Warrior class quests: Defensive Stance, race weapons, armor and the Whirlwind chain

At a glance

Who: Warriors of every race
Levels: 10, 20 to 30, 30 to 40, then 52
Where: Your home zone, then both continents
Cost: Free, plus a few crafting materials
Reward: Both stances, weapons, armor

Warriors get four rounds of class quests. At 10 every race but the Skyborne has a short chain that teaches Defensive Stance along the way and ends with a choice of weapons. From 20 a longer chain builds you fire-hardened (Alliance) or brutal (Horde) armor. From 30 the Whirlwind chain, the same for both factions, teaches Berserker Stance on the way and ends with one of the best two-handers you can have at 40. At 52 one more chain leads into the Sunken Temple.

Level 10: Defensive Stance and your race's weapons

The race chains open at 10. Partway through, your teacher shows you Defensive Stance, and the last quest pays out with a choice of an axe, a mace or hammer, a dagger or a sword. Skyborne have their own quest, below.

Humans

Lyria Du Lac in Goldshire or Ilsa Corbin in Stormwind sends you to Harry Burlguard. You win a brawl with Bartleby, bring Burlguard his mug, then head to Marshal Haggard in the east of Elwynn Forest.

Step 1: Bartleby, in Stormwind
Talk to Bartleby next to Harry Burlguard, beat him in a fight, and he hands over Bartleby's Mug for Burlguard. When you bring it back in Bartleby's Mug, Burlguard teaches you Defensive Stance.

Levels 20 to 30: the armor chains

Alliance: fire-hardened armor

Wu Shen in Stormwind or Darnath Bladesinger in Darnassus sends you to Yorus Barleybrew in Redridge. After his test he sends you to Furen Longbeard, the shieldsmith in Stormwind.

Step 1: The Rethban Gauntlet
Yorus times you: get into the Rethban Caverns, reach the first fork and come back to him within the hour, without dying. Then carry the Cask of Scalder to Furen for Furen's Favor, a shield.
Fire Hardened Mail

Levels 30 to 40: Berserker Stance and the Whirlwind weapon

The same chain for both factions. Your class trainer starts it at 30, and it runs from Fray Island in the Barrens to Alterac Mountains.

Step 1: The Affray, on Fray Island
Klannoc Macleod runs a fighting ring on Fray Island, off the Barrens coast east of the Crossroads. Start The Affray and you have 10 minutes to beat Big Will in the ring. Win, and you have Berserker Stance.
Step 2: Bath'rah the Windwatcher
Klannoc sends you to Bath'rah in the south-east of Alterac Mountains. His parchment lists what the ritual needs:

Level 52: the Fallen Hero

At 52 your trainer sends you to the Fallen Hero of the Horde, a spirit at the edge of the Swamp of Sorrows where the road enters the Blasted Lands. Kill 7 Helboar and a band of Shadowsworn cultists in the Blasted Lands, then bring him Voodoo Feathers from the trolls in the Sunken Temple. The reward is your pick of Fury Visor, Diamond Flask or Razorsteel Shoulders.

Tips

Save Phlogiston for later. Both armor chains want a Vial of Phlogiston from Roogug in Razorfen Kraul. Take the armor quest before your first run there.
The Affray is timed. You get ten minutes for Big Will once the quest starts. Rest to full before you take it.
Collect while you level. Bloodscalp Tusks and the exile charms come from mobs you meet anyway in your 30s. Keep them, and the Whirlwind chain is two short trips.

More on the class in the Warrior leveling guide. New class quests for every class are in New class quests in WoW Forever.

Step 3: Your armor pieces

Every Alliance warrior then gets Fire Hardened Hauberk from Furen's Armor. Furen also sends you on to one more contact for a second piece, depending on your race:

Race	Second piece
Human	Grimand Elmore takes Furen's notes to Grimand Elmore in Stormwind. Burning Blood: 20 vials of Burning Blood from the Nightbane worgen of Duskwood and a Burning Rock from Gutspill. Grimand's Armor then pays Fire Hardened Coif.
Dwarf and Gnome	Klockmort Spannerspan takes Furen's notes to Klockmort Spannerspan in Ironforge. Iron Coral: 20 loads of Searing Coral from the coral on the west coast of the Wetlands. Klockmort's Creation then pays Fire Hardened Gauntlets.
Night Elf	Mathiel takes Furen's notes to Mathiel in Darnassus. Sunscorched Shells: 20 Sunscorched Shells from the western edge of Thousand Needles. Mathiel's Armor then pays Fire Hardened Leggings.

Step 1: Trial at the Field of Giants
Ruga gives you 30 minutes to bring 5 Twitching Antenna from the silithids south of Camp Taurajo. Pass and you get Ruga's Bulwark, a shield, and a pointer to Thun'grim Firegaze.
Step 2: Brutal Armor
Thun'grim wants the makings of the armor:
1 location
Stonetalon Mountains

Step 3: Your armor pieces

Thun'grim then pays out with Brutal Hauberk in Brutal Hauberk, and points you to three more contacts. Each of the three is open to every Horde warrior:

Quest	Piece
Gauntlets	Ula'elek and the Brutal Gauntlets sends you to Ula'elek in Sen'jin Village. Satyr Hooves: 7 Uncloven Satyr Hooves from the Bleakheart satyrs of eastern Ashenvale. Brutal Gauntlets then pays Brutal Gauntlets.
Helm	Orm Stonehoof and the Brutal Helm sends you to Orm Stonehoof in Thunder Bluff. Chimaeric Horn: a Galvanized Horn from the Chimaera Matriarch in Stonetalon. Brutal Helm then pays .

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At a glance

Level 10: Defensive Stance and your race's weapons

Humans

Step 1: Bartleby, in Stormwind

Levels 20 to 30: the armor chains

Alliance: fire-hardened armor

Step 1: The Rethban Gauntlet

Fire Hardened Mail

Levels 30 to 40: Berserker Stance and the Whirlwind weapon

Step 1: The Affray, on Fray Island

Step 2: Bath'rah the Windwatcher

Level 52: the Fallen Hero

Tips

Step 2: Dead-tooth Jack's camp

Dwarves and Gnomes

Step 1: Vejrek

Step 2: Ironband's Compound

Night Elves

Step 1: Vorlus Vilehoof

Step 2: The Shade of Elura, in Darkshore

Orcs, Trolls and Tauren

Step 1: Singed Scales

Step 2: Forged Steel

Undead

Step 1: Ulag the Cleaver

Step 2: The Agamand heirlooms

Skyborne

Step 3: Your armor pieces

Horde: brutal armor

Step 1: Trial at the Field of Giants

Step 2: Brutal Armor

Step 3: Your armor pieces

Step 3: Essence of the Exile

Step 4: The Summoning

Bath'rah's list

Furen's materials

Thun'grim's materials