# Un'Goro Crater, Eastern Plaguelands & Burning Steppes (levels 50–53) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 50–53: 56 steps and 47 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/50-60/01-un-goro-crater 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 50–60 > Un'Goro Crater, Eastern Plaguelands & Burning Steppes - Levels: 50–53 - For: Horde - Zones: Un'Goro Crater, Tanaris, Badlands, Searing Gorge, Burning Steppes, Undercity, Tirisfal Glades, Eastern Plaguelands - 56 steps, 47 quests - Sets the hearth at Light's Hope Chapel - Flight paths: Marshal's Refuge, Flame Crest, Light's Hope Chapel - Comes after: [Azshara, Feralas & Stranglethorn Vale](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/40-50/06-azshara.md) (levels 49–51) - Next: [Felwood & Western Plaguelands](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/50-60/02-felwood.md) (levels 52–54) - 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. Into Un'Goro Crater Where: 45.2, 5.8 on the Un'Goro Crater map. From the Broken Pillar ride west to the long ramp that winds down into Un'Goro Crater, then follow the crater's north wall to Marshal's Refuge, a camp in the cliff caves. Everyone here is neutral. - Get the flight path at **Marshal's Refuge** from Gryfe - Accept **Expedition Salvation** from Williden Marshal - Accept **Alien Ecology** from Hol'anyee Marshal - Accept **Roll the Bones** from Spark Nilminer - Accept **Beware of Pterrordax** from Beware of Pterrordax — The wooden sign beside Spraggle - Accept **Lost!** from Spraggle Frock - Accept **Larion and Muigin** from Larion - Accept **Crystals of Power** from J.D. Collie — J.D. Collie, at the back of the cave ### 2. Out of the refuge Where: 44.2, 11.6 on the Un'Goro Crater map. - Accept **Shizzle's Flyer** from Shizzle — Shizzle, at the refuge entrance - Accept **Chasing A-Me 01** from Karna Remtravel — Karna Remtravel, just outside - From here on pick up every Power Crystal (blue, green, red, yellow) and every Un'Goro Soil pile you pass: 25 soil in all, 20 for Hamuul and 5 for Pestlezugg. ### 3. Lakkari Tar Pits Where: 45.7, 15.5 on the Un'Goro Crater map. The tar pits lie just south of the refuge. Tar Beasts, Lurkers and Creepers drop the Super Sticky Tar. - Collect **Super Sticky Tar** ×12 for Super Sticky ### 4. Western jungle Where: 39, 19.4 on the Un'Goro Crater map. Ride south-west along the western cliffs. Frenzied Pterrordax fly over the west side, and Bloodpetal Trappers grow in the same jungle. - Kill **Frenzied Pterrordax** ×15 for Beware of Pterrordax - Kill **Bloodpetal Trapper** ×5 for Larion and Muigin ### 5. Stegodons and ravasaurs Where: 32.9, 62.7 on the Un'Goro Crater map. South of the hot springs, Stegodons graze and Dinosaur Bones drop from them or lie on the ground; Diemetradons nearby carry the scales Shizzle wants. Ravasaurs hunt in packs in the south-west: their claws are for Jes'rimon, and now and then one carries a Mangled Journal (a rare drop: take its quest only if you get one). Avoid Gruff, a level 57 Stegodon. - Collect **Dinosaur Bone** ×8 for Roll the Bones - Collect **Webbed Diemetradon Scale** ×8 for Shizzle's Flyer - Collect **White Ravasaur Claw** ×8 for Bone-Bladed Weapons - Collect **A Mangled Journal** (optional) — A Mangled Journal, a rare drop - Accept **Williden's Journal** from A Mangled Journal (optional) — Use the Mangled Journal to start it ### 6. Research Equipment Where: 38.5, 66.1 on the Un'Goro Crater map. The expedition's lost equipment lies in the south-west jungle. - Collect **Research Equipment** for Expedition Salvation ### 7. The Gorishi hive Where: 45.5, 72.3 on the Un'Goro Crater map. The silithid hive fills the south of the crater. Gorishi wasps and workers drop the scent gland; use the Scraping Vial on the egg mass inside the first chamber. The Hive Queen at the bottom is an elite boss: stay out of her chamber. Pterrordax nest on the cliffs above the hive; their scales are for Shizzle. - Collect **Gorishi Scent Gland** for Bungle in the Jungle - Collect **Hive Wall Sample** from **Gorishi Hive Hatchery** for Alien Ecology - Kill **Pterrordax** ×10 for Beware of Pterrordax - Collect **Webbed Pterrordax Scale** ×8 for Shizzle's Flyer ### 8. A Wrecked Raft Where: 63, 68.6 on the Un'Goro Crater map. The raft lies on the shore of the south-eastern lake; the small pack sits in the water beside it. - Accept **It's a Secret to Everybody** from A Wrecked Raft - Turn in **It's a Secret to Everybody** at A Small Pack - Accept **It's a Secret to Everybody** from A Small Pack - Collect **Large Compass** for It's a Secret to Everybody - Collect **Curled Map Parchment** for It's a Secret to Everybody - Collect **Lion-headed Key** for It's a Secret to Everybody ### 9. Torwa Pathfinder Where: 71.6, 76 on the Un'Goro Crater map. Torwa camps in the south-east corner of the crater. - Accept **The Apes of Un'Goro** from Torwa Pathfinder - Accept **The Fare of Lar'korwi** from Torwa Pathfinder ### 10. Fresh Threshadon Carcass Where: 68.7, 56.7 on the Un'Goro Crater map. North of Torwa, a dead Threshadon lies by the water. - Collect **Piece of Threshadon Carcass** from **Fresh Threshadon Carcass** for The Fare of Lar'korwi ### 11. Torwa Pathfinder Where: 71.6, 76 on the Un'Goro Crater map. - Turn in **The Fare of Lar'korwi** at Torwa Pathfinder - Accept **The Scent of Lar'korwi** from Torwa Pathfinder ### 12. Lar'korwi Mates Where: 67, 73 on the Un'Goro Crater map. The Lar'korwi Mates prowl the jungle north-west of Torwa. - Kill **Lar'korwi Mate** for **Ravasaur Pheromone Gland** ×2 for The Scent of Lar'korwi ### 13. Torwa Pathfinder Where: 71.6, 76 on the Un'Goro Crater map. - Turn in **The Scent of Lar'korwi** at Torwa Pathfinder - Accept **The Bait for Lar'korwi** from Torwa Pathfinder - Keep the bait: Lar'korwi is level 56, and the second loop passes his lair. ### 14. Lashers and Threshers Where: 74.5, 44.1 on the Un'Goro Crater map. Ride north along the east side. Bloodpetal Lashers and Threshers fill the jungle. - Kill **Bloodpetal Lasher** ×5 for Larion and Muigin - Kill **Bloodpetal Thresher** ×5 for Larion and Muigin ### 15. Crate of Foodstuffs Where: 68.5, 36.5 on the Un'Goro Crater map. The expedition's crate sits at an abandoned camp in the eastern jungle. - Collect **Crate of Foodstuffs** for Expedition Salvation ### 16. Gorillas Where: 69.1, 17.6 on the Un'Goro Crater map. The gorillas live on the north-east plateau. Stay out of the deepest cave: U'cha lives there. - Kill **Un'Goro Gorilla** for **Un'Goro Gorilla Pelt** ×2 for The Apes of Un'Goro - Kill **Un'Goro Stomper** for **Un'Goro Stomper Pelt** ×2 for The Apes of Un'Goro - Kill **Un'Goro Thunderer** for **Un'Goro Thunderer Pelt** ×2 for The Apes of Un'Goro - Turn in **Chasing A-Me 01** at A-Me 01 — A-Me 01, the robot on the plateau - A-Me 01 then wants a Mithril Casing, an Engineering item. Skip it unless you have one. ### 17. Bloodpetal Flayers Where: 60, 19.9 on the Un'Goro Crater map. Ride south-west to Fire Plume Ridge, the volcano in the middle of the crater. Bloodpetal Flayers grow around its foot. - Kill **Bloodpetal Flayer** ×5 for Larion and Muigin ### 18. Power Crystals and soil Where: 63.4, 23 on the Un'Goro Crater map. The crystal clusters stand all over the crater, many around Fire Plume Ridge. Take a few extra of each colour for the pylons. - Collect **Blue Power Crystal** ×7 for Crystals of Power - Collect **Green Power Crystal** ×7 for Crystals of Power - Collect **Red Power Crystal** ×7 for Crystals of Power - Collect **Yellow Power Crystal** ×7 for Crystals of Power - Collect **Un'Goro Soil** ×20 for Un'Goro Soil - Collect **Un'Goro Soil** ×5 for Bungle in the Jungle ### 19. Ringo Where: 51.9, 49.9 on the Un'Goro Crater map. Ringo sits on the ridge, lost and exhausted. - Turn in **Lost!** at Ringo - Accept **A Little Help From My Friends** from Ringo ### 20. Escort Ringo Lead Ringo north to Marshal's Refuge. When he faints, use Spraggle's Canteen on him to wake him. - Complete **A Little Help From My Friends** ### 21. Marshal's Refuge Where: 44.2, 11.6 on the Un'Goro Crater map. - Turn in **Shizzle's Flyer** at Shizzle — Shizzle, at the entrance - Turn in **A Little Help From My Friends** at Spraggle Frock - Turn in **Beware of Pterrordax** at Spraggle Frock - Turn in **Larion and Muigin** at Larion - Accept **Marvon's Workshop** from Larion - Turn in **It's a Secret to Everybody** at Linken - Accept **It's a Secret to Everybody** from Linken - Turn in **Expedition Salvation** at Williden Marshal - Turn in **Williden's Journal** at Williden Marshal (optional) - Turn in **Alien Ecology** at Hol'anyee Marshal - Turn in **Roll the Bones** at Spark Nilminer - Turn in **Crystals of Power** at J.D. Collie - Accept **The Northern Pylon** from J.D. Collie - Accept **The Eastern Pylon** from J.D. Collie - Accept **The Western Pylon** from J.D. Collie - Keep Larion's Marvon's Workshop and Linken's letter for later guides. ### 22. Northern Pylon Where: 56.5, 12.5 on the Un'Goro Crater map. The pylon stands on the slope east of the refuge. - Go to **Northern Crystal Pylon** Un'Goro Crater - Complete **The Northern Pylon** ### 23. Eastern Pylon Where: 77.2, 50 on the Un'Goro Crater map. Ride down the east side of the crater to the pylon on the eastern cliffs. - Go to **Eastern Crystal Pylon** Un'Goro Crater - Complete **The Eastern Pylon** ### 24. Lar'korwi Where: 79.7, 49.8 on the Un'Goro Crater map. Lar'korwi's lair is just south of the pylon. Use Torwa's bait there; Lar'korwi is level 56 and hits hard, so start at full health. - Kill **Lar'korwi** for **Lar'korwi's Head** for The Bait for Lar'korwi ### 25. Torwa Pathfinder Where: 71.6, 76 on the Un'Goro Crater map. - Turn in **The Apes of Un'Goro** at Torwa Pathfinder - Turn in **The Bait for Lar'korwi** at Torwa Pathfinder - Torwa now asks for U'cha's pelt, back in the north-east cave: skip it. ### 26. Western Pylon Where: 23.9, 59.2 on the Un'Goro Crater map. Cross the south of the crater to the pylon on the western cliffs. - Go to **Western Crystal Pylon** Un'Goro Crater - Complete **The Western Pylon** ### 27. Krakle Where: 30.9, 50.4 on the Un'Goro Crater map. Krakle the goblin sits at Golakka Hot Springs, just east of the pylon. - Accept **Finding the Source** from Krakle ### 28. Krakle's Thermometer Where: 49.7, 45.6 on the Un'Goro Crater map. Ride east to Fire Plume Ridge, climb it and use Krakle's Thermometer at the lava vent near the top, then ride back west to Krakle. - Complete **Finding the Source** ### 29. Krakle Where: 30.9, 50.4 on the Un'Goro Crater map. - Turn in **Finding the Source** at Krakle - Accept **The New Springs** from Krakle - Krakle sends you to Donova Snowden in Winterspring: keep it. ### 30. J.D. Collie Where: 41.9, 2.7 on the Un'Goro Crater map. Ride north back to Marshal's Refuge. - Turn in **The Northern Pylon** at J.D. Collie - Turn in **The Eastern Pylon** at J.D. Collie - Turn in **The Western Pylon** at J.D. Collie - Accept **Making Sense of It** from J.D. Collie - Turn in **Making Sense of It** at J.D. Collie ### 31. Lakkari Tar Pits Theodora's quest in Kargath needs level 52. The Tar Lurkers and Tar Lords just south of the refuge are the closest camp. - Reach level **52** — grind on Tar Lurkers at Lakkari Tar Pits, Un'Goro Crater ### 32. Gadgetzan - Hearth to **Gadgetzan** - Turn in **Super Sticky** at Tran'rek - Turn in **Bungle in the Jungle** at Alchemist Pestlezugg - Pestlezugg's next quest needs the Gorishi Hive Queen, an elite boss. Skip it. ### 33. Orgrimmar (Hunter, Shaman only) Fly to Orgrimmar and train before the Grom'gol zeppelin: the Undercity stop later in this guide has no Hunter or Shaman trainer. - Fly to **Orgrimmar** - Train at your trainer ### 34. Thunder Bluff (Druid only) Fly to Thunder Bluff and train with Turak Runetotem on Elder Rise, then fly to Orgrimmar for the Grom'gol zeppelin. - Fly to **Thunder Bluff** - Train at your trainer ### 35. Fly to Kargath Fly to Orgrimmar, take the zeppelin to Grom'gol and fly from there to Kargath, built into the cliffs on the Badlands' west edge. - Fly to **Kargath** - Accept **Dreadmaul Rock** from Thal'trak Proudtusk - Accept **The Rise of the Machines** from Hierophant Theodora Mulvadania ### 36. Into the Searing Gorge Take the pass out of Kargath's west side into the Searing Gorge, then ride south across the gorge to the long bridge into Blackrock Mountain. Inside, follow the chain walkways down and leave through the southern exit; stay off the paths to the dungeon portals. - Go to **Bridge into Blackrock Mountain** Searing Gorge ### 37. Flame Crest The mountain lets you out beside Blackrock Stronghold, full of 55–57 orcs. Follow the road east along the northern cliffs to the Horde camp at Flame Crest. - Get the flight path at **Flame Crest** from Vahgruk - Accept **Tablet of the Seven** from Maxwort Uberglint - Accept **Broodling Essence** from Tinkee Steamboil ### 38. Black Broodlings Black Broodlings nest in the hills just east of Flame Crest. Use Tinkee's Draco-Incarcinatrix 900 on a broodling when it is almost dead to capture its essence. - Collect **Broodling Essence** ×8 for Broodling Essence ### 39. Sha'ni Proudtusk Follow the cliffs south to Dreadmaul Rock, the Firegut ogres' hill. Sha'ni Proudtusk's remains lie at its foot. - Turn in **Dreadmaul Rock** at Sha'ni Proudtusk - Accept **Krom'Grul** from Sha'ni Proudtusk ### 40. Krom'Grul Krom'Grul walks the caves and mine tunnels of Dreadmaul Rock; if he isn't home, clear the ogres around the entrances until he comes back. - Kill **Krom'Grul** for **Sha'ni's Nose-Ring** for Krom'Grul ### 41. Thaurissan dig site Ride west to the dig site. War Reaver golems (53) stomp around it and drop the shards often; the Tablet of the Seven stands in its middle among the Thaurissan dwarves. Copy it. - Kill **Greater Obsidian Elemental** or **War Reaver** for **Fractured Elemental Shard** ×10 for The Rise of the Machines - Collect **Tablet Transcript** from **Tablet of the Seven** for Tablet of the Seven ### 42. Flame Crest Back north-east to Flame Crest. - Turn in **Tablet of the Seven** at Maxwort Uberglint - Turn in **Broodling Essence** at Tinkee Steamboil - Accept **Felnok Steelspring** from Tinkee Steamboil - Keep Tinkee's letter: Felnok Steelspring is in Everlook, Winterspring. ### 43. Kargath - Fly to **Kargath** - Turn in **Krom'Grul** at Thal'trak Proudtusk - Turn in **The Rise of the Machines** at Hierophant Theodora Mulvadania - Theodora's next errand goes to Lotwil east of town and then into Blackrock Depths: skip it. ### 44. Undercity - Fly to **Undercity** - Accept **A Call to Arms: The Plaguelands!** from Harbinger Balthazad — Harbinger Balthazad, the Trade Quarter, beside the bat master - Turn in **Delivery to Andron Gant** at Andron Gant — Andron Gant, the Rogues' Quarter - Accept **Andron's Payment to Jediga** from Andron Gant - Accept **Seeping Corruption** from Chemist Cuely — Chemist Cuely, the Apothecarium: the vials fill in Azshara later - Train at your trainer (Warrior, Paladin, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock only) ### 45. The Bulwark Leave the Undercity and ride east along the road through Tirisfal Glades to the Bulwark, the Forsaken fort on the border. - Turn in **A Call to Arms: The Plaguelands!** at High Executor Derrington - Accept **Scarlet Diversions** from High Executor Derrington - Accept **Argent Dawn Commission** from Argent Officer Garush - Turn in **Argent Dawn Commission** at Argent Officer Garush - Accept **Invader's Scourgestones** from Argent Officer Garush (optional) - Accept **Minion's Scourgestones** from Argent Officer Garush (optional) - Accept **A Plague Upon Thee** from Mickey Levine - Take a Box of Incendiaries from the crate next to Derrington for Scarlet Diversions, done on the way back. Equip the Argent Dawn Commission: Scourgestones only drop while you wear it. ### 46. Augustus the Touched Follow the road east through the Western Plaguelands and across the river into the Eastern Plaguelands; leave it north for Terrordale, the ruined town in the north-west. Augustus sits in a hut at its edge. - Accept **Augustus' Receipt Book** from Augustus the Touched ### 47. Augustus' Receipt Book The book lies in the ruined inn of Terrordale. - Collect **Augustus' Receipt Book** for Augustus' Receipt Book ### 48. Augustus the Touched - Turn in **Augustus' Receipt Book** at Augustus the Touched ### 49. Termite mounds The Large Termite Mounds stand all over the hills east of Terrordale. Use the Empty Termite Jar on each mound you pass. - Collect **Plagueland Termites** from **Large Termite Mound** ×100 for A Plague Upon Thee ### 50. Light's Hope Chapel Ride south back to the road and follow it east across the whole zone to Light's Hope Chapel. - Get the flight path at **Light's Hope Chapel** from Georgia - Set your home to **Light's Hope Chapel** at Jessica Chambers - Accept **Defenders of Darrowshire** from Carlin Redpath - Accept **Zaeldarr the Outcast** from Caretaker Alen - Accept **Invader's Scourgestones** from Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff (optional) - Accept **Minion's Scourgestones** from Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff (optional) ### 51. Darrowshire Spirits With Carlin's quest in your log, slain Scourge sometimes leave a Darrowshire Spirit; talk to it to free it. Kill undead on the ride south-west to Darrowshire. - Free Darrowshire Spirits: talk to them ×15 for Defenders of Darrowshire - Collect **Minion's Scourgestone** ×20 for Minion's Scourgestones (optional) - Collect **Invader's Scourgestone** ×10 for Invader's Scourgestones (optional) ### 52. Pamela Redpath Pamela's ghost stands in the ruins of Darrowshire, in the south-west. - Accept **Pamela's Doll** from Pamela Redpath ### 53. Pamela's Doll The doll's head and its two sides lie in the houses around Pamela; join them from your bags. - Collect **Pamela's Doll's Head** - Collect **Pamela's Doll's Left Side** - Collect **Pamela's Doll's Right Side** - Collect **Pamela's Doll** for Pamela's Doll ### 54. Pamela Redpath - Turn in **Pamela's Doll** at Pamela Redpath - Accept **Auntie Marlene** from Pamela Redpath - Accept **Uncle Carlin** from Pamela Redpath - Keep Auntie Marlene: Marlene lives at Sorrow Hill in the Western Plaguelands. ### 55. Zaeldarr the Outcast Zaeldarr lurks just west of Darrowshire. - Kill **Zaeldarr the Outcast** for **Zaeldarr's Head** for Zaeldarr the Outcast ### 56. Back to Light's Hope Chapel - Hearth to **Light's Hope Chapel** - Turn in **Zaeldarr the Outcast** at Caretaker Alen - Turn in **Uncle Carlin** at Carlin Redpath - Turn in **Defenders of Darrowshire** at Carlin Redpath - Turn in **Invader's Scourgestones** at Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff (optional) - Turn in **Minion's Scourgestones** at Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff (optional) - The next guide starts here, at the chapel's flight master. --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt