The Forest’s Bounty is a low-level gathering quest handed out by the Strange Hermit in Shadowgale Forest, a wooded pocket of Teldrassil. It asks for eight Zephyseeds, and every one of them comes from a Zephyseed Cone sitting on the ground rather than from a mob drop.
Quick answer: Take the quest from the Strange Hermit in Shadowgale Forest, loot 8 Zephyseeds from glowing Zephyseed Cones on the forest floor, then return to him for 675 experience.
Quest details for The Forest’s Bounty
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Quest giver | Strange Hermit |
| Location | Shadowgale Forest, Teldrassil |
| Objective | Collect 8 Zephyseeds |
| Reward | 675 experience |
The Strange Hermit carries the usual yellow exclamation mark, and the same NPC takes the turn-in once you have all eight seeds. Nearby landmarks in the area include the Ruins of Ban’aethal, Fala’ath Village, Shen’dar Village and the Shrine of Akir, which are useful reference points if you are running in from another part of the zone.
Where Zephyseed Cones spawn in Shadowgale Forest
Once you accept the quest, the world map fills in a blue highlighted search area. Zephyseed Cones are scattered across the forest floor inside that zone, most often tucked against the roots of the large trees. They are interactable objects with a faint sparkle on them, which is the easiest thing to track because Shadowgale Forest is heavily fogged and visibility at ground level is short.
There is no fixed route. The cones sit in loose clusters, so the practical approach is to sweep the highlighted area in a wide loop, hugging tree bases rather than running down open lanes.
How to collect all 8 Zephyseeds
The quest is comfortably soloable around level 8 to 9, but the Strigids hit a character at that level hard enough to matter, so pull them one at a time rather than kiting through the trees.
Turning in the quest and the 675 experience reward
Run back to the Strange Hermit, who now shows a yellow question mark above his head. Handing in the eight Zephyseeds completes The Forest’s Bounty and pays out 675 experience. The experience gain message in your chat log is the confirmation that the turn-in registered.
Shadowgale Forest is one of several reworked corners of the classic leveling map in World of Warcraft: Forever, which launches on November 4, 2026 after a beta window that ran from September 17 to October 21, 2026. Quests like this one are part of the new content layered onto familiar zones, so expect the Teldrassil route to look different from the one veterans have memorized.
