RaceSkyborne · High OrderYour island sword already works for Combat, so keep it beside the daggers. This High Order Rogue 1-30 route takes you from Zephras Isle through Dalaran and Stormwind to Westfall, Loch Modan, Redridge, Duskwood, and the Wetlands. Dual Wield starts at 10, followed by Lockpicking training and the Alliance poison chain at 20. We'll cover openers, reagents, and useful weapons. Dungeon chapters are optional.
What to install from CurseForge for Forever: the useful and the fun
Kick, 
Evasion, 
Vanish, 
Read Leyline, food, bandages and your thrown weapon on accessible buttons. Show energy and combo points near the target.Small things about your route, mobs, mana, and speed that add up to hours over a whole leveling run
Main route: Zephras Isle to 13-14 → High Order skycutter to Dalaran → Alliance portal to Stormwind → Westfall → Ironforge and Loch Modan → Redridge Mountains → Duskwood → Wetlands to 30. Finish island class quests before sailing. You can skip group chapters entirely.
Builds for 10-30: which one to pick and in what order to spend points
You start talents at 10 and have 21 points by 30. I'd use Combat for normal quests, with the island sword in the main hand and a dagger or one-handed mace off hand. Dagger builds need a different weapon plan. These orders use Forever's tree after Blizzard's November 2 changes. Respec with Osborne the Night Man in Stormwind or Hulfdan Blackbeard in Ironforge. The launch starting price is 1 gold, so choose the style you want before moving the points around.
Sinister Strike to build most of your points. A parry can open 
Riposte. Take the extra attack when it's ready, but keep the normal rotation going between procs.Endurance for shorter 
Sprint and Evasion cooldowns. The other orders don't. Their travel and defensive timing will be different.
Blade Flurry helps with a second target. Look for your sapped mob before activating it. Hitting both can undo the control that made the pull manageable.Sinister Strike. Buying a white sword doesn't guarantee an upgrade over the dagger you have.
Efficient Strikes 2/2
Coup de Grace 3/3
Precision 2/3
Deflection 3/3
Riposte 1/1Precision 3/3
Endurance 2/2
Improved Sprint 1/2
Flawless Execution 1/1
Aggression 3/3
Composure 1/2
Blade Flurry 1/1
Mutilate costs 31 points since November 2 and only opens at 40, so take 
Venom at 30 for the new 
Shank.Sinister Strike and spend them on finishers. 
Malice and 
Lethality bring the crits, poisons join in at 20, and 
Improved Poisons applies them more often at 26-29. Mutilate costs 31 points since November 2 and only opens at 40, so take Venom at 30 for the new Shank.Endurance, Riposte, and Blade Flurry. Don't plan a pull around the main Combat build's extra attacks or shorter cooldowns.Mutilate only opens there. Until 30, a slow weapon for Sinister Strike works fine.
Remorseless Attacks 2/2
Malice 5/5
Ruthlessness 3/3
Lethality 2/2
Vigor 2/2
Improved Slice and Dice 1/3
Cold Blood 1/1
Improved Poisons 4/5
Venom 1/1
Backstab needs a dagger and the enemy's back. 
Gouge gives you an opening to get there while solo. When you can't use that window, Sinister Strike still works from the front.
Blade of Cunning can fill the slot, but it isn't an island reward. Don't expect it when you finish the Skyborne starting chain.Blade Flurry at 30. Switching to the main Combat build requires a separate talent reset at a trainer.Remorseless Attacks 2/2Efficient Strikes 2/2Coup de Grace 3/3
Puncturing Wounds 3/3Deflection 3/3Riposte 1/1Precision 3/3Flawless Execution 1/1Composure 2/2Aggression 1/3
Ambush uses a dagger for your opening hit. 
Camouflage helps you move in stealth.
Hemorrhage at 30 adds another builder. Match the attacks to your weapons and talents. A dagger Combat rotation won't transfer unchanged to this setup.
Opportunity 5/5
Improved Ambush 3/3
Camouflage 2/3
Initiative 3/3
Premeditation 1/1
Serrated Blades 3/3
Ghostly Strike 1/1Camouflage 3/3
Dirty Deeds 1/2
Hemorrhage 1/1The shared High Order quest circuit, with class training fitted around your level.
Scout Ranger's Dagger from Foul Matriarch[5]; if a vendor has something stronger, weigh the price against your training budget.
Mining Pick, ≈ 10. Rogues do not need water.Ailee Farheart at the grove entrance: accept !Coming of Age[1]. Rorian the Dayseeker : turn in ?Coming of Age[1], accept !Harmony in Balance[1]. Elatrell Featherlight : accept !Infestation Investigation[2].
Around the grove to the south and east : kill 8 Juvenile Vuldren for Harmony in Balance[1] and 8 Pesky Cirrusfly for Infestation Investigation[2].
Elatrell Featherlight: turn in ?Infestation Investigation[2], accept !The Cirrusfly Queen[3]. Climb the tower's spiral staircase: Halaan Hawk-Eye : accept !The Anchors of Zephras[2], speak again and inspect the pylon for The Anchors of Zephras[2], then turn in ?The Anchors of Zephras[2]. Myriaal Mistwake : accept !Falling With Style[2]. Jump off the tower and use 
Walk on Air while airborne for Falling With Style[2].
The Anchors of Zephras[2] did not give credit before October 7. Still broken? Abandon it; it is worth 85 XP. Walk on Air stays useful: glide down island cliffs now, avoid lethal falls later.
Rorian the Dayseeker : turn in ?Harmony in Balance[1] and ?Falling With Style[2], accept !Elemental Unrest[3] and !At Home in the Shadows[2]. Read 
Folded Parchment. Akeri Duskblade : turn in ?At Home in the Shadows[2] and learn your available first ability.
You start with Daggers, Swords, Maces, Bows and Thrown. Keep your old dagger for the off-hand at 10; Axes and Fist Weapons require training.
Falorne Fallwind : accept !Reading the Leylines[4]; Dalia the Collector : accept !Harvesting Windstones[4].
Head east. Yala Windwatcher : turn in ?Elemental Unrest[3], accept !Agitators[3]. Nearby at , kill 7 Al'Aketh Convert and 6 Roiling Winds for Agitators[3]. Find Ley Line north of the other stones at and use Read Leyline beside it for Reading the Leylines[4]. Collect raw windstones on the ridges at along the way for Harvesting Windstones[4].
Read Leyline is the High Order ritual: +50% health and mana regeneration for 15 seconds, or +100% with the hour-long Attuned buff from a leyline. It does not increase movement speed, Energy or rage.
Yala Windwatcher: turn in ?Agitators[3], accept !Return to Rorian[4].
Hive to the southeast : kill Cirrusfly Queen for The Cirrusfly Queen[3]; collect the remaining windstones around for Harvesting Windstones[4].
Return to the grove. Dalia the Collector: turn in ?Harvesting Windstones[4]. Elatrell Featherlight: turn in ?The Cirrusfly Queen[3]. Falorne Fallwind : turn in ?Reading the Leylines[4].
Take the leather chest: Rogues cannot wear mail.
Akeri Duskblade : level 4 training - Backstab, 
Pick Pocket. Rorian the Dayseeker : turn in ?Return to Rorian[4], accept !Aetheen of the Gales[4]. Aetheen of the Gales : turn in ?Aetheen of the Gales[4], accept !Foul Matriarch[5]. Valreaa Valewind : accept !Aggressive Encroachment[4].
If you picked Mining, read 
Mining for Dummies; Uualia Suncrest : buy Mining Pick ≈ 10.
Sell the ore or use it for the miner's camping buff (+attack power). See Professions.
West of the grove: Scrawny Ursera at for 6 claws, Aggressive Encroachment[4]; kill 8 Ursera Scavenger at for Foul Matriarch[5]. In the western den at , get the head from Urs'anah for Foul Matriarch[5].
Drops from: Head of Urs'anah - Urs'anah
Pull enemies one at a time toward the cave exit. Retreat while the path behind you is still clear.
Return from the den to the grove. Aetheen of the Gales: turn in ?Foul Matriarch[5], accept !The Next Step[5] and !The Adventurer[6]. Valreaa Valewind: turn in ?Aggressive Encroachment[4].
Choose Scout Ranger's Dagger from Foul Matriarch[5]: a 2 DPS dagger usable with Backstab. From Aggressive Encroachment[4], choose the leather 
Thendal Ranger's Belt.
Head southwest to Hanaa Nightwind : accept !Al'Aketh Thugs[5]. At the temple to the south , kill 6 Al'Aketh Brute and 4 Al'Aketh Neophyte; Malduko Cloudcrush is at the top of the temple , all for Al'Aketh Thugs[5].
Kill the guards one at a time first. Line-of-sight the caster around a corner so he moves closer.
Hanaa Nightwind: turn in ?Al'Aketh Thugs[5].
Head south to Shen'dar Village. At the campfire west of the village, Raan Wildwind : you'll come back to him with a quest later (step).
The shared High Order quest circuit, with class training fitted around your level.
Curved Scimitar or dagger 
Stained Ritual Dagger; do not spend all your silver on a temporary purchase.
Small Brown Pouch bag ≈ 5; restock food whenever you return.Shen'dar Village:
Miriaan Mistblade : level 6 training - Gouge, Sinister Strike. In the inn, Coriella Calmbreeze : speak for Welcome to Shen'dar Village[6] and set your Hearthstone in Shen'dar Village. Constable Aonda : turn in ?Welcome to Shen'dar Village[6], accept !The Criminal Element[7].
Teeri Wellwind : accept !Pilfered Windstones[7] and !Hippogryph Harassment[7]. Indari Sunseam : accept !The Problem With Prideclaws[6]. Taleen Shimmerthread : accept !A Little Beauty[7]. Zerril Softbreeze : accept !Restocking the Larders[6].
First Aid - Naleeia Tattermend (1): bandages heal without mana. Picked Skinning as your second profession? Mendalass Tattermend teaches it.
West of the village at , kill 6 Windshaper Novice Seer for A Magical Affront[6]. Along the way, Prideclaw drops hides for The Problem With Prideclaws[6], and Galestrider drops meat and eggs for Restocking the Larders[6].
Drops from: Small Egg - Greater Fleshripper, Young Fleshripper, Dire Condor and others · Strider Meat - Strider Clutchmother, Foreststrider Fledgling, Foreststrider and others
Head east to the waterfall: kill 10 Highlands Bandit for The Criminal Element[7]; they also drop 
Pilfered Windstone for Pilfered Windstones[7]. "Badwind" Bennic is in the cave behind the waterfall , for The Criminal Element[7].
Drops from: Pilfered Windstone - Highlands Bandit, "Badwind" Bennic
Sneak up from behind, but do not bypass living guards to reach the leader: keep your retreat clear.
Return to the village. Teeri Wellwind: turn in ?Pilfered Windstones[7]. Rathiril Sunlance : turn in ?A Magical Affront[6].
Compare the A Magical Affront[6] rewards with your consumables. Your class cannot use wands; take unsuitable gear only to vendor it.
Campfire west of the village, Raan Wildwind: turn in ?The Adventurer[6], accept !The Great Outdoors[6]. Sit by the fire (/sit) and wait for the Boosted Rest buff for The Great Outdoors[6]. Turn in ?The Great Outdoors[6], accept !Camping 101: Cooking[6], !Camping 101: First Aid[6] and !Camping 101: Mining[6].
You already know First Aid and Mining. Camping 101: Cooking[6] takes you to learn Cooking, which does not use a primary profession slot. No buff at the fire? Relog and sit down again.
Hippogryphs in the western highlands : kill 8 Hippogryph Youth, 6 Hippogryph Protector and Hippogryph Matriarch for Hippogryph Harassment[7]; collect 8 feathers from the ground for A Little Beauty[7]. Jump off the cliff and use Walk on Air on the way down.
Fight the leader once the nearby guards are clear; pull the two hippogryphs separately first.
On the way back : collect 10 pelts from Prideclaw for The Problem With Prideclaws[6]; get 3 eggs and 8 pieces of meat from Galestrider for Restocking the Larders[6].
Drops from: Small Egg - Greater Fleshripper, Young Fleshripper, Dire Condor and others · Strider Meat - Strider Clutchmother, Foreststrider Fledgling, Foreststrider and others
In the village:
Recipe: Skywall Souffle, speak for Camping 101: Cooking[6], then turn in ?Camping 101: Cooking[6]
Simple Leather SatchelCook 
Herb Baked Egg with your extra eggs: Zerril Softbreeze sells the spices (
Mild Spices). Learn Cooking while speaking with Zerril Softbreeze if you have not already.
Constable Aonda : turn in ?The Criminal Element[7], accept !Infiltrating the Cult[8]. Sania Silverstream : turn in ?Infiltrating the Cult[8], accept !Falaath Village[8]. Miriaan Mistblade : level 8 training - Evasion, 
Eviscerate.
Choose 
Bandit's Jerkin from The Criminal Element[7]: leather Rogue armor; compare it with what you are wearing.
The shared High Order quest circuit, with class training fitted around your level.
Head south to Falaath Village: Missionary Jasaan at the entrance - turn in ?Falaath Village[8], accept !Among the Faithful[8]. The cult mark keeps the cultists from attacking you. Upstairs in the northern tavern, hide in the wardrobe , then return to the village and wait for the scene for Among the Faithful[8].
The mark disappears when you log out. Lost it? Sania Silverstream gives you another. If someone else already started the scene, you still get credit.
Return to Shen'dar Village; use Walk on Air off the cliff. Constable Aonda: turn in ?Among the Faithful[8], accept !Havoc in the Highlands[8] and !The Western Watch[8]. Danarii Bellowveil : accept !Stolen Supplies[8].
Choose Curved Scimitar from Among the Faithful[8] if using Sinister Strike; dagger builds take Stained Ritual Dagger. Skyborne Rogues know Swords from level 1.
Western watchtower at : follow the road down; Walk on Air can help with the dangerous edge if you choose a landing spot first. Peacekeeper Vaaniel : speak for The Western Watch[8], turn in ?The Western Watch[8], accept !A Last Request[8]. The note is nearby at ; the feather and ring are on bodies at ; Skypriest Aanders is at the top, , for A Last Request[8].
Make room in your bags: the note, feather and signet are separate items. Line-of-sight the caster around a corner.
Head east to the Falaath ruins : kill 6 Al'Aketh Stormcaller, 4 Living Lightning and get the head of Commander Cyclas for Havoc in the Highlands[8]; collect 10 stolen supplies from stormcallers and supply caches for Stolen Supplies[8].
Drops from: Stolen Shen'dar Supplies - Al'Aketh Stormcaller, Al'Aketh Healer, Tel'daeor the Stormspeaker and others
Stormcallers attack from range: break line of sight behind a wall to bring them closer.
Hearth to Shen'dar Village. Danarii Bellowveil: turn in ?Stolen Supplies[8]. Constable Aonda: turn in ?Havoc in the Highlands[8] and ?A Last Request[8], accept !To Valanaar[9] and !Deliver the Signet[9].
Choose 
Wolfhide Belt from Havoc in the Highlands[8]: leather Rogue armor; compare it with what you are wearing.
Head southeast to Valanaar. Use Walk on Air to descend a ledge safely; do not land in an enemy camp.
The shared High Order quest circuit, with class training fitted around your level.
Small Brown Pouch ≈ 5 and Brown Leather Satchel ≈ 25.Donaal Downbreeze : set your Hearthstone in Valanaar. Nearby Alvarion Windfield : accept !Blood Tithe[9]. Eltheen Nightbreeze : level 8 training - Evasion, Eviscerate. Catch up on missed level 6 ranks here too.
Council tower at : Talaanis Shadowsong : turn in ?Deliver the Signet[9]. Valennia Stormfist : turn in ?To Valanaar[9], accept !The Supreme Magister[9] and !Bugged[8].
Turn in the High Order quests first, then collect the city follow-ups. Do not substitute Windshaper quests: the factions have different story versions.
Find 8 Skyhopper around the city for Bugged[8]. They often sit beside NPCs listening to someone. Valennia Stormfist: turn in ?Bugged[8].
High Order building in the south of the city: Elaadrin Evengale : turn in ?The Supreme Magister[9]. Dondallion Whisperwind : accept !The Missing Scholar[10].
Windfield Orchard to the southwest : Aamelia Windfield - speak for Blood Tithe[9], turn in ?Blood Tithe[9], accept !Make Yourself Useful[9], !Flutterfly Dust[9] and !Ornery Ornery Galestriders[9]. Malfunctioning Cyclone Construct : accept !What Is My Purpose?[9].
Aamelia Windfield sometimes walks around during a scene; look nearby if she is not at the marker.
In the orchard, collect 10 
Ripe Stormapple and kill 5 hidden Hungry Bandit for Make Yourself Useful[9]; collect 7 tenderloins from Ornery Galestrider for Ornery Ornery Galestriders[9]. For the butterflies, use the supplied 
Flutterfly Swatter, then pick up 5 portions of pollen from the ground for Flutterfly Dust[9].
Use Flutterfly Swatter before combat. If the flutterfly stays put, swat it again.
Aamelia Windfield: turn in ?Make Yourself Useful[9], ?Flutterfly Dust[9], ?Ornery Ornery Galestriders[9] and ?What Is My Purpose?[9], accept !The Hills Have Eyes[9].
Rogues do not need the mana potion 
Minor Mana Potion from Flutterfly Dust[9]: vendor it. From Ornery Ornery Galestriders[9], choose 
Well-Worn Pants, leather armor to compare with your current piece.
Hit 10? Go back to Valanaar by hearthstone or on foot. Not 10 yet? Finish the masks for The Hills Have Eyes[9] (step), then return to the trainer.
The shared High Order quest circuit, with class training fitted around your level.
Eltheen Nightbreeze : level 10 training - 
Dual Wield, 
Slice and Dice, Sprint, 
Sap.
West of the orchard : collect 7 masks from Bandit Highwayman for The Hills Have Eyes[9].
Aamelia Windfield : turn in ?The Hills Have Eyes[9], accept !Standing Our Ground[9]. Speak to her when ready and follow her: defeat the leader, Ferauu the Bludgeon, for Standing Our Ground[9]. Turn in ?Standing Our Ground[9], accept !Deliver the News[9].
Alvarion Windfield : turn in ?Deliver the News[9].
Lotheluum Starbreeze : accept !Unnerving Silence[11]. Ealaane Nimbuswalker : !Aid For The Refugees[11] and !The Fate of a Loved One[11]. Nyalah Brightfire : !Crab Season[9].
West of the city, Bloodstained Satchel : turn in ?The Missing Scholar[10], accept !The Missing Scholar[10].
Inspect Dusty Bedroll at and the meeting spot of Fillion Flamebreeze for The Missing Scholar[10]; then Fillion Flamebreeze : turn in ?The Missing Scholar[10], accept !The Missing Scholar[10].
Kill Shriekling Matriarch in the den and get 
Shriekling Matriarch's Head for The Missing Scholar[10]. Then return to Valanaar: turn in to the other version of the researcher, not at the cave entrance.
Valanaar, Fillion Flamebreeze : turn in ?The Missing Scholar[10], accept !Fillion's Mission[10]. Nearby Elaadrin Evengale : turn in ?Fillion's Mission[10], accept !Catching Wind[11]. Keep the supplied 
Index Esoteria for the northern circuit.
The shared High Order quest circuit, with class training fitted around your level.
Ripped Missive from the commander by the cave starts Ripped Missive[12]: pick it up.Ripped Missive starts an extra quest during this circuit.On the northern road, use the supplied Index Esoteria on the windstone formations Windstone Formation at for Catching Wind[11]. In the central lake, kill Windsong Crawler and collect 6 pieces of meat for Crab Season[9].
Testers report fast crab respawns at . The meat is not a guaranteed drop.
Shadowgale Forest, Strange Hermit : accept !The Strange Hermit[13], speak for The Strange Hermit[13], turn in ?The Strange Hermit[13], accept !The Forest's Bounty[13] and !Free the Hollows[13].
Ruins of Ban'aethal at : kill 10 Wind Hollow for Free the Hollows[13]. Collect 8 abandoned belongings from crates for Aid For The Refugees[11]; find Resaan Nimbuswalker's body at for The Fate of a Loved One[11]. Gather 8 pinecones beneath the trees for The Forest's Bounty[13].
A crate saying it is already being used is a beta bug. Testers report working crates at and , with roughly 8-minute respawns.
Northeastern forest, Elegael Thornpaw : turn in ?Unnerving Silence[11], accept !Tears of the Lady[12], !Feathers for Binding[11] and !Unwanted and Unworthy[11]. Nearby, Vayn Moongaze : accept !Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears[13].
Cultist camp at : collect 10 heirlooms from Al'Aketh Footsoldier and Al'Aketh Stormchaser for Unwanted and Unworthy[11]. Shadowgale Shriekling at : 20 feathers for Feathers for Binding[11]. Collect 8 pieces of moss from tree trunks, looking up, for Tears of the Lady[12]. Gather 10 
Al'Aketh Cultist's Ear from the same cultists for Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears[13]; finish collecting before leaving the camp.
Drops from: Bloody Heirloom - Al'Aketh Stormchaser, Al'Aketh Footsoldier · Al'Alketh Cultist's Ear - Al'Aketh Stormchaser, Al'Aketh Footsoldier, Al'Aketh Guardian and others
Leave one humanoid under Sap, then fight the other.
Strange Hermit: turn in ?The Forest's Bounty[13] and ?Free the Hollows[13]. Elegael Thornpaw: turn in ?Tears of the Lady[12], ?Feathers for Binding[11] and ?Unwanted and Unworthy[11], accept !The Ties That Bind[11] and !The Wounds of Betrayal[12].
Choose 
Freedom Walkers from Free the Hollows[13]: leather Rogue armor; compare it with what you are wearing.
Get the head of Commander Haalien outside the cave for The Ties That Bind[11]; he also drops Ripped Missive, starting !Ripped Missive[12]. In the nearby cave , heal 7 wounded druids, Jorel Windsinger, for The Wounds of Betrayal[12].
Click the druids from close range while standing still: testers report broken credit from farther away. Stuck at 6 of 7? Abandon and retake the quest.
Elegael Thornpaw: turn in ?The Ties That Bind[11], ?The Wounds of Betrayal[12] and ?Ripped Missive[12], accept !The Fate of the Den[12]. Vayn Moongaze : turn in ?Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears[13].
Leather gloves with +1 Agility; Rogues cannot wear the mail boots offered by this quest.
Hearth to Valanaar; if unavailable, follow the road back. Ealaane Nimbuswalker: turn in ?Aid For The Refugees[11] and ?The Fate of a Loved One[11]. Nyalah Brightfire: turn in ?Crab Season[9]. Lotheluum Starbreeze: turn in ?The Fate of the Den[12]. Elaadrin Evengale : turn in ?Catching Wind[11], accept !Avenged Tenfold[11] and !In Service of Zephras[12].
The shared High Order quest circuit, with class training fitted around your level.
Valennia Stormfist : turn in ?In Service of Zephras[12], accept !Tower Defense[11].
Eastern watchtower at : Yorana Windyreed - turn in ?Tower Defense[11], accept !Disrupting Logistics[11] and !Breaking the Breaker[11].
Choose 
Defender's Bracers from Tower Defense[11]: leather Rogue armor; compare it with what you are wearing.
Gustberry Lowlands: kill 4 Al'Aketh Healer and 8 Al'Aketh Brawler for Disrupting Logistics[11]; Commander Belguilos by the villa at is for Breaking the Breaker[11]. Collect 10 
Al'Aketh Windstone Charm from cultists for Avenged Tenfold[11].
Drops from: Al'Aketh Windstone Charm - Al'Aketh Stormchaser, Al'Aketh Footsoldier, Al'Aketh Guardian and others
Kill healers first; once trained, interrupt their heals with Kick.
Yorana Windyreed: turn in ?Disrupting Logistics[11] and ?Breaking the Breaker[11], accept !Return to Valanaar[11].
Choose Hunter's Cord from Breaking the Breaker[11]: leather Rogue armor; compare it with what you are wearing.
Valennia Stormfist : turn in ?Return to Valanaar[11], accept !The High Elder's Request[11]. Talaanis Shadowsong : turn in ?The High Elder's Request[11], accept !The Turncoat[11].
A 6.76 DPS dagger with +1 Agility. Dagger builds use it in the main hand; for Combat, compare it with your current main-hand weapon and keep the better one there.
The turncoat's house northwest of Valanaar : speak with Dead Cultist for The Turncoat[11], turn in ?The Turncoat[11], accept !Unfortunate News[11]. Nearby, Fendaal Windstone : accept !Al'Aketh Assassins[11]; kill 10 Al'Aketh Assassin around the house for Al'Aketh Assassins[11].
Fendaal Windstone: turn in ?Al'Aketh Assassins[11].
Valanaar, Talaanis Shadowsong: turn in ?Unfortunate News[11], accept !The Cult's True Plans[11]; watch the conversation for The Cult's True Plans[11]; turn in ?The Cult's True Plans[11], accept !Desperate Times[11]. Speak with Valennia Stormfist, Ayessa Dawnsinger and Elaadrin Evengale for Desperate Times[11]. Valennia Stormfist: turn in ?Desperate Times[11], accept !Prepare for Battle[12].
Choose 
Skywatcher's Vestments from Desperate Times[11] and Tracker's Pants from Unfortunate News[11]: leather Rogue armor; compare each with what you are wearing.
Before the finale, vendor junk, repair your weapon and restock consumables. Eltheen Nightbreeze : level 12 training - Kick, Backstab, 
Parry.
Road north, Valennia Stormfist : speak for Prepare for Battle[12], turn in ?Prepare for Battle[12], accept !Making Our Move[12]. At the Shrine of Akir, kill 7 Al'Aketh Guardian, 7 Al'Aketh Spiritcaller and 7 Al'Aketh Blademaster for Making Our Move[12].
Kill healers first; once trained, interrupt their heals with Kick.
Hyusaa Quickbreeze : turn in ?Making Our Move[12], accept !The Inner Sanctum[12]. In the inner shrine, Valennia Stormfist : turn in ?The Inner Sanctum[12], accept !Confront Lorthuna[12].
Portal to Rohashi Spires at : join the island's final event alongside your allies for Confront Lorthuna[12].
Start with full health and your class abilities ready. Wait for the event to finish and the objective to count, then leave through the portal.
Valanaar: Elaadrin Evengale : turn in ?Confront Lorthuna[12] and ?Avenged Tenfold[11], accept !The Fate of Zephras[12]. Talaanis Shadowsong : speak for The Fate of Zephras[12], turn in ?The Fate of Zephras[12], accept !What Comes Next[13]. Elaadrin Evengale: turn in ?What Comes Next[13], accept !The Magical City of Dalaran[13].
For physical damage, take 
Belt of Blades: leather with +2 Agility/+2 Strength. Rogues cannot use the two-handed sword; cloth with spell power is less useful than relevant physical stats.
Choose the eastern dock: High Order Dockmaster at is the High Order skycutter to Dalaran. The western Windshapers Dockmaster takes Windshapers to Mulgore and is wrong for this route. Check the destination with the dock attendant before boarding.
Unsure? Ask the dockmaster to confirm the destination. Testers report waits of up to 8 minutes for the skycutter.
Denaaris Stargale : turn in ?The Magical City of Dalaran[13], accept !Welcome to Azeroth[13].
Skyborne Portal to Stormwind : take the Stormwind portal for Welcome to Azeroth[13]. This is the Alliance exit you need; do not walk through Hillsbrad.
Highlord Bolvar Fordragon : turn in ?Welcome to Azeroth[13]. Dungar Longdrink : unlock the flight path. Innkeeper Allison : set your Hearthstone in Stormwind.
Grimand Elmore : accept !Stormpike's Delivery[15]; Baros Alexston : accept !Humble Beginnings[15]. The compass for Humble Beginnings[15] is in Westfall; the package Stormpike's Delivery[15] goes to Loch Modan (step).
Osborne the Night Man : check level 12 training and learn level 14 ranks if you have reached it. Restock consumables before leaving.
You already learned Dual Wield and the core level 10 abilities on the island. Osborne the Night Man teaches later ranks; Lockpicking and poison quests come farther along the route.
Head southwest from Stormwind through Elwynn Forest, cross the Westfall bridge and start the farm circuit.
Farm and Sentinel Hill quests first, then the northern mines and Moonbrook.
Precessive Autocognition Assembly from golems starts Harvesting the Harvesters[15]: loot it if it drops.
Longjaw Mud Snapper from 5 for ≈ 4. Bring enough for the combat loop; use suitable cooked food first.Brown Leather Satchel for ≈ 25. Leave room for new quest components.
Poniard from 14 for ≈ 37, for a weak off hand. Compare both reward daggers first.
Scimitar from 14 (≈ 38). From 14: 8.70 DPS; you already know Swords. Buy a noticeable upgrade, not a different weapon just for its color.Farmer Furlbrow : accept !The Forgotten Heirloom[12] and !Report to Gryan Stoutmantle[10].
Verna Furlbrow : accept !Westfall Stew[10] and !Poor Old Blanchy[14].
Farmer Saldean : accept !The Killing Fields[15].
Ozwin Ironsprocket : accept !Harvesting the Harvesters[15].
Head to Sentinel Hill: unlock the flight path with Thor , set your hearth with Innkeeper Heather .
At actual level 12, fly to Stormwind with Thor . Osborne the Night Man : learn Kick, Parry and available ranks. Return to Sentinel Hill with Dungar Longdrink . If already trained, skip only the repeat flight.
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?Report to Gryan Stoutmantle[10], accept !The People's Militia[12].
Salma Saldean : turn in ?Westfall Stew[10], accept !Goretusk Liver Pie[12] and !Westfall Stew[13].
Captain Danuvin : accept !Patrolling Westfall[14].
Alba Fairmoon : accept !Testing the Wells[12].
Do the northern circuit: Jansen's Stead, Furlbrow's, Molsen and Saldean farms. Collect oats, the heirloom, liver and food supplies; use 
Well Water Sample Kit at both wells for The Forgotten Heirloom[12], Poor Old Blanchy[14], The Killing Fields[15], Harvesting the Harvesters[15], Goretusk Liver Pie[12], Westfall Stew[13] and Testing the Wells[12].
Drops from: Golem Isospring - Harvest Golem, Harvest Watcher, Harvest Reaper and others · Harvester Gyrostabilizer - Harvest Golem, Harvest Watcher, Harvest Reaper · Goretusk Liver - Goretusk, Bellygrub, Young Goretusk and others · Stringy Vulture Meat - Greater Fleshripper, Young Fleshripper, Vultros and others · Murloc Eye - Gobbler, Bluegill Raider, Murloc Tidehunter and others · Goretusk Snout - Goretusk, Young Goretusk · Okra - Harvest Golem, Harvest Watcher, Harvest Reaper and others
Farmer Furlbrow : turn in ?The Forgotten Heirloom[12].
Verna Furlbrow : turn in ?Poor Old Blanchy[14].
Farmer Saldean : turn in ?The Killing Fields[15].
Ozwin Ironsprocket : turn in ?Harvesting the Harvesters[15].
If a golem drops Precessive Autocognition Assembly, use it to accept !Harvesting the Harvesters[15]; then Ozwin Ironsprocket : turn in ?Harvesting the Harvesters[15].
Salma Saldean : turn in ?Goretusk Liver Pie[12].
Salma Saldean : turn in ?Westfall Stew[13].
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Testing the Wells[12], accept !Murloc Gills[12].
North of the hill, kill Defias Scouts and Thugs, with gnolls along the way. For gills, head down to the northern shore and kill the lower-level murlocs for The People's Militia[12], Patrolling Westfall[14] and Murloc Gills[12].
Drops from: Gnoll Paw - Riverpaw Taskmaster, Riverpaw Gnoll, Riverpaw Mongrel and others · Longshore Murloc Gill - Murloc Coastrunner, Murloc Tidehunter, Murloc Warrior and others
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The People's Militia[12], accept !The People's Militia[14].
Captain Danuvin : turn in ?Patrolling Westfall[14].
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Murloc Gills[12], accept !The State of the Mines[14].
Scout Galiaan : accept !Red Leather Bandanas[15].
Enter Jangolode Mine in the north and Gold Coast Quarry in the west for kobold diggers and gnoll miners, The State of the Mines[14].
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?The State of the Mines[14], accept !Moonbrook Espionage[15].
Finish Defias Looters and Smugglers around Moonbrook and the southwestern camps, collecting Red Leather Bandanas along the way for The People's Militia[14] and Red Leather Bandanas[15].
Drops from: Red Leather Bandana - Defias Smuggler, Defias Pathstalker, Defias Highwayman and others
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The People's Militia[14], accept !The People's Militia[17].
Clear Moonbrook and the southern Defias camps for bandanas, supplies and the final militia targets. Get the compass for Humble Beginnings[15] at Alexston Farmstead: The People's Militia[17], Red Leather Bandanas[15], Moonbrook Espionage[15] and Humble Beginnings[15].
Drops from: Red Leather Bandana - Defias Smuggler, Defias Pathstalker, Defias Highwayman and others
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The People's Militia[17].
Rogues cannot use the two-handed sword or wand. You already know how to use the one-handed mace 
Fist of the People's Militia; compare it with both hands. Leather 
Boots of the People's Militia has caster stats and usually loses to suitable physical bonuses.
Scout Galiaan : turn in ?Red Leather Bandanas[15].
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Moonbrook Espionage[15].
Thor : fly to Stormwind. Osborne the Night Man : at actual level 14, learn Sinister Strike, 
Garrote, 
Expose Armor. You should have Kick and Parry from 12. Combine the visit with deliveries, the bank and Auction House.
Baros Alexston : turn in ?Humble Beginnings[15].
Ironforge and Loch Modan: training, reward weapons and local troggs.
Moist Cornbread from 15 for ≈ 1. Bring enough for the combat loop; use suitable cooked food first.
Tanned Leather Bracers from 12 for ≈ 7, if your bracers are still the starter ones.
Pick Lock, Eviscerate and 
Feint. For later axes, train with Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge (step).Want to switch to an axe? Buliwyf Stonehand : train in Ironforge. You already know Swords, Maces and Daggers; without a suitable axe, you do not need to spend money on the skill now.
Enter the Deeprun Tram in the Dwarven District and ride to Ironforge. Unlock the flight path with Gryth Thurden . Train the weapon types you need and the next First Aid rank.
Hulfdan Blackbeard : at 16, learn Pick Lock, Eviscerate and Feint. Lockpicking practice follows the lake loop, on the way to Redridge.
Leave Ironforge and follow the road east through Dun Morogh's South Gate Pass. Pick up the local quests in the Valley of Kings first.
Mountaineer Cobbleflint : accept !In Defense of the King's Lands[12].
Captain Rugelfuss : accept !The Trogg Threat[12].
East of the towers, kill the weaker troggs and collect teeth for In Defense of the King's Lands[12] and The Trogg Threat[12].
Drops from: Trogg Stone Tooth - Stonesplinter Trogg, Stonesplinter Scout, Stonesplinter Skullthumper and others
Mountaineer Cobbleflint : turn in ?In Defense of the King's Lands[12].
Mountaineer Gravelgaw : accept !In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Captain Rugelfuss : turn in ?The Trogg Threat[12].
Move into the next trogg camp without rushing straight to the stronger shamans farther in, for In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Mountaineer Gravelgaw : turn in ?In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Mountaineer Wallbang : accept !In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Finish the required geomancers and defenders in the southeastern Valley of Kings for In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Mountaineer Wallbang : turn in ?In Defense of the King's Lands[15].
Captain Rugelfuss : accept !In Defense of the King's Lands[17].
Mountaineer Ylva : accept !Banner of the Fallen[17].
Finish defending the King's lands. Raise the banner at the fallen squad's location and defeat the summoned Headsplitter for In Defense of the King's Lands[17] and Banner of the Fallen[17].
Captain Rugelfuss : turn in ?In Defense of the King's Lands[17].
Frontier Britches: leather pants with +3 Strength/+3 Agility. The mail reward is unsuitable.
Captain Rugelfuss : turn in ?Banner of the Fallen[17].
Invader's Mace is a one-handed mace, a skill you know from the start. You cannot use the two-handed axe. Compare the mace with both hands; this reward needs no training.
Head north to Thelsamar. Thorgrum Borrelson : flight path; Innkeeper Hearthstove : hearth.
Mountaineer Kadrell : accept !Rat Catching[11] and !Mountaineer Stormpike's Task[15].
Vidra Hearthstove : accept !Thelsamar Blood Sausages[11].
Mountaineer Stormpike : turn in ?Stormpike's Delivery[15] and ?Mountaineer Stormpike's Task[15], accept !Filthy Paws[15].
One loop around the lake, returning to Thelsamar. Skip distant deliveries.
Excavation Tools lies at Ironband's Excavation Site and starts Excavation Tools[18].Moist Cornbread from 15 for ≈ 1. Bring enough for the combat loop; use suitable cooked food first.Agile Boots from 15 for ≈ 26, at the Loch Modan hunting lodge. Compare with your current leather gear.Poniard from 14 for ≈ 37, a backup purchase in Ironforge. After 
Daggerfang's Daggerfang, skip a weak upgrade.Collect miners' crates near Silver Stream Mine; along the shore and road, finish kobold ears and Thelsamar cooking ingredients, for Filthy Paws[15] and Rat Catching[11] and Thelsamar Blood Sausages[11].
Drops from: Tunnel Rat Ear - Tunnel Rat Vermin, Tunnel Rat Scout, Tunnel Rat Geomancer and others · Boar Intestines - Goretusk, Bellygrub, Young Goretusk and others · Bear Meat - Thistle Bear, Rabid Thistle Bear, Grizzled Black Bear and others · Spider Ichor - Venom Web Spider, Tarantula, Mother Fang and others
Mountaineer Stormpike : turn in ?Filthy Paws[15].
Mountaineer Kadrell : turn in ?Rat Catching[11].
Vidra Hearthstove : turn in ?Thelsamar Blood Sausages[11].
Jern Hornhelm : accept !Ironband's Excavation[18].
Bingles Blastenheimer : accept !Bingles' Missing Supplies[15].
Marek Ironheart : accept !Crocolisk Hunting[15] and !Twisting the Knife[16].
Daryl the Youngling : accept !A Hunter's Boast[16].
Mountain buzzards circle west and south of Farstrider Lodge : kill 6 within 15 minutes for A Hunter's Boast[16].
Daryl the Youngling : turn in ?A Hunter's Boast[16], accept !A Hunter's Challenge[17].
Elder mountain boars are northwest : kill 5 within 12 minutes. Run there and back for A Hunter's Challenge[17].
Daryl the Youngling : turn in ?A Hunter's Challenge[17].
Loop around the eastern shore and islands for parts, crocolisks and Daggerfang, which swallowed the knife, for Bingles' Missing Supplies[15] and Crocolisk Hunting[15] and Twisting the Knife[16].
Drops from: Crocolisk Meat - Saltwater Crocolisk, Wetlands Crocolisk, Young Wetlands Crocolisk and others · Crocolisk Skin - Saltwater Crocolisk, Wetlands Crocolisk, Young Wetlands Crocolisk and others
Bingles Blastenheimer : turn in ?Bingles' Missing Supplies[15].
Marek Ironheart : turn in ?Crocolisk Hunting[15].
Marek Ironheart : turn in ?Twisting the Knife[16].
Daggerfang's Daggerfang: a dagger with 7.94 DPS and +2 Agility. Compare both hands; your old class dagger can stay in the off hand.
Magmar Fellhew : turn in ?Ironband's Excavation[18].
Magmar Fellhew : accept !Gathering Idols[18].
At the excavation, loot Excavation Tools from Excavation Tools and accept !Excavation Tools[18].
At Ironband's Excavation Site, collect idols and six tool sets. Skirt the outside of strong trogg packs, for Gathering Idols[18] and Excavation Tools[18].
Drops from: Carved Stone Idol - Stonesplinter Geomancer, Stonesplinter Digger, Berserk Trogg
Magmar Fellhew : turn in ?Gathering Idols[18].
Prospector Ironband : turn in ?Excavation Tools[18].
On the western lakeshore , inspect Discarded Fishing Toolbox and accept !Silver of the Waves[20].
Khara Deepwater : turn in ?Silver of the Waves[20].
Hearth to Thelsamar. Fly to Ironforge with Thorgrum Borrelson . Hulfdan Blackbeard : at actual level 18, learn Ambush, Gouge, the new passive 
Poised, and new ranks; learn Pick Lock if missed. Accept !Kingly Shakedown[16]. Do the Hall of Thanes now if desired, then take the tram to Stormwind.
Optional new dungeon beneath Old Ironforge, convenient during the Loch Modan visit.
Dark Iron Map drops from spies at Ironband's Compound. Get it while passing through; a separate return trip is awkward.
Mutton Chop from 15 for ≈ 1. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.
Calibrated Blunderbuss. You already know Thrown, which is enough for the main route.Dark Iron Map drops from Dark Iron spies and Captain Beld at Ironband's Compound ; turn in to Earthseer Farsen . Best gathered on the way to South Gate (step).
At Ironband's Compound , kill Dark Iron spies Dark Iron Spy or their captain Captain Beld, use the looted Dark Iron Map and accept !Underground Map[15].
Earthseer Farsen : turn in ?Underground Map[15], accept !Old Ironforge Incursion[16].
Afadra Dunwall : accept !The Restless Dead[15].
Thom Filch : accept !Important Heirlooms[15].
Run the Hall of Thanes with a group: collect eight relics, kill spirits, put the spirit of Anvilmar to rest and get the head of Durgen Dirgehammer, for Old Ironforge Incursion[16] and The Restless Dead[15] and Important Heirlooms[15].
King Magni Bronzebeard : turn in ?Old Ironforge Incursion[16].
You can use guns, but need separate weapon training. The two-handed hammer is unavailable; do not choose it to equip.
Afadra Dunwall : turn in ?The Restless Dead[15].
Choose the leather 
Dusty Belt: +2 Agility/+2 Spirit. The mail bracers are unsuitable.
Thom Filch : turn in ?Important Heirlooms[15].
Cloth gloves and a caster off-hand are usually weaker than your combat set. Compare before choosing. Do not give up your second weapon for a book.
Resume the main route where you left it for the group; do not repeat completed Loch Modan loops.
Trainers first, then the mill. Prepare the skill early for poisons at 20.
Thieves' Tools in your bag. You cannot pick locks without Thieves' Tools.
Bristle Whisker Catfish from 15 for ≈ 16. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Thieves' Tools. Before leaving Stormwind, learn Pick Lock from Osborne the Night Man .After the Hall of Thanes, take the Deeprun Tram from Ironforge. Renzik "The Shiv" in Old Town: turn in ?Kingly Shakedown[16].
Renzik "The Shiv" : accept !Redridge Rendezvous[16].
Leave Stormwind, travel through Elwynn into Redridge and follow the road to Lakeshire.
Ariena Stormfeather : unlock the Lakeshire flight path. Lucius is by the water near town.
Lucius : turn in ?Redridge Rendezvous[16].
Lucius : accept !Alther's Mill[20].
At the mill, , practice Pick Lock on training boxes. Then open Lucius's Lockbox, take 
Token of Thievery and return to the quest giver for Alther's Mill[20].
Keep Thieves' Tools in your bag. If the main chest is still red, keep practicing on available training locks. Reach at least skill 75 before poisons at 20; this guide does not promise an exact threshold for each training box.
Lucius : turn in ?Alther's Mill[20].
Ariena Stormfeather : stay in Lakeshire and begin the regular local quests in the next section. Get Lockpicking to 75 before the level 20 poison trip.
You are already in Lakeshire after Lockpicking practice. Collect the safe quests before heading for the orcs.
Bristle Whisker Catfish from 15 for ≈ 16. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Small Brown Pouch for ≈ 5 and eight-slot Brown Leather Satchel for ≈ 25. Buy only the space still needed after the free 
Canvas Latchbag.Agile Boots from 15 for ≈ 26, if your boots are still white and no better reward is available. Compare stats before buying.
Keen Throwing Knife from 11, price checked in game, or 
Balanced Throwing Dagger from 3 for ≈ 3, for ranged pulls. You know Thrown from the start. Check your supply before a long loop.You are already in Lakeshire after Lockpicking practice. Ariena Stormfeather : check the flight path, then start the regular local quests.
On first reaching Lakeshire, unlock the flight path with Ariena Stormfeather . You need it for the next Stormwind delivery.
Darcy : accept !A Free Lunch[15]. The tavern is in Lakeshire; deliver lunch to the southern road first, then return with flowers.
Guard Parker : turn in ?A Free Lunch[15], accept !Encroaching Gnolls[16] and !Visit the Herbalist[15].
Deputy Feldon : turn in ?Encroaching Gnolls[16], accept !Assessing the Threat[17].
Deputy Feldon : accept !Show of Force[17].
Martie Jainrose : turn in ?Visit the Herbalist[15].
Martie Jainrose : accept !Delivering Daffodils[15].
Darcy : turn in ?Delivering Daffodils[15].
Foreman Oslow : accept !The Lost Tools[16].
Chef Breanna : accept !Redridge Goulash[18].
Shawn : accept !Hilary's Necklace[15].
Verner Osgood : accept !The Price of Shoes[18].
Before taking distant quests, fly to Stormwind and walk to the Goldshire blacksmith.
Smith Argus : turn in ?The Price of Shoes[18], accept !Return to Verner[18].
Osborne the Night Man : catch up on missed level 18 ranks. If already 20, new training is in the next chapter. Do not accept class assignments before preparing Lockpicking.
Dungar Longdrink : fly back to Lakeshire.
Verner Osgood : turn in ?Return to Verner[18], accept !Underbelly Scales[18].
Verner Osgood : accept !A Baying of Gnolls[20].
Dockmaster Baren : accept !Selling Fish[21].
In the lake beneath the bridge and along the shores, collect tools, the necklace, fish and whelp scales. Watch your breath, for The Lost Tools[16] and Hilary's Necklace[15] and Selling Fish[21] and Underbelly Scales[18].
Drops from: Spotted Sunfish - Murloc Flesheater, Murloc Nightcrawler, Murloc Tidecaller and others · Underbelly Whelp Scale - Black Dragon Whelp, Snarlflare
Foreman Oslow : turn in ?The Lost Tools[16], accept !The Everstill Bridge[20].
Hilary : turn in ?Hilary's Necklace[15].
Dockmaster Baren : turn in ?Selling Fish[21].
Verner Osgood : turn in ?Underbelly Scales[18].
Black Whelp Boots or 
Black Whelp Gloves are leather. Compare them with your current belt and gloves, not just an empty slot.
Southern and western loop: weaker gnolls, boars, condors and spiders; gather bridge repair materials from gnolls, for Assessing the Threat[17] and Show of Force[17] and The Everstill Bridge[20] and Redridge Goulash[18] and A Baying of Gnolls[20].
Drops from: Spiked Collar - Redridge Thrasher · Iron Pike - Redridge Brute, Redridge Mystic, Redridge Basher and others · Iron Rivet - Redridge Brute, Redridge Mystic, Redridge Basher and others · Great Goretusk Snout - Bellygrub, Great Goretusk, Snort · Tough Condor Meat - Dire Condor · Crisp Spider Meat - Venom Web Spider, Tarantula, Greater Tarantula and others
Deputy Feldon : turn in ?Assessing the Threat[17].
Deputy Feldon : turn in ?Show of Force[17].
Foreman Oslow : turn in ?The Everstill Bridge[20].
Chef Breanna : turn in ?Redridge Goulash[18].
Verner Osgood : turn in ?A Baying of Gnolls[20].
A Human class ability, new shared spells and preparation for Duskwood.
Bronze Tube; the Auction House is in the capital, so buy it during Stormwind training.Bristle Whisker Catfish from 15 for ≈ 16. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Scimitar from 14, 8.70 DPS (≈ 38); 
Kris from 19, 10.94 DPS (≈ 71). You start with Swords and Daggers. Compare both hands instead of blindly buying two upgrades.
Dust of Decay, 
Essence of Pain, 
Empty Vial for ≈ 20, ≈ 48, ≈ 4 after unlocking Poisons. Do not buy full stacks before the class chain.Ariena Stormfeather : at actual level 20, fly to Stormwind. Osborne the Night Man : 
Rupture, Stealth, Backstab; check Pick Pocket and Lockpicking 75. Fly back to Lakeshire and finish this loop before the separate poison trip.
Marshal Marris : accept !Blackrock Menace[21].
Marshal Marris : accept !Blackrock Blockade[21].
Foreman Oslow : accept !Alther's Mill[21].
Loop around Alther's Mill and the outer Blackrock camps. Pull roadside targets singly; stay out of the keep for now, for Blackrock Menace[21] and Blackrock Blockade[21] and Alther's Mill[21].
Drops from: Battleworn Axe - Blackrock Champion, Blackrock Shadowcaster, Blackrock Renegade and others
Marshal Marris : turn in ?Blackrock Menace[21].
Marshal Marris : turn in ?Blackrock Blockade[21].
Foreman Oslow : turn in ?Alther's Mill[21].
Level 22 training is scheduled after the first Duskwood loop. Finish Lakeshire quests now. The full poison and cure chain comes next.
Stay in Lakeshire before the required poison trip. Head to Duskwood after completing the cure in the next chapter.
The tower investigation unlocks Poisons; finish the cure afterward as a separate chain. You need stealth, Pick Pocket and prepared Lockpicking.
Defias Tower Key. Pickpocket the key instead of killing him.Bronze Tube. Order it from an engineer or buy it early while in stock.
Spool of Light Chartreuse Silk Thread from the object near the tower. Regular vendor Silken Thread will not work.Dust of Decay, Essence of Pain, Empty Vial and 
Leaded Vial, for ≈ 20, ≈ 48, ≈ 4, ≈ 40. Your first reagents are needed after the investigation turn-in; the Leaded Vial is for the cure.
Simple Wildflowers for ≈ 2. Billibub Cogspinner : check Bronze Tube for ≈ 8. Limited stock is not guaranteed; use an engineer or the Auction House as a backup.Recipe: Thistle Tea requires Cooking 60; keep the recipe.Ariena Stormfeather : fly from Lakeshire to Stormwind. Before the tower, check Lockpicking 75, Pick Pocket and free bag space.
Master Mathias Shaw : accept !Mathias and the Defias[20].
Dungar Longdrink : fly to Sentinel Hill, then head to the eastern tower near the Duskwood border.
Agent Kearnen : turn in ?Mathias and the Defias[20].
Agent Kearnen : accept !Klaven's Tower[24].
At the tower, , use Pick Pocket on Malformed Defias Drone from stealth to get Defias Tower Key. Then climb the tower, open Duskwood Chest at and take 
Klaven Mortwake's Journal for Klaven's Tower[24].
Get the key by pickpocketing, not normal killing. Pull guards one at a time; if you fail, leave and recover. Bring a partner for the tough enemy upstairs if needed, but check your own key and quest log.
Thor : fly back to Stormwind.
Master Mathias Shaw : turn in ?Klaven's Tower[24].
This turn-in grants 
Poisons and Recipe: Thistle Tea. You do not need the final cure to unlock Poisons, but remove the harmful condition from the tower by completing the chain below first.
Master Mathias Shaw : accept !The Touch of Zanzil[20].
Doc Mixilpixil : turn in ?The Touch of Zanzil[20].
Doc Mixilpixil : accept !The Touch of Zanzil[20].
Doc Mixilpixil : use /lay nearby and wait for the examination, for The Touch of Zanzil[20].
Doc Mixilpixil : turn in ?The Touch of Zanzil[20].
Doc Mixilpixil : accept !The Touch of Zanzil[20].
Gather four components: Bernard Gump sells Simple Wildflowers, Sloan McCoy sells Leaded Vial. Have an engineer make Bronze Tube or check limited stock at Billibub Cogspinner . Take Spool of Light Chartreuse Silk Thread from Spool of Light Chartreuse Silk Thread at , for The Touch of Zanzil[20].
Drops from: Simple Wildflowers - Bernard Gump, Felicia Gump · Leaded Vial - Edna Mullby, Maria Lumere, Sloan McCoy and others
You need the special spool from the object, not regular vendor Silken Thread. One of each component.
Doc Mixilpixil : turn in ?The Touch of Zanzil[20].
Use the supplied 
Eau de Mixilpixil and make sure the harmful effect is gone.
Osborne the Night Man : check available poison recipes. Sloan McCoy : buy reagents, craft Instant Poison and 
Crippling Poison, and apply poisons to both weapons. Crafting raises the skill.
Dungar Longdrink : fly to Lakeshire, then follow the southern road to Darkshire. If choosing Deadmines, the next group section starts in Sentinel Hill.
Preparation, new explosives and one full clear. Prepare before forming the group.
Rough Dynamite: buy at Stormwind's Auction House or ask an engineer. You do not need the profession.
An Unsent Letter from the final boss: it starts The Unsent Letter[22].Moist Cornbread from 15 for ≈ 1. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Vanish. Sloan McCoy : 
Flash Powder for ≈ 24 if you have learned Vanish.Kris from 19 for ≈ 71, a backup dagger for a weak off hand. Do not borrow gold for an expensive sword before the run if your current weapons already do the job.Already in Darkshire? Unlock the flight path with Felicia Maline and fly to Sentinel Hill. Start preparation there; its deliveries use your unlocked Lakeshire and Stormwind flights.
Gryan Stoutmantle : accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Alba Fairmoon : accept !Explosive Consultation[16].
Thor : fly to Lakeshire and speak with the informant in the inn.
Wiley the Black : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18], accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Ariena Stormfeather : return to Sentinel Hill.
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18], accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Thor : fly to Stormwind. Visit the engineer and Old Town first, then pick up Dwarven District quests.
Sprite Jumpsprocket : turn in ?Explosive Consultation[16], accept !A Dynamite Plan[16].
Prepare 10 Rough Dynamite: check the exact item name in the quest log, rather than buying another dynamite rank, for A Dynamite Plan[16].
Sprite Jumpsprocket : turn in ?A Dynamite Plan[16], accept !Detonation at a Distance[16].
Jasper Fel : turn in ?Detonation at a Distance[16], accept !Detonation at a Distance[16].
Master Mathias Shaw : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18], accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Sprite Jumpsprocket : turn in ?Detonation at a Distance[16], accept !Explosive Consultation[16].
Wilder Thistlenettle : accept !Oh Brother...[20].
Wilder Thistlenettle : accept !Collecting Memories[18].
Shoni the Shilent : accept !Underground Assault[20].
Dungar Longdrink : fly to Sentinel Hill.
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18], accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Explosive Consultation[16], accept !Destruction in Deadmines[18].
Defias Messenger runs along the road: catch him, get the message and return to the hill for The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18].
The Defias Traitor : accept !The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Escort the traitor to the secret entrance in Moonbrook without running too far ahead, for The Defias Brotherhood[18].
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[18], accept !The Defias Brotherhood[22].
Scout Riell : accept !Red Silk Bandanas[17].
Outer tunnels beneath Moonbrook, before the portal: undead miners drop cards (Collecting Memories[18]); Foreman Thistlenettle drops the badge (Oh Brother...[20]).
Drops from: Miners' Union Card - Skeletal Miner, Undead Excavator, Undead Dynamiter
Clear Deadmines with a group for The Defias Brotherhood[22], Red Silk Bandanas[17] and Underground Assault[20]. Place the provided explosives at the hidden forge for Destruction in Deadmines[18].
Drops from: Head of VanCleef - Edwin VanCleef · Red Silk Bandana - Defias Henchman, Defias Miner, Defias Conjurer and others · Gnoam Sprecklesprocket - Sneed's Shredder
Final boss Edwin VanCleef drops An Unsent Letter. Use the letter to accept !The Unsent Letter[22].
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Destruction in Deadmines[18], accept !Destruction in Deadmines[18].
At the exit, Alba Fairmoon explains the next step: use the detonator beside her for Destruction in Deadmines[18].
Alba Fairmoon : turn in ?Destruction in Deadmines[18].
Return to Sentinel Hill, then fly to Stormwind.
Gryan Stoutmantle : turn in ?The Defias Brotherhood[22].
Choose the leather 
Tunic of Westfall: +11 Agility/+5 Stamina. The staff and mail leggings are unavailable.
Scout Riell : turn in ?Red Silk Bandanas[17].
Wilder Thistlenettle : turn in ?Oh Brother...[20].
Wilder Thistlenettle : turn in ?Collecting Memories[18].
Shoni the Shilent : turn in ?Underground Assault[20].
Baros Alexston : turn in ?The Unsent Letter[22].
You can do the letter follow-up, Bazil Thredd[22], separately later. The local Stockade branch does not require it. Return to the main route in Darkshire now.
Darkshire, Tranquil Gardens Cemetery and the western road. Start Stalvan's long story at 23.
Bronze Tube. Darkshire has no Auction House: buy the tube in Stormwind beforehand or ask an engineer.
Dwarven Mild from 15 for ≈ 1. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.
Longsword from 21, 12.17 DPS, main hand only, ≈ 87; Kris from 19 for ≈ 71 can also go in the off hand. Skip these purchases after good Deadmines drops.Flash Powder for ≈ 24, for Vanish from 22. For poisons: Dust of Decay for ≈ 20, Essence of Pain for ≈ 48, Empty Vial for ≈ 4. Buy reagents for recipes you already know; keep a separate small stack of powder.Brown Leather Satchel for ≈ 25 if active quest items have filled your old bags.Felicia Maline : flight path; Innkeeper Trelayne : set your hearth. Pick up town quests before heading out.
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : accept !The Night Watch[24].
Chef Grual : accept !Seasoned Wolf Kabobs[25].
Madame Eva : accept !The Totem of Infliction[25].
Elaine Carevin : accept !Raven Hill[20] and !Deliveries to Sven[23] and !The Hermit[25].
Viktori Prism'Antras : accept !Look to the Stars[25].
The observations need Bronze Tube: ask an engineer or buy it at a city's Auction House beforehand; Darkshire has none. No tube? Game files also list limited stock with Herble Baubbletump in Darkshire, for Look to the Stars[25].
Viktori Prism'Antras : turn in ?Look to the Stars[25], accept !Look to the Stars[25].
South of Darkshire, clear Tranquil Gardens Cemetery and nearby forest of skeletons, spiders and wolves, for The Night Watch[24] and Seasoned Wolf Kabobs[25] and The Totem of Infliction[25].
Drops from: Lean Wolf Flank - Starving Dire Wolf, Lupos, Rabid Dire Wolf and others · Ghoul Fang - Flesh Eater, Bone Chewer, Brain Eater and others · Vial of Spider Venom - Venom Web Spider, Pygmy Venom Web Spider, Green Recluse and others · Skeleton Finger - Skeletal Warrior, Skeletal Horror, Skeletal Mage and others
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : turn in ?The Night Watch[24], accept !The Night Watch[26].
Chef Grual : turn in ?Seasoned Wolf Kabobs[25].
Follow the southern road west to Raven Hill, then Sven's camp. Avoid higher-level ogres on the way.
Watcher Dodds by the southern road: accept !Eight-Legged Menaces[21].
Jitters : turn in ?Raven Hill[20].
Jitters : accept !Jitters' Growling Gut[20].
Sven Yorgen : turn in ?Deliveries to Sven[23].
Sven Yorgen : accept !Sven's Revenge[25].
Lars : accept !Wolves at Our Heels[21].
Abercrombie : turn in ?The Hermit[25].
Abercrombie : accept !Supplies from Darkshire[24].
Clear wolves and spiders around Raven Hill for Wolves at Our Heels[21] and Eight-Legged Menaces[21].
Lars : turn in ?Wolves at Our Heels[21].
On the road east, Watcher Dodds : turn in ?Eight-Legged Menaces[21].
South of the road, the Yorgen Farmstead at : Mound of loose dirt - turn in ?Sven's Revenge[25], accept !Sven's Camp[25].
Return west to Sven's camp. Sven Yorgen : turn in ?Sven's Camp[25], accept !The Shadowy Figure[25].
Hearth to Darkshire; turn in completed deliveries before heading out again.
Chef Grual : turn in ?Jitters' Growling Gut[20], accept !Dusky Crab Cakes[20].
Bring the gathered spider legs to the kitchen. Short? Finish near Tranquil Gardens Cemetery for Dusky Crab Cakes[20].
Drops from: Gooey Spider Leg - Venom Web Spider, Pygmy Venom Web Spider, Green Recluse and others
Chef Grual : turn in ?Dusky Crab Cakes[20], accept !Return to Jitters[20].
Madame Eva : turn in ?Supplies from Darkshire[24], accept !Ghost Hair Thread[24].
Madame Eva : turn in ?The Shadowy Figure[25], accept !The Shadowy Search Continues[25].
Clerk Daltry : turn in ?The Shadowy Search Continues[25], accept !Inquire at the Inn[25].
Tavernkeep Smitts : turn in ?Inquire at the Inn[25], accept !Finding the Shadowy Figure[25].
Felicia Maline : at actual level 22, fly to Stormwind. Osborne the Night Man : Vanish, Sinister Strike, Garrote, 
Distract. Sloan McCoy : Flash Powder for Vanish. Return to Darkshire.
A short return to the neighboring flight path while higher-level Duskwood enemies remain dangerous.
Bristle Whisker Catfish from 15 for ≈ 16. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Agile Boots from 15 for ≈ 26 if quests have not replaced your old boots. Gerald Crawley : Flash Powder for ≈ 24, for your learned Vanish.Felicia Maline : fly to Lakeshire. Only a few town deliveries remain open, leaving room for this short loop.
Martie Jainrose : accept !An Unwelcome Guest[24].
Dockmaster Baren : accept !Murloc Poachers[20].
Marshal Marris : accept !Shadow Magic[23].
Bailiff Conacher : accept !Solomon's Law[23].
Defeat the dangerous boar west of town, then gather murloc fins by the lake for An Unwelcome Guest[24] and Murloc Poachers[20].
Drops from: Bellygrub's Tusk - Bellygrub · Murloc Fin - Murloc Flesheater, Murloc Nightcrawler, Murloc Tidecaller and others
Martie Jainrose : turn in ?An Unwelcome Guest[24].
Dockmaster Baren : turn in ?Murloc Poachers[20].
Gather pendants from Shadowhide gnolls in eastern Redridge and orbs from Blackrock Shadowcasters near Stonewatch Keep, for Shadow Magic[23] and Solomon's Law[23].
Drops from: Shadowhide Pendant - Shadowhide Darkweaver, Shadowhide Slayer, Shadowhide Brute and others
Shadowcasters are level-22-23 elites: pull singly from the camp's edge. Too hard? Leave the orbs for the group trip (chapter).
Marshal Marris : turn in ?Shadow Magic[23] if you have the orbs; otherwise turn in after the group (step).
Bailiff Conacher : turn in ?Solomon's Law[23].
Hearth to Darkshire. Start the next loop at 24: if you are short, finish remaining safe objectives or run a dungeon you have already prepared with a group.
Hearth still on cooldown after the last return? Ariena Stormfeather : fly to Darkshire.
Two loops: Tranquil Gardens Cemetery and the western forest. Start after 24; combine Stalvan's deliveries with the capital visit.
Mary's Looking Glass: kill him while there.
Merrick's Bow, and Lost Stalker north of Darkshire carries Ira's Dagger. Keep both.Dwarven Mild from 15 for ≈ 1. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Longsword from 21, 12.17 DPS, main hand only, ≈ 87; Kris from 19 for ≈ 71 can also go in the off hand. Skip these purchases after good Deadmines drops.Flash Powder for ≈ 24, for Vanish from 22. For poisons: Dust of Decay for ≈ 20, Essence of Pain for ≈ 48, Empty Vial for ≈ 4. Buy reagents for recipes you already know; keep a separate small stack of powder.Eviscerate, 
Detect Traps, and the new Shank; at Poisons 100, 
Mind-numbing Poison.
Callous Axe from 24 (≈ 25). On a Stormwind visit from 24: a one-handed axe with 15.00 DPS, 2.80 speed and +8 attack power. Requires Axes training with Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge (step). Compare with your Deadmines sword; do not buy a downgrade.Madame Eva : accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Clerk Daltry : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Calor : accept !Worgen in the Woods[28].
Visit Blind Mary to the southeast, then Tranquil Gardens Cemetery. Head to Raven Hill after turning in at town.
Blind Mary : turn in ?Look to the Stars[25], accept !Look to the Stars[25].
Blind Mary : turn in ?Ghost Hair Thread[24], accept !Return the Comb[24].
Tranquil Gardens Cemetery crypt : Insane Ghoul drops Mary's Looking Glass. Nightbane Shadow Weavers are west of Darkshire at , for Look to the Stars[25] and Worgen in the Woods[28].
Viktori Prism'Antras : turn in ?Look to the Stars[25].
Calor : turn in ?Worgen in the Woods[28], accept !Worgen in the Woods[29].
Madame Eva : turn in ?Return the Comb[24], accept !Deliver the Thread[24].
Jitters : turn in ?Return to Jitters[20].
Jitters : turn in ?Finding the Shadowy Figure[25], accept !Return to Sven[25].
Sven Yorgen : turn in ?Return to Sven[25].
Abercrombie : turn in ?Deliver the Thread[24], accept !Zombie Juice[24].
Kill the required skeletons and ghouls in Raven Hill Cemetery and finish the totem reagents, for The Night Watch[26] and The Totem of Infliction[25].
Drops from: Ghoul Fang - Flesh Eater, Bone Chewer, Brain Eater and others · Vial of Spider Venom - Venom Web Spider, Pygmy Venom Web Spider, Green Recluse and others · Skeleton Finger - Skeletal Warrior, Skeletal Horror, Skeletal Mage and others
Lost Watcher roams near Raven Hill and along the southern road toward Vul'Gol Ogre Mound. He drops Merrick's Bow, starting a new family story.
Open Merrick's Bow in your bags to accept !Merrick's Bow[28].
Hearth to Darkshire. On cooldown? Follow the southern road east.
Wowhead places Lost Stalker north of Darkshire at ; he drops Ira's Dagger.
Open Ira's Dagger in your bags to accept !Ira's Dagger[24].
Kill Black Ravagers north of town; young ones also roam along the southern road, for Ira's Dagger[24].
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : turn in ?The Night Watch[26].
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : accept !The Night Watch[30].
Madame Eva : turn in ?The Totem of Infliction[25].
Tavernkeep Smitts : turn in ?Zombie Juice[24], accept !Gather Rot Blossoms[24].
Sirra Von'Indi : turn in ?Ira's Dagger[24].
Fly from Darkshire to Sentinel Hill, then follow the road south to Moonbrook, where Stalvan's trail begins. Continue to your capital trainer afterward.
Inspect Old Footlocker in the Moonbrook school: complete The Legend of Stalvan[28], turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28] and accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Thor : fly to Darkshire, deliver the first finding and get the next witness's address.
Clerk Daltry : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Felicia Maline : fly to Stormwind, train at 24, then head to Goldshire.
Innkeeper Farley : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Open Storage Chest at the Goldshire inn and take the undelivered letter, then return to Stormwind for The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Caretaker Folsom : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Near the caretaker , inspect Sealed Crate: complete The Legend of Stalvan[28], turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28] and accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Walk from Stormwind to eastern Elwynn and Eastvale Logging Camp.
Marshal Haggard : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Inspect the chest in the marshal's house and read the records about Stalvan for The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Marshal Haggard : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Hearth to Darkshire. Finish town conversations before leaving for the Wetlands.
If less than an hour has passed since Raven Hill, your hearth is still on cooldown: take the southern road through Elwynn into Duskwood, then Darkshire.
Tavernkeep Smitts : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Clerk Daltry : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28], accept !The Legend of Stalvan[28].
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[28].
The Legend of Stalvan[28] ends with a conversation. The final The Legend of Stalvan[35] is a level-35 quest against a level-32 enemy tougher than normal mobs: a separate optional group branch at 29-30. Leave it for now. Finish ogres, the final Night Watch and cemetery deliveries later.
Felicia Maline : at actual level 24, fly to Stormwind. Osborne the Night Man : Eviscerate, Detect Traps, and the new Shank (an off-hand strike, +15 energy, 10-second cooldown). Check the next poison against your skill level. Return to Darkshire.
An optional group trip for leather boots and the keep's story.
Bristle Whisker Catfish from 15 for ≈ 16. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Flash Powder for ≈ 24. Prepare poisons before entering the keep. This trip rewards the leather 
Disjointed Shoes, so buy boots beforehand only if badly short of defense.Felicia Maline : fly from Darkshire to Lakeshire. Form a group before entering the orc keep.
Marshal Marris : accept !Tharil'zun[25].
Wanted: Incinerator Gar'im: accept !WANTED: Incinerator Gar'im[25].
With a group: Tharil'zun near Stonewatch Keep (Tharil'zun[25]); Incinerator Gar'im in southeastern Redridge at (WANTED: Incinerator Gar'im[25]).
Drops from: Tharil'zun's Head - Tharil'zun · Broken Staff of Incinerator Gar'im - Incinerator Gar'im
At Render's Camp in the north, Corporal Keeshan : accept !Missing In Action[25]. The escort starts immediately, so clear the path first.
Free the prisoner and escort him to the exit. Clear the route before starting, for Missing In Action[25].
Marshal Marris : turn in ?Tharil'zun[25]; deliver the orbs for Shadow Magic[23] here too if not already done.
Rogues cannot use the shield or two-handed mace. Choose a reward to vendor.
Magistrate Solomon : turn in ?WANTED: Incinerator Gar'im[25].
The leather Disjointed Shoes: +12 attack power. Mail boots are unavailable, and the cloth pair is for a caster.
Marshal Marris : turn in ?Missing In Action[25].
Ariena Stormfeather : resume the route through Stormwind.
Tram to Ironforge, through Loch Modan into the Wetlands. Finish lower-level quests on the way.
Flagon of Dwarven Honeymead for The Third Fleet[27] in the harbor tavern. Buy it now; it is not a random drop.
Wild Hog Shank from 25 for ≈ 2. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Longsword from 21 for ≈ 87, main hand only; Kris from 19 for ≈ 71, either hand. If you have a good 
Cruel Barb, compare the sword only with your main hand; the dagger may improve a weak off hand.Flash Powder for ≈ 24, for Vanish from 22. For poisons: Dust of Decay for ≈ 20, Essence of Pain for ≈ 48, Empty Vial for ≈ 4. Buy reagents for recipes you already know; keep a separate small stack of powder.Brown Leather Satchel for ≈ 25 if quest items have filled your bags. Do not vendor items from active chains.Still in Darkshire? Fly to Stormwind. Already there after the optional Redridge branch? Start with the tram to Ironforge. Then fly to Thelsamar and follow the road to Loch Modan's northern tower.
Mountaineer Kadrell : accept !Report to Mountaineer Rockgar[21].
On the road north at Algaz Station, Mountaineer Rockgar : turn in ?Report to Mountaineer Rockgar[21], accept !The Algaz Gauntlet[21].
Pass through Dun Algaz and kill the required orcs on the way into the Wetlands for The Algaz Gauntlet[21].
Follow the road down into the Wetlands and west to Menethil Harbor. Unlock the flight path and set your hearth.
Valstag Ironjaw : turn in ?The Algaz Gauntlet[21].
Valstag Ironjaw : accept !Spoils of War[22].
Valstag Ironjaw : accept !Report to Captain Stoutfist[28].
Captain Stoutfist : turn in ?Report to Captain Stoutfist[28].
Captain Stoutfist : accept !War Banners[28].
Captain Stoutfist : accept !From the Ashes[28].
Karl Boran : accept !Claws from the Deep[22].
James Halloran : accept !Young Crocolisk Skins[22].
Sida : accept !Digging Through the Ooze[24].
Caitlin Grassman : accept !Alchemical Hazards[22].
Tarrel Rockweaver : accept !In Search of the Excavation Team[24].
First Mate Fitzsimmons : accept !The Greenwarden[21].
First Mate Fitzsimmons : accept !The Third Fleet[27].
Collect wood and iron within the harbor. The old sailor needs Flagon of Dwarven Honeymead, sold by Innkeeper Helbrek , for Spoils of War[22] and The Third Fleet[27].
Valstag Ironjaw : turn in ?Spoils of War[22].
First Mate Fitzsimmons : turn in ?The Third Fleet[27], accept !The Cursed Crew[29].
Along the coast north of the harbor, kill murlocs and gather young crocolisk skins for Claws from the Deep[22] and Young Crocolisk Skins[22].
Drops from: Gobbler's Head - Gobbler · Young Crocolisk Skin - Young Wetlands Crocolisk
Karl Boran : turn in ?Claws from the Deep[22], accept !Reclaiming Goods[25].
James Halloran : turn in ?Young Crocolisk Skins[22], accept !Apprentice's Duties[26].
Find Damaged Crate by the coastal huts : complete Reclaiming Goods[25], turn in ?Reclaiming Goods[25], accept !The Search Continues[25].
Farther along the shore, Sealed Barrel : complete The Search Continues[25], turn in ?The Search Continues[25], accept !Search More Hovels[25].
Last hut, Half-buried Barrel : complete Search More Hovels[25], turn in ?Search More Hovels[25], accept !Return the Statuette[25].
Farther north on the coast at , collect hides from Giant Wetlands Crocolisk for Apprentice's Duties[26].
Karl Boran : turn in ?Return the Statuette[25].
Return east to the road: Whelgar's Excavation Site first, then the Green Belt.
Merrin Rockweaver : turn in ?In Search of the Excavation Team[24], accept !In Search of the Excavation Team[24].
Ormer Ironbraid : accept !Ormer's Revenge[24].
Prospector Whelgar : accept !Uncovering the Past[27].
Outer excavation: kill the weaker raptors first, staying away from Sarltooth, for Ormer's Revenge[24].
Ormer Ironbraid : turn in ?Ormer's Revenge[24], accept !Ormer's Revenge[27].
Rethiel the Greenwarden : turn in ?The Greenwarden[21].
Rethiel the Greenwarden : accept !Tramping Paws[21].
South of Rethiel, kill Mosshide Gnolls and Mongrels in Mosshide Fen ; Thelgen Rock is nearby, for Tramping Paws[21] and Alchemical Hazards[22].
Drops from: Unruptured Stalker Gland - Leech Stalker, Cave Stalker
Rethiel the Greenwarden : turn in ?Tramping Paws[21], accept !Fire Taboo[23].
In the north, between the Green Belt and Ironbeard's Tomb (), Mosshide Mistweavers, Fenrunners, Trappers, Brutes and Mystics drop flint for Fire Taboo[23]. The southern Gnolls and Mongrels do not. Nearby oozes at Ironbeard's Tomb drop the bag for Digging Through the Ooze[24].
Drops from: Crude Flint - Mosshide Mistweaver, Mosshide Fenrunner, Mosshide Trapper and others · Sida's Bag - Crimson Ooze, Black Ooze, Monstrous Ooze and others
Rethiel the Greenwarden : turn in ?Fire Taboo[23], accept !Blisters on the Land[26].
Hearth to Menethil Harbor, turn in completed quests and repair.
Sida : turn in ?Digging Through the Ooze[24].
Caitlin Grassman : turn in ?Alchemical Hazards[22].
James Halloran : turn in ?Apprentice's Duties[26].
Tarrel Rockweaver : turn in ?In Search of the Excavation Team[24].
Shellei Brondir : fly to Ironforge at 26. Hulfdan Blackbeard : 
Cheap Shot, Kick and new attack ranks. Return to the harbor.
New Forever quests fill out the familiar loop. Pull the final tough enemies with a partner.
Wild Hog Shank from 25 for ≈ 2. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Flash Powder for ≈ 24, for Vanish from 22. For poisons: Dust of Decay for ≈ 20, Essence of Pain for ≈ 48, Empty Vial for ≈ 4. Buy reagents for recipes you already know; keep a separate small stack of powder.
Saber Leggings from 23 for ≈ 95, if in stock. An optional check on the way to group quests. Compare with Frontier Britches; do not make a separate long detour.Instant Poison II at Poisons 120.James Halloran : accept !Crimson Crate Delivery[29].
At the lost fleet, kill cursed crewmen, then finish stronger raptors and collect four relics at the excavation, for The Cursed Crew[29] and Uncovering the Past[27] and Ormer's Revenge[27].
Drops from: Snellig's Snuffbox - First Mate Snellig
Ormer Ironbraid : turn in ?Ormer's Revenge[27], accept !Ormer's Revenge[29].
Prospector Whelgar : turn in ?Uncovering the Past[27].
Sarltooth is deep in Whelgar's Excavation Site: clear nearby raptors before engaging, for Ormer's Revenge[29].
Ormer Ironbraid : turn in ?Ormer's Revenge[29].
Howin Kindfeather : turn in ?Crimson Crate Delivery[29].
Howin Kindfeather : accept !Razormaw Needling[29].
Howin Kindfeather : accept !Trying Times[29].
At Raptor Ridge northeast of the Green Belt, around , collect incisors from Highland Razormaw and Elder Razormaw for Razormaw Needling[29]. Look for eggs there too for Trying Times[29]; finish fen creepers in the Green Belt for Blisters on the Land[26].
Howin Kindfeather : turn in ?Razormaw Needling[29].
Howin Kindfeather : turn in ?Trying Times[29].
Rethiel the Greenwarden : turn in ?Blisters on the Land[26].
At Angerfang Encampment, collect banners and destroy four sets of attack plans for War Banners[28] and From the Ashes[28].
Drops from: Dragonmaw War Banner - Dragonmaw Raider, Dragonmaw Swamprunner, Dragonmaw Centurion and others
Hearth to the harbor. Turn in the orc and cursed crew quests.
Captain Stoutfist : turn in ?War Banners[28].
Captain Stoutfist : turn in ?From the Ashes[28].
First Mate Fitzsimmons : turn in ?The Cursed Crew[29], accept !Lifting the Curse[30].
Return to the ship, defeat the captain and open his chest for Lifting the Curse[30].
Drops from: Intrepid Strongbox Key - Captain Halyndor
At chest Intrepid's Locked Strongbox : turn in ?Lifting the Curse[30], accept !The Eye of Paleth[30].
Glorin Steelbrow : turn in ?The Eye of Paleth[30], accept !Cleansing the Eye[30].
The main route continues with Next: Stormwind, then Next: Duskwood. With a group, choose the excavation, Stockade or Nek'rosh before leaving. None is required to continue.
Shellei Brondir : fly to Ironforge at 28. Hulfdan Blackbeard : Rupture, Sap and other available ranks. Return to the harbor before the remaining quests.
An optional distant class trip. Poisons and Lockpicking are already unlocked without this branch.
Elegant Letter from 24. Pick it up before the trip.Flash Powder for ≈ 24 and poison reagents. Restock before the northern trail.Detect Traps. Do not accept repeatable reputation quests unless doing them now.Shellei Brondir : fly from Menethil Harbor to Ironforge. Hulfdan Blackbeard : ask for the class Elegant Letter, available from 24, and check Detect Traps.
Use Elegant Letter: accept !The Manor, Ravenholdt[24] and keep 
Seal of Ravenholdt.
Gryth Thurden : fly back to Menethil Harbor. Take the Southshore boat, not Theramore. Confirm the destination before boarding. This route avoids the long walk through Arathi.
Darla Harris : unlock the Southshore flight path. Follow the northern trail toward the manor. Enable Detect Traps before the cave.
At , complete the trial of cunning as instructed by the quest. Detect the trap; do not blindly open the suspicious chest. Once you get credit, continue to the manor for The Manor, Ravenholdt[24].
Detect Traps - learned from the trainer at 24. In the tunnel before the manor turn it on and walk up to the chest: the objective counts once you see the trap. Don't open the chest.Fahrad : turn in ?The Manor, Ravenholdt[24].
Return to Southshore and board the boat to Menethil Harbor. Check its destination first. You can skip the next group branches and continue to the shared Stormwind return.
An extra dungeon for XP and loot. Rogues cannot use the guaranteed final staff or two-handed mace.
Titan Relic from the final boss: it starts Lost Relic Carry[31], and the chain ends in Ironforge's Hall of Explorers (Prehistoric Prism[31]).Wild Hog Shank from 25 for ≈ 2. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Flash Powder for ≈ 24, for Vanish from 22. For poisons: Dust of Decay for ≈ 20, Essence of Pain for ≈ 48, Empty Vial for ≈ 4. Buy reagents for recipes you already know; keep a separate small stack of powder.
Main Gauche from 29, 16.56 DPS, ≈ 193, if one hand is still far behind. An expensive purchase: compare quest rewards and training costs first.James Halloran : accept !Highland Hides[28].
Follow the road east from the harbor to Rethiel the Greenwarden near the Green Belt, then south. Wowhead places the Excavation Site: Wetlands entrance at , with the meeting stone at .
Rethiel the Greenwarden : accept !Horrors in the Highland[31].
Run Excavation Site:
Titan Relic.Drops from: Thicket Raptor Hide - Shadetooth, Thicket Lurker, Thicket Hunter and others
Use the looted Titan Relic to accept !Lost Relic Carry[31].
Rethiel the Greenwarden : turn in ?Horrors in the Highland[31].
You can use the one-handed axe 
Hornbeam Heft, but its spell power does not strengthen regular physical Rogue attacks. Compare its damage with your current weapon.
Keep the relic and take it out to Whelgar's camp for Lost Relic Carry[31].
Drops from: Titan Relic - Relic Guardian
Prospector Whelgar : turn in ?Lost Relic Carry[31], accept !Prehistoric Prism[31].
Keep the provided relic for delivery to Ironforge's Hall of Explorers after local turn-ins. No need to kill the keeper again, for Prehistoric Prism[31].
Drops from: Titan Relic - Relic Guardian
James Halloran : turn in ?Highland Hides[28].
Shellei Brondir : fly to Ironforge and visit the Hall of Explorers.
High Explorer Magellas : turn in ?Prehistoric Prism[31].
Both final weapons, a two-handed mace and a staff, are unavailable to Rogues. This is an optional trip for XP and other loot.
After turning in, continue the capital route or fly back to the Wetlands for remaining group quests.
Independent group branch: Dun Modr quests and the Stockade, with no required Deadmines letter.
Stormwind Brie from 25 for ≈ 2. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Flash Powder for ≈ 24 and reagents for your recipes.
Cuirboulli Bracers from 22 for ≈ 26, only if your bracers are very old. The main route offers the more useful 
Demonhide Bracers. Compare the reward 
Belt of Vindication with your current item after turning in; do not buy a new one beforehand.In Ironforge after the excavation? Fly back to Menethil Harbor first. Form a group in the Wetlands and head to Dun Modr's southern entrance; do not push straight onto Thandol Span.
Motley Garmason : accept !The Dark Iron War[30].
Clear Dark Iron dwarves in Dun Modr with a group. Check the required types in your quest log for The Dark Iron War[30].
Motley Garmason : turn in ?The Dark Iron War[30], accept !The Fury Runs Deep[27].
Return to the harbor, fly to Ironforge and take the Deeprun Tram to Stormwind. Pick up two quests in your unlocked Lakeshire and Darkshire before gathering at the entrance.
Guard Berton : accept !What Comes Around...[25].
Councilman Millstipe : accept !Crime and Punishment[26].
Felicia Maline : fly to Stormwind. Pick up the remaining independent quests at the Stockade entrance.
Warden Thelwater : accept !Quell the Uprising[26].
Nikova Raskol : accept !The Color of Blood[26].
Run the Stockade with a group for The Fury Runs Deep[27], What Comes Around...[25], Crime and Punishment[26], Quell the Uprising[26] and The Color of Blood[26]. Check heads, the hand and bandanas before leaving.
Drops from: Head of Deepfury - Kam Deepfury · Head of Targorr - Targorr the Dread · Hand of Dextren Ward - Dextren Ward · Red Wool Bandana - Dextren Ward, Defias Prisoner, Defias Captive and others
Warden Thelwater : turn in ?Quell the Uprising[26].
Nikova Raskol : turn in ?The Color of Blood[26].
Fly to turn in the southern quests in Lakeshire and Darkshire, then return through the capitals to Dun Modr for the final turn-in.
Guard Berton : turn in ?What Comes Around...[25].
Lucine Longsword: a 14.00-DPS sword, main hand only. Do not equip it off-hand; you already know Swords from the start.
Councilman Millstipe : turn in ?Crime and Punishment[26].
Motley Garmason : turn in ?The Fury Runs Deep[27].
Belt of Vindication: leather, +7 Agility/+3 Stamina. You cannot use the alternative two-handed mace.
Return to the harbor. Stay in the Wetlands if doing Nek'rosh; otherwise continue to From the Wetlands to Stormwind.
An optional finish to the orc chain for a main-hand axe.
Wild Hog Shank from 25 for ≈ 2. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Flash Powder for ≈ 24, for Vanish from 22. For poisons: Dust of Decay for ≈ 20, Essence of Pain for ≈ 48, Empty Vial for ≈ 4. Buy reagents for recipes you already know; keep a separate small stack of powder.
Barreling Reaper fits the main hand only. If you have not trained Axes, visit Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge (step).Captain Stoutfist : accept !Nek'rosh's Gambit[31].
Destroy the catapults at Angerfang Encampment, then inspect Dragonmaw Catapult for Nek'rosh's Gambit[31].
Dragonmaw Catapult: turn in ?Nek'rosh's Gambit[31], accept !Defeat Nek'rosh[32].
Reach chieftain Chieftain Nek'rosh with a group. Clear guards and patrols, defeat him and take the head for Defeat Nek'rosh[32].
Drops from: Nek'rosh's Head - Chieftain Nek'rosh
At the chieftain's position , Tattered Spellbook: accept !Old Habits[31].
Captain Stoutfist : turn in ?Defeat Nek'rosh[32] and ?Old Habits[31].
Barreling Reaper: a main-hand axe with 16.58 DPS and +5 Stamina. Requires Axes training with Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge (step). The two-handed sword is unusable.
Return to the harbor and continue to From the Wetlands to Stormwind.
Shared departure after the solo route and your chosen group branches.
Main Gauche from 29 for ≈ 193. A backup without lucky group drops. Weigh its cost against abilities and future riding training.Flash Powder for ≈ 24.Shellei Brondir : fly to Ironforge for level-28 training, then take the Deeprun Tram to Stormwind. Turn in the eye-cleansing delivery at the cathedral.
Archbishop Benedictus : turn in ?Cleansing the Eye[30].
A final loop from town through worgen and ogres to Raven Hill. At 30, visit the Rogue trainer in Stormwind.
Merrick's Bow and Ira's Dagger.Stormwind Brie from 25 for ≈ 2. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Flash Powder for ≈ 24, for Vanish from 22. For poisons: Dust of Decay for ≈ 20, Essence of Pain for ≈ 48, Empty Vial for ≈ 4. Buy reagents for recipes you already know; keep a separate small stack of powder.Kris from 19 for ≈ 71, only if your off hand is still a starter. For a substantial upgrade at 29, compare Main Gauche: Brenwyn Wintersteel in Ironforge, ≈ 193.Dungar Longdrink : fly to Darkshire and check your log for The Night Watch[30], Gather Rot Blossoms[24], Worgen in the Woods[29] and Merrick's Bow[28]. Innkeeper Trelayne : set your hearth in Darkshire before the long loop. You no longer need the Menethil bind.
Finish the level-28-29 Nightbane Dark Runners in the southern forest, left for later on your first visit, for Worgen in the Woods[29].
Calor : turn in ?Worgen in the Woods[29], accept !Worgen in the Woods[31].
Complete the final worgen hunt in the southern forest for Worgen in the Woods[31].
Calor : turn in ?Worgen in the Woods[31], accept !Worgen in the Woods[31].
Jonathan Carevin : turn in ?Worgen in the Woods[31].
Viktori Prism'Antras : accept !Look to the Stars[30].
At Raven Hill, finish the remaining undead and collect flowers for The Night Watch[30] and Gather Rot Blossoms[24].
Drops from: Rot Blossom - Skeletal Horror, Skeletal Fiend, Skeletal Fiend (Enraged Form)
Hearth to Darkshire.
Hearth on cooldown? Follow the main road east to Darkshire.
Commander Althea Ebonlocke : turn in ?The Night Watch[30].
Tavernkeep Smitts : turn in ?Gather Rot Blossoms[24], accept !Juice Delivery[24].
Last visit to the hermit near Raven Hill: deliver the juice and complete his next request on the spot.
Abercrombie : turn in ?Juice Delivery[24], accept !Ghoulish Effigy[27].
Collect the required parts from ghouls in the nearby cemetery for Ghoulish Effigy[27].
Drops from: Ghoul Rib - Flesh Eater, Bone Chewer, Brain Eater and others
Abercrombie : turn in ?Ghoulish Effigy[27], accept !Ogre Thieves[30].
One trip to Vul'Gol Ogre Mound: kill warriors and enforcers, take the leader's monocle and the hermit's crate, for Ogre Thieves[30] and Look to the Stars[30] and Merrick's Bow[28].
Drops from: Ogre's Monocle - Zzarc' Vul
Abercrombie : turn in ?Ogre Thieves[30], accept !Note to the Mayor[30].
Hearth to Darkshire if ready; otherwise follow the southern road.
Viktori Prism'Antras : turn in ?Look to the Stars[30].
Sirra Von'Indi : turn in ?Merrick's Bow[28].
Sirra Von'Indi : accept !The Valor Family[22].
Lord Ello Ebonlocke : turn in ?Note to the Mayor[30], accept !Translate Abercrombie's Note[30].
Sirra Von'Indi : turn in ?Translate Abercrombie's Note[30], accept !Wait for Sirra to Finish[30].
Wait for the historian to translate the note for Wait for Sirra to Finish[30].
Sirra Von'Indi : turn in ?Wait for Sirra to Finish[30], accept !Translation to Ello[30].
Lord Ello Ebonlocke : turn in ?Translation to Ello[30].
Return to Raven Hill and inspect Memory of Valor; deliver the discovered book to Darkshire for The Valor Family[22].
Sirra Von'Indi : turn in ?The Valor Family[22].
The group follow-ups Bride of the Embalmer[30] and The Legend of Stalvan[35] are covered below. Do not accept them without a group. If you are short of 30, make up the XP on green-level worgen and undead, then return to Stormwind to train.
Group finales to the long storylines: leather shoulders and a choice of Stalvan rewards.
Stormwind Brie from 25 for ≈ 2. Bring enough for the next loop; use your cooked food first.Flash Powder for ≈ 24, for Vanish from 22. For poisons: Dust of Decay for ≈ 20, Essence of Pain for ≈ 48, Empty Vial for ≈ 4. Buy reagents for recipes you already know; keep a separate small stack of powder.Commander Althea Ebonlocke : accept !The Legend of Stalvan[35].
Lord Ello Ebonlocke : accept !Bride of the Embalmer[30].
With a group, defeat Stalvan Mistmantle by the house and take the family ring for The Legend of Stalvan[35].
Madame Eva : turn in ?The Legend of Stalvan[35].
Compare the one-handed axe 
Crescent of Forlorn Spirits with your current weapon. 
Ring of Forlorn Spirits has spell power and is not an automatic combat upgrade for a Rogue.
Find Eliza's grave in the western cemetery. Start the event only with the group ready. Defeat Eliza and take her heart for Bride of the Embalmer[30].
Lord Ello Ebonlocke : turn in ?Bride of the Embalmer[30].
The leather 
Darkshire Shoulderguards: +7 Stamina/+7 Spirit. Good for empty shoulders, but not necessarily better than Agility shoulders. You cannot use the shield.
Felicia Maline : after the turn-ins, fly to Stormwind for level 30 training. If already trained, just check supplies.
Finish the route with your abilities up to date. Choose the next content for your actual level.
Deadly Poison is trained at Poisons 130. Craft along the way to reach it by 30.
Kidney Shot, Sinister Strike; Deadly Poison at Poisons 130.Main Gauche from 29 for ≈ 193, if you need to upgrade a weak hand. Sloan McCoy : Flash Powder for ≈ 24 and reagents. Do not buy 
Broadsword; it requires 31.Felicia Maline : fly to Stormwind. No repeat flight is needed if you are already here after the group finale. Osborne the Night Man : at 30, learn Kidney Shot, Sinister Strike and new ranks.
At Poisons 130, learn Deadly Poison from Osborne the Night Man . Check whether damage-over-time poisons interfere with your CC. Restock Flash Powder, food and bandages before dangerous areas.
Next, choose remaining Wetlands quests, Arathi Highlands and suitable dungeons. A mount does not replace the route yet: regular riding training starts at 40.
Kick at the moment you need it.Sinister Strike. Slice and Dice pays off in longer fights; Eviscerate finishes quickly. Do not spend a full expensive finisher on an enemy with a sliver of health.Stealth lets you choose your target and position. Split paired humanoids with Sap, then pull the active target away from the sapped one.Ambush becomes a dagger opener at 18, while Garrote starts a bleed. Backstab also needs a dagger and the target's back. Solo, use Gouge to get behind. With a partner taking aggro, stay there while they hold the mob.Cheap Shot becomes available as a stun opener. Clear an escape route before engaging a tough target.Kick interrupts dangerous heals or casts. Do not spend all your energy just before one.Evasion before a string of heavy hits, not at your last sliver of health. Against spells, it does not replace an interrupt.Vanish requires Flash Powder. Damage over time and stealth detection can spoil your escape. Check debuffs, distance and a clear path first.Kidney Shot helps against a dangerous single enemy. Do not plan the route around a long stun before learning it.Poisons. Continue through the cure stages afterward to remove the harmful effect. Coat both weapons and check charges and duration before leaving for the next circuit.Instant Poison adds damage; Crippling Poison helps against runners. Mind-numbing Poison helps against casters at skill 100.Deadly Poison at 30 requires skill 130 and deals damage over time. It can ruin a Gouge and bandage setup. Choose poisons for the fight.Pick Pocket from stealth before attacking a suitable humanoid. Pocket loot does not replace normal loot after a kill.Thieves' Tools in your bag. Repeated clicks will not open a red lock. Raise your skill on available targets first.Endurance, giving more frequent Sprint and Evasion. Do not expect these shorter cooldowns in other builds.Sprint on long, safe stretches of road. Before a cramped camp, save it for retreating.| Level | What to check at the trainer | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Pick Pocket, Backstab | Pockets and a dagger attack from behind. |
| 6-8 | Sinister Strike, Gouge, Evasion, Eviscerate | Main attack, short CC and defense. |
| 10 | Dual Wield, Slice and Dice, Sprint, Sap | Dual wielding, attack speed, Sprint and splitting packs. |
| 12-14 | Kick, Parry, Sinister Strike, Garrote, Expose Armor | Interrupt and new combat abilities. |
| 16-18 | Pick Lock, Eviscerate, Feint, Gouge, Ambush, Poised | Lockpicking and a strong dagger opener. |
| 20 | Rupture, Stealth, Backstab; class quest Poisons | A quest unlocks Poisons; it is not a simple rank purchase. |
| 22 | Vanish, Sinister Strike, Garrote, Distract | Flash Powder, new attacks and Distract. |
| 24-26 | Eviscerate, Detect Traps, Shank, Cheap Shot, Kick | Traps, stun and an interrupt upgrade. |
| 28-30 | Rupture, Sap, Kidney Shot, Sinister Strike | New ranks and CC; poisons separately by skill. |
Finish the island class branch and train in Valanaar before sailing. Update attack ranks during the planned Stormwind visits. At 20, complete the poison chain. Visiting the trainer on its own won't unlock the skill.
Dual Wield, trainer Osborne the Night Man . A Main Hand restriction prevents equipping an item in your off hand. Shields, staves, two-handed weapons and mail are unavailable.Backstab and Ambush require a main-hand dagger.Stiletto from 3, 3.33 DPS, ≈ 4; 
Tomahawk from 4 for ≈ 5 is already usable. After the book rewards, these purchases become unnecessary.
Quickblade's Dagger and the sword Curved Scimitar; the sword is main-hand only. The dagger Blade of Cunning from a separate Alliance chain is a small alternative, not a reason for a required detour. Later, compare both hands with Loch Modan rewards.
Rough Leather Belt/
Rough Leather Bracers from 5 for ≈ 2/≈ 2, for empty belt and wrist slots. Weapons and training first, then individual outdated slots.Quickblade's Dagger and the sword Curved Scimitar; the sword is main-hand only. The dagger Blade of Cunning from a separate Alliance chain is a small alternative, not a reason for a required detour. Later, compare both hands with Loch Modan rewards.Daggerfang's Daggerfang: 7.94 DPS, +2 Agility, from 12. Compare the whole set, not just a new item against an empty slot.Jambiya from 11 for ≈ 24 and Poniard from 14 for ≈ 37. Do not buy a small gain at the cost of missing training.Scimitar from 14, 8.70 DPS (≈ 38); Kris from 19, 10.94 DPS (≈ 71). You already know Swords and Daggers; compare rewards and avoid spending on a weak replacement.Cruel Barb: 15.54 DPS, 2.80 speed, +12 attack power, from 19. Usable in either hand, but the drop is not guaranteed.Tunic of Westfall from The Defias Brotherhood[22]: leather, +11 Agility and +5 Stamina. A useful guaranteed reward for completing the whole group chain.Longsword from 21, 12.17 DPS, ≈ 87, main hand only. Kris for ≈ 71 suits the off hand. Do not buy a downgrade after a good Deadmines sword.Main Gauche, 16.56 DPS, ≈ 193, either hand. An expensive backup, not a required purchase.Callous Axe from 24 for ≈ 25, 15.00 DPS, 2.80 speed, +8 attack power. You already know the skill. After a strong Deadmines sword, check whether it is worth the gold.Frontier Britches from In Defense of the King's Lands[17]: +3 Strength/+3 Agility. The reward Dusty Belt: +2 Agility/+2 Spirit. These are early options, not items to keep at all costs until 30.Demonhide Bracers from Morganth[27]: +3 Strength/+4 Agility. The reward Belt of Vindication: +7 Agility/+3 Stamina. The reward Disjointed Shoes: leather boots with +12 attack power.Darkshire Shoulderguards: +7 Stamina/+7 Spirit. Especially useful for an empty shoulder slot, but not automatically better than good Agility shoulders.Rough Leather Belt/Rough Leather Bracers from 5 for ≈ 2/≈ 2. Raena Flinthammer in Ironforge: Tanned Leather Bracers from 12 for ≈ 7, only for weak bracers.Agile Boots for ≈ 26 with Kat Sampson . In the Wetlands, Wenna Silkbeard offers Saber Leggings from 23 for ≈ 95; limited stock is not guaranteed. Compare leather rewards and do not make a separate detour for a white item.Tunic of Westfall with a white chest just for more armor. One good weapon is usually worth more than six small leather upgrades bought at once.Quickblade's Dagger and the sword Curved Scimitar; the sword is main-hand only. The dagger Blade of Cunning from a separate Alliance chain is a small alternative, not a reason for a required detour. Later, compare both hands with Loch Modan rewards.Thieves' Tools; keep them in your bag.Poisons and Recipe: Thistle Tea.Eau de Mixilpixil to remove the harmful effect before the next fight. The tea recipe requires Cooking 60; do not vendor it.You don't need a dungeon to unlock Poisons. The group chapters are optional, with level estimates for a party and boss loot that may not drop. Vendors and main-route quest rewards cover solo alternatives.
Dusty Belt. Rogues can use the gun from Old Ironforge Incursion[16], but it requires separate training. Do not take the two-handed hammer for later leveling.Cruel Barb: a strong slow sword from 19. 
Cape of the Brotherhood: a cloak with +5 Agility/+3 Stamina, from 19. Both are random drops.Tunic of Westfall. Do not confuse the finale reward with the earlier escort, The Defias Brotherhood[18].Belt of Vindication; What Comes Around...[25] rewards the sword Lucine Longsword, main hand only. Do not choose mail or the two-handed mace to equip.Hornbeam Heft from another quest after Axes training with Buliwyf Stonehand in Ironforge (step). Its caster stats often lose to your current weapon; compare physical damage.Sap on a suitable humanoid before combat; do not apply damage over time to it.Kick on dangerous heals. If you've pulled aggro, Feint helps give the tank a chance to recover the mob. Let them catch up before pushing damage again.Sap. With Mutilate, consumption of 
Cold Blood is tied to a critical strike. Do not plan around the former buggy behavior.
Wind Blessed increases attack speed by 2%, and 
Elemental Insight adds 5% damage against elementals. Read Leyline helps recover health; it is neither the Horde movement boost nor a source of rage or Energy.
Well Fed XP Boost from cooked food grants XP only for kills. Refresh it before a long combat loop, not specifically before a batch of turn-ins.Mining Pick and 
Skinning Knife for ≈ 10/≈ 10. Keep the tools in your bag.
Expert First Aid - Under Wraps raises the cap to 225. Deneb Walker in Arathi Highlands offers the book for ≈ 1. Ask a friend to get it rather than making a dangerous early detour.Recipe: Thistle Tea from the class tower quest. 
Thistle Tea restores 100 Energy, with a 5-minute cooldown.Thistle Tea until you learn Recipe: Thistle Tea; check its tooltip for the recipe. You cannot craft the tea yourself before Cooking 60.Well Fed XP Boost: +5% kill XP for 15 minutes. The bonus does not apply to quest turn-ins.Expert Cookbook raises the cap to 225. Shandrina in Ashenvale offers it for ≈ 1. Buy through a friend or the Auction House to avoid a separate trip.Bronze Tube from an Engineer for the stargazing and cure chains, or buy it. You don't need the profession for the part. Keep a separate tube for each quest.Read Leyline: 2-second cast, 2-minute cooldown. +50% health and mana regeneration for 15 seconds. At a leyline, you gain the hour-long Attuned buff: while active, the ritual grants +100%, and Attuned persists through death. This does not heal you for 100% health or increase movement speed.Wind Blessed: +2% casting speed and melee and ranged attack speed.Elemental Insight adds +5% damage to elementals. Check the creature type. A humanoid casting a fire spell doesn't qualify just because the damage looks elemental.Walk on Air: glide for 10 seconds with directional control, on a 1.5-minute cooldown. Activate it while airborne and choose a clear landing spot first.
