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14 steps · 14 quests · Loch Modan, Searing Gorge

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The Alliance leveling route for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 47–49: 14 steps and 14 quests through Loch Modan and Searing Gorge.

By Polestar · Updated , in Polestar 0.2.5

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  • SkippedThe prisoner's next task, Ledger from Tanaris, sends you to the Swamp of Sorrows and Dustwallow Marsh: skip it.Step 12

Quests in order

14 quests
  1. STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass
  2. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Culling the Competition
  3. Curse These Fat Fingers
  4. Fiery Menace!
  5. Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It
  6. What the Flux?
  7. Prayer to Elune
  8. Divine Retribution
  9. The Flawless Flame
  10. Forging the Shaft
  11. The Key to FreedomOptional
  12. Caught!
  13. Suntara Stones ×2
Searing Gorge(47–49)

Steps

14 steps
  1. 1Thelsamar1 goal
    • Set your home to Stoutlager Inn at Innkeeper HearthstoveInnkeeper Hearthstove: the last guide hearths you here, so this usually ticks at once
  2. 2Thorium Point7 goals
    • Get the flight path at Thorium Point from Lanie Reed
    • Accept STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass from Wanted/Missing/Lost & FoundThe Wanted/Missing/Lost & Found board
    • Accept JOB OPPORTUNITY: Culling the Competition from Wanted/Missing/Lost & Found
    • Accept Curse These Fat Fingers from Hansel Heavyhands
    • Accept Fiery Menace! from Hansel Heavyhands
    • Accept Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It from Hansel Heavyhands
    • Accept What the Flux? from Master Smith Burninate

    From Thelsamar ride south into the Badlands, then west past the Horde town of Kargath (give it room) and up the trail into Searing Gorge. Thorium Point is the scaffolded camp on the north-west rim.

  3. 3Zamael Lunthistle2 goals
    • Accept Prayer to Elune from Zamael Lunthistle
    • Turn in Prayer to Elune at Zamael Lunthistle

    The night elf stands alone west of Thorium Point. Hear his story.

  4. 4Kalaran Windblade3 goals
    • Accept Divine Retribution from Kalaran Windblade
    • Turn in Divine Retribution at Kalaran Windblade
    • Accept The Flawless Flame from Kalaran Windblade

    Kalaran stands on the rim of the Cauldron, south of Thorium Point. Listen to his story.

  5. 5Golems and elementals3 goals
    • Kill Heavy War Golem ×20 for Curse These Fat Fingers
    • Collect Golem Oil ×4 for The Flawless Flame
    • Collect Heart of Flame ×4 for The Flawless Flame

    Heavy War Golems patrol the floor of the Cauldron below Kalaran; Magma Elementals drift among them. Golems and elementals drop the oil, elementals the hearts.

  6. 6Kalaran Windblade2 goals
    • Turn in The Flawless Flame at Kalaran Windblade
    • Accept Forging the Shaft from Kalaran Windblade
  7. 7Dark Iron dwarves7 goals
    • Kill Dark Iron Taskmaster ×15 for JOB OPPORTUNITY: Culling the Competition
    • Kill Dark Iron Slaver ×15 for JOB OPPORTUNITY: Culling the Competition
    • Collect Thorium Plated Dagger ×8 for Forging the Shaft
    • Kill Dark Iron Steamsmith for Smithing Tuyere for STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass
    • Kill Dark Iron Lookout for Lookout's Spyglass for STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass
    • Collect Grimesilt Outhouse KeyOptional
    • Accept The Key to Freedom from Grimesilt Outhouse KeyOptional

    Taskmasters and Slavers drive the slaves all over the Cauldron, and any of them can carry a Thorium Plated Dagger. The Steamsmiths work at the furnaces in the middle (the Smithing Tuyere), the Lookouts stand on the southern ridges (the Spyglass). Any Dark Iron may drop the Grimesilt Outhouse Key: keep it.

  8. 8Greater Lava Spiders1 goal
    • Kill Greater Lava Spider ×20 for Fiery Menace!

    The spiders roam the plateaus and lava pools in the south-west of the gorge.

  9. 9Kalaran Windblade1 goal
    • Turn in Forging the Shaft at Kalaran Windblade
  10. 10The Slag Pit2 goals
    • Collect Secret Plans: Fiery Flux for What the Flux?
    • Kill Incendosaur ×20 for Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It

    The Slag Pit opens in the north of the Cauldron. The Secret Plans lie on its upper ledge; Incendosaurs swim in the lava pools further in, so pull them to the edge. Stay clear of Overseer Maltorius and his elite guards deep inside.

  11. 11Thorium Point6 goals
    • Turn in STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass at Taskmaster Scrange
    • Turn in JOB OPPORTUNITY: Culling the Competition at Taskmaster Scrange
    • Turn in Curse These Fat Fingers at Hansel Heavyhands
    • Turn in Fiery Menace! at Hansel Heavyhands
    • Turn in Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It at Hansel Heavyhands
    • Turn in What the Flux? at Master Smith Burninate
  12. 12The Grimesilt outhouse6 goals
    • Turn in The Key to Freedom at Wooden OuthouseOptional
    • Accept Caught! from Wooden Outhouse
    • Kill Dark Iron Geologist ×8 for Caught!
    • Collect Silk Cloth ×15 for Caught!
    • Turn in Caught! at Wooden Outhouse
    • The prisoner's next task, Ledger from Tanaris, sends you to the Swamp of Sorrows and Dustwallow Marsh: skip it.

    Ride east across the Cauldron to the Grimesilt Dig Site in the south-east. The prisoner in the wooden outhouse wants 15 Silk Cloth and eight dead Dark Iron Geologists from the dig site around it. The outhouse also opens with the key, if you found one.

  13. 13Dorius Stonetender4 goals
    • Accept Suntara Stones from Dorius Stonetender
    • Complete Suntara Stones
    • Turn in Suntara Stones at Singed Letter
    • Accept Suntara Stones from Singed LetterFor Curator Thorius in Ironforge, later

    The dwarf stands by the road at the dig site. Follow him north along the road and fight off the Dark Iron ambushes. When it is over, read the Singed Letter he leaves on the road in Dustfire Valley.

  14. 14Thelsamar1 goal
    • Hearth to Stoutlager Inn