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Kalimdor · Contested

Thousand Needles

Levels24–35

FactionContested

ContinentKalimdor

Place

Place	Type	What it is
Freewind Post	Town / flight point	Horde town and flight point on a mesa
The Shimmering Flats	Sub-area	Racetrack salt flats in the east
Mirage Raceway	Landmark	Goblin and gnome racetrack
The Great Lift	Landmark	Lift up to the Barrens
Darkcloud Pinnacle	Sub-area	Grimtotem pinnacle in the north-west
Splithoof Crag	Sub-area	Centaur crag
Highperch	Sub-area	Wyvern perch in the west
Windbreak Canyon	Sub-area	Canyon in the centre
Camp E'thok	Camp	Grimtotem camp in the south-east
Roguefeather Den	Cave	Harpy den

Quest hub

Quest hub	Flight path
Freewind Post (Horde)	Freewind Post (Horde)
Shimmering Flats (neutral)

Quest

Quest	Note
Freewind Post and Shimmering Flats chains	Classic Era baseline

Rare

Rare
Achellios the Banished	Rare
Ironeye the Invincible	Rare

Dungeon (Group Finder levels)

Dungeon (Group Finder levels)
Razorfen Kraul 29–38 (Barrens border)
Razorfen Downs 37–46

Need

Need	Where
Innkeeper	Innkeeper Abeqwa , Freewind Post
Flight master	Nyse , Wind Rider Master, Freewind Post (Horde)
In from the north	The Great Lift from the southern Barrens
Out	West to Feralas; south-east across the Shimmering Flats to Tanaris

Quest hubs

Shimmering Flats and Freewind Post quests: the Mirage Raceway chains and Darkcloud Pinnacle · 31 quests

Library books here

Geomancy: The Stone-Cold Truth · Darkcloud Pinnacle (34.4, 40.1)

Questions players ask

What level is Thousand Needles in WoW Forever?

24–35.