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Levels 34–36Horde

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34 steps · 36 quests · Desolace, Thunder Bluff, Orgrimmar, The Barrens, Stranglethorn Vale

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The Horde leveling route for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 34–36: 34 steps and 36 quests through Desolace, Thunder Bluff, Orgrimmar, The Barrens and Stranglethorn Vale.

By Polestar · Updated , in Polestar 0.3.6

Good to know

  • SkippedDizzywig's parts go back to Kravel in the Shimmering Flats, off the route: leave them.Step 7
  • GrindReach level 35: grind on Lashtail Raptor; only below level 35Step 23
  • GrindReach level 36: grind on Mosh'Ogg Brute; only below level 36Step 34

Quests in order

36 quests
  1. Goblin Sponsorship ×4
  2. Supply and Demand
  3. Singing Blue Shards
  4. Hostile Takeover
  5. Bloodscalp Ears
  6. Investigate the Camp
  7. The Defense of Grom'gol ×2
  8. Trollbane
  9. Hunt for Yenniku
  10. The Vile Reef
  11. Bloody Bone Necklaces
  12. Welcome to the Jungle
  13. Raptor Mastery ×2
  14. Tiger Mastery ×4
  15. Panther Mastery ×3
  16. Crystal in the MountainsOptional
  17. The Green Hills of StranglethornOptional
  18. Chapter IOptional
  19. Chapter IIOptional
  20. Chapter IIIOptional
  21. Chapter IVOptional
  22. Headhunting
  23. Mok'thardin's Enchantment ×2
  24. Some Assembly Required
  25. Bloodscalp Clan Heads
Stranglethorn Vale(34–36)

Steps

34 steps
  1. 1Fly to OrgrimmarWarrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock only2 goals
    • Go to Shadowprey Village flight master Desolace
    • Fly to Orgrimmar
  2. 2Thunder BluffDruid only2 goals
    • Fly to Thunder Bluff
    • Train at your trainer

    Fly from Shadowprey Village to Thunder Bluff and train with Turak Runetotem on Elder Rise; fly on to Orgrimmar from there.

  3. 3Back to OrgrimmarDruid only2 goals
    • Go to Thunder Bluff flight master Thunder Bluff
    • Fly to Orgrimmar
  4. 4Keldran1 goal
    • Turn in Alliance Relations at Keldran

    Keldran stands in the Valley of Spirits on the west side of the city.

  5. 5Orgrimmar trainersWarrior, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock only1 goal
    • Train at your trainer

    Train while you are in the city.

  6. 6Fly to Ratchet2 goals
    • Go to Orgrimmar flight master Orgrimmar
    • Fly to Ratchet

    Booty Bay first: the goblins' boat sails there from Ratchet, and every Booty Bay quest is for the north of the vale, which you then walk up into.

  7. 7Ratchet4 goals
    • Turn in Goblin Sponsorship at GazloweGazlowe, upstairs
    • Accept Goblin Sponsorship from GazloweGazlowe: for Wharfmaster Lozgil in Booty Bay, where the boat goes
    • Turn in Wharfmaster Dizzywig at Wharfmaster DizzywigWharfmaster Dizzywig, on the docks
    • Dizzywig's parts go back to Kravel in the Shimmering Flats, off the route: leave them.

    Gazlowe waits upstairs in the house by the flight master; Wharfmaster Dizzywig stands on the docks, beside the boat.

  8. 8Boat to Booty Bay1 goal
    • Go to Boat to Booty Bay The Barrens
  9. 9Booty Bay11 goals
    • Turn in Goblin Sponsorship at Wharfmaster LozgilWharfmaster Lozgil, on the pier
    • Accept Goblin Sponsorship from Wharfmaster Lozgil
    • Accept Supply and Demand from DrizzlikDrizzlik, inside
    • Sell and repair at a vendor
    • Accept Singing Blue Shards from Crank FizzlebubCrank Fizzlebub, inside, on the bottom floor
    • Turn in Goblin Sponsorship at Baron RevilgazBaron Revilgaz, upstairs
    • Accept Goblin Sponsorship from Baron RevilgazBaron Revilgaz: Cozzle's footlocker is at Lake Nazferiti, later in this guide
    • Accept Hostile Takeover from KebokKebok, upstairs
    • Accept Bloodscalp Ears from Kebok
    • Accept Investigate the Camp from KrazekKrazek, upstairs
    • Get the flight path at Booty Bay from Gringer

    Wharfmaster Lozgil stands on the pier where the boat docks. Drizzlik's shop is in the building east of the inn; Crank Fizzlebub is on the inn's bottom floor, Baron Revilgaz, Kebok and Krazek upstairs, Gringer the flight master on the upper deck.

  10. 10Grom'gol6 goals
    • Accept The Defense of Grom'gol from Commander Aggro'gosh
    • Accept Trollbane from NimboyaNimboya: for Arathi, later on the route
    • Accept Hunt for Yenniku from Nimboya
    • Accept The Vile Reef from Kin'weelay
    • Accept Bloody Bone Necklaces from Kin'weelay
    • Get the flight path at Grom'gol from Thysta

    Leave Booty Bay through the tunnel and follow the road north to Grom'gol, the orc camp on the west side of the vale. Stay on the road: the jungle beside it is above your level.

  11. 11Nesingwary's camp8 goals
    • Accept Welcome to the Jungle from Barnil Stonepot
    • Turn in Welcome to the Jungle at Hemet Nesingwary
    • Turn in Hemet Nesingwary at Hemet Nesingwary
    • Turn in Hunting in Stranglethorn at Hemet Nesingwary
    • Accept Raptor Mastery from Hemet Nesingwary
    • Accept Tiger Mastery from Ajeck Rouack
    • Accept Panther Mastery from Sir S. J. Erlgadin
    • Complete Investigate the Camp

    Follow the road north out of Grom'gol; Nesingwary's hunting camp sits on the hill north-east of the river. Krazek wants it investigated: walk among its tents. From here on, keep every page of The Green Hills of Stranglethorn you loot: Barnil takes them on your next Stranglethorn visit.

  12. 12Nesingwary's Expedition: kill these as you meet them6 goals
    • Kill River Crocolisk for Large River Crocolisk Skin ×2 for Supply and Demand
    • Kill Young Stranglethorn Tiger ×10 for Tiger Mastery
    • Kill Young Panther ×10 for Panther Mastery
    • Collect Bloodscalp Tusk ×9 for Hunt for Yenniku
    • Collect Pendant of MyzraelOptional
    • Accept Crystal in the Mountains from Pendant of MyzraelOptional

    River Crocolisks lie along the river below the camp. Young Stranglethorn Tigers prowl west of the camp, Young Panthers east of it. Head west past the camp. Stranglethorn Raptors (33–34) hunt the clearings, and the Bloodscalp trolls hold the ruins on the coast: every Bloodscalp can drop a tusk. A Pendant of Myzrael is a very rare drop from them: if one drops, read it. Careful: The troll camps have many patrolling mobs, so other trolls often join a fight.

  13. 13Nesingwary's camp4 goals
    • Turn in Tiger Mastery at Ajeck Rouack
    • Accept Tiger Mastery from Ajeck Rouack
    • Turn in Panther Mastery at Sir S. J. Erlgadin
    • Accept Panther Mastery from Sir S. J. Erlgadin
  14. 14Stranglethorn Vale: kill these as you meet them3 goals
    • Kill Stranglethorn Tiger ×10 for Tiger Mastery
    • Kill Venture Co. Geologist for Tumbled Crystal ×8 for Hostile Takeover
    • Kill Panther ×10 for Panther Mastery

    Stranglethorn Tigers (32) roam the hills around the camp and south of it, Panthers (32) the clearings west and south-west of it. The Venture Co. Geologists, who carry the Tumbled Crystals, work the camps by Lake Nazferiti, south-east of the camp.

  15. 15Cozzle's Footlocker2 goals
    • Cozzle's Keyfrom Foreman Cozzle
    • Collect Fuel Regulator Blueprints from Cozzle's Footlocker for Goblin SponsorshipFuel Regulator Blueprints, in Cozzle's Footlocker

    Foreman Cozzle (38) is inside the Venture Co. house on Lake Nazferiti's west shore, among the geologists: his key opens Cozzle's Footlocker in the same house, which holds the blueprints for Baron Revilgaz.

  16. 16Nesingwary's camp9 goals
    • Turn in Panther Mastery at Sir S. J. Erlgadin
    • Accept Panther Mastery from Sir S. J. ErlgadinThe Shadowmaw Panthers come much later, by Grom'gol
    • Turn in Tiger Mastery at Ajeck Rouack
    • Accept Tiger Mastery from Ajeck Rouack
    • Accept The Green Hills of Stranglethorn from Barnil StonepotOptional
    • Accept Chapter I from Barnil StonepotOptional
    • Accept Chapter II from Barnil StonepotOptional
    • Accept Chapter III from Barnil StonepotOptional
    • Accept Chapter IV from Barnil StonepotOptional
  17. 17Elder Stranglethorn Tigers1 goal
    • Kill Elder Stranglethorn Tiger ×10 for Tiger Mastery

    The Elder Stranglethorn Tigers (34–35) roam the hills south-west of the camp. Careful: Troll camps are close to the tiger area, and trolls can join a fight if you pull carelessly.

  18. 18Nesingwary's camp2 goals
    • Turn in Tiger Mastery at Ajeck Rouack
    • Accept Tiger Mastery from Ajeck Rouack

    Back north to the camp.

  19. 19The Savage Coast: kill these as you meet them4 goals
    • Collect Singing Crystal Shard ×10 for Singing Blue Shards
    • Collect Bloodscalp Ear ×15 for Bloodscalp Ears
    • Kill Stranglethorn Raptor ×10 for Raptor Mastery
    • Kill Sin'Dall for Paw of Sin'Dall for Tiger Mastery

    West past the camp, Crystal Spine Basilisks (34–35) sit on the rocks; every Bloodscalp in the village beyond can drop an ear. Sin'Dall, a level 37 tiger, prowls the hilltop south-west of the camp. Careful: The raptor nest has young raptors that join the fight when you attack the adults.

  20. 20Nesingwary's camp3 goals
    • Turn in Raptor Mastery at Hemet Nesingwary
    • Accept Raptor Mastery from Hemet Nesingwary
    • Turn in Tiger Mastery at Ajeck Rouack
  21. 21Lashtail Raptors2 goals
    • Kill Lashtail Raptor ×10 for Raptor Mastery
    • Kill Lashtail Raptor ×15 for The Defense of Grom'gol

    On your way back south to Grom'gol, the Lashtail Raptors (35–36) hunt the jungle between the camp and Grom'gol: they count for Hemet and for Commander Aggro'gosh.

  22. 22Grom'gol5 goals
    • Turn in The Defense of Grom'gol at Commander Aggro'gosh
    • Accept The Defense of Grom'gol from Commander Aggro'gosh
    • Turn in Hunt for Yenniku at Nimboya
    • Accept Headhunting from Nimboya
    • Accept Mok'thardin's Enchantment from Far Seer Mok'thardinFar Seer Mok'thardin: the Shadowmaw claws and the tigress fang come at the end of this guide

    Commander Aggro'gosh stands in the middle of Grom'gol, Nimboya near the zeppelin tower, Far Seer Mok'thardin beside the flight master.

  23. 23Level 35Below level 352 goals
    • Go to Lashtail Raptors Stranglethorn Vale
    • Reach level 35grind on Lashtail Raptor

    Booty Bay's and Grom'gol's next quests are 35–38. Still below 35 after Aggro'gosh's hand-in? The Lashtail Raptors (35) hunt the jungle just north of Grom'gol: kill them until level 35. Or, with a group, run the Scarlet Monastery dungeon (Library or Armory) instead.

  24. 24Fly to Booty Bay2 goals
    • Go to Grom'gol flight master Stranglethorn Vale
    • Fly to Booty Bay
  25. 25Booty Bay8 goals
    • Turn in Supply and Demand at DrizzlikDrizzlik, inside
    • Accept Some Assembly Required from Drizzlik
    • Turn in Singing Blue Shards at Crank FizzlebubCrank Fizzlebub, inside
    • Turn in Goblin Sponsorship at Baron RevilgazBaron Revilgaz, upstairs
    • Accept Goblin Sponsorship from Baron RevilgazBaron Revilgaz: for Pozzik at the Mirage Raceway, on the way to Tanaris around level 43
    • Turn in Hostile Takeover at KebokKebok, upstairs
    • Turn in Bloodscalp Ears at Kebok
    • Turn in Investigate the Camp at KrazekKrazek, upstairs

    Drizzlik's shop is in the building east of the inn; Crank Fizzlebub is on the inn's bottom floor, Baron Revilgaz, Kebok and Krazek upstairs beside the flight master.

  26. 26Fly to Grom'gol2 goals
    • Go to Booty Bay flight master Stranglethorn Vale
    • Fly to Grom'gol
  27. 27The Vile Reef1 goal
    • Collect Tablet Shard from Gri'lek the Wanderer for The Vile ReefUnderwater

    North-west of Grom'gol the Vile Reef lies under the water off the coast. The Tablet Shard rests on the sea floor by the sunken ruins; watch your breath and the murlocs.

  28. 28Ruins of Zul'Kunda: kill these as you meet them2 goals
    • Collect Bloody Bone Necklace ×25 for Bloody Bone Necklaces
    • Kill Bloodscalp Headhunter for Shrunken Head ×20 for Headhunting

    The Bloodscalp Headhunters (36–37) in the village on the coast carry the shrunken heads. The Bloodscalp trolls hold the ruins up the coast north of the reef and the village beyond; every one can drop a Bloody Bone Necklace. Keep looting pages of The Green Hills of Stranglethorn.

  29. 29Grom'gol4 goals
    • Turn in Headhunting at Nimboya
    • Turn in Bloody Bone Necklaces at Kin'weelay
    • Turn in The Vile Reef at Kin'weelay
    • Sell and repair at a vendor
  30. 30Stranglethorn Vale: kill these as you meet them4 goals
    • Kill Shadowmaw Panther or Elder Shadowmaw Panther for Shadowmaw Claw ×8 for Mok'thardin's Enchantment
    • Kill Stranglethorn Tigress for Pristine Tigress Fang for Mok'thardin's Enchantment
    • Kill Shadowmaw Panther ×10 for Panther Mastery
    • Kill Snapjaw Crocolisk for Snapjaw Crocolisk Skin ×5 for Some Assembly Required

    East of the Mosh'Ogg hills, Shadowmaw Panthers (37–38) stalk the jungle towards the lake; the Stranglethorn Tigresses roam the same ground and now and then drop a pristine fang. Snapjaw Crocolisks line the river just west of the jungle; keep their skins for Drizzlik. Careful: Shadowmaw Panthers (level 37–38) and Elder Shadowmaw Panthers (level 42–43) use Sneak while out of combat, so they remain hidden until you get near them.

  31. 31Green Hills pages15 goals
    • Kill Gluggle (rare) for Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 1 for Chapter IOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 4 for Chapter IOptional
    • Kill Bookie Herod for Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 6 for Chapter IOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 8 for Chapter IOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 10 for Chapter IIOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 11 for Chapter IIOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 14 for Chapter IIOptional
    • Kill Bookie Herod for Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 16 for Chapter IIOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 18 for Chapter IIIOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 20 for Chapter IIIOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 21 for Chapter IIIOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 24 for Chapter IIIOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 25 for Chapter IVOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 26 for Chapter IVOptional
    • Collect Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Page 27 for Chapter IVOptional

    Pages of The Green Hills of Stranglethorn drop at about 1% each from the Bloodscalp and Skullsplitter trolls; keep every page you loot and look on the auction house for the rest. Barnil takes the chapters on your next Stranglethorn visit, at about 40.

  32. 32Mosh'Ogg camp2 goals
    • Kill Mosh'Ogg Brute ×10 for The Defense of Grom'gol
    • Kill Mosh'Ogg Witch Doctor ×5 for The Defense of Grom'gol

    The Mosh'Ogg ogres camp in the hills just east of Grom'gol, on your way back. Kill 10 Brutes and 5 Witch Doctors (36–37); pull them one at a time.

  33. 33Grom'gol5 goals
    • Turn in The Defense of Grom'gol at Commander Aggro'gosh
    • Turn in Mok'thardin's Enchantment at Far Seer Mok'thardin
    • Accept Mok'thardin's Enchantment from Far Seer Mok'thardinFar Seer Mok'thardin: for forever/horde/40–50/01-stranglethorn-vale
    • Accept Bloodscalp Clan Heads from NimboyaNimboya: for forever/horde/40–50/01-stranglethorn-vale
    • The next guide takes the zeppelin to Orgrimmar from the tower on the west side of the camp.

    Back to Grom'gol.

  34. 34Level 36Below level 362 goals
    • Go to Mosh'Ogg camp Stranglethorn Vale
    • Reach level 36grind on Mosh'Ogg Brute

    Dustwallow's quests are 35–38. Still below 36 after Grom'gol's hand-ins? The Mosh'Ogg Brutes and Witch Doctors camp in the hills just east of the camp: kill them until level 36, pulling one at a time, then walk back to the zeppelin tower. Or, with a group, run the Scarlet Monastery dungeon (Armory) or the Razorfen Downs dungeon instead.