# Western Plaguelands, Eastern Plaguelands & Feralas (levels 54–57) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 54–57: 64 steps and 64 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/50-60/04-western-plaguelands 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 50–60 > Western Plaguelands, Eastern Plaguelands & Feralas - Levels: 54–57 - For: Alliance - Zones: Eastern Plaguelands, Western Plaguelands, Darnassus, Teldrassil, Feralas, The Barrens, Winterspring, Moonglade - 64 steps, 64 quests - Sets the hearth at Light's Hope Chapel, then Ratchet - Comes after: [Winterspring & Eastern Plaguelands](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/50-60/03-winterspring.md) (levels 53–55) - Next: [Silithus, Un'Goro Crater & Eastern Plaguelands](https://polestar.guide/guides/alliance/50-60/05-silithus.md) (levels 56–58) - 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. Light's Hope Chapel - Set your home to **Light's Hope Chapel** at Jessica Chambers — Jessica Chambers: the last guide binds here, so this usually ticks at once ### 2. Chillwind Camp Where: 42.7, 84 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Fly to **Chillwind Camp** - Accept **Clear the Way** from Commander Ashlam Valorfist - Accept **Minion's Scourgestones** from Argent Officer Pureheart - Accept **Invader's Scourgestones** from Argent Officer Pureheart - Accept **A Plague Upon Thee** from Nathaniel Dumah — Nathaniel Dumah: the termites come later, in Terrordale ### 3. Marlene Redpath Where: 49.2, 78.6 on the Western Plaguelands map. Marlene's farmhouse stands on the hill east of the camp; Joseph Redpath's monument is just north of it. - Turn in **Auntie Marlene** at Marlene Redpath - Accept **A Strange Historian** from Marlene Redpath - Collect **Joseph's Wedding Ring** from **Joseph Redpath's Monument** for A Strange Historian — Joseph's Wedding Ring, at the monument ### 4. The fields Where: 49.4, 77.1 on the Western Plaguelands map. Skeletal Flayers and Slavering Ghouls roam the fields north of the camp; all the Scourge here drop Scourgestones. - Kill **Skeletal Flayer** ×10 for Clear the Way - Kill **Slavering Ghoul** ×10 for Clear the Way - Collect **Minion's Scourgestone** ×20 for Minion's Scourgestones - Collect **Invader's Scourgestone** ×10 for Invader's Scourgestones ### 5. Mulgris Deepriver Where: 53.7, 64.7 on the Western Plaguelands map. Mulgris stands by the farm at the Writhing Haunt, north-east of the fields. - Accept **The Wildlife Suffers Too** from Mulgris Deepriver ### 6. Diseased Wolves Where: 51.1, 64.4 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Kill **Diseased Wolf** ×8 for The Wildlife Suffers Too ### 7. Mulgris Deepriver Where: 53.7, 64.7 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Turn in **The Wildlife Suffers Too** at Mulgris Deepriver - Accept **The Wildlife Suffers Too** from Mulgris Deepriver ### 8. Diseased Grizzlies Where: 55.2, 64.5 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Kill **Diseased Grizzly** ×8 for The Wildlife Suffers Too ### 9. Mulgris Deepriver Where: 53.7, 64.7 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Turn in **The Wildlife Suffers Too** at Mulgris Deepriver - Accept **Glyphed Oaken Branch** from Mulgris Deepriver — For the druids of Darnassus: keep it ### 10. Dalson's Tears Where: 47.8, 50.7 on the Western Plaguelands map. Ride north-west to the Dalson farm. The diary lies in the barn; a wandering skeleton carries the outhouse key, and Farmer Dalson waits in the outhouse with the cabinet key. - Accept **Mrs. Dalson's Diary** from Mrs. Dalson's Diary - Turn in **Mrs. Dalson's Diary** at Mrs. Dalson's Diary - Accept **Locked Away** from Outhouse - Kill **Wandering Skeleton** for **Dalson Outhouse Key** for Locked Away - Turn in **Locked Away** at Outhouse - Accept **Locked Away** from Locked Cabinet - Kill **Farmer Dalson** for **Dalson Cabinet Key** for Locked Away - Turn in **Locked Away** at Locked Cabinet — Locked Cabinet, in the farmhouse ### 11. Janice Felstone Where: 38.4, 54.1 on the Western Plaguelands map. Janice's ghost wanders by the farmhouse of Felstone Field, west of Dalson's Tears; her parcel lies inside. - Accept **Better Late Than Never** from Janice Felstone - Turn in **Better Late Than Never** at Janice's Parcel - Accept **Better Late Than Never** from Janice's Parcel — For Stormwind: keep it ### 12. Chillwind Camp Where: 43, 83.6 on the Western Plaguelands map. Ride back south to the camp. - Turn in **Minion's Scourgestones** at Argent Officer Pureheart - Turn in **Invader's Scourgestones** at Argent Officer Pureheart - Turn in **Clear the Way** at Commander Ashlam Valorfist - Accept **All Along the Watchtowers** from Commander Ashlam Valorfist - Accept **The Scourge Cauldrons** from Commander Ashlam Valorfist - Turn in **The Scourge Cauldrons** at High Priestess MacDonnell - Accept **Target: Felstone Field** from High Priestess MacDonnell ### 13. The Andorhal watchtowers Where: 40, 71.6 on the Western Plaguelands map. Use the Beacon Torch at the foot of each of the four watchtowers around the edge of Andorhal, north of the camp. - Mark Andorhal Tower One with the Beacon Torch for All Along the Watchtowers - Mark Andorhal Tower Two with the Beacon Torch for All Along the Watchtowers - Mark Andorhal Tower Three with the Beacon Torch for All Along the Watchtowers - Mark Andorhal Tower Four with the Beacon Torch for All Along the Watchtowers ### 14. Felstone Field cauldron Where: 36.9, 57.4 on the Western Plaguelands map. Cauldron Lord Bilemaw guards the cauldron in Felstone Field, west of Andorhal. - Kill **Cauldron Lord Bilemaw** for **Felstone Field Cauldron Key** for Target: Felstone Field - Turn in **Target: Felstone Field** at Scourge Cauldron - Accept **Return to Chillwind Camp** from Scourge Cauldron ### 15. Chillwind Camp Where: 42.7, 84 on the Western Plaguelands map. Buy one Arcane Quickener from Alchemist Arbington for Felstone's cauldron, right before you go: the quickeners vanish after 30 minutes. - Turn in **All Along the Watchtowers** at Commander Ashlam Valorfist - Turn in **Return to Chillwind Camp** at High Priestess MacDonnell - Accept **Target: Dalson's Tears** from High Priestess MacDonnell - Buy **Arcane Quickener** from Alchemist Arbington — Arcane Quickener, from Alchemist Arbington ### 16. Felstone Field cauldron Where: 37.3, 56.8 on the Western Plaguelands map. The cauldron now offers its own task; the skeletons around it drop Osseous Agitators. - Accept **Felstone Field Cauldron** from Scourge Cauldron - Collect **Osseous Agitator** ×6 for Felstone Field Cauldron - Collect **Runecloth** ×4 for Felstone Field Cauldron - Turn in **Felstone Field Cauldron** at Scourge Cauldron ### 17. Dalson's Tears cauldron Where: 46.1, 52.6 on the Western Plaguelands map. The cauldron sits at Dalson's Tears, north-east of Felstone; its Cauldron Lord stands beside it. - Kill **Cauldron Lord Malvinious** for **Dalson's Tears Cauldron Key** for Target: Dalson's Tears - Turn in **Target: Dalson's Tears** at Scourge Cauldron - Accept **Return to Chillwind Camp** from Scourge Cauldron ### 18. Chillwind Camp Where: 43, 84.5 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Turn in **Return to Chillwind Camp** at High Priestess MacDonnell - Accept **Target: Writhing Haunt** from High Priestess MacDonnell ### 19. Writhing Haunt cauldron Where: 52.9, 66.1 on the Western Plaguelands map. The cauldron sits at the Writhing Haunt, by Mulgris' farm. - Kill **Cauldron Lord Razarch** for **Writhing Haunt Cauldron Key** for Target: Writhing Haunt - Turn in **Target: Writhing Haunt** at Scourge Cauldron - Accept **Return to Chillwind Camp** from Scourge Cauldron - Reach level **55** — grind on Freezing Ghoul at the Writhing Haunt, Western Plaguelands ### 20. Chillwind Camp Where: 43, 84.5 on the Western Plaguelands map. Buy two more Arcane Quickeners for the Writhing Haunt's and Dalson's cauldrons, and ride straight there: they vanish after 30 minutes. - Turn in **Return to Chillwind Camp** at High Priestess MacDonnell - Accept **Target: Gahrron's Withering** from High Priestess MacDonnell - Accept **Scholomance** from Commander Ashlam Valorfist - Accept **Alas, Andorhal** from Commander Ashlam Valorfist (optional) — Araj the Summoner is a level 61 elite - Turn in **Scholomance** at Alchemist Arbington - Accept **Skeletal Fragments** from Alchemist Arbington - Buy **Arcane Quickener** ×2 from Alchemist Arbington — Arcane Quickener, from Alchemist Arbington ### 21. Writhing Haunt cauldron Where: 53, 65.6 on the Western Plaguelands map. Back north to the Writhing Haunt: the cauldron offers its own task now. The ghouls nearby drop Somatic Intensifiers. - Accept **Writhing Haunt Cauldron** from Scourge Cauldron - Collect **Somatic Intensifier** ×5 for Writhing Haunt Cauldron - Collect **Runecloth** ×4 for Writhing Haunt Cauldron - Turn in **Writhing Haunt Cauldron** at Scourge Cauldron ### 22. Dalson's Tears cauldron Where: 46.2, 51.9 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Accept **Dalson's Tears Cauldron** from Scourge Cauldron - Collect **Somatic Intensifier** ×5 for Dalson's Tears Cauldron - Collect **Runecloth** ×4 for Dalson's Tears Cauldron - Turn in **Dalson's Tears Cauldron** at Scourge Cauldron ### 23. Chromie Where: 39.5, 66.8 on the Western Plaguelands map. Chromie waits in the ruined inn on the west side of Andorhal. - Turn in **A Strange Historian** at Chromie - Accept **The Annals of Darrowshire** from Chromie - Accept **A Matter of Time** from Chromie ### 24. Andorhal Where: 45.1, 62.3 on the Western Plaguelands map. Use the Temporal Displacer by the grain silos to draw out Temporal Parasites. The Annals of Darrowshire is one of the musty tomes in the town hall. Every skeleton in town drops Skeletal Fragments. - Temporal Displacer - Kill **Temporal Parasite** ×10 for A Matter of Time - Collect **Annals of Darrowshire** from **Musty Tome** for The Annals of Darrowshire - Kill **Skeletal Flayer** or **Skeletal Sorcerer** for **Skeletal Fragments** ×15 for Skeletal Fragments ### 25. Araj's Phylactery Where: 45.3, 69.2 on the Western Plaguelands map. Araj the Summoner is elite: grouping up is advised. He guards his phylactery in the middle of Andorhal. - Collect **Araj's Phylactery Shard** from **Araj's Phylactery** for Alas, Andorhal (optional) ### 26. Chromie Where: 39.5, 66.8 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Turn in **A Matter of Time** at Chromie - Accept **Counting Out Time** from Chromie - Turn in **The Annals of Darrowshire** at Chromie - Accept **Brother Carlin** from Chromie — Brother Carlin, at Light's Hope Chapel: keep it ### 27. Andorhal Watches Where: 40.3, 66.5 on the Western Plaguelands map. Small lockboxes lie in the rubble all over Andorhal; each holds a watch. - Collect **Andorhal Watch** from **Small Lockbox** ×5 for Counting Out Time ### 28. Chromie Where: 39.5, 66.8 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Turn in **Counting Out Time** at Chromie - Accept **Counting Out Time** from Chromie ### 29. More watches Where: 40.3, 66.5 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Collect **Andorhal Watch** from **Small Lockbox** ×5 for Counting Out Time ### 30. Chromie Where: 39.5, 66.8 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Turn in **Counting Out Time** at Chromie ### 31. Kirsta Deepshadow Where: 51.9, 28.1 on the Western Plaguelands map. Ride north up the road to the Northridge lumber mill; Kirsta hides at the camp's edge. - Accept **Unfinished Business** from Kirsta Deepshadow ### 32. The Scarlet Crusade Where: 51.8, 44.8 on the Western Plaguelands map. The Scarlet Medics, Hunters, Knights and Mages patrol the lumber camp and the road toward Hearthglen. - Kill **Scarlet Medic** ×2 for Unfinished Business - Kill **Scarlet Hunter** ×2 for Unfinished Business - Kill **Scarlet Knight** ×2 for Unfinished Business - Kill **Scarlet Mage** ×2 for Unfinished Business ### 33. Kirsta Deepshadow Where: 51.9, 28.1 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Turn in **Unfinished Business** at Kirsta Deepshadow - Accept **Unfinished Business** from Kirsta Deepshadow ### 34. Radley and Durgen Where: 57.8, 36.1 on the Western Plaguelands map. Huntsman Radley walks the Northridge camp east of Kirsta; Cavalier Durgen guards the tower at Hearthglen's southern approach. - Kill **Huntsman Radley** for Unfinished Business - Kill **Cavalier Durgen** for Unfinished Business ### 35. Kirsta Deepshadow Where: 51.9, 28.1 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Turn in **Unfinished Business** at Kirsta Deepshadow - Accept **Unfinished Business** from Kirsta Deepshadow ### 36. Hearthglen overlook Where: 45.8, 18.3 on the Western Plaguelands map. Climb the hill west of Hearthglen to look down on the town. - Complete **Unfinished Business** ### 37. Kirsta Deepshadow Where: 51.9, 28.1 on the Western Plaguelands map. - Turn in **Unfinished Business** at Kirsta Deepshadow ### 38. Tirion Fordring Where: 67.3, 24.2 on the Western Plaguelands map. Ride east to the border river: Tirion lives in a small hut on the bank. - Accept **Demon Dogs** from Tirion Fordring - Accept **Blood Tinged Skies** from Tirion Fordring - Accept **Carrion Grubbage** from Tirion Fordring ### 39. Gahrron's Withering cauldron Where: 62.2, 59.1 on the Western Plaguelands map. Ride south to Gahrron's Withering, where Cauldron Lord Soulwrath guards the cauldron. - Kill **Cauldron Lord Soulwrath** for **Gahrron's Withering Cauldron Key** for Target: Gahrron's Withering - Turn in **Target: Gahrron's Withering** at Scourge Cauldron - Accept **Return to Chillwind Camp** from Scourge Cauldron ### 40. Chillwind Camp Where: 43, 84.5 on the Western Plaguelands map. Ride south-west to the camp. - Turn in **Return to Chillwind Camp** at High Priestess MacDonnell - Accept **Mission Accomplished!** from Commander Ashlam Valorfist - Turn in **Mission Accomplished!** at Commander Ashlam Valorfist - Turn in **Alas, Andorhal** at Commander Ashlam Valorfist (optional) - Turn in **Skeletal Fragments** at Alchemist Arbington - Accept **Mold Rhymes With...** from Alchemist Arbington — Krinkle Goodsteel in Gadgetzan: keep it - Sell and repair at a vendor ### 41. Light's Hope Chapel - Hearth to **Light's Hope Chapel** - Accept **The Restless Souls** from Caretaker Alen — Caretaker Alen, by the graves south of the chapel - Turn in **Brother Carlin** at Carlin Redpath - Accept **Heroes of Darrowshire** from Carlin Redpath - Accept **Villains of Darrowshire** from Carlin Redpath ### 42. Villains of Darrowshire Horgus' skull lies at Blackwood Lake and Marduk's sword in the Infectis Scar, each where ghosts fight; grown Plaguehounds hunt the plains between. - Collect **Skull of Horgus** from **Horgus' Skull** for Villains of Darrowshire - Collect **Shattered Sword of Marduk** for Villains of Darrowshire - Kill **Plaguehound** ×20 for Demon Dogs ### 43. Light's Hope Chapel - Turn in **Villains of Darrowshire** at Carlin Redpath ### 44. Aurora Skycaller Ride north-west to Quel'Lithien Lodge, at the edge of the Plaguewood. - Turn in **Troubled Spirits of Kel'Theril** at Aurora Skycaller ### 45. Terrordale Where: 98.8, 43.8 on the Western Plaguelands map. Ride west to Terrordale. Plaguehound Runts, Plaguebats and Carrion Grubs roam its woods; fill the Empty Termite Jar at the big termite mounds and kill the Frenzied Plaguehounds further north. - Kill **Plaguehound Runt** ×20 for Demon Dogs - Kill **Plaguebat** ×30 for Blood Tinged Skies - Kill **Carrion Grub** or **Carrion Devourer** for **Slab of Carrion Worm Meat** ×15 for Carrion Grubbage - Collect **Plagueland Termites** from **Large Termite Mound** ×100 for A Plague Upon Thee - Kill **Frenzied Plaguehound** ×5 for Demon Dogs ### 46. Egan Where: 73.5, 15.3 on the Western Plaguelands map. Egan stands by Augustus' hut in Terrordale. - Turn in **The Restless Souls** at Egan ### 47. Tirion Fordring Where: 67.3, 24.2 on the Western Plaguelands map. Cross the river west to Tirion's hut. - Turn in **Blood Tinged Skies** at Tirion Fordring - Turn in **Carrion Grubbage** at Tirion Fordring - Turn in **Demon Dogs** at Tirion Fordring - Accept **Redemption** from Tirion Fordring - Turn in **Redemption** at Tirion Fordring — Listen to his story - Accept **Of Forgotten Memories** from Tirion Fordring (optional) — Mercutio Filthgorger is elite: grouping up is advised ### 48. Davil's Libram Where: 42.5, 19 on the Western Plaguelands map. Davil's Libram lies in the town hall of Hearthglen, west of Tirion: the Scarlet guards stand close together. - Collect **Davil's Libram** for Heroes of Darrowshire ### 49. Redpath's Shield Where: 63.8, 57.2 on the Western Plaguelands map. Redpath's Shield lies east of the barn at Gahrron's Withering. - Collect **Redpath's Shield** for Heroes of Darrowshire ### 50. The Undercroft Where: 85.1, 61.6 on the Western Plaguelands map. Cross the river east to the Undercroft, the crypt in the south-west of the zone. The Torn Scroll lies inside: its key is on Infiltrator Hameya in the far north-east, done in the next guide. - Accept **Hameya's Plea** from Torn Scroll ### 51. Darnassus Ride back to Chillwind Camp and fly to Menethil Harbor, take the boat to Auberdine and fly to Rut'theran Village; the portal leads up to Darnassus. - Turn in **Un'Goro Soil** at Jenal — Jenal, in the Cenarion Enclave - Accept **Morrowgrain Research** from Arch Druid Fandral Staghelm - Turn in **Morrowgrain Research** at Mathrengyl Bearwalker - Accept **Morrowgrain Research** from Mathrengyl Bearwalker (optional) — Ten Morrowgrain from the Evergreen Pouch - Turn in **Morrowgrain Research** at Mathrengyl Bearwalker (optional) - Accept **Morrowgrain to Darnassus** from Mathrengyl Bearwalker (optional) - Turn in **Morrowgrain to Darnassus** at Mathrengyl Bearwalker (optional) - Turn in **Glyphed Oaken Branch** at Mathrengyl Bearwalker - Train at your trainer (Druid only) — Ironforge, where the next guide trains, has no druid trainer ### 52. Temple of the Moon Herald Moonstalker and Gracina Spiritmight stand by the Temple of the Moon; fill Eridan's Vial at the moonwell inside. - Accept **The New Frontier** from Herald Moonstalker - Accept **March of the Silithid** from Gracina Spiritmight — Gracina Spiritmight: keep it for Gadgetzan - Collect **Vial of Blessed Water** from **Temple of the Moon Fountain** for Felbound Ancients ### 53. Cenarion Enclave - Turn in **The New Frontier** at Arch Druid Fandral Staghelm - Accept **The New Frontier** from Arch Druid Fandral Staghelm - Turn in **The New Frontier** at Mathrengyl Bearwalker - Accept **Rabine Saturna** from Mathrengyl Bearwalker — Rabine Saturna in Moonglade: keep it ### 54. Rut'theran Village - Turn in **Moontouched Wildkin** at Erelas Ambersky - Accept **Find Ranshalla** from Erelas Ambersky — Ranshalla in Winterspring: keep it ### 55. Feathermoon Stronghold From Rut'theran Village, fly to Feathermoon Stronghold. - Fly to **Feathermoon** - Accept **The Sunken Temple** from Angelas Moonbreeze — Angelas Moonbreeze: keep it for Tanaris ### 56. Zorbin Fandazzle Take the boat to the mainland and ride north-east to Zorbin's camp by the Twin Colossals. - Accept **Again With the Zapped Giants** from Zorbin Fandazzle - Accept **Refuel for the Zapping** from Zorbin Fandazzle ### 57. Zapped giants and sea elementals The shrunken giants roam the Twin Colossals; the sea elementals wade along the coast to the west. - Collect **Miniaturization Residue** ×10 for Again With the Zapped Giants - Kill **Sea Elemental** or **Sea Spray** for **Water Elemental Core** ×6 for Refuel for the Zapping ### 58. Zorbin Fandazzle - Turn in **Again With the Zapped Giants** at Zorbin Fandazzle - Turn in **Refuel for the Zapping** at Zorbin Fandazzle ### 59. Gregan Brewspewer Gregan's camp lies north of the Twin Colossals. He sells the Videre Elixir once he has his bait. - Turn in **A Visit to Gregan** at Gregan Brewspewer - Collect **Videre Elixir** from **Gregan Brewspewer** for The Videre Elixir ### 60. Ratchet Fly to Ratchet. - Fly to **Ratchet** - Set your home to **Ratchet** at Innkeeper Wiley - Accept **Volcanic Activity** from Liv Rizzlefix — Liv Rizzlefix: keep it for Un'Goro - Turn in **Seeking Spiritual Aid** at Islen Waterseer — Islen Waterseer, on the coast north of town - Accept **Cleansed Water Returns to Felwood** from Islen Waterseer — For Felwood: keep it ### 61. Ranshalla From Ratchet, fly to Everlook and ride south to Owl Wing Thicket. - Fly to **Everlook** - Turn in **Find Ranshalla** at Ranshalla — Ranshalla: her escort comes later on the route ### 62. Donova Snowden Ride west along the road to the hot springs. - Turn in **The Videre Elixir** at Donova Snowden - Accept **Meet at the Grave** from Donova Snowden — Gaeriyan in Gadgetzan: keep it ### 63. Rabine Saturna Walk into Timbermaw Hold and take the Moonglade branch of the tunnel to Nighthaven. - Turn in **Rabine Saturna** at Rabine Saturna - Accept **A Reliquary of Purity** from Rabine Saturna - Accept **Wasteland** from Rabine Saturna — For Silithus: keep it ### 64. Ratchet The next guide starts here in Ratchet and flies on to Gadgetzan. - Hearth to **Ratchet** --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt