The sections below cover every step of the unlock process, the rewards attached to each milestone, and what makes the Earthen worth rolling as a new character in current content.
The Earthen Allied Race was introduced in The War Within, the expansion that launched in August 2024. To unlock them on any character, complete the following storylines in The War Within; the content remains accessible in the current expansion and counts retroactively across the account.
All four must be completed on the same character. Completions are not account-shared mid-playthrough; the achievement triggers when the fourth criteria check resolves on the qualifying character.
📌 Common mistake: Many guides list only three side quests for the Earthen unlock. The actual Allied Races: Earthen achievement has four criteria. Missing Merrix and Steelvein is the most common reason players find themselves stuck one storyline short after completing what they thought was the full list.
Completing all four storylines triggers the Allied Races: Earthen achievement and immediately mails the Reins of the Slatestone Ramolith to all characters on the account. The Slatestone Ramolith is a stone ram with a distinctive carved-granite texture that differs from the standard ram mounts available elsewhere in the game. The mount is a visual reference to the Earthen's Titan-forged origins.
The mount is account-bound on acquisition and requires no additional reputation, currency, or faction standing beyond the achievement itself.
The Heritage of the Earthen armor set is available in three color tints, each named for one of the three major Earthen settlements in The War Within:
To earn it: create an Earthen character and reach level 50 without using a character boost (class trial characters don't count; only standard leveling progression qualifies). The heritage armor is cosmetic and transmoggable to all armor types, and the unlock persists account-wide once earned.
✏️ Tip: If you level an Earthen through The War Within zones, the three tint names will feel natural. Each settlement you visit in the storyline corresponds to one of the armor color variants. Running the expansion story as your Earthen is the fastest way to unlock all three and complete the heritage chain in a single playthrough.
Earthen are available as nine classes: Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock, and Monk. Death Knight, Demon Hunter, Druid, and Evoker are not available for this race.
The most gameplay-relevant racial abilities:
⚠️ Warning: The Ingest Minerals racial requires actual gem items to be in your bags. It does not self-generate resources. Stockpile uncut gems from Jewelcrafting or mining to have the ability ready. An empty gem slot means Ingest Minerals does nothing on use.
New Earthen characters begin at level 10 and enter a unique introductory questline set in the Hall of Awakening, a Titan vault where the Earthen were in stasis before the events of The War Within. The starting quests establish the Earthen's perspective on the broader world and their connection to the Titans, ending with the Earthen's return to Dornogal and their integration into Azeroth's current conflict.
Upon finishing the introductory chain, Earthen characters proceed to either Stormwind (Alliance) or Orgrimmar (Horde) to follow their faction's current story. As a cross-faction allied race, the Earthen unlock applies to both factions from a single character's progression; the achievement account-shares. Players can create both an Alliance and a Horde Earthen character once the unlock is complete. Players looking to skip the leveling process on a second Earthen character can compare character boost options for current content.
The Allied Races: Earthen achievement requires four completed storylines: the Isle of Dorn main campaign, Mourning Rise (Isle of Dorn), Broken Tools (Ringing Deeps), and Merrix and Steelvein (Dornogal). Many older guides list only three, omitting Merrix and Steelvein, which is the fourth and final requirement.
Yes. The four required storylines are all set in The War Within zones (Isle of Dorn, Ringing Deeps, Dornogal). Access to those zones requires The War Within expansion license on your account. The Earthen themselves are part of The War Within content and cannot be unlocked without it.
No. The Reins of the Slatestone Ramolith is mailed to every character on your account automatically when Allied Races: Earthen completes. There is no secondary vendor, reputation purchase, or faction requirement. Check your in-game mailbox within a few minutes of the achievement firing.
Yes. The Earthen are cross-faction, so either an Alliance or Horde character can complete the four required storylines. Because the achievement account-shares, a single character's progression unlocks Earthen creation for both factions across the entire account.
The War Within content scales from level 70 to 80, so you need a character at or above level 70 to enter Isle of Dorn and begin the main campaign. A freshly boosted character at max level can complete all four storylines immediately without pre-requisite content from prior expansions.
All three tints of the Heritage of the Earthen armor unlock together when you reach level 50 on an Earthen character without using a character boost. There is no separate grind or reputation requirement for individual tints. The full set (Dornogal, Freywold, and Gundargaz colors) arrives as one transmog unlock upon completing the heritage achievement.
No. The available Earthen classes are: Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock, and Monk. Death Knight, Demon Hunter, Druid, and Evoker are not available for the Earthen race due to lore and technical restrictions tied to those classes' origin stories.
The Earthen Allied Race unlock in The War Within takes most players 4 to 8 hours to complete across the four storylines, assuming the main campaign and side quests are run together. The Reins of the Slatestone Ramolith is a clean, visually distinct mount reward for a non-trivial questing investment. The heritage armor's three tints and the Titan-Wrought Frame racial make the Earthen worth rolling for both cosmetic collectors and tank-spec players. The War Within storylines remain accessible in the current expansion.
Last reviewed 2026-06-14 against The War Within Patch 11.0 (August 2024) — Maintained by WowCarry's WoW team.
