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Comment by 9110

Searing Gorge is a miniature version of Burning Steppes and a Slight taste of Hellfire Peninsula. Blackrock Mountain, which is home to many raid instances, divides this zone from the Burning Steppes and divides the Blackrock Ogres from the Dark Iron Dwarves.

Comment by Incredible

The entrance is from The Badlands, in the north-west corner just under Kargath. Easy to miss ;)

Comment by 47254

Th damned entrance to searing gorge is at 0,63 on badlands map.

It took me an hour to find!!!

Comment by Katsurugi

It isn't THAT hard to find...come on now..

Comment by rolandomorales

is there an alliance flight path in here? if ther is..what are coords pls?

Comment by BlackCat

What level should you head over here? I'm a 43 Undead Rogue, and I'm kinda lost in terms of where to go to level (this is my first character).

Comment by 67462

If you need to get to badlands from SG, the location to the start of the path is 69,54

Comment by 78714

Great for lvling if your between 45-50.

Comment by lukeaxx

dude the entrance to this place is hard to find but you can easily spot it as soon as you know where it is,

=0,63 in Badlands=

Comment by 64930

You can also get there from Burning Steppes via Blackrock mountain, but you must have stealth. It is kind of an easy one only thing that stands between you and SG is one elite dragon near the gate. You can stealth by him. To the BurningSteppes you can go through Swamp of Sorrows and then through mountains near Deadwind to Redrock avaid Lakeshire if youre Horde (best to swim across lake). Then after some trek north through gate and you are in Burning Steppes. You can stealth walk a bit and even a lvl 40 character can get through but it can get realy painfull when one has bad luck. I find it an quicker route then through Alliance territory when you have no flight to Badlands.

Comment by 70310

The coords for the Horde flight path are 34.8,30.7.

I came in from Badlands and almost made it over before dying. Since the fp is near the gy, it may be worth just rezzing at gy to grab the fp your first time in the zone.

Comment by Vlad

Easiest way to get into Searing Gorge for the people who are the "right" classes:

http://files.filefront.com/SG_keywmv/;7659474;/fileinfo.html

Yes the clip is from 2.1.0 (01.06.2007) but I have tested it on 2.2.3 (29.10.2007) and it still works.

I have done this with Hunter (Eagle Eye) and Shaman (Far Sight). For other classes, I think you might be able to do it if you think a bit smart. ;>

So yeah you can bypass it easy, the other way is to climb it but bah, if you haven't though of it before just go trough Badlands.. it would be quicker for you. :P

Comment by 17624

Several levelling guides suggest coming here at level 48, when, dependant on class/gear/skill, you should be able to solo every quest and gain essentially an entire level's worth of experience in the process, at a rather rapid pace.

I cheated and took a friend, and walked away with around 2/3 of a level in a relaxed evening's gaming. I had very little rest state when I started so I soon burned through it.

With 2.3 changes, I expect it should prove even more fruitful to clear this place up, so I will take another friend along in just a few more levels and try again.

In the unlikely event that I remember, I'll be sure and update you all here afterwards.

Comment by Cross88

If you're a fire mage, I would not recommend going to Searing Gorge. Several common enemies there, such as the Inferno Elemental, are immune to or highly resistant to fire damage.

Comment by Lvl17sealion

***Another way to get in that can work for all classes*** (Only use if you're ready for repair costs)

What you can do to get in is die in the blackrock mountain fire, the nearest graveyard is in searing gorge, so when you use the spirit rez (gives rez sickness) you'll spawn in the searing gorge next to all the flight paths. Gl ;P

Comment by Nerizor

The easiest way to get through the gates where you need a key, without having the key is following;

Unequip all gear and do a suicide next to the Gate (ie. falling from high mountains, having a mob pound you for 5mins, or perhaps 'Hellfire')
Then release spirit and run through the gate and spawn inside :)

Comment by 114445

The Horde FP is actually at 35, 31. At Thorium Point.

Comment by 103852

This, together with STV, is probably one of the worst ganking zones I've ever spent my time in. For those planning on questing here be prepared to do alot of corpse running. It also seem that if you stand too near the northern side of the Caulderon area, you will be transported to the graveyard on the south side instead of the one on the northside which makes it a long run. Dunno if it's a bug or supposed to be like that. It's very irritating either way.

Comment by Ouber

I don't know if this was already in here, but I was wondering how do you get to Zamael Lunthistle?

Comment by Matte55

This is the way you have to go if you dont got key. http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=3:060603049607037615025617012613 Took me some minutes to find it, / Zhachy-Vashj

Comment by lettuce

By the way, for alliance you can kill Margol the Rager (http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=5833) to take quest item for gates from Loch Modan to Searing Gorge.

Comment by 169060

nice place for farming solid stone..lol :P good for farming mineral nodes tho..lots of them here..got lots of iron, gold, and sometimes thorium :P just go farming dark iron dwarfs and u will get alot of silk cloth tho..for runecloth go spire entrance or depth..good making reputation with thorium brotherhod for blacksmith or any profession..still got good point on this..high fire resistance item here..

Comment by 139841

One thing, the Cauldron in center of area, MAY be a World War 2 refrence, the German forces often called the city of Stalingrad the Kessel, or Cauldron, Stalingrad was a thriving industrial area, but after battel was reduced to...well, much what the searing gorge looks like, so may be, may not a reffrence lol.

Comment by 206167

Although it says Searing Gorge is level 43-50, I wouldn't recommend going there at 43. I'm a level 44 Rogue and none of the quests at Thorium Point are available to me, and the mobs tend to hang around lvl 46-51 from what I've seen.

Perhaps I'll go back at 45 and try my chances.

Comment by 42532

Theres a face in the landscape here, I don't have the coords for it :P
But I saw it once way back in classic wow while playing my hunter, Nerevarine of Aggramar.
Probably someone from the developers of world of warcraft?

Tip: It's in the southwestern corner of Searing Gorge.

Comment by Azzap

hmm , i got a question, if they are resistant to fire, does that mean that they are weak to frost spells? =)

Comment by 232172

note to you mages some of the stuff is immune to fire damage so be carefull

Comment by 220202

wheres the inn keeper btw is this horde and alliance 2 gether or each with their own village?

Comment by 93213

Both horde and alliance FPs are at thorium point.
Best lvl to go to Searing gorge is 45 and u can get there thru badlands.
As horde i walkd from wetlands->loch modan > badlands
:)

Comment by trollsrlanky

There is no mailbox at Thorium Point.

Comment by RedwoodElf

The Slag pit beneath the Trinket quest givers seem to spawn Truesilver more often, however some of the nodes are hard to find...

Comment by 315540

If u got the time: You can pull a spider to the gate in loch modon then let it kill you then when u rez, rez inside the gate. This is doable at level 1 if u want to

Comment by 348606

There is a very high amount of Mithril Vein's here.

Comment by mech6982

There are actually 3 ways into Searing Gorge, but one requires a key (obtained within the zone).
You can access the zone in the following ways:

Badlands
Most common. Entrance is near the horde city.
Blackrock Mountain
Burning Steppes is the southern entrance to BRM.
Loch Modan (key required)
The quest to obtain the southern gate key starts with a 100% drop: Margol's Horn

Comment by 315177

100% best 40-50 lvl teritory for miner, mithril, truesilver and thorium are everywhere, don't even need to look for minerals.

Comment by 373231

where do you find the stag pit in the Searing Gorge?

Comment by 373231

This is true, but you can just as easily go over the hills there. And you don't have to deal with rez sickness...

Comment by Lysergicius

And as absolutely no-one has said it yet, the entrance via Loch Modan is in the bottom-left corner, 18.0, 84.0

Comment by 387231

I enjoyed this zone so much it rivals STV. Keep in mind, all of you who are ready to downrate this because both are major ganking zones, that i play on a PvE server. The zone is small, so you can easily cross it on the regular land mount, or even on foot it you really want to. Getting the key wasn't that hard in retrospect, nor was finding the badlands entrance. Once you get the FP, you're set though, however you get in, because I believe, correct me if i'm wrong, that it is connected to SW. None of the quests were very challenging, and there were enough of them to keep me happy and busy for a while. Probably the hardest quest was this because I couldn't find the damn slag pit until i finally decided to consult WoWhead. The only other things i had trouble with were the fire elementals who were, as has already been said, immune to fire, and the mechanical golems who were immune to life drains (i did the zone as an affliction lock).

EDIT: Sorry about the wall of text

Comment by 353851

is there an inn at searing gorge?

Comment by 333732

the searing gorge is right next to Dun Morogh?

one would think there would be some very wet places in between but...

Comment by 476622

Is there any inn? Or any place where I can save my hearthstone?

Comment by 404088

One does not simple walk into Searing Gorge

Comment by 495994

Just tried this, and unfortunately...it does not work.

Went to the gate from Loch Modan, jumped off a small hill (numerous amount of times) untill i died. I respawned on the inside of the gate.

Had no problems...until i got to the gate at the end of the tunnel which grants you entry to Searing Gorge and could not pass through it as you still need the key.

So ho hum. Best way so far is through Badlands imo.

Comment by dreadblood

yet another way is through burning steppes, (this is easier for alliance tho) go to redridge, go to the very top point on your map and there is an entrance, follow the road through burning steppes to blackrock mountain, run through and welcome to searing gorge!

Comment by Vlad

Using the Searing Gorge gate to/from Loch Modan without a key is not impossible but you must be a Hunter or Shaman. Hunter's need to use "/cast !Eagle Eye" to be able to re-cast once channeling.
Anyway simply walk up on the edge and use the ability and manage to look behind the gate. You can then right-click the lever and make the gate open. It's tricky to explain so here is a screenshot and video if you are totally lost.

I have been using this since early vanilla, they did fix it so you could not use object when using Eagle Eye/Far Sight but it was re-enabled in Cataclysm or patch 3.3.5 (do not have retail account active and can't check to be sure).

Comment by 38207

As of 4.0.3a this zone is 46-50ish.. tried to walk through at 42 nearly had my .. um yeh ... ripped off.

Comment by 643241

The Searing Gorge KICKS ASS.
Just sayin'.

Comment by hordehater

Getting into Searing Gorge is no longer the problem it once was. The gate at Stonewrought Pass is now open in southwestern Loch Modan and the pass takes you directly to northeast Searing Gorge. Searing Gorge has also become a fairly entertaining area in which to observe. The first thing I saw was a fight between a Glassweb Spider and a beast called an Ash Chicken. This wasn't like the usual "mob runs over to little mob, one-hits the little mob and runs back to previous position" fight. The chicken had some moves and actually made the spider work before eventually being subdued. There is also an early quest (at least for Alliance, don't know about horde) where you use a spider riding ogre to collect venom samples from the spiders.

edit to repair link.

Comment by 752920

According to the map here there should be six dark iron veins, I can't find any of them however when going to their location. There is however an ass load of mithril. Has blizz taken all of the dark iron out of searing gorge?

Comment by 750237

I was lvl 47 when I arrived in Searing Gorge. Although I was able to kill mobs and navigate the zone, I was not able to pick up any quests at all (they were silver to me) until I had opened the entire zone and was in the second half of lvl 47 (not sure which had the effect of making quests attainable).

BUT, I only got 1 quest at Thorium Point and as I made my way back across the zone, I picked up 2 more at Thorium Advance. I expect I will obtain more quests after completing Thorium Advance. It is a bit of a pain and hassle to open the entire zone then have to go everywhere all over again to get the quests.

Also, as a lvl 47 Holy Priest I find it interesting (albeit frustrating) that I can easily handle 2 lvl 48 beast mobs yet whenever I fight 2 lvl 46 Dark Iron Watchmen or Geologists (including the ever-attacking Gravious Grimesilt) I cannot survive. Those guys prove a challenge!

Comment by 175130

Stonewrought Pass (connecting Loch Modan and Searing Gorge) no longer has a locked gate. Thus no need for the key (which can no longer be obtained), nor any tricks like Eagle Eye or Far Sight.

Comment by 842121

is this were the dark iron dwarfs live

Comment by MiltiadesBooga

Funny thing I found whilst flying around randomly--there is a gravestone or something at 59.02, 82.27, up in the mountains. It has a plaque, but it's not readable.

Comment by Tronski

Everybody loves rares. Have a macro!

/tar Faulty War Golem
/tar Highlord Mastrogonde
/tar Rekk'tilac
/tar Scald
/tar Shleipnarr
/tar Slave Master Blackheart
/tar Smoldar

Just click it occasionally as you go and make sure your map track targets!

Also: http://www.wowhead.com/zone=51#show:rare <- Will show you where you should expect to find them on the map on this page.
Refresh the page if they aren't shown immediately.

Comment by 168405

For those of you who played before the inn was put in Searing Gorge (along with a mailbox), it is located at Iron Summit.

Coords: 39.41 68.16

The path leading up starts at: 45.57 67.88

Iron Summit is just north of Blackrock mountain.

Comment by temporal24

If you looking for an enjoyable zone to quest, look elsewhere. The Searing Gorge is a small zone. Many of the earlier quests do not tie in with the story of the zone, which eventually sends you into the middle of the Gorge through the earth to fight some baddies for the Thorium Brotherhood. The only reason, besides the quest achievement, to level here is to work on rep with the Thorium Brotherhood, whose headquarters are located at Thorium Point. There are few memorable enemies or locales here. The Badlands and Burning Steppes are much more interesting, give battle pets as rewards, and have a few non-traditional quests (such as piloting various creatures). Level through the Badlands, skip the Searing Gorge, and continue in the Burning Steppes, unless you are going for rep or quest achievement.

Comment by aaanimals222

beware of lava spiders and other beasts in this gorge

Comment by duckthing

Updated rare macro:
/tar Avis
/tar Crystalb
/tar Crystalf
/tar Faulty War Go
/tar Highlord Ma
/tar Hogzilla
/tar Rekk'ti
/tar Rexx
/tar Scald
/tar Scorpo
/tar Shleipn
/tar Slave Master B
/tar Slaverm
/tar Smolda
/tar Snips

Comment by Tadewing

To quest here, speak with Jack Rockleg. NPC also gives Thorium Point: The Seat of the Brotherhood.
You gain reputation with Thorium Brotherhood very quickly. Lokhtos Darkbargainer sell reputation rewards.

Comment by Goodwinn

While questing in Searing Gorge don't forget to loot Chambermaid Pillaclencher's Pillow from Pillamaster's Ornate Pillow which starts the quest Look at the Size of It! which rewards Evonice's Landin' Pilla.

Comment by Boxofbeer

Rare mobs of Searing Gorge https://youtu.be/SWMJJWeId6M

Comment by Bloodspeaker

Before you get flying is there any way to get to this zone as Horde apart from walking from Arathi Highlands or Stranglethorn Vale? If not i can't believe blizz have still left this bottleneck in Eastern Kingdoms for the Horde.

Comment by mpwalter

I can't find any more quests here, though I've only done 4! I'm a Dwarf Shaman, level 58.

I did "A New Master...But Who?", "Dig-Boss Dinwhisker", and "Thorium Point: The Seat of the Brotherhood". But when I completed that, Overseer Oilfist didn't give me any new ones for Searing Gorge, and somebody near him sent me on a Quest to another zone (the Burning Steppes). How do I get more Searing Gorge quests?

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