Hillsbrad, Arathi and Dustwallow Marsh!

Started at level 37
Finished at level 39

After leaving Desolace, I had a few remaining quests left in Hillsbrad, and I figured what better time than now to clear them up. After landing in Taren Mill, I made my way to the Dalaran Bubble to knock off the following two;

[34] Bracers of Binding
Objectives : Collect 4 Bracers of Earth Binding
Rewards : XP!

[35] Dalaran Patrols
Objectives : Kill 6 Dalaran Summoners and 12 Elemental Slaves
Rewards : XP!

Both of these quests can be done in the same area as the Bracers drop from the Elemental Slaves, of which you need to kill anyway. Fairly straight forward quests.


Running back to Taren Mill, I made my way up into Alterac Mountains. If you are coming from Taren Mill, you will find the path goes both straight ahead, or to the right, you want to follow it right. Eventually you should coming into an area called Strahnbrad.

[36] Gol'Dir
Objectives : Free Gol'dir
Rewards : XP!

For this quest, you first must obtain a Rusted Iron Key, and it drops from Jailor Borhuin. This guy can be in any of the buildings, but so far I have had the most luck in the church looking building right at the end. If you are standing facing all the buildings, it will be straight ahead. If he isn't in there though, kill around, he's in one of them.

After you have the key you need to find Gol'Dir, and he's in the Inn type building second in on the left if you are facing them all. Up the top and in the very back room, he will free himself with the key and tell you to return to Taren Mill. Be careful fighting in here as there are mostly Syndicate Spy's, who stealth. If you have sound on it makes it a lot easier.


Since I was so close, I decided to fly over to Arathi Highlands to see what else I had left over...

[37] Guile of the Raptor
Objectives : Collect 12 Raptor Hearts
Rewards : Call of the Raptor, Use: Increases your Agility by 12 for 30 minutes.

[38] Call to Arms
Objectives : Kill 10 Boulderfist Brutes and 4 Magi
Rewards : XP!

From Hammerfall, I made my way South towards the bridge that joins Arathi to Westfall, and near there you will find Boulderfist Hall. You can easily complete your kill quest there, and in the surrounding hills you will find all the Highland Fleshstalkes that will drop the hearts.

After completing those I started running towards Stromgarde. If you follow it around on the left side, behind the back wall and past all the Elder Mesa Buzzards, you should eventually hit the water's edge. You can either jump off the cliff and swim around, or if you head to your left along the cliff's edge, you should see a tunnel, head through that. Coming out on the other side, jump into the water and start swimming to the opposite side, if you veer to your left, you will come across a large boat sitting at a dock.

This is Faldir's Cove, and you will be able to do some quests here.

[40] Sunken Treasure
Objectives : Escort Professor Phizzlethorpe to the cave and back.
Rewards : XP!

The first step of this requires you to keep the Professor safe while he goes an investigates the cave just above him. There are Water Elementals in here which you should be able to solo, but be careful as spawn time is rather fast, and you will want Banish handy. I managed to complete it, just. The Professor just walks in, pokes around for 30 seconds or so and then runs back to the camp.

[40] Sunken Treasure (Part 2)
Objectives : Collect 10 Elven Gems
Rewards : 29 - 56 Arcane Damage Wand or 53 - 80 Damage Two-Hand Mace

[40] Drowned Sorrows
Objectives : Kill 10 Daggerspine Raiders and 3 Sorceresses
Rewards : +11 Strength, +3 Agility Leather Gloves

[40] Deep Sea Salvage
Objectives : Retrieve the Charts and Logs from the Maiden's Folly and the Spirit of Silverpine.
Rewards : 42 - 78 Damage, +7 Strength Mace

The above three can be done in the same area, two sunken boats not far out from where you are. Be on your toes here as the Daggerspine can gang up on you very easily. Swimming out from Faldir's Cove, I put Unending Breath in a very easy to reach place as you will need it, frequently. Remember that while in the water you can't eat or drink if you need to, and you can pull agro from below.

When you reach the first boat, you want to start clearing the outside first. When you are ready, from the top deck to the first level, there will be an opening at one end of the boat with stairs you swim down. Once you enter the first level, not far from the stairs is a bunch of junk and boxes, in there somewhere you will find the Maiden Logbook.

If you swim towards the other end of the boat, on the same level at the other end you will find the Maiden charts, it can be a little hard to find though. It's sitting on the ledge around the mast and looks like a flat scroll. For this boat, you won't need to swim into the bottom section, although be careful as you can still agro them, clear carefully.

Once you have those two, leave that boat and make your way to the second one. If you position yourself on the side of the boat that faces out to sea, so you are facing land and have your back to the wide open ocean, clear along to the back of the boat where there will be a canon pushed back into some crates. On the crates there you will find the Silverpine charts, you can swim through the open window to get it.

The last one, the Silverpine Logbook is sitting at the bottom of the boat on the actual sand. If you swim out of the boat and around to the other side, you will see a big hole in the bottom you can swim through. Be very careful though as there is three mobs in that bottom section alone, and it can be quite tough. I ended up using my Felhunter on these mobs so I could spell lock.

Once you have collected all 4 items, you should have also completed Drowned Sorrows, so now you just need to find the Elven Gems. For this, put the goggles on that will help show them up on the mini map. You are looking for large lootable rocks that are sitting on the bottom of the ocean. If you can't see any yellow dots immediately, swim around till some appear. Daggerspine also surround these so tread carefully. Once you have collected those, make your way back to the Cove to hand in!


After completing those quests, I decided to have a look at what Dustwallow Marsh had to offer. From Arathi ,I hearthed back to Org and took a flight straight there. If you haven't been here yet, fly to Camp T and then run South till you see the path leading East, that will lead you straight into Dustwallow.

Before you head there though, be sure to get:

• 3 x Soothing Spices (I got mine from Org)
  1 x Moonsteel Broadsword (from the AH or a Blacksmith / Weaponsmith)

[35] The Black Shield
Objectives : Bring the Blackened Iron Shield to Krog in Brackenwall Village.
Rewards : XP!

[35] Suspicious Hoofprints
Objectives : Report about the suspicious prints to Krog in Brackenwall Village.
Rewards : XP!

If this is your first run through Dustwallow Marsh, as you enter you should see a burnt out Inn, stop there. On the chimney will be a Black Shield (funnily enough), and if you mouse over it you will see the loot icon appear. Just outside the Inn, on the ground if you are facing the Shield, you will see mud and footprints on the ground, they will also turn lootable when you mouse over them. Both of these quests require you to notify someone at Brackenwell Village, where we are heading anyway.

[35] Soothing Spices
Objectives : Bring 3 Soothing Spices to "Swamp Eye" Jarl
Rewards : Frog Leg Stew, Use: Restores 874 health over 27 seconds. Must remain seated while eating.

[35] The Lost Report
Objectives : Bring the Spy's Report to Nazeer Bloodpike
Rewards : XP!

After making a pit stop at Brackenwall Village, I made my way back to the Main road and followed it North and then East in the direction of Theramore. Keep your eyes open for the little groups of Alliance along the path. Eventually you should see a little side path off to the left, and there will be a hut with "Swamp Eye" Jarl standing out the front.

Jarl is for the Soothing Spices, and if you look in the patch beside his house, you should see some "Loose Dirt" that will give you the reports quest. Once I had those, I made my way back to Brackenwall to hand in the reports.

[35] Jarl needs eyes
Objectives : Gather 40 Unpopped Darkmist Eyes
Rewards : XP!

[35] Theramore Spies
Objectives : Kill 9 Theramore Infiltrators
Rewards : XP!

[37] The Black Shield
Objectives : Collect 6 Acidic Venom Sacs
Rewards : XP!

[37] Stinky's Escape
Objectives : Escort "Stinky" Ignatz
Rewards : Elixir of Fortitude, Use: Increases the player's maximum health by 120 for 60 minutes.

From Brackenwall I made my way north to Darkmist Cavern and killed the spiders. The spiders can drop multiple eyes so it didn't take me long at all to collect all 40. After I had those I started searching for the Theramore Infiltrators. They look like bloodelves, are yellow con and stealth, but if you lurk around the area just near Brackenwall, you should find them ok.

You can also kill any Darkfang spiders you see as they are the ones that will drop the Acidic Venom. If you kill towards the East wall, you should find "Stinky" Ignatz there wanting an escort to find some herb. His actual location is approximately 46,17 and he is kneeling in front of some boxes hiding from the Raptors.

[41] Razzeric's Tweaking
Objectives : Retrieve the Seaforium Booster
Rewards : +1 Stamina, +12 Intellect Cloth Waist or Leather Gloves

After escorting Stinky, I ended up killing my way down to Beezil's Wreck to find the crashed Zepplin. You are looking for a lootable crate that is in amongst all the wreckage. After that I mounted up and made my way back to Brackenwall to hand in

[35] Theramore Docks
Objectives : Retrieve the Captain's Documents
Rewards : XP!

[36] Hungry
Objectives : Collect 12 Mirefin Heads
Rewards : +4 Strength, +9 Spirit Cloth Boots or Leather Gloves

Hungry actually comes from an Ogre just out from Brackenwall, on the path you would have followed in from The Barrens. The heads drop off Murlocs and you need to head to the water to find them. I followed the path almost all the way to Theramore, but veered off to the left just before I hit it. Over a few hills and you should hit the water.

The first hill out, the one closest to Theramore is where I got my heads from, and although I have heard the drop rate can be really painful, I didn't have too many hassles. After I collected my heads I swam over to the Theramore Docks, being sure to keep as far from the main island as possible.

If you look at the ocean floor near the dock pillars, you should see a locker you can loot, that will have your documents in it. Apart from the obvious Alliance NPC's you have to watch out for, the water also has a couple of 46 elite sharks swimming around, so keep your eyes open.

When I had the documents I got back to land and started running back, stopping past Jarl to hand in the eyes as well as the follow up 'Jarl needs a Blade' quest. While you are there, loot the dirt again, this time for an Orc head. Then return to Brackenwall to hand in.

The next step requires you to head to Stranglethorn Vale before coming back....

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