In Cataclysm, the Molten Front is a zone of volcanos and lava spills, fire, and rage. This is the very place where you can find Ragnaros and his allies. In our detailed Molten Front Guide, you’ll find information about the release date, its location, event phases, as well as vendors in the area, and more. Do not forget to check other Cata guides on our platform, for instance, you can start with our Shadow Priest Guide.
4.9Molten Front Location
The Molten Front is a daily quest zone for level 85 players in Cataclysm Classic. A zone is located literally next door to the Firelord’s Firelands, Mount Hyjal.
And how to open the Molten Front? To get to the Molten Front, take the portal in Mount Hyjal [27.0, 55.0] after you have completed the quest Calling for Reinforcements. Here, for the most part, you will be working on the Veteran of the Molten Front achievement. The entire zone is about the first strikes against Firelands and is full of a huge amount of flamy landscapes, flame elementals, and minions of Ragnaros. Here you’ll also meet some of the famous heroes like Malfurion Stormrage or Commander Jarod Shadowsong.
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How to get to Molten Front?
Before you head to the Molten Front location, you need to complete the questline, starting from Protect the World Tree and up to Aessina’s Miracle. The quest chain is long enough, but in fact it takes up to 2,5–3 hours to deal with it.
Then, Alliance players need to complete Guardians of Hyjal: Firelands Invasion! and Horde players need to deal with Guardians of Hyjal: Firelands Invasion! — an analogous quest for their faction.
Molten Front Release Date
The release date of Molten Front is on September, 17. On this day, players started their adventure and are already fighting against fire elementals alongside the Guardians of Hyjal. All the daily quests, special gear vendors, and world event progression became available on this day.
How to Complete Molten Front Event
To begin your Molten Front journey, you need to have a level 85 character and finish the required preliminary quests in the Mount Hyjal area. The Molten Front Events unfold over the period of several phases, which take around a month to finish, normally speaking. However, in case you are persistent enough with grinding the Daily Quests, then it is quite possible to finish everything in less time.
Breakdown of Phases and Main Zones:
- The Invasion;
- The Sanctuary of Malorne;
- The Molten Front Area Quests;
- Druids of the Talon;
- The Shadow Wardens Area;
- The Final Stretch.
Each phase represents the completion of a series of daily quests and normal quest chains that advance the phase. What concerns the Marks of the World Tree, these serve as the main event currency. How to earn Marks of the World Tree? The Marks are accrued by the completion of quests in order to progress through different phases. Of course, collecting enough Mark of the World Tree and completing the different quests are needed to take you onto the next stage and complete the event.
But how do you complete the Molten Front Offensive? Let’s find out.
The Invasion
The first phase is known as The Invasion and is related to the Fireside Chat Achievement. As mentioned above, you should complete a fair share of Mount Hyjal area quests beforehand. When this requirement is met, you’ll be able to pick Guardians of Hyjal: Firelands Invasion! (A) / Guardians of Hyjal: Firelands Invasion! (H) quest.
Before you are allowed to complete the quests that we’ve mentioned above, you should complete Guardians of Hyjal: Call of the Ancients / Guardians of Hyjal: Call of the Ancients. To pick these quests head to the Bulletin Board in your capital, either Stormwind or Orgrimmar. Upon picking the quest, you’ll be sent to the Sanctuary of Malorne to report to Matoclaw. The further main quests on your way to the Molten Front are:
This phase grants you 16 16. In fact, if you are interested in how to unlock Hyjal dailies, the Invasion is the answer; after you complete the quests from Matoclaw and enter the next phase, you’ll be able to pick and complete the daily Mount Hyjal quests.
The Sanctuary of Malorne
The second phase is The Sanctuary of Malorne, related to the Fireside Chat Achievement. When the phase begins, you’ll receive the Calling for Reinforcements quest. To complete this one you’ll need to obtain 20 16, which can be done through completing one of the following daily quests with 1 2 reward:
The quests are relatively easy, and grant you 1 16. Also, you can complete the following 1+2 2 quests, related to Infernal Ambassadors and And the Meek Shall Inherit Kalimdor achievements:
The first quest grants you 1 16, and the second one — 2 16, which means you can earn up to 4 16 per day. When you gather 20 Marks, you’ll switch to the following quest chain to enter the new phase:
The Molten Front Area Quests
The main quests in the third phase are Druids of the Talon and The Shadow Wardens. Completing the quests in the Molten Front Area will bring you closer to the following achievements: The Fiery Lords of Sethria’s Roost, Flawless Victory, King of the Spider-Hill, Fireside Chat.
In this phase you’ll also have a set of daily quests with 1 2 as a reward, for instance:
And you can continue completing a set of 1+2 2 quests from the Sanctuary of Malorne Phase. Plus you’ll get each of the quests below on a daily basis with 2 2 as a reward:
- The Protectors of Hyjal — Begins in The Sanctuary of Malorne Area plus has related achievements:
Gang War, 
Have… Have We Met?
Additionally, you’ll be able to pick one of the follow-up quests granting 2 2:
All in all, this phase is one of the most fruitful — you can earn up to 14 2 per day. When you gain 150 2, you’ll get to choose between Druids of the Talon or The Shadow Wardens. These two quests open more dailies, so do not miss them.
Druids of the Talon
As we progress through the Molten Front, we’ll stumble upon a new challenge — Druids of the Talon → Flight of the Storm Crows quests, opening a new area. The related achievements are Master of the Molten Flow, Fireside Chat.
You can start with completing Need… Water… Badly…, granting 5 Marks and unlocking Anren Shadowseeker — an NPC questgiver. The quests that you can pick up from Anren are Hounds of Shannox and How Hot.
If you already have Avrilla, you get access to Embergris, Some Like It Hot, and Steal Magmolias quests. This questgiver can be unlocked via The Shadow Wardens Area.
Speaking about daily quests, you’ll get Into the Fire, which is obligatory to complete to unlock Fire Flowers and Flamewakers of the Molten Flow quests. Other dailies that you can complete:
- Singed Wings;
- Territorial Birds;
- Fire in the Skies + Death From Above achievement;
- Peaked Interest;
- Starting Young.
In this area, you’ll be able to get up to 25 2 per day.
The Shadow Wardens Area
The next step is The Shadow Wardens → The Hunt Begins quests, opening this new area. Here we have the Fireside Chat related achievement and a one-time quest, unlocking Avrilla:
Here’s Avrilla‘s chain of quests, granting 1 2:
And the area daily quests, granting 2 2:
We recommend completing The Forlorn Spire primary to any of the area quests in order to get access to Enduring the Heat. All in all, this area gives you an opportunity to earn 25 2 per day.
The Final Stretch
The Final Stretch is our final destination. At this point, you should have both NPCs unlocked to earn 26 Marks per day.
Keep in mind, that you can complete either Into the Fire or The Forlorn Spire per day, not both. The available dailies depend on this choice.
The coolest thing about this phase is that if you manage to complete both The Shadow Wardens → The Hunt Begins and Druids of the Talon → Flight of the Storm Crows, The Malfurion’s Breach will turn into The Regrowth — a beginning of the once-destroyed forest. After that, you’ll receive additional quests:
Vendors in the Molten Front
Completing daily quests in the Molten Front zone can give you an opportunity to unlock special vendors in this area. This is normally done via related quests. Below you’ll find a detailed overview of each vendor’s questline and their lists of goods for sale.
Varlan Highbough
The quests from the Final Stretch phase are essential if you want to unlock Varlan Highbough — a provisioned of the Grove. Therefore, complete Calling the Ancients → Aid of the Ancients. Plus you’ll get a daily quest Strike at the Heart, related achievement — Ready for Raiding II.
You need 125 Marks to unlock Varlan Highbough, who sells the followinf resources and items:
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Spirit Fragment Band | 76 Gold 8 Silver 81 Copper |
| Nemesis Shell Band | 76 Gold 8 Silver 81 Copper |
| Lylagar Horn Ring | 76 Gold 8 Silver 81 Copper |
| Relic of Lo’Gosh | 76 Gold 49 Silver 62 Copper |
| Relic of Tortolla | 79 Gold 44 Silver 90 Copper |
| Lancer’s Greaves | 114 Gold 39 Silver 8 Copper |
| Aviana’s Grips | 63 Gold 2 Silver 70 Copper |
| Dwyer’s Caber | 114 Gold 63 Silver |
| Hyjal Bear Cub | 1125 Gold |
| Mylune’s Call | 2625 Gold |
Damek Bloombeard
The Additional Armaments → The Well Armed questline will help you unlock the next vendor — Damek Bloombeard. With the vendor come daily quests, granting 2 Marks of the World Tree each:
Damek Bloombeard requires 125 Marks to unlock, and sells lots of interesting goods:
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Meteorite Ring | 91 Gold 30 Silver 57 Copper |
| Ricket’s Magnetic Fireball | 137 Gold 56 Silver |
| Fiery Treads | 147 Gold 30 Silver |
| Gauntlets of Living Obsidium | 115 Gold 12 Silver |
| Widow’s Clutches | 65 Gold 87 Silver 12 Copper |
| Fireplume Girdle | 81 Gold 18 Silver 45 Copper |
| Belt of Living Obsidium | 115 Gold 53 Silver |
| Rickety Belt | 105 Gold 68 Silver |
| Ricket’s Gun Show | 106 Gold 8 Silver 14 Copper |
| Plans: Brainsplinter | 270 Gold |
| Plans: Masterwork Elementium Spellblade | 270 Gold |
| Plans: Lightforged Elementium Hammer | 270 Gold |
| Plans: Elementium-Edged Scalper | 270 Gold |
| Plans: Pyrium Spellward | 270 Gold |
| Plans: Unbreakable Guardian | 270 Gold |
| Plans: Masterwork Elementium Deathblade | 270 Gold |
| Plans: Witch-Hunter’s Harvester | 270 Gold |
| Schematic: Flintlocke’s Woodchucker | 270 Gold |
| Schematic: Extreme-Impact Hole Puncher | 270 Gold |
Ayla Shadowstorm
The third vendor is unlocked via Filling the Moonwell → Nourishing Waters quests. Ayla Shadowstorm will not only supply you with some needed goods but also allow you to complete the Leyara quest chain. Related quests:
- The Rest is History — Rewards: Leyara’s Locket.
Ayla Shadowstorm is unlocked when you gather 125 Marks, and she sells the following items:
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Band of Glittering Lights | 76 Gold 8 Silver 81 Copper |
| Moon Blessed Band | 76 Gold 8 Silver 81 Copper |
| Relic of Elune’s Shadow | 77 Gold 66 Silver 64 Copper |
| Relic of Elune’s Light | 80 Gold 32 Silver 8 Copper |
| Moonwell Chalice | 114 Gold 63 Silver |
| Moonwell Phial | 114 Gold 63 Silver |
| Globe of Moonlight | 73 Gold 66 Silver 32 Copper |
| Crimson Lasher | 1125 Gold |
| Mushroom Chair | 375 Gold |
| Pattern: Luxurious Silk Gem Bag | 225 Gold |
| Pattern: Royal Scribe’s Satchel | 225 Gold |
| Pattern: Triple-Reinforced Mining Bag | 225 Gold |
Rewards in Molten Front
Now, when you’ve completed all of the quests and gone through all of the phases mentioned above, you’ll complete The Molten Front Offensive achievement. This meta-achievement grants you beautiful Flameward Hippogryph.
How long does it take to get the Flameward Hippogryph? Some would say that about a million years, and that’s true. Meeting all the requirements takes long boring hours of grind.
Also, aside from 3 main vendors, you can unlock Zen’Vorka — Favours of the World Tree vendor, who sells the hot rewards. You can purchase goods for gold, but there are also options for Marks. This NPC is unlocked via Through the Gates of Hell quest, and sells the following awesome items:
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
 Matoclaw’s Band | 101 Gold 45 Silver 8 Copper |
 Nightweaver’s Amulet | 81 Gold 16 Silver 7 Copper |
 Fireheart Necklace | 86 Gold 23 Silver 32 Copper |
 Pyrelord Greaves | 180 Gold 19 Silver 98 Copper |
 Darnassus Writ of Commendation | 30 30 |
 Exodar Writ of Commendation | 30 30 |
 Gnomeregan Writ of Commendation | 30 30 |
 Ironforge Writ of Commendation | 30 30 |
 Orgrimmar Writ of Commendation | 30 30 |
 Zen’Vorka’s Cache | 30 30 |
Reputation in Molten Front
We can not but mention, that the Molten Front is the perfect place for reputation farming. There are two main factions, with whom you can gain renown:
- Avengers of Hyjal — the subset of the Cenarion Circle, looking for revenge;
- Guardians of Hyjal — druids and warriors, who protect the Mount Hyjal.
Avengers of Hyjal reputation is purely obtained by killing mobs in the Firelands raid with no reputation quests. A full clear of Normal-mode Firelands , with Guild Perks, gives a 2420 reputation. Killing the first four bosses in Firelands (Shannox, Lord Rhyolith, Beth’tilac, Alysrazor) will grant you 250 reputation on Normal and 500 on Heroic. The remaining bosses in the raid (Baleroc, Majordomo Staghelm, Ragnaros) give 400 reputation and 800 on Normal and Heroic difficulties respectively. By the way, you can also loot reputation from trash, but only until the Honored level. However, Molten Lords can give 50 rep until Revered.
Guardians of Hyjal reputation starts with quests on Mount Hyjal. Upon reaching Friendly you can purchase the Tabard of the Guardians of Hyjal from Provisioner Whitecloud which will allow you to continue gaining reputation in Grim Batol, Halls of Origination, and all Heroic dungeons.
Molten Front Factions
In the Molten Front, you can also find other notable factions. They are the Druids of the Talon, the Shadow Wardens, and the hostile Druids of the Flame that belong to Majordomo Staghelm‘s minions. All the daily faction quests done with the Druids of the Talon and Shadow Wardens give Guardians of Hyjal rep as well, but reps cannot be farmed from the Druids of the Flame, which can only be killed.
Collectables from the Molten Front
Aside from various quests and a lot of challenging activities, Molten Front offers a vast amount of collectibles to obtain. These are the achievements, pets, toys, etc. Here we are going to provide an overview of them all.
Molten Front Achievements
First of all, the list of achievements that you can complete in Molten Front is impressive, with the majority of them being meta. Secondly, it takes courage and patience to complete them all. In the table below we have gathered all of the available achievements and described what it takes to complete them.
| Achievement | Description |
|---|---|
| Fireside Chat | Speak with key NPCs in the Molten Front, such as Malfurion Stormrage, Leyara, and other notable characters during the Molten Front dailies. |
| King of the Spider-Hill | Climb to the top of the giant web — the Widow’s Clutch in the Molten Front. |
| Flawless Victory | Defeat solely a Molten Behemoth in the Molten Front without taking any damage from its special attacks, such as its stomp or magma spit. |
| The Fiery Lords of Sethria’s Roost | Defeat all the fire elementals (Fah Jarakk, Kelbnar, Searris, Andrazor) during the daily quest event. |
| Master of the Molten Flow | During the Molten Flow phase, do the following tasks: Kill a Flamewaker Sentinel while it is carrying a party member; Survive a Flamewaker Hunter‘s Wild Barrage without getting hit; Kill a Flamewaker Shaman with his own Flamewave. |
| Ready for Raiding II | Slay the following Lieutenants of Flame in Ragnaros’ Reach without getting hit by their special attacks: Ancient Charscale, Devout Harbinger, Ancient Smoldering Behemoth, Cinderweb Queen, Ancient Firelord. |
| The Molten Front Offensive | Gain access to the Molten Front, build a moonwell, save Anren Shadowseeker, stop the assault on the Sanctuary of Malorne, recruit Shadow Wardens and armorer, plus recruit Druids of the Talon and Elderlimb and the ancients, and finally find Crimson Lasher. |
| And the Meek Shall Inherit Kalimdor | Help the critters (Alpine Songbird, Hyjal Bear Cub, etc.) in Hyjal get revenge on enemies. |
| Legacy of Leyara | Complete the Leyara quests in Mount Hyjal and the Molten Front (A Ritual of Flame, Into the Depths, Leyara) |
| Have… Have We Met? | Acknowledge your recognition by /waving at the following NPCs in Sethria’s Roost: Thassarian, Hemet Nesingwary, Chromie, Linken, Nat Pagle, and Mankrik. |
| Death from Above | Only kill Cinderweb Drones while they are atop the web canopy during the Beth’tilac encounter in Firelands. |
| Ludicrous Speed | While on the quest Call the Flock in Mount Hyjal, obtain 65 stacks of Soar. |
| Gang War | Win a duel in Sethria’s Roost while on the quest for The Protectors of Hyjal. |
| Infernal Ambassadors | Slay the Molten Giants, invaders of Hyjal in the following ways: Slay Lylagar without taking damage from Lylagar Breath; Kill Pyrachnis without using the Emerald of Aessina; Take down Nemesis at Ashen Lake without taking damage from Molten Fury; Defeat Millagazor without taking damage from Gout of Flame; Slay Galenges before he is weakened a second time. |
Molten Front Pets
During your Molten Front adventures, you can receive Zen’Vorka’s Cache, which can contain Scorched Stone. Also, Varlan Highbough offers Hyjal Bear Cub for 1200 Gold. This is the best opportunity to add two companion pets to your collection.
Molten Front Toys
Lastly, you can purchase Mylune’s Call toy from Varlan Highbough for 2800 Gold to add to your collection.
4.9In general, Molten Fron is not yet accelerated content, and you will have 29 days to complete the entire event: deal with all the dailies, unlock the vendors and buy the rewards. The experience promises to be challenging, exciting, and rewarding, so do not hesitate to participate. We shared every bit of information in our Cataclysm Classic Molten Front Guide, which should help you on your way to completing the zone’s events. Check other useful Cataclysm Classic on our guide platform, and be well!
