My leveling path through Outland has had me in Zangarmarsh for the last few days. Finally, water! And no more freaking Fel Reavers!
And Sporeloks! I love these little guys. Not just because they trade in shrooms and give out trinkets that look like they’re straight out of a decades-old platformer that we all know and love. No, Sporeloks are all right with me because they give us this beauty:
Sure, the [Petrified Lichen Guard] will probably fade away now that we have another 10 levels of content to chose from. I still claim that it’s worth the few hours it’ll take to get up to Honored. It’s a decent tanking shield at its level, even if you ignore the nature DoT. But that’s the best part! It’s yet another arrow in our quiver of items that proc when we’re being beat on by huge pulls. It would be sad if leveling pallies flew by the early 60s without getting a chance to play with it.
The path to Honored isn’t so bad. WoWwiki’s Sporeggar page has a guide which shows the order in which to complete quests to maximize the amount of rep from quests which are repeatable until Friendly. That doesn’t take too long. The grind from Friendly to Honored can be pretty tedious. I recommend doing the quests in Underbog. There’s a decent chance that no-one else will be gathering [Sanguine Hibiscus]. I managed to get enough from one run for a few turn-ins. Don’t forget to run back through the instance for another collection pass after you finish the last boss. They have a really fast respawn time.
When you get it, go and celebrate with a shield spike and a few dozen mobs. Watch the nature DoTs fly. It’s a good time.