Deathknell!
Started at level 1
Finished at level 6
Ok, now you’re up and running it’s time to get on with the leveling. As an undead you start in a crypt (har har) so head up to the surface. You will get a quest as soon as you get upstairs; Rude Awakening. This directs you to you’re ‘starting area’ and Shadow Priest Sarvis can be found inside the first building on your left.
As I was impatient and I wanted my Imp straight away, I did that quest first.
[3] Piercing the Veil
Objectives : Bring Venya Marthand 3 Rattlecage Skulls.
The Rattlecage skeletons are just down the path after you go through the town. You can find level 2 ones around, but with a few Shadowbolts and some swift daggering, I had no real issues taking level 3′s. I got my 3 skulls out of 4 mobs…
Now I had my Imp, I hit the real quests. I did the following two at the same time as both the Zombies and the Bats and Wolves are in the same area.. sort of.
[2] The Mindless Ones
Objectives : Kill 8 Mindless Zombies and 8 Wretched Zombies.
Rewards : 6 Armor Cloth Gloves or 5 Armor Cloak.
[2] The Damned
Objectives : Collect 6 Scavenger Paws and 6 Duskbat Wings.
Rewards : 4 Armor Cloth Bracer or some old leather belt.
Once I had done those two, I returned to hand them in. It should be noted that you can’t pick up ‘The Damned’ until you are level 2, but if you did the Imp quest first like me, the killing plus hand in dings you. At level 2 you also get Immolate, and I found pulling with that as well as sending my Imp in at the same time was more than enough fire power. A couple of dagger swings and they never lasted long, a great way to keep almost constant full mana for killing non stop.
[3] Rattling the Rattlecages
Objectives : Kill 12 Rattlecage Skeletons
Rewards : 7 Armor Cloth Boots, Leather Chest or Mail Pants.
I collected the above quest when handing in the other two. These are the same Rattlecage Skeletons you killed for your Imp quest. Killing those actually dinged me level 4 so I went back to train. While I was training I picked up Scavenging Deathknell, which, given it’s a simple collect quest, I did that before heading back out. The items you need look like stacks of boxes and I found mine in the area just to the right at the end of the town. They are in the houses, outside etc, and as all the mobs are non-aggro, you should have no problem collecting them.
[4] Night Web’s Hollow
Objectives : Kill 10 Young Night Web Spiders and 8 Night Web Spiders.
Rewards : 10 Armor Cloth Chest item, Mail chest, leather legs.
[5] Marla’s Last Remains
Objectives : Bring Samuel Fipps’ Remains to Marla’s Grave, then return to Novice Elreth.
Rewards : XP!
The spiders you need are in a cave up on the left part of the newbie area. If you are heading out of town, turn left after the grave and follow it up. The Young Night Web Spiders are non-aggro and all around the outside, but the larger Night Web’s are inside the cave and are aggro to you. Once you have killed those, take a wide left birth on your way back past the last camp area before the gateway to the rest of Tirisfal Glades. There’s a set up there with some dead guys and that’s where you will find Samuel Fipps. He’s non aggro to start with and easy to kill, once he’s dead grab his remains and place them in the fresh grave in the town. The grave area is beside the building with your trainer in it and is easy to spot by the mounding dirt.
[4] The Scarlet Crusade
Objectives : Collect 12 Scarlet Armbands from Scarlet Converts and Scarlet Initiates.
Rewards : Your choice of weapons… I took the dagger.
[5] The Red Messenger
Objectives : Kill Meven Korgal and return any information you find
Rewards : A staff or shield, neither of which you can use at this stage.
The Scarlets are on the opposite side of the newbie area to the spiders, head right if you are facing out of the town. They are up in the top right corner and are easy to kill. The drop rate is pretty good so once you have you’re 12 head back to grab the second stage, The Red Messenger. Meven is back where you just where, at the single tent away to the side. I single pulled him no problem.
Once you hand that in you get a quest to deliver a letter to Brill and that’s it, you are done with the newbie area! Woo hoo! I was only 4 bubbles from level 6 when I completed these quests so I went and killed a few more Scarlet Crusaders for good measure and to ding. When you are ready though, start making your way to Brill, not missing the quest from the guy at the gateway, and the one at the first T intersection you come too. If you stick to your right at both intersections and continue following the path, you eventually hit Brill. Be on the look out for a big green gooey dude on the way too as he has a quest as well, he does wander though.
Brill!
Started at level 6
Finished at level 13
Ok so you’ve just finished the newbie area and are starting to feel tough, you are ready to take on the world… well, Brill! Located almost in the center of Tirisfal Glades, the Brill locals will have you running all over the zone and doing some wonderfully undead things like poisoning a prisoner, stealing pumpkins and gathering blood, aren’t you excited!
The first thing I recommend you doing when you land in Brill is brinding yourself. Not only do you not want to gate back to your starting crypt by mistake, but as I loath long runs unmounted, I use it a lot to simply return for hand ins. Once you have bound yourself, run around collecting all the quests, including the ones I had gathered on the way, I had 7.
[5] Gordo’s Task
Objectives : Collect 3 Gloom Weed
Rewards : XP!
The Gloom Weed is basically all over the zone. If you have chosen Herbalism as one of your professions then they will show up on your mini map for you, and even if you don’t plan on doing Herbalism, you could always train in it (at the hut in Brill) to make this quest easier and then drop it afterwards. (To drop a profession, press K, select the profession you no longer want and click the circle with the line through it)
Alternatively you can run around the zone keeping your eyes open. The best places is at the Cold Hearth Manor, Solliden Farmstead, or the area just after you exit the newbie area. To hand it in, you need to find Junior Apothecary Holland who actually wanders around the Brill Graveyard.
[6] A New Plague
Objectives : Collect 5 Vials of Darkhound Blood
Rewards : 3 x Weak Troll’s Blood Potion (Regenerate 2 health every 5 sec for 60 minutes.)
I killed Darkhounds as I was running around doing the other quests, they are all over the place. Drop rate was average for me, but if you find you get back to Brill and still haven’t collected all 5, the area between Brill and the Zepplin tower has lots of Darkhounds.
[6] A Putrid Task
Objectives : Collect 7 Putrid Claws
Rewards : XP!
[7] Feild’s of Grief
Objectives : Steal 10 pumpkins
Rewards : XP!
[8] At War With The Scarlet Crusade
Objectives : Kill 10 Scarlet Warriors
Rewards : XP!
Heading back towards the starting area along the path I stopped off at Cold Hearth Manor and killed some Rotting Dead and Ravaged Corpses to get my Putrid Claws. I managed to collect my three Gloom Weed at this farm as well.
Killing any Darkhounds I passed, I made my way to Solliden Farmstead where you will find some Farmers growing pumpkins, the very pumpkins you need. The path that runs beside Solliden Farmstead also has the Scarlet Warriors walking along it, as well as a few more at the back of the farm. Just running from Brill to the Farmstead, I managed to complete the five quests listed above… time to hearth back!
When you hand in the Pumpkins to Apothecary Johaan, you are given a laced pumpkin in return, which you then feed to the hungry and stupid Captured Scarlet Zealot in the basement of Gallow’s End Tavern, aka the Inn. Hand in the other quests you have completed and pick up the second stage if they have them. You should also collect two quests from Coleman Farthing in the Inn which you won’t need to worry about for a bit, another from Gretchen upstairs, and finally Deathguard Burgess outside the Town Hall. You should now have 10 quests, time to get back out there!
[6] Doom Weed
Objectives : Collect 10 Doom Weed
Rewards : XP!
[7] Proof of Demise
Objectives : Collect 10 Scarlet Insignia Rings
Rewards : Netted Gloves – 9 Armor
[8] The Mills Overun
Objectives : Gather 5 Notched Ribs and 3 Blackened Skulls
Rewards : Sturdy Cloth Trousers – 13 Armor
[8] Chill of Death
Objectives : Collect Duskbat Pelts and some Coarse Thread.
Rewards : Adept’s Cloak – 7 Armor
You can purchase the coarse thread for 10 copper in Brill at a vendor cart next to Town Hall.
[8] Graverobbers
Objectives : Kill Rot Hide Graverobbers and Rot Hide Mongrels, and collect 8 Embalming Ichors
Rewards : XP and your choice of selling loot, no cloth items.
[9] A New Plague
Objectives : Collect 5 Vile Fin Scales
Rewards : Slumber Sand ( Use: Puts the enemy target to sleep for up to 20 seconds.)
Heading out of Brill, I cut across the graveyard to the unmarked road on the other side. Here you will find the Rot Hide Graverobbers and Mongrels along with Gnolls that you don’t really need. If you still have Herbalism your mini map will almost crash from the thousands of little yellow dots that will appear when you this area… Doom Weed is everywhere!
If you cross over the path you will come across Garren’s Haunt, and this is where I found a really high population of Mongrel’s, but if all you see is Gnolls, fear not, as killing those seems to switch the population around in your favour. Luckily the Embalming Ichors drop off all Rot Hide, so killing the Gnolls isn’t a problem as it will help you collect those. The Graverobbers will also Curse you with Curse of Thule which drops your Spirit by 2 for 4 minutes, not really a huge deal.
While killing those I dinged level 8 so headed back to train (Blood Pact!!) so I handed in Doom Weed (in the graveyard) and Graverobbers. You can pick up a couple of more quests now available to you, but don’t stress as they are a bit high for now.
Once I was ready, I headed back out of Brill, down the path that leads back to the newbie area and onto Solliden Farmstead. If you head up the path that runs up the side of the farm, about half way down you will see that you can access the beach, and this is where I killed Murlocs for the fins. There’s another spot up behind the tower at the end of the path if this is taken, but as they are nicely spaced out here, this is where I try first. A little note with the Oracles, it’s easier to just Shadowbolt them as they can hurt when nuking back… if you run low on mana, lifetap and then cannabalies your health back up, aah it’s good to be undead.
Once I had collected my fins I headed back up to the path and continued killing the Scarlet Warriors as they drop the rings you need. After getting all 10 I made my way to Agamand Mills, which if you run back down the path towards Brill, stick to the left. Rattlecage and Cracked Skull Soldiers will drop your Notched Ribs and the Darkeye Bonecasters will drop Blackened Skulls. The skeletons are easy as they are just melee, but the Bonecasters nuke from a distance so I just traded Shadowbolts for their Frostbolts. :-p
Be careful of the named guy walking around there, not hard but can take you by surprise. If you are lucky, A Letter to Yvette might drop from the mobs here, this begins a quest. For simply delivering the letter back to town, this is easy XP. Yvette Farthing can be found in the Inn. Once I had collected my Skulls and Ribs I heathed back to Brill.
I ran around handing in all my quests and collected what ever else was available to me, including the one ushering me to Silverpine which I ignored for now. I also ran to see Deathguard Linnea who can be found at some tents beside the road not far from Brill. Linnea sends you back to Brill along with giving you a quest of her own, and at this stage I noticed I was only two bubbles from dinging level 10.
After returning to Brill I made my way to The Undercity, killing anything I came across to ding me. Making my way to The Magic Quarter, I trained up and collected my Voidwalker Quest, which I promptly went and completed.
[9] At War With The Scarlet Crusade
Objectives : Kill 3 Scarlet Zealots and 3 Scarlet Missionaries and Captain Perrine.
Rewards : XP!
[10] Creature of the Void / The Binding
Objectives : Recover Egalin’s Grimoire / kill the Summoned Voidwalker. Quest guide.
Rewards : Your Voidwalker, yay!
Both of the quests listed above are in the exact same area, and in fact the mobs you are clearing to enter to tower and claim the Grimoire, are Zealot’s and Missionaries. Inside the tower you will find Captain Perrine and 1 Zealot protecting him, both of them guarding the box you need to loot for the Grimoire.
Doing this solo with the Imp isn’t as hard as it would first appear. I concentrated on the Captain to start with, placing Corruption, Immolate and Curse of Agony on him. Once those were on, I left my Imp blasting away while I put the same on the Zealot. You take a few hits, but with only the armor I had recieved from questing, I only got to about half health, my Imp the same. Once they are dead, run in and loot the chest. If you are having trouble with your Missionary count, check behind the tower, I found lots there.
Once you have completed both quests, return to The Undercity and finish off the Voidwalker quest, then hand in the other one in Brill. Once I handed in ‘At War with the Scarlet Crusade’ and picked up the next step, this is where I started to notice that the quests aren’t as close together as before, but you can still group them sort of. To start with I did:
[10] Wanted: Maggot Eye
Objectives : Kill Maggot Eye and loot his paw.
Rewards : XP and your choice of selling loot, no cloth items.
You obtain this one from the Wanted poster outside the Town Hall in Brill.
[10] The Haunted Hills
Objectives : Kill Devlin Agamand and loot his remains.
Rewards : XP!
[11] Death’s in the family
Objectives : Collect Gregor, Nissa and Thurman’s Remains
Rewards : XP!
For Maggot eye, cut back across the graveyard at Brill to Garren’s Haunt. At the very far North of this area there is a small hut, and inside it you will find Maggot Eye. He’s level 10 and casts Curse of Thule, but isn’t that hard. I cleared the area but still ended up getting him with one other, as I had my Voidwalker now though it wasn’t that hard.
After there I cut across to Agamand Hills to complete the other two. You will most likely come across Devlin first as he wanders the area just before the main part. If you are running up the path towards the mills, you will see a small patch with mobs on your right, has I think, three towers. Directly opposite from that is where Devlin wanders. After I killed him, I started on the last one, Deaths in the Family.
Nissa Agamand is found at the first building as you approach the main area, looks the same as say the Brill Inn. She wanders up and down the stairs and stops at the front door for a bit. I waited till she went back in and cleared the mobs outside the door, plus the one inside on the bottom floor at the back. Then I just waited for Nissa to come back downstairs.
Thurman Agamand wanders along the west side. I found him almost on the path that runs across the bottom, but he does wander so kill around. If you kill your way North it works well as that is where you will find Gregor, the final one you need. He is very north, almost at the cliff edge. All are around level 10, not hard and can be single pulled. Once i had completed that quest, I hearthed back to Brill.
[8] The Lich’s Identity
Objectives : Collect and return the Lich’s Spellbook
Rewards : XP
This is the quest I got when I was getting my Voidwalker etc, and when I dinged level 11 from the above quests, it went green. I decided now was a good a time as any to get it out the way before, the worst part about it is all the running around.
The first step requires you to look some books on a table on the island in the middle of Brightwater Lake, and simply return to The Undercity. You are then sent back to the same island to return the book. When you return Gunther will inform you that you need to ‘prove’ yourself, so grab a candle from the box at Gunther’s feat and head to the small island just next to the main one.
There will usually be two mobs there you kill to get to Lillith’s Dinner Table which is where you need to place the candle. Placing the candle will spawn Lillith Nefara who is a level 12 ghost type mob. I solo’d no problem as she was pure melee, and once she is dead you heat back to Gunther who will send you back to The Undercity one last time. The Lillith part also jumps the quests back up to level 11 which is good…
[10] At War with the Scarlet Crusade
Objectives : Kill Captain Vachon and 5 Scarlet Friars
Rewards : XP!
[11] A New Plague
Objectives : Collect 4 Vicious Night Web Spider Venom’s
Rewards : Apprentice Sash – 12 Armor (waist)
[11] Rear Guard Patrol
Objectives : Kill 8 Bleeding Horrors and 8 Wandering Spirits
Rewards : XP!
Leaving The Undercity, I head to my right and followed the path up past Deathguard Linnea to where I needed to complete the quest I picked up from her earlier; Balnir Farmstead. If you follow the path, it will lead you directly too it, just take the little side path to access it the easier way.
Once I had killed all the Horrors and Spirits, I head up towards ‘Crusader Outpost’ to kill the Friars and the Captain. It’s important to clear slowly here as the Friar’s heal, and if you get too many pulled at once, it can take forever. The Captain came with one Friar for me…
Once you have killed those, if you head back out and turn right, you will enter Venomweb Vale, and that is where you find the spiders you need for the Venom. I got my 4 out of about 9 mobs. With those done I headed back to Brill (or can hearth if your stone is ready).
By now, you should only have two real quests left for Tirisfal, ignoring the delivery to Silverpine one which we will get to very shortly. Both of these final quests aren’t really near each other, so I went with the lower level one and did the Scarlet one first…
[12] At War with the Scarlet Crusade
Objectives : Assassinate Captain Melrache and his two bodyguards.
Rewards : 5 – 10 Dmg Dagger or an Axe.
You can see on the map the dotted path, this will lead you directly to Captain Melrache’s hideout. When you run up the path, you will reach a T intersection, take the left route. (Right leads you to Scarlet Monestary and lots of elite’s that like to play tag… with their teeth.)
After taking the left part, be on guard, pretty much as soon as you have the ‘Discovered : Scarlet Watch Post’ appear, if you are on the path you will be jumped by two mobs. To get a jump on them, stick to the grass on the left as you approach.
Captain Melrache was level 12, and his two bodyguards were both level 8. All three come at once, but if you clear the mobs both out the front and the ones what wander around the base of the tower, you can fear one of the guards, sometimes they just run in a circle inside which is even better. I had no problem taking down all three with the Voidwalker out.
[13] The Family Crypt
Objectives : Kill 8 Wailing and 8 Rotting Ancestors, retrieve Captain Dargol’s skull.
Rewards : 23 – 35 Dmg +3 Stamina Staff, or a two-handed mace.
This is probably the hardest quest in the area, mostly because you have to kill down into a Crypt (I really should have picked a better name :-p). I marked out on the map where the crypt is, but basically head to the back of Agamand Mills, you will see the Wailing and Rotting Ancestors outside, and if you stick to the left after crossing the bridge, you will see the crypt.
When you head down, the will be one mob down the first flight of stairs, and another at the end of the second. With the second one though, be prepared as there are other mobs in that same room, and you could pull multiples. After you head down the stairs, you want to stick to your left all the way. Basically in the entrances, down stairs turn left, down those stairs and turn left again. There you will see that there is another flight of stairs half way between the room you are standing in, and the room you can see opposite… that is where you will find Dargol.
Most pulls I had three come, but if you are quick you can get your DoT’s on all three and start wanding or wacking away to bring them down. (I had three points into Improved Corruption by this stage). If you pull a mob from Dargol’s room back up to the one you just cleared, you can usually pull them out before having to fight Dargol himself.
Another tactic is to ensure you have all your Ancestors before heading in, that way you can concentrate on Dargol and then run in and loot his head while your Voidwalker tanks the other mobs. The only real advise I can give you here is go slowly, and be wary if other groups / people are in there as they can and most likely will train you. I’m probably making it sound worse than it actually is heh.
Silverpine
Started at level 13
Finished at level 15
I was just into level 13 when I finished the last of Tirisfal Glades and made my way to Silverpine. This is where you can start to quest/level in multiple area’s to make the most of what’s on offer to you. To get to Silverpine Forest from Tirisfal Glades, face the entrace to The Undercity and take the path on your right. When you enter Silverpine, follow that path till you see the path leading to Sepulcher.
When I landed in Silverpine I handed in my delivery letter and grabbed the other quests available to me, don’t miss the two at the bottom of the Inn/Crypt there. Because I was level 13, a couple of them were green, but as they had only just gone green it didn’t really matter. To start with I did the running around quest;
[10] Supplying the Sepulcher
Objectives : Lots… see below
Rewards : XP!
To start with all you have to do is see Karos Razok, the bat handler you passed when you entered the Sepulcher. After you speak to him, purchase a bat flight to The Undercity, and when you land the person you need is just on your right. After you have seen him, return to the UC bat handler and buy a trip back to Sepulcher. When you land, hand in the final stage for a nice boost in xp!
Now that quest is out of the way, let’s get a few other’s done.
[10] Prove your worth
Objectives : Kill 5 Moonrage Whitescalps
Rewards : XP!
The Moonrage Whitescalps can be found pretty much all over the place. I left Sepulchar and found my five on the left and right side of the path. I got all 5 kill count while heading up towards the next quest.
[12] Lost Deathguards
Objectives : Find the Deathstalkers Quinn and Rane Yorick.
Rewards : XP!
If you head up the path back towards Tirisfal Glades, these guys will be found at The Ivar Patch, just off to your left. When you spee Rane, she will give you the next step;
[11] Wild Hearts
Objectives : Collect 6 discolored worg hearts
Rewards : XP!
The worg hearts drop from any Worg, and you will find plently around The Ivar Patch. If you kill your way North, you will come across Malden’s Orchid, and in there you will find Erland who wishes to be escorted back to Rane. Between killing my way up, and escorting Erland back, I got my 6 worg hearts.
[11] Aragul’s Folley
After you hand in Prove your worth, you get the next stage, to collect the Remedy of Arugal. You will find this at the top of the farmhouse (not the barn) at Valgan’s Feild, and it’s easy to solo your way up if you don’t rush it. The books are at the top in the back room lying on the floor. I did this and return as the next stage can be done at the same time as the following.
[11] Return to Quinn
Objectives : Take Quinn’s potion to Quinn Yorick
Rewards : XP!
Quinn can be found upstairs in the house Rane Yorick stands out the front of. When you head back downstairs, Rane will have another quest for you;
[12] Ivar the Foul
Objectives : Bring Ivar’s Head to Rane
Rewards : Quilted Bracers – 9 Armor.
Ivar can be found inside the barn at the same camp. Clear the outside mobs before heading in, and be prepared. When I cleared, there were three mobs (including Ivar) inside, although I did manage to get the first one single.
Quinn can be found upstairs.
[12] A Recipe for Death
Objectives : Collect 6 Grizzled Bear Hearts and 6 samples of Skittering Blood
Rewards : Senggin Root (Use: Restores 294 health and 294 mana over 21 seconds. Must remain seated while eating.)
After completing the above, I headed East along the base of the mountains there to The Skittering Dark which is where you will find the spiders you need. You shouldn’t have any trouble with bears as they are practically everywhere, and for me, the spiders had a really good drop rate (I only killed aobut 10 or so).
[14] Arugal’s Folly
Objectives : Collect 6 Glutton and 3 Darksoul Shackles
Rewards : XP!
After collecting my spider blood, I did a loop around to kill some Moonrage Gluttons and Darksouls. These are found wandering near the water there and back up towards the path, I marked out the loop I did. For both this quest and the above though, keep your eyes open for Son of Arugal! He is a 25 elite that will make very quick work of you, and he does a loop around the same area. It’s amazing how quickly you can give him a name change… Son of A…..
[14] The Dead Fields
Objectives : Collect an Essence of Nightlash
Rewards : Reconnaissance Boots – 17 Armor
As you are running between The Ivar Patch and The Skittering Dark, you will pass The Dead Fields. If you kill the Gnolls there, eventually Nightlash will spawn, kill her to loot the Essence.
[15] Arugal’s Folley
Objectives : Kill Grimson the Pale and loot his head
Rewards : XP!
Grimson the Pale can be found at the very back of Deep Elem Mine. There is a path leading up to the cave, and if you go slowly then you should have no problems at all.
[14] Border Crossings
Objectives : Retrieve the contents of one of the Dalaran wizards’ crates.
Rewards : XP!
For this one, I do actually recommend the Imp if you doing it solo as they are all casters and it’s easier to nuke them down. The camp is just off the side of the road, you can see the tents from the path. If you are facing the camp, go around the left side up to the back and kill down from there, much easier than trying to come in from the front. You are looking for a crate that will give you a loot icon, that will complete your quest.
[16] The Decrepit Ferry
Objectives : Find the boat
Rewards : XP!
On my way back to Sepulcher from the above camp, I swung past the Ferry to do this quest. You are looking for a boat on the water’s edge just next to the docks. Loot the box to complete and get the next step, then head to Sepulcher for hand ins.
After I handed in those quests, I flew to The Undercity to train and hand in the couple of quests I had for there (Apothecarium btw). Now that you have done the start of the Silverpine quests, you should have a couple of elite and a couple of 16 / 17 quests in your log. Leave those for now as we’re going to go make use of The Barrens.
The Barrens, Silverpine and Ashenvale
Started at level 15
Finished at level 19
If this is your first trip to The Barrens, you won’t have the flight path yet and will have to run there. From The Undercity, you need to take a Zepplin which are actually located just outside, so it’s more from Tirisfal Glades really. When your Zepplin lands in Durotar, head towards Orgrimmar, but instead of turning right to head in, turn left and follow the path.
Eventually you will enter Razor Hill and you want to turn right, following that path east. You will come across a large bridge, cross that and you have entered The Barrens. Continue along that path till you come to a T-intersection where you want to turn left and eventually you run into the middle of The Crossroads.
Once you enter the barrens, I emplore that you /leave 1 to leave general chat, you will seriously loose brain cells if you stay in it.
After I had done all the running around and handing in, including the one you pick up from the crossroads and take to ratchet, I had a total of 14 quest’s! If you still have herbalism, there is an extra one for that too! The quests will range from 12 to 20. Don’t worry about the ones that show as green, they have only just gone green so will still give nice xp.
If you are using MonkeyQuest, now is the time you will probably want to start unticking some of the higher quests to hide them for now.
The Barrens can actually be divided in half, a top half and a bottom half (north and south). As The Barrens is so large, and spannes multiple level’s for quests, I like to split it up over multiple trips to avoid boredom. To start with, at these low teen levels, I concentrate on the top half. Let’s get started!
[10] The Forgotten Pools
Objectives : Scout out The Forgotten Pools
Rewards : XP!
This is a simple discovery quest, but it seems as though you have to duck your head under the water for it to complete, just swimming across the surface doesn’t work.
[11] Chen’s Empty Keg
Objectives : Return the keg to Brewmaster Drohn
Rewards : XP!
This quest comes from Chen’s Empty Keg which can be found in numerous places around the zone. Look for a little lootable barrel, I found mine at the camp against the cliff while doing the next quest. You need to hand this in at Ratchet, and it’s up to your if you do the second stage or not. I personally didn’t as the Horn comes off level 18 – 20 mobs, and by then the quest is very green.
[12] Disrupt the Attacks
Objectives : Kill 8 Water Seekers, 8 Thornweavers and 3 Hunters
Rewards : XP!
[12] Plainstrider Menace
Objectives : Collect 7 Plainstrider Beaks
Rewards : XP!
[13] Raptor Thieves
Objectives : Collect 12 Raptor Heads
Rewards : XP!
[15] Fungal Spores
Objectives : Collect 4 Fungal Spores
Rewards : XP!
I was actually coming from Ratchet when I started these, but it’s not really any different if coming from the Crossroads. To start with I did the Water Seekers, Thornweavers etc which can be found at a camp just north of the Crossroads. If you are heading north you can’t miss them really, they will be off to your right, a small camp near the road, a larger one near the cliff wall. If you head towards the one against the cliff you can usually find a barrel for Chen’s Empty Keg in there somewhere.
From there I ran west to The Forgotten Pools which is where you can also collect the 4 Fungal Spores. While running around I killed any Raptors and Plainstriders for the heads and beaks, the Plainstriders are more common but have an average drop rate, where as the raptors, while not as many around, dropped a head every time.
I did a circle from the Crossroads to spot number 1, then across to number 2 and then down and around the bottom of the small mountain there back to the crossroads. In that look I completed all the quests listed above.
[15] Apothecary Zamah
Objectives : Deliver the Rendered Spores to Apothecary Zamah in Thunder Bluff, before the time limit is up.
Rewards : A +4 Stamina staff and your choice of potions.
This is a simple delivery quest you get when you hand in the Fungal Spores. It’s up to you if you take it or not as it does require you to head to Thunderbluff, and within a certain time frame. If you decide to do it, run south to Camp Tarojo which has a flight path you will want to grab. Pass through there till you hit Mulgore and then head north basically. Zamah is located in The Pools of Vision which is the cave area under The Spirit Rise. From there I hearthed back to the Crossroads.
[13] The Zhevra
Objectives : Collect 4 Zhevra Hooves
Rewards : XP!
I did this one and handed it straight back into The Crossroads as the Zhevra’s are right near there. A small thing I did note, out of all the level 13 and under Zhevra’s, none of them dropped a Hoof, but of the four level 14 Zhevra’s I killed, every one dropped it. I also picked up the next step to this:
[15] Prowlers of the Barrens
Objectives : Collect 7 Prowler Claws
Rewards : XP!
After getting that sorted, I continued my way to Ratchet.
[14] Southsea Freebooters
Objectives : Kill 12 Southsea Brigands and 6 Cannoneers
Rewards : XP!
Fairly straight forward, if you find the Inn in Ratchet you will see you can follow it around and along the shore line, this is where you will find the Brigand and Cannoner’s.
[16] Stolen Booty
Objectives : Retrieve the Shipment of Boots and Telescopic Lens
Rewards : Wayfaring Gloves – 18 Armor, +3 Spirit
After you run back to Ratchet and hand in Southsea Freebooters, do a bit of running back and forthe, you get this part, and since I was already in the area, I decided to do it. Head back to where you were killing and fight all the way to the last two camps, there’s one on the left side, and one on the right, both of these have your items. They are the final two camps before you enter the fort.
[14] Supplies for the Crossroads
Objectives : Find and return Crossroads’ Supply Crates
Rewards : XP!
[14] Samoplange
Objectives : Access the control console at the Venture Company research site.
Rewards : XP!
[15] The Disruption Ends
Objectives : Kill 8 Razormane Geomancers, 8 Razormane Defenders, and Kreenig Snarlsnout.
Rewards : XP and sellable loot
I did the above three in sort of a loop, heading out of Ratchet I ran up the section that runs parallel to the river, which also lead me straight into the area with Geomancer’s, Defenders and Kreenig on the large camp on the left. While you are there you will see lootable boxes, they will give you the Supplies for Crossroads.
Once I was done there I headed up north to where the Samoplange thing is, stopping at a tree full of Prowlers on the way and getting my claws. For the first stage of Samoplange, you want the first contraption and you need to clear right into it to use the console. Once you complete that stage the consol gives you the next step which is to turn off three valves. These valves are located on both sides and the back of the thing the consol is attached too.
Once you have turned those in, see the consol again for the next step, which is to retrieve a key from Tinkerer Sniggles who can be found in the hut to the right, and use it on the consol. Once you have done that you are sent back to Ratchet, and this is where I hearthed back to Crossroads and handed in all my quests.
[16] Echeyakee
Objectives : Kill Echeyakee and loot his hide
Rewards : XP
[16] Samoplange
Objectives : Bring the Broken Samophlange to Wenikee Boltbucket.
Rewards : XP!
[15] Nugget Slugs – collected from Wenikee Boltbucket after handing in the above.
Objectives : Collect 15 Nugget Slugs
Rewards : XP!
These are found in ‘Tool Buckets’ located around Sludge Fen. You can either get them from on the ground, or climb the tower if you are game. On the North side of the ‘lake’ there is also another quest, however I didn’t do it at the time as it involves an escort and someone else was on it.
[16] The Stagnant Oasis
Objectives : Investigate the Stagnant Oasis
Rewards : XP!
For this step you need to place the seeds in where you can see the bubbles coming out at the bottom of the lake.
[18] Miner’s Fortune
Objectives : Retrieve the Cats Eye Emerald
Rewards : A Sack of Coins
I had a pretty sucky drop rate with my cat’s eye emerland, although I was killing level 16 and 17 mobs, which is when I started to wonder if it only dropped off a certain level and above. Ironically, as soon as I killed a level 18, it dropped.
[18] Raptor Horns
Objectives : Gather 5 Intact Raptor Horns
Rewards : +3 Stamina Cloak, and Raptor Punch (Use: Increases your Intellect by 4 and decreases your Stamina by 5 for 5 minutes.)
Sunscale Scytheclaws are all over the zone, however as I was concentrating on the north part of The Barrens, I found mine along the top, both west of the path and between the Sludge Fen and Boulder Lode Mine. If you don’t get these easily don’t worry as I said, you will come across lots more.
[19] Report to Kadrak
Objectives : Report to Kadrak at the watch tower in northern Barrens.
Rewards : XP
Running out from the Crossroads, I stopped off at The Stagnant Oasis to hand in that quest, then continued onto Ratchet to hand in the previous step of Samoplange and collect the step listed above. The rest of the quests are right up the top of the Barrens, so I started running, stopping again past the Crossroads to hand in The Stagnant Oasis.
Running north out of the barrens I took a quick detour around the mountain to kill Echeyakee and then continued up to see Wenikee Boltbucket to hand in the Samoplange. Wenikee gives you Nugget Slugs, but before heading back out continue up to the tower at the border of The Barrens and Ashenvale and hand in ‘Report to Kadrak’. He will give you The Warsong Reports, but that’s in Ashenvale so don’t worry about it just yet.
Heading back out into The Barrens, I headed to my right to kill some Scythclaws for the Horns, and then ran back to the other side of the path till I came across The Sludge Fen. This is just east of where you were doing the previous Samoplange quests and you should be able to see the smoke rising from the tower there. I looted up my Nugget Slugs and continued further east to where the path curves up to the right, that’s where you will find Boulder Lode Mine and the mobs that will drop your cat’s eye.
Between Sludge Fen and Boulder Lode Mine you will also pass some more Scythclaws if you haven’t yet got all your horns. Once I had collected my cat’s eye emerald, I headed back to hand in Nugget Slugs, picked up the step that leads me to Orgrimmar and then continued down to the Crossroads and Ratchet to hand in the rest of the quests. With those handed in I made my way to Orgrimmar to train and this is where I took a break from The Barrens…. After doing the top half of The Barrens, and wanting a little break, I head back to Silverpine to finish off the quests there.
[16] The Engraved Ring
Objectives : Bring Deliah’s Ring to Magistrate Sevren in Brill.
Rewards : XP!
This one sends you to Brill and then back again, a simple running around quest, but handy for a little xp.
[17] Rot Hide Ichor
Objectives : Collect 8 bottles of rot hide ichor
Rewards : XP
Since I was so close to Fenris Island, I decided to knock this one out first. The ichor can drop off of any Rot Hide on the island, although I did have a slightly higher drop rate inside the fort than out. Again as I was so close, I handed this one in after I had finished.
[16] Ambermill Investigations
Objectives : Collect 8 Dalaran Pendants
Rewards : XP!
Although the Dalaran conned green to me by now, I quickly found out that they can still take you down if you get a couple on you, so be careful. Some of them also have little pet snakes that will come and bite your ankles, although they die with one hit, they will also hurt if you have multiple attacking you.
[20] A Husband’s Revenge
Objectives : Kill Valdred Moray and obtain his hand.
Rewards : XP!
This is the follow on from The Engraved Ring, and the guy you are looking for is at the very south of Silverpine. Althogh surrounded by other human’s, he will wander back and forth and if you are patient and time it right, you can single pull him no problem.
[21] Beren’s Peril
Objectives : Kill 6 Ravenclaw Drudgers and 6 Ravenclaw Guardians
Rewards : 16 – 31 Shadow Damage Wand
I was level 19 when I did this quest, and although the mobs are between 19 – 21, I didn’t have that many issues killing them, just be careful to not get too many at once. The Ravenclaw Guardians appeared to be only inside the cave, but I didn’t have to go very deep to get the 6 needed. If you are planning to do some of the other elite quests, or ones I didn’t do, then you can wait to level to do this one, I did it at 19 as it was the last one I planned to do in Silverpine.
I also didn’t do ‘The Weaver’ as it can be a little tricky solo as you have to fight right into Ambermill. Once I handed in the Sepulcher quests, before heading to The Undercity, I grabbed the quest leading me to Hillsbrad;
[20] Journey to Hillsbrad
Objectives : Deliver Apothecary Renferrel’s findings to Apothecary Lydon at Tarren Mill
Rewards : XP!
The reason I got this one is I was already half way through Silverpine, so I might as well run there now and grab the flight path. At 19 I was a little low for the quests as they were around 22 onwards, but I got the flight path to make it easier to come back later. Fly to The Undercity to hand in the two quests there, and this is where I went back to finish off The Barrens.
Although not ready for Ashenvale yet, the reports quest had gone green so I decided to quickly stick my head in… Ashenvale!
To get to Ashenvale, head north out of the Crossroads and continue across the border. When you come to a T intersection, turn right and you will come across Splintertree Post, there you will find a flight path, Inn and more quests. To start with though, I headed to the other end of the zone, to Zoram Strand.
To get to Zoram Strand from Splintertree, you need to follow the path north, but remember you have to go around Astranaar… they don’t like you running through their town. I went to the left, killed my way through spiders and wolves. Once you are past Astranaar, get back on the path and follow it past Maestra’s Post till you see a path on your left, poorely marked. Follow that to the beach and there you will find the Zoram Strand and Zoram’gar Outpost.
I have marked out on a map for you the route I took. #1 is Splintertree post, #2 is Zoram’gar Outpost.
[19] Naga at the Zoram Strand
Objectives : Collect 20 Wrathtail Heads
Rewards : XP!
I quickly did this quest as it’s only level 19, and all the rest of 24 upwards, so by the time I return this would have been almost grey. It’s very quick to do as every Naga drops a head for you, and you had to head here anyway for The reports.
[19] The Warsong Reports
Objectives : Deliver the Warsong Reports
Rewards : XP!
First thing I like to mention to people is to open the bundle of reports, that has your three reports in it. Nearly every time I do this quest I get to my first NPC and can’t figure out why I can’t hand in. Now, where to hand in?
The Warsong Scout is located at Splintertree Post, at the tower near the main path before you head into the main compound. She wanders up and down the tower so have a look around if you can’t immediately locate her.
The Warsong Outrider is mounted and walks a path between Splintertree post and the Azshara border. Since you are already at Splintertree, I run towards Azshara (east) to find this one next.
Lastly, the Warsong Runner is found at the Zoram’gar Outpost at The Zoram Strand.
A little bit low to complete any other Ashenvale quests, I hearthed out after completing those two.
The Barrens and Stonetalon Mountains!
Started at level 19
Finished at level 22
After finishing off Silverpine and getting the Ashenvale quest out the way, I headed back to The Barrens to see what else I could complete.
[16] Altered Beings
Objectives : Collect 8 Altered Snapjaw Shells
Rewards : XP!
Although the quest lists both the Lushwater and Stagnant Oases, I personally went to the Stagnat Oasis as it has a large supply of Snapjaw turtles there. I also had a really good drop rate so completed it out of about 10 turtles.
[17] The Angry Scytheclaws
Objectives : Kill Sunscale raptors and collect their feathers. Use the feathers on the 3 Scytheclaw nests.
Rewards : XP!
If you head west out of the Stagnat Oasis, you will actually come across the area for this quest. It’s not far from the bridge if you were heading south out of the Crossroads, and you are looking for a small mound with bones, the nests are the colored spots on the ground. The Scytheclaws drop the feathers you need, and if you haven’t completed the Raptor Horns yet, they can drop those too!
[18] Stolen Silver
Objectives : Collect the Stolen Silver
Rewards : Sellable loot plus XP!
Heading South-East from the above quest, you will see a gap in the mountains. If you run through the gap, you will see an area on your right called ‘Raptor Grounds’, that’s where the Stolen Silver is being kept. You need to clear your way in, fighting all the way to the back of the camp, which curves around to your left. Solo-able if you are careful, you can get some double pulls.
[20] Guns of Northwatch
Objectives : Collect 10 Theramore Medals and slay Captain Fairmount, Cannoneer Whessan and Cannoneer Smythe.
Rewards : +4 Strength, +4 Spirit Cloth Legs, or a gun and XP!
This one can be a little tricky solo, but as it’s just down from the Raptor Grounds, I decided to give it a shot, and I actually ended up collecting all the medal’s before I even entered the compound. Once you are inside you want to make your way up the path leading to the top. The tower half way up that path is where you will find Captain Fairmount, right at the top too. The bottom section can be a bit tricky as there are four mobs there, I had three guards and a healer, but I managed to pull them in two lots of two.
After clearing those, I cleared my way to the top and all the guards around there before pulling the Captain and her healer companion. Not too hard. Once done there head back down and continue up the path to the tower you can see at the top. Again clear your way to the top of it as that is where you will find Cannoneer Smythe.
Once you are done there, you want to head to the other end of the path that tower is at, you should be able to see another tower up the other end. At the top of that tower is where you will find Cannoneer Wheesan. Once I had killed him my bags were full and I couldn’t be bothered killing my way out, so I gated back to the Crossroads.
This actually worked out well as I had dinged 20 and needed to head to Orgrimmar to train. When you hand in The Angry Scytheclaws, you get the next step which sends you to Camp Taurajo… which is where we are heading next anyway. Since I was also in Orgrimmar, I decided to quickly head back to Sepulcher to see Mura Runetotem.
After seeing Mura and coming back to Orgrimmar, I did the start of my Succubus quest before heading back to the Crossroads. I decided to run down to Camp Taurajo from the Crossroads as I didn’t want to loose my pet, and along the way got to do;
[20] Lost in Battle
Objectives : Find Mankrik’s wife
Rewards : XP
Just after you cross a bridge, you should see a tee-pee style tent off to the right, and that is where you will find… what you need.
From there I ran to Camp Taurajo to hand in my quest and pick up any others. Once I was ready, I headed east to complete the following two together:
[20] Consumed by Hatred
Objectives : Collect 60 Bristleback Quilboar Tusks
Rewards : +3 Stamina, +3 Intellect Cloth Belt and XP!
[21] Tribes at War
Objectives : Kill 6 Bristleback Water Seekers, 12 Thornweavers and 12 Geomancers.
Rewards : XP!
It should be fairly easy to find this area, if you head straight east and a little north from Camp Taurajo you can’t miss them.
Make sure you keep the bloodshards as when you return to hand in these quests, you will get another one asking for one bloodshard which will return a nice chunk of XP. From then on you can use different quantities of shards for different buffs, very handy.
After I handed those in, I flew back to the Crossroads to hand in, and then north to complete Samoplange, stopping on the way to kill a Zhevra and do Ishamuhal:
[19] Ishamuhal
Objectives : Retrieve Ishamuhale’s Fang
Rewards : XP!
Pretty easy this quest, kill Zhevra’s till one of them drops a fresh carcass, and then head towards Ratchet. Just before you hit it though, head north and you should be able see a short fat dead tree, that’s where you place the carcass.
[19] Samophlange Manual
Objectives : Put together the Samophlange Manual
Rewards : Sellable loot plus XP!
Continuing north from Ishamuhal, I made my way to Bolder Lode Mine. When you kill your way in, the goblins will drop Manual pages, you need 5 of these along with the manual cover to complete this quest. Bozz copperplug can be found in the large room that’s almost at the end of the cave area at Bolder Lode Mine.
Once I was done there, I hearthed back to The Crossroads. From the Crossroads I ran west to where The Barrens meets Stonetalon Mountain and picked up some quests there. Heading up into Stonetalon Mountains…
[18] Avenge My Village
Objectives : Kill 8 Grimtotem Ruffian and 6 Grimtotem Mercenary
Rewards : XP!
The first area you come to, Camp Aparaje is filled with the mobs you need to kill. I quickly did that and headed back to Makaba Flathoof to hand in, grabbing the next step. Heading back into Stonetalon again, I stopped off at Malaka’jin to hand in that step of the Succubus quest and pick up the other two available there. Heading out of there, just up on the right I found Grimtotem Post which is where you need for the second step Makaba gave you.
[18] Kill Grundig Darkcloud
Objectives : Kill Grundig Darkcloud and 6 Grimtotem Brutes
Rewards : XP!
The Brutes you will find as you are fighting your way in, and Grundig Darkcloud was standing outside the first main building when I approached. Easy to solo, you will find Kaya standing behind him in the house, she would like to be escorted out.
[18] Protect Kaya
Objectives : Escort Kaya Flathoof to Camp Aparaje
Rewards : XP!
A simple escort back to Camp Aparaje, although when you get there will you be ambushed by four mobs, easy to kill but watch your hitpoints if they are beating on you. Since I was already so close to the border, I returned to hand in the quests there, before venturing back into Stonetalon once again.
[19] Blood Feeders
Objectives : Kill 10 Deepmoss Creepers and 7 Deepmoss Venomspitters
Rewards : XP!
[20] Deepmoss Eggs
Objectives : Collect 15 Deepmoss Eggs
Rewards : XP!
On my way up to Sunrock Retreat, I stopped off at Sishir Canyon where I found the Creeper and Venomspitter spiders. Also here you will find the eggs you need, look for jittering lootable white egg sacks. Be careful hunting around here as there is a level 21 elite spider there, the quest for her is from the sign post just as you enter, but as I was solo I didn’t complete this.
[19] Goblin Invaders
Objectives : Kill 15 Venture Co. Loggers
Rewards : XP!
[21] Ziz Fizziks
Objectives : Speak with Ziz Fizziks
Rewards : XP!
[21] Super Reaper 6000
Objectives : Retrieve the Super Reaper 6000 Blueprints
Rewards : XP!
After finishing the spiders I stopped past Windshear Crag where you will find more eggs if you didn’t get enough last time, but you will also find Ziz Fizziks located in a little hut on the very west side when you enter the Crag. He will give you the Reaper quest which you can do at the same time.
You should be able to see a large bulldozer looking contraption, this is where you will find lots of Venture Co. Operators which are the ones that will drop the blueprints you need, bear in mind it might take a few kills. The Loggers for the Goblin Invaders are all around on the ground.
After I had what I need, I returned to Ziz to hand in, then onto Sunrock Retreat. I collected all the quests available to me there, but as they were starting to rise in level, I decided to instead hand in any other completed quests I had, which involved running to Ratchet, The Crossroads, Orgrimmar and Camp Taurajo. I also had a couple in Thunder Bluff so I decided to head there as well.
Hillsbrad Foothills, Barrens and Stonetalon
Started at level 22
Finished at level 26
By now I had a few places with level 20 to 25 quests, but the ones from Taren Mill were the lowest, and involved the lowest mobs so I headed there first.
[22] Elixir of Pain
Objectives : Gather 10 vials of Mountain Lion Blood
Rewards : XP!
[22] Elixir of Suffering
Objectives : Gather 10 Gray Bear Tongues and 1 Creeper Ichor
Rewards : XP!
You can do the above two while running around as Lions, Bears and Spiders are all over the place. The Spider Ichor can, and often does have a painfully bad drop rate, but I got mine on my 6th kill so will shut up now. I suggest for good measure you kill every spider you see!
[22] The Rescue
Objectives : Free Drull and Tog’thar from Durnholde Keep
Rewards : Unless you like Strength and Spirit, just sellable loot and XP!
[22] Wanted : Syndicate Personnel
Objectives : Kill 10 Syndicate Rogues and 10 Watchmen
Rewards : XP!
[23] Blood of Innocents
Objectives : Collect 5 Vials of Innocent Blood
Rewards : XP!
The above three can all be done in the one area, Durnhold Keep. Both Tog’thar and Drull are being held captive in there, and you will be killing Watchmen and Rogues to find them. Helpfully, these mobs will also drop your Blood of Innocents, of which this quest actually comes from Thunder Bluff.
If you enter the compound, head across the bridge and up the path. When the path curves around, stick with it and about half way up you will see a fallen building. That is where Tog’thar is being kept, and if you’re lucky you will also find Jailor Marigen in there who will drop the Burnished gold key you need to free Tog’thar. If the jailor isn’t in there, continue fighting up as he will most likely be at the top tower there.
After you have freed Tog’thar, you want to head into the area that’s in the pit under the bridge you crossed. If you are standing on the bridge facing back out, I dropped down to my right and started killing. Drull will be in one of those three buildings there, and so will Jailor Eston, although not always in the same building. If the jailor isn’t in either of those three, you need to clear the other side of the bridge and he should be in one of those. Jailor Eston will drop the Dull Iron key you need to free Drull.
Once you have freed both, collected your Blood and killed your count of Watchmen and Rogues, head back to Taren Mill. After handing those in I ran around killing Bears to complete Elixir of Suffering and Mountain Lions for Elixir of Pain as I had really bad drop rates with these…
When you hand in both the Elixirs, the second step of Elixir of pain sends you to Hillsbrad Fields which means you can complete Battle of Hillsbrad along with it.
[24] Elixir of Pain
Objectives : Feed the Elixir of Pain to Stanley.
Rewards : XP!
[24] Battle of Hillsbrad
Objectives : Kill 6 Hillsbrad Farmhands, 6 Farmers, Farmer Ray and Farmer Getz
Rewards : XP!
When you reach Hillsbrad Fields, Stanley can be found up the back to the west outside one of the houses there, be prepared after you give him the potion though, turns a bit rabid. For the battle, the Farmers and Farmhands can be found all over, Getz and Ray though can be a bit trickier.
Most of the time they are outside somewhere, however my luck saw that one was inside the barn, the other at the top of the house Stanley sits out the front of. If you can’t locate either easily, use your eye to scout around. At level 23, you will want to be careful around this are though as you can die pretty quickly if ganged up on.
[25] Battle of Hillsbrad
Objectives : Kill 15 Hillsbrad Peasants
Rewards : XP!
[25] Souvenirs of Death
Objectives : Collect 30 Hillsbrad Human Skulls
Rewards : +3 Stamina, +3 Intellect Ring and XP!
Once again I headed back to Hillsbrad Fields, only this time I fought at the patch closest to the path. Because you need only 15 Peasants but 30 skulls, just kill anything that moves, you will probably end up there longer trying to get your skulls than you will your peasants. Word of warning with the peasants… when they run, they really run! I ensured I had Curse of Recklessness handy!
After I finished those two and handed in, time to head back to The Barrens to finish off a couple remaining quests there.
[22] Egg Hunt
Objectives : Collect 12 Silithid Eggs
Rewards : +2 Intellect, +6 Spirit Cloth Robe or Mail Chest plus XP!
Heading south out from Camp Taurajo, you will come to an area that has lootable termite mounds on either side of the road. Although the mobs for this are in the low 20′s, they have level 1 swarmers that can make it really difficult if you are not careful. Also be careful when looting the eggs, as some will spawn a crab protector who although starts out friendly, but turns hostile.
[24] Weapons of Choice
Objectives : Collect a Razormane Backstabber, a Charred Razormane Wand and a Razormane War Shield
Rewards : Sellable loot plus XP!
[25] Betrayal from Within
Objectives : Kill Nak, Kuz, and Lok Orcbane and collect their skulls
Rewards : SP!
Moving down further south, you will come across Blackthorn Ridge, and this is where you will find the the mobs you need. The Backstabber will drop from the Razormane Stalkers, the Charred Wand from the seers and the War Shield drops from the Warriors. Amongst those mobs you will find Nak, usually wandering the south part of the camp, Kuz who wanders the north and Lok, who is actually tucked away. To find Lok, head to the back part of the camp, and if you are facing the back wall, there will be a slope on your left that leads up to a single hut, Lok will be inside.
[23] Gann’s Reclamation
Objectives : Kill 15 Bael’dun Excavators, 5 Bael’dun Foremen and collect Khazgorm’s Journal
Rewards : XP!
You pick this up from Gann Stonespire who you will find wandering the Southern gold Road. If you follow the road further south you should start to see the excavation site called Bael Modan up on your left. For this first step you need to head down into the pit, the Excavators are easily picked off from the pit walls, the Foremen wander around, and you will find Prospector Khazgorm drops the journal.
[26] Revenge of Gann
Objectives : Collect 6 vials of Nitroglycerin, 6 bundles of Wood Pulp, and 6 samples of Sodium Nitrate.
Rewards : XP
After you hand in the first step, this second one requires you to collect Nitroglycerin, Wood Pulp, and Sodium Nitrate. For these, head back to Bael Modan, but instead of heading down into the pit, you want to head just to the left of it, into the building that overlooks it. All the mobs both inside and out drop one or more of the items you need.
[26] Revenge of Gann
Objectives : Destroy the flying machine
Rewards : +3 Intellect, +3 Spirit Ring and XP!
The third and final step is very easy, you need to blow up the helicopter at the Bael Modan. It is located atop a tower on the right side of the pit, opposite side to where you were just fighting. A couple of mobs guard the base, but over all very easy.
Once I had done those, head back to Camp Taurajo and the Crossroads to hand in. Voila! The Barrens is done! From the Barrens I made my way back to Stonetalon to finish off the quests there.
[27] Further Instructions
Objectives : Bring the new orders to Ziz Fizziks
Rewards : XP!
After landing at Sun Rock Retreat, I made my way south to Windshear Crag and to Ziz Fizziks to hand in the above quest. After seeing him and collecting the next step, I headed out to the main area.
[23] The Flying Machine Airport
Objectives : Place the Toxic Fogger at the Venture Co. sky port
Rewards : XP!
This one comes from Thunderbluff, and if you will find the tower you need just south of the lake mentioned below. You can place the barrel at the base of the tower, you do not need to climb it.
[23] Shredding Machines
Objectives : Kill the shredders XT:4 and XT:9
Rewards : XP!
[27] Gerenzo Wrenchwhistle
Objectives : Retrieve Gerenzo Wrenchwhistle’s Mechanical Arm
Rewards : +5 Stamina, +2 Intellect Cloth Boots or Leather Boots plus XP!
If you look at your map, you want to head to the north side of the lake area there to find Gerenzo, and while running keep your eyes out fot XT:4 and XT:9. If you are facing the lake on the south shore, you should be able to see a path leading up starting from the right, find where that begins and make your way up.
When you get to the top you should see a series of planks and platforms, you want to make your way down these till you come across Gerenzo, who is level 27 but solo’able, which I did at 25. Once you have his arm, head back down (you can jump if you pick the right area) and look for the remaining XT models if you haven’t gotten both yet.
[23] Cycle of Rebirth
Objectives : Gather 10 Gaea seeds
Rewards : XP!
