Blasted Lands and Searing Gorge

Started at level 50
Finished at level 51

Getting to Blasted Lands is very easy, just head to Stonard in Swamp of Sorrows. From there you just north about 10 feet and you should see a path lead off to your left, that is Blasted Lands. As you cross zones you should see an Orc; Fallen Hero of the Horde. It is up to you if you want to start his quest line now or later, but it does jump up in level's fairly quickly.

To start with you listen to his story before running to see Dispatch Commander Ruag in Stonard. After you have seen Ruag, you will find Bengor face first on a rug in the building next to Ruag. After that you have to find a named Murloc, but for now I headed into Blasted Lands.

As you enter, you should see two Blood Elves not far in, off to the right of the path, they will give you the quests.

[50] Snickerfang Jowls
Objectives : Collect 3 Snickerfang Jowls, 2 Blasted Boar Lungs, and 1 Scorpok Pincer
Rewards : R.O.I.D.S. - Increases Strength by 50 when consumed. Effect lasts for 60 minutes.

[50] A Boar's Vitality
Objectives : Collect 3 Blasted Boar Lungs, 2 Scorpok Pincers, and 1 Basilisk Brain
Rewards : Lung Juice Cocktail - Increases Stamina by 50 when consumed. Effect lasts for 60 minutes.

[50] The Decisive Striker
Objectives : Collect 3 Scorpok Pincers, 2 Vulture Gizzards, and 1 Blasted Boar Lung
Rewards : Ground Scorpok Assay - Increases Agility by 50 when consumed. Effect lasts for 60 minutes.

[50] The Basilisk's Bite
Objectives : Collect 10 Basilisk Brains and 2 Vulture Gizzards
Rewards : Cerebral Cortex Compound - Increases Intellect by 50 when consumed. Effect lasts for 60 minutes.

[50] Vulture's Vigor
Objectives : Collect 10 Vulture Gizzards and 2 Snickerfang Jowls
Rewards : Gizzard Gum - Increases Spirit by 50 when consumed. Effect lasts for 60 minutes.

All of these can be done together because, as you can see, it's the same five mobs you will be killing for all. To make it easier for you, these are the following totals you will need to complete all five quests:

• 5 Snickerfang Jowls
• 6 Scorpok Pincers
• 6 Blasted Boar Lungs
• 11 Basilisk Brains
• 14 Vulture Gizzards

The only thing that will stop you doing all these in one hit is bag space, they all drop meat, eggs, feathers... arg the never ending "Full Inventory" spam. Course if you are a skinner, it only gets worse as you can skin everything bar the Vulture's.

The area near the quest givers will be the best place to find the Snickerfang's as well as a few Scorpids. However if you run around and follow the path a little, you will find all the Boars and Basilisks you need. Vulture's seem to just be everywhere.

Be aware when fighting the Boars that they have a Fire Shield, hits in the 30's roughly and will interrupt any channelling you might be doing, for example bandaging, don't do it around these guys. Also keep an eye on your pet's health, unless you are using the Felhunter, he will eat the damage shield. The Basilisks also have a 5 second stun, Crystal Gaze, as well as the Scorpid's poisoning you...

[55] Everything Counts In Large Amounts
Objectives : Find an Imperfect Draenethyst Fragment
Rewards : Kum'isha's Junk (Random stuff inside)

[55] To Serve Kum'isha
Objectives : Find a Flawless Draenethyst Sphere
Rewards : Emerald Encrusted Chest (Random stuff inside)

Both of these quests rely on you being lucky and having either an Imperfect Draenethyst Fragment or if you are really lucky, a Flawless Draenethyst Sphere. These can drop off ANY mob in the zone and the Imperfect Fragment is more likely to be the one you see. I received two while fighting and on both hand ins (repeatable quest), got a green item in return. Kum'isha is a Draenei standing not far from where you will be killing the Boars and Basilisks...

All these quests are repeatable, but note the buff quests do not give XP second time around.


If this is your first trip to Searing Gorge, you need to get to Kargath, Badlands first. From either Stranglethorn Vale or The Undercity, take a flight to Kargath. If you are facing the flight master and Inn at Kargath, head to your left as there will be a path leading up into the mountains not far down, that path will lead you into Searing Gorge. When you enter, stick to your right and follow it around to the North end of the zone where you will find Thorium Point. There will be a flight path for you to discover as well as your quests.

Be sure to check the Wanted Poster at Thorium Point as it provides three quests for you.

[48] The Flawless Flame
Objectives : Collect 4 Hearts of Flame and 4 globes of Golem Oil
Rewards : XP!

Just out from Thorium Point you will find Kalaran Windblade, a Human with a quest. Listen to him tell his story and after he will ask you to collect 4 Heart of Flames and 4 Golem Oils. The Golem Oils will be relatively easy to get as you kill through Golems for the quest below, but the Heart of Flames might prove a little more difficult. Dropping only from the Blazing Elementals, you will have to keep your eye open to get all four. Check the little lava pit area's through out the zone as that is the only place these balls of fire spawn.

[49] Curse These Fat Fingers
Objectives : Kill 20 Heavy War Golems
Rewards : Sellable loot

[49] Fiery Menace!
Objectives : Kill 20 Greater Lava Spiders
Rewards : Sellable loot

These two quests are easy to complete while running around as the Golems are pretty easy to spot and are all along the North and West sides of the zone as well as in The Cauldron. The Greater Lava Spiders are also found all over the West side as well as some up North, but double check as there are lower level ones that look exactly the same along the north.

You can head out and kill the spiders straight away if you wish as you are just to your left as you exit Thorium Point, but I wouldn't go out of my way for the Golems, you will be clearing enough of them to get to other mobs.

[48] STOLEN : Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass
Objectives : Find and return the Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass
Rewards : +10 Intellect, Restores 4 mana per 5 sec Cloth Gloves

While you are killing the Golems you can start looking out for these two items. The Tuyere drops from the Dark Iron Steamsmiths, and there are three main camps where you will find these, located along the northern edges of The Cauldron.

The Spyglass drops from the Dark Iron Lookouts, and you will find those at the towers along the west and southern sides of the cauldron. I have placed an 'x' beside each of the towers. Be sure not to fight up into the tower as the mob up there is elite, you don't need to worry about him.,

Be aware that the drop out for both of these items can be extremely frustrating at times, but if you run between the towers and the three steamsmith camps, and combine it with killing the golems, it's not too bad.

[48] JOB OPPORTUNITY : Culling the Competition
Objectives : Slay 15 Dark Iron Taskmasters and 15 Slavers
Rewards : XP!

[48] Forging the Shift
Objectives : Collect 8 Thorium Plated Daggers
Rewards : XP!

[50] What the Flux?
Objectives : Find the Secret Plans: Fiery Flux
Rewards : XP!

[49] Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It
Objectives : Kill 20 Incendosaurs
Rewards : Luffa (Trinket) - Use: Removes one Bleed effect.

Although the Dark Iron Taskmaster's and Slavers can be found in the camps spotted all over, I found the easiest way was to kill them in the Slag Pit, and I needed to go through there anyway so why not two birds with one stone. Any Taskmaster and Slaver will drop the Thorium Plated Dagger as well.

If you look at the map below, I have placed blue dot's where there is a path heading down into The Cauldron. If you follow that path down, killing the patrols on the way, it will come to a small bridge and over the other side you should see an entrance into the cliff walls. If you head in through that entrance you should enter "The Slag Pit."

Fighting through the miners as well as some Taskmasters and Slavers you need, curve around to your left and go over the second little bridge to where you will see a large quarry gate over the other side. Right clicking the gate will open it for you and inside you will find yet more mobs you need.

You want to kill down the passage way there, you will eventually come into a first large room followed straight away by a second, larger room. In this second room you will see a ramp leading up on the far wall, you want to go up that ramp. Be aware that there will be mobs wandering up and down the ramp and about half way you will be given a choice of straight ahead or turning around and continuing up, you want straight ahead.

At the top of the ramp, on your left you will see it enters into a room with lots of Taskmasters and Slavers. The mobs here will come in sets of two, but really aren't that difficult to kill given they are around the mid 40's. From this room you will see on your left a corridor lined with tables, chairs and what looks like beds along the wall. To your right will be a small lookout and that is where Overseer Maltorius and his two elite buddies will be. Behind him, the Secret Plans: Fiery Flux.

Now you probably won't be able to take all three elites at once if you are solo, so load up Howl of Terror and be prepared to make a run for it. Howl of Terror should land on all three fairly easily, and once it does start looting the plans. After you have it in your hands, jump off the ledge, this will land you in the passage you were just clearing and you should be able to run till you drop agro.

Once you are clear, head back to the same room you were just in, only this time head across the bridge on the other side of the room. If you follow that, it will take you out into the open briefly before looping around back inside. Fighting through a couple of mobs and you should start to see lava, look to your right and you should see the first Incendosaur.

All around under there will be Incendosaurs and they are spaced well enough apart that you can single every one. Depending on how fast you kill, you may need to wait around for respawn to get all 20, but respawn is fairly fast. Pretty much every kill will drop one or more Incendosaur Scales, and these are used to hand in at Thorium Point for faction. You can either hand them in with Kingsblood, Heavy Leather or Iron Ore. Or you can sell them on the Auction House if you don't care about faction.

Once done, fight your way out and by the time you reach the top you should have all the Taskmasters, Slavers and Daggers you need.

[47] The Key to Freedom
Objectives : Find a use for the Grimsite Outhouse Key
Rewards : XP!

Most likely in the time you are fighting down there, or looking for the Steamsmiths and Lookouts, you would have seen at least one "Grimsite Outhouse Key" drop. This item begins a quest and the outhouse you are looking for is found on the south-east part of the zone, not far from where you came in from Badlands.

The Outhouse is up at the back of the camp at Grimesilt Dig Site and you will talk to the door, I'm not sure I want to see inside anyway. Once you hand in the key, Locheed is free and runs away, but there must be a few people caught inside as you can get a second quest from the Outhouse.

[45] Caught!
Objectives : Kill 8 Dark Iron Geologists and bring 15 pieces of Silk Cloth to the person locked in the outhouse
Rewards : XP!

The camp just below you will have all the Dark Iron Geologists you need, however they drop Mageweave not Silk so you will need to collect that from somewhere else if you didn't bring it with you. Once you have killed the 8 you need, head back to the Outhouse.

[46] Ledger from Tanaris
Objectives : Take the copy of Goodsteel's Ledger and then find the items listed in it
Rewards : Charged Lightning Rod (Wand) 39 - 73 Nature Damage (37.3 DPS)

The next step involves you collecting a few items, one of them being the Goodsteel Ledger that will slide out from the Outhouse. If you don't see it straight away you might be on the wrong side.

The Solid Crystal Leg Shafts come from the Glassweb Spiders that are all around the camp, be warned though, drop rate can be a real pain. After you have 20 of those, head to Dustwallow Marsh, to the crashed Zeplin there and locate the Overdue Package. Finall, you need to head to Swamp of Sorrows, to the waters edge where all the Murlocs are. You might have seen him there before, you are looking for the named Murloc; Jarquai.

Once you have all the pieces, head to Tanaris to hand in.

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