Just Passing Through

Quest Giver: Master Woodsman Anderhol — Amberpine Lodge, Grizzly Hills [31, 59]

Objective: Collect 5 Blackroot Stalks from the riverbank west of Amberpine Lodge.

Quick Facts

• Chain Position: 2 of 3 in the Amberseeds chain (Mmm… Amberseeds! → Just Passing Through → Doing Your Duty)
• Faction: Alliance

Walkthrough

• After you eat the Amberseeds and confess to Anderhol in the previous quest, he needs blackroot to make a purgative. Head west from Amberpine Lodge, following the path south that curves down toward the river.
• The Blackroot Stalks grow along the riverbank at approximately [30, 56], just north of the logging camp. They look like tall green patches of grass near the water’s edge.
• Each node gives one stalk at a 100% rate, so you just need to find 5 patches. They’re abundant along both sides of the river, especially near the waterfall area.
• Return to Anderhol at Amberpine Lodge to turn in.

Efficiency Tips

• Pick up Replenishing the Storehouse and Them or Us! from Anderhol before heading down to the river. Bears guard the blackroot area, so you can kill Grizzly Bears for Replenishing the Storehouse while collecting stalks.
• The next quest in the chain, Doing Your Duty, is the infamous outhouse quest where you drink Anderhol’s “Slider Cider” to retrieve the amberseeds. That quest gives the “Indisposed” debuff complete with memorable sound effects.

Lore Context

This chain is part of WotLK’s tradition of comedic “poop quests”. Anderhol’s purgative is needed because you foolishly ate an entire harvest’s worth of magical Amberseeds, which the lodge was counting on to solve their food crisis. 

Explore Grizzly Hills’ hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Grizzly Hills Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.