The WoW Authority’s Horde Leveling Guide: Level 40 to 45
Stranglethorn Vale (Part 2)
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1. Back in Booty Bay, talk to First Mate Crazz, Crank Fizzlebub, Fleet Master Seahorn, and Krazek (27,77)
- Accept “The Bloodsail Buccaneers”
- Accept “Venture Company Mining”
- Turn in “Sunken Treasure” 4
- Turn in “The Rumormonger” and accept “Dream Dust in the Swamp”
2. Return to Grom’gol and talk to Kin’Weelay (32,28)
- Turn in “The Troll Witch Doctor”
3. Kill 10 Jungle Stalkers and loot 10 Jungle Stalker Feathers (34,37)
4. Kill Goblins and loot 10 Singing Blue Crystals (41,44)
5. Kill Snapjaw Crocolisks and loot 5 Snapjaw Crocolisk Skins (40,28)
6. Kill Sin’Dali and loot his paw (32,17)
7. Talk to Hemet Nesingway Jr., S.J. Erigadin, Ajeck Rouack, and Barnil Stonepot (36,11)
- Turn in “Raptor Mastery” 3 and accept part 4
- Turn in “Panther Mastery” 3 and accept part 4
- Turn in “Tiger Mastery” 4
- Accept “The Green Hills of Stranglethorn” and all Subquests (I-IV)
- Turn quests back in
8. Return to Grom’Gol and talk to Far Seer Mok’thardin (32,29)
- Turn in “Mok’thardin’s Enchantment and accept part 3
9. Kill Bhag’thera and loot his fang (50,24)
10. Talk to Sir S.J. Erigadin (36,11)
- Turn in “Panther Mastery” 4
11. Talk to Crank Fizzlebub and Drizzlik (27,77)
- Turn in “Venture Company Mining”
- Turn in “Some Assembly Required” and accept “Excelsior”
12. Head to the beach south of Booty Bay (27,70)
- Click on the Bloodsail Correspondence and Turn in “The Bloodsail Buccaneers” 1 and accept part 2
13. Kill Gorilas and loot 5 Mistvale Giblets and 1 Aged Gorilla Sinew
14. In Booty Bay, talk to Shaky, Sea Wolf MacKinley, First Mate Crazz, and Fleet Master Seahorn(27,77)
- Turn in “Scaring Shaky” and accept “Return to MacKinley”
- Turn in “Return to MacKinley”
- Turn in “The Bloodsail Buccaneers” 2 and accept part 3
- Turn in “The Bloodsail Buccaneers” 3
15.Return to Grom’gol and talk to Far Seer Mok’thardin (32,29)
- Turn in “Mok’thardin’s Enchantment” 3
16. Kill an Elder Saltwater Crocolisk and loot a Skin (30,28)
17. Fly back to Booty Bay and talk to Drizzlik (28,78)
- Turn in “Excelsior”
18. Return to Grom’Gol Base and walk to Duskwood, then East to Deadwind Pass and East to Swamp of Sorrows
Swamp of Sorrows
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1. Kill Dragon Whelps and loot 10 Specks of Dream Dust (14,59)
2. Kill Noboru the Cudgel (38,42) and loot the Cudgel – accept “Noboru the Cudgel”
3. Talk to Magtoor (26,31)
- Turn in “Noboru the Cudgel”
- Accept “Draenethyst Crystals”
4. In Stonard, talk to Dar, Fel’zerul, and Helgrum the Swift (44,57)
- Accept “Lack of Surplus”
- Accept “Pool of Tears”
- Accept “Neeka Bloodscar”
5. Gather 6 Draenethyst Crystals from the Fallow Sanctuary (54,28)
6. Talk to Galen Goodward (63,18)
- Accept “Galen’s Escape”
- Kill all of the Lost Ones and then escort Galen to safety
7. Find Galen’s Strongbox and turn in “Galen’s Escape (47,39)
8. Talk to Magtoor (26,31)
- Turn in “Draenethyst Crystals”
9. Gather 10 Atal’ai Artifacts from the Pool of Tears (65,45)
10. Travel to Misty Reed Post and talk to Tok’kar (81,81)
- Turn in “Lack of Surplus” 1 and accept part 2
11. Return to Stonard and talk to Fel’zerul (48,55)
- Turn in “Pool of Tears”
12. Fly to Kargath in the Badlands
The Badlands (Part 2)
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1. Talk to Neeka Bloodscar (6,47)
- Accept “Coyote Thieves”
2. Talk to Jarkal Mossmeld and Gron (2,46)
- Accept “Badlands Reagent Run”
- Accept “Broken Alliances”
3. In The Badlands, loot the following:
- 4 Buzzard Wings and 5 Buzzard Gizzards
- 10 Crag Coyote Fangs
- 30 Coyote Jawbones
4. Talk to Martek the Exiled and Rigglefuzz (42,53)
- Turn in “Martek the Exiled” and accept “Indurium”
- Accept “Barbecued Buzzard Wings”
5. Talk to Lotwil Variatus (26,45)
- Accept “Study of the Elementals:Rock” 2
- Accept and Turn in “Coolant Heads Prevail”
- Accept and Turn in “Gyro…What?”
6. Talk to Lucien Tosselwrench (26,45)
- Accept and Turn in “Liquid Stone”
- Accept and Turn in “Stone is Better than Cloth”
7. Kill Rock Elementals and loot 3 Large Stone Slabs (38,72)
8. Talk to Lotwil Variatus (26,45)
- Turn in “Study of the Elementals: Rock” 2 and accept 3
9. Kill Greater Rock Elementals and loot 5 Bracers of Rock Binding (4,79)
10. Return to Lotwil Variatus and Lucien Tosselwrench (26,45)
- Turn in “Study of the Elementals: Rock” 3 and accept “This is Going to Be Hard” 1
- Turn in “This is Going to Be Hard” 1 and accept part 2
- Turn in “This is Going to be Hard” 2 and accept part 3
- Kill the Fam’retor Guardian and loot the Shackles of Elemental Binding
- Turn in “The is Going to be Hard” 3
11. Kill Troggs and loot 10 Indurium Flakes in Agmond’s End (50,65)
12. Kill Boss Tho’Grun and loot the Sign of the Earth
- He will be trailing a long line of ogres walking back and cross along the zone.
13. Talk to Martek the Exiled (47,52)
- Turn in “Indurium” and accept “News for Fizzle”
- Turn in “Barbecued Buzzard Wings”
14. Talk to Neeka Bloodscar and Gron (6,47)
- Turn in “Coyote Thieves”
- Turn in “Broken Alliances”
15. Talk to Jarkal Mossmeld (2,46)
- Turn in “Badlands Reagent Run”
You should now be Level 42. If you are not quite there yet, grind a little until you level.
Swamp of Sorrows (Part 2)
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1. Tal to Dar, Cersei Dusksinger, and Helgrum the Swift (45,57)
- Accept “Fresh Meat”
- Accept “Little Morsels”
- Turn in “Report to Helgrum”
2. Kill Sawtooth Snappers and loot 8 Unprepared Sawtooth Flanks and 6 Sawtooth Snapper Claws
3. Talk to Tok’kar (81,81)
- Turn in “Lack of Surplus” 2 and accept “Threat from the Sea”
4. Talk to Katar (84,80)
- Turn in “Threat from the Sea” 1 and accept part 2
5. Kill 10 Marsh Murlocs and 10 Marsh Inkspewers (86,80)
6. Kill 10 Marsh Flesheaters and loot 10 Monstrous Crawler Legs from Monstrous Crawlers (93,31)
7. Use Fel-Tainted Morsels to capture a Jaguar, a Tarantula, and a Crocolisk – feed them all (65,24)
- Talk to Dar and Cersei Dusksiner in Stonard (45,56)
- Turn in “Fresh Meat” and “Little Morsels”
8. Talk to Katar and Tok’kar (84,80)
- Turn in “Threat from the Sea” 2 and accept part 3
- Turn in “Threat from the Sea” 3
- Accept “Continued Threat”
9. Kill 10 Marsh Inkspewers, 10 Marsh Flesheaters, and 10 Marsh Oracles (88,78)
10. Talk to Katar (84,80)
- Turn in “Continued Threat”
Stranglethorn Vale (Part 3)
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1. Fly to Grom’Gol and talk to Far Seer Mok’thardin and Kin’weelay(32,29)
- Accept “Mok’thardin’s Enchantment” Part 4
- Accept “Split Bone Necklace”
2. In Booty Bay, Talk to Fleet Master Seahorn, Deeg, Whiskey Slim, Kebok, Privateer Bloads, Dizzey One-eye, and Sea Wolf MacKinley (27,77)
- Accept “The Bloodsail Buccaneers” 4
- Accept “Up to Snuff!”
- Accept “Whiskey Slim’s Lost Grog”
- Turn in “Dream Dust in the Swamp”
- Accept “Rumors for Kravel” and “Tran’rek”
- Accept “Akiris by the Bundle”
- Accept “Keep an Eye Out”
- Accept “Voodoo Dues”
- Accept “Stoley’s Debt”
3. At the Bloodsail Camp, kill 10 Bloodsail Swashbucklers, and kill pirates until you loot 15 Snuff and Dizzy’s Eye (32,74)
4. Loot the Bloodsail Orders and Bloodsail Charts in the camp (30,81)
5. Kill 10 Naga Explorers and loot 10 Akiris Reeds from Nagas (27,54)
6. Get a Holy Spring Water from the Holy Spring (29,62)
7. Kill Jon-Jon the Crow in the Ruins of Jubuwal (35,52)
- Clear the camp before killing him and loot the Golden Spyglass
8. Kill Maury Wilkins and loot his Clubbed Foot (35,52)
9. Kill Zanzil Minions and Chucky “Ten Thumbs” then loot his Huge Ring (40,57)
- Loot 12 Zanzil Mixtures
10. In Booty Bay, talk to Crank Fizzlebub, Deeg, Fleet Master Seahorn, Privateer Bloads, Sea Wolf MacKinley, and Dizzy One-Eye (27,77)
- Turn in: “Zanzil’s Secret”
- “Up to Snuff”
- “The Bloodsail Buccaneers” 4
- “Akiris by the Bundle”
- “Voodoo Dues”
- “Keep an Eye Out”
11. Return to Grom’Gol and talk to Far Seer Mok’thardin and Kin’weelay (32,29)
- Turn in “Mok’thardin’s Enchantment” 4 and “Split Bone Necklaces”
You should be very near Level 45 at this point – if you are not yet at Level 45, grind and spend a little extra time getting there as you will need it before you can proceed smoothly.
