# Fire Hardened Armor (levels 20–30) > A hauberk at 28, a coif, leggings or gauntlets by race, and a shield on the way. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/class/warrior/fire-hardened-armor 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: Class; in game: Class > Warrior > Fire Hardened Armor - Levels: 20–30 - For: Alliance, Warrior - Zones: Stormwind City, Ironforge, Darnassus, Redridge Mountains, Wetlands, Stonetalon Mountains, The Barrens, Duskwood, Thousand Needles - 18 steps, 14 quests; some steps want a group - Reward: Fire Hardened Hauberk or Fire Hardened Coif or Fire Hardened Leggings or Fire Hardened Gauntlets or Furen's Favor - Last changed 2026-10-15, in Polestar 0.2.4 ## 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. Yorus Barleybrew (Stormwind) (Human, Skyborne only) At 20, Wu Shen in Old Town, beside the Pig and Whistle, sends you to Yorus Barleybrew in Redridge. - Reach level **20** - Accept **Yorus Barleybrew** from Wu Shen ### 2. Yorus Barleybrew (Ironforge) (Dwarf, Gnome only) At 20, Kelv Sternhammer, the warrior trainer of Ironforge, sends you to Yorus Barleybrew in Redridge. - Reach level **20** - Accept **Yorus Barleybrew** from Kelv Sternhammer ### 3. Yorus Barleybrew (Darnassus) (Night Elf only) At 20, Darnath Bladesinger, the warrior trainer of Darnassus, sends you to Yorus Barleybrew in Redridge. - Reach level **20** - Accept **Yorus Barleybrew** from Darnath Bladesinger ### 4. The Rethban Gauntlet Where: 21.5, 44.7 on the Redridge Mountains map. Yorus Barleybrew is in Lakeshire, at the inn. His test is timed: run north-west into the Rethban Caverns, reach the first fork and come back to him before the timer runs out. Do not die and release your spirit. - Turn in **Yorus Barleybrew** at Yorus Barleybrew - Accept **The Rethban Gauntlet** from Yorus Barleybrew - Complete **The Rethban Gauntlet** — Enter the Rethban Caverns and come back - Turn in **The Rethban Gauntlet** at Yorus Barleybrew - Accept **The Shieldsmith** from Yorus Barleybrew ### 5. The Shieldsmith Furen Longbeard works in the Dwarven District of Stormwind. He keeps the Cask of Scalder and gives you Furen's Favor, a shield; Fire Hardened Mail is a level 28 quest. - Turn in **The Shieldsmith** at Furen Longbeard - Accept **Fire Hardened Mail** from Furen Longbeard ### 6. Scorched Spider Fangs The Leech Stalkers and Cave Stalkers crawl around 46,61 in the middle of the Wetlands; they drop the Scorched Spider Fang. - Kill **Leech Stalker** or **Cave Stalker** for **Scorched Spider Fang** ×50 for Fire Hardened Mail ### 7. Charred and Galvanized Horns The Fledgling and Young Chimaeras roam the south-west of Stonetalon, with the Chimaera Matriarch among them: the young ones drop the Charred Horn, the Matriarch the Galvanized Horn. - Kill **Fledgling Chimaera** or **Young Chimaera** for **Charred Horn** ×12 for Fire Hardened Mail — Charred Horn from the young chimaeras - Kill **Chimaera Matriarch** for **Galvanized Horn** for Fire Hardened Mail — Galvanized Horn from the Chimaera Matriarch ### 8. Roogug in Razorfen Kraul Roogug is an elite quilboar inside Razorfen Kraul, the dungeon at the south end of the Barrens; he drops the Vial of Phlogiston. Razorfen Kraul is a dungeon: grouping up is advised. - Collect **Vial of Phlogiston** for Fire Hardened Mail — Vial of Phlogiston, from Roogug ### 9. Furen's Armor Back to Furen Longbeard in the Dwarven District. He sends you on to a smith of your own race. - Turn in **Fire Hardened Mail** at Furen Longbeard - Accept **Furen's Armor** from Furen Longbeard - Turn in **Furen's Armor** at Furen Longbeard - Accept **Grimand Elmore** from Furen Longbeard (Human only) - Accept **Mathiel** from Furen Longbeard (Night Elf only) - Accept **Klockmort Spannerspan** from Furen Longbeard (Dwarf, Gnome only) ### 10. Grimand Elmore (Human only) Grimand Elmore is in Stormwind, a short walk from Furen. - Turn in **Grimand Elmore** at Grimand Elmore - Accept **Burning Blood** from Grimand Elmore ### 11. Burning Blood (Human only) The Nightbane worgen of Duskwood drop the Burning Blood. Gutspill walks in the far south-east of Duskwood and carries the Burning Rock. - Kill **Nightbane Dark Runner** or **Nightbane Vile Fang** for **Burning Blood** ×20 for Burning Blood — Burning Blood from the Nightbane worgen - Kill **Gutspill** for **Burning Rock** for Burning Blood — Burning Rock from Gutspill ### 12. Grimand's Armor (Human only) - Turn in **Burning Blood** at Grimand Elmore - Accept **Grimand's Armor** from Grimand Elmore - Turn in **Grimand's Armor** at Grimand Elmore ### 13. Mathiel (Night Elf only) Mathiel is a smith in Darnassus. - Turn in **Mathiel** at Mathiel - Accept **Sunscorched Shells** from Mathiel ### 14. Sunscorched Shells (Night Elf only) The Sunscorched Shells lie along the western edge of Thousand Needles. - Collect **Sunscorched Shell** ×20 for Sunscorched Shells — Sunscorched Shells ### 15. Mathiel's Armor (Night Elf only) - Turn in **Sunscorched Shells** at Mathiel - Accept **Mathiel's Armor** from Mathiel - Turn in **Mathiel's Armor** at Mathiel ### 16. Klockmort Spannerspan (Dwarf, Gnome only) Ride the Deeprun Tram from Stormwind to Ironforge. - Turn in **Klockmort Spannerspan** at Klockmort Spannerspan - Accept **Iron Coral** from Klockmort Spannerspan ### 17. Iron Coral (Dwarf, Gnome only) The Iron Coral grows along the Wetlands' west coast, south of Menethil Harbor. - Collect **Searing Coral** from **Iron Coral** ×20 for Iron Coral ### 18. Klockmort's Creation (Dwarf, Gnome only) - Turn in **Iron Coral** at Klockmort Spannerspan - Accept **Klockmort's Creation** from Klockmort Spannerspan - Turn in **Klockmort's Creation** at Klockmort Spannerspan --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt