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Burning Steppes (Horde) leveling guide: quest route, levels 48 to 60

The Horde route through Burning Steppes (Horde) takes 37 steps in Full clear mode and 38 in Chill mode, for 56 quests, levels 48 to 60. Copy each spot as a map pin, skip the quests that cost too much time, and hearth when the route says so.

Yuki

The zone in short

Levels
48-60
Faction
Horde
Quests known
56
Route
Partial: 2 quests to turn in, 37 steps in Full clear
Confirmed in Forever
0 of 56
Data
Game build 1.60.1.70532, built on October 26, 2026

What is the quest route through Burning Steppes (Horde)?

The Burning Steppes (Horde) route is partial: the Classic data leaves only 2 quests to turn in for the Horde here, so it does not fill the zone's levels. Follow its 37 steps for what it gives, then level in the next zones below. Quests players record in WoW Forever will complete it, zone by zone, as soon as they share them.

Map pin

0 of 37 steps done

Map of Burning SteppesBadlandsSearing GorgeElwynn ForestRedridge MountainsRiverglades

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 Burning Steppes, 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. Skip: Skip Ribbly Screwspigot[53] (level 53)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonElite

  2. Skip: Skip The Heart of the Mountain[55] (level 55)

    Done inside a dungeon

    Dungeon

  3. Accept: Accept Tablet of the Seven[50] from Maxwort Uberglint (level 50)Current

  4. Accept: Accept Broodling Essence[52] from Tinkee Steamboil (level 52)

  5. Objective: Do Tablet of the Seven[50] (level 50)

    Tablet Transcript: 1

  6. Objective: Do Broodling Essence[52] (level 52)

    Broodling Essence: 8

  7. Turn in: Turn in Broodling Essence[52] to Tinkee Steamboil (level 52)

  8. Turn in: Turn in Tablet of the Seven[50] to Maxwort Uberglint (level 50)

  9. Skip: Skip Dark Iron Legacy[52] (level 52)

    Done inside a dungeon

    Dungeon

  10. Skip: Skip Dark Iron Legacy[52] (level 52)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonElite

  11. Skip: Skip Krom'Grul[53] (level 53)

    Where to pick it up is unknown in our data

    LongPartly in another zone

  12. Skip: Skip A Taste of Flame[54] (level 54)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    Elite

  13. Skip: Skip A Taste of Flame[54] (level 54)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    Elite

  14. Skip: Skip A Taste of Flame[58] (level 58)

    Done inside a dungeon

    Dungeon

  15. Skip: Skip Precarious Predicament[58] (level 58)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonEscortPartly in another zone

  16. Skip: Skip Kibler's Exotic Pets[59] (level 59)

    Done inside a dungeon

    Dungeon

  17. Skip: Skip En-Ay-Es-Tee-Why[59] (level 59)

    Done inside a dungeon

    Dungeon

  18. Skip: Skip Mother's Milk[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonEscort

  19. Skip: Skip Leonid Barthalomew[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonPartly in another zone

  20. Skip: Skip Attunement to the Core[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    Dungeon

  21. Skip: Skip Components of Importance[60] (level 60)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongPartly in another zone

  22. Skip: Skip Components of Importance[60] (level 60)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongPartly in another zone

  23. Skip: Skip Components of Importance[60] (level 60)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongPartly in another zone

  24. Skip: Skip Components of Importance[60] (level 60)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongPartly in another zone

  25. Skip: Skip The Left Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonElite

  26. Skip: Skip The Left Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonElite

  27. Skip: Skip The Left Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonElite

  28. Skip: Skip The Left Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonElite

  29. Skip: Skip I See Alcaz Island In Your Future...[60] (level 60)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongPartly in another zone

  30. Skip: Skip More Components of Importance[60] (level 60)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongPartly in another zone

  31. Skip: Skip More Components of Importance[60] (level 60)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongPartly in another zone

  32. Skip: Skip More Components of Importance[60] (level 60)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongPartly in another zone

  33. Skip: Skip More Components of Importance[60] (level 60)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongPartly in another zone

  34. Skip: Skip The Right Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonElite

  35. Skip: Skip The Right Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonElite

  36. Skip: Skip The Right Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonElite

  37. Skip: Skip The Right Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonElite

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Useful places in Burning Steppes (4)
  • Flight point: Flame Crest, Burning Steppes, Vahgruk 65.6, 24.2
  • Repairs, Yuka Screwspigot 66.1, 22.0 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Place: Flame Crest 65.5, 23.0
  • Place: Slither Rock 94.4, 31.8

Where should you level after Burning Steppes (Horde)?

After Burning Steppes (Horde) (levels 48 to 60), the guide goes on in Eastern Plaguelands (Horde) (53-60). 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 guideUldaman (41-51)Zul'Farrak (44-54)Maraudon (46-55)Alcaz Prison (48-53)

Which Burning Steppes (Horde) quests should you skip?

The Full clear route skips 31 quests in Burning Steppes (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

  • Ribbly Screwspigot[53]DungeonElite

    Done inside a dungeon

  • The Heart of the Mountain[55]Dungeon

    Done inside a dungeon

  • Dark Iron Legacy[52](2 parts)Dungeon

    Done inside a dungeon

  • Krom'Grul[53]LongPartly in another zone

    Where to pick it up is unknown in our data

  • A Taste of Flame[54](3 parts)Elite

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • Precarious Predicament[58]DungeonEscortPartly in another zone

    Done inside a dungeon

  • Kibler's Exotic Pets[59]Dungeon

    Done inside a dungeon

  • En-Ay-Es-Tee-Why[59]Dungeon

    Done inside a dungeon

  • Mother's Milk[60]DungeonEscort

    Done inside a dungeon

  • Leonid Barthalomew[60]DungeonPartly in another zone

    Done inside a dungeon

  • Attunement to the Core[60]Dungeon

    Done inside a dungeon

  • Components of Importance[60](4 parts)EliteLongPartly in another zone

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • The Left Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet[60](4 parts)DungeonElite

    Done inside a dungeon

  • I See Alcaz Island In Your Future...[60]EliteLongPartly in another zone

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • More Components of Importance[60](4 parts)EliteLongPartly in another zone

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • The Right Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet[60](4 parts)DungeonElite

    Done inside a dungeon

When should you hearth or sell in Burning Steppes (Horde)?

The Burning Steppes (Horde) route has no hearthstone or vendor stop marked yet. Sell when you pass a vendor at a quest hub, and keep your hearthstone for the moment your bags are full and the next quests start in town: early on, quest items and loot fill bags fast. The route will mark these stops as soon as the data has them.

Which quests are in Burning Steppes (Horde)?

We know 56 quests in Burning Steppes (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
Tablet of the Seven50Maxwort Uberglint65.2, 23.9
Broodling Essence52from level 50Tinkee Steamboil65.2, 24.0
Dark Iron Legacy52from level 48Franclorn Forgewright29.0, 28.9Dungeon
Dark Iron Legacy52from level 48Franclorn Forgewright29.0, 28.9DungeonElite
Krom'Grul53from level 48Sha'ni ProudtuskLongPartly in another zone
Ribbly Screwspigot53from level 48Yuka Screwspigot66.1, 22.0DungeonElite
A Taste of Flame54from level 52Cyrus Therepentous95.1, 31.6Elite
A Taste of Flame54from level 52Cyrus Therepentous95.1, 31.6Elite
Felnok Steelspring54from level 50Tinkee Steamboil65.2, 24.0Partly in another zone
Libram of Constitution55from level 50Mathredis Firestar65.0, 23.6DungeonLongRare dropRepeatable
Libram of Resilience55from level 50Mathredis Firestar65.0, 23.6LongRare dropRepeatable
Libram of Rumination55from level 50Mathredis Firestar65.0, 23.6LongRare dropRepeatable
Libram of Tenacity55from level 50Mathredis Firestar65.0, 23.6DungeonLongRare dropRepeatable
Libram of Voracity55from level 50Mathredis Firestar65.0, 23.6LongPartly in another zoneRare dropRepeatable
The Heart of the Mountain55from level 50Maxwort Uberglint65.2, 23.9Dungeon
A Taste of Flame58from level 52Cyrus Therepentous95.1, 31.6Dungeon
Lord Banehollow58from level 60Gorzeeki Wildeyes12.4, 31.6Class questPartly in another zone
Precarious Predicament58from level 52Grark Lorkrub40.2, 34.2DungeonEscortPartly in another zone
Rage of Blood58from level 60Mor'zul Bloodbringer12.7, 31.6Class questLongPartly in another zone
Wildeyes58from level 60Mor'zul Bloodbringer12.7, 31.6Class quest
En-Ay-Es-Tee-Why59from level 55Kibler65.9, 21.9Dungeon
Kibler's Exotic Pets59from level 55Kibler65.9, 21.9Dungeon
Arcanite60Gorzeeki Wildeyes12.4, 31.6Class quest
Attunement to the Core60from level 55Lothos Riftwaker26.4, 24.5Dungeon
Back to the Beginning60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8Partly in another zone
Bell of Dethmoora60Mor'zul Bloodbringer12.7, 31.6Class quest
Components of Importance60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8EliteLongPartly in another zone
Components of Importance60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8EliteLongPartly in another zone
Components of Importance60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8EliteLongPartly in another zone
Components of Importance60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8EliteLongPartly in another zone
Dawnstrider the Elder60from level 1Elder Dawnstrider64.5, 24.0Event
Doomsday Candle60Mor'zul Bloodbringer12.7, 31.6Class questEliteLongRare drop
Dreadsteed of Xoroth60Mor'zul Bloodbringer12.7, 31.6Class questDungeonElite
Egg Collection60from level 57Tinkee Steamboil65.2, 24.0
Egg Freezing60from level 57Tinkee Steamboil65.2, 24.0Escort
Final Preparations60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8Long
I See Alcaz Island In Your Future...60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8EliteLongPartly in another zone
Imp Delivery60Gorzeeki Wildeyes12.4, 31.6Class questDungeon
Leonid Barthalomew60from level 57Tinkee Steamboil65.2, 24.0DungeonPartly in another zone
Mea Culpa, Lord Valthalak60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8Elite
More Components of Importance60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8EliteLongPartly in another zone
More Components of Importance60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8EliteLongPartly in another zone
More Components of Importance60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8EliteLongPartly in another zone
More Components of Importance60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8EliteLongPartly in another zone
Mother's Milk60from level 55Ragged John65.0, 23.8DungeonEscort
Rumblerock the Elder60from level 1Elder Rumblerock83.1, 47.4Event
The Left Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8DungeonElite
The Left Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8DungeonElite
The Left Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8DungeonElite
The Left Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8DungeonElite
The Right Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8DungeonElite
The Right Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8DungeonElite
The Right Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8DungeonElite
The Right Piece of Lord Valthalak's Amulet60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8DungeonElite
Three Kings of Flame60from level 58Bodley32.3, 25.8DungeonEliteLongPartly in another zone
Wheel of the Black March60Mor'zul Bloodbringer12.7, 31.6Class quest

How reliable is the Burning Steppes (Horde) route?

All 56 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: 56 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. New subzone Poacher's Den; the zone borders Riverglades (new).

Burning Steppes (Horde): frequently asked questions

What level is Burning Steppes (Horde) in WoW Forever?

Our WoW Forever leveling guide places Burning Steppes (Horde) at levels 48 to 60, for the Horde.

How many quests are there in Burning Steppes (Horde)?

Our guide knows 56 quests in Burning Steppes (Horde): 56 come from Classic data and still need to be confirmed in WoW Forever, 0 are confirmed.

Which quests should you skip in Burning Steppes (Horde)?

The Full clear route skips 31: Ribbly Screwspigot, The Heart of the Mountain, Dark Iron Legacy, Krom'Grul, A Taste of Flame and Precarious Predicament. They cost more time than they give, such as escorts, rare drops, group or elite quests.

When should you use your hearthstone in Burning Steppes (Horde)?

The route marks no stop yet. Sell at the hubs you pass and keep your hearthstone for the moment your bags are full and the next quests start in town.

Should I pick Full clear or Chill in Burning Steppes (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 Burning Steppes (Horde)?

The guide goes on in Eastern Plaguelands (Horde) (53-60).

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