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Arathi Highlands (Horde) leveling guide: quest route, levels 28 to 44

The Horde route through Arathi Highlands (Horde) takes 69 steps in Full clear mode and 88 in Chill mode, for 45 quests, levels 28 to 44. Copy each spot as a map pin, skip the quests that cost too much time, and hearth when the route says so.

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The zone in short

Levels
28-44
Faction
Horde
Quests known
45
Route
69 steps in Full clear, 88 in Chill
Confirmed in Forever
0 of 45
Time and level (estimate)
Full clear: about 1 h 45 min, level 38 at the endChill: about 2 h 41 min, level 43 at the end
Data
Game build 1.60.1.70532, built on October 26, 2026

What is the quest route through Arathi Highlands (Horde)?

In Arathi Highlands (Horde), the Full clear route takes 69 steps: every quest picked up at each hub, done from the nearest to the farthest and turned in on one trip. The Chill route takes 88 steps in story order with smaller loops. Both give each step's spot on the map as a /mappin command; switch between them with the tabs below.

Map pin

0 of 69 steps done

Map of Arathi HighlandsAlterac MountainsHillsbrad FoothillsThe HinterlandsWetlands

Wheel (after a click on the map) or + and - to zoom, drag or arrow keys to move, double-click to zoom in, 0 to fit the route, Escape to leave full screen.

Our map of Arathi Highlands, drawn from the game's data: subzones and named places from Forever's game files, flight points from its tables, the other NPCs from Classic. North is up. Not a game image.

Inns, trainers, repairs, stables and banks come from Classic data (cMaNGOS): check them in game.

  1. Travel: Set your hearthstone at this innCurrent

    Make Innkeeper Adegwa's inn your home (hearthstone)

  2. Accept: Accept Call to Arms[32] from Drum Fel (level 32)

  3. Objective: Do Call to Arms[32] (level 32)

    Witherbark Axe Thrower slain: 10

  4. Objective: Do Call to Arms[32] (level 32)

    Witherbark Witch Doctor slain: 8

  5. Objective: Do Call to Arms[32] (level 32)

    Witherbark Headhunter slain: 10

  6. Hearthstone: Use your hearthstone

    Objectives done: hearth back to turn in

  7. Vendor: Sell and repair

    Sell your loot to Innkeeper Adegwa

  8. Turn in: Turn in Call to Arms[32] to Drum Fel (level 32)

  9. Grind: Come back at level 32

    Level up elsewhere (another zone) or grind, then come back here at level 32

  10. Skip: Skip Sigil of Strom[37] (level 37)Level 32 (estimate)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongRare drop

  11. Skip: Skip The Broken Sigil[40] (level 40)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    Also skips: Sigil of Thoradin

    EliteLong

  12. Skip: Skip Sigil of Arathor[41] (level 41)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLong

  13. Skip: Skip Sigil of Trollbane[42] (level 42)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLong

  14. Skip: Skip Trol'kalar[42] (level 42)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    Elite

  15. Accept: Accept Foul Magics[33] from Tor'gan (level 33)

    Long

  16. Accept: Accept Hammerfall[34] from Gor'mul (level 34)

  17. Accept: Accept Defiler's Basic Care Package[34] from Rutherford Twing (level 34)

  18. Turn in: Turn in Defiler's Basic Care Package[34] to Rutherford Twing (level 34)

  19. Objective: Do Foul Magics[33] (level 33)

    Bloodstone Amulet: 10

    Long

  20. Turn in: Turn in Hammerfall[34] to Tor'gan (level 34)

  21. Accept: Accept Raising Spirits[34] from Tor'gan (level 34)

  22. Turn in: Turn in Foul Magics[33] to Tor'gan (level 33)

    Long

  23. Objective: Do Raising Spirits[34] (level 34)

    Highland Raptor Eye: 10

  24. Turn in: Turn in Raising Spirits[34] to Tor'gan (level 34)

  25. Accept: Accept Raising Spirits[34] from Tor'gan (level 34)

  26. Turn in: Turn in Raising Spirits[34] to Gor'mul (level 34)

  27. Accept: Accept Raising Spirits[34] from Gor'mul (level 34)

  28. Turn in: Turn in Raising Spirits[34] to Tor'gan (level 34)

  29. Grind: Come back at level 36

    Level up elsewhere (another zone) or grind, then come back here at level 36

  30. Skip: Skip Sunken Treasure[40] (level 40)Level 36 (estimate)

    Escort or event: slow, you can't set the pace

    Also skips: Sunken Treasure

    Escort

  31. Skip: Skip Death From Below[44] (level 44)

    Escort or event: slow, you can't set the pace

    Escort

  32. Accept: Accept Land Ho![35] from Lolo the Lookout (level 35)

  33. Turn in: Turn in Land Ho![35] to Shakes O'Breen (level 35)

  34. Travel: Go to the next spot

    Head to the next quest givers

  35. Accept: Accept The Princess Trapped[37] from Shards of Myzrael (level 37)

  36. Objective: Do The Princess Trapped[37] (level 37)

    Mote of Myzrael: 12

  37. Turn in: Turn in The Princess Trapped[37] to Iridescent Shards (level 37)

  38. Accept: Accept Stones of Binding[38] from Iridescent Shards (level 38)

    Long

  39. Objective: Do Stones of Binding[38] (level 38)

    Cresting Key: 1

    Long

  40. Objective: Do Stones of Binding[38] (level 38)

    Thundering Key: 1

    Long

  41. Objective: Do Stones of Binding[38] (level 38)

    Burning Key: 1

    Long

  42. Turn in: Turn in Stones of Binding[38] to Stone of Inner Binding (level 38)

    Long

  43. Travel: Go to the next spot

    Head to the next quest givers

  44. Vendor: Sell and repair

    Sell your loot to Uttnar

  45. Skip: Skip Guile of the Raptor[37] (level 37)

    Too long or too far for what it gives

    Also skips: Guile of the Raptor

    Long

  46. Skip: Skip Foul Magics[40] (level 40)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLong

  47. Accept: Accept Call to Arms[38] from Drum Fel (level 38)

    Long

  48. Objective: Do Call to Arms[38] (level 38)

    Boulderfist Magus slain: 4

    Long

  49. Objective: Do Call to Arms[38] (level 38)

    Boulderfist Brute slain: 10

    Long

  50. Hearthstone: Use your hearthstone

    Objectives done: hearth back to turn in

  51. Vendor: Sell and repair

    Sell your loot to Innkeeper Adegwa

  52. Turn in: Turn in Call to Arms[38] to Drum Fel (level 38)

    Long

  53. Grind: Come back at level 38

    Level up elsewhere (another zone) or grind, then come back here at level 38

  54. Accept: Accept Deep Sea Salvage[40] from First Mate Nilzlix (level 40)Level 38 (estimate)

  55. Accept: Accept Drowned Sorrows[40] from Captain Steelgut (level 40)

  56. Objective: Do Deep Sea Salvage[40] (level 40)

    Maiden's Folly Charts: 1

  57. Objective: Do Drowned Sorrows[40] (level 40)

    Daggerspine Sorceress slain: 3

  58. Objective: Do Deep Sea Salvage[40] (level 40)

    Spirit of Silverpine Log: 1

  59. Objective: Do Deep Sea Salvage[40] (level 40)

    Spirit of Silverpine Charts: 1

  60. Objective: Do Drowned Sorrows[40] (level 40)

    Daggerspine Raider slain: 10

  61. Objective: Do Deep Sea Salvage[40] (level 40)

    Maiden's Folly Log: 1

  62. Turn in: Turn in Deep Sea Salvage[40] to First Mate Nilzlix (level 40)

  63. Turn in: Turn in Drowned Sorrows[40] to Captain Steelgut (level 40)

  64. Skip: Skip Crystal in the Mountains[35] (level 35)

    Where to pick it up is unknown in our data

    Starts from an item

  65. Skip: Skip Legends of the Earth[35] (level 35)

    Where to pick it up is unknown in our data

  66. Skip: Skip Call to Arms[40] (level 40)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLong

  67. Skip: Skip The Real Threat[40] (level 40)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLong

  68. Skip: Skip Trol'kalar[42] (level 42)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    Elite

  69. Skip: Skip Breaking the Keystone[42] (level 42)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    Also skips: Myzrael's Allies

    EliteLong

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Useful places in Arathi Highlands (10)
  • Flight point: Hammerfall, Arathi, Urda 73.1, 32.6
  • Innkeeper, Innkeeper Adegwa 73.8, 32.5 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Profession trainer (Cooking), Slagg 74.1, 33.8 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Profession trainer (First Aid), Doctor Gregory Victor 73.4, 36.9 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Profession trainer (Leatherworking), Brumn Winterhoof 28.3, 45.1 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Repairs, Mu'uta 72.5, 33.4 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Stable master, Tharlidun 73.9, 33.1 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Place: Drywhisker Gorge 82.2, 36.7
  • Place: Boulderfist Outpost 34.8, 44.2
  • Place: The Tower of Arathor 18.0, 68.5

Where should you level after Arathi Highlands (Horde)?

After Arathi Highlands (Horde) (levels 28 to 44), the guide goes on in Badlands (Horde) (33-50), Swamp of Sorrows (Horde) (33-50) and Riverglades (33-54). Our leveling tool lists every WoW Forever zone and dungeon made for your level, and the dungeon pages give each dungeon's levels and bosses if you want to break the questing with a group.

Where to level at your levelEvery zone of the guideShadowfang Keep (20-30)Excavation Site: Wetlands (24-29)Blackfathom Deeps (24-32)Stormwind Stockades (24-32)

Which Arathi Highlands (Horde) quests should you skip?

The Full clear route skips 15 quests in Arathi Highlands (Horde): the ones that cost more time than they give, such as long escorts, items that drop rarely, or quests that need a group or kill elites. Each one is listed below with the reason. In Chill mode you can still do them; elite and group quests carry a badge so you can decide.

Skipped in Full clear mode

  • Sigil of Strom[37]EliteLongRare drop

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • The Broken Sigil[40]EliteLong

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    Also skips: Sigil of Thoradin

  • Sigil of Arathor[41]EliteLong

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • Sigil of Trollbane[42]EliteLong

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • Trol'kalar[42](2 parts)Elite

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • Sunken Treasure[40]Escort

    Escort or event: slow, you can't set the pace

  • Death From Below[44]Escort

    Escort or event: slow, you can't set the pace

  • Guile of the Raptor[37]Long

    Too long or too far for what it gives

  • Foul Magics[40]EliteLong

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • Crystal in the Mountains[35]Starts from an item

    Where to pick it up is unknown in our data

  • Legends of the Earth[35]

    Where to pick it up is unknown in our data

  • Call to Arms[40]EliteLong

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • The Real Threat[40]EliteLong

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • Breaking the Keystone[42]EliteLong

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    Also skips: Myzrael's Allies

When should you hearth or sell in Arathi Highlands (Horde)?

The Arathi Highlands (Horde) Full clear route marks each moment to use your hearthstone or stop at a vendor, listed below with its step number. In the first levels, quest items and loot fill your bags fast, so the route sends you to sell and repair between loops instead of walking back with full bags. The Chill route has its own stops in its tab.

  • Hearthstone (Step 6)

    Objectives done: hearth back to turn in

  • Vendor (Step 7)

    Sell your loot to Innkeeper Adegwa

  • Vendor (Step 44)

    Sell your loot to Uttnar

  • Hearthstone (Step 50)

    Objectives done: hearth back to turn in

  • Vendor (Step 51)

    Sell your loot to Innkeeper Adegwa

Which quests are in Arathi Highlands (Horde)?

We know 45 quests in Arathi Highlands (Horde) for WoW Forever, listed by level with the NPC who gives them and where. Quests from the Classic database stay to confirm in Forever until players see them, and badges mark escorts, elites, group, class and profession quests: the ones a route usually leaves out or keeps for later.

QuestLevelGiven byNotes
The Battle for Arathi Basin!25from level 20Deathmaster Dwire73.3, 29.7Repeatable
Call to Arms32from level 30Drum Fel74.2, 33.9
Foul Magics33from level 30Tor'gan74.7, 36.3Long
Defiler's Basic Care Package34from level 25Rutherford Twing73.4, 29.7
Hammerfall34from level 29Gor'mul72.6, 33.9
Raising Spirits34from level 29Tor'gan74.7, 36.3
Raising Spirits34from level 29Tor'gan74.7, 36.3
Raising Spirits34from level 29Gor'mul72.6, 33.9
Crystal in the Mountains35from level 30Pendant of MyzraelStarts from an item
Land Ho!35Lolo the Lookout31.8, 82.7
Legends of the Earth35from level 30?
The Battle for Arathi Basin!35from level 30Deathmaster Dwire73.3, 29.7Repeatable
Guile of the Raptor37from level 29Tor'gan74.7, 36.3Long
Guile of the Raptor37from level 29Tor'gan74.7, 36.3
Guile of the Raptor37from level 29Gor'mul72.6, 33.9
Sigil of Strom37from level 32Zengu73.8, 34.0EliteLongRare drop
The Princess Trapped37from level 30Shards of Myzrael62.5, 33.7
Call to Arms38from level 30Drum Fel74.2, 33.9Long
Stones of Binding38from level 30Iridescent Shards84.3, 31.0Long
Call to Arms40from level 30Drum Fel74.2, 33.9EliteLong
Deep Sea Salvage40from level 35First Mate Nilzlix32.8, 81.5
Drowned Sorrows40from level 35Captain Steelgut34.0, 80.8
Foul Magics40from level 35Tor'gan74.7, 36.3EliteLong
Myzrael's Allies40from level 30Keystone36.1, 58.1
Sigil of Thoradin40from level 32Tor'gan74.7, 36.3
Sunken Treasure40from level 35Professor Phizzlethorpe33.9, 80.5Escort
Sunken Treasure40from level 35Doctor Draxlegauge33.9, 80.4
Sunken Treasure40from level 35Doctor Draxlegauge33.9, 80.4
Sunken Treasure40from level 35Shakes O'Breen32.3, 81.4Partly in another zone
The Broken Sigil40from level 32Zengu73.8, 34.0EliteLong
The Real Threat40from level 30Korin Fel74.0, 33.1EliteLong
Sigil of Arathor41from level 32Zengu73.8, 34.0EliteLong
Breaking the Keystone42from level 30Stone of Inner Binding36.2, 57.4EliteLong
Sigil of Trollbane42from level 32Zengu73.8, 34.0EliteLong
Trol'kalar42from level 32Zengu73.8, 34.0Elite
Trol'kalar42from level 32Trollbane's Tomb28.9, 59.6Elite
Death From Below44from level 35Shakes O'Breen32.3, 81.4Escort
Defiler's Standard Care Package44from level 35Rutherford Twing73.4, 29.7
The Battle for Arathi Basin!45from level 40Deathmaster Dwire73.3, 29.7Repeatable
Triage45from level 35Doctor Gregory Victor73.4, 36.9EscortProfession
Elemental Leatherworking55from level 40Brumn Winterhoof28.3, 45.1EliteLongPartly in another zoneProfession
The Battle for Arathi Basin!55from level 50Deathmaster Dwire73.3, 29.7Repeatable
Defiler's Advanced Care Package60from level 45Rutherford Twing73.4, 29.7
Take Five Bases60Deathmaster Dwire73.3, 29.7Escort
Take Four Bases60Deathmaster Dwire73.3, 29.7Escort

How reliable is the Arathi Highlands (Horde) route?

All 45 quests on this page come from the Classic quest database (cMaNGOS classic-db), not from WoW Forever: Blizzard changed the starting zones, moved some quests and added new ones that are not here yet, so check a quest giver before a long run. Places come from Classic; the maps come from game build 1.60.1.70532.

Still missing

Classic base (cMaNGOS classic-db), to be confirmed in game: 45 quests. Missing: Forever's new or changed quests (the beta's game files hold no quest titles or objectives), French quest and creature names, Forever's own XP values; places are spawn points of Classic.

Arathi Highlands (Horde): frequently asked questions

What level is Arathi Highlands (Horde) in WoW Forever?

Our WoW Forever leveling guide places Arathi Highlands (Horde) at levels 28 to 44, for the Horde.

How many quests are there in Arathi Highlands (Horde)?

Our guide knows 45 quests in Arathi Highlands (Horde): 45 come from Classic data and still need to be confirmed in WoW Forever, 0 are confirmed.

Which quests should you skip in Arathi Highlands (Horde)?

The Full clear route skips 15: Sigil of Strom, The Broken Sigil, Sigil of Arathor, Sigil of Trollbane, Trol'kalar and Sunken Treasure. They cost more time than they give, such as escorts, rare drops, group or elite quests.

When should you use your hearthstone in Arathi Highlands (Horde)?

The Full clear route numbers each stop like the other steps (hearthstone stops: 2, vendor stops: 3), so you sell and repair before a long loop instead of walking back with full bags.

Should I pick Full clear or Chill in Arathi Highlands (Horde)?

Full clear for the most XP per hour: every quest, nearest first, everything turned in on one trip. Chill for the story in order, with small loops and bags that never fill up.

Where do you go after Arathi Highlands (Horde)?

The guide goes on in Badlands (Horde) (33-50), Swamp of Sorrows (Horde) (33-50) and Riverglades (33-54).

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