Seeking Caitlin
Pick it up from: Llana · Ashenvale · 35 / 48.5
Optional lead from Astranaar. If you are already at Menethil Harbor, visit Caitlin directly.
Speak with Caitlin Grassman in Menethil Harbor.
WoW Forever · Level 24–29
Excavation Site: Wetlands: Bosses, loot and quests
The path up to the portal begins south of Thelgen Rock. Follow it into the mountains above Whelgar’s Excavation. Stop at Menethil Harbor if you play Alliance. As Horde, visit Hammerfall before crossing Thandol Span.
Map & bosses
Boss encounters
Saltspine
Wait for a clear pull by the lake. The dust storm makes it harder for your tank to build threat.
Boss drops
- Legs · Leather · Requires level 26
- Waist · Mail · Requires level 26
- Feet · Cloth · Requires level 26
Shadetooth
Clear the raptors hiding in the grass before the pull. His roar can send you running straight into another pack.
Boss drops
- Feet · Mail · Requires level 26
- Leather · Requires level 26
- Held in off-hand · Requires level 26
- Recipe
- Quest item · Horde
- Quest item · Alliance
Highland HorrorQuest encounter
Alliance players need its rootcore for the Wetlands quest. Pull it clear of the nearby slimes.
Boss drops
- Quest item · Alliance
Relic Guardian
Use the titan control panel to start the fight and face the guardian away from the group. The relic starts a different quest for each faction.
Boss drops
- Shoulders · Mail · Requires level 28
- Gun · Requires level 28
- Ring · Requires level 28
- Recipe
- Quest item · Alliance
- Quest item · Horde
Loot highlights
Recipe
Drops from Shadetooth
Shoulders · Mail · Requires level 28
Drops from Relic Guardian
Gun · Requires level 28
Drops from Relic Guardian
Supple Bellyskin Leggings
Item Level 31
Binds when picked up
Legs · Leather
92 Armor
+14 Stamina
+6 Strength
Requires Level 26
Saltscale Girdle
Item Level 31
Binds when picked up
Waist · Mail
124 Armor
+9 Strength
+9 Intellect
Requires Level 26
Glinteye Slippers
Item Level 31
Binds when picked up
Feet · Cloth
33 Armor
+7 Spell Power
+6 Spirit
+9 Stamina
Requires Level 26
Raptorclaw Greaves
Item Level 31
Binds when picked up
Feet · Mail
152 Armor
+7 Strength
+7 Stamina
+6 Intellect
Requires Level 26
Garb of Florid Feathers
Item Level 31
Binds when picked up
Chest · Leather
105 Armor
+9 Agility
+15 Intellect
Requires Level 26
Raptor's Gaze
Item Level 31
Binds when picked up
Held In Off-hand
+4 Stamina
+4 Intellect
+8 Spell Power
Requires Level 26
Blueprint: Greenhouse
Item Level 25
Requires Herbalism (140)
Teaches: Greenhouse
Teaches you how to place a Greenhouse at a campsite.
Thicket Raptor Meat
Item Level 25
Quest Item
Thicket Raptor Hide
Item Level 1
Quest Item
Horrible Rootcore
Item Level 25
Quest Item
Unique
Reliquary Mantle
Item Level 33
Binds when picked up
Shoulder · Mail
171 Armor
+12 Stamina
+4 Hit rating
Requires Level 28
Golemsight Long Gun
Item Level 33
Binds when picked up
Ranged · Gun
29 - 54 Damage
(16.6 damage per second)
Attack Speed 2.50
+18 Agility
Requires Level 28
Ring of Power Regulation
Item Level 33
Binds when picked up
Finger
+6 Spell Power
+3 Mana per 5 sec
Requires Level 28
Blueprint: Rock Garden
Item Level 25
Requires Mining (140)
Teaches: Rock Garden
Teaches you how to place a Rock Garden at a campsite.
Titan Relic
Item Level 1
Binds when picked up
Unique
Requires Level 1
This Item Begins a Quest
Quest Item
Fragmented remnants of the construct, refracting light like a kaleidoscope.
Titan Relic
Item Level 1
Binds when picked up
Unique
Requires Level 1
This Item Begins a Quest
Quest Item
Fragmented remnants of the construct, refracting light like a kaleidoscope.
In this guide
Quest overview
Which faction do you play?
Pick up before the run: quests and quest givers
- Songblade Search Alliance · Dorin Songblade, Lakeshire in the Redridge Mountains
- Lost in the Thicket Things Alliance · Caitlin Grassman, Menethil Harbor in the Wetlands
- Highland Hides Alliance · James Halloran · Wetlands
- Horrors in the Highland Alliance · Rethiel the Greenwarden · Wetlands
- Changing Tastes Horde · Borstan · Orgrimmar
- Open the Maw Horde · Deathstalker Agent in the hills above the Dragonmaw camp, Wetlands (51, 59)
Quests are grouped by where you complete the objective. Each entry tells you where to pick it up and which quests come first.
No quests are listed here for this faction.
Before you enter
Dragonmaw Rumors
Pick it up from: Zaruk · Arathi Highlands · 74.5 / 35.6
Meet the agent above the Dragonmaw camp before you enter.
Travel to the Wetlands and meet the Deathstalker Agent in the hills above the Dragonmaw camp.
Inside the dungeon
Open the Maw
Pick it up from: Deathstalker Agent in the hills above the Dragonmaw camp, Wetlands (51, 59)
Kill Dragonmaw orcs inside and take what you recover back to the agent.
Slay the Dragonmaw forces within the Excavation Site and return to the Deathstalker Agent outside with anything you recover.
Do these first (1)
- Dragonmaw Rumors · Zaruk · Arathi Highlands · 74.5 / 35.6
Highland Hides
Pick it up from: James Halloran · Wetlands · 8.6 / 55.7
Start with James and the young crocolisks at Menethil. For the follow-up, collect four hides from the raptors in the thicket.
Return 4 Thicket Raptor Hides to James Halloran, the tanner, in Menethil Harbor.
Do these first (1)
- Young Crocolisk Skins · James Halloran · Wetlands · 8.6 / 55.7
Changing Tastes
Pick it up from: Borstan · Orgrimmar · 57.2 / 53.3
Save thicket raptor meat for Borstan in Orgrimmar.
Enter the Excavation Sites in the Wetlands and bring back Thicket Raptor Meat.
Horrors in the Highland
Pick it up from: Rethiel the Greenwarden · Wetlands · 56.4 / 40.4
The first mate at Menethil can point you to Rethiel. Finish Rethiel’s three Wetlands errands before hunting the Highland Horror for him.
Kill a Highland Horror within Excavation Sites and bring its root core to Rethiel the Greenwarden in the Wetlands.
Do these first (3)
- Tramping Paws · Rethiel the Greenwarden · Wetlands · 56.4 / 40.4
- Fire Taboo · Rethiel the Greenwarden · Wetlands · 56.4 / 40.4
- Blisters on The Land · Rethiel the Greenwarden · Wetlands · 56.4 / 40.4
Songblade Search
Pick it up from: Dorin Songblade, Lakeshire in the Redridge Mountains
Look for Daewyn’s body inside the dungeon.
Look for Dorin Songblade's brother, Daewyn, in Whelgar's Excavation Site.
Lost in the Thicket Things
Pick it up from: Caitlin Grassman, Menethil Harbor in the Wetlands
Find Ardin on the wooden platform near the final boss.
Find Ardin Grassman in the Excavation Sites.
After the run
Fallen in the Fen
Pick it up from: Daewyn Songblade’s body inside the dungeon
Carry the news back to his brother in Lakeshire.
Return to Dorin Songblade.
Do these first (1)
- Songblade Search · Dorin Songblade, Lakeshire in the Redridge Mountains
Heartwoven
Pick it up from: Ardin Grassman, on the wooden platform near the final boss
Take the woven heart to Caitlin in Menethil Harbor.
Return to Caitlin Grassman in Menethil Harbor.
Do these first (1)
- Lost in the Thicket Things · Caitlin Grassman, Menethil Harbor in the Wetlands
Lost Relic Carry
Pick it up from: Titan Relic from the Relic Guardian at the end of the Excavation Site
Take the relic from the last fight back to Whelgar’s dig.
Bring the Titan Relic to Prospector Whelgar in the Wetlands excavation site.
Prehistoric Prism
Pick it up from: Prospector Whelgar · Wetlands · 38.8 / 52.4
Take the relic to Magellas in the Hall of Explorers in Ironforge.
Bring the Titan Relic to High Explorer Magellas in Ironforge's Hall of Explorers.
Do these first (1)
- Lost Relic Carry · Titan Relic from the Relic Guardian at the end of the Excavation Site
Elder Knowledge
Pick it up from: Titan Relic from the Relic Guardian at the end of the Excavation Site
Show the relic to Bashana on the Elder Rise in Thunder Bluff.
Take the Titan Relic to the Elder Rise in Thunder Bluff and look for someone who can tell you more about it.
Earthen Echo
Pick it up from: Bashana Runetotem · Thunder Bluff · 71.1 / 34.2
Carry the relic on to Muln in northwestern Mulgore.
Bring the Titan Relic to Muln Earthfury at the Skywatcher Plateau in northwest Mulgore.
Do these first (1)
- Elder Knowledge · Titan Relic from the Relic Guardian at the end of the Excavation Site
Quest details
Songblade Search
Requires level 24
Quest giver: Dorin Songblade, Lakeshire in the Redridge Mountains
Objective: Look for Dorin Songblade's brother, Daewyn, in Whelgar's Excavation Site.
Look for Daewyn’s body inside the dungeon.
Fallen in the Fen
Requires level 24
Quest giver: Daewyn Songblade’s body inside the dungeon
Objective: Return to Dorin Songblade.
Carry the news back to his brother in Lakeshire.
Do these first (1)
- Songblade Search · Dorin Songblade, Lakeshire in the Redridge Mountains
Lost in the Thicket Things
Requires level 24
Quest giver: Caitlin Grassman, Menethil Harbor in the Wetlands
Objective: Find Ardin Grassman in the Excavation Sites.
Find Ardin on the wooden platform near the final boss.
Heartwoven
Requires level 24
Quest giver: Ardin Grassman, on the wooden platform near the final boss
Objective: Return to Caitlin Grassman in Menethil Harbor.
Take the woven heart to Caitlin in Menethil Harbor.
Do these first (1)
- Lost in the Thicket Things · Caitlin Grassman, Menethil Harbor in the Wetlands
Bags & food
Before the first pull
Level 14: detour for a bag?
If you keep leaving loot behind, start the sleeping bag chain at the charred remains in Westfall (Alliance) or the Barrens (Horde). You can pick up a 12-slot bag at the Stepping Stones stop in Stonetalon Mountains. The Cosy Sleeping Bag itself comes at the end. If your group is already at the portal, save the detour for later.
Open the sleeping bag route and maps →Food for the run
An Herb Baked Egg is enough for your first run. Sit and eat for at least ten seconds: Well Fed gives you 1 Stamina and 5% more experience from kills for 15 minutes. It won’t increase quest turn-in XP. Pack a spare egg in case the group wipes.
See the cooking guide →