Jame's Alliance
Chapter 2 -
[Level 41 - 50]
Journey from
Stranglethorn Vale to Hinterlands
Introduction
This guide will take you from
level 41 to level
Shopping
list:
- 2 Elixirs of Fortitude
Level 41
- Go to Stormwind.
Go to the Dwarven District and get the quest [43] In Search of the - Stranglethorn Vale:
Fly to
- [37] Goblin Sponsorship from Baron Revilgaz in Booty Bay
Inn (Top Floor)
- [41] The Bloodsail Buccaneers from First Mate Crazz just past the
"Old Port Authority" building (First big building when getting
off the Boat).
- [42] Skullsplitter Tusks from Kebok in the
- [43] Akiris by the Bundle from Privateer Bloads next to the
Bank.
- [43] Zanzil's Secret from Crank Fizzlebub inside the
Booty Bay Inn.
- [45] Tran'Rek from Krazek in Booty Bay Inn (2nd Floor).
In the Stranglethorn Vale category you should also already have:
- [38] Kurzen's Mystery
- [38] Panther Mastery
- [39] "Pretty Boy"
- [41] Raptor Mastery
- [41] Scaring Shaky
- [41] Venture Company Mining
So here we are -13 quests to deal with. Let's get busy! Make space in your
bags, repair and buy 2 stacks of food/drink (if you don't have that already, of
course).
For those who didn't finish the Stranglethorn Pages yet: this is your
last chance, check the Booty Bay AH and ask in general channel for missing
pages. If you got them all, take them with you.
- Circuit 1:
Run
out of
Go
northwest across the bridge and keep going along the shore until you find some
Nagas. Kill Naga Explorers at (24,65) until you get 10 Akiris Reed.
Then go back to the exit of
- Run back to Booty Bay.
Turn
in [41] Scaring Shaky at
"Shaky" Philippe on the peer and get the follow up.
Turn
in [41] The Bloodsail Buccaneers at
First Mate Crazz a bit further towards the
Turn
in [43] Akiris by the Bundle at
Privateer Bloads next to the bank. Get the follow up.
Turn
in [39]"Pretty Boy"
Get
the follow up [43] The Bloodsail Buccaneers
from Fleet Master Seahorn on the 2nd Floor of the
Then
turn in the quest [41] Return to MacKinley
to "Sea Wolf" MacKinley in the house right next to the
Finally
get the quest [42] Keep an Eye out
from Dizzy One-Eye who stands to the right of the
End of Circuit 1:
Note: Of course, I had XP rest bonus this time.
I unfortunately logged my characters out in Ironforge after I finished the
first Chapter of the guide. But still, if you divide it by two you still get a
nifty 31000 xp / hour (actually more because the XP gained through turning in
the quests isn't affected by XP bonus).
Repair,
sell and restock food/drink up to 3 stacks.
- Circuit 2:
Get
out of
Now go
further south until you find a bigger camp (27,82). This camp will be
harder to clear, but it's possible if you do it carefully.
Check the camp for Bloodsail Orders or Charts. Basically, the Bloodsail Charts
and Orders can spawn at any of the two camps or at the boat. So check all three
until you got both.
Then
wander up and down the shore where you came from and kill Bloodsails
until you get :
- 10 Bloodsail Swashbuckler
Kills
- 15 Snuff (can drop from any Bloodsail)
- 1 Dizzy's Eye (can drop from any Bloodsail)
When that is done, get back on the main road and go north until you reach (39,41),
slightly long ride.
**
From this point on, if you find any Shadowmaw Panther (they are
stealthed) make sure you kill them **
At (39,41)
go east and you will find Venture Co. Goblins uphill. Kill them until
you get 10 Singing Blue Crystals.
Then
go west to the other side of the road, you should find Jungle Stalkers (34,37).
Kill 10.
Then
go northeast to (36,35) and kill Shadowmaw Panthers until you got
10 kills. You can find them in the area all around that big hill next to the
tribal leatherworking troll NPC. They can be a bit hard to find sometimes
because they are stealthers so I suggest you hit "Tab" key while
running around and open your eyes well (humans use your racial ability
perception). 
Keep doing circles
around that big hill and you will find 10 panthers quickly. Kill anything on
the way too while searching those panthers.
Go
east to Ziata'Jai Ruins (42,36) and clear the camp of trolls. Be
careful to avoid the patrols. When it's cleared, follow the little path northeast
until you reach Balia'mah Ruins (45,33). Kill all the trolls
there as well. When this camp is clear, follow the path southeast and then
south until you reach the ruins of Zul'Mamwe (47,38 ) and kill
all the trolls you find in the ruins (Though avoid the southernmost one up the
plateau, the trolls there are higher level)
If you run out of trolls go back to the first ruins of Ziata'Jai and
repeat this cycle until you get 18 Skullsplitter
Tusk and level 42, this is a good grinding spot.
Level 42
- Once you hit level 42 and got
all your tusks, get back on the main road and go north until you get to
the Venture Co. Base at Lake Nezferiti, go to the Operations Center
which looks like an oil rig platform (42,18 ). Go on top of it and
kill Foreman Cozzle, loot his Key.
Jump down and go to the small house next to the lumber mill, open the chest and get the Fuel Regulator Blueprints.
Now go
west across the lake and keep going west until the Bal'lal Ruins (29,20),
clear the camp and click the big tablet named "Moon Over the Vale"
and loot the scroll.
Then
go directly west from the Bal'lal Ruins and into the sea, until (24,22).
Dive underwater at this spot and you should find the tablet named "Gri"lek
the Wanderer" lying against the outer wall of the underwater ruins.
You don't need to kill any of the murlocs there, the tablet can be accessed
safely. Loot the 2nd scroll.
Then
go north to the Zuuldaia Ruins and take the western entrance ( 21,10) to
the Ruins of Zul'Kunda. Clear the way through the first corridor until
you reach a fork, go left up the ramp. From there, face north and you should
see the 3rd tablet "The Emperor's Tomb". Clear the way to it
and loot the 3rd Scroll. Then go back to the fork and this time take the ramp
up to the right, then take a u-turn to the right and go west until the last
ruin (23,11). The last tablet named "Fall of Gurubashi"
is inside there. Loot the 4th Scroll and then go back on the main path to the
east and clear the way eastwards and out of Zul'Kunda ruins.
- Keep going east to Camp Nesingwary. (35,10)
Turn
in:
- [38] Panther Mastery. Don't get the follow up.
- [41] Raptor Mastery. Don't get the follow up.
- and the pages quest if you didn't do that
already before.
Then ride north to the Rebel Camp, turn in [38]
Kurzen's Mystery, don't get the follow up.
Warp
to Booty Bay, turn in:
- [41] Venture Company Mining at Crank Fizzlebub in the Booty Bay
Inn.
- [42] Up to Snuff at Deeg on the 2nd Floor of the
Inn.
- [43] Skullsplitter Tusks at Kebok, 2nd floor of the Inn.
- [37] Goblin Sponsorship at Baron Revilgaz, 2nd Floor of the
Inn. Get the Follow up.
- [43] The Bloodsail Buccaneers at Fleet Master Seahorn, 2nd Floor
of the Inn. Don't get the Follow up.
- [42] Keep an Eye out at Dizzy One-Eye to the right of
the Blacksmith house.
End
of Circuit 2:
Note: I still had the darn XP rest bonus for
the first 40000 xp, so chalk off 20000 XP of the total score. This results in
an XP Rate of 35000 XP/ Hour.
- Fly to Stormwind City, go train, repair, sell, auction and
restock food/drink up to 3 stacks.
- Circuit 3:
(No
map needed, it's pretty simple)
Fly
back to Booty Bay, go out and ride north until you reach the Ruins of
Jubuwal (33,51). Clear the camp until you can pull JonJon The
Crow, he should come with an add, could be a hard fight but it's doable.
Loot Jon-Jon's Golden Spyglass, then clear
yourself some space around the little ruins just behind where Jon-Jon was,
there stands Maury 'Club-Foot" Wilkins with two Zanzil Something.
Now
you probably can't take all 3 at the same time, so try to kill one of the
minions fast then run away, rinse and repeat until you are left with just Maury
Wilkins. Kill him and loot "Maury's Clubbed Foot".
Go
back on the road and just a bit south until (33,53), go east through a
breached wall and keep going until you hit the Ruins of Aboraz (40,57)
and kill Zanzil Minions there until you find
Chucky "Ten Thumbs" inside the ruins and loot "Chucky's Huge Ring" from him. Keep
killing Zanzil dudes until you get 12 Zanzil's
Mixtures, avoid Zanzil the Outcast himself though. If you run out of
mobs to kill, go back and forth from this camp to the other. Any Zanzil
Something can drop the Mixture.
- When you are done, go back (warp if it's up)
to Booty Bay and turn in:
- [44] Zanzil's Secret at Crank Fizzlebub in the inn.
- [44] Voodoo Dues at "Sea Wolf" MacKinley
(First house next to the Inn).
Don't get the follow up but take the other quest he has: [45] Stoley's Debt.
End
of circuit 3:
Note: This one without any XP bonus, and it could
have been better, I died twice stupidly at Jon-Jon the crow. :roll:
Repair,
sell and refill up to 3 stacks of food/drink.
- Fly to Darkshire (Duskwood)
From
Darkshire go east, enter Deadwind Pass, go east through Deadwind Pass until you
enter the Swamps of Sorrows.
When
in Swamps of Sorrows go east to Watcher Biggs (26,59), get quest [37] Encroaching Wildlife.
You
can find Spiders, Jaguars and Young Crocolisks in the
whole area of swamps north of Watcher Biggs. Complete the quest and then go
back to him, get the follow up [35] The Lost
Caravan.
Go
north to the Harborage (26,31).
Get
the quest [35] Draenethyst Crystals
from Magtoor.
Go east
along the mountain until you find "Fallow Sanctuary" at (54,28).
Gather 6 Draenethyst Crystals (Big blue
crystals scattered around the camp).
Try to
find a "Scattered Crate" in one of the camps, and loot the "Lost Supplies" from it. Right Click it
to start the quest [40] The Lost Supplies.
When
you got 6 crystals, go further east to (63,18) where you will find a
destroyed caravan. Click the Caravan Chest on it and get the Wizards' Reagents.
Right next to the caravan you will find Galen Goodward inside a cage, before
you get his quest, clear the 'lost ones' camps to the southwest of the cage.
Then get the quest [38] Galen's Escape
and escort him out.
You
should let Galen go in front and get the first hits, you can also eat/drink
when he is attacked by only one NPC. He regens back to full health after each
fight.
After
you have escorted Galen successfully, go south to (47,39). There you
will find a small tent and Galen's Strongbox
next to it. Open it, complete the quest.
Stay
on this island and kill everything around until you find Noboru. He will
roam to this island at some point. He's level 39 and has 2 guards, but you can
definitely manage it at this level. Kill him, loot his Cudgel,
right click it to start the quest [39] Noboru
the Cudgel
Then
go northwest to Magtoor at (26,31). Turn in the two quests.
Then
go south to Watcher Biggs. Get the follow up [42]
Driftwood.
Go
east to the Temple of Atal'Hakkar (65,48). (Carefully avoid Stoneard).
Swim
through the pool until you get the quest update for [43]
In Search of the Temple then keep going east until you reach the
shore.
Search
southwards along the shore for Sundried Driftwood (they look like wooden
planks, lying on the sand), kill murlocs when they are in the way until you
have 8 Sundried Driftwood.
Go
west back to Watcher Biggs and get the follow up [42]
Deliver the Shipment.
Go to
the Blasted Lands (follow the road east and then south).
In
Blasted Lands go immediately east to Nethergarde Keep.
In
Nethergarde keep, find Quartermaster Lungertz and turn in
[40] The Lost Supplies
[42] Deliver the Shipment
Find
the Gryphon Master and fly back to Stormwind.
Repair,
sell, check the auction house and go talk to Brohann Caskbelly in the Dwarven
District and get the follow up [43] To the
Hinterlands.
XP
Rate:
Sadly
I couldn't get a screenshot of the real XP rate because I went LD a couple of
times. But I'm pretty sure it was well above 25000 XP / Hour even with all the
travelling.
You
should be level 43 by now, if not you should grind up to level 43, on the
elites outside of Uldaman for example so you get the Shattered Necklace
for the pre-quest work of Uldaman.
Level 43
Now you have two options:
1. Do the Uldaman instance, I
suggest you follow my Uldaman
Instance Guide for maximum XP rate. Try to finish the whole instance ,and
especially completing the quest [47] The
Platinum Discs
2. You really don't like Uldaman, then go to the next part of my guide, but
that will mean more grinding for you. I strongly advice you to go to Uldaman
though, you already have most of the pre-questing done, just need to gather a
few missing quests quickly. And trust me, there will be big exp bonuses later
on thanks to going to Uldaman.
After Uldaman:
- Go to Ironforge, sell, repair, check the auction house.
From Ironforge, fly to Menethil Harbor (Wetlands). Take the boat to Auberdine, this boat is at the northern peer. Once in Auberdine, get the flight path from the Hippogryph Master, then take the boat back to Menethil Harbor. Then take the boat to Theramore, it's the boat that stops at the southern peer.
In
Theramore on the docks turn in the quest [43]
Akiris by the Bundle at Privateer Groy. Talk to the Gryphon Master.
If you
have First Aid, you can do the quest to become master in First Aid there. You
need to have a skill 225 and be level 40. Go talk to Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen in
the Foothold Citadel and do the little quest where you have to bandage patients
and get 3900 easy XP.
- Then fly to Gadgetzan
In
Gadgetzan:
Turn
in [45] Tran'Rek, don't get the
follow up.
Get
quests:
- [43] Wastewander Justice
- [44] Water Pouch Bounty
- [47] Handle with Care from Curgle Cranklehop
General
info about Tanaris, Feralas and Hinterlands:
While killing stuff in Tanaris if you find an item named [OOX-17/TN Distress Beacon]. Right click it and
keep the quest. You'll find beacons in Feralas and Hinterlands as well, proceed
equally with those. Each of those beacons start a quest where you will have to
find a Homing Robot and escort it. The beacons won't always drop for you, they
are kinda rare. The escort quests are hard to do solo especially for certain
classes. But if you are lucky to find all 3 beacons you should really put the
effort and finish all 3 rescue quests, it will be described when to do them in
the guide later on. Anyway, if you don't get a distress beacon, or if you don't
manage to complete the rescue quests, it's not a big deal, this is optional,
it's a nifty exp bonus but it's not that important
Sell,
Repair, re-supply food/drink (3 stacks). Get out of Gadgetzan, ride east until Noonshade
Ruins (61,24), kill all the Bandits you can find there (If
it's crowded just skip this part and keep riding east).. Then go further east
to Steamwheedle Port even if you still haven't completed Wastewander Justice
yet.
In
Steamwheedle port get:
- [45] Pirate Hats Ahoy!
- [45] WANTED: Andre Firebeard and [46]
WANTED: Caliph Scorpidsting from the wanted poster.
- [44] Screecher Spirits
- [45] Southsea Shakedown
Turn
in [45] Stoley's Debt and get the
follow up [46] Stoley's Shipment.
- Ride back towards Gadgetzan, make a stop at Noonshade Ruins and
kill bandits / thieves there until you finish Wastewander Justice
and Water Pouch Bounty. If the place is crowded, there are more
wastewander camps southeast of here (63,30). (Note: If you are not
level 43 yet, that's where you should grind).
Go
back to Gadgetzan and turn in [44] Water Pouch
Bounty and [43] Wastewander Justice,
get the follow up [44] More Wastewander Justice.
- Ride north to Thousand Needles and to the Shimmering Flats at the
Mirage Raceway (80,75).
Turn
in [38] News for Fizzle at Fizzle
Brassbolts.
Get quest [50] Gahz'Rilla (Dungeon)
from Wizzle Brassbolts.
Turn in [36] Part for Kravel at
Kravel Koalbeard, don't get the follow up.
Turn in [37] Goblin Sponsorship at
Pozzik don't get the follow up but on the other hand get the quest [41] Keeping Pace from Pozzik. Then go talk to
Zamek who is just south of Pozzik, he should have a blue question mark over the
head. Start his quest, follow him, he will set up an explosive and distract
Rizzle Brassbolt out of his house. While Rizzle is away go quickly loot the Unguarded Plans. Complete the quest, get the
follow up [41] Rizzle's Schematics
and turn it in at Pozzik.
- Ride back to Gadgetzan and fly to Thalanaar (Feralas).
In Feralas, ride west, follow the road, but carefully avoid Camp Mojache (by the north) or the guards will make a quick deal of you. Find the Grimtotem Camp at (65,47), then locate Kindal Moonweaver at (65,45), she is on the mountain overlooking the Grimtotem camp.
Once
you know where Kindal is, don't take the quest yet, go back to the Grimtotem
Camp and clear the area around the bamboo cage with the Sprite Darters
in it, and don't be shy, clear a wide radius around it.
When
you feel that you've cleared enough, go quickly to Kindal and start the quest,
jump down and run straight to the bamboo cage, open the cage and escort the
sprites out, at least 6 of them must survive. Once you get the "6 Sprites escaped (Complete)" message,
help Kindal finish off whatever she is attacking. When Kindal is not being
attacked by anything, she will vanish, go find her at her initial spot, turn in
the quest. If you and/or Kindal die after getting the "quest
complete" message, just run back fast to where you initially found Kindal
and turn in the quest before the end of the 5 min countdown.
- Now Jer'Kai Moonweaver (that elf right next
to Kindal) will have a quest for you,[47]
Doling Justice. Take the quest, go back down to the Grimtotem
Camp and kill as much as the quest requires you to. When done, go back to
her and get the follow up [47] Doling
Justice.
- Get back on the road, keep going west
following the road and go to the shore at (44,42). Take the boat to
Feathermoon Stronghold, or just swim there if the boat isn't in
sight, it's faster.
In
Feathermoon Stronghold get:
- [46] The Mark of Quality
- [43] The Ruins of Solarsal
- [43] The Missing Courier
- [44] The High Wilderness
- [47] In Search of Knowledge
Then
go talk to Ginro Hearthkindle, he is on the 2nd floor of a house at (31,45)
get the follow up [43] The Missing Courier
from him.
Talk
to the Hippogryph master, make Feathermoon Stronghold your home location. Sell
and Repair, re-supply food and drink (3 stacks)
- Go southwest to the Ruins of Solarsal,
at (26,52) you'll find a Gazebo (a pavilion structure opened on all
sides) named "Solar Gazebo" , it's easy to discern it as it is
the only "dark" building. Click it and get the follow up quest [43] Return to Feathermoon Stronghold.
Go
back to Feathermoon Stronghold and get the follow up from Shandris Feathermoon [43] Against the Hatecrest. Talk to Latronicus
right next to her, get the follow up and go back to the Solarsal ruins, kill Nagas
until you have 10 Hatecrest Naga Scales.
Go
back to Latronicus, turn in the quest and get the follow up [45] Against Lord Shalzaru.
Sell,
repair and re-supply food/drink (3stacks).
Go
south past the Ruins of Solarsol and across the water to the Isle of Dread. On
the Isle of Dread, clear a path to the Cave at (26,67).
Inside the cave, go straight ahead and under a small white arch. Lord
Shalzaru is up there on the other side of the pond.
He is
level 47 and he's not solo, which means probably a bit hard for you to kill if
you are not level 44 yet, which will probably be the case for those who skipped
Uldaman. Luckily, this cavern is a very nice grind spot, kill Nagas
there until you reach level 44.
Level 44
- Kill Lord Shazaru, there are 2 other
nagas close to him but you can pull them one by one or just 2 at a time.
Use your long cooldown abilities and potions if needed. Loot the Mysterious Relic from him.
Clear the way out and go back to Feathermoon Stronghold.
Turn
in the quest at Latronicus and get the follow up [45]
Delivering the Relic. Go talk to Vestia Moonspear in the same
building and turn in the quest.
End of
circuit 1:
Note:
Unfortunately I had XP bonus for the most part of this session, but if you do
the math, it's still at least 32000 XP/ Hour.
Then
take the boat, back to Feralas, from there go south following the shore while
avoiding the Water Elementals / Giants. Kill any Rogue Vale Screechers
you find on the way and use Yeh'Kinya's Bramble on their corpses, then
talk to their spirit to free them. Finish [44]
Screecher Spirits while going southwards.
Cross
a small river, then keep going south until you find a Boat Wreckage at (45,64),
it's underwater but very close to the shore, you can actually see the tip of
it, it's a very small wreckage, don't expect some big boat.
There
will probably be an elemental or two around it that will aggro if you get
close, you can try killing them (but some of them are 49) or you can run in,
click the quest, get the follow up and run away. (What I did :p)
- Once you have the follow up [44] Boat Wreckage, go back to Feathermoon
Fortress (use Hearthstone if it's up).
In
Feathermoon Fortress talk to Ginro Hearthkindle and get the follow up [44] The Knife Revealed, go talk to Quintis at
the top of the tower north of this building. Get the follow up [44] Psychometric Reading and go back to
Ginro, get the follow up [44] The Woodpaw Gnolls.
Sell,
Repair, buy up to 4 stacks of food/drink.
Circuit
2:
- Go east across the sea, back to Feralas, follow the road east until you
reach Ruins of Isildien (61,53). Kill ogres there until you
have killed 8 Brutes and 8 Warlocks, then for the Ogre Shamans
you will have to go much further south to the big temple at (59,73).
Keep doing circles around the temple until you got 8 Shamans dead (there's
also shamans inside the building, sometimes you gotta kill the
placeholders for them to respawn). When you are done with Shamans, go
further to the south and as far up the hills as you can, you will find Hippogryph Eggs on the floor at (56,76).
Get a Hippogryph Egg go northwest to the Yeti Cave (55,56). Kill
Yetis, ignore the Homing Robot OOX-22/FE for now. Keep killing yetis until
you get 10 Thick Yeti Hides.
When
you got 10 Yeti Hides, go to the Homing Robot. (53,55)
Now,
at this point you should normally have gotten a Distress
Beacon with all the stuff you've killed in Feralas already. If you
don't, it's not a big deal, just go to the next step. For those you did get a
Distress Beacon, right click it to get the quest [45]
Find OOX-22/FE! if you haven't already. Turn in the quest.
Don't
take the escort quest if you are solo, it's too hard for almost every class. If
you are a duo or more, read the following warnings before taking the escort
quest:
- 1st Warning: The Chicken robot is stupid and doesn't
assist you all the time if you get attacked. Let him in the front so he
gets the first hit. He has a decent amount of HPs and heals back to full
after each fight is over. You can even eat/drink a bit after a fight and let
the chicken walk in the front (not too far away though). Don't even think
about looting, you don't have time. Don't let the chicken tank more than
one at a time, and don't let him tank too long either.
- 2nd Warning: When out of the Yeti cave, the chicken
will take a left turn and go towards the road, at some point 3 yetis will
ambush him. Don't panic, you can let one of the yetis be tanked by the
chicken at the beginning and deal with the other 2. Just check the
chicken's health regularly. There will be a 2nd and a 3rd ambush, be
prepared for them. Especially the last one is composed of 4 Gnolls.
- Go back to Feralas, follow the main road east until (71,48)
you should be directly north of the small lake. Go to the southeastern tip
of that lake and a bit more to the south try to locate a small gnoll camp
next to a huge tree. (73,56). Clear the camp and look for "Large Leather Backpacks" hanging
at the trunk of that huge tree. Click it and get the follow up quest [46] The Writhing Deep.
Also
check your inventory for a bag named "Undelivered
Parcel", click it and start the quest [44]
Thalanaar Delivery.
- Go further south to the Writhing Deep and find the hole at (74,63),
go down the spiralling ramp until you reach the bottom. There enter the
tunnel towards the west, inside the tunnel at the first fork go to the
right. At the end of this corridor you'll find a circular room with the Zukk'Ash
Pod inside. Clear the insects in the room. (if you are lucky, "Qirot",
a rare spawn insect will be there. Kill it for and extra green item). When
the room is clear, click the Zukk'Ash Pod, complete the quest, and after Raschal
the Courier is done with his speech, warp back to Feathermoon
Stronghold.
Turn
in the quests and get the follow up:
[46] A Hero's Welcome
[48] Improved Quality
Go to
Shandris Feathermoon, turn in [46] A Hero's
Welcome and get the follow up [46]
Rise of the Slithid.
- Fly to Auberdine (Darkshore), takes about 7 minutes. In
Auberdine go on the peer and take the boat to the right, it will take you
to Rut'theran Village outside of Darnassus.
Turn
in the quest [47] Handle with Care at
Erelas Ambersky. Get the quest [47] Favored of
Elune?.
Go
talk to Daryn Lightwind on the upper floor, turn in [47]
In Search of Knowledge. Go luck for a green book on the floor, next
to the little bookshelf to the north (55,91). Get the quest and talk
again to Daryn and get the follow up [48] The
Borrower.
- Go inside Darnassus (for those who never went there, you have to
step in the pink haze at (56,90))
Inside
Darnassus, go to the Temple of the Moon.
Turn
in the 2 quests there. While you are in Darnassus, go to your class trainer (if
you are Warlock or Paladin, you will have to go to Auberdine and take the boat
to Menethil Harbor then fly to Ironforge. Mages can just go learn the Portal to
Darnassus and warp to a big city to train), visit the Auction House, sell and
repair.
Then
go back to Feathermoon Stronghold (Use Hearthstone if it is up -- If it's not
up, there is a Hippogryph Master in Rut'theran Village, fly to Auberdine, then
fly to Feathermoon.)
Now if
you went to Uldaman, you should be level 45. For those who aren't
level 45 yet, go grind Nagas on the Isle of Dread (South of Feathermoon)
or on yetis at the Yeti Cave (53,56) until you hit level 45.
Level 45
- From Feathermoon, fly to Thalanaar.
Turn in the quest [44] Thalanaar Delivery
at Falfindel Waywarder. Then Fly to Gadgetzan.
In
Gadgetzan, turn in the quest [48] The Borrower
at Curgle Cranklehop, get the follow up [48] The
Super Snapper FX (Elite).
Right
next to Curgle, click on the Egg-O-Matic. Complete the quest and you
will get an Egg Crate, open it then talk to
Curgle again and complete the quest corresponding to the egg you got.
Sell,
Repair, get up to 3 Stacks of Food/Drink.
- In Tanaris ride to the southeast until you
reach Waterspring Field (63,37).
You will find numerous Wastewander camps there. Kill Wastewander Rogues (stealthers), Assassins and Shadow Mages. You can also find Caliph Scorpidsting, he wanders between the tower structures, so you should go kill from a tower structure to another until you find him. He has 2 stealthed bodyguards, it will be a hard fight, burn him down quick and run away is my advice, use long cooldown abilities and potions if needed. Then go back and loot his head.
If you
don't find Caliph it's not a problem though, it's just some bonus XP quest,
nothing important.
- Once you got [44]
More Wastewander Justice completed, go east towards Lost Rigger
Cove. You'll find a cave entrance at (68,41). Go through this
tunnel.
Now
you have a lot of work to do, check the kill list of [45] Southsea Shakedown and start killing Pirates!
Clear your way south toward the main camp with the 3 houses , 2 ships ashore
and the boat under construction.
Andre Firebeard spawns at the campfire right in the center of the camp. He
has 3 Dock Workers close to him but you can pull those 3 without him if you
pull the back one, then you have Andre solo. Or you can burn him down fast and
run away (or take them all :p^^). Anyway, this place is usually crowded because
it is a good grinding spot, so you shouldn't have trouble getting help to kill
Andre Firebeard if needed.
Then
go inside the first house to the right when entering the camp. You might get
pulls of 3 at a time inside the house, you will maybe have to use the
"Kill one and run away" tactic to get to the top floor of the house
if you can't take 3 at a time.. On the top floor are crates, click them to get Stoley's Shipment.
Then
keep on killing pirates until you complete Southsea Shakedown and Pirate
Hats Ahoy!
Bonus:
There is a rare spawn named Kregg Keelhaul on the boats ashore. Check
for it.
If you
find a Captain's Key off one of the pirates, the chest is at the bottom level
of the ship which is the most to the east. Another thing, while killing pirates
by the dozen you might find a pirate footlocker on one of them (1% chance to
drop approximately). In the footlocker you might find a note named "Ship
Schedule", right click it to start the quest [45]
Ship Schedules, which you turn in in Steamwheedle Port for an extra
4850 XP. However, you might be unlucky and never get a footlocker, so don't
worry if you miss it, it's optional.
- When done, get out of Rigger Cove and go
north to Steamwheedle Port.
Turn
in:
- [45] Andre Firebeard
- [45] Southsea Shakedown
- [45] Stoley's Shipment and get the follow up [45] Deliver to MacKinley
- [45] Pirate Hats Ahoy!
- [44] Screecher Spirits and get the follow up [47] The Prophecy of Mosh'Aru (Dungeon)
Ride
west to Gadgetzan and turn in:
- [44] More Wastewander Justice
- [46] WANTED: Caliph
Scorpidsting
Also
turn in any stacks of 5 Wastewander Water Pouch
at Spigot Operator Luglunket (he has a blue question mark overhead)
If you
are not level 46 at this point, go grind on pirates until you hit 46.
XP
rate:
Note:
The XP counter started when I arrived in Gadgetzan and turned in "the
borrower" quest. No XP bonus, I think the numbers speak for themselves.
Level 46
- Go to Ironforge (Fly to Theramore, take the boat to Menethil
Harbor and then fly to Ironforge)
In
Ironforge: Visit your class trainer, sell, repair, check auction house.
Optional: If you
did Uldaman and [47] The Platinum Discs
quest, then go to the Hall of Explorers, talk to High Explorer Magellas,
get the quest [50] Portents of Uldum,
then talk to Historian Karnik further inside the Hall of Explorers and get the
follow up [50] Seeing what Happens.
Fly to
Southshore, then go northeast to the Hinterlands (84,32).
In Hinterlands go northeast to Aerie Peak (14,47).
Get
the quests:
[45] Troll Necklace Bounty
[48] Skulk Rock Clean-up
Turn in [43] To the Hinterlands at Falstad
Wildhammer and get the follow up:
[43] Gryphon Master Talonaxe
On your way up to the top get the flight path for Aerie Peak.
Talk
to Gryphon Master Talonaxe and get the follow up:
[43] Rhapsody Shindigger. Also get [45] Witherbark Cages from him.
Then make Aerie Peak your home location. (the innkeeper can be hard to find, he
wanders about on the top floor inside the inn)
** Reminder: If you find a distress beacon
on mobs in Hinterlands, right click it and get the quest**
Circuit:
- Head out directly east of Aerie Peak,
follow a small path while staying close to the mountain to your left. You
will find Shindigger's camp (26,48).
Talk
to Rhapsody and get the follow up [43]
Rhapsody's Kalimdor Kocktail
**While
in the Hinterlands look for Wilkdkin Feathers,
they are big white/brown feathers you can find on the ground throughout
Hinterlands. They don't drop off the Owlbeasts. I found most of them in between
Aerie Peak and Quel'Danil Lodge. Start gathering them from now on while doing
the quest circuit**
- Go south to the troll ruins of Zun'watha
(23,58), clear the camp and check the first and second Witherbark
cages.
Then
go east to the troll ruins of Hiri'watha (32,57). Clear some
space inside and check the "Third Witherbark Cage"
Kill
trolls until you get 5 Troll Tribal Necklaces.
- Go northeast to Agol'Watha (46,40)
and kill 10 Sludge Ooze.
Go
east to Skulk Rock (56,44) and kill 10 Jade Ooze. Beware
of the wolf stalkers there though, they are stealthed, so be prepared for
unexpected adds.
- Optional: If you got the Distress
Beacon OOX-22/HL, go to the lake northwest of Skulk Rock and find
the Homing robot there (49,37). Turn in the quest. Before you
accept the rescue quest, here is what you must know:
- This quest, unlike the Feralas one, is more
likely to be done solo. It's still not a walk in the part of course. So
if you got a partner to duo it, all the better for you.
- Let the chicken run in front of you, let it
get the first hit. If it's not getting hit, it won't fight back.
Sometimes mobs are actually chasing the chicken and failing to get a hit
on it, so they give up.
- You'll have to face 2 ambushes of 3 mobs
each, make sure you are full health/mana and with long cooldown abilities
up when you start the escort. When the 3 ambushers attack, stand back
until the chicken gets hit. Then let the chicken tank one of the 3 adds,
deal with the 2 others as quick as you can, then help the chicken finish
off the 3rd add.
If you
don't have the beacon, you can come back later when you get one. But of course
now is the most efficient time to do it, cause it's on your quest path
- Go southeast, to the Overlook Cliffs (70,63)
and follow the path down to the shore. Search your bags for the Super Snapper FX and make a hotkey out of it.
Then ride along the shore and search for a named turtle named Gammerita.
She is easy to discern from the rest because she's the only aggressive
turtle (red name -- turn NPC names on in your interface options, advanced
options tab). She roams a lot, so you'll find her anywhere between the
waterfall (82,47) and Revantusk Village (77,77).
You
don't need to kill her, just get close enough and use the Super Snapper FX on
her, she will not like it and will attack you, just run away. You should now
normally have a Snapshot of Gammerita in
your inventory.
- Hearthstone back to Aerie Peak.
Turn
in the quests:
[45] Troll Necklace Bounty
[48] Skulk Rock Clean-up
Optional: You can turn in more Troll Necklaces at
the same NPC if you have extra stacks of 5. You gain 390 XP and extra faction
with these dwarves each time.
Go to
the top floor of Aerie Peak to Gryphon Master Talonaxe and get the follow up:
[48] The Altar of Zul
End of
circuit:
Sell,
repair, buy up to 3 stacks food/drink.
- Go to the Altar of Zul (49,64)
and kill trolls / wolves there.
Now
the best would be that you shout in the "Looking for group" channel
the following: "Looking for more to do [48]
The Altar of Zul and get the Sacred
Mallet"
During
peak times there's almost always people interested in doing that.
Anyway, if you don't find people willing to do this immediately, just keep on
killing trolls / wolves in this area (or the lower level ones to the west)
until you get a group going. Also use the oportunity to finish the Wildkin Feather gathering. (You need 15 feathers)
You
and two level 50s should be just enough to kill the 2 NPCs on top of the Altar
of Zul. More will make it easier of course. I even managed to do it with just
me (lvl 47 rogue) and a level 48 priest. But it was really close.
On top
of the temple of Zul you'll find 2 level 50 elites. Qiaga and Morta'gya.
With
me playing my mage I managed to kill them with a level 51 Hunter and a 50
Priest, I sheeped Morta and we killed Qiaga first. It went quite smooth.
Loot
the "Sacred Mallet" from Qiaga.
Then walk on top of the altar in the middle of it and you'll get a quest update
for [48] The Altar of Zul.
**Note:
If you don't find a group to kill the 2 elites, nevermind. You can still run up
to the top of the altar, complete [48] The Altar
of Zul and run away. The Mallet is really optional**
Say
goodbye to your group and grind on trolls (you choose which camp) until you are
one bubble away from level 47.
Optional: While grinding you can also go to Shadra'Alor
and get the quest [53] Jammalan the Prophet
from the Atalai' Exile (32,74). That's if you plan to do the Sunken
Temple instance later on (I recommend it)
- Then go back to the top of Aerie Peak
and speak with Gryphon Master Talonaxe. Turn in the quest and get the
follow up:
[47] Thadius Grimshade
Don't
forget to turn in the Troll Necklaces for extra exp at Fraggar Thundermantle
(in the inn). Important: Keep Aerie Peak as your home location until
further notice.
- Fly to Ironforge. Sell, repair, check
AH. you really have to buy the 2 Elixirs of
Fortitude if you didn't already (See shopping list). Fly to
Menethil Harbor, take the boat to Auberdine, fly to Rut'Theran village.
In
Rut'theran Village turn in the quest [47]
Favored of Elune? at Erelas Ambersky (55,92).
In the
same house on the 1st floor turn in [48] The
Super Snapper FX (Elite). Get the follow up [48] Return to Troyas.
You
should also be level 47 now. Congratulations.
Level 47
- Fly back to Auberdine then fly to Feathermoon
Stronghold.
Buy up
to 4 stacks of food/drink then talk to Troyas Moonbreeze and get the follow up [50] The Stave of Equinex. Get [51] The Sunken Temple from Angelas
Moonbreeze, standing next to Troyas.
Circuit:
Cross
the sea east to the peer in Feralas and get the two quests from the goblin
named Zorbin Fandazzle (44,43)
[48] Zapped Giants
[48] Fuel for the Zapping
Look
inside your bags for Zorbin's Ultra-Shrinker
and put it on a hotkey.
- Then go south along the shore and
start killing water elementals. Look for giants as well, they are
elite but if you use the Zorbin's Zapper
on them they become totally managable. Keep killing elementals and giants
until you got 15 Miniaturization Residue
and 10 Water Elemental Core.
Once
finished, go turn in your quest at Zorbin Fandazzle.
Optional: You can take the 2 follow ups (which
appear lvl 55 but are still about the same mobs) if you feel like it and redo the
quests several times, it's not so bad for grinding as you get an extra 550XP,
21 Silver and faction increase with all Steamwheedle Cartel factions per quest
turn in, but on the other hand those elementals are kinda hard to kill with
certain classes, so I'll let you be the judge here. (I redid both quests only
once, then it was getting too boring :p)
Note:
For engineers it's worth it, because after completing the quests, Zorbin opens
his store and you can buy Schematic: Snake Burst Firework.
- Get back on the main road and ride
north/northeast towards the yeti cave (51,32). On the way there
also kill every Ironfur Bear and Groddoc Thunderer you find.
You need 3 livers of each for [43] Rhapsody's Kalimdor Kocktail. Kill Rage
Scar Yetis until you get 10 Rage Scar Yeti
Hide and a Pristine Yeti Hide (rare
drop). When you get the Pristine hide, right click it and get the
quest.
Note: Miners / Skinners you might want to grind
here a little, this is a good spot.
- Get out of the yeti cave and go north
until you can get back on the main road, then northwest until you find a
stone giant named Rockbiter. Get the quest [49]
The Giant Guardian from him.
Then
go directly north to the Ruins of Ravenwind. There are level 48-50 Harpies
everywhere in those ruins, the lvl 50s will be a bit harder but manageable.
Plus, they drop Vibrant Plumes for Darkmoon
Faire tickets. Be careful with runners, overall, be very careful in that area,
take your time to pull one by one, don't be reckless or you will die (I did!
:P )
- First go west to (38,15), next
to a thick square tower you'll find a dark gazebo, inside of it is the
first flame, right click it. Loot the Byltan
Essence.
Go northeast
to (40,12) to some big ruined arch, the 2nd flame is on the top of it in
the middle. To get there you have to get behind the building and jump from
stones to stones until you can reach the flame of Samha. Right click it and
loot the Samha Essence.
Then
go back and jump down the building, directly northeast of it and on slightly
higher ground among ruins you will find the flame of Imbel. (39,9) Loot
the Imbel Essence.
Then
go southwest (ignore Shay Leafrunner for now if you see her) until (37,11). The Flame of Lahassa is under a dark
brown gazebo. Loot the Lahassa Essence.
- Now that you have all 4 essences, go southeast
to the Equinex Monolith (38,13).
Clear
some space around it, then go to it, search your bags for Troyas's Stave. Right click it to charge the
stave, then right click the monolith, complete the quest, get the follow up [50] The Morrow Stone.
- Get out of the Monolith area and then clear
yourself a path northwest to Shay Leafrunner.
Before
you take the quest, here is the trick :
After
taking the quest you must loot the bell from the chest next to Shay. Make a
hotkey of that bell. Now here is the problem with Shay, she wanders off every
now and then, she always says something like "oh what a beautiful
flower" and goes away. When she does that you are supposed to ring the
bell and she will run back to you. The problem is that the bell has a rather long
cooldown so she ends up wandering off too often.
The trick is that as soon as you ring the bell, she will run to you, so you
should start running southeast / south towards Rockbiter (42,21) and
she will keep running after you until she catches up. When she catches up she
will say something like 'I wandered off again, sorry". But the cooldown on
the bell will be reset already.
In
short: When she wanders
off, ring the bell and run away, don't let her catch up to you. Even if you get
aggroed by mobs keep running. Only stop if Shay herself gets attacked, then you
will have to defend her. You can run and look behind you by holding your
mouse's left click and moving the mouse, to make sure she's still running after
you.
Once
at the giant, turn in the quest. Then go southeast and back on the road, follow
the road south and then east until (54,41).
- Now you can go south back into the Yeti Cave
and try to escort the Homing Robot again if you didn't before. It's still
really hard solo, but at level 47 I managed to do it (was extremely close
with the mage though). I recommend finding someone willing to duo it with
you. Anyway, one advice, just ALWAYS let the chicken get hit first
before you do anything.
If you don't manage to solo this quest or can't find a person to duo it just abandon it. It's really optional, but do try hard though. :P - Then get back on the road, keep going
east and past the bridge until (65,49). When there, go down and
northeast towards the grimtotem camp. Go talk to Kindal Moonweaver (those
two elven chicks we already helped back then with the sprite darters).
Get
the quest [47] An Orphan Looking for a Home.
Then ride back to Feathermoon Stronghold.
Turn
in :
[48] Improved Quality and
[48] Pristine Yeti Hide at Pratt McGrubben
[50] The Morrow Stone at Troyas Moonbreeze
End of
circuit:
I went
linkdead right in the middle of the Ruins of Ravenwind, so no XP rate
screenshot. But from what I checked before going linkdead and after. This
session lasted about 2H45min. The exp rate was around 30000 XP/ Hour for a
total of ~80000 XP gained.
Sell/repair/refill
up to 3 stacks food/drink.
- Fly to Thalanaar and then to Gadgetzan.
In
Gadgetzan get:
- [46] Gadgetzan Water Survey from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser
(he's on a mound of earth behind the houses on the west side of
Gadgetzan)
- [49] The Thirsty Goblin from Maren Noggenfogger
- [49] The Dunemaul Compound from Andi Lynn (behind the Inn)
- [50] Thistleshrub Valley from Tran'Rek
Circuit:
- Get out of Gadgetzan and go south
until you find the skeletal remains of some huge animal (50,35).
Kill all the Fire Rocs you find there. You got another of those huge
skeletal remains to the southwest. Cycle between those 2 spots until you
get the 3 Roc Gizzards you need for [43] Rhapsody's Kalimdor Kocktail.
- Go northwest to the pool of water by
the Sandsorrow watch (38,29). Stand by the western tip of the pool
and get full health/mana. Search your bag for a black vial named "Untapped Dowsing Widget" and right
click it. Two level 48 insects will pop and attack you, kill them or run
away from them. It doesn't matter.
- Go east back to Gadgetzan. Talk to
Senior Survery Fizzledowser and get the follow up [47] Noxious Lair Investigation.
Go
south to the area named "Broken Pillar" (52,45) and talk to
Marvon Rivetseeker. Turn in [51] The Sunken
Temple and get the follow up [51] The
Stone Circle. Also get [48]
Gahz'ridian.
- Go west / southwest to the Dunemaul
Compound and clear a path to the cave there (40,56). In that
cave you'll find Gor'marok the Ravager, kill him. (lvl 49 -
soloable at lvl 47 without a problem)
Go
southeast to the Eastmoon Ruins (48,64) (yes, even if you didn't
finish [49] The Dunemaul Compound
yet.) Start killing ogres there and look on the floor for Gahz'Ridian pieces. They look like white upside
down plates. Kill ogres in that camp until you got 30
Gahz'Ridian Ornament and hit level 48. If it's too crowded, there is
another camp similar to this one further to the southwest named "Southmoon
Ruin" (41,72). When you hit 48 and got 30 Gahz'Ridian ornament you
should also be done with [49] The Dunemaul
Compound. If not, kill some more ogres :p
Level 48
- Optional: If you went to Uldaman and did the quest [47] The Platinum Discs, go southwest to
Uldum (38,79). The Dune Smashers have a small aggro range, you can
hug the left wall and reach the Stone Watcher of Norgannon, just be
careful of the one roamer. The Stone Watcher of Norgannon is at (37,81).
Click the Uldum Pedestal under him and get the follow up, then talk
to the Stone Watcher of Norgannon who just appeared on the pedestal. Go
through his dialogue and you will complete the follow up. Then click the
Uldum pedestal again, complete the quest and get the follow up [50] Return to Ironforge. Now wasn't that
the easiest 9400xp ever?
- Go west (northwest if you went to Uldum) to Thistleshrub
Valley (28,67). Kill Gnarled Thistleshrubs and Thistleshrub
Rootshapers until you get 8 kills of each. Also kill Thistleshrub
Dew Collectors until a Laden Dew Gland
drops (rare drop).
- Go north to the Noxious Lair (31,51).
Kill Centipaars there, Stingers, Wasps, Tunnelers..
until you get 5 Centipaar Insect Parts.
Then go back to Gadgetzan.
- In Gadgetzan turn in:
- [49] The Thirsty Goblin at Marin Noggenfogger. Get the
follow up [49] In Good Taste.
- [49] The Dunemaul Compound at Andi Lynn
- [50] Thistleshrub Valley at Trank'Rek
- [49] In Good Taste at Sprinkle, get the follow up [49] Sprinkle's Secret Ingredient.
- [47] Noxious Lair
Investigation at
Alchemist Pestlezugg
Get
the quest:
[48] The Scrimshank Redemption from Senior Surveyor Fizzledowser.
End of
circuit:
Sell/repair/restock
food-drink (3 stacks).
- Go south to the Broken Pillar and talk
to Marvon Rivetseeker, turn in [48]
Gahz'ridian.
Go
further south to the Gaping Chasm (56,61), clear yourself a path
through the insects southwards until you find the entrance spiralling down at (55,70).
Take the 2nd tunnel you see when going down the spiral, the one going north (55,69).
Inside the tunnel at the first fork go right. Then go through the circular
room. After the circular room at the first fork go right. You will enter a big
square room. The Scrimshank's Surveying Gear (55,71) is at the
western corner of the square room.
Loot
it and then go back the way you came from, and then go north until you are out
of the Gaping Chasm.
- If you don't have the Distress Beacon, go
back to Gadgetzan.
If you
do have the Distress Beacon for Tanaris:
Go
east and inside the mountain at (60,64). You will find the Homing Robot
OOX-17/TN there. Turn in the quest. Get full health/mana, refresh buffs.
Check if your long cooldown abilities are up. For some classes this will be
hard to solo, so if you don't manage it better find someone to duo it with. If
you don't manage that, just abandon the escort quest, it's optional anyway.
Things
to know about this escort quest:
1. Let
the chicken in front, let him get hit first. Sometimes mobs will aggro him but
not manage to hit him while he walks and they will just give up.
2. The first part of the escort is the hardest as you will run into lvl 46-47
mobs. And at some point you will get an ambush of 3 level 46 scorpions. Use
your long cooldown abilities there. After this, it gets easier.
3. Later on you will get a 2nd ambush, 3 humanoids lvl 42 (green). One will be
a shadow mage though, kill it first.
- Ride back to Gadgetzan, talk to Senior
Surveyor Fizzledowser and get the follow up [48]
Insect Part Analysis.
Go
talk to Alchemist Pestlezugg, get the follow up and get back to Surveyor Fizzledowser.
Turn in the quest and get the follow up [49]
Rise of the Slithid
.
Get your 2 Elixirs of Fortitude from the bank in Gadgetzan. Then ride north to
the thousand needles.
- Go to the Mirage Raceway and talk to
Quentin (78,74). Turn in the quest [47]
An Orphan Looking for a Home. Get the follow up, turn it in
instantly (as you already have the 2 Elixirs of Fortitude).
Get the quest [47] The Newest Member of the Family and hearthstone to Aerie Peak. Go talk to Agnar Beastamer, he is inside the inn on the lower level. Turn in [47] The Newest Member of the Family.
Get
the follow up [47] Food for Baby.
End
of circuit.
- Now don't worry we are gonna hit Ironforge
soon to visit the class trainer, but first, repair/sell, refill food/drink
(3 Stacks).
Get
out of Aerie Peak by the small path to the east and go to Rhapsody Shindigger. (26,48)
Turn
in [43] Rhapsody's Kalimdor Kocktail.
Watch him get drunk and then get the quest [43]
Rhapsody's Tale.
Ride
east towards the area in between Shaol'Watha and Jintha'Alor (65,50). At
this spot and widely around it you should find Silvermane Stalkers. They
are level 47-48 wolves and they are stealthed. Run circles in the area I
described among the trees, hit tab while looking around. You should find them
quickly, they drop the stuff you need 40% of the time. (Humans: use perception
/ Warlocks: Buff yourself with detect invisibility)
Kill
everything on your way while you are at it, like those goofy looking Owlbeasts.
- Once you got 5
Silvermane Stalker Flanks, ride west to Valorwind Lake at (40,60).
Dive in and look for some white/red mushroom named Violet Tragan. Loot
one. (Don't right click it when its in your inventory!) Then go back to
Aerie Peak, into the inn, back to Agnar Beastamer.
Turn
in the quest [47] Food for Baby and
get the follow up [48] Becoming a Parent.
Turn it in, congratulations on your new pet. It's useless but it's cute :P (and
wasn't a waste of time XP wise)
- Fly to Ironforge, visit your class trainer,
sell, repair, auction.
If
you went to Uldaman before and if you did the platinum discs quest:
Go to the Halls of Explorer, turn in [50] Return
to Ironforge at Historian Karnik and get the follow up [50] A Future Task.
Also get [52] Passing the Burden from
him.
Turn in [50] A Future Task at High
Explorer Magellas. (yet another 4700 XP and 2 Gold 20 Silver.)
Note: This is why I really advise doing certain instances. They are not
a waste of time at all if you do them the right way. Here we got 3 times 4700XP
only because we did a quest in Uldaman back then.
- Fly to Stormwind, go to the Dwarven District
to Brohann Caskbelly (64,20) and get the follow up [50] Into The Temple of Atal'Hakkar (Dungeon).
Fly to
Nethergarde Keep (Blasted Lands) talk to Thadius Grimshade and get the follow
up [47] Nekrum's Medallion (Dungeon).
Fly to
Darkshire and then to Booty Bay.
In
Booty Bay turn in the [45] Deliver to MacKinley
at "Sea Wolf" MacKinley (close to the inn) and all the Rescue OOX-22
quests you completed at Oglethorpe Obnoticus (2nd house to the right of the
forge), if you completed any, that is.
If you
completed all 3 rescues you get and extra quest [50]
An OOX of your own. You'll get another of those useless pets and 7100
XP as well! Which is why going through the pain of doing those 3 escort
quests is in the end worth it. (Sadly the Tanaris beacon never dropped for the
character I used to record the XP Rates, so I didn't get this bonus)
- Go back to Ironforge. Now here is what
I advise:
Get a
group together and go to Zul'Farrak. Follow this Zul'Farrak Instance Guide.
It
would be a waste not to go, you already have all the pre-quest work done, you
just have to gather a few more quests in Tanaris (and one in Dustwallow Marsh).
Even if you don't like instances, I really suggest you do an effort on this
one, it will be a great XP boost and you also get follow up quests which will
be another source of extra XP later. You don't even have to do everything in
Zul'Farrak. You can skip Antu'Sul and Witch Doctor Zum'Rah, which are arguably
the hardest battles in there. You can also skip Gahz Ridian actually, but
if you get someone in your group with the Mallet, you might as well go for it.
Just make sure you do at least:
- Kill Theka the Martyr (Get 1st Tablet)
- The Temple script (Loot Nekrum's Medaillon)
- Kill Hydromanther Velratha (Loot 2nd Tablet)
It
took me just 2 Hours with a crapy pick-up group for a huge XP boost.
If
you really don't want to go to Zul'Farrak:
You can abandon the quests related to it and go grind up to level 49. (Because
those who go to Zul'Farrak will ding 49 from turning in the quests even if they
don't do all the quests, Gazh'Rilla and Troll Temper namely)
You can grind either in Feralas on Yetis or on Harpies (good for
Darkmoon Faire Tickets). You can also grind on ogres in Tanaris if you
prefer.
- For those who go to Zul'Farrak, the optimal setup would be that one
person of your group has the Mallet to summon Gahz'Rilla. If
you can't manage that it's np, this is optional and you can always come
back later when you have your own mallet, if you wish to.
In
both cases, when you stop by Tanaris, talk to Sprinkle and get the follow up [49] Delivery for Marin. Go talk to Marin
Noggenfogger and get the follow up [49]
Noggenfogger Elixir and turn it in. The elixirs are more fun than
useful but sometimes they give nifty effects like levitation or water
breathing, which can be helpful situationaly. Plus now you can buy Elixirs from
Marin at will
You
can also bind in Gadgetzan or anywhere you please if it's more convenient to
you, for now.
Level 49
- So you just turned in all the quests you
finished in Zul'Farrak (besides the one in Blasted Lands, cause we are
going there now) or grinded your way up to level 49. Those who did
Zul'Farrak should have already 4 bubbles in level 49 or close to that.
Go to Ironforge
and bind there (unless you are still bound in Hinterlands), Sell/repair/get 4
stacks food/drink.
Fly to
Stormwind, go to the Mage District, then go on top of the Wizard's Tower (37,81).
Get
the quest [45] Vital Supplies from High Sorcerer
Andromath.
- Fly to Darkshire (Duskwood). In Darkshire go
talk to Watchmaster Sorigal (he's just down the path from the gryphon
master), get the follow up [45] Supplies
for Nethergarde.
Fly to
Nethergarde Keep (Blasted Lands).
In
Nethergarde:
Turn
in [45] Supplies for Nethergarde at
Quartermaster Lungertz.
Turn in [47] Nektrum's Medaillon at
Thadius Grimshade, he'sinside the big tower, on the highest floor. Get the
follow up [47] The Divination. Turn
it in, get the follow up [47] Return to the
Hinterlands (Elite).
- Ride out of Nethergarde Keep, go west /
northwest until you find the two Blood Elves at (50,14). Get
all their quests:
[50] A Boar's Vitality
[50] Snickefang Jowls
[50] The Basilisk's Bite
[50] The Decisive Striker
[50] Vulture's Vigor
Start
killing directly from here, you can find all the animals you need to kill for
theses quests in the upper part of Blasted Lands. Avoid the area around the
Dark Portal and the Tainted Scar. Avoid anything that is level 52 or above.
Kill
pretty much everything on your way until you have all the quests completed. Beware
of the big drake flying around named Teremus the Devourer. Besides this,
just kill everything :P What you'll need to kill the most though are vultures
and basilisks, so here is a path you should follow, listing every possible
Vulture spawn (there's also a few vulture roamers but you'll run into those too
from time to time) so try to get all of them every cycle.
Completing
all the quests will take a while, but here are a few tips:
- Melees: As soon as possible try to finish the quest
[50] The Decisive Striker and
go turn it in, you'll get a +50 AGI buff for 1 Hour. When that buff wears
out, go turn in either Snickerfang Jowls (+50 STR buff) or A
Boar's Vitality (+50 STA buff) depending on your preferences.
- Casters: As soon as possible try to finish the quest
[50] A Boar's Vitality and turn
it in for a +50 STA buff. Later on after your sta buff wears off, try to
finish [50] The Basilisk's Bite
for a +50 INT buff.
These
buffs will help you killing faster. Make good use of them
- While killing mobs in Blasted Lands you might
loot an Imperfect Draenethyst Fragment
on one of them. Go to Kum'Isha the Collector (51,35). Get the quest
[55] Everything Counts in Large Amounts
and turn it in. No need to get the follow up quest unless you get another
Imperfect Draenethyst Fragment.
If you
are extremely lucky you'll find a Flawless Draenetyst Sphere (I didn't 
) In that case get the other quest from Kum'Isha and turn it
in.
- Turn in all the other blasted lands quest
when they are done, don't get the follow ups (they are repeatable if you
want to get more of those nifty clickable buffs later on). Now you should
be approximately 4 bubbles away from level 50 if you did this right.
- Hearthstone to Ironforge (or to
Hinterlands if you are still bound there).
Go to
Aerie Peak in Hinterlands, talk to Gryphon Master Talonaxe. (he's at the very
top of Aerie Peak) Get the follow up [53] Saving
Sharpbeak (Elite).
Now
you got 3 reasons to go to the top of Jintha'Alor. The Mallet of
Zul'Farrak being one of them, but most importantly:
- [50] The Ancient Egg (Elite) and
- [53] Saving Sharpbeak (Elite)
- Build a group of level 50+ and go to Jintha'Alor (66,66).
It's doable with 3 level 50s but it will be long and very tedious at the
end, I suggest you try to fill up the group.
Fight
your way to the top of Jintha'Alor, then go to Vile Priestess Hexx (59,78).
She has one guard, you can wait till the Priestess wanders in the cave and get
her guard solo. Then get the Priestess solo, kill her and loot the Hexx's key from her. Also don't forget to forge
the Mallet of Zul'Farrak, just click your Sacred Mallet while being next
to the Altar. Go inside the cave behind where you fought the Vile Priestess.
Follow this path to find the Ancient Egg:
You'll
find Hitah'ya the Keeper and 2 guards patrolling around the Ancient Egg. Kill Hitah'ya the Keeper first,
should be a pushover for a group of 4 or 5. Get the Ancient Egg.
Once
you have the Ancient Egg, clear the way out of the cave back to the Altar, from
there go north towards the other cave at (56,68). Kill the two trolls
guarding it's entrance. Then go through the cave and on the other side of it
you'll find Sharpbeak in it's cage. Free Sharpbeak and watch him fly
away with his parents.
You
are done, hearthstone back to Aerie Peak and turn in the quest [53] Saving Sharpbeak (Elite). Also turn in
any stacks of 5 Troll Tribal Necklaces you might have gotten during your
Jintha' Alor trip.
Go
turn the other quest in Tanaris at Steamwheedle port, and get the follow up
quest [53] The God Hakkar (Dungeon)
- Turning in the quests will make you ding level
50 or be very close, and you can go kill some trolls next to the
Altar of Zul to finish your level, or some ogres in Tanaris.
For
those who didn't do Zul'Farrak: Time to grind!
Ding level 50,
and end of Chapter II.
-Jame