# Arathi Highlands, Badlands & The Barrens (levels 37–40) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 37–40: 53 steps and 33 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/30-40/03-arathi-highlands 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 30–40 > Arathi Highlands, Badlands & The Barrens - Levels: 37–40 - For: Horde - Zones: Stranglethorn Vale, Arathi Highlands, Badlands, Orgrimmar, The Barrens - 53 steps, 33 quests - Sets the hearth at Hammerfall, then Kargath, then Ratchet - Flight paths: Hammerfall, Kargath - Comes after: [Stranglethorn Vale](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/30-40/02-stranglethorn-vale.md) (levels 32–38) - Next: [Dustwallow Marsh & Desolace](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/30-40/04-dustwallow-marsh.md) (levels 39–41) - 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. Fly to Grom'gol From Booty Bay, fly to Grom'gol. The Undercity zeppelin leaves from the tower on the west side of the camp. - Fly to **Grom'gol** - Go to **Zeppelin to the Undercity** Stranglethorn Vale ### 2. Orgrimmar (Hunter, Shaman only) The Undercity has no Hunter or Shaman trainer: take the Orgrimmar zeppelin from the same tower instead and train in the city, then take the Undercity zeppelin from the tower outside Orgrimmar's main gate. - Train at your trainer ### 3. Thunder Bluff (Druid only) Cast Teleport: Moonglade and take Bunthen Plainswind's flight to Thunder Bluff; Turak Runetotem trains you on Elder Rise. Then fly to Orgrimmar and take the Undercity zeppelin from the tower outside the main gate. - Train at your trainer ### 4. Undercity trainers (Warrior, Paladin, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock only) Train while you are in the Undercity: the trainers stand in the War Quarter, the Rogues' Quarter and the Magic Quarter (Paladins: Garen Largo). - Train at your trainer ### 5. Fly to Tarren Mill The zeppelin lands at the towers outside the Undercity: head down into the city and fly to Tarren Mill. - Fly to **Tarren Mill** ### 6. Boulderfist camp Where: 34.5, 45 on the Arathi Highlands map. Head east out of Tarren Mill through Thoradin's Wall and follow the road east. The Boulderfist Ogres and Enforcers (32–34) camp south of the road, south-east of Northfold Manor. - Kill **Boulderfist Ogre** ×8 for The Hammer May Fall - Kill **Boulderfist Enforcer** ×10 for The Hammer May Fall ### 7. The Shards of Myzrael Where: 62.5, 33.7 on the Arathi Highlands map. The violet shards glow just off the road a short way west of Hammerfall. - Turn in **Crystal in the Mountains** at Shards of Myzrael - Accept **The Princess Trapped** from Shards of Myzrael ### 8. Hammerfall Where: 73, 32.7 on the Arathi Highlands map. The orc stronghold at the eastern end of the road. Urda, the wind rider master, stands by the gate. - Get the flight path at **Hammerfall** from Urda - Set your home to **Hammerfall** at Innkeeper Adegwa - Accept **Hammerfall** from Gor'mul - Turn in **Hammerfall** at Tor'gan - Accept **Foul Magics** from Tor'gan - Accept **Raising Spirits** from Tor'gan - Turn in **The Hammer May Fall** at Drum Fel - Accept **Call to Arms** from Drum Fel - Turn in **Trollbane** at Zengu - Accept **Defiler's Basic Care Package** from Rutherford Twing - Turn in **Defiler's Basic Care Package** at Rutherford Twing ### 9. Highland raptors Where: 76.3, 31.1 on the Arathi Highlands map. Highland Striders roam the hills all around Hammerfall; both they and the Thrashers further west drop the eyes. - Collect **Highland Raptor Eye** ×10 for Raising Spirits ### 10. Hammerfall Where: 74.7, 36.3 on the Arathi Highlands map. - Turn in **Raising Spirits** at Tor'gan - Accept **Raising Spirits** from Tor'gan - Turn in **Raising Spirits** at Gor'mul - Accept **Raising Spirits** from Gor'mul - Turn in **Raising Spirits** at Tor'gan - Accept **Guile of the Raptor** from Tor'gan ### 11. Drywhisker Gorge Where: 77.5, 35.6 on the Arathi Highlands map. North-east of Hammerfall the Drywhisker kobolds mine the gorge; the Kobolds at the mouth and the Diggers and Surveyors deeper in all drop the Motes of Myzrael. - Kill **Drywhisker Kobold** or **Drywhisker Surveyor** for **Mote of Myzrael** ×12 for The Princess Trapped ### 12. Iridescent Shards Where: 84.3, 31 on the Arathi Highlands map. The Iridescent Shards lie at the far end of the gorge. - Turn in **The Princess Trapped** at Iridescent Shards - Accept **Stones of Binding** from Iridescent Shards ### 13. The Stone of East Binding Where: 66.7, 29.7 on the Arathi Highlands map. Each Circle of Binding is a ring of standing stones; the key sits on the stone at its heart. The eastern circle is on the hills north-west of Hammerfall. - Collect **Cresting Key** from **Stone of East Binding** for Stones of Binding ### 14. Witherbark Village Where: 70.7, 58.8 on the Arathi Highlands map. The Witherbark trolls hold the village in the south-eastern hills. Axe Throwers guard the outer huts; the Witch Doctors and Headhunters hold the heart of the village. - Kill **Witherbark Axe Thrower** ×10 for Call to Arms - Kill **Witherbark Headhunter** ×10 for Call to Arms - Kill **Witherbark Witch Doctor** ×8 for Call to Arms ### 15. Fleshstalker raptors Where: 55.1, 67.5 on the Arathi Highlands map. Highland Fleshstalkers (36–37) hunt the southern highlands, a pack north of Boulderfist Hall and another on the plain to its west. Pull them one at a time. - Kill **Highland Fleshstalker** for **Raptor Heart** ×12 for Guile of the Raptor ### 16. Faldir's Cove Where: 31.8, 82.7 on the Arathi Highlands map. Head south-west to the goblins' cove on the southern coast. Lolo the Lookout keeps watch on the cliff above it. - Accept **Land Ho!** from Lolo the Lookout - Turn in **Land Ho!** at Shakes O'Breen - Accept **Deep Sea Salvage** from First Mate Nilzlix - Accept **Drowned Sorrows** from Captain Steelgut - Accept **Sunken Treasure** from Professor Phizzlethorpe ### 17. Professor Phizzlethorpe Escort the professor down to the shore. Two Daggerspine naga ambush him on the way: stay close. - Complete **Sunken Treasure** ### 18. Doctor Draxlegauge Where: 33.9, 80.4 on the Arathi Highlands map. - Turn in **Sunken Treasure** at Doctor Draxlegauge - Accept **Sunken Treasure** from Doctor Draxlegauge ### 19. Daggerspine shore Where: 23, 84.5 on the Arathi Highlands map. West of the cove the Daggerspine Raiders and Sorceresses (38–40) hold the shore: pull them one at a time. The two wrecks lie in the shallows off it, the charts and logs inside them; the gems lie on the sea floor around the wrecks. - Collect **Maiden's Folly Charts** for Deep Sea Salvage - Collect **Spirit of Silverpine Charts** for Deep Sea Salvage - Collect **Maiden's Folly Log** for Deep Sea Salvage - Collect **Spirit of Silverpine Log** for Deep Sea Salvage - Collect **Elven Gem** from **Calcified Elven Gem** ×10 for Sunken Treasure - Kill **Daggerspine Raider** ×10 for Drowned Sorrows - Kill **Daggerspine Sorceress** ×3 for Drowned Sorrows ### 20. Faldir's Cove Where: 32.8, 81.5 on the Arathi Highlands map. - Turn in **Deep Sea Salvage** at First Mate Nilzlix - Turn in **Sunken Treasure** at Doctor Draxlegauge - Accept **Sunken Treasure** from Doctor Draxlegauge - Turn in **Drowned Sorrows** at Captain Steelgut - Turn in **Sunken Treasure** at Shakes O'Breen - Accept **Sunken Treasure** from Shakes O'Breen — for Fleet Master Seahorn in Booty Bay, around level 44 ### 21. The Stone of Outer Binding Where: 52, 50.7 on the Arathi Highlands map. Head north; the outer circle stands in the middle of the highlands. - Collect **Thundering Key** from **Stone of Outer Binding** for Stones of Binding ### 22. Northfold Manor Where: 34.7, 31.7 on the Arathi Highlands map. The Syndicate hold the walled manor and its farm in the north-west; their Highwaymen, Mercenaries and Pathstalkers carry the Bloodstone Amulets. - Collect **Bloodstone Amulet** ×10 for Foul Magics ### 23. The Stone of West Binding Where: 25.5, 30.1 on the Arathi Highlands map. The western circle is near Thoradin's Wall, where you came in. - Collect **Burning Key** from **Stone of West Binding** for Stones of Binding ### 24. The Stone of Inner Binding Where: 36.2, 57.4 on the Arathi Highlands map. The inner circle lies south of the western circle, east of Stromgarde. - Turn in **Stones of Binding** at Stone of Inner Binding - The stone's next task needs Fozruk, a level 42 elite: leave it. ### 25. Back to Hammerfall Where: 74.2, 33.9 on the Arathi Highlands map. - Hearth to **Hammerfall** - Turn in **Call to Arms** at Drum Fel - Accept **Call to Arms** from Drum Fel - Turn in **Foul Magics** at Tor'gan - Turn in **Guile of the Raptor** at Tor'gan - Accept **Guile of the Raptor** from Tor'gan - Turn in **Guile of the Raptor** at Gor'mul - Accept **Guile of the Raptor** from Gor'mul - Turn in **Guile of the Raptor** at Tor'gan - Sell and repair at a vendor ### 26. Boulderfist Hall Where: 55.2, 72.7 on the Arathi Highlands map. The Boulderfist Brutes camp outside the ogres' hall south of Hammerfall; the Magus stand among them. Pull them one at a time. - Kill **Boulderfist Brute** ×10 for Call to Arms - Kill **Boulderfist Magus** ×4 for Call to Arms ### 27. Drum Fel Where: 74.2, 33.9 on the Arathi Highlands map. - Turn in **Call to Arms** at Drum Fel - Drum Fel's next Call to Arms is against Boulderfist elites: leave it. ### 28. Into the Badlands Head south-west out of Arathi over Thandol Span, south through the Wetlands (keep clear of Menethil Harbor) and east into Loch Modan; the road leaves Loch Modan to the south into the Badlands. Follow it south to the goblin camp in the Valley of Fangs. - Go to **Valley of Fangs** Badlands ### 29. Valley of Fangs - Turn in **Martek the Exiled** at Martek the Exiled — Martek the Exiled: Fizzle's letter from the Shimmering Flats - Accept **Indurium** from Martek the Exiled - Accept **Barbecued Buzzard Wings** from Rigglefuzz ### 30. The Dustbowl Head west along the road; Lotwil's camp sits in the Dustbowl halfway to Kargath. - Accept **Study of the Elements: Rock** from Lotwil Veriatus ### 31. Kargath Kargath is the Horde fortress built into the cliffs at the zone's western edge. - Get the flight path at **Kargath** from Gorrik - Set your home to **Kargath** at Innkeeper Shul'kar - Accept **Coyote Thieves** from Neeka Bloodscar - Accept **Report to Helgrum** from Neeka Bloodscar — for Helgrum in Stonard, around level 42 - Accept **Badlands Reagent Run** from Jarkal Mossmeld - Sell and repair at a vendor ### 32. Lesser Rock Elementals The small elementals drift across the flats just west of Lotwil's camp. Every rock elemental in the zone can drop Jarkal's Rock Elemental Shards: keep them. - Kill **Lesser Rock Elemental** for **Small Stone Shard** ×10 for Study of the Elements: Rock ### 33. Lotwil Veriatus - Turn in **Study of the Elements: Rock** at Lotwil Veriatus - Accept **Study of the Elements: Rock** from Lotwil Veriatus ### 34. Rock Elementals The bigger Rock Elementals stand on the slopes north-west of the Dustbowl; each one drops a slab. - Kill **Rock Elemental** for **Large Stone Slab** ×3 for Study of the Elements: Rock ### 35. Lotwil Veriatus - Turn in **Study of the Elements: Rock** at Lotwil Veriatus - Accept **Study of the Elements: Rock** from Lotwil Veriatus ### 36. Coyotes and buzzards The Elder Crag Coyotes and Giant Buzzards roam the basin south of the Dustbowl. Coyotes drop both the jawbones and the fangs; only the buzzards drop wings and gizzards. - Kill **Crag Coyote** or **Feral Crag Coyote** for **Coyote Jawbone** ×30 for Coyote Thieves - Kill **Crag Coyote** or **Feral Crag Coyote** for **Crag Coyote Fang** ×10 for Badlands Reagent Run - Collect **Buzzard Gizzard** ×5 for Badlands Reagent Run - Collect **Buzzard Wing** ×4 for Barbecued Buzzard Wings ### 37. Greater Rock Elementals The Greater Rock Elementals (42–44, well above you) wander the gulches in the south-west; the bracers drop about one kill in five. Pull one at a time and rest between fights, or leave them. Keep killing coyotes and buzzards you still need on the way. - Kill **Greater Rock Elemental** for **Bracers of Rock Binding** ×5 for Study of the Elements: Rock (optional) - Collect **Rock Elemental Shard** ×5 for Badlands Reagent Run ### 38. Kargath Head north back to Kargath. - Turn in **Coyote Thieves** at Neeka Bloodscar - Turn in **Badlands Reagent Run** at Jarkal Mossmeld - Sell and repair at a vendor ### 39. The Dustbowl - Turn in **Study of the Elements: Rock** at Lotwil Veriatus (optional) - Accept **Stone Is Better than Cloth** from Lucien Tosselwrench (optional) — Lucien Tosselwrench: only if you carry Patterned Bronze Bracers (Blacksmithing or the Auction House) - Turn in **Stone Is Better than Cloth** at Lucien Tosselwrench (optional) ### 40. Valley of Fangs - Turn in **Barbecued Buzzard Wings** at Rigglefuzz ### 41. Stonevault troggs The Stonevault troggs dig around the cave mouths south of the Valley of Fangs, on the way to Agmond's End; the Bonesnappers and Shamans drop the flakes. - Kill **Stonevault Bonesnapper** or **Stonevault Shaman** for **Indurium Flake** ×10 for Indurium ### 42. Agmond's End Theldurin sits among the dwarven ruins at Agmond's End, south of the Valley of Fangs. - Accept **Solution to Doom** from Theldurin the Lost ### 43. Valley of Fangs Follow the road north; Martek's camp is on the way. - Turn in **Indurium** at Martek the Exiled ### 44. Ancient Chest Keep north on the road; the chest lies in the Uldaman dig site, at the foot of the ruins north-west of the road. - Collect **Tablet of Ryun'eh** from **Ancient Chest** for Solution to Doom ### 45. Agmond's End Head back south down the road, past the Valley of Fangs. - Turn in **Solution to Doom** at Theldurin the Lost ### 46. Hearth to Kargath - Hearth to **Kargath** - Fly to **Grom'gol** ### 47. Zeppelin to Orgrimmar Take the Orgrimmar zeppelin from the tower on the west side of Grom'gol. - Go to **Zeppelin tower** Stranglethorn Vale ### 48. Orgrimmar - Train at your trainer (Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock only) - Accept **The Islander** from Sorek (Warrior only) — Sorek, Valley of Honor ### 49. Thunder Bluff (Paladin, Druid only) Your trainer is in Thunder Bluff, one flight from Orgrimmar: Turak Runetotem (Druids) on Elder Rise, Alodan the Hopeful (Paladins). Fly on to the Crossroads from there. - Fly to **Thunder Bluff** - Train at your trainer ### 50. The Crossroads - Fly to **Crossroads** ### 51. Regthar Deathgate Head north up the road from the Crossroads to the Forgotten Pools; Regthar keeps watch on the rise above the water. - Turn in **Regthar Deathgate** at Regthar Deathgate - Accept **The Kolkar of Desolace** from Regthar Deathgate — for Felgur Twocuts in Desolace, in the next guide ### 52. Ratchet Head back south to the Crossroads and fly to Ratchet. - Fly to **Ratchet** - Set your home to **Ratchet** at Innkeeper Wiley - Buy **Soothing Spices** ×3 — Soothing Spices, for "Swamp Eye" Jarl in Dustwallow Marsh - The next guide heads into Dustwallow Marsh. ### 53. The Affray (Warrior only) Head south along the coast from Ratchet to Fray Island. Klannoc Macleod stands by the arena: step on the grate to start the fight; the challengers come one at a time, then Big Will (33). - Turn in **The Islander** at Klannoc Macleod - Accept **The Affray** from Klannoc Macleod - Complete **The Affray** - Turn in **The Affray** at Klannoc Macleod — Klannoc Macleod: Berserker Stance --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt