IMPORTANT:
Here’s a MUCH MORE comprehensive and detailed Grinding Guide, please follow this link: WoW Grinding Guide. There you will find everything you need to know about Grinding in World of Warcraft. Thanks for all the comments here! Cheers – Andy
Horde Grinding Spots:
- 0-15 – Questing fastest possible exp.
- 15-20 – The Barrens – Harpies
- 15-20 – The Barrens – Bristleback(s)
- 20-25 – The Barrens – Bael Dun Exavs
- 20-25 – Hillsbrad – Hillsbrad Farmers (etc)
- 22-26 – Thousand Needles – Galak Scouts (etc)
- 26-30 – Hillsbrad – Mud Gnolls
- 25-30 – Thousand Needles – Grimtotems
- 30-38 – Shimmering Flats – All monsters.
- 38-40 – Dustswallow Swamp – Very North East Islands, Murlock Warriors/Oracles.
Horde And Alliance Grinding Spots:
- 40-46 – Ferales – Woodpaws (stay away from the ones that disease for slow casting speeds)
- 46-48 – Ferales – Frayfeather Skystormers
- 48-50 – Ferales – Harpies
- 48-51 – Southwest of Gadgetzan – Thistleshrubs
- 50-54 – Western Plaguelands – First ‘field’ to the left, assorted monsters.
- 54-60 – Western Plaguelands – Scarlet Lumberjacks
Alliance Grinding Spots:
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Level 1-12:
– Newbie Zone :: You may have to leave at level 11.
Level 12-20:
– Westfall [Sentinel Hill, Westfall Lighthouse]
– Loch Modan [Thelsamar, Farstrider’s Lodge, Stonewrought Dam]
– Darkshore [Auberdine]
– Elite Area: Mo’grosh mound (Loch Modan)
– Instance: Deadmines
Level 20-22:
– Redridge Mountains [Lakeshire, Tower of Azora in Elwynn]
Level 22-30:
– Redridge Mountains [Lakeshire, Tower of Azora in Elwynn]
– Duskwood [Darkshire, Sven’s Camp, Abercrombie]
– Wetlands [Menethil Harbor, Greenwarden, N. Loch Modan (The Algaz Gauntlet)]
– Ashenvale [Astranaar ?]
– Stonetalon Mountains [?]
– Elite Area: Dun Modr (Wetlands)
– Instance: The Stockades
– Instance: Shadowfang Keep
– Instance: Blackfathom Deeps
– Happy Loot: Naraxis’ Fang (Duskwood)
– Happy Loot: Tiny Crimson Whelpling (Wetlands)
– Grind Area [26]: Dragonmaw Encampment (Wetlands)
– Grind Area [26]: Whelgar’s Excavation Site (Wetlands)
– Grind Area [28]: Rotting Orchard (Duskwood)
– Grind Area [28]: Raven Hill Cemetary (Duskwood)
– Grind Area [29]: Vul’Gol Ogre Mound (Duskwood)
Level 31-37:
– Stranglethorn Vale [Rebel Camp, Nesingwary’s Expedition, Booty Bay]
– Hillsbrad Foothills [Southshore]
– Arathi Highlands [Refuge Pointe]
– Desolace [32]
– Thousand Needles [31]
– Instance: Gnomeregan
– Happy Loot: Howling Blade (Skhowl, Alterac Mountains)
– Happy Loot: Toxic Revenger (Gnomeregan)
– Happy Loot: Tiny Emerald Whelpling (Swamp of Sorrows)
– Grind Area [31]: Kurzen Encampment (Stranglethorn Vale)
– Grind Area [33]: Stranglethorn Raptors (Stranglethorn Vale)
– Grind Area [33]: Growless Cave (Alterac Mountains)
– Grind Area [34]: Gallow’s Corner (Crushridge Ogres – Altarac Mountains)
– Grind Area [36]: Venture Co. Base Camp (Lake Nazferiti – Stranglethorn Vale)
Level 37-43:
– Stranglethorn Vale
– Arathi Mountains [Refuge Pointe, Faldir’s Cove]
– Badlands [Various camps around the zone]
– Desolace [37]
– Elite Area: Stromgarde
– Elite Area: Mosh’ogg Mound
– Instance: Scarlet Monastery
– Instance: Uldaman
– Instance: Razorfen Downs
– Happy Loot: Tiny Black Whelpling (Badlands)
– Grind Area [37]: Lashtail Raptors (Stranglethorn Vale)
– Grind Area [37]: Water Elementals (Stranglethorn Vale)
– Grind Area [39]: The spider cave north of Brackenwall (Swamp of Sorrows)
– Grind Area [39]: Rock Elementals (Badlands)
– Grind Area [39]: Elder Crag Coyotes (Badlands)
– Grind Area [41]: Scalding Whelps (Badlands)
– Grind Area [41]: Agmond’s End (Badlands)
– Grind Area [41]: Ziata’jai Ruins (Venture Co. Stuff, Stranglethorn Vale)
– Grind Area [43]: Naga Explorers (Stranglethorn Vale)
Level 43-46:
– Feralas [Feathermoon Stronghold]
– Tanaris [Gadgetzan, Steamwheedle Port]
– Instance: Zul’Farrak
– Grind Area [43]: Wastewander Bandits (Tanaris)
– Grind Area [44]: Isle of Dread (Feralas – Inside Cave; South of Feathermoon Stronghold)
– Grind Area [45]: Feral Scar Vale (Feralas)
– Happy Loot: 14slot bag! Cortello’s Riddle quest, starts in one of the ships in Stranglethorn Vale for the end of the Bloodsail Buccaneers line of quests.
Level 46-50:
– Tanaris [Gadgetzan, Steamwheedle Port]
– The Hinterlands [Aerie Peak]
– Instance: Zul’Farrak
– Instance: Maraudon [49]
– Instance: Temple of Atal’Hakkar [50]
– Grind Area [47]: Undead in Western Ashzara (Azshara)
– Grind Area [47]: Dunemaul Compound (Tanaris)
– Grind Area [47]: Elementals/Golems around The Cauldron + N of it (Searing Gorge) – Elemental Leatherworking Supplies
Level 50-55:
– Searing Gorge [Kalaran Windblade]
– Blasted Lands
– Un’Goro Crater [Marshal’s Refuge]
– Felwood [Emerald Sanctuary]
– Burning Steppes [Morgan’s Vigil]
– Instance: Temple of Atal’Hakkar
– Grind Area [50]: Deadwood Village (Felwood)
– Grind Area [51]: Ruins of Eldarath (Azshara)
– Grind Area [52]: Dreadmaul Rock (Firegut Ogres – Burning Steppes)
– Grind Area [52]: Legash Encampment, Thalassian Base Camp, Ursolan (Azshara)
– Grind Area [52]: Jaedenar (Felwood)
– Grind Area [52]: Sorrow Hill (Western Plaguelands)
– Grind Area [53]: Ironwood Trees in northern Felwood
– Grind Area [54]: Temple of Arkkoran (Azshara)
– Grind Area [55]: Jadefire Run, Felpaw Village (Felwood)
Level 55-60:
– Winterspring [Everlook, Starfall Village]
– Western Plaguelands [Chillwind Point]
– Eastern Plaguelands
– Instance: Blackrock Depths
– Instance: Blackrock Spire [60]
– Instance: Stratholme [60]
– Instance: Scholomance [60]
– Grind Area [55]: Felstone Field, Dalson’s Tears, The Writhing Haunt, Gahrron’s Withering (Western Plaguelands)
– Grind Area [56]: Northridge Lumber Camp (Western Plaguelands)
– Grind Area [56]: Corin’s Crossing (Eastern Plaguelands)
– Grind Area [56]: The Pillar of Ash (Burning Steppes)
– Grind Area [56]: Winterfall Village (Winterspring)
– Grind Area [57]: Blackrock Stronghold (Burning Steppes) [NOTE]
– Grind Area [57]: Ice Thistle Hills (Wintespring) – Rugged Leathers
Dealing with the boringness of grinding:
There’s no way to get rid of it. There’s ways to deal with it, fortunately. The basic ways are to simply play music while grinding, or position your TV to a location where you don’t have to turn much to watch it, or chatting in game. Grinding doesn’t require you to watch your screen 100% of the time, even on a PVP server, so watching TV isn’t too hard. A method I personally like is talking to friends, RL or on team speak, both are good choices to help you forget about what you’re doing. One thing I urge everyone NOT to think about is how long it’s taking to level, it’ll make you extremely bored/frustrated.
Why do people grind if it’s so boring?
A simple, yet complicated question. The simple answer is that we’re power gamers/PVPers. We want to get as strong as possible as fast as possible. The part where it gets complicated is where casual gamers and such are reverting to grinding, too. With the current state of WoW, there’s very little reason to do quests. One of the only reasons is that you get more involved with the story/history of WoW. Another is that it is more entertaining than grinding. While I’m not going to try arguing with either of those, I will tell you the following:
There’s very few rewards to doing quests, one of them being able to buy mounts from other races in your faction. This, funny enough, isn’t very possible. The other being you get discounts. I’ll let you know now that you can easily obtain an honorable status by questing from 1 to 14-15, which is what I did. Grinding rewards better than questing, more materials, more gold, more of a chance to receive rare drops (blues that bind on equip), and most importantly, faster/better exp. Also, you can grind to 60 and then proceed to do instances, which means you end up with the same gear as everyone else, but faster.
There are different types of power leveling.
Grinding – Single target grinding, which is what this guide is based on. Some quests are done, but only the ones that can be done while grinding. This is -the- most boring form of power leveling.
AOEing – Killing multiple monsters at the same time with AOE spells. Sounds better than it is. Some quests are done, but only the ones that can be done while grinding. More entertaining than normal grinding.
Power AOEing – AOE grinding with outside support. This outside support is usually a support class healing you, which enables you to AOE a larger number of monsters and not have to worry about your health or survivability. Survivability is why solo AOE grinding is flawed. Little quests are done. Probably the best form of leveling. Fastest and most entertaining (you have someone to talk to, joke around, etc). The only downsides are finding someone to preform this task for you. Note: Outside support means you’re not partied, IE; you’re getting all of the experience.
Well, which is that fastest?! Power AOEing -> Grinding -> AOEing
How long did it take you to max, using these methods?
7 days to 10 days.
49 comments ↓
nice guide, wish rogues had an aoe tho 😛
Very cool guide, thanks!!!!!! World of Warcraft for teh win. World of Warcraft is just the best MMORPG out there!! This Grinding Guide gonna take me to Level 60, yea!
Great work, thanks!
Very nice ty i can get to 60 and play with friends now ^_^
“How long did it take you to max, using these methods?
7 days to 10 days. ”
Is it your /played or you’re talking about real time ?
Thanks for your guide, especially the alliance spots are very useful(lvl. based). I’m on my way to learn AoE-grinding, so this is rather useful!
i was wondering i heard about aoe grinding in maraudon on the green slimes could you explain?
i did this tonight and took me about an 1 hour trying and dying but i fund out that i could do it!! i actually aoe grinding 14 elites mobs in theory i should have gotten 1200 exp for each mob via rested bar but then i found out that blizzard had nerfed the spot so i was a dead man no where to aoe grind >.
but now thanks to ur guide i think most of the spots are good gonna try em thanks for the help budd,,, ill let u no how it works out
Yea, Blizzard nerfed many of the AOE spots, but the upper list should still be quite accurate regarding to grinding spots.
Would love to hear your feedback! 🙂
Cheers
yeah dude the wpl spots are just sooo good loads of exp especially when my mate is online sometimes we grab a whole field and just aoe em to death good exp money and runecloth!… im chanter so i need ad rep so this is justeven better as i get rep and the scourge stonesw/ bone fragmentss which sell for 120g for 350 of em ty mate im just gonna do til 60 hoprfully….. i also got a level 19 warrior gonna try some of the low level spot – thing is ive rolled a warrior so i cant take on alot more level higher than me 🙁 but i will try it
sweet guide, anybody know a good aoeing spot for my 24 Mage?
dude i have been aoeing since level 24 trusy me u gonna love it
when i was 24 i had a priet though and went to southern barrens into the bale dun axevas and my max at that level was 12! and believe me aoeing is fun.
try that till around 28 when u done tell me 😀 right now i need every one help…. i got a level 19 warrior and this due is pimped with greens and he got 1k armor and i find grinding with a warrio really cool i dont have to stop to drink/eat in like 15 mobs… is this jst cos of my level and class does it become crappy at higher level… i was searching about classes and i thought of making a druid seems so fun being 3 classes at once .. i saw a druid own my bro ( hunter) and i think they are fun i just wanted to know are they really fun and easy to level? my mate he didnt have to ever drink on his hour grinding sessions.. and he imbs’s himself to level 60 while i was 40 >.
P.S now i am 54 almost 55
^^
Frostay, on which server do you play?
i used to play on blade fist my originol realm but blizzard made every one migrate to outland cus bladefist realm hardware wasnt good so bladefist now is like a dead ghost own right now i play on outland… whihc one u play in?
can some one tell me whihc is faster to level and more fun to play warrior/druid? thx in advance
dude u sed that u got /played of 7 days with what class did u do that with?… and do u no anything abou grinding with warrior if they harder than other classes? and is there any technique on grinding with a warrior?
sorry to post so much but could u gimme some advice on also that what type of exp u shud be getting through out the level?
EG….20-30=20k an hour ( thats hypathetical) something like that
hope u answer all of my question ( there sure is alot of emLOL loads above this posy aswell)
some one tell me which class shud i choose….. stick with my warrior ( level 20) or make a druid neeed some lipping help people!
Well, depends if you like PvP or not. Druids are very strong with Level 60. If you wanna level REAL fast, go for a mage and do AOE Grinding. Also check out this site for more information: WoW Grinding Guide
lolz dude i have 55 mage i no how to do the aoe grinding method frost aoe since 33 ^^ just whihc is funner to play and quicker to level with drui/warrior plz tell me?
all i care about is the easiest leveller druid or warrior some one tell me plz!!!
Go for the warrior then, dude!
kk just like saying are they the faster leveller tha a druid? do they have alot of downtime E.G eating….. somone told me with a druid u kill a mob use all ur health take him out quickly then when u got low health dnt drink just heal then go back to dps…. can u just tell me a good method with grinding for a warrior as people say druids are better grinders and my mates say it aswell…LOL i wrote druid and warrior on a piece of paper and asked my mum’ choose one at random” she picked druid and said level that … so can ya give me some explanation as why warrior is better grinder or druid is better grinder? cus post 30 i no it is easy but after 40 i wanna know whihc is better grinder? ill be levelling a druid to level 10 so that i have 20 wasrrior and 10 druid until u reply plz tell me the reasons for picking the warior or druid ……. not just u andreas ( i appreciate all ur info) but anyone else have like a 60 warior and a 60 druid tell me whihc level faster or something?!!!!!
kk figured it out gonna make a warrior heard they were awsome grinders
but now can some one post me the best dps buil currebtly i am fury
FURY
5/5 cruelty
5/5 unbridled wrath
2/5 imp battle shout can some one tell me for puer dps build with fury specc whihc is better duel wield or 2h slow big ss damage?
hey i just read thourgh the post and i am a lvl 30 mage i am ok at aoeing but i need so serioues help can some one tell me what spells i should use and in what order plz you would be a big help
p.s i am a fire and frost mage
i would ilke a awnser plz
I have a 54 warrior and am currently leveling a 26 druid. I beleive a druid will level faster as there is less down time and higher survivability rate (self heal and run away in cat form). Also the cat form travel talents provide a 30% boost in traveling. Faster travel = more productive grinding/questing. Remember in grinding you want to fight mobs 1 to 3 levels less than you. I found the druid had no problem handling multiple mobs at those levels.
i have no probs with grineding i an lvl 32 now and i lvl in stv eays i can take 3 lvl 36 at once itsjust aoeing on like 10 mobs atonce i just need a bit on help with that
ok i am kinda like really good aoeing ( dont men to brag) been doing since 24 i no every good spot in the game for aoeing until 55 so if ur 30 good spot wud be on tauren in 1k and when 33 move up to arathi hihglands on dybries farmstead i dd 33-38 there very quickly….. and i f i was u ide go frost and fie … right now my build is 21 frost and rest in fire the only things to aoei have needed are imp blizzarding ice block preme forst imp frost nova if u want the build ill give u some ( this is just rough) so basically i aggro about 10 mobs and if i have ice block use if not go on a aggro of 5 mobs…. now what u do if frost nova and run away until u hav to be maxuim range for blizzard( u will get to no after a lil while) and cast blizzard the furthese edge from ur self at the feet of the closest mobs to u and when done do the same …. the mobs are near u no and no ur nova shud be up if needed frost nova and another blizzard and they ded …. if still alive arcane explosion ftw remember only ever use 3 blizzard 4 is a waste of mana and dowtime…. i have been doing since level 24 wrks good for me have cacthed up to mate who now 57 and im 55^^ imba lvelling so if u need any more help i will do my best to explain post and again and tell me how i went plz
ty i am gona try this out
were are the tauren in 1k
and r u horde
or allience
i am horde UD mage the taurens are on top of the dark cloud pinacle on the big mountains mainly aoe about 4 at that level and go for the melee ones… when ur 35 or so then start taking on 10 mobs in arathi….btw i find that the taures ar really annoying cos of casting so either counter spell or take priest with u cus the exp will be half but u take one more mobs and less down time … basically do what ever until 33 …thts when the real aoe comes in of about 10 mobs….. i remember my bro made a mage he was 32 not 33 i went on his acc and took the whole FIELD!! of the mobs in arathi …so thats about 15 mobs the same level as him ofc i used one health potion and mana jade but it was good i taght him how to aoe aswell…. hope it all help tell me how it goes
now for me dude i am now 25 warr and i have fury build i heard duel wiedl was good so i got winged blade and bucther’s slicer from sfk this is good or go with 2h weapon called dense triangle mace? so in all whihc is better faster build of rage with duel wiedl with the fact of missing alot (which u
do) or have big 2h weapon slow and big damage? ( this is all with fury )
plz no one say 2h for arms and duel wield for fury i jst wanna no whihc is best for fury thanks guys
plz reply
lvl 35 now and i have found ur advice verry enlighting
but ihave found stv a godplce for aoe
north up the coast from grom gol basecamp full oflvl 37 troll worriors nice i pull 3-5 at a time
Being a long time AoE’r, let me give u a few basics to live by.
1. Make 100% sure you spec to have improved blizzard. It is crucial to good mana efficiency, resulting in less downtime. It also prevents you from getting hit… ever.
2. Make sure to spec into frost, because later on down the line (40+) you are going to get ice barrier, the god of all AoE spells. It prevents you from being dazed, knocked off horse and dieing, the 3 main AoE pitfalls. GET IT!
3. Stay far, far away from ranged/caster mobs. If there is even 1 in a group, they will mess up your whole system. A lightning bolt/arrow/bullet in the chest and your blizzard is gone. That’s 700+ mana down the drain and you probobly dead from OOM(out of mana). MELEE ONLY!
4. Use wand to pull straying mobs. If they are spread out, use ur wand to aggro them, then while they run at you, run away from them to the other mobs to pull a bigger group. If you aoe correctly, you can take on an infinite amount of mobs.
This should be your AoE order every single time. Get the mobs together in whatever way you want, but make sure they are tightly packed together. Frost Nova them, SIDESTEP (don’t back up, you move slower, and you need to get to 30 yds before the Frost Nova breaks. Moving sideways lets you keep them in view and move at 100% speed.) Blizzard them so you are hitting them all. When your blizzard is just about out, cast it again somewhat near you so they walk into it and get hit as much as possible before they hit you. When they get close, frost nova, and backup and blizzard again. If you are too low on mana, instead of blizzard, try flamestrike and an Arcane Explosion, and wand them to death. Your Ice Barrier may be up again, allowing you to wand them without dieing. Try and save Evocation for when you run OOM and there are too many mobs with too much health. Use cold snap if you must, Frost Nova, run away and evocation to full mana. AE to death.
Enjoy!
Now Crowface has just left exactly what I needed, quick newbies guide to AOE technique. Gives the basic Idea which you can then tailor to suit your own particular style. I’m not having a great deal of luck with AOE grinding atm but then I’m only level 20 so I think thats still the main problem. Haven’t got that Blizzard to 60% slow yet so the mobs reach me before I can run off another blizzard and before the cooldown on my nova has expired. But top stuff, thanks Crowface and an equal if not larger thanks to Andreas for posting all the top info in the first place, Im going to use this as a guideline for all my chars from now on.
Hey great guide, I’m a feral druid should i grind single units or multiple units? (Im lvl 25) and what lvl units should they be and where?
Thanks in advance.
By the way I am alliance.
ty guy big big help lvl 60 now YAY
AN Y 1 HERE GOT FULL EPIC OR IS THIS A DEAD FORUM NOW ?
How should a warlock grind? The only AOE spell we have is hellfire, which hurts us and causes so much threat that it pulls all agro. The best way i have found is to DOT one and let the Void take care of him while I DOT another. This means a lot of boring grinding. Is there a better way??? Thanks
PS I am lvl 39 currently in STV doing the pages quest.
yeh this is like 6 months later since i have posted i am now level 64 mage with my gear owning and i am also thinking of making a lock they own with dots so i thought any like special method for grinding with locks?
I am trying the 15-20 Harpy spot in Barrens right now, it works GREAT! Thanks so much.
yeah aoe grinding is great…for 29-34 i liked the yeti cave in hillsbrad…there all melee so you dont have to deal with casters getting out of the group and you cant aoe everything at once and they dont run…
me and my priest friend both lvl 31 (i’m a pally) took out 22 yeti’s out once resulting in 3,200 XP in about 1 minute. if we were rested about 6.5k xp 🙂
Mud Gnolls blow, just FYI. Casters = no solo aoe
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hehe, now i am level 70 went pvp full merciless, and guess what i still havent decided which class to mak as an alt and i really need to now, im stuck between
druid=verstality and fun
shaman=strong, cool
warrior= awsome dps and looks good,
which shud i go for?
thnx crowface. that helped alot.
but is it helpful when second blizzard is done to CoC then frost nova and start again?
rofl still aint made an alt either make drood now or im waiting for DK to come tbh lol= cnt wait to share aoe area’s in northwrend with u guys for mages when i find some out
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