# Silverpine Forest & Orgrimmar (levels 16–20) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 16–20: 37 steps and 35 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/03-silverpine-forest 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 > Horde 1–30 > Silverpine Forest & Orgrimmar - Levels: 16–20 - For: Horde - Zones: Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff, Moonglade, Durotar, Tirisfal Glades, Silverpine Forest - 37 steps, 35 quests - Sets the hearth at Sepulcher - Flight paths: Orgrimmar, Sepulcher - Comes after: [The Barrens](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/02-the-barrens.md) (levels 12–17) - Next: [The Barrens](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/04-the-barrens.md) (levels 19–24) - Last changed 2026-10-19, in Polestar 0.2.6 ## 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. To Orgrimmar From the Crossroads, follow the road north-east to Orgrimmar and walk in by the main gate. Doras, the wind rider master, stands on the tower in the Valley of Strength. - Get the flight path at **Orgrimmar** from Doras - Train at your trainer (Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock only) ### 2. Orgrimmar class quests (Priest only) Ur'kyo stands in the Valley of Spirits on the city's west side. - Turn in **Hex of Weakness** at Ur'kyo (Troll, Priest only) — Ur'kyo: Hex of Weakness ### 3. Thunder Bluff (Druid only) Fly to Thunder Bluff: Turak Runetotem trains you on Elder Rise. Skyborne: fly back to Orgrimmar for the zeppelin afterwards. - Fly to **Thunder Bluff** - Train at your trainer - Accept **A Lesson to Learn** from Turak Runetotem (Tauren only) - Accept **Lessons Anew** from Turak Runetotem (Tauren only) — Turak Runetotem: Lessons Anew ### 4. Trial of the Lake (Tauren, Druid only) Cast Teleport: Moonglade; Dendrite Starblaze is in Nighthaven. The Shrine Baubles lie on the bed of Lake Elune'ara and fade within minutes: swim one straight to the Shrine of Remulos on the north-west shore, use it there and speak to Tajarri. - Turn in **A Lesson to Learn** at Dendrite Starblaze - Turn in **Lessons Anew** at Dendrite Starblaze - Accept **The Principal Source** from Dendrite Starblaze — The Principal Source: Dreadmist Peak, next guide - Accept **Trial of the Lake** from Dendrite Starblaze - Collect **Shrine Bauble** from **Bauble Container** — Shrine Bauble, from a Bauble Container in the lake - Use **Shrine Bauble** — At the Shrine of Remulos - Complete **Trial of the Lake** - Turn in **Trial of the Lake** at Tajarri — Tajarri, at the Shrine of Remulos - Accept **Trial of the Sea Lion** from Tajarri - Fly to **Thunder Bluff** — Bunthen Plainswind in Nighthaven flies druids there; then fly on to Orgrimmar for the zeppelin ### 5. Zeppelin to Tirisfal Glades The zeppelin towers stand just outside Orgrimmar's main gate. Take the zeppelin to Tirisfal Glades (the other one goes to Grom'gol). - Go to **Zeppelin tower** Durotar ### 6. Brill (Paladin only) Shari Stilwell trains Paladins in Brill, a short walk north up the road from the zeppelin towers. Come back down the same road for Silverpine. - Train at your trainer ### 7. Into Silverpine The zeppelin lands at the towers outside the Ruins of Lordaeron. Walk west along the road past the ruins and south into Silverpine Forest; follow the road to the Sepulcher. - Go to **Road to Silverpine** Tirisfal Glades ### 8. The Sepulcher Where: 45.6, 42.6 on the Silverpine Forest map. The Sepulcher is the Forsaken crypt-town in the middle of the forest. Everyone you need stands around the crypt entrance; Karos Razok, the bat handler, is just east of it. - Get the flight path at **Sepulcher** from Karos Razok - Set your home to **Sepulcher** at Innkeeper Bates - Turn in **Mura Runetotem** at Mura Runetotem - Accept **Border Crossings** from Shadow Priest Allister - Accept **Lost Deathstalkers** from High Executor Hadrec - Accept **The Dead Fields** from High Executor Hadrec ### 9. Border Crossings Where: 49.9, 60.3 on the Silverpine Forest map. Follow the road south. The Dalaran Crate sits beside it, north of Pyrewood. - Turn in **Border Crossings** at Dalaran Crate - Accept **Maps and Runes** from Dalaran Crate ### 10. The Sepulcher Where: 44, 40.9 on the Silverpine Forest map. - Turn in **Maps and Runes** at Shadow Priest Allister - Accept **Dalar's Analysis** from Shadow Priest Allister - Turn in **Dalar's Analysis** at Dalar Dawnweaver - Accept **Dalaran's Intentions** from Dalar Dawnweaver - Turn in **Dalaran's Intentions** at Shadow Priest Allister - Accept **Ambermill Investigations** from Shadow Priest Allister — Ambermill comes later, on the southern loop ### 11. The Dead Field Where: 44, 21 on the Silverpine Forest map. North of the Sepulcher. Nightlash haunts the Dead Field: kill it, then walk across the field. - Kill **Nightlash** for **Essence of Nightlash** for The Dead Fields - Complete **The Dead Fields** ### 12. Strange Lockbox (Tauren, Druid only) Where: 29.6, 29.2 on the Silverpine Forest map. The Strange Lockbox lies on the coast west of the Dead Field. It holds the Half Pendant of Aquatic Endurance for Trial of the Sea Lion. - Collect **Half Pendant of Aquatic Endurance** from **Strange Lockbox** ### 13. Malden's Orchard Where: 53.5, 13.4 on the Silverpine Forest map. Follow the road north-east to the Yoricks' house at Malden's Orchard. - Turn in **Lost Deathstalkers** at Rane Yorick - Accept **Wild Hearts** from Rane Yorick ### 14. Escorting Erland Where: 56.2, 9.2 on the Silverpine Forest map. Deathstalker Erland waits north-east of the house. Escort him back to Rane; worgs attack on the way. - Accept **Escorting Erland** from Deathstalker Erland - Complete **Escorting Erland** ### 15. Rane Yorick Where: 53.5, 13.4 on the Silverpine Forest map. - Turn in **Escorting Erland** at Rane Yorick - Accept **The Deathstalkers' Report** from Rane Yorick ### 16. Mottled Worgs Where: 54.9, 13.6 on the Silverpine Forest map. Mottled Worgs prowl the hills around the house. - Collect **Discolored Worg Heart** ×6 for Wild Hearts ### 17. Hearth to the Sepulcher Where: 43.4, 40.9 on the Silverpine Forest map. - Hearth to **Sepulcher** - Turn in **The Dead Fields** at High Executor Hadrec - Accept **The Decrepit Ferry** from High Executor Hadrec - Turn in **The Deathstalkers' Report** at High Executor Hadrec - Accept **Speak with Renferrel** from High Executor Hadrec - Turn in **Speak with Renferrel** at Apothecary Renferrel - Turn in **Wild Hearts** at Apothecary Renferrel - Accept **Return to Quinn** from Apothecary Renferrel ### 18. The Decrepit Ferry Where: 58.4, 34.9 on the Silverpine Forest map. The Corpse Laden Boat lies at the ferry landing on the lake shore east of the Sepulcher. - Turn in **The Decrepit Ferry** at Corpse Laden Boat - Accept **Rot Hide Clues** from Corpse Laden Boat ### 19. The Sepulcher Where: 43.4, 40.9 on the Silverpine Forest map. - Turn in **Rot Hide Clues** at High Executor Hadrec - Accept **Rot Hide Ichor** from High Executor Hadrec ### 20. Quinn Yorick Where: 53.4, 12.6 on the Silverpine Forest map. North again to the Yoricks' house. - Turn in **Return to Quinn** at Quinn Yorick - Accept **Wild Eyes** from Quinn Yorick ### 21. Vile Fin murlocs Where: 61.1, 14.5 on the Silverpine Forest map. Follow the lake shore south-east toward Fenris Isle: the Vile Fin Shredders and Tidehunters along it drop the murloc eyes. - Collect **Murloc Eye** ×3 for Wild Eyes ### 22. Fenris Isle Where: 63.7, 22.9 on the Silverpine Forest map. Follow the lake shore south-east and swim out to Fenris Isle. Rot Hide gnolls cover the island; every type drops ichor. Stay out of Fenris Keep on its north side unless you go for the optional niche: the gnolls there are level 18–22. - Collect **Rot Hide Ichor** ×8 for Rot Hide Ichor - Collect **A Talking Head** (optional) — A Talking Head: a rare drop from the gnolls - Accept **Resting in Pieces** from A Talking Head (optional) - Turn in **Resting in Pieces** at Shallow Grave (optional) — Shallow Grave, just east of the keep - Accept **The Hidden Niche** from Shallow Grave (optional) - Turn in **The Hidden Niche** at Dusty Shelf (optional) — Dusty Shelf, inside the keep ### 23. The Sepulcher Where: 42.8, 40.9 on the Silverpine Forest map. Swim back and follow the road west to the Sepulcher. - Turn in **Rot Hide Ichor** at Apothecary Renferrel - Turn in **Wild Eyes** at Apothecary Renferrel - Accept **Return to Quinn (Again)** from Apothecary Renferrel — Apothecary Renferrel: for Quinn, on the road north at the end - Accept **Watching the Roads** from Shadow Priest Allister - Accept **Beren's Peril** from Shadow Priest Allister — Shadow Priest Allister: Beren's Peril, on the south loop ### 24. Ambermill Where: 54.9, 54.4 on the Silverpine Forest map. South-east down the road to Ambermill. Protectors guard the outskirts and Mages the town; both drop pendants. Wizards and Watchers patrol the roads around it. Stay out of the middle, where Archmage Ataeric stands. - Kill **Dalaran Protector** or **Dalaran Mage** for **Dalaran Pendant** ×8 for Ambermill Investigations - Kill **Dalaran Wizard** ×8 for Watching the Roads - Kill **Dalaran Watcher** ×8 for Watching the Roads ### 25. Beren's Peril Where: 59.6, 70.8 on the Silverpine Forest map. South-west of Ambermill, the Ravenclaw Drudgers and Guardians haunt the ruins of Beren's Peril in the south-east of the forest. - Kill **Ravenclaw Drudger** ×6 for Beren's Peril - Kill **Ravenclaw Guardian** ×6 for Beren's Peril ### 26. Hearth to the Sepulcher Where: 44, 40.9 on the Silverpine Forest map. - Hearth to **Sepulcher** - Turn in **Ambermill Investigations** at Shadow Priest Allister - Turn in **Watching the Roads** at Shadow Priest Allister - Turn in **Beren's Peril** at Shadow Priest Allister ### 27. Lordamere Lake shore Where: 66, 44 on the Silverpine Forest map. The Vile Fin Lakestalkers and Oracles sit on the lake shore south of the Decrepit Ferry, east of the Sepulcher. - Go to **Lordamere Lake shore** Silverpine Forest - Reach level **19** — grind on Vile Fin Lakestalker at Lordamere Lake, Silverpine Forest ### 28. Apothecary Renferrel Where: 42.8, 40.9 on the Silverpine Forest map. - Accept **Journey to Hillsbrad Foothills** from Apothecary Renferrel — Keep it: Apothecary Lydon in Tarren Mill, a later guide ### 29. The Ivar Patch Where: 53.4, 12.6 on the Silverpine Forest map. Take the road north toward Tirisfal Glades: the Yoricks' house at Malden's Orchard is on the way. Ivar the Foul lurks a short walk west of it. - Turn in **Return to Quinn (Again)** at Quinn Yorick - Accept **Ivar the Foul** from Rane Yorick - Kill **Ivar the Foul** for **Ivar's Head** for Ivar the Foul - Turn in **Ivar the Foul** at Rane Yorick ### 30. Brill (Paladin only) Follow the road north out of Silverpine into Tirisfal Glades and on to Brill: Shari Stilwell trains Paladins there. The zeppelin towers are a short walk south down the road. - Train at your trainer ### 31. Zeppelin to Orgrimmar Follow the road north out of Silverpine into Tirisfal Glades and east to the zeppelin towers outside the Ruins of Lordaeron. Take the zeppelin to Orgrimmar. - Go to **Zeppelin tower** Tirisfal Glades ### 32. Valley of Strength Walk in through the main gate. Thatog stands in the Valley of Strength; Borstan's Firepit is a few steps north. - Accept **Meal Appeal** from Thatog - Turn in **Meal Appeal** at Borstan - Accept **Favorite Food** from Borstan ### 33. Cleft of Shadow The Cleft of Shadow is the canyon under the Valley of Strength; Neeru Fireblade stands at its far end. - Turn in **Burning Shadows** at Neeru Fireblade (Orc, Troll only) ### 34. The Drag Kor'geld and Yelmak run the alchemy shop in the Drag; Whuut is next door. - Accept **Yelmak's Medley** from Kor'geld - Accept **Whuut's the Rush** from Yelmak - Turn in **Whuut's the Rush** at Whuut ### 35. Valley of Honor The cattails and speargrass grow along the water in the Valley of Honor, east of the Drag. - Collect **Handful of Cattails** from **Cattail** for Yelmak's Medley - Collect **Speargrass Cuttings** from **Speargrass** for Yelmak's Medley ### 36. Kor'geld - Turn in **Yelmak's Medley** at Kor'geld ### 37. Valley of Wisdom Thra and Migi sit behind Grommash Hold in the Valley of Wisdom; the Smooth Boulders lie around them. Train while you are in the city (Druids and Paladins have no trainer here). The next guide starts at Doras, the wind rider master in the Valley of Strength. - Accept **Rocks to Rests** from Thra - Collect **Smooth Boulder** ×8 for Rocks to Rests - Turn in **Rocks to Rests** at Thra - Turn in **Favorite Food** at Migi - Turn in **Welcome to Azeroth** at Thrall (Skyborne only) — Thrall, inside Grommash Hold - Accept **Journey to the Crossroads** from Thrall (Skyborne only) — Keep it: Thork at the Crossroads - Accept **Exploring the Horde** from Thrall (Skyborne only, optional) — Thrall: Exploring the Horde, a tour of the Horde's leaders - Kill **Nazgrel** for Exploring the Horde (Skyborne only, optional) — Speak with Nazgrel, in Grommash Hold - Kill **Vol'jin** for Exploring the Horde (Skyborne only, optional) — Speak with Vol'jin, in Grommash Hold - Train at your trainer (Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock only) --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt