RaceNight ElfA Night Elf Warrior starts with a sword and shield, and this route works with that. We'll cross Teldrassil, Darkshore, and western Ashenvale before sailing to Stormwind at 20 for Redridge, Duskwood, and the Wetlands through 30. Defensive Stance comes at 11-12, the Elunite weapon at 16, and the class shield at 20. The Fray Island fight waits until 30. Weapon training, useful purchases, rage, and Elune's Light are covered along the way.
What to install from CurseForge for Forever: the useful and the fun
Overpower lights up after your target dodges; it also warns you when 
Revenge is ready. Settings - /opa. Made for Forever (file from October 12), about 1.2 thousand downloads.
Heroic Strike or 
Cleave is queued. It also shows when to press 
Slam so you don't clip your swing. Forever's built-in attack timer doesn't show the queue. There's a Forever file.Small things about your route, mobs, mana, and speed that add up to hours over a whole leveling run
Main 1-20 route: Shadowglen → Dolanaar and Starbreeze Village → Ban'ethil Barrow Den → Darnassus at 10, start Defensive Stance (step) → northern Teldrassil and the Oracle Glade → Darnassus at 12 → Auberdine → northern Darkshore and the shipwreck (step) → Grove of the Ancients and Darnassus at 16 for training and an Elunite weapon (step) → finish Darkshore → western Ashenvale → Ruins of Mathystra. At 20-30: boat to Stormwind, level 20 training and the shield quest (step) → Redridge and Rethban Caverns (step) → Duskwood → a second Redridge loop → Stalvan and Stormwind at 24 → Wetlands via Ironforge and Loch Modan → back through Ironforge and Stormwind → the final Duskwood loop → level 30 training (step). Berserker Stance is a separate Barrens trip at 30 (step).
Hearthstone: Dolanaar, then Auberdine from 12 until you sail away; Lakeshire at 20; Darkshire from 21; Menethil Harbor in Wetlands; Darkshire again at 29. Shopping blocks list vendors and nearby quest rewards. Stock comes from game files, so check in game; prices are approximate. Warrior spending order: training → weapons → bandages and food → a shield and mail for empty slots. Skip water: you have no mana. You only need one bottle for a quest at 10-11 (step).
Builds for 10-30: which one to pick and in what order to spend points
Talents begin at 10, leaving 21 points by 30. I'd start with Arms even while using the early one-hander and shield. Bleeds, Charge, and rage retention work before the build takes two-handed specialization at 26. Learn Two-Handed Swords from Woo Ping when you reach Stormwind at 20. Protection is a good alternative for shield play and tanking. Icy Veins and Method recommend Arms, Mobalytics favors Protection, and beta players also like Fury. Respec through Arias'ta Bladesinger in Darnassus or Wu Shen in Stormwind. The launch price starts at 1 gold. Check the tooltips and calculator order before committing.
Anger Management by 20. Keep the shield setup before 20, then move to a two-handed sword. Icy Veins and Method recommend this tree, which leads to 
Mortal Strike at 40.
Improved Rend adds 35% to Rend, with attack-power scaling in Forever. 
Improved Charge brings Charge to 15 rage from 9. That's enough to start doing something as soon as you reach the mob. 
Improved Tactical Mastery 3/3 leads to Anger Management at 20, giving +1 rage every 3 seconds in combat and slower decay afterward. Continue through 
Deep Wounds, 
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization for +6% two-handed damage, and 
Impale. At 21-22, 
Improved Overpower 2/2: +50% crit chance for Overpower; these 2 points were freed when Improved Tactical Mastery dropped to 3 ranks on November 2.
Elune's Light early in a difficult pull. Its 10% crit bonus lasts 15 seconds and gives Deep Wounds more chances to apply the bleed. It improves the odds, though it doesn't guarantee a proc.
Woodsman Sword is a Ruins of Mathystra reward (step); learn Two-Handed Swords from Woo Ping in Stormwind (step). From 21, 
Dacian Falx offers 15.97 DPS (Duskwood); with a group, get Ancient War Sword (Nek'rosh). At 30, 
Sweeping Strikes helps you fight two mobs at once.
Bloodrage when it's ready and save rage by letting auto-attacks finish a mob that's nearly dead.
Improved Rend 3/3
Deflection 2/5
Improved Charge 2/2
Improved Tactical Mastery 3/3
Anger Management 1/1
Improved Overpower 2/2
Deep Wounds 3/3
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization 3/3
Impale 1/2
Sweeping Strikes 1/1
Shield Specialization adds +5% block and gives 5 rage on a block, compared with Classic's 1. Improved Revenge improves Revenge by 60%. 
Improved Thunder Clap makes 
Thunder Clap cheaper, and Forever lets you cast it in Defensive Stance. A shield also lets 
Master of Defense give 5 rage after a dodge or parry. At 25, 
Vanguard lets you Charge straight from Defensive Stance.Revenge and 
Shield Block before its damage feels comfortable. Darkshore has no trainer, so we learn both during the 16 Darnassus visit. The Improved Revenge point at 15 won't help until that next training stop.
Woodland Shield, a level 4 den reward (step), then Wall Shield in Auberdine from 12, with 336 armor (step). Get 
Defensive Stance at 11-12 (Vorlus's horn). Compare one-handers by DPS and Stamina: 
Brushwood Blade (step), 
Briarsteel Shortsword (step), an Elunite weapon (step), 
Hardwood Cudgel (step). After 20, shields include 
Furen's Favor from your class quest (step) and 
Shield of the Faith at 29 (step); one-handers include 
Longsword at 21 (step) and 
Broad Bladed Knife at 29 (step).
Improved Bloodrage 2/2
Shield Specialization 3/5
Improved Revenge 3/3Shield Specialization 5/5
Improved Thunder Clap 3/3
Master of Defense 2/2
Vanguard 1/1
Last Stand 1/1
Improved Sunder Armor 3/3
Focused Rage 1/3Deep Wounds. Method suggests this variant because crits contribute extra rage again in Forever.
Cruelty gives +5% crit by 14. White crits have generated double rage since October 1. Add Elune's Light for another 10% crit during its 15 seconds. Then work through Improved Rend, Improved Charge, Improved Tactical Mastery, Anger Management, Improved Overpower, and Deep Wounds as in the main order.Two-Handed Weapon Specialization and Sweeping Strikes into 30, and you'll reach Mortal Strike later than 40.
Cruelty 5/5Improved Rend 3/3Deflection 2/5Improved Charge 2/2Improved Tactical Mastery 3/3Anger Management 1/1Improved Overpower 2/2Deep Wounds 3/3Cruelty for crit. 
Unbridled Wrath gives hits a 60% chance for 1 extra rage, and 
Lingering Rage delays decay by 8 seconds between mobs. 
Piercing Howl at 20 slows nearby runners or PvP enemies. Being hit can trigger 
Enrage, a 30% chance for 10% extra physical damage lasting 12 seconds. At 30, 
Death Wish gives +20% damage for 30 seconds.Improved Charge and Anger Management in this tree, and 
Bloodthirst only comes at 40.
Dual Wield. In Classic this is level 20; the Forever data does not specify a level, so check the trainer. Until you have two good one-handers, keep a strong two-hander. Before 20, a Night Elf has no two-hander along this route, so use a one-hander and shield.Cruelty 5/5
Unbridled Wrath 5/5
Piercing Howl 1/1
Lingering Rage 4/5
Enrage 5/5
Death Wish 1/1A loop around Aldrassil: nightsabers, boars and grell. You start with a sword and shield; train with the valley's Warrior trainer.
Pelt Collecting for Beginners for Skinning or 
Mining for Dummies for Mining.
Battle Shout costs 10 copper; at 4, Charge and Rend cost 1 silver each; at 6, learn Thunder Clap if you are still here.
Tough Hunk of Bread, food from level 1, ≈ 4. Skip water: you have no mana. Buy 
Skinning Knife and 
Mining Pick if you chose Skinning or Mining.
Tarnished Chain Bracers, 29 armor, ≈ 35, and 
Tarnished Chain Leggings, 58 armor, ≈ 75.
Shortsword at 1.15 DPS, which is not worth buying. Your first meaningful purchase is Gladius in Dolanaar.Battle Shout active. It is 40% weaker in Forever but lasts 3 minutes.Heroic Strike replaces your next auto-attack and costs rage. If the mob is nearly dead, finish it with white hits.Conservator Ilthalaine : accept !The Balance of Nature[2].
Melithar Staghelm : accept !The Woodland Protector[1].
Tarindrella : turn in ?The Woodland Protector[1].
Choose Pelt Collecting for Beginners or Mining for Dummies from the three books. Using the book teaches the profession immediately. Skinning and Mining are easy ways for a Warrior to make gold; you have two primary profession slots.
Tarindrella : accept !The Woodland Protector[3].
Tarindrella : accept !Nature's Call[3].
At the first camp, kill 7 Young Nightsabers and 4 Young Thistle Boars for The Balance of Nature[2].
Conservator Ilthalaine : turn in ?The Balance of Nature[2], accept !The Balance of Nature[3].
Choose 
Archery Training Gloves for a Warrior: 21 armor versus 4 on the cloth bracers.
Conservator Ilthalaine : accept !Simple Sigil[1].
Alyissia : turn in ?Simple Sigil[1]. Level 1 training: Battle Shout, 10 copper.
Shadowglen's Warrior trainer only teaches spells through level 6. After that, use Kyra Windblade in Dolanaar.
Shanda in Aldrassil: accept !The Goddess Provides[1].
Use your two racial abilities in turn, Elune's Light and 
Shadowmeld, for The Goddess Provides[1]. Shanda : turn in ?The Goddess Provides[1].
This new Forever quest introduces Night Elf racials; both abilities are already in your spellbook. Elune's Light grants +10% crit chance for 15 seconds on a 3-minute cooldown, useful on tough mobs.
Finish the required beasts around Aldrassil, loot 8 pieces of moss from grell, and collect four totems from objects in the camps for The Balance of Nature[3], The Woodland Protector[3] and Nature's Call[3].
Drops from: Fel Moss - Grell, Grellkin, Gremlin
Totems are ground objects in the camps. They do not drop from mobs.
Conservator Ilthalaine : turn in ?The Balance of Nature[3].
Choose 
Blackened Leather Belt for a Warrior: 19 armor versus 5 on the cloak.
Tarindrella : turn in ?The Woodland Protector[3].
Choose 
Tracking Boots for a Warrior: mail with 46 armor.
Tarindrella : turn in ?Nature's Call[3].
Spiders, mushrooms and an egg from the cave, then a timed delivery. Train Charge and Rend at 4 with the valley trainer.
Charge and Rend (step).Tough Hunk of Bread, ≈ 4. Vendor gray loot before leaving for Dolanaar.Woodland Shield, 55 armor; Iverron's Antidote[4] awards 
Barkmail Vest, mail with 67 armor. Skip shield and chest purchases before these rewards.Dirania Silvershine : accept !A Good Friend[4].
Gilshalan Windwalker : accept !Webwood Venom[4].
Head northwest to Shadowthread Cave. The wounded elf lies outside the entrance.
Iverron : turn in ?A Good Friend[4], accept !A Friend in Need[4].
Kill spiders near the entrance and forest edge, and collect 10 venom sacs for Webwood Venom[4].
Drops from: Webwood Venom Sac - Webwood Spider, Webwood Creeper UNUSED
Dirania Silvershine : turn in ?A Friend in Need[4].
Dirania Silvershine : accept !Iverron's Antidote[4].
Gilshalan Windwalker : turn in ?Webwood Venom[4].
Choose Thistlewood Blade for a Warrior: 2.05 DPS, twice your starting sword's damage. The dagger is almost equal, but Heroic Strike hits harder with a slow weapon. You cannot equip the staff without training.
Gilshalan Windwalker : accept !Webwood Egg[5].
Gather 7 mushrooms and 4 lilies in the valley, loot spider ichor, and collect the egg deep inside the cave, Webwood Eggs, for Iverron's Antidote[4] and Webwood Egg[5].
Drops from: Hyacinth Mushroom - Grell, Grellkin · Webwood Ichor - Webwood Spider
Pull spiders one at a time and keep your exit clear. Two at once are already dangerous at 3-4.
Githyiss the Vile is deep inside the cave and drops 
Fang of Githyiss. Use it to start !Fang of Githyiss[5].
You need the item to start this short delivery. If the spider was just killed, clear the entrance while waiting for her to respawn.
Gilshalan Windwalker : turn in ?Fang of Githyiss[5].
Gilshalan Windwalker : turn in ?Webwood Egg[5].
Choose Woodland Shield for a Warrior: 55 armor and block, versus your starting shield's 10 armor. A mail vest fills your chest slot two steps later.
Dirania Silvershine : turn in ?Iverron's Antidote[4], accept !Iverron's Antidote[4].
Run straight to the wounded elf by the cave. Finish the timed delivery before starting another combat loop.
Iverron : turn in ?Iverron's Antidote[4].
Choose Barkmail Vest for a Warrior: mail with 67 armor.
Gilshalan Windwalker : accept !Tenaron's Summons[5].
Tenaron Stormgrip : turn in ?Tenaron's Summons[5], accept !Crown of the Earth[5].
Fill the supplied vial at the Shadowglen moonwell for Crown of the Earth[5].
Tenaron Stormgrip : turn in ?Crown of the Earth[5], accept !Crown of the Earth[5].
Porthannius : accept !Dolanaar Delivery[5].
Leave the valley along the southern road and head to Dolanaar. Do not jump off the World Tree.
Innkeeper Keldamyr : turn in ?Dolanaar Delivery[5].
If 
Refreshing Spring Water is among the rewards, take it. You need one bottle for the Sentinel's salve (step).
Corithras Moonrage : turn in ?Crown of the Earth[5].
Set your Hearthstone in Dolanaar, buy your first weapon and loop east toward the lake. The local Warrior trainer teaches through 60.
Soft Saber Sack, so you can skip a bag purchase.Gladius, 3.81 DPS, ≈ 5. Your main purchase before 9 (step).
Dull Heater Shield from 5, 161 armor, three times the cave reward's armor, ≈ 5. Buy the sword first, then the shield if you have money left.Thunder Clap; at 8, Heroic Strike (Rank 2) and 
Hamstring; at 10, Bloodrage and Rend (Rank 2).
Freshly Baked Bread, food for level 5+, ≈ 24.
Small Brown Pouch, ≈ 5. Do Soft Saber Pelts[7] first for a free bag, Soft Saber Sack.
Empty Vial, ≈ 4; you need one at 10-11 (step), plus one Refreshing Spring Water from the innkeeper. Also sells Skinning Knife and Mining Pick.Thunder Clap, from 6, hits nearby enemies and slows their attacks by 20%. Pulled two? Use it instead of immediately running.Hamstring, from 8, stops a fleeing furbolg from pulling its neighbors. Apply it as soon as the mob turns to run.Innkeeper Keldamyr : set your Hearthstone to Dolanaar.
Shalomon : Gladius, a 3.81 DPS one-handed sword from 4, ≈ 5.
Twice as strong as the spider quest reward and useful through 9. If you have money left, buy Dull Heater Shield, 161 armor, ≈ 5, from nearby Meri Ironweave.
Zenn Foulhoof : accept !Zenn's Bidding[5].
Athridas Bearmantle : accept !A Troubling Breeze[6].
Tallonkai Swiftroot : accept !The Emerald Dreamcatcher[6].
Corithras Moonrage : accept !Crown of the Earth[5].
Syral Bladeleaf : accept !Denalan's Earth[5].
Aldia : accept !Soft Saber Pelts[7].
East of Dolanaar, gather 3 fangs, 3 feathers and 3 spider silks, then loot 6 soft hides from ordinary Nightsabers for Zenn's Bidding[5] and Soft Saber Pelts[7].
Drops from: Nightsaber Fang - Elder Nightsaber, Feral Nightsaber, Nightsaber and others · Strigid Owl Feather - Strigid Owl, Strigid Screecher, Strigid Hunter · Webwood Spider Silk - Webwood Lurker, Webwood Venomfang, Webwood Silkspinner and others
These are quest hides, not Skinning materials. Accept the quest first.
Search the houses in Starbreeze Village without pulling the entire furbolg camp.
Gaerolas Talvethren : turn in ?A Troubling Breeze[6], accept !Gnarlpine Corruption[6].
Loot the Emerald Dreamcatcher from a chest in the village for The Emerald Dreamcatcher[6].
Fill the Jade Phial at Starbreeze Village's moonwell for Crown of the Earth[5].
Zenn Foulhoof : turn in ?Zenn's Bidding[5].
The reward, 
Severed Voodoo Claw, reduces the target's physical damage by 5 for 2 minutes. Keep it on your bar for elites and named mobs.
Sentinel Kyra Starsong : accept !Seek Redemption![7].
Collect three Fel Cones beneath the trees and bring them to the satyr for Seek Redemption![7].
Zenn Foulhoof : turn in ?Seek Redemption![7].
Aldia : turn in ?Soft Saber Pelts[7].
The reward is Soft Saber Sack, a 6-slot bag. Skip a vendor bag until then.
Athridas Bearmantle : turn in ?Gnarlpine Corruption[6].
Tallonkai Swiftroot : turn in ?The Emerald Dreamcatcher[6], accept !Ferocitas the Dream Eater[8].
Corithras Moonrage : turn in ?Crown of the Earth[5].
Corithras Moonrage : accept !Crown of the Earth[9].
Kyra Windblade : level 6 training, Thunder Clap, 1 silver.
In Forever, it deals twice as much damage, has a 6-second cooldown and works in Defensive Stance. Still 5? Train when you return from the lake (step).
Head south down to Lake Al'Ameth.
Denalan : turn in ?Denalan's Earth[5].
Denalan : accept !Timberling Seeds[7].
Denalan : accept !Timberling Sprouts[7].
Around the lake, collect 8 seedlings from timberlings and 12 sprouts from the ground for Timberling Seeds[7] and Timberling Sprouts[7].
Drops from: Timberling Seed - Timberling, Timberling Bark Ripper, Timberling Trampler and others
Denalan : turn in ?Timberling Sprouts[7].
Choose 
Graystone Bracers for a Warrior: mail bracers with 39 armor.
Denalan : turn in ?Timberling Seeds[7], accept !Rellian Greenspyre[7].
Hearthstone to Dolanaar. If it is on cooldown, take the short road north.
A cramped, multilevel furbolg den. Pull one mob at a time and keep your exit clear. Finish with level 8 training in Dolanaar.
Heroic Strike (Rank 2) and Hamstring (step).Freshly Baked Bread, ≈ 24. Repair and clear bag space before the den.Brushwood Blade, 5.33 DPS, an upgrade over the Dolanaar sword; The Relics of Wakening[9] awards Barkmail Leggings, mail pants with 94 armor.Thunder Clap.Athridas Bearmantle : accept !The Relics of Wakening[9].
Moon Priestess Amara : accept !The Road to Darnassus[8].
Tallonkai Swiftroot : accept !Twisted Hatred[8].
Ferocitas the Dream Eater roams northeast of Starbreeze Village and drops 
Gnarlpine Necklace. Open it for the jewel. Kill 7 Mystics in the same area for Ferocitas the Dream Eater[8].
Tallonkai Swiftroot : turn in ?Ferocitas the Dream Eater[8].
Follow the road west to the fork and accept the fang quest before entering the den.
Sentinel Shayla Nightbreeze : accept !Bounty: Gnarlpine Furbolg[8].
Kill 6 Gnarlpine Ambushers along the road west of Dolanaar for The Road to Darnassus[8].
Moon Priestess Amara : turn in ?The Road to Darnassus[8].
Fill the Tourmaline Phial at the Pools of Arlithrien to the southwest for Crown of the Earth[9].
Head to Ban'ethil Barrow Den. Remember the ramps: markers on different floors are not connected by a straight path.
Oben Rageclaw : accept !The Sleeping Druid[8].
Inside, loot four relics from separate chests, collect furbolg fangs and loot the charm from a shaman for The Relics of Wakening[9], Bounty: Gnarlpine Furbolg[8] and The Sleeping Druid[8].
Drops from: Gnarlpine Fang - Gnarlpine Ursa, Gnarlpine Gardener, Gnarlpine Warrior and others · Shaman Voodoo Charm - Gnarlpine Shaman
Oben Rageclaw : turn in ?The Sleeping Druid[8], accept !Druid of the Claw[10].
Rageclaw roams deep in the den. Kill him, then use the supplied 
Voodoo Charm on his body for Druid of the Claw[10].
Killing him without using the talisman is not enough.
Oben Rageclaw : turn in ?Druid of the Claw[10].
Choose Brushwood Blade for a Warrior: a 5.33 DPS one-handed sword with +1 Stamina. The cloth shirt is not useful for your gear.
Sentinel Lynessa Duskblossom : accept !Escaping Ban'ethil[9].
Escort the wounded Sentinel out of Ban'ethil Barrow Den. Defend her from attacks and wait for the escort to finish for Escaping Ban'ethil[9].
Clear the nearby corridor before talking to her. She walks slowly and mobs respawn. If it fails, pick up the quest again; a partner makes it much easier.
Sentinel Shayla Nightbreeze : turn in ?Bounty: Gnarlpine Furbolg[8].
Corithras Moonrage : turn in ?Crown of the Earth[9].
Corithras Moonrage : accept !Crown of the Earth[11].
Athridas Bearmantle : turn in ?The Relics of Wakening[9].
Choose Barkmail Leggings for a Warrior: mail pants with 94 armor and +1 Stamina. You cannot equip the staff without training.
Sentinel Kyra Starsong : turn in ?Escaping Ban'ethil[9].
Rewards: 
Ban'ethil Quiver and Sentinel's Slasher. The sword is weaker than yours, 4.38 DPS versus 5.33; a Warrior has no use for a quiver. Vendor both; the sword sells for more.
Athridas Bearmantle : accept !Ursal the Mauler[12].
Kyra Windblade : level 8 training, Heroic Strike (Rank 2) and Hamstring, 2 silver each.
Missed level 6 training? Learn Thunder Clap too.
Dolanaar → Darnassus → Vorlus by the road → Dolanaar. Turn in the horn on the next Darnassus visit, getting your stance at 11-12.
Bloodrage and Rend (Rank 2).
Cutlass, a 6.82 DPS one-handed sword from 10, ≈ 20, if you can afford it. A free replacement arrives at 15-16, so buying it is optional.
Quarter Staff from 11, ≈ 30); Bows for pulling casters from range. A new weapon skill starts untrained.Small Brown Pouch, ≈ 5, and Brown Leather Satchel, ≈ 25. Jaeana : food, 
Haunch of Meat, ≈ 24.Kyra Windblade : level 10 training, Bloodrage and Rend (Rank 2), 6 silver each.
Still 9? Train these abilities on the Warrior's Terrace in Darnassus (step).
Kyra Windblade : accept !Elanaria[10].
The quest requires 10 and only provides a referral. Elanaria offers Vorlus Vilehoof[10] without it, also from 10. Short on XP? Kill mobs along the western road to Darnassus.
Follow the western road to Darnassus and the Warrior's Terrace. Elanaria and the Warrior trainers are there.
Elanaria : turn in ?Elanaria[10], accept !Vorlus Vilehoof[10].
Rellian Greenspyre : turn in ?Rellian Greenspyre[7].
Rellian Greenspyre : accept !Tumors[9].
Vorlus Vilehoof stands alone south of the road to Dolanaar, : level 10 with no guards. Loot his horn for Vorlus Vilehoof[10].
Open with Charge, then use Rend; the fight is short. Turn in the horn on your next Darnassus visit (step).
Continue east along the road to Dolanaar. Save your Hearthstone for the Oracle Glade. Stay on the island; northern Teldrassil comes next.
Fel Rock, harpies and timberlings near the Oracle Glade, then Darnassus to turn in the horn and get Defensive Stance.
Empty Vial and Refreshing Spring Water ahead of time for The Great Tree Provides[10]; gather the leaves by the Oracle Glade.Freshly Baked Bread, ≈ 24. The Sentinel's salve (The Great Tree Provides[10]) needs one bottle of Refreshing Spring Water.Empty Vial, ≈ 4, the other vendor ingredient for the same salve.Defensive Stance (step).
Shackled Girdle, a mail belt; Teldrassil[11] awards 
Forest Oracle's Cloak. Vendor the weapons from Ursal the Mauler[12] and Crown of the Earth[11].Defensive Stance: take 10% less damage and deal 10% less damage. Facing three mobs? Equip your shield and switch stances; Thunder Clap works in this stance too.Tactical Mastery at 16, switching stances consumes almost all your rage. Switch before combat.Sentinel Kyra Starsong : accept !The Lost Runner[9].
Lord Melenas is in Fel Rock north of Dolanaar. Loot his head for Twisted Hatred[8].
Tallonkai Swiftroot : turn in ?Twisted Hatred[8].
Both rewards are worse than your bracers and boots. Take either to sell.
Tallonkai Swiftroot : accept !Twisted Hatred[12].
Continue through the cave and kill 8 corrupted spiders. Loot the mature moss from Xethorr the Wicked for Twisted Hatred[12].
Keep the exit clear: spiders respawn while you head deeper into the cave.
Tallonkai Swiftroot : turn in ?Twisted Hatred[12].
The reward, 
Webwood Slicer, is a 5.29 DPS dagger, no stronger than your sword. Vendor it.
Head northwest to the wounded Sentinel near the Oracle Glade.
Sentinel Eralya Leafshadow : turn in ?The Lost Runner[9], accept !Not Dead Yet[9].
Sentinel Arynia Cloudsbreak : accept !The Enchanted Glade[11].
Near the Oracle Glade, gather 6 harpy belts, loot 5 tumors from tougher timberlings, and fill the Amethyst Phial at the moonwell for The Enchanted Glade[11], Tumors[9] and Crown of the Earth[11].
Drops from: Bloodfeather Belt - Bloodfeather Harpy, Bloodfeather Rogue, Bloodfeather Sorceress and others · Mossy Tumor - Timberling Trampler, Timberling Mire Beast, Elder Timberling
Sentinel Arynia Cloudsbreak : turn in ?The Enchanted Glade[11], accept !Darkness in the Glade[12].
Choose Shackled Girdle for a Warrior: a mail belt with 61 armor.
Fight three leaders in turn: Hatescreech, Windmistress Gaedress and Witchmother Arysa. Each drops a different amulet for Darkness in the Glade[12].
Clear the guards, then pull the leader to a safe spot. Fight each separately; a partner is safer.
Sentinel Arynia Cloudsbreak : turn in ?Darkness in the Glade[12], accept !The Oracle Tree[12].
Oracle Tree Bark : turn in ?The Oracle Tree[12], then accept !Teldrassil[11].
Hearthstone to Dolanaar. If it is on cooldown, take the road past the Pools of Arlithrien.
Byancie : turn in ?Not Dead Yet[9].
Byancie : accept !The Great Tree Provides[10].
Collect 6 moist lashers' leaves, plus Empty Vial and Refreshing Spring Water, for The Great Tree Provides[10].
Drops from: Dewy Lasher Frond - Lasher Sproutling, Blooming Lasher, Wrathvine
Narret Shadowgrove sells Empty Vial in Dolanaar; Innkeeper Keldamyr sells Refreshing Spring Water. Accept the quest before collecting leaves.
Byancie : turn in ?The Great Tree Provides[10], accept !Easing Suffering[10].
Corithras Moonrage : turn in ?Crown of the Earth[11].
Corithras Moonrage : accept !Crown of the Earth[11].
Ursal the Mauler lives in southwestern Teldrassil, . Clear the surrounding furbolgs first for Ursal the Mauler[12].
Athridas Bearmantle : turn in ?Ursal the Mauler[12].
Rewards: 
Defender Axe and 
Thornroot Club. You cannot equip the axe without training, which is available in Ironforge; the mace is weaker than your sword. Vendor either; the mace sells for more.
Take the northwestern road back to the wounded Sentinel and deliver the prepared salve.
Sentinel Eralya Leafshadow : turn in ?Easing Suffering[10].
Now follow the western road to Darnassus.
Elanaria : turn in ?Vorlus Vilehoof[10], accept !The Shade of Elura[10].
Reward: Defensive Stance. Wowhead does not list 
Taunt or 
Sunder Armor at the trainer; they most likely come with the stance. Check your spellbook; if missing, check the trainer.
Rellian Greenspyre : turn in ?Tumors[9].
The reward is Pruning Knife, a 4.06 DPS dagger. Vendor it.
Rellian Greenspyre : accept !Return to Denalan[9].
Arch Druid Fandral Staghelm : turn in ?Crown of the Earth[11] and ?Teldrassil[11].
Rewards: 
Ashwood Bow and 
Thicket Hammer. A Night Elf cannot train Two-Handed Maces until Ironforge. The bow helps if you trained Bows (Darnassus), letting you pull casters from range. Otherwise, vendor either; the hammer sells for more.
Arch Druid Fandral Staghelm : accept !Crown of the Earth[11].
Lariia : turn in ?Crown of the Earth[11], accept !Crown of the Earth[11].
Tyrande Whisperwind : turn in ?Crown of the Earth[11].
Oakenscowl by the lake, level 12 training in Darnassus, then a flight to the mainland. Set your Hearthstone to Auberdine.
Battle Shout (Rank 2), Overpower and 
Shield Bash.Small Brown Pouch, ≈ 5, and Brown Leather Satchel, ≈ 25.Overpower becomes available after your target dodges: 5 rage for an attack that cannot miss. Keep it near Heroic Strike on your bar.Shield Bash, from 12, interrupts casts and requires a shield. It makes Darkshore casters much easier to handle.Make a short loop through Dolanaar and head down to Lake Al'Ameth.
Denalan : turn in ?Return to Denalan[9], accept !Oakenscowl[9].
Oakenscowl, a level 9 elite, stands by the lake at . Clear nearby timberlings first, then loot his gargantuan tumor for Oakenscowl[9].
Denalan : turn in ?Oakenscowl[9].
Choose 
Moss-covered Gauntlets for a Warrior: mail gauntlets with 64 armor.
Follow the road back to Darnassus. Train and shop before sailing.
Arias'ta Bladesinger : level 12 training, Battle Shout (Rank 2), Overpower and Shield Bash, 10 silver each.
Shield Bash requires an equipped shield. Darnath Bladesinger and Sildanair teach the same abilities. Still 11? Train the level 12 abilities together with 14 and 16 (step).
Mydrannul : accept !Nessa Shadowsong[10].
Take the pink portal in western Darnassus to Rut'theran Village. This is the city's exit to the dock, not a Mage portal.
Nessa Shadowsong : turn in ?Nessa Shadowsong[10].
Nessa Shadowsong : accept !The Bounty of Teldrassil[10].
Vesprystus : turn in ?The Bounty of Teldrassil[10], accept !Flight to Auberdine[10].
Vesprystus : unlock the flight path and fly to Auberdine. If the flight is unavailable, take the boat from Rut'theran to Auberdine; ask the dockmaster for its destination.
Laird : turn in ?Flight to Auberdine[10], accept !Return to Nessa[10].
Caylais Moonfeather : unlock the Auberdine flight path, then return to Rut'theran for a quick delivery turn-in.
Nessa Shadowsong : turn in ?Return to Nessa[10].
Vesprystus : fly to Auberdine again. Innkeeper Shaussiy : set your Hearthstone at the inn.
A short northern loop, then the ruins south of town. Start with a shield from the armor vendor.
Wall Shield, 336 armor, ≈ 18, the best shield along the route before 20 (step). Also sells mail, but rewards cover your empty slots.Freshly Baked Bread, ≈ 24.Cutlass from 10, ≈ 20, if you did not buy it in Darnassus. You get Briarsteel Shortsword and an Elunite weapon at 15-16, so waiting is fine.Mining Pick and Skinning Knife. Delfrum Flintbeard : Blacksmithing.Small Brown Pouch, ≈ 5, and Brown Leather Satchel, ≈ 25.Shield Bash help handle the casters.Wizbang Cranktoggle : accept !Buzzbox 827[10].
Harlon Thornguard : Wall Shield, 336 armor and block, from 12, ≈ 18.
There are no shield rewards on this route before 20, and this one has twice the armor of your earlier shields. Short on gold? Train first, then buy the shield after more turn-ins.
Tharnariun Treetender : accept !Plagued Lands[14].
Thundris Windweaver : accept !Bashal'Aran[12].
Thundris Windweaver : accept !Tools of the Highborne[12].
Terenthis : accept !How Big a Threat?[14].
Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde : accept !Washed Ashore[13].
WANTED: Murkdeep! : accept !WANTED: Jai'vhanel[13].
Collect 6 crab legs along the shore near town for Buzzbox 827[10].
Drops from: Crawler Leg - Pygmy Tide Crawler, Tide Crawler, Encrusted Tide Crawler and others
Buzzbox 827 : turn in ?Buzzbox 827[10].
Buzzbox 827 : accept !Buzzbox 411[12].
Collect three eyes from Darkshore threshers. Stay close to shore and watch your breath for Buzzbox 411[12].
Drops from: Thresher Eye - Darkshore Thresher, Elder Darkshore Thresher
Buzzbox 411 : turn in ?Buzzbox 411[12].
Buzzbox 411 : accept !Buzzbox 323[14].
Rabid Thistle Bear roams outside town. Place the supplied trap at its feet, then lead the captured bear back to the druid in Auberdine for Plagued Lands[14].
Do not run too far ahead or drag the bear into someone else's fight. If you lose the trap, the druid supplies another.
Tharnariun Treetender : turn in ?Plagued Lands[14].
Tharnariun Treetender : accept !Cleansing of the Infected[16].
Head northeast of Auberdine into Bashal'Aran.
Find the source of the strange glow in the ruins, then talk to the spirit for Bashal'Aran[12].
Asterion : turn in ?Bashal'Aran[12], accept !Bashal'Aran[12].
Collect eight earrings from grell in the ruins for Bashal'Aran[12].
Drops from: Grell Earring - Vile Sprite, Wild Grell
Asterion : turn in ?Bashal'Aran[12], accept !Bashal'Aran[13].
Loot the ancient seal from satyrs in the ruins for Bashal'Aran[13].
Drops from: Ancient Moonstone Seal - Deth'ryll Satyr
Asterion : turn in ?Bashal'Aran[13], accept !Bashal'Aran[13].
Scout the furbolg camp south of Auberdine, . Exploration is enough for How Big a Threat?[14].
Terenthis : turn in ?How Big a Threat?[14].
Terenthis : accept !How Big a Threat?[14].
Terenthis : accept !Thundris Windweaver[15].
Thundris Windweaver : turn in ?Thundris Windweaver[15].
Thundris Windweaver : accept !The Cliffspring River[15].
Cerellean Whiteclaw : accept !For Love Eternal[16].
On the way to Ameth'Aran, clear the furbolg camp at : 8 Blackwood Pathfinder and 5 Blackwood Windtalker for How Big a Threat?[14].
Sentinel Tysha Moonblade : accept !The Fall of Ameth'Aran[12].
In Ameth'Aran south of town, read two ancient tablets, collect seven relics from spirits and destroy the seal in the ancient flame for The Fall of Ameth'Aran[12], Tools of the Highborne[12] and Bashal'Aran[13].
Drops from: Highborne Relic - Cursed Highborne, Writhing Highborne, Wailing Highborne
Destroy the seal in the ruins' flame, not an ordinary campfire.
Sentinel Tysha Moonblade : turn in ?The Fall of Ameth'Aran[12].
The ghost Anaya Dawnrunner roams Ameth'Aran. Loot her pendant for For Love Eternal[16].
Anaya Dawnrunner is 16 while you are 12-13. Start with full health, use Elune's Light and Bloodrage early, and equip your shield. If you cannot beat her, keep the quest. You pass the ruins again on the southern loop (step) and can turn it in in Auberdine (step).
Jai'vhanel lives at the foot of the mountains north of Ameth'Aran. Loot its feather for WANTED: Jai'vhanel[13].
Drops from: Feather of Jai'vhanel - Jai'vhanel
Find the beached sea creature and collect its remains for Washed Ashore[13].
Walk along the shore back to Auberdine. It takes less than a minute; save your Hearthstone for the northern loop (step).
Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde : turn in ?Washed Ashore[13].
Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde : accept !Washed Ashore[14].
Thundris Windweaver : turn in ?Tools of the Highborne[12].
The reward, 
Ivy Cuffs, is a pair of leather bracers weaker than yours. Vendor them.
Cerellean Whiteclaw : turn in ?For Love Eternal[16].
The reward, 
Tear of Grief, is for a caster. Vendor it.
Terenthis : turn in ?How Big a Threat?[14].
Terenthis : accept !A Lost Master[20].
Sentinel Glynda Nal'Shea : turn in ?WANTED: Jai'vhanel[13].
The reward, 
Swordfeather Cloak, is a cloak with +1 Strength, better for a Warrior than the Teldrassil cloak.
Ore from the wreck near the dock, then a loop along the cliffs and river before turning in at Auberdine.
Freshly Baked Bread; from 15, 
Moist Cornbread, ≈ 1.Clamshell Bracers, 57 armor; Bashal'Aran[13] awards 
Explorer's Vest, a mail vest; The Fragments Within[14] awards Briarsteel Shortsword, 7.20 DPS.Revenge, two levels sooner than the main route. Flying Auberdine-Rut'theran and taking the portal takes roughly 8-10 minutes round trip; the main route combines level 14 and 16 training.Hamstring early to stop them pulling their neighbors.Barithras Moonshade : accept !Cave Mushrooms[17].
Sentinel Glynda Nal'Shea : accept !The Red Crystal[14].
Examine the sea turtle near the dock and collect its remains for Washed Ashore[14].
Swim west from the dock to the wreck at . Crate of Elunite are on and around the deck; collect 8 
Elunite Ore from them. Nearby, level 11 Shade of Elura drops the medallion for The Shade of Elura[10].
You have roughly a minute of breath. Loot two or three crates, then surface. Refill your breath before fighting the Shade. Nearby threshers hit hard; fight one at a time.
Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde : turn in ?Washed Ashore[14].
Choose Clamshell Bracers for a Warrior: mail bracers with 57 armor.
Turn in the seal in Bashal'Aran before the northern loop.
Asterion : turn in ?Bashal'Aran[13].
Choose Explorer's Vest for a Warrior: a mail vest with 129 armor, +2 Stamina and +1 Intellect.
Heading east, clear infected bears and collect moonstalker fangs for Cleansing of the Infected[16] and Buzzbox 323[14].
Drops from: Moonstalker Fang - Moonstalker, Moonstalker Runt, Moonstalker Matriarch and others
Find the red crystal at the eastern mountain wall and explore the area for The Red Crystal[14].
Fill the supplied sampling tube at Cliffspring Falls to the northeast for The Cliffspring River[15].
In the cave by Cliffspring River, gather five Scaber Stalks and one Death Cap for Cave Mushrooms[17]. Nagas are 15-17; Twilight's Hammer mobs by the Death Cap are 17-18. Pull one at a time and refill health before heading deeper.
Avoid jumping between ledges. A clear escape route matters more than a shortcut to a mushroom.
Buzzbox 323 : turn in ?Buzzbox 323[14].
Buzzbox 323 : accept !Buzzbox 525[16].
Hearthstone to Auberdine. If it is on cooldown, take the coastal road.
Tharnariun Treetender : turn in ?Cleansing of the Infected[16].
Tharnariun Treetender : accept !Tharnariun's Hope[18].
Thundris Windweaver : turn in ?The Cliffspring River[15].
Barithras Moonshade : turn in ?Cave Mushrooms[17].
The reward, 
Gustweald Cloak, has +2 Stamina. Compared with a +1 Strength cloak, the difference is small; use either.
Barithras Moonshade : accept !Onu[17].
Sentinel Glynda Nal'Shea : turn in ?The Red Crystal[14], accept !As Water Cascades[14].
Collect water at Auberdine's moonwell and bring it to the red crystal in the east for As Water Cascades[14].
Mysterious Red Crystal : turn in ?As Water Cascades[14], then accept !The Fragments Within[14].
Sentinel Glynda Nal'Shea : turn in ?The Fragments Within[14].
Choose Briarsteel Shortsword for a Warrior: a 7.20 DPS one-handed sword with +1 Stamina. Your Elunite weapon arrives a level later, but this is still an upgrade.
Grove of the Ancients, the Master's Glaive and the druid's cave. Finish in Darnassus with level 14 and 16 training and an Elunite weapon.
Ringed Buckler from 14, 367 armor, ≈ 23, only if you skipped Wall Shield in Auberdine.Moist Cornbread, food for level 15+, ≈ 1.Crustacean Boots, mail boots with +3 Stamina; Buzzbox 525[16] awards Wizbang's Gunnysack, an 8-slot bag.Revenge becomes available after a block, dodge or parry: a cheap, hard hit. With a shield equipped and Defensive Stance active, it is your main damage button.Shield Block, from 16, blocks two attacks within 7 seconds. A block immediately enables Revenge.Gubber Blump : accept !Fruit of the Sea[17].
Thundris Windweaver : accept !The Blackwood Corrupted[18].
Follow the southern road to the Grove of the Ancients.
Onu : accept !The Master's Glaive[17].
Explore the Master's Glaive southwest of the grove, then place the supplied bowl to communicate for The Master's Glaive[17].
Do not place the bowl in town. The quest requires exploring the correct area.
Scrying Bowl : turn in ?The Master's Glaive[17].
Scrying Bowl : accept !The Twilight Camp[17].
Read the tome lying in the Twilight's Hammer camp for The Twilight Camp[17].
Twilight Tome : turn in ?The Twilight Camp[17].
Twilight Tome : accept !Return to Onu[17].
Twilight Tome : accept !It's All Fun and Games Until...[17].
Now loot an eye from a Twilight Disciple or Thug for It's All Fun and Games Until...[17].
Drops from: Peerless Eye - Twilight Disciple, Twilight Thug
Onu : turn in ?Return to Onu[17], then accept !Mathystra Relics[20]. Gather the relics after Ashenvale; Mathystra's nagas are 18-21.
Nearby Arbal : accept !Swelling Forces[20]. These are Mathystra nagas; kill them later while gathering the relics (Mathystra Relics[20]).
Loot 4 Grizzled Scalps from Grizzled Thistle Bears in the southern woods for Buzzbox 525[16].
Drops from: Grizzled Scalp - Grizzled Thistle Bear, Den Mother
Only two moonstalker types drop these hides: Moonstalker Sire (17-18) and Moonstalker Matriarch (19-20). The closest are near the Grove of the Ancients, , and the Master's Glaive, . Pull Matriarchs one at a time for A Lost Master[20].
Buzzbox 525 : turn in ?Buzzbox 525[16].
Take Wizbang's Gunnysack, an 8-slot bag.
Loot six pieces of meat from the appropriate coastal crabs for Fruit of the Sea[17].
Drops from: Fine Crab Chunks - Encrusted Tide Crawler, Reef Crawler
Hearthstone to Auberdine and finish the deliveries. If it is on cooldown, follow the road north.
Terenthis : turn in ?A Lost Master[20].
Terenthis : accept !A Lost Master[20].
Gubber Blump : turn in ?Fruit of the Sea[17].
Choose Crustacean Boots for a Warrior: mail boots with 109 armor and +3 Stamina.
Thundris Windweaver : turn in ?It's All Fun and Games Until...[17].
Caylais Moonfeather : fly to Rut'theran, then take the portal to Darnassus. Arias'ta Bladesinger : level 14 training, 
Demoralizing Shout, Revenge and the new Tactical Mastery, 15 silver each; level 16, Heroic Strike (Rank 3), 
Mocking Blow and Shield Block, 20 silver each.
Tactical Mastery preserves up to 10 rage when changing stances, making switches during combat practical. Still 15? Train the level 16 abilities in Stormwind alongside 18 and 20 (step).
Elanaria : turn in ?The Shade of Elura[10], accept !Smith Mathiel[10].
Mathiel : turn in ?Smith Mathiel[10], accept !Weapons of Elunite[10], then turn in ?Weapons of Elunite[10] immediately.
For a shield setup, take 
Elunite Hammer: 7.61 DPS at 2.30 speed. It is the slowest weapon you can already equip, making Heroic Strike and Overpower hit harder. Elunite Sword has 7.62 DPS at 2.10; 
Elunite Dagger has 7.65 DPS. 
Elunite Axe has the highest DPS, 7.78, but Night Elves train Axes in Ironforge, which this route reaches around 25. Do not take the axe.
Return the same way: portal to Rut'theran, then fly to Auberdine. Keep your Hearthstone bound to Auberdine.
The furbolg ritual, the bear den, Tower of Althalaxx and coastal deliveries. Then head to western Ashenvale.
Moist Cornbread, food from 15, ≈ 1. Repair with Harlon Thornguard .
Guststorm Legguards, mail pants with +3 Strength, +3 Stamina and +1 Spirit; Deep Ocean, Vast Sea[17] awards Noosegrip Gauntlets, +2 Strength; vendor either reward from Tharnariun's Hope[18].Shield Block, then Revenge. Blocking enables the attack, which costs just 5 rage.Sentinel Elissa Starbreeze : accept !The Tower of Althalaxx[18].
Gorbold Steelhand : accept !Deep Ocean, Vast Sea[17].
Prepare the cleansed water, gather food in Blackwood camps, begin the ritual and loot the talisman when the demon appears for The Blackwood Corrupted[18].
Clear the area and refill health before summoning. The demon hits hard; bring a partner if you are behind on levels.
Den Mother is in a cave northeast of Auberdine, . Clear the ordinary bears at the entrance first for Tharnariun's Hope[18].
Den Mother is 18-19 while you are 16-17. Start with full health, use Elune's Light and Demoralizing Shout early, and equip your shield. If you cannot beat her, keep the quest and return after the coastal deliveries (step). Turn it in in Auberdine as usual.
Follow the northern road to the camp near the Tower of Althalaxx.
Balthule Shadowstrike : turn in ?The Tower of Althalaxx[18], accept !The Tower of Althalaxx[18].
Loot four Worn Parchments from cultists around the tower for The Tower of Althalaxx[18].
Drops from: Worn Parchment - Dark Strand Fanatic
Stay out of the tower's upper floors at this stage. You can complete this quest outside.
Balthule Shadowstrike : turn in ?The Tower of Althalaxx[18], then accept !The Tower of Althalaxx[18]. Deliver the letter to Maestra's Post after the coastal deliveries.
Gelkak Gyromast : accept !Gyromast's Retrieval[20].
Collect the three key parts from Foreststriders, coastal crabs and murlocs along the northern coast for Gyromast's Retrieval[20]. Crabs and murlocs here are 18-21; pull one at a time.
Drops from: Top of Gelkak's Key - Giant Foreststrider · Middle of Gelkak's Key - Greymist Raider, Greymist Coastrunner, Greymist Seer and others · Bottom of Gelkak's Key - Encrusted Tide Crawler, Raging Reef Crawler
Gelkak Gyromast : turn in ?Gyromast's Retrieval[20].
The broken-machine follow-up Gyromast's Revenge[20] is optional. Without a partner, do not start it just because you delivered the key.
On your way back to Auberdine, Beached Sea Turtle : accept !Beached Sea Turtle[15].
Follow the shore west: Beached Sea Turtle , accept !Beached Sea Turtle[15]. Then turn south.
Collect the log crates from the two wrecks along the northern coast. Surface between dives for Deep Ocean, Vast Sea[17].
Clear shoreline murlocs before diving. Surface between crates; you have roughly a minute of breath.
Beached Sea Creature : accept !Beached Sea Creature[13]. These deliveries unlock after turning in Washed Ashore[14]. The remains supply the item when you accept each quest.
Thundris Windweaver : turn in ?The Blackwood Corrupted[18].
Choose Guststorm Legguards for a Warrior: mail pants with 141 armor, +3 Strength, +3 Stamina and +1 Spirit.
Tharnariun Treetender : turn in ?Tharnariun's Hope[18].
Both rewards are caster items. Vendor them; the cloak sells for more.
Return to Auberdine. Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde : turn in ?Beached Sea Turtle[15], ?Beached Sea Turtle[15] and ?Beached Sea Creature[13].
Gorbold Steelhand : turn in ?Deep Ocean, Vast Sea[17].
Choose Noosegrip Gauntlets for a Warrior: mail gauntlets with 85 armor and +2 Strength.
Return to Auberdine. Next come southern coastal deliveries, Volcor and Ashenvale.
Head south along the shore: Beached Sea Turtle , accept !Beached Sea Turtle[13]; then Beached Sea Creature , accept !Beached Sea Creature[14].
Continue along the coast: Beached Sea Creature , accept !Beached Sea Creature[16]; Beached Sea Turtle , accept !Beached Sea Turtle[19].
Farther south: Beached Sea Turtle , accept !Beached Sea Turtle[19]; Beached Sea Creature , accept !Beached Sea Creature[19]. Avoid dense murloc camps and approach from the clear side of the shore.
From the southernmost remains, head east about 900 yards to the cave at . The lost druid is inside. Furbolgs are 18-20; pull individually and avoid unnecessary clears.
Volcor : turn in ?A Lost Master[20].
Volcor : accept !Escape Through Stealth[20].
Talk to the druid and watch him sneak out of the cave for Escape Through Stealth[20].
This is the stealth version of the quest. Do not attack nearby mobs or chase runners.
Hearthstone to Auberdine. If it is on cooldown, take the road north. Keep your Hearthstone bound here for now.
Gwennyth Bly'Leggonde : turn in ?Beached Sea Turtle[13], ?Beached Sea Creature[14], ?Beached Sea Creature[16], ?Beached Sea Turtle[19], ?Beached Sea Turtle[19] and ?Beached Sea Creature[19]. Terenthis : turn in ?Escape Through Stealth[20]. Sentinel Selarin : accept !Trek to Ashenvale[19].
At 18, trainers only offer 
Disarm and Thunder Clap (Rank 2). They are not worth a separate Darnassus trip. Train them alongside level 20 abilities in Stormwind (step).
Defend the Sentinel, deliver the tower letter, fight murlocs at Lake Falathim and nagas along the strand. Astranaar's chain requires level 18.
Moist Cornbread, ≈ 1, and 
Bristle Whisker Catfish, fish from 15 with a Well Fed bonus. Keep your Hearthstone location.
Flail from 20, 11.82 DPS, ≈ 78. A free reward arrives next chapter (step), so buying is optional.Shield Bash.From Auberdine, follow the road south to the Grove of the Ancients and the Ashenvale border. Refill health before defending the Sentinel.
Sentinel Aynasha : clear nearby enemies and a path to the road before accepting !One Shot. One Kill.[15].
Sentinel Aynasha fights waves of attackers. Stay nearby until One Shot. One Kill.[15] finishes. Use Demoralizing Shout and Thunder Clap on the pack, and focus mobs hitting the Sentinel. If it fails, rest and accept the quest again.
Follow the road across Darkshore's southern border into Ashenvale and continue to Maestra's Post. Do not turn toward the Horde camp on the Zoram Strand.
Sentinel Onaeya : turn in ?One Shot. One Kill.[15]. Delgren the Purifier : turn in ?The Tower of Althalaxx[18], accept !The Tower of Althalaxx[21].
Cultists Dark Strand Cultist and Dark Strand Adept are northeast of the post, . Loot 
Glowing Soul Gem from them for The Tower of Althalaxx[21].
Drops from: Glowing Soul Gem - Dark Strand Cultist, Dark Strand Enforcer, Dark Strand Adept and others
Pull isolated level 18-19 mobs. Stay out of the camp's center with level 20-21 mobs.
Delgren the Purifier : turn in ?The Tower of Althalaxx[21]. Leave The Tower of Althalaxx[24] for later; it belongs to a higher-level loop.
Follow the main road southeast to Astranaar. Daelyshia : unlock the flight path. Keep your Hearthstone in Auberdine.
Raene Wolfrunner : turn in ?Trek to Ashenvale[19]. Shindrell Swiftfire : accept !The Zoram Strand[19].
Once you actually reach 18, Raene Wolfrunner : accept !Raene's Cleansing[19]. If you are still below 18, complete and turn in The Zoram Strand[19], then return for this chain.
Follow the western road to Lake Falathim and the murloc camp, where Teronis' Corpse lies. Wait for the next quest before killing murlocs for the gem.
Teronis' Corpse : turn in ?Raene's Cleansing[19], accept !Raene's Cleansing[21].
The lake's murlocs, Saltspittle Puddlejumper, Saltspittle Warrior, Saltspittle Muckdweller and Saltspittle Oracle, drop the gem for Raene's Cleansing[21]. Start with isolated mobs at the camp's edge and use Hamstring on runners.
Head from the lake to the northern Zoram Strand. Kill isolated nagas (Wrathtail Myrmidon and Wrathtail Razortail) for 20 heads, The Zoram Strand[19]. Stay along the shore; avoid Blackfathom Deeps and the Horde camp.
Drops from: Wrathtail Head - Wrathtail Myrmidon, Wrathtail Razortail, Wrathtail Wave Rider and others
Return past the lake and along the western road to Astranaar. Do not Hearthstone; it takes you to Auberdine.
Shindrell Swiftfire : turn in ?The Zoram Strand[19]. Raene Wolfrunner : turn in ?Raene's Cleansing[21], accept !Raene's Cleansing[21].
From Astranaar, head east along the road, then north to the moonwell: Shael'dryn . Avoid furbolg camps and the higher-level eastern areas.
Shael'dryn : turn in ?Raene's Cleansing[21]. Leave Raene's Cleansing[27] for later; its enemies are above your current level.
Return to Astranaar. Daelyshia : fly to Auberdine.
Two quests in northeastern Darkshore's ruins. At 20, you are ready to sail to Stormwind.
Moist Cornbread, ≈ 1. Repair with Harlon Thornguard before the ruins.Hardwood Cudgel for a shield setup or Woodsman Sword for a two-hander (step).Repair, buy food and free bag space in Auberdine. Mathystra's nagas reach 21; aim to be at least 19.
Follow the northern road from Auberdine past the Tower of Althalaxx to the Ruins of Mathystra, . Check that Mathystra Relics[20] and Swelling Forces[20] are in your log.
Ground objects Mathystra Relic, Mathystra Relic and Mathystra Relic contain 
Mathystra Relic; collect 6 for Mathystra Relics[20]. Start at the southwestern edge. Do not grab a relic surrounded by several nagas.
During the same loop, kill 12 Stormscale Myrmidon, 8 Stormscale Sorceress and 6 Stormscale Warrior for Swelling Forces[20]. Level 18-19 Myrmidons are closer to the western edge; leave level 20-21 Warriors until last.
Sorceresses cast from range. Break line of sight around a corner to make them approach, or interrupt with Shield Bash.
Rejoin the road and head south through Auberdine to the Grove of the Ancients. Avoid shortcuts through dense camps.
Onu : turn in ?Mathystra Relics[20]. Arbal : turn in ?Swelling Forces[20].
For a shield setup, take Hardwood Cudgel: a 10.00 DPS one-handed mace with +2 Strength and +2 Stamina, better than your Elunite weapon. For a two-hander, take Woodsman Sword: 13.03 DPS, +2 Agility and +5 Stamina. Learn Two-Handed Swords from Woo Ping in Stormwind, where you sail at 20.
Hearthstone to Auberdine, or take the road north if it is on cooldown. You need level 20; earn any missing XP on isolated mobs. Next, sail to Stormwind (step) for level 20 training and the shield quest.
A direct boat from Auberdine. In Stormwind, visit the Warrior trainer and weapon master, pick up the shield quest, then walk to Redridge.
Flail for a shield setup, 11.82 DPS from 20, ≈ 78; from 21, Longsword, 12.17 DPS, ≈ 87, and the two-handed Dacian Falx, 15.97 DPS, ≈ 120. 
Battle Axe is an axe and 
Maul a two-handed mace; Night Elves train those skills in Ironforge.
Bronze Tube for the Duskwood stargazer (step). Alyssa Griffith : 
Huge Brown Sack, 12 slots, ≈ 10, if you need bag space.
Victory Rush at 20 is free healing: after each kill, open the next fight with it before its 20-second window expires.Cleave, Overpower and Slam add damage to a weapon hit, while a slow weapon generates no less rage than a fast one.At Auberdine's dock, take the boat to Stormwind, a new direct Forever route. Boats to Rut'theran or Southshore/Menethil Harbor are not your route. Unsure? Ask the dockmaster for the destination.
While waiting, repair and sell gray loot with Harlon Thornguard .
The boat arrives at Stormwind Harbor. Head into the city. Dungar Longdrink : unlock the flight path.
Wu Shen in Old Town: level 18 training, Disarm and Thunder Clap (Rank 2), 30 silver each; level 20, Cleave, Rend (Rank 3), 
Retaliation, Slam and Victory Rush, 40 silver each. Accept !Yorus Barleybrew[20] here too.
Total: 2 gold 60 silver. Train any level 12 or 16 abilities you missed in Darnassus too. Victory Rush is the key level 20 unlock: available for 20 seconds after an XP-granting kill, it attacks and restores 10% health, on a 30-second cooldown. Slam has a 1.5-second windup and 15-second cooldown (since November 2, was 18); beta testers criticize it, so use it with spare rage. Retaliation gives 15 seconds of counterattacks on a 15-minute cooldown, useful against a couple of tough mobs. Disarm works in Defensive Stance against strong weapon users.
Woo Ping : learn Two-Handed Swords for around 10 if you chose Woodsman Sword for the Mathystra relics.
13.03 DPS beats any one-hander along the route before 20. A new weapon skill starts untrained; level it on weak mobs on the way to Redridge. Staying with a shield? Skip this training.
Gunther Weller in the Trade District: for a shield setup, Flail, an 11.82 DPS one-handed mace, ≈ 78. From 21, also offers Longsword, a 12.17 DPS one-handed sword, and Dacian Falx, a 15.97 DPS two-handed sword.
The Mathystra reward Hardwood Cudgel has 10.00 DPS, so this is almost a 20% upgrade, but train first. The Duskwood stargazer (Look to the Stars[25]) needs Bronze Tube; buy it at the Auction House, Auctioneer Chilton . Too expensive? Skip the stargazer branch.
Walk through Elwynn from Stormwind. Set your Hearthstone to Lakeshire, make the timed Rethban Caverns run and do easy quests around town. Orcs come next chapter.
Bristle Whisker Catfish, food from 15, ≈ 16. It also grants +5% kill XP for 15 minutes.Furen's Favor, 411 armor and +3 Strength (step). Kara Adams sells 
Bear Buckler from 18: 461 armor, +3 Strength and +3 Stamina, ≈ 65. Slightly sturdier, but the class shield is free. Save for a weapon instead.Bridgeworker's Gloves, mail gloves (step). Vendor the other rewards for a Warrior.Victory Rush after a kill restores health while traveling.Follow the road east from Stormwind through Elwynn into Redridge. Ariena Stormfeather : unlock the Lakeshire flight path. Innkeeper Brianna at the inn: set your Hearthstone here.
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].
Yorus Barleybrew in Lakeshire's inn: turn in ?Yorus Barleybrew[20], accept !The Rethban Gauntlet[22].
Rethban Caverns are in northwestern Redridge, entrance at . Reach the first fork and return to the inn before the timer expires - The Rethban Gauntlet[22].
The timer starts when you accept. Avoid fights and run around gnolls on the way. The entrance and cave have level 18-21 gnolls. Do not die: releasing your spirit fails the quest.
Yorus Barleybrew : turn in ?The Rethban Gauntlet[22], accept !The Shieldsmith[22].
Keep the keg, 
Cask of Scalder: deliver it to Stormwind (step).
Ariena Stormfeather : fly to Stormwind for the blacksmith's keg, then deliver to Goldshire.
Furen Longbeard in the Dwarven District: turn in ?The Shieldsmith[22].
The reward is Furen's Favor: 411 armor and +3 Strength, versus the Auberdine shield's 336 armor. Leave Fire Hardened Mail[28] for later; the mail armor requires Kalimdor and Razorfen Kraul materials, beyond 30 (reference). Already 21? Visit the Trade District for Dacian Falx or Longsword (step).
Leave the city south along the road to Goldshire. Smith Argus : turn in ?The Price of Shoes[18], then accept !Return to Verner[18].
Hearthstone to Lakeshire.
Hearthstone on cooldown? Walk east along the Elwynn road; Lakeshire is about 7-8 minutes away.
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].
Vendor either reward. The bridge gloves (step) are better, and your Darkshore mail boots have more armor than the leather pair. Take the higher sell price, 
Black Whelp Boots.
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].
For a Warrior, Bridgeworker's Gloves: mail gloves with 105 armor, +4 Strength and +2 Spirit. Darkshore gauntlets have 85 armor and +2 Strength. 
Smith's Trousers are leather pants with +4 Strength and +4 Agility; your mail pants with stats are no worse.
Chef Breanna : turn in ?Redridge Goulash[18].
Verner Osgood : turn in ?A Baying of Gnolls[20].
Orc camps near the road, without the keep's commanders. Then walk south into Duskwood.
Bristle Whisker Catfish, food from 15; from 25, 
Rockscale Cod, ≈ 24.Dacian Falx and Longsword; Morg Gnarltree sells shields and mail (step).Shield Bash.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].
From Lakeshire, follow the road west to the junction, then south into Duskwood and straight to Darkshire.
Unlock the flight path and set your hearth in Darkshire. Cover Tranquil Gardens Cemetery and the western road to Raven Hill. Start Stalvan's story at 24.
Bronze Tube. Darkshire has no Auction House: buy the tube in Stormwind beforehand or ask an engineer.
Dwarven Mild, food for level 15+, ≈ 1.Dacian Falx, a 15.97 DPS two-handed sword, ≈ 120, a 23% upgrade over Mathystra's 13.03 DPS reward. For a shield setup, Longsword, a 12.17 DPS one-handed sword, ≈ 87. Maul and Battle Axe are a mace and axe; you have not trained those skills.Kite Shield has 491 armor, ≈ 62; your class shield, Furen's Favor, has 80 less armor but +3 Strength. For outdated slots, 
Polished Scale Belt, a 101-armor belt, ≈ 29 (the Oracle Glade mail belt has 61), and Polished Scale Bracers, 79-armor bracers, ≈ 29. Buy only with money left after your weapon.Heavy Brown Bag, 10 slots, ≈ 2. Free bags come in the Wetlands (step) and at 29 (step).Ira's Dagger and 
Merrick's Bow start new quests: do not sell or equip them.Shadowmeld in combat to make mobs stop attacking, on a 2-minute cooldown.Hamstring stops a fleeing opponent; from 22, 
Intimidating Shout can help against two attackers.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 observations require Bronze Tube. Bought it at Stormwind's Auction House (step)? Turn it in for Look to the Stars[25] now.
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 grants +5% kill XP.
Follow the southern road west to Raven Hill and Sven's camp. Avoid the ogres beside the road: they outlevel you.
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].
For a Warrior, Night Watch Gauntlets: 107 armor, +4 Strength and +1 Agility. Bridge gloves (Bridgeworker's Gloves) are almost equal; keep either and sell the spare pair.
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 everything in before the next circuit.
Hearthstone on cooldown? Follow the southern road east; Darkshire is about 5 minutes away.
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].
A short Lakeshire circuit while the higher-level Duskwood mobs are still too tough.
Rockscale Cod from 25, ≈ 24, food with +5% kill XP. Before 25, use Bristle Whisker Catfish.Shield Bash interrupts their casts.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 boar away from nearby mobs. Do not chase murlocs into the next camp.
Martie Jainrose : turn in ?An Unwelcome Guest[24].
Dockmaster Baren : turn in ?Murloc Poachers[20].
Dwarven Fishing Pole is a fishing pole, not a combat weapon. Sell it or keep it for Fishing.
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. The next circuit starts at 24; short on XP? Finish the remaining gnolls and roadside orcs.
Hearth still on cooldown after the last return? Ariena Stormfeather : fly to Darkshire.
Two loops through the southern cemetery and western woods. Walk to Moonbrook for Stalvan's trail, then visit Stormwind at 24 for training and deliveries.
Mary's Looking Glass: kill him while there.Merrick's Bow, and Lost Stalker north of Darkshire carries Ira's Dagger. Keep both.
Execute and Intimidating Shout.Dwarven Mild, food for level 15+; from 25, 
Stormwind Brie, ≈ 2.Dacian Falx or Longsword if you skipped them at 21 (step). The next upgrade is at 29 from the same vendor (step).Execute at 24: use it below 20% enemy health. Extra rage becomes extra damage, shortening the fight by a few swings.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]) involves level 28-29 skeletons and 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 it. Do not want to search? Skip the whole branch: 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].
The quest itself needs level 28-30 ogres in Vul'Gol Ogre Mound; complete it on the final visit (step).
Hearth to Darkshire.
Hearthstone on cooldown? Walk east along the main road; Darkshire is a few minutes away.
Wowhead places Lost Stalker north of Darkshire at ; he drops Ira's Dagger.
The location comes from two Wowhead map points. Cannot find it after a couple of minutes? Skip Ira's Dagger[24] and the family's final quest.
Use Ira's Dagger 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].
Leave the level 28-29 worgen for the final visit (step).
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].
Totem of Infliction is an off-hand item; a Warrior needs that slot for a shield or uses a two-hander. Sell it.
Tavernkeep Smitts : turn in ?Zombie Juice[24], accept !Gather Rot Blossoms[24].
Sirra Von'Indi : turn in ?Ira's Dagger[24].
Follow the road west from Darkshire past Raven Hill into Westfall and Moonbrook, where Stalvan's trail starts.
You do not yet have the Sentinel Hill flight path. Walk this stretch, roughly 6-8 minutes, avoiding roadside ogres.
Inside Moonbrook's school, use Old Footlocker: complete The Legend of Stalvan[28], turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28] and accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
From Moonbrook, take the northern road to Sentinel Hill. Thor : unlock the flight path and fly to Darkshire.
Clerk Daltry : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Felicia Maline : fly to Stormwind. Visit the Old Town trainer first, then Goldshire.
Wu Shen : level 22 - Battle Shout, Intimidating Shout and Sunder Armor, 60s each; 24 - Execute, Heroic Strike, Revenge and Demoralizing Shout, 80s each. Total: 5g.
Prioritize Execute: use it at 20% enemy health to turn spare rage into finishing damage. Intimidating Shout fears up to five enemies for 8 seconds, but runners can pull more mobs: keep it for emergencies. Short on gold? Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout can wait. Still 23? Train level 22 abilities now and level 24 abilities in Ironforge on the Wetlands trip (step).
Innkeeper Farley : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Storage Chest is inside Goldshire's inn. Take the undelivered letter and return to Stormwind - The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Caretaker Folsom : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Beside the steward at is 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.
Hearthstone still on cooldown because Raven Hill was less than an hour ago? Follow the road east from the logging camp to the Redridge junction, then south to Darkshire. A few minutes on foot.
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: do it with a group at 29-30 in the optional branch (step). Finish the ogres, final Night Watch quest and cemetery deliveries at 29 (step).
A short optional branch for a shield, mail boots and a two-handed mace. Wetlands comes afterward.
Optional group run. Clear the orc keep for a two-handed mace, shield and boots. No group? Skip the chapter and continue to the Wetlands.
Fire Hardened Buckler, a 528-armor shield, or 
Orc Crusher, an 18.19 DPS two-handed mace (step); WANTED: Incinerator Gar'im[25] awards Alacritous Treads, mail boots with +5 Strength and +5 Agility (step); Missing In Action[25] offers 
Bone-studded Leather, +6 Strength, +1 Agility and +5 Stamina, or Deputy Chain Coat, mail with 183 armor (step).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. Tank with Defensive Stance and a shield; as DPS, let the tank gather the pack first.
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.
For tanking, Fire Hardened Buckler, a 528-armor shield. For a two-hander, Orc Crusher, an 18.19 DPS two-handed mace with +8 Strength and +4 Stamina. Train with Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge next chapter (step).
Magistrate Solomon : turn in ?WANTED: Incinerator Gar'im[25].
Warrior pick: Alacritous Treads, mail boots, 132 armor, +5 Strength and +5 Agility.
Marshal Marris : turn in ?Missing In Action[25].
Two-handed DPS: Bone-studded Leather, leather, +6 Strength, +1 Agility and +5 Stamina. Tanking: Deputy Chain Coat, mail, 183 armor.
Ariena Stormfeather : fly to Stormwind, then continue to Ironforge and the Wetlands.
Through Ironforge and Loch Modan into Wetlands. These are your first visits to Ironforge and Thelsamar, so unlock their flight paths. Train level 26 abilities along the way.
Flagon of Dwarven Honeymead for The Third Fleet[27] in the harbor tavern. Buy it now; it is not a random drop.
Mutton Chop, food from 15, and 
Wild Hog Shank from 25, ≈ 2. Shellei Brondir : flight to Ironforge.
Elite Shoulders, 149 armor, +6 Strength and +5 Stamina, ≈ 16, if in stock. Your shoulder slot has been empty since level 1. A great purchase for any spec, though it takes a detour from Thelgen Rock.
Executioner's Sword, a 15.88 DPS two-handed sword with +8 Strength, from 19, ≈ 143, if you still use the Mathystra two-hander. If you have Dacian Falx, the difference is small. Brahnmar : Kite Shield and 
Polished Scale Vest, as in Darkshire. Neal Allen : Heavy Brown Bag, 10 slots.
Mariner Boots (step); Digging Through the Ooze[24] - 
Ooze-covered Bag, 10-slot bag (step); Apprentice's Duties[26] - Malleable Chain Leggings or 
Resilient Poncho (step).Thunder Clap to hit nearby enemies and slow their attacks.Felicia Maline : fly from Darkshire to Stormwind, then take the Deeprun Tram to Ironforge. Gryth Thurden : unlock the flight path.
Already in Stormwind after the Redridge group run? Start with the tram.
Kelv Sternhammer : train missed level 24 abilities (list), then level 26 - Charge, 
Challenging Shout and Mocking Blow, 1g each.
Prioritize Charge: 12 rage instead of 9. Challenging Shout and Mocking Blow are tanking tools and can wait if you solo. Still 25? Train level 26 abilities together with 28 (step).
Buliwyf Stonehand : Axes and Two-Handed Maces, around 10 per skill. Train only if you plan group runs or want a two-handed axe at 29 (step).
Group rewards at 20-30 are mostly two-handed maces and axes: Orc Crusher (step), Headbasher (step), 
Heavehammer (step), 
Barreling Reaper (step), 
Crescent of Forlorn Spirits (step). Level new weapon skills on weak Loch Modan mobs. Skip training if you will not group or buy the level 29 axe.
Leave Ironforge into Dun Morogh and follow the road east through South Gate Pass into Loch Modan and Thelsamar. Thorgrum Borrelson : unlock the flight path.
You have not unlocked Thelsamar's flight path yet. Walk this road once, roughly 8-10 minutes.
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].
Buy the mead from a vendor; it is 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].
For a Warrior, Mariner Boots: leather boots with +1 Agility and +6 Stamina, compared with +3 Stamina on your Darkshore mail boots, but about half the armor. Tanking? Keep the mail. Already wearing Alacritous Treads from the keep? Vendor this reward.
Head back east along the road. Visit Thelgen Rock first, then Whelgar's Excavation Site and 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].
Start with the lower-level raptors on the edge of Whelgar's Excavation Site. Leave their leader for later - 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].
Hearth to Menethil Harbor, turn in completed quests and repair.
Hearthstone on cooldown? Walk west along the road to the harbor.
Sida : turn in ?Digging Through the Ooze[24].
Reward: Ooze-covered Bag, a 10-slot bag. Equip it immediately.
Caitlin Grassman : turn in ?Alchemical Hazards[22].
James Halloran : turn in ?Apprentice's Duties[26].
For a Warrior, Malleable Chain Leggings: mail pants with 163 armor, +7 Strength, +3 Agility and +3 Stamina, stronger than the Darkshore pants (+3 Strength, +3 Stamina and +1 Spirit). Choose the cloak Resilient Poncho if your back slot is still empty.
Tarrel Rockweaver : turn in ?In Search of the Excavation Team[24].
New Forever quests alongside the familiar circuit. Pull tough enemies one at a time.
Main route: finish this chapter, then continue to Ironforge and Stormwind and Duskwood. The three group chapters below are optional: choose any or skip them all. Their level headings are estimates, not promised XP gains.
Wild Hog Shank, food for level 25+. Brak Durnad : repairs.Metal Buckler from 29, 599 armor, ≈ 120. Buy only if still using a level 20 shield; free Shield of the Faith comes at 29 (step).
Raptor's End or 
Raptorbane Armor (step); Blisters on the Land[26] awards 
Forest Chain if your chest needs an upgrade (step).Thunder Clap and, from 20, Cleave hit both together.James Halloran : accept !Crimson Crate Delivery[29].
Clear the cursed crew at the wrecked fleet, then kill the stronger raptors and collect four relics at Whelgar's Excavation Site - 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].
Silk Mantle of Gamn is cloth; sell it as a Warrior.
Sarltooth is deep in Whelgar's Excavation Site: clear nearby raptors before engaging, for Ormer's Revenge[29].
Do not pull beside two patrols. Struggling? Bring a partner.
Ormer Ironbraid : turn in ?Ormer's Revenge[29].
Trained Bows in Darnassus? Take Raptor's End, a 12.07 DPS bow with +2 Agility and +2 Stamina, useful for pulling. Otherwise, choose Raptorbane Armor, a leather chest with +16 attack power, if you still wear Explorer's Vest. Vendor the other options.
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].
Still wearing Explorer's Vest? Take Forest Chain, mail with 183 armor versus 129. Phytoblade requires Herbalism and is not a Warrior gear upgrade.
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.
Hearthstone on cooldown? Walk west along the road to the harbor; a few minutes on foot.
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 with Next: Stormwind and Next: Duskwood. Have a group? Before leaving, choose Excavation Site: Wetlands, the Stockade or Nek'rosh. Every run is optional.
A new dungeon with a strong hammer for the relic quest. Quests start at 24, but do not attempt it solo 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]).Heavehammer, a 27.73 DPS two-handed mace with +32 attack power and +60 armor (step). Learn Two-Handed Maces from Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge.James Halloran : accept !Highland Hides[28].
Head east from the harbor: Rethiel the Greenwarden by the Green Belt, then Whelgar's camp. Find Excavation Site: Wetlands near Whelgar's Excavation Site using the new zone's marker; do not confuse it with the ordinary raptors outside.
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
Tanking? Defensive Stance, a shield and Sunder Armor; from 28, use 
Shield Wall if a boss hits too hard.
Use Titan Relic to accept !Lost Relic Carry[31].
Rethiel the Greenwarden : turn in ?Horrors in the Highland[31].
Hornbeam Heft: a one-handed axe with only 11.46 DPS and +6 Strength, requiring Axes training (step). Weaker than your current shield-setup weapon; vendor it.
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].
Shellei Brondir : fly to Ironforge and visit the Hall of Explorers.
High Explorer Magellas : turn in ?Prehistoric Prism[31].
For a Warrior, Heavehammer: a 27.73 DPS two-handed mace with +32 attack power and +60 armor, the best weapon through 30. Train Two-Handed Maces with Buliwyf Stonehand ; you are already in Ironforge.
The turn-in leaves you in Ironforge: train level 28 abilities now (step), or fly back to the Wetlands for other group quests.
An optional run for a one-handed sword, two-handed mace and mail pants. The Deadmines are not required.
Optional group run. No group? Continue with the main route. This branch does not require the Deadmines.
Lucine Longsword, a 14.00 DPS one-handed sword (step); Crime and Punishment[26] awards Darkshire Mail Leggings, mail pants with +7 Strength and +7 Spirit (step); The Fury Runs Deep[27] offers Headbasher, a 23.70 DPS two-handed mace requiring Ironforge training (step).Elite Shoulders, ≈ 16, if your shoulders are still empty.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].
Return to the harbor, fly to Ironforge and take the Deeprun Tram to Stormwind. Pick up two quests in your unlocked Lakeshire and Darkshire before gathering at the entrance.
Guard Berton : accept !What Comes Around...[25].
Councilman Millstipe : accept !Crime and Punishment[26].
Felicia Maline : fly to Stormwind. Two more quests are in the city: beside 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: The Fury Runs Deep[27], What Comes Around...[25], Crime and Punishment[26], Quell the Uprising[26], The Color of Blood[26]. Check the heads, arm 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
Tank with Defensive Stance and a shield. The prisoners are humanoids; use Hamstring to stop runners.
Warden Thelwater : turn in ?Quell the Uprising[26].
Nikova Raskol : turn in ?The Color of Blood[26].
Fly to turn in the southern quests in Lakeshire and Darkshire, then return through the capitals to Dun Modr for the weapon.
Guard Berton : turn in ?What Comes Around...[25].
For a shield setup, Lucine Longsword: a 14.00 DPS one-handed sword with +3 Stamina and +3 Spirit. You know Swords from level 1. 
Ursine Hammer is an 18.44 DPS two-handed mace; train with Buliwyf Stonehand . Otherwise, take the higher vendor price.
Councilman Millstipe : turn in ?Crime and Punishment[26].
For a Warrior, Darkshire Mail Leggings: mail pants with +7 Strength and +7 Spirit. Already wearing Malleable Chain Leggings? They are close, so vendor the reward.
Motley Garmason : turn in ?The Fury Runs Deep[27].
Using a two-hander and trained Two-Handed Maces? Take Headbasher: a 23.70 DPS two-handed mace with +9 Strength, +5 Stamina and +10 Intellect. Otherwise, choose 
Belt of Vindication, a leather belt with +7 Agility and +3 Stamina.
Return to the harbor. Doing Nek'rosh? Stay in the Wetlands. Otherwise, resume the main route.
Optional end of the orc chain for a sword or one-handed axe.
Optional group run. No group? Resume the main route.
Ancient War Sword, a 21.67 DPS two-handed sword with +9 Strength and +6 Stamina, or Barreling Reaper, a 16.58 DPS one-handed axe (step).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].
With a group: clear Chieftain Nek'rosh's guards and patrols, then kill him and take the head - 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].
For a two-hander, Ancient War Sword: a 21.67 DPS two-handed sword with +9 Strength and +6 Stamina. You trained the skill at 20 (step). The best two-hander through 30 without learning another skill. Barreling Reaper is a 16.58 DPS one-handed axe requiring Axes training.
Return to the harbor, then resume the main route.
Level 28 training in Ironforge and the final Wetlands delivery in Stormwind.
The main route and group chapters meet here. Already in Ironforge after Excavation Site: Wetlands? Start with the trainer.
Wild Hog Shank, food for level 25+, ≈ 2.Huge Brown Sack, 12 slots, ≈ 10, if you still need bag space.Shellei Brondir : fly to Ironforge. Already there after Excavation Site: Wetlands? Go straight to the trainer.
Kelv Sternhammer : level 28 training - Overpower, Shield Wall and Thunder Clap, 1g10s each. Pick up missed level 26 abilities too (list).
Shield Wall reduces damage taken by 60% for 12 seconds, on a 15-minute cooldown: your emergency button. Requires a shield and Defensive Stance; it does not work with a two-hander. Thunder Clap hits up to four nearby enemies.
Take the Deeprun Tram to Stormwind and head to the cathedral.
Archbishop Benedictus : turn in ?Cleansing the Eye[30].
Reward: Eye of Paleth, an off-hand item. Sell it as a Warrior.
The final Darkshire circuit: worgen, ogres and Raven Hill. Head to Stormwind at 30.
Continue the main route after the Wetlands. Eliza and Stalvan below are optional group quests. Move on to level 30 training at actual level 30, not simply because you finished this chapter.
Merrick's Bow and Ira's Dagger.Stormwind Brie, food for level 25+, ≈ 2.Broad Bladed Knife, a 16.75 DPS dagger for a shield setup; Merciless Axe, a 21.09 DPS two-hander, only with Axes trained (step).Shield of the Faith, shield, or 
Cloak of the Faith, cloak (step); Look to the Stars[30] - 
Belt of the Stars, mail belt (step); The Night Watch[30] - Gunnysack of the Night Watch, 10-slot bag (step).Retaliation for 15 seconds of counterattacks against both. Add Elune's Light for the named ogre.Dungar Longdrink : fly to Darkshire. Innkeeper Trelayne : set your hearth here again. Your log should still contain The Night Watch[30], Gather Rot Blossoms[24], Worgen in the Woods[29] and Merrick's Bow[28].
Gavin Gnarltree : for a shield setup, Broad Bladed Knife, a 16.75 DPS dagger with +5 Stamina, from 27, ≈ 284. Night Elves know Daggers from level 1. For a two-hander, if you trained Axes in Ironforge, Merciless Axe, a 21.09 DPS two-handed axe with +12 Strength, ≈ 32.
Both items appear in game files but may have limited vendor stock. If unavailable, move on. Have Ancient War Sword, Headbasher or Heavehammer from group runs? Save your gold. Keep 5 gold for level 30 training.
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].
Tanking? Take Shield of the Faith, a 578-armor shield, sturdier than your earlier shields. Otherwise, Cloak of the Faith, a cloak with +4 Stamina and +4 Spirit.
Viktori Prism'Antras : accept !Look to the Stars[30].
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].
Warrior pick: Gunnysack of the Night Watch, a 10-slot bag. Ammo pouches and quivers 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.
Hearthstone still on cooldown from the previous use? Walk east along the main road; a few minutes on foot.
Viktori Prism'Antras : turn in ?Look to the Stars[30].
Warrior pick: Belt of the Stars, mail belt, 117 armor, +6 Strength and +6 Stamina.
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 examine Memory of Valor. Deliver the book you find to Darkshire - 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].
The group follow-ups, Bride of the Embalmer[30] and The Legend of Stalvan[35], are below. Do not accept without a group. Short of 30? Grind worgen and undead, then head to Stormwind.
Finish the long stories, including a useful shield. Skip without a ready group.
Optional group run. No group? Go straight to level 30 training.
Crest of Darkshire, a 661-armor shield with +2 Strength and +7 Stamina (step); The Legend of Stalvan[35] offers Crescent of Forlorn Spirits, an 18.13 DPS one-handed axe requiring Axes training (step).Defensive Stance; DPS should bandage between packs.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].
Crescent of Forlorn Spirits is an 18.13 DPS one-handed axe for a shield setup if you trained Axes. Otherwise, vendor either reward; the spell power ring is not useful to a Warrior.
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].
Tanking? Crest of Darkshire, shield, 661 armor, +2 Strength and +7 Stamina: the best before 30. Without a shield, take 
Darkshire Shoulderguards, leather shoulders with +7 Stamina and +7 Spirit, if that slot is empty.
After turning in, Felicia Maline : fly to Stormwind for level 30 training.
Level 30 abilities, weapons and next steps. Berserker Stance is a separate Barrens trip below.
Heavy Spear, a 22.37 DPS polearm, ≈ 271. Train Polearms with Woo Ping and level the new skill. Consider it only for a two-hander below 16 DPS; keep Ancient War Sword, Headbasher or Heavehammer.Huge Brown Sack, 12 slots, ≈ 10.Hamstring on your target and use Intimidating Shout against a crowd.Felicia Maline : fly from Darkshire to Stormwind. Coming from Eliza and Stalvan? You are already in the city.
Wu Shen in Old Town: level 30 training, Cleave (Rank 2), Rend (Rank 4) and Slam (Rank 2), 1 gold 20 silver each; 
Berserker Rage, 1 gold 40 silver.
Total: 5 gold. Train any level 26 or 28 abilities you missed in Ironforge too. Slam: weapon damage plus 32, twice the first rank's bonus, with the same cooldown, 15 seconds since November 2 (was 18). Berserker Rage requires Berserker Stance (trip); without that stance, delay it and save 1 gold 40 silver.
The 1-30 route is complete. Berserker Stance is an optional Barrens trip below. Class mail armor and Whirlwind weapons come after 30 (reference).
Next leveling zones: the Wetlands and Arathi Highlands. Reset talents with a Warrior trainer in any capital. Keep saving: riding starts at 40.
Your third stance requires a trip to Kalimdor. Optional, but worth doing at 30. Hearth back afterward.
Optional, but getting the stance now is worthwhile. Requires actual level 30. Take the Deeprun Tram to Ironforge, fly to Menethil Harbor, sail to Theramore, then follow the coast to Fray Island in the Barrens. Hearthstone back. Auberdine is no shortcut: Forever data shows no direct Auberdine-Theramore boat, and the overland Ashenvale/Barrens route passes Horde outposts. Not ready to travel? Pick up the quest from your trainer when your route takes you to Kalimdor.
Wild Hog Shank, food for level 25+, ≈ 2.Elune's Light for the final fighter: +10% crit chance for 15 seconds, with more rage from crits. Use Retaliation there too.Wu Shen : accept !The Islander[30]. In Ironforge, Kelv Sternhammer offers the same quest.
Take the Deeprun Tram to Ironforge. Gryth Thurden : fly to Menethil Harbor. Innkeeper Helbrek : set your hearth.
Check your boat at Menethil Harbor: you want Theramore, not the Southshore and Auberdine route. Unsure? Ask the dock official where the boat goes.
Southshore-Auberdine is a new Forever route. The Theramore service is from Classic: no cancellation was announced, but it was not separately tested in beta.
In Theramore, unlock the flight path with Baldruc . Follow the eastern coast north, walking where possible and swimming close to shore. In the Barrens, pass the Alliance fort at ; Fray Island is northeast at .
Stay near the shore; open water causes fatigue. The coastal pirate camp at has level 12-15 mobs, not a threat at 30.
Klannoc Macleod : turn in ?The Islander[30], accept !The Affray[30].
Stand on the arena grate at . Challengers arrive one at a time; level 33 Big Will comes last - The Affray[30].
Start at full health with bandages ready. If a challenger grants XP, use Victory Rush before the next arrives. Save Retaliation for the last fighter: 15 seconds of counterattacks.
Victory Rush and a quick bandage.Charge and fight.Klannoc Macleod : turn in ?The Affray[30].
Reward: 
Berserker Stance, +3% crit chance but +10% damage taken. Check your spellbook for 
Intercept: Wowhead does not list it at the trainer, so it appears to come with the stance. Both Intercept and Berserker Rage require Berserker Stance. The Windwatcher[30] starts the Whirlwind weapon chain, but its quests are level 37-40. Leave it for later.
Hearth to Menethil Harbor. Continue leveling in the Wetlands and Arathi Highlands.
Hearthstone on cooldown? Swim back to Theramore and take the boat to Menethil Harbor.
Stance unlocks, rage, weapons and shields, and Night Elf class quests through 30
Tactical Mastery at 14 retains up to 10 rage when switching stances. Victory Rush at 20 heals 10% health after a kill; Slam adds another weapon strike at 20. Berserker Rage arrives at 30 rather than 32. Thunder Clap hits twice as hard, has a 6-second cooldown and works in Defensive Stance; Battle Shout is 40% weaker but lasts 3 minutes.
Battle Stance: open with Charge, apply Rend, then attack. Use Overpower after the target dodges. Keep Battle Shout active.Defensive Stance at 11-12, from Vorlus Vilehoof[10] (turn-in). Equip a shield to take less damage; Revenge, Shield Block and Thunder Clap work here. You most likely receive Taunt and Sunder Armor with the stance too; check your spellbook.Tactical Mastery at 14, but the route gets it on the level 16 city visit. It saves up to 10 rage when you change stance. Before you have it, switch before starting the fight or lose the rage you've built.Berserker Stance at 30 from the Fray Island fight in the Barrens (step): +3% crit chance but +10% damage taken. Berserker Rage, your fear break, and Intercept require this stance.Heroic Strike as a way to spend excess rage. It replaces the white swing, so you lose the rage that hit would've generated as well as paying for the ability.Bloodrage trades health for rage. Use while healthy; near death, survive first.Rend early in a long fight, not just before the target dies.Worn Shortsword has just 1.05 DPS. The first reward, Thistlewood Blade, has 2.05 (step).Gladius, 3.81 DPS, from Shalomon in Dolanaar, ≈ 5. The main purchase before 9 (step).Brushwood Blade, 5.33 DPS (step). Have spare gold? Buy Cutlass, 6.82 DPS from 10, from Ariyell Skyshadow in Darnassus, ≈ 20.Briarsteel Shortsword, 7.20 DPS (step), then an Elunite weapon for the ore (step). For a shield setup, Elunite Hammer: 7.61 DPS at 2.30 speed. You cannot equip Elunite Axe without Axes training.Hardwood Cudgel, 10.00 DPS, +2 Strength and +2 Stamina, for a shield setup; Woodsman Sword, a 13.03 DPS two-hander (step). Train Two-Handed Swords with Woo Ping as soon as you arrive in Stormwind (step).Quarter Staff from 11 (9.44 DPS) and 
Gnarled Staff from 15 (11.90). More expensive than waiting for rewards, but more damage.Woodsman Sword and training at 20 (step); from 21, Dacian Falx, a 15.97 DPS two-handed sword sold by Gunther Weller in Stormwind and Gavin Gnarltree in Darkshire (step).Flail, 11.82 DPS at 20 (step); Longsword, 12.17 DPS from 21; Broad Bladed Knife, a 16.75 DPS dagger at 29 if in stock (step).Ancient War Sword, a 21.67 DPS two-handed sword (Nek'rosh), and Lucine Longsword, a 14.00 DPS one-handed sword (the Stockade). Two-handed maces Orc Crusher (step), Headbasher (step) and Heavehammer, 27.73 DPS (step), require Ironforge training (step).Heavy Spear, a 22.37 DPS polearm sold by Gunther Weller . Train Polearms with Woo Ping and level the skill (step).Worn Wooden Shield, then Woodland Shield from the cave (step). No more quest shields before 20, so buy Dull Heater Shield in Dolanaar from 5 (161 armor, ≈ 5) and Wall Shield in Auberdine from 12 (336 armor, ≈ 18). At 20, Furen's Favor, 411 armor (step); at 29, Shield of the Faith, 578 armor (step); with groups, Fire Hardened Buckler (step) and Crest of Darkshire, 661 armor (step).Tracking Boots (step), Barkmail Vest (step), Graystone Bracers (step), Barkmail Leggings (step), Shackled Girdle (step), Moss-covered Gauntlets (step), Clamshell Bracers (step), Explorer's Vest (step), Crustacean Boots (step), Guststorm Legguards (step), Noosegrip Gauntlets (step).Bridgeworker's Gloves (step), Night Watch Gauntlets (step), pants Malleable Chain Leggings (step), Forest Chain (step), belt Belt of the Stars, +6 Strength and +6 Stamina (step); with groups, Alacritous Treads (step) and Darkshire Mail Leggings (step).Elite Shoulders at 25, +6 Strength and +5 Stamina, sold by Wenna Silkbeard in Wetlands (Wetlands section).Shadowmeld can stop mobs attacking you during combat, on a 2-minute cooldown. Stay still while using it. I'd save it for a bad pull, with the ground around you checked before you move again.Shield Bash, from 12, interrupts casts; keep a shield handy. Use Hamstring to stop a fleeing furbolg or naga.Victory Rush attacks and restores 10% health within 20 seconds of a kill; open the next fight with it. Retaliation, from 20, and Shield Wall, from 28, are emergency cooldowns, both 15 minutes; the latter requires a shield.Intimidating Shout, from 22, fears up to five enemies, but fleeing mobs can pull more. Use it only in an emergency.
Wisp Spirit gets you to your body 75% faster. From 11, spirit-healer resurrection causes sickness and 25% durability loss.Defensive Stance (turn-in); find the Elunite ore in a wreck off Auberdine (step), then choose your weapon in Darnassus (step).Furen's Favor.Berserker Stance. The Barrens trip is optional at the end of the route; arena fight - step.Fire Hardened Leggings, +7 Strength and +7 Stamina. Details in After 30.| Level | Where | What to get |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | Shadowglen: rewards | Thistlewood Blade (step), Woodland Shield, Barkmail Vest |
| 4-5 | Dolanaar: Shalomon | Gladius, the main purchase before 9 |
| 5 | Dolanaar: Meri Ironweave | Dull Heater Shield, if you have money left after the sword |
| 8-9 | Ban'ethil Barrow Den: rewards | Brushwood Blade (step), Barkmail Leggings |
| 10-12 | Teldrassil: rewards | Shackled Girdle, Moss-covered Gauntlets; Ashwood Bow if you trained Bows |
| 10-12 | Darnassus: Ariyell Skyshadow | Cutlass, optional; Quarter Staff if using a staff |
| 12 | Auberdine: Harlon Thornguard | Wall Shield, the best shield along the route before 20 (step) |
| 13-15 | Darkshore: rewards | Clamshell Bracers, Explorer's Vest, Briarsteel Shortsword |
| 16 | Darnassus: Mathiel | Elunite Hammer or Elunite Sword (step) |
| 16-18 | Darkshore: rewards | Crustacean Boots, Guststorm Legguards, Noosegrip Gauntlets |
| 19-20 | Ruins of Mathystra (step) | Hardwood Cudgel for a shield setup or Woodsman Sword for a two-hander |
| 20 | Stormwind: Woo Ping , Gunther Weller | Two-Handed Swords training (step); for a shield setup, Flail (step) |
| 20 | Redridge and Stormwind | Furen's Favor from your class quest (step); Bridgeworker's Gloves (step) |
| 21-22 | Darkshire: Gavin Gnarltree , Morg Gnarltree | Dacian Falx or Longsword (step); from 22, Kite Shield |
| 24-26 | Redridge keep with a group (step) | Fire Hardened Buckler or Orc Crusher; Alacritous Treads |
| 25-27 | Wetlands: Wenna Silkbeard , Brak Durnad , rewards | Elite Shoulders; Executioner's Sword; Malleable Chain Leggings (step) |
| 27-29 | Whelgar's Excavation Site | Forest Chain (step); Raptor's End if you trained Bows (step) |
| 28-30 | Stockade, Excavation Site: Wetlands, Nek'rosh with a group | Lucine Longsword, Ancient War Sword; with Two-Handed Maces trained, Headbasher, Heavehammer |
| 29 | Darkshire: Gavin Gnarltree | Broad Bladed Knife for a shield setup; Merciless Axe if you trained Axes (step) |
| 29-30 | Duskwood | Shield of the Faith (step), Belt of the Stars (step); with a group, Crest of Darkshire |
| 30 | Stormwind: Gunther Weller | Heavy Spear if you train Polearms (step) |
Elune's Light: +10% attack and spell crit chance for 15 seconds, on a 3-minute cooldown. A new Forever racial available from level 1, introduced by The Goddess Provides[1] in Shadowglen (step).Deep Wounds.Shadowmeld: a 10-second cooldown out of combat and 2 minutes in combat, where it makes mobs stop attacking you. Moving breaks the effect.
Quickness: +1% dodge and +2% movement speed. Since October 15, the speed bonus stacks with other movement effects.Wisp Spirit: after death, your wisp moves toward your body 75% faster. Death costs almost nothing before 10, making this a quick return.Skinning and Mining give this route a simple source of gold. Add First Aid and Cooking. The manual from The Woodland Protector[1] in Shadowglen learns one gathering profession immediately. Want Blacksmithing? Replace Skinning. You have two main profession slots.
Well Fed XP Boost: after eating for 10 seconds, +5% kill XP for 15 minutes. It does not affect quest turn-ins. Refresh it before a long clear.Bristle Whisker Catfish from 15. At 20-30, Innkeeper Brianna in Lakeshire sells the same fish, plus Rockscale Cod from 25.The Redridge keep, Excavation Site, Stockade, Nek'rosh and Eliza: preparation, rewards and your role
| Group run at 20-30 | Preparation | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Redridge keep · 24-26 | Tharil'zun[25], WANTED: Incinerator Gar'im[25] and Missing In Action[25] in Lakeshire: elites, group only. | Fire Hardened Buckler, a 528-armor shield, or Orc Crusher, a two-handed mace; Alacritous Treads, mail boots with +5 Strength and +5 Agility. Branch |
| Excavation Site: Wetlands · 28-30 | Highland Hides[28] in the harbor, Horrors in the Highland[31] from Rethiel the Greenwarden . A relic inside starts a delivery to Ironforge. | Heavehammer, a 27.73 DPS two-handed mace with +32 attack power, requiring Ironforge training. Branch |
| Stockade · 28-30 | First The Dark Iron War[30] in Dun Modr, then What Comes Around...[25] in Lakeshire and Crime and Punishment[26] in Darkshire. Deadmines not required. | Lucine Longsword, a 14.00 DPS one-handed sword; Darkshire Mail Leggings, mail pants; Headbasher, a 23.70 DPS two-handed mace. Branch |
| Nek'rosh · 29-30 | Nek'rosh's Gambit[31] in Menethil Harbor, then Defeat Nek'rosh[32]: the orc chieftain and his guards. | Ancient War Sword, a 21.67 DPS two-handed sword, with the skill trained at 20; Barreling Reaper, a one-handed axe. Branch |
| Eliza and Stalvan · 29-30 | Bride of the Embalmer[30] and The Legend of Stalvan[35] in Darkshire after the main circuit. | Crest of Darkshire, a 661-armor shield with +2 Strength and +7 Stamina; Crescent of Forlorn Spirits, a one-handed axe. Branch |
Defensive Stance, build threat with Sunder Armor, and hit Revenge after a block or dodge. Taunt gets a loose mob's attention back. Follow it with threat before the mob turns away again.Shield Bash requires a shield; Shield Block helps absorb hits.Shield Wall reduces damage taken by 60% for 12 seconds: an emergency button if the boss gets out of control.Ancient War Sword from Nek'rosh (two-handed sword) and Lucine Longsword from the Stockade (one-handed sword). Two-handed maces Orc Crusher, Headbasher and Heavehammer, and axes Barreling Reaper and Crescent of Forlorn Spirits, require training with Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge on the way to Wetlands (step).New Night Elf and Alliance quests, Warrior training, boats and racials
Tactical Mastery is a new baseline ability from 14, preserving up to 10 rage on a stance switch (training). The Improved Tactical Mastery talent raises retention to 25.Thunder Clap at 6 hits twice as hard, has a 6-second cooldown, slows attacks by 20% and works in Defensive Stance. Both Rend and Thunder Clap scale with attack power.Battle Shout gives 40% less attack power but lasts 3 minutes. Demoralizing Shout is 40% stronger and lasts 45 seconds. Shield Block at 16 blocks two attacks within 7 seconds.Victory Rush, 10% health after a kill on a 30-second cooldown (training); Slam, whose first rank is already available at 20, with a 1.5-second windup and 15-second cooldown (since November 2, was 18). Berserker Rage comes at 30 rather than 32 (training).Retaliation and Shield Wall have 15-minute cooldowns instead of 30; Shield Wall lasts 12 seconds. Intimidating Shout fears up to five enemies.Overpower, Slam, Cleave.Bloodrage tooltip no longer says it keeps you in combat. If that matches live behavior, you can use it before charging; check in game.Defensive Stance. It is a reward from Vorlus Vilehoof[10] (step).Taunt or Sunder Armor at the trainer either. They come with the stance; check your spellbook after turning in.Berserker Stance comes from The Affray[30] at 30 on Fray Island in the Barrens (step). Intercept is also absent from the trainer list; Wowhead data links it to the stance unlock.Elune's Light, a new racial, grants +10% crit chance for 15 seconds on a 3-minute cooldown. Shadowmeld now works in combat too, stopping mobs from attacking, on a 2-minute cooldown.Quickness also grants +2% movement speed, stacking with other speed effects since October 15. Wisp Spirit gives +75% speed instead of 50%. Nature Resistance is gone.Gold, Hearthstone, dangerous mobs and mistakes that waste time
| Before leaving | What to check |
|---|---|
| New town | Check training, repairs and the next quest reward. Set aside training money before buying a weapon. |
| New weapon | Weapon type and skill. Night Elves start with One-Handed Swords, One-Handed Maces and Daggers; weapon masters teach the other skills. |
| Long loop | Food, bandages, bag space and your hearth location. Do not sell quest items with gray junk. |
| Class quest | Actual level: Vorlus Vilehoof[10] from 10, the shield from 20, Berserker Stance from 30. The Rethban Gauntlet[22] is timed and requires surviving. |
| The shipwreck | Full health, free bag slots, and surface between crates (step). |
| Sailing at 20 | Finish Darnassus and Darkshore. Level 18 training can wait; the trainer is in Stormwind (step). |
| Group run | Quests before entering; one-hander and shield in your bags; repairs done. Start escorts once everyone has the quest. |
| Fray Island | Level 30, training, bandages and food. Set your hearth to Menethil Harbor before boarding (step). |
Gladius at 4-5 (≈ 5) and Wall Shield at 12 (≈ 18). At 20-30, Dacian Falx or Longsword at 21 and Elite Shoulders at 25, if in stock. Rewards cover the rest.Shield Bash.Heroic Strike on every swing: it replaces an auto-attack and loses the rage that hit would have generated. Use with spare rage.Defender Axe and Elunite Axe require Axes training, available in Ironforge.Disarm and Thunder Clap (Rank 2) can wait until Stormwind.Class chains beyond the 1-30 route
The route ends with all three stances and level 30 abilities. You can accept the class chains below at 20-30, but their objectives are for 30+. Do not fill your log with them early.
Fire Hardened Hauberk: mail with 218 armor, +5 Strength and +14 Stamina.Fire Hardened Leggings, mail pants with 171 armor, +7 Strength and +7 Stamina.
Fire Hardened Coif; Klockmort Spannerspan in Ironforge, Iron Coral[29] → Klockmort's Creation[30] for Fire Hardened Gauntlets. Iron coral is off the coast south of Menethil Harbor, .
Arms 21
Fury 0
Protection 0
