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Arrive at 47, farm five stat buffs, loot draenethyst fragments, and return at 55 for the Fallen Hero chain and a demon lord reward.
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WoW Forever Blasted Lands is a two-visit zone: arrive at 47, farm five one-hour stat buffs from Bloodmage Drazial and Bloodmage Lynnore, sell your junk to Kum'isha the Collector, and leave at 50. Come back at 55 for the Fallen Hero of the Horde chain , the only storyline here worth the pain, and the only one that ends with a demon lord and a necklace.
Everything sits on one road. Alliance gets Nethergarde Keep and a gryphon; Horde commutes from Stonard in Swamp of Sorrows and suffers. The Forever beta is capped at level 30, so this route runs on Classic Anniversary data until the November 4 launch proves otherwise. Forever has no level scaling, so a level 55 ogre will stay a level 55 ogre no matter how hard you cry.
Mobs run from 45 at the northern entrance to 55 in the south, with elites and demons going past 60 in the Tainted Scar. This guide treats the zone as a short north loop at 47 and a long storyline at 55, because doing it in one sitting means grinding red scorpids with green gear.
Forever is Classic Plus leveling with new land bolted onto the old map. The new Riverglades zone covers roughly 35 to 45 and borders Swamp of Sorrows, which makes Blasted Lands the obvious next stop for anyone leveling on the eastern side of the continent.
| Level | What You Do |
|---|---|
| 45 | Buff quests unlock, but northern mobs are already even with you. Too early. |
| 47 to 48 | Arrive, grab all five buff quests, farm the north, loot draenethyst fragments. |
| 49 to 50 | Turn in everything, spend fragments, leave for the next zone. |
| 55 to 57 | Return for Petty Squabbles or Fall From Grace and the stones. |
| 58 to 60 | Amulet elites, Razelikh, and the Tainted Scar for the masochists. |
The entrance is a single pass south of the Fallen Hero of the Horde, who stands at 34.3, 66.1 on the Swamp of Sorrows map. Alliance without the gryphon flies to Darkshire in Duskwood, rides east through Deadwind Pass, and turns south into the swamp. Horde takes Breyk to Stonard at 46.1, 54.8 and rides southwest.
Alliance should grab the Nethergarde Keep flight path from Alexandra Constantine at 65.5, 24.3 before touching a single mob. Horde has no flight master in the zone, so every Horde turn-in trip starts and ends in Stonard.
| Location | Coordinates |
|---|---|
| Zone entrance and spirit healer | 51.1, 12.1 |
| Bloodmage Drazial and Bloodmage Lynnore | 50.6, 14.2 |
| Nethergarde gryphon, Alexandra Constantine | 65.5, 24.3 |
| Kum'isha the Collector | 52.0, 35.7 |
| Dreadmaul Hold ogre camp | 42.2, 13.0 |
| Altar of the Defiler | 47.4, 30.5 |
| Daio the Decrepit, Tainted Scar | 34.1, 50.1 |
| Fallen Hero of the Horde, Swamp of Sorrows map | 34.3, 66.1 |
Quests in this zone come in three flavors: organ deliveries, draenethyst deliveries, and one demon hunt that crosses half the planet. The hubs are few and mostly standing in the open.
| Breadcrumb | Picked Up | Leads To |
|---|---|---|
| Mazen's Behest | Stormwind | Turn-in at Watcher Mahar Ba, Nethergarde. |
| Supplies for Nethergarde | Watchmaster Sorigal, Duskwood | Timed turn-in at Quartermaster Lungertz. |
| Deliver the Shipment | Watcher Biggs, Swamp of Sorrows | Turn-in at Quartermaster Lungertz. |
| The Lost Supplies | Item that starts the quest | Turn-in at Quartermaster Lungertz. |
| Thadius Grimshade | Gryphon Master Talonaxe, The Hinterlands | Nekrum's Medallion in Zul'Farrak. |
| Ragnar Thunderbrew | Enohar Thunderbrew, Nethergarde | Hurley Blackbreath in Blackrock Depths. |
| Petty Squabbles | Ambassador Ardalan, Nethergarde | Alliance entry into the Fallen Hero of the Horde chain. |
| Fall From Grace | Fallen Hero of the Horde | Horde entry into the same chain. |
The fastest leveling route through here is one clockwise loop at 47: bloodmages, north beasts, east beasts, Kum'isha, bloodmages again. No backtracking, no heroics.
The Blasted Lands buff quests are the reason raiders still visit this zone years after leveling. Each first quest gives experience, then unlocks a repeatable version that trades the same organs for the same item forever.
| First Quest | Repeatable | Bring | Reward | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snickerfang Jowls | Rage of Ages | 3 Jowl, 2 Lung, 1 Pincer | R.O.I.D.S. | +25 Strength |
| A Boar's Vitality | Spirit of the Boar | 3 Lung, 2 Pincer, 1 Brain | Lung Juice Cocktail | +25 Stamina |
| The Decisive Striker | Salt of the Scorpok | 3 Pincer, 2 Gizzard, 1 Lung | Ground Scorpok Assay | +25 Agility |
| The Basilisk's Bite | Infallible Mind | 10 Brain, 2 Gizzard | Cerebral Cortex Compound | +25 Intellect |
| Vulture's Vigor | Spiritual Domination | 10 Gizzard, 2 Jowl | Gizzard Gum | +25 Spirit |
A full first run needs 5 Snickerfang Jowl, 6 Blasted Boar Lung, 6 Scorpok Pincer, 11 Basilisk Brain, and 14 Vulture Gizzard. Gizzards drop like tax refunds, so kill every vulture you see.
| Organ | Mobs | Level | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snickerfang Jowl | Starving Snickerfang, Snickerfang Hyena, rare Ravage | 45 to 51 | North 46 to 56, 17 to 24 |
| Blasted Boar Lung | Ashmane Boar, Helboar, rare Grunter | 48 to 53 | East 58 to 62, 27 to 36 |
| Scorpok Pincer | Scorpok Stinger, rare Clack the Reaver | 50 to 53 | North 46 to 57, 14 to 25 |
| Basilisk Brain | Redstone Basilisk, Redstone Crystalhide, rare Deatheye | 46 to 52 | East 55 to 62, 26 to 35 |
| Vulture Gizzard | Black Slayer, Bonepicker, rare Spiteflayer | 46 to 52 | East 56 to 62, 26 to 37 |
Any mob in the zone can drop an Imperfect Draenethyst Fragment or, at roughly a fraction of a percent, a Flawless Draenethyst Sphere. Fragments buy Kum'isha's Junk, a random green box. Spheres go to To Serve Kum'isha and the repeatable Kum'isha's Endeavors for an Emerald Encrusted Chest with a random rare and a small chance of an epic.
The only reliable sphere source is Teremus the Devourer, a level 60 dragon patrolling near 51, 50 that needs a full group. Everyone else just keeps killing boars and hoping.
| Quest | Threat | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Kirith | Kirith the Damned, elite 55 at 69.3, 30.8 | Do at 57 with a friend or a pet class. |
| The Stones That Bind Us | Freed servants and level 57 wanderers | Do solo at 55 and stay near the stones. |
| Uniting the Shattered Amulet | Grol the Destroyer, Archmage Allistarj, Lady Sevine, elites 58 to 59 | Do with two or three players and the Felbane weapons. |
| You Are Rakh'likh, Demon | Razelikh the Defiler, elite 60, summoned at the altar | Do with five at 60 or skip it. |
| Suppression | Doomguard Commander, elite 61 | Warlocks at 60 only. |
The full Fallen Hero of the Horde chain, from the stones to the demon, runs as follows. Horde starts with Fall From Grace, The Disgraced One, The Missing Orders, and The Swamp Talker. Alliance starts with Petty Squabbles. Both factions converge on A Tale of Sorrow.
Budget an evening and a boat ticket. Most players quit halfway, which is exactly why finishing it still means something.
The best quest rewards in this zone are either consumables or delayed gratification. Forever overhauled itemization, so stat lines may shift at launch, but the reward slots below are what the data promises.
| Reward | Source | Why Keep It |
|---|---|---|
| Shard of Afrasa | Heroes of Old | Level 57 quest reward, first real payout of the chain. |
| Necklace of Sanctuary, Demon's Blood, Demon Hide Sack | You Are Rakh'likh, Demon | Level 60 choice reward , pick the one your spec needs. |
| Enchanted Azsharite Felbane Sword, Enchanted Azsharite Felbane Dagger, Enchanted Azsharite Felbane Staff | Enchanted Azsharite Fel Weaponry | Quest tools for the triad, not heirlooms. |
| Emerald Encrusted Chest | Kum'isha's Endeavors | Random rare, rare chance of an epic. |
| Kum'isha's Junk | One Draenei's Junk... | Random green , vendor or disenchant. |
| R.O.I.D.S. and friends | Buff repeatables | One-hour stat buffs for dungeons and raids. |
Worth keeping from the ground: every Flawless Draenethyst Sphere, every fragment, and every organ. Ward of the Defiler and Severed Horn of the Defiler are quest items , do not vendor them in a fit of cleanup.
Rare spawns here are mostly elite versions of whatever you are already killing, and the beast rares drop the matching organ. Kill them on sight for free buff material.
| Rare | Level | Coordinates | Worth It |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mojo the Twisted | 48 | 45.2, 16.0 | Ogre camp, fragments. |
| Deatheye | 49 | 50.2, 20.7 | Basilisk Brains. |
| Grunter | 50 | 56.1, 31.1 | Blasted Boar Lungs. |
| Ravage | 51 | 58.6, 35.6 | Snickerfang Jowls. |
| Spiteflayer | 52 | 58.8, 42.6 | Vulture Gizzards. |
| Clack the Reaver | 53 | 48.3, 38.7 | Scorpok Pincers. |
| Akubar the Seer | 54 | 51.3, 53.1 | Loot and experience only. |
| Magronos the Unyielding | 56 | 47.2, 47.1 | Loot and experience only. |
| Dreadscorn | 57 | 41.3, 38.7 | Loot and experience only. |
The best grind for fragments is the Dreadmaul Ogre camp at Dreadmaul Hold, levels 45 to 47, with Dreadmaul Ogre Mage and Dreadmaul Brute mixed in. At 53 and up, the Shadowsworn Enforcer and Shadowsworn Dreadweaver cultists around 38 to 44, 30 to 42 give better experience and the same lottery tickets.
The Tainted Scar in the southwest holds Dreadlord, Felguard Elite, and Manahound elites at 60 to 63, plus Lord Kazzak at 35.5, 75.0. Nothing there is leveling content. It is a waiting room for the spirit healer.
This desert used to be the southern half of the Black Morass. The magic that opened the Dark Portal and let the orcish Horde into Azeroth dried the swamp into red clay, and the local wildlife mutated into the organ donors you just farmed.
Nethergarde Keep was built by Khadgar and the Kirin Tor after the Second War to make sure nothing crossed again. Kum'isha the Collector is a draenei stranded on the wrong side of the portal, collecting draenethyst in the hope of going home. Forever runs in its own time bubble after Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom and before Molten Core, so for now the portal stays a dead monument and Outland stays a rumor.
Leave at 50 and return at 55. Pick your next zone by faction and by how much you hate fire.
| Level | Alliance | Horde |
|---|---|---|
| 50 to 52 | Searing Gorge, Un'Goro Crater | Un'Goro Crater, Searing Gorge |
| 52 to 55 | Burning Steppes, Felwood | Burning Steppes, Felwood |
| 55 to 58 | Blasted Lands again, Winterspring | Blasted Lands again, Winterspring |
Q: What level should I go to Blasted Lands in WoW Forever?
Arrive at 47, farm the buff quests and fragments to 50, then return at 55 for the Fallen Hero chain.
Q: Does Horde have a flight path in Blasted Lands?
No. Horde flies to Stonard in Swamp of Sorrows and rides southwest past the Fallen Hero into the zone.
Q: Do the Blasted Lands buffs stack with each other?
No. Each gives +25 to one stat for an hour and stacks with neither the others nor Zanza buffs.
Q: Is the You Are Rakh'likh, Demon chain worth doing?
Only at 60 with a group. It spans three zones and ends with an elite demon, but the rewards are solid.
Q: Where do I farm Flawless Draenethyst Spheres?
Any mob can drop one at a tiny rate, but Teremus the Devourer drops several and needs a full group.
