Excavation Site: Wetlands

Kill a Highland Horror within Excavation Sites and bring its root core to Rethiel the Greenwarden in the Wetlands.

These brackish wetlands hold a greater well of unsalted southern waters. It pains me, yet within my roots I sense a corruption seeping through that mountain gully. The creatures, like those in our lowlands, react more bitterly to the taint. Lacking the sea's hardening salt since life's dawn, they have little strength against such evil. Go to those highlands, and bring me the Highland Horror's root core.

3,150 XP

From Caitlin Grassman (Wetlands)

Find Ardin Grassman in the Excavation Sites.

My husband, Ardin, has a rare gift for sensing nature. He'll scale any peak to gather the herbs and flowers I need for my alchemy, keeping our shelves and pantry stocked. But I fear he's wandered into trouble. An excavation crew passed through seeking supplies. They spoke, among other things, of towering grasses unlike anything they'd ever seen. Those were what he told me he had to go see for himself. He's been gone too long! If you learn anything of him, I'd be grateful.

2,500 XP

Travel to the Wetlands and meet the Deathstalker Agent in the hills above the Dragonmaw camp.

The Dragonmaw are a formidable clan. They're known for binding magic strong enough to make dragons serve, and rumor claims they're preparing some display of it in the Wetlands. Whether truth or bluster, the Deathstalkers can't act on half-formed whispers. Titanic winds carried only that much to me. A deathstalker agent needs a hand in the hills above the Dragonmaw encampment. Meet her there. She'll reveal the next steps.

250 XP

Take the Titan Relic to the Elder Rise in Thunder Bluff and look for someone who can tell you more about it.

This unusual composite shard scatters light like a living prism. Its nature is uncertain, but its power feels ancient. The most knowledgeable minds for artifacts of this bygone age must reside on the Elder rise in Thunder Bluff.

630 XP

Slay the Dragonmaw forces within the Excavation Site and return to the Deathstalker Agent outside with anything you recover.

Dragonmaw. <She lets out a dry, amused scoff.> The remnants of the dragon-wrangling clan think they've found something that could lead to them rising to their former power. In the eyes of whom... their false warchief? Clear out their ragtag clan within the Excavation Sites so our Deathstalkers can move in undetected. If the Dragonmaw carry anything of note upon them, return it to me--this information must stay between us and our royal command.

3,150 XP

Enter the Excavation Sites in the Wetlands and bring back Thicket Raptor Meat.

Zamja tells me we need more homestyle cooking. If we start selling raptor, she thinks it'll draw in customers who don't usually visit Borstan's Firepit. Her idea is not so bad. But I want something that rises above the smells of our birth villages. We're in Orgrimmar! Borstan should serve a grand take on their familiar favorites. A hunter recently came back from the Wetlands with a giant talon from the thicket raptors in the Excavation Sites. Up for a job?

3,150 XP

Speak with Caitlin Grassman in Menethil Harbor.

From time to time, I correspond with others in my craft--herbalists or eccentrics who study rare plants and local oddities. We trade discoveries, and sometimes warnings of what lies ahead. One alchemist in the Wetlands wrote of an excavation team her husband was part of, uncovering signs of a long-lost primordial grass... but she never sent word of its abundance or accessibility. If you can, check on Caitlin Grassman in Menethil Harbor.

630 XP

From Dorin Songblade (Redridge Mountains)

Look for Dorin Songblade's brother, Daewyn, in Whelgar's Excavation Site.

Me brother tried draggin' me off tae the Wetlands with some diggin' crew out o' Loch Modan. Said they were headin' into hills no dwarf's ever set boot in for some sort o' excavation. Aye, I'd 'ave gone, if I wasn't already behind on this pile o' girdles I've got to refit. Daewyn normally writes after he sends off, though. Haven't heard a thing, gives me a strange feelin' this time. If yer marchin' that way, mind checking in on me brother?

3,150 XP

Turns in to Dorin Songblade (Redridge Mountains)

Return to Dorin Songblade.

<You cover the dwarf's body with his cloak.> Travel to Lakeshire and personally inform Dorin Songblade what became of his brother within the Excavation Sites.

3,150 XP

Turns in to Caitlin Grassman (Wetlands)

Return to Caitlin Grassman in Menethil Harbor.

I need a moment to rest before I find my own way out. <He pulls some reeds from his pack and quickly braids and bends them into a heart.> Take this, and bring it back to Caitlin. Let her know I'll be home soon! Now that we have a path cleared out thanks to you, I'll gather my bushels and follow your trail. Thank you.

3,150 XP

Turns in to Prospector Whelgar (Wetlands)

Bring the Titan Relic to Prospector Whelgar in the Wetlands excavation site.

You pick up a fractured piece of the rock-mech automaton. It has a texture unlike anything you've touched before, a composite material of unknown makeup. This is certainly bound to be more 'device' than 'debris.' Prospector Whelgar himself at his excavation site might have something useful to share about the relic.

630 XP

From James Halloran (Wetlands)

Return 4 Thicket Raptor Hides to James Halloran, the tanner, in Menethil Harbor.

The Highlands are host to ruins of some sort, secrets now being explored by an expedition team. What I know is that they've got their own wildlife and beasts lurking in that mountain marshland. How about you take a foray in there with some well-equipped friends, and we work a trade? I don't care if they're hiding, I want their hides! Bring me the skins from four of the Thicket Raptors, I'll have a trade worked out for you to make it worth it.

1,150 XP · 50 rep with Stormwind

Bring the Titan Relic to Muln Earthfury at the Skywatcher Plateau in northwest Mulgore.

Truly, this is a fascinating object. It shows indications of being much more than a mere carving or sculpture. While our elders may be interested in observing this artifact, the Earthen Ring are who would carry the most wisdom for our buried ruins and forgotten lands. Seek out Muln Earthfury, a direct approach is fitting for the gravity of what you carry. You can find him and other elders of the Earthen Ring council at the Skywatcher Plateau in northwest Mulgore.

3,150 XP

Bring the Titan Relic to High Explorer Magellas in Ironforge's Hall of Explorers.

With titan-like inscriptions like that on its facets, nothing less than Ironforge's Hall of Explorers is the right place to bring it. I'd like to think that you'll be noted in the history for it in the catalogue -- "Recovered by <name>! Authenticated by Prospector Whelgar..." Ah, I'm gettin' meself carried away. High Explorer Magellas will receive you, and given the exquisite nature of what you carry, will surely be most generously appreciative should you donate it to the museum. Good find!

3,150 XP