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Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance) leveling guide: quest route, levels 18 to 34

The Alliance route through Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance) takes 51 steps in Full clear mode and 52 in Chill mode, for 33 quests, levels 18 to 34. 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
18-34
Faction
Alliance
Quests known
33
Route
51 steps in Full clear, 52 in Chill
Confirmed in Forever
0 of 33
Time and level (estimate)
Full clear: about 1 h 27 min, level 32 at the endChill: about 1 h 30 min, level 33 at the end
Data
Game build 1.60.1.70532, built on October 26, 2026

What is the quest route through Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance)?

In Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance), the Full clear route takes 51 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 52 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 51 steps done

Map of Hillsbrad FoothillsAlterac MountainsArathi HighlandsSilverpine ForestThe Hinterlands

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 Hillsbrad Foothills, 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.

Steps outside this map are in the list only.

  1. Travel: Set your hearthstone at this innCurrent

    Make Innkeeper Anderson's inn your home (hearthstone)

  2. Skip: Skip Soothing Turtle Bisque[31] (level 31)

    Objectives in another zone

    LongPartly in another zone

  3. Skip: Skip Noble Deaths[36] (level 36)

    Objectives in another zone

    LongPartly in another zone

  4. Skip: Skip Preserving Knowledge[38] (level 38)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    Also skips: Return to Milton

    EliteLongPartly in another zone

  5. Accept: Accept Down the Coast[30] from Lieutenant Farren Orinelle (level 30)

  6. Objective: Do Down the Coast[30] (level 30)

    Torn Fin Tidehunter slain: 10

  7. Objective: Do Down the Coast[30] (level 30)

    Torn Fin Oracle slain: 10

  8. Turn in: Turn in Down the Coast[30] to Lieutenant Farren Orinelle (level 30)

  9. Grind: Come back at level 32

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

  10. Skip: Skip Bartolo's Yeti Fur Cloak[34] (level 34)Level 32 (estimate)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongPartly in another zoneRare drop

  11. Skip: Skip Crushridge Bounty[36] (level 36)

    Objectives in another zone

    LongPartly in another zone

  12. Skip: Skip Crushridge Warmongers[40] (level 40)

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    EliteLongPartly in another zone

  13. Skip: Skip Baron's Demise[40] (level 40)

    Objectives in another zone

    LongPartly in another zone

  14. Skip: Skip Dark Council[40] (level 40)

    Objectives in another zone

    LongPartly in another zone

  15. Accept: Accept Farren's Proof[32] from Lieutenant Farren Orinelle (level 32)

  16. Accept: Accept Syndicate Assassins[33] from Magistrate Henry Maleb (level 33)

  17. Accept: Accept Hints of a New Plague?[33] from Phin Odelic (level 33)

    Partly in another zone

  18. Accept: Accept Letter to Stormpike[34] from Loremaster Dibbs (level 34)

    Partly in another zone

  19. Accept: Accept Costly Menace[34] from Darren Malvew (level 34)

  20. Objective: Do Farren's Proof[32] (level 32)

    Murloc Head: 10

  21. Objective: Do Costly Menace[34] (level 34)

    Mountain Lion slain: 8

  22. Objective: Do Costly Menace[34] (level 34)

    Hulking Mountain Lion slain: 10

  23. Objective: Do Syndicate Assassins[33] (level 33)

    Syndicate Footpad slain: 12

  24. Objective: Do Syndicate Assassins[33] (level 33)

    Syndicate Thief slain: 8

  25. Hearthstone: Use your hearthstone

    Objectives done: hearth back to turn in

  26. Vendor: Sell and repair

    Sell your loot to Innkeeper Anderson

  27. Turn in: Turn in Costly Menace[34] to Darren Malvew (level 34)

  28. Turn in: Turn in Farren's Proof[32] to Lieutenant Farren Orinelle (level 32)

  29. Accept: Accept Farren's Proof[32] from Lieutenant Farren Orinelle (level 32)

  30. Turn in: Turn in Farren's Proof[32] to Marshal Redpath (level 32)

  31. Accept: Accept Farren's Proof[32] from Marshal Redpath (level 32)

  32. Turn in: Turn in Syndicate Assassins[33] to Magistrate Henry Maleb (level 33)

  33. Turn in: Turn in Farren's Proof[32] to Lieutenant Farren Orinelle (level 32)

  34. Accept: Accept Stormwind Ho![32] from Lieutenant Farren Orinelle (level 32)

  35. Objective: Do Stormwind Ho![32] (level 32)

    Daggerspine Siren slain: 10

  36. Objective: Do Stormwind Ho![32] (level 32)

    Daggerspine Shorehunter slain: 10

  37. Turn in: Turn in Stormwind Ho![32] to Lieutenant Farren Orinelle (level 32)

  38. Accept: Accept Reassignment[32] from Lieutenant Farren Orinelle (level 32)

    Partly in another zone

  39. Travel: Go to Arathi Highlands

    Next: Arathi Highlands, to turn in what is left

  40. Turn in: Turn in Hints of a New Plague?[33] to Quae (level 33)

    Partly in another zone

  41. Travel: Go to Stormwind City

    Next: Stormwind City, to turn in what is left

  42. Turn in: Turn in Reassignment[32] to Major Samuelson (level 32)

    Partly in another zone

  43. Travel: Go to Ironforge

    Next: Ironforge, to turn in what is left

  44. Turn in: Turn in Letter to Stormpike[34] to Prospector Stormpike (level 34)

    Partly in another zone

  45. Skip: Skip In the Name of the Light[40] (level 40)

    Done inside a dungeon

    DungeonElite

  46. Skip: Skip Proving Grounds[60] (level 60)

    Done inside a dungeon

    Dungeon

  47. Skip: Skip Rise and Be Recognized[60] (level 60)

    Where to do it is unknown in our data

  48. Skip: Skip Honored Amongst the Guard[60] (level 60)

    Where to do it is unknown in our data

  49. Skip: Skip Earned Reverence[60] (level 60)

    Where to do it is unknown in our data

  50. Skip: Skip Legendary Heroes[60] (level 60)

    Where to do it is unknown in our data

  51. Skip: Skip The Eye of Command[60] (level 60)

    Where to do it is unknown in our data

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Useful places in Hillsbrad Foothills (8)
  • Flight point: Southshore, Hillsbrad, Darla Harris 49.4, 52.1
  • Innkeeper, Innkeeper Anderson 51.2, 58.9 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Profession trainer (Fishing), Donald Rabonne 50.8, 61.0 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Repairs, Zixil 62.0, 20.5 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Repairs, Kris Legace 80.1, 38.9 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Repairs, Blacksmith Verringtan 32.1, 44.4 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Repairs, Robert Aebischer 51.2, 57.0 (Classic data, to confirm in game)
  • Stable master, Wesley 50.4, 58.8 (Classic data, to confirm in game)

Where should you level after Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance)?

After Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance) (levels 18 to 34), the guide goes on in Thousand Needles (Alliance) (23-40). 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 guideHall of Thanes (13-18)Ragefire Chasm (13-18)Ruins of Lordaeron (15-20)Wailing Caverns (15-24)

Which Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance) quests should you skip?

The Full clear route skips 15 quests in Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance): 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

  • Soothing Turtle Bisque[31]LongPartly in another zone

    Objectives in another zone

  • Noble Deaths[36]LongPartly in another zone

    Objectives in another zone

  • Preserving Knowledge[38]EliteLongPartly in another zone

    Elite enemies: needs a group

    Also skips: Return to Milton

  • Bartolo's Yeti Fur Cloak[34]EliteLongPartly in another zoneRare drop

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • Crushridge Bounty[36]LongPartly in another zone

    Objectives in another zone

  • Crushridge Warmongers[40]EliteLongPartly in another zone

    Elite enemies: needs a group

  • Baron's Demise[40]LongPartly in another zone

    Objectives in another zone

  • Dark Council[40]LongPartly in another zone

    Objectives in another zone

  • In the Name of the Light[40]DungeonElite

    Done inside a dungeon

  • Proving Grounds[60]Dungeon

    Done inside a dungeon

  • Rise and Be Recognized[60]

    Where to do it is unknown in our data

  • Honored Amongst the Guard[60]

    Where to do it is unknown in our data

  • Earned Reverence[60]

    Where to do it is unknown in our data

  • Legendary Heroes[60]

    Where to do it is unknown in our data

  • The Eye of Command[60]

    Where to do it is unknown in our data

When should you hearth or sell in Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance)?

The Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance) 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 25)

    Objectives done: hearth back to turn in

  • Vendor (Step 26)

    Sell your loot to Innkeeper Anderson

Which quests are in Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance)?

We know 33 quests in Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance) 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
Down the Coast30from level 25Lieutenant Farren Orinelle51.5, 58.4
Soothing Turtle Bisque31from level 28Chef Jessen51.9, 58.7LongPartly in another zone
Farren's Proof32from level 25Lieutenant Farren Orinelle51.5, 58.4
Farren's Proof32from level 25Lieutenant Farren Orinelle51.5, 58.4
Farren's Proof32from level 25Marshal Redpath49.5, 58.7
Reassignment32from level 25Lieutenant Farren Orinelle51.5, 58.4Partly in another zone
Stormwind Ho!32from level 25Lieutenant Farren Orinelle51.5, 58.4
Hints of a New Plague?33from level 30Phin Odelic50.3, 59.0Partly in another zone
Syndicate Assassins33from level 26Magistrate Henry Maleb48.1, 59.1
Bartolo's Yeti Fur Cloak34from level 29Bartolo Ginsetti49.4, 55.5EliteLongPartly in another zoneRare drop
Costly Menace34from level 30Darren Malvew52.4, 56.0
Letter to Stormpike34from level 30Loremaster Dibbs50.6, 57.1Partly in another zone
Crushridge Bounty36from level 30Marshal Redpath49.5, 58.7LongPartly in another zone
Noble Deaths36from level 26Magistrate Henry Maleb48.1, 59.1LongPartly in another zone
Preserving Knowledge38from level 20Loremaster Dibbs50.6, 57.1EliteLongPartly in another zone
Return to Milton38from level 20Loremaster Dibbs50.6, 57.1Partly in another zone
Baron's Demise40from level 30Magistrate Henry Maleb48.1, 59.1LongPartly in another zone
Crushridge Warmongers40from level 30Marshal Redpath49.5, 58.7EliteLongPartly in another zone
Dark Council40from level 30Magistrate Henry Maleb48.1, 59.1LongPartly in another zone
In the Name of the Light40from level 34Raleigh the Devout51.5, 58.4DungeonElite
Stormpike's Deciphering40from level 28Loremaster Dibbs50.6, 57.1Partly in another zone
Sealed Azure Bag52from level 50Lord Jorach Ravenholdt84.1, 17.5Class questLongPartly in another zoneRare drop
A Bubbling Cauldron60from level 1Fragrant Cauldron87.2, 14.6Event
Crashing the Wickerman Festival (PvP)60from level 25Sergeant Hartman50.0, 57.5EventLongPartly in another zone
Earned Reverence60from level 51Lieutenant Haggerdin43.4, 19.5
Honored Amongst the Guard60from level 51Lieutenant Haggerdin43.4, 19.5
Junkboxes Needed60from level 50Fahrad82.7, 18.7Class questDungeonRepeatable
Legendary Heroes60from level 51Lieutenant Haggerdin43.4, 19.5
Manna-Enriched Horse Feed60Merideth Carlson52.2, 55.5Class quest
Proving Grounds60from level 51Lieutenant Haggerdin43.4, 19.5Dungeon
Rise and Be Recognized60from level 51Lieutenant Haggerdin43.4, 19.5
The Eye of Command60from level 51Lieutenant Haggerdin43.4, 19.5
The Power of Pine60from level 25Sergeant Hartman50.0, 57.5EscortEvent

How reliable is the Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance) route?

All 33 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: 33 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.

Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance): frequently asked questions

What level is Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance) in WoW Forever?

Our WoW Forever leveling guide places Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance) at levels 18 to 34, for the Alliance.

How many quests are there in Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance)?

Our guide knows 33 quests in Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance): 33 come from Classic data and still need to be confirmed in WoW Forever, 0 are confirmed.

Which quests should you skip in Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance)?

The Full clear route skips 15: Soothing Turtle Bisque, Noble Deaths, Preserving Knowledge, Bartolo's Yeti Fur Cloak, Crushridge Bounty and Crushridge Warmongers. They cost more time than they give, such as escorts, rare drops, group or elite quests.

When should you use your hearthstone in Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance)?

The Full clear route numbers each stop like the other steps (hearthstone stops: 1, vendor stops: 1), so you sell and repair before a long loop instead of walking back with full bags.

Should I pick Full clear or Chill in Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance)?

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 Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance)?

The guide goes on in Thousand Needles (Alliance) (23-40).

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