WoW Classic Wailing Caverns: All Quests and Turn-Ins

Seven Wailing Caverns Quest Lines, With One That Starts After Mutanus

Wailing Caverns has four neutral quest pickups to prepare before the run, two additional Horde quest lines, and an item-started quest from Mutanus. The Horde preparation leads to Nara Wildmane, who gives Leaders of the Fang. The Glowing Shard route later passes through Falla Sagewind before the faction-city hand-in.

This guide covers the original WoW Classic Era and Anniversary quests. The seven lines below include prerequisites and follow-ups; they are not seven independent quests you collect at the dungeon entrance.

Quest and faction	Pickup	Objective
Deviate Eradication Both factions	Ebru, in the cave above the Wailing Caverns entrance.	Seven each of Deviate Ravagers, Vipers, Shamblers and Dreadfangs.
Deviate Hides Both factions	Nalpak, in the same quest-giver cave.	20 Deviate Hides.
Smart Drinks Both factions	Mebok Mizzyrix, Ratchet; finish Raptor Horns first.	Six portions of Wailing Essence.
Trouble at the Docks Both factions	Crane Operator Bigglefuzz, Ratchet.	99-Year-Old Port from Mad Magglish.
Leaders of the Fang Horde	Nara Wildmane, Thunder Bluff; finish the oasis and referral chain first.	The four named Fang leaders' gems.
Serpentbloom Horde	Apothecary Zamah, Spirit Rise, Thunder Bluff.	10 Serpentbloom.
The Glowing Shard Both factions	The Glowing Shard item dropped by Mutanus.	Investigate it in Ratchet, deliver it to Falla, then accept the faction follow-up.

Plan the Mutanus objective with your group. The four gems for Leaders of the Fang and the shard from the Naralex event are separate objectives. Collecting the gems does not put Mutanus's quest-starting item in your bags.

Prepare the Ratchet Quests Before Joining the Group

Visit Mebok Mizzyrix for Raptor Horns, quest 865. Gather five Intact Raptor Horns from Sunscale Scytheclaws and return them to him. This is preparation outside the dungeon, not the Wailing Essence objective.

After that hand-in, accept Smart Drinks, quest 1491. Mebok now wants six Wailing Essences from the ectoplasmic creatures in Wailing Caverns. Confirm that Smart Drinks is accepted before setting off; finishing Raptor Horns alone does not activate its follow-up.

During the Ratchet visit, collect Trouble at the Docks from Crane Operator Bigglefuzz. Recover the 99-Year-Old Port from Mad Magglish and bring it back to Bigglefuzz. The bottle and the essences go to different NPCs, even though both hand-ins are in Ratchet.

Horde Preparation: Tonga, Hamuul, Then Nara

Hamuul is an intermediate contact, not the giver of Leaders of the Fang. Complete the following sequence before the dungeon so that the boss-gem objective is in your quest log:

1. The Forgotten Pools, 870: Tonga Runetotem at the Crossroads sends you to investigate the pools. Return to Tonga with your findings.
2. The Stagnant Oasis, 877: take the provided Dried Seeds, test them at the oasis, then report to Tonga.
3. Altered Beings, 880: gather eight Altered Snapjaw Shells from the oasis snapjaws and return them to Tonga.
4. Hamuul Runetotem, 1489: take Tonga's referral to Hamuul on Elder Rise in Thunder Bluff.
5. Nara Wildmane, 1490: Hamuul sends you to Nara. Finish that conversation rather than leaving Thunder Bluff immediately.
6. Leaders of the Fang, 914: accept the dungeon task from Nara Wildmane. Recover the Gems of Cobrahn, Anacondra, Pythas and Serpentis, then return them to her.

The Nara referral and four-gem quest are separate steps. Before travelling back to the Barrens, check that your log asks for the gems, not another conversation.

While in Thunder Bluff, also visit Apothecary Zamah on Spirit Rise for Serpentbloom. This is the other Horde line in the table and asks for 10 plants from the caverns.

In the Caverns, Check the Exact Counters and Loot

Collect Deviate Eradication from Ebru and Deviate Hides from Nalpak in the cave above the entrance. The original quest records distinguish their objectives: Ebru wants kills, while Nalpak wants items.

• Ebru's four counters: seven Deviate Ravagers, seven Deviate Vipers, seven Deviate Shamblers and seven Deviate Dreadfangs. One completed counter does not replace another.
• Nalpak's hides: gather 20 Deviate Hides. On completion, the reward is a choice between the Deviate Hide Pack and Slick Deviate Leggings; the bag is not an additional automatic reward.
• Mebok's essences: check that you have all six Wailing Essences, separately from any hides collected.
• Horde objectives: collect all four named gems for Nara and all 10 Serpentbloom for Zamah.
• Bigglefuzz's bottle: recover the 99-Year-Old Port from Mad Magglish before returning to Ratchet.

Before leaving, inspect both kill counters and carried quest items. The seven-of-each objective and 20-hide requirement and reward choice are different tasks, even when the same run advances both.

The Glowing Shard: Ratchet, Falla, Then Your Faction Contact

To reach Mutanus, defeat Lady Anacondra, Lord Cobrahn, Lord Pythas and Lord Serpentis, then start the Disciple of Naralex escort. Protect the Disciple through the ritual and its enemy waves until Mutanus appears. Agree to complete this event before the group leaves after collecting the four gems. The Wailing Caverns strategy guide by tipsoutbaby describes this event sequence.

Mutanus the Devourer drops the Glowing Shard, an item that begins The Glowing Shard, quest 6981. Accept the item-started quest; it is not a pickup you obtain before the run.

1. Speak to Sputtervalve in Ratchet about the shard.
2. Deliver the Glowing Shard to Falla Sagewind near Wailing Caverns in the Barrens. Ratchet is the investigation stop, not the final hand-in for quest 6981.
3. Accept In Nightmares from Falla. She provides a Nightmare Shard for the next delivery.
4. Horde: take it to Hamuul Runetotem on Elder Rise, Thunder Bluff, for quest 3369. Alliance: take it to Mathrengyl Bearwalker in Darnassus for quest 3370.

The item name changes for the follow-up: Glowing Shard to Falla, Nightmare Shard to the faction contact. Complete Falla's hand-in and accept her new quest before making the city journey.

Group the Final Hand-Ins by Recipient

Once the relevant objectives are complete, the remaining visits are:

• The quest-giver cave: Ebru receives Deviate Eradication; Nalpak receives Deviate Hides.
• Ratchet: Mebok receives the Wailing Essences; Bigglefuzz receives the port. Sputtervalve's shard conversation is an investigation step, not a replacement for either hand-in.
• Thunder Bluff, Horde: Nara receives the four gems and Zamah the Serpentbloom. Hamuul receives the Nightmare Shard only after Falla's follow-up.
• Darnassus, Alliance: Mathrengyl receives the Nightmare Shard from In Nightmares after the Falla step.

Quest objectives, prerequisite links and endpoints were checked against the linked game-text pages and community-maintained Questie Classic records. Questie's Era corrections identify Sputtervalve as the shard's Ratchet conversation target.