# Nightclaw Druids Reputation (levels 10–18) > Zephras Isle's hidden druids: five cultist ears pay 1000 reputation, best done before you outlevel the isle. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/reputation/nightclaw-druids 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: Reputation; in game: Reputation > Reputation · World > Nightclaw Druids Reputation - Levels: 10–18 - For: Both factions - Zones: Alterac Mountains, Mulgore, Zephras Isle - 16 steps, 10 quests - Reward: Nightclaw Mantle, Shadowgale Squirrel, 48 Blacksmithing, Leatherworking and Tailoring patterns - Last changed 2026-10-30, 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. Skyboat from Dalaran (Alliance only · outside Zephras Isle) Zephras Isle is the Skyborne starting island, open to everyone. A skyboat leaves the north side of Dalaran about every five minutes; another flies from north of Thunder Bluff, and either faction may take either. - Go to **Skyboat to Zephras Isle** Alterac Mountains ### 2. Skyboat from Thunder Bluff (Horde only · outside Zephras Isle) Zephras Isle is the Skyborne starting island, open to everyone. A skyboat leaves the cliffs south of Skywatcher Plateau, north of Thunder Bluff, about every five minutes; another flies from Dalaran, and either faction may take either. - Go to **Skyboat to Zephras Isle** Mulgore ### 3. Lotheluum Starbreeze Where: 64, 75.1 on the Zephras Isle map. Lotheluum stands in Valanaar, the Skyborne town in the south of the isle, and has heard nothing from the druids up north. His errand is the start of the Nightclaw storyline (level 8 and up, any race). Every quest of it pays Nightclaw reputation: 4100 in all, enough for Friendly. Come early: in Classic a quest pays less once you are 6 levels above it, a fifth at most from 9 levels up, and these are level 11 to 13 quests. - Accept **Unnerving Silence** from Lotheluum Starbreeze ### 4. Elegael Thornpaw Where: 61.8, 39.1 on the Zephras Isle map. Head north into the Shadowgale Forest. Elegael Thornpaw holds the druids' camp in its north-east. - Turn in **Unnerving Silence** at Elegael Thornpaw - Accept **Tears of the Lady** from Elegael Thornpaw - Accept **Feathers for Binding** from Elegael Thornpaw - Accept **Unwanted and Unworthy** from Elegael Thornpaw ### 5. Vayn Moongaze Where: 63.8, 36 on the Zephras Isle map. Vayn Moongaze, the druids' quartermaster, waits inside their den: the cave just across the clearing north-east of Elegael (Nightclaw Cavern on the map; Elegael calls it the Nightfang Den). Take his ear quest now: the cultists you fight for Elegael drop ears for it. - Accept **Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears** from Vayn Moongaze ### 6. Shadowgale Forest Where: 63.7, 36.1 on the Zephras Isle map. The Al'Aketh Footsoldiers and Stormchasers camp just north of Elegael and drop the Bloody Heirlooms (and ears, about one kill in four). The Shadowgale Shrieklings flying west of her drop the feathers; the Lady's Tear Moss grows on the trees along the stream west of her. - Collect **Bloody Heirloom** for Unwanted and Unworthy - Kill **Shadowgale Shriekling** for **Pristine Shriekling Feather** ×20 for Feathers for Binding - Collect **Lady's Tear Moss** ×8 for Tears of the Lady - Collect **Al'Alketh Cultist's Ear** for Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears (optional) — ears for Vayn: keep every one ### 7. Elegael's next tasks Where: 61.8, 39.1 on the Zephras Isle map. - Turn in **Tears of the Lady** at Elegael Thornpaw — 500 reputation - Turn in **Feathers for Binding** at Elegael Thornpaw — 500 reputation - Turn in **Unwanted and Unworthy** at Elegael Thornpaw — 500 reputation - Accept **The Ties That Bind** from Elegael Thornpaw - Accept **The Wounds of Betrayal** from Elegael Thornpaw ### 8. The Nightfang Den and Commander Haalien Where: 65, 35 on the Zephras Isle map. The Nightfang Den is the cave north across the clearing from Elegael. Heal the seven injured druids inside (Naaleos Leafwhisper among them) and find Jorel Windsinger. Commander Haalien stands east of the den: he drops his head and a Ripped Missive; right-click the missive to start its quest. - Kill **Naaleos Leafwhisper** for The Wounds of Betrayal - Kill **Jorel Windsinger** for The Wounds of Betrayal - Kill **Commander Haalien** for **Commander Haalien's Severed Head** for The Ties That Bind - Accept **Ripped Missive** from Ripped Missive — from Commander Haalien ### 9. Elegael, the den's fate Where: 61.8, 39.1 on the Zephras Isle map. - Turn in **The Ties That Bind** at Elegael Thornpaw — 1000 reputation - Turn in **The Wounds of Betrayal** at Elegael Thornpaw — 500 reputation - Turn in **Ripped Missive** at Elegael Thornpaw — 500 reputation - Accept **The Fate of the Den** from Elegael Thornpaw ### 10. Ears at the Shrine of Akir Where: 61.6, 38.9 on the Zephras Isle map. The best ears are south of the forest at the Shrine of Akir: Skypriests drop one in more than half their kills, Guardians in four of ten, Spiritcallers and Honor Guards in a third. The Gustberry Lowlands just north-west of Valanaar are next best (Brawlers and Pillagers, about four in ten). All cultists are level 8 to 10. - Collect **Al'Alketh Cultist's Ear** for Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears ### 11. Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears Where: 63.8, 36 on the Zephras Isle map. Back to Vayn inside the den. Ten ears for 1000 reputation and a green piece: leather gloves, cloth pants or mail boots. Vayn then takes ears five at a time, for 1000 each, as often as you like, up to level 18; in Classic the pay drops from level 19 and is 200 from level 22. The Legacy perk Diplomat adds up to 10% to every gain. - Turn in **Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears** at Vayn Moongaze — 1000 reputation - Accept **More Al'Aketh Ears** from Vayn Moongaze ### 12. Back to Valanaar Where: 64, 75.1 on the Zephras Isle map. Lotheluum waits in Valanaar. Hand in on your way to a skyboat or to the Gustberry Lowlands. - Turn in **The Fate of the Den** at Lotheluum Starbreeze — 500 reputation ### 13. Friendly to Honored Where: 65.5, 70.8 on the Zephras Isle map. The storyline and Vayn's first quest leave you at Friendly with 2100 to spare. Honored is 3900 more: four turn-ins of five ears up to level 18, twenty from level 22. Friendly opens 32 of Vayn's patterns, in two colours, Cloudy and Azure: Blacksmithing Skyforged Wristguards and Chain (skill 50, 9s 50c), Gauntlets and Greaves (55, 11s); Leatherworking Gustwoven and Windraveled bracers and belts (50) and gloves and boots (55); Tailoring Stormsewn Cuffs and Cord (50), Handwraps and Shoes (55). They bind when you buy them, so buy them on the crafter. - Reach Honored with **Nightclaw Druids** - Collect **Al'Alketh Cultist's Ear** ×5 (optional) — five ears per turn-in - Turn in **More Al'Aketh Ears** at Vayn Moongaze (optional) — More Al'Aketh Ears: 1000 reputation - Accept **More Al'Aketh Ears** from Vayn Moongaze (optional) - Sell and repair at **Vayn Moongaze** (optional) — Vayn's patterns ### 14. Honored to Revered Where: 63.7, 36.1 on the Zephras Isle map. Honored opens the chest and leg patterns (skill 60, 12s 50c): Skyforged chainmail and legguards, Gustwoven harness and trousers, Windraveled jerkin and pants, Stormsewn vest and leggings. Revered is 12000 more: 12 turn-ins (60 ears, about 160 cultist kills at the Shrine) up to level 18, 60 turn-ins (300 ears) from level 22. - Reach Revered with **Nightclaw Druids** - Collect **Al'Alketh Cultist's Ear** ×5 (optional) — five ears per turn-in - Turn in **More Al'Aketh Ears** at Vayn Moongaze (optional) — More Al'Aketh Ears: 1000 reputation - Accept **More Al'Aketh Ears** from Vayn Moongaze (optional) - Sell and repair at **Vayn Moongaze** (optional) — Vayn's patterns ### 15. Revered to Exalted Where: 63.7, 36.1 on the Zephras Isle map. Revered opens the Shadowgale Squirrel, a companion pet, for 50s. Exalted is 21000 more: 21 turn-ins (105 ears, about 280 kills) up to level 18, 105 turn-ins (525 ears) from level 22. - Reach Exalted with **Nightclaw Druids** - Collect **Al'Alketh Cultist's Ear** ×5 (optional) — five ears per turn-in - Turn in **More Al'Aketh Ears** at Vayn Moongaze (optional) — More Al'Aketh Ears: 1000 reputation - Accept **More Al'Aketh Ears** from Vayn Moongaze (optional) - Buy **Shadowgale Squirrel** from Vayn Moongaze (optional) — Shadowgale Squirrel, 50s ### 16. The Nightclaw Mantle Where: 63.8, 36 on the Zephras Isle map. Exalted opens the Nightclaw Mantle, green cloth shoulders for level 15, for 8s 16c. - Buy **Nightclaw Mantle** from Vayn Moongaze --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt