It will take an experienced player about 50 hours to achieve the mid-thirties. At that
point, expect to gain a level every 5 to 10 hours. After level fifty (100-120 gameplay
hours) it will take about 10 hours per level. In total to reach the maximum level, expect
to spend about 200 hours gaming. The quickest player leveling to cap (60) was about
120 hours (a priest who had a dedicated group).
5.1 Alliance
Do your starting zone: Elwynn, Teldrassil, Dun Morough. This will get you to about level
nine to eleven. Make sure you do all the quests you can. There are quests to defeat
elite monsters, but usually there will be others willing to join you if you ask in the
common chat channel.
5.1.1 Humans Levels 1-10+
Now, you’re going to want to talk to the first guard you talked to when you entered the
game. He’ll have you clean up some thieves to the east. Turn that quest in when you
collect enough of their bandanas and he’ll give you a new quest to kill the leader of the
thieves and ask you to talk to a woman (directly north of him past graveyard) who will
have you pick berry baskets located around the thieves.
Next, head south to Goldshire. There are three quests you’ll want to pick up since they
all relate to the same area. The first you get from the knight in the middle of Goldshire.
The second is in the inn. The third is given by a merchant in the South part of Goldshire.
Head south to the Fargodeep Mine, which is located in between two farms. Collect the
gold dust and candles from the kobolds in the mine while exploring.
Once you have completed these missions, head to the east farm and pick up the quest
from the woman in the house. Now head to the west farm and get the two quests from
the women and head to the west bank. Talk to the man, then to the granny. Head back
up north to Goldshire and turn in the mine quests. Make sure to pick up the invisibility
potion quest within the inn. Now head east to the lake, kill Murlocs to get the frond, and
return it to get the potion before heading back to the east farm. Give the potion to the
girl in the house. Then talk to Billy next to the barn. Kill enough swine in the farm’s yard
or outside to get the boar meat you need. Head to the west farm to have it cooked, then
back to Billy who will tell you he lost the heirloom.
Go back into Fargodeep Mine and head to the back where the top and bottom section
meet. This is where goldtooth spawns. Kill him and turn in the quest. Head back to
Goldshire and pick up the Jangolode and Murloc quests. Head east until you reach the
end of the lake, then turn north and explore Jangolode. Head back to Goldshire to turn
in the quests.
Talk to the guy in the inn and he’ll give you a quest to go to Stormwind. Head into
Stormwind (west of the starting area). The apothecary is on the left hand side. Turn in
the quest. Outside of the apothecary is a man who will give you a wine advertisement -
take it. Head into the armor shop in the middle-right of the trade district and pick up the
thread quest. Both the thread shop and wine shop are on the trade district side of the
canal. Turn them in. Now is a good time to take two professions. Ask a guard where
your profession trainer is.
Now head east even further till you reach a bridge. Talk to the guard their and pick up
his two missions. Now head east past the river and enter Eastvale. In Eastvale you can
pick up a quest to kill Defias and another to collect wood. Run along the left side of the
river you just crossed until you get to a shield and chunk of flesh, inspect it. Now, head
to the island located in the lake. Kill the Defias thieves here. These are the best
experience creatures from level 7-11, so if you’re a grinder, here’s the place. Their
drops are not bad either. Grind these at least until they drop a “Westfall Deed”.
Get the bandanas and then head to the east side of the river where all the Murloc camps
are. The second guard’s body is in the middle of this large camp. It’s best to approach
from the water if you are a puller, or from the south if you have no ranged abilities.
Inspect the body and turn in the Defias and Murloc quests. Head back to Goldshire and
turn in the quest, then head back to the bridge. You will now see that the guard has a
new quest (which most miss) to kill Murlocs. Kill bears, Murlocs, prowlers, and collect
wood under trees in this area and turn the quests into the guard.
Head back to Goldshire and there should be a new quest to Westbrook. Head west until
you reach a garrison. Read the wanted sign to kill Hogger and start asking in common
chat if anyone wants to join you. Talk to the guard in front of the garrison to get the
gnoll-killing quest. Kill gnolls (and Hogger if you have a group).
Now keep grinding gnolls until one drops a “Gold Collectors Pickup Schedule”. Read it.
Go to Goldshire to start the quest. Now head due east from where you killed Hogger,
past the farms, past everything. Eventually (very long run) you will reach a farm with a
pumpkin patch. Kill the boar named princess. In the farmhouse you will see the
collector. If you got the pickup quest, kill him for the quest and get his ring. Turn in the
quests and pick up a delivery mission in the forge (follow it to Stormwind) and you’re
done with Elwynn.
Take the Deeprun Tram to Ironforge. Here you’re going to want to exit and head west.
Along the Western route, keep your eyes to the North where you will see a ranch. You’ll
need at least two for this mission. Go into the ranch and talk with the farmer who will
give you a quest to kill a yeti. Head west of the ranch a little until you see a path up the
mountain. Slay the yeti.
Continue along the road east and you will see a quarry. Take the two trogg-killing
missions. The troggs for the easier quest are outside, the harder ones are inside. Kill’m
all and turn it in. Head further east to Loch Modan.
5.1.2 Dwarves/Gnomes Levels 1-10+
Talk to the NPCs in front of you to get the missions to kill troggs and wolves. Head
north-east and do so. Head back to the camp and turn in the missions. Now head into
Anvilmaar and talk to your trainer and get more quests there. Do the crate quest. The
crate is located in a Trogg camp a little south-west of the starting area. Turn that in.
Now get the mail delivery quest and head west along the road. Turn it in and get the
boar-killing quest. You can kill boars behind the tent where you get the quest. Do the
next delivery by once again following the road. This NPC will have you kill trolls. Walk to
the south to the troll cave and do the troll-killing missions. The head troll is in the back of
the cave for the journal mission
Now the quests should lead you west of Anvilmaar to the exit of the newbie zone. Kill
the Troggs and exit the newbie area. Follow the road to the Dwarven city of Kharanos.
At this point you’re going to want to head further north to Ironforge. Take the Deeprun
tram in the engineer’s wing to Stormwind. It saves you about half an hour to do the
Elwynn missions. Following the human path is much easier, as some of the dwarf
missions can have you dying to trolls several times and just aren’t worth it.
5.1.3 Night Elf Levels 1-10+
You start off in Aldrassil. Pick up the quest to talk with the dryad along with the
Nightsabre/Boar quest. You can find the dryad pretty easily simply by going west of the
quest giver. Kill the boars, cats, and grells and turn in the missions. Pick up the
webwood egg mission, along with the one to help the brewer’s friend. Head north-west
to the cave and kill the spiders for their venom. To the left of the cave, in a nook, is the
sick friend, talk to him.
Now head back and turn in the quests. You’ll now need to collect some eggs, do so by
heading to the back of the cave. You can pick up the ingredients for the antidote at the
lake in the middle of the newbie zone and under trees. Rush the antidote to the friend.
There should be an NPC with a ? over his head on the west side of Aldrassil. Talk to
him, then head up the tree to get the vials quest. Get to the North-Center and fill the vial
and head back. After cashing in the quest, leave the newbie zone and follow the road to
Dolanaar.
Outside of Dolonaar, grab the satyr quest. As you travel around, make sure you kill the
required creatures for their items for Zenn. Heading into Dolonaar you’ll notice you can
take several missions. Grab the mission to find a druid in Starbreeze village. The north
building will have a quest called “A troubling breeze”. There is also a “hidden” quest if
you go further up. It’s called the “Emerald Dreamcatcher”, nab it! Grab the cook’s
mission for spider legs (kill spiders whenever you see one) and talk with the druid on the
south end of town for the vial quest. Head to Starbreeze village to the big building on
the left, killing the Furlbolgs on the way. You will also see a Moonwell, where you can fill
the vial. Walk into the building and go to the top floor to get the next part of the quest.
Now head further into the village to the houses, in one will be a drawer with the
dreamcatcher in it. Head back to Dolonaar to turn in the three quests.
Grind a bit by killing the local creatures (doing the Zenn and cooking quest is a good
idea!) and grab the mission that will take you to the lake. On the south side of the lake is
a druid with two more quests for you: A drop and a very weird pickup mission. Kill the
swamp beasts you see and pick up the seeds, then turn in the quest.
The rest of the quests in Dolonaar are group-oriented, so get some buddies. If you don’t
have friends, head to the human section and do those quests. Head to Darnassus, from
their portal to the village. Griffon to Darkshore, then take the boat from Darkshore to
Menethil. Click the griffon master in Menethil to get the travel point (though you can’t
use it yet) and then run north, then east, then south to Loch Modan. Pick up the Loch
Modan travel point in Theslamar village and then head southwest to Dun Morough.
From there on it’s west to Ironforge (get the griffon point) and onto the tram to
Stormwind.
If you find some group mates, get the “twisted hatred” mission and head north to the
cave. Kill the grell and the satyr in the cave. Cash it in. Then head southeast after you
pick up the relics quest in Dolonaar. Do the quest for the cool reward. Now you should
head to the human missions as well - they are much more fun.
5.1.4 Alliance 10-20
Now, it’s time for some real traveling. Travel to Loch Modan, East of Dun Morough. At
the Loch you will find some cool missions. At the south tower, pick up the missions to
kill troggs. Head into the mountains and slay the basic beasties. You can also find them
to the north-west of the tower, past the big statues. Turn the quests in, but don’t do the
second series yet.
At Theslamar, grab the quests to kill bears, spiders, and boars. Boars are located to the
North, bears to the south and spiders are scattered all around. Kill them and turn in the
quest.
There should also be a quest from a walking guard to collect kobald ears - take it. Head
to the north tower and talk with the guards there to get the mining gear quest and turn in
the delivery missions you have. Head east to the mine where you can collect both, the
ears and the gear (boxes). Finish the missions and turn’m in. You may now be able to
pick up a delivery mission to Stormwind, take it.
Do the second Trogg mission (with others is preferable). These troggs are located up in
a mine, north of the mountain nook where you killed the normal ones. These are a pain,
so really bring a friend if you can. Head back to Stormwind and turn in the delivery
mission.
This should bring you to about level fourteen or fifteen. Bind to Westfall (west of
Elwynn). Collect the missions to kill the Defias in the mine to the north (slightly west)
along with the pocket watch quest. Also grab the gnoll mission. These can be found at
the north entrance to the zone and Sentinel Hill. The gnolls are very good for grinding,
so kill them if you want to from 15-18. Gnolls are located on the west side of the river.
The pocket watch has you taking on two (what should be low now) mobs. Kill’m dead
and steal back the watch from the farm way up north from sentinel hill. Turn in the watch
and grab the delivery quest to another farm. Hand in the deed if you have it too. At the
farm (directly north of sentinel, but south of the pocketwatch quest, pick up the quest to
kill harvest reapers can kill boars. Boars are everywhere, but like to spawn north of
Sentinel Hill. Harvest reapers are found in almost every farm.
Head back to the Loch (yeah, annoying) and finish up the Trogg quests and anything
your level you haven’t finished. While you’re in Ironforge, pick up the quest to find
bingles at the gnome area. Keep in mind that if you are duoing with another player, the
quest can be done on the Trogg Island while you do Bingle’s quest (east side of loch,
look for big fire along the river). The tools are found in the middle, left, and right of the
big island, and one is located in the southern smaller island.
Return to Westfall and finish up the Defias missions.
Keep in mind that while you’re doing the Westfall-Redridge delivery mission that you can
do the tools mission for some armor patches and more delivery missions from the
Redridge mayor. You can also do the first in the series of gnoll missions. Do the
Deadmines instance and its quests.
You should at this point be around level 17-19. Head back to the Loch one last time,
finish up the Ogres if you haven’t and grind to level 20 if you aren’t there yet. There is a
mission you’ll want in the upper part of the Loch, located on the dam. Follow the series
until you get to the part where you need a Mogrash crystal. You can also head to the
east of Theslamaar to a little mining colony and kill the troggs for their idols, perhaps do
the escort mission series which is very straight-forward. Further east of this is the
hunter’s lodge where you can pick up some missions your level.
5.1.5 General Alliance Guide to 20+
There is a series of quests in Duskwood that you can handle, but you need to get them.
Stop at the auction house and see if they have a “bronze tube” first, ask around for an
engineer that can make you one. Head to Duskwood from the Redridge path. There
should be some quests you can pick up and do in Darkshire.
? Deliveries to Sven (Madam Eva)
? Eight-Legged Menaces (Watcher in Darkshire)
? Four Legged Menaces (Guard in side of the road between Darkshire and
Raven Hill)
? Jitter’s Growling Gut (Jitters)
? Look to the Stars (House on Darkshire Eastern hill near griffon)
? Raven Hill (Elaine Carevin in Darkshire)
? The Hermit (Elaine Carevin)
? The Totem of Infliction
? Wolves at Our Heels (Lars)
Some of these lead to other missions you can’t complete, so measure what you think
you can do as you can do it. In particular, you won’t be able to finish the “Totem of
Infliction” quest at level 20, but since you’ll be killing spiders for a special ingredient
anyway, you should take the quest and just keep it in your quest log with the venom you
collect anyway.
At this point you may wish to head to Ashenvale and do the missions, this will net you
about two levels. Ashenvale is a PVP area, so keep an eye out if you run in a PvP
server.
You should also do the Wetlands. Go to the Loch and the guard in Theslamaar should
tell you to talk to a dude at the gate to Wetlands. Talk to him and kill the Orcs. On the
road to Menethil there should be a quest NPC, talk to him to get a delivery quest to
Menethil as well. Turn’m in and do the missions there.
Head to Redridge, do all the non-elite missions you can. Do all the missions in
Darkshire and you should be ready for the start of the fifth-tier missions. Make sure
you’re level 30. Head to Ironforge and see if the auctionhouse has four “Lesser
Bloodstone Ore”.
Go to Stranglethorn Vale. Go to the Kurzan camp and do the first missions there. Then
head a little south til you get to the river. Head west along the river and do the tiger and
panther mastery quests. If you want from here you can head further south to Booty Bay
and get the griffon point. You can do the delivery mission to the rebel camp (and finish it
if you got the bloodstone) and do the first croc mission for the leatherworker. If you’ve
reached level 31 you can do a delivery mission to Thousand Needles.
Head to Thousand Needles and do all the quests you can there. Be sure to bet on the
races after you rig them. If, for example you give the goblin’s some rocket fuel, the
statistics of the race will favor the goblins. There is no sure thing, so don’t invest all your
money, but some can’t hurt.
Do Desolace missions, particularly the first centaur ones. Grind the rest of the way to
about 35 if you have to. Head back to Stranglethorn and do all the missions, you’ll need
to group up for some. This should take you to about level 42.
From here, you might just want to grind. Grinding at this point levels just as fast as
doing missions. You get to pick and chose your missions as you see fit based on
reward. Staff-users level 43 and up are definitely going to want to head to Tanaris and
get the Staff of Lore quest from the goblin outside of Ratchet.
Others will want to go to Feralas to get the Stargazer cloak from Orwin Gizzmick. The
world really opens up at 40, so it’s your choice.