Do not go here until you are level 76, as all the quests require a minimum level of 76.
WoW Zone
Sholazar Basin
Northrend - Level 20-30.
Details
Counts are what the current game build's data holds for this zone.
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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 :)
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).
Map
Sholazar 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 PillarThe 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.
| Marker | Name | Coordinates | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sholazar Spree | 79.4, 54.5 | Join the Northrend Cup. | |
| Nesingwary Base Camp, Sholazar Basin | 25.4, 58.2 | Flight point, Both factions | |
| River's Heart, Sholazar Basin | 50.1, 61.3 | Flight point, Both factions | |
| Quest hub | 64.6, 48.6 | 12 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 55.1, 69.2 | 9 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 54.6, 56.5 | 7 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 42.3, 28.7 | 5 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 42.6, 38.7 | 4 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 25.6, 66.5 | 2 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 36.6, 94.3 | 2 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub | 45.8, 38.5 | 2 quests turned in here | |
| Quest hub near Nesingwary Base Camp | 26.8, 59.4 | 18 quests turned in here | |
| Kartak's Hold | 24.0, 78.1 | Subzone | |
| Rainspeaker Canopy | 52.9, 54.1 | Subzone | |
| River's Heart | 59.2, 75.4 | Subzone | |
| The Avalanche | 75.5, 33.6 | Subzone | |
| The Glimmering Pillar | 45.4, 29.6 | Subzone | |
| The Lifeblood Pillar | 65.6, 47.7 | Subzone | |
| The Makers' Overlook | 82.0, 56.7 | Subzone | |
| The Makers' Perch | 29.6, 38.8 | Subzone | |
| The Mosslight Pillar | 38.4, 76.6 | Subzone | |
| The Savage Thicket | 54.1, 24.8 | Subzone | |
| The Stormwright's Shelf | 27.1, 30.2 | Subzone | |
| The Suntouched Pillar | 30.9, 51.5 | Subzone |
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 Camp
Direct flights to Bor'gorok Outpost (Borean Tundra), Death's Rise (Icecrown), Fizzcrank Airstrip (Borean Tundra) and River's Heart (Sholazar Basin).
- River's Heart
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.
- Near Nesingwary Base CampRhino Mastery: The Test, Need an Engine, Take an Engine, Have a Part, Give a Part, Venture Co. Misadventure, Wipe That Grin Off His Face, The Bones of Nozronn, Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator, Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey and 10 more
- HubReclamation, Powering the Waygate - The Makers' Perch, An Issue of Trust, Cultist Incursion, Returned Sevenfold, Powering the Waygate - The Makers' Overlook, Exterminate the Intruders, The Lifewarden's Wrath and 4 more
- HubPlaying Along, The Ape Hunter's Slave, Tormenting the Softknuckles, The Underground Menace, Flown the Coop!, The Wasp Hunter's Apprentice, The Sapphire Queen, Mischief in the Making and 1 more
- HubFortunate Misunderstandings, Make the Bad Snake Go Away, Gods like Shiny Things, Making Peace, Home Time!, Lifeblood of the Mosswalker Shrine, The Mosswalker Savior
- HubIn Search of Bigger Game, Sharpening Your Talons, Securing the Bait, A Mammoth Undertaking, Post-partum Aggression
- HubThe Mist Isn't Listening, Back So Soon?, The Lost Mistwhisper Treasure, Forced Hand
- HubRhino Mastery: The Chase, An Offering for Soo-rahm
- HubFarseer Grimwalker's Spirit, Kaganishu
- HubA Rough Ride, Lightning Definitely Strikes Twice
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.
Sholazar Basin
- Need an Engine, Take an Engine
- Have a Part, Give a Part
- Venture Co. Misadventure
- Wipe That Grin Off His Face
- Kick, What Kick?
- The Great Hunter's Challenge
- Rhino Mastery: The Test
- Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator
57 more steps, ending with Reclamation.
Borean Tundra
- Enlistment Day
- A Time for Heroes
- The Siege
- Death From Above
- Plug the Sinkholes
- A Soldier in Need
- Cultists Among Us
- Notify Arlos
171 more steps, ending with Across Transborea.
Maps Inside Sholazar Basin
Caves, buildings and instances the game gives their own map, each opening from the Sholazar Basin map.
- Hall of Communion (dungeon map)
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Named areas inside Sholazar Basin, from the current game data.
Quests the game data places in this zone. Open one for its objectives and rewards.
Flight points in Sholazar Basin, from the current game data.
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.
- Reputation earned: Frenzyheart Tribe (+7,100) and The Oracles (+5,850).
- Item rewards (89 different items, counting every choice): Aged Watcher's Legwraps, Artruis' Focus Stone, Belt of Misconceptions, Belt of Trapped Lightning, Bent Crocolisk Tooth, Binding of Purified Corpses, Binding of the Ancient Keeper, Blood-Infused Pendant, Boots of Dominance, Bracers of Prompt Reclamation, Bracers of Rapid Death, Bracers of the Rejuvenated Forest, Bronzed Dome Protector, Bug-Smashing Pauldrons, Chitin-Reinforced Hood, Choker of Binding, Clear Earthen Scalemail, Cloak of Renewed Hope, Cloak of the Buzzing Swarm, Cloak of the Deadliest Game, Cloak of the Hardened Tortoise, Cowl of the Purifier, Cracked Nest Stabilizer, Crocscale Moccasins, Dragon Slayer's Shortbow, Drape of the Offered Branch, Dreadsaber Tooth Shoulderpads, Egg-Warming Boots, Faceguard of Flawless Aim, Field Researcher's Boots, Fingers of Dextrous Decimation, Gaze of the Punishing Construct, Gloves of the Crackling Storm, Greathelm of the Titan Protectorate, Handguards of Transient Friendship, Headguard of Vast Destruction, Helm of Brutal Slaughter, Helm of the Ancient Horn, Helm of the Avenging Protector, Helm of Towering Rage and 49 more.
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.