How to Get Aquatic Form as a Druid in WoW: Forever (Trial of the Sea Lion, Alliance and Horde)

Aquatic Form is still a quest reward in World of Warcraft: Forever – and it's a better one than in Classic. The level 16 chain is the same four quests through Moonglade and two coastlines, but the final step now also hands Druids the Idol of Shifting Tides, a new relic that cuts the mana cost of shapeshifting. That alone makes it worth doing as soon as you hit 16.

This guide covers Night Elf and High Order Skyborne Druids (Alliance) and Tauren Druids (Horde). It's checked against World of Warcraft: Forever as live on November 11, 2026.

What changed in Forever

• Same level, same chain. Aquatic Form is still learned at level 16 through A Lesson to Learn, Trial of the Lake, Trial of the Sea Lion and Aquatic Form.
• New reward: Idol of Shifting Tides. The relic reduces the mana cost of your shapeshifts by 40 – huge for a leveling Druid who swaps forms constantly. Guides disagree on whether you get it next to the classic Aquarius Belt or choose between the two; check the reward window when you turn in.
• No separate Skyborne chain. Unlike Bear Form, Skyborne Druids don't get their own Aquatic Form quests. Alliance (High Order) Skyborne do the Darnassus version with Night Elves. Horde (Windshaper) Skyborne are listed for the Thunder Bluff version by Warcraft Tavern, but at least one other source says that one is Tauren-only, so ask your trainer in Thunder Bluff first.
• Cat Form is the form that moved. Forever turned Cat Form into a level 20 quest chain – a separate trip back to Moonglade.

No hotfixes or known issues have touched this chain since launch.

Step 1: A Lesson to Learn

At level 16, visit your Druid trainer:

• Alliance: Mathrengyl Bearwalker in the Cenarion Enclave, Darnassus – /way 35.3 8.4 Mathrengyl BearwalkerCopy
• Horde: Turak Runetotem on the Elder Rise, Thunder Bluff – /way 76.5 27.6 Turak RunetotemCopy

He sends you to Dendrite Starblaze in Nighthaven, Moonglade. Use Teleport: Moonglade (you learned it during the Bear Form quests) and walk upstairs in the building in front of where you arrive:

/way 56.2 30.6 Dendrite StarblazeCopy

Step 2: Trial of the Lake

1. Dendrite gives you Trial of the Lake. It has a 30-minute timer, so don't start it and go AFK.
2. Dive into Lake Elune'ara and search the lake bed for a Shrine Bauble – a small urn. Its spot is random, so swim along the bottom; the bubbling fissures on the lake floor refill your breath.
3. Swim west to the Shrine of Remulos and use the bauble there.
4. Talk to Tajarri by the shrine to finish the trial: /way 36.5 40.1 TajarriCopy

Step 3: Trial of the Sea Lion

Tajarri gives Trial of the Sea Lion: find the two halves of a pendant in underwater Strange Lockboxes, then combine them into the Pendant of the Sea Lion. The halves are in different places for each faction.

Alliance

1. Half Pendant of Aquatic Agility – northern Darkshore. Swim out from the Cliffspring River bridge to a V-shaped group of rocks in the sea: /way 48.9 11.3 Agility halfCopy. Watch out for a level 17 thresher nearby.
2. Half Pendant of Aquatic Endurance – Westfall coast. Swim west from the coast near Gold Coast Quarry, past a large anchor, to a bubbling fissure at the edge of the drop-off: /way 17.9 33.1 Endurance halfCopy. Don't swim past the drop-off – there are elite sharks out there.

Horde

1. Half Pendant of Aquatic Agility – the Barrens. In the Sludge Fen in the far north of the zone, next to a bubbling fissure: /way 56.7 8.3 Agility halfCopy. A rare Sludge Beast can wander nearby.
2. Half Pendant of Aquatic Endurance – Silverpine Forest. Swim straight west from the shipwreck on the North Tide's Run beach to the drop-off: /way 29.6 29.4 Endurance halfCopy.

Finish the trial

Go back to the Shrine of Remulos, combine the two halves into the Pendant of the Sea Lion there, and take it to Dendrite Starblaze in Nighthaven. The quest is shareable, so two Druids can do the swims together.

Step 4: Aquatic Form

Dendrite gives the final quest, Aquatic Form: return to your trainer (Mathrengyl in Darnassus or Turak in Thunder Bluff) to learn the form and collect the rewards.

Rewards

The four quests also give a solid chunk of experience and Cenarion Circle reputation along the way.

Common mistakes

• Mixing up the two NPCs. Tajarri at the shrine gives Trial of the Sea Lion; Dendrite in Nighthaven takes the finished pendant.
• Using the bauble in the wrong place. It only works at the Shrine of Remulos. If the 30-minute timer runs out, get the trial again from Dendrite.
• Combining the halves too early. Join them at the shrine.
• Drowning on the Endurance half. Both Endurance spots are at the edge of deep water. Use the bubbling fissures and don't swim into fatigue.
• Skipping it. With the new idol, this is one of the most useful class quests a leveling Druid can do in Forever.

Video walkthrough

More Druid quests

Haven't done Bear Form yet? See How to Get Bear Form as a Druid in WoW: Forever. All our class quests and zone routes are on the WoW: Forever quests page.