RaceTaurenA step-by-step route for WoW Forever: a tauren shaman from Camp Narache to level 30. Where to go at every level, which quests to grab right away so you never run back, where to get all four totems (
Earth Totem as early as 4, Fire Totem at 12–14 with a trip to Durotar, Water Totem and Air Totem at 20–30), which trainers to visit along the way, what to hit things with until 30 (a shaman knows staves from the start, and according to the beta client, two-handed maces and axes are now taught by a weapon master), what level gives you 
Ghost Wolf and how to keep your mana from running dry.
What to install from CurseForge for Forever: the useful and the fun
Lightning Shield) has dropped, with an optional sound. /sa test - preview, /sa help - all commands. Forever 1.60.1 file from October 9; it doesn't notice a lost shield in combat yet.Builds for 10–30: which one to pick and in what order to spend points
Your first talent point comes at level 10, then one per level: 21 points by level 30. Not sure what to pick? Go “Enhancement: Two-Hander”. Every beta guide recommends it (Method, wowforeverbuilds, Mobalytics): a shaman levels to 30 with a weapon, and lightning spells in Forever are weaker than in Classic. In melee the tauren racials help: 
Endurance gives +5% health, and 
War Stomp stuns up to five mobs around you. You can reset your talents at a shaman trainer - Narm Skychaser in Bloodhoof Village or Siln Skychaser in Thunder Bluff; according to beta data it costs 1 if you haven't reset in a while. Hover a talent for its Wowhead tooltip; the button at the bottom opens the build in the Wowhead calculator with the same order.
Stormstrike at 25.
Thundering Strikes - +5% crit for attacks and spells by 14. 
Mental Dexterity - attack power from Intellect: gear with Intellect now makes you hit harder too. Improved Ghost Wolf 2/2 by 20 - Ghost Wolf is instant and works indoors. 
Shamanistic Focus at 20 - shocks and Lightning Shield cost 45% less: 
Earth Shock on every mob if you like. 
Elemental Weapons - 
Rockbiter Weapon is 20% stronger. At 25 - Stormstrike, then 
Flurry.Stormstrike tooltip still says “requires level 40” - that's an old line: on the beta players take it at 25 and press it in every rotation.
Walking Stick until 11, 
Quarter Staff from 11, 
Gnarled Staff from 15, 
Long Staff from 20. Two-handed maces are optional: Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff teaches the skill (step), and then 
Goblin Smasher from a quest at 10 and the maces from the vendor in Ratchet come into play. From 22 we recommend two-handed axes - Hanashi in Orgrimmar (step): Long Staff is the last vendor staff until 31, and 
Merciless Axe at 26 hits 40% harder. What and where - see the “Shaman” section.
Ancestral Knowledge 2/5 (+4% Intellect), and Improved Ghost Wolf at 21–22. Then Elemental Weapons ends up at 2/3 and 
Anticipation drops out; everything else stays the same.
Thundering Strikes 5/5
Mental Dexterity 3/3
Improved Ghost Wolf 2/2
Shamanistic Focus 1/1
Elemental Weapons 3/3
Anticipation 1/3
Stormstrike 1/1
Flurry 5/5
Lava Burst at 30. Since October 15, 
Fire Nova is weaker: don't gather extra enemies just for the blast.
Convection - lightning and shocks cost 10% less mana. 
Call of Flame - +15% damage for 
Flame Shock, Fire Nova and fire totems. 
Elemental Alacrity - 
Lightning Bolt is half a second faster; 
Earthbound at 25 holds enemies in place when you drop 
Earthbind Totem. You deal part of the damage before the mob even reaches you, and Fire Nova hits a pack of 2–3 mobs at your fire totem, although it's weaker since October 15.Lava Burst only comes at 30. One level 30 tester says that for caster leveling you're better off putting the first 11 points into Restoration (the “Restoration + Melee” build) than into Elemental. And a tauren has no fire totem before 14 - its quest is a long one (step).Cauldron Stirrer from the quest Apothecary Zamah[15] at 16 (step). In melee it's weaker than a white staff, but for lightning and shocks it's better.Earthbound helps you get away from enemies after you drop Earthbind Totem; at 30 your main new button is Lava Burst.
Convection 5/5
Elemental Alacrity 3/3
Call of Flame 2/3
Elemental Focus 1/1Call of Flame 3/3
Reverberation 3/5
Earthbound 1/1
Trial by Fire 2/2
Eye of the Storm 2/3
Lava Burst 1/1
Improved Healing Wave - Healing Wave is half a second faster. 
Mindfulness - half of your mana regeneration keeps going while you cast. 
Tidal Focus - cheaper heals and +2% hit chance with all attacks. 
Water Shield at 20 - mana from every hit you take and every spell crit, heals included (only one shield can be up at a time: Water Shield or Lightning Shield). Then Thundering Strikes, Improved Ghost Wolf and Mental Dexterity.Shamanistic Focus and Stormstrike don't fit into it. The wolf is only instant from 27.
Improved Healing Wave 5/5
Mindfulness 3/3
Tidal Focus 2/5
Water Shield 1/1Thundering Strikes 5/5Improved Ghost Wolf 2/2Mental Dexterity 3/3
Healing Focus, 
Tidal Mastery 5/5 and 
Nature's Swiftness at 30.Healing Focus - a 70% chance that damage won't interrupt your heal. Tidal Mastery 5/5 - +5% crit on heals. Nature's Swiftness (30) - an instant heal every 3 minutes for when the tank is about to drop.
Mana Tide Totem - your first point after 30, once you have Water Totem: you can't place a water totem without that item.Improved Healing Wave 5/5Mindfulness 3/3Tidal Focus 2/5Water Shield 1/1
Healing Focus 3/3Tidal Focus 3/5
Tidal Mastery 5/5
Nature's Swiftness 1/1The tauren starting camp · Red Cloud Mesa in southern Mulgore · Kodo Rock
All the quests are close to the camp: pick up everything, do them in a loop, turn them in as a batch. About 45 minutes. This is also where your first class quest is - the earth totem: from level 4, Seer Ravenfeather next to the trainer gives it. The reward is 
Stoneskin Totem and Earth Totem: without that item you can't place earth totems.
Short Staff ≈ 1 - a two-handed staff with 2.0 damage per second: twice as much as the starting mace (
Worn Mace, 1.05). A shaman knows staves from character creation. Short on money? Sell your gray items and come back.Lightning Bolt is only for pulling: in Forever lightning is weak, and you need your mana for healing. Once the mob reaches you, hit it with your weapon - and from your first skill on, your weapon always has Rockbiter Weapon: the enchant lasts an hour.War Stomp: a 2-second stun on everything around you, 1.5-minute cooldown. Two or three mobs on you? Press it and finish off the most wounded one.Grull Hawkwind : accept !The Hunt Begins[2]. Chief Hawkwind : accept !A Humble Task[2].
Around the camp and southeast to the well : Plainstriders - 7 Plainstrider Meat and 7 Plainstrider Feathers, The Hunt Begins[2].
Pull with Lightning Bolt, then hit with your weapon: plainstriders are weak, and you'll want your mana for healing.
Greatmother Hawkwind by the well: turn in ?A Humble Task[2] and pick a gathering profession book, accept !A Humble Task[3]. The Water Pitcher is right by the well - A Humble Task[3].
Camp:
Nomadic Belt), accept !The Hunt Continues[3] and !Rune-Inscribed Note[1]Rockbiter Weapon (10).
Painted Chain Gloves is mail, and a shaman can only wear mail from 40 - hence the belt. Put Rockbiter Weapon on your weapon right away: extra attack power for an hour. If you have the money, go straight to Marjak Keenblade : Short Staff ≈ 1.
The junior gathering trainers are right here: Garan Sunstrider - Herbalism, Nawka Wildsong - Skinning, Vartha Rockmane - Mining. Training costs 10.
For a shaman we recommend Mining and Skinning (the “Professions” section explains why). The book gives you one profession, learn the other one here. Wunna Darkmane in Bloodhoof Village sells the skinning knife and the mining pick.
Mountain Cougars south of the camp : 10 pelts - The Hunt Continues[3].
Grull Hawkwind: turn in ?The Hunt Continues[3] (reward: 
Nomadic Bracers), accept !The Battleboars[4]. Brave Windfeather : accept !Break Sharptusk![5].
Level 4, Meela Dawnstrider : Earth Shock (1). Seer Ravenfeather is nearby: accept the class quest !Call of Earth[4].
Earth Shock is instant: it interrupts a spell and finishes off a fleeing mob. Mana is expensive, so don't press it on every mob. Call of Earth[4]: the salve drops from Bristleback Shamans in Brambleblade Ravine (step).
On the way southwest - Antur Fallow : accept !A Task Unfinished[5], a delivery to Bloodhoof Village.
Seer Graytongue : turn in ?Rites of the Earthmother[3], accept !Rite of Strength[4] and the new !Grace of An'she and Mu'sha[4].
Grace of An'she and Mu'sha[4] is timed: the incense burns out in 10 minutes. Take it last and run straight to the fire, don't fight on the way.
The Ritual Fire on the hills to the east : carry the incense there - Grace of An'she and Mu'sha[4], and turn in ?Grace of An'she and Mu'sha[4] at the fire. The reward is the 6-slot 
Scorched Leather Pouch.
Brambleblade Ravine : quilboar and Bristleback Shamans - 12 belts, Rite of Strength[4]; the shamans also drop 2 applications of Ritual Salve, Call of Earth[4]; battleboars by the ravine - 8 flanks and 8 snouts, The Battleboars[4]; deep in the ravine - Chief Sharptusk Thornmantle , Break Sharptusk![5]. In the Bristleback camp, 
Dirt-stained Map lies on the ground - pick it up, it starts !Attack on Camp Narache[4].
Drops from: Bristleback Belt - Bristleback Quilboar, Bristleback Shaman · Battleboar Snout - Bristleback Battleboar, Battleboar · Battleboar Flank - Bristleback Battleboar, Battleboar
Shamans heal their friends - kill them first, Earth Shock interrupts the heal. Lure the chief out without his guards.
Hearthstone → Camp Narache.
Camp:
Nomadic Vest)
Nomadic Gloves)
Earth Sapta appears in your bags.Rite of Strength[4]: the best of the rewards is Elder's Cane - a two-handed staff with 2.6 damage per second. 
Rock Mace is a one-handed mace to go with a shield, and it's weaker (1.8). You can't equip the axes and the knife without the skill. Attack on Camp Narache[4] gives 
Thick Bark Buckler - handy if you level with a one-handed mace and a shield.
Kodo Rock east of the camp : drink Earth Sapta at the rock and Minor Manifestation of Earth appears. Talk to it: turn in ?Call of Earth[4], accept !Call of Earth[4].
The sapta lets you see the spirits of the elements. Lost it? Seer Ravenfeather gives you a new one (Earth Sapta[4]).
Camp, Seer Ravenfeather: turn in ?Call of Earth[4] - Stoneskin Totem and Earth Totem. Level 6 - Meela Dawnstrider : Healing Wave (rank 2) and Earthbind Totem, 1 each.
Stoneskin Totem goes down at a quest spot, not for every mob: it lasts 5 minutes, works within 30 yards and cuts every hit you take by 4. Don't sell Earth Totem: you can't place earth totems without it. Earthbind Totem slows the mobs around you - handy when two are coming at you; only one earth totem can be up at a time. Not level 6 yet? You'll learn them at 8 in the village (step).
Take the road north to Bloodhoof Village. Forever speed guides suggest getting down there with a “death run”: it's free until level 10, and the spirit healer resurrects you right by the village.
Mulgore's main village · the shaman trainer · almost ten new quests here in Forever
Your base until level 10. In the village, pick up everything at once, loop south and east, and come back to turn it all in. The shaman trainer is Narm Skychaser : she teaches from level 8, and at 10 she gives you the fire totem quest.
Walking Stick ≈ 5 (level 3) - a two-handed staff with 4.2 damage per second: almost twice as much as Elder's Cane. Your main purchase before 11.
Worn Heater Shield ≈ 4 (level 5), 161 armor.
Ice Cold Milk ≈ 24 (level 5). A shaman needs water more often than food: drink when your mana drops below a third.
Small Brown Pouch ≈ 5 - 6 slots; Brown Leather Satchel ≈ 25 - 8 slots, once you have the money. You already got one 6-slot bag from Grace of An'she and Mu'sha[4].By the road in front of the village - Kaga Wildhoof : turn in ?The Adventurer[6], accept !The Great Outdoors[6]. Sit by her campfire (/sit) and wait for the “Boosted Rest” buff - The Great Outdoors[6]. Turn in ?The Great Outdoors[6], accept !Camping 101: Cooking[6].
Village:
Also there:
Krang Stonehoof is the warrior trainer, but his new quest is for everyone: accept !Sparring Match[6]. Beat three Novice Warriors at the training arena nearby or win 3 duels against players - Sparring Match[6]. Turn in ?Sparring Match[6]: the reward is 
Minor Healing Potion.
Pyall Silentstride : a short talk completes Camping 101: Cooking[6], then turn in ?Camping 101: Cooking[6] - Cooking and 
Basic Campfire. Vira Younghoof : First Aid. If you have the money - Mahnott Roughwound : Walking Stick.
Bandages heal without mana: after a fight you need your mana for the next pull.
Loop around the village and southwest : Prairie Wolves - 6 paws (Poison Water[5]) and a heart (Mazzranache[8]); Adult Plainstriders - 4 talons (Poison Water[5]) and a scale (Mazzranache[8]); Wiry Swoops - 8 quills (Swoop Hunting[6]) and a gizzard (Mazzranache[8]); Ambercorn near the village - Rite of Vision[7].
Drops from: Prairie Wolf Paw - Prairie Wolf, Prairie Stalker, Prairie Wolf Alpha and others · Plainstrider Talon - Plainstrider, Adult Plainstrider, Elder Plainstrider and others · Prairie Wolf Heart - Prairie Wolf, Prairie Stalker, Prairie Wolf Alpha and others · Flatland Cougar Femur - Flatland Cougar · Plainstrider Scale - Adult Plainstrider, Elder Plainstrider, Mazzranache · Swoop Gizzard - Wiry Swoop, Swoop, Taloned Swoop · Trophy Swoop Quill - Wiry Swoop, Swoop, Taloned Swoop · Well Stone - Razorlash
Village: Mull Thunderhorn - turn in ?Poison Water[5], accept !Winterhoof Cleansing[6]; Ahab Wheathoof - accept the new !Kyle's Gone Missing![7].
Southeast: the Winterhoof Water Well - cleanse it with the totem, Winterhoof Cleansing[6]; the Well Stones by the spring nearby - Rite of Vision[7]. Plainstriders on the way - Tender Strider Meat, Kyle's Gone Missing![7].
Drops from: Well Stone - Razorlash
Village:
Level 8, Narm Skychaser : Lightning Shield, Lightning Bolt (rank 2), Earth Shock (rank 2), 
Stoneclaw Totem and Rockbiter Weapon (rank 2), 1 each. Missed the level 6 skills? They're here too.
Lightning Shield - before the pull: its three charges hit whoever hits you. Stoneclaw Totem - the second mob hits the totem while you kill the first. Rockbiter Weapon - put it on your weapon right away.
East of the village, Morin Cloudstalker : accept !The Ravaged Caravan[8].
East:
Drops from: Windfury Talon - Windfury Harpy, Windfury Wind Witch · Prairie Wolf Heart - Prairie Wolf, Prairie Stalker, Prairie Wolf Alpha and others · Plainstrider Scale - Adult Plainstrider, Elder Plainstrider, Mazzranache · Swoop Gizzard - Wiry Swoop, Swoop, Taloned Swoop
The Wind Witches among the harpies cast lightning from range - pull them around a corner so they come right up to you, and Earth Shock interrupts the cast.
The Ravaged Caravan : examine the crate - turn in ?The Ravaged Caravan[8], accept !The Ravaged Caravan[8].
Don't rush to turn in The Ravaged Caravan[8]: the follow-up is at level 10, and you'll turn it in on the way to the mine.
Back to the village with a death run: until level 10 it's free.
Palemane Rock, the Thunderhorn well, Red Rocks, your first visit to Thunder Bluff
Two loops: west to the gnolls, and north - the well, the dwarven dig site and Red Rocks. In between, a quick trip to Thunder Bluff to get the flight path and pick up a new quest. At 10, back in the village - the trainer and the fire totem quest.
Demon Scarred Cloak, and the cloak starts The Demon Scarred Cloak[12].
Plainsrunning: as long as you keep running without stopping and without taking damage, your speed goes up 1% every 5 seconds, up to +30%. Leave the mobs on the road alone between loops - you'll get there noticeably faster.Village:
Drive Them Out[9] is for the centaurs in the east - you'll do it at 10 together with the mine.
Palemane Rock : 10 Palemane Tanners, 8 Palemane Skinners and 5 Palemane Poachers - Sharing the Land[8]. At the end of the cave, Perith Stormhoof : accept the new !The Longwalkers[8] and lead him outside - The Longwalkers[8].
The poachers hit harder than the rest. The cave is cramped: two on you - Stoneclaw Totem on the second one; if one runs off to its friends, finish it - Earth Shock is instant.
Turn-ins in the village (go back with a death run):
Plains Hunter Wristguards, leather)The Thunderhorn Water Well north of the village - cleanse it with the totem, Thunderhorn Cleansing[8].
Northwest, the dwarven dig site by the forge : collect 5 Prospector's Picks around it and smash them at the forge - Dwarven Digging[8].
Seer Wiserunner in the cave at the foot of Thunder Bluff: turn in ?Rite of Vision[7], accept !Rite of Wisdom[10].
You don't have to drink the Water of the Seers from the quest and follow the vision - you can come straight here. Throw the empty flask away afterwards.
Take the lift up to Thunder Bluff. Tal - get the flight path; Boarton Shadetotem , in stealth - accept the new !Stalk With The Earthmother[10].
Don't move your hearthstone yet: you won't need it before the Barrens, and you'll set it at the Crossroads at 12.
Northeast, Red Rocks: Lorekeeper Raintotem - accept !A Sacred Burial[10]; 8 Bristleback Interlopers around - A Sacred Burial[10], turn in ?A Sacred Burial[10]. Ancestral Spirit - turn in ?Rite of Wisdom[10], accept !Journey into Thunder Bluff[10]. You may run into Ghost Howl on the way: it drops Demon Scarred Cloak - !The Demon Scarred Cloak[12].
Death run to the village (still free at 10):
Rough-hewn Kodo Leggings)The Demon Scarred Cloak[12]: the reward for a shaman is 
Skorn's Hammer, a one-handed mace with 6.5 damage per second and +1 Strength, to go with a shield. Leveling with a staff? Take whatever sells for more: a shaman has no use for the gun.
Level 10, Narm Skychaser : Flame Shock, Flametongue Weapon and 
Strength of Earth Totem, 4 each. Accept the class quest !Call of Fire[10]. Now Skorn Whitecloud: accept !The Hunter's Way[10] - you'll collect the claws on the way to the mine.
Flame Shock is an instant pull from 20 yards: damage right away and for 12 more seconds while the mob runs at you. You can skip Flametongue Weapon: until 30, Rockbiter Weapon is stronger on any weapon. Strength of Earth Totem and Stoneskin Totem are both earth totems and only one can be up: solo it's usually Stoneskin Totem. Call of Fire[10] is turned in in the Barrens, north of Thorn Hill: the route gets there at 12 (step). Talents open at 10 - see the “Leveling talents” section.
The Venture Co. Mine, the new Galak camp, an elite shredder
The eastern edge of Mulgore. New in Forever: the Galak centaur camp and an elite shredder in the mine. The mine is one trip for three quests; the shredder is optional and a separate trip: its quest is only offered once you've turned in the notes from the mine.
Goblin Smasher (a tauren-only two-handed mace, 8.2 damage per second, +2 Strength) and 
Compact Fighting Knife (a dagger). A shaman can't equip either one without a new skill. Two-handed maces are taught by Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff (step) - if you're going that way, take the mace. If not, take whatever sells for more: Quarter Staff from vendors at 11 hits harder anyway (9.4).Morin Cloudstalker : turn in ?The Ravaged Caravan[8], accept !The Venture Co.[10] and !Supervisor Fizsprocket[12].
North and northeast: Flatland Prowlers - 4 claws, The Hunter's Way[10]; Prairie Wolf Alphas - 8 teeth, Wildmane Totem[10].
The Venture Co. Mine : 14 Venture Co. Workers and 6 Venture Co. Supervisors - The Venture Co.[10]; 5 charges from the carts of blasting supplies - Stalk With The Earthmother[10]; Supervisor Fizsprocket deep inside - the clipboard, Supervisor Fizsprocket[12]. He drops 
Mulgore Expansion Plans, which starts !Fizsprocket's Notes[10]: three pages inside the mine , and - Fizsprocket's Notes[10].
According to a beta report, a page is sometimes “already in use” - leave the mine and come back in. The goblins stand close together: Stoneclaw Totem on the second one.
Southeast of the mine - the Galak centaur camp on the eastern edge : 6 Galak Centaurs and 4 Galak Outrunners - Drive Them Out[9]; their leader Herak the Pillager (level 11) - his head, Drive Them Out[9].
Morin Cloudstalker: turn in ?The Venture Co.[10], ?Supervisor Fizsprocket[12] and ?Fizsprocket's Notes[10].
Supervisor Fizsprocket[12]: which reward to take - see the “Don't forget” block above.
Optional, with full health and mana, ideally with a friend: Morin Cloudstalker gives the new !Ceasing Operations[12] - the elite shredder Venture Co. Clearclutter (level 12) in the mine, Ceasing Operations[12]. Then Morin Cloudstalker: turn in ?Ceasing Operations[12].
It's a detour back into the mine, about ten minutes. According to beta feedback, you can kill the shredder solo: before the fight - Lightning Shield and Stoneskin Totem, heal when you drop below half health, and when it “overloads” and hits faster - War Stomp and a potion. Didn't work out? Abandon the quest and move on: it doesn't unlock anything.
Back to the village with a death run: Baine Bloodhoof - turn in ?Drive Them Out[9], accept !The High Chieftain[9]; Mull Thunderhorn - turn in ?Wildmane Totem[10], accept !Wildmane Cleansing[10].
Mulgore turn-ins, the capital's new quests and a staff at 11
A big visit to the capital: turn in the Mulgore quests and pick up the new Thunder Bluff quests. This is also where you decide what to hit things with until 15: a white staff from the vendor, or a two-handed mace if you learn the skill.
Quarter Staff ≈ 30 (level 11) - a two-handed staff with 9.4 damage per second: twice as much as Walking Stick. Your main purchase before 15.
Mace ≈ 17 (level 9), a one-handed mace with 6.3 damage per second; Elki sells shields.
Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots, if you have money to spare. Short on cash? Wait: the 6- and 8-slot bags are cheaper in the village.Earth Shock.Optional - the Two-Handed Maces skill: Ansekhwa . Then Goblin Smasher comes into play (step). If not - Jyn Stonehoof : Quarter Staff ≈ 30.
Blizzard says that in Forever two-handed axes and maces became baseline skills for the shaman - you no longer need the Classic talent for them. A shaman doesn't know them from the start: the weapon master teaches them like any other skill, for 10, a little cheaper with reputation. Until 15 there's little gain: Quarter Staff hits no weaker than Goblin Smasher. The skill pays off at 13–14 (the maces from the vendor in Ratchet) and at 20 if you go into Wailing Caverns: Hammerbone is there. A new skill starts at 1 - do your first fights with the mace on mobs below your level.
Boarton Shadetotem: turn in ?Stalk With The Earthmother[10], accept !Stalk With The Earthmother[11]. Eyahn Eagletalon : accept !Preparation for Ceremony[11].
Eylah Sunhorn : accept the new !Traditions of the Bluff[10]. Buy the four supplies from the quest - herbs (Nida Winterhoof ), cedar twigs (Nata Dawnstrider ), thread (Mahu ) and flint and tinder (Naal Mistrunner ) - combine them into incense and light it in the incense burner: Traditions of the Bluff[10]. Turn in ?Traditions of the Bluff[10].
About five minutes for the whole thing. The reward is 420 experience and 175.
Cairne Bloodhoof : turn in ?Journey into Thunder Bluff[10], ?The High Chieftain[9] and ?The Longwalkers[8], accept !Rites of the Earthmother[14].
The High Chieftain[9]: Proud Brave's Guard is a shield with 135 armor: take it if you level with a one-handed mace. Centaur Skull Basher is a two-handed mace with only 5 damage per second: the staff is stronger.
Elder Rise: Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem - accept !The Barrens Oases[10].
Harpies, the Wildmane well, the kodo horn - and the eastern road through Camp Taurajo
Your last loop through Mulgore: the north below Thunder Bluff, turn-ins in the capital and the village, then the eastern road into the Barrens - through Camp Taurajo to the Crossroads.
War Stomp stuns everything around you for 2 seconds, 1.5-minute cooldown. Your shocks are on cooldown and a Windfury Sorceress starts casting? Press it - it interrupts the cast too.Below Thunder Bluff, to the north : Windfury Sorceresses and Matriarchs - 6 Azure Feathers and 6 Bronze Feathers, Preparation for Ceremony[11]. The cones lie on the ground under the harpies' trees - 8 of them, Stalk With The Earthmother[11].
Drops from: Bronze Feather - Windfury Matriarch
The Wildmane Water Well - cleanse it with the totem, Wildmane Cleansing[10]. Further east - Arra'chea : the horn, Rites of the Earthmother[14]. Flatland Prowlers on the way - claws, The Hunter's Way[10], if you haven't collected them yet.
Drops from: Horn of Arra'chea - Arra'chea
This is a big kodo: it hits hard, but slowly. Before the fight - Lightning Shield and Stoneskin Totem, pull with Flame Shock; heal when you drop below half health.
Thunder Bluff:
Preparation for Ceremony[11]: for a healer with a shield - 
Tribal Warrior's Shield (189 armor), everyone else - 
Bound Harness. Boarton Shadetotem also gives the follow-up, Stalk With The Earthmother[11]: you need 
Raw Brilliant Smallfish - catch one in the pond below or buy it at the auction house. The reward is 
Valley Cosh, a one-handed mace to go with a shield, 6.1 damage per second: optional.
Down to the village: Mull Thunderhorn - turn in ?Wildmane Cleansing[10], accept the new !Thunderhorn's Report[10]. Already 12? Narm Skychaser right there: Fire Nova, 
Purge, 
Ancestral Spirit and Healing Wave (rank 3), 8 each.
Wildmane Cleansing[10]: the rewards are 
Dreamwatcher Staff (a staff with 5.6 damage per second, weaker than Quarter Staff) and an axe: take whatever sells for more. You'll carry Thunderhorn's Report[10] to Thunder Bluff at 16 (step): the route doesn't go back there before that. Not 12 yet? You'll learn the level 12 skills in Orgrimmar (step).
The road east of the village takes you out of Mulgore into the Barrens, to Camp Taurajo: Omusa Thunderhorn - get the flight path; Kirge Sternhorn - accept !Journey to the Crossroads[12]. Then follow the road north to the Crossroads.
The best zone for 12–20 on the Horde side · Crossroads quests, the Razormane and the start of the fire totem quest
The Barrens have lots of quests and long runs. The rule: take everything at the Crossroads at once, do it along the way and turn it all in together. Your hearthstone stays at the Crossroads all the way to level 20. After Thorn Hill comes a class detour: the fire totem quest takes you north of the hill and then on to Durotar.
Ice Cold Milk ≈ 24, from 15 - 
Melon Juice ≈ 1; food - 
Tel'Abim Banana ≈ 24. Kalyimah Stormcloud : Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Quarter Staff ≈ 30 (level 11) - if you didn't buy it in Thunder Bluff.Earthbind Totem - the second one reaches you slowly, or Stoneclaw Totem - it keeps him busy while you hit the first. Thornweavers and Water Seekers cast spells - Earth Shock interrupts the cast.The Crossroads: Devrak - flight path; Innkeeper Boorand Plainswind - set your hearthstone at the Crossroads.
The Crossroads:
Jahan Hawkwing : accept !A Bundle of Hides[10]. Devrak: turn in ?A Bundle of Hides[10], accept !Ride to Thunder Bluff[10] - but don't fly now, keep it until level 16.
Thorn Hill east of the Crossroads:
Drops from: Plainstrider Beak - Greater Plainstrider, Ornery Plainstrider, Fleeting Plainstrider · Raptor Head - Sunscale Lashtail, Sunscale Screecher, Sunscale Scytheclaw and others
The Fire Tar for the fire totem quest (Call of Fire[12]) doesn't drop here yet: you'll get that quest in Durotar and come back to the Razormane at 14 (step).
North of Thorn Hill : Kranal Fiss - turn in ?Call of Fire[10], accept !Call of Fire[11].
Torch of the Dormant Flame is in your bags: it's needed in Durotar, on the mountain above the Valley of Trials (step).
Class quest: across the bridge into Durotar, the shrine on the mountain and the pouch on the way to Orgrimmar
The fire totem quest runs across two zones. Kranal Fiss is in the Barrens, and Telf Joolam is in Durotar, in the shrine on the mountain above the Valley of Trials. He needs two things: 
Reagent Pouch from the Burning Blade cultists at Drygulch Ravine (on the way to Orgrimmar) and 
Fire Tar from the Razormane at Thorn Hill. That's why you go to Durotar twice: now - to the shrine and for the pouch, and at 14 - to the shrine again (step). The reward at the end is 
Searing Totem, Fire Totem and 
Totem of Charged Flames, a new Forever relic.
East to Far Watch Post , and across the bridge over the Southfury River into Durotar. Then south along the river: a hidden path starts by the water and winds up the mountain west of the Valley of Trials. At the top, in the shrine - Telf Joolam : turn in ?Call of Fire[11], accept !Call of Fire[12].
Lots of players spend ages looking for the start of the path: open the marker and stick to the path instead of climbing straight up the rocks - it's easy to fall off the narrow ledge.
Down the same path and northeast, to the road from Razor Hill to Orgrimmar. The Burning Blade cultists at Drygulch Ravine : Reagent Pouch, Call of Fire[12]. Then north along the road - to Orgrimmar.
Drops from: Fire Tar - Razormane Water Seeker, Razormane Thornweaver, Razormane Geomancer and others · Reagent Pouch - Burning Blade Cultist, Stonesplinter Seer
There are only seven cultists, and not every one drops the pouch: if it doesn't drop, wait for them to respawn. They cast spells - Earth Shock interrupts the cast.
Flight path, the shaman trainer in the Valley of Wisdom and five Forever city quests
From Drygulch Ravine it's a couple of minutes north to the gates of Orgrimmar. Here you get the level 12 skills (if you didn't learn them in the village), the flight path (useful at 20–30, when you head for the zeppelin) and five new quests. Back to the Barrens with your hearthstone.
Quarter Staff ≈ 30 (level 11) - if you're still hitting with a weapon under 9 damage per second.The gates of Orgrimmar . Doras : get the flight path.
Valley of Strength: Thatog - accept the new !Meal Appeal[15]. Borstan : turn in ?Meal Appeal[15], accept !Favorite Food[15].
Kor'geld : accept the new !Yelmak's Medley[15]. Cattails and speargrass grow by the water in the Valley of Honor - Yelmak's Medley[15].
Valley of Wisdom, level 12, Kardris Dreamseeker : Fire Nova, Purge, Ancestral Spirit and Healing Wave (rank 3), 8 each.
Fire Nova is a blast around your fire totem: it starts working once you have Fire Totem (at 14). Purge removes one buff from an enemy - a shield or a heal. Ancestral Spirit brings your friends back after a fight. Learned them in the village? Skip this step.
Kor'geld: turn in ?Yelmak's Medley[15]. Yelmak : accept !Whuut's the Rush[15] and deliver the potion - Whuut : turn in ?Whuut's the Rush[15].
The reward is 
Healing Potion: save it for elites.
Behind Grommash Hold: Migi - turn in ?Favorite Food[15]; Thra - accept !Rocks to Rests[15].
Smooth boulders lie all over the city - 8 of them, Rocks to Rests[15]. Thra: turn in ?Rocks to Rests[15].
You get to choose a bracelet. 
Thra's Friendship Bracelet is the best one for a shaman: leather and +1 Intellect, and in Enhancement Intellect also gives you attack power. The bracelets with Strength and Stamina are mail - you can't wear them until 40.
Hearthstone → the Crossroads.
The Ratchet pirates and the Razormane leader - with the tar for the fire totem quest
The Ratchet pirates and a second visit to the Razormane. Now that Call of Fire[12] is in your log, the Razormane drop Fire Tar - the last item for the shrine. From the Crossroads - east along the road to Ratchet.
Ironwood Maul ≈ 70 (level 13, 11.8 damage per second, +5 Stamina) and 
Heavy Spiked Mace ≈ 74 (level 14, 12.5, +6 Strength) - two-handed maces, only if you've learned the skill (step). Limited stock.Gnarled Staff ≈ 55 (level 15) - a staff with 11.9 damage per second. Too early for now - remember it at 15.Stoneclaw Totem on the second one, Earthbind Totem so a runner doesn't bring its neighbors. Drop the totem before the pull, not during the fight.From the Crossroads, take the road east to Ratchet:
The pirate camp south of Ratchet : 12 Brigands and 6 Cannoneers - Southsea Freebooters[14]; parts in the upper camp - Parts and Pieces[14].
Ratchet:
Back to the pirate camp: the “Drizzlik's Emporium” crate and the “Fragile - Do Not Drop” crate - Stolen Booty[16]. Then Gazlowe: turn in ?Stolen Booty[16] (the reward is 
Wayfaring Gloves).
The other reward is mail boots, which a shaman can't wear yet.
Fly to the Crossroads: Thork - turn in ?Disrupt the Attacks[12] and ?Supplies for the Crossroads[14], accept !The Disruption Ends[15]; Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?Plainstrider Menace[12], accept !The Zhevra[13].
Back east to the Razormane: Geomancers and Defenders and the leader Kreenig Snarlsnout - The Disruption Ends[15]; Fire Tar from the Geomancers, Mystics, Water Seekers and Thornweavers - Call of Fire[12]. Zhevras on the way - hooves, The Zhevra[13].
Drops from: Fire Tar - Razormane Water Seeker, Razormane Thornweaver, Razormane Geomancer and others · Reagent Pouch - Burning Blade Cultist, Stonesplinter Seer · Zhevra Hooves - Zhevra Runner, Zhevra Charger, Zhevra Courser
Geomancers throw fire from range - start with them; Earth Shock interrupts the cast. Not every mob drops the tar, but you only need one.
A second visit to the shrine on the mountain above Durotar · the fire totem and the relic
You have the tar - now the second loop: across the bridge into Durotar, the shrine, the fight with the fire manifestation and back to the Barrens. Roughly 10–15 minutes (an estimate, not timed). The reward is Searing Totem, Fire Totem and Totem of Charged Flames.
Fire Sapta right in the shrine: without it Minor Manifestation of Fire won't appear.Searing Totem hits the nearest enemy within 20 yards - drop it once the mob is already on you, and away from other mobs. Gathered two around the totem? Fire Nova.From Thorn Hill, back to Far Watch Post, across the bridge into Durotar and up the hidden path to the shrine (like the first time): Telf Joolam - turn in ?Call of Fire[12] (the reward is Fire Sapta), accept !Call of Fire[13].
Fire Sapta - drink it at the shrine and Minor Manifestation of Fire appears: its Glowing Ember is for Call of Fire[13]. Brazier of the Dormant Flame is nearby : put the ember in it - turn in ?Call of Fire[13], accept !Call of Fire[13].
Drops from: Glowing Ember - Minor Manifestation of Fire, Manifestation of Flames
The Manifestation is level 12 and hits with fire: before the fight - Lightning Shield and Stoneskin Totem. Flame Shock is almost useless here: fire most likely doesn't hurt a fire elemental. Lost the sapta? Telf Joolam gives you a new one (Fire Sapta[13]).
Down, across the bridge into the Barrens and west of Far Watch Post: Kranal Fiss - turn in ?Call of Fire[13] - Searing Totem, Fire Totem and the relic Totem of Charged Flames.
Totem of Charged Flames goes in the relic slot: Lightning Bolt and Flame Shock cost 5 less mana. Keep Fire Totem in your bags: without it you can't place fire totems and Fire Nova doesn't work. Searing Totem lasts 30 seconds.
The Crossroads: Thork - turn in ?The Disruption Ends[15] (reward - 
Binding Girdle, leather); Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?The Zhevra[13], accept !Prowlers of the Barrens[15].
Regthar, the Forgotten Pools, the Witchwing harpies
West and northwest of the Crossroads. By the end of this section you're about level 16: next comes a flight to Thunder Bluff for your 14–16 abilities.
Stoneclaw Totem keeps one busy for 15 seconds while you kill the other. Drop the totem before the pull - in combat every second counts.West of the Crossroads, Regthar Deathgate : accept !Kolkar Leaders[16] and !Centaur Bracers[14].
Around Regthar:
Drops from: Centaur Bracers - Kolkar Wrangler, Kolkar Stormer, Kolkar Pack Runner and others
Barak Kodobane hits hard and has guards: pull the guards one at a time with lightning. Before fighting him - Lightning Shield and Stoneskin Totem; if the guards come running - Stoneclaw Totem, and if it gets really tight - War Stomp.
Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Kolkar Leaders[16] and ?Centaur Bracers[14], accept !Verog the Dervish[18].
Centaur Bracers[14]: Stonewood Hammer is a two-handed mace with 9.5 damage per second and +3 Stamina: only with the Two-Handed Maces skill, and it's still no stronger than Quarter Staff. You can't equip 
Pointed Axe without the axe skill, and a shaman has no use for the bow: take whatever sells for more.
Northwest, the Dry Hills : Witchwing harpies - 8 talons, Harpy Raiders[15]. Savannah Prowlers on the way - claws, Prowlers of the Barrens[15].
Drops from: Witchwing Talon - Witchwing Harpy, Witchwing Roguefeather, Witchwing Slayer and others
The Crossroads:
The follow-up to Fungal Spores[15] is timed: you'll take it right before the flight.
Not 16 yet? Fly anyway: you'll learn the level 14 skills now, and the level 16 ones (Rockbiter Weapon, 
Cure Poison, Lightning Shield) at 20. A couple of thousand experience short? Make it up around the Crossroads: Rockbiter Weapon gives +118 attack power, and it's worth sticking around for.
A timed quest, a delivery with experience and the level 14–16 skills on Spirit Rise
From the Crossroads, fly to Thunder Bluff: you'll bring along the timed quest and the bundle of hides. The shaman trainer is on Spirit Rise, then the turn-ins - and back with your hearthstone.
Gnarled Staff ≈ 55 (level 15) - a staff with 11.9 damage per second; learned Two-Handed Maces? Rock Hammer ≈ 63 (level 16, 12.6).Rockbiter Weapon (16) is the key skill of this visit: +118 attack power on any weapon.The Crossroads, Apothecary Helbrim: accept !Apothecary Zamah[15] - a timed quest. Right away, Devrak: pay for the flight to Thunder Bluff - Ride to Thunder Bluff[10].
Thunder Bluff:
Apothecary Zamah[15]: for a healer and for Elemental - Cauldron Stirrer, a staff with spell power (7.4 damage per second); for a melee fighter it's weaker than a white staff - take the potion. Putting a group together for Wailing Caverns? Apothecary Zamah also gives a Serpentbloom quest - you'll take it at 20 (the “Wailing Caverns” section).
Spirit Rise, Siln Skychaser : 14 - Earth Shock (rank 3), Lightning Bolt (rank 3) and Stoneskin Totem (rank 2), 9 each; 16 - Cure Poison, Lightning Shield (rank 2) and Rockbiter Weapon (rank 3), 18 each.
Put Rockbiter Weapon on your weapon right away. Cure Poison removes poison - handy against spiders and snakes. Didn't learn the level 12 skills? They're here too.
Etu Ragetotem : Gnarled Staff - if your weapon does less than 11 damage per second.
Hearthstone → the Crossroads. Jahan Hawkwing: turn in ?Return to Jahan[10].
The Sludge Fen, Ratchet, the Dry Hills and the southern oases
A big loop: the north (Venture Co. goblins, the Sludge Fen), Ratchet, then the Dry Hills, the south and the oases. There's no shaman trainer in the Barrens: you'll learn your level 18 skills together with the level 20 ones in Thunder Bluff.
Gnarled Staff ≈ 55 (level 15) - if you didn't buy it in Thunder Bluff.Stoneclaw Totem go down before the pull, and once you've gathered a crowd around the fire totem - Fire Nova. If it gets really tight - War Stomp: for 2 seconds nobody hits you.The north:
The Sludge Fen : Wizzlecrank's Shredder - accept !Ignition[18]. Supervisor Lugwizzle carries the Ignition Key - Ignition[18]. Turn in ?Ignition[18], accept !The Escape[18] and escort the shredder (The Escape[18]) - it's turned in at Ratchet.
The shredder gets attacked along the way: keep Stoneskin Totem next to it and hit whatever is hitting the shredder.
Ratchet:
Samophlange[16]: 
Welding Shield (345 armor, +2 Stamina) and 
Engineer's Hammer (a one-handed mace with 8.1 damage per second) are for a healer with a shield; leveling with a staff? Take whatever sells for more. The Escape[18]: for a shaman - 
Greasy Tinker's Pants (leather); you can't use the other option.
The pirate camp south of Ratchet : Baron Longshore (level 16) with guards - WANTED: Baron Longshore[16]. Then Gazlowe: turn in ?WANTED: Baron Longshore[16].
Pull the guards one at a time. If two come at you - Stoneclaw Totem on one, and save the baron for last.
Fly to the Crossroads: Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?Echeyakee[16], accept !The Angry Scytheclaws[17].
Northwest, the Dry Hills: Witchwing Slayers - 6 rings, Harpy Lieutenants[16].
The Crossroads, Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Harpy Lieutenants[16], accept !Serena Bloodfeather[20].
Serena Bloodfeather is level 20: you'll kill her at 18–19.
South of the Crossroads, a loop:
Drops from: Intact Raptor Horn - Sunscale Scytheclaw, Ishamuhale, Takk the Leaper
Ratchet is close by, Mebok Mizzyrix: turn in ?Raptor Horns[18]. Fly to the Crossroads: Gazrog - turn in ?Stolen Silver[18] (the reward is 
Rambling Boots, leather); Tonga Runetotem - turn in ?The Stagnant Oasis[16], accept !Altered Beings[16]; Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?The Angry Scytheclaws[17], accept !Jorn Skyseer[18]; Mankrik - accept !Lost in Battle[20].
You'll turn in Jorn Skyseer[18] at Camp Taurajo at 20.
Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Verog the Dervish[18], accept !Hezrul Bloodmark[19]. South: Oasis Snapjaws - shells, Altered Beings[16]; Hezrul Bloodmark with guards at the same oasis - Hezrul Bloodmark[19]; the Beaten Corpse - Lost in Battle[20].
Hezrul Bloodmark walks with two guards: pull the guards one at a time with Lightning Bolt. If both come running - Stoneclaw Totem keeps one busy (it replaces Stoneskin Totem); kill the other one first and the leader last. If it gets bad, heal while the totem holds one of them.
On the way to the Crossroads - Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Hezrul Bloodmark[19]. The Crossroads: Tonga Runetotem - turn in ?Altered Beings[16], accept !Hamuul Runetotem[16]; Mankrik - turn in ?Lost in Battle[20].
You'll turn in Hamuul Runetotem[16] at Thunder Bluff at 20.
Level 18: there's no trainer in the Barrens. You'll learn Flame Shock, Healing Wave, Stoneclaw Totem and 
Tremor Totem together with the level 20 skills in Thunder Bluff (step).
Serena, the Stonetalon border, the Grimtotem tauren
The last stretch of part one: Serena Bloodfeather in the Dry Hills and the Grimtotem tauren on the Stonetalon border. At 20 - hearth to the Crossroads and fly to Thunder Bluff for the trainer.
Stoneskin Totem and Searing Totem at the edge of the camp and pull the mobs to them one at a time.Lightning Shield up at all times: the shield hits everyone who hits you, and War Stomp gives you 2 seconds of breathing room.The Dry Hills: Serena Bloodfeather among the harpies - Serena Bloodfeather[20]. Keep the head in your bags - you'll turn it in when you're back at the Crossroads at 20 (step).
She's level 20 and calls harpies for help: clear the ones nearby first. Earth Shock interrupts her spells, and Stoneclaw Totem distracts a harpy that comes running.
From the Dry Hills head south to the Stonetalon border : Seereth Stonebreak - accept !Goblin Invaders[19]; Makaba Flathoof - accept !Avenge My Village[18].
Stonetalon Mountains, Kaya Flathoof : accept !Protect Kaya[18].
Stonetalon Mountains:
Kill the Grimtotem casters first; Earth Shock interrupts their casts.
Makaba Flathoof: turn in ?Avenge My Village[18] and ?Protect Kaya[18], accept !Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18] and !Kaya's Alive[18].
Kaya's Alive[18] is turned in at Sun Rock Retreat in Stonetalon Mountains - the 20–30 route gets there at ~22. Keep it in your log.
Grundig Darkcloud and 6 Grimtotem Brutes - Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18].
Grundig Darkcloud casts spells: before the fight - Lightning Shield and Stoneskin Totem, and Earth Shock interrupts the cast.
Makaba Flathoof: turn in ?Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18]. Seereth Stonebreak: turn in ?Goblin Invaders[19], accept !The Elder Crone[18].
You'll turn in The Elder Crone[18] at Thunder Bluff at 20.
Level 18–20 skills, Ghost Wolf, the start of the water totem quest and the Crossroads turn-ins
There are no shaman trainers in the Barrens: the level 18 and 20 skills are taught on Spirit Rise. At 20 - Ghost Wolf, your main purchase until 40. Xanis Flameweaver is there too and gives the water totem quest: it takes you to Ratchet, and from there you fly to Camp Taurajo, where the 20–30 route begins.
Long Staff ≈ 99 (level 20) - a staff with 15.2 damage per second; with the maces skill - 
Maul ≈ 110 (level 21, 16). Going into Wailing Caverns? Don't spend the money: Hammerbone is in there, at 20.4.Ghost Wolf (20) - for any run longer than half a minute: +40% run speed, outdoors only. If you level as Enhancement (our build), it's instant by 20; in the other builds it has a 3-second cast - press it before the fight.
Totemic Recall (new in Forever): leaving a quest spot? Recall your totems and a quarter of their mana comes back.Hearthstone → the Crossroads. Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Serena Bloodfeather[20].
A shaman can't equip any of the rewards without a new skill: 
Zhovur Axe is a two-handed axe with 13.1 damage per second (the skill is taught in Orgrimmar, Hanashi ), 
Harpy Skinner is a dagger, 
Elegant Shortsword is a sword. The axe is stronger than Gnarled Staff: if you plan to learn axes (at 22), keep it in your bags - it's a handy way to level the new skill; if not, take whatever sells for more. Don't take the follow-up (Letter to Jin'Zil[20]) yet: it's for the 20–30 route (step).
Devrak: fly to Thunder Bluff.
Elder Rise: Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem - turn in ?Hamuul Runetotem[16], accept !Nara Wildmane[16]; Nara Wildmane - turn in ?Nara Wildmane[16].
Spirit Rise, Siln Skychaser : 18 - Flame Shock, Healing Wave, Stoneclaw Totem and Tremor Totem, 20 each; 20 - Ghost Wolf, 
Frost Shock, Lesser Healing Wave, Lightning Bolt and Searing Totem, 22 each, and the new Totemic Recall (22). Xanis Flameweaver is nearby: accept the class quest !Call of Water[20].
About 212 in total; Flametongue Weapon, 
Frostbrand Weapon and the new 
Call of the Elements can wait (see the “Shaman” section). Searing Totem is the second rank of your fire totem, and Tremor Totem removes fear and sleep. Missed the level 16 skills? They're here too. Call of Water[20] takes you to Ratchet: Islen Waterseer is waiting there (step).
Magatha Grimtotem : turn in ?The Elder Crone[18], accept !Forsaken Aid[18]. Apothecary Zamah on Spirit Rise: turn in ?Forsaken Aid[18], accept !Journey to Tarren Mill[18].
Journey to Tarren Mill[18] is turned in at Tarren Mill in Hillsbrad - the 20–30 route gets there at ~25. Keep it in your log.
Tal: fly to Ratchet. Along the shore southeast of town - Islen Waterseer : turn in ?Call of Water[20], accept !Call of Water[22]. Then Bragok: fly to Camp Taurajo - Jorn Skyseer : turn in ?Jorn Skyseer[18].
Call of Water[22] leads to the Southern Barrens: Brine is waiting there, and she gives you the first of three waterskins (step). Then - the 20–30 route.
Dungeon 17–24 · quests in Thunder Bluff, Ratchet and at the entrance
Got a group? Wailing Caverns finishes eight quests. Leaders of the Fang[22]: for a melee fighter - Hammerbone, a two-handed mace with 20.4 damage per second and +7 Strength (you need the Two-Handed Maces skill - Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff); for a healer - 
Crescent Staff, a staff with spell power. No group - don't take a single quest from here. Healing the group? Tips are in the “Dungeons” section.
Thunder Bluff, at 20 (step): Nara Wildmane - accept !Leaders of the Fang[22] (offered once you've turned in Nara Wildmane[16]); Apothecary Zamah - accept !Serpentbloom[18].
Ratchet: Mebok Mizzyrix - accept !Smart Drinks[18] (offered once you've turned in Raptor Horns[18]); Crane Operator Bigglefuzz - accept !Trouble at the Docks[18].
The hill above the cave entrance: Nalpak - accept !Deviate Hides[17]; Ebru - accept !Deviate Eradication[21].
Wailing Caverns, entrance : Deviate Hides - Deviate Hides[17]; Deviate beasts - Deviate Eradication[21]; Serpentbloom - Serpentbloom[18]; the gems of the four Fanglords - Leaders of the Fang[22]; Wailing Essence - Smart Drinks[18]; Mad Magglish's port - Trouble at the Docks[18]. The last boss, Mutanus the Devourer, drops 
Glowing Shard, which starts !The Glowing Shard[26].
Drops from: Deviate Hide - Deviate Coiler, Deviate Stinglash, Deviate Creeper and others · Gem of Cobrahn - Lord Cobrahn, Cobrahn Snake Form · Gem of Anacondra - Lady Anacondra · Gem of Pythas - Lord Pythas · Gem of Serpentis - Lord Serpentis · Wailing Essence - Devouring Ectoplasm, Evolving Ectoplasm, Nightmare Ectoplasm and others
The Druids of the Fang cast sleep and heal themselves: Tremor Totem removes sleep from the group, Earth Shock interrupts their heals. The snakes poison you - Cure Poison.
After the caves:
Deviate Hides[17]: for a shaman - Slick Deviate Leggings, leather leggings.
Falla Sagewind southwest of the Crossroads, on the way to the Wailing Caverns: turn in ?The Glowing Shard[26], accept !In Nightmares[25]. Fly to Thunder Bluff: Apothecary Zamah - turn in ?Serpentbloom[18]; Nara Wildmane - turn in ?Leaders of the Fang[22]; Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem - turn in ?In Nightmares[25].
Leaders of the Fang[22]: for a melee fighter - Hammerbone, for a healer - Crescent Staff; 
Wingblade is a sword, and a shaman can't equip it.
Camp Taurajo, the Field of Giants, Brine and the brown waterskin, the elite Chol'aruk
You're at Camp Taurajo with Call of Water[22] in your log. Until 22, clear out the Southern Barrens: the Taurajo and Crossroads quests, the Field of Giants and the hut on the hill south of it - there Brine gives you the first waterskin for the water totem. Got a partner? The elite Chol'aruk as well. Keep your hearthstone at the Crossroads.
Water Totem is the longest a shaman has: Brine in the Southern Barrens, three waterskins - at her hut (step), in Tarren Mill (at 25) and in Ashenvale (at 28), and the finale in Silverpine Forest at 30 (optional). The route walks you through it on its own - just don't abandon the chain.
Big Bad Basher, a two-handed mace with 16 damage per second, +4 Strength and +6 Stamina: you need the Two-Handed Maces skill (step). For a healer - 
Thornwoven Shield, a shield.Encroacher's Claim, a two-handed axe with 19.7 damage per second and +6 Strength. Two-Handed Axes are taught in Orgrimmar, and the route gets there at 22 (step).Melon Juice ≈ 1 (level 15).Ghost Wolf gives +40% run speed.Frost Shock: if an Alliance rogue or warrior jumps you, slow them by 50% and back off to heal, and if they stick right on you - War Stomp stuns them for 2 seconds. If you level as Enhancement (our build), Ghost Wolf is instant - you can turn into a wolf and leave mid-fight; in the other builds the wolf has a 3-second cast (in “Restoration + Melee” until 27), so open up some distance first.Camp Taurajo (Jorn Skyseer[18] is already turned in): Jorn Skyseer - accept !Ishamuhale[19]; Mangletooth - accept !Tribes at War[21]; got a partner? Grunt Logmar : accept the new !Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23].
Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] has a level 23 elite pillager and level 22–23 Alliance soldiers: solo at 20–21 you have almost no chance.
Fly to the Crossroads:
Letter to Jin'Zil[20] is a letter to Stonetalon; you'll deliver it on the next loop (step).
Northeast of the Crossroads: Ishamuhale doesn't roam - while you have the quest, any zhevra drops a fresh carcass: use it at the withered tree and he comes running. The fang - Ishamuhale[19]. Took Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]? Chol'aruk with elite guards: his head, Chol'aruk the Ravener[21].
Drops from: Chol'aruk's Head - Chol'aruk
Chol'aruk is a level 20 elite, and his guards are elite too: only with a partner. Drop your totems before the pull; if your partner is in trouble - Lesser Healing Wave. Didn't work out? Abandon Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]: the quest doesn't unlock anything.
Back south toward Taurajo:
Drops from: Bristleback Quilboar Tusk - Bristleback Hunter, Bristleback Water Seeker, Bristleback Thornweaver and others
Thornweavers and geomancers cast spells - Earth Shock interrupts their casts. The rare elite Swinegart Spearhide fears everything around him - go around.
The Field of Giants south of Taurajo : 12 Silithid Eggs from the mounds and the Digging Claw - Egg Hunt[22]. Farther south - Burned-Out Remains : inspect them, that's the new !Stepping Stones[24]. Took Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]? The Dustwallow Marsh border to the southeast : soldiers and the elite pillager, Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23].
Silithid Swarmers call a bunch of small adds - kill them first; once you've gathered a crowd around the fire totem - Fire Nova. According to a beta report the soldiers respawn slowly - if you meet another player on this quest, invite them. Pillager too much for you? Abandon Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]: at 29 you can handle him solo (step). Stepping Stones[24] leads to Stonetalon - you'll turn it in there.
Further southwest, the hut on the hill by the road: Brine - turn in ?Call of Water[22], accept !Call of Water[22]. The watering hole right below the hut : fill the brown waterskin - Call of Water[22]. Brine: turn in ?Call of Water[22], accept !Call of Water[22].
You'll fill the red waterskin (Call of Water[22]) in Tarren Mill (at 25) and turn it in right here at 27 (step). South of the watering hole are Razormane camps of level 20–25: approach from the north.
Camp Taurajo: Mangletooth - turn in ?Tribes at War[21], accept !Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] and turn in ?Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] right away, then the same with !Agamaggan's Strength[20] (?Agamaggan's Strength[20]): a Strength buff. Jorn Skyseer - turn in ?Ishamuhale[19] and ?Lakota'mani[22], accept !Enraged Thunder Lizards[18]. Grunt Logmar - turn in ?Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23].
Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]: for a melee fighter - Encroacher's Claim, if you're going to learn Two-Handed Axes (at 22); if not - 
Traveler's Shawl, a cloak with +4 Stamina. You already have the Blood Shards - they drop from the same Bristlebacks. Don't skip Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21]: without it you won't get Betrayal from Within[25] at 29.
Around Taurajo: thunder lizards - 3 portions of blood, Enraged Thunder Lizards[18]. Jorn Skyseer: turn in ?Enraged Thunder Lizards[18], accept !Cry of the Thunderhawk[20]. Thunderhawk Cloudscrapers - wings, Cry of the Thunderhawk[20]; Jorn Skyseer: turn in ?Cry of the Thunderhawk[20].
Drops from: Thunder Lizard Blood - Stormhide, Thunderhead, Stormsnout · Thunderhawk Wings - Thunderhawk Hatchling, Greater Thunderhawk, Thunderhawk Cloudscraper
Cry of the Thunderhawk[20]: 
Gloves of the Moon - leather, +3 Agility and +3 Stamina; for a healer - 
Cobalt Buckler.
Fly to the Crossroads:
Rewards: Consumed by Hatred[20] - 
Boar Hunter's Cape (+3 Agility); Egg Hunt[22] - 
Harlequin Robes for a healer (
Violet Scale Armor is mail, you can't wear it); Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] - see the “Shopping and useful stuff” block above.
Malaka'jin, Windshear Crag, Sun Rock Retreat
Level 20–22 quests on the way through the mountains and the flight path at Sun Rock Retreat - you'll need it at 27. From the Retreat, fly to Orgrimmar: that's where the level 22 trainer and the zeppelin to Undercity are.
From the Crossroads go west to the mountain border , then take the same path as to the Grimtotem into Stonetalon. Malaka'jin : Witch Doctor Jin'Zil - turn in ?Letter to Jin'Zil[20]; Xen'Zilla - accept !Blood Feeders[19].
Spiders northwest of Malaka'jin: Deepmoss Creepers in the southern valley and Venomspitters - Blood Feeders[19]. The “Wanted” poster - !Arachnophobia[21]: the elite Besseleth , only with a friend (Arachnophobia[21]).
The hatchlings can call in a level 22 matriarch: for that case - Stoneclaw Totem, while you back off and heal - Lesser Healing Wave. Cure Poison removes the spider poison.
Xen'Zilla: turn in ?Blood Feeders[19].
Ziz Fizziks by the road north: accept !Super Reaper 6000[21].
Windshear Crag : Venture Co. Operators - blueprints, Super Reaper 6000[21]. Piznik : accept !Gerenzo's Orders[22], protect him for 5 minutes (Gerenzo's Orders[22]), turn in ?Gerenzo's Orders[22] and accept !Gerenzo's Orders[22].
Two rare elites roam here - a Venture Co. overseer and a foreman. Go around them. If the goblin dies, the quest fails: abandon Gerenzo's Orders[22] and take it again when he's back. Doesn't work the second time either? Abandon it and later turn in only Super Reaper 6000[21]. While guarding the goblin, place your totems next to him in advance: Searing Totem hits the attackers as they arrive, and Earthbind Totem slows them. The second wave has four: if they all reach you at once - War Stomp, and around the fire totem Fire Nova hits them all.
Ziz Fizziks: turn in ?Super Reaper 6000[21] and ?Gerenzo's Orders[22].
Gerenzo's Orders[22]: 
Dredge Boots is mail - a shaman can't wear it, so sell it. Don't take the follow-up, Further Instructions[21]: it leads to Ratchet, and the route doesn't go back there before 30.
Sun Rock Retreat:
Didn't manage the spider? Keep the quest: you're back here at 27 (step), and by then Besseleth is doable solo.
Mirkfallon Lake : 10 Gaea Seeds by the water - Cycle of Rebirth[23]. On the way back, west of the Retreat - Pocket Litter : turn in ?Stepping Stones[24] (the reward is 
Old Toolbox, a 12-slot bag), accept !Scramble[24]; Mound of Dirt nearby - turn in ?Scramble[24].
The next quest in the chain, Wet Job[32], leads to Loch Modan in Alliance land - don't take it.
Tammra Windfield: turn in ?Cycle of Rebirth[23].
You'll take the follow-up (New Life[25]) at 27 - right now it would just take up space in your log.
Sun Rock Retreat, Tharm: fly to Orgrimmar (step).
Want another 6–7 thousand experience and the Zoram'gar flight path? First stop by western Ashenvale (optional). Leveling without a group? Be sure to go: you won't have any dungeon quests, and the experience will come in handy.
New Forever quests and the Zoram'gar flight path
About 6–7 thousand experience and the Zoram'gar flight path (useful for Blackfathom Deeps). Skipping it now? You'll get the flight path at 28.
From the Retreat, run as a wolf northeast past Windshear Crag to Talondeep Path → Ashenvale.
Va'xug Firefure : accept !Never Coming Back[22] - 6 stags and 6 bears around (Never Coming Back[22]). Turn in ?Never Coming Back[22], accept !A Void Path[22]: Eye of Kilrogg follows you to the road (A Void Path[22]) - turn in ?A Void Path[22] right there.
Zoram'gar Outpost: Andruk - flight path. Marukai : accept !Naga at the Zoram Strand[19] - 20 naga heads on the Zoram Strand (Naga at the Zoram Strand[19]), then turn in ?Naga at the Zoram Strand[19].
Drops from: Wrathtail Head - Wrathtail Myrmidon, Wrathtail Razortail, Wrathtail Wave Rider and others
Naga sirens cast spells - Earth Shock interrupts their casts.
From Zoram'gar, fly to Orgrimmar: the route goes through the Crossroads, so you don't need the Splintertree Post flight path for it. Then the trainer and the zeppelin.
The level 22 skills in the Valley of Wisdom, the weapon master and the zeppelin to Undercity
From Stonetalon, fly to Orgrimmar. There are no shaman trainers in the Barrens or Stonetalon, and Orgrimmar is on the way to the zeppelin anyway: here you get the level 22 skills and the weapon master who teaches Two-Handed Axes.
Battle Axe ≈ 98 (level 20), a two-handed axe with 15.3 damage per second - a handy way to level the new skill; Koru - Long Staff ≈ 99 (level 20) and Maul ≈ 110 (level 21).
Totemic Projection (22, new in Forever) moves all your placed totems to a spot within 30 yards: if the mob ran off or the next camp is close by, move them instead of placing new ones. One-minute cooldown.Orgrimmar, the Valley of Wisdom in the west of the city. Level 22, Kardris Dreamseeker : 
Cure Disease, Fire Nova and the new Totemic Projection, 30 each.
Don't learn 
Poison Cleansing Totem yet: it's a water totem, and you can only place it with Water Totem in your bags (same as 
Mana Spring Totem), which you won't have until 30. For now Cure Poison removes poison - one at a time, but without a water totem. 
Water Breathing (30) is optional and handy in Blackfathom Deeps; it needs 
Shiny Fish Scales, and according to the Questie database no vendor on the route sells them.
The weapon master in the Valley of Honor, in the east of the city - Hanashi or Sayoc : Two-Handed Axes, 10 - that's what the Forever guides say, same as in Classic.
Long Staff (15.2 damage per second) is the last vendor staff until 31, and the best two-handers for 21–30 are axes: Encroacher's Claim (19.7, +6 Strength) from the quest Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23], 
Forsaken Greataxe (20.5, +8 Strength) from the Ruins of Lordaeron and Merciless Axe (21.1, +12 Strength) from vendors at 26. A shaman learns Two-Handed Axes from the weapon master like any other skill (Blizzard made them baseline). A new skill starts at 1: at first, use the axe on mobs below your level. The axe for that is Zhovur Axe from the quest Serena Bloodfeather[20] if you didn't sell it, or Battle Axe: according to the game files, Zendo'jian sells it right here. Have Hammerbone from Wailing Caverns? You can skip the axes.
The zeppelin tower outside the gates has two zeppelins. Frezza sends you to Undercity - that's yours. Snurk Bucksquick sends you to Grom'gol (Stranglethorn Vale) - not that one.
Not sure? Talk to the zeppelin master: he'll tell you where his zeppelin goes.
The Shadowfang quest and the hearthstone
The zeppelin lands in Tirisfal, next to Undercity. Here you set your hearthstone and pick up the Shadowfang Keep quest. Dungeons are done in a group of five: only take The Book of Ur[26] if you have a group, otherwise it'll just sit in your log. You'll pick up the Ruins of Lordaeron quests right before you go in (at 24). A shaman finds a group easily: there are never enough healers. Without dungeons you'll fall about 2 levels behind (an estimate based on beta data: the dungeon quests at 22–29 are worth about 75 thousand experience): western Ashenvale, the Southern Barrens and the spare quests in Thousand Needles (step) make up part of it, and you'll get the rest from mobs along the way.
Long Staff ≈ 99 and Maul ≈ 110 - if your two-hander still does less than 15 damage per second.The zeppelin lands in Tirisfal, not far from Undercity: follow the road to the ruins of the capital, then take the elevator down into the city.
Undercity: Michael Garrett - flight path; Innkeeper Norman - set your hearthstone in Undercity.
You'll need the hearthstone at the end of Hillsbrad: from Dun Garok straight back to the zeppelin home (step).
Undercity, if you have a group for Shadowfang Keep: the Apothecarium, Keeper Bel'dugur - accept !The Book of Ur[26].
To Silverpine Forest in wolf form: from Undercity take the road southwest through Tirisfal to the Sepulcher. You only get the Sepulcher flight path once you reach it.
Learned Two-Handed Axes and have an axe with you? The mobs by the road are lower level than you: the perfect place to start leveling the skill.
The Sepulcher, Ambermill, Beren's Peril and new Forever quests
It's a tauren's first time here, but skip the forest's early quests: they give little experience now. Take the level 20–22 quests around the Sepulcher.
Wool Cloth from Dalaran mages and refugees - for Wool Bandages, sell the extra at the auction house.The Sepulcher : Karos Razok - flight path.
The Sepulcher:
A Frightened Request[22] is for the Ruins of Lordaeron, Arugal Must Die[27] and Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25] are for Shadowfang Keep: only take the ones you have a group for.
Ambermill: 8 Dalaran Wizards and 8 Dalaran Watchers - Watching the Roads[20].
Dalaran Spellscribe (rare, level 21) freezes you and calls for help; protectors summon snakes. The mages cast from range: pull them around a corner, and Earth Shock interrupts the cast.
Beren's Peril : 6 Ravenclaw Drudgers and 6 Ravenclaw Guardians - Beren's Peril[21].
They drop a Note Scrap - it starts The Offering Stone[23], a new Forever chain. Don't start it: it isn't part of the route, and its last fight is elite.
Pyrewood Village : 5 Haggard Refugees and 5 Sickly Refugees - Stop the Spread[20].
The Sepulcher: Dalar Dawnweaver - turn in ?Stop the Spread[20]; Shadow Priest Allister - turn in ?Watching the Roads[20] and ?Beren's Peril[21].
Beren's Peril[21]: the reward is a wand - a shaman doesn't need it, so sell it.
Silverpine dungeon · with a group
According to beta data, dungeon quests in Forever give 2–3 times the experience of normal ones - the three keep quests are worth it. After that it all depends on a group for the Ruins of Lordaeron: if you have one, fly from the Sepulcher to Undercity (step); if not, go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step), and The Book of Ur[26], if you did the keep, is turned in at Undercity at 26 (step).
Shadowfang Keep (entrance ), with a group. Inside - Deathstalker Vincent: turn in ?Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25] - take 
Tanned Shoulderpads: leather, +3 Strength and +6 Intellect. 
The Book of Ur - in the room where Fenrus the Devourer is, The Book of Ur[26]; 
Head of Arugal - Arugal Must Die[27].
Drops from: Head of Arugal - Archmage Arugal, Arugal
Worgen casters and Arugal's mages cast spells - save Earth Shock for their casts. Healing? Healing Wave between packs, Lesser Healing Wave for damage spikes. Doing damage? Don't press shocks on the tank's target in the first seconds of a fight. A worgen broke off the tank and is running at you? War Stomp: 2 seconds, and the tank takes it back.
The Sepulcher, Dalar Dawnweaver: turn in ?Arugal Must Die[27] - take 
Seal of Sylvanas: +8 Stamina and +6 attack power.
Have a group for the Ruins of Lordaeron? Karos Razok: fly to Undercity. There, Morbin Lightbane - accept !Light's Justice[22]; Theodore Griffs - accept !The New Plague[22]. The Ruins themselves are in the ruined capital right above the city.
No group for the Ruins? Don't fly: go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step).
A new Forever dungeon right above Undercity
A group of five, six bosses in any order. The quests are level 21–22, and dungeon quests in Forever give 2–3 times the experience of normal ones - one of the most rewarding stops in 20–30. The main thing here for a shaman is The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]: for melee - Forsaken Greataxe (20.5 damage per second, +8 Strength; you need Two-Handed Axes - step), for a healer - 
Gnarled Necromancer's Staff. No group for the Ruins? Go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step).
Before you go in - Deathguard Kristof at the guard post on the road to Brill: accept !The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]. Ruins of Lordaeron with a group (5 players), the entrance is in the ruins of the capital, immediately to the left once you enter Lordaeron: 25 Intact Limbs - Light's Justice[22]; Rath'mael - The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]; Witherfang drops the toxic strain - The New Plague[22]; Edward's fate - A Frightened Request[22], look for him in the same place as Rath'mael; The Baron drops an abomination head - it starts !Unending Torment[21]; inside you'll find a crest - !Crest of Lordaeron[22].
Drops from: Intact Limbs - Skeleton, Cadaver, Ragged Ghoul and others
The undead poison you and infect you with diseases: Cure Poison removes poison, Cure Disease removes disease. Healing? Save your mana for the tank: the packs here are big. If a pack breaks loose onto you - War Stomp, and back off to the tank.
Once you're out of the Ruins, first go to the guard post on the road to Brill: Deathguard Kristof - turn in ?The Wrath of Rath'mael[22].
Learned Two-Handed Axes (step)? Take Forsaken Greataxe: the best two-hander on the route until 26. For a healer, for Elemental and for anyone who didn't learn axes - Gnarled Necromancer's Staff: a staff with spell power and +10 Spirit, and its damage is on par with Long Staff.
Undercity:
Rewards for a shaman: Light's Justice[22] - Spare Part Bindings (leather), for a healer - 
The Stitcher (a one-handed mace, +30 healing); The New Plague[22] - 
Blight Gloves for a healer, everyone else sells it; Unending Torment[21] - Grave Shroud (+3 Strength); The Book of Ur[26] - Grizzled Boots (leather, +7 Stamina), for a healer - 
Tattered Mittens.
Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher. Tabitha Heartweaver - turn in ?A Frightened Request[22].
For a healer - Tabitha's Cuffs (+3 spell power), for everyone else - Edward's Knife: it sells for more.
The road southeast into Hillsbrad Foothills: Deathstalker Lesh at the border - accept !Time To Strike[20]. Then follow the road east to Tarren Mill.
Tarren Mill and the red waterskin, Durnholde Keep, the Hillsbrad fields
Tarren Mill is the Forsaken stronghold in Hillsbrad: this is where you turn in Journey to Tarren Mill[18], which you've been carrying since level 20, and it has the well for the red waterskin. Don't go into Southshore (Alliance) - it has guards.
Merciless Axe ≈ 32 (level 26) - a two-handed axe with 21.1 damage per second and +12 Strength, the best two-hander before 30 that you can simply buy. You need Two-Handed Axes (step). Can't afford everything? Your level 24 and 26 skills come first (step): according to the game files, Delgo Ragetotem in Thunder Bluff sells the same axe (at 27). The axe is limited stock: if someone bought it before you, wait for the restock.Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Melon Juice ≈ 1, from 25 - 
Sweet Nectar ≈ 2.Wool Cloth from the Hillsbrad humans - for Wool Bandages, sell the extra at the auction house.Stormstrike - a weapon strike every 8 seconds, and your next Earth Shock on that target is 20% stronger. Press them as a pair on every mob. The beta tooltip still says “level 40”, but that's an old line - on the beta it works from 25. Elemental and Restoration don't have it - fight the way you did before.Cure Poison removes his poison, Lightning Shield hits him for every hit he lands, Frost Shock keeps him from running away, and War Stomp gives you 2 seconds to heal.Tarren Mill:
The full waterskin is turned in in the Barrens (at 27).
South first: gray bears and creepers on the way - tongues and ichor, Elixir of Suffering[22]. New in Forever: Deathstalker Masoj stands on the hill north of Nethander Stead - turn in ?Scout Support[25], accept !Valuable Vantages[25]. The first vantage point for the vial is to the southeast, on the hills above Dun Garok (Valuable Vantages[25]).
Drops from: Gray Bear Tongue - Gray Bear, Vicious Gray Bear, Elder Gray Bear and others · Creeper Ichor - Elder Moss Creeper, Giant Moss Creeper, Forest Moss Creeper and others
He has no camp: he stands alone on the slope above the vineyard - follow the quest marker. South of the vantage point, in Dun Garok itself , there are level 28–30 dwarves, and the riflemen shoot from range: approach the vantage point from the north and don't go down.
Durnholde Keep : 10 Syndicate Rogues and 10 Syndicate Watchmen - WANTED: Syndicate Personnel[22]; 5 Vials of Innocent Blood from the shadow mages - Blood of Innocents[23]; Jailor Eston and Jailor Marlgen - the keys to the cells holding Tog'thar and Drull (The Rescue[22]); on the way back to the Mill - the second vantage point (Valuable Vantages[25]).
Drops from: Vial of Innocent Blood - Syndicate Shadow Mage
The Syndicate stand close together - pull them one at a time from the edge. Shadow mages cast from range: pull them around a corner, and Earth Shock interrupts the cast. If three come at you - Stoneclaw Totem and War Stomp, and for a crowd at your fire totem - Fire Nova.
Tarren Mill:
The Rescue[22]: for a shaman - 
Grunt Vest, cloth but with +5 Strength (
Orcish War Chain is mail). You'll turn in Return to Thunder Bluff[23] at Thunder Bluff (at 27).
On the way to the fields - the third peak , above the yeti cave (Valuable Vantages[25]). Hillsbrad Fields : 6 Farmers, 6 Farmhands, Farmer Ray and Farmer Getz - Battle of Hillsbrad[24]; mountain lions - blood, Elixir of Pain[24].
Drops from: Mountain Lion Blood - Starving Mountain Lion, Feral Mountain Lion, Mountain Lion and others
Hillsbrad Footmen block and shield bash. Don't go into Southshore.
Tarren Mill:
Elixir of Pain[24]: take 
Stomping Boots - leather, +4 Strength and +4 Agility.
Back to the fields:
Drops from: Hillsbrad Human Skull - Farmer Ray, Syndicate Shadow Mage, Syndicate Rogue and others
The miners in the mine south of the fields are Hillsbrad folk too, and their skulls count: Souvenirs of Death[25].
Tarren Mill: High Executor Darthalia - turn in ?Battle of Hillsbrad[25]; Deathguard Samsa - turn in ?Souvenirs of Death[25]. Already 26, learned Two-Handed Axes and have the money? Ott: Merciless Axe.
Leave the rest of the Battle of Hillsbrad (Battle of Hillsbrad[26] and on) for 30+.
South again, to the hill above Nethander Stead : Deathstalker Masoj - turn in ?Valuable Vantages[25].
For a healer - Expended Apothecary Vial (+3 Intellect and Spirit), for everyone else - 
Weathered Deathstalker's Blade: a shaman has no use for the sword, but it sells for more.
Hearthstone to Undercity and the zeppelin near Brill
Hillsbrad is done - hearth to Undercity and take the zeppelin home to Kalimdor. The 24 and 26 trainer is in Orgrimmar this time: the zeppelin lands by the city gates.
From Dun Garok - Hearthstone → Undercity.
Did Shadowfang but not the Ruins? Keeper Bel'dugur : turn in The Book of Ur[26]. Haven't been to the keep and only found a group now? Keeper Bel'dugur is right here - accept The Book of Ur[26]. Then Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher; there High Executor Hadrec - accept Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25], Dalar Dawnweaver - accept Arugal Must Die[27]. Then run the keep, turn in at the Sepulcher and fly back to Undercity. While you're at it, sell your wool, hides and ore at the auction house: training at 24 and 26 in Orgrimmar costs over 3 gold.
The zeppelin tower near Brill has two zeppelins. Zapetta sends you to Orgrimmar - that's yours. Hin Denburg sends you to Grom'gol (Stranglethorn Vale) - not that one.
Not sure? Talk to the zeppelin master: he'll tell you where his zeppelin goes.
Level 24–26 skills in Orgrimmar, Brine and the blue waterskin, turn-ins in Thunder Bluff, Sun Rock Retreat, the Charred Vale
The zeppelin lands outside Orgrimmar - the 24 and 26 trainer is right there. Then a short detour to the Southern Barrens for the blue waterskin (Brine) and on to Thunder Bluff. The Sun Rock Retreat chains lead into Ashenvale and Thousand Needles - so the mountains first, then the forest.
Searing Totem, Flame Shock and Fire Nova are wasted on them. Hit them with your weapon (Rockbiter Weapon on it) and shock with Earth Shock or Frost Shock.The zeppelin lands outside Orgrimmar. Valley of Wisdom, Kardris Dreamseeker: 24 - Rockbiter Weapon, Earth Shock, Healing Wave, Lightning Shield, Stoneskin Totem, Strength of Earth Totem and Ancestral Spirit (35 each); 26 - Lightning Bolt and 
Magma Totem (40 each). Missed 22? Then the level 22 skills too (list).
The big one is Rockbiter Weapon: +194 attack power on any weapon. Stoneskin Totem and Strength of Earth Totem are new ranks of your earth totems, and Magma Totem is for 3 mobs or more. Don't learn Flametongue Weapon: until 30, Rockbiter Weapon is stronger. Don't learn Mana Spring Totem yet: you can only place it with Water Totem in your bags. All together - about 325.
Doras: fly to Camp Taurajo. South along the road, about 2 minutes in wolf form (an estimate) - Brine : turn in ?Call of Water[22], accept !Call of Water[23]. Back to Taurajo, Omusa Thunderhorn: fly to Thunder Bluff.
You'll fill the blue waterskin in Ashenvale (step). Not doing the water chain? Fly from Orgrimmar straight to Thunder Bluff.
Thunder Bluff:
Merciless Axe.The Flying Machine Airport[23] and Pigments for Paints[26] are done in Stonetalon, The Sacred Flame[25] in Ashenvale; you'll turn them in right here at 29 (step). The Ashenvale Hunt[20] is turned in in Ashenvale (step).
Fly to Sun Rock Retreat:
Mirkfallon Lake : 
Mirkweed Pods - 30 of them in the water and on the shore, Pigments for Paints[26]. There are no mobs at the lake.
Stonetalon Peak in the north : 4 each of Sons of Cenarius, Daughters of Cenarius and Cenarion Botanists - Cenarius' Legacy[25].
The rare elite Sorrow Wing (27) flies around here - it drains health. The botanists heal themselves - Earth Shock interrupts their heals.
The Charred Vale in the southwest:
Drops from: Incendrites - Rogue Flame Spirit, Burning Ravager, Burning Destroyer · Glittering Sunstone - Bloodfury Harpy, Bloodfury Roguefeather, Bloodfury Slayer and others
Bloodfury Slayers finish you off at low health. The rare elite Sister Riven (28) - go around.
Sun Rock Retreat:
Arachnophobia[21] still in your log and the spider is dead? Maggran Earthbinder takes that one too. New Life[25]: for a shaman - 
Windseeker Boots (cloth, +6 Spirit); 
Sandspire Gloves is mail.
Windshear Crag, the Venture Co. airport : place the sprayer - The Flying Machine Airport[23].
Talondeep Path → Ashenvale.
Didn't visit western Ashenvale at 22? Not far from the tunnel exit, Va'xug Firefure - Never Coming Back[22] and A Void Path[22], new Forever quests.
Splintertree Post, the blue waterskin, Thistlefur, Zoram'gar
Splintertree Post is a big Horde quest hub. The eastern loop first, then the south (the blue waterskin is there too), then Zoram'gar and, if you have a group, Blackfathom Deeps. This is also where you finish The Sacred Flame[25] from Thunder Bluff.
Sweet Nectar ≈ 2 (from 25).Wool Cloth and your first 
Silk Cloth: for bandages or the auction house.Splintertree Post: Vhulgra - flight path; Innkeeper Kaylisk - set your hearthstone in Splintertree.
Splintertree:
The eastern loop:
Drops from: Satyr Horns - Xavian Rogue, Xavian Betrayer, Xavian Felsworn and others
Pull the guards one at a time. If both come at you - Stoneclaw Totem on one, Frost Shock on the other; if the fight gets rough - War Stomp, and heal while they're stunned.
The south and Mystral Lake:
The rare Eck'alom (27) stuns for 15 seconds - leave it alone. Astranaar is north of the fountain, with Alliance guards: stay to the south.
Splintertree Post:
Torek's Assault[24]: for a healer - Polished Walking Staff (+7 Intellect), for everyone else - whatever sells for more.
Zoram'gar (fly if you got the flight path at 22, otherwise walk west): Andruk - flight path; Je'neu Sancrea - turn in ?Je'neu of the Earthen Ring[27] and ?Trouble in the Deeps[22]; Karang Amakkar - accept !Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24]; Mitsuwa - accept !Troll Charm[24].
Je'neu of the Earthen Ring[27]: for melee - 
Deftkin Belt (+4 Agility, +12 attack power), for a healer - 
Driftmire Shield. No Zoram'gar flight path? About 6–8 minutes in wolf form (an estimate); give Astranaar a wide berth: the Alliance guards will attack.
Thistlefur Village : Thistlefur Avengers and Shamans - Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24]; 8 Troll Charms in the cave - Troll Charm[24]; Ruul Snowhoof - accept !Freedom to Ruul[24] and escort him (Freedom to Ruul[24]).
Before the escort, clear the way to the village exit - you'll be attacked on the way. Kill the Thistlefur Shamans first: Earth Shock interrupts their heals.
Zoram'gar: Karang Amakkar - turn in ?Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24], accept !King of the Foulweald[26]; Mitsuwa - turn in ?Troll Charm[24]. Hearthstone → Splintertree Post.
West of Splintertree, the Foulweald, Greenpaw Village : plant the banner at the totem and fight off the furbolg waves, Chief Murgut comes last - King of the Foulweald[26]. Back at Splintertree: Yama Snowhoof - turn in ?Freedom to Ruul[24].
The furbolgs come in twos and threes: put Searing Totem and Stoneskin Totem by the banner before it starts, Fire Nova for a crowd, and if it gets really bad - Stoneclaw Totem (it replaces Stoneskin Totem) and War Stomp. Start at full health and mana.
Fly to Zoram'gar, Karang Amakkar: turn in ?King of the Foulweald[26].
For a shaman - 
Boorguard Tunic: leather, +7 Agility and +6 Stamina (
Cobalt Legguards is mail).
Blackfathom Deeps with a group (through the ruins on the Zoram Strand ). Before you go: Je'neu Sancrea - accept !The Essence of Aku'Mai[22] and !Amongst the Ruins[27]. Inside: 20 Sapphires of Aku'Mai - The Essence of Aku'Mai[22]; Damp Note starts !Allegiance to the Old Gods[22]; 
Fathom Core - Amongst the Ruins[27]; Baron Aquanis drops 
Strange Water Globe, which starts !Baron Aquanis[30]; Argent Guard Thaelrid - accept !Blackfathom Villainy[27]: Twilight Lord Kelris drops the head (Blackfathom Villainy[27]).
Half the dungeon is underwater: watch your breath bar or use Water Breathing if you learned it at 22 and have Shiny Fish Scales. Naga priestesses and oracles heal themselves - Earth Shock interrupts their heals. Healing? Keep Stoneskin Totem by the tank.
After Blackfathom, Zoram'gar, Je'neu Sancrea: turn in ?The Essence of Aku'Mai[22], ?Amongst the Ruins[27], ?Allegiance to the Old Gods[22] and ?Baron Aquanis[30].
Baron Aquanis[30]: for melee - 
Dreamer's Chestguard (leather, +10 Strength and +11 Spirit), for a healer - 
Witch's Finger (+8 Intellect).
Fly from Zoram'gar to Thunder Bluff.
Skipped Blackfathom? Fly right after the Foulweald.
Turn-ins and the trainer at 28 · a new Forever camp on Skywatcher Plateau
Turn-ins for the Stonetalon and Ashenvale quests, the trainer at 28 - and something new in Forever: in northwestern Mulgore, above Thunder Bluff, an Earthen Ring camp on Skywatcher Plateau. Three level 30 quests worth ~2.5 thousand experience each, mobs 27–29.
Merciless Axe ≈ 32 - if you haven't bought it yet and you've learned Two-Handed Axes.Thunder Bluff:
Blackfathom Villainy[27]: for melee - Cultist's Armguards (leather, +7 Stamina, +10 attack power), for a healer - 
Arctic Buckler.
Right here on Spirit Rise, level 28, Siln Skychaser: Flame Shock, Lesser Healing Wave, Stoneclaw Totem and 
Flametongue Totem (60 each).
Short on money? Flame Shock and Lesser Healing Wave first: Flametongue Totem is for groups. Don't learn Frostbrand Weapon: until 30, Rockbiter Weapon is stronger. Not 28 yet? You'll learn them at 30 (step). The new trainer on Skywatcher Plateau, Palah Thunderhoof , teaches the same list.
Skywatcher Plateau northwest of Thunder Bluff : Muln Earthfury - accept !Defending the Dead[30], and if you have a group, !The Broodmother[31] too; Yorn Grimtotem - accept !Stronger than Steel[30]; Mazu'kon - accept !Talkin' bout Toxins, Mon[30].
Take the northeast elevator down - it's closer to the path. At the bottom, walk north along the cliff: the path up starts north of Thunder Bluff , then follow it west to the tents. You can't climb the slope straight from the plain, and there's no flight path on the plateau.
Gloomrise at the northern edge of Mulgore : Gloomrise Hatchling and Gloomrise Soldier - Defending the Dead[30]; Gloomrise Spinner - 3 strands of Crystalline Silk, Stronger than Steel[30]; Gnawed Corpse - 5 Gloomrise Toxin Samples with the Toxin Extractor from the quest, Talkin' bout Toxins, Mon[30].
The spiders roam in packs: gather two or three at your fire totem and press Fire Nova; for the poison - Cure Poison.
Group only: Broodmother Valraxx (level 31 elite) - The Broodmother[31]. She drops 
Bloody Parchment, which starts !A Darker Truth[30].
Skywatcher Plateau:
Spidersilk Pouch with 12 slots)The Broodmother[31]: the reward is 
Transformative Cocoon: it absorbs damage and stuns you for 5 seconds, then gives +60% speed for 8 seconds. Good for escaping.
Back to Thunder Bluff by the same elevator. Tal: fly to Camp Taurajo.
Is your level 29 experience bar less than half full? Do the Southern Barrens first (about 15 thousand experience, by an estimate), otherwise Thousand Needles might not be enough to reach 30.
Razormane camps, Bael Modan, a dungeon
About 15 thousand experience near Taurajo, on the way to Thousand Needles. Useful if you're short of 30 or you've got a group for Razorfen Kraul.
Camp Taurajo: Mangletooth - accept !Betrayal from Within[25]; Tatternack Steelforge - accept !Weapons of Choice[24]. Didn't take Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] at 21, or abandoned it? Grunt Logmar: take it now - you can handle the pillager solo by now (step).
Betrayal from Within[25] only opens up once you've turned in Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21]: didn't do it at 20? Accept and turn in Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] first (you need one Blood Shard from the Bristlebacks).
The Razormane camps in the south:
Drops from: Razormane Backstabber - Razormane Pathfinder, Razormane Stalker · Charred Razormane Wand - Razormane Seer · Razormane War Shield - Razormane Warfrenzy
Kuz is a mage: Frostbolt, Frost Nova and Fire Blast. Stay right on top of him, and Earth Shock interrupts his spells.
The Dustwallow Marsh border : soldiers and the elite pillager - Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23], if you took it now.
Start the pillager with full mana: totems before the pull, War Stomp when he hits hardest. At 29 you can solo him.
Gann Stonespire : accept !Gann's Reclamation[23]. Bael Modan : 15 Excavators, 5 Foremen and the prospector's journal - Gann's Reclamation[23].
Bael'dun Officers parry and speed up their attacks - pull them one at a time.
Gann Stonespire: turn in ?Gann's Reclamation[23], accept !Revenge of Gann[26] - 6 each of Nitroglycerin, Wood Pulp and Sodium Nitrate from the dwarves (Revenge of Gann[26]); turn in ?Revenge of Gann[26], accept !Revenge of Gann[26] and blow up the flying machine (Revenge of Gann[26]); turn in ?Revenge of Gann[26].
Drops from: Nitroglycerin - Bael'dun Soldier, Bael'dun Rifleman, Bael'dun Officer and others · Wood Pulp - Bael'dun Soldier, Bael'dun Rifleman, Bael'dun Officer and others · Sodium Nitrate - Bael'dun Soldier, Bael'dun Rifleman, Bael'dun Officer and others
Razorfen Kraul (entrance ), with a group: inside, in a cage - Willix the Importer. Free him, accept !Willix the Importer[30], escort him to the exit (Willix the Importer[30]) and turn in ?Willix the Importer[30] - a ring of your choice. The last boss, Charlga Razorflank, drops a heart - A Vengeful Fate[34], if you took the quest.
Willix the Importer[30]: for melee - 
Tiger Band (+5 Strength), for a healer - 
Snake Hoop. The Razorfen shamans and weavers heal and cast spells - Earth Shock interrupts their casts. Healing? Healing Wave between packs, Lesser Healing Wave for damage spikes, and Stoneskin Totem by the tank.
Camp Taurajo:
Weapons of Choice[24]: Demolition Hammer is a two-handed mace with 17.6 damage per second and +9 Strength, but it's fast (2.3), while 
Windfury Weapon (30) loves a slow two-hander; Two-Handed Maces are a separate skill (step). Have Merciless Axe or Forsaken Greataxe? Sell it.
The last waterskin, Freewind Post, the Galak centaurs, the sacred flame
On the way - Brine: you turn in the last waterskin to her. This is where you finish level 30; the rest of Thousand Needles is already part of 30+.
Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Sweet Nectar ≈ 2.
Ankh ≈ 20 - without it 
Reincarnation (30) doesn't work. Montarr sells it - buy a couple right away.
Astral Recall brings you back here from Thunder Bluff in 10 seconds (step), and the hearthstone stays free for later.From Taurajo, head south along the road to the hut on the hill: Brine - turn in ?Call of Water[23], accept !Call of Water[23].
You'll take 
Vial of Purest Water to Ratchet when you go for the water totem (at 30). Not doing the water chain? Skip this step.
Further south to the Great Lift and down into Thousand Needles: Grish Longrunner - turn in ?Calling in the Reserves[28]; Brave Moonhorn - accept !Message to Freewind Post[25].
Freewind Post:
Galak centaurs - Pacify the Centaur[25]; the ancient brazier north of their camp - the cloven hoof, The Sacred Flame[29]; the Alien Egg in one of three places - , or - Alien Egg[26]. Dorn Plainstalker : accept !Test of Faith[26], jump off his platform (Test of Faith[26]) and turn in ?Test of Faith[26] - the start of the trials that lead to the Scarlet Monastery.
Galak Windchasers cast spells - start with them; Earth Shock interrupts the cast. Only jump off the platform from the wooden plank: from there the quest catches you, and from anywhere else the fall is real.
Freewind:
The Sacred Flame[29]: for a shaman - 
Azure Sash, leather, +7 Intellect (
Cliffrunner's Aim is no use to you). Not 30 yet? Finish it right here: Cliffwatcher Longhorn now gives Grimtotem Spying[28] - three notes in crates on Darkcloud Pinnacle , in the Grimtotem tauren camp; Elu - Wind Rider[29]: 10 wyvern eggs at Highperch in the west . Both quests go back to whoever gave them.
Windfury Weapon and Astral Recall from the trainer in Thunder Bluff, Air Totem in Thousand Needles
The level 30 class quest: Air Totem unlocks 
Grounding Totem and the air totems after 30. Xanis Flameweaver on Spirit Rise in Thunder Bluff gives Call of Air[30] - in the same place as the level 30 trainer - and Astral Recall, new at 30, takes you back to Thousand Needles. Set aside about 350 for training.
Astral Recall takes you to the same place as your hearthstone, but they have separate cooldowns: your hearthstone stays free.Ankh ≈ 20 - Chepi sells it, if you didn't buy it at Freewind.
War Hammer (a two-handed mace) and 
Bullova (a two-handed axe) - 22.3 and 22.4 damage per second with no bonuses. Have Merciless Axe or Forsaken Greataxe? Don't spend the money: with their Strength they're no weaker.Astral Recall is a second hearthstone with a 15-minute cooldown: save your hearthstone for long trips and press Astral Recall to get back to camp.Grounding Totem absorbs one harmful spell and breaks: against a mage, priest or warlock, drop it first, then attack. To interrupt a healer's cast - Earth Shock, and if the shock is on cooldown - War Stomp.Freewind Post, Nyse: fly to Thunder Bluff. Spirit Rise, Siln Skychaser: level 30 - Windfury Weapon, Reincarnation, Astral Recall, Searing Totem and Grounding Totem (70 each); skipped the level 28 trainer? Then the level 28 skills too (list). Xanis Flameweaver is nearby: accept the class quest !Call of Air[30]. Got the heart in the Kraul (A Vengeful Fate[34])? Auld Stonespire : turn in ?A Vengeful Fate[34].
Windfury Weapon goes on a slow two-hander; on a fast weapon (like Demolition Hammer) keep Rockbiter Weapon. Reincarnation uses up Ankh - keep one in your bags. Grounding Totem starts working as soon as you get Air Totem. The new 
Call of the Ancestors is a second set of totems on your bar, optional. Searn Firewarder in Orgrimmar gives the same air totem quest (Call of Air[30]) - take one of the two.
Astral Recall → Freewind Post (10-second cast).
15-minute cooldown, and your hearthstone stays free. Not learned, or on cooldown? Use the hearthstone; both on cooldown? Tal: fly to Freewind.
Northeast of Freewind, not far from where you picked up Test of Faith[26] (step): Prate Cloudseer - turn in ?Call of Air[30], the reward is Air Totem.
The quest is just a walk and a chat, yet it gives almost 2.5 thousand experience. Don't sell Air Totem: you can't place air totems without it.
What's next (30+): the rest of Thousand Needles, Ordanus[29] → The Den[29] in Stonetalon, the Shimmering Flats, Hillsbrad and Arathi, “Excavation Site: Wetlands” and the Scarlet Monastery. For a shaman - the end of the water chain (you can do it now too) and the new Forever 30–40 chain, Elemental Aid[33]: according to a beta comment, Prate Cloudseer gives it as soon as you turn in Call of Air[30] to her (the Wowhead database also lists Rau Cliffrunner at Freewind Post). That will be the next part of the guide.
Ratchet → Silverpine Forest → Ratchet: Water Totem and 
Healing Stream Totem
The last step of the water chain is in Silverpine Forest, and the 20–30 route doesn't go back there. You can go right away at 30: an estimated 45–60 minutes of flights and zeppelins and about 3 thousand experience (level 23 quests). No rush - do it at 30+ on your way to the Scarlet Monastery: it's the same trip. Healing dungeons? Go now: Healing Stream Totem, Mana Spring Totem and Poison Cleansing Totem can only be placed with Water Totem in your bags.
Water Sapta) by the lake west of the Sepulcher: without it you can't see the elementals.Freewind Post, Nyse: fly to Ratchet. Islen Waterseer : turn in ?Call of Water[23] - Water Sapta appears in your bags; accept !Call of Water[23].
Don't drink the sapta yet - you need it at the brazier (step). If you lose it, Islen Waterseer gives you a new one (Water Sapta[20]).
Bragok: fly to Orgrimmar. The zeppelin tower by the gates : Frezza sends you to Undercity - that's yours; Snurk Bucksquick goes to Grom'gol - not that one. Undercity, Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher.
The lake west of the Sepulcher: drink the sapta (Water Sapta) - it reveals the elementals. Corrupt Minor Manifestation of Water (level 22) - the bracers, Call of Water[23]. Brazier of Everfount on the shore : put the bracers and 
Remaining Drops of Purest Water in it - turn in ?Call of Water[23], accept !Call of Water[23]. Minor Manifestation of Water appears: talk to it - turn in ?Call of Water[23], accept !Call of Water[23].
If the spirit vanishes before you talk to it, Tiev Mordune is nearby: Call of Water[23] - but it needs a new sapta, and only Islen Waterseer (Water Sapta[20]) in Ratchet gives one - that's another round trip by zeppelin. So come to the brazier at full health and talk to the spirit right away.
Back:
Mana Spring Totem and Poison Cleansing Totem if you haven't learned them yetWater Totem and Healing Stream Totem.Put Healing Stream Totem or Mana Spring Totem down at a quest spot together with your earth and fire totems: only one water totem can be up at a time too. Leveling as “Restoration: Dungeon Healer”? Your first point after 30 goes into Mana Tide Totem: it works once you have the water totem.
Hearthstone → Freewind Post.
Quests offered far from the entrance, and the shaman in a group
Healing Wave between packs and on the tank, and from 20 Lesser Healing Wave for damage spikes. Healing power on Forever gear is higher than in Classic. Restoration heals best (builds in the “Talents” section); in the other specs keep a mana reserve and don't do damage yourself.Earth Shock: it interrupts the cast and locks a whole school of magic for 2 seconds. Rank 1 interrupts just as well as the highest rank and costs many times less. Shocks share a 6-second cooldown - save a shock for the cast, not for damage.Purge (12) removes a buff from an enemy - a shield or a heal over time; Cure Poison (16) - poisons, Cure Disease (22) - diseases; Ancestral Spirit (12) brings the fallen back after the fight.Stoneskin Totem when the tank is taking hits, Strength of Earth Totem when the group has melee; Tremor Totem (18) removes fear, sleep and charm; Searing Totem in combat. In Forever, buff totems last 5 minutes and work within 30 yards. From 20, Call of the Elements drops the whole set in 3 seconds.Earth Shock and Fire Nova generate a lot of threat, and in Forever Fire Nova puts the threat on the shaman, not the totem (according to Method). In the first seconds of a fight, don't press them until the tank has gathered everything.War Stomp stuns up to five mobs around you for 2 seconds. A pack broke off the tank and is running at you? Press it: the tank will have time to pick it back up.No group - don't take a single quest from here. The tauren quests here give no weapons, and returning the satchel gets you mail bracers, which a shaman can't wear until 40.
Hammerbone (a mace, 20.4) or Crescent Staff (a healer's staff)Glowing Shard drops from Mutanus the Devourer. Turn it in to Falla Sagewind near the Crossroads, then Arch Druid Hamuul RunetotemThe Druids of the Fang cast sleep and heal themselves: Tremor Totem removes sleep, Earth Shock interrupts the heal. For poisons - Cure Poison. Hammerbone needs the Two-Handed Maces skill - Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff teaches it.
Unending Torment[21] and Crest of Lordaeron[22] start inside. 6 bosses in any order. The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]: for melee - Forsaken Greataxe (a two-handed axe, 20.5 damage per second, +8 Strength; the axe skill is in Orgrimmar at 22, step), for a healer - Gnarled Necromancer's Staff. The undead poison you and infect you with diseases: Cure Poison and Cure Disease get plenty of use here. The run itself - at 24.
Tanned Shoulderpads (leather, +3 Strength and +6 Intellect) and Seal of SylvanasBy an estimate, the three quests give about 20 thousand experience in Forever - more than half a level. The run itself - at 23–24. Worgen casters and Arugal's mages cast spells - save Earth Shock for their casts.
Damp Note and Strange Water Globe; the globe drops from Baron AquanisBaron Aquanis[30]: for melee - Dreamer's Chestguard (+10 Strength), for a healer - Witch's Finger. Blackfathom Villainy[27]: for melee - Cultist's Armguards, for a healer - Arctic Buckler. Underwater, Water Breathing helps (22, needs Shiny Fish Scales).
Willix the Importer[30]: for melee - Tiger Band (+5 Strength), for a healer - Snake Hoop. According to beta data, at 30+ the new Forever shaman chain (Elemental Aid[33]) leads here too: the target there is Charlga Razorflank.
There's no flight path in the Wetlands: the Horde walks there from Tarren Mill or Hammerfall across Thandol Span.
The main quest Into The Scarlet Monastery is offered from level 33.
What to learn, what to hit with and how to keep your mana from running dry - up to level 30
Fire Nova is a spell you get at 12, not a totem: a blast around your fire totem. New at the trainer: Totemic Recall and Call of the Elements at 20, Totemic Projection at 22, Call of the Ancestors at 30. Damage and healing spells at rank 3+ are weaker than in Classic: Lightning Bolt (20) - 59–67 versus 88–100, Lightning Bolt (26) - 79–90 versus 131–149; on the other hand, spell power on gear is higher. The totem items are still required, and the tauren class quests for them are the same as in Classic.How to kill a mob. Always keep Rockbiter Weapon up. Pull with Lightning Bolt from range or, from 10, with an instant Flame Shock from 20 yards; then hit with your two-hander. Keep Earth Shock for a cast or for a mob that runs. Lightning Shield before the pull, and a totem at the quest spot, not for every mob. Between fights - a low-rank Healing Wave if you're below half health, and water if you're below a third of your mana. Two mobs - Earthbind Totem for the second one; three - Stoneclaw Totem instead: only one earth totem can be up. A tough fight - War Stomp: for 2 seconds nobody hits you. If you level as Enhancement (our build): from 20, Shamanistic Focus makes shocks 45% cheaper - then Earth Shock on every mob if you like.
Prices are from the trainer list on Wowhead Forever (beta). Everything up to level 20 costs about 5 gold, and from 22 to 30 about 16 more, almost 6 of it at 30. Skip what can wait, and the water totems until Water Totem is in your bags - you'll save a few gold. Horde shaman trainers: Meela Dawnstrider in Camp Narache (only up to 6), Narm Skychaser in Bloodhoof Village, Siln Skychaser , Tigor Skychaser and Beram Skychaser on Spirit Rise in Thunder Bluff, Kardris Dreamseeker , Sian'tsu and Sagorne Creststrider in Orgrimmar's Valley of Wisdom, and the new Palah Thunderhoof on Skywatcher Plateau. There are no Horde shaman trainers in the Barrens, Stonetalon, Ashenvale, Thousand Needles or anywhere in the Eastern Kingdoms - the route takes you to them on its own: Camp Narache at 1–6 (step), Bloodhoof Village at 8 (step) and 10 (step), Orgrimmar at 13 (step), Thunder Bluff at 16 (step) and 20 (step), Orgrimmar at 22 (step) and 26 - your 24 and 26 skills after the Eastern Kingdoms (step), Thunder Bluff at 28 (step) and 30 (step).
Earth Totem for earth totems, Fire Totem for fire totems and Fire Nova, Water Totem for water totems, Air Totem for air totems. Don't sell them or throw them away.Stoneskin Totem and Earth Totem (step).Searing Totem, Fire Totem and Totem of Charged Flames, a new Forever relic (step). Missed Call of Fire[10]? Call of Fire[10] (Xanis Flameweaver, Thunder Bluff) starts the same path.Healing Stream Totem and Water Totem. It's the longest shaman chain and runs through the whole 20–30 route, but the route doesn't cover the last stretch: go at 30 (optional) or at 30+ on your way to the Scarlet Monastery.Air Totem (step). The quest is just a conversation.Stoneskin Totem, Strength of Earth Totem, Earthbind Totem, Stoneclaw Totem and Tremor Totem are all earth totems, and a new one replaces the old. If Earthbind Totem or Stoneclaw Totem is down, you need Stoneskin Totem again after the fight. Solo it's usually Stoneskin Totem; in a group with melee - Strength of Earth Totem.Searing Totem hits the nearest enemy within 20 yards - put it behind you, not next to a neighboring camp, or you'll pull extras.
Two-Handed Axes and Maces was removed in Forever, and the two-hander skill became a normal one - according to the client data, weapon masters teach it like any other; this hasn't been checked on the beta yet. Two-Handed Maces - Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff, axes - Hanashi and Sayoc in Orgrimmar; in Classic the skill cost 10.Short Staff (2.0) - Marjak Keenblade in Camp Narache. 5: Rite of Strength[4], the reward is Elder's Cane (2.6). 5–11: Walking Stick (4.2) - Mahnott Roughwound in Bloodhoof Village.Goblin Smasher (8.2, +2 Strength; tauren only, needs Two-Handed Maces). 11–15: Quarter Staff (9.4) - Jyn Stonehoof or Etu Ragetotem in Thunder Bluff, Nargal Deatheye at the Crossroads.Ironwood Maul (11.8) and Heavy Spiked Mace (12.5, +6 Strength) - Lizzarik near Ratchet. 15–16: Gnarled Staff (11.9) - Etu Ragetotem or Ironzar in Ratchet; with the maces skill - Rock Hammer (12.6), also from Etu Ragetotem.Long Staff (15.2) - Etu Ragetotem; with the maces skill - Maul (from 21, 16). With a group - Hammerbone (mace, 20.4) from Wailing Caverns.Big Bad Basher (mace, 16, +4 Strength; quest Chol'aruk the Ravener[21], with a partner - step), Encroacher's Claim (axe, 19.7, +6 Strength; quest Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23], with a partner - step), Forsaken Greataxe (axe, 20.5, +8 Strength; Ruins of Lordaeron - step) and Merciless Axe (axe, 21.1, +12 Strength; sold by vendors from 26 - step). Long Staff is the last vendor staff until 31, so from 22 we recommend Two-Handed Axes: they're taught in Orgrimmar (step). 30: War Hammer (mace, 22.3) and Bullova (axe, 22.4) with no bonuses - in Thunder Bluff (at 30).Rockbiter Weapon on any weapon: +79 attack power from 8, +118 from 16, +194 from 24; if you level as Enhancement (our build), Elemental Weapons adds another 20%. Flametongue Weapon gets cut down by fire resistance and only catches up on a very slow weapon. At 30 - Windfury Weapon on a slow two-hander. Enchants last an hour.Rockbiter Weapon doesn't depend on it, but Windfury Weapon (30) and Stormstrike love slow weapons. With equal damage per second, take the slow two-hander.Rock Mace (Rite of Strength[4]), Skorn's Hammer (The Demon Scarred Cloak[12]), Valley Cosh (Stalk With The Earthmother[11]), Engineer's Hammer and Welding Shield (Samophlange[16]); shields - Thick Bark Buckler (Attack on Camp Narache[4]), Proud Brave's Guard (The High Chieftain[9]), Tribal Warrior's Shield (Preparation for Ceremony[11]), and from vendors - Worn Heater Shield, Harant Ironbrace in the village. At 20–30 - Cobalt Buckler (Cry of the Thunderhawk[20]), Thornwoven Shield (Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]), The Stitcher (Light's Justice[22], Ruins of Lordaeron), Driftmire Shield (Je'neu of the Earthen Ring[27]) and Arctic Buckler (Blackfathom Villainy[27], Blackfathom Deeps).Lightning Bolt is only for pulling. Testers call 1–20 an “auto-attack simulator” and Lightning Bolt a “wet noodle”: don't cast in melee, you need the mana for healing.Flame Shock - an instant pull from 20 yards, Earth Shock - interrupt a cast or finish off a runner, and from 20 Frost Shock - a 50% slow.Earth Shock on its own button: in the spellbook, turn on showing all ranks and drag rank 1 to your bar (that's how it works in Classic; check it in the Forever client). It interrupts a cast just like the highest rank but costs many times less mana.Lightning Shield before the pull, not before every mob: three charges, 10 minutes.Totem of Charged Flames comes at the end of the fire chain (Call of Fire[13]): Lightning Bolt and Flame Shock cost 5 less mana. If you level as Enhancement (our build): from 20, Shamanistic Focus makes shocks and the shield 45% cheaper. Restoration has Water Shield instead: mana from the hits you take.Ice Cold Milk from 5, Melon Juice from 15, Sweet Nectar from 25. Drink when you're below a third of your mana, and eat at the same time.Totemic Recall: when you leave a spot, pick up your totems - a quarter of their mana comes back.Healing Wave (rank 3) heals half as much as Healing Wave (rank 4), but costs half the mana and casts faster (2.5 seconds versus 3). The mana per point of health is the same - you only save on overhealing. Heal only when you're below half health.Lesser Healing Wave (from 20): fast but expensive.Stoneskin Totem at the quest spot: every hit you take is 4 weaker (7 from 14). A third mob joins? Stoneclaw Totem instead; they run? Earthbind Totem. From 20 - Ghost Wolf to get away.Endurance - +5% health, War Stomp - a 2-second stun on up to five enemies around you: enough time to step away from a pack or interrupt a cast when your shock is on cooldown.Reincarnation: you get back up where you died. It needs Ankh ≈ 20 - reagent vendors sell it, for example Chepi in Thunder Bluff and Montarr at Freewind Post.Ghost Wolf from 20: +40% run speed, a 3-second cast, outdoors only. If you level as Enhancement (our build): Improved Ghost Wolf 2/2 by 20 - the wolf is instant and works indoors. Elemental and “Restoration: Dungeon Healer” don't have this talent; in “Restoration + Melee” the wolf is instant from 27 - until then, cast it ahead of time, before the fight.Plainsrunning: while you run without stopping and without taking damage, your speed grows by 1% every 5 seconds, up to +30%. Leave the mobs on the road alone - you'll get there faster.Astral Recall: a second hearthstone with a 15-minute cooldown.Shamanistic Focus and an instant wolf at 20, Stormstrike at 25. Plus Elemental for a caster and two Restoration builds for dungeons.What to take, where to learn it and what to collect - up to level 30
Cultivation grows a copy next to any herb, and you can pick it even without the skill.
Mining for Dummies (Mining), 
Pelt Collecting for Beginners (Skinning) or 
Wild Harvest (Herbalism). You can read it from level 3.Mental Dexterity talent that's attack power too). They don't stack with similar class buffs.
Linen Bandage, from skill 40 - 
Heavy Linen Bandage; Vira Younghoof in the village teaches it, Wool Bandages (skill 80) - Pand Stonebinder in Thunder Bluff. Bandages heal without mana, and in Forever First Aid also makes healing potions.
Light Leather and 
Light Hide from beasts, 
Copper Ore - for the auction house; 
Linen Cloth and Wool Cloth - for bandages.
Medium Leather from skinning, 
Tin Ore in the hills of Hillsbrad and Ashenvale.Walking Stick at 5–6 (5 silver), Quarter Staff at 11 (about 30 silver) and training at 16 and 20 (about 3.5 gold together).Only what matters for this route
Totem of Charged Flames, and Call of Water[23] (water totem) gives 185 experience (in Classic it gave none).Big Bad Basher; at 20), Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] at Camp Taurajo (at 20) and the new Hillsbrad quests Scout Support[25] → Valuable Vantages[25] (at 25).Totemic Recall and Call of the Elements at 20, Totemic Projection at 22, Call of the Ancestors at 30. Totem items are still required.Fire Nova is a spell from 12, a blast around your fire totem.Lightning Bolt has a 2.5-second cast; staves became caster weapons (less damage, but with spell power) - except the white staves from vendors.Two-Handed Axes and Maces and the totem upgrades are now baseline. The talents were rebuilt: Stormstrike needs 16 points (from level 25); new ones are Mental Dexterity, Shamanistic Focus, Water Shield, Mana Tide Totem from 25, 
Lightning Overload and Earthbound.War Stomp - since October 15 the cooldown is shorter: 1.5 minutes instead of 2; still the same 2-second stun on up to 5 enemies around you. For a shaman it's a spare interrupt when the shocks are on cooldown.Endurance - +5% health and +2% critical strike damage and critical healing (since October 15; it used to be +1% hit). For a shaman that means slightly harder lightning and melee crits and slightly bigger critical heals.Plainsrunning (new): while you run, your speed goes up 1% every 5 seconds, up to +30%; taking damage or stopping lowers the bonus. On a mount - another +3% speed.Cultivation is now a button: grow a copy of an herb nearby and pick it without Herbalism, once per herb. Since October 15 the cooldown is 15 minutes (it used to be 60).Earth Shock for interrupts - rank 1 interrupts heals and fears just like the highest rank. Purge - against priest shields and paladin blessings. From 18, Tremor Totem removes fear. Against a rogue or warrior, keep Lightning Shield up at all times, and War Stomp gives you 2 seconds of breathing room.The hearthstone, dangerous mobs, what not to forget
| Lvl | Key points | Don't miss |
|---|---|---|
| 1–4 | Rune-Inscribed Note[1], Rockbiter Weapon, Short Staff | Plainstrider meat - for Cooking |
| 4–6 | Earth totem: Call of Earth[4] → Call of Earth[4] → Call of Earth[4] | The salve only drops while Call of Earth[4] is in your log |
| 6–10 | Bloodhoof Village: Walking Stick; Lightning Shield and Stoneclaw Totem at 8 | Cooking - through the new campfire quest |
| 10 | Flame Shock, Strength of Earth Totem; Call of Fire[10] | Talents from 10 |
| 11 | Thunder Bluff: Quarter Staff; Two-Handed Maces are optional | Boarton Shadetotem stands in stealth |
| 12–13 | Call of Fire[11] → Call of Fire[12]: the shrine, Reagent Pouch at Drygulch Ravine; Orgrimmar | The path to the shrine starts by the river |
| 14 | Fire Tar at Thorn Hill → Searing Totem and Totem of Charged Flames | Hearthstone - at the Crossroads |
| 16 | Thunder Bluff: Rockbiter Weapon, Gnarled Staff | Apothecary Zamah[15] is timed |
| 18–19 | Serena Bloodfeather[20], the Grimtotem tauren | The Elder Crone[18] and Kaya's Alive[18] - keep them in your log |
| 20 | Thunder Bluff: Ghost Wolf, Totemic Recall, Call of Water[20] | Level 18 and 20 skills - in one visit |
| 20–21 | Islen Waterseer near Ratchet, Brine: the brown waterskin | Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] and Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] - only with a partner |
| 22 | Orgrimmar: Totemic Projection, Two-Handed Axes | Fly from Sun Rock Retreat |
| 23–25 | Shadowfang and the Ruins of Lordaeron - with a group; Forsaken Greataxe | Hearthstone in Undercity |
| 25 | The red waterskin in Tarren Mill | Don't go down into Dun Garok (28–30) |
| 26 | Orgrimmar: Rockbiter Weapon, Magma Totem; Merciless Axe | Level 24 and 26 skills in one visit |
| 27–28 | The blue waterskin: Brine → the fountain in Ashenvale | Astranaar is close - Alliance guards |
| 29 | Thunder Bluff: the trainer at 28, Gloomrise | The Broodmother[31] - group only |
| 30 | Windfury Weapon, Reincarnation, Astral Recall; Call of Air[30] - Air Totem | Ankh: without it Reincarnation doesn't work |
| 30+ | Water totem: Silverpine Forest → Water Totem and Healing Stream Totem | Healing dungeons? Go right away at 30 |
Astral Recall takes you there too.Astral Recall, with a 15-minute cooldown.Flame Shock barely hurts it.Earth Totem or Fire Totem to a vendor: you can't place totems of that element without them.Totemic Recall (from 20).Searing Totem and Fire Nova at the edge of a neighboring camp - you'll pull extras.Earth Shock just to interrupt: rank 1 interrupts just as well and costs many times less.Flametongue Weapon on your weapon before 30: Rockbiter Weapon is stronger on any weapon.Totem of Charged Flames in your bags.Mana Spring Totem, Poison Cleansing Totem) from the trainer before Water Totem shows up in your bags: you can't place them without it.
Elemental 0
Enhancement 21
Restoration 0
Frost Resistance Totem
Far Sight
Fire Resistance Totem
Water Walking
Nature Resistance Totem