Highmountain Zone Guide - Tauren Heritage, Rares, Treasures & Reputation (Legion Remix)

Highmountain is a mountainous zone featuring Tauren heritage and culture, home to the Highmountain Tribe reputation faction. The zone offers vertical exploration with multiple mountain peaks, caves, and valleys. Highmountain has excellent gathering routes for Mining and Herbalism.

🎯 Best Gathering Zone: Highmountain offers the best gathering routes for Mining and Herbalism, with abundant nodes throughout mountain terrain and valleys.

What You’ll Learn

  • Highmountain Tribe reputation farming (2,000 Infinite Knowledge at Exalted)
  • Complete rare elite locations (mountain peaks, caves, valleys)
  • Treasure locations and accessibility tips
  • Main questline walkthrough (5 chapters, Tauren heritage focus)
  • Optimal gathering routes for Mining and Herbalism
  • Vertical exploration strategies
  • Neltharion’s Lair dungeon information
  • Flight points and navigation tips

Prerequisites

  • Level Requirement: Level 10+ (scales to 45)
  • Access: Available immediately, no prerequisites
  • Recommended: Skyriding essential for vertical exploration

Zone Overview

Key Features

  • Reputation: Highmountain Tribe (Exalted rewards 2,000 Infinite Knowledge)
  • Main Hub: Thunder Totem
  • Raid Connection: None
  • Theme: Tauren culture, mountain exploration, Drogbar conflict
  • Level Range: 10-45 (scales with player level)
  • Unique Feature: Multiple sub-zones with distinct biomes

Zone Characteristics

Highmountain features:

  • Vertical terrain with multiple elevation levels
  • Mountain peaks requiring careful navigation
  • Extensive cave systems (Stonedark Grotto)
  • Valley areas with different biomes
  • Tauren cultural sites and settlements
  • Drogbar territories and conflicts

Exploration Achievement (Explore Highmountain)

Achievement: Explore Highmountain
Reward: Lesser Bronze Cache

Required Locations to Discover

  1. Thunder Totem - Main city (central tower)
  2. Riverbend - Valley settlement
  3. Skyhorn - Mountain peak area
  4. Bloodtotem - Tauren settlement
  5. Highmountain Peak - Highest point, Neltharion’s Lair entrance
  6. Stonedark Grotto - Extensive cave system
  7. Feltotem - Feltotem territory
  8. Trueshot Lodge - Hunter Order Hall
  9. Pinerock Basin - Basin area
  10. Sepulcher of the Sky - Sky burial site
  11. Neltharion’s Vault - Deathwing’s former lair area
  12. Ironhorn Enclave - Enclave settlement
  13. Drogbar territories - Various Drogbar areas

💡 Exploration Challenge: Vertical terrain requires careful navigation. Many treasures and rares are in caves or on mountain peaks. Use Skyriding to access elevated locations efficiently.

Rare Elite Locations (Elusive Foes: Highmountain)

Achievement: Elusive Foes: Highmountain (Defeat 5 of multiple rares)
Reward: Bronze Cache

Rare Distribution

Rares in Highmountain are distributed across different terrain types:

  1. Mountain Peak Rares - Located on elevated peaks

    • Require Skyriding or careful climbing
    • Often have good visibility
    • May require specific approach angles

  2. Cave System Rares - Found in Stonedark Grotto and other caves

    • Require cave navigation
    • May be hidden in side passages
    • Use map markers to track locations

  3. Valley Rares - Ground-level encounters

    • Easier to access
    • Often near settlements
    • Good for quick farming

  4. Feltotem Territory Rares - In Feltotem-controlled areas

    • May require quest completion
    • Often guarded areas
    • Check for world quest spawns

Farming Route

Optimal Route: Thunder Totem → Riverbend → Skyhorn → Summit route → Cave systems

Route Breakdown:

  1. Start at Thunder Totem - Central hub, multiple rares nearby
  2. Riverbend - Valley rares, easier access
  3. Skyhorn - Mountain peak rares, use Skyriding
  4. Summit Route - Highmountain Peak and surrounding peaks
  5. Cave Systems - Stonedark Grotto and other caves

💡 Pro Tip: Use HandyNotes: Legion to see all rare locations. Pay special attention to cave entrances and mountain peaks - some rares are easy to miss.

Treasure Locations (Hidden Treasures: Highmountain)

Achievement: Hidden Treasures: Highmountain
Reward: Bronze Cache

Treasure Accessibility

Treasures in Highmountain vary in accessibility:

  1. Surface Treasures - Easy to access

    • Ground-level locations
    • Near settlements and roads
    • Quick collection

  2. Mountain Peak Treasures - Require Skyriding or climbing

    • Elevated locations
    • May require specific approach
    • Use Skyriding for efficient access

  3. Cave Treasures - Require dungeon-like navigation

    • Inside cave systems
    • May be in side passages
    • Use map markers to track

  4. Quest-Locked Treasures - Available after storyline progress

    • Unlock during questline
    • Return after completing relevant quests
    • Check quest completion status

Treasure Farming Tips

  1. Use Skyriding: Essential for mountain peak treasures
  2. Explore Caves: Don’t skip cave systems - many treasures inside
  3. Complete Questline: Unlocks quest-locked treasures
  4. Systematic Search: Cover all elevation levels
  5. Use Addons: HandyNotes tracks all treasure locations

Main Questline Walkthrough

Campaign Achievement: Campaign: Highmountain

Main Storyline Chapters

Highmountain’s questline has heavy focus on Tauren lore and heritage, connecting to Highmountain Tauren Allied Race.

1. Huln’s War

Objective: Learn Highmountain history
Location: Various historical sites
Key Features: Tauren heritage, historical context

Introduction to Highmountain’s rich Tauren history and culture.

2. Riverbend Crisis

Objective: Defend against Drogbar attacks
Location: Riverbend
Key Features: Settlement defense, Drogbar conflict

Defend Riverbend from Drogbar attacks and understand the conflict.

3. Secrets of Highmountain

Objective: Uncover ancient Tauren secrets
Location: Various secret locations
Key Features: Ancient discoveries, Tauren lore

Uncover hidden secrets and ancient Tauren knowledge.

4. Hammer of Khaz’goroth

Objective: Recover the Pillar of Creation
Location: Various locations
Key Features: Pillar of Creation recovery, major story moment

Recover the Hammer of Khaz’goroth, one of the Pillars of Creation.

5. Drogbar Conspiracy

Objective: Face the Underking
Location: Drogbar territories
Key Features: Final confrontation, epic boss encounter

Face the Underking and resolve the Drogbar conspiracy.

Quest Statistics

  • Completion Time: 2-4 hours
  • Cultural Significance: Heavy focus on Tauren lore and heritage
  • Reward: Hammer of Khaz’goroth (Pillar of Creation), Highmountain Tribe reputation

💡 Cultural Note: Highmountain’s questline provides extensive Tauren heritage content and connects to the Highmountain Tauren Allied Race unlock (if applicable in Remix).

Highmountain Tribe Reputation Guide

Faction: Highmountain Tribe
Exalted Reward: 2,000 Infinite Knowledge
Farming Time: 8-12 hours

Exalted Rewards

  • 2,000 Infinite Knowledge
  • Highmountain Tribe tabard
  • Profession recipes
  • Allied Race unlock progress (if applicable in Remix)

Reputation Sources

  1. World Quests in Highmountain - 50-350 reputation each

    • Available daily throughout the zone
    • Various types: kill rares, collect items, complete objectives

  2. Emissary Completion - 1,500 reputation

    • Complete 4 Highmountain world quests to unlock
    • Appears every few days
    • Provides bonus cache with additional rewards

  3. Zone Campaign Quests - Large reputation chunks

    • Complete main storyline for significant reputation
    • One-time rewards per character

  4. Kirin Tor Emissary Tokens - 1,500 reputation

    • Choose Highmountain Tribe when available
    • Flexible reputation choice

Efficient Reputation Farming

Daily Strategy:

  1. Check for Highmountain Tribe emissary quest
  2. Complete 4 Highmountain world quests for emissary bonus
  3. Prioritize high-reputation world quests
  4. Use Kirin Tor tokens when available

Weekly Focus:

  • Emissary quests provide 1,500 rep each
  • Complete all available world quests
  • Coordinate with other zone reputations

Neltharion’s Lair Dungeon

Dungeon: Neltharion’s Lair
Location: Highmountain Peak
Theme: Deathwing’s former lair
Boss Count: 4 bosses
Notable: Earth elemental and Drogbar enemies

Dungeon Features

  • Lore Connection: Deathwing’s former lair
  • Enemy Types: Earth elementals and Drogbar
  • Theme: Mountain cave system
  • Available For: Mythic and Mythic+ difficulties

Notable Rewards

  • Bronze currency
  • Gear upgrades
  • Transmog appearances
  • Infinite Power items

Flight Points

Flight Master Locations:

  1. Thunder Totem - Main hub (central tower)
  2. Riverbend - Valley settlement
  3. Skyhorn - Mountain peak area
  4. Nesingwary’s Camp - Hunter camp
  5. Prepfoot Compound - Compound location
  6. Sylvan Falls - Waterfall area
  7. Stonedark Grotto - Cave system entrance

💡 Pro Tip: Unlock all flight points during the main questline. With Skyriding available, flight points are less critical but still useful for quick travel between key locations, especially given the vertical terrain.

Gathering and Professions

Best Zone for Gathering

Highmountain is considered the best zone for gathering in the Broken Isles.

Mining

Abundant Resources:

  • Leystone deposits throughout mountain terrain
  • Felslate deposits in rocky areas
  • High node density in mountain areas

Best Locations:

  • Mountain peaks and rocky slopes
  • Cave entrances and interior areas
  • Valley rocky areas

Herbalism

Available Herbs:

  • Aethril nodes in valleys
  • Foxflower nodes throughout
  • Various other Legion herbs

Best Locations:

  • Valley areas with good visibility
  • Mountain slopes
  • Near water sources

Fishing

Highland Fishing Pools:

  • Various fish types available
  • Highland-specific pools
  • Good for cooking materials

Optimal Gathering Route

Route: Circle Thunder Totem → eastern valleys → mountain peaks → western slopes

Detailed Route:

  1. Start at Thunder Totem - Central hub
  2. Eastern Valleys - Herbs and some mining nodes
  3. Mountain Peaks - Mining nodes, some herbs
  4. Western Slopes - Mixed resources
  5. Return to Thunder Totem - Complete circuit

💡 Gathering Tip: Use Skyriding to efficiently move between elevation levels. The vertical terrain in Highmountain means resources are spread across multiple levels - flying makes gathering much more efficient.

Tips and Tricks

Vertical Exploration

  1. Use Skyriding: Essential for accessing mountain peaks
  2. Check Multiple Levels: Resources and rares at different elevations
  3. Cave Exploration: Don’t skip cave systems
  4. Map Awareness: Use map to understand elevation changes
  5. Systematic Coverage: Work through all elevation levels

Gathering Optimization

  1. Follow Optimal Route: Circle route covers all areas
  2. Use Addons: Gatherer or similar addons help track nodes
  3. Combine Activities: Gather while farming rares/treasures
  4. Check Caves: Mining nodes often in cave systems
  5. Valley Focus: Herbs more common in valleys
  1. Thunder Totem Central: Use as hub for all activities
  2. Flight Points: Unlock all for efficient travel
  3. Skyriding: Makes vertical navigation trivial
  4. Cave Maps: Learn cave layouts for efficient navigation
  5. Addons: HandyNotes essential for finding all content

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Highmountain best for gathering?

Highmountain has abundant Leystone and Felslate deposits in mountain terrain, plus good herb distribution in valleys, making it the most efficient gathering zone.

How do I access mountain peak treasures?

Use Skyriding (available from start) to fly to elevated locations. Some peaks may require specific approach angles.

Are there rares in caves?

Yes, Stonedark Grotto and other cave systems contain rares. Use map markers and HandyNotes to find them.

How long to complete Highmountain questline?

Expect 2-4 hours to complete the main Highmountain questline, which focuses heavily on Tauren heritage and culture.

What makes Highmountain unique?

Highmountain features:

  • Best gathering routes (Mining/Herbalism)
  • Vertical terrain exploration
  • Tauren heritage and culture focus
  • Extensive cave systems
  • Multiple distinct biomes

Conclusion

Highmountain stands out as the premier gathering zone in Legion Remix, with excellent Mining and Herbalism routes throughout its vertical terrain. The zone’s focus on Tauren heritage provides rich cultural content, while the vertical exploration offers unique challenges and rewards.

Complete the main questline to unlock all content and understand the Tauren culture, then focus on gathering routes and reputation farming. With Skyriding available from the start, the vertical terrain becomes much more manageable, making Highmountain an efficient and rewarding zone for gatherers and explorers alike.

For more zone guides and Legion Remix content, check out our complete zone overview.