The State of the Mines Walkthrough in WoW Forever

The State of the Mines is a level 14 Alliance quest in Westfall that sends you to break up the Defias mining operation across two sites. You pick it up from Alba Fairmoon at Sentinel Hill, and it forms part of the Toxic Soil storyline that eventually leads into the Deadmines.

Quick answer: Kill 6 Riverpaw Miners in the Gold Coast Quarry and 4 Kobold Diggers in the Jangolode Mine, then return to Alba Fairmoon at Sentinel Hill to turn it in.

Quest requirements and objectives

Both objectives take place entirely within Westfall, so no zone travel is needed. The quest is sharable, which means anyone in your group who is on it can benefit from the same kills if you tag targets together.

Level 14 (requires level 9), Alliance side
Start and end with Alba Fairmoon at Sentinel Hill
Slay 6 Riverpaw Miners in the Gold Coast Quarry
Slay 4 Kobold Diggers in the Jangolode Mine

The two mines hold more than just the quest targets. Defias Pillagers, Defias Looters, Riverpaw Brutes, and Defias Trappers roam the tunnels, so expect to fight through extra enemies to reach your counts.

Walkthrough for The State of the Mines

Head into the inn at Sentinel Hill and speak with Alba Fairmoon. Accept The State of the Mines from her dialogue to add both kill objectives to your quest log.

Quest Acquisition — Accept the quest from Alba Fairmoon inside the Sentinel Hill inn to start tracking both mines. Shown at 00:10 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Open your map and travel west toward the Gold Coast Quarry on the western edge of Westfall. This is where the Riverpaw Miners are working.

Travel to Gold Coast Quarry — The Gold Coast Quarry sits on the western side of Westfall, your first stop for the miner kills. Shown at 00:28 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Enter the mine shaft at the Gold Coast Quarry and move into the underground tunnels. The Riverpaw Miners are found inside rather than on the surface.

Enter Gold Coast Quarry Mine — Follow the shaft down into the tunnels where the Riverpaw Miners are working. Shown at 00:46 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Fight through the tunnels and kill Riverpaw Miners until the tracker reads 6/6. Clear any Defias enemies that block your path along the way.

Slaying Riverpaw Miners — The first objective is done once the counter shows 6/6 Riverpaw Miners slain. Shown at 04:13 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Once outside the quarry, head northeast; Jangolode Mine lies north of both Saldean’s Farm and Sentinel Hill. Enter through the mine entrance.

Enter Jangolode Mine — The Jangolode Mine lies to the north and holds the Kobold Diggers for the second objective. Shown at 04:26 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Push through the Jangolode Mine and kill Kobold Diggers until you reach 4/4. Once both counters are full, you have everything you need to turn in.

Slaying Kobold Diggers — Work the Kobold Diggers down to 4/4 to complete the second half of the quest. Shown at 06:02 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Blizzard Entertainment

At Sentinel Hill, go back inside the inn and talk to Alba Fairmoon once more; turn in The State of the Mines and collect your rewards.

Rewards for turning in the quest

Reward	Amount
Experience	490
Money	3 silver
Stormwind reputation	+50

Completing this quest opens the next steps in the Toxic Soil chain, continuing on to Moonbrook Espionage and the run of Defias quests that build toward the Deadmines.

How to confirm it is complete

You will know the quest is finished when Alba Fairmoon accepts the turn-in and you receive the 490 experience, 3 silver, and the Stormwind reputation gain. If you want to double-check completion later, you can run a quick command in-game.

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(92745))

A result of true confirms the quest is recorded as done on your character, so you can move straight on to the next stage of the storyline.