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Eastern Kingdoms · Contested

Searing Gorge

Levels43–48

FactionContested

ContinentEastern Kingdoms

Place

Place	Type	What it is
Thorium Point	Town / flight point	Thorium Brotherhood camp and flight points in the north-west
Blackrock Mountain	Dungeon entrance	Mountain to the south holding BRD, LBRS, UBRS, MC and BWL
The Cauldron	Sub-area	Great pit in the centre
Firewatch Ridge	Sub-area	Dark Iron ridge in the north-west
Grimesilt Dig Site	Sub-area	Excavation in the east
Tanner Camp	Camp	Camp in the south
Blackchar Cave	Cave	Cave in the south-west
Dustfire Valley	Sub-area	Eastern valley

Hub

Hub	Faction	Flight master
Thorium Point	neutral, Thorium Brotherhood	Lanie Reed (Alliance), Grisha (Horde)

Type

Type	Details
Quests	Thorium Brotherhood quests. Every quest in the zone is on our Thorium Point and Searing Gorge quests guide . See our Thorium Brotherhood reputation guide . See elite quests 30–60 for the ones worth grouping for
Dungeons	Blackrock Mountain entrance (Blackrock Depths, Blackrock Spire).
Grinding	Mob camps for this zone's levels, with coordinates, are in our best grinding spots 30–60 guide

Herb Gathering

Herb Gathering	Mining
Firebloom	Iron , Mithril , Gold , Truesilver , Small Thorium

Quest

Quest	Notes
WANTED: Overseer Maltorius	Group fight at the Slag Pit
What the Flux?	Starts the Thorium Brotherhood work
Curse These Fat Fingers	Kill-and-collect in the gorge
Fiery Menace!	Fire elementals
Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It	Lava lizards; drops Incendosaur Scales
STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass	Item recovery
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Culling the Competition	Dark Iron dwarves

Step

Step	Quest giver (coords)	What you do	Where
1	WANTED board, Thorium Point (37.6, 26.4)	STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass (48), then hand both to Taskmaster Scrange (38.8, 27.6)	Dark Iron camps, about 36, 49
2	WANTED board	JOB OPPORTUNITY: Culling the Competition (48): 15 Taskmasters and 15 Slavers	The Cauldron, about 33–42, 39–47
3	Hansel Heavyhands (38.4, 27.8)	Curse These Fat Fingers (49): 20 Heavy War Golems	Around the Cauldron, about 31–41, 48–49
4	Hansel Heavyhands	Fiery Menace! (49): 20 Greater Lava Spiders	Plateaus and lava pools, about 21–30, 58–78
5	Hansel Heavyhands	Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It (49): 20 Incendosaurs	Inside the Slag Pit (Wowhead's objective marker is at 43.2, 28.6)
6	Master Smith Burninate (38.6, 28.4)	What the Flux? (50): the Secret Plans: Fiery Flux	Slag Pit, about 40.4, 35.6
7	WANTED board	WANTED: Overseer Maltorius (50, Elite), handed to Lookout Captain Lolo Longstriker (37.4, 26.6)	Slag Pit, about 40.4, 35.6

Camp or mob

Camp or mob	Levels	Coords	Used by
Dark Iron Slaver and Dark Iron Taskmaster	45–48	about 42, 39–42	Culling the Competition
Heavy War Golem	47–49	about 40.7, 48.5	Curse These Fat Fingers
Greater Lava Spider	47–49	about 29.6, 58.5	Fiery Menace!
Incendosaur	47–49	Slag Pit	Incendosaurs quest, Incendosaur Scale turn-ins
Magma Elemental	46–48	roams widely, centre about 42, 53	Grinding
Tempered War Golem	45–47	about 64.7, 54.7	Grinding in the east
Overseer Maltorius	49–50	about 40.4, 35.6	WANTED: Overseer Maltorius

Mob

Mob	Levels	Class	Where
Overseer Maltorius	49–50	Elite	Slag Pit. WANTED: Overseer Maltorius is an Elite quest
Twilight Dark Shaman and Twilight Geomancer	47–50	Elite	Twilight camps in the west, about 21–22, 32–36
Margol the Rager	48	Elite	Roams the south-east, centre about 69, 74
Dark Iron Sentry	48	Elite	Around the Cauldron, about 42, 49
Clunk	48	Elite	About 35.8, 52.5
Lathoric the Black and Obsidion	52	Elite	Logged near 42, 26, in the north of the Cauldron

Quest hubs

Thorium Point and Searing Gorge quests: the WANTED board, Velarok Windblade and Dorius · 19 quests

Library books here

A Mind of Metal · The Cauldron (37.8, 49.3)

Questions players ask

What level is Searing Gorge in WoW Forever?

43–48.