Because Blood Elves are part of the horde and will level in different areas I’ve decided to give them a separate section. After level forty they will mostly be leveling in the same zones as Alliance charectors, but there will still be some differences. A thin to note while leveling a blood elf is that they will not have as much access to undead mobs like the Alliance do, so leveling is slightly harder.
Level 1-5
You will start out in Eversong Woods on Sunstrider Isle. Your first quest will teach you how to use your racial abilities Mana Tap and Arcane Torrent and more quests will follow. When you return from your quests in Falthrein Academy head south east to the Ruins of Silver moon.
5-10
Accept the delivery quest from the NPC at the gate and follow the road south towards the inn. Set your Hearthstone here and accept the few quests here. When they are finished follow the road west to the West Sanctum. Do the quests here then follow the road down south to Fairbreeze Village and load up on the quests here.
11-15
Finish up any quests you may have missed in Silvermoon city and head south into the Ghostlands. Your first order of business is to follow the road south until you come to Tranquilian. This town is a separate faction from the Horde with lots of useful reputation rewards. Each quest gives you tons of rep and if you complete them all you will be exalted and be able to buy a rare quality cape.
15-20
Finish up any quests you still have in Tranquilian to get your cape then head to the eastern side of the mountains to Farstrider Enclave. This will be your next big quest hub so load up and finish them off. When you have finished the quests here head south between Tranquilian and the Enclave to the Sanctum of the Sun. There are a few quest givers here that will round you off to level twenty.
20-25
Head to the Undercity through the Transporter orb and then south along the road into Tirisfall Glades. Halfway down the road there is a path that goes right to a flight point and quest hub called the Sepulcher, but most of the quests here are green or lower. There may be one or two yellow ones here so you may want to take them if you are not yet twenty. Either way, when you are done continue south and then left to Hilsbrad. Follow the road until you get to Tarren Mill. Set this as your new Hearthpoint and do the quests here.
25-30
Hilsbrad will last you till about level twenty seven, at which point I took the blimp from Undercity to Ogrinmar and then hiked over to the Stonetalon Mountains. Halfway up the pass is a horde camp called Sun Rock Retreat. Make this your new base and take up any yellow quality quests. There will only be a few since this is another twenty to twenty five zone. When there is nothing left here go south through The Barrens to Thousand needles. Halfway through the zone is Free Wind post with more quests for you to take on. This should take you to thirty.
30-35
Keep questing in Thousand Needles until level thirty one. Then fly back to Sunrock Retreat and hike through the mountains to Desolace. Now your leveling will start to take you along a similar path as the Alliance. In the center of Desolace, north of the Kodo Graveyard is Ghost Walker Post, a Horde quest hub. Another hub with an inn is Shadowprey Village along the southern coast.
35-40
At thirty five head to Brackenwall Village in norther Dustwallow Marsh. This will easily take you up to level 40. But I would sugest taking a break at level 37 and doing the quests at Hammerfall in the arathi highlands, or Grom'Grol in stranglethorn. When you are done head back to Dustwallow and finish up any quests until level forty.
40-45
After you get your mount you have a few choices on where to level. You could go to Feralas, Stranglethorn Vale or the Badlands. All of these areas have enough quests to
easily get you to level 43. At 43 head to Gadgetzan in Tanaris and make it your base. Load up on the quests here and when you are done you should be nearly 45.
45-50
Travel east to Steamwheedle port and take on all the quests in the pirate base to the south. At level 47 head to Ashenvale and go north into Felwood. Near the Emerald Circle camp is a Deadwood Furbolg base for you to grind on. At forty eight take the quest from the friendly Furbolg NPC to collect feathers so you will achieve unfriendly reputation with Timbermaw Hold. When that has been completed head back to the Emerald Circle camp and take on their quests. This should get you close to forty nine. Head south to marshals refuge in Ungoro Crater to finish off your level.
50-55
Finish up any quests in Ungoro and leave at fifty one. Head to northern Azeroth and the Western Plaguelands by flying to Undercity and going east along the road to The Bulwurk. Load up on the quests here, but there is no inn in this zone so you should max out your rest and log out in the open when you need to quit. If you run out head back to un goru or go north to Winterspring.
55-60
Finish up any yellow quests in the western plauglands and take the road east. Keep following the road until you near an abandoned town Called Corwin’s Crossing. Go around it and keep heading north and east until you get to Lights Hope Chapel. There will be plenty of quests here that should get you up to level 58. If not head back to winterspring and finish any quests there. When you have hit 58 you can enter outland.
Leveling 60-70.
The ten levels you spend in Outland are very different from your previous ten. The biggest change is that you don’t have to grind as much and most of your experience will come from quests. Each zone has at least five different quest hubs, some in very remote or hidden locations. So it’s advised that you install CTmap from CTmod in the addon section since I use its coordinate system.
60-62
When you first exit the Dark Portal head right and hop a wrym to Thrallmar. Once there load up on quests and head out to the nearby areas to finish them. Eventually you will be sent to Spinebreaker Post at 61, 82. When you are finished there head back to Thrallmar, and when you have finished any new quests head to Falcon Watch. Reset your Hearthstone and take on all the quests they have here.
Now head south and west along the road until you find a small camp of druids. Most of the quests here require you to fight several elites so get in a good group until they are all competed. By this point you should be very close to level 62 so wave Helfire Peninsula goodbye and head west to Zangarmarsh.
62-63
You will only be spending a little bit of time here in Zangarmarsh. Start by loading up on quests at Cenarion Refuge at 78, 65. Nearly all of them will keep you in the eastern part of the marsh so finish them up first. Your next stop is Zabra’Jin at 31, 51. There are loads of quests here that will take you nearly to 63.
Head west across the zone till you find a small Cenarion outpost. There is only one quest giver here, but she directs you to an area that raises your rep with Sporeggar. Kill the giants and collect spore pods until you reach friendly with Sporeggar and then head to their main town for a few more quests. I personally found little use for Sporeggar so if you are past 63 already you can skip this part. What ever your decision, head next to Orebor Harborage at 22, 64. When you have finished up the few quests here you should definitely be over 63 and can leave the marsh.
Level 63-65
Follow the road south from Telredor until you enter the Terokkar forest. Keep following the road until you reach Shattrath city. Go inside and look around but there are very few quests here except for a few in Lower City. Your main quest hub for this zone is Stonebreaker hold at 48, 44 so you should put your hearth point there. When you are finished up with the quests here head into the dead grey area around Auchindoun to the refuge camp at 39, 50. Once you are finished with the five or six quests here you should be very close to 64, so to finish it out you should grind for a little bit on reputation mobs for either the Scryers or Aldor in
Shattrath city. If you are going for the Scryers go to Firewing point at 70, 36 and kill Firewing mobs for Firewing Signets. Avoid the Bloodwarders though since the have an annoying mana drain ability. If you are going for the Aldor go to the Shadow Tomb at 31, 53 and kill Cabalists for Mark’s of Kil’Jaedin. If you don’t want to turn in your signets or marks you can always sell them on the Auction house for one gold a piece.
Level 65-66
Head west along the dead zone of Auchindoun until you leave Terrokkar forest and enter the grasslands of Nagrand. Follow the road north and west until you reach Garadar at 56, 36. There are lots of quests here but ignore the one that sends you to the Throne of Elements for now. Pay special attention to the ones that have you killing ogres, they lead to a long chain with a good blue reward. After you have done about ten quests here head along the road towards the north west until you reach Nessingwary’s Saffari at 71, 41. He wants you to kill mobs found all over Nagrand so it’s best to get the quest early. From here head to the Throne of Elements at 66, 22. The shamans and elementals here will give you several more quests, including a very “Interesting” one. You should have leveled up by now so head back to Garadar and get more quests. When you have finished these you will be pretty much done with this zone so now its time to head to the Blade Edge Mountains.
Level 66-68
To reach the Blade Edge Mountains head to Zangarmarsh and go north through one of the tunnels to the mountains. The tunnel at Orberer Harbor is alliance controlled so you will have to use the other one further east. After going through the cave follow the road east through Singing Ridge and then north to Mok’Nathal village at 73, 62. Eventually you will get a quest to Thunderlord Stronghold at 52, 58. Set your Hearthpoint here and finish up the available quests. Don’t forget to check the wanted posters. When you are done here head north to Evergrove at 61, 39. This is your final quest hub in Blade Edge and has the most quests of the three. When you reach level 68 leave any remaining quests here and head north and east to enter Netherstorm.
Level 68-69
Netherstorm is a unique zone and absolutely loaded with quests. Start by exiting from Blade Edge and head southwest along the road to Area 52 at 32, 67. If you have any green quests left over from other
zones get rid of them and get more from all of the goblins. I wouldn’t recommend taking the quests from the Scryer or Aldor NPCs in the inn though since they are out of the way and are part of a long chain. When you have finished the other Area 52 quests then take the Aldor or Scryer quest chains. When one of them sends you to Manaforge Coruu take a break and go east to Kirrin Var village. Many of the NPCs here will give you quests that have you killing the same mobs around the manaforge so you can save time by doing both at once. When you have done all the easy ones head up to Eco Dome Midrealm at 45, 52 and take up the quests here. Now go and finish up the Scryer/Aldor quests in Netherstorm and head off to Shadowmoon Valley.
Level 69-70
Its time to enter the home stretch. Start by entering Shadowmoon Valley through the south eastern end of Terrokkar and follow the road north east to Shadowmoon Village at 30, 58. Set your Hearthpoint here and load up on quests. Focus on the ones that take you to the west for now like Illidari point and Legion Hold. When these are done your next base will be determined by whether you have sided with the Aldor or Scryers. If you are Aldor head to The Alter of Shat’tar at 61, 28; If you are with the Scryers go to the Sanctum of Stars at 56, 59. Set your Hearthstone at the inn at one of these sites and take on all the quests for the eastern half of the zone. By the time you get finished with this area you will have finally reached level seventy. Congratulations!