Silithus, Felwood, Winterspring & the Plaguelands

Levels 57–60Alliance

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56 steps · 34 quests · The Barrens, Felwood, Tanaris, Un'Goro Crater, Silithus, Ashenvale, Winterspring, Moonglade, Teldrassil, Darnassus, Stormwind City, Ironforge, Western Plaguelands, Eastern Plaguelands

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The Alliance leveling route for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 57–60: 56 steps and 34 quests through The Barrens, Felwood, Tanaris, Un'Goro Crater, Silithus, Ashenvale, Winterspring, Moonglade, Teldrassil, Darnassus, Stormwind City, Ironforge, Western Plaguelands and Eastern Plaguelands.

Good to know

  • OptionalMystery Goo: Donova Snowden in Winterspring, keep itStep 8
  • GrindReach level 58: grind on Dredge Crusher at the dunes east of Hive'Zora, SilithusStep 20
  • GrindReach level 59: grind on Rabid Shardtooth at the valley south of Owl Wing Thicket, WinterspringStep 36
  • OptionalAraj's Scarab: Araj the Summoner is a level 61 eliteStep 47
  • GrindReach level 60: grind on Terrordale Spirit at Terrordale, Eastern PlaguelandsStep 53

Quests in order

34 quests
  1. Silver Heart
  2. Purified!
  3. Dousing the Flames of Protection
  4. To Winterspring!
  5. A Final Blow
  6. Ancient Spirit
  7. Mystery GooOptional
  8. Aquementas
  9. Pawn Captures Queen
  10. Linken's Adventure
  11. Noggle's Lost Satchel
  12. The Twilight Mystery
  13. Secret Communication
  14. Report to Marshal Bluewall
  15. Scouring the Desert
  16. The Deserter
  17. Dearest Natalia
  18. The Twilight Lexicon
  19. A Terrible Purpose
  20. True Believers
  21. Calm Before the Storm ×2
  22. Guardians of the Altar
  23. Uncovering Past Secrets
  24. Under the Chitin Was...
  25. Wildkin of Elune
  26. A Donation of Runecloth ×3
  27. Araj's ScarabOptional
  28. A Plague Upon Thee ×2
  29. Two Halves Become One
  30. The Key to ScholomanceOptional
Silithus, Felwood, Winterspring & the Plaguelands(57–60)

Steps

56 steps
  1. 1Astranaar2 goals
    • Set your home to Ratchet at Innkeeper WileyInnkeeper Wiley: the last guide hearths you here, so this usually ticks at once
    • Fly to Astranaar

    You start in Ratchet, where the previous guide hearthed you. Fly to Astranaar.

  2. 2The Emerald Sanctuary8 goals
    • Turn in Linken's Memory at Eridan Bluewind
    • Accept Silver Heart from Eridan Bluewind
    • Turn in Felbound Ancients at Eridan Bluewind
    • Accept Purified! from Eridan Bluewind
    • Turn in Purified! at Eridan BluewindWait a moment for Eridan
    • Turn in Cleansed Water Returns to Felwood at Greta Mosshoof
    • Accept Dousing the Flames of Protection from Greta Mosshoof
    • Accept To Winterspring! from Ivy LeafrunnerIvy Leafrunner: ends in Winterspring, keep it

    Ride north out of Astranaar into Felwood to the druids' camp on the road just past the border.

  3. 3Shadow Hold braziers5 goals
    • Click Brazier of Pain for Dousing the Flames of Protection
    • Click Brazier of Hatred for Dousing the Flames of Protection
    • Click Brazier of Suffering for Dousing the Flames of Protection
    • Click Brazier of Malice for Dousing the Flames of Protection
    • Collect Silvery Claws ×11 for Silver HeartAngerclaw bears and Felpaw wolves

    Shadow Hold is the cave at the back of Jaedenar, west of the road. Use the Purified Moonwell Water on the four braziers inside. Kill the Angerclaw bears and Felpaw wolves you pass for the Silvery Claws.

  4. 4The Emerald Sanctuary2 goals
    • Turn in Dousing the Flames of Protection at Greta Mosshoof
    • Accept A Final Blow from Greta Mosshoof
  5. 5A Final Blow3 goals
    • Kill Moora for A Final Blow
    • Kill Salia for A Final Blow
    • Kill Shadow Lord Fel'dan for Shadow Lord Fel'dan's Head for A Final Blow

    Back into Shadow Hold: Moora and Salia guard Shadow Lord Fel'dan in its deepest chamber.

  6. 6Irontree Woods2 goals
    • Collect Irontree Heart for Silver HeartIrontree Stompers
    • Collect Silvery Claws ×11 for Silver Heart

    Follow the road north to Irontree Woods. The Irontree Stompers carry the heart; finish the claws on the Angerclaw Grizzlies and Felpaw Ravagers of the north.

  7. 7Arei2 goals
    • Accept Ancient Spirit from Arei
    • Complete Ancient Spirit

    Arei waits in Irontree Woods. Escort her out of the woods and keep her alive.

  8. 8Felpaw Village4 goals
    • Turn in Falling to Corruption at Deadwood CauldronOptionalDeadwood Cauldron, if you found the Firewater flask in Winterspring
    • Accept Mystery Goo from Deadwood CauldronOptionalMystery Goo: Donova Snowden in Winterspring, keep it
    • Turn in Winterfall Ritual Totem at KerndaOptionalKernda, just inside the cave: only from Neutral with the Timbermaw
    • Turn in Runecloth at MeiloshOptionalMeilosh, if you have thirty Runecloth

    Ride north to the Deadwood furbolgs' village by the Timbermaw Hold cave mouth.

  9. 9The Emerald Sanctuary3 goals
    • Turn in Silver Heart at Eridan Bluewind
    • Accept Aquementas from Eridan BluewindKeep the Book of Aquor, the claws and the heart he hands back
    • Turn in A Final Blow at Greta Mosshoof

    Ride back south along the road to the Sanctuary.

  10. 10Gadgetzan5 goals
    • Hearth to Ratchet
    • Fly to Gadgetzan
    • Turn in Super Sticky at Tran'rek
    • Turn in Bungle in the Jungle at Alchemist Pestlezugg
    • Accept Pawn Captures Queen from Alchemist Pestlezugg

    Hearth to Ratchet and fly to Gadgetzan. Buy two Thorium Bars at the Auction House here for Fire Plume Forged.

  11. 11Aquementas1 goal
    • Kill Aquementas for Silver Totem of Aquementas for Aquementas

    Ride east into the hills. Use the Book of Aquor to summon Aquementas, then defeat him for the totem.

  12. 12Broken Pillar1 goal
    • Turn in The Stone Circle at Marvon Rivetseeker

    Ride south-west to Marvon Rivetseeker's camp at the Broken Pillar.

  13. 13The Slithering Scar1 goal
    • Kill Gorishi Hive Queen for Gorishi Queen Brain for Pawn Captures Queen

    Take the road west down into the crater and ride to the Slithering Scar, the silithid cave in the south. The Gorishi Hive Queen waits in its deepest chamber.

  14. 14Fire Plume Ridge2 goals
    • Collect Unfinished Skeleton Key from Fire Plume Ridge Lava Lake for Fire Plume Forged
    • Collect Filled Pure Sample Jar ×10 for A Little Slime Goes a Long WayUse the jars on slain oozes

    Climb Fire Plume Ridge in the middle of the crater and use the Skeleton Key Mold by the lava lake at the top, with two Thorium Bars in your bags. Fill Laris's Empty Pure Sample Jars on the Primal Oozes in the pools around the ridge.

  15. 15Marshal's Refuge4 goals
    • Kill Quixxil for Are We There, Yeti?
    • Turn in Aquementas at J.D. Collie
    • Accept Linken's Adventure from J.D. Collie
    • Turn in Linken's Adventure at LinkenLinken, at the back of the refuge

    Ride north to Marshal's Refuge. Use Umi's Mechanical Yeti beside Quixxil.

  16. 16Into Silithus1 goal
    • Go to Toward the north-west pass Un'Goro Crater

    Ride west along the crater's northern wall to the pass in the north-west corner that climbs into Silithus.

  17. 17Cenarion Hold6 goals
    • Set your home to Cenarion Hold at CalandrathCalandrath, the innkeeper
    • Turn in Taking Back Silithus at Windcaller Proudhorn
    • Accept Noggle's Lost Satchel from Noggle Ficklespragg
    • Accept The Twilight Mystery from Geologist Larksbane
    • Accept Secret Communication from Bor Wildmane
    • Accept Report to Marshal Bluewall from Rifleman TorrigRifleman Torrig, at the Alliance tents

    Follow the road south-west out of the pass to Cenarion Hold.

  18. 18The Twilight Base Camp3 goals
    • Kill Dust Stormer or Desert Rumbler for Twilight Tablet Fragment ×8 for The Twilight MysteryTwilight Tablet Fragments
    • Collect Encrypted Twilight Text ×10 for Secret CommunicationTwilight's Hammer cultists
    • Collect Encrypted Twilight Text ×20OptionalTen more for True Believers

    The Twilight's Hammer dig fills the north-west corner: tablet fragments lie on the ground and the Dust Stormers and Desert Rumblers carry them too. Every cultist can drop an Encrypted Twilight Text: keep twenty, ten for Bor Wildmane and ten for Hermit Ortell later.

  19. 19Hive'Zora4 goals
    • Turn in Report to Marshal Bluewall at Marshal Bluewall
    • Accept Scouring the Desert from Marshal Bluewall
    • Complete Scouring the Desert
    • Turn in Scouring the Desert at Marshal Bluewall

    Marshal Bluewall camps outside Hive'Zora, the western hive. Pick up a Silithyst at one of the red geysers nearby and carry it to the Alliance extractor at his camp.

  20. 20Grind to 581 goal
    • Reach level 58grind on Dredge Crusher at the dunes east of Hive'Zora, Silithus

    Dredge Crushers roam the dunes between Hive'Zora and Cenarion Hold, on your way back. Commander Mar'alith only offers Dearest Natalia from level 58.

  21. 21Cenarion Hold4 goals
    • Turn in Secret Communication at Bor Wildmane
    • Turn in The Twilight Mystery at Geologist Larksbane
    • Accept The Deserter from Geologist Larksbane
    • Accept Dearest Natalia from Commander Mar'alith
  22. 22Southwind Village1 goal
    • Collect Reliquary of Purity from Dusty Reliquary for A Reliquary of Purity

    Ride east to the ruins of Southwind Village. The Dusty Reliquary lies among the ruined buildings, watched by Tortured Sentinels.

  23. 23Hermit Ortell2 goals
    • Turn in The Deserter at Hermit Ortell
    • Accept The Twilight Lexicon from Hermit Ortell

    The hermit hides among the rocks south-east of Southwind Village.

  24. 24Bronzebeard's Encampment2 goals
    • Complete Dearest Natalia
    • Collect Noggle's Satchel for Noggle's Lost Satchel

    Ride south-west to the dwarves' camp near the southern mountains and question Frankal Stonebridge and Rutgar Glyphshaper. Noggle's satchel lies in the sand just south-east of the camp.

  25. 25The Twilight Post1 goal
    • Kill Twilight Keeper Exeter for Twilight Lexicon - Chapter 2 for The Twilight Lexicon

    Twilight Keeper Exeter holds the cultists' camp in the far south-west.

  26. 26Twilight Keeper Mayna1 goal
    • Kill Twilight Keeper Mayna for Twilight Lexicon - Chapter 1 for The Twilight Lexicon

    Ride north along the west side to Mayna's small camp.

  27. 27Twilight Keeper Havunth1 goal
    • Kill Twilight Keeper Havunth for Twilight Lexicon - Chapter 3 for The Twilight Lexicon

    Havunth's camp sits just west of Cenarion Hold.

  28. 28Cenarion Hold3 goals
    • Turn in Dearest Natalia at Commander Mar'alith
    • Turn in Noggle's Lost Satchel at Noggle Ficklespragg
    • Sell and repair at a vendor
  29. 29Hermit Ortell4 goals
    • Turn in The Twilight Lexicon at Hermit Ortell
    • Accept A Terrible Purpose from Hermit Ortell
    • Accept True Believers from Hermit OrtellHand him the ten texts you kept
    • Turn in True Believers at Hermit Ortell

    Ride back south-east to the hermit.

  30. 30Cenarion Hold2 goals
    • Hearth to Cenarion Hold
    • Turn in A Terrible Purpose at Commander Mar'alith
  31. 31Gadgetzan3 goals
    • Fly to Gadgetzan
    • Turn in Pawn Captures Queen at Alchemist Pestlezugg
    • Accept Calm Before the Storm from Alchemist PestlezuggGracina Spiritmight in Darnassus: keep it

    Fly to Gadgetzan.

  32. 32Forest Song2 goals
    • Fly to Talrendis Point
    • Turn in Ancient Spirit at Kayneth Stillwind

    Fly to Talrendis Point in Azshara and ride west along the road to Forest Song, just over the Ashenvale border.

  33. 33Everlook2 goals
    • Fly to Everlook
    • Turn in Are We There, Yeti? at Umi Rumplesnicker

    Ride back to Talrendis Point and fly to Everlook.

  34. 34Ranshalla2 goals
    • Accept Guardians of the Altar from Ranshalla
    • Complete Guardians of the Altar

    Ride south to Owl Wing Thicket. Protect Ranshalla while she lights the torches on the way to the Altar of Elune.

  35. 35Dire Maul (optional)1 goal
    • Dire Maul fits levels 55 to 60; the Rabid Shardtooth grind below gets you to 59 alone.

    Running Dire Maul in Feralas instead of grinding gets you there faster in a group. Skip this step to grind solo.

  36. 36Grind to 591 goal
    • Reach level 59grind on Rabid Shardtooth at the valley south of Owl Wing Thicket, Winterspring

    The Rabid Shardtooth bears roam the snowy valley south of Owl Wing Thicket.

  37. 37Starfall Village1 goal
    • Turn in To Winterspring! at Wynd Nightchaser

    Ride back north to Everlook and west along the road to the night elf village.

  38. 38Donova Snowden1 goal
    • Turn in Mystery Goo at Donova SnowdenOptional

    Keep west on the road to Donova's camp beside the hot springs.

  39. 39Umber2 goals
    • Turn in Umber, Archivist at Umber
    • Accept Uncovering Past Secrets from Umber

    Take the Timbermaw Hold tunnel from its Winterspring mouth, west of Donova, and follow the Moonglade branch to Nighthaven. Umber studies by the lake shore.

  40. 40Rabine Saturna2 goals
    • Turn in A Reliquary of Purity at Rabine Saturna
    • Turn in Uncovering Past Secrets at Rabine Saturna

    Rabine Saturna's house stands in Nighthaven, east of Umber.

  41. 41Umber2 goals
    • Accept Under the Chitin Was... from Umber
    • Turn in Under the Chitin Was... at Umber
  42. 42Nighthaven2 goals
    • Get the flight path at Moonglade from Sindrayl
    • Fly to Auberdine

    Take the flight path in Nighthaven and fly to Auberdine.

  43. 43Rut'theran Village2 goals
    • Turn in Guardians of the Altar at Erelas Ambersky
    • Accept Wildkin of Elune from Erelas Ambersky

    Take the boat from Auberdine to Rut'theran Village.

  44. 44Darnassus4 goals
    • Turn in Calm Before the Storm at Gracina SpiritmightGracina Spiritmight, in the Temple of the Moon
    • Accept Calm Before the Storm from Gracina Spiritmight
    • Turn in Calm Before the Storm at IdrianaIdriana, in the bank
    • Turn in Wildkin of Elune at Arch Druid Fandral StaghelmArch Druid Fandral Staghelm, atop the Cenarion Enclave

    Take the portal up to Darnassus.

  45. 45Stormwind9 goals
    • Set your home to Stormwind at Innkeeper Allison
    • Train at your trainerWarrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock, Druid only
    • Collect Silk Cloth ×60 for A Donation of Silk
    • Collect Mageweave Cloth ×60 for A Donation of Mageweave
    • Turn in A Donation of Silk at Clavicus KnavinghamClavicus Knavingham, in the Trade District
    • Turn in A Donation of Mageweave at Clavicus Knavingham
    • Accept A Donation of Runecloth from Clavicus Knavingham
    • Collect Runecloth ×60 for A Donation of Runecloth
    • Turn in A Donation of Runecloth at Clavicus Knavingham

    Go back down to Rut'theran Village, take the boat to Auberdine and the boat on to Stormwind Harbor. Bring sixty Silk, sixty Mageweave and sixty Runecloth for Clavicus: buy what you lack at the Auction House.

  46. 46Ironforge20 goals
    • Turn in A Little Slime Goes a Long Way at Laris Geardawdle
    • Train at your trainerShaman onlyStormwind has no shaman trainer
    • Collect Wool Cloth ×60 for A Donation of Wool
    • Collect Silk Cloth ×60 for A Donation of Silk
    • Collect Mageweave Cloth ×60 for A Donation of Mageweave
    • Turn in A Donation of Wool at Bubulo Acerbus
    • Turn in A Donation of Silk at Bubulo Acerbus
    • Turn in A Donation of Mageweave at Bubulo Acerbus
    • Accept A Donation of Runecloth from Bubulo Acerbus
    • Collect Runecloth ×60 for A Donation of Runecloth
    • Turn in A Donation of Runecloth at Bubulo Acerbus
    • Collect Wool Cloth ×60 for A Donation of Wool
    • Collect Silk Cloth ×60 for A Donation of Silk
    • Collect Mageweave Cloth ×60 for A Donation of Mageweave
    • Turn in A Donation of Wool at Mistina Steelshield
    • Turn in A Donation of Silk at Mistina Steelshield
    • Turn in A Donation of Mageweave at Mistina Steelshield
    • Accept A Donation of Runecloth from Mistina Steelshield
    • Collect Runecloth ×60 for A Donation of Runecloth
    • Turn in A Donation of Runecloth at Mistina Steelshield

    Take the Deeprun Tram to Ironforge. Bubulo Acerbus and Mistina Steelshield each want sixty Wool, sixty Silk and sixty Mageweave, then sixty Runecloth: 120 of each in all, from your bags or the Auction House.

  47. 47Chillwind Camp6 goals
    • Fly to Chillwind Camp
    • Turn in Fire Plume Forged at Alchemist Arbington
    • Accept Araj's Scarab from Alchemist ArbingtonOptionalAraj the Summoner is a level 61 elite
    • Turn in Flint Shadowmore at Flint Shadowmore
    • Turn in A Plague Upon Thee at Nathaniel Dumah
    • Accept A Plague Upon Thee from Nathaniel Dumah
  48. 48Andorhal2 goals
    • Turn in Return to Chromie at Chromie
    • Collect Araj's Scarab from Araj's Phylactery for Araj's ScarabOptionalAraj is elite: grouping up is advised.

    Chromie waits in the ruined inn on the west side of Andorhal, the ruined city north of the camp. Araj the Summoner guards his phylactery in the middle of the town.

  49. 49Felstone Field5 goals
    • Turn in Good Luck Charm at Janice Felstone
    • Accept Two Halves Become One from Janice Felstone
    • Kill Jabbering GhoulOptional
    • Complete Two Halves Become One
    • Turn in Two Halves Become One at Janice Felstone

    Janice's ghost wanders by the farmhouse of Felstone Field, west of Andorhal. The Jabbering Ghouls in the field carry the other half of the charm: combine the two halves.

  50. 50Northridge Lumber Camp2 goals
    • Turn in A Plague Upon Thee at Termite Barrel
    • Accept A Plague Upon Thee from Termite Barrel

    Ride north up the road to the lumber mill and set the termite barrel down in the middle of it.

  51. 51Tirion Fordring (optional)1 goal
    • Turn in Of Forgotten Memories at Tirion FordringOptional

    Tirion lives in a small hut on the border river, north-east of the lumber camp. Hand in Of Forgotten Memories if you finished it.

  52. 52Scholomance (optional)1 goal
    • Scholomance fits levels 58 to 60; The Key to Scholomance is handed in at Chillwind Camp below.

    Running Scholomance (Caer Darrow, south-east Western Plaguelands) or Stratholme instead of grinding gets you there faster in a group. Skip this step to grind solo.

  53. 53Grind to 601 goal
    • Reach level 60grind on Terrordale Spirit at Terrordale, Eastern Plaguelands

    Cross the river east of Tirion into Terrordale. The Terrordale Spirits haunt the woods there.

  54. 54Chillwind Camp4 goals
    • Turn in A Plague Upon Thee at Nathaniel Dumah
    • Turn in Araj's Scarab at Alchemist ArbingtonOptional
    • Accept The Key to Scholomance from Alchemist ArbingtonOptional
    • Turn in The Key to Scholomance at Alchemist ArbingtonOptional

    Ride back south-west to Chillwind Camp.

  55. 55Level 602 goals
    • Hearth to Stormwind
    • Train at your trainerWarrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock, Druid only

    Hearth to Stormwind and train your level 60 spells. This is the end of the leveling route: look at the reputation and dungeon guides next.

  56. 56Shaman trainingShaman only1 goal
    • Train at your trainer

    Stormwind has no shaman trainer: take the Deeprun Tram from the Dwarven District to Ironforge and train your level 60 spells with Eldrun Stormbreaker.