Stranglethorn Vale & Swamp of Sorrows

• Fly to Ratchet

From Shadowprey Village fly to Ratchet.

• Go to Ratchet pier The Barrens

The boat to Booty Bay docks at the end of Ratchet's pier.

• Accept Stranglethorn Fever from Fin Fizracket
• Accept The Bloodsail Buccaneers from First Mate Crazz
• Accept Scaring Shaky from "Sea Wolf" MacKinley
• Accept Stoley's Debt from "Sea Wolf" MacKinleyfor Stoley in Tanaris
• Accept Venture Company Mining from Crank Fizzlebub
• Accept Zanzil's Secret from Crank Fizzlebub
• Accept Skullsplitter Tusks from Kebok
• Accept Tran'rek from KrazekKrazek: for Tran'rek in Gadgetzan
• Accept Akiris by the Bundle from Privateer Bloads
• Sell and repair at a vendor

The boat lands in Booty Bay's harbour. The quest givers stand on the boardwalks around the harbour and in the inn.

• Turn in The Bloodsail Buccaneers at Bloodsail Correspondence
• Accept The Bloodsail Buccaneers from Bloodsail Correspondence

Leave town by the tunnel; the note lies in the pirates' cove just north of Booty Bay.

• Turn in The Bloodsail Buccaneers at First Mate Crazz
• Accept The Bloodsail Buccaneers from First Mate Crazz
• Turn in The Bloodsail Buccaneers at Fleet Master Seahorn
• Turn in Sunken Treasure at Fleet Master Seahorn
• Accept The Bloodsail Buccaneers from Fleet Master Seahorn
• Accept Up to Snuff from Deeg
• Accept Keep An Eye Out from Dizzy One-Eye

• Kill Bloodsail Swashbuckler ×10 for The Bloodsail Buccaneers
• Collect Bloodsail Charts for The Bloodsail Buccaneers
• Collect Bloodsail Orders for The Bloodsail Buccaneers
• Collect Snuff ×15 for Up to Snuff
• Collect Dizzy's Eye for Keep An Eye Out

South of Booty Bay the Bloodsail swashbucklers camp on the Wild Shore; the charts and the orders lie in their tents. Any Bloodsail can carry snuff and Dizzy's eye, so keep killing until you have both.

• Turn in The Bloodsail Buccaneers at Fleet Master Seahorn
• Accept The Bloodsail Buccaneers from Fleet Master Seahorn
• Turn in Up to Snuff at Deeg
• Turn in Keep An Eye Out at Dizzy One-Eye

• Kill Captain Stillwater for The Bloodsail BuccaneersOptional
• Kill Captain Keelhaul for The Bloodsail BuccaneersOptional
• Kill Fleet Master Firallon for The Bloodsail BuccaneersOptional
• Collect Cortello's Riddle
• Accept Cortello's Riddle from Cortello's Riddlefor a later stop in the Swamp of Sorrows

The three ships lie off the Wild Shore. The crews are 42–45, Stillwater 45, Keelhaul 46 and Fleet Master Firallon 48: at 41 this is a fight for a group, or for the end of the guide. If you go, swim out and pull the crew to the rail one at a time. A scroll, Cortello's Riddle, lies on the ships' decks: take it.

• Turn in The Bloodsail Buccaneers at Fleet Master SeahornOptional

• Accept Stranglethorn Fever from Witch Doctor Unbagwa

Take the road north out of Booty Bay; Unbagwa sits on a hill in Mistvale Valley, east of the road.

• Kill Elder Mistvale Gorilla for Mistvale Giblets ×5 for Scaring Shaky
• Collect Gorilla Fang ×10 for Stranglethorn Fever

The gorillas roam the valley around Unbagwa. The elders drop the giblets; any of them can drop a fang.

• Turn in Stranglethorn Fever at Witch Doctor Unbagwa
• Kill Mokk the Savage for Heart of Mokk for Stranglethorn Fever

Hand Unbagwa the fangs and stay by him: he calls three waves of gorillas, then Mokk. Fight them one at a time.

• Collect Zanzil's Mixture ×12 for Zanzil's Secret

North-east of Mistvale, Zanzil's followers camp in the jungle; every one of them can carry the mixture.

• Kill Foreman Cozzle or Verifonix for Singing Blue Crystal ×10 for Venture Company Mining

Further north, the goblins of the Venture Co. dig at the mine east of the road; miners, foremen, surveyors and tinkerers all drop the crystals.

• Set your home to Grom'gol Base Camp at Innkeeper Thulbek
• Accept Mok'thardin's Enchantment from Far Seer Mok'thardin
• Accept Bloodscalp Clan Heads from Nimboya
• Accept Grim Message from Nimboyafor later: the Hinterlands, around level 48
• Accept Split Bone Necklace from Kin'weelay
• Turn in The Troll Witchdoctor at Kin'weelay

Ride north-west to Grom'gol.

• Accept Raptor Mastery from Hemet Nesingwary

Ride north up the road; the hunters camp on the hill above the river.

• Kill Gan'zulah for Gan'zulah's Head for Bloodscalp Clan Heads
• Kill Nezzliok the Dire for Nezzliok's Head for Bloodscalp Clan Heads

West of the expedition, the Bloodscalp chiefs Gan'zulah and Nezzliok stand together in the ruins of Zul'Kunda. Clear their guards first, then pull them.

• Hearth to Grom'gol Base Camp
• Turn in Bloodscalp Clan Heads at Bubbling Cauldronthe Bubbling Cauldron, beside Nimboya
• Accept Speaking with Gan'zulah from Bubbling Cauldron
• Accept Speaking with Nezzliok from Bubbling Cauldron

• Kill Jungle Stalker ×10 for Raptor Mastery

The stalker raptors hunt the jungle south of Grom'gol, out towards the west coast.

• Kill Naga Explorer ×10 for Mok'thardin's Enchantment
• Collect Akiris Reed ×10 for Akiris by the Bundle
• Collect Holy Spring Water from Holy Spring for Mok'thardin's Enchantment

Follow the coast south. The naga explorers wade along the shore and carry the reed bundles; the Holy Spring bubbles in the hills just east of them.

• Set your home to Booty Bay at Innkeeper Skindle
• Turn in Akiris by the Bundle at Privateer Bloads
• Turn in Scaring Shaky at "Shaky" Phillipe
• Accept Return to MacKinley from "Shaky" Phillipe
• Turn in Return to MacKinley at "Sea Wolf" MacKinley
• Accept Voodoo Dues from "Sea Wolf" MacKinley
• Turn in Zanzil's Secret at Crank Fizzlebub
• Turn in Venture Company Mining at Crank Fizzlebub
• Turn in Stranglethorn Fever at Fin Fizracket
• Sell and repair at a vendor

Ride south to Booty Bay. Shaky Phillipe waits on the docks.

• Kill Maury "Club Foot" Wilkins
• Kill Maury "Club Foot" Wilkins for Maury's Clubbed Foot for Voodoo Dues
• Kill Jon-Jon the Crow
• Kill Jon-Jon the Crow for Jon-Jon's Golden Spyglass for Voodoo Dues
• Kill Chucky "Ten Thumbs"
• Kill Chucky "Ten Thumbs" for Chucky's Huge Ring for Voodoo Dues

The three ghostly pirates haunt the jungle north of Booty Bay, near Zanzil's camps: Maury and Jon-Jon stand together, Chucky further east.

• Kill Skullsplitter Hunter ×8 for Speaking with Gan'zulah
• Kill Skullsplitter Headhunter ×6 for Speaking with Gan'zulah
• Kill Skullsplitter Berserker ×4 for Speaking with Gan'zulah
• Kill Ana'thek the Cruel for Broken Armor of Ana'thek for Speaking with Gan'zulah
• Collect Zul'Mamwe Trophy from Zul'Mamwe Trophy Skulls for Speaking with Nezzliok
• Go to Skullsplitter warriors Stranglethorn Vale
• Collect Skullsplitter Tusk ×18 for Skullsplitter Tusks
• Collect Split Bone Necklace ×25 for Split Bone Necklace

Ride north to the Skullsplitter ruins east of the Venture Co. mine; pull the headhunters and berserkers one at a time. Ana'thek the Cruel guards the south-western ruins, and one pile of trophy skulls stands on the ruins' north side. Every Skullsplitter can drop a tusk or a necklace: the necklaces are the slow part, so keep killing in the warriors' camp north of the ruins until you have them all.

• Collect Balia'mah Trophy from Balia'mah Trophy Skulls for Speaking with Nezzliok

The next trophy skulls stand in the small ruins just north of the warriors' camp.

• Collect Ziata'jai Trophy from Ziata'jai Trophy Skulls for Speaking with Nezzliok

The last skulls are in the ruins a short ride west, on the way back to Grom'gol.

• Turn in Mok'thardin's Enchantment at Far Seer Mok'thardin
• Turn in Speaking with Gan'zulah at Bubbling Cauldronthe Bubbling Cauldron
• Turn in Speaking with Nezzliok at Bubbling Cauldron
• Turn in Split Bone Necklace at Kin'weelay

Ride west to Grom'gol.

• Hearth to Booty Bay
• Turn in Voodoo Dues at "Sea Wolf" MacKinley
• Turn in Skullsplitter Tusks at Kebok

• Fly to Grom'gol

• Turn in Raptor Mastery at Hemet Nesingwary

Ride north up the road to the hunters' camp.

• Accept Draenethyst Crystals from Magtoor

Keep riding north into Duskwood, then east along the road through Deadwind Pass into the swamp. Magtoor waits at the Harborage, the draenei camp near the way in from Deadwind Pass.

• Get the flight path at Stonard from Breyk
• Turn in Report to Helgrum at Helgrum the Swift
• Accept Lack of Surplus from Dar

Ride east to Stonard, in the reeds south of the road.

• Collect Draenethyst Crystal from Draenethyst Crystals ×6 for Draenethyst Crystals

Ride north-east to the Fallow Sanctuary. The crystals stand along the way up to Galen Goodward's cage.

• Accept Galen's Escape from Galen Goodward
• Complete Galen's Escape

Galen Goodward is held in the Fallow Sanctuary in the swamp's north-east. Free him and follow him out, fighting off the swamp creatures that chase him.

• Kill Noboru the Cudgel
• Kill Noboru the Cudgel for Noboru's Cudgel
• Accept Noboru the Cudgel from Noboru's Cudgel

Noboru wanders the clearing south-west of the Fallow Sanctuary; his cudgel starts a quest.

• Turn in Galen's Escape at Galen's Strongbox

His strongbox waits at his old camp north of Stonard.

• Collect Unprepared Sawtooth Flank ×8 for Lack of Surplus

The crocolisks wallow in the pools around Galen's camp and south towards Stonard; about one in four drops a flank.

• Turn in Noboru the Cudgel at Magtoor
• Turn in Draenethyst Crystals at Magtoor

Ride west along the road to the draenei camp at the Harborage, near the way in from Deadwind Pass.

• Turn in Lack of Surplus at Tok'Kar
• Accept Lack of Surplus from Tok'Kar

Ride back east past Stonard and follow the road south-east to the small Horde post on the shore.

• Kill Sawtooth Snapper for Sawtooth Snapper Claw ×6 for Lack of Surplus

The snappers line the strand south of the post.

• Turn in Lack of Surplus at Tok'Kar

The next guide starts here and takes you to Tanaris.