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Wailing Caverns

Dungeon · levels 16–26 by its quests · 9 quests · 22 NPCs

Quests (9)

By quest level; click a heading to sort. The Chain column marks quests that start, continue or end a series, and names the quest that comes before.

Level from to


16	Hamuul Runetotem	Continues after Altered Beings	Horde	Tonga Runetotem
16	Nara Wildmane	Continues after Hamuul Runetotem	Horde	Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem
17	Deviate Hides		Both	Nalpak
18	Serpentbloom		Horde	Apothecary Zamah
18	Smart Drinks	Ends after Raptor Horns	Both	Mebok Mizzyrix
18	Trouble at the Docks		Both	Crane Operator Bigglefuzz
21	Deviate Eradication		Both	Ebru
22	Leaders of the Fang	Ends after Nara Wildmane	Horde	Nara Wildmane
26	The Glowing Shard		Both	Item or event

NPCs (22)

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Rares, elites and bosses (17)


Evolving Ectoplasm	17–18 · Elite
Deviate Adder	18–19 · Elite
Deviate Guardian	18–19 · Elite
Deviate Ravager	18–19 · Elite
Deviate Shambler	19–20 · Elite
Deviate Viper	19–20 · Elite
Druid of the Fang	19–20 · Elite
Deviate Dreadfang	20–21 · Elite
Deviate Faerie Dragon	20 · Rare elite


Deviate Venomwing	20–21 · Elite
Disciple of Naralex	20 · Elite
Kresh	20 · Elite
Lord Cobrahn	20 · Elite
Lord Pythas	21 · Elite
Lord Serpentis	21 · Elite
Skum	21 · Elite
Verdan the Everliving	21 · Elite

Everything else, by level (5)

Level from to


Deviate Crocolisk	18–19
Deviate Python	18–19
Deviate Lasher	19–20
Deviate Nightmare	19–21
Naralex	25

Gathering nodes (7)

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Every spawn point the original game had for each node, with the skill it needs. Nodes were pooled, so only some points are up at once; the count is the number of points.

Mining (2 node types, 11 points)


Copper Vein	Mining 1 · 6 points
Tin Vein	Mining 65 · 5 points

Herbalism (5 node types, 44 points)


Serpentbloom	Herbalism 1 · 24 points
Earthroot	Herbalism 15 · 9 points
Bruiseweed	Herbalism 100 · 2 points
Kingsblood	Herbalism 125 · 6 points
Liferoot	Herbalism 150 · 3 points

Objects (2)

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Chests, quest objects and fixtures placed in the zone, with how many points each has.

Chest (1)


Large Battered Chest	×15

Quest object (1)


Mysterious Wailing Caverns Chest	×1

Fishing (12)

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From the zone's fishing holes, in the original game; the chance is per catch. Click a heading to sort.


Deviate Fish	30%
Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish	15%
Raw Brilliant Smallfish	13%
Lesser Healing Potion	0.50%
Lesser Mana Potion	0.50%
17 Pound Catfish	0.40%
Bloated Mud Snapper	0.30%
19 Pound Catfish	0.20%
22 Pound Catfish	<0.1%
26 Pound Catfish	<0.1%
32 Pound Catfish	<0.1%
Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper	—

About this data

Datamined Client data · build 1.15.9.69722 Seen 2026-09-14 Classic baseline, not yet checked in Forever Where this data comes from

Classic baseline. This is what the original game had, from cMaNGOS classic-db (1.12.1 (build 5875)). Forever's beta has not been checked for this page yet; rows we see in play will say so, and anything Forever changes will be marked.

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