadow Mage** or **Wastewander Thief** for **Wastewander Water Pouch** ×5 for Water Pouch Bounty ### 9. Gadgetzan Where: 52.5, 28.5 on the Tanaris map. - Turn in **Water Pouch Bounty** at Spigot Operator Luglunket - Accept **Water Pouch Bounty** from Spigot Operator Luglunket - Turn in **Wastewander Justice** at Chief Engineer Bilgewhizzle - Accept **More Wastewander Justice** from Chief Engineer Bilgewhizzle ### 10. Waterspring Field Where: 58.9, 35.9 on the Tanaris map. The tougher Wastewander rogues, shadow mages and assassins camp south-east of Gadgetzan, south of the bandits. Leave Caliph Scorpidsting in the middle of the southern camp for later. - Kill **Wastewander Shadow Mage** ×10 for More Wastewander Justice - Kill **Wastewander Rogue** ×8 for More Wastewander Justice - Kill **Wastewander Assassin** ×6 for More Wastewander Justice - Kill **Wastewander Shadow Mage** or **Wastewander Thief** for **Wastewander Water Pouch** ×5 for Water Pouch Bounty ### 11. Gadgetzan Where: 52.5, 28.5 on the Tanaris map. - Turn in **Water Pouch Bounty** at Spigot Operator Luglunket - Turn in **More Wastewander Justice** at Chief Engineer Bilgewhizzle - Accept **The Thirsty Goblin** from Marin Noggenfogger - Accept **The Dunemaul Compound** from Andi Lynn - Accept **Handle With Care** from Curgle Cranklehop — Curgle Cranklehop: his crate goes to Rut'theran Village, later - Accept **Thistleshrub Valley** from Tran'rek - Accept **Gadgetzan Water Survey** from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser ### 12. The pool by Sandsorrow Watch Where: 39.9, 28.4 on the Tanaris map. Ride north-west to the Sandfury troll camp at Sandsorrow Watch. Use the Untapped Dowsing Widget at the edge of its pool; the trolls stand close, so pull the nearest first. - Pool by Sandsorrow Watch for Gadgetzan Water Survey — Gives the Tapped Dowsing Widget ### 13. Gadgetzan Where: 50.2, 27.5 on the Tanaris map. - Turn in **Gadgetzan Water Survey** at Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser - Accept **Noxious Lair Investigation** from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser ### 14. The Broken Pillar Where: 52.7, 45.9 on the Tanaris map. Ride south to the dig camp at the Broken Pillar. Marvon hands you a detector helm: wear it to see the Gahz'ridian mounds, which lie thick in the sand around the camp and south-west toward the ogres. - Accept **Gahz'ridian** from Marvon Rivetseeker - Collect **Gahz'ridian Ornament** from **Gahz'ridian** ×30 for Gahz'ridian - Turn in **Gahz'ridian** at Marvon Rivetseeker ### 15. Dunemaul Compound Where: 42.7, 53.2 on the Tanaris map. Ride south-west to the ogre compound. Brutes and Enforcers (46–48) fill it; Gor'marok the Ravager (49) stands in the middle with guards around him: clear them first. - Kill **Dunemaul Brute** ×10 for The Dunemaul Compound - Kill **Dunemaul Enforcer** ×10 for The Dunemaul Compound - Kill **Gor'marok the Ravager** for The Dunemaul Compound ### 16. The Noxious Lair Where: 35.1, 48.4 on the Tanaris map. Ride north-west to the Centipaar hive in the dunes. Any Centipaar can drop insect parts. - Kill **Centipaar Worker** or **Centipaar Tunneler** for **Centipaar Insect Parts** ×5 for Noxious Lair Investigation ### 17. Thistleshrub Valley Where: 29.3, 62.4 on the Tanaris map. Ride south into Thistleshrub Valley. The Dew Collectors drop the glands; only some are full, so keep the Laden one. Gnarled Thistleshrubs and Rootshapers share the valley. The Thistleshrubs are 48–50, above you: pull one at a time. - Kill **Gnarled Thistleshrub** ×8 for Thistleshrub Valley - Kill **Thistleshrub Rootshaper** ×8 for Thistleshrub Valley - Kill **Thistleshrub Dew Collector** for **Laden Dew Gland** for The Thirsty Goblin ### 18. Tooga's escort Where: 29.5, 60.5 on the Tanaris map. The little turtle Tooga hides at the north end of the valley. Lead him home to his wife Torta, by the water just east of Steamwheedle Port: he walks slowly and the desert's beasts go for him, so keep him alive. - Accept **Tooga's Quest** from Tooga - Complete **Tooga's Quest** - Turn in **Tooga's Quest** at Torta ### 19. Gadgetzan Where: 52.8, 27.4 on the Tanaris map. Ride back west to Gadgetzan. - Turn in **The Dunemaul Compound** at Andi Lynn — Andi Lynn, on the east side of town - Turn in **The Thirsty Goblin** at Marin Noggenfogger - Accept **In Good Taste** from Marin Noggenfogger - Turn in **Thistleshrub Valley** at Tran'rek - Turn in **Noxious Lair Investigation** at Alchemist Pestlezugg - Turn in **In Good Taste** at Sprinkle - Sprinkle's next ingredient grows in the Hinterlands, and the route never brings it back: skip it. - Accept **The Scrimshank Redemption** from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser ### 20. Caliph Scorpidsting Where: 61.8, 38.2 on the Tanaris map. Ride south-east to Waterspring Field. Caliph stands in the middle of the southern Wastewander camp: clear around him first. - Kill **Caliph Scorpidsting** for **Caliph Scorpidsting's Head** for WANTED: Caliph Scorpidsting ### 21. The Gaping Chasm Where: 56, 71.2 on the Tanaris map. Ride south past the Broken Pillar to the Gaping Chasm, the Hazzali tunnels; Scrimshank's gear lies deep inside. - Collect **Scrimshank's Surveying Gear** for The Scrimshank Redemption ### 22. Gadgetzan Where: 52.5, 28.5 on the Tanaris map. Hearth to Gadgetzan. - Hearth to **Gadgetzan** - Turn in **WANTED: Caliph Scorpidsting** at Chief Engineer Bilgewhizzle - Turn in **The Scrimshank Redemption** at Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser - Accept **Insect Part Analysis** from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser - Turn in **Insect Part Analysis** at Alchemist Pestlezugg - Accept **Insect Part Analysis** from Alchemist Pestlezugg - Turn in **Insect Part Analysis** at Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser - Accept **Rise of the Silithid** from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser — for Darnassus: the route takes you there at 47 ### 23. Ironforge Fly from Gadgetzan to Theramore, take the boat to Menethil Harbor and fly to Ironforge. Train. - Fly to **Ironforge** - Train at your trainer (Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock only) ### 24. Aerie Peak Fly to Aerie Peak. The Hinterlands guide starts here. - Fly to **Aerie Peak** - Set your home to **Aerie Peak** at Innkeeper Thulfram --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt