World of Warcraft endgame and patch storylines

This is a list of World of Warcraft endgame and patch storylines. This only covers the original World of Warcraft (and, by extension World of Warcraft: Classic).

Reputation grind was a major part of World of Warcraft endgame. The player can grind reputation with capital cities of their faction, with the reward of being able to purchase their Mounts upon reaching. Apart from one-time quests, there is a certain quest line, ending with a repeatable quest, that serves primarily to gain reputation.

• Capital cities
• 1) A Donation of Wool
• 2) A Donation of Silk
• 3) A Donation of Mageweave
• 4) A Donation of Runecloth
• 5) Additional Runecloth - repeatable

While not very important in the long run, having these furbolgs at least not would allow one to get through their tunnel between Felwood, Winterspring, and Moonglade unmolested.

• Timbermaw Hold

The player can get reputation by killing corrupted furbolg in Felwood and Winterspring, and doing quests for them. Here are the initial quests.

• 1) Timbermaw Ally - Mandatory for any further quests
• 2) *Unlocks repeatable Timbermaw Ally (repeatable), Feathers for Grazle
• 3) Speak to Nafien (optional)
• 4) Deadwood of the North
• 5) *Unlocks repeatable Feathers for Nafien
• 6) Speak to Salfa (Classic) (optional)
• 7) Winterfall Activity (Classic)
• 8) *Unlocks repeatable Winterfall Activity (repeatable), Beads for Salfa

After reaching the player can get more quests:

• Winterfall Ritual Totem (quest)
• Deadwood Ritual Totem (quest)
• Runecloth (quest)
• Sacred Cloth - Tailors only

A reward for reaching is these quests:

• 1) The Root of All Evil
• 2) The Brokering of Peace

One of the initial endgame reputations, primarily concerned with fighting against undead. Apart from one-time quests, the player can gain reputation with them in the following ways:

• Argent Dawn
• 1) Killing undead in the Western and Eastern Plaguelands. Regular undead gives reputation until 3000/6000, elite until 11999/12000
• 2) Killing undead bosses in Scholomance and Stratholme.
• 3) Doing repeatable quests:
• 4) *Minion's Scourgestones
• 5) *Invader's Scourgestones (Classic)
• 6) *Corruptor's Scourgestones (Classic)
• 7) *Felstone Field Cauldron
• 8) *Dalson's Tears Cauldron
• 9) *Writhing Haunt Cauldron
• 10) *Gahrron's Withering Cauldron (Classic)
• 11) *Healthy Dragon Scale (quest)

Having at least with Argent Dawn is important, as it is mandatory to eventually enter Naxxramas.

A very important reputation for early raiding, as having with them is necessary to be able to fight the last two bosses of Molten Core. The player can gain reputation by killing elementals in Silithus, (until ), Blackrock Depths, Upper Blackrock Spire and, of course, Molten Core itself (until ). Once at Revered, the only way to get further reputation is by killing bosses in Molten Core.

• Hydraxian Waterlords

The first notable storylines are dungeon keys and attunements. There are not that many dungeons that require attunements, but there are some. The player needs to obtain the Shadowforge Key in order to progress past a certain point of Blackrock Depths. It is obtained through a pair of quests in the Blackrock Mountain.

• Blackrock Depths

• 1) Dark Iron Legacy
• 2) Dark Iron Legacy

The gate to scholomance is initially locked, and requires a Skeleton Key to open. To obtain it, the player needs to do a certain quest chain in the Western Plaguelands.

• Scholomance

To progress past a certain point in the "living" part of Stratholme, the player needs to retrieve The Scarlet Key from Scarlet Monastery Library.

• Stratholme

In addition, once the player gets the Key to the City from Magistrate Barthilas, they can enter the dungeon through the side entrance.

One does not simply walk into raid instance of World of Warcraft. First, they must prove themself worthy.

To gain access to Upper Blackrock Spire, the player needs to complete a pair of quests in Lower Blackrock Spire.

• Upper Blackrock Spire

• 1) Seal of Ascension (quest)
• 2) Seal of Ascension (2)

While a player can walk into Molten Core with no preparation, they cannot access the last two bosses of the instance without the help of Hydraxian Waterlords. But it takes work before the water elementals will provide said help.

• Molten Core

For a time, Onyxia's Lair was the peak of raiding. It does require a lot of effort before the player is allowed entrance, with Upper Blackrock Spire unlock being mandatory.

• Onyxia's Lair

• Alliance

• Horde

The major addition is the addition of a new dungeon in Desolace. While not end-game level, it is reasonably high level, with some of the items there being almost Best in Slot. The quests associated with Maraudon are:

• Shadowshard Fragments
• Vyletongue Corruption
• Corruption of Earth and Seed (quest)
• The Pariah's Instructions (quest)
• Legends of Maraudon
• Leads to:The Scepter of Celebras (quest) - serves as a shortcut attunement
• Seed of Life (quest)

Another new dungeon, the ruined night elf city in Feralas. There is a lot of things to do. The quests associated with clearing Dire Maul are:

• Feathermoon Stronghold (quest) / Camp Mojache (quest) (breadcrumb)
• Lethtendris's Web
• Pusillin and the Elder Azj'Tordin - serves as an attunement for two of three wings of the dungeon due to Pusillin dropping Crescent Key.
• Free Knot! (repeatable)
• The Madness Within (Classic)
• The Treasure of the Shen'dralar (Classic)
• Shards of the Felvine (Classic)
• Arcane Refreshment

In addition, it is possible to run through one of the wings without killing any bosses but the final - a so-called tribute run. The quests associated with the tribute run are:

• The Gordok Ogre Suit (Classic)
• The Gordok Ogre Suit (repeatable)
• The Gordok Taste Test
• Unfinished Gordok Business

Part of dealing with the Dire Maul is dealing with Shen'dralar. By doing quests for them, the player can obtain powerful enchantments, class-specific trinkets, and one of the most powerful tank swords at the time.

• Enchantments
• Elven Legends (breadcrumb)
• Libram of Protection (quest)
• Libram of Rapidity (quest)
• Libram of Focus (quest)

• Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas
• Codex of Defense (quest)
• The Arcanist's Cookbook (quest)
• Garona: A Study on Stealth and Treachery (quest)
• The Light and How To Swing It
• Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You (quest)
• The Greatest Race of Hunters (quest)
• Frost Shock and You (quest)
• Harnessing Shadows (quest)
• The Emerald Dream...

• Quel'Serrar
• 1) Obtain Nostro's Compendium of Dragon Slaying
• 2) Nostro's Compendium
• 3) The Forging of Quel'Serrar
• 4) The Forging of Quel'Serrar (2) - requires Onyxia's Lair access!

Another addition of the patch are the world bosses:

• , appears in Azshara.
• , appears in the Blasted Lands.

While there are no quests associated with fighting and defeating them (at the time, at least), they provide some very powerful rewards.

With the addition of dungeon player caps, the previous entrance to Molten Core in Blackrock Depths has become impractical. As such, a quest has been added to bypass it.

• Attunement to the Core

The main addition of this patch is the Honor system, which promotes Player versus Player combat. In addition, there are several class-specific questlines, and more...

Most of the PvP was not connected to quests. The one that was is Gurubashi Arena Treasure Chest - opening it once awarded the Arena Master and opened a quest to obtain eleven more to get Arena Grand Master.

• 1) Arena Master (quest)
• 2) Arena Grandmaster

Paladins get an epic questline that awards their class-specific Epic mount, the Charger.

Priests get an epic questline that awards a powerful healer staff that can be transformed to suit DPS needs.

• 1) Obtain The Eye of Divinity by defeating Majordomo Executus
• 2) Obtain The Eye of Shadow by defeating Lord Kazzak. Lesser demons can also drop it with much lower chance. Can be done at any point.
• 3) Equip The Eye of Divinity and go to Terrordale, Eastern Plaguelands. Speak with Eris Havenfire.
• 4) A Warning
• 5) The Balance of Light and Shadow (quest)
• 6) Combine the obtained Splinter of Nordrassil with the two Eyes to get Benediction.

Hunters get an epic questline that awards a powerful bow that can transform into a staff, and the best quiver in original World of Warcraft.

• 1) Obtain Ancient Petrified Leaf by defeating Majordomo Executus
• 2) The Ancient Leaf - Target is in Irontree Woods, Felwood
• 3) An Introduction
• 4) *Stave of the Ancients - Defeat a number of powerful demons in various regions of Azeroth
• 5) *A Proper String - Defeat Onyxia
• 6) **Combine the two items to get Rhok'delar, Longbow of the Ancient Keepers
• 7) *Ancient Sinew Wrapped Lamina (quest) - Defeat Azuregos. Also drops from other blue dragons with much lower chance.

Shamans get an epic questline that awards a powerful helm. Initially, the reward was not so powerful, but Patch 1.7.0 took care of that.

• 1) Material Assistance
• 2) The Darkreaver Menace

Warlocks get three different quest chains. The first chain awards the spell Inferno, which summons a subjugatable Infernal.

• Inferno
• 1) What Niby Commands
• 2) Flawless Fel Essence
• 3) Kroshius' Infernal Core (quest)

The second chain awards the spell Ritual of Doom - a 5-man spell that sacrifices one of the participants to summon a subjugatable Doomguard.

• Ritual of Doom
• 1) The Prison's Bindings
• 2) The Prison's Casing
• 3) Suppression (quest)

The third quest chain awards the class-specific mount - the Dreadsteed.

• Dreadsteed

Blacksmiths get a number of quests that award new armor plans. Derotain Mudsipper is happy to get some armor plans off his hands. He will, however, take your kidney for it. Or lots and lots of Thorium Bars.

• Imperial Plate Armor
• A Blue Light Bargain (initial)
• Imperial Plate Belt (quest)
• Imperial Plate Boots (quest)
• Imperial Plate Bracer
• Imperial Plate Chest (quest)
• Imperial Plate Helm (quest)
• Imperial Plate Leggings (quest)
• Imperial Plate Shoulders (quest)

This is an Armorsmithing exclusive part - a number of Armorsmithing plans can be obtained by defeating bosses in high-level dungeons and bringing the reconstructed books to Lorekeeper Lydros in Dire Maul.

• Enchanted Thorium Armor
• Enchanted Thorium Platemail: Volume I
• Enchanted Thorium Platemail: Volume II
• Enchanted Thorium Platemail: Volume III

Another, not initially advertised, addition was the first legendary weapon, Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros.

• 1) Obtain the Sulfuron Hammer, whether it's by crafting or buying off of someone.
• 2) *To obtain the pattern:
• 3) *#Obtain the Sulfuron Ingot by defeating Golemagg the Incinerator.
• 4) *#Talk to Lokhtos Darkbargainer in the Grim Guzzler in Blackrock Depths.
• 5) *#A Binding Contract
• 6) Obtain the Eye of Sulfuras by defeating Ragnaros.
• 7) Combine the hammer with the Eye to transform it into Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros.

The storylines added in this patch mostly have to deal with eponymous battlegrounds.

The first battleground is a 10vs10 "Capture the Flag" map. It can be entered starting with level 10. The quests associated with Warsong Gulch are:

• Vanquish the Invaders! / Quell the Silverwing Usurpers
• Fight for Warsong Gulch (level 19) / Battle of Warsong Gulch (level 19)
• Fight for Warsong Gulch (level 29) / Battle of Warsong Gulch (level 29)
• Fight for Warsong Gulch (level 39) / Battle of Warsong Gulch (level 39)
• Fight for Warsong Gulch (level 49) / Battle of Warsong Gulch (level 49)
• Fight for Warsong Gulch (level 59) / Battle of Warsong Gulch (level 59)
• Fight for Warsong Gulch (level 60) / Battle of Warsong Gulch (level 60)

There are also some quests related to Silverwing Sentinels / Warsong Outriders reputations that award supplies:

• 1) Sentinel Basic Care Package (quest) / Outrider Basic Care Package (quest) - requires
• 2) Sentinel Standard Care Package (quest) / Outrider Standard Care Package (quest) - requires
• 3) Sentinel Advanced Care Package (quest) / Outrider Advanced Care Package (quest) - requires

The second battleground is a 40vs40 "Assault" map, where the players have to assault the enemy base and kill the enemy leader OR exhaust enemy reinforcements to win. There are many quests associated with Alterac Valley: The quests related to Stormpike Guard / Frostwolf clan reputations and upgrading the Stormpike Insignia / Frostwolf Insignia:

• Regular quests
• 1) The Sovereign Imperative / In Defense of Frostwolf (Breadcrumb)
• 2) Proving Grounds (Alterac Valley) - awards Stormpike Insignia Rank 1 / Frostwolf Insignia Rank 1
• 3) Rise and Be Recognized (quest) - requires, awards Stormpike Insignia Rank 2 / Frostwolf Insignia Rank 2
• 4) Honored Amongst the Guard / Honored Amongst the Clan - requires, awards Stormpike Insignia Rank 3 / Frostwolf Insignia Rank 3
• 5) Earned Reverence - requires, awards Stormpike Insignia Rank 4 / Frostwolf Insignia Rank 4
• 6) Legendary Heroes (quest) - requires, awards Stormpike Insignia Rank 5 / Frostwolf Insignia Rank 5
• 7) The Eye of Command (quest) - requires 999/1000, awards Stormpike Insignia Rank 6 / Frostwolf Insignia Rank 6

Quests unconnected to reputation chain are:

• The Battle of Alterac / The Battle for Alterac - defeat Drek'Thar / Vanndar Stormpike
• Unlocks Hero of the Stormpike / Hero of the Frostwolf
• Remember Alterac Valley! / Invaders of Alterac Valley - requires 3 Alterac Valley Mark of Honor
• The Quartermaster / Speak with our Quartermaster - Lead in to "supplies" quest
• Capture a Mine (quest) - self-explanatory, capture the Irondeep Mine / Coldtooth Mine
• Armor Scraps (quest) / Enemy Booty - bring Armor Scraps for NPC upgrades
• Towers and Bunkers (quest) - begin destroying one of the towers or bunkers
• Alterac Valley Graveyards - begin capturing of the of graveyards
• Brotherly Love (Alterac Valley) - Kill off an NPC that gives the quest for the opposite faction
• Fallen Sky Lords - Find all three missing Wing Commanders
• Defusing the Threat (quest) - Kill off an NPC that gives the quest for the opposite faction

And then there are repeatable quests that, when repeated enough, provide benefits in the current match:

Turning in Armor Scraps eventually upgrades NPC allies, making them stronger and tougher. Every turn-in also provides a non-stacking bonus of +10% armor. NPCs will recieve an upgrade every 500 scraps, for a maximum of 1500 scraps for three upgrades.

• Armor Scraps - NPC Upgrades

• 1) Armor Scraps (quest) / Enemy Booty
• 2) More Armor Scraps / More Booty!

Delivering Irondeep Supplies or Coldtooth Supplies from the mine eventually allows a player of at least reputation to call in an infantry attack. A total of 280 supplies must be delivered to begin the assault, with supplies from enemy mine counting quadruple.

• Mine supplies - Ground Assault

• The Quartermaster / Speak with our Quartermaster - Lead in to "supplies" quest
• Irondeep Supplies (Alliance) / Coldtooth Supplies (Horde) - Collect from own mine
• Coldtooth Supplies (Alliance) / Irondeep Supplies (Horde) - Collect from enemy mine

Bringing in rams / wolves for taming, and Frostwolf Hides / Alterac Ram Hides for bardings eventually allows a player of at least reputation to call in a cavalry attack. A total of 25 mounts and hides must be turned-in to begin the assault.

• Mounts and Hides - Cavalry Assault

• Empty Stables - Capture the rams / wolves and deliver them back
• Ram Riding Harnesses / Ram Hide Harnesses - Deliver the hides

Rescuing the Wing Commanders and giving the the medals / flesh eventually allows a player of at least reputation to call in an airstrike.

• Medals and Flesh - Aerial Assault

• Call of Air - Slidore's Fleet / Call of Air - Guse's Fleet - Bring a total of 120 Frostwolf Soldier's Medal / Stormpike Soldier's Flesh, attacks the graveyard outside of opponent's main base.
• Call of Air - Vipore's Fleet / Call of Air - Jeztor's Fleet - Bring a total of 60 Frostwolf Lieutenant's Medal / Stormpike Lieutenant's Flesh, attacks the entrance of opponent's main base.
• Call of Air - Ichman's Fleet / Call of Air - Mulverick's Fleet - Bring a total of 30 Frostwolf Commander's Medal / Stormpike Commander's Flesh, attacks the opponent's main base graveyard.

Delivering Storm Crystals / Stormpike Soldier's Blood eventually allows the players to call for a summoning of Ivus the Forest Lord / Lokholar the Ice Lord. A total of 200 crystals / blood must be turned in to get the NPCs moving. Once the NPCs arrive at the designated area, and enough players join in the summoning, the Lords will join in the fight.

• Crystals and Blood - Boss

• Ivus the Forest Lord (Alterac Valley) / Lokholar the Ice Lord (quest)

Another thing added in the patch was updated to some of the zones. Thorium Point was added to previously lacking in quests Searing Gorge, while Revantusk Village was added to the Hinterlands as counterpart to Aerie Peak. In addition, while no new settlements were added to Feralas, there are many new quests.

The big addition of this patch is the addition of another raid instance, Blackwing Lair. Before the player can access it, they need to attune to it. Thankfully, the attunement is short and only needs a single Upper Blackrock Spire run.

• Blackhand's Command (quest)

Another addition of the patch was a second legendary weapon - Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker.

• 1) Obtain one of the Bindings of the Windseeker by defeating either Garr or Baron Geddon.
• 2) Go to Ravaged Twilight Camp in Silithus and speak to Highlord Demitrian.
• 3) Examine the Vessel
• 4) Thunderaan the Windseeker (quest) - requires getting the other half of Bindings of the Windseeker, defeating Ragnaros and several runs through Blackwing Lair to obtain the rest of the materials.
• 5) Upon turning in the quest Prince Thunderaan will spawn. Kill him and loot the Dormant Wind Kissed Blade.
• 6) Rise, Thunderfury! - Sword get!

The first and main major addition of the patch is Zul'Gurub - a raid instance that is in-between Tier 1 raids and Blackwing Lair, located in Stranglethorn Vale. The entrance to Zul'Gurub is not blocked by attunement, but a certain questline serves as a background and a breadcrumb for it:

The quests that take place in actual raid instance are:

• A Collection of Heads
• A Bijou for Zanza
• Nat's Measuring Tape (quest)
• The Heart of Hakkar

In addition, there is a large number of turn-in quests that can be used to obtain Zandalar Tribe set armor, trinkets and neck pieces, as well as enchantments. For that, see Zandalar Tribe set and Zul'Gurub enchantment.

The second major addition is Arathi Basin - a 15vs15 "resource race" battleground. A number of quests related to the battleground and its reputation factions, League of Arathor and The Defilers can be picked up in Arathi Highlands.

• The Battle for Arathi Basin! (Alliance, 25) / The Battle for Arathi Basin! (Horde, 25)
• The Battle for Arathi Basin! (Alliance, 35) / The Battle for Arathi Basin! (Horde, 35)
• The Battle for Arathi Basin! (Alliance, 45) / The Battle for Arathi Basin! (Horde, 45)
• The Battle for Arathi Basin! (Alliance, 55) / The Battle for Arathi Basin! (Horde, 55)
• Claiming Arathi Basin (level 29) / Conquering Arathi Basin (level 29)
• Claiming Arathi Basin (level 39) / Conquering Arathi Basin (level 39)
• Claiming Arathi Basin (level 49) / Conquering Arathi Basin (level 49)
• Claiming Arathi Basin (level 59) / Conquering Arathi Basin (level 59)
• Claiming Arathi Basin (level 60) / Conquering Arathi Basin (level 60)
• Control Four Bases / Take Four Bases - Requires
• Arathor Basic Care Package (quest) / Defiler's Basic Care Package (quest) - Requires
• Arathor Standard Care Package (quest) / Defiler's Standard Care Package (quest) - Requires
• Arathor Advanced Care Package (quest) / Defiler's Advanced Care Package (quest) - Requires
• Control Five Bases / Take Five Bases - Requires, awards Arathor Battle Tabard / Battle Tabard of the Defilers

In addition, a number of class quests were added. They are all around level 50, require defeating Morphaz in Temple of Atal'Hakkar in the final quest, and award a powerful trinket.

• Mage
• 1) Magecraft
• 2) Magic Dust (quest)
• 3) The Siren's Coral
• 4) Destroy Morphaz

• Rogue
• 1) A Simple Request
• 2) Sealed Azure Bag (quest)
• 3) Encoded Fragments
• 4) The Azure Key

• Priest

• Hunter
• 1) The Hunter's Charm
• 2) Courser Antlers
• 3) Wavethrashing
• 4) The Green Drake

The big addition of this patch is a set of four World Bosses (Lethon, Emeriss, Ysondre, and Taerar), that can appear from Emerald Dream portals in Ashenvale, Duskwood, Feralas, and Hinterlands. There is a short quest chain that essentially acts as a reward for defeating one of them.

• 1) Shrouded in Nightmare
• 2) Waking Legends

This is the patch where Silithus was finally quest-filled. It only took seven major patches. For a list of quests in Silithus, see Silithus quests.

A smaller zone update was given to Tanaris, adding a number of quests to Steamwheedle Port.

This patch also added the rest of the Temple of Atal'Hakkar class quest chains, though the Druid chain was added in one of the minor patches later.

• Warrior
• 1) A Troubled Spirit
• 2) Warrior Kinship
• 3) War on the Shadowsworn
• 4) Voodoo Feathers

• Paladin
• 1) Chillwind Camp (quest)
• 2) Dispelling Evil
• 3) Inert Scourgestones
• 4) Forging the Mightstone

• Shaman
• 1) Elemental Mastery (quest)
• 2) Spirit Totem (quest)
• 3) Da Voodoo

• Warlock

• Druid
• 1) Torwa Pathfinder (quest)
• 2) Bloodpetal Poison
• 3) Toxic Test
• 4) A Better Ingredient

The biggest addition of this patch was the addition of a pair of raid instances in southern Silithus - the Ruins and Temple of Ahn'Qiraj. Hovewer, unlocking them is a server-wide task that consisted of two parts.

The first part of the unlocking process - the ability to turn in resources in return for a number of Alliance Commendation Signet / Horde Commendation Signet and Ahn'Qiraj War Effort Supplies. The war effort needed tens or even hundreds of thousand of supplies to succeed, so every character could contribute regardless of their level - even low-level characters could bring a batch of Copper Bar, for example, and receive rewards. In addition, the Alliance and the Horde need to cooperate in this one - every objective on both sides must be completed.

• Ahn'Qiraj War Effort

Cooking:

• The Horde Needs Lean Wolf Steaks! / The Horde Needs More Lean Wolf Steaks! - a total of 10,000 steaks needed
• The Alliance Needs Rainbow Fin Albacore! / The Alliance Needs More Rainbow Fin Albacore! - a total of 14,000 fish needed
• The Alliance Needs Roast Raptor! / The Alliance Needs More Roast Raptor! - a total of 20,000 pieces needed
• The Horde Needs Spotted Yellowtail! / The Horde Needs More Spotted Yellowtail! - a total of 17,000 fish needed
• The Alliance Needs Spotted Yellowtail! / The Alliance Needs More Spotted Yellowtail! - a total of 17,000 fish needed
• The Horde Needs Baked Salmon! / The Horde Needs More Baked Salmon! - a total of 10,000 fish needed

First Aid:

• The Alliance Needs Linen Bandages! / The Alliance Needs More Linen Bandages! - a total of 800,000 bandages needed
• The Horde Needs Wool Bandages! / The Horde Needs More Wool Bandages! - a total of 250,000 bandages needed
• The Alliance Needs Silk Bandages! / The Alliance Needs More Silk Bandages! - a total of 600,000 bandages needed
• The Horde Needs Mageweave Bandages! / The Horde Needs More Mageweave Bandages! - a total of 250,000 bandages needed
• The Alliance Needs Runecloth Bandages! / The Alliance Needs More Runecloth Bandages! - a total of 400,000 bandages needed
• The Horde Needs Runecloth Bandages! / The Horde Needs More Runecloth Bandages! - a total of 400,000 bandages needed

Herbalism:

• The Horde Needs Peacebloom! / The Horde Needs More Peacebloom! - a total of 96,000 herbs needed
• The Alliance Needs Stranglekelp! / The Alliance Needs More Stranglekelp! - a total of 33,000 herbs needed
• The Horde Needs Firebloom! / The Horde Needs More Firebloom! - a total of 19,000 herbs needed
• The Alliance Needs Purple Lotus! / The Alliance Needs More Purple Lotus! - a total of 26,000 herbs needed
• The Horde Needs Purple Lotus! / The Horde Needs More Purple Lotus! - a total of 26,000 herbs needed
• The Alliance Needs Arthas' Tears! / The Alliance Needs More Arthas' Tears! - a total of 20,000 herbs needed

Mining:

• The Horde Needs Copper Bars! / The Horde Needs More Copper Bars! - a total of 90,000 bars needed
• The Alliance Needs Copper Bars! / The Alliance Needs More Copper Bars! - a total of 90,000 bars needed
• The Horde Needs Tin Bars! / The Horde Needs More Tin Bars! - a total of 22,000 bars needed
• The Alliance Needs Iron Bars! / The Alliance Needs More Iron Bars! - a total of 28,000 bars needed
• The Horde Needs Mithril Bars! / The Horde Needs More Mithril Bars! - a total of 18,000 bars needed
• The Alliance Needs Thorium Bars! / The Alliance Needs More Thorium Bars! - a total of 24,000 bars needed

Skinning:

• The Alliance Needs Light Leather! / The Alliance Needs More Light Leather! - a total of 180,000 leather needed
• The Alliance Needs Medium Leather! / The Alliance Needs More Medium Leather! - a total of 110,000 leather needed
• The Horde Needs Heavy Leather! / The Horde Needs More Heavy Leather! - a total of 60,000 leather needed
• The Alliance Needs Thick Leather! / The Alliance Needs More Thick Leather! - a total of 90,000 leather needed
• The Horde Needs Thick Leather! / The Horde Needs More Thick Leather! - a total of 90,000 leather needed
• The Horde Needs Rugged Leather! / The Horde Needs More Rugged Leather! - a total of 60,000 leather needed

The second part of unlocking the raids involved a long and arduous questline, involving multiple forays into previous raids, several world boss fights and a lot of grinding.

• The Scepter of the Shifting Sands

One of the "under-the-hood" patches - it did not add much in terms of major content, instead focusing on quality of life changes.

The major storyline added in this patch is a long quest chain focusing on the mercenary guild Veiled Blade and their ill-fated expedition into Upper Blackrock Spire. The main reason to do this quest chain is to upgrade the player's Dungeon Set 1 equipment into Dungeon Set 2.

The main addition of this patch is Naxxramas - the eponymous necropolis, which serves as a final raid instance of original World of Warcraft, and the entrance to which is located in the Eastern Plaguelands. It was prefixed by the world event Scourge Invasion.

Attuning to the raid instance requires reputation with Argent Dawn - at least is necessary to attune at all, while having higher levels reduces attunement costs.

The quests associated with Naxxramas are:

• The Dread Citadel - Naxxramas (attunement)
• Echoes of War
• The Fate of Ramaladni
• Omarion's Handbook (quest)
• The Fall of Kel'Thuzad

Another addition, tied with Naxxramas, is Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian - a legendary staff for caster classes, Atiesh serves as a culmination of power for those classes.

• 1) Obtain 40 Splinter of Atiesh by defeating bosses in Naxxramas, then assemble them into Frame of Atiesh.
• 2) Frame of Atiesh (quest) - go to Caverns of Time and speak with Anachronos. One needs to be at least with Brood of Nozdormu for Anachronos to pay them any attention.
• 3) Atiesh, the Befouled Greatstaff - Kill C'Thun for Base of Atiesh and Kel'Thuzad for Staff Head of Atiesh.
• 4) Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian (quest) - Head to Stratholme, where you have to cleanse the staff by fighting the demon within. Sword-using classes can disarm the demon to briefly wield one of its swords, Andonisus, Reaper of Souls. Staff get!

The final major patch of original World of Warcraft is focused primarily on PvP. Its major additions are Cross-Realm Battlegrounds, the first instance of cross-realm play in the game, and pair of max-level World PvP events.

The first World PvP event involves capturing towers in the Eastern Plaguelands for various bonuses that work in the Eastern Plaguelands, Stratholme and Naxxramas. There is one quest on each side, dealing with this event:

• Establishing New Outposts / Bolstering Our Defenses

The second World PvP event involves scouring Silithus for geysers of Silithyst, and delivering said substance to their faction camp. The first faction to collect 200 Silithyst wins and gains a buff that increases Cenarion Circle reputation gains by 25%, and lasts until the other faction collects their 200. The quests involved in the event are:

• 1) Report to Marshal Bluewall / Report to General Kirika
• 2) Scouring the Desert (quest)