Excavation Site: Wetlands
- Level
- 24–29
- Location
- Wetlands, southeast of Whelgar's Excavation Site
- Group
- 5 players
- Bosses
- 4
- Items
- 11
- Quests
- 8
Entrance. On the hill southeast of Whelgar's Excavation Site in the Wetlands, at /way 47.8 56.3. New roads lead up the hill; in Classic this part of the Wetlands could not be reached.
Four quests for the Horde and eight for the Alliance, all from level 24. Below are the eight that start a chain; each follow-up is named under its quest. Two chains start from the
Titan Relic that Relic Guardian drops, in a different version for each faction.
The Horde has the longer trip: Open the Maw starts with Dragonmaw Rumors from Zaruk in Hammerfall, and Changing Tastes starts in Orgrimmar. Collect both on the way to the Wetlands.
8 quests send you into this dungeon. Click a quest for the full steps.
| Quest | Level | From level | Side |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Hides | 28 | 24 | Alliance |
| Horrors in the Highland | 31 | 24 | Alliance |
| Lost in the Thicket Things | 31 | 24 | Alliance |
| Lost Relic Carry | 31 | 24 | Alliance |
| Songblade Search | 31 | 24 | Alliance |
| Changing Tastes | 31 | 24 | Horde |
| Elder Knowledge | 31 | 24 | Horde |
| Open the Maw | 31 | 24 | Horde |
Highland Hides
First complete: Young Crocolisk Skins
- Pick up. From James Halloran, Wetlands, Menethil Harbor, /way 8.5 55.7.Nearest flight point: Menethil Harbor, Wetlands, about 117 yards.
- Objective. Bring James Halloran 4 Thicket Raptor Hides from the raptors around Shadetooth.Bugged on the beta at the moment: it does not count as a dungeon quest and only gives a little experience and a few silver.
- Turn in. To James Halloran, Wetlands, Menethil Harbor, /way 8.5 55.7.


No item reward
Horrors in the Highland
First complete: Tramping Paws, Fire Taboo, Blisters on the Land
- Pick up. From Rethiel the Greenwarden, Wetlands, The Green Belt, /way 56.2 40.5.Nearest flight point: Menethil Harbor, Wetlands, about 2001 yards.
- Objective. Kill Highland Horror and bring the Horrible Rootcore to Rethiel the Greenwarden.Rethiel only gives this quest after Tramping Paws, Fire Taboo and Blisters on the Land in the Wetlands. The rootcore drops 60% of the time according to its tooltip.
- Turn in. To Rethiel the Greenwarden, Wetlands, The Green Belt, /way 56.2 40.5.




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Lost in the Thicket Things
First complete: Seeking Caitlin (optional)
- Pick up. From Caitlin Grassman, Wetlands, Menethil Harbor, /way 11.8 58.6.Nearest flight point: Menethil Harbor, Wetlands, about 99 yards.
- Objective. Find Ardin Grassman, the husband of Caitlin, in the dungeon.Seeking Caitlin from Llana, the reagent vendor in Astranaar, leads to Caitlin for a little extra experience. Ardin stands on a wooden structure near the Site of the Guardian; his Heartwoven only asks you to visit Caitlin again.
- Turn in. To Ardin Grassman, Excavation Site: Wetlands.



No item reward
Leads to: Heartwoven
Lost Relic Carry
- Pick up. Starts from the item Titan Relic, Excavation Site: Wetlands.
- Objective. Bring the Titan Relic to Prospector Whelgar in his cave in Whelgar's Excavation Site.The relic drops from Relic Guardian, 28% of the time according to its tooltip. Whelgar then gives Prehistoric Prism for High Explorer Magellas in Ironforge, at /way 69.4 19.1. That quest cannot be completed on the beta at the moment.
- Turn in. To Prospector Whelgar, Wetlands, Whelgar's Excavation Site, /way 38.8 52.2.



No item reward
Leads to: Prehistoric Prism
Songblade Search
- Pick up. From Dorin Songblade, Redridge Mountains, Lakeshire, /way 25.7 46.5.Nearest flight point: Lakeshire, Redridge, about 181 yards.
- Objective. Find Daewyn, the brother of Dorin Songblade, in the dungeon.Daewyn lies dead in a tent in the Dragonmaw camp, shortly after Shadetooth. Click his body for Fallen in the Fen, which you hand in with Dorin in Lakeshire after the dungeon.
- Turn in. To Daewyn Songblade, Excavation Site: Wetlands.


No item reward
Leads to: Fallen in the Fen
Changing Tastes
- Pick up. From Borstan, Orgrimmar, The Drag, /way 57.3 53.3.
- Objective. Bring Borstan 4 Thicket Raptor Meat from the raptors in the Stalker's Thicket.Borstan sells meat on the upper floor of The Drag, in the same hut as Zamja, the Cooking trainer. Thicket Hunters, Thicket Lurkers and Thicket Stalkers drop the meat.
- Turn in. Back to Borstan.


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Elder Knowledge
- Pick up. Starts from the item Titan Relic, Excavation Site: Wetlands.
- Objective. Take the Titan Relic to Bashana Runetotem in a tent on the Elder Rise of Thunder Bluff.The relic drops from Relic Guardian, 25% of the time according to its tooltip. Bashana then gives Earthen Echo: bring the relic to Muln Earthfury in the largest tent of the Skywatcher Plateau, the new area north of Thunder Bluff, at /way 33.4 22.5. The path up starts around /way 40.3 17.6.
- Turn in. To Bashana Runetotem, Thunder Bluff, Elder Rise, /way 70.8 33.7.






No item reward
Leads to: Earthen Echo
Open the Maw
First complete: Dragonmaw Rumors
- Pick up. From Deathstalker Agent, Wetlands, /way 51.4 59.2.
- Objective. Kill 2 Dragonmaw Saboteurs and 4 Dragonmaw Warders, and bring back the Dragonmaw Dispatch from a Dragonmaw Thaumaturgist.Zaruk in Hammerfall, Arathi Highlands, gives Dragonmaw Rumors, which sends you to the agent behind a small hill. The dispatch drops 31% of the time according to its tooltip. The Bloody Map in the reward is a soulbound map with Dwarvish text and an X; what it is for is not known yet.
- Turn in. To Deathstalker Agent, Wetlands, /way 51.4 59.2.




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