Ashenvale & Thousand Needles

• Fly to Zoram'gar Outpost
• Turn in Trouble in the Deeps at Je'neu Sancrea
• Accept The Essence of Aku'Mai from Je'neu Sancrea
• Accept Between a Rock and a Thistlefur from Karang Amakkar
• Accept Troll Charm from Mitsuwa
• Accept Vorsha the Lasher from MuglashMuglash: starts his escort at once

Fly from Ratchet to Zoram'gar Outpost on the Ashenvale coast.

• Go to Naga brazier Ashenvale
• Complete Vorsha the Lasher

Muglash walks north up the strand to a naga brazier. Put the brazier out, then guard him through the naga waves until Vorsha is dead.

• Go to Blackfathom Deeps ruins Ashenvale

The way to the Sapphires is through the sunken ruins at the north end of the strand: go down the stairs into the pit.

• Collect Sapphire of Aku'Mai ×20 for The Essence of Aku'Mai

The Sapphires are blue crystals on the walls of the tunnels leading to the Blackfathom Deeps portal, underground and outside the instance: swim down from the pit, under the wall, into the cave. The satyrs and naga in the tunnels are elite: grouping up is advised. The crystals respawn quickly, so there is no need to go deep.

• Turn in The Essence of Aku'Mai at Je'neu Sancrea
• Turn in Vorsha the Lasher at Warsong Runner
• Je'neu offers a Blackfathom Deeps quest next; leave it unless you have a group.

• Kill Thistlefur Avenger ×8 for Between a Rock and a Thistlefur
• Kill Thistlefur Shaman ×8 for Between a Rock and a Thistlefur

East of Zoram'gar, the Thistlefur furbolgs fill the village and the hills around their hold.

• Collect Troll Charm from Troll Chest ×8 for Troll Charm
• Accept Freedom to Ruul from Ruul Snowhoof
• Complete Freedom to Ruul

Inside the hold, Troll Chests lie along the tunnels. Ruul Snowhoof is held deep inside: free him and protect him all the way out, then he runs home to Night Run.

• Turn in Between a Rock and a Thistlefur at Karang Amakkar
• Accept King of the Foulweald from Karang Amakkar
• Turn in Troll Charm at Mitsuwa

Back west to Zoram'gar before heading east for good.

• Kill Ursangous for Ursangous's Paw
• Accept Ursangous's Paw from Ursangous's Paw

Follow the main road east past Astranaar (Alliance: keep to the road). Ursangous, a big grizzly, roams the Ruins of Stardust south of the road, west of Mystral Lake. His paw starts the next hunt quest.

• Collect Filled Blue Waterskin from Ruins of Stardust Fountain for Call of Water

The fountain stands in the middle of the Ruins of Stardust: use the Empty Blue Waterskin there.

• Go to Alonso Ashenvale
• Accept Dragonslayer's Helm from AlonsoOptionalAlonso may not offer these to every class; if he doesn't, carry on.
• Turn in Dragonslayer's Helm at Alonso
• Accept Dragonslayer's Shield from AlonsoOptional
• Turn in Dragonslayer's Shield at Alonso
• Accept Dragonslayer's Lance from AlonsoOptional
• Turn in Dragonslayer's Lance at Alonso

Alonso, a Forever addition, stands on the west shore of Mystral Lake with three quick Dragonslayer quests.

• Kill Tideress for Befouled Water Globe
• Accept The Befouled Element from Befouled Water Globe

Tideress, a corrupted water elemental, drifts in Mystral Lake. Her Befouled Water Globe starts a quest for Splintertree.

• Kill Chief Murgut for Murgut's Totem for King of the Foulweald

The Foulweald furbolgs hold the woods east of Mystral Lake, south of the road. Place Karang's Banner on the Foulweald Totem Mound and guard it: the furbolgs come to tear it down. Chief Murgut comes last; his totem drops in the basket.

• Accept Torek's Assault from Torek
• Complete Torek's Assault

Keep east on the road. Torek waits south-west of the Warsong lumber camp. He and his grunts storm the Silverwing Outpost: let them take aggro and stay with Torek until Duriel Moonfire is dead.

• Accept Ashenvale Outrunners from Kuray'bin
• Kill Ashenvale Outrunner ×9 for Ashenvale Outrunners
• Turn in Ashenvale Outrunners at Kuray'bin

Kuray'bin stands at the lumber camp. The night elf Outrunners stalk the woods south-east of it; they stealth, so watch for them.

• Set your home to Splintertree Post at Innkeeper Kaylisk
• Turn in Torek's Assault at Ertog Ragetusk
• Turn in Freedom to Ruul at Yama Snowhoof
• Turn in Ursangous's Paw at Senani Thunderheart
• Turn in The Befouled Element at Mastok Wrilehiss
• Accept Je'neu of the Earthen Ring from Mastok Wrilehiss
• Accept Stonetalon Standstill from Mastok Wrilehiss
• Accept Satyr Horns from Pixel
• Accept The Lost Pages from Gurda RagescarOptionalGurda Ragescar: only if you carry the manual pages
• Turn in The Lost Pages at Gurda RagescarOptional
• Sell and repair at a vendor

North up the road to Splintertree Post and Night Run beside it.

• Kill Sharptalon for Sharptalon's Claw
• Accept Sharptalon's Claw from Sharptalon's Claw

Sharptalon, a big nightsaber, prowls the woods south-east of the Warsong lumber camp. Her claw starts the next hunt quest.

• Collect Satyr Horns ×16 for Satyr Horns

North-west of Splintertree, the Felmusk satyrs camp in the woods. Every satyr can drop horns.

• Kill Shadumbra for Shadumbra's Head
• Accept Shadumbra's Head from Shadumbra's Head

Shadumbra, a shadow panther, stalks the woods around Raynewood Retreat, west of the Felmusk camp. Her head starts the next hunt quest.

• Kill Befouled Water Elemental ×12 for Stonetalon Standstill
• Go to Gazebo Ashenvale
• Complete Stonetalon Standstill

Back south-west to Mystral Lake. Befouled Water Elementals drift around its shores; the gazebo stands on the island, overlooking the Alliance outpost.

• Hearth to Splintertree Post
• Turn in Stonetalon Standstill at Mastok Wrilehiss
• Turn in Satyr Horns at Pixel
• Turn in Sharptalon's Claw at Senani Thunderheart
• Turn in Shadumbra's Head at Senani Thunderheart
• Accept The Hunt Completed from Senani Thunderheart
• Turn in The Hunt Completed at Senani Thunderheart

• Fly to Zoram'gar Outpost
• Turn in King of the Foulweald at Karang Amakkar
• Turn in Je'neu of the Earthen Ring at Je'neu Sancrea

• Get the flight path at Thunder Bluff from Tal
• Kill Cairne Bloodhoof for Exploring the HordeSkyborne onlyOptionalSpeak with Cairne Bloodhoof, in Thunder Bluff: Exploring the Horde

Fly to Thunder Bluff if you know the flight path. If not, fly to Camp Taurajo, head west into Mulgore past Bloodhoof Village to Thunder Bluff and take its flight path from Tal on the central rise.

• Accept Talkin' bout Toxins, Mon from Mazu'kon
• Accept Stronger than Steel from Yorn Grimtotem
• Accept Defending the Dead from Muln Earthfury

Take a lift down from Thunder Bluff. The Earthen Ring camp stands north of the bluffs: Mazu'kon, Yorn Grimtotem and Muln Earthfury.

• Kill Gnawed Corpse for Gloomrise Toxin Sample ×5 for Talkin' bout Toxins, MonGloomrise Toxin Samples, from the Gnawed Corpses
• Kill Gloomrise Spinner for Crystalline Silk ×3 for Stronger than SteelCrystalline Silk, from Gloomrise Spinners
• Kill Gloomrise Soldier ×5 for Defending the Dead
• Kill Gloomrise Hatchling ×10 for Defending the Dead
• Kill Broodmother Valraxx for Bloody ParchmentBloody Parchment, from Broodmother Valraxx
• Accept A Darker Truth from Bloody Parchment

North of the camp, spiders overrun the burial ground at Gloomrise. Use Mazu'kon's Toxin Extractor on the Gnawed Corpses; the Spinners drop the Crystalline Silk. Broodmother Valraxx sits at the north end: her Bloody Parchment starts A Darker Truth.

• Turn in Talkin' bout Toxins, Mon at Mazu'kon
• Turn in Stronger than Steel at Yorn Grimtotem
• Turn in Defending the Dead at Muln Earthfury
• Turn in A Darker Truth at Muln Earthfury

Back south to the camp, then up into Thunder Bluff for the flight to Camp Taurajo.

• Fly to Camp Taurajo
• Turn in Call of Water at Brine
• Accept Call of Water from Brinefor Islen Waterseer, south of Ratchet: next guide

Fly from Thunder Bluff to Camp Taurajo. Brine's hut stands on the ridge above the quilboar watering hole south of the camp, on the road to the Great Lift.

• Fly to Camp Taurajo
• Go to Great Lift The Barrens
• Accept Message to Freewind Post from Brave MoonhornBrave Moonhorn, at the top of the lift

Fly from Thunder Bluff to Camp Taurajo and take the road south to the Great Lift at the bottom of the Barrens.

• Get the flight path at Freewind Post from Nyse
• Set your home to Freewind Post at Innkeeper Abeqwa
• Turn in Message to Freewind Post at Cliffwatcher Longhorn
• Accept Pacify the Centaur from Cliffwatcher Longhorn
• Accept Alien Egg from Hagar Lightninghoof
• Accept Wind Rider from EluElu, by the wind rider master
• Accept Stop the Screeching from JandiaJandia, the trade supplies vendor: the Screeching harpies of Roguefeather Den
• Accept WANTED: Arnak Grimtotem from Wanted Poster - Arnak GrimtotemThe Wanted poster beside Cliffwatcher

Ride the lift down, then follow the road east through the canyons to Freewind Post, a Tauren village on top of the mesas. Its lift is on the north side.

• Collect Alien Egg for Alien Egg

Take the lift down. The egg lies in a nest on the canyon floor in one of three spots: south-east of the mesas (52.3,55.2), east (56.4,50.4) or south-west (37.6,56.1).

• Turn in Alien Egg at Hagar Lightninghoof
• Accept Serpent Wild from Hagar Lightninghoof

• Kill Galak Scout ×12 for Pacify the Centaur
• Kill Galak Wrangler ×10 for Pacify the Centaur
• Kill Galak Windchaser ×6 for Pacify the Centaur
• Kill Galak Messenger for Assassination Note
• Accept Assassination Plot from Assassination Note

The Galak camps fill the canyon north of Freewind; Scouts, Wranglers and Windchasers share every camp. A lone Galak Messenger walks between the camps: kill him when you meet him, his note starts a quest for Whitereach Post.

• Accept Test of Faith from Dorn Plainstalker
• Complete Test of Faith
• Turn in Test of Faith at Dorn Plainstalker
• Accept Test of Endurance from Dorn Plainstalker

Dorn Plainstalker stands on a mesa top east of the Galak camps. For the Test of Faith, walk off the end of the planks beside him: you land safely.

• Turn in Pacify the Centaur at Cliffwatcher Longhorn
• Accept Grimtotem Spying from Cliffwatcher Longhorn

• Click Document Chest for Grimtotem SpyingDocument Chest, south-east camp
• Click Document Chest for Grimtotem SpyingDocument Chest, south-west camp
• Click Document Chest for Grimtotem SpyingDocument Chest, north-west camp

West of Freewind, the Grimtotem camps below Darkcloud Pinnacle. The Secret Notes are in Document Chests at the south-east, south-west and north-west camps.

• Kill Arnak Grimtotem for Arnak's Hoof for WANTED: Arnak Grimtotem
• Accept Free at Last from Lakota Windsong
• Complete Free at Last

Climb the path to the top of Darkcloud Pinnacle. Lakota Windsong is held captive beside Arnak Grimtotem (29): clear the guards and Arnak first, then free her and protect her on the walk down; Grimtotem ambushers come at you on the way.

• Turn in Serpent Wild at Motega Firemane
• Motega's next quest, Sacred Fire, ends in Thunder Bluff, off this route. Skip it.
• Turn in Assassination Plot at Kanati Greycloud
• Accept Protect Kanati Greycloud from Kanati Greycloud
• Complete Protect Kanati GreycloudKill the Galak Assassin that comes for Kanati
• Turn in Protect Kanati Greycloud at Kanati Greycloud

Follow the canyon west to Whitereach Post.

• Collect Highperch Wyvern Egg ×10 for Wind Rider
• Accept Homeward Bound from Pao'ka Swiftmountain
• Complete Homeward Bound

West of Whitereach the wyverns nest on the Highperch cliffs; the eggs lie in the nests. Pao'ka Swiftmountain waits on the east side of the nesting grounds: free him and keep him alive on the walk back to Whitereach Post.

• Turn in Homeward Bound at Motega Firemane

• Kill Grenka Bloodscreech for Grenka's Claw for Test of Endurance
• Kill Screeching Harpy ×5 for Stop the Screeching
• Kill Screeching Roguefeather ×5 for Stop the Screeching
• Kill Screeching Windcaller ×5 for Stop the Screeching

South of Darkcloud, the harpies of Roguefeather Den. Grenka Bloodscreech (31) walks among them: thin out the harpies around her before you pull her. The Screeching Harpies, Roguefeathers and Windcallers there are Jandia's.

• Turn in Grimtotem Spying at Cliffwatcher Longhorn
• Turn in WANTED: Arnak Grimtotem at Cliffwatcher Longhorn
• Turn in Free at Last at Thalia Amberhide
• Turn in Wind Rider at Elu
• Turn in Stop the Screeching at Jandia
• Sell and repair at a vendor

• Turn in Test of Endurance at Dorn Plainstalker
• Accept Test of Strength from Dorn PlainstalkerOptional

• Kill Rok'Alim the Pounder for Fragments of Rok'Alim for Test of StrengthOptional
• Turn in Test of Strength at Dorn PlainstalkerOptional

Rok'Alim, a hard-hitting rock elemental, walks the cliffs of Highperch. Rok'Alim the Pounder is elite: grouping up is advised.

• Accept Rocket Car Parts from Kravel Koalbeard
• Accept Hemet Nesingwary from Kravel KoalbeardHis crate is for Stranglethorn, later on the route
• Accept Salt Flat Venom from Fizzle Brassbolts
• Accept Hardened Shells from Wizzle Brassbolts
• Accept A Bump in the Road from Trackmaster Zherin
• Accept Load Lightening from Pozzik

Follow the canyon east out of the mesas onto the salt flats. The goblins and gnomes of the Mirage Raceway are neutral and give quests to both factions.

• Collect Rocket Car Parts from Rocket Car Rubble ×30 for Rocket Car Parts
• Collect Salty Scorpid Venom ×6 for Salt Flat Venom
• Collect Hardened Tortoise Shell ×9 for Hardened Shells
• Kill Salt Flats Scavenger or Salt Flats Vulture for Hollow Vulture Bone ×10 for Load Lightening
• Kill Saltstone Basilisk ×10 for A Bump in the Road
• Kill Saltstone Crystalhide ×10 for A Bump in the Road
• Kill Saltstone Gazer ×6 for A Bump in the Road

Rocket Car Rubble lies all over the flats north of the raceway. Scorpid Reavers and Sparkleshell Tortoises roam the north half, Salt Flats Scavengers circle overhead, and Saltstone Basilisks graze west of the track. The Crystalhides roam the middle of the flats and the Gazers (34–35, five levels above you: one at a time) the far south.

• Turn in A Bump in the Road at Trackmaster Zherin
• Turn in Load Lightening at Pozzik
• Turn in Rocket Car Parts at Kravel Koalbeard
• Turn in Salt Flat Venom at Fizzle Brassbolts
• Turn in Hardened Shells at Wizzle Brassbolts
• Accept Martek the Exiled from Fizzle BrassboltsFizzle Brassbolts: his letter goes to Martek in the Badlands, around level 38

• Hearth to Freewind Post
• The next guide flies on from here to Orgrimmar.