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Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide - Grizzly Hills (75-77)
Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide - Grizzly Hills (75-77)
(75-77)
Journey from Grizzly Hills to Zul'Drak
Introduction
This guide is made for FAST leveling through the use of Optimized Quest Circuits. With this guide,
questing will be very efficient and you'll not waste any second running around and trying to figure out
in which order to do your quests. Follow each instruction carefully and you will see for yourself. The
quest choices and order to do them are optimal so that you run as few as possible while doing the
most possible, turning several quests at the same time. It will be like grinding, because you'll be killing
stuff almost non-stop, besides you'll also be completing a bunch of quests at the same time!
NOTE: Following this guide will get you the Quest Achievement for Grizzly Hills: Fo' Grizzle My
Shizzle. In fact, 100% of the quests of Grizzly Hills are included in the guide, or at least mentioned as
optional.
The only one I didn't include is a daily quest called [74] Riding the Red Rocket. For two reasons:
1. This quest is only available if your faction controls the Venture Bay lighthouse.
2. It's rather annoying to do it without a flying mount. I recommend skipping this quest while leveling
up and coming back to do it at level 80 and once you have your flying mount.
Everything described in this guide can be done solo (beside when I say otherwise). You can, of
course, follow this guide while duoing, grouping, it's not a problem, it works too.
DISCLAIMER: This guide does NOT take into account tradeskills, class specific quests or PvP. It's
100% focused on getting the most experience possible in the shortest possible time while doing a lot
of quests and enjoying as much content as possible. Any race/class combination can do this guide.
Any complaints about PvP, tradeskills, or class specific issues will be ignored.
Basic rules
Spend your talent points so that you kill things as fast as possible. (e.g: Priest should
specialize in Shadow Talents, Warriors in Arms/Fury, etc.
Don't waste your time trying to find groups for questing, you can solo everything that is
described in this guide unless I say otherwise. Only group with someone when it's not gonna be
a waste of time (e.g: meeting the person at the other end of the zone to show him the way to
where your quest is, that is a waste of time)
Try to always log out in an inn or in one of the major cities when you take a break.
Useful Addons
To get the most out of my guide, you should get an addon which displays coordinates, because I use
them to describe locations in my guide (x,y). You can use any addon you like, but here's a very simple
one I use.
Recommended
DMiniCoords - A simple box which displays coordinates, left-click it to move it where you
like.
Optional
Below is a list of other addons I use, this is 100% optional though, it's mostly for people who are
curious to know which addons I use:
Side Note: In case you don't know how to install add-ons, simply download an addon from one of
the links above and unzip it. Then drag the unziped folder in your Addon folder (full path is
c:\\Program Files\\World of Warcraft\\Interface\\Addons). Then, restart World of Warcraft and it
should be working.
If it isn't working, you might need to log out to your character selection screen and click on "Addons"
in the lower-left corner. Tick the box that says "Load out of date Addons". Re-launch WoW.
Color Code:
Quests
Items
Locations
Quest objectives to kill
NPCs
Locs
The Guide:
If you followed my previous chapters, you should be in Amberpine Lodge, Grizzly Hills.
Get all the quests from here BESIDES [74] The Magical Kingdom of Dalaran:
Turn in [73] Mmm... Amberseeds! at Master Woodsman Anderhol, get [73] Just Passing Through.
==Note== Loot Blackroot on your way while following the next steps:
1. Go to the area north of Amberpine Lodge, kill Tallhorn Stags until you've looted 8 Succulent
Venison.
Gather 5 Blackroots Stalks and kill all the Grizzly Bears you see in the area.
Kill them and you should be done with [74] Them or Us!
Turn in:
Turn in:
Kill all Grizzly Bears on your way while going north, until you hit a wooden bridge.
Turn in [73] Troll Season! and get [74] Filling the Cages.
1. Talk to Budd, a human with a troll mask sitting in one of huts. Click on the text.
Use Budd's Ability #4. This will put the troll to sleep for 15 seconds.
Right-click the Bounty Hunter's Cage on the troll (must be in melee range).
If you fail, you'll have to go back to Granite Springs and talk to Budd again.
Next to the cage you should find a Dull Carving Knife planted in a tree stump:
Loot it.
Go to Ameenah, a troll female NPC selling , buy a stack of 5 Imbued Vials from her.
==Note== From now on, look for Hazelwood Bushes on the way and loot 3 Haze Leafs:
Go southeast to Mack Fearsen, who stands in front of a bonfire with mummies burning.
Go to Drakuru's Brazier, which is up some ruined stairs in the middle of Dark'Zin (13,61).
Right-click Drakuru's Elixir.
2. Now go west towards the river, look for Shimmering Snowcaps, they can be found close to trees
along the river bank:
3. Ride further north to Zimb'bo's Hideout (15,37). It's the biggest hut on the western side of the
Zeb'Halak.
Right-click the Seer of Zeb'Halak, click on the text. You'll receive the Eye of the Prophets.
Turn in [74] Sacrifices Must be Made, get [74] Heart of the Ancients.
Go to the area west of the stairs and you'll see many trolls running around (16,30):
Throw Mack's Dark Grog at them. It has a huge range, so you'll probably need to back off a
little.
==Note== If you can't find [74] Wolfsbane Root, it means that the quest giver (Katja) was killed by
horde players recently, so you'll have to wait a couple of minutes for her to respawn.
3. Go to the area east and south of Silverbrook and destroy 8 Wolfsbane Roots:
4. Go to the area west of Silverbrook and kill 8 Conquest Hold Marauders.
Turn in [74] Test of Mettle at the Captured Trapper, get [74] Words of Warning.
2. Ride east, go to the tower on the northwestern corner of Silverbrook, where you'll find a Caged
Prisoner (26,32).
Before you turn in the quest, I suggest watching the tutorial video I made about the next quest, I
recommend watching it in High Quality.
Now that you're ready, turn in [74] Words of Warning, get [74] Escape from Silverbrook.
2. All around the eastern side of Forest's Edge Post you should find a lot of Grizzly Bears, as shown
on my map.
Kill Grizzly Bears until you finish [74] Take Their Rear!
Hieorphant Thayreen should have two new quests for you now, get them both:
[74] Seared Scourge, get [74] Search and Rescue, don't get the daily quest
[75] Shimmercap Stew, get [74] Say Hello to my Little Friend
Kill Entropic Oozes on the way and loot Slime Samples off them.
Clear the way to the bottom of the cave until you find an area with black smoke.
3. Cross the river north and then ride northeast to the pumping station at (37,32).
Clear the way to the top, go inside the cabin, turn in [74] Heart of the Ancients, get [74] My Heart
is in Your Hands.
1. Go to the eastern point of the lake, and from there ride northeast to Drak'atal Passage (44,30).
Kill Drakkari Defenders and Injured Drakkari Refugees until you've looted 5 Desperate Mojo.
Turn in [74] My Heart is in Your Hands, get [75] Voices From the Dust.
==Warning== There might be some PvP action involved in the following section. So if you want to
avoid PvP at all costs, skip it. They don't count for the zone quest achievement, but they do give nice
XP and are quickly done.
3. Go west to the central isle of Blue Sky Logging Grounds. Our main objective is to deliver 3
Shredders while completing as much as the other quests on the way:
Jump into one, face toward the bridge east and use ability #3 to sprint.
Go back to the quest giver and use ability #5 to deliver the shredder.
Follow the road south until you reach the ledge south of Voldrune (33,82).
Now check out my video on how to do this quest, as it's kinda buggy and tricky at the moment. I
recommend watching it in High Quality.
After having watched the video you should be more than ready.
Kill the thane and then fly to Venture Bay, as shown in the video.
==Warning== We're about to do 4 daily pvp quests. If you want to avoid PvP at all costs, skip this
part. However please note that [74] Seeking Solvent counts for the zone quest achievement. Those
quests are really quickly done and give 20K XP each, so I recommend doing them, even if you
dislike pvp.
Tip: Just run in the building, gather them all in one bunch and then use the Smoke Bomb on them.
2. Go to the next two buildings to the west and do the same thing.
You should be done with [74] Smoke 'Em Out very quickly if you bomb the 3 buildings.
3. Go southwest and kill Captain Zorna (13.5,80). She stands under a canopy, on the docks next to
the westernmost ship.
HP: 30,000
Avg. Hit on Cloth: 800
Can be slowed and stunned (haven't checked fear)
Now Finish [74] Keep Them at Bay! before going to the next step.
4. Go to the middle ship (16,80). It's the same model as the boat from Booty Bay to Ratchet.
Go inside the cabin and clear the way to the last room.
==Warning== I really mean CLEAR the way. Kill all the Venture Co. in your way, even if you are a
stealth class.
Once the way is clear, go to the last room where you should see the Element 115.
Loot it. You'll get the following debuff:
That means it's useless to mount or to sprint or anything like that. Just run straight back to the quest
NPCs. You have only 3 Minutes to get there.
Go as fast as you can, avoid fights, and turn in [74] Seeking Solvent first.
You should be level 76 or somewhere around it. If you are ahead, that's great, keep following the
guide normally, don't skip anything. If you are behind, that's not a problem either, just keep following
the guide normally. You'll catch up eventually and there will be a lot of extra circuits at the end
anyway
Level 76
1. While we're still in PvP Mode, let's quickly get a last Daily PvP quest done.
Ride down to the river and go south to Scout Captain Carter (30,60).
Get [74] Blackriver Skirmish.
2. Kill 10 Horde Units at the Blackriver Logging Camp, a few steps southwest of here.
Do the escort quest. It's pretty simple, just make sure you dispatch the wolves quickly.
2. After the escort is done, mount up and right northeast to Westfall Brigade Encampment (59,28).
Turn in:
Right-click the Stick from your inventory, this will equip it in your main weapon slot.
Target a Highland Mustang and right-click the Stick again from your main weapon slot.
This will lure the Mustang to you and make you mount it.
Ride back to Westfall Encampment, go next to Squire Percy (he stands next to the white horse, Old
Blanchy).
Kill Undead Miners and use the Miner's Lantern on their corpses.
Repeat 8 times.
Go back to Petrov, turn in [75] Souls at Unrest, get [75] A Name From the Past.
Turn in [74] Say Hello to my Little Friend, get all the available quests from here:
You are not supposed to finish [75] Nice to Meat You right now, so just keep going northwest.
2. When you don't see any Duskhowl Prowler anymore, mount up and ride northwest to Westall
Encampment.
2. Go a little northeast and you'll find another quest given by a Battered Journal on the floor (64,20).
==Note== From now on gather Missing Journal Pages off the ground:
Now complete the following 2 objectives in this area:
Turn in:
Go inside the building until you get the "Investigate South Building message"
Kill all the dwarves in the building
Go inside the building until you get the "Investigate East Building message"
Kill all the dwarves in the building
Go inside the building until you get the "Investigate North Building message"
Kill all the dwarves in the building
Kill all the dwarves there until you finish [75] The Runic Keystone.
Turn in [75] Find Kurun! and get [75] Raining Down Destruction.
2. Northeast of Kurun you should see Giants throwing boulders down in the trench below.
Right-click the Boulder from your inventory and aim for a dwarf down in the trench.
Repeat 5 times.
3. Go back to Kurun. Check this very short video to see how to get back up to Kurun:
Turn in [75] Raining Down Destruction, get [75] Rallying the Troops.
1. Go to the area north of the trench (68,11).
Target a Grizzly Hill Giant (it doesn't work on the giants throwing boulders from the side, you have
to find a giant fighting in the middle of the field)
An Iron Rune Avenger will come out of the ground and attack you. Kill it.
Repeat 5 times.
2. Go back to Kurun, turn in [75] Rallying the Troops, get [75] Into the Breach.
3. Now check out this very short video to see how to jump down in the trench without taking falling
damage:
Check your minimap, you should see a yellow "? " labelled as Surveyor Orlond (67.5,15).
Go there, turn in [75] The Fate of Orlond, get [75] Steady as a Rock?
Cross the small bridge east and you should find the Third Rune Plate (68.5,16).
Righ-click it.
4. Go a few paces northeast to the other side of the bridge, you'll find the First Rune Plate (69,14.5).
Right-click it.
5. Go a few paces east and cross a bridge again, you'll find the Second Rune Plate (70,14.5).
Right-click it.
6. Go to the very end of the trench and you should find Iron Thane Argrum (70,13).
Kill him.
==Note== If you already got a flying mount, fly out of the trench, fly to Kurun and turn in [75] Into
the Breach, get [75] Gavrock.
If you don't have a flying mount, clear the way out (or ride out if you feel like taking a risk).
Watch the scene until you get a complete message, then cancel the "Out of Body Experience" buff.
Turn in [75] Out of Body Experience, get [75] Fate and Coincidence.
1. Go southeast to Rage Fang Shrine (52,54).
==Note== Kill Frostpaw Warriors on the way and loot Crazed Furbolg Blood off them.
2. Clear the way southwest to the cave where you will find Orsonn (48,59).
Go through his text and you'll get the quest update "Orsonn's Story".
Now finish killing Frostpaw Warriors until you've looted 8 Crazed Furbolg Blood.
Talk to Kodian, go through his text and you'll get the quest update "Kodian's Story".
Look north and you should see a big opening inside this huge tree called Vordrassil.
Once inside the tree, you should see a small tree down below:
Jump down. Go next to this tree.
2. Now mount up and follow the slope, all the way up to the highest floor of the tree. There you
should find Vordrassil's Seeds:
Once you've looted all the seeds on this floor, mount up, take the northwestern exit.
Follow the slope down to the base of the tree and look for the seeds you still need there.
You can find seeds everywhere in the furbolg camps around the base of the tree.
3. Once you're done with [75] Vordrassil's Seeds, ride southeast to White Pine Trading Post
(57.5,41).
A few paces south of the bonfire you should see Tatjana on her horse:
Turn in:
Sasha will come, get her quest [75] Hour of the Worg.
==Note== Don't forget to kill Longhoof Grazers and Duskhowl Prowlers on the way if you still
need either of their drops for [75] Nice to Meat You.
Once you're on the isles, look around for a School of Northern Salmon:
Get very close to it and right-click the Fishing Net.
Repeat this until you have 6 Northern Salmon. You can find more Schools of Northern Salmon all
around those isles.
Tip: The water is shallow here, so you can mount up while looking for schools.
We are really close to Bloodmoon Isle here, so we have the option to do the group quest [75] Hour of
the Worg.
This group quest is supposedly soloable by certain classes (Death Knights, Paladins, Hunters,
Warlocks, Druids, etc). But it's of course much easier to get a 2 or 3-man team for it.
So look for a group while following the rest of my guide, and when you find a group, come back to
this section.
2. Follow the path up and there will be a camp to your right, where you should find a big worgen
called Selas (85.5,27.5). Kill it.
3. Get back on the path and further up to your left you'll find another camp, where you will find
Varlam (85,24). Kill him.
4. Once you reach the top of the hill, go around to the tower towards the southern side and you'll find
a big worg called Goremaw. Kill it.
5. Enter the tower, fight your way to the top. There you will find the Shade of Arugal.
Phase 2: Becomes invulnerable and summons 3 adds. Kill the adds to go back to Phase 1. When he
hits 50% HP, he goes to Phase 3.
Phase 3: Becomes invulnerable again. Mind controls a party member which you'll have to bring
down to 35% health.
Once you break the Mind Control, Arugal goes back to Phase 1.
Sasha will show up and help you finish him off during the last phase. After the fight is over, turn in
[75] Hour of the Worg.
==Note== Kill Drakkari Protectors and Drakkari Oracles on the way while going north.
Loot 5 of them.
3. Go deeper in the catacombs until you see a yellow "!" on your minimap (69.5,17.5). If there's no
"!" on the minimap, it means someone else is doint the escort quest, so you'll have to wait a little.
Now talk to Harrison Jones and start the escort quest [75] Dun-da-Dun-tah!
It's an easy escort quest as long as you let Harrison Jones tank the elite snake for you.
1. After the escort. Kill trolls in the ruins until you've looted 5 Sacred Mojo.
Then go to the middle of the Drakil'jin Ruins and find Drakuru's Brazier, up some broken stairs
(71.5,26).
Turn in [75] Voices From the Dust, get [75] Cleansing Drak'Tharon.
Now kill trolls around Drakil'jin Ruins until you finished [75] Therapy.
So from now on, if you feel like it, you should look for a group for Drak'Tharon Keep. It's a very nice
instance for level 74-76 players, I recommend it.
If you don't feel like it or if you don't find a group, you can abandon [74] Search and Rescue, it can
easily be picked up in the future at the Granite Springs, if you change your mind. However, do not
abandon [75] Cleansing Drak'Tharon, as it's rather annoying to get that quest again if you abandon
it.
[75] Therapy
[75] Dun-da-Dun-tah!
[75] It Takes Guts..., get [75] Drak'aguul's Mallet
1. Now look for Drak'aguul. A big troll who spawns at (74,30) and patrols on the path towards
Drakil'jin Ruins.
Go back to Harkor's Camp, turn in [75] Drak'aguul's Mallet, get [75] See You on the Other Side.
2. Ride to Drakil'jin Ruins, go to the gongs infront of the catacombs entrance (71.5,25):
Right-click the Drakil'jin Mallet while being very close to the one of the gongs.
Turn in [75] See You on the Other Side, get [75] Chill Out, Mon.
Target an Ancient Drakkari Warmonger or Soothsayer and right-click the Snow of Eternal
Slumber.
Follow the Ancient Drakkari when it starts to run and then loot the Drakkari Spirit Particles after its
mummy burns.
4. Get out of the ruins, mount up and ride back to Harkor's Camp.
Go inside the catacombs and look for a Sacred Drakkari Offering in the first room:
Loot it.
4. Go east to Gavrok, turn in [75] Runes of Compulsion, get [75] Latent Power.
==Note== Don't forget to kill Longhoof Grazers on sight if you still need them for [75] Nice to Meat
You.
Turn in [75] Check Up on Raegar, get the two quests from here:
Kill dwarves and golems until one drops a Dun Argol Cage Key.
Once you have one, go inside the building and free Prospector Gann from his cage:
==Note== Kill every Iron Rune-Smith on the way until you've looted the Golem Blueprint Section 1,
2 and 3.
3. A few steps west you should find a path going up to the upper tier.
Once you're up on the upper tier, go straight south and you should find Prospector Torgan in a cage,
just outside of a dwarven building (76,58).
Free him.
4. Follow the stairs southwest and go all the way to the top until you find another dwarven building
(76,62).
Outside the building you should see two cages. Prospector Varana is in one of those cages. Free her.
Now go inside the building and kill Iron Rune-Smiths until you've looted the Golem Blueprint
Section 1, 2 and 3.
Once you have them, right-click one of the Golem Blueprint Sections and you'll obtain the War
Golem Blueprint.
[75] The Captive Prospectors, get [75] Why Fabricate When You Can Appropriate?
[75] The Perfect Plan, get [75] Looking the Part
==Note== From now on, loot War Golem Parts on your way:
Go back to Prospector's Point, turn in [75] Looking the Part, get [75] Cultivating an Image.
2. Go back to Dun'Argol.
Kill a dwarf, loot it, target the corpse and use Kilian's Camera from your inventory.
Repeat 8 times.
Finish gathering War Golem Parts for [75] Why Fabricate When You Can Appropriate? while
doing this.
[75] Why Fabricate When You Can Appropriate?, get [75] We Have the Power
[75] Cultivating an Image, get [75] Put on Your Best Face for Loken
1. Mount up.
Once in Dun'Argol, right-click the Overseer Disguise Kit. Yes, it works while mounted, and
only if you are already mounted!
First, go to the building on your right-hand side. You should find Rune-Smith Durar inside (75,57).
Cancel the Iron Rune Overseer Disguise buff. Kill Rune-Smith Durar, loot Durar's Power Cell.
Get out of the building and go straight ahead, towards the next building (77,59).
Mount up.
Go about 20 yards north and you should see a path going east.
Follow this path until you reach the easternmost dwarven building (81,60).
Inside the building, right-click Loken's Pedestal, listen to Loken's speech and you'll get a quest
udpate.
Mount up.
==WARNING== Do NOT turn in [75] Put on Your Best Face for Loken. The disguise will be very
useful for the rest of the quests.
ONLY turn in [75] We Have the Power, get [75] ... Or Maybe We Don't.
Ride to the snowy hills which are located just below Dun'Argol.
Kill 10 Lightning Sentries, your golem should reach Charge level 10.
Turn in [75] ... Or Maybe We Don't, get the, get the two follow ups:
[75] Blackout
[75] The Iron Thane and His Anvil
Ride to the very top of Dun'Argol and go inside the big dwarven building.
Take one of the elevators going down, you should be in a room with the Dun Argol Power Core.
Target it and right-click Raegar's Explosives from your inventory.
Go next to Iron Thane Furyhammer and The Anvil, which should be in the same room.
Now do this:
1. Use Ability #2
2. Cancel the Overseer Disguise buff.
3. Target Iron Thane Furyhammer and use Ability #1 whenever it's up. Also use Ability#2 again
whenever The Anvil recovers from the EMP.
4. Once Iron Thane Furyhammer is dead, stay in the Golem Suit and run away until they give up
on following you. Don't bother killing The Anvil. (Please note that you take no falling damage in the
suit, so you can jump off high cliffs too to escape).
Once they've given up on you, mount up, use the Overseer Disguise Kit and ride back to Prospector's
Point.
[75] Blackout
[75] The Iron Thane and His Anvil
[75] Put on Your Best Face for Loken
1. Ride northeast to Gavrock, turn in [75] Latent Power, get [75] Free at Last.
If it works, the giant will become friendly and you'll get a quest update
If it doesn't work, the giant will attack you but will be in a much weaker state. So you'll just
have to re-use Gavrock's Runebreaker until it works. Meanwhile, try to stun or to kite the giant
until the item cools down.
While you're here, also kill Longhoof Grazers and Duskhowl Prowlers until you finish [75] Nice to
Meat You!
You should be level 77 or somewhere around it. If you are ahead, that's great, keep following the
guide normally, don't skip anything. If you are behind, that's not a problem either, just keep following
the guide normally. You'll catch up eventually and there will be a lot of extra circuits at the end
anyway
Level 77
Despite being a 3-man group quest, [75] Ursoc, the Bear God is soloable for tank and healer classes
if you use the help of Tur Ragepaw correctly.
If you are a tank or pet class (Protection Warrior, Paladin, Feral Druid, Death Knight, Hunter,
Warlock). Tell Tur Ragepaw "We could use a healer". He will heal your tank or your pet
through the fight.
If you are a healer class, tell Tur Ragepaw "Assume your druidic bear form, Tur." And he
will tank for you as long as you keep him alive with your heals.
For other classes/specs it might be too difficult to solo the quest. With my mage in quest greens
I couldn't do it. It might be possible for rogues and dps warriors if they ask Tur Ragepaw to
assume the role of a healer, depending on gear.
If you can't solo it, try to look for a group. Duo'ing this quest should be easy.
==WARNING== During the fight, Ursoc will release a small black sludge called Blood of the Old
God. Kill it ASAP, it only has 2K HPs, but it's very annoying (does 1K damage + stun every 5
seconds or so).
After the fight is over, target Ursoc's corpse and use the Purified Ashes of Vordrassil.
==Note== You can also use the Purified Ashes of Vordrassil on the corpse even if someone else
killed Ursoc.
If you can't find a group, just save this quest for when you reach level 80.
We're done with the Grizzly Hills. It's time to go to Zul'Drak. Please follow my guide to Zul'Drak!
I hope you enjoyed this guide. If you want to return the favor, please try to contribute.
-Jame