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Sholazar Basin

Northrend - Level 20-30.

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Details

ContinentNorthrend
LevelLevel 20-30
Landmarks1
Subzones39
Flight paths2
Quests107
Wild pet level21-22
Quest hubs9

Counts are what the current game build's data holds for this zone.

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

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88271+82via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

You can not start questing in this zone until level 76. I went here at Level 75 and wasted one hour running around for quests that were not open to me yet. Hope some people save some time by reading this :)

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The Sholazar Basin is a tropical jungle in the midst of Northrend. The weather, as well as its safety from the Scourge is safeguarded by pylons erected by the Titans.

Much like Kalimdor’s Un'Goro Crater, the Sholazar Basin is an anomaly. It fills the northwest corner of the Borean Tundra, and is surrounded by nasty ridge, requiring climbing to reach it. Those that reach the top of the ridge look down into a lush tropical jungle. Hot springs dot the basin and you have to watch out for steam vents and geysers - hot enough to cook flesh from bones in an instant if something gets caught in one. Thick vegetation fills the basin, and birds and small animals are everywhere. So are insects. It is an amazing place, and hard to believe it’s part of Northrend.

(from Lands of Mystery - Warcraft RPG)

Scholazar Basin is battleground for a war between the Wolvar (sentient wolves) and the Oracles (the next evolution of murlocs).

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Map

Sholazar Basin mapSholazar SpreeNesingwary Base CampRiver's HeartQuest hub near Nesingwary Base CampQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubKartak's HoldRainspeaker CanopyRiver's HeartThe AvalancheThe Glimmering PillarThe Lifeblood PillarThe Makers' OverlookThe Makers' PerchThe Mosslight PillarThe Savage ThicketThe Stormwright's ShelfThe Suntouched Pillar

The in-game map of Sholazar Basin with 1 landmark, 2 flight points, 9 quest hubs and 12 subzones placed from the game data. Coordinates are the in-game map's own (0 to 100, left to right and top to bottom); subzone marks sit at the centre of each area's explored-map overlay.

LandmarkNeutral flight pointQuest hubSubzone
MarkerNameCoordinatesDetail
Sholazar Spree79.4, 54.5Join the Northrend Cup.
Nesingwary Base Camp, Sholazar Basin25.4, 58.2Flight point, Both factions
River's Heart, Sholazar Basin50.1, 61.3Flight point, Both factions
Quest hub64.6, 48.612 quests turned in here
Quest hub55.1, 69.29 quests turned in here
Quest hub54.6, 56.57 quests turned in here
Quest hub42.3, 28.75 quests turned in here
Quest hub42.6, 38.74 quests turned in here
Quest hub25.6, 66.52 quests turned in here
Quest hub36.6, 94.32 quests turned in here
Quest hub45.8, 38.52 quests turned in here
Quest hub near Nesingwary Base Camp26.8, 59.418 quests turned in here
Kartak's Hold24.0, 78.1Subzone
Rainspeaker Canopy52.9, 54.1Subzone
River's Heart59.2, 75.4Subzone
The Avalanche75.5, 33.6Subzone
The Glimmering Pillar45.4, 29.6Subzone
The Lifeblood Pillar65.6, 47.7Subzone
The Makers' Overlook82.0, 56.7Subzone
The Makers' Perch29.6, 38.8Subzone
The Mosslight Pillar38.4, 76.6Subzone
The Savage Thicket54.1, 24.8Subzone
The Stormwright's Shelf27.1, 30.2Subzone
The Suntouched Pillar30.9, 51.5Subzone
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Flight Points in Sholazar Basin

2 flight points on the Sholazar Basin map, with each one's direct routes from the game's flight network.

  • Nesingwary Base CampBoth factions, 25.4, 58.2

    Direct flights to Bor'gorok Outpost (Borean Tundra), Death's Rise (Icecrown), Fizzcrank Airstrip (Borean Tundra) and River's Heart (Sholazar Basin).

  • River's HeartBoth factions, 50.1, 61.3

    Direct flights to Bor'gorok Outpost (Borean Tundra), Dalaran, Death's Rise (Icecrown), Fizzcrank Airstrip (Borean Tundra), Nesingwary Base Camp (Sholazar Basin), Valiance Landing Camp (Wintergrasp) and Warsong Camp (Wintergrasp).

Zones one flight from Sholazar Basin

Quest Hubs in Sholazar Basin

The game marks 74 quests on the Sholazar Basin map, 65 of them with a turn-in point. Turn-in points that cluster together make a hub; a hub is named after the flight point or landmark it sits beside when one is that close.

Storylines in Sholazar Basin

Quest lines from the game data that run through Sholazar Basin, in the order the client lists them.

Zone storyline achievement: Into the BasinComplete the Sholazar Basin storylines listed below.

Maps Inside Sholazar Basin

Caves, buildings and instances the game gives their own map, each opening from the Sholazar Basin map.

Related

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Collectibles from Sholazar Basin

Mounts, toys and battle pets the game data says you can obtain in Sholazar Basin.

Toys (1)

Pets (5)

Landmarks

Named points of interest in Sholazar Basin, straight from the game data.

  • Sholazar SpreeJoin the Northrend Cup.

Quest Rewards in Sholazar Basin

Blizzard's quest data places 107 quests in Sholazar Basin. Together they award 369,325 experience and 1,040g 2s in coin. They are open to characters of level 10 to 70.

Totals are summed from the Blizzard game data API quest records for this area; a quest that offers a choice counts every option once.

Achievements Tied to Sholazar Basin

7 achievements in the current game data name Sholazar Basin in their criteria.

  • Explore Sholazar Basin (10 points) Explore Sholazar Basin, revealing the covered areas of the world map. Its 12 areas to discover: River's Heart, The Savage Thicket, The Mosslight Pillar, Makers' Overlook, Makers' Perch, The Suntouched Pillar, Rainspeaker Canopy, The Lifeblood Pillar, The Avalanche, The Glimmering Pillar, Kartak's Hold and The Stormwright's Shelf.
  • Extinguishing Northrend (10 points) Desecrate the Horde's bonfires in Northrend.
  • Extinguishing Northrend (10 points) Desecrate the Alliance's bonfires in Northrend.
  • Flame Keeper of Northrend (10 points) Honor the flames of Northrend.
  • Flame Warden of Northrend (10 points) Honor the flames of Northrend.
  • Northrend Explorer (25 points) Explore the regions of Northrend.
  • Northrend Tamer (5 points) Capture a battle pet in each of the Northrend zones listed below.