How to Complete Escorting Erland in WoW: Forever (Silverpine Escort)

Escorting Erland is usually the first escort quest a Forsaken player meets in World of Warcraft: Forever. It's short and easy on paper – walk a Deathstalker through a few wolves to a farm – but on crowded launch-week layers Deathstalker Erland was often already out on an escort with someone else, and you had to wait for him to come back. Blizzard addressed that in its first round of Forever hotfixes. Here's how the quest works and how to get it done quickly.

This guide is up to date for World of Warcraft: Forever as live since November 4, 2026, including the November 5 hotfixes.

Quick answer

What changed in Forever

The quest is one of the classic Silverpine quests that were removed from the modern game in Cataclysm but remain in Classic and in Forever. The only Forever-specific change so far came on November 5, when Blizzard's hotfix list said Deathstalker Erland now respawns much more quickly for Escorting Erland. In practice, if someone else just took him, you should only have a short wait before he's back.

Step-by-step

1. Reach level 10 and head into Silverpine Forest from Tirisfal Glades. If you haven't already, pick up the flight path at The Sepulcher, the Forsaken base in the middle of the zone – the chain sends you back there.
2. Find Deathstalker Erland at Malden's Orchard. He's a level 11 Forsaken waiting inside a building. If he isn't there, another player is escorting him – wait for him to respawn.
3. Accept Escorting Erland. He warns you that wolves are waiting outside and like to hide among the trees, then walks out of the building.
4. Follow him toward the Ivar Patch. Stay right next to him. Along the way, Mottled Worgs and other wolves jump out to attack him. Pull them off Erland immediately – if he dies, the quest fails.
5. Finish the run. As you get close, Erland shouts that you're almost there and runs ahead to Rane Yorick at the farm. The quest completes when he arrives.
6. Turn in to Rane Yorick. Erland reports that the wolves are massing to the east and that Malden's Orchard has been abandoned.

Rewards

In the classic version, Escorting Erland gives 875 XP, Undercity reputation and the Deathstalker Shortsword, a one-handed sword with 7–14 damage at 2.10 speed (about 5 DPS). It has no stats, but at level 10–11 it can still be an upgrade for Rogues, Warriors and Paladins – Forsaken Paladins included.

The follow-up chain

Escorting Erland opens a short chain that takes you around Silverpine:

1. The Deathstalkers' Report – from Rane Yorick, taken to High Executor Hadrec at The Sepulcher (about 440 XP).
2. Speak with Renferrel (level 12).
3. Zinge's Delivery and Sample for Helbrim (level 15), which continue the Deathstalker story.

Tips

• Group with other players waiting for Erland. If several people are standing around, invite them and start the escort together, so nobody has to wait for the next respawn.
• Clear the path ahead. Wolves that are already near the route will join in. Kill them before Erland walks past.
• Don't wander off. Erland is fragile and only has a level 11's health. Keep him in range of your heals or bandages.
• If he dies, wait for the respawn. Abandon and re-accept the quest when he reappears at Malden's Orchard. Thanks to the hotfix, that wait is now short.
• Do it early. At level 10 the worgs are a fair fight; a couple of levels later, they're trivial.

Common mistakes

• Waiting at the wrong spot. Erland starts at Malden's Orchard, not at The Sepulcher.
• Turning in at The Sepulcher. The escort turns in to Rane Yorick at the farm; only the follow-up goes to Hadrec.
• Running ahead to pull wolves. The wolves target Erland. Stay with him.

Starting out as a Forsaken? See our Rediscovering the Light guide for Undead Paladins and The Great Outdoors near Brill. All our guides are on the WoW: Forever quests page.