Thorium Brotherhood reputation guide (WoW Forever)

The Thorium Brotherhood are the Dark Iron dwarves who broke away from Ragnaros. Their camp is Thorium Point in north-west Searing Gorge, and their quartermaster, Lokhtos Darkbargainer, sits in the Grim Guzzler bar inside Blackrock Depths. You start at Neutral, and killing mobs gives no Thorium reputation at all (Wowhead's faction page lists no kill sources). Everything comes from quests and turn-ins. The rewards are fire-themed Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Tailoring, Enchanting and Alchemy recipes, many of which need Molten Core materials to craft.

Forever status: Wowhead's datamine of new and changed reputations for Forever doesn't list the Thorium Brotherhood (Wowhead), and Blizzard hasn't said anything about its quests or recipes changing. Molten Core is not confirmed for Forever yet (see our raids page), which matters for the Honored to Exalted turn-ins below. Everything on this page is Classic Era baseline from Wowhead Classic unless it says otherwise.

Quick plan

1. Level 45+, Thorium Point: fly to Searing Gorge and pick up the one-off quests from Hansel Heavyhands, Master Smith Burninate and the WANTED board. Each is worth 100 reputation.
2. Neutral to Friendly: kill Incendosaurs in the Slag Pit for Incendosaur Scales and hand them to Burninate with Coal plus Kingsblood, Iron Bars or Heavy Leather (25 reputation each time).
3. Friendly to Honored: run Blackrock Depths and save every Dark Iron Residue. Hand in 4 at a time to Burninate for Gaining Acceptance.
4. Friendly onward: visit Lokhtos in the Grim Guzzler to buy recipes.
5. Honored to Exalted: hand Lokhtos Dark Iron Ore, or Molten Core materials (Fiery Core, Lava Core, Core Leather, Blood of the Mountain). Pick whichever is cheapest for you.

Reputation sources (Classic Era baseline)

Standings (Classic Era baseline): you start at Neutral. Friendly takes 3,000, Honored 6,000, Revered 12,000 and Exalted 21,000, so it's 42,000 reputation from Neutral to Exalted.

[Unconfirmed] The Wowhead guide uses each turn-in for one stretch only (Scales to Friendly, Residue to Honored, Lokhtos after that). The Wowhead quest pages don't show a standing cap or gate, so check in game whether the Scale and Residue turn-ins keep working past those points.

Thorium Point quests (Classic Era baseline)

All of these are open to both factions and need level 45.

[Unconfirmed] Wowhead also lists Kill 'Em With Sleep Deprivation (7702) with no level and as added late in original WoW, so we've left it out until someone sees it in game.

Neutral to Friendly: Incendosaur Scales (Classic Era baseline)

Burninate takes three versions of the same turn-in. Each gives 25 reputation and needs 2 Incendosaur Scales and 1 Coal (Burninate sells Coal), plus one of these:

Where to farm: Incendosaurs (level 47–49) live in the lava pools of the Slag Pit, which Wowhead's spawn data puts at about 43–49, 20–30. Wowhead's drop sample shows a scale from about 98% of kills. The Wowhead guide works out the whole stretch at 232 scales and 116 Coal, plus 464 Kingsblood, 464 Iron Bars or 1,160 Heavy Leather if you use one option only.

Friendly to Honored: Dark Iron Residue (Classic Era baseline)

Gaining Acceptance takes 4 Dark Iron Residue for 25 reputation. The residue drops from Dark Iron trash in Blackrock Depths. Wowhead's drop samples show about 25–35% from mobs such as Anvilrage Guardsmen, Anvilrage Wardens, Shadowforge Senators and Weapon Technicians. Our Blackrock Depths quests page covers the rest of the dungeon's quests, so pick those up on the same runs.

The guide's total for this stretch is 960 residue (240 hand-ins). [Unconfirmed] One line of the guide says 1,000, so it's worth saving a few spare.

Honored to Exalted: Lokhtos (Classic Era baseline)

All of these need level 60, can be repeated and go to Lokhtos in the Grim Guzzler. He's inside an instance, so there's no map pin.

If you use one option only, the Wowhead guide works out Honored to Exalted at 6,600 Dark Iron Ore, or 165 Fiery Cores, or 165 Lava Cores, or 440 Core Leather, or 165 Blood of the Mountain. [Unconfirmed] If Molten Core isn't in Forever at launch, Dark Iron Ore is the only one of these you can collect in quantity outside the raid.

Blacksmiths: Derotain Mudsipper in Tanaris

Derotain Mudsipper is in Tanaris at 51.4, 28.4. His Blacksmithing quests need level 50 and give Thorium reputation: A Blue Light Bargain 100, Imperial Plate Belt 100 (20 Thorium Bars), Imperial Plate Boots 150, Imperial Plate Bracer 100, Imperial Plate Chest 200, Imperial Plate Helm 200, Imperial Plate Leggings 200 and Imperial Plate Shoulders 100.

Rewards from Lokhtos (Classic Era baseline)

Standings come from the Wowhead reputation guide and skill levels from Lokhtos's sell list on Wowhead. Full crafting details are on our profession pages.

Lokhtos also sells reagents such as Essences and Blood of the Mountain on Wowhead's list, but only for a currency from a different game version, so we haven't included them.

Card: Wowhead Classic item page, checked 31 Oct 2026 (Classic Era baseline; Forever details unconfirmed).

Tips (Classic Era baseline)

• Bank your residue early. Dark Iron Residue stacks to 100 and drops all through Blackrock Depths, so save it from your very first run, even before you reach Friendly.
• Do the one-off quests first. The eight Thorium Point quests add up to 800 reputation, and two of them (What the Flux? and the Incendosaur kill quest) send you to the Slag Pit where you farm scales anyway.
• Pick the cheapest turn-in. The Wowhead guide's advice is to use whichever of Kingsblood, Iron Bars or Heavy Leather costs you least, and the same goes for Lokhtos's materials.
• Plan for Molten Core recipes. Many of Lokhtos's recipes need Molten Core materials such as Fiery Cores, Lava Cores and Core Leather to craft. [Unconfirmed] Whether Molten Core and those materials are in Forever at launch.

Related guides

• Searing Gorge levelling guide
• Blackrock Depths dungeon guide
• Blackrock Depths quests
• Burning Steppes levelling guide
• Raids in WoW Forever
• Timbermaw Hold reputation
• Levelling hub

Tooltip: Wowhead (Classic Era data). There's no Forever item or NPC database yet, so links show Classic Era data.

Tags: Anything without a Forever tag is Classic Era baseline. [Unconfirmed] marks claims we couldn't verify. We'll check reputation amounts in game after launch on 5 Nov 2026.