Augury Rock to Dunes of Despair

Running through the desert can be quite hazardous to your health, so group with some player characters, or at least bring along henchmen, as many of the mobs encountered are very difficult.

Leave from Augury Rock into Prophet's Path. Head west towards the teleporter but turn south before reaching it, and you should come to a rather large area of dunes, complete with desert griffons, roaming minotaurs, devourers springing up from the ground, and masses of sand golems. Bear southwest until you note the southern edge of the map. It is a big impassable hill of sand so it should be hard to miss.

Follow this west and south as you can. You will find a narrow channel containing Sand Elementals leading south to the portal to Vulture Drifts. Note that if you need to put Heroes' Audience on your map, you may want to detour before zoning into Vulture Drifts. A short walk west from here is Heroes' Audience.

Once in Vulture Drifts, head south. When you can, turn east and follow the southerly wall of sand around to the south until it turns west. Continue heading south around the rocks until you come across some enchanted armors and other monsters near a teleporter. Use it, and you merely need to run a short distance south down the ramp and turn to your right to zone into Dunes of Despair.