RaceOrcIn WoW Forever the orc rogue picks up an axe for the first time, and the racial +1% crit no longer depends on your weapon. A step-by-step route to 30: Durotar with the new Forever quests, the Barrens, Stonetalon Mountains, the Eastern Kingdoms, Ashenvale and Thousand Needles. When to take the class quests (The Shattered Hand[13], Plundering the Plunderers[18], the poison chain), what to fight with along the way, which professions to pick and how to live on bandages when you have no healing of your own.
What to install from CurseForge for Forever: the useful and the fun
Builds for 10–30: which one to pick and in what order to spend points
Your first talent point comes at level 10, then one per level: 21 points by level 30. Not sure what to pick? Go “Combat: Main-Hand Axe”. This build suits an orc best of all: orcs know axes from the start, and the racial +1% crit works with any weapon. You can reset your talents at the rogue trainer in Orgrimmar - Shenthul ; according to beta data it costs 1 if you haven't reset in a while. Hover a talent for its Wowhead tooltip; the button at the bottom opens the build in the Wowhead calculator with the same order.
Sinister Strike costs less and 
Eviscerate hits harder - a mob drops in a couple of combos. 
Riposte at 20 is a free hit after a parry. At 30, 
Blade Flurry is the only way to hit two targets before level 40.
Endurance at 22–23: 
Sprint and Evasion every ~2 minutes - you run faster and die less.
Dual Wield Specialization 5/5 and skip 
Flawless Execution - the difference is small.
Improved Sinister Strike 2/2
Improved Eviscerate 3/3
Precision 2/3
Deflection 3/3
Riposte 1/1Precision 3/3
Endurance 2/2
Improved Sprint 1/2
Flawless Execution 1/1
Dual Wield Specialization 4/5
Blade Flurry 1/1Sinister Strike and lots of crits, at 30 you get 
Mutilate: a strike with both daggers for 2 combo points without getting behind the target. Icy Veins guide.Endurance, Riposte and Blade Flurry aren't in this build. Guides say Mutilate needs two daggers - the forums disagree, so check in game. A beta tester measured ~20 DPS less than with Combat.Sinister Strike hits harder with it, and the racial +1% crit now works with any weapon. Two daggers by 30.
Remorseless Attacks 2/2
Malice 3/5
Ruthlessness 3/3Malice 5/5
Relentless Strikes 1/1
Lethality 4/5
Cold Blood 1/1
Improved Poisons 4/5
Mutilate 1/1
Backstab and Puncturing Wounds: +30% crit chance and a chance for an extra combo point. A Method build, respec at 30.Backstab with a dagger hits very hard; 
Remorseless Attacks gives you a crit after every kill.Endurance isn't in this build.Remorseless Attacks; take Dual Wield Specialization 4/5 and Blade Flurry instead.Backstab uses weapon damage. Anything in the off hand.Remorseless Attacks 2/2Improved Sinister Strike 2/2Improved Eviscerate 3/3
Puncturing Wounds 3/3Deflection 3/3Riposte 1/1Precision 3/3Flawless Execution 1/1Dual Wield Specialization 3/5
Hemorrhage at 30. From the Icy Veins and Mobalytics guides, though they don't recommend it for your first leveling.
Improved Ambush - and Ambush takes more than half of a normal mob's health, and almost all of it if 
Blood Fury is up too. 
Camouflage - you move faster in stealth. 
Ghostly Strike doesn't need you behind the target.Ambush; no multi-target damage; needs a dagger. Mobalytics says it plainly: level as Combat and switch to this at 30.
Opportunity 2/2
Camouflage 3/5
Improved Ambush 3/3
Setup 2/3
Ghostly Strike 1/1
Initiative 3/3Setup 3/3
Premeditation 1/1
Serrated Blades 3/3Camouflage 4/5
Hemorrhage 1/1The orc and troll starting valley · the Den and the Burning Blade Coven
All the quests are around the Den: pick them up in a batch, do them in a loop, turn them in as a batch. About 40 minutes to level 5–6. A rogue's fighting is simple from level 1: Sinister Strike builds combo points, Eviscerate spends them.
Pelt Collecting for Beginners book as your reward - Skinning for free, and you can read it from level 3. The junior trainer Norzsh teaches Mining for 10. Skinning + Mining is the best pick for a rogue (the “Professions” section explains why).
Hand Axe ≈ 80 - a one-handed axe with 1.5 DPS; your starting 
Worn Dagger has 0.9. The racial +1% crit works with a dagger too. Short on money? Sell your gray items and come back.Stealth halves your movement speed. Don't waste time on it against normal mobs before 10 - run up and hit. You need stealth to pick pockets (from level 4) or to sneak past mobs you don't need.Kaltunk at the entrance to the Den: accept !Your Place in the World[1]. Gornek : turn in ?Your Place in the World[1], accept !Cutting Teeth[2] and the new !Wayward Weapons[2].
Around the Den: Mottled Boars - 10 of them, Cutting Teeth[2]. Abandoned training weapons lie on the ground all over the valley - 6 of them, Wayward Weapons[2].
Sell your gray items: your first rogue skill costs 10.
Gornek: turn in ?Cutting Teeth[2] (reward - 
Battleworn Leather Gloves), accept !Sting of the Scorpid[3] and the class quest !Encrypted Parchment[1]. The rogue trainer Rwag is a few steps to the west: turn in ?Encrypted Parchment[1]; your first skill is Stealth (10). Kzan Thornslash : turn in ?Wayward Weapons[2].
Kzan Thornslash is right here: Hand Axe, your first axe, ≈ 80.
Galgar : accept !Galgar's Cactus Apple Surprise[3]. Zureetha Fargaze : accept !Vile Familiars[4].
Foreman Thazz'ril by the Den: accept !Lazy Peons[4] (from level 3; not level 3 yet - do the scorpids and cacti first, then come back to the foreman). South and west of the valley: Scorpid Workers - 10 tails, Sting of the Scorpid[3]; Cactus Apples on the bushes - 10 of them, Galgar's Cactus Apple Surprise[3]; sleeping Lazy Peons - wake up five, Lazy Peons[4]: 
Foreman's Blackjack is in your bags, use it on them.
Drops from: Scorpid Worker Tail - Scorpid Worker, Sarkoth
The Den:
Soft Wool Vest)Pelt Collecting for Beginners bookRogues don't wear mail: of the two rewards, only the cloth vest suits you.
Level 4, Rwag: 
Pick Pocket and Backstab, 1 each.
Pick Pocket - from stealth before the fight: humanoids drop coins and locked boxes. Backstab only works with a dagger and only from behind; if you level with an axe, this skill can wait.
Read Pelt Collecting for Beginners to learn Skinning. Norzsh : Mining (10) and 
Mining Pick ≈ 10. Duokna and Kagil sell 
Skinning Knife.
Save up hides and ore: they're money for your skills, and in Forever both professions have camp buffs (the “Professions” section).
North of the valley: Vile Familiars - 12 of them, Vile Familiars[4]. The pick lies at the entrance to the Burning Blade Coven - Thazz'ril's Pick[4].
The Den: Zureetha Fargaze - turn in ?Vile Familiars[4] (reward - the axe 
Primitive Hatchet), accept !Burning Blade Medallion[5]; Foreman Thazz'ril - turn in ?Thazz'ril's Pick[4].
Primitive Hatchet is slower than a dagger, and Sinister Strike uses weapon damage: a slow axe makes it hit harder. Take the dagger Primitive Hand Blade only if you want Backstab as your opener.
Burning Blade Coven : Yarrog Baneshadow deep inside - the medallion, Burning Blade Medallion[5].
The cave is cramped: pull mobs one at a time with your thrown weapon (
Throw). Back to the Den with a death run: before level 10 it costs almost nothing.
Zureetha Fargaze: turn in ?Burning Blade Medallion[5] (reward - 
Dust-covered Leggings), accept !Report to Sen'jin Village[5]. A lost journal lies on the ground by the Den - accept the new !The Adventurer[6].
Level 6, Rwag: Sinister Strike (rank 2) and 
Gouge, 1 each.
Gouge gives you a few seconds when the mob can't hit you: enough to get behind it or start a bandage. It also interrupts a spell being cast. Not level 6 yet? You'll learn it at 8 in Razor Hill (step).
Leave the valley by the road southeast, toward Sen'jin Village.
Darkspear trolls, centaurs and spiders on the road to Razor Hill
The Darkspear troll village in the southeast. You pick up lots of quests here at once: some you do now (Kolkar Crag, the shore), some at 9 (the Echo Isles). Keep the island quests in your log.
Tomahawk is the cheapest leveling speed boost until 11: 3.8 DPS, almost twice what you had. Shorter fights, fewer bandages.On the road out of the valley - Ukor : accept !A Peon's Burden[5] (a delivery to Razor Hill).
Sen'jin Village:
Also there:
Trayexir : Tomahawk - if you can afford it.
Can't afford it? Sell your gray items. You can sell Worn Dagger too: from 10, Stiletto goes in your off hand, and it's stronger.
The shore east of the village : makrura - 4 eyes, crabs - 8 Crawler Mucus, A Solvent Spirit[7].
Drops from: Intact Makrura Eye - Makrura Clacker, Makrura Shellhide, Makrura Snapclaw and others · Crawler Mucus - Pygmy Surf Crawler, Surf Crawler, Encrusted Surf Crawler and others
Kolkar Crag to the west: three attack plans - , and , Thwarting Kolkar Aggression[8]. In the camp - Pal'juh : accept the new !Lost in the Shadows[8] and lead her out of the camp - Lost in the Shadows[8].
The centaurs walk in pairs: pull the one standing at the edge with your thrown weapon and fight outside the camp. Centaurs are humanoids: pick their pockets before the fight. According to RestedXP, Pal'juh isn't always there: if she's missing, don't wait.
The village: Lar Prowltusk - turn in ?Thwarting Kolkar Aggression[8] (reward - 
Seasoned Fighter's Cloak); Master Vornal - turn in ?Lost in the Shadows[8] and ?A Solvent Spirit[7].
Lost in the Shadows[8]: a rogue can't use the mace or the bow without the skill - take whichever sells for more.
North along the road to Razor Hill: spiders on both sides of the road - 6 and 6, Legging It[6].
Leave the elite spider alone - you'll come back for it at 9.
Brakk at the campfire south of Razor Hill: turn in ?The Adventurer[6], accept !The Great Outdoors[6]. Sit by the campfire (/sit) and wait for the “Boosted Rest” buff - The Great Outdoors[6]. Turn in ?The Great Outdoors[6], accept !Camping 101: Cooking[6].
Durotar's main town · Kul Tirans on the coast
Razor Hill is your base until level 12: the rogue trainer, an inn and almost all the quests of the north are here. Set your hearthstone here.
Tomahawk ≈ 5 and Stiletto ≈ 4 - if you didn't buy them in Sen'jin.
Small Brown Pouch ≈ 5 and Brown Leather Satchel ≈ 25 - 6 and 8 slots. Carry Your Weight[7] gives you one bag.
Haunch of Meat ≈ 24 (from 5) - food between fights.Mining Pick - if you didn't buy it in the valley.
Linen Cloth from the Kul Tirans goes into bandages - 
Linen Bandage; Rawrk teaches First Aid. Sell the extra cloth at the Orgrimmar auction house.Pick Pocket every one of them before the fight: the coins from their pockets are ready money for your level 10 skills, and there are four of those.Innkeeper Grosk : turn in ?A Peon's Burden[5] and set your hearthstone in Razor Hill.
Gar'Thok : turn in ?Legging It[6], accept !Vanquish the Betrayers[7]. Orgnil Soulscar : turn in ?Report to Orgnil[7], accept !Dark Storms[12]. Cook Torka : talk to him - Camping 101: Cooking[6], turn in ?Camping 101: Cooking[6]: you learn Cooking.
Furl Scornbrow on the watchtower: accept !Carry Your Weight[7]. Turroc : accept the new !For Honor[6].
Level 8, rogue trainer Kaplak : Evasion and Eviscerate (rank 2), 2 each. First Aid - Rawrk .
Evasion is your safety net: two mobs on you or a tougher mob - press it right away, not at the last few percent of health. The cooldown is long, so don't waste it on a single normal mob. Not level 8 yet? You'll learn it at 10 (step).
Tiragarde Keep to the east : 10 sailors and 8 marines, plus Lieutenant Benedict on the top floor - Vanquish the Betrayers[7]; the Canvas Scraps drop from them too - Carry Your Weight[7]; three raider items by the keep's walls - , and , For Honor[6]. The lieutenant drops 
Benedict's Key - use it to open the chest nearby : inside is 
Aged Envelope, which starts !The Admiral's Orders[7].
Drops from: Canvas Scraps - Kolkar Drudge, Kolkar Outrunner, Kul Tiras Sailor and others
The Kul Tirans stand in groups. Pull them one at a time toward the exit with your thrown weapon; if two come running - Gouge on one and hit the other, and if it gets tough - Evasion.
Razor Hill:
Handmade Leather Bag)Shipwrecks, tigers, Zalazane and the Razormane Grounds
South along the coast to the Echo Isles, turn-ins in Sen'jin and back north through the Razormane Grounds. By the end - level 10: a second weapon in your off hand, Sprint and the first letter of the class chain.
The shipwreck shore east of Razor Hill : Gnomish Toolboxes in the wreckage - 3 of them, From The Wreckage....[8].
South along the shore:
Drops from: Durotar Tiger Fur - Durotar Tiger, Shal'ma
The Echo Isles , swim over from the shore: 8 Hexed Trolls and 8 Voodoo Trolls - Zalazane[10]; Zalazane in the center - his head, also Zalazane[10]; the prisoner's remains nearby - the skull, Minshina's Skull[9]; Forgotten Loa Idols on the ground across the islands - 8 of them, Forgotten Loa Idols[9]; the trolls drop Hexed Pendants - use them, you need 3 Luminous Residue, A Pain in the Neck[8].
Zalazane is surrounded by trolls - pull them one at a time and kill him last. The Voodoo Trolls cast spells: Gouge interrupts them. The pendants only drop while A Pain in the Neck[8] is in your log.
Sen'jin Village:
Veiled Grips) and ?Forgotten Loa Idols[9]Bloodtalon Matriarch[8] gives mail pants: for a rogue they're only for selling.
North along the road: Ukorsbane - an elite level 8 spider; it drops the pack - !Ukor's Lost Pack[8]. Go back south for a minute: Ukor - turn in ?Ukor's Lost Pack[8].
Start with full energy and health; at half health - Evasion: the spider only hits in melee, so half of its hits will be dodged. Didn't work out? Skip it: the quest starts from its loot and doesn't unlock anything.
The Razormane Grounds west of Razor Hill : Prickly Pear Fruit - 8 of them, This Fruit Could Bite Back[6]; Razormane Quilboars and Scouts , Dustrunners and Battleguards farther north - 4 of each, Encroachment[10].
Razor Hill: Cook Torka - turn in ?Break a Few Eggs[8] and ?This Fruit Could Bite Back[6]; Gar'Thok - turn in ?From The Wreckage....[8] (reward - 
Sandrunner Wristguards) and ?Encroachment[10].
Level 10, Kaplak: Dual Wield, 
Slice and Dice, Sprint and 
Sap, 3 each. Accept the class quest !Therzok[10].
Off hand - the fastest weapon with the best DPS: Uhgar sells Stiletto ≈ 4. Slice and Dice - on long fights, with 1–2 combo points. Therzok[10] is a letter to Orgrimmar; keep it until 12 (step). Talents open at 10 - see the “Leveling talents” section.
New Razor Hill quests, Drygulch Ravine, Thunder Ridge and the naga on the coast
New Forever quests around Razor Hill, Drygulch Ravine and Thunder Ridge, plus the naga on the northern coast. The level 10 class quest (Therzok[10]) is just a letter to Orgrimmar for now: keep it until the Cleft of Shadow. By the end you're about level 12 at the gates of Orgrimmar.
Sprint on cooldown on every long run: it's a long way from Razor Hill to Thunder Ridge and back, and you won't have a mount until 40.Gouge, and from 12 also 
Kick.Razor Hill, Orgnil Soulscar: accept the new !A Missing Hand[11].
Heglan Shadeeye north of Tiragarde Keep: turn in ?A Missing Hand[11], accept !Threat from Below[11]. Three clues near him - , and , Threat from Below[11].
Razor Hill, Orgnil Soulscar: turn in ?Threat from Below[11], accept !Threat from Below[11].
Threat from Below[11]: the naga are on the northern coast, on the way to Orgrimmar (step).
North along the road: Misha Tor'kren at Tor'kren Farm - accept !Lost But Not Forgotten[11]; Rezlak by Drygulch Ravine - accept !Winds in the Desert[9].
Stolen Supply Sacks along the road south of Rezlak - 5 of them, Winds in the Desert[9]. Rezlak: turn in ?Winds in the Desert[9], accept !Securing the Lines[11].
Drygulch Ravine : 12 Dustwind Savages and 8 Dustwind Storm Witches - Securing the Lines[11]. The Storm Witches and Eggtenders drop a Dull Storm Orb, which starts !A Simmering Storm[11].
The witches throw lightning from range: sneak up in stealth so you don't have to run at her through the lightning, and Gouge interrupts her spell. Don't take on two at once.
Rezlak: turn in ?Securing the Lines[11] and ?A Simmering Storm[11], accept !Stormy Potential[11].
Securing the Lines[11]: you can't use the sword or the bow without the skill, and rogues can't use staves - take whichever sells for more.
Thunder Ridge : Thunder Lizards in the south and Lightning Hides in the north - 5 Charged Thunder Lizard Organs, Stormy Potential[11]. Fizzle Darkstorm on the ridge - the claw, Dark Storms[12]. Dreadmaw Crocolisks in the river nearby - the amulet, Lost But Not Forgotten[11].
Drops from: Kron's Amulet - Dreadmaw Crocolisk, Corrupted Dreadmaw Crocolisk
Fizzle Darkstorm is level 12 and a caster: sneak up close, and at half health - Evasion. The amulet doesn't drop from every crocolisk - if it hasn't dropped in 10 minutes, abandon Lost But Not Forgotten[11].
Optional: Halikor is an elite level 12 lizard that roams Thunder Ridge . It drops a hoof - !Halikor's Hoof[12], turned in in Orgrimmar.
You need full health, a potion and all your cooldowns: Blood Fury with the first hit, Evasion at half health. Solo at 11 it's borderline: if you meet another player, invite them.
Rezlak - turn in ?Stormy Potential[11]. Misha Tor'kren - turn in ?Lost But Not Forgotten[11]. Take the western road to Razor Hill: Orgnil Soulscar - turn in ?Dark Storms[12] (reward - 
Tiger Hide Boots), accept !Margoz[12].
North along the eastern shore: naga on the coast - 9 Naga Spinefins, Threat from Below[11].
Drops from: Naga Spinefin - Spitelash Scout, Spitelash Attendant
Farther north an elite sea giant, Aggor the Young, walks around - leave him alone: the quest for him comes later and is for a group only.
Margoz in the camp above the shore: turn in ?Margoz[12], accept !Skull Rock[12]. Then on to the gates of Orgrimmar.
Flight path, the class quest and the trainer in the Cleft of Shadow, new quests in the city and “Hidden Enemies”
Orgrimmar is on your way: the flight path, the rogue trainer and Therzok in the Cleft of Shadow, new Forever city quests and the “Hidden Enemies” chain. The insignia for it drops at Skull Rock, right outside the gates - the collars for Skull Rock[12] are there too. So you go into the city twice: before Skull Rock and after.
Hatchet ≈ 24 (level 11) - a one-handed axe with 7.2 DPS, 2.5 speed. Almost twice as strong as Tomahawk - the main purchase until 15.
Jambiya ≈ 24 (level 11) - a fast 7.1 DPS dagger for your off hand.The gates of Orgrimmar . Doras : get the flight path.
Valley of Strength: Thatog - accept the new !Meal Appeal[15]. Borstan : turn in ?Meal Appeal[15], accept !Favorite Food[15]. If you killed Halikor - Kamari : turn in ?Halikor's Hoof[12].
Kor'geld : accept the new !Yelmak's Medley[15]. Cattails and speargrass grow by the water in the Valley of Honor - Yelmak's Medley[15].
Cleft of Shadow, level 12, Shenthul : Kick and 
Parry, 8 each; if you fight with a dagger - also Backstab. Therzok nearby: turn in ?Therzok[10], accept !The Shattered Hand[13].
Kick interrupts a spell and locks that school of magic for a few seconds: the casters at Skull Rock are just right for it. Tazan (The Shattered Hand[13]) stands by the pirate camp south of Ratchet - you'll get there at 13 (step). Your axe is under 7 DPS? Urtharo : Hatchet.
Kor'geld: turn in ?Yelmak's Medley[15]. Yelmak : accept !Whuut's the Rush[15] and deliver the potion - Whuut : turn in ?Whuut's the Rush[15].
The reward is 
Healing Potion: save it for elites.
Behind Grommash Hold: Migi - turn in ?Favorite Food[15]; Thra - accept !Rocks to Rests[15].
Smooth Boulders lie all over the city - 8 of them, Rocks to Rests[15]. Thra: turn in ?Rocks to Rests[15] (reward - 
Puk's Friendship Bracelet).
Puk's Friendship Bracelet is leather, +1 Agility: Agility gives a rogue both attack power and crit.
Valley of Wisdom: Nazgrel - turn in ?The Admiral's Orders[7]; Thrall - accept !Hidden Enemies[12].
Out of the city to Skull Rock outside the gates : Burning Blade fanatics and apprentices - 6 Searing Collars (Skull Rock[12]) and a Lieutenant's Insignia (Hidden Enemies[12]). Deep in the cave - Gazz'uz : he drops 
Eye of Burning Shadow, which starts !Burning Shadows[12].
Drops from: Searing Collar - Burning Blade Thug, Burning Blade Neophyte, Burning Blade Fanatic and others · Lieutenant's Insignia - Burning Blade Fanatic, Burning Blade Apprentice
Gazz'uz is level 14 and a caster: sneak up close, interrupt his spells (Kick, and Gouge between cooldowns), and at half health - Evasion. Too tough? Skip him: Burning Shadows[12] doesn't unlock anything.
Margoz : turn in ?Skull Rock[12] (reward - 
Jagged Dagger), accept !Neeru Fireblade[12].
Jagged Dagger is a 6.0 DPS dagger for your off hand. A rogue can't use the sword or the mace without the skill.
Back to Orgrimmar, the Cleft of Shadow: Neeru Fireblade - turn in ?Neeru Fireblade[12] and ?Burning Shadows[12], accept !Ak'Zeloth[13]. Thrall: turn in ?Hidden Enemies[12], accept !Hidden Enemies[12]. Neeru Fireblade: talk to him - Hidden Enemies[12]. Thrall: turn in ?Hidden Enemies[12].
Ak'Zeloth[13] leads to Far Watch Post - that's where you go next.
From Orgrimmar through Razor Hill into the Barrens
The last errands in Durotar and the way out into the Barrens. From Orgrimmar - hearthstone to Razor Hill (that's where it's set) or walk south, 3–4 minutes.
Flawed Power Stone appears in your bags - you need it at the altar in the cave on Dreadmist Peak.Flawed Power Stone lasts 30 minutes (according to RestedXP): go straight from the stone to the altar, don't get distracted by mobs on the way.Razor Hill: Orgnil Soulscar - turn in ?Threat from Below[11]; Takrin Pathseeker - accept !Conscript of the Horde[12].
Have a group? Threat from Below[12] is waiting right here: an elite sea giant on the northern coast. The reward is 
Pristine Orcish Dagger: a 6.2 DPS dagger, a slow one (2.4 speed), and Backstab uses weapon damage. It's a detour of about 20 minutes; don't take it without a group. Didn't learn your level 12 skills in Orgrimmar? Kaplak teaches the same.
Take the western road over the bridge across the Southfury River to Far Watch Post: Kargal Battlescar - turn in ?Conscript of the Horde[12], accept !Crossroads Conscription[12]; Ak'Zeloth - turn in ?Ak'Zeloth[13], accept !The Demon Seed[14]. The power stone at his feet - !Flawed Power Stone[14]: turn it in right there (?Flawed Power Stone[14]), and Flawed Power Stone appears in your bag.
Crossroads Conscription[12] is turned in at the Crossroads - that's your next stop.
West to Dreadmist Peak : take the path up to the cave. The Altar of Fire is inside - use the stone at the altar, The Demon Seed[14].
On the way up there's level 10–14 Burning Blade, and the casters stand in pairs. Sap one from stealth (in Forever you stay in stealth after it) and hit the other.
The best zone for 12–20 on the Horde side · the Razormane, the pirates near Ratchet and your first class target
The Barrens have lots of quests and long runs. The rule: take everything at the Crossroads at once, do it along the way and turn it all in together. Keep your hearthstone at the Crossroads all the way to level 20. Your class target is here too: Tazan stands by the pirate camp south of Ratchet.
Tel'Abim Banana ≈ 24 - food until 15. Kalyimah Stormcloud : Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Hatchet ≈ 24 and Jambiya ≈ 24 (level 11) - if you didn't buy them in Orgrimmar.
Cleaver ≈ 44 (level 15) - a 9.1 DPS axe, and 
Poniard ≈ 37 (level 14) - an 8.5 DPS dagger for your off hand. It's too early now; remember them at 14–15.Sap one from stealth and hit the other. The sapped one wakes up later, so you fight them one at a time instead of both at once.Head south down from the peak to the Crossroads: Devrak - flight path; Innkeeper Boorand Plainswind - set your hearthstone at the Crossroads.
The Crossroads:
Thorn Hill to the northeast:
Drops from: Plainstrider Beak - Greater Plainstrider, Ornery Plainstrider, Fleeting Plainstrider · Raptor Head - Sunscale Lashtail, Sunscale Screecher, Sunscale Scytheclaw and others
Far Watch Post to the northeast: Ak'Zeloth - turn in ?The Demon Seed[14].
The reward is 
Banshee Armor: cloth, +3 Stamina. Equip it if your chest piece is worse.
Ratchet:
The pirate camp south of Ratchet : 12 Brigands and 6 Cannoneers - Southsea Freebooters[14]; parts in the upper camp - Parts and Pieces[14]. Tazan stands by the road to the camp: his satchel - The Shattered Hand[13].
Pirates are humanoids: Pick Pocket before every fight. Tazan is level 13: sneak up and open with full energy; if there are pirates nearby, deal with them first.
Ratchet:
Back to the pirate camp: the “Drizzlik's Emporium” crate and the “Fragile - Do Not Drop” crate - Stolen Booty[16]. Then Gazlowe: turn in ?Stolen Booty[16].
A rogue doesn't need either reward: you can't wear the mail, and the cloth gloves are worse than Veiled Grips. Take whichever sells for more.
Fly to the Crossroads: Thork - turn in ?Disrupt the Attacks[12] and ?Supplies for the Crossroads[14], accept !The Disruption Ends[15]; Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?Plainstrider Menace[12], accept !The Zhevra[13].
Back east to the Razormane: Geomancers and Defenders and the leader Kreenig Snarlsnout - The Disruption Ends[15]. Zhevras on the way - hooves, The Zhevra[13].
Drops from: Zhevra Hooves - Zhevra Runner, Zhevra Charger, Zhevra Courser
Geomancers throw fire from range - start with them: sneak up close, and Kick interrupts their spell.
The Crossroads: Thork - turn in ?The Disruption Ends[15] (reward - 
Binding Girdle, leather); Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?The Zhevra[13], accept !Prowlers of the Barrens[15].
Regthar, the Forgotten Pools, the Witchwing harpies
West and northwest of the Crossroads. By the end of this section you're about level 16: then a short flight to Orgrimmar for your level 14–16 skills, Lockpicking and the class quests.
West of the Crossroads, Regthar Deathgate : accept !Kolkar Leaders[16] and !Centaur Bracers[14].
Around Regthar:
Drops from: Centaur Bracers - Kolkar Wrangler, Kolkar Stormer, Kolkar Pack Runner and others
Barak Kodobane hits hard and has guards: pull the guards one at a time and fight him with full energy. At half health - Evasion and Blood Fury.
Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Kolkar Leaders[16] and ?Centaur Bracers[14], accept !Verog the Dervish[18].
Centaur Bracers[14]: the reward is Pointed Axe, one-handed, 7.1 DPS and +1 Agility. If you already have Hatchet, the damage is almost the same: then take whichever sells for more.
Northwest, the Dry Hills : Witchwing harpies - 8 talons, Harpy Raiders[15]. Savannah Prowlers on the way - claws, Prowlers of the Barrens[15].
Drops from: Witchwing Talon - Witchwing Harpy, Witchwing Roguefeather, Witchwing Slayer and others
The Crossroads:
The follow-up to Fungal Spores[15] is Apothecary Zamah[15], timed, to Thunder Bluff. Don't take it: the orc route only gets there at 22. The exception is a group for the Wailing Caverns (section).
A delivery chain for orcs and trolls · the trainer and class quests in the Cleft of Shadow
There are no rogue trainers in the Barrens; the nearest ones are in Orgrimmar's Cleft of Shadow. The delivery chain for orcs and trolls sends you there and back with experience - the perfect time for your level 14–16 skills, 
Pick Lock and the next class quests.
Cleaver ≈ 44 (level 15) - a one-handed axe with 9.1 DPS, the best one you can buy until 19.Poniard ≈ 37 (level 14) - an 8.5 DPS dagger for your off hand.
Thieves' Tools (Pick Lock doesn't work without them) and 
Flash Powder (you'll need it from 22). The apparatus in Ratchet gives you Thieves' Tools for free (step), so you can skip them here.The Crossroads: Zargh - accept !Meats to Orgrimmar[10]. Devrak: turn in ?Meats to Orgrimmar[10], accept !Ride to Orgrimmar[10] and fly to Orgrimmar - Ride to Orgrimmar[10].
In Classic this flight cost money - keep a little silver on you.
Orgrimmar: Innkeeper Gryshka - turn in ?Ride to Orgrimmar[10], accept !Doras the Wind Rider Master[10]; Doras - turn in ?Doras the Wind Rider Master[10], accept !Return to the Crossroads[10].
Cleft of Shadow, Shenthul : level 14 - Sinister Strike (rank 3), 
Garrote and 
Expose Armor, 12 each; level 16 - Eviscerate (rank 3), Pick Lock and 
Feint, 18 each. Accept !Zando'zan[16]. Zando'zan nearby: turn in ?Zando'zan[16], accept !Wrenix of Ratchet[16].
You need Pick Lock in Ratchet: Plundering the Plunderers[18] is waiting there, and you'll get the Thieves' Tools on the spot (step). Short on money? Garrote and Expose Armor can wait: the first is only for opening from stealth, the second is for dungeons. Not 16 yet? Get the level first: Pick Lock and Zando'zan[16] are only available from 16.
Therzok: turn in ?The Shattered Hand[13], accept !The Shattered Hand[13].
The key for this quest doesn't drop - you steal it (Pick Pocket) in the same pirate camp, at 16–17. You'll turn in the quest at 20, on your next visit to Orgrimmar (step).
Zor Lonetree in the Valley of Wisdom: accept !The Spirits of Stonetalon[17] - it's turned in on the Stonetalon border (at 18).
Have a group? Now's the time for Ragefire Chasm: the entrance is right here, in the Cleft of Shadow (section). Run it with your group before you fly back.
Fly to the Crossroads: Zargh - turn in ?Return to the Crossroads[10].
A level 13–18 dungeon right in Orgrimmar · a dagger or a slow mace from “Hidden Enemies”
The entrance is in the Cleft of Shadow. The main reward here is Hidden Enemies[16]: for a rogue, Kris of Orgrimmar (an 8.0 DPS dagger) or 
Hammer of Orgrimmar (12.4, slow, a great main-hand weapon). Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff teaches Maces, and the route only gets there at 22 (or earlier - with a group for the Wailing Caverns). No group? Don't take the quests from here. How to play a rogue in a group - see the “Dungeons” section.
Thrall: accept !Hidden Enemies[16]. Neeru Fireblade: accept !Slaying the Beast[16].
Ragefire Chasm, entrance : Taragaman the Hungerer - his heart, Slaying the Beast[16]; Bazzalan and Jergosh the Invoker - Hidden Enemies[16].
Cultists and trogg shamans cast spells - interrupt them with Kick. Hit the tank's target, from behind; pulled a mob off the tank? Feint, and if that doesn't help - Evasion.
After the Chasm:
Kris of Orgrimmar or Hammer of Orgrimmar).According to the Forever database Hidden Enemies[16] gives a choice of weapons. In Classic Era players reported that it has no reward - if the quest window is empty, let us know.
The Sludge Fen, Lockpicking in Ratchet, the southern oases and Camp Taurajo
A big loop: the north (Venture Co. goblins, the Sludge Fen), Ratchet, then the south - the oases, the centaurs, Camp Taurajo. In Ratchet Plundering the Plunderers[18] is waiting for you - Lockpicking on a pirate ship, and Tazan is back in the pirate camp: this time you have to steal a key from him. There's no rogue trainer in the Barrens: you'll learn your level 18 skills together with the level 20 ones in Orgrimmar.
Cleaver ≈ 44 (level 15) - if you haven't bought it yet.Flash Powder, poison reagents and Thieves' Tools. It's the nearest place where they might be on sale - check when you're there.The north:
The Sludge Fen : Wizzlecrank's Shredder - accept !Ignition[18]. Supervisor Lugwizzle carries the Ignition Key - Ignition[18]. Turn in ?Ignition[18], accept !The Escape[18] and escort the shredder (The Escape[18]) - it's turned in at Ratchet.
Ratchet:
Thieves' Tools from itThe Escape[18]: the reward is Greasy Tinker's Pants, leather, +3 Strength and +3 Agility. Samophlange[16]: you can't use the mace without the skill, and rogues can't use shields - take whichever sells for more.
The pirate camp south of Ratchet : Baron Longshore (level 16) with guards - WANTED: Baron Longshore[16]. The first ship by the shore , Plundering the Plunderers[18]: the main chest is below deck - pick its lock (Pick Lock). A level 50 parrot flies out - stealth beforehand and use the E.C.A.C. on it: it turns into an ordinary bird. That's Polly, and it drops 
Southsea Treasure. Tazan is back in his spot: sneak up in stealth and pick his pocket (Pick Pocket) - that's how you get the key. You have 
Tazan's Satchel in your bags: open it with this key, and inside is 
Tazan's Logbook - The Shattered Hand[13]. Then Gazlowe: turn in ?WANTED: Baron Longshore[16].
Pull the Baron's guards one at a time; if two come running - Evasion and hit one of them. Open every lockbox on the ship - that's how your Lockpicking goes up. Tazan isn't there? Then someone just killed him: wait, you can only steal the key from him while he's alive.
Fly to the Crossroads: Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?Echeyakee[16], accept !The Angry Scytheclaws[17].
Northwest, the Dry Hills: Witchwing Slayers - 6 rings, Harpy Lieutenants[16].
The Crossroads, Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Harpy Lieutenants[16], accept !Serena Bloodfeather[20].
Serena Bloodfeather is level 20: you'll kill her at 18–19.
South of the Crossroads, a loop:
Drops from: Intact Raptor Horn - Sunscale Scytheclaw, Ishamuhale, Takk the Leaper
Ratchet is close:
Barkeeper's Cloak)
Thistle Tea, 10 of them). Fly to the Crossroads: Gazrog - turn in ?Stolen Silver[18] (reward - 
Rambling Boots, +3 Agility)Thistle Tea gives you full energy instantly: save it for elites and fights against two. You'll turn in Jorn Skyseer[18] at Camp Taurajo (step).
Lushwater Oasis to the south : Oasis Snapjaws - shells, Altered Beings[16]; Hezrul Bloodmark with guards by the water - Hezrul Bloodmark[19]. Further south - the Beaten Corpse : Lost in Battle[20].
Hezrul Bloodmark walks with two guards: Sap one, pull the other and kill it, and kill him last. If it gets hot - Evasion or Thistle Tea.
Camp Taurajo in the south: Omusa Thunderhorn - flight path; Jorn Skyseer - turn in ?Jorn Skyseer[18].
Don't take the follow-up (Ishamuhale[19]) yet: you'll come back here at 20 (step).
Fly to the Crossroads: Tonga Runetotem - turn in ?Altered Beings[16], accept !Hamuul Runetotem[16]; Mankrik - turn in ?Lost in Battle[20]. Walk west to Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Hezrul Bloodmark[19] (reward - 
Bounty Hunter's Ring, +3 Agility).
Hamuul Runetotem[16] leads to Thunder Bluff - you'll take it there at 22, or earlier with a group going to the Wailing Caverns (step).
Serena, the Stonetalon border, the Grimtotem tauren
The last stretch of the first part: Serena Bloodfeather in the Dry Hills and the Grimtotem tauren on the Stonetalon border. Serena Bloodfeather[20]: the reward is Harpy Skinner, a 9.6 DPS dagger with +3 Agility, for your off hand.
Pick Pocket each of them. Their pockets drop coins and lockboxes, and your level 18 and 20 skills together cost about 150.Gouge interrupts heals, Kick interrupts spells, and the orc 
Hardiness already makes enemy stuns 20% shorter.The Dry Hills: Serena Bloodfeather among the harpies - Serena Bloodfeather[20].
She's level 20 and calls harpies for help: clear the ones standing nearby first. When she starts casting - Kick; at half health - Evasion and Thistle Tea.
The Crossroads, Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Serena Bloodfeather[20] (reward - Harpy Skinner).
The other option is 
Elegant Shortsword, 10.0 DPS, but only Archibald in Undercity teaches Swords (at 23). Don't take the follow-up (Letter to Jin'Zil[20]) yet: you'll take it at 20 (step).
The Stonetalon border to the west : Seereth Stonebreak - turn in ?The Spirits of Stonetalon[17], accept !Goblin Invaders[19]; Makaba Flathoof - accept !Avenge My Village[18].
Stonetalon Mountains, Kaya Flathoof : accept !Protect Kaya[18].
Stonetalon Mountains:
Kill the Grimtotem casters first; Kick interrupts their spells.
Makaba Flathoof: turn in ?Avenge My Village[18] and ?Protect Kaya[18], accept !Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18] and !Kaya's Alive[18].
Kaya's Alive[18] is turned in at Sun Rock Retreat (at ~22).
Grundig Darkcloud and 6 Grimtotem Brutes - Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18].
Makaba Flathoof: turn in ?Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18]. Seereth Stonebreak: turn in ?Goblin Invaders[19], accept !The Elder Crone[18].
The Elder Crone[18] is turned in at Thunder Bluff (at 22).
Hearthstone → the Crossroads. Level 20: next, fly to Orgrimmar - the trainer, The Shattered Hand[13] and the poison chain. This is the start of the 20–30 part (step).
Dungeon 17–24 · quests in Thunder Bluff, Ratchet and at the entrance
Have a group? The Wailing Caverns complete eight quests. Leaders of the Fang[22]: the reward is 
Wingblade, a sword with +5 Agility, but only Archibald in Undercity teaches Swords. No group? Don't take a single quest from here. How to play a rogue in a group - see the “Dungeons” section.
The Crossroads, Apothecary Helbrim: accept !Apothecary Zamah[15] - a timed quest. Fly straight to Camp Taurajo and run west through Mulgore to Thunder Bluff.
Use Sprint on cooldown the whole way - that's exactly what it's for on runs like this.
Thunder Bluff:
Have Hammer of Orgrimmar from Ragefire Chasm? Ansekhwa is right here: learn Maces (10).
Ratchet: Mebok Mizzyrix - accept !Smart Drinks[18] (offered once you've turned in Raptor Horns[18]); Crane Operator Bigglefuzz - accept !Trouble at the Docks[18].
The hill above the cave entrance: Nalpak - accept !Deviate Hides[17]; Ebru - accept !Deviate Eradication[21].
Wailing Caverns, entrance : Deviate Hides - Deviate Hides[17]; Deviate beasts - Deviate Eradication[21]; Serpentbloom - Serpentbloom[18]; the gems of the four Fanglords - Leaders of the Fang[22]; Wailing Essence - Smart Drinks[18]; Mad Magglish's port - Trouble at the Docks[18]. The last boss is Mutanus the Devourer: he drops 
Glowing Shard, which starts !The Glowing Shard[26].
Drops from: Deviate Hide - Deviate Coiler, Deviate Stinglash, Deviate Creeper and others · Gem of Cobrahn - Lord Cobrahn, Cobrahn Snake Form · Gem of Anacondra - Lady Anacondra · Gem of Pythas - Lord Pythas · Gem of Serpentis - Lord Serpentis · Wailing Essence - Devouring Ectoplasm, Evolving Ectoplasm, Nightmare Ectoplasm and others
Druids of the Fang cast Sleep and heal themselves - interrupt them with Kick. Before the group pulls a pack of druids, you can take one of them out of the fight - Sap.
After the caverns:
Slick Deviate Leggings, +4 Agility and +4 Stamina)Falla Sagewind southwest of the Crossroads, on the way to the Wailing Caverns: turn in ?The Glowing Shard[26], accept !In Nightmares[25]. Fly to Thunder Bluff: Apothecary Zamah - turn in ?Serpentbloom[18] (reward - 
Heat Resistant Mitts, +4 Agility); Nara Wildmane - turn in ?Leaders of the Fang[22] (reward - Wingblade); Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem - turn in ?In Nightmares[25].
Archibald in Undercity teaches Swords: the route gets there at 23, and until then Wingblade stays in your bags.
Level 18 and 20 skills, the start of the poison chain, Camp Taurajo and the Field of Giants
At 20, three things are waiting in Orgrimmar: the trainer (level 18 and 20 skills), turning in The Shattered Hand[13] and the start of the poison chain. Then finish clearing the Barrens to 21: Camp Taurajo, the Field of Giants, the elite Chol'aruk (only with a partner). Keep your hearthstone at the Crossroads: you'll need it after Fizzle's tower (step).
Vanish. The route takes you to the tower on its own (at 22).
Double Axe ≈ 70 (level 19) - a one-handed axe with 11.0 DPS, 2.5 speed. The main purchase at 20: 20% stronger than Cleaver, and the next vendor axe only comes at 24–30.
Kris ≈ 71 (level 19) - a 10.9 DPS dagger for your off hand. If you have Harpy Skinner (9.6, +3 Agility), you can save the money.
Blood Shard from Bristlebacks: Mangletooth gives you an Agility buff for them (step).Sap one (in Forever you stay in stealth after it) and hit the other. And Pick Pocket before every fight: your level 22 skills and the powder for them will cost about 2.Hardiness). Once you're free - Gouge, get behind him and hit him from there. Arathi Basin only opens at 20 on launch: on the beta, according to testers, only the new battleground from 30 works.The Crossroads, Devrak: fly to Orgrimmar. Cleft of Shadow, Shenthul : level 18 - Gouge (rank 2) and Ambush, 29 each; level 20 - 
Rupture and Stealth (rank 2), 30 each; if you fight with a dagger - also Backstab (rank 3). Therzok nearby: turn in ?The Shattered Hand[13] (reward - 
Blade of Cunning). Valley of Honor, Zendo'jian : Double Axe ≈ 70 - the main purchase at 20.
Training at 18 and 20 costs about 150. Ambush only works with a dagger in your main hand: with an axe you can skip it. Rupture is for long fights and elites, when Slice and Dice is already up; Eviscerate finishes a normal mob faster. Blade of Cunning is 6.75 DPS, weaker than what you have: the quest is for the 455 experience, so sell the dagger.
Shenthul: accept !The Shattered Salute[20]. Wait until he finishes talking and answer him with /salute - The Shattered Salute[20]. Turn in ?The Shattered Salute[20], accept !Deep Cover[20]: 
Flare Gun appears in your bags.
This is the start of the poison chain. Deep Cover[20] leads to the Venture Co. tower in the northern Barrens - the route gets there at 22, when you already have Vanish.
Doras: fly to Camp Taurajo. Jorn Skyseer - accept !Ishamuhale[19]; Mangletooth - accept !Tribes at War[21]; Grunt Logmar - accept the new !Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] if you have a partner.
Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] has a level 23 elite pillager and level 22–23 Alliance soldiers - solo at 20–21 you have almost no chance. A rogue doesn't need the rewards: the axe 
Pathfinder's Clearway is 10 DPS, weaker than Double Axe - take whichever sells for more.
Fly to the Crossroads:
Letter to Jin'Zil[20] is a letter to Stonetalon; you'll deliver it on the next loop (step).
Northeast of the Crossroads, if you took the quest: Chol'aruk with elite guards - his head, Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]. Ishamuhale doesn't roam: while you have the quest, any zhevra drops a fresh carcass - use it at the withered tree and he comes running. The fang - Ishamuhale[19].
Drops from: Chol'aruk's Head - Chol'aruk
Chol'aruk is a level 20 elite and his guards are elite too: only with a partner. Pull the guards one at a time. Didn't work out? Drop Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]: the quest doesn't unlock anything. Ishamuhale hits hard - start with full energy, and at half health - Evasion.
Back south toward Taurajo:
Drops from: Bristleback Quilboar Tusk - Bristleback Hunter, Bristleback Water Seeker, Bristleback Thornweaver and others
The rare elite Swinegart Spearhide fears everyone around him - go around him. Kill the Geomancers first: they cast from range, and Kick interrupts their spell.
The Field of Giants south of Taurajo : 12 Silithid Eggs from the mounds and the Digging Claw - Egg Hunt[22]. Farther south - Burned-Out Remains : inspect them, that's the new !Stepping Stones[24]. Took Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]? The Dustwallow Marsh border to the southeast : soldiers and the elite pillager, Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23].
Silithid Swarmers call a bunch of small critters - kill the Swarmers first; if the crowd swarms you - Evasion, and if that doesn't help - Sprint and get out. The pillager is too tough? Drop Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]: at 29 you can solo it (step). Stepping Stones[24] leads to Stonetalon - you'll turn it in there.
Camp Taurajo: Mangletooth - turn in ?Tribes at War[21], accept !Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] and turn it in right away ?Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21], then the same with !Agamaggan's Agility[20] (?Agamaggan's Agility[20]): an Agility buff. Jorn Skyseer - turn in ?Ishamuhale[19] and ?Lakota'mani[22], accept !Enraged Thunder Lizards[18]. Grunt Logmar - turn in ?Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23].
You already have the Blood Shard - they drop from the same Bristlebacks. For a rogue, Agility means both attack power and crit. Don't skip Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21]: without it you won't get Betrayal from Within[25] at 29.
South of the camp - Thunder Lizards : 3 Thunder Lizard Blood, Enraged Thunder Lizards[18]. Jorn Skyseer: turn in ?Enraged Thunder Lizards[18], accept !Cry of the Thunderhawk[20].
Drops from: Thunder Lizard Blood - Stormhide, Thunderhead, Stormsnout
Thunderhawks around the camp - wings, Cry of the Thunderhawk[20]. Jorn Skyseer: turn in ?Cry of the Thunderhawk[20] (reward - 
Gloves of the Moon).
Drops from: Thunderhawk Wings - Thunderhawk Hatchling, Greater Thunderhawk, Thunderhawk Cloudscraper
Gloves of the Moon is leather, +3 Agility and +3 Stamina.
Fly to the Crossroads:
Rewards: Consumed by Hatred[20] - 
Boar Hunter's Cape (+3 Agility); Egg Hunt[22] - mail or cloth, both for selling; Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] - 
Chol'aruk's Trophy Sword: 12.3 DPS, stronger than Double Axe. Archibald in Undercity teaches Swords - the route gets there at 23.
Malaka'jin, Windshear Crag, Sun Rock Retreat
Level 20–22 quests on the way through the mountains and the flight path at Sun Rock Retreat - you'll need it at 27. From the Retreat, fly to Camp Taurajo and walk to Thunder Bluff.
Pick Pocket before the fight, and take the second one of a pair out of the fight in advance - Sap. Spiders are beasts: neither works on them.From the Crossroads go west to the mountain border , then take the same path as to the Grimtotem into Stonetalon. Malaka'jin : Witch Doctor Jin'Zil - turn in ?Letter to Jin'Zil[20]; Xen'Zilla - accept !Blood Feeders[19].
Spiders northwest of Malaka'jin: Deepmoss Creepers in the southern valley and Venomspitters - Blood Feeders[19]. The “Wanted” poster - !Arachnophobia[21]: the elite Besseleth , only with a friend (Arachnophobia[21]).
The spiderlings can call a level 22 matriarch: that's what Evasion and Thistle Tea are for.
Xen'Zilla: turn in ?Blood Feeders[19].
Ziz Fizziks by the road north: accept !Super Reaper 6000[21].
Windshear Crag : Venture Co. Operators - blueprints, Super Reaper 6000[21]. Piznik : accept !Gerenzo's Orders[22], protect him for 5 minutes (Gerenzo's Orders[22]), turn in ?Gerenzo's Orders[22] and accept !Gerenzo's Orders[22].
Two rare elites roam here - a Venture Co. overseer and a foreman. Go around them. If the goblin dies, the quest fails: abandon Gerenzo's Orders[22] and take it again when he's back. Doesn't work the second time either? Abandon it and later turn in only Super Reaper 6000[21]. While you guard the goblin, keep the attackers on yourself: interrupt the casters with Kick, and if two are on you - Evasion. The second wave has four: that's where Thistle Tea comes in handy.
Ziz Fizziks: turn in ?Super Reaper 6000[21] and ?Gerenzo's Orders[22].
Gerenzo's Orders[22]: the reward is the mail 
Dredge Boots - sell them. Don't take the follow-up Further Instructions[21]: it leads to Ratchet, and the route doesn't go back there.
Sun Rock Retreat:
Didn't manage the spider? Keep the quest: you're back here at 27 (step), and by then Besseleth is doable solo.
Mirkfallon Lake : 10 Gaea Seeds by the water - Cycle of Rebirth[23]. On the way back, west of the Retreat - Pocket Litter : turn in ?Stepping Stones[24] (the reward is 
Old Toolbox, a 12-slot bag), accept !Scramble[24]; Mound of Dirt nearby - turn in ?Scramble[24].
The next quest in the chain, Wet Job[32], leads to Loch Modan in Alliance land - don't take it.
Tammra Windfield: turn in ?Cycle of Rebirth[23].
You'll take the follow-up (New Life[25]) at 27 - right now it would just take up space in your log.
Sun Rock Retreat, Tharm: fly to Camp Taurajo, then walk to Thunder Bluff (step).
Want another 6–7 thousand experience and the Zoram'gar flight path? Visit western Ashenvale first (optional). Leveling without a group? Definitely go: you won't have dungeon quests, and the experience will come in handy. Did the Wailing Caverns? Then you already have the Thunder Bluff flight path: fly straight to Thunder Bluff (step).
New Forever quests and the Zoram'gar flight path
About 6–7 thousand experience and the Zoram'gar flight path (useful for Blackfathom Deeps). Skipping it now? You'll get the flight path at 28.
From Windshear Crag - Talondeep Path → Ashenvale.
Va'xug Firefure : accept !Never Coming Back[22] - 6 Shadowhorn Stags and 6 Ashenvale Bears around (Never Coming Back[22]). Turn in ?Never Coming Back[22], accept !A Void Path[22]: lead Eye of Kilrogg to the road (A Void Path[22]) and turn in ?A Void Path[22] right there.
Zoram'gar Outpost: Andruk - flight path. Marukai : accept !Naga at the Zoram Strand[19] - 20 naga heads on the Zoram Strand (Naga at the Zoram Strand[19]), then turn in ?Naga at the Zoram Strand[19].
Drops from: Wrathtail Head - Wrathtail Myrmidon, Wrathtail Razortail, Wrathtail Wave Rider and others
Naga sirens cast from range: approach in stealth, and Kick interrupts their spell.
From Zoram'gar, fly to Camp Taurajo, then on to Thunder Bluff.
Did the Wailing Caverns? Then you already have the Thunder Bluff flight path: fly straight to Thunder Bluff (step).
Magatha's chain, then the trainer in Orgrimmar: Vanish and the powder for it
On foot from Camp Taurajo through Mulgore to Thunder Bluff: this is where you turn in The Elder Crone[18], which you've been carrying since level 19. Then fly to Orgrimmar: at 22 the trainer teaches Vanish, and from there - on to Fizzle's tower.
Flash Powder ≈ 24, poison reagents and vials. Get 5–10 powder: Vanish doesn't work without it.Double Axe, and from 30 - Crescent Axe: 17.1 DPS. Remember it.Thunder Bluff: Magatha Grimtotem - turn in ?The Elder Crone[18], accept !Forsaken Aid[18]; Apothecary Zamah on Spirit Rise - turn in ?Forsaken Aid[18], accept !Journey to Tarren Mill[18].
Journey to Tarren Mill[18] is turned in at Tarren Mill - the route gets there at ~24.
Elder Rise: Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem - turn in ?Hamuul Runetotem[16], accept !Nara Wildmane[16]; Nara Wildmane - turn in ?Nara Wildmane[16].
Did the Wailing Caverns? Then this is already done. The follow-up, Leaders of the Fang[22], is a Wailing Caverns quest: don't take it without a group.
Tal: fly to Orgrimmar. Cleft of Shadow, level 22, Shenthul: Vanish, Sinister Strike (rank 4), 
Distract and Garrote (rank 2), 40 each. Rekkul : Flash Powder, 5–10 of them.
Vanish is your main escape button: the mob loses you, and slows and roots come off. Press it while you still have a third of your health, not at the last second: a hit landing at the same moment knocks you out of stealth. Garrote (rank 2) is only needed if it's your opener from stealth; Distract turns mobs' backs to you - handy for sneaking past. Not 22 yet? You'll learn it after the tower, when you come back here (step).
An undercover agent at the Venture Co. tower, the elite Gallywix and the Thistle Tea recipe
The last loop through the Barrens: the undercover agent Taskmaster Fizzule is waiting at the Venture Co. tower in the north, and the main part of the poison chain is in the tower itself. Then hearthstone to the Crossroads and a flight to Orgrimmar: the turn-in, the next quest in the chain and the zeppelin to Undercity.
Recipe: Thistle Tea, and you can make the tea with Cooking 60 (step).Endurance: the cooldowns of two buttons - Sprint and Evasion - are 60% shorter. Press Sprint every time it's ready while you run between points: until level 40 it's almost a mount. The other three builds don't have this talent: Sprint has a 5-minute cooldown - save it for escapes.Doras: fly to the Crossroads. From there go north past the Sludge Fen to the Venture Co. tower : by our estimate, 5–6 minutes on foot.
Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] still in your log? Chol'aruk is almost on the way.
Near the tower - Taskmaster Fizzule , the undercover agent: Deep Cover[20]. The order matters: first Flare Gun - two shots near the tower, then walk up to him, target him and do /salute. Turn in ?Deep Cover[20], accept !Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24].
Get the order wrong and Taskmaster Fizzule attacks: he kills anyone who looks suspicious to him. Only approach once he turns friendly.
The tower key: Foreman Silixiz walks around the entrance - pick his pocket (Pick Pocket), Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24]. In the tower - two each of Drones, Patrollers and Lookouts, Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24].
Drops from: Gallywix's Head - Grand Foreman Puzik Gallywix
The key is stolen, not looted - the quest itself says so. Empty pocket? Kill the foreman and wait for Foreman Silixiz to respawn. Inside: with a dagger, open with Ambush; with an axe - Garrote from behind, if you learned it. Don't use Blood Fury here: you'll need it at the top. Patrollers walk in pairs: Sap one. The Drones are the strongest - one at a time, with full energy.
Ambush kills each in one hit: start with one, back off, then do the second the same way. With an axe or a sword your opener from behind is Garrote, and take them one at a time. In Forever they see stealth better - testers couldn't get through the door at 20.Ambush too: it takes half the boss's health.
Touch of Zanzil lasts 7 days, and 
Hinott's Oil removes it - Hinott's reward for the next quest.At the top - Grand Foreman Puzik Gallywix , a level 23 elite: the head, Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24]. Next to him is Gallywix's Lockbox - pick its lock (Pick Lock): inside is 
Cache of Zanzil's Altered Mixture, Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24].
Drops from: Silixiz's Tower Key - Foreman Silixiz
Open from stealth with full energy, and Blood Fury first thing. It's a long fight: Gouge - and while he stands there, your energy builds up; at half health - Evasion and Thistle Tea, lower still - a healing potion. If it goes really badly - Vanish. According to beta data, the chest opens even without Lockpicking. The chest poisons you - Touch of Zanzil, for 7 days. That's intended: the antidote is Hinott's Oil, which Hinott's Assistance[20] gives you in Tarren Mill (step).
Hearthstone → the Crossroads. Devrak: fly to Orgrimmar. Shenthul: turn in ?Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24] (reward - Recipe: Thistle Tea), accept !Hinott's Assistance[26]. Didn't learn your level 22 skills? Learn them now (list).
Recipe: Thistle Tea: the tea gives 100 energy once every 5 minutes; you need Cooking 60. You'll take Hinott's Assistance[26] to Tarren Mill (at ~24) - that's where the route is headed anyway. Hearthstone not ready yet? It's about a 6-minute walk south to the Crossroads, by our estimate.
The zeppelin tower outside the gates has two zeppelins. Frezza sends you to Undercity - that's yours. Snurk Bucksquick sends you to Grom'gol (Stranglethorn Vale) - not that one.
Not sure? Talk to the zeppelin master: he'll tell you where his zeppelin goes.
Your hearthstone, the Shadowfang Keep quest and the weapon master for swords
The zeppelin lands in Tirisfal, next to Undercity. Here you get your hearthstone, the Shadowfang Keep quest and the weapon master for swords. Dungeons are done in a group of five: no group - don't take The Book of Ur[26], or it will just sit in your log. You'll take the Ruins of Lordaeron quests right before the run (at 24). Without dungeons you'll fall about 2 levels behind (an estimate from beta data: dungeon quests at 22–29 are worth about 75 thousand experience): western Ashenvale, the southern Barrens and the backup quests in Thousand Needles (step) cover part of it, and you make up the rest with mobs along the way.
Weathered Deathstalker's Blade in Hillsbrad, 
Outlaw Sabre from Blackfathom Deeps), so learn it right away.
Longsword ≈ 87 (from 21) - a sword with 12.2 DPS if you don't have swords from quests.The zeppelin lands in Tirisfal, not far from Undercity: follow the road to the ruins of the capital, then take the elevator down into the city.
Undercity: Michael Garrett - flight path; Innkeeper Norman - set your hearthstone in Undercity.
You'll need your hearthstone at the end of Hillsbrad: from Dun Garok, straight to the trainer and the zeppelin (step).
Undercity, if you have a group for Shadowfang Keep: Keeper Bel'dugur - accept !The Book of Ur[26].
Weapon master Archibald : One-Handed Swords, 10.
Have Wingblade or Chol'aruk's Trophy Sword? Equip it right away - they're stronger than Double Axe. A new weapon skill starts at 1: expect misses in your first fights with a sword - level it up on the Silverpine mobs. No swords yet? Learn it anyway: Hillsbrad gives you Weathered Deathstalker's Blade (step).
Walk to Silverpine: from Undercity take the road southwest through Tirisfal to the Sepulcher. You can only get the Sepulcher flight path by reaching it on foot.
The Sepulcher, Ambermill, Beren's Peril and new Forever quests
It's an orc's first time here, but skip the forest's early quests: they give little experience now. Take the level 20–22 quests around the Sepulcher.
Wool Cloth from Dalaran mages and refugees - for Wool Bandages, sell the extra at the auction house.The Sepulcher : Karos Razok - flight path.
The Sepulcher:
No group? Don't take A Frightened Request[22], Arugal Must Die[27] and Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25]: they're dungeon quests.
Ambermill: 8 Dalaran Wizards and 8 Dalaran Watchers - Watching the Roads[20].
Dalaran Spellscribe (rare, level 21) freezes you and calls for help; the protectors summon snakes. The mages cast from range: approach in stealth, and Kick interrupts their spells. The mages are humanoids: Pick Pocket before the fight.
Beren's Peril : 6 Ravenclaw Drudgers and 6 Ravenclaw Guardians - Beren's Peril[21].
They drop a Note Scrap - it starts The Offering Stone[23], a new Forever chain. Don't start it: it isn't part of the route, and its last fight is elite.
Pyrewood Village : 5 Haggard Refugees and 5 Sickly Refugees - Stop the Spread[20].
The Sepulcher: Dalar Dawnweaver - turn in ?Stop the Spread[20]; Shadow Priest Allister - turn in ?Watching the Roads[20] and ?Beren's Peril[21].
Beren's Peril[21]: the reward is a wand, which a rogue doesn't need - sell it.
Silverpine dungeon · with a group
According to beta data, dungeon quests in Forever give 2–3 times the experience of normal ones - the keep's three quests are worth it. After that it all depends on a group for the Ruins of Lordaeron: if you have one, fly from the Sepulcher to Undercity (step); if not, go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step), and if you did the keep, turn in The Book of Ur[26] in Undercity at 26 (step).
Shadowfang Keep (entrance ), with a group. Inside, Deathstalker Vincent: turn in ?Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25] (the reward is 
Tanned Shoulderpads). 
The Book of Ur - in the room where Fenrus the Devourer is, The Book of Ur[26]; 
Head of Arugal - Arugal Must Die[27].
Drops from: Head of Arugal - Archmage Arugal, Arugal
Your job is damage from behind on the tank's target, plus crowd control. Worgen are humanoids: before the pull, take one out of the fight with Sap, and use Kick on the casters. Pulled aggro - Feint; didn't help - Vanish. Tanned Shoulderpads is leather, +3 Strength: the other reward is mail.
The Sepulcher, Dalar Dawnweaver: turn in ?Arugal Must Die[27] (the reward is 
Seal of Sylvanas).
Seal of Sylvanas - a ring, +8 Stamina and +6 attack power.
Have a group for the Ruins of Lordaeron? Karos Razok: fly to Undercity. There, Morbin Lightbane - accept !Light's Justice[22]; Theodore Griffs - accept !The New Plague[22]. The Ruins themselves are in the ruined capital right above the city.
The level 24 rogue trainer is in Undercity too, after the Ruins (step). No group for the Ruins? Don't fly: go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step), and learn your level 24 skills with a flight to Undercity from Tarren Mill (step).
A new Forever dungeon above Undercity · Detect Traps and a letter from Ravenholdt
A group of five, six bosses in any order. The quests are level 21–22, and dungeon quests in Forever give 2–3 times the experience of normal ones - one of the most rewarding stops in 20–30. Two rewards here for a rogue: A Frightened Request[22] - Edward's Knife (an off-hand dagger with 12.2 DPS) and Light's Justice[22] - 
Spare Part Bindings (+3 Agility and Stamina). After the Ruins - the level 24 trainer in Undercity: the class quest in Hillsbrad only counts if you've learned 
Detect Traps. No group for the Ruins? Go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step).
Before you go in - Deathguard Kristof at the guard post on the road to Brill: accept !The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]. Ruins of Lordaeron with a group (5 players) - the entrance is in the ruins of the capital, immediately to the left as you enter Lordaeron: 25 Intact Limbs - Light's Justice[22]; Rath'mael - The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]; Witherfang drops the toxic strain - The New Plague[22]; Edward's fate - A Frightened Request[22], look for him in the same place as Rath'mael; The Baron drops an abomination head - it starts !Unending Torment[21]; somewhere inside you'll find a crest - !Crest of Lordaeron[22].
Drops from: Intact Limbs - Skeleton, Cadaver, Ragged Ghoul and others
The Ruins are almost all undead: Sap doesn't work on them - your control here is Gouge, and Kick interrupts the casters. Hit the tank's target from behind.
Once you're out of the Ruins, first go to the guard post on the road to Brill: Deathguard Kristof - turn in ?The Wrath of Rath'mael[22].
A rogue doesn't need either reward (a two-handed axe and a staff) - take the one that sells for more.
Undercity:
Rogue rewards: Light's Justice[22] - Spare Part Bindings (+3 Agility and +3 Stamina); The New Plague[22] - the sword 
Plaguefang, 12.4 DPS; Unending Torment[21] - the cloak Grave Shroud (+3 Strength and Stamina), but if you're wearing Boar Hunter's Cape, take whichever sells for more; The Book of Ur[26] - Grizzled Boots (leather, +7 Stamina).
Rogues' Quarter, level 24, Carolyn Ward : Detect Traps and Eviscerate (rank 4), 50 each. Talk to her: at 24 rogue trainers hand out 
Elegant Letter - the letter starts !The Manor, Ravenholdt[24].
The Manor, Ravenholdt[24] only counts if you've learned Detect Traps: otherwise you can't pass the test at Ravenholdt Manor. No letter in the dialogue? Check your mail. Not 24 yet? You'll learn it with a trip from Tarren Mill (step).
Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher. Tabitha Heartweaver - turn in ?A Frightened Request[22] (the reward is Edward's Knife).
Edward's Knife - a dagger with 12.2 DPS, +2 Agility and +2 Stamina: for your off hand, stronger than Kris.
The road southeast into Hillsbrad Foothills: Deathstalker Lesh at the border - accept !Time To Strike[20]. Then follow the road east to Tarren Mill.
Poisons from Hinott, the Hillsbrad fields, Ravenholdt Manor and Durnholde Keep
In Tarren Mill you finally learn poisons: you're carrying Hinott's Assistance[26] from Orgrimmar. This is also where you turn in Journey to Tarren Mill[18] from Thunder Bluff, and in the mountains above Durnholde is Ravenholdt Manor, the rogues' guild: The Manor, Ravenholdt[24] and the new Syndicate Sabotage[24]. That's why Durnholde comes at the end of the section, together with the manor. Don't go into Southshore (Alliance) - it has guards.
Detect Traps (the level 24 trainer): didn't learn it in Undercity after the Ruins? You'll fly there from the Mill (step).
Empty Vial - vials for poisons. 
Dust of Decay - also according to the game files: Smudge Thunderwood at Ravenholdt and Ezekiel Graves in Undercity; check on the spot what's actually for sale on the beta.Callous Axe ≈ 25 (from 24) - a one-handed axe with 15.0 DPS, speed 2.8, +8 attack power. If it's for sale, buy it: it's the best axe before 30.Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Wool Cloth from the Hillsbrad humans - for Wool Bandages, sell the extra at the auction house. The Syndicate in Durnholde are humanoids: Pick Pocket each one, and the locked lockboxes from their pockets train Lockpicking.
Instant Poison on both hands is a noticeable damage boost on every mob. Poison skill only goes up from crafting, and Instant Poison II at 28 needs skill 120: make a couple at every stop.Evasion and Vanish ready, and from 26 start the fight yourself - 
Cheap Shot from stealth.Tarren Mill: Zarise - flight path. Serge Hinott : turn in ?Hinott's Assistance[26], accept !Hinott's Assistance[20], wait while he prepares the cure (Hinott's Assistance[20]) and turn in ?Hinott's Assistance[20] - you've learned poisons.
You also get Hinott's Oil - use it right away: it removes Touch of Zanzil from Fizzle's tower. You know Instant Poison right away: one dose takes Dust of Decay and Empty Vial. Rogue trainers teach the other recipes: 
Crippling Poison (slows a runner) - at 26.
Also there:
Blood of Innocents[23], WANTED: Syndicate Personnel[22] and The Rescue[22] are in Durnholde Keep: it's at the end of the section, together with Ravenholdt (step).
South first: gray bears and creepers on the way - tongues and ichor, Elixir of Suffering[22]. New in Forever: Deathstalker Masoj by Dun Garok - turn in ?Scout Support[25], accept !Valuable Vantages[25]. The first peak for a vial is southeast of him (Valuable Vantages[25]).
Drops from: Gray Bear Tongue - Gray Bear, Vicious Gray Bear, Elder Gray Bear and others · Creeper Ichor - Elder Moss Creeper, Giant Moss Creeper, Forest Moss Creeper and others
According to beta data, the exact spot where Deathstalker Masoj stands is still being confirmed - follow the quest marker. South of the vantage point, in Dun Garok itself , there are level 28–30 dwarves, and the riflemen shoot from range: approach the vantage point from the north and don't go down.
On the way to the fields - the third peak , above the yeti cave (Valuable Vantages[25]). Hillsbrad Fields : 6 Farmers, 6 Farmhands, Farmer Ray and Farmer Getz - Battle of Hillsbrad[24]; mountain lions - blood, Elixir of Pain[24].
Drops from: Mountain Lion Blood - Starving Mountain Lion, Feral Mountain Lion, Mountain Lion and others
Farmers and Farmhands are humanoids: Pick Pocket before the fight, Sap on the second of a pair. Hillsbrad Footmen block and shield bash. Don't go into Southshore.
Tarren Mill:
Elixir of Pain[24]: take Stomping Boots - leather, +4 Strength and +4 Agility.
Back to the fields:
Drops from: Hillsbrad Human Skull - Farmer Ray, Syndicate Shadow Mage, Syndicate Rogue and others
Tarren Mill: High Executor Darthalia - turn in ?Battle of Hillsbrad[25]; Deathguard Samsa - turn in ?Souvenirs of Death[25].
Leave the next quest in the chain, Battle of Hillsbrad[26], and everything after it for 30+.
Didn't learn Detect Traps in Undercity (step)? Zarise: fly to Undercity. Rogues' Quarter, Carolyn Ward : Detect Traps and Eviscerate (rank 4), 50 each; already 26 - your level 26 skills too (list). Talk to her: at 24 trainers hand out Elegant Letter - the letter starts !The Manor, Ravenholdt[24]. Michael Garrett: fly back to Tarren Mill.
Ran Shadowfang but haven't turned in The Book of Ur[26] yet? Keeper Bel'dugur , since you're in Undercity anyway. Learned everything at 24 after the Ruins? Skip this step.
Ravenholdt: from the Mill go east across the river; behind a huge tree a path zigzags up the mountain to the manor . In the tunnel before the manor, turn on Detect Traps and walk up to the chest - don't open it (The Manor, Ravenholdt[24]). Fahrad : turn in ?The Manor, Ravenholdt[24]. Myrokos Silentform : accept the new !Syndicate Sabotage[24].
The level 50 manor guards are neutral - no need to hide. Smudge Thunderwood in the manor - according to the game files he has poison reagents and powder.
Detect Traps - learned from the trainer at 24. In the tunnel before the manor turn it on and walk up to the chest: the objective counts once you see the trap. Don't open the chest.Down to Durnholde Keep : 10 Syndicate Rogues and 10 Syndicate Watchmen - WANTED: Syndicate Personnel[22]; 5 Vials of Innocent Blood from the Shadow Mages - Blood of Innocents[23]; Jailor Eston and Jailor Marlgen - keys to the cells holding Tog'thar and Drull (The Rescue[22]); Lord Tomas walks around the keep - Syndicate Sabotage[24]. The second peak for a vial - between Durnholde and the Mill (Valuable Vantages[25]).
Drops from: Vial of Innocent Blood - Syndicate Shadow Mage
The Syndicate stand close together: Sap one of a pair and fight the other. Shadow Mages cast from range - approach in stealth, Kick interrupts their spells. Two on you - Evasion, three - Vanish and back off.
Back up to the manor: Myrokos Silentform - turn in ?Syndicate Sabotage[24].
Next Myrokos Silentform offers A Way In[34] - that's already the Arathi Highlands and a level 34 quest: don't take it. Back down the same path to the Mill.
Tarren Mill:
The Rescue[22]: both rewards are mail and cloth - take whichever sells for more. You'll turn in Return to Thunder Bluff[23] at Thunder Bluff (at 27).
South to Deathstalker Masoj by Dun Garok: turn in ?Valuable Vantages[25] (the reward is Weathered Deathstalker's Blade).
Weathered Deathstalker's Blade - a sword with 12.7 DPS, +4 Strength: with the Swords skill it's stronger than Double Axe. No swords? Take it anyway: it sells for more than the vial.
Hearthstone to Undercity, Cheap Shot, the zeppelin by Brill
Hillsbrad is done - hearth to Undercity for the rogue trainer, then take the zeppelin home to Kalimdor.
Cheap Shot - a 4-second stun from stealth, the best way to open on a player. A stunned player can't start a bandage or cast a spell: you have time to build combo points.From Dun Garok - Hearthstone → Undercity.
Haven't done Shadowfang Keep and only found a group now? Keeper Bel'dugur is right here - accept The Book of Ur[26]. Then Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher; there High Executor Hadrec - accept Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25], Dalar Dawnweaver - accept Arugal Must Die[27]. Then run the keep, turn in at the Sepulcher and fly back to Undercity.
Rogues' Quarter, level 26, Carolyn Ward: Cheap Shot, Kick (rank 2) and Expose Armor (rank 2), 60 each; fighting with daggers - also Ambush (rank 2). The recipe is here too: Crippling Poison. Skipped the trainer at 24 - your level 24 skills too (list). Ran Shadowfang but haven't turned in The Book of Ur[26] yet? Keeper Bel'dugur .
Cheap Shot is a stun from stealth: open every tough fight with it. Expose Armor is for dungeons - you can save the money while leveling. While you're here, sell your wool, leather and ore at the auction house.
The zeppelin tower near Brill has two zeppelins. Zapetta sends you to Orgrimmar - that's yours. Hin Denburg sends you to Grom'gol (Stranglethorn Vale) - not that one.
Not sure? Talk to the zeppelin master: he'll tell you where his zeppelin goes.
The Ashenvale Hunt, turn-ins in Thunder Bluff, Sun Rock Retreat, the Charred Vale
The Sun Rock Retreat chains lead into Ashenvale and Thousand Needles - so the mountains first, then the forest. Along the way you do two quests from Thunder Bluff.
The zeppelin lands outside Orgrimmar. In the city, Warcaller Gorlach : accept !The Ashenvale Hunt[20]. Doras: fly to Thunder Bluff.
Thunder Bluff:
The Flying Machine Airport[23] and Pigments for Paints[26] are done in Stonetalon, The Sacred Flame[25] in Ashenvale; you'll turn them in right here at 29 (step).
Fly to Sun Rock Retreat:
Mirkfallon Lake : 
Mirkweed Pods - 30 of them in the water and on the shore, Pigments for Paints[26]. There are no mobs at the lake.
Stonetalon Peak in the north : 4 each of Sons of Cenarius, Daughters of Cenarius and Cenarion Botanists - Cenarius' Legacy[25].
Daughters of Cenarius heal themselves - interrupt them with Kick. A rare elite, Sorrow Wing (27), flies around here - it drains health.
The Charred Vale in the southwest:
Drops from: Incendrites - Rogue Flame Spirit, Burning Ravager, Burning Destroyer · Glittering Sunstone - Bloodfury Harpy, Bloodfury Roguefeather, Bloodfury Slayer and others
Harpies are humanoids: Sap the second of a pair. Bloodfury Slayers can execute you when your health is low: at half health - Evasion. Go around the rare elite Sister Riven (28).
Sun Rock Retreat:
New Life[25]: both rewards are mail and cloth, to sell. Arachnophobia[21] still in your log? Besseleth is now doable solo - , turn it in right here.
Windshear Crag, the Venture Co. airport : place the sprayer - The Flying Machine Airport[23].
Talondeep Path → Ashenvale.
Didn't visit western Ashenvale at 22? Not far from the tunnel exit, Va'xug Firefure - Never Coming Back[22] and A Void Path[22], new Forever quests.
Splintertree Post, Thistlefur, Zoram'gar
Splintertree Post is a big Horde quest hub. The eastern loop first, then Zoram'gar and, if you have a group, Blackfathom Deeps. You'll also finish The Sacred Flame[25] from Thunder Bluff here.
Wool Cloth and your first 
Silk Cloth: for bandages or the auction house.Splintertree Post: Vhulgra - flight path; Innkeeper Kaylisk - set your hearthstone in Splintertree.
Splintertree:
The eastern loop:
Drops from: Satyr Horns - Xavian Rogue, Xavian Betrayer, Xavian Felsworn and others
Pull the guards one at a time; if both come at you - Evasion, and Gouge the second one.
The south and Mystral Lake:
The rare Eck'alom (27) stuns for 15 seconds - leave it alone.
Splintertree Post:
Torek's Assault[24]: if you learned Swords, your reward is Slatemetal Cutlass, a sword with 12.3 DPS, +2 Strength and Agility. No swords? Take whichever sells for more (the other reward is a staff).
Zoram'gar (fly if you got the flight path at 22, otherwise walk west): Andruk - flight path; Je'neu Sancrea - turn in ?Je'neu of the Earthen Ring[27] and ?Trouble in the Deeps[22]; Karang Amakkar - accept !Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24]; Mitsuwa - accept !Troll Charm[24].
Je'neu of the Earthen Ring[27]: take 
Deftkin Belt - a leather belt with +4 Agility and +3 Stamina. No Zoram'gar flight path? It's about 8–10 minutes on foot (an estimate), Sprint whenever it's off cooldown; give Astranaar a wide berth: the Alliance guards will attack.
Thistlefur Village : Thistlefur Avengers and Shamans - Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24]; 8 Troll Charms in the cave - Troll Charm[24]; Ruul Snowhoof - accept !Freedom to Ruul[24] and escort him (Freedom to Ruul[24]).
Before the escort, clear the way to the village exit - you'll be attacked on the way. Kill the shamans first; Kick interrupts their spells. Furbolgs are humanoids: Sap the second of a pair.
Zoram'gar: Karang Amakkar - turn in ?Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24], accept !King of the Foulweald[26]; Mitsuwa - turn in ?Troll Charm[24]. Hearthstone → Splintertree Post.
West of Splintertree, the Foulweald, Greenpaw Village : plant the banner at the totem and fight off the furbolg waves, Chief Murgut comes last - King of the Foulweald[26]. Back at Splintertree: Yama Snowhoof - turn in ?Freedom to Ruul[24].
The furbolgs come in twos and threes: Gouge one and fight the other; three - Evasion and Thistle Tea. Start at full health with poisons on your weapons.
Fly to Zoram'gar, Karang Amakkar: turn in ?King of the Foulweald[26] (the reward is 
Boorguard Tunic).
Boorguard Tunic - a leather chest with +7 Agility and +6 Stamina: the best armor reward for a rogue before 30.
Blackfathom Deeps with a group (through the ruins on the Zoram Strand ). Before you go: Je'neu Sancrea - accept !The Essence of Aku'Mai[22] and !Amongst the Ruins[27]. Inside: 20 Sapphires of Aku'Mai - The Essence of Aku'Mai[22]; 
Damp Note starts !Allegiance to the Old Gods[22]; 
Fathom Core - Amongst the Ruins[27]; Baron Aquanis drops 
Strange Water Globe, which starts !Baron Aquanis[30]; Argent Guard Thaelrid - accept !Blackfathom Villainy[27]: Twilight Lord Kelris drops the head (Blackfathom Villainy[27]).
Half the dungeon is underwater: watch your breath bar and fight in the water only near air bubbles. The naga are humanoids: before the pull, take one out of the fight with Sap; Kick interrupts the priestesses and oracles who heal.
After Blackfathom, Zoram'gar, Je'neu Sancrea: turn in ?The Essence of Aku'Mai[22], ?Amongst the Ruins[27], ?Allegiance to the Old Gods[22] and ?Baron Aquanis[30].
Baron Aquanis[30]: the best reward is Outlaw Sabre, a sword with 20.4 DPS: a rogue won't get a stronger weapon before 30. Didn't learn Swords? The sword can wait in your bag until your next Undercity visit: it's worth learning Swords for it.
Fly from Zoram'gar to Orgrimmar. Level 28, Shenthul: Rupture (rank 2), Sap (rank 2) and Feint (rank 2), 80 each; fighting with daggers - also Backstab (rank 4); Poisons skill already 120 - the Instant Poison II recipe. Then Doras: fly to Thunder Bluff.
Didn't go to Blackfathom? Fly to Orgrimmar right after the Foulweald. Not 28 yet? You'll learn these at 30 together with the level 30 skills (step). Poisons skill too low? Make more poisons: reagents - Rekkul (according to the game files).
Quest turn-ins · a new Forever camp on Skywatcher Plateau
Turning in the Stonetalon and Ashenvale quests - and something new in Forever: in northwestern Mulgore, above Thunder Bluff, an Earthen Ring camp on Skywatcher Plateau. Three level 30 quests worth ~2.5 thousand experience each, mobs 27–29.
Main Gauche ≈ 193 (from 29) - a dagger with 16.6 DPS, 50% stronger than Kris: for your off hand. The same dagger - Kareth in Orgrimmar.Crescent Axe ≈ 225 - an axe with 17.1 DPS, but only from 30: you'll come back for it (at 30).Thunder Bluff:
Blackfathom Villainy[27]: take Cultist's Armguards - leather bracers with +7 Stamina and +10 attack power - stronger than Spare Part Bindings.
Skywatcher Plateau northwest of Thunder Bluff : Muln Earthfury - accept !Defending the Dead[30], and if you have a group, !The Broodmother[31] too; Yorn Grimtotem - accept !Stronger than Steel[30]; Mazu'kon - accept !Talkin' bout Toxins, Mon[30].
Thunder Bluff has two elevators - on the southwest and northeast sides. The plateau is northwest of the bluff: take either one down and go around the bluff (which elevator is closer hasn't been checked yet).
Gloomrise at the northern edge of Mulgore : Gloomrise Hatchling and Gloomrise Soldier - Defending the Dead[30]; Gloomrise Spinner - 3 strands of Crystalline Silk, Stronger than Steel[30]; Gnawed Corpse - 5 Gloomrise Toxin Samples with the Toxin Extractor from the quest, Talkin' bout Toxins, Mon[30].
The spiders come in packs, and Sap doesn't work on beasts: pull them one at a time with a thrown weapon (Throw); two on you - Evasion. Bandage between packs.
Group only: Broodmother Valraxx (level 31 elite) - The Broodmother[31]. She drops 
Bloody Parchment, which starts !A Darker Truth[30].
Skywatcher Plateau:
Spidersilk Pouch with 12 slots)The Broodmother[31]: the reward is 
Transformative Cocoon: it absorbs damage and stuns you for 5 seconds, then gives +60% speed for 8 seconds. Good for escaping.
Back to Thunder Bluff by the same elevator. Tal: fly to Camp Taurajo.
Is your level 29 experience bar less than half full? Do the Southern Barrens first (about 15 thousand experience, by an estimate), otherwise Thousand Needles might not be enough to reach 30.
Razormane camps, Bael Modan, a dungeon
About 15 thousand experience near Taurajo, on the way to Thousand Needles. Useful if you're short of 30 or you've got a group for Razorfen Kraul: there you get Willix the Importer[30] and 
Monkey Ring (+5 Agility).
Camp Taurajo: Mangletooth - accept !Betrayal from Within[25]; Tatternack Steelforge - accept !Weapons of Choice[24]. Didn't take Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] at 21, or abandoned it? Grunt Logmar: take it now - you can handle the pillager solo by now (step).
Betrayal from Within[25] is only offered if you've turned in Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21]: didn't do it at 20? First accept and turn in Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] (you need one Blood Shard from the Bristlebacks).
The Razormane camps in the south:
Drops from: Razormane Backstabber - Razormane Pathfinder, Razormane Stalker · Charred Razormane Wand - Razormane Seer · Razormane War Shield - Razormane Warfrenzy
Kuz is a mage: Frostbolt, Frost Nova and Fire Blast. Get right up to him in stealth and interrupt his spells: Kick, and Gouge between cooldowns.
The Dustwallow Marsh border : soldiers and the elite pillager - Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23], if you took it now.
Open on the marauder from stealth: Cheap Shot, Blood Fury, at half health - Evasion and Thistle Tea. At 29 you can solo him.
Gann Stonespire : accept !Gann's Reclamation[23]. Bael Modan : 15 Excavators, 5 Foremen and the prospector's journal - Gann's Reclamation[23].
Bael'dun Officers parry and speed up their attacks - only hit them from behind.
Gann Stonespire: turn in ?Gann's Reclamation[23], accept !Revenge of Gann[26] - 6 each of Nitroglycerin, Wood Pulp and Sodium Nitrate from the dwarves (Revenge of Gann[26]); turn in ?Revenge of Gann[26], accept !Revenge of Gann[26] and blow up the flying machine (Revenge of Gann[26]); turn in ?Revenge of Gann[26].
Drops from: Nitroglycerin - Bael'dun Soldier, Bael'dun Rifleman, Bael'dun Officer and others · Wood Pulp - Bael'dun Soldier, Bael'dun Rifleman, Bael'dun Officer and others · Sodium Nitrate - Bael'dun Soldier, Bael'dun Rifleman, Bael'dun Officer and others
Razorfen Kraul (entrance ), with a group: inside, in a cage - Willix the Importer. Free him, accept !Willix the Importer[30], escort him to the exit (Willix the Importer[30]) and turn in ?Willix the Importer[30] (the reward is Monkey Ring). The last boss, Charlga Razorflank, drops the heart - A Vengeful Fate[34], if you took the quest.
Monkey Ring: +5 Agility and +5 Spirit.
Camp Taurajo:
Weapons of Choice[24]: the reward is 
Demolition Hammer, a two-handed mace: a rogue sells it.
Freewind Post, the Galak centaurs, the Sacred Flame · Kidney Shot in Orgrimmar
This is where you hit level 30, followed by a short loop through the capitals: a level 30 axe in Thunder Bluff, and the trainer in Orgrimmar, who teaches 
Kidney Shot at 30. Set aside about 8 for 30: training is 4, the axe and the dagger about four more. The rest of Thousand Needles is already part of 30+.
Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Cheap Shot from stealth, then Kidney Shot - the whole time your opponent can't heal or cast.From Taurajo, head south to the Great Lift and ride it down into Thousand Needles: Grish Longrunner - turn in ?Calling in the Reserves[28]; Brave Moonhorn - accept !Message to Freewind Post[25].
Freewind Post:
Galak centaurs - Pacify the Centaur[25]; the ancient brazier north of their camp - the cloven hoof, The Sacred Flame[29]; the Alien Egg in one of three places - , or - Alien Egg[26]. Dorn Plainstalker : accept !Test of Faith[26], jump off his platform (Test of Faith[26]) and turn in ?Test of Faith[26] - the start of the trials that lead to the Scarlet Monastery.
Galak Windchasers are casters - start with them; Kick interrupts their spells. Centaurs are humanoids: Pick Pocket and Sap work on them.
Freewind:
The Sacred Flame[29]: the reward is 
Cliffrunner's Aim, for pulling mobs from range if you learn Bows (Hanashi in Orgrimmar); otherwise - sell it. Not 30 yet? Make it up right here: Cliffwatcher Longhorn now gives Grimtotem Spying[28] - three Secret Notes in crates at Darkcloud Pinnacle , in the Grimtotem tauren camp; Elu - Wind Rider[29]: 10 Highperch Wyvern Eggs at Highperch in the west . Both quests are turned in to whoever gave them.
Level 30. Freewind Post, Nyse: fly to Thunder Bluff. Delgo Ragetotem : Crescent Axe ≈ 225 - a one-handed axe with 17.1 DPS, speed 2.6. Didn't buy it at 29? Kard Ragetotem : Main Gauche ≈ 193, a 16.6 DPS dagger for your off hand. Took A Vengeful Fate[34] and got the heart? Auld Stonespire : turn in ?A Vengeful Fate[34].
Crescent Axe is 55% stronger than Double Axe: unless you have Outlaw Sabre in your main hand, it's the key purchase at 30. According to Wowhead, Boarton Shadetotem also trains rogues in Thunder Bluff - this hasn't been checked in game. If he does, learn your level 30 skills from him and hearth straight back to Freewind Post (step).
Tal: fly to Orgrimmar. Cleft of Shadow, Shenthul: Kidney Shot, Sinister Strike (rank 5), 
Disarm Trap and Garrote (rank 3), 1 each; Poisons skill 130 - the 
Deadly Poison recipe. Skipped the trainer at 28 - your level 28 skills too (list).
Cheap Shot from stealth, then Kidney Shot - and the mob stands still for almost the whole fight. In the main build, 30 unlocks Blade Flurry; in Assassination - Mutilate. Leveling with “Combat: Daggers”? Reset your talents right here and spend them again (“Leveling talents”). You don't need Disarm Trap and Garrote for leveling: short on money - save 2 on them.
Hearthstone → Freewind Post.
Quests offered far from the entrance, and what a rogue does in a group
Sap - on a humanoid before the pull. In Forever it doesn't break stealth, so you can take one more out of the fight. Mark the sapped mob so nobody touches it.Kick is your main button against casters: cultists and trogg shamans in Ragefire Chasm, Druids of the Fang in Wailing Caverns, worgen casters in Shadowfang Keep.Feint (16) drops twice as much threat in Forever: use it on cooldown on bosses. Still pulled aggro? Evasion, from 22 - Vanish.Expose Armor is strong in Forever and no longer gets in a warrior's way: put it on the boss even if your tank is a warrior.Distract (22) turns a patrol away from your group, and in Forever it also lowers enemies' stealth detection.Kris of Orgrimmar or Hammer of OrgrimmarNo group? Don't take any of the quests from here.
WingbladeGlowing Shard drops from the last boss - Mutanus the DevourerSwords are taught by Archibald in Undercity (at 23), Maces by Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff.
Edward's Knife, a daggerThe New Plague[22]: the reward is Plaguefang, a sword with 12.4 DPS. The run itself - at 24, then the level 24 trainer in Undercity (step).
The run itself - at 23–24. Shadowfang Keep has lots of worgen casters: Kick will come in handy more than once.
Baron Aquanis[30]: the reward is Outlaw Sabre, a sword with 20.4 DPS - the rogue's best weapon before 30 (step).
Monkey Ring, +5 AgilityWhat to learn, what to hit with and how not to die - up to level 30
Backstab is weaker (the flat bonus was cut by a third), Rupture by about 40%. Sap no longer breaks stealth, Distract also lowers enemies' stealth detection, and Feint drops twice as much threat. Poisons still come through a chain from level 20, and the final quest gives you the skill right away; more charges, less damage per proc. Rogues got One-Handed Axes, and orcs know them from character creation, and the racial +1% crit no longer depends on the weapon. Blade Flurry and Mutilate are 21-point talents: they open exactly at 30.Axe or dagger? For the main build - an axe in your main hand: with a slow axe Sinister Strike hits harder, and the racial +1% crit works the same with an axe, a sword and a dagger. Nothing to learn. In your off hand from level 10 - the fastest weapon with the best DPS, usually a dagger. You only need a dagger in your main hand for builds whose main strike is Backstab or Ambush (18): that's “Combat: Daggers” and “Subtlety: Ambush and Hemorrhage”.
| Lvl | Skill | Cost | Take it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stealth | 10 | Yes |
| 4 | Pick Pocket | 1 | Yes - coins, lockboxes and the key (The Shattered Hand[13]) |
| 4 | Backstab | 1 | If you fight with a dagger |
| 6 | Sinister Strike (rank 2) | 1 | Yes |
| 6 | Gouge | 1 | Yes - a window to bandage, interrupts a spell |
| 8 | Evasion | 2 | Yes |
| 8 | Eviscerate (rank 2) | 2 | Yes |
| 10 | Dual Wield | 3 | A must |
| 10 | Slice and Dice | 3 | Yes |
| 10 | Sprint | 3 | Yes - no mount until 40 |
| 10 | Sap | 3 | Yes - against pairs of humanoids |
| 12 | Kick | 8 | Yes - against casters |
| 12 | Parry | 8 | Yes |
| 12 | Backstab | 8 | If you fight with a dagger |
| 14 | Sinister Strike (rank 3) | 12 | Yes |
| 14 | Garrote | 12 | Optional - an opener from stealth |
| 14 | Expose Armor | 12 | For dungeons |
| 16 | Eviscerate (rank 3) | 18 | Yes |
| 16 | Pick Lock | 18 | Yes - Plundering the Plunderers[18] needs it |
| 16 | Feint | 18 | For dungeons |
| 18 | Gouge | 29 | Yes |
| 18 | Ambush | 29 | If you fight with a dagger |
| 20 | Rupture | 30 | Yes - on long fights |
| 20 | Stealth (rank 2) | 30 | Optional |
| 20 | Backstab | 30 | If you fight with a dagger |
| 22 | Vanish | 40 | Yes - needs Flash Powder |
| 22 | Sinister Strike (rank 4) | 40 | Yes |
| 22 | Garrote (rank 2) | 40 | If Garrote is your opener |
| 22 | Distract | 40 | Optional |
| 24 | Eviscerate (rank 4) | 50 | Yes |
| 24 | Detect Traps | 50 | Yes - The Manor, Ravenholdt[24] requires it |
| 24 |  Mind-numbing Poison | - | Against casters - after the poison chain and with Poisons skill 100 |
| 26 | Cheap Shot | 60 | Yes - a stun from stealth |
| 26 | Kick (rank 2) | 60 | Yes |
| 28 | Rupture (rank 2) | 80 | Yes |
| 28 | Sap (rank 2) | 80 | Yes |
| 28 | Instant Poison II | - | Poisons skill 120 |
| 30 | Kidney Shot | 1 | Yes |
| 30 | Sinister Strike (rank 5) | 1 | Yes |
| 30 | Deadly Poison | - | Poisons skill 130 |
Up to level 20 all ranks cost about 3 gold, and from 20 to 30 about 13 gold more (prices from Wowhead Forever). And save up: at 40 riding training will most likely cost about 100 gold, as in Classic.
Horde rogue trainers: Rwag in the Valley of Trials (up to level 6), Kaplak in Razor Hill, Shenthul , Gest and Ormok in Orgrimmar's Cleft of Shadow, and three more in the Rogues' Quarter of Undercity. There are no rogue trainers in the Barrens, Stonetalon, Ashenvale or Thousand Needles, so the route takes you to them on its own: Orgrimmar at 12, 16, 20, 22, 28 and 30, Undercity at 24 and 26. According to Wowhead, the new Boarton Shadetotem trains rogues in Thunder Bluff - not checked in game yet.
Instant Poison: one dose takes Dust of Decay and Empty Vial. The trainer teaches Crippling Poison (at 26).Mind-numbing Poison. Level 28 and skill 120: Instant Poison II. Level 30 and skill 130: Deadly Poison.Hand Axe ≈ 80 - Kzan Thornslash in the valley. 4: Vile Familiars[4], the reward is Primitive Hatchet (main hand only).Tomahawk (3.8 DPS) - Trayexir in Sen'jin or Uhgar in Razor Hill. From 10, in your off hand - Stiletto (3.3) from the same vendors.Hatchet (7.2, speed 2.5) - Urtharo or Zendo'jian in Orgrimmar, Nargal Deatheye at the Crossroads. Off hand - Jambiya (7.1): Kareth or Nargal Deatheye.Jagged Dagger (6.0). 14: Centaur Bracers[14], the reward is Pointed Axe (7.1). With a group - Threat from Below[12]: Pristine Orcish Dagger (6.2, slow: speed 2.4).Cleaver (9.1) - Ironzar in Ratchet or Zendo'jian in Orgrimmar; off hand - Poniard (8.5).Kris of Orgrimmar (8.0) or Hammer of Orgrimmar (a 12.4 DPS mace; Maces are taught by Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff).Harpy Skinner (9.6, +3 Agility); The Shattered Hand[13], the reward is Blade of Cunning (6.75, speed 2.0). 19–20: Double Axe (11.0, speed 2.5) - Zendo'jian in Orgrimmar (step); Kris (10.9) - Kareth.Callous Axe (15.0, speed 2.8, +8 attack power, from 24) - check whether it's actually for sale.Chol'aruk's Trophy Sword (12.3, Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] - with a partner), Wingblade (15.7, Wailing Caverns), Plaguefang (12.4, Ruins of Lordaeron), Weathered Deathstalker's Blade (12.7, Hillsbrad), Slatemetal Cutlass (12.3, Ashenvale), Outlaw Sabre (20.4, Blackfathom Deeps). Only Archibald in Undercity teaches Swords, 10: the route gets there at 23.Edward's Knife (12.2, Ruins of Lordaeron), from 29 - Main Gauche (16.6) - Kareth in Orgrimmar or Kard Ragetotem in Thunder Bluff.Crescent Axe (17.1) - Delgo Ragetotem in Thunder Bluff (step). Only Outlaw Sabre from Blackfathom Deeps is stronger.Pick Pocket (at 16–17). The reward is Blade of Cunning, turned in at 20.Thistle Tea, 10 of them (step).Elegant Letter - the trainer in Undercity (step or from the Mill) → The Manor, Ravenholdt[24] - Ravenholdt Manor (step); the new Syndicate Sabotage[24] is there too: Lord Tomas in Durnholde. You need Detect Traps.Endurance at 22–23, Blade Flurry at 30. Also “Assassination: Mutilate at 30” (Mutilate), “Combat: Daggers” and “Subtlety: Ambush and Hemorrhage”.Gouge → bandage → back into the fight. Damage interrupts the bandage, so take the mob out first.Evasion and hit one. Three - Sprint and run, from 22 - Vanish.Sap on one of two humanoids - in Forever you don't drop out of stealth after it.Blood Fury - +10% attack power for 15 seconds, and no healing penalty in Forever: use it at the start of a tough fight. Hardiness makes stuns on you 20% shorter, 
Shatter Curse removes curses and cuts magic damage by 5% for 8 seconds.Cheap Shot from stealth, from 30 - Kidney Shot: two stuns in a row.Vanish: the mob loses you, and slows come off. You won't have 
Blind before 30: in Forever, as in Classic, it's only taught at 34.What to take, where to learn it and what to collect - up to level 30
Pelt Collecting for Beginners (Skinning), 
Mining for Dummies (Mining) or 
Wild Harvest (Herbalism).Mining Pick is sold by Norzsh and Flakk in Razor Hill, Skinning Knife - by Duokna and Kagil.Thistle Tea. Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24] gives Recipe: Thistle Tea (Fizzle's tower, at 22).Gouge, then a bandage. Linen Bandage from Linen Cloth, from skill 40 - 
Heavy Linen Bandage, then wool ones. In Forever, First Aid also makes healing potions.
Light Leather and 
Light Hide from beasts, 
Copper Ore - for the auction house; Linen Cloth and Wool Cloth - for bandages.
Medium Leather from skinning, 
Tin Ore in the hills of Hillsbrad and Ashenvale.Only what matters for this route
Weathered Deathstalker's Blade. Ravenholdt: Syndicate Sabotage[24] - rogues only.Sap doesn't break stealth; Distract lowers enemies' stealth detection; Feint drops twice as much threat; Expose Armor is stronger and doesn't get in a warrior's way.Backstab is weaker (the flat bonus was cut by a third), Rupture by about 40%, and poisons hit a third weaker but have about 1.5 times more charges. You can now apply a poison on top of a sharpening stone.
Hack and Slash replaced four weapon specializations, Mutilate and Flawless Execution were added, and Subtlety became the bleed tree.Blood Fury - +10% attack power for 15 seconds, 3-minute cooldown; the healing penalty is gone. Use it with your first strike from stealth.Hardiness - stuns are 20% shorter.Shatter Curse (new) - removes all curses with no immunity afterwards, -5% magic damage for 8 seconds, 3-minute cooldown.Sap on a PvP-flagged player flags you too - on “Normal” realms as well. Since October 8, crits in PvP are no longer reduced, so your first strike from stealth decides a lot again.The hearthstone, dangerous mobs, what not to forget
| Lvl | Key points | Don't miss |
|---|---|---|
| 1–6 | Galgar's Cactus Apple Surprise[3]: the book; your first axe | Boar meat - for Cooking |
| 5–7 | Tomahawk in Sen'jin | Elite spider by the road - only at 9 |
| 7–9 | Hearthstone in Razor Hill, Evasion at 8 | The Admiral's Orders[7] - keep it until Orgrimmar |
| 10 | Dual Wield, Sprint, Sap; Therzok[10] | A second weapon in your off hand - right away |
| 12 | Orgrimmar: Hatchet, the Cleft of Shadow, city quests | Hidden Enemies[12]: the insignia is at Skull Rock |
| 13 | The Shattered Hand[13] - by the pirate camp | Hearthstone - at the Crossroads |
| 14–15 | Pointed Axe, Cleaver | Pick Pocket on every humanoid |
| 16 | Orgrimmar: Pick Lock, Zando'zan[16] → Wrenix of Ratchet[16], Ragefire Chasm | The Meats to Orgrimmar[10] chain - orcs and trolls only |
| 17 | Plundering the Plunderers[18] and the key (The Shattered Hand[13]) - at the pirate camp | Apothecary Zamah[15] is timed - only with a group |
| 19–20 | Serena Bloodfeather[20]: Harpy Skinner | The Elder Crone[18] and Kaya's Alive[18] - you'll turn them in at 21–22 |
| 20 | Orgrimmar: the trainer, The Shattered Hand[13], The Shattered Salute[20] → Deep Cover[20]; Double Axe | Level 18 and 20 skills - in one visit |
| 21 | The southern Barrens: Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] → Agamaggan's Agility[20] - an Agility buff | Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] and Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] - only with a partner |
| 22 | Orgrimmar: Vanish; Fizzle's tower - Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24] | You need Flash Powder; at the tower - two flare shots, then /salute |
| 23 | Undercity: hearthstone, the weapon master for swords - Archibald | No group - don't take dungeon quests |
| 24 | Ruins of Lordaeron: Edward's Knife; trainer: Detect Traps and Elegant Letter | You need Detect Traps, or The Manor, Ravenholdt[24] won't count |
| 24–25 | Tarren Mill: Hinott's Assistance[20] - poisons; The Manor, Ravenholdt[24] and Syndicate Sabotage[24] | Make poisons right away: at 28 you need skill 120 |
| 26 | Undercity: Cheap Shot | From Dun Garok - hearth to Undercity |
| 28 | Orgrimmar: Instant Poison II with Poisons skill 120 | Trouble in the Deeps[22] - even without a group |
| 29 | Blackfathom Deeps: Outlaw Sabre | Ordanus[29] - you'll turn it in at 30+ |
| 30 | Crescent Axe in Thunder Bluff; Kidney Shot; Blade Flurry or Mutilate | Talent reset - at the trainer in Orgrimmar |
Sinister Strike: a slow axe hits harder, and the racial +1% crit doesn't depend on the weapon.Evasion at the last few percent of health: use it as soon as you see the fight is tough.Flash Powder - Vanish won't work: keep 5–10 in your bags.Detect Traps before Ravenholdt Manor - The Manor, Ravenholdt[24] won't count: learn it at 24 in Undercity.Instant Poison lasts 30 minutes or until the charges run out. When it falls off, apply it again; the NoPoizen addon reminds you (see the “Addons” section).
