Reaching the Badlands
The fort of Kargath, in the Badlands, contains a key Horde Flight Path connecting the north and south of the Eastern Kingdoms. Moreso than other regions of its level range (35-45), the Badlands is fairly difficult for Horde to reach. The only entrances to the region come either through Alliance territory far from Horde flight paths (Loch Modan) or high level areas far from Horde flight paths(Searing Gorge).
There are a few alternatives. All of these assume that you are traveling from Orgrimmar, but it should be fairly obvious how to alter them to account for alternate starting points.
The route with the least amount of running makes use of a teleporter in Booty Bay, accessible via a short quest chain that starts in Orgrimmar. This path goes through two low-level Alliance regions, so is more risky on PvP servers, but fairly easy on PvE servers. If you are a level high enough to survive in the Badlands, you should not have much problem. Do the following:
- From the engineer in Orgrimmar, get the Scooty quest.
- Get to Booty Bay (see instructions above).
- Find Scooty (south of the tavern) and turn in the quest. Scooty will issue you another quest, but all you need to do is stand there for a minute to complete it. Turn that in to get the item that allows you to use the transporter.
- Step on the teleporter
- You materialize inside Gnomeregan, quite close to the entrance. Most of what is around you will be hostile, but are only around level 24.
- Move into the entrance elevator (to the southeast). You'll probably need to kill the Leper Gnomes guarding the room. Take the elevator and exit Gnomeregan.
- Follow the roads in Dun Morogh, moving all the way to the east. Avoid towns, and follow the signs to Loch Modan.
- Go through the Southern Gate into Loch Modan. You'll need to either fight or avoid the guards. The road will lead down a long hill to a T intersection. Take a left.
- Travel through Loch Modan to a gap in the center of the southern mountains, right below the tip of the lake. Avoid towns.
- Go through this gap into the Badlands.
- Once in the badlands, Kargath is in the most western part. Keeping an eye out for mobs, skirt the edge of the mountains.
A more traditional route overland route runs from the Undercity through five other regions. With care, this can be done by level 20+ characters, but the distance is quite long so a travel form or mount is recommended.
- Take the Zeppelin to Undercity.
- Travel along the road South past the Undercity to Silverpine Forest.
- Continue along the road in Silverpine and grab the flight Path at the Sepulcher.
- Travel south from the Sepulcher along the road and turn east towards Hillsbrad Foothills.
- Grab the flight point at Tarren Mill, then continue east towards the Arathi Highlands.
- Continue east on the road and grab the flight point at Hammerfall. Then head south towards the Wetlands.
- There is no Horde flight path in the Wetlands. Continue south on the road towards Loch Modan.
- Keep heading south in Loch Modan. Avoid the Alliance town Thelsamar. Once you are safely south of Thelsamar, head east towards the Loch. Travel along the shore until you hit the southern most point and head south.
- Once in The Badlands head south, then west always travelling along the mountains on the edge of the map. Soon you will reach Kargath.
An overland approach also exists from the south, but it is even longer and much more dangerous, heading through a couple level 50+ regions:
- Take zeppelin to Grom'Gol Base Camp in Stranglethorn Vale.
- Follow the roads north into Duskwood.
- Follow the road all the way to the northeast, avoiding the town of Darkshire (unless you like that kind of trouble).
- The north road out of Darkshire will take you into the Redridge Mountains.
- Follow the road north, avoiding the village of Lakeshire, into the Burning Steppes.
- Ride through most of the Steppes, and enter Blackrock Mountain.
- Follow the path through the mountain (no mobs along the path) into Searing Gorge
- Follow the road to the northeast, through the Stonewrought Pass into the Badlands.
- Head north to Kargath