5.2.1 Orc/Troll 1-10+
The Orc/Troll missions are fairly simple. Talk to the NPC in front of you when you first
spawn. He’ll send you to an NPC in a cavern also in front of you. Talk to the NPC and
pick up the boar-killing mission. Kill the boars and return to the NPC.
Pick up the next mission from him to kill scorpions, also pick up the mission from the
cook to the right of the cave on the hill for cactus apples. Cactus apples spawn around
the boars, scorpions are behind them. Around the scorpion area you will see a quest
NPC who asks you to kill a named scorpion. To do so, look in the direction opposite of
the tree the NPC is under, you should see a cliff you can access, go up there and you
will find the named NPC. Kill it. Talk to the dying guy and then turn in the three quests.
Pick up the quest to kill the familiars, there should also be a quest along the right hand
side of the road to awaken peons. Take and do the peon mission on your way. You’ll
find the familiars outside a cavern in the northeast part of the newbie zone. Turn in the
familiar and peon mission and you should get two for inside the cavern. The middle path
will take you to the pickaxe, the right path will take you to the named NPC you need to
kill.
Head out of the newbie area and follow the road til you reach the sign for Sen’jin village,
go there. Take all the missions you can see there. Kill the crawlers and Makuras along
the shore, but if it gets to tedious, do the others. You can find tigers on the southern
islands if you can’t find any on the main one.
You can also do the centaur attack plans mission, which is a good experience builder if
you kill the centaurs along your merry way. It isn’t hard to find the plans, just look within
tents. Be sure to grab the razor hill delivery mission.
Don’t do the troll missions on the main island, they’re probably too advanced. Instead
head back onto the road and up to razor hill. Grab the “Vanquish the Betrayers” mission
and “Encroachment” from the NPC in the bunker. Head southwest along the road and
kill the sailors and knights at the keep, head in and kill Benedict at the top. Use his key
in the upper upper portion of the keep to unlock a chest containing a new quest item.
Do Encroachment after you finish that quest. Look for brambles, the hardest one to find
is located directly west of Razor Hill. This is also a good experience builder since you
are killing all those quillboars.
Turn in the two quests (get the next one from the quest item), and grab the raptor eggs
quest. Head back down to Sen’Jin. Do the troll missions and the skull along with the
raptor eggs quest and turn them in to the NPCs. Now head north towards Orgimaar. On
the way you’ll see a goblin to your left, take his missions and kill the harpies with the
canyon. Then head into Orgrimaar.
Turn in your mission and talk with Thrall who will tell you of the burning blade. Grab his
mission and head out. Head back to Razor Hill and travel north-west to Ragefire
Canyon, bring a friend and do Dark Storms. Head north then follow the walls of
Orgrimaar east to the coast where you’ll see a cave. Don’t go in yet, head south til you
see the NPC you need from the Dark Storms sequal, talk with him.
Now head into the cave and collect the collars and insignia from random burning blades.
Also kill the NPC in the back for another quest item. Turn these all in.
Ragefire Chasm should be considered, but is optional. Remember as you go through it
that you will be heading right. The first right will take you to the satchel quest, the
second will take you to the three boss monsters. There are two quests in Thunderbluff
for this instance, as well as 1 in the Undercity. The fourth and fifth are from Orgrimaar
but require previous questing.
5.2.2 Tauren/Undead 1-10+
The goal for the Tauren and Undead players should be to get over to the Troll/Orc
quests ASAP.
Tauren can do the plainstrider/water jug quests together, then turn them in at the village.
Grab the seer/cat mission and do them together as well, they are both located directly
south of the starting village. Follow these quests, but do not do the quillboar missions
until you have:
1. Mission to kill battleboars
2. Mission to kill quillboars
3. Mission to kill named quillboar
Head to the cave and kill battleboars on your way, don’t bother killing all of them. Kill
quillboars and battleboars on your way east, this will take you to the named’s camp, he’s
in the tent. Then kill whatever quill/battle boars you have left over.
Head to Sen’Jin village by traveling east through the barrens.
Undead players should do only their starting missions as well. You will miss a great deal
if you don’t do the Orc/Troll lands, especially Ragefire quests. Kill the required zombies,
for the first mission, but don’t do the rattlecage mission, it’s not worth it. Do the animalkilling
mission, along with the one for killing the scarlet crusaders. When you need to
look for the messanger of the crusaders, he spawns by a tent near the crusaders, but
not directly in their camp.
Do the delivery to Brill, then head to the Zepplins to the south. Take the zepplin to
Orgrimaar and head south to Sen’Jin village.
5.2.3 Horde Level 10-20+
By now you should have some missions that take you to the Barrens. By all means, it’s
time to cash them in. Now the barrens is huge, there are over twenty missions, far too
many to describe, but here are some cliff notes.
?? Sludge Fens are directly north of farwatch post. There is a shredder in
the fens that gives a mission you should consider taking if you have a
group.
?? The Samoflange can be located by going due-west of the sludge fens.
After you activate the console, one valve is on the main pipe, one is on
the rusty pipe going up, and the third is by the tracks. The named NPC
sniggles is in the hut next to the Samoflange.
?? A kodo spawns in the southern oasis and a little south of the sludge fens,
you’ll need to know this for a collection quest.
?? Prowlers can be found under trees off the east portion of the north road.
?? Harpies are the best things to farm in the northwest for levels 16-19.
?? The Wailing caverns are to the south-west of crossroads.
When you hit level 15 and get the Seplecur cape quest, you should head over to
Silverpine and do the easy missions. Silverpine will actually give you a cape quest to
the barrens, so it all works out. Do Silverpine until you reach level 17. A good NPC to
farm are the wizards of Ambermill, especially for Rogues with kick.
Do the Pyrewood village quests only if you have a group. These should be done around
level 16, but the rewards are pretty good. There is also a quest which will take you to
Ferris Isle to kill an elite named, bring some friends.
Head back to the Barrens when all you have is orange and red missions. You’ll either
want to grind harpies or do more quests. The oasis line of quests is fairly easy and the
XP rewards are not bad at all. Mushrooms grow by the oasis lakes and you put the seed
in the bubbled-crack in the southern oasis.
If you have a group, now is the time to do Wailing Cavern. This isn’t an easy instance
for new players, the end involves a giant murloc. No one ever finishes all the quests on
one run to the cavern, so don’t expect to. There is a quest to kill a goblin within the noninstanced
part of the cavern and there is also a mission inside the eye of the scullshaped
rock that is the caverns that you’ll need to drop down from the top to get to.
5.2.4 General Horde Level 20+
The leveling hints have been provided by Balthasar. You can find out more about the
author and his works here: http://www.killerguides.com/authors/balthasar.htm
Upper-20s
The Galak Centaurs are a fine choice; they have a large camp that has more than one
chest usually. And they can be pulled one by one with relative ease. Try to stay near the
cliff walls so you can always see when patrols are coming. Pull them out of the range of
detection by just walking backwards.
The Harpies in the Charred Vale near Sun Rock Retreat in the Stonetalon Mountains
can be good because there is a constant supply. Pull carefully so you only get one at a
time, but they reliably drop stackable feathers and money. There is a single quest that
can be collected in Sun Rock Retreat for the extermination of these harpies. The next
quest will require a group to finish as it requires the extermination of an elite monster.
Low-30s
In the Arathi Highlands there is a quest received at Hammerfall that leads you to
Northfold Manor which is a farmstead for syndicate humanoids. This area is just east of
the entrance to Hillsbrad Foothills and the monsters range from 31-33. They are for the
most part exceptionally easy to defeat and pull. All the monsters here are easy to pull
and they reliably drop money and cloth. You can also pick up your quest items the
easiest by hunting the Syndicate Rogues that patrol the edge of the farm in stealth. It’s a
good place to hunt as everything can be pulled without attracting others nearby,
The Lordamere Internment camp on the west side of the Alterac Mountains near Dalaran
is also a decent place to hunt humanoids. For the most part the Dalarans near the ruins
are an easier target as they are spaced far apart. Druids and Shamans need to be
mindful of the Earth Elementals as they are immune to Nature damage and take a long
time to destroy. There are also a couple quests that can be picked up in Tarren Mill that
require you to hunt these monsters as well.
Mid-30s
The Magram Village in Desolace has a number of easy to defeat centaurs that walk in
paths not very close to one another. They drop both silk and money primarily as well as
a number of sellable items. There is also a Gelkis Quest found in Ghost Walker Post in
the center of Desolace that requires you to slay Magrams in order to raise your faction
with the Gelkis. This is especially nice as when you are done grinding Magrams you can
go collect a lump sum of experience and a few more quests at the Gelkis leader just
northwest of Shadowprey Village.
There are also Ogres in Alterac Mountains (just north of Hillsbrad Foothills) that have
very few hit points and can be killed in quick succession. This can make for some quick
experience gain and decent humanoid loot.
Upper-30s
In Stranglethorn Vale, there are a ton of humanoids, to the north west of the top of the
zone, there are ruins that contain quite a few well spaced Bloodscalp Trolls. These trolls
are fairly easy to combat and there is a nearly endless supply of them in this corner of
Stranglethorn Vale.
The Witherbark Village just south of Hammerfall in the Arathi Highlands is also a good
place to hunt humanoids. They do cast curses, but for the most part they are fairly easy
to defeat. Their tents nested in the mountains usually have a few chests that can be
looted as well. A quest for these Trolls can be picked up in Hammerfall as well.