RaceUndeadA step-by-step route for WoW Forever: where to go at every level, which quests to grab right away so you never run back, when to pick up dungeon quests, which professions to take and what to collect from the very first minutes.
What to install from CurseForge for Forever: the useful and the fun
Builds for 10–30: which one to pick and in what order to spend points
Your first talent point comes at level 10, then one per level. Not sure what to pick? Go “Combat: Swords”. Hover a talent for its Wowhead tooltip; the button at the bottom opens the build in the Wowhead calculator with the same order.
Sinister Strike costs less and 
Eviscerate hits harder - a mob drops in a couple of combos. 
Riposte at 20 is a free hit after a parry. At 30, 
Blade Flurry is the only way to hit two targets before level 40.
Sprint and 
Evasion every ~2 minutes - you run faster and die less.
Improved Sinister Strike 2/2
Improved Eviscerate 3/3
Precision 2/3
Deflection 3/3
Riposte 1/1Precision 3/3
Endurance 2/2
Improved Sprint 1/2
Flawless Execution 1/1
Dual Wield Specialization 4/5
Blade Flurry 1/1Sinister Strike and lots of crits, at 30 you get 
Mutilate: a strike with both daggers for 2 combo points without getting behind the target. Icy Veins guide.Riposte and Blade Flurry are not in this build either. Guides say Mutilate needs two daggers - the forums disagree, so check in game. A beta tester measured ~20 DPS less than with Combat.Sinister Strike until 30, two daggers by 30.
Remorseless Attacks 2/2
Malice 3/5
Ruthlessness 3/3Malice 5/5
Relentless Strikes 1/1
Lethality 4/5
Cold Blood 1/1
Improved Poisons 4/5
Mutilate 1/1
Backstab with “Puncturing Wounds”: +30% crit chance and a chance for an extra combo point. A Method build, respec at 30.Backstab with a dagger hits very hard; “Remorseless Attacks” gives you a crit after every kill.Blade Flurry.Remorseless Attacks 2/2Improved Sinister Strike 2/2Improved Eviscerate 3/3
Puncturing Wounds 3/3Deflection 3/3Riposte 1/1Precision 3/3Flawless Execution 1/1Dual Wield Specialization 3/5
Hemorrhage at 30. From the Icy Veins and Mobalytics guides, though they don't recommend it for your first leveling.
Ambush takes more than half of a normal mob's health. “Camouflage” makes you move faster in stealth. 
Ghostly Strike doesn't need you behind the target.Ambush; no multi-target damage; needs a dagger. Mobalytics says it plainly: level as Combat and switch to this at 30.
Opportunity 2/2
Camouflage 3/5
Improved Ambush 3/3
Setup 2/3
Ghostly Strike 1/1
Initiative 3/3Setup 3/3
Premeditation 1/1
Serrated Blades 3/3Camouflage 4/5
Hemorrhage 1/1Undead starting village · Tirisfal Glades
Every quest is within five minutes' walk. Step out of the crypt, take everything in sight and do it all in loops. Takes about 40 minutes.
Linen Cloth from the Scarlet Crusade: you'll learn First Aid in Brill, and bandages are the rogue's main healing.
Cannibalize on a humanoid or undead corpse restores 35% health over 10 seconds, every 2 minutes. It's a free snack between mobs - less sitting and eating.Undertaker Mordo at the crypt exit: accept !Rude Awakening[1].
Shadow Priest Sarvis in the church: turn in ?Rude Awakening[1], accept !The Mindless Ones[2].
Around the village : 8 Mindless Zombies and 8 Wretched Zombies - The Mindless Ones[2].
Shadow Priest Sarvis: turn in ?The Mindless Ones[2] (take the cloak), accept !Encrypted Scroll[1] and !Rattling the Rattlecages[3]. Novice Elreth : accept !The Damned[2].
Behind the village : 6 Scavenger Paws and 6 Duskbat Wings - The Damned[2]. By the graveyard : 12 Rattlecage Skeletons - Rattling the Rattlecages[3].
Drops from: Scavenger Paw - Young Scavenger, Ragged Scavenger · Duskbat Wing - Duskbat, Mangy Duskbat, Belfry Bat
Mangy Duskbats hit harder than the normal ones - better go around them.
Shadow Priest Sarvis: turn in ?Rattling the Rattlecages[3] (take the leather tunic). Novice Elreth: turn in ?The Damned[2] (leather belt), accept !Marla's Last Wish[5].
Deathguard Saltain : accept !Scavenging Deathknell[3]. Executor Arren : accept !Night Web's Hollow[4]. Aramis Hammerhand : accept the new !A Light in the Darkness[4].
Trainer David Trias : turn in ?Encrypted Scroll[1]. Learn 
Stealth (10), and at level 4 - Backstab and 
Pick Pocket (1 each).
Sell gray items to the vendor nearby - at level 10 you'll need the money for a sword and skills.
The junior gathering trainers are right here: Margaret Weaver - Skinning, Walter Mason - Mining, Florence Nightshade - Herbalism. Training costs 10.
For a rogue I recommend Skinning + Mining (the “Professions” section explains why). You get one profession free for Marla's Last Wish[5], learn the second one here. According to the game files, the Mining Pick and Skinning Knife are sold right here by Joshua Kien and the junior trainers; if not, Abigail Shiel in Brill has them.
Scavenged Goods around the houses : 6 of them - Scavenging Deathknell[3].
Night Web's Hollow to the northwest: 10 Young Night Web Spiders at the entrance and 8 Night Web Spiders in the cave - Night Web's Hollow[4]. While there, free 6 Webbed Victims from their cocoons - A Light in the Darkness[4].
The fastest way back is a “death run”: die and resurrect at the spirit healer - the graveyard is right by the village. It's free until level 10, and every speed guide does it.
Deathguard Saltain: turn in ?Scavenging Deathknell[3]. Executor Arren: turn in ?Night Web's Hollow[4] (take the leather leggings), accept !The Scarlet Crusade[4]. Aramis Hammerhand: turn in ?A Light in the Darkness[4].
East of the village : 12 Scarlet Armbands from Scarlet Converts and Scarlet Initiates - The Scarlet Crusade[4].
Drops from: Scarlet Armband - Scarlet Convert, Scarlet Initiate, Meven Korgal
Initiates cast Frost Armor, which slows your attacks. Go for the Converts. Leave the courier alone for now.
To the north - Samuel Fipps: kill him and take the remains. Bring them to Marla's Grave - Marla's Last Wish[5].
Novice Elreth: turn in ?Marla's Last Wish[5] and pick a profession book. Executor Arren: turn in ?The Scarlet Crusade[4] (take the dagger), accept !The Red Messenger[5].
Scarlet Crusade camp - Meven Korgal with guards: pull them one by one and take the documents - The Red Messenger[5].
Executor Arren: turn in ?The Red Messenger[5], accept !Vital Intelligence[5] and the new !The Adventurer[6].
On the way to Brill - Calvin Montague : accept !A Rogue's Deal[5], a free letter delivery to the inn.
The follow-up, a duel with him (A Rogue's Deal[5]), is optional.
The zone's main town · almost ten new quests here in Forever
Brill is your base until level 12. The idea is simple: in town take everything you can, loop west or north, and come back to turn it all in at once.
Stiletto ≈ 4 (level 3) - the best dagger until level 10.
Small Brown Pouch ≈ 5 - 6 slots, if you don't want to wait for the bag from Sticks and Bones[7]; Brown Leather Satchel ≈ 25 - 8 slots, once you have the money.
Recipe: Crispy Bat Wing.
Meaty Bat Wing) → Crispy Bat Wings: food that in Forever also gives +5% experience from kills.
Spiced Wolf Meat also gives +1 Agility; Eunice Burch in Undercity teaches the recipe.Deathguard Simmer stands right on the road: accept !Fields of Grief[7].
Gordo walks the road to Brill: accept !Gordo's Task[5].
Eleanor Shackleton on the hill near Brill: 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].
Brill:
Run to the guard post on the road to Undercity: Shelene Rhobart - accept !Hides for the Forsaken[11]; Deathguard Kristof - take the report for Patience[6].
Innkeeper Renee : turn in ?A Rogue's Deal[5] and set your hearthstone in Brill. Upstairs, trainer Marion Call : Sinister Strike (rank 2) and 
Gouge - level 6, 1 each.
William Pickman : turn in ?Camping 101: Cooking[6] - you learn Cooking and Basic Campfire. Nurse Neela : learn First Aid.
Bandages are the rogue's main healing: take the mob out with Gouge and bandage up.
Mrs. Winters : a throwing axe - handy for pulling mobs one at a time. Once you have ~4 silver - Oliver Dwor : Stiletto. Abigail Shiel sells the Skinning Knife and Mining Pick.
In Forever thrown weapons are no longer sold in stacks - one is most likely enough.
Apothecary Johaan : accept !A New Plague[6].
Loop to the west:
Drops from: Putrid Claw - Rotting Dead, Ravaged Corpse · Darkhound Blood - Decrepit Darkhound, Cursed Darkhound, Ravenous Darkhound and others · Duskbat Wing Membrane - Greater Duskbat, Vampiric Duskbat · Vile Fin Murloc Skin - Vile Fin Minor Oracle, Vile Fin Muckdweller · Darkhound Hide - Decrepit Darkhound, Cursed Darkhound
After a stance change Scarlet Warriors get +50% parry for 8 seconds - step back and wait it out.
On top of the tower in Crusader Outpost - Bareth Dawnstone: accept !Seeking Refuge[7] and escort him to safety (Seeking Refuge[7]).
Die and resurrect by Brill. Junior Apothecary Holland walks around the graveyard : turn in ?Gordo's Task[5], accept !Doom Weed[6].
Turn-ins in Brill:
In and around the inn:
Level 8, Marion Call: Evasion and Eviscerate (rank 2), 2 each.
North of Brill:
Drops from: Embalming Ichor - Rot Hide Gnoll, Rot Hide Mongrel, Rot Hide Graverobber · Vile Fin Murloc Skin - Vile Fin Minor Oracle, Vile Fin Muckdweller · Darkhound Hide - Decrepit Darkhound, Cursed Darkhound
Maggot Eye in the hut - WANTED: Maggot Eye[10]. He's level 11: don't go before 8–9.
Gouge → bandage → Evasion when he hits you again.
North coast : 5 Vile Fin Scales - A New Plague[9]; murloc skins (from Oracles and Muckdwellers, not Puddlejumpers) - Hides for the Forsaken[11].
Drops from: Vile Fin Scale - Vile Fin Puddlejumper, Vile Fin Minor Oracle, Vile Fin Muckdweller and others · Duskbat Wing Membrane - Greater Duskbat, Vampiric Duskbat · Vile Fin Murloc Skin - Vile Fin Minor Oracle, Vile Fin Muckdweller · Darkhound Hide - Decrepit Darkhound, Cursed Darkhound
Murlocs call their friends - pull them one at a time with your thrown weapon.
Turn-ins in Brill (go back with a death run):
Agamand Mills : ribs and skulls - The Mills Overrun[8]; Devlin Agamand - The Haunted Mills[10]; Nissa Agamand , Gregor Agamand and Thurman Agamand - remains for Deaths in the Family[11]. Mobs may drop A Letter to Yvette - it starts !A Letter Undelivered[7].
Drops from: Notched Rib - Rattlecage Soldier, Cracked Skull Soldier · Blackened Skull - Darkeye Bonecaster, Shadowvale Mystic
Turn-ins in Brill:
Level 10, Marion Call: 
Dual Wield, 
Slice and Dice, Sprint, 
Sap (3 each). Accept the class quest !Mennet Carkad[10].
Talents open at level 10 (at 9 with the “Talented” Legacy perk). What to take - see the “Rogue” section.
A sword, the class quest chain and your hearthstone
Undercity is a stone's throw from Brill. This is where you switch to swords - everything in one city: One-Handed Swords skill (10) - Archibald ; the cutlass - Charles Seaton ; the class chain for the rogue dagger - Mennet Carkad .
Astor's Letter of Introduction for the class quest - keep an eye out every time you take this road.
Cutlass ≈ 20 (level 10) - the big upgrade of this stretch.
Keen Throwing Knife (level 11) - a throwing knife.
Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots, if you have gold to spare. Check the auction house too: cutlasses and bags are sometimes cheaper there.The Scarlet tower southwest of Brill : Captain Perrine, 3 Zealots and 3 Missionaries - At War With The Scarlet Crusade[9]. Collect rings for Proof of Demise[7].
Drops from: Scarlet Insignia Ring - Scarlet Warrior, Scarlet Missionary, Scarlet Zealot and others
Enter Undercity through the sewer pipe - it's closer than the main entrance.
War Quarter, Archibald : learn One-Handed Swords (10).
You can't equip the cutlass without this skill.
Rogues' Quarter: Charles Seaton - Cutlass (~20 silver); Nathaniel Steenwick - throwing knives (level 11).
Short on money? Make do with the dagger and the short sword from Escorting Erland[11], and grab 
Scimitar as soon as you hit 14.
Mennet Carkad : turn in ?Mennet Carkad[10], accept !The Deathstalkers[13].
Professions in town: Mining - Brom Killian (Sarah Killian sells the pick); Skinning - Killian Hagey .
Alessandro Luca : accept !Prompt Potion Runner[16]. Run the potion to the Apothecarium - Doctor Martin Felben : turn in ?Prompt Potion Runner[16] before time runs out.
Innkeeper Norman : set your hearthstone in Undercity - from Silverpine it takes you straight to the turn-ins and the zeppelin.
Astor Hadren (level 13) patrols the Brill ↔ Sepulcher road: talk to him, then kill him - he drops Astor's Letter of Introduction for The Deathstalkers[13].
The guard post near Undercity, Balnir Farmstead, the Argent Dawn
You wrap up Tirisfal. Head to Silverpine no earlier than level 12: in Forever the main Sepulcher quest, Prove Your Worth[10], is now offered from 12.
Brill: Executor Zygand - turn in ?At War With The Scarlet Crusade[9], accept !At War With The Scarlet Crusade[10]; Deathguard Terrence - accept !The Argent Emissary[13].
Guard post on the road to Undercity: Deathguard Linnea - turn in ?Forsaken Duties[9], accept !Return to the Magistrate[9] and !Rear Guard Patrol[11]; Hadric Harlson (Argent Dawn) - turn in ?The Argent Emissary[13], accept !The Cult of the Damned[13] and !Remnants of War[13].
Cultists : 8 Dark Neophytes and 8 Dark Enforcers - The Cult of the Damned[13]; Necrotic Crystal Fragments - Remnants of War[13].
Enforcers hit with an instant strike for 50–70 damage. Keep Evasion ready.
Balnir Farmstead : 8 Bleeding Horrors and 8 Wandering Spirits - Rear Guard Patrol[11]; Tomb Weed nearby - Tomb Weed[11].
Scarlet Crusade camp : 5 Friars and Captain Vachon in the tower - At War With The Scarlet Crusade[10]. Rings for Proof of Demise[7].
Drops from: Scarlet Insignia Ring - Scarlet Warrior, Scarlet Missionary, Scarlet Zealot and others
East coast : 4 samples of Vicious Night Web Spider Venom - A New Plague[11].
The rare spider Sri'skulk (level 13, poisons you) also roams here - don't mistake it for the normal ones.
Guard post:
Only with a friend: Deathguard Linnea gives !Rear Guard Patrol[13]: the target is the elite Riptear (level 13) by Venomweb Vale (Rear Guard Patrol[13]). Then Deathguard Linnea: turn in ?Rear Guard Patrol[13] - the cloak (+1 Agility) is the one for you.
Turn-ins in Brill:
The inn's cellar : Captured Mountaineer - turn in ?A New Plague[11].
Level 12, Marion Call: 
Kick and 
Parry (8 each).
Behind on levels (11 or lower)? Head northwest - Bandarion Keep. Otherwise, on to Silverpine: through the Undercity pipe to the road .
A new Forever area in northwestern Tirisfal
A brand-new piece of Tirisfal: a keep, Shadowvale and a crypt with an elite monster. The experience per minute is lower than on the main route, so come here if you're short of level 12 - or just for the story.
Whispering Horror Residue - it starts Whispering Horror Residue[10], which you turn in in Undercity.Cutlass ≈ 20 and 
Jambiya ≈ 24 - you can buy the cutlass here without running to Undercity.Brill, Carolai Anise : accept !That Shadowvale Green Elixir[10]. The quest for the keep - Bandarion Keep[13] - you took at the guard post.
Bandarion Keep:
Shadowvale and the crypt (entrance ): Bottles of Whispering Elixir - That Shadowvale Green Elixir[10]; Faintly Glowing Bones - As Above, So Below[10]; the Hidden Crystal Fragment - The One That Got Away[10].
Drops from: Faintly Glowing Bone - Shadowvale Lurcher, Shadowvale Mystic
The elite Whispering Horrors (level 11) drop Whispering Horror Residue - it starts !Whispering Horror Residue[10], which you turn in in Undercity.
Bandarion Keep:
A short visit: the quests around the Sepulcher
Take only what's near the Sepulcher, then hearth to Undercity. Leave the far quests (Ambermill, Fenris Isle) for 20+. New in Forever: Prove Your Worth[10] starts at level 12, and Wild Hearts[11] needs only 3 hearts.
Agile Boots ≈ 26 - +5 Agility, level 15. Limited stock - check every time you turn in.Recipe: Smoked Bear Meat - food from the local bears.
Bear Meat from bears → Smoked Bear Meat. Don't sell the Discolored Worg Hearts - they're for a quest.Sap doesn't break Stealth: sap a humanoid at the quest target and walk past. On the beta the target then runs straight at you - don't linger.On the road north to Malden's Orchard, kill worgs and keep the Discolored Worg Hearts - Wild Hearts[11].
Drops from: Discolored Worg Heart - Worg, Mottled Worg, Bloodsnout Worg and others
The house in Malden's Orchard: Deathstalker Erland - accept !Escorting Erland[11].
Start at full health: the wolves attack in packs.
Escort Erland to the Ivar Patch - Escorting Erland[11].
Rane Yorick : turn in ?Escorting Erland[11] (the short sword - a good second blade), accept !Wild Hearts[11] and !The Deathstalkers' Report[11].
Back to the Sepulcher with another death run. From level 11 resurrecting at the spirit healer gives “Resurrection Sickness” for a couple of minutes and −25% durability - it wears off while you turn in quests.
The Sepulcher:
: 5 Moonrage Whitescalps - Prove Your Worth[10]. Then Dalar Dawnweaver: turn in ?Prove Your Worth[10], accept !Arugal's Folly[11].
The house at Valgan's Field, second floor : the dusty book - Arugal's Folly[11].
Ivar Patch: Quinn Yorick upstairs - turn in ?Return to Quinn[11], accept !Wild Eyes[11]; Rane Yorick - accept !Ivar the Foul[12].
Ivar the Foul is in the barn with two slaves - pull one slave out first (Ivar the Foul[12]). Then Rane Yorick: turn in ?Ivar the Foul[12]. Murlocs on the shore - 3 eyes for Wild Eyes[11].
Drops from: Murloc Eye - Gobbler, Bluegill Raider, Murloc Tidehunter and others
The Dead Field : kill gnolls until the banshee Nightlash appears - The Dead Fields[14]. Bears and spiders - hearts and blood for A Recipe For Death[12].
Drops from: Grizzled Bear Heart - Ferocious Grizzled Bear, Giant Grizzled Bear, Old Vicejaw and others · Skittering Blood - Moss Stalker, Mist Creeper, Krethis Shadowspinner
Avoid the Son of Arugal (level 24 elite, patrols) and the rare spider Krethis (level 15, her shadow hits really hurt).
The Sepulcher:
The follow-up, Return to Quinn (Again)[11], is optional: it's another run to the north.
The boat full of corpses : examine it - turn in ?The Decrepit Ferry[16], accept !Rot Hide Clues[16]. Fenwick Thatros stands nearby - remember him, you'll be back at 16+.
Moonrage camp : shackles from 6 Gluttons and 3 Darksouls - Arugal's Folly[14].
Drops from: Glutton Shackle - Moonrage Glutton · Darksoul Shackle - Moonrage Darksoul
Darksouls go berserk below 25% health - finish them quickly.
Dalaran camp : the Dalaran crate - turn in ?Border Crossings[14], accept !Maps and Runes[14].
Mages throw Frostbolts and protectors summon snakes - it's easy to pull two. In Forever Sap doesn't break stealth.
The Sepulcher:
Alexandre Lefevre : Boots of Agility (+5 Agility, level 15) - if they're in stock.
Hearthstone → Undercity.
Turn-ins, the rogue dagger, the zeppelin
Turn in everything you've collected, finish the class chain and pick up the Ragefire Chasm quest. Then take the zeppelin to Orgrimmar.
Scimitar ≈ 38 (level 14). Skip it if a better sword is coming soon.Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Gordon Wendham : turn in ?Ride to the Undercity[10], accept !Michael Garrett[10]. Michael Garrett : turn in ?Michael Garrett[10].
If you went to Bandarion: Father Lankester (War Quarter) - turn in ?Whispering Horror Residue[10]; Glix Xizzix - turn in ?Leonid's Letter[13].
Class chain:
Blade of Cunning.No letter from Astor? Go to the Royal Quarter anyway: Varimathras gives The Power to Destroy...[16] even without the chain.
Right there, Varimathras: accept !The Power to Destroy...[16] (Ragefire Chasm).
The Apothecarium: Master Apothecary Faranell - turn in ?A Recipe For Death[12]; Apothecary Zinge - turn in ?Zinge's Delivery[15], accept !Sample for Helbrim[15].
Level 14, trainer Carolyn Ward : Sinister Strike (rank 3) and 
Garrote, 12 each. Louis Warren : Scimitar (~38 silver, level 14). Mary Edras teaches better bandages: Heavy Linen (skill 40) and Journeyman (50).
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. Wait on the side of the platform where that master stands - a zeppelin arrives every couple of minutes.
Your first dungeon, if you play in a group
Orgrimmar is on your way to the Barrens. Have a group of three to five? Now is the time for Ragefire Chasm (13–18): you already have its quest from Undercity.
Doras : get the flight path.
Thrall - accept !Hidden Enemies[12]; Neeru Fireblade - accept !Slaying the Beast[16]; Zor Lonetree - accept !The Spirits of Stonetalon[17] (turned in on the Barrens border).
Skull Rock by the zeppelin tower : kill the Burning Blade until a Lieutenant's Insignia drops - Hidden Enemies[12].
Drops from: Lieutenant's Insignia - Burning Blade Fanatic, Burning Blade Apprentice
Thrall: turn in ?Hidden Enemies[12], accept !Hidden Enemies[12]. Neeru Fireblade: show him the insignia (Hidden Enemies[12]). Thrall: turn in ?Hidden Enemies[12], accept !Hidden Enemies[16].
Ragefire Chasm, entrance in the Cleft of Shadow : the books for The Power to Destroy...[16], Taragaman's heart for Slaying the Beast[16], Bazzalan and Jergosh for Hidden Enemies[16].
Drops from: Spells of Shadow - Searing Blade Cultist, Searing Blade Warlock · Incantations from the Nether - Searing Blade Cultist, Searing Blade Warlock · Taragaman the Hungerer's Heart - Taragaman the Hungerer
After the Chasm:
Kris of Orgrimmar (dagger).You'll turn in The Power to Destroy...[16] when you're back in Undercity at 20+: Varimathras takes it.
No group? Skip the Ragefire Chasm steps - the Undercity quest will simply wait.
Razor Hill in Durotar: trainer Kaplak ; Takrin Pathseeker - accept !Conscript of the Horde[12]. Then west into the Barrens.
The best zone for 14–20 on the Horde side
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.
Feral Blade (level 8), 
Enamelled Broadsword (9), Cutlass ≈ 20 (10), Jambiya (11) - if you don't have a sword yet.Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Scimitar ≈ 38 (level 14) and 
Poniard.Agile Boots ≈ 26 - +5 Agility, level 15.Far Watch Post, Kargal Battlescar : turn in ?Conscript of the Horde[12], accept !Crossroads Conscription[12].
The Crossroads:
Flight path - Devrak . Hearthstone - Innkeeper Boorand Plainswind .
East of the Crossroads:
Drops from: Plainstrider Beak - Greater Plainstrider, Ornery Plainstrider, Fleeting Plainstrider · Raptor Head - Sunscale Lashtail, Sunscale Screecher, Sunscale Scytheclaw and others
Ratchet:
The pirate camp south of Ratchet : 12 Brigands and 6 Cannoneers - Southsea Freebooters[14]; parts in the upper camp - Parts and Pieces[14]; Baron Longshore - WANTED: Baron Longshore[16].
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].
Fly to the Crossroads: Thork - turn in ?Disrupt the Attacks[12] and ?Supplies for the Crossroads[14], accept !The Disruption Ends[15]; Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?Plainstrider Menace[12], accept !The Zhevra[13].
Back east to the Razormane: Geomancers and Defenders and the leader Kreenig Snarlsnout - The Disruption Ends[15]. Zhevras on the way - hooves for The Zhevra[13].
Drops from: Zhevra Hooves - Zhevra Runner, Zhevra Charger, Zhevra Courser
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 hits hard - go in with all your cooldowns.
Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Kolkar Leaders[16] and ?Centaur Bracers[14], accept !Verog the Dervish[18].
The Crossroads:
Harpies, the Samophlange, Lockpicking, south to Camp Taurajo
At level 16 - a short trip to Orgrimmar to the rogue trainer (Shenthul ): Lockpicking and the class chain. Then the southern Barrens.
Barrens Basher (mace, level 20) and 
Ratchet Wristwraps (leather bracers, level 20).Northwest, the Dry Hills : Witchwing harpies - talons for Harpy Raiders[15]. Savannah Prowlers on the way - claws for Prowlers of the Barrens[15].
Drops from: Witchwing Talon - Witchwing Harpy, Witchwing Roguefeather, Witchwing Slayer and others
The Venture Co. control console in the north : turn in ?Samophlange[14], accept !Samophlange[14] and close the three valves (Samophlange[14]); turn in ?Samophlange[14], accept !Samophlange[14] - Tinkerer Sniggles nearby carries the key (Samophlange[14]); turn in ?Samophlange[14], accept !Samophlange[16].
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.
Hearth to the Crossroads: Darsok Swiftdagger - turn in ?Harpy Raiders[15], accept !Harpy Lieutenants[16]; Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?Prowlers of the Barrens[15], accept !Echeyakee[16].
Level 16 - fly to Orgrimmar. Shenthul : 
Pick Lock (18) and Eviscerate (rank 3), accept !Zando'zan[16]. Zando'zan : turn in ?Zando'zan[16], accept !Wrenix of Ratchet[16].
Fly to Ratchet:
The pirate camp : the Southsea Treasure - Plundering the Plunderers[18]. Open every locked chest - that's how your Lockpicking grows.
Drops from: Southsea Treasure - Polly
Fly to the Crossroads. A loop from the Crossroads:
Drops from: Intact Raptor Horn - Sunscale Scytheclaw, Ishamuhale, Takk the Leaper
The Crossroads:
South of the Crossroads:
The Crossroads:
Camp Taurajo in the south: Omusa Thunderhorn - flight path; Jorn Skyseer - turn in ?Jorn Skyseer[18].
Optional: the sleeping bag chain starts at the burned-out remains to the south - Stepping Stones[24] (up to +3% experience for an hour).
Fly to Ratchet: Wrenix the Wretched - turn in ?Plundering the Plunderers[18], reward 
Thistle Tea; Mebok Mizzyrix - turn in ?Raptor Horns[18].
The Stonetalon border, harpies, the start of the poison chain
The last stretch: Grimtotem centaurs on the Stonetalon border and harpies in the north. At level 20 the poison chain starts in Orgrimmar.
Ambush), Pick Pocket, 
Rupture and Cooking 60 (for the recipe reward).Fly to the Crossroads (or hearth if it's off cooldown), then take the road west. The Stonetalon border : Seereth Stonebreak - turn in ?The Spirits of Stonetalon[17], accept !Goblin Invaders[19]; Makaba Flathoof - accept !Avenge My Village[18].
Stonetalon Mountains, Kaya Flathoof : accept !Protect Kaya[18].
Stonetalon Mountains:
Kill the Grimtotem casters first.
Makaba Flathoof: turn in ?Avenge My Village[18] and ?Protect Kaya[18], accept !Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18].
Grundig Darkcloud and 6 Grimtotem Brutes - Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18].
Makaba Flathoof: turn in ?Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18]. Seereth Stonebreak: turn in ?Goblin Invaders[19].
Northwestern Barrens: Witchwing Slayers - rings for Harpy Lieutenants[16].
The Crossroads, Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Harpy Lieutenants[16], accept !Serena Bloodfeather[20].
The Dry Hills: Serena Bloodfeather among the harpies - Serena Bloodfeather[20].
The Crossroads, Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Serena Bloodfeather[20] - take 
Harpy Skinner or 
Elegant Shortsword.
Level 20 - fly to Orgrimmar, Shenthul: Rupture and Ambush. Accept !The Shattered Salute[20]: answer his greeting with /salute (The Shattered Salute[20]) and turn in ?The Shattered Salute[20] - next comes !Deep Cover[20].
The chain's finale is a level 23 elite. It's easier at 22+.
Don't rush to the Eastern Kingdoms: there are plenty more quests in the Barrens and Stonetalon until level 22, and the tower for Deep Cover[20] is here too. Continued in the 20–30 section.
Dungeon 17–24 · collect the quests and go with friends
If you have a group, the Wailing Caverns finish six quests at once and give you Wingblade. Collect the quests first (some are in Thunder Bluff), then go in with the whole group.
The Crossroads, Apothecary Helbrim: accept !Apothecary Zamah[15] - a timed quest, run straight to Thunder Bluff through Mulgore.
Thunder Bluff:
Ratchet: Mebok Mizzyrix - accept !Smart Drinks[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].
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
After the caves:
Wingblade.Don't rush to the Eastern Kingdoms - there are many quests of your level left here
The target of Deep Cover[20] is in the Barrens too, so first we clear Kalimdor up to level 22. Keep your hearthstone at the Crossroads.
Orgrimmar, Kareth : no dagger better than 9 DPS? Buy 
Kris (level 19). With it Ambush works in Fizzle's tower. Took Harpy Skinner for Serena - skip this.
Fly to the Crossroads:
Fly to Camp Taurajo: Jorn Skyseer - accept !Ishamuhale[19]; Mangletooth - accept !Tribes at War[21].
Bristleback and Razormane north of Taurajo:
Drops from: Bristleback Quilboar Tusk - Bristleback Hunter, Bristleback Water Seeker, Bristleback Thornweaver and others
The rare elite Swinegart Spearhide fears everything around him - go around.
Field of Giants : 12 Silithid Eggs and the Digging Claw - Egg Hunt[22].
Silithid Swarmers summon a pile of small critters - kill them first.
Camp Taurajo: Mangletooth - turn in ?Tribes at War[21], accept and turn in right away !Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] → ?Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21], then the same with !Agamaggan's Agility[20] → ?Agamaggan's Agility[20] - an Agility buff; Jorn Skyseer - turn in ?Lakota'mani[22].
Fly to the Crossroads: Mankrik - turn in ?Consumed by Hatred[20] (cloak with +3 Agility) and ?Her Name Is Olgra[20]; Korran - turn in ?Egg Hunt[22].
Northeast of the Crossroads: Chol'aruk with elite guards - the head for Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]; Ishamuhale doesn't roam: while you have the quest, any zhevra drops a fresh carcass - use it at the withered tree and he comes running. The fang is for Ishamuhale[19].
Drops from: Chol'aruk's Head - Chol'aruk
Chol'aruk is a level 20 elite. Hard alone: bring a friend or come back for him at 22 on the way to the tower.
Ratchet: Sputtervalve - accept !Ziz Fizziks[21]; Mebok Mizzyrix - accept !Deepmoss Spider Eggs[20].
Fly to the Crossroads, Gur'ak: turn in ?Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] - 
Chol'aruk's Trophy Sword for your main hand (if you haven't got Wingblade yet).
Didn't kill Chol'aruk? Don't abandon the quest: you'll come back for him at 22 on the way to the tower.
Malaka'jin, Windshear Crag, Sun Rock Retreat
Clear Stonetalon and get the flight path at Sun Rock Retreat - you'll need it at 27.
The Barrens border : Seereth Stonebreak - accept !The Elder Crone[18]; Makaba Flathoof - accept !Kaya's Alive[18].
Malaka'jin : Witch Doctor Jin'Zil - turn in ?Letter to Jin'Zil[20]; Xen'Zilla - accept !Blood Feeders[19].
Deepmoss spiders:
The hatchlings can call in a level 22 matriarch.
Xen'Zilla: turn in ?Blood Feeders[19].
Ziz Fizziks by the road north: turn in ?Ziz Fizziks[21], accept !Super Reaper 6000[21].
Windshear Crag : Venture Co. Operators - blueprints for 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].
Ziz Fizziks: turn in ?Super Reaper 6000[21] and ?Gerenzo's Orders[22], accept !Further Instructions[21].
Sun Rock Retreat:
Didn't kill her? Keep the quest: you're back here at 27 (step), and by then Besseleth is doable solo.
Mirkfallon Lake : 10 Gaea Seeds - Cycle of Rebirth[23]. Then Tammra Windfield: turn in ?Cycle of Rebirth[23].
Hearthstone → the Crossroads. Want to visit Ashenvale? First go to western Ashenvale.
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.
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]: lead Eye of Kilrogg to the road (A Void Path[22]) - turn in ?A Void Path[22] right there.
Zoram'gar Outpost : 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
Fly from Zoram'gar to Ratchet - next up is Fizzle's tower.
The last loop through Kalimdor and the main part of the poison chain
Turn-ins in Ratchet and Taurajo, Thunder Bluff, the level 22 trainer and the Venture Co. tower. Then the zeppelin to Undercity.
Vanish and 
Flash Powder. In Forever the tower mobs are level 22–25 and see stealth better - go with two if you can.Thistle Tea recipe - it's the reward for Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24].Flash Powder - get 10–20, Vanish doesn't work without it.Huge Brown Sack ≈ 10 - 12 slots. Only Nathaniel Steenwick in Undercity sells 
Deadly Throwing Axe - buy it when you're there.Sprint and Evasion. Press Sprint every time it's ready while you run between points - until level 40 it's almost a mount. Assassination and Subtlety don't have “Endurance”: Sprint has a 5-minute cooldown - save it for escapes, and travel with flights and death runs.Fly to Ratchet: Mebok Mizzyrix - turn in ?Deepmoss Spider Eggs[20]; Sputtervalve - turn in ?Further Instructions[21].
Fly to Camp Taurajo:
Thunder Bluff (on foot through Mulgore):
Fly to Orgrimmar. Level 22, Shenthul: Vanish, Sinister Strike, Garrote, 
Distract. Rekkul : Flash Powder, 
Dust of Decay and 
Empty Vial. Trak'gen : Deadly Throwing Axe (level 22) - just one.
Fly to the Crossroads and walk north to , where Taskmaster Fizzule stands: target him, fire the Flare Gun twice and do /salute. Don't approach until he turns friendly. Turn in ?Deep Cover[20], accept !Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24].
Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] still in your log? On the way north - Chol'aruk .
Foreman Silixiz : pick his pocket - the tower key (Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24]). In the tower there are two each of Drones, Patrollers and Lookouts: Ambush on the Drones, Rupture on the Patrollers, Eviscerate at 1 combo point on the Lookouts.
Drops from: Gallywix's Head - Grand Foreman Puzik Gallywix
Ambush kills each in one hit: start with one, back off, then do the second the same way. With an axe or a sword your opener from behind is Garrote, and take them one at a time. In Forever they see stealth better - testers couldn't get through the door at 20.Ambush too: it takes half the boss's health.
Touch of Zanzil lasts 7 days, and 
Hinott's Oil removes it - Hinott's reward for the next quest.At the top, Grand Foreman Puzik Gallywix (level 23 elite): open with Ambush, then Gouge - energy builds up while he's stunned; then Evasion, a potion and Thistle Tea. If it goes really badly - Vanish. Take the head and open Gallywix's chest - Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24].
Drops from: Silixiz's Tower Key - Foreman Silixiz
According to beta data, the chest opens with Lockpicking 1 (it used to be 70). It gives you the “Touch of Zanzil” - cured by Anti-Venom or Hinott's Oil.
Hearth → the Crossroads (if it's ready), or die and resurrect: at 22 that's 10 minutes of “Resurrection Sickness” and −25% durability. Fly to Orgrimmar. Shenthul: turn in ?Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24] - Recipe: Thistle Tea, accept !Hinott's Assistance[26].
Haven't turned in Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]? Gur'ak at the Crossroads - before you fly.
The zeppelin tower outside Orgrimmar 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.
Quests for the Ruins of Lordaeron and Shadowfang Keep
Home. Collect the quests for both dungeons right away - they're both on your way. The Ruins of Lordaeron are done in a group of five: no group - don't take The Wrath of Rath'mael[22], Light's Justice[22], The New Plague[22] and A Frightened Request[22], or they'll just sit in your log.
The guard post on the road to Undercity: Deathguard Kristof - accept !The Wrath of Rath'mael[22].
Royal Quarter:
The Apothecarium: Theodore Griffs - accept !The New Plague[22]; if you'll do Shadowfang Keep with a group (now or after Hillsbrad) - Keeper Bel'dugur: accept !The Book of Ur[26].
Rogues' Quarter: Mennet Carkad - accept !Fenwick Thatros[16] (undead only). Ezekiel Graves - poison reagents.
Innkeeper Norman: hearthstone - Undercity. Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher.
Ambermill, Beren's Peril and new Forever quests
Level 20–22 quests around the Sepulcher. Skip the old low-level ones (Fenris Isle, Rot Hide) - they give little experience now.
The Sepulcher:
The lake shore : Fenwick Thatros - the head for Fenwick Thatros[16].
The Son of Arugal (level 25 elite) roams nearby - go around him.
Beren's Peril : 6 Ravenclaw Drudgers and 6 Ravenclaw Guardians - Beren's Peril[21].
They drop a Note Scrap - a new Forever chain (The Offering Stone[23] → The Tortured Soul[23] → The Offering of Blood[23]), optional. You can skip it: the last fight is elite, and the reward is an Intellect ring a rogue doesn't need.
Ambermill: 8 Dalaran Wizards and 8 Watchers - Watching the Roads[20]; 8 Dalaran Pendants - Ambermill Investigations[16].
Drops from: Dalaran Pendant - Dalaran Protector, Dalaran Mage, Dalaran Conjuror
The Dalaran Spellscribe (rare, level 21) freezes you and calls for help; protectors summon snakes.
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], ?Beren's Peril[21] and ?Ambermill Investigations[16], accept !The Weaver[22].
Hearthstone → Undercity.
A new Forever dungeon right above Undercity
A group of five, six bosses in any order. The quests are level 21–22, and according to beta data dungeon quests in Forever give 2–3 times the experience of normal ones - one of the most rewarding stops in 20–30.
Undercity: Mennet Carkad - turn in ?Fenwick Thatros[16], accept !Tools of the Trade[20]. Estelle Gendry : talk to her - in Forever this is the objective of Tools of the Trade[20]. Make sure you have the 
Thieves' Tools from the apparatus in Ratchet: you can't open the safe in Ambermill without them.
Ruins of Lordaeron with a group (5 players) - the entrance is in the ruins of the capital, immediately to the left as you enter Lordaeron: 25 Intact Limbs - Light's Justice[22]; Rath'mael - The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]; the Highly Toxic Strain from Witherfang - The New Plague[22]; Edward's fate (next to Rath'mael) - A Frightened Request[22]. The Baron drops an abomination head - !Unending Torment[21], and inside it you'll find a crest - !Crest of Lordaeron[22].
Drops from: Intact Limbs - Skeleton, Cadaver, Ragged Ghoul and others
For a rogue: the dagger from the Baron, the sword and chest from Victor, the bracers from Witherfang.
After the Ruins, Undercity:
Spare Part Bindings
Plaguefang
Grave ShroudThe guard post: Deathguard Kristof - turn in ?The Wrath of Rath'mael[22] (the rewards aren't for rogues - take the experience).
Level 24, trainer Carolyn Ward: Eviscerate and 
Detect Traps - you can't do The Manor, Ravenholdt[24] without it. Check your mail and ask the trainer about the letter: 
Elegant Letter starts !The Manor, Ravenholdt[24].
Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher.
The last Silverpine quests and a dungeon
By our estimate, the three Shadowfang Keep quests give about 20 thousand experience in Forever - more than half a level. No group? Skip the keep, do Ambermill and come back here after Hillsbrad (step).
The Sepulcher, Tabitha Heartweaver: turn in ?A Frightened Request[22] - Edward's Knife.
Shadowfang Keep (entrance ), with a group. Inside, Deathstalker Vincent: turn in ?Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25]. 
The Book of Ur in Fenrus' room - The Book of Ur[26]; 
Head of Arugal - Arugal Must Die[27].
Drops from: Head of Arugal - Archmage Arugal, Arugal
After the keep, head east to Ambermill: Archmage Ataeric - the staff for The Weaver[22]; the safe - 
Dalaran Status Report for Tools of the Trade[20].
The Sepulcher: Shadow Priest Allister - turn in ?The Weaver[22], take 
Camouflaged Tunic; Dalar Dawnweaver - turn in ?Arugal Must Die[27], take 
Seal of Sylvanas.
The road southeast into Hillsbrad Foothills: Deathstalker Lesh - accept !Time To Strike[20].
Poisons from Hinott, Ravenholdt Manor, Durnholde, Hillsbrad Fields
In Tarren Mill you finally learn poisons, and Ravenholdt Manor opens up for rogues. Don't go into Southshore (Alliance) - the guards are there.
Kris ≈ 71, 
Longsword ≈ 87, the dagger Broad Bladed Knife ≈ 284 (level 27).Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.
Wool Cloth from the Hillsbrad humans - for bandages and the auction house. Mountain lion meat goes into Hot Lion Chops (+5 Agility, Cooking 125), the recipe comes from Elixir of Pain[24].Thistle Tea - an instant 100 energy every 5 minutes. You got the recipe for Fizzle's tower (it needs Cooking 60, Swiftthistle and Refreshing Spring Water). Drink it before elites and in tough fights.Evasion and Vanish ready.Tarren Mill:
Tarren Mill:
On the way east - gray bears and creepers : tongues and ichor for Elixir of Suffering[22]. Ravenholdt: over the hills above Durnholde to the manor . In the tunnel before the manor turn on Detect Traps and walk up to the chest - don't open it (The Manor, Ravenholdt[24]). Then Fahrad : turn in ?The Manor, Ravenholdt[24]; Myrokos Silentform - accept the new !Syndicate Sabotage; Smudge Thunderwood - poisons and tools.
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
Detect Traps - learned from the trainer at 24. In the tunnel before the manor turn it on and walk up to the chest: the objective counts once you see the trap. Don't open the chest.Durnholde Keep : 10 Syndicate Rogues and 10 Syndicate Watchmen - WANTED: Syndicate Personnel[22]; 5 Vials of Innocent Blood from the shadow mages - Blood of Innocents[23]; Jailor Eston and Jailor Marlgen - keys to the cells holding Tog'thar and Drull: open both (The Rescue[22]); Lord Tomas inside the keep - Syndicate Sabotage.
Drops from: Vial of Innocent Blood - Syndicate Shadow Mage
The Syndicate stand close together - pull them one at a time from the edge. Pick pockets: the locked lockboxes are Lockpicking practice.
Back at the manor, Myrokos Silentform: turn in ?Syndicate Sabotage. Hearthstone → Tarren Mill.
Tarren Mill:
New in Forever: Deathstalker Masoj south of the Mill, near Dun Garok - turn in ?Scout Support[25], accept !Valuable Vantages[25]: place three vials on the peaks (Valuable Vantages[25]) and turn in ?Valuable Vantages[25] - a Deathstalker sword.
The Deathstalker's exact spot is still being confirmed on the beta - follow the quest marker.
Hillsbrad Fields : 6 Farmers, 6 Farmhands, Farmer Ray and Farmer Getz - Battle of Hillsbrad[24]; mountain lions - blood for 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:
Back to the fields:
Drops from: Hillsbrad Human Skull - Farmer Ray, Syndicate Shadow Mage, Syndicate Rogue and others
Tarren Mill: High Executor Darthalia - turn in ?Battle of Hillsbrad[25]; Deathguard Samsa - turn in ?Souvenirs of Death[25].
Leave the rest of the Battle of Hillsbrad (Battle of Hillsbrad[26] and on) for 30+.
The last turn-ins in Undercity
Cheap Shot - a 4-second stun from stealth, the best way to open on a player. Until then your opener is Garrote from behind, so pick your fights carefully.Haven't done Shadowfang Keep? Zarise: fly to the Sepulcher, run the keep and turn in at the Sepulcher. Otherwise, fly to Undercity.
Undercity:
Cheap Shot and Kick. Sell wool, leather and ore on the auction house.The zeppelin tower near Brill has two zeppelins. Zapetta sends you to Orgrimmar - that's yours. Hin Denburg next to him 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.
Sun Rock Retreat, the Charred Vale
The Sun Rock Retreat chains lead into Ashenvale - so the mountains first, then the forest.
Orgrimmar: Warcaller Gorlach - accept !The Ashenvale Hunt[20]; optionally Borstan - !Changing Tastes (for 30+). Fly to Thunder Bluff.
Thunder Bluff, Apothecary Zamah: turn in ?Return to Thunder Bluff[23]. Fly to Sun Rock Retreat.
Sun Rock Retreat:
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 Charred Vale:
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? Besseleth is now doable solo - , turn it in right here.
Talondeep Path → Ashenvale.
Didn't visit western Ashenvale at 22? Not far from the tunnel exit, Va'xug Firefure - Never Coming Back[22] → A Void Path[22], new Forever quests.
Splintertree Post, Thistlefur, Zoram'gar
Splintertree Post is a big Horde quest hub. The eastern loop first, then Zoram'gar and, if you have a group, Blackfathom Deeps.
Main Gauche ≈ 193 (level 29), if Blackfathom didn't work out.Splintertree Post: Vhulgra - flight path; Innkeeper Kaylisk - hearthstone.
Splintertree:
The eastern loop:
Drops from: Satyr Horns - Xavian Rogue, Xavian Betrayer, Xavian Felsworn and others
Mystral Lake:
The rare Ek'alom (27) stuns for 15 seconds - leave it alone.
Splintertree Post:
Slatemetal CutlassFly to Zoram'gar (flight path ; if you don't have it yet, walk): Je'neu Sancrea - turn in ?Je'neu of the Earthen Ring[27] (
Deftkin Belt) and ?Trouble in the Deeps[22]; Karang Amakkar - accept !Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24]; Mitsuwa - accept !Troll Charm[24].
Thistlefur Village : 8 Avengers and 8 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]).
Clear the way to the village exit before the escort - you'll be attacked on the way.
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: keep Evasion and potions at hand.
Fly to Zoram'gar, Karang Amakkar: turn in ?King of the Foulweald[26] - leather armor with +7 Agility.
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]; 
Strange Water Globe from Baron Aquanis starts !Baron Aquanis[30].
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] - Outlaw Sabre, the best sword at these levels.
Fly to Orgrimmar (via Splintertree). Level 28, Shenthul: Rupture, Sap and 
Instant Poison II if your Poisons skill is already 120. Then fly to Camp Taurajo.
Razormane camps, Bael Modan, a dungeon
Camp Taurajo:
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.
The Dustwallow Marsh border : 2 Encroaching Soldiers and an elite pillager - Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23].
Gann Stonespire : accept !Gann's Reclamation[23]. Bael Modan : 15 Excavators, 5 Foremen and the journal - Gann's Reclamation[23].
Bael'dun Officers parry and speed up their attacks.
Gann Stonespire: turn in ?Gann's Reclamation[23], accept !Revenge of Gann[26] - 6 each of Nitroglycerin, Wood Pulp and Sodium Nitrate (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 with +7 Agility.
Camp Taurajo:
Freewind Post
This is where you hit level 30. The rest of Thousand Needles is already part of 30+.
Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Take the Great Lift 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 Alien Egg - 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.
Freewind: Cliffwatcher Longhorn - turn in ?Pacify the Centaur[25]; Hagar Lightninghoof - turn in ?Alien Egg[26].
Level 30 - Orgrimmar, trainer Shenthul : 
Kidney Shot, Sinister Strike and 
Deadly Poison. The Combat tree unlocks Blade Flurry.
What's next (30+): the rest of Thousand Needles, the Shimmering Flats, Hillsbrad and Arathi, “Excavation Site: Wetlands” and the Scarlet Monastery. That will be the next part of the guide.
Quests offered far from the entrance - so you don't have to come back
Tauren get two more quests in Thunder Bluff, and a third one starts inside - ask a tauren friend to share them.
Unending Torment[21] and Crest of Lordaeron[22] start inside. The entrance is in the ruins of the capital, immediately to the left as you enter Lordaeron. For a rogue: the dagger from the Baron, the sword and chest from Victor, the bracers from Witherfang.
Seal of SylvanasBy our estimate, the three quests give about 20 thousand experience in Forever - more than half a level.
Damp Note and Strange Water Globe, which drops from Baron Aquanis. The reward is Outlaw SabreThere's also Blackfathom Villainy[27] inside - it's turned in at Thunder Bluff, which is already 30+.
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 not to die - up to level 30
Backstab is a third weaker, Sap no longer breaks stealth, and Distract also reduces stealth detection. Judging by the beta, poisons still come through a quest chain (whether the trainer teaches them without it is unverified), all poisons have more charges, and you can apply them together with sharpening stones. Energy regenerates smoothly. Rogues can learn One-Handed Axes - in Orgrimmar they're taught by Hanashi and Sayoc . Blade Flurry and Mutilate are 21-point talents: they open exactly at 30.Swords or daggers? Until level 10 - a dagger: Backstab from stealth, and in combat Gouge first, then get behind the target. From level 10 learn swords (Archibald in Undercity) and Dual Wield, and make Sinister Strike your main strike. Keep a dagger in your bags: you need Ambush in Fizzle's tower at 22.
| Lvl | Skill | Cost | Take it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stealth | 10 | Yes |
| 4 | Backstab | 1 | Yes - for the dagger until level 10 |
| 4 | Pick Pocket | 1 | Yes - money and lockboxes, and at 22 you can't steal the tower key without it |
| 6 | Sinister Strike (rank 2) | 1 | Yes |
| 6 | Gouge | 1 | Yes - a window to bandage |
| 8 | Evasion | 2 | Yes |
| 8 | Eviscerate (rank 2) | 2 | Yes |
| 10 | Dual Wield | 3 | A must |
| 10 | Slice and Dice | 3 | Yes |
| 10 | Sprint | 3 | Yes - no mount until 40 |
| 10 | Sap | 3 | Yes - against groups of humanoids |
| 12 | Kick | 8 | Yes - against casters |
| 12 | Parry | 8 | Yes |
| 14 | Sinister Strike (rank 3) | 12 | Yes |
| 14 | Garrote | 12 | A stealth opener with swords |
| 16 | Eviscerate (rank 3) | 18 | Yes |
| 16 | Pick Lock | 18 | Yes |
| 18 | Ambush | 29 | Needed in Fizzle's tower |
| 20 | Rupture | 30 | Needed in Fizzle's tower |
| 20 | Stealth (rank 2) | 30 | Optional |
| 22 | Vanish | 40 | Yes - needs Flash Powder |
| 22 | Sinister Strike (rank 4) | 40 | Yes |
| 22 | Garrote (rank 2) | 40 | If you open with Garrote |
| 22 | Distract | 40 | Optional |
| 24 | Eviscerate (rank 4) | 50 | Yes |
| 24 | Detect Traps | 50 | Yes - you can't do The Manor, Ravenholdt[24] without it |
| 24 |  Mind-numbing Poison | 50 | Against casters - after the poison chain and with Poisons skill 100 (≈26–27) |
| 26 | Cheap Shot | 60 | Yes - a 4-second stun |
| 26 | Kick (rank 2) | 60 | Yes |
| 28 | Rupture (rank 2) | 80 | Yes |
| 28 | Sap (rank 2) | 80 | Yes |
| 28 | Instant Poison II | 80 | Poisons skill 120 |
| 30 | Kidney Shot | 1 | Yes |
| 30 | Sinister Strike (rank 5) | 1 | Yes |
| 30 | Deadly Poison | 1 | Poisons skill 130 |
Up to level 20 all ranks cost about 3 gold (the bare minimum for swords is about 1g 70s). From 20 to 30 it's about 13 gold more, about 10 at the minimum. And save up: at 40 riding training costs 100 gold (the first mount itself is free).
Instant Poison - right away with the skill; 
Crippling Poison - from the trainer.Mind-numbing Poison. Level 28 and skill 120: Instant Poison II. Level 30 and skill 130: Deadly Poison.Stiletto - Oliver Dwor in Brill. 10: Cutlass - Charles Seaton in Undercity; learn the sword skill first - Archibald.Blade of Cunning - the class chain. 14: Scimitar - Undercity or Ratchet.Kris of Orgrimmar - Hidden Enemies[16]. 20: Harpy Skinner or Elegant Shortsword - Serena Bloodfeather[20].Kris - a dagger for Ambush. 21: Chol'aruk's Trophy Sword - Chol'aruk the Ravener[21], or Longsword from a vendor.Wingblade - Leaders of the Fang[22] (Wailing Caverns).Plaguefang and Edward's Knife - the Ruins of Lordaeron quests. 25: 
Weathered Deathstalker's Blade - Valuable Vantages[25].Slatemetal Cutlass - Torek's Assault[24]. 29: Outlaw Sabre - Baron Aquanis[30] (Blackfathom Deeps), the best sword before 30.Blade of Cunning.Thistle Tea.Elegant Letter from the trainer or by mail → The Manor, Ravenholdt[24] - Ravenholdt Manor; the new Syndicate Sabotage is there too.Blade Flurry at 30. Also Assassination with Mutilate at 30, Combat with daggers and Subtlety.Gouge → bandage → back into the fight. Damage interrupts the bandage, so take the mob out first.Evasion and hit one. Three - Sprint and run, from 22 - Vanish.Sap on one of two humanoids - in Forever you don't drop out of stealth after it.Cheap Shot from stealth, from 30 - Kidney Shot: two stuns in a row.What to take, where to learn it and what to collect - up to level 30
Thistle Tea: Recipe: Thistle Tea is the reward for Mission: Possible But Not Probable[24].Linen Cloth, Ruined Leather Scraps, 
Light Leather, 
Light Hide, 
Copper Ore, 
Rough Stone, 
Stringy Wolf Meat.Wool Cloth from humanoids, 
Medium Leather from skinning, 
Tin Ore in the hills of Hillsbrad and Ashenvale.Only what matters for this route
Sap on a PvP-flagged player flags you too - on “Normal” realms as well.Money, the hearthstone, dangerous mobs
| Lvl | What you need | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| 4–6 | Backstab, Sinister Strike 2, Gouge, Stiletto | ≈ 7 silver |
| 10–11 | Dual Wield, Slice and Dice, Sprint, Sap, sword skill, cutlass | ≈ 50 silver - the first money crunch |
| 14 | Sinister Strike 3, Garrote, scimitar | ≈ 60 silver |
| 16–20 | Eviscerate 3, Pick Lock, Ambush, Rupture, dagger | ≈ 1.5 gold |
| 22 | Vanish, Sinister Strike 4, Garrote 2, Flash Powder, throwing axe | ≈ 2 gold |
| 24–26 | Eviscerate 4, Cheap Shot, Kick 2, poison reagents | ≈ 2.5 gold |
| 28–30 | Rupture 2, Sap 2, poisons II, Kidney Shot, Sinister Strike 5 | ≈ 6 gold |
| 40 | Riding | 100 gold - start saving early |
Vanish learned, a dagger and Flash Powder in your bags.
