Feralas and Hinterlands

Started at level 45
Finished at level 48

Since you can't fly to Thousand Needles from Tanaris, I decided it was just as easy to run as it was to go from Tanaris to Crossroads to Thousand Needles. Feralas is basically at the opposite end of Thousand Needles to Shimmering Flats, just run straight across.

When you enter, follow the path and you will come across Camp Mojache.

[44] Screecher Spirits
Objectives : Capture the spirits of 3 screechers
Rewards : XP!

The quest log says "Southern and Central" feralas, but it's basically west. If you follow the path west out of Camp Mojache you will pass an Ogre area and there's a drop down into the area behind it you can find some. Alternatively, you could follow the path straight to the waters edge where you will find lots, which is what I did.

Out of Camp Mojache head west, follow it around until you come almost parallel with the water, after a bridge there will be a path straight on your left that leads down. The screechers are closer to the cliffs than the water, and keep your eye out for some elite mobs (avoidable). Kill the Screechers and then right click the Bramble to summon their spirit. Right click their spirit to gather the spirit. Wash, rinse, repeat.

[45] A New Cloaks Sheen
Objectives : Collect 10 Iridescent Sprite Darter Wings
Rewards : XP!

Heading back from the Screechers, I passed an area just before I reached Camp Mojache that had a lot of Sprite Darters there so thought I would complete this quest. Heading into Camp Mojache, they are on your left, not that hard to miss.

I had a really good drop rate with the wings, only three mobs didn't drop them, and a couple even dropped two for me.

[42] War on the Woodpaw
Objectives : Collect 10 Woodpaw Gnoll Manes
Rewards : XP!

Right across the road from the Sprite's you will find Woodpaw Hills, and the mobs that drop the tails you need. There are enough mobs wandering around alone that you don't even need to worry about the camps, and again, I had a pretty good drop rate.

[43] The Ogres of Feralas
Objectives : Kill 10 Gordunni Ogres, 10 Ogre-Magi, and 5 Brutes
Rewards : XP!

[43] Gordunni Cobalt
Objectives : Gather 12 samples of Gordunni Cobalt
Rewards : +9 Intellect, +6 Spirit, +4 Agility Cloth Boots or +10 Spirit Cloth Cloak

After I had gathered my Sprite wings and Woodpaw tails, I made my way into Camp Mojache and right through to the other side. Just after you exit on the east side, turn left into the open area there and run up along the river. At the top you should see a path leading up into the cliffs. Follow it up and you should start seeing some Gordunni Ogre's.

All three types will be in there waiting for you to kill them, and while you are there look for little blue glowing bits on the ground, usually in clusters. When you are close to them, if you right click the shovel in your inventory, they will spawn dirt mounds. If you right click those dirt mounds, you get your cobalt. From everything I could tell, the dirt mounds that glow means there is cobalt inside, and those that don't glow have crappy loot for you to sell.

If you fight your way through the first set of ogre's to the back, you will find lots of the blue glowy things. Once I had completed those two, I head back to Camp Mojache to hand in.

[43] Alpha Strike
Objectives : Kill 5 Woodpaw Alphas within one hour
Rewards : XP

After you hand in War on the Woodpaw, you are given a second step, and it's timed so be ready. You need to kill 5 Woodpaw Alpha's within the 1 hour given to you. The Alpha's are at the same place as before, Woodpaw Hills, but they are a little further in. If you check the camps, you can usually find one Alpha at each, and they can be single pulled out. Once you are done, go hand in.

[42] The Battle Plan
Objectives : Retrieve the Woodpaw Battle Plans
Rewards : Sellable loot...

The next step for Woodpaw Hills is to locate the battle plan. It can spawn at a couple of camps, but if you use your eye of kilrogg you can save yourself some time killing. Once you have located it, fight your way in and right click it.

[45] A Grim Discovery
Objectives : Collect 20 Grimtotem Horns
Rewards : XP!

Before I handed in the battle plan, I jumped across the road to where the Darter Sprites were, only this time I was eyeing off the Grimtotem's. They were extremely easy to take down and dropped the horns nearly every kill, some kills dropping multiple's.

[44] The Ogres of Feralas
Objectives : Kill 10 Gordunni Shaman, 10 Warlocks, and 5 Maulers
Rewards : XP!

After leading the Grimtotem's, I continued west till I came to the Ruins of Isildiend, and the ogre's. There is a small group of them just in from the road, but if you continue south through there, you will come into a larger compound which is where I found the Shaman's and Warlock's to be most.

[46] The Mark of Quality
Objectives : Gather 10 Thick Yeti Hides
Rewards : Sellable loot...

For this you need to head to Feral Scare Vale, and you can actually head north from the ruins as there's no mountain in the way. The Yeti's can drop the hide's, or if you have skinning you can get them that way too. Pretty easy to get. Once I had my hides I headed back to Camp Mojache to hand in.

[45] Zukk'ash Infestation
Objectives : Collect 20 Zukk'ash Carapaces
Rewards : XP!

[47] Stinglasher
Objectives : Defeat Stinglasher and its glands
Rewards : XP!

For these quests, you need to head in and past Woodpaw Hills until you come across The Writhing Deep behind it. You are looking for big like mobs. When you start killing, you will notice an entrance where it goes underground, if you continue on a bit further, you will find a second more winding entrance. It's this second entrance that I found Stinglasher coming up to the surface from.

All the different mobs drop the carapace's, and every kill yielded me a drop. The non flying mobs will run when low on health and can move quite fast, the flying ones did not seem to run at all.

After I handed those two in I made my way to Orgrimmar to hand in the final steps.


Since the quest I had left for Feralas were starting to raise in level, I thought I would pop over to The Hinterlands and see what they had to offer. If you've never been here before it's quite simple. Take a boat from Orgrimmar to Undercity and fly to Taren Mill. If you look at your map of Hillsbrad, you should see in the mountains behind Durnhold Keep there is a blurry bit, that's a path that leads through to Hinterlands for you. There will be two Alliance Griffons flying around the start of the path, but they are easily avoidable if you don't feel like killing them.

Once you find the path, follow it through to Hinterlands, but don't stay on the path. It actually leads into Aerie Peak which is the Alliance outpost there. You want to jump off the path and basically run straight east to the waters edge. About half way down the map you will a second path start to appear and you are safe to run along that one, it will actually lead you almost to where you want to go anyway. If you are on it, when you are coming to the end and starting to see Jintha'alor (can't miss it, huge Troll palace) you want to start veering off towards the cliffs. There will be a path leading down to turtles, and if you turn right at the bottom, you should start seeing Raventusk Village.

[47] Lines of Communication
Objectives : Burn the Highvale Records, Report, and Notes.
Rewards : XP!
* Please note Lines of Communication comes from Oran Snakewrithe in The Mage quarter in The Undercity

[48] Message to the Wildhammer
Objectives : Kill 15 Highvale Outrunners, 15 Scouts, 15 Marksman and 15 Rangers
Rewards : XP!

[47] Rin'ji is Trapped
Objectives : Escort Rin'ji out of the Quel'Danil Lodge, then find his hidden secret
Rewards : (after running around) 61 Armor, +10 Stamina, +10 Intellect, Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 13 Cloth Chest or Leather Hat
* Comes from Rin'ji inside the lodge...

Quel'Danil Lodge is located almost up near the West wall. I recommend running and doing these first as the later step to 'Message to the Wildhammer' involves Griffons you will pass alter anyway. The Lodge is surrounded by the Highvale mobs you need to kill, and they are also between level's 44 through to about 47, piece of cake!

To start with, if you are facing the main building, start killing to your left and down the side to the lake behind. As you are clearing down, keep your eyes out for a lamp post that is outside, but close to the side wall of the building, the Highvale Notes will be lying on the ground near that. Continuing down to the arch like structure beside the water there, that is where you will find the Highvale Reports which you can burn by right clicking.

Once you have those two, head back out to the front and start clearing into the main building there. Once you are inside, turn to your right and against the back wall there, near the barrels, will be the Highvale Records, the third and final piece you need.

I continued clearing all the mobs inside as I was short on a few kill counts, and since I was feeling tough, decided to escort Rin'ji out. An easy escort, you leave the main building and just outside are jumped by a three mobs. Once those are killed, Rin'ji continues off the path a little where you will encounter another set of three. After those are slain, you follow Rin'ji to the path where he says he'll be fine. If you have been clearing mobs anyway for the kill count, this is a simple escort.

Once you have finished those three, make your way back to Raventusk Village, but before heading straight in, swim out into the water and look for a tiny island with a stone arch on it. Under the arch is a tablet and that is 'Rin'ji's Secret' he was talking about. Right click on the tablet.

[48] Another Message to the Wildhammer
Objectives : Collect 10 Long Elegant Feathers
Rewards : XP!

These drop off any Griffon in the zone so keep your eyes out, especially as the drop rate can be pretty bad at times. I did find a whole bunch of Griffons right up on the west side near Aerie Peak if you need them. Also, I should note that both steps of "Message to the Wildhammer" state they are PvP quests, however it's only the final step, the one I chose not to do, that will PvP flag you. Both steps I have listed will not endanger you to any trigger happy Alliance.

[48] Stalking the Stalkers
Objectives : Kill 15 Silvermane Stalkers and 15 Howlers
Rewards : XP!

You will probably do this quest over time as the two different Silvermane are in separate area's. The Silvermane Stalkers will most likely be the first one you complete as they are the stealing wolves at the top of the cliffs near the path to Raventusk. Just keep your eye out while running around for them unstealthing while you are doing other quests.

The Howlers are a little higher up, more in the middle of the zone and don't stealth. Again, just keep your eye open while running around.

[48] Vilebranch Hooligans
Objectives : Locate Smith Slagtree's lost tools
Rewards : XP!

Locating these tools can be fun (no not that kind) as they are a random spawn at multiple places, and if someone picks it up in one spot they could repop in a place you have already checked. Luckily the mobs at majority of the spawn places are ones you need to kill anyway. I have marked them out of the map below where you might find them:

• A - Be sure you are looking at the camp that has the Trolls at it, not the semi empty one with a couple of wolves. It's bordered by wooden pickets and will spawn inside the ring if anywhere. Be careful entering as you can't single pull the two (most likely Soothsayers) inside.
  B - Another Vilebranch camp much like the first one. Again, the tools will spawn inside the ring if anywhere, and again, you will get two.
  C - This is actually Skull Rock, home to slime... or snot as my daughter likes to call it. The tools can spawn on top of the little hill there and this is what will usually cause most to complain the bucket doesn't exist. You don't need to enter the cave, if it's here it will be on top of the hill there, kill the slimes to access.
  D - Lastly, if you have checked everywhere else, have a look here. It's another Vilebranch camp much like the first two and once again, the tools will be inside if anywhere.

When look for the tools, you are looking for a small whitish lootable bucket. It will most likely stand out as soon as you see it, you'll be all "aaah that's what it looks like". When you look inside the Vilebranch camps (even with your eye of Kilrogg if you don't want to kill), do a complete loop from entrance, around and back to the entrance, it spawns usually against the wooden picket boundary. Soothsayers heal btw... grrr.

[48] Cannibalistic Cousins
Objectives : Kill 30 Vilebranch Scalpers and 15 Soothsayers
Rewards : XP!

While trying to locate your tools, you will most likely complete your kill count for both lots of Vilebranches as they tend to be guarding the spots you are searching. If you find your tools before completing the kill count, you can either just keep bouncing back and forth between the camps, or you can head to the Alter of Zul as there are more there, particularly the Soothsayers.

[47] Testing the Vessel
Objectives : Kill and capture the spirits of 10 Wildkin
Rewards : XP!

[48] Hunt the Savages
Objectives : Kill 20 Savage Owlbeasts
Rewards : XP!

Testing the Vessel comes from Feralas, so if you didn't hold onto it from before, be sure to go grab it. You can use the Muisek Vessel on any form of Owlbeast, however only the Savages will give you the kill count for the second quest. Found around the middle and east parts of the zone, I ended up getting these while running around looking for wolves and the tools. Just a small note to be sure to capture the spirit after you loot the corpse... because it disappears.

[48] Avenging the Fallen
Objectives : Kill a Razorbeak Skylord and retrieve its Skylord Plume
Rewards : XP!

This quest is relatively easy, just relies on locating a Razorbeak Skylord, of which I found one completely randomly while locating the Silvermane Howlers. They can be found mostly around the west and middle parts of the zone and are basically big Griffons. My plume dropped on the first one I killed.

I actually did all those in some form of weird loop, I just put the info under each otherwise you would have been reading for ever. Basically head up the path and look for the Silvermane Stalkers while heading towards spot A in search of the tools. Continue killing any Stalkers you pass while running to spot B and C. Somewhere around there you should start seeing your Owlbeasts and the occasional Howler, if you haven't found your tools continue onto part D.

After that I went over the other side of the path for more Soothsayers and Howlers before heading back down the path to hand in, killing any Owlbeasts I saw along the way to complete the kill count for that. Once you have all the kill counts, head back to Revantusk Village to hand in!

Troll Tribal Necklaces : You will probably end up collecting a nice little stash of these, but sadly they are only used by Alliance, so we sell.

[48+] Gammerita, Mon
Objectives : Kill Gammerita
Rewards : XP!

[50] Snapjaws, Mon
Objectives : Kill 15 Saltwater Snapjaw turtles
Rewards : Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000! A Fishing Pole Woot!

The Snapjaws you need are all along the coast and you should have seen them when heading too and from Raventusk Village. All the turtles are yellow con so won't jump you (little fact : they used to be red conned, made getting the bottles so hard!), so just run around killing the 15 you need.

Gammerita, while being elite, is a fairly easy elite to solo if you are familiar with fear. All the turtles will be a little tougher than other mobs as they have a higher armor rating, but because they are such slow movers, fearing them isn't really an issue.

[49] Lard Lost his Lunch
Objectives : Find Lard's Lunch
Rewards : Lard's Special Picnic Basket (Different rewards inside each time)

This one is doable on your own, but be prepared. Run to the opposite end of the 'beach' there till you can see the water fall. Just out from there is an island and on that island you will find Lard's Picnic Basket. If you right click on the basket, three trolls will spawn and attack you. If you have your Succubus out on this quest it helps to seduce. You can also use your fears quite easily as the mobs won't run off the island, and there's nothing else there for them to agro.

You also only need to really kill one mob as the first one you kill will drop Lard's Lunch, you could loot and run if you want. I managed to get all three down with some nifty fearing, although it was a close call at one point. It's up to you if you want to seek out help for this one...

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