# Tanaris & Searing Gorge (levels 45–48) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 45–48: 32 steps and 27 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/40-50/04-tanaris 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 40–50 > Tanaris & Searing Gorge - Levels: 45–48 - For: Horde - Zones: Tanaris, The Barrens, Searing Gorge - 32 steps, 27 quests - Sets the hearth at Gadgetzan - Flight paths: Thorium Point - Comes after: [Feralas, Dustwallow Marsh & Swamp of Sorrows](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/40-50/03-feralas.md) (levels 44–46) - Next: [The Hinterlands & Blasted Lands](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/40-50/05-the-hinterlands.md) (levels 47–50) - Last changed 2026-10-16, in Polestar 0.2.5 ## 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 Gadgetzan From Camp Mojache's flight master. - Fly to **Gadgetzan** ### 2. Gadgetzan Where: 51.6, 26.8 on the Tanaris map. - Accept **Thistleshrub Valley** from Tran'rek — Tran'rek, beside the wind rider master - Accept **WANTED: Caliph Scorpidsting** from Wanted Poster — the Wanted Poster in the square - Accept **The Dunemaul Compound** from Andi Lynn - Set your home to **Gadgetzan** at Innkeeper Fizzgrimble - Accept **The Thirsty Goblin** from Marin Noggenfogger - Accept **Gadgetzan Water Survey** from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser ### 3. Sandsorrow Watch Where: 39, 29.2 on the Tanaris map. West of Gadgetzan, use the Untapped Dowsing Widget beside the water hole in the troll camp. - Collect **Tapped Dowsing Widget** from **Sandsorrow Watch Water Hole** for Gadgetzan Water Survey ### 4. Gadgetzan Where: 50.2, 27.5 on the Tanaris map. - Turn in **Gadgetzan Water Survey** at Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser - Accept **Noxious Lair Investigation** from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser ### 5. Caliph Scorpidsting Where: 61.8, 38.2 on the Tanaris map. South-east of Gadgetzan the Wastewander bandits camp in the dunes; Caliph stands in the eastern camp. - Kill **Caliph Scorpidsting** for **Caliph Scorpidsting's Head** for WANTED: Caliph Scorpidsting ### 6. Marvon Rivetseeker Where: 52.7, 45.9 on the Tanaris map. West along the road south; Marvon camps by the ruins at the Broken Pillar. Put on his Gahz'ridian Detector: it shows the buried ornaments, here and around the Dunemaul Compound. - Accept **Gahz'ridian** from Marvon Rivetseeker ### 7. The Noxious Lair Where: 35.8, 42.7 on the Tanaris map. West, the Centipaar insects swarm around their hives; any of them drops the parts. - Kill **Centipaar Worker** or **Centipaar Tunneler** for **Centipaar Insect Parts** ×5 for Noxious Lair Investigation ### 8. Dunemaul Compound Where: 39.3, 51.2 on the Tanaris map. South of the Noxious Lair the Dunemaul ogres hold their compound, with Gor'marok the Ravager at its eastern end. Dig up Gahz'ridian ornaments between the fights. - Kill **Dunemaul Brute** ×10 for The Dunemaul Compound - Kill **Dunemaul Enforcer** ×10 for The Dunemaul Compound - Kill **Gor'marok the Ravager** for The Dunemaul Compound - Collect **Gahz'ridian Ornament** from **Gahz'ridian** ×30 for Gahz'ridian ### 9. Thistleshrub Valley Where: 31.2, 65.5 on the Tanaris map. West of the compound the cactus creatures fill the valley; only the Dew Collectors carry a dew gland. Most mobs in Tanaris can drop OOX-17/TN's distress beacon, rarely: keep it if you see one. - Kill **Gnarled Thistleshrub** ×8 for Thistleshrub Valley - Kill **Thistleshrub Rootshaper** ×8 for Thistleshrub Valley - Kill **Thistleshrub Dew Collector** for **Laden Dew Gland** for The Thirsty Goblin - Collect **OOX-17/TN Distress Beacon** (optional) — OOX-17/TN Distress Beacon, a rare drop ### 10. Tooga's escort Where: 31.8, 74.1 on the Tanaris map. Tooga waits in the valley. Walk him all the way to his wife Torta in Steamwheedle Port, north-east across the desert: stay close, slow down for him and fight off what attacks him. Do not mount or hearth out of his reach. Yeh'kinya stands in the port too. - Accept **Tooga's Quest** from Tooga - Complete **Tooga's Quest** - Turn in **Tooga's Quest** at Torta — Torta, Steamwheedle Port - Turn in **Screecher Spirits** at Yeh'kinya ### 11. Gadgetzan Where: 52.5, 28.5 on the Tanaris map. Ride south-west to Gadgetzan. - Turn in **WANTED: Caliph Scorpidsting** at Chief Engineer Bilgewhizzle - Turn in **The Thirsty Goblin** at Marin Noggenfogger - Accept **In Good Taste** from Marin Noggenfogger - Turn in **In Good Taste** at Sprinkle - Accept **Sprinkle's Secret Ingredient** from Sprinkle — the Violet Tragan grows in the Hinterlands, around level 48 - Turn in **Thistleshrub Valley** at Tran'rek - Turn in **Noxious Lair Investigation** at Alchemist Pestlezugg - Accept **The Scrimshank Redemption** from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser - Turn in **The Dunemaul Compound** at Andi Lynn ### 12. Marvon Rivetseeker Where: 52.7, 45.9 on the Tanaris map. South down the road again. - Turn in **Gahz'ridian** at Marvon Rivetseeker ### 13. Scrimshank's gear Where: 56, 71.2 on the Tanaris map. Further south, Junior Surveyor Scrimshank's gear lies at the mouth of a Centipaar hive. - Collect **Scrimshank's Surveying Gear** for The Scrimshank Redemption ### 14. OOX-17/TN Where: 60.2, 64.7 on the Tanaris map. Only with the distress beacon: OOX-17/TN sits south-east of Scrimshank's hive. Escort it north to Steamwheedle Port; its reward waits with Oglethorpe in Booty Bay. - Accept **Find OOX-17/TN!** from OOX-17/TN Distress Beacon (optional) - Turn in **Find OOX-17/TN!** at Homing Robot OOX-17/TN (optional) - Accept **Rescue OOX-17/TN!** from Homing Robot OOX-17/TN (optional) - Complete **Rescue OOX-17/TN!** (optional) ### 15. Gadgetzan Where: 50.2, 27.5 on the Tanaris map. - Hearth to **Gadgetzan** - Turn in **The Scrimshank Redemption** at Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser - Accept **Insect Part Analysis** from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser - Turn in **Insect Part Analysis** at Alchemist Pestlezugg - Accept **Insect Part Analysis** from Alchemist Pestlezugg - Turn in **Insect Part Analysis** at Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser - Accept **Rise of the Silithid** from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser — for Zilzibin Drumlore in Orgrimmar, around level 50 ### 16. Orgrimmar (Hunter, Shaman only) Fly to Orgrimmar and train: the next guide's training stop is the Undercity, which has no Hunter or Shaman trainer. Then fly to Ratchet. - Fly to **Orgrimmar** - Train at your trainer ### 17. Thunder Bluff (Druid only) Fly to Thunder Bluff and train with Turak Runetotem on Elder Rise, then fly to Ratchet. - Fly to **Thunder Bluff** - Train at your trainer ### 18. Fly to Ratchet - Fly to **Ratchet** ### 19. Boat to Booty Bay The boat to Booty Bay docks at Ratchet's pier, below the flight master's hill. - Go to **Ratchet pier** The Barrens ### 20. Fly to Kargath From the Booty Bay flight master, above the harbour. - Fly to **Kargath** ### 21. The Grimesilt Dig Site Take the pass out of Kargath's west side into the Searing Gorge, then ride south-west to the dig site. The Wooden Outhouse stands at its southern end; the Dark Iron Geologists dig just north of it. Bring 15 Silk Cloth (the Auction House sells it). - Accept **Caught!** from Wooden Outhouse — the Wooden Outhouse - Kill **Dark Iron Geologist** ×8 for Caught! - Collect **Silk Cloth** ×15 for Caught! - Turn in **Caught!** at Wooden Outhouse ### 22. Thorium Point Ride north-west across the gorge; Thorium Point is the scaffolded camp in the north-west. - Get the flight path at **Thorium Point** from Grisha - Accept **STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass** from Wanted/Missing/Lost & Found — The Wanted/Missing/Lost & Found board - Accept **JOB OPPORTUNITY: Culling the Competition** from Wanted/Missing/Lost & Found - Accept **Curse These Fat Fingers** from Hansel Heavyhands - Accept **Fiery Menace!** from Hansel Heavyhands - Accept **Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It** from Hansel Heavyhands - Accept **What the Flux?** from Master Smith Burninate ### 23. Kalaran Windblade Kalaran stands alone south of Thorium Point, at the edge of the Cauldron. Listen to his story. - Accept **Divine Retribution** from Kalaran Windblade - Turn in **Divine Retribution** at Kalaran Windblade - Accept **The Flawless Flame** from Kalaran Windblade ### 24. The Cauldron Heavy War Golems patrol the Cauldron below Kalaran and drop the oil; the Magma and Blazing Elementals drifting among them drop the hearts. The Dark Iron Taskmasters and Slavers drive the slaves on the paths; a Slaver may drop the Grimesilt Outhouse Key: keep it. - Kill **Heavy War Golem** ×20 for Curse These Fat Fingers - Collect **Golem Oil** ×4 for The Flawless Flame - Collect **Heart of Flame** ×4 for The Flawless Flame - Kill **Dark Iron Taskmaster** ×15 for JOB OPPORTUNITY: Culling the Competition - Kill **Dark Iron Slaver** ×15 for JOB OPPORTUNITY: Culling the Competition - Collect **Grimesilt Outhouse Key** (optional) — Grimesilt Outhouse Key, a rare drop ### 25. Kalaran Windblade - Turn in **The Flawless Flame** at Kalaran Windblade - Accept **Forging the Shaft** from Kalaran Windblade ### 26. The Steamsmiths' furnaces The Dark Iron Steamsmiths work the furnaces in the middle of the Cauldron; half of them carry a Thorium Plated Dagger, one in ten the Smithing Tuyere. Slaves, Slavers and Taskmasters carry daggers too. - Collect **Thorium Plated Dagger** ×8 for Forging the Shaft - Kill **Dark Iron Steamsmith** for **Smithing Tuyere** for STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass ### 27. Kalaran Windblade - Turn in **Forging the Shaft** at Kalaran Windblade - His next request needs the Symbol of Ragnaros from elite cultists: leave it. ### 28. The Slag Pit The Slag Pit opens in the north of the Cauldron. Incendosaurs swim in its lava pools: pull them to the edge. The secret plans lie on the pit's upper ledge. - Kill **Incendosaur** ×20 for Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It - Collect **Secret Plans: Fiery Flux** for What the Flux? ### 29. Greater Lava Spiders The Greater Lava Spiders roam the plateaus and lava pools in the south-west of the gorge. - Kill **Greater Lava Spider** ×20 for Fiery Menace! ### 30. Dark Iron Lookouts The Dark Iron Lookouts stand on the ridges around the sentry towers south of the Cauldron; about one in ten carries the Lookout's Spyglass. - Kill **Dark Iron Lookout** for **Lookout's Spyglass** for STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass ### 31. The Key to Freedom Only with the Grimesilt Outhouse Key: back east to the Wooden Outhouse at the dig site. - Accept **The Key to Freedom** from Grimesilt Outhouse Key (optional) - Turn in **The Key to Freedom** at Wooden Outhouse (optional) ### 32. Thorium Point Ride back north to Thorium Point. Stay here: the next guide starts with the flight to Stonard. - Turn in **Curse These Fat Fingers** at Hansel Heavyhands - Turn in **Fiery Menace!** at Hansel Heavyhands - Turn in **Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It** at Hansel Heavyhands - Turn in **STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass** at Taskmaster Scrange - Turn in **JOB OPPORTUNITY: Culling the Competition** at Taskmaster Scrange - Turn in **What the Flux?** at Master Smith Burninate --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt