RaceOrcAn orc shaman levels to 30 with a two-hander and totems, and an orc gets +1% crit to everything with any weapon - both attacks and spells. A step-by-step route for WoW Forever: Durotar with the new Forever quests, the Barrens, Stonetalon Mountains, the Eastern Kingdoms, Ashenvale and Thousand Needles. Where to get all four totems (
Earth Totem, Fire Totem, Water Totem, Air Totem), what to hit things with along the way, what level gives you 
Ghost Wolf and how to keep your mana from running dry.
What to install from CurseForge for Forever: the useful and the fun
Lightning Shield) has dropped, with an optional sound. /sa test - preview, /sa help - all commands. Forever 1.60.1 file from October 9; it doesn't notice a lost shield in combat yet.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 “Enhancement: Two-Hander”. Every beta guide recommends it (Method, wowforeverbuilds, Mobalytics): a shaman levels to 30 with a weapon, and lightning spells in Forever are weaker than in Classic. This build suits an orc best of all: the racial +1% crit works with any weapon, and in Forever 
Blood Fury boosts both attacks and spells. You can reset your talents at a shaman trainer - Kardris Dreamseeker in Orgrimmar; 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.
Stormstrike at 25.
Thundering Strikes - +5% crit for attacks and spells by 14. 
Mental Dexterity - attack power from Intellect: gear with Intellect now makes you hit harder too. Improved Ghost Wolf 2/2 by 20 - Ghost Wolf is instant and works indoors. 
Shamanistic Focus at 20 - shocks and Lightning Shield cost 45% less: 
Earth Shock on every mob if you like. 
Elemental Weapons - 
Rockbiter Weapon is 20% stronger. At 25 - Stormstrike, then 
Flurry.Stormstrike tooltip still says “requires level 40”, although testers at the level 30 cap use it - check it yourself at 25.
Ancestral Knowledge 2/5 (+4% Intellect), and Improved Ghost Wolf at 21–22. Then Elemental Weapons ends up at 2/3 and 
Anticipation drops out; everything else stays the same.
Thundering Strikes 5/5
Mental Dexterity 3/3
Improved Ghost Wolf 2/2
Shamanistic Focus 1/1
Elemental Weapons 3/3
Anticipation 1/3
Stormstrike 1/1
Flurry 5/5
Lava Burst at 30. Since October 15, 
Fire Nova is weaker: don't gather extra enemies just for the blast.
Convection - lightning and shocks cost 10% less mana. 
Call of Flame - +15% damage for 
Flame Shock, Fire Nova and fire totems. 
Elemental Alacrity - 
Lightning Bolt is half a second faster; 
Earthbound at 25 holds enemies in place when you drop 
Earthbind Totem. You deal part of the damage before the mob even reaches you, and Fire Nova hits a pack of 2–3 mobs at your fire totem, although it's weaker since October 15.Lava Burst only comes at 30. One level 30 tester says that for caster leveling you're better off putting the first 11 points into Restoration (the “Restoration + Melee” build) than into Elemental.
Makeshift Stormcaller as early as 11 (step).Earthbound helps you get away from enemies after you drop Earthbind Totem; at 30 your main new button is Lava Burst.
Convection 5/5
Elemental Alacrity 3/3
Call of Flame 2/3
Elemental Focus 1/1Call of Flame 3/3
Reverberation 3/5
Earthbound 1/1
Trial by Fire 2/2
Eye of the Storm 2/3
Lava Burst 1/1
Improved Healing Wave - Healing Wave is half a second faster. 
Mindfulness - half of your mana regeneration keeps going while you cast. 
Tidal Focus - cheaper heals and +2% hit chance with all attacks. 
Water Shield at 20 - mana from every hit you take and every spell crit, heals included (only one shield can be up at a time: Water Shield or Lightning Shield). Then Thundering Strikes, Improved Ghost Wolf and Mental Dexterity.Shamanistic Focus and Stormstrike don't fit into it. The wolf is only instant from 27.
Improved Healing Wave 5/5
Mindfulness 3/3
Tidal Focus 2/5
Water Shield 1/1Thundering Strikes 5/5Improved Ghost Wolf 2/2Mental Dexterity 3/3
Healing Focus, 
Tidal Mastery 5/5 and 
Nature's Swiftness at 30.Healing Focus - a 70% chance that damage won't interrupt your heal. Tidal Mastery 5/5 - +5% crit on heals. Nature's Swiftness (30) - an instant heal every 3 minutes for when the tank is about to drop.
Mana Tide Totem - your first point after 30, once you have Water Totem: you can't place a water totem without that item.Improved Healing Wave 5/5Mindfulness 3/3Tidal Focus 2/5Water Shield 1/1
Healing Focus 3/3Tidal Focus 3/5
Tidal Mastery 5/5
Nature's Swiftness 1/1The orc and troll starting valley · the Den, Burning Blade Coven and Spirit Rock
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 45 minutes to level 5–6. This is also where your first class quest is - the earth totem: from level 4, Canaga Earthcaller next to the trainer gives it. The reward is 
Stoneskin Totem and Earth Totem, and without that item you can't place earth totems.
Pelt Collecting for Beginners book - free Skinning, readable from level 3. The junior trainer Norzsh teaches Mining for 10. Mining + Skinning is the best choice for a shaman (the “Professions” section explains why).
Short Staff ≈ 1 - a two-handed staff with 2.0 damage per second: twice as much as your starting weapon (
Worn Mace). A shaman knows staves from character creation. Short on money? Sell your gray items and come back.Lightning Bolt is only for pulling: in Forever Lightning Bolt is weak, and you need your mana for healing. Once the mob reaches you, hit it with your staff - Rockbiter Weapon on it lasts an hour.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: Rockbiter Weapon costs 10 at the trainer, and Short Staff costs ≈ 1.
Gornek: turn in ?Cutting Teeth[2] (the reward is 
Battleworn Leather Gloves), accept !Sting of the Scorpid[3] and the class quest !Rune-Inscribed Parchment[1]. The shaman trainer Shikrik next to the Den: turn in ?Rune-Inscribed Parchment[1]; your first skill is Rockbiter Weapon (10). Kzan Thornslash : turn in ?Wayward Weapons[2].
Kzan Thornslash is right here too: Short Staff ≈ 1 - your first staff. Rockbiter Weapon lasts an hour: when it drops, put it back on.
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 bookJust like in Classic, a shaman can only wear mail from 40. Sarkoth[5]: of the two rewards, the cloth vest is the one for you.
Level 4, Shikrik: Earth Shock (1). Canaga Earthcaller is nearby: accept !Call of Earth[4].
Earth Shock is instant: it finishes off a fleeing mob and interrupts a spell. Mana is precious, so don't press it on every mob. Call of Earth[4]: the hooves drop from the Felstalkers in the north of the valley, in the same spot as the familiars (step).
Pelt Collecting for Beginners - read it and you learn Skinning. Norzsh : Mining (10) and 
Mining Pick ≈ 10. 
Skinning Knife is sold by Duokna and Kagil .
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]; Felstalkers nearby - 2 hooves, Call of Earth[4]. A pick lies at the entrance to Burning Blade Coven - Thazz'ril's Pick[4].
The Den:
Primitive Walking Stick), accept !Burning Blade Medallion[5]
Earth Sapta appears in your bags.Primitive Walking Stick is a staff with 2.6 damage per second, stronger than Short Staff. 
Primitive Club - only if you want to use a shield.
Spirit Rock south of the Den : drink Earth Sapta at the rock and Minor Manifestation of Earth appears. Talk to him: turn in ?Call of Earth[4], accept !Call of Earth[4].
The sapta lets you see the elementals. Lost it? Canaga Earthcaller gives you a new one (Earth Sapta[4]).
Canaga Earthcaller: turn in ?Call of Earth[4] - Stoneskin Totem and Earth Totem.
Stoneskin Totem goes down at a quest spot, not for every mob: it lasts 5 minutes, works within 30 yards and cuts every hit you take by 4. Don't sell Earth Totem: you can't place earth totems without it.
Burning Blade Coven : Yarrog Baneshadow deep inside - the medallion, Burning Blade Medallion[5].
The cave is cramped: pull mobs one at a time with Lightning Bolt, and put Stoneskin Totem at the entrance. 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, Shikrik: Healing Wave (rank 2) and Earthbind Totem, 1 each.
Earthbind Totem is an earth totem that slows the mobs around it: handy when two mobs come at you or a mob runs away. Only one earth totem can be up at a time - after the fight you need Stoneskin Totem again. 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.
Walking Stick ≈ 5 (level 3) - a staff with 4.2 damage per second, your main purchase before 11.
Small Brown Pouch ≈ 5 - 6 slots.Walking Stick is the cheapest leveling speed boost until 11: 4.2 damage per second, almost double what you had. Shorter fights mean less mana spent on healing.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 : Walking Stick - if you can afford it.
Can't afford it? Sell your gray items and come back: the staff makes your fights twice as fast.
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].
Centaurs walk in pairs: pull the one standing at the edge with Lightning Bolt and fight outside the camp. If the second one comes running - Earthbind Totem, and it'll reach you slower. According to RestedXP, Pal'juh is sometimes not in her spot: if she isn't there, 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]: 
Kolkar Hammer is weaker than Walking Stick, and a shaman has no use for a bow - take whatever sells for more, or the mace if you use a shield.
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 · shaman trainer · Kul Tirans on the coast
Razor Hill is your base until level 12: a shaman trainer, an inn and almost all the quests of the north. Set your hearthstone here.
Walking Stick ≈ 5 - if you didn't buy it in Sen'jin.Small Brown Pouch ≈ 5 and Brown Leather Satchel ≈ 25 - 6 and 8 slots. Carry Your Weight[7] gives you one bag.
Ice Cold Milk ≈ 24 and 
Haunch of Meat ≈ 24 (level 5) - water and food between fights. A shaman needs water more often than food.Mining Pick - if you didn't buy it in the valley.
Linen Cloth from the Kul Tirans - for bandages: 
Linen Bandage; Rawrk teaches First Aid. A bandage heals without mana. Sell the extra cloth at the Orgrimmar auction house.
Stoneclaw Totem: it keeps the second one busy while you hit the first. Only one earth totem can be up at a time - after the fight you need Stoneskin Totem again.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, shaman trainer Swart : Lightning Shield, Lightning Bolt (rank 2), Earth Shock (rank 2), Stoneclaw Totem and Rockbiter Weapon (rank 2), 1 each. First Aid - Rawrk .
Lightning Shield - before the pull: its three charges hit whoever hits you. Stoneclaw Totem - the second mob hits the totem while you kill the first. Rockbiter Weapon - put it on your weapon right away. Not level 8 yet? You'll learn them 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 Lightning Bolt; if two come running - Stoneclaw Totem for the second. Heal between fights: in combat, every hit you take pushes back your cast.
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, then back north through the Razormane Grounds. By the end you're level 10: Flame Shock, 
Strength of Earth Totem and the start of the fire totem quest.
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 stands surrounded by trolls - pull them one at a time and save him for last. The Voodoo Trolls cast spells - Earth Shock interrupts the cast. 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 shaman they're only good 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 mana and health; before the fight - Lightning Shield and Stoneskin Totem. Heal when you drop below half health. 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, Swart: Flame Shock, Flametongue Weapon and Strength of Earth Totem, 4 each. Accept the class quest !Call of Fire[10].
Flame Shock is an instant pull from 20 yards: damage right away and for 12 more seconds while the mob runs at you. You can skip Flametongue Weapon: until 30, Rockbiter Weapon is stronger on any weapon. Strength of Earth Totem and Stoneskin Totem are both earth totems and only one can be up: solo it's usually Stoneskin Totem. Talents open at 10 - see the “Leveling talents” section.
Level 10 class quest · across the bridge into the Barrens and up the mountain above the Valley of Trials
The fire totem quest runs across two zones in a strict order: the Barrens → the mountain above Durotar → two items from mobs → the mountain again → the Barrens. The first loop is now, the second at 13 from Far Watch Post (step). The reward at the end is 
Searing Totem, Fire Totem and 
Totem of Charged Flames, a new Forever relic. The first loop gives about a thousand experience and takes roughly 15 minutes (an estimate, not timed).
Reagent Pouch drops from the Burning Blade Cultists at Drygulch Ravine (at 11), 
Fire Tar from the Razormane at Thorn Hill in the Barrens (at 13). Both only drop while the quest is in your log.From Razor Hill, head west along the road and across the bridge over the Southfury River. Just past the bridge is Far Watch Post in the Barrens, and west of it - Kranal Fiss : turn in ?Call of Fire[10], accept !Call of Fire[11].
Torch of the Dormant Flame is in your bags: it's needed on the mountain above Durotar.
Back across the bridge into Durotar and south along the Southfury River: a hidden path starts by the river and winds up the mountain west of the Valley of Trials. At the top, in the shrine - Telf Joolam : turn in ?Call of Fire[11], accept !Call of Fire[12].
Lots of new shamans spend ages looking for the start of the path - go by the coordinates and stick to the path instead of climbing straight up the rocks: it's easy to fall off the narrow ledge.
Down the same way and northeast to Razor Hill: next up is northern Durotar.
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, and naga on the northern shore. On the way you get the first item for the class quest (Call of Fire[12]): the reagent pouch at Drygulch Ravine. By the end you're around level 12 at the gates of Orgrimmar.
Reagent Pouch drops from the Burning Blade Cultists at Drygulch Ravine (step), Fire Tar from the Razormane at Thorn Hill in the Barrens (at 13). Both items only drop while the quest is in your log.Earth Shock interrupts the cast and locks that school of magic for 2 more seconds.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].
On the way to the ravine - Burning Blade Cultists : Reagent Pouch, Call of Fire[12]. Drygulch Ravine : 12 Dustwind Savages and 8 Dustwind Storm Witches - Securing the Lines[11]. The witches and the egg guardians drop a dim storm orb, which starts !A Simmering Storm[11].
Drops from: Fire Tar - Razormane Water Seeker, Razormane Thornweaver, Razormane Geomancer and others · Reagent Pouch - Burning Blade Cultist, Stonesplinter Seer
There are only a few cultists: if the pouch doesn't drop, wait for them to respawn. The witches throw lightning from range - Earth Shock interrupts the cast, and come at them from behind the rocks. Don't take two at once; if a second one joins - Stoneclaw Totem.
Rezlak: turn in ?Securing the Lines[11] (the reward is 
Blemished Wooden Staff) and ?A Simmering Storm[11], accept !Stormy Potential[11].
Blemished Wooden Staff is a staff with 6.4 damage per second: one and a half times stronger than Walking Stick. A shaman can't equip the sword or the bow without the skill.
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 casts spells: before the fight - Lightning Shield and Stoneskin Totem, and Earth Shock interrupts the cast. The amulet doesn't drop from every crocolisk: if it hasn't dropped in 10 minutes, give up - Lost But Not Forgotten[11] isn't worth it.
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, full mana and a potion: before the fight - Lightning Shield and Stoneskin Totem, Blood Fury with the first hit. Solo at 11 it's touch and go: if you meet another player, invite them.
Rezlak - turn in ?Stormy Potential[11] (the reward is Makeshift Stormcaller). Misha Tor'kren - turn in ?Lost But Not Forgotten[11]. Take the western road to Razor Hill: Orgnil Soulscar - turn in ?Dark Storms[12] (the reward is 
Tiger Hide Boots), accept !Margoz[12].
Makeshift Stormcaller is a staff with spell power and 5.8 damage per second: in melee Blemished Wooden Staff is stronger, but this one is better for Elemental and for healing.
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 shaman trainer in the Valley of Wisdom, new quests in the city and “Hidden Enemies”
Orgrimmar is on your way: flight path, the shaman trainer in the Valley of Wisdom, new Forever city quests and the “Hidden Enemies” chain. The insignia for it drops at Skull Rock, right outside the gates - and that's where the collars for Skull Rock[12] are too. So you go into the city twice: before Skull Rock and after.
Quarter Staff ≈ 30 (level 11) - a staff with 9.4 damage per second, one and a half times stronger than Blemished Wooden Staff. Your main purchase before 15. Koru and Zendo'jian in the Valley of Honor sell the same staff.
Tabar from vendors (8.3 damage per second) is weaker than the staff. You'll need the skill at 16 - for stronger axes.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].
Urtharo : Quarter Staff ≈ 30 - if your weapon does less than 9 damage per second.
White staves from vendors hit like ordinary two-handers, while quest staves are caster weapons: less damage, but they have spell power.
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] (the reward is 
Thra's Friendship Bracelet).
You get to choose a bracelet. Thra's Friendship Bracelet is the best one for a shaman: leather and +1 Intellect, and in Enhancement Intellect also gives you attack power. The bracelets with Strength and Stamina are mail - you can't wear them until 40.
Valley of Wisdom, level 12, Kardris Dreamseeker : Fire Nova, 
Purge, 
Ancestral Spirit and Healing Wave (rank 3), 8 each.
Fire Nova is a blast around your fire totem: it starts working once you have Fire Totem (at 13). Purge removes one buff from an enemy - a shield or a heal. Ancestral Spirit brings your friends back after a fight.
Also in the 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
The insignia only drops while Hidden Enemies[12] is in your log. Gazz'uz is level 14 and a caster: before the fight - Lightning Shield and Stoneskin Totem, and Earth Shock interrupts the cast. Too tough? Skip it: Burning Shadows[12] doesn't unlock anything.
Margoz : turn in ?Skull Rock[12] (the reward is 
Stinging Mace), accept !Neeru Fireblade[12].
Stinging Mace is a one-handed mace with 5.9 damage per second, for a healer with a shield. Leveling with a staff? Quarter Staff is stronger: take whatever sells for more.
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].
Got a group? Threat from Below[12] is waiting right here: an elite sea giant on the northern shore, a detour of about 20 minutes. The reward is no use to a shaman (a dagger), so don't take it without a group. Didn't learn your level 12 skills in Orgrimmar? Swart teaches the same ones.
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 you meet Burning Blade mobs of level 10–14, and the casters stand in pairs: Stoneclaw Totem keeps the second one busy, and Earth Shock interrupts the cast.
The best zone for 12–20 on the Horde side · Razormane, the second loop to the fire shrine and the Ratchet pirates
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. Your hearthstone stays at the Crossroads all the way to level 20. This is also where the fire totem quest ends: the tar comes from the Razormane at Thorn Hill, then a second loop to the shrine on the mountain (step).
Ice Cold Milk ≈ 24, from 15 - 
Melon Juice ≈ 1; food - 
Tel'Abim Banana ≈ 24. Kalyimah Stormcloud : Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Quarter Staff ≈ 30 (level 11) - if you didn't buy it in Orgrimmar.
Gnarled Staff ≈ 55 (level 15) - a staff with 11.9 damage per second. Too early for now - remember it at 15.Earthbind Totem - the second one reaches you slowly, or Stoneclaw Totem - it keeps him busy while you hit the first. From 13, once you've gathered two around your fire totem - Fire Nova.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:
Fire Tar drops from the same Water Seekers and Thornweavers - Call of Fire[12]Drops from: Fire Tar - Razormane Water Seeker, Razormane Thornweaver, Razormane Geomancer and others · Reagent Pouch - Burning Blade Cultist, Stonesplinter Seer · Plainstrider Beak - Greater Plainstrider, Ornery Plainstrider, Fleeting Plainstrider · Raptor Head - Sunscale Lashtail, Sunscale Screecher, Sunscale Scytheclaw and others
Thornweavers and Water Seekers cast spells - Earth Shock interrupts the cast.
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.
Across the bridge into Durotar and up the same hidden path to the shrine (like at 10): Telf Joolam - turn in ?Call of Fire[12] (the reward is 
Fire Sapta), accept !Call of Fire[13].
The whole detour to the shrine and back to the Barrens takes an estimated 15–20 minutes (not timed).
Fire Sapta - drink it at the shrine and Minor Manifestation of Fire appears: its Glowing Ember is for Call of Fire[13]. Brazier of the Dormant Flame is nearby : put the ember in it - turn in ?Call of Fire[13], accept !Call of Fire[13].
Drops from: Glowing Ember - Minor Manifestation of Fire, Manifestation of Flames
The Manifestation is level 12 and hits with fire: before the fight - Lightning Shield and Stoneskin Totem. Shock it with Earth Shock: Flame Shock most likely barely does anything to a fire elemental.
Down, across the bridge into the Barrens and west of Far Watch Post: Kranal Fiss - turn in ?Call of Fire[13] - Searing Totem, Fire Totem and the relic Totem of Charged Flames.
Totem of Charged Flames goes in the relic slot: Lightning Bolt and Flame Shock cost 5 less mana. Keep Fire Totem in your bags: without it you can't place fire totems and Fire Nova doesn't work. Searing Totem lasts 30 seconds and hits the nearest enemy within 20 yards - drop it once the mob is already on you, and away from other mobs.
Ratchet to the southeast:
The pirate camp south of Ratchet : 12 Brigands and 6 Cannoneers - Southsea Freebooters[14]; parts in the upper camp - Parts and Pieces[14].
The pirates stand in pairs: Stoneclaw Totem for the second one, and Searing Totem at the edge of the camp so you don't pull extras.
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] (the reward is 
Wayfaring Gloves).
The other reward is mail boots, which a shaman can't wear yet.
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; Earth Shock interrupts the cast.
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 the section you're around level 16: then a short flight to Orgrimmar for your 14–16 skills and Two-Handed Axes.
Stoneclaw Totem keeps one busy for 15 seconds while you kill the other. Drop the totem before the pull - in combat every second counts.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 with Lightning Bolt. Before fighting him - Lightning Shield and Stoneskin Totem, Blood Fury with the first hit; if the guards come running - Stoneclaw Totem.
Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Kolkar Leaders[16] and ?Centaur Bracers[14], accept !Verog the Dervish[18].
Centaur Bracers[14]: you can't equip 
Pointed Axe or 
Stonewood Hammer without the skill (One-Handed Axes and Two-Handed Maces are learned separately), and a shaman has no use for the bow - take whatever 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 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 Wailing Caverns (section).
A delivery chain for orcs and trolls · shaman trainer and weapon master
There are no shaman trainers in the Barrens; the nearest are in Orgrimmar's Valley of Wisdom. The delivery chain for orcs and trolls sends you there and back for experience - the perfect time for your 14–16 skills and Two-Handed Axes.
Gnarled Staff ≈ 55 (level 15) - a staff with 11.9 damage per second. Going to Ragefire Chasm? Don't spend the money: Axe of Orgrimmar with 16.1 is waiting for you there.Hammer ≈ 51 (level 16), a one-handed mace with 9.6 damage per second.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].
Valley of Wisdom, Kardris Dreamseeker : 14 - Earth Shock (rank 3), Lightning Bolt (rank 3) and Stoneskin Totem (rank 2), 9 each; 16 - 
Cure Poison, Lightning Shield (rank 2) and Rockbiter Weapon (rank 3), 18 each.
Rockbiter Weapon is the big one here: +118 attack power on any weapon. Not 16 yet? You'll learn the level 16 skills at 20.
Valley of Honor, weapon master Hanashi (or Sayoc nearby): Two-Handed Axes skill.
According to the beta client, an orc shaman starts out knowing only maces, staves and shields, and Two-Handed Axes are learned separately; in Classic the skill cost 10. If it's already in your skills window, you don't need to learn it. Three axes need the skill: Axe of Orgrimmar from Ragefire Chasm, 
Zhovur Axe at 20 and 
Battle Axe from vendors - the racial +1% crit no longer requires an axe. A new skill starts at 1: fight your first battles with the axe on mobs below your level.
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 13–18 dungeon right inside Orgrimmar · a two-handed axe, or a mace for a healer
The entrance is in the Cleft of Shadow. The main reward comes from Hidden Enemies[16]: you choose Axe of Orgrimmar (16.1 damage per second - the best weapon until 20, needs Two-Handed Axes), 
Hammer of Orgrimmar (a one-handed mace for a healer with a shield) or 
Staff of Orgrimmar (a caster staff). No group - don't take the quests from here. Healing the group? Tips are in the “Dungeons” section.
Thrall: accept !Hidden Enemies[16]. Neeru Fireblade: accept !Slaying the Beast[16].
No Two-Handed Axes skill? Hanashi in the Valley of Honor (step).
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 - Earth Shock interrupts the cast: rank 1 interrupts just like the highest rank. No healer? You heal: Healing Wave between packs, Stoneskin Totem for the tank.
After the Chasm:
Axe of Orgrimmar).In Classic Era players reported that this quest had no reward. According to the Forever database you get a choice of weapons - if the quest window is empty, let us know.
The Sludge Fen, Ratchet, the southern oases and Camp Taurajo
A big loop: the north (Venture Co. goblins, the Sludge Fen), Ratchet, then the south - the oases, centaurs, Camp Taurajo. There's no shaman trainer in the Barrens: you'll learn your level 18 skills together with the level 20 ones in Orgrimmar (step).
Gnarled Staff ≈ 55 (level 15) - if you haven't bought it yet and didn't get Axe of Orgrimmar.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.
The shredder gets attacked along the way: keep Stoneskin Totem next to it and hit whatever is hitting the shredder.
Ratchet:
The Escape[18]: for a shaman - Greasy Tinker's Pants (leather); the other option is a wand, which you can't use. Samophlange[16]: 
Welding Shield - a shield for a healer; leveling with a two-hander? Take whatever sells for more.
The pirate camp south of Ratchet : Baron Longshore (level 16) with guards - WANTED: Baron Longshore[16]. Then Gazlowe: turn in ?WANTED: Baron Longshore[16].
Pull the guards one at a time. If two come at you - Stoneclaw Totem on one, and save the baron for last.
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 by, Mebok Mizzyrix: turn in ?Raptor Horns[18] (the reward is 
Barkeeper's Cloak). Fly to the Crossroads: Gazrog - turn in ?Stolen Silver[18] (the reward is 
Rambling Boots, leather); Tonga Runetotem - turn in ?The Stagnant Oasis[16], accept !Altered Beings[16]; Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?The Angry Scytheclaws[17], accept !Jorn Skyseer[18]; Mankrik - accept !Lost in Battle[20]. To the west, Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Verog the Dervish[18], accept !Hezrul Bloodmark[19].
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: pull the guards one at a time with Lightning Bolt. If both come running - Stoneclaw Totem keeps one busy (it replaces Stoneskin Totem); kill the other one first and the leader last. If it gets bad, heal while the totem holds one of them.
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 be back here at 20.
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).
Hamuul Runetotem[16] leads to Thunder Bluff - you'll deliver it at 22, or earlier with a Wailing Caverns group (step).
Level 18: there's no trainer in the Barrens. You'll learn Flame Shock, Healing Wave, Stoneclaw Totem and 
Tremor Totem together with the level 20 skills in Orgrimmar (step).
Serena, the Stonetalon border, the Grimtotem tauren
The last stretch of part one: Serena Bloodfeather in the Dry Hills and the Grimtotem tauren on the Stonetalon border. Serena Bloodfeather[20]: the reward is Zhovur Axe, a two-handed axe with 13.1 damage per second.
Ghost Wolf and the level 18 skills) and the water totem quest Call of Water[20] - Searn Firewarder in the Valley of Wisdom gives it. That's where the 20–30 part starts (step).Stoneskin Totem and Searing Totem at the edge of the camp and pull the mobs to them one at a time.Lightning Shield up at all times: the shield hits everyone who hits you, and an orc's 
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 nearby first. Earth Shock interrupts her spells, and Stoneclaw Totem distracts a harpy that comes running.
The Crossroads, Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Serena Bloodfeather[20] (the reward is Zhovur Axe).
The axe needs the Two-Handed Axes skill (at 16). Got Axe of Orgrimmar? It's stronger: then take whatever sells for more. Don't take the follow-up (Letter to Jin'Zil[20]) yet - you'll take it at 20.
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; Earth Shock interrupts their casts.
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 for the trainer (Ghost Wolf, 
Totemic Recall) and the water totem quest - part 20–30.
Dungeon 17–24 · quests in Thunder Bluff, Ratchet and at the entrance
Got a group? Wailing Caverns finishes eight quests. Leaders of the Fang[22]: for a melee fighter - Hammerbone, a two-handed mace with 20.4 damage per second and +7 Strength: not much hits harder until 26; for a healer - 
Crescent Staff. No group - don't take a single quest from here. Healing the group? Tips are in 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.
Already 20 with Ghost Wolf? Run the whole way in wolf form.
Thunder Bluff:
Hammerbone needs the Two-Handed Maces skill - Ansekhwa teaches it right here in Thunder Bluff.
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
The Druids of the Fang cast sleep and heal themselves: Tremor Totem removes sleep from the group, Earth Shock interrupts their heals. The snakes poison you - Cure Poison.
After the caves:
Slick Deviate Leggings)Falla Sagewind southwest of the Crossroads, on the road to Wailing Caverns: turn in ?The Glowing Shard[26], accept !In Nightmares[25]. Fly to Thunder Bluff: Apothecary Zamah - turn in ?Serpentbloom[18]; Nara Wildmane - turn in ?Leaders of the Fang[22] (melee - Hammerbone, healer - Crescent Staff); Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem - turn in ?In Nightmares[25].
The level 20 trainer and Ghost Wolf, Islen Waterseer near Ratchet, Brine, the Field of Giants and the elite Chol'aruk
At 20 the trainer has Ghost Wolf - your main purchase until 40 - and over a dozen level 18 and 20 skills, and right next door Searn Firewarder gives the water totem quest. So first, a short flight to Orgrimmar. Then Ratchet (Islen Waterseer) and the Southern Barrens up to 21: Camp Taurajo, the Field of Giants, Brine in the hut on the hill and the elite Chol'aruk (only with a partner). Keep your hearthstone at the Crossroads.
Water Totem is the longest a shaman has: Islen Waterseer near Ratchet, Brine in the Southern Barrens, three waterskins - at her hut (step), in Tarren Mill (at 25) and in Ashenvale (at 28), and the finale in Silverpine Forest at 30 (optional). The route walks you through it on its own - just don't abandon the chain (Call of Water[20] and onward).Battle Axe ≈ 98 (level 20), 15.3 damage per second. Don't spend the money if you have Axe of Orgrimmar or Hammerbone, or if you've found a partner: Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] gives 
Encroacher's Claim - 19.7 damage per second and +6 Strength.Encroacher's Claim, 
Forsaken Greataxe, Merciless Axe). You've had Two-Handed Axes since 16 (step).Ghost Wolf - for any run longer than half a minute: +40% run speed. If you level as Enhancement (our build), it's instant; in “Restoration + Melee” from 27; in the other builds it has a 3-second cast - press it before the fight.Totemic Recall: your totems are gone and a quarter of their mana comes back. It's new in Forever - press it every time.
Frost Shock: if an Alliance rogue or warrior jumps you, slow them by 50% and back off to heal - and an orc's stuns are already 20% shorter (Hardiness). If you level as Enhancement (our build), Ghost Wolf is instant - you can turn into a wolf and leave mid-fight; in the other builds the wolf has a 3-second cast (in “Restoration + Melee” until 27), so open up some distance first.The Crossroads, Devrak: fly to Orgrimmar. Valley of Wisdom, Kardris Dreamseeker : 18 - Flame Shock, Healing Wave, Stoneclaw Totem and Tremor Totem (20 each); 20 - Ghost Wolf, Frost Shock, Lesser Healing Wave, Lightning Bolt, Searing Totem (22 each) and the new Totemic Recall (22). Searn Firewarder is nearby: accept the class quest !Call of Water[20].
About 212 in total; Flametongue Weapon, 
Frostbrand Weapon and the new 
Call of the Elements can wait (see the “Shaman” section). Searing Totem is the second rank of your fire totem, and Tremor Totem removes fear and sleep. Two-hander under 15 damage per second? Zendo'jian in the Valley of Honor: Battle Axe ≈ 98.
Doras: fly to Ratchet. Along the shore southeast of town - Islen Waterseer : turn in ?Call of Water[20], accept !Call of Water[22].
Call of Water[22] leads to the Southern Barrens: Brine is waiting there (step). Didn't take Call of Water[20]? Stop by anyway: according to the Questie database, Islen Waterseer gives Call of Water[22] without the letter too.
Ratchet, Bragok: fly to Camp Taurajo. Jorn Skyseer - accept !Ishamuhale[19]; Mangletooth - accept !Tribes at War[21]; if you have a partner - Grunt Logmar : accept the new !Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23].
Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]: an elite level 23 marauder and level 22–23 Alliance soldiers - solo at 20–21 you have almost no chance. The reward is worth it - Encroacher's Claim: 19.7 damage per second and +6 Strength, and the orc racial crit works with any weapon.
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. Drop your totems before the pull, Blood Fury with the first hit; if your partner is in trouble - Lesser Healing Wave. Didn't work out? Abandon Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]: the quest doesn't unlock anything.
Back south toward Taurajo:
Drops from: Bristleback Quilboar Tusk - Bristleback Hunter, Bristleback Water Seeker, Bristleback Thornweaver and others
Thornweavers and geomancers cast spells - Earth Shock interrupts their casts. The rare elite Swinegart Spearhide fears everything around him - go around.
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 in a pile of little bugs - kill them first; gathered a crowd at your fire totem? Fire Nova. The marauder too tough? Abandon Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]: at 29 you can solo him (step). Stepping Stones[24] leads to Stonetalon - you'll turn it in there.
Further southwest, the hut on the hill by the road: Brine - turn in ?Call of Water[22], accept !Call of Water[22]. The watering hole right below the hut : fill the brown waterskin - Call of Water[22]. Brine: turn in ?Call of Water[22], accept !Call of Water[22].
You'll fill the red waterskin (Call of Water[22]) in Tarren Mill (at 25) and turn it in right here at 27 (step). South of the watering hole are Razormane camps of level 20–25: approach from the north.
Camp Taurajo: Mangletooth - turn in ?Tribes at War[21], accept !Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] and turn in ?Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] right away, then the same with !Agamaggan's Strength[20] (?Agamaggan's Strength[20]): a Strength 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].
Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]: for melee - Encroacher's Claim. You already have the Blood Shards - they drop from the same Bristlebacks. Don't skip Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21]: without it you won't get Betrayal from Within[25] at 29.
Around Taurajo: thunder lizards - 3 portions of blood, Enraged Thunder Lizards[18]. Jorn Skyseer: turn in ?Enraged Thunder Lizards[18], accept !Cry of the Thunderhawk[20]. Thunderhawk Cloudscrapers - wings, Cry of the Thunderhawk[20]; Jorn Skyseer: turn in ?Cry of the Thunderhawk[20].
Drops from: Thunder Lizard Blood - Stormhide, Thunderhead, Stormsnout · Thunderhawk Wings - Thunderhawk Hatchling, Greater Thunderhawk, Thunderhawk Cloudscraper
Cry of the Thunderhawk[20]: 
Gloves of the Moon - leather, +3 Agility and +3 Stamina; for a healer - 
Cobalt Buckler.
Fly to the Crossroads:
Rewards: Consumed by Hatred[20] - 
Boar Hunter's Cape (+3 Agility); Egg Hunt[22] - 
Harlequin Robes for a healer (
Violet Scale Armor is mail, you can't wear it); Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]: for melee - 
Big Bad Basher, for a healer - 
Thornwoven Shield. Big Bad Basher is a two-handed mace with 16.0 damage per second: it needs a separate skill (at 22), and the racial crit gives the axe no edge. Compare damage, stats and the training cost: if it's a clear upgrade, take the mace, otherwise take the reward to sell.
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 run to Thunder Bluff in wolf form.
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 hatchlings can call in a level 22 matriarch: for that case - Stoneclaw Totem, while you back off and heal - Lesser Healing Wave. Cure Poison removes the spider poison.
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 guarding the goblin, place your totems next to him in advance: Searing Totem hits the attackers as they arrive, and Earthbind Totem slows them. The second wave has four: that's where Blood Fury comes in handy.
Ziz Fizziks: turn in ?Super Reaper 6000[21] and ?Gerenzo's Orders[22].
Gerenzo's Orders[22]: 
Dredge Boots is mail - a shaman can't wear it, so sell it. Don't take the follow-up, Further Instructions[21]: it leads to Ratchet, and the route doesn't go back there before 30.
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 run to Thunder Bluff in wolf form (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 spells - Earth Shock interrupts their casts.
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 and the shaman trainer on Spirit Rise - then the zeppelin from Orgrimmar
In wolf form 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, and the level 22 trainer waits on Spirit Rise. Then fly to Orgrimmar and take the zeppelin to Undercity: there are no zeppelins from Thunder Bluff.
Merciless Axe ≈ 32 (level 26) - 21.1 damage per second and +12 Strength, the best two-hander you can buy before 30. Remember it: you'll be back here at 27.Hammerbone or Big Bad Basher. Otherwise don't spend the money: take the two-hander with the best damage, the orc racial crit works with any weapon.
Totemic Projection (22, new in Forever) moves all your placed totems to a spot within 30 yards: if the mob ran off or the next camp is close by, move them instead of placing new ones. One-minute cooldown.From Camp Taurajo, head west along the road into Mulgore and then north to Thunder Bluff: about 4–5 minutes in wolf form, by our estimate. Take the elevator up the bluff. Tal : flight path.
Elder Rise:
Did Wailing Caverns? Then Hamuul Runetotem[16] and Nara Wildmane[16] are already done. The follow-up, Leaders of the Fang[22], is a Wailing Caverns quest: don't take it without a group.
Spirit Rise: Apothecary Zamah - 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 ~25.
Level 22, right here on Spirit Rise: Siln Skychaser - 
Cure Disease, Fire Nova and the new Totemic Projection (30 each).
Don't learn 
Poison Cleansing Totem yet: it's a water totem, and you can only place it with Water Totem in your bags (same as 
Mana Spring Totem), which you won't have until 30. For now Cure Poison removes poison - one at a time, but without a water totem. 
Water Breathing (30) is optional and handy in Blackfathom Deeps; it needs 
Shiny Fish Scales, and according to the Questie database no vendor on the route sells them. Got Hammerbone or Big Bad Basher? Ansekhwa teaches Two-Handed Maces.
Tal: fly to Orgrimmar. The zeppelin tower by 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.
The Shadowfang quest and the hearthstone
The zeppelin lands in Tirisfal, next to Undercity. Here you set your hearthstone and pick up the Shadowfang Keep quest. Dungeons are done in a group of five: only take The Book of Ur[26] if you have a group, otherwise it'll just sit in your log. You'll pick up the Ruins of Lordaeron quests right before you go in (at 24). A shaman finds a group easily: there are never enough healers. Without dungeons you'll fall about 2 levels behind (going by beta data, the dungeon quests at 22–29 are worth about 75 thousand experience): western Ashenvale, the Southern Barrens and the spare quests in Thousand Needles (step) make up part of it, and you'll get the rest from mobs along the way.
Battle Axe ≈ 98 - if your two-hander still does less than 15 damage per second.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 the hearthstone at the end of Hillsbrad: from Dun Garok straight back to the zeppelin home (step).
Undercity, if you have a group for Shadowfang Keep: Keeper Bel'dugur - accept !The Book of Ur[26].
To Silverpine Forest in wolf form: from Undercity take the road southwest through Tirisfal to the Sepulcher. You only get the Sepulcher flight path once you reach it.
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:
A Frightened Request[22], Arugal Must Die[27] and Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25] are dungeon quests: no group - don't take them.
Ambermill: 8 Dalaran Wizards and 8 Dalaran Watchers - Watching the Roads[20].
Dalaran Spellscribe (rare, level 21) freezes you and calls for help; protectors summon snakes. The mages cast from range: pull them around a corner, and Earth Shock interrupts the cast.
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 - a shaman doesn't need it, so 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 three keep 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 The Book of Ur[26], if you did the keep, is turned in at Undercity at 26 (step).
Shadowfang Keep (entrance ), with a group. Inside - Deathstalker Vincent: turn in ?Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25] - take 
Tanned Shoulderpads: leather, +3 Strength and +6 Intellect. 
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
Worgen casters and Arugal's mages cast spells - save Earth Shock for their casts. Healing? Healing Wave between packs, Lesser Healing Wave for damage spikes. Doing damage? Don't press shocks on the tank's target in the first seconds of a fight. A shaman can't remove curses, but an orc has 
Shatter Curse: you can clear yourself without spending mana.
The Sepulcher, Dalar Dawnweaver: turn in ?Arugal Must Die[27] - take 
Seal of Sylvanas: +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.
No group for the Ruins? Don't fly: go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step).
A new Forever dungeon right above Undercity
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. The main thing here for a shaman is The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]: for melee - Forsaken Greataxe (20.5 damage per second, +8 Strength; the racial crit doesn't depend on the weapon), for a healer - 
Gnarled Necromancer's Staff. 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 past the gates of 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]; inside you'll find a crest - !Crest of Lordaeron[22].
Drops from: Intact Limbs - Skeleton, Cadaver, Ragged Ghoul and others
The undead poison you and infect you with diseases: Cure Poison removes poison, Cure Disease removes disease. Healing? Save your mana for the tank: the packs here are big.
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].
For melee - Forsaken Greataxe: the best two-hander on the route until 26 (you've had Two-Handed Axes since 16 - step). For a healer and Elemental - Gnarled Necromancer's Staff: +10 Spirit and spell power.
Undercity:
Rewards for a shaman: Light's Justice[22] - 
Spare Part Bindings (leather), for a healer - 
The Stitcher (a one-handed mace, +30 healing); The New Plague[22] - 
Blight Gloves for a healer, everyone else sells it; Unending Torment[21] - Grave Shroud (+3 Strength); The Book of Ur[26] - Grizzled Boots (leather, +7 Stamina), for a healer - 
Tattered Mittens.
Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher. Tabitha Heartweaver - turn in ?A Frightened Request[22].
For a healer - Tabitha's Cuffs (+3 spell power), for everyone else - 
Edward's Knife: it sells for more.
The road southeast into Hillsbrad Foothills: Deathstalker Lesh at the border - accept !Time To Strike[20]. Then follow the road east to Tarren Mill.
Tarren Mill and the red waterskin, Durnholde Keep, the Hillsbrad fields
Tarren Mill is the Forsaken stronghold in Hillsbrad: this is where you turn in Journey to Tarren Mill[18], which you've been carrying since level 22, and it has the well for the red waterskin. Don't go into Southshore (Alliance) - it has guards.
Merciless Axe ≈ 32 (level 26) - 21.1 damage per second and +12 Strength: the best two-hander before 30 that you can simply buy. Can't afford everything? Your level 24 and 26 skills come first (step): Delgo Ragetotem in Thunder Bluff sells the same axe (at 27).Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Melon Juice ≈ 1, from 25 - 
Sweet Nectar ≈ 2.Wool Cloth from the Hillsbrad humans - for Wool Bandages, sell the extra at the auction house.Stormstrike - a weapon strike every 8 seconds, and your next Earth Shock on that target is 20% stronger. Press them as a pair on every mob. The beta tooltip still says “level 40”, but testers at the level 30 cap use it. Elemental and Restoration don't have it - fight the way you did before.Cure Poison removes his poison, Lightning Shield hits him for every hit he lands, and Frost Shock keeps him from running away.Tarren Mill:
The full waterskin is turned in in the Barrens (at 27).
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.
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 - the keys to the cells holding Tog'thar and Drull (The Rescue[22]); on the way back to the Mill - the second vantage point (Valuable Vantages[25]).
Drops from: Vial of Innocent Blood - Syndicate Shadow Mage
The Syndicate stand close together - pull them one at a time from the edge. Shadow mages cast from range: pull them around a corner, and Earth Shock interrupts the cast. If three come at you - Stoneclaw Totem, and for a crowd at your fire totem - Fire Nova.
Tarren Mill:
The Rescue[22]: for a shaman - Grunt Vest, cloth but with +5 Strength (
Orcish War Chain is mail). You'll turn in Return to Thunder Bluff[23] at Thunder Bluff (at 27).
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
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]. Already 26 and have the money? Ott: Merciless Axe.
Leave the rest of the Battle of Hillsbrad (Battle of Hillsbrad[26] and on) for 30+.
South to Deathstalker Masoj near Dun Garok: turn in ?Valuable Vantages[25].
For a healer - Expended Apothecary Vial (+3 Intellect and Spirit), for everyone else - 
Weathered Deathstalker's Blade: a shaman has no use for the sword, but it sells for more.
Hearthstone to Undercity and the zeppelin near Brill
Hillsbrad is done - hearth to Undercity and take the zeppelin home to Kalimdor. The 24 and 26 trainer is in Orgrimmar this time: the zeppelin lands by the city gates.
From Dun Garok - Hearthstone → Undercity.
Did Shadowfang but not the Ruins? Keeper Bel'dugur : turn in The Book of Ur[26]. Haven't been to the 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. While you're at it, sell your wool, hides and ore at the auction house: training at 24 and 26 in Orgrimmar costs over 3 gold.
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 24–26 trainer, the blue waterskin, turn-ins in Thunder Bluff, Sun Rock Retreat, the Charred Vale
The zeppelin lands outside Orgrimmar - the 24 and 26 trainer is right there. Then a short detour to the Southern Barrens for the blue waterskin (Brine) and on to Thunder Bluff. The Sun Rock Retreat chains lead into Ashenvale and Thousand Needles - so the mountains first, then the forest.
Searing Totem, Flame Shock and Fire Nova are wasted on them. Hit them with your weapon (Rockbiter Weapon on it) and shock with Earth Shock or Frost Shock.The zeppelin lands outside Orgrimmar. Valley of Wisdom, Kardris Dreamseeker: 24 - Rockbiter Weapon, Earth Shock, Healing Wave, Lightning Shield, Stoneskin Totem, Strength of Earth Totem and Ancestral Spirit (35 each); 26 - Lightning Bolt and 
Magma Totem (40 each). Missed 22? Then the level 22 skills too (list). Warcaller Gorlach : accept !The Ashenvale Hunt[20].
The big one is Rockbiter Weapon: +194 attack power on any weapon. Stoneskin Totem and Strength of Earth Totem are new ranks of your earth totems, and Magma Totem is for 3 mobs or more. Don't learn Flametongue Weapon: until 30, Rockbiter Weapon is stronger. Don't learn Mana Spring Totem yet: you can only place it with Water Totem in your bags. All together - about 325.
Doras: fly to Camp Taurajo. South along the road, about 2 minutes in wolf form (an estimate) - Brine : turn in ?Call of Water[22], accept !Call of Water[23]. Back to Taurajo, Omusa Thunderhorn: fly to Thunder Bluff.
You'll fill the blue waterskin in Ashenvale (step). Not doing the water chain? Fly from Orgrimmar straight to Thunder Bluff.
Thunder Bluff:
Merciless Axe? Delgo Ragetotem .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].
The rare elite Sorrow Wing (27) flies around here - it drains health. The botanists heal themselves - Earth Shock interrupts their heals.
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
Bloodfury Slayers finish you off at low health. The rare elite Sister Riven (28) - go around.
Sun Rock Retreat:
Arachnophobia[21] still in your log and the spider is dead? Maggran Earthbinder takes that one too. New Life[25]: for a shaman - 
Windseeker Boots (cloth, +6 Spirit); 
Sandspire Gloves is mail.
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, the blue waterskin, Thistlefur, Zoram'gar
Splintertree Post is a big Horde quest hub. The eastern loop first, then the south (the blue waterskin is there too), then Zoram'gar and, if you have a group, Blackfathom Deeps. This is also where you finish The Sacred Flame[25] from Thunder Bluff.
Sweet Nectar ≈ 2 (from 25).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 - Stoneclaw Totem on one, Frost Shock on the other; if the fight gets rough - Blood Fury.
The south and Mystral Lake:
The rare Eck'alom (27) stuns for 15 seconds - leave it alone. Astranaar is north of the fountain, with Alliance guards: stay to the south.
Splintertree Post:
Torek's Assault[24]: for a healer - 
Polished Walking Staff (+7 Intellect), for everyone else - whatever sells for more.
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]: for melee - 
Deftkin Belt (+4 Agility, +12 attack power), for a healer - 
Driftmire Shield. No Zoram'gar flight path? About 6–8 minutes in wolf form (an estimate); 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 Thistlefur Shamans first: Earth Shock interrupts their heals.
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: put Searing Totem and Stoneskin Totem by the banner before it starts, Fire Nova for a crowd, and if it gets really bad - Stoneclaw Totem (it replaces Stoneskin Totem) and Blood Fury. Start at full health and mana.
Fly to Zoram'gar, Karang Amakkar: turn in ?King of the Foulweald[26].
For a shaman - 
Boorguard Tunic: leather, +7 Agility and +6 Stamina (
Cobalt Legguards is mail).
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 or use Water Breathing if you learned it at 22 and have Shiny Fish Scales. Naga priestesses and oracles heal themselves - Earth Shock interrupts their heals. Healing? Keep Stoneskin Totem by the tank, and Shatter Curse removes a curse from yourself.
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]: for melee - 
Dreamer's Chestguard (leather, +10 Strength and +11 Spirit), for a healer - 
Witch's Finger (+8 Intellect).
Fly from Zoram'gar to Thunder Bluff.
Skipped Blackfathom? Fly right after the Foulweald.
Turn-ins and the trainer at 28 · a new Forever camp on Skywatcher Plateau
Turn-ins for the Stonetalon and Ashenvale quests, the trainer at 28 - 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.
Merciless Axe ≈ 32 - if you haven't bought it yet.Thunder Bluff:
Blackfathom Villainy[27]: for melee - Cultist's Armguards (leather, +7 Stamina, +10 attack power), for a healer - 
Arctic Buckler.
Right here on Spirit Rise, level 28, Siln Skychaser: Flame Shock, Lesser Healing Wave, Stoneclaw Totem and 
Flametongue Totem (60 each).
Short on money? Flame Shock and Lesser Healing Wave first: Flametongue Totem is for groups. Don't learn Frostbrand Weapon: Rockbiter Weapon is enough for you until 30. Not 28 yet? You'll learn them at 30 (step). The new trainer on the stargazers' plateau, Palah Thunderhoof , teaches the same list.
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 roam in packs: gather two or three at your fire totem and press Fire Nova; for the poison - Cure Poison.
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.
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).
You won't get Betrayal from Within[25] until you've turned in Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21]: didn't turn it in at 20? Take it and turn it in first (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. Stay right on top of him, and Earth Shock interrupts his spells.
The Dustwallow Marsh border : soldiers and the elite pillager - Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23], if you took it now.
Start the marauder with full mana: totems before the pull, Blood Fury with the first hit. 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 - pull them one at a time.
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] - a ring of your choice. The last boss, Charlga Razorflank, drops a heart - A Vengeful Fate[34], if you took the quest.
Willix the Importer[30]: for melee - 
Tiger Band (+5 Strength), for a healer - 
Snake Hoop. The Razorfen shamans and weavers heal and cast spells - Earth Shock interrupts their casts.
Camp Taurajo:
Weapons of Choice[24]: Demolition Hammer is a two-handed mace with 17.6 damage per second and +9 Strength, but it's fast (2.3), while 
Windfury Weapon (30) loves a slow two-hander; Two-Handed Maces are a separate skill. Have Merciless Axe or Forsaken Greataxe? Sell it.
The last waterskin, Freewind Post, the Galak centaurs, the sacred flame
On the way - Brine: you turn in the last waterskin to her. This is where you finish level 30; the rest of Thousand Needles is already part of 30+.
Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Sweet Nectar ≈ 2.
Ankh - without it 
Reincarnation (30) doesn't work. According to the game files Montarr sells it: if he has it in stock, buy a couple right away.
Astral Recall brings you back here from Thunder Bluff in 10 seconds (step), and the hearthstone stays free for later.From Taurajo, head south along the road to the hut on the hill: Brine - turn in ?Call of Water[23], accept !Call of Water[23].
You'll take 
Vial of Purest Water to Ratchet when you go for the water totem (at 30). Not doing the water chain? Skip this step.
Further south to the Great Lift and 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 cast spells - start with them; Earth Shock interrupts the cast. Only jump off the platform from the wooden plank: from there the quest catches you, and from anywhere else the fall is real.
Freewind:
The Sacred Flame[29]: for a shaman - 
Azure Sash, leather, +7 Intellect (
Cliffrunner's Aim is no use to you). Not 30 yet? Finish it right here: Cliffwatcher Longhorn now gives Grimtotem Spying[28] - three notes in crates on Darkcloud Pinnacle , in the Grimtotem tauren camp; Elu - Wind Rider[29]: 10 wyvern eggs at Highperch in the west . Both quests go back to whoever gave them.
Windfury Weapon and Astral Recall from the trainer in Thunder Bluff, Air Totem in Thousand Needles
The level 30 class quest: Air Totem unlocks 
Grounding Totem and the air totems after 30. Xanis Flameweaver on Spirit Rise in Thunder Bluff gives Call of Air[30] - in the same place as the level 30 trainer - and Astral Recall, new at 30, takes you back to Thousand Needles. Set aside about 350 for training.
Astral Recall takes you to the same place as your hearthstone, but they have separate cooldowns: your hearthstone stays free.Ankh - according to the game files Chepi sells it, if you didn't buy it at Freewind.
Bullova (a two-handed axe) and 
War Hammer - 22.4 and 22.3 damage per second with no bonuses. When the damage is nearly the same, pick the skill you've already leveled: the racial crit gives the axe no edge. Have Merciless Axe or Forsaken Greataxe? Don't spend the money: with their Strength they're no weaker.Astral Recall is a second hearthstone with a 15-minute cooldown: save your hearthstone for long trips and press Astral Recall to get back to camp.Grounding Totem absorbs one harmful spell and breaks: against a mage, priest or warlock, drop it first, then attack. Shatter Curse removes a warlock's curse.Freewind Post, Nyse: fly to Thunder Bluff. Spirit Rise, Siln Skychaser: level 30 - Windfury Weapon, Reincarnation, Astral Recall, Searing Totem and Grounding Totem (70 each); skipped the level 28 trainer? Then the level 28 skills too (list). Xanis Flameweaver is nearby: accept the class quest !Call of Air[30]. Got the heart in the Kraul (A Vengeful Fate[34])? Auld Stonespire : turn in ?A Vengeful Fate[34].
Windfury Weapon goes on a slow two-hander; on a fast weapon (like Demolition Hammer) keep Rockbiter Weapon. Reincarnation uses up Ankh - keep one in your bags. Grounding Totem starts working as soon as you get Air Totem. The new 
Call of the Ancestors is a second set of totems on your bar, optional. Searn Firewarder in Orgrimmar gives the same air totem quest (Call of Air[30]) - take one of the two.
Astral Recall → Freewind Post (10-second cast).
15-minute cooldown, and your hearthstone stays free. Not learned, or on cooldown? Use the hearthstone; both on cooldown? Tal: fly to Freewind.
Northeast of Freewind, not far from where you picked up Test of Faith[26] (step): Prate Cloudseer - turn in ?Call of Air[30], the reward is Air Totem.
The quest is just a walk and a chat, yet it gives almost 2.5 thousand experience. Don't sell Air Totem: you can't place air totems without it.
What's next (30+): the rest of Thousand Needles, Ordanus[29] → The Den[29] in Stonetalon, the Shimmering Flats, Hillsbrad and Arathi, “Excavation Site: Wetlands” and the Scarlet Monastery. For a shaman - the end of the water chain (you can do it now too) and a new Forever 30–40 chain: according to beta data, it starts at Freewind Post - Rau Cliffrunner, Elemental Aid[33]. That will be the next part of the guide.
Ratchet → Silverpine Forest → Ratchet: Water Totem and 
Healing Stream Totem
The last step of the water chain is in Silverpine Forest, and the 20–30 route doesn't go back there. You can go right away at 30: an estimated 45–60 minutes of flights and zeppelins and about 3 thousand experience (level 23 quests). No rush - do it at 30+ on your way to the Scarlet Monastery: it's the same trip. Healing dungeons? Go now: Healing Stream Totem, Mana Spring Totem and Poison Cleansing Totem can only be placed with Water Totem in your bags.
Water Sapta) by the lake west of the Sepulcher: without it you can't see the elementals.Freewind Post, Nyse: fly to Ratchet. Islen Waterseer : turn in ?Call of Water[23] - Water Sapta appears in your bags; accept !Call of Water[23].
Don't drink the sapta yet - you need it at the brazier (step). If you lose it, Islen Waterseer gives you a new one (Water Sapta[20]).
Bragok: fly to Orgrimmar. The zeppelin tower by the gates : Frezza sends you to Undercity - that's yours; Snurk Bucksquick goes to Grom'gol - not that one. Undercity, Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher.
The lake west of the Sepulcher: drink the sapta (Water Sapta) - it reveals the elementals. Corrupt Minor Manifestation of Water (level 22) - the bracers, Call of Water[23]. Brazier of Everfount on the shore : put the bracers and 
Remaining Drops of Purest Water in it - turn in ?Call of Water[23], accept !Call of Water[23]. Minor Manifestation of Water appears: talk to it - turn in ?Call of Water[23], accept !Call of Water[23].
If the spirit vanishes before you talk to it, Tiev Mordune is nearby: Call of Water[23] - but it needs a new sapta, and only Islen Waterseer (Water Sapta[20]) in Ratchet gives one - that's another round trip by zeppelin. So come to the brazier at full health and talk to the spirit right away.
Back:
Mana Spring Totem and Poison Cleansing Totem if you haven't yetWater Totem and Healing Stream Totem.Put Healing Stream Totem or Mana Spring Totem down at a quest spot together with your earth and fire totems: only one water totem can be up at a time too. Leveling as “Restoration: Dungeon Healer”? Your first point after 30 goes into Mana Tide Totem: it works once you have the water totem.
Hearthstone → Freewind Post.
Quests offered far from the entrance, and the shaman in a group
Healing Wave between packs and on the tank, and from 20 Lesser Healing Wave for damage spikes. Healing power on Forever gear is higher than in Classic. Restoration heals best (builds in the “Talents” section); in the other specs keep a mana reserve and don't do damage yourself.Earth Shock: it interrupts the cast and locks a whole school of magic for 2 seconds. Rank 1 interrupts just as well as the highest rank and costs many times less. Shocks share a 6-second cooldown - save a shock for the cast, not for damage.Purge (12) removes a buff from an enemy - a shield or a heal over time; Cure Poison (16) - poisons, Cure Disease (22) - diseases; Ancestral Spirit (12) brings the fallen back after the fight.Stoneskin Totem when the tank is taking hits, Strength of Earth Totem when the group has melee; Tremor Totem (18) removes fear, sleep and charm; Searing Totem in combat. In Forever, buff totems last 5 minutes and work within 30 yards. From 20, Call of the Elements drops the whole set in 3 seconds.Earth Shock and Fire Nova generate a lot of threat, and in Forever Fire Nova puts the threat on the shaman, not the totem (according to Method). In the first seconds of a fight, don't press them until the tank has gathered everything.Shatter Curse removes curses from yourself - in Shadowfang and Blackfathom Deeps that's healer mana saved once again.Hidden Enemies[16]: for melee - Axe of Orgrimmar (16.1 damage per second, needs Two-Handed Axes - at 16), for a healer with a shield - Hammer of Orgrimmar, for a caster - Staff of Orgrimmar. No group - don't take a single quest from here.
Hammerbone (a mace, 20.4) or Crescent Staff (a healer's staff)Glowing Shard drops from the last boss - Mutanus the DevourerThe Druids of the Fang cast sleep and heal themselves: Tremor Totem removes sleep, Earth Shock interrupts the heal. For poisons - Cure Poison. Hammerbone needs the Two-Handed Maces skill - Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff teaches it.
The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]: for melee - Forsaken Greataxe (20.5 damage per second, +8 Strength), for a healer - Gnarled Necromancer's Staff. The undead poison you and infect you with diseases: Cure Poison and Cure Disease get plenty of use here. The run itself - at 24.
The run itself - at 23–24. Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25]: the reward is Tanned Shoulderpads (leather, +3 Strength and +6 Intellect). Worgen casters and Arugal's mages cast spells - save Earth Shock for their casts.
Baron Aquanis[30]: for melee - Dreamer's Chestguard (+10 Strength), for a healer - Witch's Finger. Blackfathom Villainy[27]: for melee - Cultist's Armguards, for a healer - Arctic Buckler. Underwater, Water Breathing helps (22, needs Shiny Fish Scales).
Willix the Importer[30]: for melee - Tiger Band (+5 Strength), for a healer - Snake Hoop. According to beta data, at 30+ the new Forever shaman chain (Elemental Aid[33]) leads here too: the target there is Charlga Razorflank.
What to learn, what to hit with and how to keep your mana from running dry - up to level 30
Fire Nova is a spell you get at 12, not a totem: a blast around your fire totem. New at the trainer: Totemic Recall and Call of the Elements at 20, Totemic Projection at 22, Call of the Ancestors at 30. Damage and healing spells at rank 3+ are weaker than in Classic: Lightning Bolt (20) - 59–67 versus 88–100, Lightning Bolt (26) - 79–90 versus 131–149; on the other hand, spell power on gear is higher. The totem items are still required, and the orc class quests for them are the same as in Classic.How to kill a mob. Always keep Rockbiter Weapon up. Pull with Lightning Bolt from range or, from 10, with an instant Flame Shock from 20 yards; then hit with your two-hander. Keep Earth Shock for a cast or for a mob that runs. Lightning Shield before the pull, and a totem at the quest spot, not for every mob. Between fights - a low-rank Healing Wave if you're below half health, and water if you're below a third of your mana. Two mobs - Earthbind Totem for the second one; three - Stoneclaw Totem instead: only one earth totem can be up. A tough fight - Blood Fury with the first hit. If you level as Enhancement (our build): from 20, Shamanistic Focus makes shocks 45% cheaper - then Earth Shock on every mob if you like.
Prices are from the trainer list on Wowhead Forever (beta). Everything up to level 20 costs about 5 gold, and from 22 to 30 about 16 more, almost 6 of it at 30. Skip what can wait, and the water totems until Water Totem is in your bags - you'll save a few gold. Horde shaman trainers: Shikrik in the Valley of Trials (only up to 6), Swart in Razor Hill, Kardris Dreamseeker , Sian'tsu and Sagorne Creststrider in Orgrimmar's Valley of Wisdom, Siln Skychaser on Spirit Rise in Thunder Bluff, Narm Skychaser in Bloodhoof Village and the new Palah Thunderhoof on the stargazers' plateau. There are no Horde shaman trainers in the Barrens, Stonetalon, Ashenvale, Thousand Needles or anywhere in the Eastern Kingdoms - the route takes you to them on its own: the valley at 1–6 (step), Razor Hill at 8 and 10 (step), Orgrimmar at 12 (step), 16 (step) and 20 (step), Thunder Bluff at 22 (step), Orgrimmar at 26 - your 24 and 26 skills after the Eastern Kingdoms (step), Thunder Bluff at 28 (step) and 30 (step).
Earth Totem for earth totems, Fire Totem for fire totems and Fire Nova, Water Totem for water totems, Air Totem for air totems. Don't sell them or throw them away.Stoneskin Totem and Earth Totem (step).Searing Totem, Fire Totem and Totem of Charged Flames, a new Forever relic (step). Missed Call of Fire[10]? Call of Fire[10] (Searn Firewarder, Orgrimmar) starts the same path.Healing Stream Totem and Water Totem. The 20–30 route doesn't cover the last stretch: go at 30 (optional) or at 30+ on your way to the Scarlet Monastery.Air Totem (step). The quest is just a conversation.Stoneskin Totem, Strength of Earth Totem, Earthbind Totem, Stoneclaw Totem and Tremor Totem are all earth totems, and a new one replaces the old. If Earthbind Totem or Stoneclaw Totem is down, you need Stoneskin Totem again after the fight. Solo it's usually Stoneskin Totem; in a group with melee - Strength of Earth Totem.Searing Totem hits the nearest enemy within 20 yards - put it behind you, not next to a neighboring camp, or you'll pull extras.
Two-Handed Axes and Maces was removed in Forever, and the two-hander skill became a normal one - most likely weapon masters teach it like any other; this hasn't been checked on the beta yet. Axes - Hanashi and Sayoc in Orgrimmar, maces - Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff; in Classic the skill cost 10.Short Staff (2.0) - Kzan Thornslash in the valley. 4: Vile Familiars[4], the reward is Primitive Walking Stick (2.6). 5–11: Walking Stick (4.2) - Trayexir in Sen'jin or Uhgar in Razor Hill.Blemished Wooden Staff (6.4); Stormy Potential[11], the reward is Makeshift Stormcaller (5.8, spell power - for a caster). 11–15: Quarter Staff (9.4) - Urtharo or Koru in Orgrimmar, Nargal Deatheye at the Crossroads.Gnarled Staff (11.9) - Koru in Orgrimmar or Ironzar in Ratchet. 16, Ragefire Chasm: Hidden Enemies[16], the reward is Axe of Orgrimmar (axe, 16.1).Zhovur Axe (axe, 13.1). 20: Battle Axe (axe, 15.3, slow - 3.8 speed) - Zendo'jian in Orgrimmar; haven't learned axes? Long Staff (15.2) from the same vendor. With a group - Hammerbone (mace, 20.4) from Wailing Caverns.Encroacher's Claim (axe, 19.7, +6 Strength; Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23], with a partner - step), Forsaken Greataxe (20.5, +8 Strength; The Wrath of Rath'mael[22], Ruins of Lordaeron - step) and Merciless Axe (21.1, +12 Strength; sold by vendors from 26 - step). 30: Bullova - an axe with 22.4 and no bonuses, in Thunder Bluff (at 30).Rockbiter Weapon on any weapon: +79 attack power from 8, +118 from 16, +194 from 24; if you level as Enhancement (our build), Elemental Weapons adds another 20%. Flametongue Weapon gets cut down by fire resistance and only catches up on a very slow weapon. At 30 - Windfury Weapon on a slow two-hander. Enchants last an hour.Rockbiter Weapon doesn't depend on it, but Windfury Weapon (30) and Stormstrike love slow weapons. With equal damage per second, take the slow two-hander.Stinging Mace (Skull Rock[12]), 
Engineer's Hammer and Welding Shield (Samophlange[16]), Hammer of Orgrimmar (Ragefire Chasm); at 20–30 - Cobalt Buckler (Cry of the Thunderhawk[20]), Thornwoven Shield (Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]), The Stitcher (Light's Justice[22], Ruins of Lordaeron), Driftmire Shield (Je'neu of the Earthen Ring[27]) and Arctic Buckler (Blackfathom Villainy[27], Blackfathom Deeps). Shields are sold by Rarc in the valley and Wuark in Razor Hill.Lightning Bolt is only for pulling. Testers call 1–20 an “auto-attack simulator” and Lightning Bolt a “wet noodle”: don't cast in melee, you need the mana for healing.Flame Shock - an instant pull from 20 yards, Earth Shock - interrupt a cast or finish off a runner, and from 20 Frost Shock - a 50% slow.Earth Shock on its own button: in the spellbook, turn on showing all ranks and drag rank 1 to your bar (that's how it works in Classic; check it in the Forever client). It interrupts a cast just like the highest rank but costs many times less mana.Lightning Shield before the pull, not before every mob: three charges, 10 minutes.Totem of Charged Flames comes at the end of the fire chain (Call of Fire[13]): Lightning Bolt and Flame Shock cost 5 less mana. If you level as Enhancement (our build): from 20, Shamanistic Focus makes shocks and the shield 45% cheaper. Restoration has Water Shield instead: mana from the hits you take.Ice Cold Milk from 5, Melon Juice from 15, Sweet Nectar from 25. Drink when you're below a third of your mana, and eat at the same time.Totemic Recall: when you leave a spot, pick up your totems - a quarter of their mana comes back.Healing Wave (rank 3) heals half as much as Healing Wave (rank 4), but costs half the mana and casts faster (2.5 seconds versus 3). The mana per point of health is the same - you only save on overhealing. Heal only when you're below half health.Lesser Healing Wave (from 20): fast but expensive.Stoneskin Totem at the quest spot: every hit you take is 4 weaker (7 from 14). A third mob joins? Stoneclaw Totem instead; they run? Earthbind Totem. From 20 - Ghost Wolf to get away.Hardiness makes stuns 20% shorter, and Shatter Curse removes curses and cuts the magic damage you take by 5% for 8 seconds.Reincarnation: you get back up where you died. It needs Ankh - according to the game files reagent vendors sell it, for example Horthus in Orgrimmar; the price in Forever hasn't been checked.Ghost Wolf from 20: +40% run speed, a 3-second cast, outdoors only. If you level as Enhancement (our build): Improved Ghost Wolf 2/2 by 20 - the wolf is instant and works indoors. Elemental and “Restoration: Dungeon Healer” don't have this talent; in “Restoration + Melee” the wolf is instant from 27 - until then, cast it ahead of time, before the fight.Astral Recall: a second hearthstone with a 15-minute cooldown.Shamanistic Focus and an instant wolf at 20, Stormstrike at 25. Plus Elemental for a caster and two Restoration builds for dungeons.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.Mental Dexterity talent that's attack power too). They don't stack with similar class buffs.Linen Bandage from linen, 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
Totem of Charged Flames, and Call of Water[23] (water totem) gives 185 experience (in Classic it gave none). Orc shamans do have other Forever class quests before 30, but they're far from the route: according to Wowhead, two quests from level 18 lead to Alterac Mountains and Duskwood, and a chain from 30 starts in Thousand Needles (step).Totemic Recall and Call of the Elements at 20, Totemic Projection at 22, Call of the Ancestors at 30. Totem items are still required.Fire Nova is a spell from 12, a blast around your fire totem.Lightning Bolt has a 2.5-second cast; staves became caster weapons (less damage, but with spell power) - except the white staves from vendors.Two-Handed Axes and Maces and the totem upgrades are now baseline. The talents were rebuilt: Stormstrike needs 16 points (from level 25); new ones are Mental Dexterity, Shamanistic Focus, Water Shield, Mana Tide Totem from 25, 
Lightning Overload and Earthbound.Blood Fury - +10% attack power and spell power for 15 seconds, 3-minute cooldown; there's no healing penalty anymore. Useful for a shaman both in melee and for shocks: press it at the start of a tough fight.Hardiness - stuns are 20% shorter.Shatter Curse (new) - removes all curses with no immunity afterwards, -5% magic damage for 8 seconds, 3-minute cooldown.Earth Shock for interrupts - rank 1 interrupts heals and fears just like the highest rank. Purge - against priest shields and paladin blessings. From 18, Tremor Totem removes fear. Against a rogue or warrior, an orc's Hardiness is half the battle: stuns are shorter.The hearthstone, dangerous mobs, what not to forget
| Lvl | Key points | Don't miss |
|---|---|---|
| 1–4 | Rune-Inscribed Parchment[1], Rockbiter Weapon, Short Staff | Boar meat - for Cooking |
| 4–6 | Earth totem: Call of Earth[4] → Call of Earth[4] → Call of Earth[4] | Drink the sapta at Spirit Rock |
| 5–7 | Walking Stick in Sen'jin | Elite spider by the road - only at 9 |
| 7–9 | Hearthstone in Razor Hill, Lightning Shield and Stoneclaw Totem at 8 | The Admiral's Orders[7] - keep it until Orgrimmar |
| 10 | Flame Shock, Strength of Earth Totem; Call of Fire[10] → Call of Fire[11] → Call of Fire[12] | The path to the shrine starts by the river |
| 11 | Securing the Lines[11]: Blemished Wooden Staff; Reagent Pouch at Drygulch Ravine | The pouch only drops while Call of Fire[12] is in your log |
| 12 | Orgrimmar: Quarter Staff, the trainer, city quests | Hidden Enemies[12]: the insignia is at Skull Rock |
| 13 | Fire Tar at Thorn Hill → Searing Totem and Totem of Charged Flames | Hearthstone - at the Crossroads |
| 16 | Orgrimmar: Rockbiter Weapon, Two-Handed Axes, Ragefire Chasm | The Meats to Orgrimmar[10] chain - orcs and trolls only |
| 17–18 | Flight path at Camp Taurajo | Apothecary Zamah[15] is timed - only with a group |
| 19–20 | Serena Bloodfeather[20]: Zhovur Axe | The Elder Crone[18] and Kaya's Alive[18] - you'll turn them in at 21–22 |
| 20 | Orgrimmar: Ghost Wolf, Totemic Recall, Call of Water[20]; Battle Axe | Level 18 and 20 skills - in one visit |
| 21 | Islen Waterseer near Ratchet, Brine: the brown waterskin | Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] and Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] - only with a partner |
| 22 | Thunder Bluff: The Elder Crone[18] → Forsaken Aid[18] → Journey to Tarren Mill[18], Totemic Projection | From Taurajo in wolf form: no flight path yet |
| 23–25 | Shadowfang and the Ruins of Lordaeron - with a group; Forsaken Greataxe | Hearthstone in Undercity |
| 25 | The red waterskin in Tarren Mill | Don't go down into Dun Garok (28–30) |
| 26 | Orgrimmar: Rockbiter Weapon, Magma Totem; Merciless Axe | Level 24 and 26 skills in one visit |
| 28 | The blue waterskin in Ashenvale; the trainer in Thunder Bluff | Astranaar is close - Alliance guards |
| 30 | Windfury Weapon, Reincarnation, Astral Recall; Call of Air[30] - Air Totem | Ankh: without it Reincarnation doesn't work |
| 30+ | Water totem: Silverpine Forest → Water Totem and Healing Stream Totem | Healing dungeons? Go right away at 30 |
Astral Recall takes you there too.Astral Recall, with a 15-minute cooldown.Earth Totem or Fire Totem to a vendor: you can't place totems of that element without them.Totemic Recall (from 20).Searing Totem and Fire Nova at the edge of a neighboring camp - you'll pull extras.Earth Shock just to interrupt: rank 1 interrupts just as well and costs many times less.Flametongue Weapon on your weapon before 30: Rockbiter Weapon is stronger on any weapon.Totem of Charged Flames in your bags.Mana Spring Totem and Poison Cleansing Totem before Water Totem was in your bags: you can't place water totems without it.
Elemental 0
Enhancement 21
Restoration 0
Frost Resistance Totem
Far Sight
Fire Resistance Totem
Water Walking
Nature Resistance Totem