The WoW Authority’s Horde Leveling Guide: Level 50 to 55

Orgrimmar

1. Talk to Zilzibin Drumlore (56,46)

2. Fly to Ratchet and take a boat to Booty Bay

3. Talk to Sea Wolf MacKinley (27,77)

  • Turn in “Delivery to MacKinley”

4. Fly to Stonard and travel south to Blasted Lands

Searing Gorge

Horde Leveling Guide: Map to Searing Gorge

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1. Talk to Kalaran Windblade in the Cauldron (38,39)

2. Travel to Thorium Point and talk to Hansel Heavyhands and Master Smith Burninate (38,28)

3. Kill Dark Iron Steamsmiths near the Dark Iron Dwarven Forge (39,5)

  • Loot the Smithing Tuyere and the Lookout’s Spying Glass – this may take a while

4. While circling the zone, kill:

  • 20 Heavy War Golems (and loot 4 Golem Oils)
  • 15 Dark Iron Taskmasters
  • 15 Dark Iron Slavers
  • 20 Greater Lava Spiders
  • Blazing Elementals and Magma Elementals – loot 4 Hearts of Flame

5. Go to the Outhouse at the Grimslit Dig Site (65,62)

  • Right Click it and accept “Caught!”
  • Kill 8 Dark Iron Geologists – loot 15 Silk Cloths
  • Turn in “Caught!”

6. Go inside the Cauldron and west to the Iron Slope at (46,53)

  • Continue to the Slag Pit at (41,54) and cross the bridge to the Quarry Gate
  • Find the Enslaved Archaeologists in the bigger room beyond the gate
  • Continue past Maltorius and to a bridge where you can jump down and see the Incendosaurs – kill 20 of them.
  • Leave the Caulder by traveling to the west to (46,53) and taking the elevator at (40,54) to the third floor

7. Go to the Watchtowers and kill Dark Iron Lookouts until you loot a Lookout Spyglass

8. Return to Thorium Point and talk to Karalan Windblade, Hansel Heavyhands, Taskmaster Scrange near (38,27)

  • Turn in “The Flawless Flame” and accept “Forging the Shaft”
  • Turn in: “Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It”
  • “Curse these Fat Fingers”
  • “Fiery Menace!”
  • “Culling the Competition”
  • “Smithing Tuyere and Lookout’s Spyglass”

9. Leave Thorium Point and kill Dark Iron Geologists – loot 8 Thorium Plated Daggers (64,61)

10. Talk to Kalaran Windblade (39,38)

11. Go to Fire Watch Ridge and loot Symbol of Ragnaros from a guard

12. Return to Kalaran Windblade and Squire Maltrake (39,38)

13. Complete the following for all four towers at (33,52), (35,59), (43,63), and (52,57)

  • Clear mobs outside the tower and find the “Sentry Brazier” on the tower and light it

14. Talk to Squire Maltrake (38,39)

  • Turn in “Set Them Ablaze!”
  • Click on the chest after Kalaran flies away and accept “Trinkets
  • Turn in “Trinkets” and you will have been given a box labeled “Hoard of the Black Dragonflight”. Save the molt for later.

You should be well into Level 51 at this point regardless of how many mobs you had to kill. If for some reason you are not though, continue anyways and catch up in the next zone.

Orgrimmar

1. Return to Orgrimmar and talk to the Innkeeper

2. Talk to Jes’rimon (55,34)

Thunderbluff

1. Fly to Thunderbluff and talk to Hamuul Runetotem (78,28)

  • Turn in “Assisting Arch Druid Runetotem”
  • Accept “Un’goro Soil

Gadgetzan

1. Fly to Gadgetzan and talk to Alchemist Pesltezugg and Tran’rek (50,26)

Un’Goro Crater

Horde Leveling Guide: Map to Un'Goro Crater

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1. Go SW to Un’Goro Crater and find Torwa Pathfinder (71,75)

  • Accept “The Fares of Lar’korwi
  • Accept “The Apes of Un’Goro
  • Start looking for 28 Crystals – 7 Red, 7 Blue, 7 Yellow, and 7 Green – you will need them for later.
  • Look for Un’Goro Dirt Piles and loot 5 Un’Goro Soil

2. Find the Wrecked Raft (63,68)

3. Travel to the Dinosaur Carcass at (68,56) and loot a Piece of Threshadon Carcass

4. Talk to Torwa Pathfinder (71,76)

5. In the Marshlands, find the Purple Ravasaur Eggs at (67,73)

  • Stand on the Egg Pile to bring out Lar’Korwi’s mate – kill it and loot the Pheremone Gland. Repeat until you have 2 Pheremone Glands.

6. Return to Torwa Pathfinder (71,76)

  • Turn in “The Scent of Lar’Korwi”

7. Kill Ravasaurs and loot 8 White Ravasaur Claws (67,73)

8. Travel to Marshall’s Refuge and talk to Karna Remtravel, Shizzle, Larion, Spark Nilminer, Williden Marshal, Hol’Anyee Marshal, and Linken near (45,12)

9. In the cave, talk to J.D. Collie (41,2)

10. Kill the following mobs over the next few steps:

  • 10 Pterrodax
  • 15 Frenzied Pterrodax
  • Loot 8 Pterrodax Scales
  • 5 Bloodpetal Lashers
  • 5 Bloodpetal Trappers
  • 5 Bloodpetal Flayers
  • 5 Bloodpetal Threshers
  • Diemetradons and loot 8 scales

11. Go to Fungal Rock and kill Un’Goro Gorillas; loot:

  • 2 Pelts from Gorillas
  • 2 Pelts from Stompers
  • 2 Pelts from Thunderers
  • In the cave, take the first fork and talk to A-Me 01 (67,16)
  • Turn in “Chasing A-Me 01”

12. Kill Tar Creepers and Tar Beasts and loot 12 Super Sticky Tar (60,26)

13. Travel East to the Northern Crystal Pylon (54,13) and examine it.

  • Kill 3 Pterrodax near here.

14. Find the Expedition Camp and loot the “Research Equipment” there (38,66)

15. Swim through the lake and find Krakle on the other side at (30,50)

16. Find the Western Crystal Pylon and examine it (23,57)

17. Loot the Crate of Foodstuffs from the Expedition Encampment (68,36)

18. Find the Eastern Crystal Pylon and examine it (76,48)

19. Talk to Torwa Pathfinder (71,75)

  • Turn in “The Apes of Un’Goro”

20. In the Slithering Scar, find the large circular room and use your scraping vial to get a “Hive Wall Sample” (50,76)

  • Also loot a Gorishi Scent Gland while here.

21. In Marshall’s Refuge, talk to J.D. Collie (41,2)

  • Turn in “The Eastern Pylon”, ‘The Northern Pylon”, and “The Western Pylon”
  • Accept and turn in “Making Sense of It

22. Talk to Hol’anyee Marshal, Larion, and Williden Marshal near (43,7)

  • Turn in “Alien Ecology”
  • Turn in “Larion and Muigin” and accept “Marvon’s Workshop
  • Turn in “Expedition Salvation”

Tanaris

1. Fly to Gadgetzan and talk to Tran’rek and Alchemist Pestlezugg (51,26)

  • Turn in “Super Sticky” and “Bungle in the Jungle”

Thunderbluff

1. Return to Thunderbluff and talk to Ghede, Hamuul Runetotem, and Bashana Runetotem (77,22)

  • Turn in “Un’Goro Soil”
  • Accept “Morrowgrain Research
  • Turn in “Morrowgrain Research” and accept part 2
  • Create 10 Morrowgrains over the next few levels

Orgrimmar

1. Fly to Orgrimmar and talk to Jes’Rimon (55,34)

  • Turn in “Bone-Bladed Weapons”

The Blasted Lands

Horde Leveling Guide: Map to Blasted Lands

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1. Fly to Stonard and run into the Blasted Lands , then talk to Bloodmage Lynnore and Bloodmage Drazial (50,14)

2. Kill the following:

  • Vultures and loot 14 Vulture Gizzards
  • Snickerfangs and loot 5 Snickerfang Jowls
  • Scorpoks and loot 6 Scorpok Pincers
  • Blasted Boars and loot 6 Blasted Boar Lung
  • Basilisks and loot 11 Basilisk brains
  • Loot an Imperfect Draenethyst Fragment

3. Talk to Kum’Isha the Collector (51,35)

4. Talk to Bloodmage Lynnore and Bloodmage Drazial (50,14)

  • Turn in all of the collection quests

You should now be well into Level 52 at this point. If you are not yet, go back into the zone and grind a bit on additional mobs.

Azshara

Horde Leveling Guide: Map to Azshara

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1. Fly to Splintertree Post and then go into Azshara and Talrendis Point

2. Talk to Loh’atu (11,78)

3. Go to Shadowsong Shrine (13,74)

  • Kill 6 Highborne Apparitions and 6 Highborne Lichling

4. At Haldaar Encampment, kill:

  • 6 Haldarr Satyr
  • 2 Haldarr Trickster
  • 2 Haldarr Felsworn

5. Talk to Loh’atu (11,78)

  • Turn in “A Land Filled with Hatred” and “Spiritual Unrest”

6. Talk to Ag’tor Bloodfist and Jediga in Valormok (22,51)

7. Go to Sharp Hill and find Kim’jael (53,21)

8. At the Thalassian Blood Camp, kill 10 Blood Elf Reclaimers and 10 Blood Elf Surveyors (55,26)

  • Loot Kim’Jael’s items from the crates in the camp.

You should be Level 53 at this point. If you are not, continue grinding on Blood Elves until you are.

9. Click the Altar at (59,31)

  • Turn in “Betrayed” 2 and accept part 3
  • Right click one of the three floating crystals that appears to destroy it and then kill the stone structure
  • Kill the Defender and then Magus Rimtori who will have spawned – loot her head

10. Talk to Kim’Jael (53,21)

  • Turn in “Kim’Jael Indeed” and accept “Missing Equipment”

11. Travel SW to the Ruins of Eldarath and look for the tablets listed for Stealing Knowledge (41,48)

  • Kill Nagas and loot “Some Rune” from one of them.
  • The slope to leave the Strand is at (46,39)

12. Talk to Kim’Jael (53,21)

  • Turn in “Missing Equipment”

13. In Valormok, talk to Ag’tor Bloodfist and Jediga (22,51)

14. Talk to Sanath Lim-yo (28,50)

  • Turn in “Meeting with the Master”

15. Talk to Archmage Xylem (29,40)

Orgrimmar

1. Fly to Orgrimmar and talk to Jes’rimon (55,34)

2. Talk to Belgrom Rockmaul (75,34)

  • Turn in “Betrayed” Part 4

Undercity

1. Take the Zeppelin to Undercity and talk to Andron Gant (54,75)

2. Talk to Chemist Cuely and Fuely (48,71)

Thunderbluff

1. Zeppelin back to Orgrimmar and fly to Thunderbluff, then talk to Magatha Grimtotem (70,30)

2. Talk to Bashana Runetotem (70,33)

  • Turn in “Morrowgrain Resarch”

Azshara

1. Return to Valormok and talk to Jediga (22,51)

  • Turn in “Andron’s Payment to Jediga”
  • Turn in “Magatha’s Payment to Jediga”
  • Turn in “Jes’rimon’s Payment to Jediga”
  • Turn in “Xylem’s Payment to Jediga”

2. Go to the slope at (45,37) and then to the pool near the sea at (47,46)

  • Use “Empty Vial Labeled #4”
  • Also, use “Empty Vial Labeled #3” at (49,48)
  • “Empty Vial Labeled #2” at (48,51)
  • “Empty Vial Labeled #1” at (48,60)

You should already be Level 54 or at least very near it. If you are not yet Level 54, grind on Nagas in the area until you level.

Felwood

Horde Leveling Guide: Map to Felwood

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1. Fly to Splintertree Post and travel to Felwood and the Emerald Sanctuary – talk to Grazle, Greta, Taronn Redfeather (50,84)

2. Kill 5 Deadwood Warriors, 5 Pathfinders, and 5 Gardeners (49,88)

3. Talk to Grazle (50,85)

4. Talk to Maybess Riverbreeze (47,83)

5. Kill Cursed Oozes and loot Slime Samples – try to get about 30 of them (43,67)

6. Travel to Bloodvenom Post and talk to Winna Hazzard, Truil Failbane, and Dreka’sur (34,52)

7. Kill 4 Jaedenar Hounds, 4 Guardians, 6 Adepts, and 6 Cultists (40,57)

8. In the Ruins of Constellas, step in the Moonwell and fill your hardened flask (32,67)

9. Back in Emerald Sanctuary, talk to Greta Mosshoof (51,82)

10. Kill Overlord Ror and loot his claw (48,94)

11. Talk to Winna Hazzard and Dreka’sur (34,52)

  • Turn in “The Well of Corruption” and accept “Corrupted Sabers
  • Turn in “A Husband’s Last Battle”

12. Fill the Empty Canteen in the corrupted moonwell at (35,60)

13. Talk to Greta Moonhoof (51,82)

14. Go to the Ruins of Constellas and click on Winna’s Kitten Carrier in the moonwell from before.

  • A cat will spawn and follow you until you return – you cannot die or you’ll have to do this over again.

15. Talk to Winna Hazzard (34,52)

  • Turn in “Corrupted Sabers”

16. Kill 2 Entropic Beasts in the Shatter Scar Vale (39,44)

  • Walk around the vale to get the Explore the Craters message

17. Kill 2 Entropic Horrors near here

18. Kill 12 Angerclaw Grizzlies and 12 Felpaw Ravagers (54,28)

19. Kill Warpwood Elementals and loot 15 Blood Amber in Irontree Cavern (55,15)

20. Talk to Nafien in Timbermaw Hold

21. In Felpaw Village, kill:

  • 6 Den Watchers
  • 6 Avengers
  • 6 Shamans
  • Get within 150 Rep of Unfriendly with Deadwood before turning quest in.

22. Talk to Nafien (64,8)

Winterspring

Horde Leveling Guide: Map to Winterspring

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1. Go through the hold and the tunnel to Winterspring and talk to Salfa (27,34)

2. Talk to Donova Snowden (31,45)

3. In Timbermaw Hold, kill (40,44):

  • 8 Pathfinders
  • 8 Den Watchers
  • 8 Totemics
  • Loot 1 Empty Firewater Flask and accept “Winterfall Firewater

4. Kill 15 Ragged Owlbeasts on the ride to Everlook (61,38)

5. Talk to Umi Rumplesnicker (60,37)

6. Go to Ice Thistle Hills and loot 10 Thick Yeti Furs from Yetis (65,42)

7. Talk to Umi Rumplesnicker (60,37)

  • Turn in “Are We There, Yeti?”

8. Kill 15 Raging Owlbeasts NW of Everlook

9. Talk to Donova Snowden (31,45)

  • Turn in “Threat of the Winterfall” and “Winterfall Firewater”
  • Accept “Falling to Corruption

Felwood

1. Back in Felwood, go to Felpaw Village and the Deadwood Cauldron (60,5)

  • Turn in “Falling to Corruption”
  • Accept “Mystery Goo

Winterspring

1. Return to Winterspring and talk to Donova Snowden (31,45)

  • Turn in “Mystery Goo”
  • Accept “Toxic Horrors
  • 3 Furbolgs will ambush you. Run away!

The Barrens

1. Fly to Ratchet and talk to Marvon and Islen Waterseer (62,40)

  • Turn in “Marvon’s Workshop” and accept “Volcanic Activity
  • i. Loot the chest here for the stone circle
  • Turn in “Seeking Spiritual Aid” and accept “Cleansed Water Returns to Felwood”

Feralas (Part 4)

Horde Leveling Guide: Map 4 to Feralas

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1. Fly to Shadowprey Village and run into Feralas

2. Find Miblon Snarltooth and use your bait near him. He will be distracted so you can go through the open gate and grab the Evoroot from the pedestal (45,11)

3. Talk to Gregan Brewspewer

  • Turn in “The Videre Elixir”

4. In Camp Mojache, talk to Thalo Thornhoof

  • Turn in “The Strength of Corruption”

You should now be Level 55. If you are not yet level 55, grind for a little while so that you can catch up and hit the mark where you are supposed to be. Do not fall behind here as the next few levels will be quite hard if you are behind by even one level!