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Comment by 7836

I found that this zone is very nice for leveling from 35 untill about 40. There are some quest there that are ver easy to solo and the mobs there drop vendor trash that can net you a lot of money. Most of all you can grind here without worry. In most places very few mobs such as the Elementals will get pulled together so you can fight one at a time. And if your a Warlock such as myself banish can come in handy here if you make a pulling mistake. But most of all just have fun, don't worry and going to the right places and questing how your told, this game is about adventure and exploration. It's not about going by what people tell you. Play the way you want to play.

Comment by 9545

Traveling through this area is rough. Darn cats and wolves everywhere. Stay on your toes.

Comment by 41544

How do i get to teh badlands please tell me

Comment by 43020

For horde, this is a long trip. Starting from Arathi Highlands, take the road at the Southern point across the broken bridge through the Wetlands. When viewing the Wetlands map, youll see that the road splits in three. Continue down the road on a straight path and itll lead you to Dun Algaz, which takes you through the mountains into Loch Modan. Youll start to run into Alliance dwarves as your on the road. Head SE towards the lake and follow the shore south. Youll find a path as you continue south that is a series of tunnels that eventually leads you into the Badlands.
Youll pass through low level areas, just avoid the Alliance sentinels as you pass. Youll aggro a few but just run.

Comment by 364

Though not an obvious landmark, there is a tribute to the movie "Conan" here in the Badlands. If you go southeast of the Hammertoe Digsite and follow an unmarked path up a hill there, you will soon arrive at the entrance of an underground crypt. There are no mobs to worry about within this place, but inside you can see an armored skeleton amongst several others sitting on a grand throne.

Comment by Cross88

Is there an alliance town here?

Comment by 48099

Don't forget the flightpath from Korgath! Else another long walk...

Comment by Qezro

For alliance, if you are not too sure, travel to Loch modan (Thelsamar) head a little east until you find a path leading south. Head down it and if you get to Uldaman you know you're in the right place!

Going there now at level 37, good luck!

Comment by 80110

I am a lvl 40. I'm Looking for a FAST way to lvl via quests AND mobs. I need to know if Badlands or somewhere else will help me. Any place with beasts is also a big help as a skin/LW.

Comment by 66874

Are there any flight paths out here

Comment by Tmacca

It's important to note that the mobs (especially the Coyotes and Buzzards) are extremely bunched together in this zone. While it's great for grinding, traveling through this zone can be a pain in the neck.

Also, watch out for Anathemus. He's a level 45 Rare Elite that patrols the western part of the zone. Think of him as the low level version of the Fel Reaver, a massive 70 Elite mob in Outland who is infamous for ganking unsuspecting players.

Comment by 91195

Not only are the mobs tightly grouped, the ridge stalker mobs are all stealthed.

I was just running through there as a 32 druid in travel form and pulled 3 of them at once... would've been nice to know about them in advance :D

Comment by 116292

This place is amazing for finding iron and, if you're lucky, gold.

Came as a 38 paladin. Favorite place to level since Westfall.

Comment by sephiroth1

soix , theres only ends boss that requires more then 1 ppl , also keep in mind to open door to final boss it requires also 3man

if u refering 2 person boss in ironaya ,all u do is get both items into ur inventory n combine em , no need for 2 person

Comment by 216897

Are there any cities/flying mount points to fly too?

Comment by 219171

so theres no alliance settlement at all?

Comment by 200906

Oh and by the way, when going through Wetlands and Loch Modan while running there as horde, remember to look around. There are lots of critters you need to /love to complete the achievement To All Squirrels I've Loved Before. Rams, squirrels, sheeps and such.

Comment by 166046

There is a forge to smelt ore at rigglefuzz, near the centre of the zone.

Comment by 260185

Is there a horde base here if so Where?

Comment by 311531

I usally go here on my horde charr to level from 38-40

Comment by zangofreak

What lvl u guys should i be to make a full circle for mithril

Comment by rellit

There is another way to get here. If you have the goblin transporter device from Scotty in Booty Bay, you can teleport from there to Gnomeragan. Exiting the instance, you simply have to run to Loch Modan, go left thru the tunnels to Thesallmar, then around the lake to Badlands. Hugging the right wall will get you to the Horde flight point.

Comment by 466979

Its a true very very easy for lvling

Comment by 445357

Do I smell a song reference?
Probably reference to the song "A Horse with no name" by America.

Badlands is a desert and Loch Modan is a place with "birds and trees and rocks and things"

Comment by 439436

That is a nice place. i tink specialy maked for Orks :D

Comment by 499488

After the new LFG system there's a pretty ez way to get the FP in Badlands: Queue up for Ulda, run tru the instance, then, after the last boss, come back to the mobs u didnt bother killing and get urself killed, spirit ress and done, ur in badlands. Better be carefull in ur way to get the FP t0, since u will have the sickness.

Comment by Myriell

cant you enter Badlands from Burning Steppes?

Comment by 605216

Areas affected in Cataclysm:

Angor Fortress- from just south of here all the way to the SW corner of the Badlands is a swath of destruction (named Aggramar's Hammer), with charred desert and the tops of mountains sliced off and glowing with lava.

Camp Boff- NW of here is a small Horde camp with a flight master; just past this camp is a new dig site into an underground area that appears very similar to Uldaman.

Camp Cagg- NE of here is a small Alliance camp with flight master.

Hammertoe's Digsite- the dwarf camp south of the site now contains an Alliance flight path.

Kargath- buried by an avalanche; it has been rebuilt nearby with updated architecture and fortifications in the area near Apocryphan's Rest.

Lethlor Ravine – above the ravine is a neutral Goblin outpost with flight master; following the path outside of town and across the opposite side of the ravine leads to a Goblin transporter, but where it leads is unknown at this time - it should also be noted that another goblin-themed town is over the hill and along the coast, with another transporter, so this is presumably how the two towns connect; the ravine appears to have been widened in some places.

Other – a deep chasm runs between Badlands and Loch Modan – it is uncertain as of this time how players will proceed into the zone from Loch.

Comment by Myriell

you can enter Searing Gorge from here. When you stand in Kargath, place youself next to the people, looking the same way, and go to your right. Then its the first real path on your right :)

Comment by lunamoonraker

Other – a deep chasm runs between Badlands and Loch Modan – it is uncertain as of this time how players will proceed into the zone from Loch.

When you approach from Thelsamar/ Loch Modan as before you are faced with what seems an insurmountable chasm with Uldaman on the other side.

However! do not despair. If you move up to the edge on the western side of the opening, at 47.2, 73.5, there is in fact a very narrow and steep path that leads you down and back up the other side into Badlands. It is not clear at all especially at night but I have passed this way and it is possible.

Just be aware that the sides are very steep and it is very easy to fall though hopefully not fatally. Saves a long, long detour otherwise.

Once over I suggest heading east toward the coast and grab the new flight path at neutral Fuselight, the new goblin settlement at 66,36 (there is a path up with bright way markers starting around 60.7,28.3). Or straight ahead to the flight path at Dustwind Dig for alliance at around 50,37 (hopefully coords are showing accurately)

Comment by 709845

Mahahaha Deathwing drew a giant d**k on the badlands.

Smooth, Blizz.

Comment by eastwood824

I have had a problem with getting into the badlands. i got the quest and took the rocket from the goblin at light's hope and i got there just fine but i had to leave to go train new skills and when i tried to get back i used had to use the Flight point to get there. but when it paths through the twilight highlands it knocks me off and sends me to the front door of the twilight highlands. i was just wondering if anyone else had run into that bug?

Comment by Kaallis

As suggested by this site here: http://www.wowhead.com/blog=174523/cataclysm-old-world-zone-changes I decided to quest in Badlands. I am lvl 40 and the website states 35-45 so I'm in the clear right? WRONG! I nearly got myself killed 7 times just getting there and there is no available quests at this level. This zone is 45-50.

Comment by 18157

I was having the same issue with the flight points going through EPL and dropping me off in Twilight Highlands, but once I got the Farstrider Lodge FP in Loch Modan, I was finally able to take normal routes to the Badlands.

Comment by 582568

Here’s how to get to the Badlands without the risk of falling in a big hole. Did it on my Horde so works great for both sides!

If you are Horde and not high enough lvl to get there by air, there is still a easy way to get there on ground.

Travel to Arathi Highlands and take the road south all the way to the Wetlands. Once there you’ll have to be careful for Alliance

Take the road south towards Slabchisel’s Survey (say out of there if Horde) To the west of that you should see one of those Dwarf tunnels, it leads to Dun Algaz.

Take the first tunnel and follow the road, then another tunnel, then a road with some lvl 25 pvp guards and some Dragonmaw to the right ignore that and go to the next tunnel. Then short road, tunnel, and Ta-da Loch Modan.

Once in Loch Modan follow the road all the way to the south-west corner to the Valley of the Kings. The tunnel at the very end of this road leads to Dustfire Valley in Searing Gorge.

Once in the Searing Gorge take the road south to Thorium Advance and from then the road east to the BADLANDS! Yay, hope you didn’t get lost or ganked. xD

Comment by 674923

There's a mysterious Crypt in Badlands a little northeast of the blue flight route at Dustwind Dig, and it has a reference to it, that I am unsure of, so please reply back, if someone could tell me what it is.

I know I'm proably wrong, but I think it's a reference to the mummy.

Comment by 493920

Post-Cataclysm: if you're wondering whether you should level in Badlands, the answer is yes. This is now easily one of the best zones in the game in terms of storyline and interesting quests.

Comment by troelala

As Alliance at lvl 44 you can pick up Hero's Call: Badlands! from a Hero's Call Board. Hand it in to Gek Nozzlerocket at Light's Hope Chapel in Eastern Plaguelands for a ride to the Badlands.

Comment by Schnoodledorfer

Little piece of info; only the Warchief Board in Undercity will give you the quest to go to Badlands.

The one in Silvermooon City does, too. (Plus the Alliance Hero's Calls)

Comment by Tronski

Everybody loves rares! Have a macro!

/tar 7:XT
/tar Anathemus
/tar Barnabus
/tar Barricade
/tar Broken Tooth
/tar Rumbler
/tar Shadowforge Commander
/tar War Golem
/tar Zaricotl

Just click it occasionally as you go and make sure your map track targets!

Also: http://www.wowhead.com/zone=3#show:rare <- Will show you where you should expect to find them on the map on this page.
Refresh the page if they aren't shown immediately.

Comment by 1056001

Badlands is a scorched zone and the home of the Earthen, Dark Iron Dwarves, and Goblins in Fuselight-by-the- Sea. Formerly a short zone before Cataclysm, it now has two notable chains: The Day Deathwing Died, and the sad tale of the dragon Rhea.

I believe the quest is The Day that Deathwing Came
Otherwise we would have to have the Dragon Soul raid in this zone which wouldn't make much sense... however...
The name would be fitting homage to the vast quantities of bad players I met during raid finder.

Comment by remy

As Horde, an easy way to reach Badlands was to accept this quest by Gezz Nozzlerocket in Eastern Plaguelands.

You only have to be at least level 44 and there are no quest prerequisites. Just go right up to the NPC and accept it.

Most horde levelers are situated around Orgrimmar. I took the zeppelin in Orgrimmar to Undercity and it was a short, straight path out of The Bulwark to EPL.

The rocket ride is pretty steady but does go straight down the continent to Badlands, making it an easy way there :)

Comment by LaCorpse

RARE SPAWN LOCATIONS & WAY POINTS
I've been leveling with a friend and I wanted to put together way points for rare spawns. I use Paste with Tom-Tom.

*Special thank you to Tronski for the macro below*

TARGETING MACRO

/tar 7:XT
/tar Anathemus
/tar Barnabus
/tar Barricade
/tar Broken Tooth
/tar Rumbler
/tar Shadowforge Commander
/tar War Golem
/tar Zaricotl

/WAY POINTS (tomtom & paste addons)

/way Badlands 78.6 31.8 7:XT
/way Badlands 49.8 67.6 Anathemus
/way Badlands 39.8 60.6 Barnabus (Patrols)
/way Badlands 27.2 37.4 Barricade
/way Badlands 9.4 48.8 Barricade
/way Badlands 22.6 60.6 Broken Tooth
/way Badlands 16.0 29.4 Rumbler
/way Badlands 39.6 24.6 Shadowforge Commander
/way Badlands 49.0 25.4 War Golem
/way Badlands 56.6 44.0 Zaricotl (Patrols)

Comment by Barringa

Love the music here. Very mournful, perfect for such a ravaged zone.

Comment by ullrapollo

If you're looking to get into the badlands from Loch Modon there is a path that leads down the fissure and into badlands at 47.40, 73.62

Comment by PlatinumNexus

ALL of these quests are supposedly meant to be available from level 44.... considering every "!" mark I have come across AND I am level 44... I think wow head should get their facts straight with the badland quests... so what level do you have to be to actually get a quest here?

Comment by Boxofbeer

Rare mobs of Badlands http://youtu.be/029qemBMf9c

Comment by 1532798

The Land here is Really Bad

Comment by NessieMo

The path from Badlands to Searing Gorge starts at 9.85 51.33 in Badlands.

Coordinates for TomTom users:

/way Badlands 9.85 51.33 Path to Searing Gorge

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If Chromie Time is enabled, Badlands' level range is 15-50. Check more information on Chromie Time in our guide!

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