# Dustwallow Marsh & Desolace (levels 39–41) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 39–41: 32 steps and 25 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/30-40/04-dustwallow-marsh 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 > Dustwallow Marsh & Desolace - Levels: 39–41 - For: Horde - Zones: The Barrens, Dustwallow Marsh, Desolace - 32 steps, 25 quests - Sets the hearth at Ratchet, then Shadowprey Village - Flight paths: Brackenwall Village - Comes after: [Arathi Highlands, Badlands & The Barrens](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/30-40/03-arathi-highlands.md) (levels 37–40) - Next: [Stranglethorn Vale & Swamp of Sorrows](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/40-50/01-stranglethorn-vale.md) (levels 40–43) - 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 Camp Taurajo - Set your home to **Ratchet** at Innkeeper Wiley — Innkeeper Wiley: the last guide binds here, so this usually ticks at once - Fly to **Camp Taurajo** ### 2. Shady Rest Inn Where: 29.6, 48.6 on the Dustwallow Marsh map. Head east from Camp Taurajo along the road into the marsh. The burned-out Shady Rest Inn stands beside it just past the border; the shield, the badge and the hoofprints are in and beside the ruin. - Accept **The Black Shield** from Black Shield - Accept **Suspicious Hoofprints** from Hoofprints - Accept **Lieutenant Paval Reethe** from Theramore Guard Badge ### 3. Brackenwall Village Where: 35.2, 38.3 on the Dustwallow Marsh map. Take the road north at the fork to the ogre village of Brackenwall. - Accept **Hungry!** from Mudcrush Durtfeet — Mudcrush Durtfeet, at the south edge of the village where the road comes in - Get the flight path at **Brackenwall Village** from Shardi - Turn in **Lieutenant Paval Reethe** at Krog - Turn in **The Black Shield** at Krog - Turn in **Suspicious Hoofprints** at Krog - Accept **The Black Shield** from Krog - Turn in **The Black Shield** at Do'gol - Accept **The Black Shield** from Do'gol - Accept **Theramore Spies** from Nazeer Bloodpike ### 4. Questioning Reethe Where: 41, 36.7 on the Dustwallow Marsh map. Ogron waits in the Quagmire east of the village. Follow him to Reethe and keep him alive through the fight that breaks out. - Accept **Questioning Reethe** from Ogron - Complete **Questioning Reethe** ### 5. Stinky Ignatz Where: 46.9, 17.5 on the Dustwallow Marsh map. Head north to Witch Hill. Stinky stands at the foot of the hill; escort him while he gathers Bogbean Leaves just south of it. - Accept **Stinky's Escape** from "Stinky" Ignatz - Complete **Stinky's Escape** ### 6. Mirefin murlocs Where: 53.8, 15.2 on the Dustwallow Marsh map. The Mirefin murlocs crowd the coast east and north-east of Witch Hill; every kind drops heads. - Collect **Mirefin Head** ×12 for Hungry! ### 7. Swamp Eye Jarl Where: 55.4, 26.3 on the Dustwallow Marsh map. Jarl lives in the Swamplight Manor south-east of Witch Hill. - Accept **Soothing Spices** from "Swamp Eye" Jarl - Turn in **Soothing Spices** at "Swamp Eye" Jarl - Accept **The Lost Report** from Loose Dirt — Loose Dirt, beside the manor - Accept **Jarl Needs Eyes** from "Swamp Eye" Jarl ### 8. Darkfang spiders Where: 56.3, 23.8 on the Dustwallow Marsh map. Head west back across the marsh. The Darkfang Venomspitters on the ridges north of Brackenwall drop the venom sacs. Theramore Infiltrators (35–36) sneak through the same woods: they are stealthed, so look closely. - Collect **Acidic Venom Sac** ×6 for The Black Shield - Kill **Theramore Infiltrator** ×9 for Theramore Spies ### 9. Darkmist Cavern Where: 35.1, 24.3 on the Dustwallow Marsh map. The Darkmist spiders swarm the cavern mouth north-west of Brackenwall; every kind drops eyes. - Kill **Darkmist Spider** or **Darkmist Lurker** for **Unpopped Darkmist Eye** ×40 for Jarl Needs Eyes ### 10. Brackenwall Village Where: 36.4, 31.9 on the Dustwallow Marsh map. - Turn in **Questioning Reethe** at Krog - Turn in **Theramore Spies** at Nazeer Bloodpike - Turn in **The Lost Report** at Nazeer Bloodpike - Turn in **Hungry!** at Mudcrush Durtfeet - Turn in **The Black Shield** at Do'gol - Accept **The Black Shield** from Do'gol - Turn in **The Black Shield** at Krog ### 11. Swamp Eye Jarl Where: 55.4, 26.3 on the Dustwallow Marsh map. Head east back to the Swamplight Manor. - Turn in **Jarl Needs Eyes** at "Swamp Eye" Jarl - Accept **Jarl Needs a Blade** from "Swamp Eye" Jarl (optional) — only if you carry a Moonsteel Broadsword (Blacksmithing or the Auction House) - Turn in **Jarl Needs a Blade** at "Swamp Eye" Jarl (optional) - Accept **The Severed Head** from Loose Dirt — Loose Dirt, now that Nazeer has read the report ### 12. Brackenwall Village Where: 35.2, 30.7 on the Dustwallow Marsh map. Head back west to Brackenwall with the head. - Turn in **The Severed Head** at Nazeer Bloodpike - Accept **The Troll Witchdoctor** from Nazeer Bloodpike — For Kin'weelay at Grom'gol, in the next guide ### 13. Hearth to Ratchet - Hearth to **Ratchet** - Turn in **Stinky's Escape** at Mebok Mizzyrix ### 14. Shadowprey Village - Fly to **Shadowprey Village** - Set your home to **Shadowprey Village** at Innkeeper Sikewa - Accept **Hand of Iruxos** from Taiga Wisemane - Accept **Other Fish to Fry** from Drulzegar Skraghook ### 15. Melizza Brimbuzzle Head north-east to the Valley of Spears. Melizza is held in the Maraudine centaur camp; free her and escort her out east of the valley. - Accept **Get Me Out of Here!** from Melizza Brimbuzzle - Complete **Get Me Out of Here!** ### 16. Kodo Graveyard Hornizz waits at the goblin camp on the west side of the Kodo Graveyard. - Turn in **Get Me Out of Here!** at Hornizz Brimbuzzle - Accept **Ghost-o-plasm Round Up** from Hornizz Brimbuzzle ### 17. Gizelton Caravan Rigger Gizelton's caravan stops on the road at the edge of Mannoroc Coven. Escort it east past the coven; demons attack it twice. - Accept **Gizelton Caravan** from Rigger Gizelton - Complete **Gizelton Caravan** ### 18. Scrabblescrew's Camp The caravan ends at Smeed's camp on the east side of the Kodo Graveyard. - Turn in **Gizelton Caravan** at Smeed Scrabblescrew ### 19. Ghost Walker Post Felgur Twocuts and Gurda Wildmane stand in the post just west of Smeed's camp. - Turn in **The Kolkar of Desolace** at Felgur Twocuts - Accept **Carved Centaur Totems** from Gurda Wildmane ### 20. Kormek's Hut Head north up the road to the hut by the road north of the graveyard. - Accept **Bone Collector** from Bibbly F'utzbuckle ### 21. Kodo bones and ghosts Pick up the kodo bones scattered across the graveyard, and use the Crate of Ghost Magnets among the bones: the ghosts it draws drop the ghost-o-plasm. - Collect **Kodo Bone** from **Kodo Bones** ×10 for Bone Collector - Complete **Ghost-o-plasm Round Up** ### 22. Hornizz Brimbuzzle - Turn in **Ghost-o-plasm Round Up** at Hornizz Brimbuzzle ### 23. Kormek's Hut - Turn in **Bone Collector** at Bibbly F'utzbuckle ### 24. Thunder Axe Fortress The Burning Blade hold the fortress north-west of Kormek's Hut. Use the Demon Pick on the Demon Spirit in the fortress to get the Demon Box. - Kill **Demon Spirit** for **Demon Box** for Hand of Iruxos ### 25. Ethel Rethor Head west to Azore Aldamort's tower at Ethel Rethor on the north-west coast. - Accept **Book of the Ancients** from Azore Aldamort ### 26. Slitherblade coast The Slitherblade naga hold the coast north of Ethel Rethor, up to Sar'theris Strand. Lord Kragaru guards the Book of the Ancients at the far northern tip. - Kill **Slitherblade Myrmidon** ×7 for Other Fish to Fry - Kill **Slitherblade Naga** ×7 for Other Fish to Fry - Kill **Slitherblade Sorceress** ×5 for Other Fish to Fry - Kill **Lord Kragaru** for **Book of the Ancients** for Book of the Ancients ### 27. Azore Aldamort - Turn in **Book of the Ancients** at Azore Aldamort ### 28. Maraudine totems Head south from Ethel Rethor into the Valley of Spears. The Maraudine Scouts, Wranglers, Maulers, Windchasers and Marauders (36–39) drop the Carved Centaur Totems. - Collect **Carved Centaur Totem** ×5 for Carved Centaur Totems ### 29. Shadowprey Village Head on south-west to Shadowprey. - Turn in **Hand of Iruxos** at Taiga Wisemane - Accept **Portals of the Legion** from Taiga Wisemane - Turn in **Other Fish to Fry** at Drulzegar Skraghook ### 30. Portals of the Legion Head east to Mannoroc Coven. Use the Rod of Banishing by each demon portal to close six of them. - Go to **Mannoroc Coven** Desolace - Complete **Portals of the Legion** ### 31. Ghost Walker Post Head north from the coven to Gurda Wildmane at Ghost Walker Post. - Turn in **Carved Centaur Totems** at Gurda Wildmane ### 32. Hearth to Shadowprey - Hearth to **Shadowprey Village** - Turn in **Portals of the Legion** at Taiga Wisemane - The next guide takes you back to Stranglethorn Vale. --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt