Unwanted and Unworthy is one of the early collection quests added to World of Warcraft: Forever’s rebuilt leveling route, and it hides one small annoyance inside an otherwise simple kill-and-loot loop. Part of the enemy pool sits under the surface of Windsong Lake, which means a chunk of your farming happens with a breath meter ticking down.
Quick answer: Speak with Elegael Thornpaw in Shadowgale Forest to accept the quest. Around Windsong Lake, hunt Al’Aketh Footsoldiers and Al’Aketh Stormchasers until you have 10 Bloody Heirloom, then bring them back to him.
Unwanted and Unworthy quest requirements and rewards
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Quest level | 11 (requires level 8) |
| Start and end NPC | Elegael Thornpaw |
| Zone | Zephras Isle, Shadowgale Forest |
| Objective | Bloody Heirloom 0/10 |
| Drop sources | Al’Aketh Footsoldiers, Al’Aketh Stormchasers |
| Faction requirement | None, and the quest is sharable |
| Rewards | 880 experience, 500 Nightclaw Druids reputation |
Everything takes place inside Shadowgale Forest, so there is no flight path to unlock and no cross-zone travel. The reputation payout matters more than the experience here, since 500 points with the Nightclaw Druids is a meaningful early push toward that faction’s standing.
Where to find Elegael Thornpaw in Shadowgale Forest
How to farm 10 Bloody Heirlooms at Windsong Lake
Both enemy types feed the same counter, so there is no reason to commit to one of them. Mixing is usually quicker because the spawns are scattered across the shoreline, the treeline and the lake itself.
- Al’Aketh Footsoldiers — their patrols cover the land near Windsong Lake.
- Al’Aketh Stormchasers — you will encounter them below the waterline and across the land surrounding the lake.
Deal with the Stormchasers on the shoreline’s dry ground before entering the water. That avoids surfacing during combat and gives you time to loot without a timer counting down.
Pick up Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears while you farm
Deeper into the area is Nightclaw Cavern, a sanctuary where Vayn Moongaze offers Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears. That quest wants 10 Al’Aketh Cultist’s Ears from the same enemy population you are already cutting through.
Collect it before reaching the required heirloom total so the same kills advance both counters. Since the Al’Aketh camps share the zone with several other objectives, handling them together prevents a second trip along that shoreline.
Turn in the quest and verify it completed
/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(94487))Where the quest sits in the Forever leveling path
Forever expands the level 1–60 journey with over 1,000 quests, adding new material from about level 5 onward in both fresh regions and older zones. Patch 1.60.1 introduced Unwanted and Unworthy as part of that content, so even players who have followed the classic leveling route dozens of times may not recognize it.
World of Warcraft: Forever launches on November 4, 2026. Until then the quest exists only on beta realms, which are running from September 17 through October 21, 2026, and opt-in access is handled through Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Forever page.
Progress made during the beta is not preserved. Before launch, the game wipes every completion you record now, including this quest.
Viewed by itself, the route takes only a few minutes once you know the correct targets. Add Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears and the nearby hub quests, however, and it becomes one stop in a complete Windsong Lake circuit instead of a separate outing.
