About Darkshore
Darkshore is the long, misty coast where the night elves’ old world meets the sea. The ruins of Ameth’Aran and Bashal’Aran are the remains of a night elf civilization that was ancient before humans built their first cities, and Blackfathom Deeps was once a temple above the waves before the Sundering dragged it under.
It was on these shores that the Cenarion Circle planted Teldrassil after the Third War, and the harbor town of Auberdine has been the night elves’ gateway ever since. The furbolgs of the inland forests have fallen to a strange madness, and the boats from Menethil and Rut’theran come to a coast that looks deceptively peaceful.
Auberdine is the gateway between Teldrassil and the mainland, with long stretches of coastline, ancient ruins, and restless furbolgs all around it. Blackfathom Deeps lies to the south, near the border with Ashenvale.
- Territory
- Alliance territory
- Level Range
- 11–19
- Continent
- Kalimdor
- Route Quests
- 58
- Dungeons & Raids
- 1
Darkshore Flight Paths
| Flight Master | Coordinates | Faction |
|---|---|---|
| Auberdine | (36.4, 45.6) | Alliance |
Darkshore Leveling Guide for the Alliance, Levels 10–22
Darkshore is the long coastal strip south of Teldrassil, and its quest hub is the fishing village of Auberdine. Night elves arrive by hippogryph with a package to deliver, and everyone else comes by boat from Stormwind. Most of the zone is a walk up and down one road, so you always know where the next job is.
The guide runs north to south and from easy to hard: the shore and the first bear hills near the village (monsters level 10 to 14), the ruins of Ameth'Aran and Bashal'Aran (up to 15), the tower and Cliffspring Falls to the northeast, then the long walk south to the Grove of the Ancients, where the monsters reach 20. You will be back in Auberdine to hand in several times, so use its inn.
1Before You Start: The Auction House
Almost every quest item in Darkshore is a quest drop that cannot be traded. The one exception is the fish for The Family and the Fishing Pole: Darkshore Groupers can be caught from the pier, or bought, and the quest takes six.
Night Elves arrive carrying Flight to Auberdine; hand it in to Laird at the docks.
| Item | Buy | For quest |
|---|---|---|
| Darkshore Grouper | 6 | The Family and the Fishing Pole |
- Laird at the docks 36.8, 44.3: hand in Flight to Auberdine if you arrived from Teldrassil with it.
2Auberdine: Pick Up the Whole VillageLevel 10–12
Auberdine spreads along one street above the docks, and almost every quest of the first half of the zone starts within a few steps of the inn. Take them all before you leave: the beach, the bear hills, the ruins and the tower are all reachable from the village road.
The flight master is on the hill south of the inn; pick up the flight path and set your hearthstone at the inn.
- 1Wizbang Cranktoggle 37.0, 44.1: Buzzbox 827. Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde 36.6, 45.6: Washed Ashore. Cerellean Whiteclaw 35.7, 43.7: For Love Eternal.
- 2Gubber Blump 36.1, 44.9: The Family and the Fishing Pole, with the six fish caught from the pier next to him; later Fruit of the Sea.
- 3Tharnariun Treetender 38.8, 43.4: Plagued Lands, then Cleansing of the Infected and Tharnariun's Hope.
- 4Terenthis 39.4, 43.5: How Big a Threat? and later A Lost Master. Thundris Windweaver 37.4, 40.1: Bashal'Aran and Tools of the Highborne.
- 5Sentinel Glynda Nal'Shea 37.7, 43.4: The Red Crystal and As Water Cascades. Barithras Moonshade 37.3, 43.6: Cave Mushrooms and Onu.
- 6Sentinel Elissa Starbreeze 39.0, 43.5: The Tower of Althalaxx. Gorbold Steelhand 38.1, 41.2: Deep Ocean, Vast Sea.
3The Shore and the DocksLevel 10–13
Start on the beach below the village, where the monsters are the weakest and everything is within a minute of the quest-givers. The crawlers and threshers are low level; the sea creature bones are lying on the shore just south.
Fish from the pier while you are waiting for a boat or between kills if you did not buy the fish.
- 1The beach below the village 37.4, 40.3: six Crawler Legs from the Tide Crawlers for Buzzbox 827, and the box itself just south of the docks.
- 2The shallows 33.6, 41.5: three Thresher Eyes from the Darkshore Threshers for Buzzbox 411.
- 3The shore south of the village 36.4, 50.9: the bones for Washed Ashore, and the sea turtle remains west of the docks 31.8, 46.3. Bring both back to Gwennyth.
- 4The pier 36.1, 44.9: six Darkshore Groupers for Gubber Blump, unless you bought them.
4The Bear Hills and the Blackwood CampLevel 12–14
East of the village, the Rabid Thistle Bears (13–14) are the first real fight of the zone, and the sick bears feed both Tharnariun quests. The Blackwood furbolg camp lies southeast of them.
Tharnariun's Hope needs a Den Mother (18–19), a tougher bear that lairs in the hills south of Cliffspring Falls, so leave that for later.
- 1The hills east of Auberdine 38.2, 52.6: twenty Rabid Thistle Bears (13–14) for Cleansing of the Infected, and use the item Tharnariun gave you on one of them for Plagued Lands.
- 2The Blackwood camp 39.6, 54.4: eight Blackwood Pathfinders (12–13) and five Blackwood Windtalkers (13–14) for How Big a Threat?.
- 3Back in the village 39.4, 43.5: hand in How Big a Threat? and take Thundris Windweaver, then hand in Cleansing of the Infected and Plagued Lands at Tharnariun 38.8, 43.4.
5Ameth'Aran and the Red CrystalLevel 9–14
South of Auberdine, the ruins of Ameth'Aran hold several quests at once: the highborne ghosts for Thundris, Anaya Dawnrunner's ghost for the pendant, Jai'vhanel the owl for the feather, and the two tablets for Sentinel Tysha. It is a busy ten minutes of picking things up.
The Mysterious Red Crystal sits on a ledge in the eastern mountains; climb there when you have the tube from Glynda.
- 1Sentinel Tysha Moonblade 40.3, 59.7: The Fall of Ameth'Aran. Read both tablets in the ruins.
- 2The ruins 41.6, 59.6: seven Highborne Relics from the ghosts for Tools of the Highborne, and Anaya's Pendant 41.8, 60.7 for For Love Eternal.
- 3Jai'vhanel the owl 43.3, 58.8: the Feather of Jai'vhanel, which you hand to Sentinel Glynda in Auberdine.
- The mountains east of the ruins: climb to the ledge with the Mysterious Red Crystal for The Red Crystal. Fill Glynda's tube at the moonwell in the village first for As Water Cascades.
6Bashal'Aran, the Tower and Cliffspring FallsLevel 12–18
North along the hills, Asterion waits in the ruins of Bashal'Aran. Wild Grells and Vile Sprites fill the ruins, and the Deth'ryll Satyrs hold the eastern edge. The tower and the falls are further northeast, with level 13 to 18 monsters and several quests that are best taken in one trip.
Keep Balthule's letter for Delgren in Ashenvale when you finish; the other quests all end back in Auberdine.
- 1Asterion in the ruins 44.2, 36.3: the three Bashal'Aran quests. You need eight Grell Earrings 44.6, 36.6, the Ancient Moonstone Seal from a Deth'ryll Satyr 45.5, 36.5, and a visit to the Ancient Flame, which burns in the south of Ameth'Aran.
- 2The hills between the ruins and the tower 44.3, 27.7: six Moonstalker Fangs for Buzzbox 323.
- 3Balthule Shadowstrike at the foot of the tower 55.0, 24.9: The Tower of Althalaxx, four Worn Parchments from the Dark Strand Fanatics 55.8, 25.9, then his letter for Delgren.
- 4Cliffspring Falls 50.8, 25.6: the river sample for The Cliffspring River, at the waterfall.
- 5The cave south of the falls 55.0, 33.3: five Scaber Stalks, with the Death Cap at the very back 56.3, 34.9, for Cave Mushrooms; the satyrs' camp holds Xabraxxis' Demon Bag with the Talisman of Corruption 52.5, 33.4.
- 6The hills south of the falls 51.5, 38.3: the Den Mother for Tharnariun's Hope and Grizzled Scalps for Buzzbox 525.
7The Bay, Mathystra and the Northern CoastLevel 14–20
Back along the coast, two shipwrecks lie on the sea floor in the bay north of Auberdine and each holds a lockbox. Further north, the ruins of Mathystra are the home of the Stormscale naga, the strongest monsters of this half of the zone at level 18 to 21.
Gelkak Gyromast hides on a small island off the ruins, and the three pieces of his key drop from foreststriders, murlocs and reef crawlers.
- 1The wrecks in the bay 38.2, 28.8: the Silver Dawning's Lockbox and the Mist Veil's Lockbox 39.6, 27.5 for Gorbold's Deep Ocean, Vast Sea.
- 2The coast north of the village 44.8, 21.8: six Fine Crab Chunks for Fruit of the Sea.
- 3Gelkak Gyromast on his island 56.7, 13.5: Gyromast's Retrieval; the three key pieces are at the shore 58.4, 14.2.
- 4The Ruins of Mathystra 58.0, 25.9: six Mathystra Relics for Onu's Mathystra Relics, and the Stormscale Myrmidons (18–19), Sorceresses (19–20) and Warriors (20–21) 58.6, 25.0 for Arbal's Swelling Forces.
- 5The Rod of Deep Dominion 50.4, 14.3: the Stormscale Beastmistress carries it for Holy Diver.
8The Grove of the Ancients and the Master's GlaiveLevel 12–22
The last stretch is the long walk south, past Ameth'Aran, to the Grove of the Ancients. Onu stands in the Grove with Arbal and Kerlonian Evershade asleep beside him. Moonstalker Sires prowl the woods around the Master's Glaive crater, and Murkdeep is on the beach just west of it.
Therylune and Volcor both need an escort out, and Volcor fights on his way, so go in with full health.
- 1Onu in the Grove 43.5, 76.3: The Master's Glaive and Mathystra Relics; Arbal 43.7, 76.5 gives Swelling Forces, and Kerlonian Evershade 44.4, 76.4 The Sleeper Has Awakened.
- 2The Master's Glaive crater 38.5, 86.1: the Peerless Eye from the Twilight Disciples and Thugs, the Scrying Bowl and Twilight Tome in the bottom of the crater, and Therylune on its north side 38.6, 87.3.
- 3Murkdeep's beach 36.4, 76.5: kill the murlocs at the camp fire; Murkdeep comes in the third wave with his hound, for WANTED: Murkdeep!.
- 4Moonstalker Sires around the glaive 44.0, 80.0: five Fine Moonstalker Pelts for A Lost Master.
- 5Volcor in the hills east of the glaive 45.0, 85.3: help him back to the road for Escape Through Force.
9Moving On: Ashenvale
Hand in the whole stack at Auberdine and take Trek to Ashenvale from Sentinel Selarin 39.3, 43.5. Ashenvale is the natural next zone, and Balthule's letter, Therylune's turn-in and Kerlonian's escort all end there.
Darkshore Exploration Achievement
Explore Darkshore: reveal these 9 areas of the Darkshore map. It counts towards Explore Azeroth and the Explorer Legacy Challenge.
- Bashal'Aran
- Ruins of Mathystra
- Remtravel's Excavation
- Auberdine
- Tower of Althalaxx
- Ameth'Aran
- The Master's Glaive
- Cliffspring River
- Grove of the Ancients
Dungeons and Raids in Darkshore
DungeonLevels 22–32 · 5 players · 7 bosses
Blackfathom Deeps
Sunken night elf temples along Darkshore, defiled by Twilight's Hammer cultists to feed the hydra Aku'mai. A level 22+ aquatic subterranean descent.
Entrance: 33.5, 93.5
Pick up before you enter (9)
- Knowledge in the DeepsGerrig Bonegrip, Dun MoroghAccept at level 10
- Allegiance to the Old GodsJe'neu Sancrea, Zoram'gar Outpost, AshenvaleAccept at level 17
- The Essence of Aku'MaiJe'neu Sancrea, Zoram'gar Outpost, AshenvaleAccept at level 17
- Trouble in the DeepsTsunaman, Sun Rock Retreat, Stonetalon MountainsAccept at level 17
- In Search of ThaelridDawnwatcher Shaedlass, Craftsmen's Terrace, DarnassusAccept at level 18
- Researching the CorruptionGershala Nightwhisper, DarkshoreAccept at level 18
- The Orb of Soran'rukDoan Karhan, Southern Barrens, The BarrensAccept at level 20
- Twilight FallsArgent Guard Manados, Craftsmen's Terrace, DarnassusAccept at level 20
- Amongst the RuinsJe'neu Sancrea, AshenvaleAccept at level 21
Darkshore Common Questions
What is the Darkshore level range in WoW Forever?
Darkshore is a level 11–19 zone on Kalimdor (Alliance territory). Once you reach the top of that range, Redridge Mountains (Levels 15–25), Stonetalon Mountains (Levels 15–25) and Ashenvale (Levels 19–30) pick up where it leaves off.
Where are the flight paths in Darkshore?
Darkshore has one flight path: Auberdine (36.4, 45.6, Alliance). Coordinates match the in-game map.
Where is the Blackfathom Deeps entrance in Darkshore?
The entrance is in Darkshore: Blackfathom Deeps (Levels 22–32) at (33.5, 93.5). Each guide covers the bosses, quests and loot.
What is the best Darkshore leveling route?
The Darkshore leveling route on this page runs 58 quests for the Alliance, in the order you pick them up and turn them in, with each quest giver and objective marked on the map.
How do you complete Explore Darkshore in WoW Forever?
Reveal all 9 areas of the Darkshore map: Bashal'Aran, Ruins of Mathystra, Remtravel's Excavation, Auberdine, Tower of Althalaxx and 4 more. The achievement counts towards Explore Kalimdor and the Explorer Legacy Challenge.