Sholazar Basin (Alliance Quest Guide)  

Sholazar Basin is one of the later level zones, most quests here are design for 76+. It has two quest hubs and no instances and a daily quest camp depending on which faction you choose. Those two factions are the Frenzyheart Tribe and the Oracles.

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Sholazar Basin
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Nesingwary Base Camp

• The easiest way to get out here is to head to Dalaran and next to the flight master speak to Archmage Pentarus.
• Accept the quest Where in the World is Hemet Nesingwary?
• Speak to him and prepare for a flight to Sholazar.
• Nearby you can turn the quest in, turn it in.
• Pick up Welcome to Sholazar Basin.
• Head to the camp at 22, 58 and turn the quest in.
• Accept all the quests.
• You should have: It Could Be Anywhere!, Need an Engine, Take an Engine, Venture Co. Misadventure.
• Notice how there is no flight path? You can't unlock the one at the base camp until you complete the chain Need an Engine, Take an Engine.
• While questing in Sholazar you should find the engagement ring.
• Head to the dig site at 34, 47 and start killing Venture Co. members
• Goto 35.5, 47.5 and do the escort quest Engineering a Disaster.
• Now goto 38.68 56.73 and pick up the engine.
• Head back to the base camp and turn the quests in.
• Pick up Have a Part, Give a Part and Wipe That Grin Off His Face.
• Head back to the dig and find the Foreman and Meatpie and kill them. They patrol the camp.
• Search the dig for the spare parts.
• Go turn them in.
• The flight path should now be open, pick it up!
• A lot of quests just unlocked, go get 'em!
• You should have: Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator, Kick, What Kick?, Rhino Mastery: The Test, and Aerial Surveillance.
• Shoot the RJR rifle and hit the apple.
• Turn the quest in and pick up The Great Hunter's Challenge.
• You will complete this quest while doing the other quests here.
• Now head north and kill 15 rhinos and dreadsabers.
• Go turn them in.
• Pick up A Steak Fit for a Hunter, Crocolisk Mastery: The Trial, Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey, Rhino Mastery: The Chase, Some Make Lemonade, Some Make Liquor.
• Head south to 25.5, 66.5 and turn in the quest to the Gorloc.
• Pick up An Offering for Soo-rahm.
• Start killing longnecks for their steaks.
• Head north and along the river kill the crocs.
• While walking around pull on the vines and grab the fruit needed.
• Kill cobras for their fangs.
• Head to the River's Heart @ 50, 62 and turn in the quest.
• Pick up The Part-time Hunter Force of Nature An Embarassing Incident.
• Pick up the flight path.
• Head down into the river and get the keys from one of the raised piles of mud.
• Go turn it in.
• Pick up Reconnaissance Flight.
• Fly the plane back to the camp and land it. Turn the quest in.
• Head to 50.5, 76.5 and kill Pitch and get his remains.
• Pick up Playing Along.
• Turn it in at 55, 69
• Pick up The Ape Hunter's Slave Tormenting the Softknuckles.
• Go southeast of the hill and kill the gorillas.
• Head to 64, 73 and kill chargers.
• Go and poke the softknuckles with the poker until a Matriarch spawns and kill it.
• Head to 64.5, 48.5 and turn in the quest.
• Pick up An Issue of Trust.
• Head northeast a bit and kill enough blighted corpses and bonescythe ravagers.
• Go back to Freya and turn the quest in.
• Pick up Returned Sevenfold.
• Goto 66, 45 and attack Thalgrand.
• Use the protective ward to reflect the deathbolts.
• Go turn it into Freya.
• Pick up The Fallen Pillar and Salvaging Life's Strength.
• Head to 68, 56 and kill elementals and use the gem on the corpses.
• Go turn the quest into Freya.
• Climb to the top of Lifeblood Pillar @ 65, 60 and turn the quest in.
• Pick up Cultist Incursion.
• Go turn it in to Freya.
• Pick up Exterminate the Intruders, Weapons of Destruction.
• Head to 58, 44
• Kill the infiltrators.
• Destroy the explosives.
• Go back to Freya and turn them in.
• Pick up The Lifewarden's Wrath.
• Head to the top of The Glimmering Pillar.
• Use the horn.
• Head to 38, 41 and identify tracks until you finish the quest.
• Head back to the base camp and turn the quests in.
• When you pick up Still At It you'll have to do a little event where you need to click on the items to successfully complete the quest.
• Speak with Tipsy to start it.
• Grab the punch when done and turn it in.
• Pick up Crocolisk Mastery: The Plan, Dreadsaber Mastery: Ready to Pounce, The Taste Test.
• Offer the punch to Hemet, Hadrius, and Tamara.
• Tamara is down at River's Heart.
• Search along the river banks for the sandferns.
• Head down to River's Heart and turn the quest in.
• Go up and turn the quests in at Frenzyheart Hill.
• Pick up The Sapphire Queen and The Wasp Hunter's Apprentice.
• Go over to 60, 78 and kill wasps and drones.
• Go into the cave and kill the queen.
• Turn in the quests.
• Grab Flown the Coop!.
• Go catch the chickens.
• Turn it in.
• Get Mischief in the Making and The Underground Menace.
• Head south to the river @ 51, 89 and search the river for Serfex and kill him.
• Search the river bank for crystals.
• Go turn it in.
• Pick up A Rough Ride.
• Go down to the croc @ 57, 68 and take a ride.
• When you get there turn the quest into Zepik.
• Grab The Mist Isn't Listening and Lightning Definitely Strikes Twice.
• Kill the Gorlocs.
• Goto the shrine and destroy the crystals.
• Turn the quests into Zepik.
• Pick up Hoofing It.
• Head to 33, 36 and find Shango and kill it.
• Goto the base camp and turn the quests in.
• Pick up Crocolisk Mastery: The Ambush.
• Head even further south to the gorloc that you saw earlier and turn the quest in.
• Grab The Bones of Nozronn.
• Goto 26, 72 and use the incense.
• Head to 46.5, 63.75 and use the disguise.
• Kill the croc and get his jaw.
• Go back to Frenzyheart Hill and turn in the quest there.
• Pick up Just Following Orders.
• Head to 54.1, 64.5 and speak to the Gorloc.
• Kill the crocolisk.
• Turn the quest in.
• Pick up Fortunate Misunderstandings and escort the gorloc home.
• Turn the quest in.
• Grab Make the Bad Snake Go Away and then Gods like Shiny Things.
• Head north of the camp and kill Venomspite and cobras to fill the quest.
• Now take your companion gorloc over the shiny spots on the ground and let it dig up treasurs for you to pick up.
• Go turn them in.
• Pick up Making Peace.
• Head to 51, 65 and offer peace.
• Go back to the Oracles and turn the quest in.
• Pick up Back So Soon?.
• Head to Freya and turn the quest in.
• Grab Freya's Pact.
• Listen to Freya's story.
• Turn the quest in.
• Pick up Powering the Waygate - The Maker's Perch.
• Head to 42, 39 and turn the quest in.
• Pick up Forced Hand and The Lost Mistwhisper Treasure.
• Head north to 42, 30 and pick up Burning to Help.
• Go even further north and kill the Frenzyheart.
• Head to 41.5, 19.5 and goto near the treasure. Tarlek will spawn, kill him and his dragon. Grab the treasure.
• Head back to Mistwhisper and turn the quests in.
• Pick up Home Time!.
• Head into the lake nearby and get the hyrdra to attack you, wait until you get poisoned and use the container to scrap it off. Then kill them.
• Go back north and turn it in.
• Head into the mountains up to 29, 40 and go inside and flip the switch.
• Goto the base camp and turn the quests in.
• Pick up Rhino Mastery: The Kill.
• Go back to the Oracle camp and turn the quest in.
• Pick up The Angry Gorloc.
• Head to Freya and turn the quest in.
• Pick up Powering the Waygate - The Maker's Overlook.
• Travel to Mosswalker Village @ 75, 50 and use the ball you where given to summon Moodle.
• Turn the quest in.
• Pick up Lifeblood of the Mosswalker Shrine The Mosswalker Savior.
• Check the pulse on the Mosswalker victims and rescue them.
• Head southwest and find the shards.
• Turn the quests into Moodle.
• Pick up A Hero's Burden. This is the last one in this long chain and will unlock the chance to pick your faction. It is a group quest. Skip it for now unless you can find a group.
• Fly up to 80, 56 and pick up A Timeworn Coffer.
• Head into the building and flip the switch.
• Kill the guardians and get a key.
• Turn the quest in.
• Fly down to Freya and turn the quest in.
• Pick up The Etymidian.
• Head down to the Waygate at 40, 82.
• Enter the Waygate and you will be transported to Un'Goro.
• Turn in the quest.
• Pick up The Activation Rune.
• Head up the hill and inside and acquire the rune from the High Cultist.
• Go turn it in.
• Pick up Back Through the Waygate.
• Go back through the Waygate and turn the quest into Freya.
• Pick up Reclamation.
• Head to 60, 35 use the rune and get on the titans back.
• Kill 200 scourge.
• Kill Hailscorn, Urgreth, and Bythius.
• Head back to Nesingwary Base Camp and turn in the quest.
• Pick up In Search of Bigger Game.
• Head to 42, 29 and turn in the quest.
• Grab Securing the Bait and Sharpening Your Talons.
• Head east into the hatchet and kill drakes and collect the hatchlings.
• Go turn them in.
• Pick up A Mammoth Undertaking My Pet Roc Reagent Agent.
• Go find a yellow mammoth nearby and use the harness on it and ride it back to the camp.
• Turn the quest in.
• Pick up Post-partum Aggression.
• Head to 47, 21 and use Stampy and Hemet to kill Broodmother.
• Goto 53, 27 and collect eggs and kill the rocs for their talons.
• Go turn the quests in.
• If you had been following this guide you should have just gotten the achievement "Into the Basin"
• You have now completed Sholazar Basin! Congratulations!

Where next?

You have two options here really, you can either move back to one of the previous zones you haven't completed or move on with The Storm Peaks or if you are late 78 or 79 you could head into Icecrown.

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