User:MaxWilder/Leveling Guide 30-40

Edited Leveling Guide 30-40 (Unfinshed)

This guide is time efficient, but the grinding portions suck. If you hate grinding like I do, finish as many quests as you can in Ashenvale, Stonetalon Mountains, Wetlands, Redridge, and Duskwood. Note that this guide has not yet been updated for Patch 2.3, so there may not be any more grinding involved.

However, this guide will cover many areas, so be sure not to do any quests in Stranglethorn Vale, Desolace, Thousand Needles, or areas like that which have quests above level 30.

Once you are tired of the lower areas, abandon any leftover quests except for those you really want to finish sometime later.

This guide is arranged in Rounds, which are periods of questing and grinding away from major cities. Before you start, and between each Round, repair your armor and stock up on food and drink. Put everything you don't need for questing in the bank. You can pick up lots of valuable stuff out there, so make as much space in your bag as possible.

Rest is best! This will go much faster if you are rested. Always park your character in an inn or major city when logging out for the night. I personally will play another character for a few days to get plenty of rested xp stored up.

NOTE: If you are on a PVP server, you will get ganked. Get used to it. Accept it. Embrace it. Someday you will be the one ganking. Fight back if you can, run away if you can. Otherwise just rez and move on. Getting frustrated (like I used to do) will not help. Just get on with the leveling. Most important, leave them alone if they don't attack. While some will always try to kill you, many will leave you alone if you make it obvious you are not trying to fight.

Round 1

Theramore

• Start this journey in Theramore.
• Be sure to get the flight path.
• Go to the Inn, make it your home location.
• Get the quest [30]  [30] Highperch Venom from Fiora Longears in the inn.
• If it is available, get  [15-30] They Call Him Smiling Jim from Guard Byron just outside the inn. You might have to talk to Smiling Jim first. Turn it in immediately inside the keep, to Captain Garran Vimes.

Shady Rest Inn

• Head to the Shady Rest Inn on the border of Dustwallow Marsh and the Barrens.
• Get the three quests there:
  •  [15-30] The Black Shield
  •  [15-30] Suspicious Hoofprints
  • Lieutenant Paval Reethe

Feralas

• Run south through the Barrens, down the great lift, then follow the road south and west to the border of Feralas.
• South of the road you will find the alliance outpost: Thalanaar (89,45). Get the new flight path from there. If you have to hearth before done with this area, you will want this flight path.

Highperch

• Go southeast along the mountain until you reach Highperch (14,32).
• Kill wyverns until you have 10 Highperch Venom Sacs.

Roguefeather Den

• Go further southeast along the mountain, keep going until you hit Roguefeather Den (27,51).
• Grind harpies until you hit level 31.
• You may also want to collect 25 Vibrant Plumes. They can get you can get 60 Tickets at the Darkmoon Faire, or you can sell them on the Auction House.

Mirage Raceway

• Head southeast into the Shimmering Flats until you reach the Mirage Raceway (80,77).
• Sell your accumulated vendor fodder, make room for quest items.
• Get the following quests there:
  • [30]  [30] Hardened Shells (Wizzle Brassbolts)
  • [30]  [30] Salt Flat Venom (Fizzle Brassbolts)
  • [30]  [30] Load Lightening (Pozzik)
  • [31]  [Rocket Car Parts] (Kravel Koalbeard)
  • [31] Hemet Nesingwary Jr. (Kravel Koalbeard)
  • [33]  [33] A Bump in the Road (Trackmaster Zherin)
  • [36] Wharfmaster Dizzywig (Kravel Koalbeard)
• These quests are all about killin' stuff around the raceway. The mobs are randomly scattered about, but each type also has a place where there are a bunch in one spot. When you come across one of these focal points, be sure to finish off the quest associated with that mob. And of course, pick up the parts that are lying around.
• When you get to the turtle area, finish the quest and keep going until you gather 10  [Turtle Meat].
• When you are done with all the quests, turn them in and get the follow up quests:
  • [37]  [37] Goblin Sponsorship (Pozzik)
  • [35] Martek the Exiled (Fizzle Brassbolts)

Getting to level 32

You have several options:

• Grind Turtles north of the Mirage Raceway. This is probably the most time efficient.
• Go to Darkshire and grind Worgen. If you decide to leave Shimmering Flats, be sure to go to Gadgetzan and get the flightpath before hearthing.
• Quests in Forest Song, Ashenvale. You probably didn't do these on your way to 30.

Optional Forest Song Quests [25+]  [7-30] Report from the Northern Front [27]  [7-30] The Lost Chalice [28]  [7-30] Agents of Destruction [28]  [7-30] A Shameful Waste [29]  [29] Forsaken Diseases ->  [7-30] Insane Druids [30]  [7-30] Reclaiming Felfire Hill [30] Destroy the Legion [30] The Howling Vale -> Velinde Starsong -> Ratchet. Good story quest chain. [32]  [7-30] Vile Satyr! Dryads in Danger!  [Diabolical Plans] are dropped by a mob in Felfire Hill. It leads to  [7-30] Never Again!.

Gadgetzan

• Head south to Gadgetzan in Tanaris and get the flightpath just south of the city. You will need this later in the game, and now is a great time to get it.
• Hearth or fly back to Theramore.

On to Ratchet!

Ratchet is on the East coast of the Barrens, on the east path from Crossroads. It's an annoying run, but you only have to do it once.

• Get the flightpath.
• Talk to Gazlowe: turn in [37]  [37] Goblin Sponsorship and get the follow up of the same name.
• Talk to [36] Wharfmaster Dizzywig on the dock, and get the follow up [36]  [36] Parts for Kravel.
• Take the boat to Booty Bay.

Booty Bay

• On the docks, talk to Wharfmaster Lozgil, turn in [37]  [37] Goblin Sponsorship and get the follow up.
• Go to the The Salty Sailor Tavern in Booty Bay and make it your home location.

Head to the top of the tavern for some quest givers.

• From Krazek:
  • [32]  [32] Investigate the Camp
  • [32]  [32] Supplies to Private Thorsen
  • [37]  [37] The Haunted Isle
• From Kebok:
  • [35]  [35] Bloodscalp Ears
  • [36]  [36] Hostile Takeover
• From Baron Revilgaz:
  • Turn in  [37] Goblin Sponsorship, and get the follow up, yet another  [37] Goblin Sponsorship.
  • Turn in  [37] The Haunted Isle, and get the follow up [37] The Stone of the Tides.
• From Crank Fizzlebub (next to the innkeeper)
  • [35]  [35] Singing Blue Shards
• From "Sea Wolf" MacKinley in a room next to the hanging shark.
  • [41]  [10-30] Scaring Shaky
• From Drizzlik in Tan-Your-Hide Leatherworks.
  • [31]  [10-30] Supply and Demand

Round 2

• Fly to Stormwind by gryphon for training (for rogues, there's a trainer on the 1st floor of Booty Bay Inn).
• Prepare for the next round. Visit the Auction house, repair, sell, buy 4 stacks of food/drink (of course don't buy drinks if you aren't a class with mana).
• Fly down to Darkshire. Follow the road south then west. At the intersection, turn south towards...

Stranglethorn Vale

• Get the quests in the Rebel Camp in Stranglethorn Vale (37,3). You can find it by running straight west from the bridge into STV.
  • [33]  [33] The Second Rebellion from Sergeant Yohwa
  • [34]  [10-30] Bad Medicine also from Sergeant Yohwa
  • [37]  [10-30] Krazek's Cookery from Corporal Kaleb

• Then go south to the Nesingwary's Camp (35,10). It is off to the west of the road, on the south shore of the river.
• Turn in Hemet Nesingwary Jr., and get:
  • [31]  [10-30] Panther Mastery
  • [31]  [10-30] Tiger Mastery
  • [34]  [10-30] Raptor Mastery
  • Don't get the The Green Hills of Stranglethorn quests (the one with the chapters), it will just encumber your quest log for now. You will complete each chapter when you get the right pages.

Round 3

Southshore

Details will go here.

Round 4

• Go to Ironforge. In the Hall of Explorers (northeast of the Gryphon master):
  • Get [33]  [10-30] Reclaimers' Business in Desolace from Roetten Stonehammer.
  • Turn in the quest [34]  [34] Letter to Stormpike to Prospector Stormpike. If you don't mind a quick trip back to Southshore, grab the followup and make that roundtrip.
• Optional: Make the Inn of Ironforge your home. It is north of Ironforge's entrance.

• Fly to Stormwind. Repair, sell stuff and train new skills.
  • Turn in [32]  [32] Reassignment at Major Samuelson in Stormwind Keep. (72,16)

• Fly to Booty Bay.
  • Turn in the quest [37]  [37] Ansirem's Key at Catelyn. She is on the 1st floor inside the Booty Bay Inn. Get the follow up [39] "Pretty Boy" Duncan, though you will not need it for a while.

Desolace

Desolace is south of Stonetalon Mountains. Hopefully you have the flightpath to Stonetalon Peak. If not there are two ways of getting there.

• From Booty Bay, take the boat to Ratchet. Follow the road to the west through Barrens until you reach Stonetalon Mountains. In Stonetalon Mountains follow the road northwest past Sunrock Retreat and Mirkfallon Lake. At the top of the map is Stonetalon Peak. Get the flight path.

- or -

• From Astranaar in Ashenvale, head south to Talondeep Path, which is just west of Mystral Lake. Go through it to Windshear Crag. Head southwest through all the mobs to Webwinder Path, then northwest all the way up to Stonetalon Peak. Get the flight path.

From Stonetalon Peak, head south to Mirkfallon Lake, then west. Follow the road as it goes south through The Charred Vale and you will arrive in Desolace. Once there, go to Nijel's Point, which is hidden up in the northern mountain range. To access it you have to go further southwest until coordinates (67,16).

Talk to the Hyppogryph master.

Then get quests:

• [31]  [31] Centaur Bounty
• [33]  [33] Vahlarriel's Search
• [33] Reagents for Reclaimers Inc.
• [35]  [35] Strange Alliance
• [39]  [39] Down the Scarlet Path
• [39]  [10-30] The Karnitol Shipwreck

We are not taking the quest [35]  [35] Brutal Politics because we decide to be friendly with the Gelkis Clan Centaur Tribe which involves lowering faction with the Magram Clan Centaur. It doesn't really matter anyway if the Magram hate you.

Circuit 1

• (1) Kill Hatefury Satyrs in Sargeron, southeast of Nijel's Point (75,20) until you have 10 Hatefury Claws and 10 Hatefury Horns for Reagents for Reclaimers Inc.
• (2) Go west to the area just north of Thunder Axe Fortress (56,17). You will find a ruined caravan there. Look for the crate that is marked "Malem Chest"". Open it to complete  [33] Vahlarriel's Search, and get the follow up quest  [33] Vahlarriel's Search.
• (3) Go back to Nijel's Point.
  • Turn in  [33] Vahlarriel's Search and get the follow up  [33] Vahlarriel's Search.
  • Turn in Reagents for Reclaimers Inc. and get the follow up  [35] Reagents for Reclaimers Inc.. From this point on, kill any scorpions you come across until you have 7 units of  [Scorpashi Venom]. You will pick up the Kodo hide when we visit the Kodo Graveyard later.
  • Sell junk and repair armor.
• (4) Go southwest and past Thunder Axe Fortress. Then go west towards the sea until you see a big tower. Azore Aldamort is next to the tower just north of it down the cliff (38,27). Get the quest [33]  [Sceptre of Light].
• (5) Go southwest along the shore towards (36,30). You should see the mast of a sunken ship.
  • Karnitol's Chest is on the shore at (36,30). Open it, and get the follow up quest  [10-30] The Karnitol Shipwreck.
  • Right next to the chest is a black book named Rackmore's Log. Click it and get the quest [36]  [36] Claim Rackmore's Treasure!
  • Take a swim and kill Drysnap Crawlers and Drysnap Pincers around the ship until you get a Silver Key. It takes about 10 kills on average.
  • Then go further north to kill Slitherblade Naga until you get a Gold Key. Again it will take about 10 kills on average.
• (6) Go east to the Thunder Axe Fortress.
  • Enter the fortress through the main gate (56,30), and kill the Seer on top of the 1st watch tower to the left past the gates. He has two guards in front of his room, and one guard with him inside. Loot the Sceptre of Light.
  • Then fight your way to the middle of the big building near the entrance and talk to Dalinda Malem. Get the follow up quest [33]  [33] Search for Tyranis.
  • Tyranis Malem is in the other building (the smaller of the two), southwest of the main one. Kill Tyranis and loot the pendant.
  • Go back to Dalinda. After you talk to her she will start to walk out of the fortress, escort her and make sure she doesn't die. Warning: Dalinda is one of those stupid escort NPCs who don't stop when YOU are attacked. So let her walk in the front of you and make sure she gets hits first. Once out of the fortress she will run away and you will get a "Quest Complete" message.
• (7) Go northeast back to Nijel's Point, turn in quests, get follow up [39]  [10-30] The Karnitol Shipwreck.
• Sell and Repair, the next circuit is gonna be long!

Circuit 2

• (1) Go south to Kormek's Hut (62,38). Get the quest [39]  [10-30] Bone Collector (62,39) from Bibbly F'utzbuckle.
• (2) Go west to the big tower and turn in your quest [33]  [Sceptre of Light] to Azore Aldamort. Get the follow up [38]  [Book of the Ancients]
• (3) Go northwest and take a swim towards the Ranazjar Isle (30,8). Clear the eastern shore of the isle. You should find a chest in between a tree and the white building. Click it to complete [36]  [36] Claim Rackmore's Treasure!.
• (4) Then clear yourself a path through the Nagas so that you can reach the statue on the northwestern part of the isle (28,6). Clear the way around the statue, get full health/mana and go click the statue twice. Lord Kragaru will spawn, a lvl 38 Naga. Kill it (soloable at 36) and loot the  [Book of the Ancients].
  • Before you go, kill Slitherblade Tidehunters and Slitherblade Sea Witches until one of them drops  [Karnitol's Satchel]. Takes 15 kills on average (Took me only 4 once, and another time it took 29 kills).
• (5) Swim back to Azore Aldamort get your rewards.
• (6) Now go southeast towards the Kodo Graveyard (48,55). Gather 10 Kodo Bones there, kill the Carrion Vultures if they are in the way. When you loot a bone there's a 50% chance a lvl 37-38 Kodo Apparition will pop up and attack you. You can run away or deal with it, up to you, they disappear after about 10 minutes.
• (7) Run east to Scrabblescrew's Camp (60, 61) and get the quest [34] Kodo Roundup. Go back to the Kodo Graveyard and use the  [Kodo Kombobulator] on any Ancient Kodo, Aged Kodo or Dying Kodo. Once you have one tamed, run back with it to the goblin, then right-click on the tamed kodo. Repeat 5 times to complete the quest.
• (8) Go southeast to the Magram Village (70,70) and kill centaurs until you are friendly with the Gelkis (exactly 50 Kills, 46 if you are human). You can check your reputation with the Gelkis Clan by opening your character panel ("C" key) and clicking on the reputation tab or just directly press "U" key. After those 50 Kills you should also have 15 Centaur Ears by now, if you don't, just kill some more centaurs.

At this point you should be level 37 already. If not, you should keep on grinding Centaurs until you hit level 37.

• (9) Go southwest toward the big arch (63,79). Kill 30 Undead Ravagers there. Beware of the Outcast Necromancers, interrupt them when they cast their summon spell. If not, they summon an Undead Ravager.
• (10) From the big Arch, go west, stay close to the mountain on your left until you reach Gelkis Village. Then go northwest until you find Uthek the Wise (36,79). Turn in quest, don't get the follow up.
• (11) Take the road east / northeast and then north. Follow the road until you reach Kormek's Hut (62,38) and turn in [39]  [10-30] Bone Collector.
• (12) Go north to Nijel's Point and turn in all the quests. Get the follow ups:
  • [39]  [10-30] The Karnitol Shipwreck
  • [40]  [39] Down the Scarlet Path