Alterac Mountains & Arathi Highlands

• Go to Zeppelin to Undercity Durotar

• Train at your trainer

Train while you are in the Undercity: the trainers stand in the War Quarter, the Rogues' Quarter and the Magic Quarter (Paladins: Garen Largo).

• Go to Undercity flight master Undercity
• Fly to Tarren Mill

• Accept Gol'dir from KruskKrusk, inside the inn
• Accept WANTED: Baron Vardus from WANTEDThe WANTED poster by the inn
• Set your home to Tarren Mill at Innkeeper Shay

• Go to Gol'dir Alterac Mountains

• Kill Jailor Borhuin for Rusted Iron Key for Gol'dirInside
• Complete Gol'dirFind where Gol'dir is held, on the top floor
• Turn in Gol'dir at Gol'dirGol'dir, on the top floor
• Accept Blackmoore's Legacy from Gol'dir

Head north past Valik's camp to Strahnbrad, the Syndicate-held village (35–37). Jailor Borhuin carries the Rusted Iron Key; Gol'dir sits in a cage in the house on the north side. Careful: Stealthed Syndicate spies roam Strahnbrad, and the buildings hold many Syndicate mobs, mages among them.

• Go to Tarren Mill Hillsbrad Foothills

• Turn in Blackmoore's Legacy at KruskKrusk, inside
• Accept Lord Aliden Perenolde from Krusk

Krusk waits inside the inn at Tarren Mill, back south down the road.

• Kill Baron Vardus for Head of Baron Vardus for WANTED: Baron Vardus

Baron Vardus (40) carries the head. He turns up in one spot at a time: the cellar of Strahnbrad's inn, or one of the Syndicate tent camps in the uplands north and north-west of the village, which lie on your way to the Perenolde manor. If you already met him while freeing Gol'dir, this step is done.

• Go to Perenolde manor Alterac Mountains

• Kill Lord Aliden Perenolde for Lord Aliden Perenolde
• Turn in Lord Aliden Perenolde at Elysa
• Accept Taretha's Gift from Elysa

Head north-west through the mountains to the Perenolde manor on the northern shore of Lordamere Lake. Lord Aliden Perenolde (41) waits in a room upstairs: he shields himself, puts you to sleep and heals below half health. Elysa stands beside him.

• Kill Elemental Slave ×8 for Dalaran Patrols
• Kill Elemental Slave for Bracers of Earth Binding ×4 for Bracers of Binding
• Kill Dalaran Summoner ×6 for Dalaran Patrols

South along the lake shore to the ruins around the Dalaran crater. The Dalaran Summoners lead Elemental Slaves; the bracers drop from the slaves.

• Go to Tarren Mill Hillsbrad Foothills

• Turn in Bracers of Binding at Keeper Bel'varilKeeper Bel'varil, inside
• Turn in Dalaran Patrols at Magus Wordeen VoidglareMagus Wordeen Voidglare, inside
• The magus offers a dungeon errand next: leave it.
• Turn in Taretha's Gift at KruskKrusk, inside the inn
• Turn in WANTED: Baron Vardus at High Executor Darthalia

Head back east to Tarren Mill.

• Go to The road east through Thoradin's Wall Arathi Highlands

• Collect Bloodstone Amulet ×10 for Foul Magics

Head east out of Tarren Mill through Thoradin's Wall. The Syndicate hold the walled manor and its farm north of the road; their Highwaymen, Mercenaries and Pathstalkers carry the Bloodstone Amulets. Careful: Highwaymen (level 30–31) can be in Sneak, so they may be hidden when you approach.

• Turn in Crystal in the Mountains at Shards of MyzraelOptional
• Accept The Princess Trapped from Shards of Myzrael

Follow the road east. The violet shards glow just off the road a short way west of Hammerfall.

• Turn in Trollbane at Zengu
• Accept Call to Arms from Drum Fel
• Turn in Foul Magics at Tor'gan
• Accept Guile of the Raptor from Tor'gan
• Accept Ward Restocking from Doctor Gregory VictorDoctor Gregory Victor, at the south gate

• Accept Sigil of Strom from Zengu

Zengu's Sigil of Strom drops from the elite Syndicate (35–38) in Stromgarde's ruins, the west of the highlands. Great XP if you have a group for it: the route passes Stromgarde on its way to the inner circle.

• Accept Foul Magics from Tor'gan

Tor'gan's next Foul Magics is Marez Cowl, a level 40 elite warlock in Stromgarde's Syndicate quarter.

• Kill Drywhisker Kobold or Drywhisker Surveyor for Mote of Myzrael ×12 for The Princess Trapped

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. Careful: Every kobold type runs off for help when low on health (Kobolds at 30%, Surveyors and Diggers at 15%), which can pull more of them.

• Turn in The Princess Trapped at Iridescent ShardsBelow ground
• Accept Stones of Binding from Iridescent Shards

The Iridescent Shards lie at the far end of the gorge.

• Collect Cresting Key from Stone of East Binding for Stones of Binding

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. Careful: Each center stone is guarded by around three elementals near level 39 that attack together if you click the stone without clearing them: Burning Exiles at West, Thundering Exiles at Outer, Cresting Exiles at East.

• Kill Boulderfist Brute ×10 for Call to Arms
• Kill Boulderfist Magus ×4 for Call to Arms

The Boulderfist Brutes camp outside the ogres' hall, far south-west of Hammerfall; the Magus stand among them. Pull them one at a time.

• Kill Highland Fleshstalker for Raptor Heart ×12 for Guile of the Raptor

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.

• Collect Packaged Tonics for Ward Restocking

Apothecary Jorell's lab shack stands at Go'shek Farm, north-east of the raptors' plain on the way back to Hammerfall; the case of Packaged Tonics is inside.

• Turn in Ward Restocking at Doctor Gregory VictorDoctor Gregory Victor, at the south gate
• Turn in Guile of the Raptor at Tor'gan
• Accept Guile of the Raptor from Tor'gan
• Turn in Call to Arms at Drum Fel
• Turn in Guile of the Raptor at Gor'mulGor'mul, by the gate
• Accept Guile of the Raptor from Gor'mul
• Turn in Guile of the Raptor at Tor'gan
• Sell and repair at a vendor

Back north-east to Hammerfall.

• Accept Call to Arms from Drum Fel
• Accept The Real Threat from Korin FelKorin Fel, beside him

Drum Fel's next Call to Arms and Korin Fel's The Real Threat are the elite ogres (38–40) in Stromgarde's ogre quarter, on the same group trip as the Sigil.

• Collect Thundering Key from Stone of Outer Binding for Stones of Binding

Head west; the outer circle stands in the middle of the highlands.

• Collect Burning Key from Stone of West Binding for Stones of Binding

The western circle is near Thoradin's Wall, north-west of the outer one.

• Turn in Stones of Binding at Stone of Inner Binding
• The stone's next task needs Fozruk, a level 42 elite who roams west of Hammerfall: leave it.

The inner circle lies south of the western circle, east of Stromgarde.

• Collect Sigil of Strom for Sigil of Strom
• Kill Marez Cowl (elite) for Befouled Bloodstone Orb for Foul Magics
• Kill Boulderfist Shaman ×15 for Call to Arms
• Kill Boulderfist Lord ×10 for Call to Arms
• Kill Or'Kalar (elite) for Or'Kalar's Head for The Real Threat

West of the inner circle, Stromgarde's ruins: the Syndicate hold the east half (the Sigil drops from their Conjurors, Prowlers and Magi; Marez Cowl is among them), the Boulderfist the west half by the Tower of Arathor (Or'Kalar waits in one of the roofless houses beside 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

Head south to the goblins' cove on the southern coast. Lolo the Lookout keeps watch on the cliff above it.

• Go to 33.9, 80.6 Arathi Highlands
• Complete Sunken Treasure

Escort the professor up the hill to the cave above the cove and guard him while he works. Two level 40 water elementals ambush him there, and they are immune to frost. Hold them at the cave mouth, away from him: if the fight happens inside the cave, he joins in instead of working and more elementals keep coming.

• Turn in Sunken Treasure at Doctor Draxlegauge
• Accept Sunken Treasure from Doctor Draxlegauge

• Kill Daggerspine Raider ×10 for Drowned SorrowsUnderwater
• Collect Elven Gem from Calcified Elven Gem ×10 for Sunken TreasureUnderwater
• Kill Daggerspine Sorceress ×3 for Drowned SorrowsUnderwater
• Collect Maiden's Folly Log for Deep Sea SalvageUnderwater
• Collect Maiden's Folly Charts for Deep Sea SalvageUnderwater
• Collect Spirit of Silverpine Log for Deep Sea SalvageUnderwater
• Collect Spirit of Silverpine Charts for Deep Sea SalvageUnderwater

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.

• Turn in Deep Sea Salvage at First Mate Nilzlix
• Turn in Drowned Sorrows at Captain Steelgut
• Turn in Sunken Treasure at Doctor Draxlegauge
• Accept Sunken Treasure from Doctor Draxlegauge
• Turn in Sunken Treasure at Shakes O'Breen
• Accept Sunken Treasure from Shakes O'Breenfor Fleet Master Seahorn in Booty Bay, around level 41
• The next guide crosses the Thandol Span into the Wetlands and heads for the Badlands.

• Turn in Sigil of Strom at Zengu
• Turn in Foul Magics at Tor'gan
• Turn in Call to Arms at Drum Fel
• Turn in The Real Threat at Korin Fel

Only if you ran Stromgarde with a group: back to Hammerfall for its hand-ins, then on to the Thandol Span.