RaceUndeadA step-by-step 1–30 route for an Undead warlock in WoW Forever: where to go at every level and what to grab right away so you never run back. You get the Imp in Deathknell, the Voidwalker in Undercity at 10 and the Succubus at 20–22 via Orgrimmar and the Barrens. Plus where to learn your spells, which DoTs to use, how to get by with almost no water (
Life Tap gives you mana), where to get a wand, which professions to pick and what a warlock brings to a group.
What to install from CurseForge for Forever: the useful and the fun
Minor Healthstone into the trade window. Settings - /shards. Forever file 1.60.1 from October 12, no dependencies.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 “Affliction: DoTs and Wand” - every beta guide recommends it (Warcraft Tavern, Method, Mobalytics). Demonology is sturdier - on the beta forums people call it the most reliable tree - but it only gets going around 25; Destruction is for dungeons. A warlock trainer in a capital resets your talents, for example Kaal Soulreaper in Undercity. Hover a talent for its Wowhead tooltip; the button at the bottom opens the build in the Wowhead calculator with the same order.
Improved Corruption 5/5 - Corruption becomes instant and 10% stronger: you cast it on the move and hits can't interrupt it. 
Suppression 4/5 - +4% hit and -16% threat: the Voidwalker doesn't lose the mob. Improved Life Tap - Life Tap gives 20% more mana. Then 
Improved Bane of Agony, 
Grim Reach 2/2 (longer range for Affliction spells) and 
Nightfall: while Corruption ticks or you channel a drain, your next 
Shadow Bolt is sometimes instant.
Siphon Life - one more DoT, and it heals you.Suppression first if your demon keeps losing threat - that order works too.Grim Reach with two ranks. At 27 put the rest into Suppression, at 28–29 take 
Improved Drains; the order below is updated.
Improved Corruption 5/5
Suppression 4/5
Improved Life Tap 2/2
Improved Bane of Agony 2/2
Grim Reach 2/2
Nightfall 2/2Suppression 5/5
Improved Drains 2/3
Siphon Life 1/1
Drain Life heals you while your demon holds a second mob. The core comes from Warcraft Tavern (“drain-tank the mob”) and Mobalytics.Improved Corruption 5/5, then Improved Drains 3/3: Drain Life and Drain Soul are 20% stronger. 
Fel Concentration 3/3 - a 70% chance that a hit won't interrupt your channel: you drain health while the mob hits you. Nightfall also procs from drains, and Siphon Life at 30 is healing with no cast time.
Cannibalize at a humanoid or undead corpse tops up your health too.Improved Corruption 5/5Improved Drains 3/3Improved Life Tap 2/2
Fel Concentration 3/3Suppression 2/5Nightfall 2/2Grim Reach 2/2Suppression 3/5Siphon Life 1/1
Soul Link at 30. Slower start: Method says the tree “comes online late”.
Unholy Power 5/5 - +10% demon damage. 
Improved Voidwalker 3/3 makes Torment, 
Consume Shadows and 
Sacrifice 30% stronger. 
Demonic Energies - your demon heals for 15% of your damage and gets mana when you press Life Tap. 
Fel Vitality - +15% health for your demon and +15% mana for you. At 25 - 
Demonic Brand: 
Searing Pain brands the target, and your demon's next six hits deal extra damage.Soul Link - your demon takes 30% of the damage dealt to you. You take 
Demonic Sacrifice at 20 only to unlock it: don't sacrifice your demon when you're solo.Searing Pain only from 25, once you have Demonic Brand: before that it pulls threat off your demon.
Unholy Power 5/5
Improved Voidwalker 3/3
Demonic Energies 2/2
Demonic Sacrifice 1/1
Fel Vitality 3/3
Demonic Aegis 1/2
Demonic Brand 3/3Demonic Aegis 2/2
Master Summoner 1/2
Soul Link 1/1
Bane 5/5 - Shadow Bolt and 
Immolate cast 0.5 seconds faster. 
Cataclysm - Destruction spells cost 10% less. 
Molten Skin 2/5 - -4% damage taken. 
Shadowburn at 20 - an instant finisher that gives a shard back. 
Ruin boosts your crits; at 25 - 
Conflagrate: it detonates your Immolate; then Agonizing Flames (+10% damage).
Bane of Havoc - 15% of the damage you deal to other targets is copied to the target with this bane: for packs in dungeons.
Bane 5/5
Cataclysm 3/3
Molten Skin 2/5
Shadowburn 1/1
Ruin 4/5
Conflagrate 1/1
Agonizing Flames 3/3Ruin 5/5
Bane of Havoc 1/1The undead starting village · the Imp from a class quest
Every quest is within five minutes' walk. Step out of the crypt, take everything in sight and do it all in loops - about 40 minutes. The key thing for a warlock here is the Imp: you don't get it from the trainer but from the class quest Piercing the Veil[3], already at level 1–3. Until you have the Imp, combat is simple: Shadow Bolt from range, a second one while the mob runs at you, then finish it with your weapon. Sell your gray items - the first thing you learn is Immolate for 10.
Corruption and 
Curse of Weakness. At 6 - Life Tap; after that this trainer has nothing new for you: the next one is Rupert Boch in Brill.
Linen Cloth from the Scarlet Crusade: if you take Tailoring (the tip is in the “Professions” section), it's the material for your first gear; if not, it goes into bandages.Cannibalize at a corpse restores up to 35% health and mana over 10 seconds, once every 2 minutes. Less sitting means faster leveling.
Demon Skin buff up at all times. On the plus side, the Imp shoots on its own (
Firebolt): send it at the mob first, then cast your own spells.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].
Until you have the Imp: Shadow Bolt from range, then your weapon. Sell your gray items at the first vendor - Immolate costs 10.
Shadow Priest Sarvis: turn in ?The Mindless Ones[2], accept !Tainted Scroll[1] and !Rattling the Rattlecages[3]. Venya Marthand , also in the church: accept the class quest !Piercing the Veil[3] - it gets you the Imp. 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]; they also drop the 3 skulls - Piercing the Veil[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. Not every skeleton drops a skull: if you've killed 12 and have fewer than three skulls, keep going.
Shadow Priest Sarvis: turn in ?Rattling the Rattlecages[3]. Venya Marthand: turn in ?Piercing the Veil[3] - now you have 
Summon Imp. Novice Elreth: turn in ?The Damned[2], accept !Marla's Last Wish[5].
Summon the Imp and keep it out. The demon trainer Kayla Smithe stands nearby: according to the game files she has 
Grimoire of Blood Pact (Rank 1) ≈ 1 (from 4) - the Imp learns 
Blood Pact, and you get Stamina. Whether grimoires are actually sold on the beta hasn't been checked - take a look.
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 Maximillion in the church: turn in ?Tainted Scroll[1]. Level 1: Immolate (10); level 4: Corruption and Curse of Weakness, 1 each.
Immolate - instant damage plus a 15-second burn: open on the mob with it, then Shadow Bolt. Corruption goes on every mob, not just the long fights. Curse of Weakness weakens attacks: use it on mobs that hit hard in melee. Joshua Kien sells food: 
Tough Hunk of Bread, according to the game files.
Professions: the best pair for a warlock is Enchanting and Tailoring - Tailoring is taught in Brill (step), Enchanting in Undercity (step). The junior trainers here only teach gathering: Margaret Weaver - Skinning, Walter Mason - Mining, Florence Nightshade - Herbalism, 10 each.
Only take a gathering profession if an enchanter friend will make your wands (the “Professions” section explains why).
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 spiders in the cave stand close together: the Imp shoots one, you put DoTs on it. Don't pull two at once.
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], 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
Converts fight in melee, Initiates cast spells - start with the Converts: the Imp shoots, you apply DoTs. 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]. The book: taking a gathering profession? Herbalism. If not - any of them, you won't use it. Executor Arren: turn in ?The Scarlet Crusade[4], 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].
You don't get Fear until level 8: pull the guards from the edge, one at a time, and start each fight at full mana.
Executor Arren: turn in ?The Red Messenger[5], accept !Vital Intelligence[5] and the new !The Adventurer[6].
Before you leave: if you hit level 6 here - Maximillion: Life Tap and Shadow Bolt (rank 2), 1 each. Not 6 yet? You'll learn them in Brill (step).
Life Tap turns health into mana - in Forever, (30 + Spirit) per press. Below half mana but above half health? Press it, and top up your health with food and with Cannibalize at corpses: you'll hardly ever need to drink.
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 · the warlock trainer and the demon trainer · almost ten new Forever quests
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. The warlock trainer Rupert Boch and the demon trainer Gina Lang are in the inn.
Forest Mushroom Cap ≈ 4, from level 5 
Red-speckled Mushroom ≈ 24; water - 
Refreshing Spring Water, from level 5 
Ice Cold Milk. From level 6 you rarely drink: Life Tap gives you mana.
Small Brown Pouch ≈ 5 - 6 slots, if you don't want to wait for the free bag (the quest Sticks and Bones[7]); Brown Leather Satchel ≈ 25 - 8 slots, once you have the money. Soul Shards don't stack - your bags will fill up fast.
Coarse Thread (needed for The Chill of Death[8]) and 
Recipe: Crispy Bat Wing; a knife and a pick if you take a gathering profession.Grimoire of Firebolt (Rank 2) ≈ 1 (from 8), so the Imp hits harder. From 10 you only need the Imp in a group - don't buy any more Imp grimoires.
Meaty Bat Wing) → Crispy Bat Wings: food that in Forever also gives +5% experience from kills.Life Tap turns health into mana, and food brings the health back. In Forever, cooked food with “Well Fed” also gives +5% experience from kills for 15 minutes - eat it for 10 seconds.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 (Patience[6]).
Innkeeper Renee : turn in ?A Rogue's Deal[5] and set your hearthstone in Brill. Trainer Rupert Boch in the inn: at level 6 - Life Tap and Shadow Bolt (rank 2), 1 each, if you didn't learn them in Deathknell.
William Pickman : turn in ?Camping 101: Cooking[6] - you learn Cooking and 
Basic Campfire. Bowen Brisboise : Tailoring, if you're taking it. Nurse Neela : First Aid.
Bandages heal without mana, and Life Tap later turns that health into mana - First Aid is more useful to a warlock than it looks.
Food - Innkeeper Renee: according to the game files Forest Mushroom Cap, from level 5 Red-speckled Mushroom; buy 10–20. Brill's vendors don't sell wands: look for 
Lesser Magic Wand (level 5) in Undercity at 10 (step) or ask an enchanter friend.
Until you have a wand, finish off nearly dead mobs with your weapon, not a spell: less mana spent, less eating afterwards.
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 · Darkhound Hide - Decrepit Darkhound, Cursed Darkhound · Vile Fin Murloc Skin - Vile Fin Minor Oracle, Vile Fin Muckdweller
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, Rupert Boch : Bane of Agony and 
Fear, 2 each.
Bane of Agony is new in Forever: a “bane” instead of a curse, 72 damage over 24 seconds for 25 mana - your most mana-efficient spell. It stacks with a curse: Bane of Agony and Curse of Weakness on the same target. Fear goes on the second mob while you finish the first, but only if the area is clear: a feared mob runs wherever it likes and brings its neighbors.
North of Brill:
Drops from: Embalming Ichor - Rot Hide Gnoll, Rot Hide Mongrel, Rot Hide Graverobber · Darkhound Hide - Decrepit Darkhound, Cursed Darkhound · Vile Fin Murloc Skin - Vile Fin Minor Oracle, Vile Fin Muckdweller
Maggot Eye in the hut - WANTED: Maggot Eye[10]. He's level 11: don't go before 8–9.
Clear the gnolls around the hut first, one at a time. Take him on at full mana: Imp in first, then Bane of Agony, Corruption, Immolate. Once he reaches you - Fear, and reapply DoTs while he runs around.
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 · Darkhound Hide - Decrepit Darkhound, Cursed Darkhound · Vile Fin Murloc Skin - Vile Fin Minor Oracle, Vile Fin Muckdweller
Murlocs call their friends - pull them one at a time from max range. A second one came running? Fear, but only if nothing is behind it.
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, 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, Rupert Boch : Drain Soul, Create Healthstone, Demon Skin (rank 2) and Immolate (rank 2), 3 each. Right there in the inn, Ageron Kargal : accept the class quest !Halgar's Summons[10] - it sends you to Undercity for the Voidwalker.
Summoning the Voidwalker costs a 
Soul Shard, and you get shards from Drain Soul: if a mob dies while you channel it, a shard goes into your bag. Collect 2–3 on the way to Undercity and make a Minor Healthstone - it costs a shard too. Talents open at level 10 (at 9 with the “Talented” Legacy perk): what to take - see the “Leveling talents” section.
The Voidwalker chain, a wand and your hearthstone
Undercity is a stone's throw from Brill. The main thing here for a warlock is the Voidwalker: Carendin Halgar in the Magic Quarter gives and takes the quests, the grimoire is in a chest by the Scarlet tower, right next to the sewer pipe, and you summon the demon in the summoning circle near him. The chain is for the Undead only: orcs have their own. Undercity also has Enchanting and the auction house, if you still don't have a wand.
Soul Shard: without it you can't summon the new demon (step).Lesser Magic Wand (level 5) - the best wand until level 13 if you don't have an enchanter of your own.
Lesser Magic Essence, 
Strange Dust and 
Simple Wood. According to the game files, enchanting suppliers sell them in limited stock - check on the spot.
Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots, if you have gold to spare.
Shoot) costs no mana. A fight with the demon goes like this: send it in, let it land 1–2 hits, then Bane of Agony and Corruption - and use your wand while the DoTs do their work.Enter Undercity through the sewer pipe - it's closer than the main entrance. Leave the Scarlet tower nearby alone for now: you'll be back in a couple of minutes with the grimoire quest.
Magic Quarter, Carendin Halgar : turn in ?Halgar's Summons[10], accept !Creature of the Void[10].
Wand: Lesser Magic Wand (11 DPS, level 5) - at the auction house or from an enchanter friend. If you take Enchanting, you can make it yourself at skill 10 (step).
Vendor wands (according to the game files) start at level 15: Zane Bradford , at 14–15.
Professions in town:
Back out through the pipe. Perrine's Chest by the Scarlet tower : 
Egalin's Grimoire - Creature of the Void[10]. The tower itself : Captain Perrine, 3 Zealots and 3 Missionaries - At War With The Scarlet Crusade[9]; the rings - Proof of Demise[7].
Drops from: Scarlet Insignia Ring - Scarlet Warrior, Scarlet Missionary, Scarlet Zealot and others
Zealots and Missionaries are humanoid casters standing close together: Imp and DoTs on one, Fear on the second, but only if nothing is behind it. Finish the last mob with a Drain Soul channel - you need a Soul Shard for the demon.
Back into Undercity through the pipe. Carendin Halgar: turn in ?Creature of the Void[10], accept !The Binding[10].
The summoning circle nearby : use 
Runes of Summoning and a level 10 Voidwalker appears. Defeat it - The Binding[10].
It can take a lot of punishment but hits weakly: the Imp shoots, you apply DoTs - Bane of Agony, Corruption, Immolate - and finish it with your wand. Start at full mana and health, with a Minor Healthstone in your bag.
Carendin Halgar: turn in ?The Binding[10] - Summon Voidwalker.
The summon costs a Soul Shard. The Voidwalker keeps mobs on itself: send it in, let it land 1–2 hits (it uses Torment on its own) and only then apply DoTs - otherwise the mob comes for you. Don't open with Immolate. No more Imp when you're solo: you need it in a group, where Blood Pact gives everyone Stamina.
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, the trainers and the zeppelin. Then on to Brill.
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.
Patchwing Pants (+2 Intellect).Drain Soul channel - that's how you stock up on shards. Every Voidwalker summon costs a shard, and so does a Minor Healthstone. Keep 3–4; you don't need more yet.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 - let the Voidwalker hold them while you stay at range.
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 - 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:
Patchwing Pants.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] - take the wand Riptear's Spare Arm if you don't have one yet.
The Voidwalker holds the spider, you and your friend attack from range. Solo at 11–12 you have almost no chance.
Turn-ins in Brill:
The inn's cellar : Captured Mountaineer - turn in ?A New Plague[11].
Level 12, Rupert Boch : Shadow Bolt, Curse of Weakness and 
Health Funnel, 6 each.
Health Funnel transfers your health to the demon - expensive and slow. If you have a Soul Shard, it's easier to summon a new demon.
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.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.
Elites: the Voidwalker holds, you apply all your DoTs and use your wand, with a Minor Healthstone ready. Safer with two.
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.
Red-speckled Mushroom ≈ 24, from level 15 
Spongy Morel ≈ 1.Lesser Magic Essence and Strange Dust (according to the game files) - if you make wands yourself.Recipe: Smoked Bear Meat (according to the game files) - food from the local bears.
Bear Meat from bears is for Cooking (the recipe is Recipe: Smoked Bear Meat). Don't sell the Discolored Worg Hearts - you need them for Wild Hearts[11].Bane of Agony on it: the bane does most of its damage toward the end. For a mob like that - Corruption and your wand.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 and mana: the wolves attack in packs. Your demon holds one, DoTs go on the rest; if it gets really bad - Fear on one of them.
Escort Erland to the Ivar Patch - Escorting Erland[11].
Rane Yorick : turn in ?Escorting Erland[11], 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, Wild Eyes[11].
Drops from: Murloc Eye - Gobbler, Bluegill Raider, Murloc Tidehunter and others
Both slaves came out? Your demon holds one, Fear on the other.
The Dead Field : kill gnolls until the banshee Nightlash appears - The Dead Fields[14]. Bears and spiders - hearts and blood, 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
The elite Son of Arugal (level 24) patrols here, and the rare spider Krethis Shadowspinner (level 15) hits very hard with Shadow - avoid them both.
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].
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. The worgen are humanoids: use Cannibalize after a fight.
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. Kill the mages first and let your demon hold the protector. Don't use Fear here: feared mobs run off to their neighbors.
The Sepulcher:
Hearthstone to Undercity.
Turn-ins, level 14 spells, a vendor wand, the zeppelin
Turn in everything you've collected, learn your level 14 spells in the Magic Quarter and, if you have a group, pick up the Ragefire Chasm quest. Then take the zeppelin to Orgrimmar.
Ghastly Trousers (+3 Intellect).
Smoldering Wand ≈ 33 (from 15) and Gloom Wand ≈ 39 (from 16) - stronger than Lesser Magic Wand. Buy one only if 
Greater Magic Wand isn't coming your way in the next few levels.Spongy Morel ≈ 1 (from 15).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]: you can't use the mace or the gun, so take the dagger 
Tim's Lost Rib.
Level 14, Magic Quarter - Kaal Soulreaper : Drain Life, Corruption (rank 2) and 
Curse of Recklessness, 9 each.
Drain Life heals you while your demon holds the mob: while leveling it's like a second food. Curse of Recklessness keeps humanoids from running for help, but a target with it can't be feared: Fear won't work on it. Better First Aid - Mary Edras : Heavy Linen Bandages (skill 40) and Journeyman (50).
Royal Quarter, Varimathras : accept !The Power to Destroy...[16] (Ragefire Chasm) - only if you have a group.
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].
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.
The Cleft of Shadow: the level 16 trainer, a grimoire, a wand and your first dungeon
Orgrimmar is on your way to the Barrens. The Cleft of Shadow is the warlock district: trainers, the demon trainer and the entrance to Ragefire Chasm. Have a group of three to five? Now is the time for the Chasm (13–18): you already have its quest from Undercity, and the chain rewards the best staff before level 20.
Smoldering Wand ≈ 33 (from 15) and Gloom Wand ≈ 39 (from 16). No wand yet? Buy Gloom Wand. Have Greater Magic Wand? It's stronger, so save your money.Grimoire of Sacrifice (Rank 1) ≈ 12 (from 16), Sacrifice for the Voidwalker: it dies, you get a 30-second shield, and damage doesn't interrupt your spells. Your panic button when a fight goes wrong.Lesser Magic Essence and Strange Dust (according to the game files) - if you make wands yourself.Doras : get the flight path.
Hanashi : Staves (about 10) - if you're going to Ragefire Chasm: the quest Hidden Enemies[16] rewards 
Staff of Orgrimmar (+18 spell power). Without a group, the staff can wait until 21–22.
Check your skills window for the weapons you already know: according to Warcraft Tavern, a warlock starts with Daggers and Wands.
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
The Burning Blade casters stand in pairs: your demon holds one, DoTs go on the other.
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, the entrance is in the Cleft of Shadow : books - The Power to Destroy...[16]; Taragaman the Hungerer drops the heart - Slaying the Beast[16]; Bazzalan and Jergosh the Invoker - Hidden Enemies[16].
Drops from: Spells of Shadow - Searing Blade Cultist, Searing Blade Warlock · Incantations from the Nether - Searing Blade Cultist, Searing Blade Warlock
For a warlock: in a group, bring the Imp instead of the Voidwalker - Blood Pact gives everyone Stamina. Before you go in - a Minor Healthstone for you and the healer. Give the tank 2–3 hits, then DoTs. Fear only to save the healer: a feared mob brings the next pack.
After the Chasm:
Staff of Orgrimmar.The Power to Destroy...[16] is turned in in Undercity (Varimathras) - at 22–23, in the second part of the route (step).
No group? Skip the Ragefire Chasm steps, and if you did take The Power to Destroy...[16], abandon it - otherwise it'll sit in your log until 22.
Level 16 - Cleft of Shadow, Zevrost : Life Tap (rank 2), 12. Not 16 yet? You'll learn it at 20 when you come back here (step).
The Undead hardly need 
Unending Breath (also level 16, 12): you have Underwater Breathing - you can breathe underwater much longer than other races. Grimoire of Sacrifice (Rank 1) - see “Shopping and useful stuff” above.
Razor Hill in Durotar: Takrin Pathseeker - accept !Conscript of the Horde[12]. The warlock trainer Dhugru Gorelust is here too - if you've only just hit 16. Then west into the Barrens.
Ophek in Razor Hill may offer Gan'rul's Summons[10] - skip it: the rest of that chain is for orcs only, and you already have your Voidwalker.
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.
Crescent Staff (+26 spell power), the best staff until the Ruins of Lordaeron. Without a group you'll get a staff at 21–22 from the quest Cry of the Thunderhawk[20]: Wind Rider Staff.
Tel'Abim Banana ≈ 24, from 15 - 
Snapvine Watermelon ≈ 1; your hearthstone.Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots: shards don't stack, so space runs out fast.Bane of Agony and Corruption - let the DoTs work while you finish off the first.Fear: the DoTs keep a rogue from slipping back into stealth. 
Will of the Forsaken removes fear, sleep and charm from you, but in Forever it no longer gives 5 seconds of protection afterwards.Far Watch Post, Kargal Battlescar : turn in ?Conscript of the Horde[12], accept !Crossroads Conscription[12].
The Crossroads:
Brewer's Gloves), accept !Wharfmaster Dizzywig[11] and !Fungal Spores[15]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].
The pirates stand close together: pull from the edge onto your demon. Two came at you? Fear one of them, but only if nothing is behind it. Kill the Baron last, at full mana.
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] - take Wayfaring Gloves.
Wayfaring Gloves - cloth, +3 Spirit: in Forever, Spirit decides how much mana Life Tap gives you.
Fly to the Crossroads: Thork - turn in ?Disrupt the Attacks[12] and ?Supplies for the Crossroads[14], accept !The Disruption Ends[15]; Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?Plainstrider Menace[12], accept !The Zhevra[13].
Back east to the Razormane: Geomancers and Defenders and the leader Kreenig Snarlsnout - The Disruption Ends[15]. Zhevras on the way - hooves (The Zhevra[13]).
Drops from: Zhevra Hooves - Zhevra Runner, Zhevra Charger, Zhevra Courser
Geomancers throw fire from range - start with them. Kill the leader last, with your demon on him.
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, then your demon on him, Curse of Weakness and all your DoTs. Don't use Fear: there are centaurs nearby.
Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Kolkar Leaders[16] and ?Centaur Bracers[14], accept !Verog the Dervish[18].
The Crossroads:
Harpies, the Samophlange, south to Camp Taurajo
The northern Barrens, Ratchet and south to Camp Taurajo. There's no warlock trainer in the Barrens or Ratchet: you'll learn your level 18 spells together with the level 20 ones in Orgrimmar (step).
Flaring Baton (+2 Intellect) - take it if you haven't got Greater Magic Wand yet.Curse of Recklessness keeps them from fleeing and also lowers their armor, so your demon hits harder. Curse of Recklessness and Bane of Agony can both be on a target at the same time (new in Forever).Northwest, the Dry Hills : Witchwing harpies - 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 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].
Fly to Ratchet: Sputtervalve - turn in ?Samophlange[16] and ?The Escape[18] (take the wand Flaring Baton if you have nothing better); Mebok Mizzyrix - accept !Raptor Horns[18].
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:
Hezrul Bloodmark walks with two guards: start with the guards and kill him last. Your demon holds one, Fear on the second; use your Minor Healthstone in time. Centaurs are humanoids: Cannibalize between fights.
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, Mebok Mizzyrix: turn in ?Raptor Horns[18].
The Stonetalon border, harpies, level 20 in Orgrimmar and the start of the Succubus chain
The last stretch: Grimtotem tauren on the Stonetalon border and harpies in the north. At level 20, head to Orgrimmar: the trainer, grimoires for the Voidwalker and the start of the Succubus chain.
Demon Armor and 
Curse of the Elements. Together with the level 18 spells that's about 185, plus grimoires for the Voidwalker - save up in advance.
Create Soulstone, level 18) and use it on yourself: if you die to a gank, you get back up on the spot.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. During the escort, put your demon on Defensive: let it meet the attackers while you DoT everyone who runs at her.
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].
Pull the leader at full mana: your demon holds him, you use Curse of Weakness and all your DoTs.
Makaba Flathoof: turn in ?Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18]. Seereth Stonebreak: turn in ?Goblin Invaders[19].
Northwestern Barrens: Witchwing Slayers - rings (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].
She's level 20, casts spells and calls harpies for help: clear the ones standing nearby first. Your demon holds her, you apply DoTs; if a harpy comes running, Fear it.
The Crossroads, Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Serena Bloodfeather[20].
Level 20 - fly to Orgrimmar. Cleft of Shadow, Zevrost : level 18 - Bane of Agony (rank 2), Create Soulstone and Searing Pain, 15 each; level 20 - Demon Armor, Curse of the Elements, Immolate (rank 3), Shadow Bolt (rank 4), 
Rain of Fire, Ritual of Summoning and Health Funnel (rank 2), 20 each; if you skipped it at 16 - also Life Tap (rank 2).
Short on money? Rain of Fire, Health Funnel and Ritual of Summoning can wait: solo you hardly need Rain of Fire, summoning a new demon is faster than healing it with Health Funnel, and Ritual of Summoning only matters when you're putting a group together. Curse of the Elements (new in Forever: at 20 instead of 32) - the target takes +4% magic damage; it takes up your curse slot: Bane of Agony stays on alongside it, but it replaces Curse of Weakness. The demon trainer Kurgul , according to the game files: Grimoire of Consume Shadows (Rank 1) ≈ 15 (18) and Grimoire of Torment (Rank 2) ≈ 20 (20) - both for the Voidwalker. Wand below 17 DPS? Katis : 
Dusk Wand ≈ 58 (according to the game files).
Right there, Gan'rul Bloodeye : accept !Devourer of Souls - the start of the Succubus chain. Cazul nearby: turn in ?Devourer of Souls, accept !Blind Cazul. The Valley of Spirits in the west of the city, Zankaja : turn in ?Blind Cazul, accept !News of Dogran[20].
News of Dogran[20] is turned in at the Crossroads (step), then the chain goes through Malaka'jin and Camp Taurajo - all along the 20–22 route, so no special trips. The Succubus herself comes at 22 (step). Cazul also offers Love Hurts[20] - the start of the Incubus chain: its target is in Ashenvale at 28, so don't take it now - you'll pick it up at 22 (step).
Don't rush to the Eastern Kingdoms: there are plenty more quests in the Barrens and Stonetalon until level 22, plus the whole Succubus chain. Continued in the second part of the route, 20–30.
Dungeon 17–24 · collect the quests and go with a group
If you play in a group, the Wailing Caverns finish six quests at once and give a warlock Crescent Staff (a staff, +26 spell power), the wand Sizzle Stick and 
Deviate Hide Pack. Collect the quests first (some are in Thunder Bluff), then go in with your group. No group? Don't take these quests. How to play in a group - see the “Dungeons” section.
The Crossroads, Apothecary Helbrim: accept !Apothecary Zamah[15] - a timed quest, run straight to Thunder Bluff through Mulgore.
Thunder Bluff:
There are no warlock trainers in Thunder Bluff - learn your level 18 and 20 spells in Orgrimmar.
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
Druids of the Fang cast sleep and heal themselves: kill them first - Curse of Weakness won't help here, you need damage. Fear only as a last resort: in the caves a feared mob brings its neighbors. Bring the Imp instead of the Voidwalker, and a Minor Healthstone for everyone.
After the caverns:
Deviate Hide Pack)Sizzle Stick)Crescent Staff.The Succubus chain at the Crossroads, Camp Taurajo, the Field of Giants and the elite Chol'aruk
Clear Kalimdor until level 22: there are still plenty of quests of your level here, and the Succubus chain takes you through these same places anyway - the Crossroads, Malaka'jin, Camp Taurajo and back to Orgrimmar. Keep your hearthstone at the Crossroads.
Blood Shard from Bristlebacks: Mangletooth gives you a Spirit buff for them (step).Demon Armor: more armor and faster health regeneration, and Life Tap later turns that health into mana. Don't forget to refresh it.Fly to the Crossroads:
News of Dogran[20] and Letter to Jin'Zil[20] both lead to Malaka'jin - you'll deliver them on the next loop (step).
Fly to Camp Taurajo: Jorn Skyseer - accept !Ishamuhale[19]; Mangletooth - accept !Tribes at War[21]. Going to both Shadowfang and Blackfathom Deeps with a group? Doan Karhan east of the camp: accept !The Orb of Soran'ruk[25].
The reward for The Orb of Soran'ruk[25] is 
Staff of Soran'ruk: +34 Shadow and Fire damage and +14 Stamina, stronger than anything else you get before 30. If you won't have a group for both dungeons, don't take it: the quest will sit in your log until 29.
Bristleback and Razormane north of Taurajo:
Drops from: Bristleback Quilboar Tusk - Bristleback Hunter, Bristleback Water Seeker, Bristleback Thornweaver and others
Bristlebacks walk in twos and threes: the Voidwalker holds one, the second gets Bane of Agony and Corruption; if a third one runs up - Fear, but only if nothing is behind it. Kill the Geomancers first: they cast from range. 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 the Swarmers first, before the little ones pile on.
Camp Taurajo: Mangletooth - turn in ?Tribes at War[21], accept !Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] and immediately turn in ?Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21], then do the same with !Rising Spirit[20] and ?Rising Spirit[20] - a Spirit buff; Jorn Skyseer - turn in ?Lakota'mani[22].
In Forever, Spirit means mana: it makes Life Tap stronger. Don't skip the quest Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21]: without it Betrayal from Within[25] won't unlock at 29.
Fly to the Crossroads: Mankrik - turn in ?Consumed by Hatred[20] and ?Her Name Is Olgra[20]; Korran - turn in ?Egg Hunt[22].
Rewards: Consumed by Hatred[20] gives 
Grassland Sash (cloth, +3 Stamina and +3 Intellect), Egg Hunt[22] gives 
Harlequin Robes (+6 Spirit).
Northeast of the Crossroads: Chol'aruk with elite guards - his head, Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]; Ishamuhale doesn't roam: while you have the quest, any zhevra drops a fresh carcass - use it at the withered tree and he comes running. The fang - Ishamuhale[19].
Drops from: Chol'aruk's Head - Chol'aruk
Chol'aruk is a level 20 elite, and so are his guards. Hard alone: bring a friend or come back for him at 22 (step). Ishamuhale hits hard: the Voidwalker holds him, you use DoTs and your wand, with a Minor Healthstone ready.
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]. The reward is the dagger 
Quilboar Toothpick (+16 spell power): if you don't have a staff from Ragefire Chasm or Wailing Caverns, take it, and put something with Intellect in your off hand.
According to Warcraft Tavern, a warlock knows Daggers from the start - check your skills window. Chol'aruk still too tough? Don't abandon the quest: you'll come back for him at 22 (step).
Malaka'jin and Ken'zigla, Windshear Crag, Sun Rock Retreat
Clear Stonetalon, turn in the next Succubus chain quest in Malaka'jin and get the flight path at Sun Rock Retreat - you'll need it at 27.
Mutton Chop ≈ 1, from 25 - 
Wild Hog Shank ≈ 2.Fear almost always brings the neighbors. Put DoTs on the second mob while your demon fights the first, and finish the last one with a Drain Soul channel - you'll soon need shards for the Succubus and a Minor Healthstone.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]; Ken'zigla - turn in ?News of Dogran[20], accept !Ken'zigla's Draught[20].
You'll take the potion (Ken'zigla's Draught[20]) to Camp Taurajo at the end of the loop (step).
Deepmoss spiders:
The hatchlings can call in a level 22 matriarch: the Voidwalker holds her, you use DoTs and your wand. Arachnophobia[21] rewards Clear Crystal Rod - it's a staff, not a wand: +14 spell power.
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, Super Reaper 6000[21]. Piznik : accept !Gerenzo's Orders[22], protect him for 5 minutes (Gerenzo's Orders[22]), turn in ?Gerenzo's Orders[22] and accept !Gerenzo's Orders[22].
Two rare elites roam here - a Venture Co. overseer and a foreman. Go around them. If the goblin dies, the quest fails: abandon Gerenzo's Orders[22] and take it again when he's back. Doesn't work the second time either? Abandon it and later turn in only Super Reaper 6000[21]. While you guard the goblin, put the Voidwalker on Defensive: let it meet the attackers while you DoT everyone who runs at the goblin.
Ziz Fizziks: turn in ?Super Reaper 6000[21] and ?Gerenzo's Orders[22], accept !Further Instructions[21].
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 - Cycle of Rebirth[23]. Then Tammra Windfield: turn in ?Cycle of Rebirth[23].
Hearthstone to the Crossroads. Want to stop by Ashenvale? First do 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. Leveling without a group? Be sure to go: you won't have any dungeon quests, and the experience will come in handy.
Talondeep Path : the way to Ashenvale.
Va'xug Firefure : accept !Never Coming Back[22] - 6 Shadowhorn Stags and 6 Ashenvale Bears around (Never Coming Back[22]). Turn in ?Never Coming Back[22], accept !A Void Path[22].
Lead the demonic eye (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
Naga sirens cast from range - start with them: send the Voidwalker at a siren and put your DoTs on the same one.
Fly from Zoram'gar to Ratchet - next up is Ratchet and Camp Taurajo.
Your last loop through Kalimdor: Ken'zigla's potion, Dogran's pendant, the chain to Tarren Mill
Turn-ins in Ratchet, then Camp Taurajo: here Grunt Logmar is the next step of the Succubus chain, and Grunt Dogran waits a bit to the north. Then on foot through Mulgore to Thunder Bluff: the quest The Elder Crone[18] leads from there all the way to Tarren Mill. There are no warlock trainers in Thunder Bluff - you'll learn your level 22 spells in Orgrimmar on the way to the zeppelin (step).
Wind Rider Staff (+12 spell power, +6 Spirit) - take it if you don't have a better staff.Huge Brown Sack ≈ 10 - 12 slots. Shards don't stack - space runs out fast.
Fear Ward: it eats your first Fear - so fear them a second time. In Forever Will of the Forsaken gives no immunity: press it once the fear has landed on you, not in advance.Fly to Ratchet: Mebok Mizzyrix - turn in ?Deepmoss Spider Eggs[20]; Sputtervalve - turn in ?Further Instructions[21].
Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] still in your log? You're at the Crossroads after your hearthstone: Chol'aruk is a couple of minutes northeast, and you turn in the head where you took the quest - Gur'ak . Then fly to Ratchet.
Fly to Camp Taurajo:
The reward for Cry of the Thunderhawk[20] is Wind Rider Staff. If you have Staff of Orgrimmar or Crescent Staff, they're stronger: take whatever sells for more.
North of the camp, a minute or two on foot - Grunt Dogran : turn in ?Dogran's Captivity[20], accept !Love's Gift[20].
You carry the pendant (Love's Gift[20]) to Orgrimmar (step). Head back to Camp Taurajo: the road to Mulgore starts west of the camp.
Thunder Bluff (on foot through Mulgore):
Journey to Tarren Mill[18] is turned in at Tarren Mill - the route gets there at 25 (step).
Binding the Succubus, the trainer, the optional Incubus, the zeppelin to Undercity
You're carrying Dogran's pendant: Gan'rul Bloodeye takes it and gives you the last quest of the chain, and you summon the Succubus in the summoning circle in the Cleft of Shadow. The level 22 trainer is here too. Optional - the Incubus chain: the same demon with a different look and about 3.7 thousand experience; its target is in Ashenvale, where you'll be at 28. Then the zeppelin to Undercity.
Soul Shard: save a few shards in your bag until you reach the circle.Grimoire of Soothing Kiss (Rank 1) ≈ 25 (22) - optional. The key Succubus grimoire - Grimoire of Seduction (
Seduction) - comes at 26 in Undercity (step).Huge Brown Sack ≈ 10 - 12 slots.Drain Life - Succubus; a pack, an elite or a mob that hits hard - Voidwalker. Beta testers praise the Succubus for leveling.Thunder Bluff, Tal: fly to Orgrimmar. Cleft of Shadow: Gan'rul Bloodeye - turn in ?Love's Gift[20], accept !The Binding[20].
The summoning circle in the Cleft of Shadow : use 
Dogran's Pendant there and a level 20 Succubus appears. Defeat her - The Binding[20].
Start at full health and mana: the Voidwalker holds her, you use Bane of Agony, Corruption, Immolate and your wand. She's 20, you're 22 - an easy fight.
Gan'rul Bloodeye: turn in ?The Binding[20] - 
Summon Succubus and 
Small Soul Pouch.
The summon costs a Soul Shard. Small Soul Pouch has 14 slots for shards only: put them all there. According to Warcraft Tavern, the soul bag goes into the separate reagent bag slot - check in game: that would free up a normal bag slot.
Level 22, Zevrost : Create Healthstone, Curse of Weakness (rank 3) and Drain Life (rank 2), 25 each.
Create Healthstone makes a Lesser Healthstone for 300 health (20% more in Forever): make a new one and delete the old one. You don't need 
Eye of Kilrogg (25) for leveling.
Optional, the Incubus: Cazul - accept !Love Hurts[20]. In the east of the city, Magar : turn in ?Love Hurts[20], accept !Wish You Were Here[27].
The Incubus is the same sayaad as the Succubus: the abilities are shared, only the look differs. The chain gives about 3.7 thousand experience and one more Small Soul Pouch. The Withered Scarf drops in Ashenvale (at 28), and you turn it in right here (step). Don't want the Incubus? Don't take it: the quest will sit in your log until 28. If Cazul doesn't offer Love Hurts[20], the two chains are most likely mutually exclusive on the beta (not verified): skip it.
The zeppelin tower outside the gates of 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, your hearthstone
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. Skipping the Ruins hurts a warlock: 
Gnarled Necromancer's Staff from The Wrath of Rath'mael[22] is the best solo staff for this stretch. On the plus side, you can gather the group yourself: Ritual of Summoning summons a player to you - it takes you and two more people at the portal.
Spongy Morel ≈ 1, from 25 - 
Delicious Cave Mold ≈ 2.The guard post on the road to Undercity: Deathguard Kristof - accept !The Wrath of Rath'mael[22].
Royal Quarter: Varimathras - turn in ?The Power to Destroy...[16] if you did Ragefire Chasm (the reward is Ghastly Trousers); Morbin Lightbane - accept !Light's Justice[22].
The Apothecarium: Theodore Griffs - accept !The New Plague[22]; Keeper Bel'dugur - accept !The Book of Ur[26].
Innkeeper Norman: set your hearthstone in Undercity. Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher.
Didn't learn your level 22 spells in Orgrimmar? The trainers are right here, in the Magic Quarter (Kaal Soulreaper ).
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.
Tabitha's Cuffs.Spongy Morel ≈ 1, from 25 - Delicious Cave Mold ≈ 2.
Wool Cloth from Dalaran mages and refugees - for Wool Bandages or Tailoring, sell the extra at the auction house.Cannibalize at their corpse restores up to 35% health and mana. Alternate it with food and you'll barely sit at all.The Sepulcher:
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. The reward is the ring 
Loop of Sacrifice (+5 Intellect), but the last fight is elite - better with two.
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. Mages cast from range: send the Voidwalker at a mage and put your DoTs on the same one - it will come to you on its own.
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].
Watching the Roads[20] gives 
Roadwatcher's Confidence (+3 Spirit). Beren's Peril[21] gives 
Wand of Decay: 15.7 DPS - equip it only if your wand is weaker.
Hearthstone to Undercity.
A new Forever dungeon right above Undercity · the level 24 trainer
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. The main prize here for a warlock is Gnarled Necromancer's Staff from The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]: a staff with +26 spell power and +10 Spirit. No group? The only thing here for you is the trainer in the Magic Quarter (step).
Ritual of Summoning brings in the rest, one shard per person. Meeting stones in Forever don't summon anyone.Ruins of Lordaeron, group (5 players):
Drops from: Intact Limbs - Skeleton, Cadaver, Ragged Ghoul and others
For a warlock: before going in, a Lesser Healthstone for everyone and a soulstone on the healer; the Imp on Passive (Stamina for the whole group) or the Succubus for damage. On a boss - Bane of Agony and the curse that suits your group: Curse of the Elements if you have mages or priests, Curse of Weakness if the boss hits the tank hard.
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], the reward is Gnarled Necromancer's Staff (+10 Spirit, +26 spell power).
The best solo staff until 29: only Staff of Soran'ruk is stronger. And its Spirit means mana too: Spirit makes Life Tap stronger.
Undercity:
Warlock rewards: The New Plague[22] gives 
Blight Gloves (+5 spell power), Unending Torment[21] gives 
Slain Baron's Signet if you have a free ring slot. Neither reward from Light's Justice[22] is for you - take the one that sells for more.
Level 24, Magic Quarter - Kaal Soulreaper : Corruption (rank 3), Drain Soul (rank 2), 
Drain Mana and 
Sense Demons, 30 each; leveling as Destruction - also Shadowburn (rank 2), 150. Martha Strain , according to the game files: Grimoire of Suffering (Rank 1) ≈ 30 and Grimoire of Sacrifice (Rank 2) ≈ 30.
Corruption is the important one. Rank 1 Drain Soul also gives a shard and costs less - keep it on your action bar. You don't need Sense Demons and Drain Mana for leveling. Grimoire of Suffering (Rank 1) teaches the Voidwalker 
Suffering: it pulls mobs within 10 yards of it off you, but the cooldown is 2 minutes. Not 24 yet? You'll learn these together with the level 26 spells (step).
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, and with The Orb of Soran'ruk[25] there are four. No group? Skip the keep, do Ambermill and come back here after Hillsbrad (step).
The Sepulcher, Tabitha Heartweaver: turn in ?A Frightened Request[22], the reward is Tabitha's Cuffs.
Cloth bracers: +4 Stamina and +3 spell power.
Shadowfang Keep (entrance ), with a group. Inside, Deathstalker Vincent: turn in ?Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25], the reward is 
Ghostly Mantle. 
The Book of Ur (in the room where Fenrus the Devourer sits) - The Book of Ur[26]; 
Head of Arugal - Arugal Must Die[27]. If you took The Orb of Soran'ruk[25], Shadowfang Darksoul drops the large fragment (The Orb of Soran'ruk[25]).
Drops from: Head of Arugal - Archmage Arugal, Arugal · Soran'ruk Fragment - Twilight Acolyte
Before going in: a Lesser Healthstone for everyone, a soulstone on the healer, Ritual of Summoning if someone is far away. Worgs attack in packs and the worgen casters stand close together: don't use Fear here - a feared mob brings its neighbors. The large fragment only drops while The Orb of Soran'ruk[25] is in your log.
After the keep, head east to Ambermill: Archmage Ataeric - the staff, The Weaver[22].
Archmage Ataeric is a caster who attacks from range: send the Voidwalker at him and put your DoTs on him too.
The Sepulcher: Shadow Priest Allister - turn in ?The Weaver[22], the reward is Ceranium Rod; Dalar Dawnweaver - turn in ?Arugal Must Die[27], the reward is 
Seal of Sylvanas.
Ceranium Rod is a staff: +14 spell power and +7 Stamina, if you don't have a better one. Seal of Sylvanas is a ring, +8 Stamina.
The road southeast into Hillsbrad Foothills: Deathstalker Lesh - accept !Time To Strike[20].
Tarren Mill, Durnholde, the Hillsbrad fields and a wand for “Dangerous!”
Tarren Mill is the Horde base in Hillsbrad: Durnholde, the fields and a new Forever quest. For a warlock there's also a wand here: Dangerous![28] rewards Charred Wand. Three of its targets are in the fields where you're questing anyway, and the fourth - Miner Hackett (29) - is in the mine to the south (step). Don't go into Southshore (Alliance) - it has guards.
Mutton Chop ≈ 1, from 25 - Wild Hog Shank ≈ 2.Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Wool Cloth from the Hillsbrad humans - for Wool Bandages or Tailoring, sell the extra at the auction house.Cannibalize after a fight, once every 2 minutes, instead of food.Lesser Healthstone and a soulstone on you.Tarren Mill:
Gray bears and creepers east of the Mill : tongues and ichor - Elixir of Suffering[22].
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
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]).
Drops from: Vial of Innocent Blood - Syndicate Shadow Mage
The Syndicate stands close together - pull one at a time from the edge and don't use Fear here: feared mobs will bring their neighbors. The Shadow Mages cast from range: send the Voidwalker at the mage and put your DoTs on him too - he'll come to you on his own.
Hearthstone to Tarren Mill.
Hearthstone still on cooldown (you used it to get to Undercity less than an hour ago)? The Mill is a 3–4 minute run.
Tarren Mill:
The Rescue[22] rewards 
Grunt Vest (+4 Spirit). Harlequin Robes from level 21 are better: if you're already wearing them, sell the vest.
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].
The Deathstalker's exact spot is still being confirmed on the beta - follow the quest marker. Dun Garok itself has level 28–30 dwarves, and the riflemen shoot from range: don't go down there. The reward is 
Expended Apothecary Vial, an off-hand item to go with a dagger; if you use a staff, take whichever sells for more.
Hillsbrad Fields : 6 Farmers, 6 Farmhands, Farmer Ray and Farmer Getz - Battle of Hillsbrad[24]; mountain lions - blood for Elixir of Pain[24]. While you're at it, three targets of Dangerous![28]: Citizen Wilkes , Farmer Kalaba and Clerk Horrace Whitesteed in the town hall.
Drops from: Mountain Lion Blood - Starving Mountain Lion, Feral Mountain Lion, Mountain Lion and others
Hillsbrad Footmen block and bash you with their shields - keep them on the Voidwalker. There are guards by the town hall: pull them out one at a time. Don't go into Southshore.
Tarren Mill:
Elixir of Pain[24] rewards 
Firewalker Boots: cloth, +5 Spirit.
Back to the fields:
Drops from: Hillsbrad Human Skull - Farmer Ray, Syndicate Shadow Mage, Syndicate Rogue and others
Miner Hackett is level 29, so you miss him more often: start at full health and mana, let the Voidwalker hold him while you use DoTs and your wand, and keep a Lesser Healthstone ready.
Tarren Mill: High Executor Darthalia - turn in ?Battle of Hillsbrad[25] and ?Dangerous![28]; Deathguard Samsa - turn in ?Souvenirs of Death[25].
For Dangerous![28], take Charred Wand: 22.2 damage per second, while Greater Magic Wand does 17.5. It deals Fire damage, so don't sell your old wand until the Charred Vale: the fire elementals there are immune to fire. Souvenirs of Death[25] rewards 
Skull Ring (+3 Stamina, +3 Intellect). Leave the rest of the Battle of Hillsbrad (Battle of Hillsbrad[26] and on) for 30+.
Last turn-ins, the trainer, the Succubus grimoire and the zeppelin to Orgrimmar
Seduction (grimoire): one humanoid is out of the fight for 15 seconds - an Alliance rogue or warrior stands still while you finish off his friend. Any damage to him breaks the charm - don't put DoTs on him.
Curse of Tongues (26) is for casters: priests and mages take 50% longer to cast. It's useless against rogues and warriors - use Fear on them.Haven't done Shadowfang Keep? Zarise: fly to the Sepulcher, run the keep and turn in at the Sepulcher. Otherwise, fly to Undercity.
Undercity. If you ran Shadowfang Keep - Keeper Bel'dugur: turn in ?The Book of Ur[26], the reward is 
Tattered Mittens (+6 Stamina). Magic Quarter, level 26 - Kaal Soulreaper : Life Tap (rank 3), Curse of Tongues and Searing Pain (rank 2), 40 each; skipped the trainer at 24 - learn the level 24 skills too (list). Martha Strain , according to the game files: Grimoire of Seduction ≈ 40.
The Succubus's Seduction is 15 seconds of humanoid control: while the second mob sleeps, you kill the first; any damage wakes the sleeper - don't put DoTs on it. Curse of Tongues makes the target's spells 50% slower - use it on casters and shamans. You don't need 
Detect Invisibility (40). Of the two pairs of gloves - Blight Gloves and Tattered Mittens - wear one. While you're here, sell your wool and everything extra at the auction house.
The zeppelin tower near Brill has two zeppelins. Zapetta sends you to Orgrimmar - that's yours. Hin Denburg sends you to Grom'gol (Stranglethorn Vale) - not that one.
Not sure? Talk to the zeppelin master: he'll tell you where his zeppelin goes.
Sun Rock Retreat, the Charred Vale
The Sun Rock Retreat chains lead into Ashenvale - so the mountains first, then the forest.
Satchel of Potions. Take it if you plan to go there after 30.Wild Hog Shank ≈ 2 (from 25).Immolate, Searing Pain and Charred Wand (the wand deals Fire damage) are useless on them. Hit them with Shadow - Bane of Agony, Corruption, Shadow Bolt - and finish them with your old wand if it isn't a fire one.Seduction.The zeppelin lands outside Orgrimmar. In the city, Warcaller Gorlach - accept !The Ashenvale Hunt[20]; optionally Borstan - !Changing Tastes[31] (for 30+). Doras: 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 Cenarion mobs stand in twos and threes: pull them one at a time onto the Voidwalker.
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 can execute you when your health is low - kill them first. Go around the rare elite Sister Riven (28).
Sun Rock Retreat:
Arachnophobia[21] still in your log? Besseleth is now doable solo - , turn it in right here. New Life[25] rewards Windseeker Boots: cloth, +6 Spirit.
Talondeep Path : the way into Ashenvale.
Didn't visit western Ashenvale at 22? Va'xug Firefure stands not far from the tunnel exit: Never Coming Back[22] → A Void Path[22], new Forever quests.
Splintertree Post, Thistlefur, Zoram'gar, the best wand before 30
Splintertree Post is a big Horde quest hub. The eastern loop first, then Zoram'gar and, if you have a group, Blackfathom Deeps: Blackfathom Villainy[27] from there rewards Gravestone Scepter - a wand with 29 damage per second and the warlock's main goal at 28–30.
Gravestone Scepter. It's turned in at Thunder Bluff (step).Wild Hog Shank ≈ 2 (from 25).Combustible Wand ≈ 144 (from 29, 25.9 damage per second) - if Blackfathom didn't work out and you didn't get Gravestone Scepter.Wool Cloth and your first 
Silk Cloth: for bandages, Tailoring or the auction house.Grimoire of Seduction at 26, the Succubus puts the second mob to sleep with Seduction while you kill the first with DoTs and a channeled Drain Life. Satyrs and elementals aren't humanoids: use the Voidwalker on them.Splintertree Post: Vhulgra - flight path; Innkeeper Kaylisk - set your hearthstone in Splintertree.
Splintertree:
The eastern loop:
Drops from: Withered Scarf - Shadethicket Stone Mover, Shadethicket Bark Ripper, Shadethicket Oracle · Satyr Horns - Xavian Rogue, Xavian Betrayer, Xavian Felsworn and others
Not every mob drops the scarf; the drop chance on the beta is unknown - expect roughly 10–15 minutes. Outrunners are humanoids: if you bought Grimoire of Seduction at 26, the second one sleeps while Seduction lasts. Keeper Ordanus: pull the guards one at a time; if both come, the Voidwalker holds one and the other gets Fear, if there's nothing behind you.
Mystral Lake:
The rare Eck'alom (27) stuns for 15 seconds - leave it alone.
Splintertree Post:
Torek's Assault[24] rewards 
Polished Walking Staff (+16 spell power): wear it if you don't have a better staff.
Fly to Zoram'gar (flight path at ; if you don't have it yet, walk west from Splintertree): 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] rewards 
Soft Willow Cape (+5 Intellect). Walking from Splintertree takes about 8–10 minutes (an estimate); give Astranaar a wide berth: the Alliance guards will attack.
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]).
Before the escort, clear the path out of the village - you'll be attacked on the way. Kill the shamans first; Curse of Tongues (26) slows their spells.
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 to 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 two or three at a time: the Voidwalker holds them, you put DoTs on all of them. Before the fight - a soulstone on yourself and a Lesser Healthstone in your bags; if you bought Grimoire of Suffering (Rank 1) at 24, Suffering (2-minute cooldown) pulls everything off you for one wave.
Fly to Zoram'gar, Karang Amakkar: turn in ?King of the Foulweald[26].
Both rewards are leather and mail: take whichever sells for more.
Blackfathom Deeps, with a group:
Damp Note starts !Allegiance to the Old Gods[22]
Fathom Core - Amongst the Ruins[27]
Strange Water Globe, which starts !Baron Aquanis[30]Drops from: Large Soran'ruk Fragment - Shadowfang Darksoul
For a warlock: before you go in, a Lesser Healthstone for everyone and a soulstone on the healer. Half the dungeon is underwater, and Undead breathe underwater longer than other races - you can skip Unending Breath. The naga priestesses and oracles heal: put Curse of Tongues on them. Twilight's Hammer cultists are humanoids: Seduction puts one to sleep. Twilight Lord Kelris casts sleep - Will of the Forsaken breaks it.
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].
Of the rewards, 
Witch's Finger suits a warlock: it's an off-hand item to go with a dagger; if you use a staff, take whichever sells for more.
Fly from Zoram'gar to Orgrimmar (step).
Skipped Blackfathom? Fly right after the Foulweald.
The level 28 trainer, the Incubus and the Gravestone Scepter
From Ashenvale, a short detour through Orgrimmar: Thunder Bluff has no warlock trainers, and at 28 the trainer has Bane of Agony (rank 3) and Shadow Bolt (rank 5). If you did the Incubus chain, you'll turn in the scarf and summon him right here. Then Thunder Bluff and the southern Barrens.
Grimoire of Lash of Pain (Rank 2) ≈ 50 (28) - a stronger 
Lash of Pain for your Succubus.Combustible Wand ≈ 144 (from 29) - only if you skipped Blackfathom.Cleft of Shadow, Zevrost : Bane of Agony (rank 3), Shadow Bolt (rank 5), Curse of Recklessness (rank 2), 
Banish and 
Create Firestone, 50 each.
Banish holds a demon or elemental for 20 seconds. Create Firestone is now a weapon enchant (Forever): you need it if you level as Destruction. You can skip Health Funnel (rank 3, 50). Not 28 yet? You'll learn all this at 30 right here (step).
If you took Wish You Were Here[27]: Gan'rul Bloodeye - turn in ?Wish You Were Here[27], accept !The Binding. The summoning circle : use 
Withered Scarf there, and a level 20 Incubus appears. Defeat him (The Binding), then Gan'rul Bloodeye: turn in ?The Binding - 
Summon Incubus.
Drops from: Withered Scarf - Shadethicket Stone Mover, Shadethicket Bark Ripper, Shadethicket Oracle
You're already 28–29 - it's an easy fight. You also get a second Small Soul Pouch - 14 more slots for shards.
Doras: fly to Thunder Bluff. Bashana Runetotem : turn in ?Blackfathom Villainy[27] - Gravestone Scepter. Then fly to Camp Taurajo.
A wand with 29 damage per second, +3 Spirit and +6 Shadow damage - the best wand up to 30 and beyond. Skipped Blackfathom? Fly from Orgrimmar straight to Camp Taurajo.
The Orb of Soran'ruk, Razormane camps, Bael Modan, a dungeon
Cannibalize on a corpse after the fight. The dwarves stand in pairs - with the Succubus, Seduction puts the second one to sleep.Camp Taurajo:
If you took The Orb of Soran'ruk[25] and collected the fragments - Doan Karhan east of the camp: turn in ?The Orb of Soran'ruk[25], the reward is Staff of Soran'ruk.
+34 Shadow and Fire damage and +14 Stamina - stronger than anything else you get before 30. Take the off-hand 
Orb of Soran'ruk only if you fight with a dagger.
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. Curse of Tongues makes his spells 50% slower, and the Voidwalker keeps him in melee.
The Dustwallow Marsh border : 2 Encroaching Soldiers and an elite pillager - Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23].
The pillager is a level 23 elite and you're already 29: the Voidwalker holds him, you use DoTs and your wand.
Gann Stonespire : accept !Gann's Reclamation[23]. Bael Modan : 15 Excavators, 5 Foremen and the journal - Gann's Reclamation[23].
Bael'dun Officers speed up their attacks - kill them first; Curse of Weakness on them means less damage to your demon.
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
Revenge of Gann[26] rewards 
Totemic Clan Ring (+3 Intellect, +3 Spirit).
Razorfen Kraul (entrance ), with a group: inside, in a cage - Willix the Importer: free him, accept !Willix the Importer[30], escort him to the exit (Willix the Importer[30]) and turn in ?Willix the Importer[30].
The reward is 
Snake Hoop: +5 Intellect and +6 spell power. For a warlock: the quilboars are humanoids, so Seduction puts one to sleep; the geomancers and Charlga Razorflank heal themselves - Curse of Tongues will slow them down.
Camp Taurajo:
Weapons of Choice[24] rewards the off-hand 
Everglow Lantern, if you fight with a dagger. Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] rewards Traveler's Shawl: a cloak, +4 Stamina and +5 Spirit.
Freewind Post and the level 30 trainer in Orgrimmar
This is where you hit level 30. The level 30 trainer is in Orgrimmar: fly there and hearth back. The rest of Thousand Needles is already part of 30+.
Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Fear works the same way there.From Taurajo, head south to the Great Lift and ride it down into Thousand Needles: Grish Longrunner - turn in ?Calling in the Reserves[28]; Brave Moonhorn - accept !Message to Freewind Post[25].
Freewind Post:
Galak centaurs - Pacify the Centaur[25]; the 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.
Galak Windchasers are casters - start with them: Curse of Tongues will slow them. Centaurs are humanoids: with the Succubus, Seduction puts the second one to sleep.
Freewind: Cliffwatcher Longhorn - turn in ?Pacify the Centaur[25]; Hagar Lightninghoof - turn in ?Alien Egg[26].
Level 30 - fly from Freewind Post to Orgrimmar. Cleft of Shadow, Zevrost : Immolate (rank 4), Drain Life (rank 3), Demon Armor (rank 2), Create Soulstone (rank 2), Curse of the Elements (rank 2) and 
Hellfire, 60 each; skipped the trainer at 28 - learn the level 28 skills too (list). Kurgul , according to the game files: Grimoire of Torment (Rank 3) ≈ 60 - your Voidwalker gets Torment (rank 3).
Hellfire hits everything around you but burns you too - use it on a crowd of weak mobs only with the Voidwalker next to you and a Lesser Healthstone at hand. Short on money? Hellfire and Curse of the Elements can wait. You don't need 
Subjugate Demon (60) for leveling. Everything you need at 30 costs about 4 gold. Going on for the Felhunter? Gan'rul Bloodeye gives Seeking Strahad[30] right here: take it now, the quest leads to Ratchet (what's next).
Hearthstone to Freewind Post.
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 warlock, 30–33 is the Felhunter: Carendin Halgar in Undercity gives Seeking Strahad[30], and Gan'rul Bloodeye in Orgrimmar gives the identical Seeking Strahad[30]; both lead to Ratchet, and from there the chain goes through Undercity, Hillsbrad, Thousand Needles and the Wetlands. You don't need it for leveling - it's for PvP and groups. All of this will be the next part of the guide.
Quests offered far from the entrance, and what a warlock brings to a group
Minor Healthstone, from 22 - Lesser Healthstone (one shard per stone, and they can be handed over), from 18 - a soulstone (Create Soulstone) on the healer. Your demon is the Imp: Blood Pact gives Stamina to the whole group; from 22 - the Succubus for damage.Bane of Agony on the boss, and pick the curse for your group: Curse of Recklessness (14) - lots of melee, Curse of the Elements (20) - lots of casters (+4% magic damage), Curse of Weakness - the boss hits the tank hard, Curse of Tongues (26) - a caster boss. Two warlocks in the group? Agree with the other one: identical curses don't stack.Searing Pain generates a lot of threat. Use Life Tap, but not down to zero: restore your health yourself - Drain Life or Cannibalize between packs, not with the healer's mana.Fear only to save the healer, and warn the group first: a feared mob brings the next pack. Banish (28) holds a demon or elemental, the Succubus's Seduction (grimoire at 26) - a humanoid.Ritual of Summoning (20) - you and two more players at the portal, costs a shard. Meeting stones in Forever don't summon anyone - you're the only quick way to gather the group at the entrance.For a warlock: the end of the Hidden Enemies[16] chain gives Staff of Orgrimmar (+18 spell power), and The Power to Destroy...[16] gives Ghastly Trousers. Tauren get two more quests in Thunder Bluff, and a third one starts inside - ask a tauren friend to share them. No group - don't take any of these quests.
Deviate Hide Pack and the wand Sizzle StickCrescent StaffThe Druids of the Fang and the Fang leaders cast sleep and heal themselves - have the group kill them first. Curse of Weakness is useless against them: you need damage.
Gnarled Necromancer's Staff: +26 spell power and +10 SpiritUnending Torment[21] and Crest of Lordaeron[22] start inside. The entrance is in the ruins of the capital, on your left right after you enter Lordaeron (the run). No group - don't take these quests: they'll just sit in your log.
Ghostly MantleBy estimate, the keep's three quests give about 20,000 experience in Forever. The run - step. The Orb of Soran'ruk[25]: the large fragment drops from Shadowfang Darksoul in Shadowfang Keep, the three small ones from Twilight Acolyte in Blackfathom Deeps, and only while the quest is in your log. Pick your reward: Staff of Soran'ruk (+34 Shadow and Fire damage, +14 Stamina) or the off-hand Orb of Soran'ruk.
Gravestone Scepter, the best wand before 30. Turned in at Thunder Bluff: stepDamp Note and Strange Water Globe, which drops from Baron Aquanis. The reward is Witch's FingerThe reward for Blackfathom Villainy[27] is Gravestone Scepter: a wand with 29 damage per second. It's worth gathering a group at 27–29 just for it. There's a lot of swimming, but Undead have Underwater Breathing.
Snake Hoop: stepSatchel of PotionsThere's no flight path in the Wetlands: the Horde walks there from Tarren Mill or Hammerfall across Thandol Span. The Felhunter chain also has a target in the Wetlands (Tome of the Cabal[30]) - handy to combine.
The main quest Into The Scarlet Monastery is offered from level 33.
What to train, which demon to use and how to keep your mana up - up to level 30
Bane of Agony is now a bane - you can keep one bane and one curse on a target at the same time. Life Tap gives (30 + Spirit) mana at rank 1, so Spirit is now your stat. Rank 1 Drain Soul hits for 85 (was 55), and a shard can come from any tick. Curse of the Elements comes at 20 (was 32) and affects all magic damage. Create Healthstone heals for 120 (was 100). Demons scale with your stats. Only Ritual of Summoning summons players: meeting stones don't. Wands don't scale with spell power (according to the September 24 beta notes).How to level. The Voidwalker holds the mob, you kill it from range. Send in the demon, let it land 1–2 hits, then Bane of Agony, Corruption, and Immolate on a mob that will live a while; after that, use your wand while the DoTs tick. Shadow Bolt is expensive: cast it when you have mana to spare or when Nightfall (talent) procs. Low on mana but above half health - Life Tap, right in combat, while the demon holds the mob. Finish the last mob of a pack with a channeled Drain Soul - a free shard. From 14, Drain Life tops up your health; after a fight - food and Cannibalize on a humanoid or undead corpse. A second mob - DoTs on it and Fear while you finish the first, but only if there's nothing else nearby.
Warlock trainers on the route: Maximillion in Deathknell (up to level 6), Rupert Boch in Brill, Kaal Soulreaper , Luther Pickman and Richard Kerwin in Undercity, Zevrost , Grol'dar and Mirket in Orgrimmar, Dhugru Gorelust in Razor Hill. There are no trainers in the Barrens, Ratchet or Thunder Bluff. Demon trainers (grimoires): Kayla Smithe in Deathknell, Gina Lang in Brill, Martha Strain in Undercity, Kurgul in Orgrimmar. At Wowhead prices, all training comes to about 20 up to 10, about 274 up to 20 and about 1376 up to 30, without a reputation discount.
Summon Imp (1–3, quest Piercing the Veil[3]): ranged damage, can't hold anything. From 10 - only in groups: Blood Pact gives everyone Stamina.Summon Voidwalker (10, quests Halgar's Summons[10] → Creature of the Void[10] → The Binding[10] in Undercity): your tank until 30. Torment holds the mob, Sacrifice (grimoire, 16) - a shield on you, Consume Shadows (18) - out-of-combat healing, Suffering (grimoire, 24) - pulls nearby mobs off you, 2-minute cooldown.Summon Succubus (22, eight quests) or Summon Incubus (28, optional): hits much harder but holds threat worse. One mob, and you top up your health with a channeled Drain Life - the Succubus; several mobs or an elite - the Voidwalker. Seduction (15 seconds of humanoid control) - only if you bought Grimoire of Seduction at 26.
Summon Felhunter (30+: Seeking Strahad[30] - Carendin Halgar in Undercity, or Seeking Strahad[30] - Gan'rul Bloodeye in Orgrimmar; then Tome of the Cabal[30] - Strahad Farsan in Ratchet): for PvP and groups, not needed for leveling.Grimoire of Blood Pact (Rank 1) (4), Grimoire of Sacrifice (Rank 1) (16), Grimoire of Consume Shadows (Rank 1) (18), Grimoire of Torment (Rank 2) (20), Grimoire of Seduction (26). Don't put off Grimoire of Torment (Rank 2): the old rank quickly stops holding threat. According to the game files, Succubus grimoires are only sold in Undercity and Orgrimmar: Martha Strain and Kurgul.Bane of Agony: 72 damage over 24 seconds for 25 mana - your most efficient spell. Its damage ramps up toward the end: don't waste it on a mob that will die in under 10 seconds.Corruption: 40 damage over 12 seconds for 35 mana, from 14 - 65 over 15 seconds. Always apply it.Immolate: upfront damage plus a burn - for a mob that will live a while. Don't open with it before the demon has used Torment: the mob will come for you.Shadow Bolt: three times as expensive per point of damage as the bane. Cast it when you have mana to spare or when Nightfall procs.Curse of Weakness - on a mob that hits hard; Curse of Recklessness (14) - on a humanoid that runs for help.Life Tap: (30 + Spirit) mana per cast, from 16 - (75 + Spirit). Use it while you're above half health and the demon is holding the mob. In Forever, Spirit on gear means mana.Drain Life (14): 10 health per second for 5 seconds, 20-yard range. Getting hit can interrupt the channel - keep the mob on your demon.Cannibalize: up to 35% health and mana over 10 seconds from a humanoid or undead corpse, once every 2 minutes. The route is full of such corpses: the Scarlet Crusade, gnolls, Dalaran and Hillsbrad humans, centaurs, the Syndicate.Health Funnel heals your demon with your own health: at 20, healing the Voidwalker to full takes about a minute (a tester's measurement). Got a shard? Summoning a new one is faster.Drain Soul gives a Soul Shard if the mob dies during the channel; in Forever every tick has a chance, and it grows after each empty tick. The mob has to give experience.Minor Healthstone, soulstone, a spare), plus one more from 20 for Ritual of Summoning. Delete the extras.Minor Healthstone (10): 120 health, from 22 - Lesser Healthstone for 300. 2-minute cooldown, only one in your bags. Used it? Make a new one after the fight. According to Warcraft Tavern, it doesn't share a cooldown with potions.Create Soulstone, 18): resurrection with 400 health and 700 mana. Put it on yourself before an elite or a risky quest.Small Soul Pouch is a 14-slot soul bag: the reward for the Succubus at 22 and for the Incubus. According to Warcraft Tavern, it goes into the new reagent bag slot - check in game. More room: 
Old Toolbox (12 slots) - the reward from the sleeping bag chain that starts south of Camp Taurajo (Stepping Stones[24]).Fear: 20 yards, 1.5 secondsCurse of Recklessness on it.Lesser Magic Wand (from 5), then Greater Magic Wand (from 13, 17.5 damage per second) - an enchanter makes them, and if you don't know one, check the auction house. Without them: Riptear's Spare Arm - from the elite quest Rear Guard Patrol[13] in Tirisfal; Flaring Baton - from The Escape[18]; Gloom Wand (from 16) and Dusk Wand (from 20, 17.7) - from wand vendors, according to the game files: Zane Bradford in Undercity, Katis in Orgrimmar. With a group, earlier - Sizzle Stick from Wailing Caverns. At 26 - Charred Wand from Dangerous![28] in Hillsbrad (22.2 damage per second, Fire, step). At 28–29 - Gravestone Scepter from Blackfathom Villainy[27] in Blackfathom Deeps (29 damage per second, group); without a group - Combustible Wand (from 29, 25.9).Staff of Orgrimmar from Hidden Enemies[16] (16, Ragefire Chasm, group), Wind Rider Staff from Cry of the Thunderhawk[20] (21–22, +12), Crescent Staff from Leaders of the Fang[22] (Wailing Caverns, group, +26), Gnarled Necromancer's Staff from The Wrath of Rath'mael[22] (24, Ruins of Lordaeron, group, +26 and +10 Spirit), Staff of Soran'ruk from The Orb of Soran'ruk[25] (29, +34 Shadow and Fire damage). Hanashi in Orgrimmar teaches Staves, and Archibald in Undercity teaches One-Handed Swords. The dagger Quilboar Toothpick (+16) from Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] plus an off-hand item is just as good as a staff.Suppression covers your misses. The other builds don't take this talent, so hit on gear won't hurt there.Patchwing Pants from Hides for the Forsaken[11], Wayfaring Gloves from Stolen Booty[16]; at 20–30 - Grassland Sash, Harlequin Robes, Ghostly Mantle, Tattered Mittens, Tabitha's Cuffs, Firewalker Boots, Windseeker Boots, Traveler's Shawl and Soft Willow Cape (both cloaks). Off-hand (only with a one-handed weapon): Expended Apothecary Vial, Witch's Finger, Orb of Soran'ruk.Cannibalize - up to 35% health and mana over 10 seconds from a humanoid or undead corpse, once every 2 minutes. Doubly useful for a warlock: Life Tap will turn that health into mana later.Will of the Forsaken - removes fear, sleep and charm, but in Forever it no longer gives 5 seconds of protection afterward: use it once the fear has landed. Good against enemy warlocks and priests.Touch of the Grave (new) - your spells and attacks have a 30% chance to drain a little health, up to 5% of your maximum, but no more than once every 25 seconds.Underwater Breathing - you breathe underwater much longer than other races: you can skip Unending Breath at 16, and it's enough for Blackfathom Deeps too.Summon Imp (step).Egalin's Grimoire in a chest by the Scarlet Crusade tower → The Binding[10]: the Voidwalker in the summoning circle in the Magic Quarter. The reward is Summon Voidwalker (step). These quests are Undead only: orcs have their own chain.Summon Succubus and Small Soul Pouch. There's also an Undercity line - Devourer of Souls → Hearts of the Pure → The Binding[20], but it needs a heart from the Wetlands, which is Alliance land: off the route. The two lines are mutually exclusive.Corruption by 14, Nightfall by 26, Siphon Life at 30. There's also “Affliction: Drain Life”, “Demonology” and “Destruction” for groups.What to take, where to learn it and what to collect - up to level 30
Lesser Magic Wand at skill 10, Greater Magic Wand at 70. Tailoring uses the cloth that drops from humanoids anyway: your own cloth gear, bags (shards take up room) and items to disenchant for Enchanting. That's what Method, Warcraft Tavern and beta testers recommend. If a friend is an enchanter who'll make you a wand, take gathering professions for money: Herbalism and Skinning or Mining.Lesser Magic Wand: Enchanting 10, Lesser Magic Essence and Simple Wood. You need Runed Copper Rod, which is made from 
Copper Rod.Greater Magic Wand: Enchanting 70, essences and Simple Wood. The materials cost about 15 silver - skill is the only thing holding you back.Lesser Magic Essence and Strange Dust - Thaddeus Webb in Undercity, Kithas in Orgrimmar, Lilly in Silverpine. Stock is limited; check on the spot whether they sell them on the beta.Life Tap gives (according to Warcraft Tavern); the first aid kit gives Stamina.Life Tap took.
Linen Bandage from linen, from skill 40 - 
Heavy Linen Bandage, then wool ones. Bandages don't cost mana.Linen Cloth at 1–20, Wool Cloth at 20–30 - from humanoids: for Tailoring and bandages, sell the extra at the auction house.Only what matters for this route
Bane of Agony is now a bane, so you can keep one bane and one curse on a target at the same time - for example, Bane of Agony and Curse of Recklessness. Rank 1 damage is 72 instead of 84.Life Tap: (30 + Spirit) mana at rank 1 - Spirit is now a warlock stat. Rank 1 Drain Soul - 85 damage (was 55), with a shard chance on every tick.Curse of the Elements - from 20 (was 32), affects all magic damage: +4% damage and -30 to resistances. Create Firestone (28) is now a weapon enchant.Ritual of Summoning: meeting stones don't summon.Drain Life, downtime almost disappears.Grim Reach, Improved Drains, 
Pandemic, Demonic Aegis, Demonic Energies, Demonic Brand, Molten Skin, Bane of Havoc; 
Incinerate is a level 40 talent.Will of the Forsaken - removes fear, sleep and charm, but without the 5 seconds of immunity: use it once the fear has landed.Cannibalize also restores mana - up to 35% in 10 seconds. New: Touch of the Grave - your spells and attacks sometimes drain health.Underwater Breathing - as before, Undead breathe underwater longer than anyone.Fear. Your Will of the Forsaken now only removes fear, with no immunity afterward - and the same goes for enemy Undead: fear them again. Before a zone where people gank, put a soulstone on yourself.The hearthstone, dangerous mobs, what not to forget
| Lvl | Key points | Don't miss |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | Imp - quest Piercing the Veil[3]; Immolate for 10 | Skulls only drop while Piercing the Veil[3] is in your log |
| 4–6 | Corruption and Curse of Weakness; at 6 - Life Tap: eat, don't drink | After 6, Maximillion has nothing more to teach |
| 6–10 | Brill: hearthstone, Bane of Agony and Fear at 8 | Sticks and Bones[7] - a free bag |
| 10 | Drain Soul and Minor Healthstone; Halgar's Summons[10] - Ageron Kargal | Finish the last mob with a channeled Drain Soul: a shard for your demon |
| 10 | Undercity: the Voidwalker - Creature of the Void[10] → The Binding[10] | The grimoire is in a chest by the Scarlet Crusade tower |
| 12 | Shadow Bolt and Health Funnel in Brill | Delivery to Silverpine Forest[10] - take it before Silverpine |
| 13 | Greater Magic Wand: your own enchanter or the auction house | Don't sell the worg hearts - Wild Hearts[11] |
| 14–15 | Undercity: Drain Life and Curse of Recklessness | The Power to Destroy...[16] (with a group) and Sample for Helbrim[15] - before the zeppelin |
| 16 | Orgrimmar: Life Tap, Grimoire of Sacrifice (Rank 1), a wand, Ragefire Chasm | Undead barely need Unending Breath |
| 17–18 | The wand Flaring Baton - quest The Escape[18]; the Taurajo flight path | Apothecary Zamah[15] is timed - only with a group |
| 20 | Orgrimmar: Demon Armor, Curse of the Elements; Devourer of Souls - the start of the Succubus chain | Buy Grimoire of Consume Shadows (Rank 1) and Grimoire of Torment (Rank 2) |
| 21–22 | Succubus chain: the Crossroads, Malaka'jin, Taurajo and Grunt Dogran | The Orb of Soran'ruk[25] - only if you'll have a group for Shadowfang Keep and Blackfathom |
| 22 | Orgrimmar: Summon Succubus and the level 22 skills, then the zeppelin to Undercity | Ruins of Lordaeron quests - only with a group |
| 24 | Undercity: Corruption; Ruins of Lordaeron - Gnarled Necromancer's Staff | No group - don't take dungeon quests |
| 25–26 | Hillsbrad: Charred Wand from Dangerous![28] | The fourth target is Miner Hackett (29) in the mine |
| 26 | Undercity: Grimoire of Seduction and Curse of Tongues | Cloth and extras - to the auction house |
| 28 | Ashenvale; Incubus - the scarf at Fallen Sky Lake | Trouble in the Deeps[22] - even without a group |
| 28–29 | Orgrimmar: Bane of Agony and Shadow Bolt; Gravestone Scepter - quest Blackfathom Villainy[27] in Blackfathom | Blackfathom Villainy[27] is turned in at Thunder Bluff |
| 30 | Orgrimmar: level 30 skills; Felhunter - Seeking Strahad[30] or Seeking Strahad[30] | The Felhunter is for 30–33 |
Drain Soul.Fear next to another pack: the feared mob brings its neighbors.Life Tap down to zero mid-fight: use it while you're above half health and the demon holds the mob.Shadow Bolt as your main attack: your mana runs out in two mobs. DoTs are cheaper.Immolate before the Voidwalker has used Torment: the mob comes for you.Health Funnel instead of a new demon: a minute of healing versus a 10-second summon.Curse of Recklessness on a target you want to fear: the fear won't work.
Affliction 21
Demonology 0
Destruction 0
