RaceGnomeThis Gnome Mage gets a staff from Bink before the longer robe chains begin. The 1-30 route crosses Dun Morogh, Westfall, Loch Modan, Redridge, Duskwood, and the Wetlands. We'll collect the robe gems while passing the mine, learn teleports from 20, and finish another robe by 30. Four builds, useful spell ranks, wands, and optional dungeons are included. I'd start with Frost and single pulls.
What to install from CurseForge for Forever: the useful and the fun
Rune of Teleportation) and lights up when they run out. Command: /mpd. Made for Forever (file 1.60.1 from September 27), not many downloads yet - optional.
Fingers of Frost, Clearcasting, 
Missile Barrage) are shown by the built-in Cooldown Manager. Want them bigger and with sound? Use ForeverAuras from the “Don't look” card.Small things about your route, mobs, mana, and speed that add up to hours over a whole leveling run
Main route: Coldridge Valley → Kharanos and Dun Morogh → the Gizmonitor outside Gnomeregan → Deeprun Tram to Stormwind → Westfall 12-15 → Stormwind for your class robe → Loch Modan 15-18 → Redridge Mountains → Duskwood and Wetlands to 30. You can skip group chapters entirely.
Chapter levels indicate readiness for the mobs, not a guaranteed amount of XP from one circuit. Falling behind? Finish green quests in the zone. Spend silver on key spell ranks, a wand and bag space first; white cloth gear without stats can wait.
Builds for 10-30: which one to pick and in what order to spend points
Your first point comes at 10, with 21 by 30. I'd use Frost to keep mobs at range while questing. At 20, these builds open 
Ice Lance, 
Arcane Blast, or 
Pyroblast. 
Expansive Mind and 
Eureka! help across the trees. Visit Bink in Ironforge or Jennea Cannon in Stormwind to respec. The launch starting cost is 1 gold, so the early experiments aren't free. All four point orders use the Forever tree after Blizzard's November 2 changes.
Frostbolt, hold it with 
Frost Nova, and use Ice Lance while it's frozen. It's a practical single-target questing setup. Icy Veins, Mobalytics, Method, and wow.gg use a similar core.Improved Frostbolt 5/5 at 10-14 shortens Frostbolt by half a second. That buys more damage before contact. 
Frostbite 3/3 at 15-17 lets chills proc a 5-second freeze. Finish 
Ice Shards 5/5 across 18-19, 24, and 28-29 to raise Frost crit damage from 150% to double damage.Ice Lance gives an instant hit with +300% damage against frozen targets. Since November 2 it has an 8-second cooldown shared with 
Fire Blast, so one freeze means one Lance. Use Frost Nova when a mob reaches you, step back a couple of yards, and Lance while the roots hold. 
Shatter at 25-27 adds +50% crit chance against frozen targets. Fingers of Frost at 30 lets chills proc a charge that makes your next spell treat its target as frozen.
Frost Channeling 3/3 at 21-23 for 15% cheaper Frost spells. Mana is tight for beta Mages. Rarely drinking? Put the 3 points into 
Precision for +6% spell hit and fewer misses (
Piercing Ice was removed on November 2).Frostbolt. For a whole pack, the Blizzard AoE build offers better control.
Improved Frostbolt 5/5
Frostbite 3/3
Ice Shards 2/5
Ice Lance 1/1
Frost Channeling 3/3Ice Shards 3/5
Shatter 3/3Ice Shards 5/5
Fingers of Frost 1/2
Permafrost extends chills by a third. 
Improved Frost Nova cuts Frost Nova from 25 seconds to 21, and 
Improved Blizzard 3/3 by 22 gives Blizzard a 40% slow. At 26, 
Ice Block buys 10 seconds of immunity if the pull goes wrong, and at 29 a point goes into Precision instead of the removed Piercing Ice. 
Cold Snap at 30 resets your Frost cooldowns.Frost Channeling lowers threat by 30%, though it doesn't make an early AoE cast safe.
Cone of Cold gives 40% for 6 seconds. You skip Ice Lance, so isolated mobs die more slowly. You also leave out Frostbite on purpose. A random root leaves one mob behind while the rest keep following you.Improved Frostbolt 5/5
Permafrost 3/3
Improved Frost Nova 2/2
Improved Blizzard 3/3Frost Channeling 3/3
Ice Block 1/1
Arctic Reach 2/2
Precision 1/3
Cold Snap 1/1Pyroblast at range, cast 
Fireball, and finish with Fire Blast. Since November 2, 
Improved Fire Blast sits in row 3, so start with Accelerant 5/5 and take Improved Fire Blast at 21-22.Accelerant 5/5: Fireball casts 0.5 seconds faster. At 15-19, 
Ignite makes Fire crits burn. Take Pyroblast at 20, Improved Fire Blast at 21-22 to shorten the cooldown and extend the range of Fire Blast, 
Heating Up at 25, 
Master of Elements at 26-28, and 
Blast Wave at 30. Use Eureka! during a short damage push.Frostbolt and Cone of Cold for slows. I'd choose Frost if safer solo pulls matter more than big Fire hits.Frostbolt.
Accelerant 5/5
Ignite 5/5
Pyroblast 1/1
Improved Fire Blast 2/2
Flame Throwing 2/2
Heating Up 1/1
Master of Elements 3/3
Burning Soul 1/3
Blast Wave 1/1Arcane Blast at 20 and 
Arcane Wrath at 25.
Wand Specialization 2/2 at 10-11 adds 25% wand damage. The wand handles much of your damage at 10-20. 
Arcane Concentration gives a 10% chance of Clearcasting for a free next spell.Missile Barrage 2/2 at 21-22: since November 2 it sits in row 2. The proc makes 
Arcane Missiles faster and free. Add Arcane Blast at 20, but don't keep chaining expensive Blasts; switch to the free Missiles when they proc. Arcane Wrath comes at 25. 
Arcane Meditation at 26-28 keeps 50% mana regeneration while casting, then 
Presence of Mind at 30 gives an instant cast.
Lesser Magic Wand from an enchanter or the AH. I'd get it before committing to the wand points. Beta players disagree about whether the simple spell loop is dull or comfortable in groups.
Wand Specialization 2/2
Improved Channeling 3/5
Arcane Concentration 5/5
Arcane Blast 1/1
Missile Barrage 2/2
Arcane Resilience 2/3
Arcane Wrath 1/1
Arcane Meditation 3/3
Arcane Impact 1/3
Presence of Mind 1/1Wolves, troggs and the troll cave; train level 4 before leaving the valley.
At 1-3, open with Fireball from range and finish nearly dead mobs with your staff if needed. At 4, learn Frostbolt and 
Conjure Water: the slow buys time for another cast, and you can make your own water.
Canvas Latchbag. Hold off on buying bags until then.Conjure Water from 4, food with 
Conjure Food from 6. Before 4, save your starting 
Refreshing Spring Water for longer fights.Refreshing Spring Water, ≈ 4, before the troll camps.
Linen Cloth for bandages or Tailoring; sell excess on the Auction House. Wolf and boar meat for Cooking; grays to vendors.Frostbolt from 4: start at range, move back after casting and keep a clear escape route behind you.Sten Stoutarm : accept !Dwarven Outfitters[1].
Collect young wolf meat near the first camp - Dwarven Outfitters[1].
Drops from: Tough Wolf Meat - Timber Wolf, Young Wolf, Ragged Timber Wolf and others
Sten Stoutarm : turn in ?Dwarven Outfitters[1].
Take 
Rabbit Handler Gloves: it is cloth. Mages cannot wear mail or leather.
Sten Stoutarm : accept !Glyphic Memorandum[1].
Marryk Nurribit in Anvilmar: turn in ?Glyphic Memorandum[1]. Learn 
Arcane Intellect for 10.
You can equip your starting 
Bent Staff immediately. You already know Wands, but have no wand in your starting bags. Marryk Nurribit teaches the first ranks; the next trainer is in Kharanos.
Balir Frosthammer : accept !A New Threat[2].
Sten Stoutarm : accept !Coldridge Valley Mail Delivery[3].
Talin Keeneye : turn in ?Coldridge Valley Mail Delivery[3], accept !Coldridge Valley Mail Delivery[4].
Talin Keeneye : accept !The Boar Hunter[3].
Felix Whindlebolt : accept !A Refugee's Quandary[3].
Requires 3. Still 2? Kill nearby troggs and boars, then return.
Kill troggs and small boars on the way south - A New Threat[2] and The Boar Hunter[3].
Balir Frosthammer : turn in ?A New Threat[2].
Take 
Snow Boots, a cloth upgrade over your starting gear. The belt is mail, which Mages cannot wear.
Talin Keeneye : turn in ?The Boar Hunter[3].
Take 
Dwarven Cloth Britches, cloth. Sell the leather pants.
Grelin Whitebeard : turn in ?Coldridge Valley Mail Delivery[4].
Choose a manual for your profession plan: 
Wild Harvest or 
Mining for Dummies for gathering. Planning Tailoring and Enchanting? Leave the manual unused: it automatically learns a profession and fills a slot.
Grelin Whitebeard : accept !The Troll Cave[4].
Visit the western and southern troll camps, collect three abandoned containers and kill young trolls - The Troll Cave[4] and A Refugee's Quandary[3].
Grelin Whitebeard : turn in ?The Troll Cave[4], accept !The Stolen Journal[5].
You cannot use the weapon rewards here: take whichever sells for more. Your current staff is enough for now.
Kill Grik'nir the Cold in the troll cave and take the journal. Clear your return route beforehand - The Stolen Journal[5].
Drops from: Grelin Whitebeard's Journal - Grik'nir the Cold
Mages wear cloth only; compare any staff or wand with your current weapon. For unusable armor or weapons, pick by the vendor price in the tooltip.
Grelin Whitebeard : turn in ?The Stolen Journal[5].
Take 
Smooth Walking Staff: you already know Staves. Mages cannot use shields. Compare it with your current staff; melee is still just a way to finish a nearly dead mob.
Grelin Whitebeard : accept !Senir's Observations[5].
Return to Anvilmar. Marryk Nurribit : level 4 training - Frostbolt and Conjure Water, 1 each.
Frostbolt slows the target. Conjure a couple of stacks of water before leaving: you no longer need to buy drinks.
Felix Whindlebolt : turn in ?A Refugee's Quandary[3].
Hands Springsprocket : accept !Supplies to Tannok[5].
Grund Drokda : accept !Grund and Gozwin[6].
Requires 4. Finish the valley circuit and training before heading through the tunnel.
Grund and Gozwin's camp is in the northwestern hills. The mechanic's journal (Gozwin's Mechanic's Log) lies at ; kill nearby patrolling Snow Leopard Prowler - Grund and Gozwin[6].
Grund Drokda : turn in ?Grund and Gozwin[6].
Canvas Latchbag is a 6-slot bag. Equip it immediately; no need to buy your first bag.
Mountaineer Thalos : turn in ?Senir's Observations[5].
Mountaineer Thalos : accept !Senir's Observations[5].
Leave Coldridge Valley through the northern tunnel and follow the road to Kharanos.
Tharek Blackstone : accept !Tools for Steelgrill[5].
Senir Whitebeard : turn in ?Senir's Observations[5].
Tannok Frosthammer : turn in ?Supplies to Tannok[5].
Hearthstone, supplies and western cave quests; Fire Blast from 6.
Small Brown Pouch, 6 slots, ≈ 5; Brown Leather Satchel, 8 slots, ≈ 25. Equip your free Canvas Latchbag first.
Knitted Belt (≈ 1) and 
Knitted Bracers (≈ 1). No stats, only armor for empty belt and wrist slots. Buy with spare money after training.
Frost Armor: keep it active. Make water from 4 and food from 6; stock your bags before a long cave run.Innkeeper Belm : set your hearth to Kharanos, sell grays and restock water.
Thamner Pol : learn First Aid; Gremlock Pilsnor : Cooking. Other professions are in Ironforge.
Save linen (Linen Cloth) for bandages: mana-free healing leaves your mana for the next mob.
Beldin Steelgrill : turn in ?Tools for Steelgrill[5].
Pilot Bellowfiz : accept !Stocking Jetsteam[6].
Pilot Stonegear : accept !The Grizzled Den[7].
Senir Whitebeard : accept !Secure the Mountain[8].
Tognus Flintfire : accept !Flintfire's Shipment[7].
Collect boar meat and thick bear pelts near Kharanos and Steelgrill's Depot - Stocking Jetsteam[6].
Drops from: Chunk of Boar Meat - Stonetusk Boar, Longsnout, Goretusk and others · Thick Bear Fur - Young Black Bear, Ice Claw Bear, Black Bear and others
Pilot Bellowfiz : turn in ?Stocking Jetsteam[6], accept !Evershine[7].
Mountaineer Gretchen : turn in ?Secure the Mountain[8].
Mountaineer Gretchen : accept !Secure the Mountain[8].
Clear wendigos and collect eight crates west of Kharanos. Examine the mountaineer's body at ; the new crates are in the same mountain area - The Grizzled Den[7] and Secure the Mountain[8] and Flintfire's Shipment[7].
Drops from: Wendigo Mane - Young Wendigo, Wendigo, Edan the Howler and others
The new quest crates are not at the old Classic cave location: follow the quest markers.
Mountaineer Gretchen : turn in ?Secure the Mountain[8], accept !Secure the Mountain[8].
Senir Whitebeard : turn in ?Secure the Mountain[8].
Tognus Flintfire : turn in ?Flintfire's Shipment[7].
Pilot Stonegear : turn in ?The Grizzled Den[7].
Magis Sparkmantle : level 6 training - rank 2 Fireball, Conjure Food and Fire Blast, 1 each. The recipes tab also has free 
Comprehend Scroll.
Fire Blast is an instant finisher. Do not open every fight with it: Frostbolt's slow is more useful while the mob is still far away.
A short introduction to Forever camping rest. The first quest needs no profession.
Eric Brighthammer : accept !The Great Outdoors[6].
Sit at the campfire beside the trainer (/sit) and wait for the improved rest effect - The Great Outdoors[6].
Eric Brighthammer : turn in ?The Great Outdoors[6].
Eric Brighthammer : accept !Camping 101: Cooking[6].
Talk to the inn's Cooking trainer, Gremlock Pilsnor - Camping 101: Cooking[6].
Gremlock Pilsnor : turn in ?Camping 101: Cooking[6].
No Cooking yet? Learn it from him. Profession camp items require the relevant skill.
Ironforge flight path, western camps and a Hearthstone return to Kharanos.
Lesser Magic Wand, level 5, 11.3 DPS. You already know Wands; lacking a wand does not stop you doing your Gnome staff quest.
Ice Cold Milk, ≈ 24. Restock before the western circuit: tightly packed trolls mean frequent drinking.
Goat Fur Cloak or 
Ivy-weave Bracers; Frostmane Hold[9] - 
Warm Winter Robe; Operation Recombobulation[10] - Oil-stained Cloak; Return to Bellowfiz[8] offers 
Gnarled Short Staff, so compare it before vendoring.Take the northern road to Ironforge. Gryth Thurden : unlock the flight path. Auctioneer Buckler : check the Auction House for a wand. Jemma Quikswitch : the card quest. Return through Kharanos for the western objectives.
Jemma Quikswitch : accept !Data Hoarders[10].
Senir Whitebeard : accept !Frostmane Hold[9].
Razzle Sprysprocket : accept !Operation Recombobulation[10].
Rejold Barleybrew : turn in ?Evershine[7].
Rejold Barleybrew : accept !A Favor for Evershine[8].
Rejold Barleybrew : accept !The Perfect Stout[9].
Gretta Ganter : accept !Frosthowl[9].
Kill bears, boars and leopards on the western slopes. Shimmerweed drops from Frostmane Seers and is found in baskets around their camps: clear the lower-level camps first, then the cave - A Favor for Evershine[8] and The Perfect Stout[9].
Kill the required trolls and scout their hold; collect parts from infected gnomes near Gnomeregan - Frostmane Hold[9] and Operation Recombobulation[10].
Drops from: Restabilization Cog - Leper Gnome, Gibblewilt · Gyromechanic Gear - Leper Gnome, Gibblewilt
Do not push deep alone: narrow exits and mobs respawning behind you can trap you.
Around Gnomeregan at , search snowdrifts (Snowdrift) on the western circuit. Collect seven cards - Data Hoarders[10].
Gretta Ganter : turn in ?Frosthowl[9].
The reward is leather boots: vendor them as a Mage.
Rejold Barleybrew : turn in ?The Perfect Stout[9].
Take Goat Fur Cloak for an empty back slot; choose the ivy bracers if you already have a cloak.
Rejold Barleybrew : turn in ?A Favor for Evershine[8], accept !Return to Bellowfiz[8].
Rejold Barleybrew : accept !Shimmer Stout[10].
Hearth back to Kharanos.
Hearthstone on cooldown? Follow the road east to Kharanos.
Senir Whitebeard : turn in ?Frostmane Hold[9].
Mages wear cloth only; compare any staff or wand with your current weapon. For unusable armor or weapons, pick by the vendor price in the tooltip.
Senir Whitebeard : accept !The Reports[10].
Razzle Sprysprocket : turn in ?Operation Recombobulation[10].
Sell the leather gloves. Choose Oil-stained Cloak if your back slot is empty.
Pilot Bellowfiz : turn in ?Return to Bellowfiz[8].
You can use Gnarled Short Staff from the start. Compare it with your current weapon: it may be an upgrade before your class reward 
Arcane Staff. Mages cannot use Axes; Daggers require separate training.
Magis Sparkmantle : level 8 training - Arcane Missiles, 
Polymorph and rank 2 Frostbolt, 2 each.
Polymorph works on beasts and humanoids. Damage breaks Sheep: control the second mob, finish the first, then deal with the second. As Frost, you can postpone Arcane Missiles.
Eastern quests and level 10-12 training; your Gnome class staff follows the circuit.
Empty Powder Keg from eastern troggs starts Stolen Blasting Powder[10]. Loot and use it immediately.Ice Cold Milk, ≈ 24. No need to return to Kharanos for water.Ice Cold Milk, ≈ 24. Barnum Stonemantle : bank. Auctioneer Buckler : Auction House, Lesser Magic Wand or, from 13, 
Greater Magic Wand (17.5 DPS).
Rancher's Trousers, cloth, +1 Spirit and +1 spell power (step); Rime's Wrath[8] - 
Avala's Binding, a statless ring for an empty slot.Frost Nova to freeze mobs that reach you and move away. Do not stay in melee just because the target is still rooted.
Escape Artist removes roots and slows and grants 3 seconds of protection against them. You also gain Frost Nova at 10; the racial does not remove stuns or fear.Follow the northern road back to Ironforge.
Senator Barin Redstone : turn in ?The Reports[10].
Professions: Balthus Stoneflayer for Skinning if gathering. For Tailoring and Enchanting, visit Uthrar Threx and Thonys Pillarstone if you skipped them previously.
Return from Ironforge through Kharanos for the eastern quests. No need to revisit the western cards.
Maxan Anvol : accept !Dawn in the Mountains[8].
Magis Sparkmantle : already 10? Accept !Speak with Bink[10]. Learn Frost Nova, rank 2 Frost Armor and Conjure Water, 4 each.
Still 9? Finish the eastern quests and train level 10 with Bink in Ironforge. The referral is optional: Bink can offer Mage-tastic Gizmonitor[10] directly.
Father Gavin : turn in ?Dawn in the Mountains[8].
Father Gavin : accept !Finding Warmth[8].
Collect fourteen logs around the Misty Pine Refuge - Finding Warmth[8].
Father Gavin : turn in ?Finding Warmth[8].
Father Gavin : accept !Rime's Wrath[8].
Father Gavin : accept !Treacherous Cold[8].
Kill lesser ice elementals and recover three guns beside fallen mountaineers: , , - Rime's Wrath[8] and Treacherous Cold[8].
These guns are quest items only.
Father Gavin : turn in ?Treacherous Cold[8].
Father Gavin : turn in ?Rime's Wrath[8], accept !Rime's Wrath[8].
Kill Avala at and take its core. Clear nearby elementals first - Rime's Wrath[8].
Mages wear cloth only; compare any staff or wand with your current weapon. For unusable armor or weapons, pick by the vendor price in the tooltip.
Father Gavin : turn in ?Rime's Wrath[8].
Rudra Amberstill : accept !Protecting the Herd[12].
Rudra Amberstill : accept !Never Saddle on Quality[10].
Kill Vagash above the ranch and take the fang - Protecting the Herd[12].
Vagash is a level 11 elite on his own. Start at full health (and full mana if you use it). Too hard? Bring a partner or abandon the quest.
Rudra Amberstill : turn in ?Protecting the Herd[12].
Rancher's Trousers is cloth with Spirit and spell power, a useful Mage reward. Compare it with your current pants; you cannot use the two-handed mace.
Foreman Stonebrow : accept !Those Blasted Troggs![9].
Senator Mehr Stonehallow : accept !The Public Servant[11].
Finish the required troggs in the quarry; collect six pelts from elder snow leopards farther east - Those Blasted Troggs![9] and The Public Servant[11] and Never Saddle on Quality[10].
Foreman Stonebrow : turn in ?Those Blasted Troggs![9].
Senator Mehr Stonehallow : turn in ?The Public Servant[11].
Eastern troggs drop an empty keg (Empty Powder Keg). Use it and accept !Stolen Blasting Powder[10].
Keep the empty keg and bring it back to the quarry foreman - Stolen Blasting Powder[10].
Drops from: Empty Powder Keg - Rockjaw Ambusher, Rockjaw Backbreaker
Quarrymaster Thesten : turn in ?Stolen Blasting Powder[10], accept !Stolen Blasting Powder[10].
Return to the eastern troggs and collect sixteen portions of gunpowder - Stolen Blasting Powder[10].
Drops from: Stolen Blasting Powder - Rockjaw Ambusher, Rockjaw Backbreaker
Quarrymaster Thesten : turn in ?Stolen Blasting Powder[10].
Rudra Amberstill : turn in ?Never Saddle on Quality[10].
Not 11 yet? Finish remaining green Dun Morogh quests. Next, Ironforge and your class staff outside Gnomeregan (step).
Return to Ironforge. Bink : catch up on level 10, then train level 12 - 
Conjure Food, rank 3 Fireball, 
Dampen Magic and 
Slow Fall, 6 each.
Update your spells first, then fetch the Gizmonitor (step). Slow Fall requires 
Light Feather; carry a couple of feathers if you plan to jump down from a height.
Jemma Quikswitch : turn in ?Data Hoarders[10].
Ironforge → Gnomeregan → Kharanos → Ironforge.
Eureka! boosts damaging abilities for 8 seconds, including ordinary Frostbolt casts. Activate it when you can keep casting, not while running toward the target.Bink : turn in ?Speak with Bink[10], accept !Mage-tastic Gizmonitor[10].
Skipped the Kharanos referral? Just accept Mage-tastic Gizmonitor[10]. Do not also pick up Mirror Lake[10] in Stormwind: it is an alternative class route with a similar reward role.
Leave Ironforge and follow the road through Kharanos, then northwest toward Gnomeregan. Keep your Hearthstone bound to Kharanos for now.
Near the Gnomeregan entrances, , find Bink's Toolbox. Collect 
Mage-tastic Gizmonitor for Mage-tastic Gizmonitor[10].
The Gizmonitor is outside Gnomeregan; you do not enter the dungeon. Clear guards one at a time, using Sheep to avoid fighting two together.
Hearth to Kharanos. On cooldown? Return along the cleared road. Then follow the northern road to Ironforge.
Bink : turn in ?Mage-tastic Gizmonitor[10].
For normal leveling, take Arcane Staff: a staff with +1 Intellect, +1 Spirit and +2 spell power. 
Arcane Orb is an off-hand; it cannot be equipped with a staff, and you still need to train Daggers or Swords.
Take the Deeprun Tram from Ironforge's Tinker Town to Stormwind. It arrives in the Dwarven District; check the station name when boarding for the return trip.
Dungar Longdrink : unlock Stormwind's flight path. If you missed level 12 training, visit Jennea Cannon in the Mage Quarter.
Baros Alexston : accept !Humble Beginnings[15] before leaving for Westfall. Collect the compass while doing the militia quests.
Grimand Elmore : accept !Stormpike's Delivery[15]. The Loch Modan delivery fits the next circuit, after level 15 training.
Leave through the southern gates into Elwynn Forest. Follow the road through Goldshire, then west past Westbrook Garrison to the Westfall bridge. The next circuit starts at the farms.
Farm and Sentinel Hill quests first, then the northern mines and Moonbrook.
Precessive Autocognition Assembly from golems starts Harvesting the Harvesters[15]: loot it if it drops.Small Brown Pouch and Brown Leather Satchel. Thor : flight path.
Old Blanchy's Feed Pouch, 8 slots (step).
Harvester's Robe, +2 Spirit and +2 spell power (step); Patrolling Westfall[14] - 
Bracers of the People's Militia (step); Westfall Stew[13] - Salma's Oven Mitts (step); Red Leather Bandanas[15] - 
Leggings of the People's Militia, +2 spell power (step).Spark of the People's Militia, 12.8 DPS (step). No need to buy a wand before this turn-in.Linen Cloth): Gathering Materials[15] needs 10. Use the rest for bandages or Tailoring. Keep stew ingredients until the turn-in.Frost Nova will not stop them. Break line of sight around a house to bring them close, and sheep an add with Polymorph.Farmer Furlbrow : accept !The Forgotten Heirloom[12].
Verna Furlbrow : accept !Westfall Stew[10] and !Poor Old Blanchy[14].
Farmer Saldean : accept !The Killing Fields[15].
Ozwin Ironsprocket : accept !Harvesting the Harvesters[15].
Head to Sentinel Hill: unlock the flight path with Thor , set your hearth with Innkeeper Heather .
Gryan Stoutmantle : accept !The People's Militia[12].
Salma Saldean : turn in ?Westfall Stew[10], accept !Goretusk Liver Pie[12] and !Westfall Stew[13].
Captain Danuvin : accept !Patrolling Westfall[14].
Alba Fairmoon : accept !Testing the Wells[12].
Make the northern circuit: the Jansen, Furlbrow, Molsen and Saldean farms. Collect oats, the heirloom, livers and cooking ingredients; use 
Well Water Sample Kit at the two wells - The Forgotten Heirloom[12] and Poor Old Blanchy[14] and The Killing Fields[15] and Harvesting the Harvesters[15] and Goretusk Liver Pie[12] and Westfall Stew[13] and Testing the Wells[12] and The People's Militia[12].
Drops from: Golem Isospring - Harvest Golem, Harvest Watcher, Harvest Reaper and others · Harvester Gyrostabilizer - Harvest Golem, Harvest Watcher, Harvest Reaper · Goretusk Liver - Goretusk, Bellygrub, Young Goretusk and others · Stringy Vulture Meat - Greater Fleshripper, Young Fleshripper, Vultros and others · Murloc Eye - Gobbler, Bluegill Raider, Murloc Tidehunter and others · Goretusk Snout - Goretusk, Young Goretusk · Okra - Harvest Golem, Harvest Watcher, Harvest Reaper and others
Golems for both quests roam the fields. Keep the ingredients until you turn in the stew.
Farmer Furlbrow : turn in ?The Forgotten Heirloom[12].
The rewards are food and drink. Take whichever sells best; you can conjure your own supplies.
Verna Furlbrow : turn in ?Poor Old Blanchy[14].
Choose Old Blanchy's Feed Pouch, an 8-slot bag. The alternative cloak has no stats.
Farmer Saldean : turn in ?The Killing Fields[15].
Reward: Harvester's Robe, +2 Spirit and +2 spell power. If you already wear 
Apprentice Wizard's Gown, the difference is small; pick whichever you prefer.
Ozwin Ironsprocket : turn in ?Harvesting the Harvesters[15].
If a golem drops Precessive Autocognition Assembly, use it to accept !Harvesting the Harvesters[15], then turn in ?Harvesting the Harvesters[15] to Ozwin Ironsprocket .
The follow-up for parts and a scope is optional; do not buy Engineering materials blindly.
Salma Saldean : turn in ?Goretusk Liver Pie[12].
Salma Saldean : turn in ?Westfall Stew[13].
Take Salma's Oven Mitts, cloth, if your wrist slot is still empty. Otherwise, take the knife to vendor.
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Testing the Wells[12], accept !Murloc Gills[12].
North of the hill, near the Molsen Farm and Jangolode Mine , kill Defias Trappers and Smugglers, plus gnolls along the way. Head down to the northern coast for murloc gills, for The People's Militia[12] and Patrolling Westfall[14] and Murloc Gills[12].
Drops from: Gnoll Paw - Riverpaw Taskmaster, Riverpaw Gnoll, Riverpaw Mongrel and others · Longshore Murloc Gill - Murloc Coastrunner, Murloc Tidehunter, Murloc Warrior and others
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The People's Militia[12], accept !The People's Militia[14].
Captain Danuvin : turn in ?Patrolling Westfall[14].
Reward: Bracers of the People's Militia, cloth. The belt is mail.
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Murloc Gills[12], accept !The State of the Mines[14].
Scout Galiaan : accept !Red Leather Bandanas[15].
Enter Jangolode Mine in the north and Gold Coast Quarry in the west for kobold diggers and gnoll miners, The State of the Mines[14].
Jangolode Mine and the Deadmines dungeon beneath Moonbrook are separate places.
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?The State of the Mines[14], accept !Moonbrook Espionage[15].
In Moonbrook and the southwestern camps, finish Defias Pillagers and Looters while collecting red bandanas. Open the compass chest at the Alexston Farmstead , for The People's Militia[14] and Red Leather Bandanas[15] and Humble Beginnings[15].
Drops from: Red Leather Bandana - Defias Smuggler, Defias Pathstalker, Defias Highwayman and others
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The People's Militia[14], accept !The People's Militia[17].
Clear Moonbrook and the southern Defias camps for bandanas, supplies and the final militia targets. Pick up the compass at Alexston Farmstead for Humble Beginnings[15] - The People's Militia[17] and Red Leather Bandanas[15] and Moonbrook Espionage[15] and Humble Beginnings[15].
Drops from: Red Leather Bandana - Defias Smuggler, Defias Pathstalker, Defias Highwayman and others
Defias Highwaymen are 17-18; Knuckledusters reach 17. At 14-15, pull strictly one at a time and Sheep a second. Cannot handle them? Abandon The People's Militia[17]: the main route does not return to Sentinel Hill.
Finished? Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The People's Militia[17]. Choose the wand, Spark of the People's Militia.
12.8 DPS and +1 spell power. Compare Lesser Magic Wand at 11.3 DPS and Greater Magic Wand at 17.5. If an enchanter already made you the greater wand, keep it. The club and sword are not Mage upgrades.
Scout Galiaan : turn in ?Red Leather Bandanas[15].
Reward: Leggings of the People's Militia, cloth with +2 spell power. Vendor the Agility cloak and mail boots.
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Moonbrook Espionage[15].
Turn in the compass, train level 12-14 spells, and start your robe chain at 15.
Cantation of Manifestation and 
Chest of Containment Coffers are behind the trainer; collect both before going to the tavern.Linen Cloth for Gathering Materials[15]; do not turn them into bandages.
Smoldering Wand from 15, 13.4 DPS, ≈ 33. Save your money: your Westfall Spark of the People's Militia is nearly as good (step).Linen Cloth in your bags, not the bank, for Gathering Materials[15].Thor : fly to Stormwind, then head to the Mage Quarter.
Jennea Cannon : level 14 training - rank 3 Frostbolt, rank 2 Arcane Intellect, 
Arcane Explosion and rank 2 Fire Blast, 9 each. Catch up on level 12 now if needed.
You already turned in the Gizmonitor quest in Ironforge. Skip the alternative Mirror Lake chain here. A separate quest begins at The Blue Recluse at 15.
Baros Alexston : turn in ?Humble Beginnings[15].
At 15, Jennea Cannon : accept !Investigate the Blue Recluse[16]. Pick up Cantation of Manifestation and Chest of Containment Coffers behind her.
Still 14? Do not leave town without this quest. The city deliveries above already give some XP; if that is not enough, kill Defias in Moonbrook and return to the trainer. Loch Modan's crates are useless without Gathering Materials[15] in your log.
The Blue Recluse tavern, south of the Wizard's Sanctum : read Cantation of Manifestation to reveal Rift Spawn. Fight it until it becomes stunned, then use Chest of Containment Coffers on it. Loot the Filled Containment Coffer that appears nearby. You need 3 - Investigate the Blue Recluse[16].
Do not kill it: the creature freezes in place at low health, which is when you use the box. Free up three bag slots. No spawn? Move and read the scroll again elsewhere in the room.
Jennea Cannon : turn in ?Investigate the Blue Recluse[16], accept !Gathering Materials[15].
Gathering Materials[15] needs 10 Linen Cloth and 6 
Charged Rift Gem. Linen drops from humanoids; save your last 10. The gems are in crates at Silver Stream Mine in Loch Modan (step). Turn in to Wynne Larson at 17-18 (step).
The Deeprun Tram connects the capitals. Reach Loch Modan through eastern Dun Morogh's tunnels.
Smoldering Wand from 15 and Gloom Wand from 16 (≈ 39). The latter has 14.4 DPS versus your quest wand's 12.8. Buy it only if you do not expect a crafted Greater Magic Wand before 20.
Heavy Weave Armor from 12, with no stats. Skip it; 
Manaweave Robe comes at 17-18.Small Brown Pouch and Brown Leather Satchel.Lucky Trousers, +2 Stamina and +3 Spirit (step). Banner of the Fallen[17] only offers an axe and mace; take 
Mountaineer's Greataxe to vendor (step).Enter the Deeprun Tram in the Dwarven District and ride to Ironforge.
Ironforge, Mage trainer Bink : at 16, learn Arcane Missiles (Rank 2) and 
Flamestrike, 15 each. Still 15? Keep moving and train at 18 (step).
Frost can postpone both: Arcane Missiles is for Arcane, Flamestrike for dungeon packs. Nearby Milstaff Stormeye teaches Teleport: Ironforge, available from 20.
Leave Ironforge and follow the road east through Dun Morogh's South Gate Pass. Pick up the local quests in the Valley of Kings first.
Mountaineer Barleybrew : turn in ?Shimmer Stout[10], accept !Stout to Kadrell[10].
Mountaineer Cobbleflint : accept !In Defense of the King's Lands[12].
Captain Rugelfuss : accept !The Trogg Threat[12].
East of the towers, kill the weaker troggs and collect teeth for In Defense of the King's Lands[12] and The Trogg Threat[12].
Drops from: Trogg Stone Tooth - Stonesplinter Trogg, Stonesplinter Scout, Stonesplinter Skullthumper and others
Mountaineer Cobbleflint : turn in ?In Defense of the King's Lands[12].
Mountaineer Gravelgaw : accept !In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Captain Rugelfuss : turn in ?The Trogg Threat[12].
Move into the next trogg camp without rushing straight to the stronger shamans farther in, for In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Mountaineer Gravelgaw : turn in ?In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Mountaineer Wallbang : accept !In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Deep in Stonesplinter Valley , kill Stonesplinter Shamans and Bonesnappers for In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Mountaineer Wallbang : turn in ?In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Captain Rugelfuss : accept !In Defense of the King's Lands[17].
Mountaineer Ylva : accept !Banner of the Fallen[17].
Finish defending the King's lands. Raise the banner at the fallen expedition to summon Headsplitter; defeat him - In Defense of the King's Lands[17] and Banner of the Fallen[17].
Find a partner for the final enemy if he is still too strong. Finish the event before turning in the banner.
Captain Rugelfuss : turn in ?In Defense of the King's Lands[17].
Reward: Lucky Trousers, cloth with +2 Stamina and +3 Spirit. The Agility pants are leather; Mages cannot use the shield.
Captain Rugelfuss : turn in ?Banner of the Fallen[17].
Neither weapon suits a Mage: a two-handed axe and a mace. Take Mountaineer's Greataxe for its higher vendor value.
Head north to Thelsamar. Thorgrum Borrelson : flight path; Innkeeper Hearthstove : hearth.
Mountaineer Kadrell : turn in ?Stout to Kadrell[10].
Mountaineer Kadrell : accept !Rat Catching[11] and !Mountaineer Stormpike's Task[15].
Vidra Hearthstove : accept !Thelsamar Blood Sausages[11].
Mountaineer Stormpike : turn in ?Stormpike's Delivery[15] and ?Mountaineer Stormpike's Task[15], accept !Filthy Paws[15].
One loop around the lake, returning to Thelsamar. Skip distant deliveries.
Excavation Tools lies at Ironband's Excavation Site and starts Excavation Tools[18].
Wise Man's Belt from 15, +5 Intellect, ≈ 14; and 
Solstice Robe from 13, +5 Spirit, +1 Intellect and Stamina, ≈ 21. The belt is your best Mage purchase before 20 if stocked. Skip the robe: quest reward Manaweave Robe is coming soon.Small Brown Pouch and Brown Leather Satchel.Dwarven Flamestick, a 13.6 DPS wand (step); Silver of the Waves[20] - 
Repurposed Hair Band, +2 Intellect and +2 Spirit (step); Rat Catching[11] - Cavalier's Boots (step). Bingles' Missing Supplies[15] and Twisting the Knife[16] give leather and an Agility dagger; vendor them.Manaweave Robe, +6 Intellect (step).Arcane Missiles and Flamestrike to save for level 20 training.Silver Stream Mine: the miners' crates hold both the supplies for Filthy Paws[15] and Charged Rift Gem for your class quest. Finish collecting kobold ears and Thelsamar cooking ingredients along the shore and road - Filthy Paws[15] and Gathering Materials[15] and Rat Catching[11] and Thelsamar Blood Sausages[11].
Drops from: Tunnel Rat Ear - Tunnel Rat Vermin, Tunnel Rat Scout, Tunnel Rat Geomancer and others · Boar Intestines - Goretusk, Bellygrub, Young Goretusk and others · Bear Meat - Thistle Bear, Rabid Thistle Bear, Grizzled Black Bear and others · Spider Ichor - Venom Web Spider, Tarantula, Mother Fang and others
Crates stand at the entrance and inside the mine . Not every crate contains a gem; check them all until you have 6. Kobolds are tightly packed in the tunnels: sheep one, nuke the other.
Mountaineer Stormpike : turn in ?Filthy Paws[15].
Reward: 
Robe of the Keeper, cloth with only +4 Stamina. Apprentice Wizard's Gown or Harvester's Robe are better for casting, and Manaweave Robe is coming soon. Mages cannot use the buckler or mail; choose the highest vendor value.
Mountaineer Kadrell : turn in ?Rat Catching[11].
Reward: Cavalier's Boots, cloth. The alternative bracers are leather.
Vidra Hearthstove : turn in ?Thelsamar Blood Sausages[11].
Jern Hornhelm : accept !Ironband's Excavation[18].
Bingles Blastenheimer : accept !Bingles' Missing Supplies[15].
Marek Ironheart : accept !Crocolisk Hunting[15] and !Twisting the Knife[16].
Daryl the Youngling : accept !A Hunter's Boast[16].
Mountain buzzards circle west and south of Farstrider Lodge : kill 6 within 15 minutes for A Hunter's Boast[16].
Daryl the Youngling : turn in ?A Hunter's Boast[16], accept !A Hunter's Challenge[17].
Mages cannot use bows or guns. Pick the higher vendor value.
Elder mountain boars are northwest : kill 5 within 12 minutes. Run there and back for A Hunter's Challenge[17].
Daryl the Youngling : turn in ?A Hunter's Challenge[17].
Reward: 
Fine Cloth Shirt, no stats. A Mage must train Swords before using the sword.
Loop around the eastern shore and islands for parts, crocolisks and Daggerfang, which swallowed the knife, for Bingles' Missing Supplies[15] and Crocolisk Hunting[15] and Twisting the Knife[16].
Drops from: Crocolisk Meat - Saltwater Crocolisk, Wetlands Crocolisk, Young Wetlands Crocolisk and others · Crocolisk Skin - Saltwater Crocolisk, Wetlands Crocolisk, Young Wetlands Crocolisk and others
Do not dive through a living pack to reach an item. Pull nearby enemies onto the shore first.
Bingles Blastenheimer : turn in ?Bingles' Missing Supplies[15].
The reward is leather gloves: vendor them as a Mage.
Marek Ironheart : turn in ?Crocolisk Hunting[15].
Reward: 
Rugged Cape, no stats. Take it if your back slot is empty.
Marek Ironheart : turn in ?Twisting the Knife[16].
Daggerfang's Daggerfang is an Agility dagger, useless for a Mage, and Daggers require training anyway. Vendor it.
Magmar Fellhew : turn in ?Ironband's Excavation[18].
Magmar Fellhew : accept !Gathering Idols[18].
At the excavation site, pick up Excavation Tools to start !Excavation Tools[18].
At Ironband's Excavation Site, collect idols and six tool sets. Skirt the outside of strong trogg packs, for Gathering Idols[18] and Excavation Tools[18].
Drops from: Carved Stone Idol - Stonesplinter Geomancer, Stonesplinter Digger, Berserk Trogg
Magmar Fellhew : turn in ?Gathering Idols[18].
Choose the wand, Dwarven Flamestick: 13.6 DPS and +2 Spirit. Compare Spark of the People's Militia at 12.8 DPS and Greater Magic Wand at 17.5.
Prospector Ironband : turn in ?Excavation Tools[18].
On the western lakeshore , inspect Discarded Fishing Toolbox and accept !Silver of the Waves[20].
Khara Deepwater : turn in ?Silver of the Waves[20].
Reward: Repurposed Hair Band, useful caster bracers with +2 Intellect and +2 Spirit.
Hearth to Thelsamar. Thorgrum Borrelson : fly to Ironforge. Already 18? Bink : learn 
Remove Lesser Curse, 
Amplify Magic and Fireball (Rank 4), 18 each. This is a good time for The Hall of Thanes if you plan to go. Then take the Deeprun Tram to Stormwind.
Stormwind, Mage Quarter, Wynne Larson : turn in ?Gathering Materials[15], then accept and immediately turn in !Manaweave Robe[15] / ?Manaweave Robe[15]. Reward: Manaweave Robe.
+6 Intellect: your best Mage chest until the level 30 class reward (step). Take it even if you bought a robe in Loch Modan.
Walk east from Stormwind along the road through Elwynn, past Goldshire into Redridge. You have not unlocked Lakeshire's flight path yet.
Optional new dungeon beneath Old Ironforge. Level 18 fits well: you are already flying to Ironforge for training.
Dark Iron Map drops from spies at Ironband's Compound. Get it while passing through; a separate return trip is awkward.Conjure Water) and buff the group with Arcane Intellect. People have been asking Mages for water since Classic; make it before the first pull.
Deepblaze, an 18.5 DPS wand (step); Important Heirlooms[15] - 
Tomb Robber's Gloves (step). The Restless Dead[15] only offers leather and mail.Dark Iron Map drops from Dark Iron spies and Captain Beld at Ironband's Compound ; turn in to Earthseer Farsen . Best gathered on the way to South Gate (step).
At Ironband's Compound , Dark Iron spies (Dark Iron Spy) and their captain (Captain Beld) drop Dark Iron Map. Use it to accept !Underground Map[15].
Earthseer Farsen : turn in ?Underground Map[15], accept !Old Ironforge Incursion[16].
Afadra Dunwall : accept !The Restless Dead[15].
Thom Filch : accept !Important Heirlooms[15].
Run The Hall of Thanes with a group: collect eight relics, kill the spirits and put the spirit of Anvilmar to rest. The final fight is Durgen Dirgehammer; loot his head - Old Ironforge Incursion[16] and The Restless Dead[15] and Important Heirlooms[15].
Your group jobs are sheep, water and AoE. Polymorph only affects humanoids and beasts; it will not work on spirits or undead. Let the tank establish threat before using AoE.
King Magni Bronzebeard : turn in ?Old Ironforge Incursion[16]. Choose the wand, Deepblaze.
18.5 DPS: the best wand before 20, beating the crafted greater wand's 17.5. Mages cannot use the gun or two-handed mace.
Afadra Dunwall : turn in ?The Restless Dead[15].
Both rewards are leather or mail. Choose whichever vendors for more.
Thom Filch : turn in ?Important Heirlooms[15].
Reward: Tomb Robber's Gloves, +1 Stamina and +2 Intellect. 
Dwarven Tome is an off-hand and cannot be used with a staff.
Resume the main route where you left it for the group; do not repeat completed Loch Modan loops.
Follow the road east from Elwynn. Finish safer Lakeshire quests before tackling the orcs.
Small Brown Pouch and Brown Leather Satchel.Wise Man's Belt (+5 Intellect, from 15) and Solstice Robe as Loch Modan, if you skipped them there.
Blink, Blizzard, 
Evocation, 
Mana Shield and new bolt ranks at 20 each. Larimaine Purdue teaches 
Teleport: Stormwind; each teleport consumes Rune of Teleportation (≈ 10). Set aside about 2.5 gold: 2 for training and the teleport, the rest for runes (step).
Riding Gloves, +3 Intellect (step). Underbelly Scales[18] only offers leather; take Black Whelp Boots to vendor (step).Polymorph), then use Frost Nova and bolts on the other. Kill Mystics first: they keep casting while rooted.Polymorph and Frost Nova help you disengage. Escape Artist breaks roots and slows, but not stuns.Follow the road from Elwynn into Redridge and continue to Lakeshire. Do not take a shortcut through Duskwood.
On first reaching Lakeshire, unlock the flight path with Ariena Stormfeather . You need it for the next Stormwind delivery.
Darcy : accept !A Free Lunch[15]. The tavern is in Lakeshire; deliver lunch to the southern road first, then return with flowers.
Guard Parker : turn in ?A Free Lunch[15], accept !Encroaching Gnolls[16] and !Visit the Herbalist[15].
Deputy Feldon : turn in ?Encroaching Gnolls[16], accept !Assessing the Threat[17].
Deputy Feldon : accept !Show of Force[17].
Martie Jainrose : turn in ?Visit the Herbalist[15].
Martie Jainrose : accept !Delivering Daffodils[15].
Darcy : turn in ?Delivering Daffodils[15].
Foreman Oslow : accept !The Lost Tools[16].
Chef Breanna : accept !Redridge Goulash[18].
Shawn : accept !Hilary's Necklace[15].
Verner Osgood : accept !The Price of Shoes[18].
Before taking distant quests, fly to Stormwind and walk to the Goldshire blacksmith.
Smith Argus : turn in ?The Price of Shoes[18], accept !Return to Verner[18].
Goldshire inn, Zaldimar Wefhellt : at 18, if you missed Ironforge training, learn Remove Lesser Curse, Amplify Magic and Fireball (Rank 4), 18 each.
Remove Lesser Curse is for dungeons and mobs that curse you. Take Amplify Magic and Fireball according to your spec. Already 20? Still get level 18 spells here; level 20 training needs Stormwind.
Dungar Longdrink : fly back to Lakeshire.
Verner Osgood : turn in ?Return to Verner[18], accept !Underbelly Scales[18].
Verner Osgood : accept !A Baying of Gnolls[20].
Dockmaster Baren : accept !Selling Fish[21].
In the lake beneath the bridge and along the shores, collect tools, the necklace, fish and whelp scales. Watch your breath, for The Lost Tools[16] and Hilary's Necklace[15] and Selling Fish[21] and Underbelly Scales[18].
Drops from: Spotted Sunfish - Murloc Flesheater, Murloc Nightcrawler, Murloc Tidecaller and others · Underbelly Whelp Scale - Black Dragon Whelp, Snarlflare
Foreman Oslow : turn in ?The Lost Tools[16], accept !The Everstill Bridge[20].
Hilary : turn in ?Hilary's Necklace[15].
Dockmaster Baren : turn in ?Selling Fish[21].
Verner Osgood : turn in ?Underbelly Scales[18].
Both rewards are leather. Take Black Whelp Boots for its higher vendor value.
Southern and western loop: weaker gnolls, boars, condors and spiders; gather bridge repair materials from gnolls, for Assessing the Threat[17] and Show of Force[17] and The Everstill Bridge[20] and Redridge Goulash[18] and A Baying of Gnolls[20].
Drops from: Spiked Collar - Redridge Thrasher · Iron Pike - Redridge Brute, Redridge Mystic, Redridge Basher and others · Iron Rivet - Redridge Brute, Redridge Mystic, Redridge Basher and others · Great Goretusk Snout - Bellygrub, Great Goretusk, Snort · Tough Condor Meat - Dire Condor · Crisp Spider Meat - Venom Web Spider, Tarantula, Greater Tarantula and others
Deputy Feldon : turn in ?Assessing the Threat[17].
Deputy Feldon : turn in ?Show of Force[17].
Foreman Oslow : turn in ?The Everstill Bridge[20].
Reward: Riding Gloves, cloth with +3 Intellect. Agility does little for you, but these are the local Intellect gloves.
Chef Breanna : turn in ?Redridge Goulash[18].
Verner Osgood : turn in ?A Baying of Gnolls[20].
Your big Mage training visit: Blink, Blizzard and a teleport. Then Alther's Mill.
Bronze Tube. Buy it now at Stormwind's AH (Auctioneer Chilton ) or ask an engineer (step); the auction house is in the city. Too expensive? Skip that chain.Teleport: Stormwind, 20.Rune of Teleportation, ≈ 10, stacks of 10. Teleport needs a rune; always carry 3-5.
Dusk Wand from 20, 17.7 DPS, ≈ 58. Buy it if still using Spark of the People's Militia or Dwarven Flamestick: your next free solo quest wand is Excavation Rod at 28 (step). Already have Deepblaze or Greater Magic Wand? Save your gold.Heavy Brown Bag, 10 slots, ≈ 2. No rush: Wetlands and Duskwood quests give two 10-slot bags (step, step).
Conjure Water conjures Rank 3 water.Blink also speeds up travel. Use it on cooldown while running if your mana is full; it noticeably shortens the Lakeshire-Darkshire run.At 20, Ariena Stormfeather : fly to Stormwind and head to the Mage Quarter.
Wizard's Sanctum, Jennea Cannon : at 20, learn Blink, Blizzard, Evocation, Frostbolt (Rank 4), Conjure Water (Rank 3), Polymorph (Rank 2), Frost Armor (Rank 3), Mana Shield and 
Fire Ward, 20 each.
The full list costs 180. Short on gold? Fire Ward and Mana Shield can wait. Your 11th point in a tree unlocks its level 20 talent: Ice Lance, Arcane Blast or Pyroblast. Put it on your bar. Evocation restores mana in combat on an 8-minute cooldown; Blink breaks stuns and roots.
In the Wizard's Sanctum, Larimaine Purdue : learn Teleport: Stormwind, 20. Game data lists runes at Owen Vaughn in the Mage Quarter: Rune of Teleportation, ≈ 10 each. Buy five.
Teleport has a 10-second cast, costs 120 mana and one rune, and only transports you. Teleport to Stormwind from now on; leave your hearth at your quest hub. The main route to 30 uses six or seven runes; restock in Darkshire or Ironforge. Milstaff Stormeye teaches 
Teleport: Ironforge; learn it when the route takes you through Ironforge (step).
Dungar Longdrink : fly back to Lakeshire.
Marshal Marris : accept !Blackrock Menace[21].
Marshal Marris : accept !Blackrock Blockade[21].
Foreman Oslow : accept !Alther's Mill[21].
Loop around Alther's Mill and the outer Blackrock camps. Pull roadside targets singly; stay out of the keep for now, for Blackrock Menace[21] and Blackrock Blockade[21] and Alther's Mill[21].
Drops from: Battleworn Axe - Blackrock Champion, Blackrock Shadowcaster, Blackrock Renegade and others
Marshal Marris : turn in ?Blackrock Menace[21].
Marshal Marris : turn in ?Blackrock Blockade[21].
Foreman Oslow : turn in ?Alther's Mill[21].
Take the southern road into Duskwood and head straight to Darkshire.
Preparation, new explosives and one full clear. Prepare before forming the group.
Optional group run. The Defias chain, new Forever explosives and a spell-power staff. No group? Skip this whole chapter and continue in Darkshire.
Rough Dynamite. Buy them at the AH or ask an engineer; you do not need Engineering yourself.
An Unsent Letter from the final boss: it starts The Unsent Letter[22].Conjure Water) and Arcane Intellect. Defias are humanoids, so Polymorph works on them; you have a useful CC target in every pack.Staff of Westfall, +16 spell damage (step); Underground Assault[20] - Sable Wand, 16.9 DPS (step); Collecting Memories[18] - 
Worn Miner's Waistcord, +3 Intellect (step); Oh Brother...[20] - 
Miner's Workgloves, +5 Stamina (step). Red Silk Bandanas[17] has no suitable Mage weapon upgrade.Finding a Deadmines group takes time, so start the preparation first. Once in Darkshire, unlock the flight path at Felicia Maline and fly to Sentinel Hill. The delivery chain visits Lakeshire and Stormwind; you already have both flight paths.
Gryan Stoutmantle : accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Alba Fairmoon : accept !Explosive Consultation[16].
Thor : fly to Lakeshire and speak with the informant in the inn.
Wiley the Black : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18], accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Ariena Stormfeather : return to Sentinel Hill.
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18], accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Use Teleport: Stormwind, or fly to Stormwind with Thor . Visit the engineer and Old Town first, then the Dwarven District.
Sprite Jumpsprocket : turn in ?Explosive Consultation[16], accept !A Dynamite Plan[16].
Get 10 Rough Dynamite from the AH or an engineer. Check the exact name against your quest log; other dynamite will not work - A Dynamite Plan[16].
Sprite Jumpsprocket : turn in ?A Dynamite Plan[16], accept !Detonation at a Distance[16].
Jasper Fel : turn in ?Detonation at a Distance[16], accept !Detonation at a Distance[16].
Master Mathias Shaw : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18], accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Sprite Jumpsprocket : turn in ?Detonation at a Distance[16], accept !Explosive Consultation[16].
Wilder Thistlenettle : accept !Oh Brother...[20].
Wilder Thistlenettle : accept !Collecting Memories[18].
Shoni the Shilent : accept !Underground Assault[20].
Dungar Longdrink : fly to Sentinel Hill.
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18], accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Explosive Consultation[16], accept !Destruction in Deadmines[18].
Defias Messenger runs along the road: catch him, get the message and return to the hill for The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18].
The Defias Traitor : accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Escort the traitor to the secret entrance in Moonbrook without running too far ahead, for The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Wait until everyone has accepted the quest before starting the escort.
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18], accept !The Defias Brotherhood[22].
Scout Riell : accept !Red Silk Bandanas[17].
Outer tunnels beneath Moonbrook, before the portal: undead miners drop cards (Collecting Memories[18]); Foreman Thistlenettle drops the badge (Oh Brother...[20]).
Drops from: Miners' Union Card - Skeletal Miner, Undead Excavator, Undead Dynamiter
Clear Deadmines with a group for The Defias Brotherhood[22], Red Silk Bandanas[17] and Underground Assault[20]. Place the provided explosives at the hidden forge for Destruction in Deadmines[18].
Drops from: Head of VanCleef - Edwin VanCleef · Red Silk Bandana - Defias Henchman, Defias Miner, Defias Conjurer and others · Gnoam Sprecklesprocket - Sneed's Shredder
Your job: Polymorph the target agreed with your tank, and AoE only after the tank picks up the pack. Save Frost Nova for emergencies: rooted mobs hit whoever is nearest, often the healer. Give everyone water and Arcane Intellect before entering.
Final boss Edwin VanCleef drops An Unsent Letter. Use the letter to accept !The Unsent Letter[22].
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Destruction in Deadmines[18], accept !Destruction in Deadmines[18].
At the exit, Alba Fairmoon explains the next step: use the detonator beside her for Destruction in Deadmines[18].
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Destruction in Deadmines[18].
Return from Moonbrook to Sentinel Hill.
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[22]. Choose Staff of Westfall.
+5 Intellect, +6 Spirit and +16 spell damage, plus +2% movement speed in Elwynn, Westfall, Redridge and the Deadmines. The tunic is leather and the leggings are mail; neither suits a Mage.
Scout Riell : turn in ?Red Silk Bandanas[17].
No suitable weapon upgrade here: 
Monastic Hammer is a mace, and the dagger and sword need training. Take 
Piercing Axe for its higher vendor value.
Use Teleport: Stormwind, or fly to Stormwind with Thor . All the turn-ins below are in town.
Wilder Thistlenettle : turn in ?Oh Brother...[20].
The gloves are Miner's Workgloves, only +5 Stamina. Riding Gloves with +3 Intellect is better for casting. Empty hands slot? Take the gloves. Otherwise, vendor 
Miner's Revenge for more money.
Wilder Thistlenettle : turn in ?Collecting Memories[18].
Reward: Worn Miner's Waistcord, +3 Intellect and +2 Stamina. Vendor belt Wise Man's Belt (+5 Intellect) is better; if wearing it, take this reward to sell.
Shoni the Shilent : turn in ?Underground Assault[20].
Choose Sable Wand, 16.9 DPS and +2 Spirit. Deepblaze from The Hall of Thanes is stronger at 18.5 DPS; if you have it, vendor the reward.
Baros Alexston : turn in ?The Unsent Letter[22].
Do not accept Bazil Thredd[22] yet: the Stockade comes later, in its own chapter. Dungar Longdrink : fly to Darkshire to resume the main route.
Darkshire, Tranquil Gardens Cemetery and the western road. Start Stalvan's story at 23.
Bronze Tube. Darkshire has no Auction House: buy the tube in Stormwind beforehand or ask an engineer.Rune of Teleportation at Alyssa Eva , so you can restock runes in Darkshire.
Heavy Runed Cloak from 20, +3 Stamina and +3 Spirit, ≈ 58. Buy it for an empty back slot. Short on gold? Wait for free 
Resilient Poncho at 27 and 
Cloak of the Faith at 29.Heavy Brown Bag, 10 slots, ≈ 2. A free bag comes in the Wetlands (step).
Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob (step). Eight-Legged Menaces[21] gives mail to vendor. No Mage cloth rewards on this first loop.
Wool Cloth for bandages and Tailoring; auction the surplus. Keep wolf meat and spider legs for Darkshire's cooking quests (Seasoned Wolf Kabobs[25], Dusky Crab Cakes[20]) and your own Cooking.Polymorph will not work. Against two, use Frost Nova, back away and cast bolts. A third joins? Blink and leave.Blink from 20 helps escape stuns and roots. Escape Artist breaks roots and slows, but not stuns: choose the button that matches the control effect and watch your escape route.Felicia Maline : flight path; Innkeeper Trelayne : set your hearth. Pick up town quests before heading out.
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : accept !The Night Watch[24].
Chef Grual : accept !Seasoned Wolf Kabobs[25].
Madame Eva : accept !The Totem of Infliction[25].
Elaine Carevin : accept !Raven Hill[20] and !Deliveries to Sven[23] and !The Hermit[25].
Viktori Prism'Antras : accept !Look to the Stars[25].
The stargazer needs Bronze Tube. Bought it at Stormwind's AH at 20 (step)? Turn it in now - Look to the Stars[25].
Darkshire has no AH. You need bronze, not copper. If you skipped the purchase or it costs too much, skip the entire stargazer chain, including follow-ups.
Viktori Prism'Antras : turn in ?Look to the Stars[25], accept !Look to the Stars[25].
South of Darkshire, clear Tranquil Gardens Cemetery and nearby forest of skeletons, spiders and wolves, for The Night Watch[24] and Seasoned Wolf Kabobs[25] and The Totem of Infliction[25].
Drops from: Lean Wolf Flank - Starving Dire Wolf, Lupos, Rabid Dire Wolf and others · Ghoul Fang - Flesh Eater, Bone Chewer, Brain Eater and others · Vial of Spider Venom - Venom Web Spider, Pygmy Venom Web Spider, Green Recluse and others · Skeleton Finger - Skeletal Warrior, Skeletal Horror, Skeletal Mage and others
Finish some of the totem reagents at Raven Hill. Do not grind the whole long order in one spot.
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : turn in ?The Night Watch[24], accept !The Night Watch[26].
Chef Grual : turn in ?Seasoned Wolf Kabobs[25].
Reward: Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob. Learn it if you cook. Cooked food gives +5% XP; conjured food does not.
Follow the southern road west to Raven Hill, then Sven's camp. Avoid higher-level ogres on the way.
Watcher Dodds by the southern road: accept !Eight-Legged Menaces[21].
Jitters : turn in ?Raven Hill[20].
Jitters : accept !Jitters' Growling Gut[20].
Sven Yorgen : turn in ?Deliveries to Sven[23].
Sven Yorgen : accept !Sven's Revenge[25].
Lars : accept !Wolves at Our Heels[21].
Abercrombie : turn in ?The Hermit[25].
Abercrombie : accept !Supplies from Darkshire[24].
Clear wolves and spiders around Raven Hill for Wolves at Our Heels[21] and Eight-Legged Menaces[21].
Lars : turn in ?Wolves at Our Heels[21].
On the road east, Watcher Dodds : turn in ?Eight-Legged Menaces[21].
The reward is mail gloves; a Mage can only vendor them.
South of the road, the Yorgen Farmstead at : Mound of loose dirt - turn in ?Sven's Revenge[25], accept !Sven's Camp[25].
Return west to Sven's camp. Sven Yorgen : turn in ?Sven's Camp[25], accept !The Shadowy Figure[25].
Hearth to Darkshire and turn in everything you collected.
Chef Grual : turn in ?Jitters' Growling Gut[20], accept !Dusky Crab Cakes[20].
Bring the gathered spider legs to the kitchen. Short? Finish near Tranquil Gardens Cemetery for Dusky Crab Cakes[20].
Drops from: Gooey Spider Leg - Venom Web Spider, Pygmy Venom Web Spider, Green Recluse and others
Chef Grual : turn in ?Dusky Crab Cakes[20], accept !Return to Jitters[20].
Madame Eva : turn in ?Supplies from Darkshire[24], accept !Ghost Hair Thread[24].
Madame Eva : turn in ?The Shadowy Figure[25], accept !The Shadowy Search Continues[25].
Clerk Daltry : turn in ?The Shadowy Search Continues[25], accept !Inquire at the Inn[25].
Tavernkeep Smitts : turn in ?Inquire at the Inn[25], accept !Finding the Shadowy Figure[25].
At 22, trainers offer 
Conjure Food (Rank 3), Fire Blast (Rank 3), Arcane Explosion (Rank 2), 
Frost Ward and 
Scorch, 30 each. Do not make a separate trip: learn these with your level 24 spells (step).
For Frost, only the food and Fire Blast, an instant finisher, really matter here. Neither justifies a rune and flight by itself.
A short second Redridge loop while Duskwood's mobs are still too tough.
Counterspell and Frost Blast (step).Counterspell at 24.Felicia Maline : fly to Lakeshire.
Martie Jainrose : accept !An Unwelcome Guest[24].
Dockmaster Baren : accept !Murloc Poachers[20].
Marshal Marris : accept !Shadow Magic[23].
Bailiff Conacher : accept !Solomon's Law[23].
Defeat the dangerous boar west of town, then gather murloc fins by the lake for An Unwelcome Guest[24] and Murloc Poachers[20].
Drops from: Bellygrub's Tusk - Bellygrub · Murloc Fin - Murloc Flesheater, Murloc Nightcrawler, Murloc Tidecaller and others
Pull the single target away from its neighbors. Do not chase murlocs into another camp.
Martie Jainrose : turn in ?An Unwelcome Guest[24].
Dockmaster Baren : turn in ?Murloc Poachers[20].
Gather pendants from Shadowhide gnolls in eastern Redridge and orbs from Blackrock Shadowcasters near Stonewatch Keep, for Shadow Magic[23] and Solomon's Law[23].
Drops from: Shadowhide Pendant - Shadowhide Darkweaver, Shadowhide Slayer, Shadowhide Brute and others
Shadowcasters are level-22-23 elites: pull singly from the camp's edge. Too hard? Leave the orbs for the group trip (chapter).
Marshal Marris : turn in ?Shadow Magic[23] if you have the orbs; otherwise turn in after the group (step).
Bailiff Conacher : turn in ?Solomon's Law[23].
Hearth to Darkshire. Start the next loop at 24. Short on XP? Finish more gnolls and orcs near the road.
Already 24? Save your hearth: use Teleport: Stormwind, train level 22 and 24 spells (step), then fly to Darkshire with Dungar Longdrink. Your hearth will be ready for the return from Raven Hill. Still on cooldown after Sven's camp? Fly to Darkshire with Ariena Stormfeather .
The southern cemetery, western woods and a Stormwind visit for level 24 spells. Combine Stalvan's deliveries with the city trip.
Mary's Looking Glass: kill him while there.
Merrick's Bow, and Lost Stalker north of Darkshire carries 
Ira's Dagger. Keep both.Counterspell, Frost Blast and food.
Nightwind Belt from 22 (+6 Intellect, +3 Stamina, ≈ 34), 
Wizard's Belt from 23 (+8 Intellect, ≈ 37), and 
Dreamer's Belt from 24 (+7 Intellect, +2 Spirit). If stocked, Wizard's Belt is your best Mage purchase at 20-30.Rune of Teleportation. Ardwyn Cailen : Dusk Wand if you have not bought it yet (step).Ira's Dagger and Merrick's Bow start new Forever quests. Do not sell or equip them. Keep Stalvan's keys and notes until their quest turn-ins.Teleport: Stormwind beats flying: Darkshire to Stormwind takes 10 seconds and one rune (step). Save your hearth for the return trip.Madame Eva : accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Clerk Daltry : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Calor : accept !Worgen in the Woods[28].
Visit Blind Mary to the southeast, then Tranquil Gardens Cemetery. Head to Raven Hill after turning in at town.
Blind Mary : turn in ?Look to the Stars[25], accept !Look to the Stars[25].
Blind Mary : turn in ?Ghost Hair Thread[24], accept !Return the Comb[24].
Tranquil Gardens Cemetery crypt : Insane Ghoul drops Mary's Looking Glass. Nightbane Shadow Weavers are west of Darkshire at , for Look to the Stars[25] and Worgen in the Woods[28].
Viktori Prism'Antras : turn in ?Look to the Stars[25].
Calor : turn in ?Worgen in the Woods[28], accept !Worgen in the Woods[29].
Madame Eva : turn in ?Return the Comb[24], accept !Deliver the Thread[24].
Jitters : turn in ?Return to Jitters[20].
Jitters : turn in ?Finding the Shadowy Figure[25], accept !Return to Sven[25].
Sven Yorgen : turn in ?Return to Sven[25].
Abercrombie : turn in ?Deliver the Thread[24], accept !Zombie Juice[24].
Kill the required skeletons and ghouls in Raven Hill Cemetery and finish the totem reagents, for The Night Watch[26] and The Totem of Infliction[25].
Drops from: Ghoul Fang - Flesh Eater, Bone Chewer, Brain Eater and others · Vial of Spider Venom - Venom Web Spider, Pygmy Venom Web Spider, Green Recluse and others · Skeleton Finger - Skeletal Warrior, Skeletal Horror, Skeletal Mage and others
Sven's follow-up Proving Your Worth[28] requires level-28-29 skeletons and leads to a later group chain. Leave it for now.
Lost Watcher roams near Raven Hill and along the southern road toward Vul'Gol Ogre Mound. He drops Merrick's Bow, starting a new family story.
Do not equip or sell these items. Do not want to find both? Skip the whole chain: Ira's Dagger[24], Merrick's Bow[28] and The Valor Family[22].
Open Merrick's Bow in your bags to accept !Merrick's Bow[28].
Hearth to Darkshire. On cooldown? Follow the southern road east.
Wowhead places Lost Stalker north of Darkshire at ; he drops Ira's Dagger.
Open Ira's Dagger in your bags to accept !Ira's Dagger[24].
Kill Black Ravagers north of town; young ones also roam along the southern road, for Ira's Dagger[24].
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : turn in ?The Night Watch[26].
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : accept !The Night Watch[30].
Madame Eva : turn in ?The Totem of Infliction[25].
Reward: 
Totem of Infliction, an off-hand. You cannot equip it with a two-handed staff; vendor it.
Tavernkeep Smitts : turn in ?Zombie Juice[24], accept !Gather Rot Blossoms[24].
Sirra Von'Indi : turn in ?Ira's Dagger[24].
Felicia Maline : fly to Sentinel Hill and run south to Moonbrook, where Stalvan's trail begins.
Inspect Old Footlocker in the Moonbrook school: complete The Legend of Stalvan[28], turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28] and accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Thor : fly back to Darkshire.
Clerk Daltry : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Use Teleport: Stormwind, or fly to Stormwind with Felicia Maline . Visit your trainer first, then Goldshire.
Wizard's Sanctum, Jennea Cannon : level 22 spells are Conjure Food (Rank 3), Fire Blast (Rank 3), Arcane Explosion (Rank 2), Frost Ward and Scorch, 30 each. At 24, learn Counterspell, Fireball (Rank 5), Arcane Missiles (Rank 3), Flamestrike (Rank 2) and Dampen Magic (Rank 2), 40 each, plus new Frost Blast for 4526.
Prioritize Counterspell: it interrupts a spell and locks its school for 10 seconds, useful against casters and healers. New in Forever, Frost Blast has a 1.5-second cast, costs 40 mana, deals a small Frost hit and slows by 40% for 9 seconds. Use it when a mob is too close for Frostbolt. Frost can postpone Fireball, Arcane Missiles, Flamestrike, Dampen Magic and Scorch, saving about 2 gold. Took Pyroblast? Also learn Pyroblast (Rank 2) for 2.
Innkeeper Farley : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Open Storage Chest at the Goldshire inn and take the undelivered letter, then return to Stormwind for The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Caretaker Folsom : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Near the caretaker , inspect Sealed Crate: complete The Legend of Stalvan[28], turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28] and accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Opening the crate may summon an enemy. Recover first.
Leave Stormwind on foot and head to Eastvale Logging Camp in eastern Elwynn.
Marshal Haggard : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Inspect the chest in the marshal's house and read the records about Stalvan for The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Marshal Haggard : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Hearth to Darkshire to finish Stalvan's story.
Hearth still on cooldown because it has been less than an hour since Raven Hill? Use Teleport: Stormwind, then fly to Darkshire with Dungar Longdrink .
Tavernkeep Smitts : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Clerk Daltry : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28].
The Legend of Stalvan[28] ends with a conversation. The finale, The Legend of Stalvan[35], involves level 32 Stalvan Mistmantle. Save it for a group at 29-30 in the separate chapter (step). Finish the ogres, final Night Watch quest and cemetery deliveries later.
Optional group assault on the orc stronghold: Mage cloth boots and XP.
Optional group run. No group? Skip this chapter and continue to the Wetlands. The book for your class chain is in a nearby tower, but the quest requires 26 and starts in Stormwind. This route does it later (step).
Arcane Intellect. Blackrock orcs are humanoids, so Polymorph works. Interrupt their casters with Counterspell.Incinerator's Boots, +6 Intellect and +3 Stamina (step). Missing In Action[25] gives 
Robe of Solomon, but Manaweave Robe is better for casting (step). Tharil'zun[25] offers a shield and mace to vendor.Felicia Maline : fly from Darkshire to Lakeshire. Form a group before entering the orc keep.
Marshal Marris : accept !Tharil'zun[25].
Wanted: Incinerator Gar'im: accept !WANTED: Incinerator Gar'im[25].
With a group: Tharil'zun near Stonewatch Keep (Tharil'zun[25]); Incinerator Gar'im in southeastern Redridge at (WANTED: Incinerator Gar'im[25]).
Drops from: Tharil'zun's Head - Tharil'zun · Broken Staff of Incinerator Gar'im - Incinerator Gar'im
Group only: Tharil'zun and Incinerator Gar'im are elites. Sheep an extra orc and use Counterspell on casters. Wait for the tank before using AoE.
At Render's Camp in the north, Corporal Keeshan : accept !Missing In Action[25]. The escort starts immediately, so clear the path first.
Free the prisoner and escort him to the exit. Clear the route before starting, for Missing In Action[25].
Marshal Marris : turn in ?Tharil'zun[25]; deliver the orbs for Shadow Magic[23] here too if not already done.
Mages cannot use the shield or mace. Take 
Orc Crusher for its higher vendor value.
Magistrate Solomon : turn in ?WANTED: Incinerator Gar'im[25].
Take Incinerator's Boots, +6 Intellect and +3 Stamina. The other rewards are leather and mail.
Marshal Marris : turn in ?Missing In Action[25].
Robe of Solomon gives +7 Stamina and +3 Spirit; Manaweave Robe's +6 Intellect is better for casting. Keep it and take 
Deputy Chain Coat to vendor for more money.
Use Teleport: Stormwind, or fly to Stormwind with Ariena Stormfeather . Continue to Ironforge and the Wetlands.
Through Ironforge and Loch Modan to the Wetlands. Learn Teleport: Ironforge on the way.
Flagon of Dwarven Honeymead for The Third Fleet[27] in the harbor tavern. Buy it now; it is not a random drop.Teleport: Ironforge, 20 (step). Game data lists Rune of Teleportation at Barim Jurgenstaad .Rune of Teleportation at Falkan Armonis . Neal Allen : Heavy Brown Bag, 10 slots, ≈ 2.Wizard's Belt (+8 Intellect), ≈ 37, also sold in Stormwind; and Sylvan Cloak (+2 Stamina, +4 Spirit), ≈ 37.
Icicle Rod, +18 spell power and +10 Frost damage (step); Digging Through the Ooze[24] - 
Ooze-covered Bag, 10 slots (step); Apprentice's Duties[26] - Resilient Poncho, a +5 Stamina cloak (step).From Darkshire, use Teleport: Stormwind; from Stormwind, take the Deeprun Tram to Ironforge. Milstaff Stormeye : learn Teleport: Ironforge, 20. Gryth Thurden : fly to Thelsamar, then take the northern road toward Algaz Station.
Already 26? Trainer Bink is nearby; learn level 26 spells now (list) and use your hearth rather than a rune after the Wetlands. Coming from the Redridge group chapter? You are already in Stormwind; start with the tram.
Mountaineer Kadrell : accept !Report to Mountaineer Rockgar[21].
On the road north at Algaz Station, Mountaineer Rockgar : turn in ?Report to Mountaineer Rockgar[21], accept !The Algaz Gauntlet[21].
Pass through Dun Algaz and kill the required orcs on the way into the Wetlands for The Algaz Gauntlet[21].
Descend into the Wetlands and head west to Menethil Harbor. Shellei Brondir : unlock the flight path. Innkeeper Helbrek : bind your hearth.
Valstag Ironjaw : turn in ?The Algaz Gauntlet[21].
Valstag Ironjaw : accept !Spoils of War[22].
Valstag Ironjaw : accept !Report to Captain Stoutfist[28].
Captain Stoutfist : turn in ?Report to Captain Stoutfist[28].
Captain Stoutfist : accept !War Banners[28].
Captain Stoutfist : accept !From the Ashes[28].
Karl Boran : accept !Claws from the Deep[22].
James Halloran : accept !Young Crocolisk Skins[22].
Sida : accept !Digging Through the Ooze[24].
Caitlin Grassman : accept !Alchemical Hazards[22].
Tarrel Rockweaver : accept !In Search of the Excavation Team[24].
First Mate Fitzsimmons : accept !The Greenwarden[21].
First Mate Fitzsimmons : accept !The Third Fleet[27].
Collect timber and iron in the harbor itself. Buy a flagon of mead at the inn for the old sailor - Spoils of War[22] and The Third Fleet[27].
The mead is a regular vendor purchase, not a drop.
Valstag Ironjaw : turn in ?Spoils of War[22].
First Mate Fitzsimmons : turn in ?The Third Fleet[27], accept !The Cursed Crew[29].
Along the coast north of the harbor, kill murlocs and gather young crocolisk skins for Claws from the Deep[22] and Young Crocolisk Skins[22].
Drops from: Gobbler's Head - Gobbler · Young Crocolisk Skin - Young Wetlands Crocolisk
Karl Boran : turn in ?Claws from the Deep[22], accept !Reclaiming Goods[25].
James Halloran : turn in ?Young Crocolisk Skins[22], accept !Apprentice's Duties[26].
Coastal huts north of the harbor: Damaged Crate . Complete Reclaiming Goods[25], turn in ?Reclaiming Goods[25], then accept !The Search Continues[25].
Farther along the shore, Sealed Barrel : complete The Search Continues[25], turn in ?The Search Continues[25], accept !Search More Hovels[25].
The final find is Half-buried Barrel . Complete Search More Hovels[25], turn in ?Search More Hovels[25], then accept !Return the Statuette[25].
Farther north on the coast at , collect hides from Giant Wetlands Crocolisk for Apprentice's Duties[26].
Karl Boran : turn in ?Return the Statuette[25].
Take Icicle Rod. Despite its name, this is a staff: +4 Intellect, +18 spell power and another +10 Frost damage. Your best staff without group content. The boots are leather.
Return east to the road: Whelgar's Excavation Site first, then the Green Belt.
Merrin Rockweaver : turn in ?In Search of the Excavation Team[24], accept !In Search of the Excavation Team[24].
Ormer Ironbraid : accept !Ormer's Revenge[24].
Prospector Whelgar : accept !Uncovering the Past[27].
Outer excavation: kill the weaker raptors first, staying away from Sarltooth, for Ormer's Revenge[24].
Ormer Ironbraid : turn in ?Ormer's Revenge[24], accept !Ormer's Revenge[27].
Rethiel the Greenwarden : turn in ?The Greenwarden[21].
Rethiel the Greenwarden : accept !Tramping Paws[21].
South of Rethiel, kill Mosshide Gnolls and Mongrels in Mosshide Fen ; Thelgen Rock is nearby, for Tramping Paws[21] and Alchemical Hazards[22].
Drops from: Unruptured Stalker Gland - Leech Stalker, Cave Stalker
Rethiel the Greenwarden : turn in ?Tramping Paws[21], accept !Fire Taboo[23].
In the north, between the Green Belt and Ironbeard's Tomb (), Mosshide Mistweavers, Fenrunners, Trappers, Brutes and Mystics drop flint for Fire Taboo[23]. The southern Gnolls and Mongrels do not. Nearby oozes at Ironbeard's Tomb drop the bag for Digging Through the Ooze[24].
Drops from: Crude Flint - Mosshide Mistweaver, Mosshide Fenrunner, Mosshide Trapper and others · Sida's Bag - Crimson Ooze, Black Ooze, Monstrous Ooze and others
Rethiel the Greenwarden : turn in ?Fire Taboo[23], accept !Blisters on the Land[26].
Already 26? Save your hearth: use Teleport: Ironforge, train in Ironforge, then fly back to the harbor (step). Keep your hearth for the orc camp. Still 25? Hearth to Menethil Harbor.
Ironforge, Mage trainer Bink : at 26, learn Cone of Cold, Frost Nova (Rank 2) and Frostbolt (Rank 5), 50 each.
Get all three. Frostbolt is your main Frost nuke. Cone of Cold is an instant cone attack with a 40% slow for 6 seconds, on a 10-second cooldown. Hearthed back because you are still 25? Skip this visit and train 26 with 28 (step).
Gryth Thurden : fly to Menethil Harbor.
Sida : turn in ?Digging Through the Ooze[24].
Reward: Ooze-covered Bag, 10 slots. Equip it immediately.
Caitlin Grassman : turn in ?Alchemical Hazards[22].
James Halloran : turn in ?Apprentice's Duties[26].
Take Resilient Poncho, a cloak with +5 Stamina, if your back slot is empty. The leggings are mail.
Tarrel Rockweaver : turn in ?In Search of the Excavation Team[24].
New Forever quests and the familiar loop. Bring a partner for the tougher targets.
Continue the main route through Ironforge and Stormwind, the book in Redridge and the final Duskwood loop. Pick any of the group chapters below or skip them all. Chapter levels are estimates, not guaranteed XP totals.
Conjure Mana Agate, Arcane Intellect and three more, 70 each (step). Use Teleport: Ironforge from the harbor.
Silk Mantle of Gamn, +6 Intellect (step); Ormer's Revenge[29] - Excavation Rod, 24.2 DPS (step); Blisters on the Land[26] - 
Fen Keeper Robe (+9 Spirit) or 
Phytoblade to vendor (step).Frost Nova, back away, then Blizzard. Other builds should pull one at a time.James Halloran : accept !Crimson Crate Delivery[29].
At the lost fleet, kill cursed crewmen, then finish stronger raptors and collect four relics at the excavation, for The Cursed Crew[29] and Uncovering the Past[27] and Ormer's Revenge[27].
Drops from: Snellig's Snuffbox - First Mate Snellig
Ormer Ironbraid : turn in ?Ormer's Revenge[27], accept !Ormer's Revenge[29].
Prospector Whelgar : turn in ?Uncovering the Past[27].
Reward: Silk Mantle of Gamn, cloth with +6 Intellect and +4 Spirit. Equip it straight away.
Sarltooth is at the far end of the excavation site. Clear the nearby raptors first - Ormer's Revenge[29].
Do not pull beside two patrols. Struggling? Bring a partner.
Ormer Ironbraid : turn in ?Ormer's Revenge[29].
Choose Excavation Rod: 24.2 DPS, +2 Stamina and +2 spell power. A huge upgrade over pre-20 wands at 12-18 DPS. You no longer need a vendor wand.
Howin Kindfeather : turn in ?Crimson Crate Delivery[29].
Howin Kindfeather : accept !Razormaw Needling[29].
Howin Kindfeather : accept !Trying Times[29].
At Raptor Ridge northeast of the Green Belt, around , collect incisors from Highland Razormaw and Elder Razormaw for Razormaw Needling[29]. Look for eggs there too for Trying Times[29]; finish fen creepers in the Green Belt for Blisters on the Land[26].
Howin Kindfeather : turn in ?Razormaw Needling[29].
Howin Kindfeather : turn in ?Trying Times[29].
Rethiel the Greenwarden : turn in ?Blisters on the Land[26].
Fen Keeper Robe is cloth with +9 Spirit, but Manaweave Robe's +6 Intellect is better for casting. Keep it and take Phytoblade for its higher vendor value.
At Angerfang Encampment, collect banners and destroy four sets of attack plans for War Banners[28] and From the Ashes[28].
Drops from: Dragonmaw War Banner - Dragonmaw Raider, Dragonmaw Swamprunner, Dragonmaw Centurion and others
Hearth to the harbor. Turn in the orc and cursed crew quests.
Captain Stoutfist : turn in ?War Banners[28].
Captain Stoutfist : turn in ?From the Ashes[28].
First Mate Fitzsimmons : turn in ?The Cursed Crew[29], accept !Lifting the Curse[30].
Return to the ship, defeat the captain and open his chest for Lifting the Curse[30].
Drops from: Intrepid Strongbox Key - Captain Halyndor
A partner helps: the deck and hold are cramped, with respawning mobs behind you.
Intrepid's Locked Strongbox : turn in ?Lifting the Curse[30], then accept !The Eye of Paleth[30].
Glorin Steelbrow : turn in ?The Eye of Paleth[30], accept !Cleansing the Eye[30].
The main route continues in Next: Stormwind, Tower of Ilgalar and Next: Duskwood. Have a group? Before leaving, choose the Excavation Site, Stockade or Nek'rosh. None is required.
A new group area and a spell-power staff. The quests' level 24 requirement does not mean you can solo them at 24.
Optional group run. No group? Resume the main route. After the Ironforge turn-in, the route continues in the same city.
Titan Relic from the final boss: it starts Lost Relic Carry[31], and the chain ends in Ironforge's Hall of Explorers (Prehistoric Prism[31]).Teleport: Ironforge on the return trip (step).Healer's Staff, +22 spell damage, +12 Stamina and 5 mana per 5 seconds. Your best staff before 30 (step). In Frost, Icicle Rod hits nearly as hard (+18 plus +10 Frost), but this staff adds health and mana regeneration.James Halloran : accept !Highland Hides[28].
Follow the road east from the harbor to Rethiel the Greenwarden near the Green Belt, then south. Wowhead places the Excavation Site: Wetlands entrance at , with the meeting stone at .
Rethiel the Greenwarden : accept !Horrors in the Highland[31].
Run Excavation Site:
Titan Relic.Drops from: Thicket Raptor Hide - Shadetooth, Thicket Lurker, Thicket Hunter and others
In the group: sheep humanoids, AoE after the tank, and give everyone water and Arcane Intellect before entering.
Use Titan Relic to accept !Lost Relic Carry[31].
Rethiel the Greenwarden : turn in ?Horrors in the Highland[31].
Reward: 
Hornbeam Heft, a one-handed axe. Mages cannot use axes. Vendor it for over 50 silver.
Carry the relic to Whelgar's camp - Lost Relic Carry[31].
Drops from: Titan Relic - Relic Guardian
Prospector Whelgar : turn in ?Lost Relic Carry[31], accept !Prehistoric Prism[31].
Keep the relic for the Hall of Explorers in Ironforge (step). You do not need to kill the keeper again - Prehistoric Prism[31].
Drops from: Titan Relic - Relic Guardian
James Halloran : turn in ?Highland Hides[28].
Use Teleport: Ironforge, or fly to Ironforge with Shellei Brondir . Head to the Hall of Explorers.
High Explorer Magellas : turn in ?Prehistoric Prism[31].
Take Healer's Staff: +22 spell damage, +12 Stamina and 5 mana per 5 seconds. The healing bonus does not help a Mage, and neither does the mace.
After turning in, you are already in Ironforge. Go straight to your trainer or fly back to the Wetlands for other group quests.
Independent group branch: Dun Modr quests and the Stockade, with no required Deadmines letter.
Optional group run. No group? Resume the main route. This chapter does not require the Deadmines letter.
Rune of Teleportation; this chapter has lots of travel. Prisoners are humanoids, so Polymorph works.
Hardened Root Staff, +20 spell power and +9 Spirit (step); Crime and Punishment[26] - 
Town Clerk's Mittens, +7 Intellect and +3 spell power (step). The Fury Runs Deep[27] gives a two-handed mace, which Mages cannot use.In Ironforge after the excavation? Fly back to Menethil Harbor first. Form a group in the Wetlands and head to Dun Modr's southern entrance; do not push straight onto Thandol Span.
Motley Garmason : accept !The Dark Iron War[30].
Clear Dark Iron dwarves in Dun Modr with a group. Check the required types in your quest log for The Dark Iron War[30].
Check your quest log for the required dwarf counts; Forever may have changed them.
Motley Garmason : turn in ?The Dark Iron War[30], accept !The Fury Runs Deep[27].
Use Teleport: Stormwind straight from Dun Modr, then fly to Lakeshire with Dungar Longdrink . Two more Stockade quests await in Lakeshire and Darkshire.
Guard Berton : accept !What Comes Around...[25].
Councilman Millstipe : accept !Crime and Punishment[26].
Felicia Maline : fly to Stormwind, or use Teleport: Stormwind. Pick up two more quests in town, at the Stockade entrance and in Old Town.
Warden Thelwater : accept !Quell the Uprising[26].
Nikova Raskol : accept !The Color of Blood[26].
Run the Stockade with a group for The Fury Runs Deep[27], What Comes Around...[25], Crime and Punishment[26], Quell the Uprising[26] and The Color of Blood[26]. Check heads, the hand and bandanas before leaving.
Drops from: Head of Deepfury - Kam Deepfury · Head of Targorr - Targorr the Dread · Hand of Dextren Ward - Dextren Ward · Red Wool Bandana - Dextren Ward, Defias Prisoner, Defias Captive and others
Sheep an extra prisoner and AoE after the tank. The letter from the Deadmines is not required here.
Warden Thelwater : turn in ?Quell the Uprising[26].
Nikova Raskol : turn in ?The Color of Blood[26].
Fly to Lakeshire and Darkshire for turn-ins. Then use Teleport: Ironforge and fly to Menethil Harbor with Gryth Thurden ; the final turn-in is in Dun Modr.
Guard Berton : turn in ?What Comes Around...[25].
Take Hardened Root Staff, +20 spell power and +9 Spirit. Slightly better than Icicle Rod for Fire and Arcane; Frost prefers Icicle Rod's +18 spell power plus +10 Frost damage.
Councilman Millstipe : turn in ?Crime and Punishment[26].
Take Town Clerk's Mittens, +7 Intellect and +3 spell power. Your best Mage gloves before 30.
Motley Garmason : turn in ?The Fury Runs Deep[27].
Mages cannot use the two-handed mace or leather belt. Take Headbasher for its higher vendor value.
Return to the harbor. Doing Nek'rosh? Stay in the Wetlands. Otherwise, resume the main route.
An optional group fight for XP; the reward weapons are no use to a Mage.
Optional group run. No group? Resume the main route.
Arcane Intellect before the fight. Chieftain Nek'rosh is an elite humanoid; you can sheep his guards one at a time.Captain Stoutfist : accept !Nek'rosh's Gambit[31].
Destroy the catapults at Angerfang Encampment. Then examine Dragonmaw Catapult - Nek'rosh's Gambit[31].
Dragonmaw Catapult: turn in ?Nek'rosh's Gambit[31], accept !Defeat Nek'rosh[32].
Reach chieftain Chieftain Nek'rosh with a group. Clear guards and patrols, defeat him and take the head for Defeat Nek'rosh[32].
Drops from: Nek'rosh's Head - Chieftain Nek'rosh
At the orc camp , Tattered Spellbook starts !Old Habits[31].
Captain Stoutfist : turn in ?Defeat Nek'rosh[32] and ?Old Habits[31].
Neither weapon is a Mage upgrade. Take 
Ancient War Sword for its higher vendor value.
Return to the harbor, then resume the main route.
Teleport to Ironforge, train level 28 spells and start your robe chain.
Rune of Teleportation. You need at least two, one from the tower to Stormwind and another from Darkshire at 30.Use Teleport: Ironforge from the harbor. Coming from the Excavation Site? You are already in Ironforge; head straight to the trainer.
Ironforge, Mage trainer Bink : at 28, learn Conjure Mana Agate, Arcane Intellect (Rank 3), Blizzard (Rank 2), Mana Shield (Rank 2) and Scorch (Rank 2), 70 each. Accept your class quest !High Sorcerer Andromath[26].
Conjure Mana Agate gives 375-425 mana in combat. Conjure it before entering the tower or taking a tough fight. Took Ice Lance? Learn Ice Lance (Rank 2) for 30 too. Missed level 26 spells? Get those as well (list). High Sorcerer Andromath[26] is just a conversation; turn it in at Stormwind.
Take the Deeprun Tram to Stormwind.
Archbishop Benedictus : turn in ?Cleansing the Eye[30].
Reward: 
Eye of Paleth, an off-hand. You cannot use it with a staff; vendor it.
Mage Quarter, Wizard's Sanctum, High Sorcerer Andromath : turn in ?High Sorcerer Andromath[26], then accept !Ur's Treatise on Shadow Magic[28].
The book is at the top of the Tower of Ilgalar in Redridge (step). It is a level 28 quest, so 29 is a good time.
Your robe chain: a book at the top of the tower, then teleport back to Stormwind.
Teleport: Stormwind; carry a rune.Conjure Mana Agate) and water. You need mana on every floor, and there is little safe space to drink between gnolls.Stormwind, Dungar Longdrink : fly to Lakeshire. Follow the road east to the Tower of Ilgalar .
Save your hearth: it is still set to Menethil Harbor. Teleport back from the tower.
Climb to the top of the Tower of Ilgalar and collect Ur's Treatise on Shadow Magic - Ur's Treatise on Shadow Magic[28].
Shadowhide gnolls and level 24-26 Servant of Ilgalar patrol the tower and its surroundings. At 29, they take only a few bolts, but are closely packed. Clear one floor at a time and avoid double pulls. Servant of Ilgalar are demons and immune to Polymorph; the gnolls can be sheeped. Questie places Morganth nearby, a level 26-27 elite humanoid. Avoid him; if you aggro him, use Polymorph, grab the book and teleport out.
Use Teleport: Stormwind straight from the tower to Stormwind.
Mage Quarter, High Sorcerer Andromath : turn in ?Ur's Treatise on Shadow Magic[28], then accept !Pristine Spider Silk[26].
Pristine Spider Silk[26] needs 8 
Pristine Spider Silk from spiders in western Duskwood. The silk only drops while the quest is active, so do the book first, then the spiders. Fly to Darkshire next (step).
The final loop: worgen, spiders for your class quest, ogres and Raven Hill. Back to Stormwind at 30.
Merrick's Bow and Ira's Dagger.Rune of Teleportation at Alyssa Eva ; you need one rune to teleport to Stormwind at 30.
Consecrated Wand or Cloak of the Faith (step); Look to the Stars[30] - 
Zodiac Gloves, +4 Intellect and +7 Spirit (step); The Night Watch[30] - 
Gunnysack of the Night Watch, a 10-slot bag (step).Cone of Cold on the other and cast bolts while kiting. A Mana Agate (Conjure Mana Agate) keeps you from running dry halfway through.Dungar Longdrink : fly to Darkshire. Your log should contain The Night Watch[30], Gather Rot Blossoms[24], Worgen in the Woods[29], Merrick's Bow[28] and class quest Pristine Spider Silk[26]. Innkeeper Trelayne : set your hearth back to Darkshire.
Finish the level-28-29 Nightbane Dark Runners in the southern forest, left for later on your first visit, for Worgen in the Woods[29].
Calor : turn in ?Worgen in the Woods[29], accept !Worgen in the Woods[31].
Complete the final worgen hunt in the southern forest for Worgen in the Woods[31].
Calor : turn in ?Worgen in the Woods[31], accept !Worgen in the Woods[31].
Jonathan Carevin : turn in ?Worgen in the Woods[31].
Take Consecrated Wand, 24.2 DPS, +2 Intellect and +2 Spirit. Already have Excavation Rod with the same DPS? Take Cloak of the Faith, +4 Stamina and Spirit. Mages cannot use the shield.
Viktori Prism'Antras : accept !Look to the Stars[30].
Collect 8 Pristine Spider Silk from western Duskwood spiders: Black Widow Hatchling by the road and Carrion Recluse near Raven Hill Cemetery - Pristine Spider Silk[26].
Silk only drops with the quest in your log. A few short? Kill more spiders near the cemetery when you return for ghouls (step). These spiders are level 20-26, just a bolt or two at 29.
At Raven Hill, finish the remaining undead and collect flowers for The Night Watch[30] and Gather Rot Blossoms[24].
Drops from: Rot Blossom - Skeletal Horror, Skeletal Fiend, Skeletal Fiend (Enraged Form)
Hearth to Darkshire.
Hearth on cooldown? Follow the main road east to Darkshire.
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : turn in ?The Night Watch[30].
Reward: Gunnysack of the Night Watch, a 10-slot bag. The ammo pouch and quiver are for Hunters.
Tavernkeep Smitts : turn in ?Gather Rot Blossoms[24], accept !Juice Delivery[24].
Last visit to the hermit near Raven Hill: deliver the juice and complete his next request on the spot.
Abercrombie : turn in ?Juice Delivery[24], accept !Ghoulish Effigy[27].
Collect the required parts from ghouls in the nearby cemetery for Ghoulish Effigy[27].
Drops from: Ghoul Rib - Flesh Eater, Bone Chewer, Brain Eater and others
Abercrombie : turn in ?Ghoulish Effigy[27], accept !Ogre Thieves[30].
Do Vul'Gol Ogre Mound in one visit: warriors and enforcers, the leader's monocle and the hermit's crate - Ogre Thieves[30] and Look to the Stars[30] and Merrick's Bow[28].
Drops from: Ogre's Monocle - Zzarc' Vul
Bring a partner for the tough named ogre. Skipped the family chain? Only do the quests in your log.
Abercrombie : turn in ?Ogre Thieves[30], accept !Note to the Mayor[30].
Hearth to Darkshire.
Hearth still on cooldown after the last use? Use Teleport: Stormwind, then fly to Darkshire with Dungar Longdrink . Walking east along the main road takes about five minutes.
Viktori Prism'Antras : turn in ?Look to the Stars[30].
Take Zodiac Gloves, cloth with +4 Intellect and +7 Spirit. The belt is mail.
Sirra Von'Indi : turn in ?Merrick's Bow[28].
Sirra Von'Indi : accept !The Valor Family[22].
Accept after handing in both finds.
Lord Ello Ebonlocke : turn in ?Note to the Mayor[30], accept !Translate Abercrombie's Note[30].
Sirra Von'Indi : turn in ?Translate Abercrombie's Note[30], accept !Wait for Sirra to Finish[30].
Wait for the historian to translate the note for Wait for Sirra to Finish[30].
Sirra Von'Indi : turn in ?Wait for Sirra to Finish[30], accept !Translation to Ello[30].
Lord Ello Ebonlocke : turn in ?Translation to Ello[30].
Return to Raven Hill and inspect Memory of Valor; deliver the discovered book to Darkshire for The Valor Family[22].
You can combine this visit with Eliza in the optional chapter. Reward: 
Memories of Valor, a keepsake book rather than combat gear.
Sirra Von'Indi : turn in ?The Valor Family[22].
Group follow-ups Bride of the Embalmer[30] and The Legend of Stalvan[35] are below. Do not accept them without a group. Short of 30? Kill more worgen and undead, then head to Stormwind.
Finish the long storylines and earn cloth shoulders. Skip this branch without a ready group.
Optional group run. No group? Head straight to Stormwind at 30.
Polymorph will not work. Use Frost Nova and Cone of Cold on adds; leave the boss to the tank.
Ring of Forlorn Spirits, +8 spell power (step); Bride of the Embalmer[30] - Mantle of Honor, +7 Intellect and +7 Spirit (step).Commander Althea Ebonlocke : accept !The Legend of Stalvan[35].
Lord Ello Ebonlocke : accept !Bride of the Embalmer[30].
With a group, defeat Stalvan Mistmantle by the house and take the family ring for The Legend of Stalvan[35].
Stalvan Mistmantle is level 32 and has company. You can accept the quest early, but save the fight for a group at 29-30.
Madame Eva : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[35].
Take Ring of Forlorn Spirits, +8 spell power and +2 Stamina. Mages cannot use the one-handed axe.
Find Eliza's grave in the western cemetery. Start the event only once your group is ready. Defeat Eliza and loot her heart - Bride of the Embalmer[30].
Expect additional undead. Agree beforehand who tanks the boss and who handles the adds.
Lord Ello Ebonlocke : turn in ?Bride of the Embalmer[30].
Take Mantle of Honor, cloth with +7 Intellect and +7 Spirit. Better than Silk Mantle of Gamn.
After turning in, use Teleport: Stormwind, or fly to Stormwind with Felicia Maline . In town, turn in the silk and train level 30 spells.
Your silk reward robe, level 30 spells and what comes next.
Combustible Wand from 29 (25.9 DPS, ≈ 144) and 
Pestilent Wand from 30 (27.0 DPS, ≈ 157). Already have Excavation Rod or Consecrated Wand at 24.2 DPS? The upgrade is small; save your gold.Huge Brown Sack, 12 slots, ≈ 10. Only buy with money to spare.Blink from 20 helps escape stuns and roots. Escape Artist breaks roots and slows, but not stuns: choose the button that matches the control effect and watch your escape route.Use Teleport: Stormwind from Darkshire; leave your hearth there. Coming from Eliza? You are already in town.
Mage Quarter, Wynne Larson : turn in ?Pristine Spider Silk[26], then accept and immediately turn in !Astral Knot Garment[26] / ?Astral Knot Garment[26]. Choose 
Astral Knot Robe or 
Astral Knot Blouse.
Astral Knot Robe: +6 Stamina, Intellect and Spirit, for better mana recovery between fights. Astral Knot Blouse: +6 Stamina and +9 Intellect, for more mana and crit in combat. The difference is small; both beat Manaweave Robe.
Jennea Cannon : at 30, learn Ice Armor, 
Conjure Water (Rank 4), Fireball (Rank 6), Fire Blast (Rank 4), Arcane Explosion (Rank 3), Fire Ward (Rank 2) and Amplify Magic (Rank 2), 80 each. With the relevant talent, also learn Arcane Blast (80) or Pyroblast (4).
The full list costs 560. Prioritize Ice Armor and Conjure Water: your new armor replaces Frost Armor, giving much more armor with the same slow on attackers. Conjure Rank 4 water for the next stretch. Amplify Magic and Fire Ward can wait; Fireball is for Fire and Arcane Explosion for AoE.
The 1-30 route is complete. Jennea Cannon offers Journey to the Marsh at 30, starting a wand chain with level 38-40 quests in Dustwallow Marsh, Thousand Needles and Scarlet Monastery. Pick it up when heading that way.
Teleport: Darnassus also unlocks at 30, but you must visit Darnassus to learn it. Respec at a Mage trainer in any capital. Keep saving: riding training at 40 costs 100 gold.
What to train and where, how to fight, how to drink less and what's different in Forever - up to level 30
Fireball by 20-33%, Frostbolt from Rank 2 by up to 17%), while gear gives more spell power and spells scale better with it. Frost Nova hits harder, Arcane Intellect lasts an hour, and Cone of Cold slows by 40% for 6 seconds (previously 50% for 8). New level 20 talents: Ice Lance and Arcane Blast. Ice Block is at 25; Cold Snap at 30 with a 10-minute cooldown. Trainers offer new Frost Blast at 24. Lower ranks scale less with spell power; use current ranks. Since November 2, only Blizzard keeps the proc penalty: a rank 12 or more levels below yours triggers Clearcasting, Frostbite and Fingers of Frost less often. Wands have gained no damage from spell power since September 24. Mages also get the new minor skill Comprehension, covered below.Before 20, open with Frostbolt from range and cast again while the mob closes. When it reaches you, Frost Nova from 10 lets you move more than 10 yards away and resume casting. Finish with the wand when possible. Fire Blast is quick, but resets the 5-second mana regeneration delay. Sheep an add with Polymorph from 8. At 20, the Frost setup adds Ice Lance after Frost Nova. Keep Frost Armor and Arcane Intellect up, including after a death.
Gnome trainers. Marryk Nurribit in Anvilmar teaches the first ranks; Magis Sparkmantle in Kharanos is a full trainer. In Ironforge, visit Bink ; in Stormwind, Jennea Cannon . There are no trainers in Loch Modan, Westfall, Redridge Mountains, Duskwood or Wetlands. After 20, combine training with teleports and city turn-ins.
| Lvl | Spells | Cost | Take it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcane Intellect | 10 | Yes; you start with Fireball and Frost Armor |
| 4 | Frostbolt, Conjure Water | 1 each | Yes - from now on you make your own water |
| 6 | Conjure Food, Fire Blast, Fireball (rank 2) | 1 each | Yes |
| 6 | Comprehend Scroll | - | New in Forever: for Comprehension scrolls; available in the trainer's recipes tab |
| 8 | Polymorph, Frostbolt (rank 2), Arcane Missiles | 2 each | Polymorph and Frostbolt - yes; Arcane Missiles - for Arcane |
| 10 | Frost Nova, Conjure Water (rank 2), Frost Armor (rank 2) | 4 each | Yes - Frost Nova changes every fight |
| 12 | Conjure Food (rank 2), Fireball (rank 3), Dampen Magic, Slow Fall | 6 each | Food - yes; Fireball - for Fire; the rest can wait |
| 14 | Frostbolt (rank 3), Arcane Intellect (rank 2), Arcane Explosion, Fire Blast (rank 2) | 9 each | Yes |
| 16 | Arcane Missiles (rank 2), Flamestrike | 15 each | Can wait in Frost |
| 18 | Remove Lesser Curse, Amplify Magic, Fireball (rank 4) | 18 each | Remove Lesser Curse - for dungeons; the rest depends on your tree |
| 20 | Blink, Blizzard, Evocation, Frostbolt (rank 4), Conjure Water (rank 3), Polymorph (rank 2), Frost Armor (rank 3), Mana Shield, Fire Ward | 20 each | Yes - your major training level; Fire Ward can wait (step) |
| 20 | Teleport: Stormwind, Teleport: Ironforge | 20 each + a rune | Only portal trainers teach these: Larimaine Purdue in Stormwind (step) and Milstaff Stormeye in Ironforge (step) |
| 20 | Ice Lance, Arcane Blast or Pyroblast | talent | The tree's 11th point - see “Leveling talents” |
| 22 | Conjure Food (rank 3), Arcane Explosion (rank 2), Fire Blast (rank 3), Frost Ward, Scorch | 30 each | Get Conjure Food and Fire Blast; Arcane Explosion is for AoE, Scorch for Fire. Train these with level 24 spells (step) |
| 24 | Counterspell, Fireball (rank 5), Arcane Missiles (rank 3), Flamestrike (rank 2), Dampen Magic (rank 2) | 40 each | Get Counterspell; the rest depends on your spec (step) |
| 24 | Frost Blast | 4526 | New in Forever: a quick Frost hit and 40% slow for 9 seconds |
| 24 | Pyroblast (rank 2) | 2 | Only if you took the Pyroblast talent |
| 26 | Cone of Cold, Frost Nova (rank 2), Frostbolt (rank 5) | 50 each | Yes - in Ironforge; teleport there (step) |
| 28 | Arcane Intellect (rank 3), Blizzard (rank 2), Conjure Mana Agate, Mana Shield (rank 2), Scorch (rank 2) | 70 each | Get Conjure Mana Agate and Arcane Intellect; Blizzard for AoE (step) |
| 28 | Ice Lance (rank 2) | 30 | Only if you took Ice Lance |
| 30 | Ice Armor, Conjure Water (rank 4), Fireball (rank 6), Arcane Explosion (rank 3), Fire Blast (rank 4), Fire Ward (rank 2), Amplify Magic (rank 2) | 80 each | Get Ice Armor and Conjure Water; the rest depends on your spec (step) |
| 30 | Arcane Blast (rank 2), Pyroblast (rank 3) | 80 and 4 | Only with your tree's talent |
Costs come from Wowhead Forever's beta Mage page. Buying everything through 20, including Teleport: Stormwind, costs about 3.7 gold. Levels 22-30 add about 15 gold, including 5.6 at 30 (6.4 with a talent rank). Postpone optional spells to save a few gold. Keep saving: riding training at 40 costs 100 gold, with the first mount free.
Frostbolt slows, Frost Nova roots, and Ice Lance adds much stronger hits against frozen targets from 20. I'd use it to leave more room for mistakes while solo.Frostbolt. Pyroblast (the level 20 talent) opens a fight from range.Arcane Blast from 20. You drink less, but mobs reach you more often. The Gnome route's first quest wand comes at 15 (Spark of the People's Militia); earlier, get Lesser Magic Wand from an enchanter. The build takes longer to come together without one.Expansive Mind: +5% maximum mana, not a bonus to Intellect or regeneration speed.Eureka! gives 8 seconds of damaging abilities costing 10% less mana and dealing 10% more damage. Its cooldown is 2 minutes. This Mage version includes normal Frostbolt and Fireball casts.Escape Artist: instantly removes roots and slows, then protects against them for 3 seconds; 2-minute cooldown. It does not remove stuns or fear.
Engineering Specialization: reduces the chance of Engineering devices malfunctioning or backfiring by 20%; it does not lower skill requirements.Conjure Water from level 4, Conjure Food from 6. Water ranks come at 4, 10, 20 and 30; food at 6, 12, 22 and 32. Learn a new rank the same day: higher-rank water restores noticeably more.Frostbite and Clearcasting less often - the Classic habit of “rank 1 for the slow” doesn't work here.Evocation (from 20, 8-minute cooldown) replaces drinking when a tough fight leaves you with zero mana. Conjure Mana Agate (from 28) is mana in the middle of a fight - conjure it in advance.Frost Channeling (Frost), Master of Elements (Fire), Arcane Meditation and Arcane Concentration (Arcane). Arcane Orb from Mage-tastic Gizmonitor[10] gives 80-240 mana once every 30 minutes - but only if you're not holding a two-handed staff.Polymorph (from 8) only works on beasts and humanoids. A second mob runs up? Sheep it, finish the first one, then the second. A sheep heals quickly - leave it alone until you're ready.Frost Nova (from 10, 25-second cooldown) freezes everything around you for 8 seconds. Move more than 10 yards away and then attack; damage can break the freeze early.Frost Nova: kobold geomancers in Elwynn's mines, Defias mages and Pillagers, and gnoll Mystics in Redridge. Kill them first or break line of sight to bring them close. From 24, use Counterspell.Blink from 20 to break stuns or roots. Escape Artist handles roots and slows, but won't remove a stun. Check the debuff before choosing the button, and look where you're about to land.Mana Shield (from 20) costs 2 mana per point of damage absorbed - it's for emergencies, not for every mob.Arcane Explosion (from 14) only hits up close and is expensive. It's good against three or more weak mobs that Frost Nova is already holding.Frost Nova, move 10-15 yards away and cast Blizzard on them. When they reach you - Frost Nova again or Cone of Cold (from 26), step back and cast it again.Improved Blizzard slows by 40% at most, Cone of Cold by 40% for 6 seconds. Start with two or three mobs, not ten.Ice Block saved you.
Shoot) costs no mana and doesn't stop mana regeneration - that's what you finish mobs with. In Frost it saves mana, and in Arcane, with the Wand Specialization talent, it's half your damage.Lesser Magic Wand - 11.3 DPS, Enchanting 10. Check the Auction House or an enchanter friend. The Gnome route has no quest wand before 15.Greater Magic Wand, 17.5 DPS, Enchanting 70. At 15: Spark of the People's Militia from The People's Militia[17] (step), 12.8 DPS and +1 spell power. At 18: Dwarven Flamestick from Gathering Idols[18] (step), 13.6 DPS and +2 Spirit.Deepblaze from Old Ironforge Incursion[16] in The Hall of Thanes (step), 18.5 DPS. Your best wand before 20.Smoldering Wand from 15 (13.4 DPS), Gloom Wand from 16 (14.4), Dusk Wand from 20 (17.7, step) and Combustible Wand from 29 (25.9). Buy only without a suitable quest or crafted wand.Sable Wand from the Deadmines (group, 16.9 DPS, step), Excavation Rod in the Wetlands (step) and Consecrated Wand in Duskwood (step), both about 24.2 DPS. Crafted Lesser Mystic Wand (25.4 DPS, from 26) needs Enchanting 155 or an AH purchase.Teleport: Stormwind and Teleport: Ironforge unlock at 20 for 20 each. Portal trainers teach them, not regular Mage trainers, and each only teaches their own city: Larimaine Purdue in Stormwind's Mage Quarter and Milstaff Stormeye in Ironforge.Rune of Teleportation (≈ 10, stacks of 10). Game data lists runes at reagent vendors Owen Vaughn and Charys Yserian in the Mage Quarter, Kyra Boucher in the Trade District, and Barim Jurgenstaad and Ginny Longberry in Ironforge.Slow Fall from 12 consumes Light Feather. Birds drop feathers, including Westfall vultures and Redridge condors. The Forever database lists none at reagent vendors. Train it when you have feathers.Bent Staff, valley reward Smooth Walking Staff (step), then Arcane Staff from your Gnome class quest (step). At 20-30: Icicle Rod from Wetlands; with a group, Staff of Westfall, Hardened Root Staff and Healer's Staff. Compare spell power and useful stats, not just melee damage.Apprentice Wizard's Gown, Harvester's Robe (step), Leggings of the People's Militia (step), Lucky Trousers (step), Repurposed Hair Band (step), Manaweave Robe (step) and Riding Gloves (step); with a group, Tomb Robber's Gloves (step). Purchases listed in the game files: Wise Man's Belt (+5 Intellect) from Aldren Cordon in Loch Modan and Franklin Hamar in Lakeshire.Silk Mantle of Gamn (step), Zodiac Gloves (step), Astral Knot Robe or Astral Knot Blouse (step). Group rewards: Incinerator's Boots (step), Town Clerk's Mittens (step), Mantle of Honor and Ring of Forlorn Spirits (step, step). Vendor option in game data: Wizard's Belt (+8 Intellect, from 23), sold by Charys Yserian in Stormwind and Jennabink Powerseam in Menethil Harbor.Arcane Staff or the off-hand Arcane Orb. This is an alternative to the Mirror Lake chain; you do not need both.Linen Cloth and 6 Charged Rift Gem from crates in Silver Stream Mine, Loch Modan. Route: accept, tavern, gems, reward - Manaweave Robe, +6 Intellect.Pristine Spider Silk from western Duskwood spiders. Choose Astral Knot Robe (+6 Stamina, Intellect and Spirit) or Astral Knot Blouse (+6 Stamina, +9 Intellect). The order matters: silk only drops after the book turn-in and accepting the next quest. This route does it at 28-29: accept, Andromath, tower, spiders, reward.Comprehend Scroll free from your trainer's recipes tab from level 6; the button is in the General tab of your spellbook.
Study from 6: library research, consumes Light Feather, one-hour cooldown. Stormwind's library is near the Wizard's Sanctum. Its leveling value is still unclear; try it in game if you have a feather.Frost Nova (and from 20 also Blink) is on cooldown, don't pull the next one.Frost Armor on: a mob that hits you gets slowed. It drops when you die - put it back on, along with Arcane Intellect.Polymorph and Frost Nova help you disengage. Escape Artist breaks roots and slows, but not stuns.Frost Nova ready. If it goes wrong - Polymorph on one and run to the guards.Quest rewards and useful purchases by level
Mages only wear cloth. For casting, compare spell power first, then Intellect. Stamina gives room for mistakes; Spirit helps recover mana between fights. Compare wands separately by DPS: spell power does not increase their damage. Vendor prices are estimates and stock comes from game data; check availability in the vendor window.
| Lvl | Item and source | How to choose |
|---|---|---|
| 1-5 | Staff and cloth | Starting Bent Staff; Smooth Walking Staff from The Stolen Journal[5] (step) |
| 11-12 | Class staff | Mage-tastic Gizmonitor[10]: Arcane Staff (step) |
| 5+ | Lesser Magic Wand - enchanter or AH | 11.3 DPS: your first wand if you find one cheaply. |
| 12-15 | Old Blanchy's Feed Pouch - Poor Old Blanchy[14] (step) | A free 8-slot bag. |
| 13+ | Greater Magic Wand - enchanter (skill 70) | 17.5 DPS: lasts until 20 unless you run The Hall of Thanes. |
| 14-15 | Harvester's Robe, Leggings of the People's Militia, Bracers of the People's Militia - Westfall | Spell-power cloth and bracers; step, step, step. |
| 15 | Spark of the People's Militia - The People's Militia[17] (step) | 12.8 DPS and +1 spell power. Vendor Smoldering Wand at 13.4 DPS is not worth buying. |
| 15 | Wise Man's Belt - Aldren Cordon or Franklin Hamar , ≈ 14 | +5 Intellect: your best vendor Mage belt before 20, if stocked. |
| 16-17 | Lucky Trousers - In Defense of the King's Lands[17] (step) | +2 Stamina, +3 Spirit. |
| 16-18 | Deepblaze, Tomb Robber's Gloves - The Hall of Thanes, group (step) | 18.5 DPS wand, best before 20; gloves with +2 Intellect. |
| 17-18 | Dwarven Flamestick, Repurposed Hair Band - Loch Modan (step, step) | 13.6 DPS wand with +2 Spirit; bracers with +2 Intellect and +2 Spirit. |
| 17-18 | Manaweave Robe - Manaweave Robe[15] (step) | +6 Intellect: your best chest until the level 30 class reward. |
| 19-20 | Riding Gloves - The Everstill Bridge[20] (step) | +3 Intellect. |
| 20 | Dusk Wand - Ardwyn Cailen or Harick Boulderdrum , ≈ 58 | 17.7 DPS: only buy if still using Spark of the People's Militia or Dwarven Flamestick. Lasts until 28. |
| 20-22 | Staff of Westfall - The Defias Brotherhood[22], Deadmines, group (step) | +5 Intellect, +6 Spirit, +16 spell damage. |
| 20-22 | Sable Wand, Worn Miner's Waistcord, Miner's Workgloves - Deadmines, group (step, step, step) | 16.9 DPS wand with +2 Spirit; +3 Intellect belt; +5 Stamina gloves. |
| 22-24 | Wizard's Belt - Charys Yserian in Stormwind or Jennabink Powerseam in Menethil Harbor, ≈ 37 | +8 Intellect from 23: your best Mage purchase before 30, if stocked. From 22, Nightwind Belt offers +6 Intellect and +3 Stamina. |
| 24-26 | Incinerator's Boots - WANTED: Incinerator Gar'im[25], Redridge, group (step) | +6 Intellect, +3 Stamina. |
| 26 | Icicle Rod - Return the Statuette[25] (step) | A staff despite its name: +18 spell power and another +10 Frost damage. Best without groups. |
| 26-27 | Ooze-covered Bag, Resilient Poncho - Wetlands (step, step) | 10-slot bag; +5 Stamina cloak. |
| 27-28 | Silk Mantle of Gamn - Uncovering the Past[27] (step) | Shoulders: +6 Intellect, +4 Spirit. |
| 28 | Excavation Rod - Ormer's Revenge[29] (step) | 24.2 DPS wand, roughly twice the damage of early ones. No vendor wand needed afterward. |
| 28-30 | Healer's Staff - Prehistoric Prism[31], Excavation Site: Wetlands, group (step) | +22 spell damage, +12 Stamina, 5 mana per 5 seconds. Icicle Rod is almost equal for Frost damage. |
| 28-30 | Hardened Root Staff, Town Clerk's Mittens - Stockade, group (step, step) | Staff: +20 spell power, +9 Spirit (Frost still prefers Icicle Rod). Gloves: +7 Intellect, +3 spell power. |
| 29 | Consecrated Wand or Cloak of the Faith - Worgen in the Woods[31] (step) | 24.2 DPS wand with +2 Intellect and Spirit, or a +4 Stamina and Spirit cloak if you already have Excavation Rod. |
| 29-30 | Zodiac Gloves, Gunnysack of the Night Watch - Duskwood (step, step) | Gloves with +4 Intellect and +7 Spirit; a 10-slot bag. |
| 29-30 | Ring of Forlorn Spirits, Mantle of Honor - Stalvan and Eliza, group (step, step) | Ring with +8 spell power; shoulders with +7 Intellect and +7 Spirit. |
| 30 | Astral Knot Robe or Astral Knot Blouse - Astral Knot Garment[26] (step) | +6 Stamina, Intellect and Spirit, or +6 Stamina and +9 Intellect. A small difference. |
Robe of Apprenticeship, Heavy Weave Armor) and knitted cloth: armor with no stats. The route's cloth rewards are better.Spark of the People's Militia at 15, then Dwarven Flamestick or Deepblaze at 16-18.Rune of Teleportation.Shimmering Silk Robes and Chromatic Robe from robe vendors, and padded cloth at 22: slightly more armor, no stats.Combustible Wand from 29 and Pestilent Wand from 30: only 2-3 DPS above quest rewards Excavation Rod and Consecrated Wand, for over a gold.Huge Brown Sack (≈ 10): Wetlands and Duskwood quests give you two 10-slot bags.What to take, where to learn it and what to collect - up to level 30
Lesser Magic Wand: Enchanting 10, 
Lesser Magic Essence and 
Simple Wood. You need 
Runed Copper Rod, which is made from 
Copper Rod.Greater Magic Wand: Enchanting 70, essences and Simple Wood. Few materials needed; reaching the skill requirement is the main hurdle.Lesser Mystic Wand - from 26: 25.4 DPS and +4 Intellect, the best wand before 29. Requires Runed Golden Rod, 
Star Wood and 
Lesser Mystic Essence; in Classic, the recipe required skill 155.Mining for Dummies (Mining), Wild Harvest (Herbalism) or 
Pelt Collecting for Beginners (Skinning). Using a manual teaches that profession. If you want Tailoring and Enchanting, leave it unopened.
Well Fed XP Boost, 15 minutes). Refresh it before a long clear; the bonus does not apply to quest turn-ins.
Linen Bandage made from linen, then move on to wool bandages.Linen Cloth at 1-20, Wool Cloth from 20, looted from humanoids. Use it for Tailoring and bandages; auction the spare cloth.Rune of Teleportation for teleports.Quests offered far from the entrance, and what a mage does in a group
Polymorph, usually the moon mark. Polymorph works on beasts and humanoids, so undead, spirits, and elementals need another plan. Keep your AoE clear of the sheep because any damage breaks it.Arcane Explosion from 14 and Blizzard from 20 handle much of your dungeon damage.Frost Nova only as a last resort: frozen mobs hit whoever is closest, and that's often the healer.Frost Channeling (Frost) and 
Burning Soul (Fire) reduce your threat.Remove Lesser Curse (from 18) removes curses from the group, Counterspell (from 24) interrupts mob heals and dangerous spells.Arcane Intellect on everyone. “Mage, water!” has been the number one request to mages since Classic: make it in advance, not in the middle of a fight.For Mages: Deepblaze, best wand before 20, and Tomb Robber's Gloves, +2 Intellect. You cannot sheep the spirits or undead inside; focus on damage and water.
For Mages: The Defias Brotherhood[22] gives Staff of Westfall (+5 Intellect, +6 Spirit, +16 spell damage, step); Underground Assault[20] gives Sable Wand (step). The Defias are humanoids and can be sheeped.
What Comes Around...[25] gives Hardened Root Staff, a +20 spell-power staff. Crime and Punishment[26] gives Town Clerk's Mittens, +7 Intellect gloves. Prisoners are humanoids and can be sheeped. This chapter has lots of travel; carry runes for both teleports.
The quests' level 24 requirement does not mean they are soloable at 24. Mage reward: Healer's Staff for the relic, +22 spell damage and 5 mana per 5 seconds (step).
Mage rewards: WANTED: Incinerator Gar'im[25] gives Incinerator's Boots (+6 Intellect). Stalvan and Eliza give Ring of Forlorn Spirits (+8 spell power) and Mantle of Honor (+7 Intellect and Spirit). Nek'rosh has no suitable Mage weapon upgrade. Eliza and Stalvan are undead and cannot be sheeped.
Only what matters for this route
Eureka! boosts damaging abilities, including ordinary casts. For some other classes, Eureka! only affects instant abilities; do not apply their version's description to Mages.Expansive Mind grants +5% maximum mana. Escape Artist instantly removes roots and slows and protects against them for 3 seconds.Bent Staff and apprentice clothing. Woo Ping teaches Daggers and One-Handed Swords.Polymorph, Blink, teleports from 20, and conjuring your own water and food.Ice Lance (11th Frost point, level 20; Rank 2 from a trainer at 28), Arcane Blast (11th Arcane point, Rank 2 at 30), Fingers of Frost, Missile Barrage, Heating Up, Improved Fire Blast; at 25, Arcane Wrath.Ice Block is the 16th Frost point at 25. Cold Snap is the 21st at 30, with a 10-minute cooldown. New trainer spell at 24: Frost Blast.Cone of Cold slows by 40% for 6 seconds, Improved Blizzard by 40% at most. Low ranks trigger Frostbite and Clearcasting less often.Arcane Meditation - 50% mana regeneration while casting, Master of Elements also returns mana on Frost crits, Arcane Intellect lasts an hour, Dampen Magic and Amplify Magic are 50% stronger.Frost Nova plus Ice Lance was the most discussed combo of the beta: testers asked for a nerf, and on November 2 the Lance got an 8-second cooldown shared with Fire Blast. Buffing a flagged player with Arcane Intellect flags you too, including on Normal rulesets.Where to train, the hearthstone, dangerous mobs, what not to forget
| Lvl | Key points | Don't miss |
|---|---|---|
| 1-5 | Anvilmar: Glyphic Memorandum[1], Frostbolt and Conjure Water (step) | Make your own water from 4 |
| 5-8 | Kharanos: Conjure Food from 6, Polymorph from 8 (step, step) | Hearthstone in Kharanos |
| 11-12 | Ironforge and Gnomeregan: Mage-tastic Gizmonitor[10], Arcane Staff (step) | You already know Staves |
| 8 | Polymorph and Frostbolt (step) | Trainer in Kharanos; professions in Ironforge |
| 15 | Stormwind: Investigate the Blue Recluse[16] → Gathering Materials[15] (step) | Accept before the Loch Modan mine; save 10 Linen Cloth |
| 12-15 | Westfall: Spark of the People's Militia and Old Blanchy's Feed Pouch | Save 10 Linen Cloth |
| 15 | Stormwind: Investigate the Blue Recluse[16] → Gathering Materials[15] (step) | Loch Modan crates are useless without Gathering Materials[15] in your log |
| 16 | Ironforge: Arcane Missiles, Flamestrike (step) | Can wait in Frost |
| 16-18 | Loch Modan: gems (step), Dwarven Flamestick, Repurposed Hair Band, vendor Wise Man's Belt | The Hall of Thanes with a group: Deepblaze |
| 17-18 | Stormwind: Manaweave Robe[15] for Manaweave Robe (step) | Keep linen in your bags, not the bank |
| 18 | Goldshire: Remove Lesser Curse, Amplify Magic, Fireball (step) | Set aside around 2 gold for 20 |
| 20 | Stormwind: Blink, Blizzard, Evocation (step), Teleport: Stormwind (step) | Rune of Teleportation: teleport will not work without it |
| 21-23 | Darkshire: flight path and hearth (step) | No separate trip for level 22 spells (step) |
| 24-25 | Stormwind: Counterspell and new Frost Blast (step) | No group - don't take dungeon quests |
| 25-26 | Ironforge: Teleport: Ironforge (step); Wetlands: Icicle Rod (step) | Hearth in Menethil Harbor (step) |
| 26 | Teleport to Ironforge: Cone of Cold, Frostbolt (step) | Save your hearth for the Wetlands |
| 28-29 | Ironforge: Conjure Mana Agate, Arcane Intellect (step); High Sorcerer Andromath[26] → Ur's Treatise on Shadow Magic[28] (step) | Conjure a Mana Agate before the fight |
| 29 | Tower of Ilgalar (step), spiders (step) | Silk only drops after the book turn-in and accepting the follow-up |
| 30 | Ice Armor, Conjure Water (step); Astral Knot Robe or Astral Knot Blouse (step) | Talent resets - at a trainer in a capital |
Teleport: Stormwind for Stormwind and Teleport: Ironforge for Ironforge. Bind the hearth near your quest turn-ins, teleport out for training, and hearth back. Keep Rune of Teleportation stocked so the first half of that plan works.Teleport: Stormwind plus a flight from Stormwind is nearly as quick.Frost Nova won't help against a caster: it keeps casting while rooted.Frost Nova is on cooldown, and you haven't learned Blink yet.Rune of Teleportation) - the teleport doesn't work without one.Frostbolt, your main Frost nuke, three levels behind.
Arcane 0
Fire 0
Frost 21
