# Hillsbrad Foothills, Undercity & The Barrens (levels 24–28) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 24–28: 29 steps and 22 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/06-hillsbrad-foothills 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 > Hillsbrad Foothills, Undercity & The Barrens - Levels: 24–28 - For: Horde - Zones: Hillsbrad Foothills, Undercity, The Barrens, Thousand Needles - 29 steps, 22 quests - Sets the hearth at Tarren Mill, then Camp Taurajo - Comes after: [Stonetalon Mountains & Ashenvale](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/05-stonetalon-mountains.md) (levels 23–25) - Next: [Ashenvale & Thousand Needles](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/07-ashenvale.md) (levels 27–31) - 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. Tarren Mill Where: 62.8, 19 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. Tarren Mill is your base for this guide: the hearth brings you back here twice. Everyone stands around the town square. - Set your home to **Tarren Mill** at Innkeeper Shay — Innkeeper Shay: the last guide binds here, so this usually ticks at once - Turn in **Journey to Hillsbrad Foothills** at Apothecary Lydon - Turn in **Time To Strike** at High Executor Darthalia - Accept **The Rescue** from Krusk - Accept **WANTED: Syndicate Personnel** from WANTED — The WANTED poster by the inn - Accept **Dangerous!** from Dangerous! — The Dangerous! poster: its targets come up along the way - Accept **Battle of Hillsbrad** from High Executor Darthalia - Accept **Elixir of Suffering** from Apothecary Lydon - Accept **Elixir of Pain** from Apothecary Lydon - Accept **Elixir of Agony** from Apothecary Lydon - Collect **Filled Red Waterskin** from **Spring Well** for Call of Water (Shaman only) — Fill the Empty Red Waterskin at the Spring Well beside the inn ### 2. Serge Hinott (Rogue only) Where: 61.6, 19.2 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. Only if Gallywix fell in the Barrens (Mission: Possible But Not Probable): Serge Hinott stands in Tarren Mill. Wait beside him while he brews the cure, then take your reward: Poisons. - Turn in **Hinott's Assistance** at Serge Hinott (optional) - Accept **Hinott's Assistance** from Serge Hinott (optional) - Complete **Hinott's Assistance** (optional) - Turn in **Hinott's Assistance** at Serge Hinott (optional) — Serge Hinott: Poisons - No Gallywix yet? The Class guide Poisons (Horde) runs the chain from Shenthul again, with a group for Gallywix. ### 3. Bears, creepers and lions Where: 54.3, 39.6 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. West of Tarren Mill, Gray Bears, Forest Moss Creepers and Starving Mountain Lions roam the hills on the way down to the farms. The creepers drop Creeper Ichor rarely; you need only one. - Collect **Gray Bear Tongue** ×10 for Elixir of Suffering - Collect **Creeper Ichor** for Elixir of Suffering - Collect **Mountain Lion Blood** ×10 for Elixir of Pain ### 4. Hillsbrad Fields Where: 36.8, 39.6 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. The farms east of Hillsbrad town. Farmer Ray works the field by the northern farmhouse, Farmer Getz the one further south-east; Farmhands and Farmers are everywhere. Farmer Kalaba tends the field south of the farms. - Kill **Hillsbrad Farmhand** ×6 for Battle of Hillsbrad - Kill **Hillsbrad Farmer** ×6 for Battle of Hillsbrad - Kill **Farmer Ray** for Battle of Hillsbrad - Kill **Farmer Getz** for Battle of Hillsbrad - Kill **Farmer Kalaba** for Dangerous! ### 5. Tarren Mill Where: 61.4, 19.1 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. - Turn in **Elixir of Suffering** at Apothecary Lydon - Accept **Elixir of Suffering** from Apothecary Lydon - Turn in **Elixir of Suffering** at Umpi — Umpi, next to Lydon - Turn in **Elixir of Pain** at Apothecary Lydon - Accept **Elixir of Pain** from Apothecary Lydon - Turn in **Battle of Hillsbrad** at High Executor Darthalia - Accept **Battle of Hillsbrad** from High Executor Darthalia - Accept **Souvenirs of Death** from Deathguard Samsa ### 6. Stanley Where: 32.7, 35.3 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. Stanley is Farmer Ray's dog, at the northern farmhouse in Hillsbrad Fields. - Turn in **Elixir of Pain** at Stanley ### 7. Peasants and skulls Where: 30.3, 40.3 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. The Peasants work the fields south of the farmhouses. Every Hillsbrad human drops skulls; the Peasants drop them most often. - Kill **Hillsbrad Peasant** ×15 for Battle of Hillsbrad - Collect **Hillsbrad Human Skull** ×30 for Souvenirs of Death — Hillsbrad Human Skull: the Peasants in the fields ### 8. Tarren Mill Where: 62.3, 20.5 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. - Turn in **Battle of Hillsbrad** at High Executor Darthalia - Accept **Battle of Hillsbrad** from High Executor Darthalia - Turn in **Souvenirs of Death** at Deathguard Samsa - Accept **Scout Support** from High Executor Darthalia — High Executor Darthalia: orders for Deathstalker Masoj, on the way to Durnholde ### 9. Syndicate camps Where: 66.1, 45.6 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. From Tarren Mill go south-east into the hills on the way to Durnholde Keep. Rogues and Watchmen hold the camps along the way. - Kill **Syndicate Rogue** ×10 for WANTED: Syndicate Personnel - Kill **Syndicate Watchman** ×10 for WANTED: Syndicate Personnel ### 10. Durnholde Keep Where: 75.3, 41.5 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. Drull and Tog'thar are chained inside Durnholde Keep's courtyard buildings; open both locks. - Click **Locked ball and chain** for The Rescue — Drull's ball and chain - Click **Locked ball and chain** for The Rescue — Tog'thar's ball and chain ### 11. Deathstalker Masoj Where: 64.2, 54 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. Masoj hides on the hillside above Dun Garok, south of Durnholde, on the way down to the blossoms. - Turn in **Scout Support** at Deathstalker Masoj ### 12. Mudsnout Blossoms Where: 64, 59.7 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. South-west of Durnholde, the Mudsnout Blossoms grow on the hillsides above the river. - Collect **Mudsnout Blossoms** from **Mudsnout Blossom** ×6 for Elixir of Agony ### 13. Tarren Mill Where: 62.3, 20.5 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. - Hearth to **Tarren Mill** - Turn in **WANTED: Syndicate Personnel** at High Executor Darthalia - Turn in **The Rescue** at Krusk - Turn in **Elixir of Agony** at Apothecary Lydon - Accept **Elixir of Agony** from Apothecary Lydon — Master Apothecary Faranell, in the Undercity ### 14. The smithy Where: 32.1, 44.4 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. The smithy stands in the middle of Hillsbrad town. Blacksmith Verringtan and his apprentices work at the forge; the Shipment of Iron is stacked beside it. Citizen Wilkes walks the street north of it. - Kill **Blacksmith Verringtan** for Battle of Hillsbrad - Kill **Hillsbrad Apprentice Blacksmith** ×4 for Battle of Hillsbrad - Collect **Shipment of Iron** for Battle of Hillsbrad - Kill **Citizen Wilkes** for Dangerous! ### 15. Tarren Mill Where: 62.3, 20.5 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. - Turn in **Battle of Hillsbrad** at High Executor Darthalia - Accept **Battle of Hillsbrad** from High Executor Darthalia ### 16. Town hall Where: 29.7, 41.6 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. The town hall is on the west side of Hillsbrad. Magistrate Burnside (30) and Clerk Horrace Whitesteed are inside with the Town Registry; the Proclamation is pinned up beside it. Councilmen walk the town. - Kill **Magistrate Burnside** for Battle of Hillsbrad - Kill **Hillsbrad Councilman** ×5 for Battle of Hillsbrad - Collect **Hillsbrad Town Registry** for Battle of Hillsbrad - Click **Hillsbrad Proclamation** for Battle of Hillsbrad - Kill **Clerk Horrace Whitesteed** for Dangerous! ### 17. Tarren Mill Where: 62.3, 20.5 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. - Hearth to **Tarren Mill** - Turn in **Battle of Hillsbrad** at High Executor Darthalia - Accept **Battle of Hillsbrad** from High Executor Darthalia ### 18. Azurelode Mine Where: 32.4, 52.1 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. The Azurelode Mine lies south of Hillsbrad town. Miners work the tunnels; Foreman Bonds (30) and Miner Hackett (29) are deep inside. - Kill **Hillsbrad Miner** ×10 for Battle of Hillsbrad - Kill **Foreman Bonds** for Battle of Hillsbrad - Kill **Miner Hackett** for Dangerous! ### 19. Tarren Mill Where: 62.3, 20.5 on the Hillsbrad Foothills map. - Turn in **Battle of Hillsbrad** at High Executor Darthalia - Turn in **Dangerous!** at High Executor Darthalia ### 20. Master Apothecary Faranell - Fly to **Undercity** - Turn in **Elixir of Agony** at Master Apothecary Faranell — Master Apothecary Faranell, in the Apothecarium - Accept **Elixir of Agony** from Master Apothecary Faranell — Keep it: the Hillsbrad coast, later on the route - Train at your trainer (Warrior, Paladin, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock only) - Sell and repair at a vendor ### 21. Orgrimmar (Hunter, Shaman only) Take the zeppelin from the towers outside the Undercity to Orgrimmar and train before you fly on. - Train at your trainer ### 22. Thunder Bluff (Druid only) From Orgrimmar (zeppelin from the towers outside the Undercity) fly to Thunder Bluff and train on Elder Rise, then fly on to Camp Taurajo. - Fly to **Thunder Bluff** - Train at your trainer ### 23. Camp Taurajo From Orgrimmar (zeppelin from the towers outside the Undercity) fly to Camp Taurajo. - Fly to **Camp Taurajo** - Set your home to **Camp Taurajo** at Innkeeper Byula - Accept **Mahren Skyseer** from Jorn Skyseer ### 24. Brine (Shaman only) Brine's hut stands on the ridge above the quilboar watering hole, south of Camp Taurajo, on the way to Bael Modan. - Turn in **Call of Water** at Brine — Brine: the red waterskin from Tarren Mill - Accept **Call of Water** from Brine — Brine: the blue waterskin is filled in Ashenvale, next guide ### 25. Tear of the Moons Follow the road south to the dwarf dig site at Bael Modan. Feegly the Exiled hides at the south edge of the dig; General Twinbraid's Strongbox sits at the bottom of the excavation. - Accept **The Tear of the Moons** from Feegly the Exiled - Collect **Tear of the Moons** from **General Twinbraid's Strongbox** for The Tear of the Moons - Turn in **The Tear of the Moons** at Feegly the Exiled ### 26. Great Lift South-west of Bael Modan, Grish Longrunner waits at the top of the Great Lift. - Turn in **Calling in the Reserves** at Grish Longrunner ### 27. Merchant Coast Hearth to Camp Taurajo and fly to Ratchet. Mahren Skyseer camps on the shore north of Ratchet. - Hearth to **Camp Taurajo** - Fly to **Ratchet** - Turn in **Mahren Skyseer** at Mahren Skyseer - Accept **Isha Awak** from Mahren Skyseer ### 28. Isha Awak Isha Awak, a big threshadon, swims in the shallows off the Merchant Coast, east of Mahren. - Kill **Isha Awak** for **Heart of Isha Awak** for Isha Awak ### 29. Ratchet - Turn in **Isha Awak** at Mahren Skyseer - Turn in **Further Instructions** at Sputtervalve — Sputtervalve, by the docks in Ratchet - Sell and repair at a vendor --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt