Treant Treants are powerful , ancient trees and more primitive forms of the wise Ancient s that served under Cenarius in ages past . They are closely affiliated with druid s , and are often seen accompanying powerful druids and keepers of the grove . Many treants were driven mad during the Third War . The destruction of the forests , as well as demonic corruption , has driven them to lash out at anyone that approaches . Treants resemble large moving trees with faces . Description . This creature looks to be a short , angry tree - men . Its branchlike arms end in three - fingered claws . Treants are small , tree - like beings . They are rarely seen in times of peace , but in days of conflict they patrol the forests and fling themselves at nature ’ s enemies . Treants do not speak , but they understand Darnassian . Combat . Little is subtle about a treant ’ s tactics . They charge their enemies as soon as they can , slashing with their wooden claws . They are also known to use nature spells to a certain degree . Locations . The lowest level treants are found in the southern reaches of Sunstrider Isle , from the Shrine of Dath ' Remar all the way to the bridge . The lowest level hostile treants are the Level 9 Withered Green Keeper s in the Eversong Woods . Level 13 Corrupted Treants that can be found in Middenvale on Bloodmyst Isle . Level 26 Corrupted Treant s can be found just south of the border of Felwood , in Ashenvale . In Felwood , treants can be found in Irontree Woods , roughly level 52 . There are a few treants which are for the most part passive in Feralas . Many hostile corrupted treants can be found in Dire Maul in the east wing . There are also treants defending Darnassus . Technically there are treants in Terokkar Forest : They were once trees , but following the explosion in Auchindoun , the magic corrupted them and they became animated . In Outland you ( as an Alliance player ) introduce treants into the ecosystem in Blade ' s Edge Mountains , while the Cenarion Expedition seeks to heal lands once belonging to the treants and ancients . Treants have also been spotted in Crystalsong Forest and are both neutral and hostile . In World of Warcraft . Treants have always been present , both good and bad , in WoW . Additionally , the 41 point talent in the druid Balance tree , Force of Nature , allows a Balance druid to summon 3 treants to fight on their behalf for 30 seconds ( or until they or their master are killed ) and has a 3 minute cooldown . Similarly , the top talent in the Restoration tree is Tree of Life Form , which allows Resto druids to " become " treants . Quests introducing treants to Outland . This quest in Blade ' s Edge Mountains calls for you to speed up growth of Grove Seedling s which , when fully grown , become Living Grove Defender s , neutral to the Alliance and hostile to the Horde . Notes . They are listed as elemental s in " World of Warcraft " and ambulatory plants in the RPG . Myth . The Treants were likely inspired , in both name and overall nature , by the , a powerful race of sapient trees in the works of J . R . R . Tolkien . " Treants " and variants appear in various fantasy media . The Ents themselves were probably inspired by the tales of talking trees found in various world mythologies , though the Ancients would be a closer Warcraft parallel to the mythological variety .