Wailing Caverns is a level 17-25 dungeon in WoW Classic. It is located in The Barrens. Wailing Caverns is the first non-linear dungeon in the game.
This WoW Classic Wailing Caverns quests guide explains where you can find the Wailing Caverns in WoW Classic, which Wailing Caverns quests are available, and what loot drops in Wailing Caverns.
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Table of Contents
- How to Get to the Wailing Caverns in WoW Classic
- What Wailing Caverns Quests Are Available in WoW Classic?
- Serpentbloom
- Leaders of the Fang
- Smart Drings
- Trouble at the Docks
- Deviate Hides
- Deviate Eradication
- The Glowing Shard
- What Loot Drops in the Wailing Caverns in WoW Classic?
How to Get to the Wailing Caverns in WoW Classic
The Wailing Caverns are located in The Barrens. The entrance to the Wailing Caverns is in the Lushwater Oasis southwest of Crossroads. You can see the exact Wailing Caverns location on the map below:
What Wailing Caverns Quests Are Available in WoW Classic?
There are two Horde-exclusive quests in the Wailing Caverns and five quests for both factions. These are the following quests:
Serpentbloom
Leaders of the Fang
Smart Drinks
Trouble at the Docks
Deviate Hides
Deviate Eradication
The Glowing Shard
Serpentbloom
The Wailing Caverns quest
Serpentbloom requires level 14 and is sharable.
- Starts and ends at Apothecary Zamah in The Spirit Rise in Thunder Bluff (23,21).
- The task is to deliver 10x
Serpentbloom.
Serpentbloom can be found in the Wailing Caverns. It looks like a small green flower. It might take a few runs. The
Serpentbloom always seems to spawn in the same places.
- The item reward is
Apothecary Gloves.
Leaders of the Fang
The Wailing Caverns quest
Leaders of the Fang requires level 10. It is sharable if the prerequisite quests have been completed by the other players.
- Starts and ends at Nara Wildmane in The Elder Rise in Thunder Bluff (75,31).
- Requirements: Completion of a quest series, 5 quests in total. The series starts with
The Forgotten Pools at Tonga Runetotem in Crossroads in The Barrens (52,31). As you progress, you can then accept the quest
Hamuul Runetotem, which ultimately leads to
Leaders of the Fang.
- The task is to collect the following four gems from the Leaders of the Fang:
Gem of Cobrahn
Gem of Anacondra
Gem of Pythas
Gem of Serpentis
- All leaders can be found in the Wailing Caverns. On the map below you can see where the leaders are located:

- As an item reward you can choose between
Crescent Staff and
Wingblade.
Smart Drings
The Wailing Caverns quest Smart Drinks requires level 13 and is sharable.
- Starts and ends at Mebok Mizzyrix in Ratchet in The Barrens (62,37).
- Prerequisite: You get the quest from Mebok Mizzyrix after you have completed the quest
Raptor Horns (also starts and ends at Mebok Mizzyrix).
Trouble at the Docks
The Wailing Caverns Quest Trouble at the Docks requires level 14 and is sharable.
- Starts and ends at Crane Operator Bigglefuzz in Ratchet in The Barrens (63,37)
- The task is to take a bottle
99-Year-Old Port from Mad Magglish in the Wailing Caverns.
- Mad Magglish can spawn in various locations in the caves leading to the Wailing Caverns (i.e. outside of the actual instance):
- Enter the cave and keep right. You will come to a kind of intersection. There is a small niche on the right where he can be.
- Instead of going into the alcove on the right, continue straight ahead and jump down over the cliff at the end.
- Instead of going right into the alcove or continuing straight ahead, keep left and go into the water. Once in the water, keep left where you will enter a cave.
Deviate Hides
The Wailing Caverns quest Deviate Hides requires level 13 and is sharable.
- Starts and ends at Nalpak (46,35). This is how you find it:
- When you’re at the entrance to the Wailing Caverns, walk back a bit and look at the entrance. You can see that it is a skull. Nalpak and Ebru, another quest giver (see next quest), are standing in a cave in the left eye of the skull (when you look at it).
- Climb the mountain, then work your way down to the nose and skull and from there into the eye.
- The task is to hand in 20x
Deviate Hide. You can complete the quest by looting any Deviate mobs inside or outside the instance.
Deviate Eradication
The Wailing Caverns quest Deviate Eradication requires level 15 and is sharable.
- Starts and ends at Ebru. She can be found next to Nalpak in the skull’s eye cave (see previous quest).
- The task is: to kill 7x Deviate Ravager, 7x Deviate Viper, 7x Deviate Shambler, and 7x Deviate Dreadfang. All mobs can be found INSIDE the Wailing Caverns.
- As an item reward you can choose between
Pattern: Deviate Scale Belt,
Sizzle Stick, and
Dagmire Gauntlets.
The Glowing Shard
The Wailing Caverns quest The Glowing Shard requires level 15 and is not sharable.
Glowing Shard starts the quest. It drops from Mutanus the Devourer, the final boss in the Wailing Caverns(drop chance around 68%).
- You have to take the shard to Sputtervalve in Ratchet (63,37), near the flight master.
- He refers you to Falla Sagewind. You can find her in a tent on the mountain where the Wailing Caverns are located (48,33).
- From Falla Sagewind you will then get the follow-up quest
In Nightmares or
In Nightmares.
What Loot Drops in the Wailing Caverns in WoW Classic?
In the Wailing Caverns dungeon in WoW Classic you can get the following loot from bosses:
Item | Droppt von | Drop-Chance |
---|---|---|
![]() | Mutanus the Devourer | 22.84% |
![]() | Mutanus the Devourer | 29.22% |
![]() | Mutanus the Devourer | 30.41% |
![]() | Verdan the Everliving | 38.97% |
![]() | Verdan the Everliving | 38.05% |
![]() | Lord Cobrahn | 18.01% |
![]() | Lord Serpentis | 17.04% |
![]() | Lord Pythas | 29.64% |
![]() | Lord Serpentis | 19.46% |
![]() | Lord Serpentis | 23.03% |
![]() | Lord Pythas | 54.77% |
![]() | Verdan the Everliving | 19.65% |
![]() | Lord Cobrahn | 17.82% |
![]() | Lord Serpentis | 21.38% |
![]() | Skum | 46.39% |
![]() | Skum | 45.92% |
![]() | Lord Cobrahn | 54.51% |
![]() | Lady Anacondra | 9.62% |
![]() | Deviate Faerie Dragon | 41.77% |
![]() | Deviate Faerie Dragon | 44.99% |
![]() | Kresh | 13.24% |
![]() | Druid of the Fang | 2.39% |
In our overview of the WoW Classic Dungeons you can find out which other instances are available in WoW Classic and what level requirements they have.