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Levels 1-20 Horde
1-12:
Your going to start by doing all the quests in the valley of trials, this should take you to 5 or 6 and can take only 10-15 minutes if done right. See our 1-12 Orc/Troll leveling guide for more detail on this area.
1- "Cutting Teeth"
2- "Sting of the Scorpid & Sarkoth"
3- "Vile Familiars"
4- Turn quests in and get "Galgar's Cactus Surprise & Lazy Peons" then finish them
5- Get and complete "Burning Blade Medallion & Thazz'rils Pick"
6- Hearth to the starter town turn your last quests in. Head to Sen'Jin Village 1- Get "A Peon's Burden" on the way as well as "Thwarting Kolkar Agression"
2- Head into Sen'Jin village picking up all the quests possible
3- Run to Razor Hill, make sure your level 6 by the time you reach it.
4- Do "Vanquish the Betrayers & Carry Your Weight"
5- Go do "A Solvent Spirit & From the Wreckage"
6- Complete part of the "Encroachment" quest line
7- Grind to Level 8 Return to Sen'Jin Village 1- Do "Thwarting Kolkar Agression"
2- Go to the Echo Islands and complete the following quests "Mishina's Skull, Practical Prey, Zalazane, and Break a Few Eggs"
3- Turn these in and return to razor hill Head to Razor Hill 1- Finish Enchroachment
2- Grind mobs up to the goblin along the road leading to Orgrimmar and get Winds in the Desert
3- Finish "Winds in the Desert"
4- Finish the other Harpy quests
5- Head to Orgrimmar Head to Orgrimmar 1- Get "Hidden Enemies" from Thrall
2- Get "Finding the Antidote" from the cleft of shadows
3- Go do "Finding the Antidote"
4- Do "Dark Storms"
5- Get "Margoz"
6- Finish "Margoz" and get "Skull Rock"
7- When you kill Gazz'uz he drops "Eye of Burning Shadow" this gives "Burning Shadows"
8- "Get Neeru Fireblade" after turning in "Skull Rock"
9- Finish "Neeru Fireblade" and "Burning Shadows" Get "Ak'Zeloth"
10- Finish Hidden Enemies
11- Grind the small amount to 12 if needed.
12-20 Horde Head to Crossroads
1- Get all the quests at the crossroads
2- Do "Disrupt the Attacks" and "Plainstrider Menace" and "Raptor Thieves"
3- Do "The Disruption Ends" after you turn in "Disrupt the Attacks" also complete Supplies for the Crossroads
4- Go to Ratchet and get "Raptor Horns" "The Guns of Northwatch" "Samophlange" and "Southsea Freebooters"
5- Turn in "Wharfmaster Dizzywig" get "Miner's Fortune"
6- Get "WANTED: Baron Longshore" and "Southsea Freebooters" and do them
7- Do "The Missing Shipment" then "The Missing Shipment" Part 2
8- Talk to Gazlowe to get Stolen Booty
9- Do Stolen Booty
10- Head to the Crossroads Head to Crossroads 1- Finish "Plainstrider Menace" and get "The Zhevra"
2- Run west of the crossroads till you find a hut, inside this hut you can get "Kolkar Leaders" and "Centaur Bracers"
3- Do all your Crossroads quest including "The Forgotten Pools" "Fungal Spores" "Raptor Thieves" "Centaur Bracers" "Kolkar Leaders" "The Zhevra"
4- turn these in and get "Harpy Raiders"
5- Once harpy raiders is done head to Stonetalon Mountains Go to Stonetalon Mountains 1- Get the following quests "Avenge my Village" and "Goblin Invaders"
2- finish "Avenge my Village" and get "Kill Grundig Darkcloud"
3- Finish "Goblin Invaders" and "Kill Grundig Darkcloud" Head back to Crossroads 1- Turn in "Kolkar Leaders" get "Verog the Dervish"
2- Get all the quests possible in crossroads
3- Do "Apothecary Zamah" go to thunderbluff grinding all the way
4- Finsh "Lost in Battle" as you head down the road, Mankrik's wife is dead outside the hut west of the road/bridge
5- Make sure to grab all the FP's in areas as you run around such as in Stonetalon and camp Taraujo
6- Make sure to train when you get to Thunder Bluff
7- Turn in Apothecary Zamah, fly/hearth back to Crossroads
8- Do "Prowlers of the Barrens" and "Harpy Lieutenants"
9- Grind up to the quest area for "Samophlange" and finish this quest chain
10- Head to Sludge Fen and do "Ignition" & "The Escape"
11- Go north and do "Miner's Fortune"
12- Head back to ratchet grind a bit on the way
13- Turn in all your quests here and head west to do "The Stagnant
Oasis" and "Verog the Dervish"
14- Go back to the crossroads for more quests
15- Turn in "Verog the Dervish" and "Centaur Bracers"
16- Grind up north to do Serena Bloodfeather
17- head east to do Echeyakee
18- Head back to the crossroads and get "The Angry Scytheclaws" and turn in "Serena Bloodfeather" to get "Letter to Jin'Zil"
19- Go south and do "Tribes at War" "Stolen Silver" "Consumed by Hatred" "Altered Beings" "The Angry Scytheclaws"
20- Head to Camp Taraujo
Camp Taraujo 1- Get "Weapons of Choice" "Blood Shards of Agamaggan" "Betrayal from Within"
2- Finish all your quests
3- Grind up to 20 or run Wailing Caverns
4- You should be 20 now
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