The Hinterlands, Blasted Lands & Loch Modan
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20 steps · 15 quests · The Hinterlands, Duskwood, Blasted Lands, Loch Modan, Badlands, Teldrassil, Darnassus
/polestar guide forever/alliance/40-50/05-the-hinterlandsThe Alliance leveling route for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 46–48: 20 steps and 15 quests through The Hinterlands, Duskwood, Blasted Lands, Loch Modan, Badlands, Teldrassil and Darnassus.
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20 steps1Aerie Peak3 goals
- Set your home to Aerie Peak at Innkeeper ThulframInnkeeper Thulfram: the last guide binds here, so this usually ticks at once
- Accept Skulk Rock Clean-up from Fraggar Thundermantle
- Accept The Altar of Zul from Gryphon Master Talonaxe
2The Altar of Zul1 goal
- Complete The Altar of Zul
Ride south-east to the Altar of Zul, the stepped Vilebranch temple in the south of the Hinterlands, and climb to the top. Qiaga and Morta'gya the Keeper (elite, 50) stand up there: touch the top and come straight back down.
3Skulk Rock2 goals
- Kill Green Sludge ×10 for Skulk Rock Clean-up
- Kill Jade Ooze ×10 for Skulk Rock Clean-up
Ride north to Skulk Rock in the middle of the Hinterlands. Green Sludges and Jade Oozes crawl all around it.
4Aerie Peak4 goals
- Hearth to Aerie PeakHearthstone on cooldown? Ride back north-west.
- Turn in Skulk Rock Clean-up at Fraggar Thundermantle
- Turn in The Altar of Zul at Gryphon Master Talonaxe
- Accept Thadius Grimshade from Gryphon Master Talonaxefor Thadius Grimshade at Nethergarde Keep, later
Hearth to Aerie Peak.
5Darkshire3 goals
- Fly to Darkshire
- Turn in Vital Supplies at Watchmaster Sorigal
- Accept Supplies for Nethergarde from Watchmaster Sorigal
Fly from Aerie Peak to Darkshire.
6The bloodmages5 goals
- Accept Snickerfang Jowls from Bloodmage Drazial
- Accept A Boar's Vitality from Bloodmage Drazial
- Accept The Decisive Striker from Bloodmage Drazial
- Accept The Basilisk's Bite from Bloodmage Lynnore
- Accept Vulture's Vigor from Bloodmage Lynnore
Ride east through Deadwind Pass into the Swamp of Sorrows and south down the road into the Blasted Lands. The bloodmages' camp is the first stop beside the road.
7Nethergarde Keep6 goals
- Get the flight path at Nethergarde Keep from Alexandra Constantine
- Turn in Supplies for Nethergarde at Quartermaster Lungertz
- Turn in Thadius Grimshade at Thadius GrimshadeThadius Grimshade, at the top of the keep
- Thadius' next task, Nekrum's Medallion, is a Zul'Farrak quest: skip it.
- Turn in Mazen's Behest at Watcher Mahar Ba
- Turn in Deliver the Shipment at Quartermaster Lungertz
Ride on east along the road to the keep first: the Crate of Power Stones expires an hour after Darkshire, and the bloodmages' beasts take longer than that.
8Boars and basilisks5 goals
- Collect Blasted Boar Lung ×2 for Snickerfang Jowls
- Collect Blasted Boar Lung ×3 for A Boar's Vitality
- Collect Blasted Boar Lung for The Decisive Striker
- Collect Basilisk Brain ×10 for The Basilisk's Bite
- Collect Basilisk Brain for A Boar's Vitality
Ashmane Boars and Redstone Basilisks share the slopes south-west of the keep. Keep clear of the Helboars further south: they are level 52.
9Scorpoks and snickerfangs8 goals
- Collect Snickerfang Jowl ×3 for Snickerfang Jowls
- Collect Snickerfang Jowl ×2 for Vulture's Vigor
- Collect Scorpok Pincer for Snickerfang Jowls
- Collect Scorpok Pincer ×2 for A Boar's Vitality
- Collect Scorpok Pincer ×3 for The Decisive Striker
- Collect Vulture Gizzard ×10 for Vulture's Vigor
- Collect Vulture Gizzard ×2 for The Basilisk's Bite
- Collect Vulture Gizzard ×2 for The Decisive Striker
Ride west: Starving Snickerfangs roam the dry hills just south of the bloodmages' camp; Scorpok Stingers (level 50) scuttle across the middle of the north. Black Slayer vultures circle over all of it. Pull one at a time.
10The bloodmages6 goals
- Turn in The Basilisk's Bite at Bloodmage Lynnore
- Turn in Vulture's Vigor at Bloodmage Lynnore
- Turn in Snickerfang Jowls at Bloodmage Drazial
- Turn in A Boar's Vitality at Bloodmage Drazial
- Turn in The Decisive Striker at Bloodmage Drazial
- The bloodmages' second tier pays for the same parts with a buff item and no experience: skip it.
11Thelsamar3 goals
- Fly to Thelsamar
- Set your home to Stoutlager Inn at Innkeeper Hearthstove
- Accept Uldaman Reagent Run from Ghak Healtouch
Ride back east to Nethergarde Keep and fly to Thelsamar.
12Ironband's Excavation Site3 goals
- Turn in Murdaloc at Prospector Ironband
- Turn in Ironband Wants You! at Prospector Ironband
- Accept Agmond's Fate from Prospector Ironband
Ride east along the south shore of the loch to Ironband's camp.
13The Uldaman dig2 goals
- Collect Carved Stone Urn ×4 for Agmond's Fate
- Collect Magenta Fungus Cap from Magenta Cap Clusters ×12 for Uldaman Reagent Run
Ride south through the pass into the Badlands' northern edge: the Stonevault troggs dig outside Uldaman there. The carved urns and the magenta mushroom clusters sit in their caves and tunnels, outside the dungeon itself.
14Ironband's Excavation Site1 goal
- Turn in Agmond's Fate at Prospector Ironband
Ride back north to Ironband's camp.
15Thelsamar1 goal
- Turn in Uldaman Reagent Run at Ghak Healtouch
16Rut'theran Village6 goals
- Turn in In Search of Knowledge at Daryn Lightwind
- Accept Feralas: A History from Feralas: A Historythe book on her table
- Turn in Feralas: A History at Daryn Lightwind
- Daryn's next errand goes to Tanaris: skip it.
- Turn in Handle With Care at Erelas Ambersky
- Accept Favored of Elune? from Erelas AmberskyErelas Ambersky: keep it, the feathers come at the end of the Burning Steppes guide
Fly from Thelsamar to Menethil Harbor, take the boat to Auberdine and fly to Rut'theran Village.
17Temple of the Moon2 goals
- Turn in Doling Justice at Tyrande Whisperwind
- Turn in Rise of the Silithid at Gracina SpiritmightGracina Spiritmight, beside her
Step through the portal into Darnassus. The Temple of the Moon is in the south of the city.
18Craftsmen's Terrace1 goal
- Accept Assisting Arch Druid Staghelm from Innkeeper Saelienne
19Cenarion Enclave3 goals
- Turn in Assisting Arch Druid Staghelm at Arch Druid Fandral StaghelmArch Druid Fandral Staghelm, at the top of the tree
- Accept Un'Goro Soil from Arch Druid Fandral Staghelmthe soil comes from Un'Goro Crater, later
- Train at your trainerThe druid trainers stand in the Enclave; Ironforge has none
20Back to Thelsamar1 goal
- Hearth to Stoutlager Inn
Hearth to Thelsamar. The Searing Gorge guide starts at Thorium Point: from here, ride south into the Badlands, west past the Horde town of Kargath and up the trail into the gorge.