# The Barrens (levels 12) > A Polestar leveling guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 12: 18 steps and 12 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/troll/02-the-barrens 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 1–30 > The Barrens - Levels: 12 - For: Horde, Troll - Zones: The Barrens, Durotar - 18 steps, 12 quests - Flight paths: Ratchet - Comes after: [Durotar](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/troll/01-durotar.md) (levels 1–12) - Next: [The Barrens](https://polestar.guide/guides/horde/02-the-barrens.md) (levels 12–16) - Last changed 2026-11-02, in Polestar 0.3.0 ## 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; a step marked with a condition applies only while it holds. ### 1. The Barrens Where: 52.2, 31 on the The Barrens map. - Go to **The Barrens** The Barrens ### 2. The Crossroads Where: 52.2, 31 on the The Barrens map. Thork and Darsok on the tower platform. Helbrim and Gazrog by the north gate. The Crossroads is your base for this guide. Everyone you need stands within a few steps of the inn. - Accept **Plainstrider Menace** from Sergra Darkthorn - Accept **Raptor Thieves** from Gazrog - Accept **Wharfmaster Dizzywig** from Apothecary Helbrim - Accept **Fungal Spores** from Apothecary Helbrim - Accept **Supplies for the Crossroads** from Thork - Accept **Disrupt the Attacks** from Thork - Accept **Harpy Raiders** from Darsok Swiftdagger — Darsok Swiftdagger: the harpies come later, in the Dry Hills ### 3. On the way (On the way) Where: 54, 26.1 on the The Barrens map. - Kill **Razormane Water Seeker** ×8 for Disrupt the Attacks - Kill **Razormane Thornweaver** ×8 for Disrupt the Attacks - Kill **Razormane Hunter** ×3 for Disrupt the Attacks ### 4. Thun'grim Firegaze (Warrior only) Where: 57.2, 30.3 on the The Barrens map. Thun'grim camps beside the road east toward Ratchet. - Turn in **Thun'grim Firegaze** at Thun'grim Firegaze - Accept **Forged Steel** from Thun'grim Firegaze ### 5. Step 5 (Orc, Troll, Shaman only · while Call of Fire is in your quest log) Where: 56, 19.9 on the The Barrens map. - Turn in **Call of Fire** at Kranal Fiss ### 6. Step 6 (Orc, Troll, Shaman only · while Call of Fire is in your quest log) Where: 56, 19.9 on the The Barrens map. - Turn in **Call of Fire** at Kranal Fiss ### 7. Step 7 (Orc, Troll, Shaman only · while Call of Fire is in your quest log) Where: 56, 19.9 on the The Barrens map. - Turn in **Call of Fire** at Kranal Fiss ### 8. Kranal Fiss (Shaman only) Where: 56, 19.9 on the The Barrens map. - Accept **Call of Fire** from Kranal Fiss ### 9. Telf Joolam (Shaman only) Where: 65.4, 27.9 on the The Barrens map. - Turn in **Call of Fire** at Telf Joolam - Accept **Call of Fire** from Telf Joolam ### 10. Drygulch Ravine Where: 72.6, 11.1 on the The Barrens map. - Kill **Burning Blade Cultist** for **Reagent Pouch** for Call of Fire (Shaman only) ### 11. Razormane camp (Warrior, Shaman only) Where: 55.1, 26.6 on the The Barrens map. Water Seekers, Thornweavers and Hunters hold the camp east of the Crossroads. The supply crates sit at its eastern end. Warriors: the Stolen Iron Chest stands in the camp. Shamans: the quilboar drop the Fire Tar. Kill Savannah Prowlers you pass for their claws. Careful: The chest stands next to a broken wagon, guarded by a pair of Razormanes, including hunters that can pull more quilboar into the fight. - Collect **Forged Steel Bars** from **Stolen Iron Chest** for Forged Steel (Warrior only) - Kill **Razormane Water Seeker** or **Razormane Thornweaver** for **Fire Tar** for Call of Fire (Shaman only) ### 12. Durotar (Shaman only) Where: 65.3, 27.9 on the The Barrens map. - Go to **Durotar** Durotar ### 13. Telf Joolam (Shaman only) Where: 65.4, 27.9 on the The Barrens map. Back east over the bridge and up the trail to Telf's shrine, as at 10. Telf makes Fire Sapta from the tar and pouch. Use it by the brazier next to him to reveal the Minor Manifestation of Fire, kill it for the Glowing Ember, then place the ember in the brazier. - Turn in **Call of Fire** at Telf Joolam - Accept **Call of Fire** from Telf Joolam - Kill **Minor Manifestation of Fire** for **Glowing Ember** for Call of Fire - Turn in **Call of Fire** at Brazier of the Dormant Flame - Accept **Call of Fire** from Brazier of the Dormant Flame ### 14. Kranal Fiss (Shaman only) Where: 56, 19.9 on the The Barrens map. - Turn in **Call of Fire** at Kranal Fiss — Kranal Fiss: Searing Totem, your Fire Totem and the Totem of Charged Flames ### 15. Thun'grim Firegaze (Warrior only) Where: 57.2, 30.3 on the The Barrens map. - Turn in **Forged Steel** at Thun'grim Firegaze ### 16. The Barrens Where: 63.1, 37.1 on the The Barrens map. - Go to **The Barrens** The Barrens ### 17. Ratchet Where: 63.1, 37.2 on the The Barrens map. Follow the road south-east to Ratchet on the coast. - Get the flight path at **Ratchet** from Bragok ### 18. The Barrens Where: 51.6, 30.9 on the The Barrens map. - Go to **The Barrens** The Barrens --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt