The Hinterlands & Blasted Lands

• Fly to Stonard

From Thorium Point's flight master.

• Accept Snickerfang Jowls from Bloodmage Drazial
• Accept A Boar's Vitality from Bloodmage Drazial
• Accept The Decisive Striker from Bloodmage Drazial
• Accept The Basilisk's Bite from Bloodmage Lynnore
• Accept Vulture's Vigor from Bloodmage Lynnore

Ride west out of Stonard and south through the canyon into the Blasted Lands; the two bloodmages stand by the road just inside.

• Collect Vulture Gizzard ×10 for Vulture's Vigor
• Collect Vulture Gizzard ×2 for The Basilisk's Bite
• Collect Vulture Gizzard ×2 for The Decisive Striker
• Collect Snickerfang Jowl ×3 for Snickerfang Jowls
• Collect Snickerfang Jowl ×2 for Vulture's Vigor
• Collect Scorpok Pincer ×3 for The Decisive Striker
• Collect Scorpok Pincer ×2 for A Boar's Vitality
• Collect Scorpok Pincer for Snickerfang Jowls
• Collect Basilisk Brain ×10 for The Basilisk's Bite
• Collect Basilisk Brain for A Boar's Vitality

The five quests share the same parts: gather them all in one sweep. West of the road the Black Slayer vultures, Starving Snickerfangs, Scorpok Stingers and Deatheye basilisks share the hills.

• Collect Blasted Boar Lung ×3 for A Boar's Vitality
• Collect Blasted Boar Lung ×2 for Snickerfang Jowls
• Collect Blasted Boar Lung for The Decisive Striker

East of the road the Ashmane boars and Grunters root on the slopes beside the Redstone basilisks. Stay away from the level 52 Helboars further south.

• Turn in Snickerfang Jowls at Bloodmage Drazial
• Turn in A Boar's Vitality at Bloodmage Drazial
• Turn in The Decisive Striker at Bloodmage Drazial
• Turn in The Basilisk's Bite at Bloodmage Lynnore
• Turn in Vulture's Vigor at Bloodmage Lynnore
• Their follow-ups ask for the same parts again for a buff item and pay no experience: leave them.

Ride back north to the bloodmages.

• Go to Vulture hills Blasted Lands
• Reach level 48grind on Black Slayer at the northern hills, Blasted Lands

Only if you are not level 48 yet.

• Fly to Undercity

Ride north back to Stonard and fly to the Undercity.

• Accept Lines of Communication from Oran SnakewritheOran Snakewrithe, the Royal Quarter
• Accept Assisting Arch Druid Runetotem from Innkeeper NormanInnkeeper Norman: for Thunder Bluff, around level 50
• Train at your trainerWarrior, Paladin, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock only

• Fly to Tarren Mill

• Turn in Ripple Recovery at Gilveradin Sunchaser
• Accept A Sticky Situation from Gilveradin Sunchaser

Ride north-east from Tarren Mill into the Hinterlands and east along the road; Gilveradin Sunchaser camps on the hill south of the elves' Quel'Danil Lodge.

• Click Highvale Report for Lines of Communication
• Click Highvale Notes for Lines of Communication
• Click Highvale Records for Lines of Communication
• Accept Rin'ji is Trapped! from Rin'ji
• Complete Rin'ji is Trapped!

The Highvale elves camp around Quel'Danil Lodge. Burn the report, the notes and the records in their camps. Rin'ji is held inside the lodge: lead him out and fight off the ambush on the way.

• Witherbark Skull ×20
• Use Nimboya's Pike
• Use Nimboya's Laden Pike
• Complete Grim Message

South of the lodge the Witherbark trolls hold their villages. Every one of them carries a skull: with twenty, use Nimboya's Pike to make the Laden Pike, then plant it inside the village.

• Collect Violet Tragan for Sprinkle's Secret Ingredient

East of the village, the violet flower grows in the hills.

• Turn in The Atal'ai Exile at Atal'ai Exile

South-west again, the exile hides by the ruins of Shadra'Alor.

• Accept Vilebranch Hooligans from Smith Slagtree
• Set your home to Revantusk Village at Lard
• Accept Lard Lost His Lunch from Lard
• Accept Dark Vessels from Primal Torntusk
• Accept Kidnapped Elder Torntusk! from Primal Torntusk
• Accept Cannibalistic Cousins from Mystic Yayo'jin
• Accept Message to the Wildhammer from Otho Moji'ko
• Accept Stalking the Stalkers from Huntsman Markhor
• Accept Hunt the Savages from Huntsman Markhor
• Accept Avenging the Fallen from Huntsman Markhor
• Accept Separation Anxiety from Huntsman Markhor
• Accept Snapjaws, Mon! from Katoom the Angler
• Get the flight path at Revantusk Village from Gorkas

Follow the roads east across the Hinterlands to the troll village on the eastern coast.

• Kill Saltwater Snapjaw ×15 for Snapjaws, Mon!
• Collect OOX-09/HL Distress BeaconOptionalOOX-09/HL Distress Beacon, a rare drop

The big turtles crawl along the beaches north of the village. Whiskey Slim's port bottles lie on these beaches too, but his quest is not on this route. A snapjaw can drop OOX-09/HL's distress beacon, rarely: keep it.

• Turn in Rin'ji is Trapped! at Rin'ji's Secret
• Accept Rin'ji's Secret from Rin'ji's Secretfor Oran Snakewrithe in the Undercity, around level 50

The secret lies on the Overlook Cliffs, above the beach.

• Kill Vilebranch Kidnapper for Lard's Lunch for Lard Lost His Lunch

North along the coast, Lard's picnic basket is on the small island; a Vilebranch Kidnapper guards it.

• Kill Vilebranch Scalper ×30 for Cannibalistic Cousins
• Collect Slagtree's Lost Tools for Vilebranch Hooligans

West of the island, the Vilebranch scalpers hold the temples of Agol'watha and Shaol'watha. Slagtree's tools lie at one of the temples.

• Kill Silvermane Stalker ×10 for Stalking the Stalkers
• Kill Savage Owlbeast ×20 for Hunt the Savages
• Kill Razorbeak Skylord for Skylord Plume for Avenging the Fallen
• Collect Wildkin Muisek ×10 for Testing the Vessel
• Long Elegant Feather ×10

The Silvermane Stalkers, Savage Owlbeasts and Razorbeak Skylords share the hills between the temples and Skulk Rock. Use the Wildkin Muisek Vessel on the owlbeasts you kill. The Skylords also drop Long Elegant Feathers: keep ten for Otho's second message.

• Collect Hinterlands Honey Ripple from Horde Supply Crate ×10 for A Sticky Situation

The crates of Hinterlands Honey Ripple lie around the abandoned Horde camp at Skulk Rock, among the oozes.

• Accept Find OOX-09/HL! from OOX-09/HL Distress BeaconOptional
• Turn in Find OOX-09/HL! at Homing Robot OOX-09/HLOptional
• Accept Rescue OOX-09/HL! from Homing Robot OOX-09/HLOptional
• Complete Rescue OOX-09/HL!Optional

Only with the distress beacon: the robot sits at the head of the river west of Skulk Rock. Escort it east to the shore beyond the Overlook Cliffs; its reward waits with Oglethorpe in Booty Bay.

• Kill Silvermane Howler ×10 for Stalking the Stalkers

South-west, the Silvermane Howlers roam the hills east of the Witherbark villages.

• Kill Highvale Outrunner ×15 for Message to the Wildhammer
• Kill Highvale Scout ×15 for Message to the Wildhammer
• Kill Highvale Marksman ×15 for Message to the Wildhammer
• Kill Highvale Ranger ×15 for Message to the Wildhammer

Back west to Quel'Danil Lodge; rangers and marksmen stay near the lodge, scouts and outrunners on the slopes south of it.

• Turn in A Sticky Situation at Gilveradin Sunchaser
• Accept Ripple Delivery from Gilveradin Sunchaserfor Dran Droffers in Orgrimmar, around level 50

• Kill Vilebranch Soothsayer ×15 for Cannibalistic Cousins
• Kill Vilebranch Scalper ×30 for Cannibalistic Cousins

On the way back east, the Vilebranch soothsayers hold the Altar of Zul, the troll temple south of the central hills. Qiaga and Morta'gya the Keeper (elite, 50) stand at its top: take the soothsayers on the lower steps.

• Collect Huntsman Malkhor's Skull from Pile of Skulls for Separation Anxiety
• Collect Huntsman Malkhor's Bones from Pile of Bones for Separation Anxiety
• Collect Vessel of Tainted Blood ×10 for Dark Vessels
• Turn in Kidnapped Elder Torntusk! at Elder TorntuskElder Torntusk, at the top of Jintha'Alor
• His next request, going on to the Altar of Zul, is for a group.

Huntsman Malkhor's skull lies on a pile below the Vilebranch ruins, his bones on a pile at the foot of Jintha'Alor. The Vessels of Tainted Blood sit on the lower terraces, and Elder Torntusk is held at the top. Keep to the paths: the trolls inside are elite.

• Turn in Snapjaws, Mon! at Katoom the Angler
• Turn in Lard Lost His Lunch at Lard
• Turn in Vilebranch Hooligans at Smith Slagtree
• Turn in Cannibalistic Cousins at Mystic Yayo'jin
• Turn in Message to the Wildhammer at Otho Moji'ko
• Accept Another Message to the Wildhammer from Otho Moji'ko
• Turn in Another Message to the Wildhammer at Otho Moji'ko
• Accept The Final Message to the Wildhammer from Otho Moji'ko
• Turn in Stalking the Stalkers at Huntsman Markhor
• Turn in Hunt the Savages at Huntsman Markhor
• Turn in Avenging the Fallen at Huntsman Markhor
• Turn in Separation Anxiety at Huntsman Markhor
• Turn in Dark Vessels at Primal Torntusk

• Go to Aerie Peak well The Hinterlands
• Complete The Final Message to the Wildhammer

Ride all the way west to the Wildhammer town of Aerie Peak and place the message by the well in its centre. The town is full of Alliance guards: get in, place it and get out.

• Hearth to Revantusk Village
• Turn in The Final Message to the Wildhammer at Otho Moji'ko

The next guide starts here, at Revantusk Village.