Azshara and Burning Steppes
Started at level 55
Finished at level 56
Wanting to delay my travels in the Plaguelands, I decided to check out Azshara, and although I was probably a tad high for most mobs, it made for quick and easy killing. Before you head out there though, run and see Belgrom Rockmaul outside the Hall of the Brave in the Valley of Honor in Orgrimmar. He will give you a quest that sends you to Azshara, as will Chemist Cruely in The Apothecarium in The Undercity.
If this is your first trip to Azshara, take a flight from Orgrimmar to Splintertree Post in Ashenvale. From there you will run east where you will eventually cross a small bridge and end up in Azshara. Just in on the right you should see a small camp of sorts, this is the Alliance Flight Path / Outpost, but there is a Tauren named Loh'atu there that will give you two quests.
[47] A Land Filled with Hatred
Objectives : Kill 6 Haldarr Satyr, 2 Tricksters, and 2 Felsworn
Rewards : XP!
[47] Spiritual Unrest
Objectives : Kill 6 Highborne Apparitions and 6 Highborne Lichlings
Rewards : XP!
Just across the path from Talrendis Point, the Alliance outpost, you will find Shadowsong Shrine and the Highborne you need to kill. They are scattered all over the area from basically the river across to Haldarr Encampment, which is the camp you need for the Satyr's. Both quests are quick and easy, and although slightly lower level, still net you some ok XP.
After you have done those two, time to move onto the Horde Outpost to pick up another quest and our flight path. I have marked it out on the map, and basically any route in land will take you to it. You will have to run past mobs however.
[52] Stealing Knowledge
Objectives : Find the Tablets of Beth'Amara, Jin'yael, Markri, and Sael'hai
Rewards : XP!
If you make your way back to the main path and continue along, you will eventually come to the Ruins of Eldarath. When you see the path fork, you want to take the right one that leads down and around, the straight ahead route is a dead end. The tablets are scattered all over the ruins, usually in multiple places at once so keep your eyes open. You are looking for:
- Sael'hai is a large yellow crystal
- Jin'yael is small and light blue
- Beth'Amara is a bight pink and
- Markri is green
[52] Seeping Corruption
Objectives : Fill all 4 Empty Vials
Rewards : XP!
Chemist Cruely would have given you a box, that if you open, will contain four empty Vials. You need to fill one at each of the pools that are along the coast. They are right along the water's edge, and fairly easy to spot. Kill your way through the Naga and fill Vial 1 at Pool 1, 2 at 2, so on and so forth. Pools 2, 3 and 4 are actually all near each other.
[53] Betrayed
Objectives : Kill 10 Blood Elf Reclaimers, and 10 Blood Elf Surveyors before seeking out Magus Rimtori's camp.
Rewards : XP!
[53] Kim'jael Indeed!
Objectives : Search for Kim'jael's Compass, Scope, Stuffed Chicken and Wizzlegoober
Rewards : XP!
Both of these can be done in the same area. If you head around to the North part of the zone, you should be able to find Thalassian Base Camp relatively easily. Before you start killing though, head to the top of the hill not far from it to find Kim'Jael. You can access the top via the North side of the kill, and Kim'Jael is the Goblin at the top.
Once you have both quests you can head in. The Reclaimers and Surveyors are all around and you should have no trouble with the kill count. Once done, you want to head to the cliff edge where you will find a Kaldorei Tome of Summoning. Once you have completed your kill count, this Tome will complete your quest for you.
[56] Betrayed
Objectives : Destroy the arcane focusing crystal tied to Magus Rimtori and then slay her
Rewards : XP!
The Tome gives you the following step in which you need to attack one of the three crystals around the edges, doesn't matter which one. When you have destroyed it, a Blood Elf guard will spawn, and once he is near death, Magus Rumtori will follow.
A fairly easy fight, she will ice root you at one point, but DoT's make pretty short work of her. Once dead, loot her head and you're done. If you have collected the items needed for Kim'jael, found inside crates all around the camp, return to the top of the hill to hand that in, and then head back to Valormok.
[52] Delivery to Archmage Xylem
Objectives : Bring the Tablet of Sael'hai to Archmage Xylem in Azshara
Rewards : XP!
[52] Delivery to Jes'rimon
Objectives : Bring the Tablet of Jin'yael to Jes'rimon in Orgrimmar
Rewards : XP!
[52] Delivery to Magatha
Objectives : Bring the Tablet of Beth'Amara to Magatha in Thunder Bluff
Rewards : XP!
[52] Delivery to Andron Gant
Objectives : Bring the Tablet of Markri to Andron Gant in Undercity
Rewards : XP!
After you turn in the four tablets to Jediga, you are asked to make four deliveries. Before you hearth off, run along the base of the cliffs and not far along you will come across Sanath Lim-yo, an Elf that will teleport you up to the top of the cliffs. From there you will see a path leading further up, eventually to a tower. At the top of the tower you will find the Archmage Xylem.
Jes'rimon can be found in The Drag in Orgrimmar, this is the same guy you got the white claws for in Un'Goro. Magatha is on the Elder Rise in Thunderbluff while Androm Grant is in The Apothecarium in The Undercity. At 54 I got 2550xp for delivering the tablets and 3100 for each letter they give you to take back to Jediga, not bad.
[53] Kim'jaei's "Missing" Equipment
Objectives : Find Some Rune
Rewards : XP!
After I had returned to Jediga, I made my way back up to the Ruins of Eldarath to look for the Rune. You need to be killing the Spitelash Siren's, Myrmidon's, Enchantress' and Battlemaster's. I got my rune off a Siren, and they are said to have the higher drop rate. Note that the Spitelash Guard's will not drop it for you.
Once you have it, hand it into Kim'jaei. That's it, Azshara done!
Burning Steppes doesn't really have a lot of quests, most of them sending you into Blackrock Depths and Spire, but it's a quick zone to get out of the way.
If you haven't been there before, it can be a bit confusing. You want to head to Thorium Point in Searing Gorge and then run South. If you run straight south from Thorium Point you should be able to see a path leading up into the mountains, and if you follow that you will see large double doors.
You need to head through those doors, into Blackrock Mountain and then follow the path around. When you come to the main open area, turn left and follow the path around, under the chain and then go through the second opening, basically opposite where you came in. Don't go through the first, lots of elites.
If you go through the second, you should come out in Burning Steppes, so follow the ramp down to the path, take it to your left and follow it along. Eventually it will fork off, you want to take the left again and then head across country when it ends. You are looking for Flame Crest (see map).
[52] Dreadmaul Rock
Objectives : Find out what became of Sha'ni Proudtusk
Rewards : XP!
You pick this quest up from Badlands, and once you are at Flame Crest, you want to head off to the left to Dreadmaul Rock. You will see the big red ogre's, and hopefully the path that leads to the top of the mountain there. At the very top, in front of the small cave there you will find Sha'ni's remains, and if you right click them, her ghost will appear for you to complete the quest.
[53] Krom'Grul
Objectives : Recover Sha'ni's Nose-Ring from Krom'Grul
Rewards : +10 Stamina, +6 Spirit Ring
After you speak to Sha'ni's ghost, she will ask you to recover her ring. It drops from Krom'Grul and he can spawn in multiple locations. The first place to check is the large cave on the ground level, usually in the back room. If he's not in there, he may be in the small cave up the top or around the back of the mountain, make good use of your eye.
The ring is handed back in at Kargath so hold onto it for now.
[54] Rise of the Machines
Objectives : Collect 10 Fractured Elemental Shards
Rewards : XP!
The shards drop from the War Reavers scattered around the Ruins of Thaurissan. Drop rate is on the good side which is great because these can be a real pain. They have a knockback effect which, if you get multiple reavers on you, makes it almost impossible to get off non-instant spells. I killed these as I came across them while doing other quests.
[50] Tablet of the Seven
Objectives : Find the tablet, copy its text
Rewards : XP!
In amongst the Ruins of Thaurissan will be a statue, and at the base of the statue, the tablet you need. You may have to kill a few dwarves to get into it.
[52] Broodling Essence
Objectives : Collect 8 Broodling Essence
Rewards : XP!
This is the fun quest... The mobs you need are in the west part of the zone, the dragon whelp broodlings. Unfortunately they are amongst roaming elites, but they are slow and you can keep our of their way. The tricky part though, is you need to use the Draco-Incarcinatrix 900 on them before you start attacking as any hit from them interrupts the casting. The hard part is you also need to be directly on top of them in order to cast it.
I used my Succubus for it, sent her in to get agro while I used the Draco-Incarcinatrix 900, and then once it landed pulled agro back. If the broodling dies while the Draco-Incarcinatrix 900 is still active, it will spawn a crystal, which when looted will give you the essence. Just keep your eyes peeled for the elites...
That's pretty much it, the rest of the quests send you into the Blackrock Mountain instances. Head back to Kargath to hand in, and when you hand in Rise of the Machines, the second step sends you out to Lotwil, he's the guy out near the rock elementals.
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