Classic WoW: Best Questing Zones

[@Matthew-uv6gl]

Typical WoW experience: Quest xp is starting to dry up. Where can I go to pick up a bunch of new quests? I know, Stranglethorn Vale! * *3 hours later* * 2 hours and 50 minutes spent as a ghost, only one quest completed. Yeah, this was a mistake.

[@Matthew-uv6gl]

Two areas which can be easily overlooked, but good fillers for horde side: Stonetalon Mountains. The level range is smashed in between Barrens and Ashenvale and while there is a quest that sends you that direction, it is a bit out of the way. Once you get to the quest hub though, there are a lot of quests to shorten the gap between Barrens and the higher end Ashenvale quests. Though on PvP servers this zone generally has far more alliance than horde and you will always be outnumbered. Still worth keeping in mind if the zone isn't packed (low server population at certain times of the day, either way ahead or behind of the pack when leveling). The flats in Thousand Needles. It, too, is a bit off to the side. Even though it is part of Thousand Needles, it feels like a separate zone with a cut-off quest hub. The quests here aren't super amazing, but most of them are kill quests and the wide open flat area makes for easy grinding. The turtle shells sell for a decent amount of money as well.

[@WillEmmo]

@@Matthew-uv6gl Think I was one to overlook them too! I did have more time on Alliance so that's going to contribute too. Good info though!

[@norxlor]

You are not far from the truth on this one @Matthew ! I remember when my and the hubby got camped my a rogue at Nesingwary's Expedition trying to turn in quests. Stayed dead (after SEVERAL attempts to just turn in quests!) and went to go watch a movie. Came back afterwards and they were still there! Fun times...

[@SpencerLemay]

Feel bad for those warriors trying to get their whirlwind axe

[@hito6464]

Stranglethorn Vale also known as Vietnam

[@quinngerrard6428]

As an Alliance player, i love any zone thats green so i dont have to spend 80% of my time corpsewalking

[@fuzzy8889]

that happens too much for me

[@RobG811]

That music in Ashenvale is so nostalgic, that and darkshore are a couple of my favorite places to level. All the different colored trees, and the music alone... just spectacular.

[@WillEmmo]

I love the nelf zones - all of them. Really takes me back

[@ciswhitebigot]

I'll never forget the first time I went there

[@CRBarchager]

My first char I ever made in WoW was a Night-Elf Warrior with mining. I loved Darkshore.

[@tihomirrasperic]

Best music is in "Wrath of the Lich King" - GrizzlyHills - > when you come to Westfall brigade encampment zone.

[@aliciag.4402]

Grew up in western Washington and I love Darkshore! Reminds me so much of the rocky beaches we have here.

[@Swolimandius]

I was in a 5 man in the Arathi Highlands for like 7 hours yesterday, did most of stromgarde, tons of pvp and lots of good farm. Great time, made some good in-game friends

[@Viciouss72]

I remember Silithus had no quests at first, which always made me sad because the zone's aesthetic was brilliant.Paired with the soundtrack for the desert zones, it had a sinister, haunting vibe.

[@WillEmmo]

Yeah it just sort of sat there doing nothing for the longest time

[@amacuro]

yeah if you struggle a bit to get the last couple of levels to 60, Silithus is a fun place to go. Not much activity which means all mobs are yours!

[@CRBarchager]

@@amacuro True, but those Sandworms with charge was annoying and getting the last 15 point in cooking killings these with low dropchance for silkworm meat was a bitch :D

[@TheSurroundification]

Un Goro is my absolute favourite zone for questing, the leveling speed takes a big leap when visiting this zone and builds the momentum for the last levels to 60!

[@Kanivalos80]

STVietnam gets ganked on low HP-> 5 min corpse run->gets corpse camped->logsout

[@WillEmmo]

the REAL Classic experience

[@stevie3452]

I wouldn’t have it any other way

[@FecalMatador]

I don’t mind dying to people my lvl. Now if you’re the 60 rogue who camps lowbies, kindly go fuck yourself

[@markxv2267]

Ill spend all my time there ganking low levels with my druid. Cant wait!

[@trapsrus5611]

I remember sitting next to a graveyard for like 3 hours as a kid because some max nub was sitting there killing me off over and over. Yeah I eventually just quit until later on. Destroyed all my armor and idk if yall remember vanilla but having completely broken red armour sucks!! I didn't have the gold to fix it and think I ended up just not playing that character anymore. Get ready for that..

[@FeyNoel]

Can't forget the ground trembling in Unguro crater...meaning that dang t-rex was coming for you! :)

[@tedk.6420]

Ashenvale is my favorite low level zone for world pvp. I have memories of both factions staging ambushes along the roads and battles in the towns.

[@Pompyroftw]

Back then I played a human mage and the starting zones from elwynn forest --> westfall --> redridge mountains --> duskwood were so well designed you didn't need to visit any other zone up to lvl 30

[@WillEmmo]

Im pretty sure I did something similar. I have done those zones many time now!

[@Quitarstudent]

humans have the best lvling early exp imo, + close to DM

[@chocolategoose7350]

Thats exactly what I did! I loved how linear it felt and was kinda sad it didn't stay like that. Stranglethorn Vale kicked my ass when i got done in duskwood. It feels like the quests are 3 levels above what they say they are. STV is also a pain in the ass because when you die you have to run 5 mins back to your corpse due to there being 1 graveyard near the entrance.

[@shadowwolf9909]

A human warlock was my first character. Most of my other's ended up being night elf's on Alliance side. I would usually only hold out until level 6, before I made the long trip to Elwynn Forest. I loved the progression of the human starting zones the most on Alliance.

[@aliciag.4402]

lol this was basically my Classic experience on my first 60. Went to the Wetlands after that then to Hillsbrad. Good times.

[@jordan3237]

2:36 the amount of nostalgia i feel when i hear this song, chills :o

[@Relbl]

As a Horde player, I've always really enjoyed Stonetalon Mountains and 1000 Needles. Dustwallow was also a great level to both quest and grind and among my friends back in 2005 those mid-40s elite black drakes were where we got 'our' first epic world drop! The feelz... :)

[@WillEmmo]

I think I was showing my Alliance colours a bit in this vid - not too many Horde zones came to mind!

[@chocolategoose7350]

Even as alliance i love 1000 needles. Such an odd zone and I loved how weird it was compared to the other zones.

[@slurmmckenzie1513]

Why did you not sort them by lvl? -.-

[@heyitsmikey128]

I personally think this is very confusing not sorted by level.

[@mepcsa6272]

instantly stopped watching, my OCD went crazy

[@Coconut-mf2zz]

i need help from lvl 80 cant find quest please help

[@calebm8035]

Agreed, pointless video.

[@nothankyouYouTube420]

Slurm !

[@insanemang9983]

Tanaris aka the one place that if it hasnt happened already will spark your hatred for rouges. Even as a rouge.

[@chocolategoose7350]

@elitist douche bag I absolutely hate rogues. They are monsters in pvp.

[@YourNemesis23]

@elitist douche bag as a Warlock i hate Rogues and Feral Druids the most, they always ambush and gank, never straight up fight you - that's probably why they chose those classes. Rarely have PVP encounters with other classes actually. That being said, killing a ganking rogue or druid is amazingly satisfying ^^

[@exmaarmaca]

Lets not forget in the Barrens the "Barrens chat" its like an extension of 4-chan, also south there are 2 more dungeons RFK and RFD.

[@garenson]

I started playing in Burning Crusade and my favorite Quest path was Eversong Forrest > Ghostlands > Hillsbrad Foothills > Arathi Highlands & Straglethorn > Hinterlands & Tanaris > Un'Goro Krater > Winterspring. Feralas was nice too, but had to few Quests for Horde and I usually outleveled it. I actually like questing in interesting zones and was always a little frustrated that you outleveled zones (everything is grey...) most of the time before you had finished all the available quests. I'm actually looking forward to fully experiencing zones this time, which is one main reason why I'll play WOW Classic, even though I would have preferred a Burning Crusade Classic server for it's better character mechanics.

[@MaterDolorumOraProNobis]

Michael Schulze I don’t know that I’ll play because I don’t have hours like I used to but I remember Burning Crusade being my favorite and I liked playing a Draenei Shaman for alliance.

[@Corrupted]

Feralas has a lot of quests for horde, maybe you missed a lot? Definitely more than most areas at that level range, it's great to combine with tanaris and hinterlands imo

[@botep5529]

Duskwood is like a horror movie, especially if you are low level, spiders and wolves lurking in the shadows.. and stitches walking the path ready to ruin your day.

[@anr4306]

You forgot to mention that Barrens has Rfk and Rfd as well apart from Wc.

[@WillEmmo]

Very true! my bad there

[@thevlaka]

Ashenvale is horrendous. The runming back and forth ruins it.

[@Killswitch1991]

and the zone kills FPS for some reason laggy af

[@omgroflgamer2010]

when in a rush to level, yes, ashenvale isn't great. Too much back and forth, huge zone. But as a nightelf player I really enjoyed that zone and stayed in it for as long as I could. It's relaxing there, the music, the atmosphere. Not too many pvp clashes and ganks

[@rudy1999]

Well, it ain't that bad for night elf druid with +40% speed lol

[@dafrekknpope7842]

Just discovered your channel today mate, and I gotta say... I am really loving it! I have watched nearly all of your videos over the past 3 hours and am so excited for Classic Release 8/26!!! See you in Azeroth, cheers!

[@WillEmmo]

Looking forwards to it too! Cheers

[@simonsama5857]

Imo Westfall sucked as a leveling zone, but The Defias Brotherhood questchain and The Deadmines make up for it.

[@WillEmmo]

The story was a big carry for me too - I just had to include it from memories!

[@simonsama5857]

@@WillEmmo Yea, this is why I'll go there and complete this questchain on all my characters I'll have in Classic. So this is definitely a zone that you can't miss.

[@rudy1999]

Pretty much all Alliance zones besides Darkshore suck for leveling compared to Horde

[@aliciag.4402]

personally I love leveling in it! Fall is my favorite time of the year and that zone is perma-fall lol

[@VetleTV]

Anther great video to get me in the mood for classic wow! Im absolutely loving the attention to details with matching soundtracks for every zone. You must be putting alot of effort into your videos :)

[@WillEmmo]

Thanks! I want to put out that seems good to me at least lol

[@WoWgen123]

Thousand needles was a huge win for me because pvp was wild right before you got to tanaris.

[@Cinomod6066]

Thousand needles and salt flats where great for horde as well on top of silver pine forest for undead was awesome with the dreaded shadowfang keep.

[@albinotangerine5556]

I really liked leveling in the undead starting zone and the surrounding undead areas. Un'Goro Crater is a lot of fun too.

[@WillEmmo]

Starting areas are always cool - wanted to pick neutral zones as much as possible for this vid (I kinda failed lol)

[@clearasil11]

Pick up all the quests in Marshal's Refuge, check bags for food and potions, walk down the slope, confront the first Pterrodax Shit, here we go again

[@ellescer]

Hillsbrad fields and stranglethorn Vale, some of the most amazing pvp battles ever

[@WillEmmo]

This isn't covering every good zone - just some that are memorable to me.

[@rakkin5467]

WillE im lvl 30 i was hoping for a good zone , human i have done my lvl quest in shimmering and vale

[@BITCOIlN]

I loved Feralas, the giants quest near shore for me were the most memorable, the mobs itself gave a lot of xp and they were easilly killed once you miniaturized them. Not sure if everything was in Vanilla but definitely in TBC, the giants also dopped good items, it also has the Warlock mount quest and in retail WoW it has one of my favorite pets which are Faerie Dragons. These locations are main reasons why many of us wants Vanilla, the zones gona be alive again and not mere 1 hour grind & forget.

[@WillEmmo]

I think you can get a faerie dragon as a companion pet in Classic. Maybe it was later on hmm

[@shii5795]

I tend to hit every zone for all the quests. Even the ones I'm over leveled for in order to snag the rep. But only on my main. As a primarily melee orientated player, I am definitely going to hit Desolace and Mauradon so I can get the Mark of the chosen. It will be very useful as a tank.

[@joshuaowens9937]

I’m the same, can’t leave a zone without completing every possible quest!

[@dudlecore7358]

my classic route for lvling was: "struggle for years until bc comes out" - worked out for me hit lvl cap near the end of BC and started actually playing the game then

[@FecalMatador]

I didn’t start actually playing till wotlk because I was aged 8-11 from Vanilla to BC lol. Got kicked from my first raid because they told me to join vent and I said I didn’t know what it was. Good times

[@dudlecore7358]

@@FecalMatador ahahah I remember joining ventrilo of the top guild of our server ... tbh i felt proud af i was invited there ... good ol times

[@shadowwolf9909]

@@FecalMatador our guild leader was from Alaska, on one night of Molten Core raiding, he told us about how a moose tore up the roof of his convertible earlier that day. Why he had a convertible in Alaska to begin with is beyond me. But the non stop laughter he provided retelling the story was worth it. We also had an Aussie who we nicknamed the voice of God due to the deepness of his voice. Fun times.

[@Tycon]

1000 needles is easily one of the best zones and so iconic, the mesas and highland plateaus along with the cliffs and iconic quests like the leap of faith and escort quest free at last to take Lakota out of the Grimtotem controlled Darkcloud pinnacle. The boiling lake in the middle to farm water for casters and the infamous shimmering flats to get carrot on a stick and the race way into tanaris. Idk if I've ever leveled a character without going here. The moonwell robot quest was annoying though for horde. People fall off and die all the time on their way in from barrens on the great lift it's amazing.

[@WillEmmo]

I think every horde player has that zone so clearly in their memory!

[@FreedomFighter08]

As an alliance player I really hate Westfall now more than any zone after leveling several toons. I might switch this time and go a different route.

[@WillEmmo]

Understand the burnout - Darkshore is a good alternative I hear

[@95goa]

@@WillEmmo darkshore pretty nice, westfall is a nightmare to come back to

[@WillEmmo]

@@95goa True I just really like Deadmines. It carries the zone for me

[@Quitarstudent]

@@WillEmmo good luck going there though

[@chocolategoose7350]

@@WillEmmo The only thing I like about Westfall is deadmines. Very good dungeon.

[@mfranks4731]

My favorite has got to be Tanaris. Freaking love that place.

[@WillEmmo]

Same, so much content there - nice soundtrack too

[@MrBricksy]

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[@aliciag.4402]

lol ok I'm 3 zones in and I disagree with each of them being in a list of "best zones to level in" - Arathi is ok for a level or two but the amount of group content later on is awful. If you don't have a dedicated group you're better of just moving on to badlands/desolace/alterac mountains once you finish off the solo quests. - Hillsbrad is great for leveling but you have to go there pretty over-leveled or you'll run out of soloable quests quickly. Not to mention you'll receive a lot of quests later on that are in the 31-35 range meaning you'll have to go thousand needles or another 25+ zone to get 28-31. There's also the group quests that can be hit or miss for finding teammates to run them. Add in the horrors of being in Hillsbrad on a PvP server and I'd say Hillsbrad is an ok zone. - Ashenvale is just too big, and not really necessary in my books to be considered a great zone. Horde can skip it pretty much entirely by just sticking to the Barrens, then doing Stonetalon, then going to Hillsbrad. Alliance have a better option in Redridge and Darkshire. Not to mention there are a few high levels running to Azshara and Felwood that'll happily make you do the 4 minute GY run lol. - Felwood I agree with great zone and I always hit it up for like 49-52 leveling. - Winterspring I don't really even consider a leveling zone. I agree the Everlook FP is a must and that it's worth going to the zone for the Rep and mount grind, but there are way too many people running around looking for BL for it to be considered a real questing zone for a PvP server. There's a couple quest chains from Felwood and Un'Goro that send you there but besides those chains I wouldn't spend anytime questing there on a PvP server. - Redridge/Duskwood are an absolutely amazing questing combo. You might as throw just throw Westfall in there too unless we're counting WF as a starting zone. - Searing Gorge is great for Alliance and OK for Horde (kinda like the plaguelands are), burning steppes are also OK for both but it doesn't have a ton of non-dungeon related quests. Usually on Horde you can get a level or so from both of these zones and Alliance can get 2 or more from Searing Gorge. - Tanaris is a top tier zone and an absolute must just like Feralas and the Hinterlands. You can go to Tanaris at like 41-42 and get plenty done, not to mention it has ZF. Once you're around 47 you can come back to Tanaris and get even more quests too. An A+ zone. At this point you'll have a lot more FPs and mages can do ports meaning zone hopping isn't nearly as bad as the mid 20s-30s. Not to mention the amazing soundtrack in Tanaris. - Un'Goro is amazing it's good for a few levels later on, it's a simple shape, none of the quests are too hard, there are some fun questlines with really good rewards like the Linken questline and the questline to get the Sunken Temple quest. This zone is a must, head there at like 48 (after the 3 zones mentioned above) and have a grand time :) - oh ok I mentioned Westfall earlier with Redridge and Duskwood. A really great zone that all alliance races should try to head to once they hit 10/11. Night Elf will have a hard time getting there without a mage but it's worth it if you can get there since the next 3 zones are amazing. - The Barrens are Classic leveling. Never been a better zone. What more can I say about this zone that hasn't already been said? - W/E Plaguelands are great, even better for Alliance than Horde, but they can definitely be frustrating at times. A lot of ganking goes on because of the dungeons in each zones and the rare mats you can get in each. It can also be annoying as Horde to have to run out of the zone to turn in most quests. These are my favorite zones thematically though so I always grind them into dust on each toon! - OMFG just accidentally clicked on something and thought I lost this whole post. Too close. - STV is an amazing questing zone if you know what you're doing. Going there around 30 is a trap because you're not going to be able to level very far before having to quest elsewhere because of the variance in the quests there. Not to mention on PvP servers you're always at risk of getting ganked (although in my experience it doesn't happen as often as people say it does). I go here around 36/37 and I can usually get 4 or so levels before having to go to another zone. There's also a trove of quests for 45ish players but most will require a group. Know what you're getting into and this zone will treat you really well.

[@scottgeraci5751]

Thousand needles are great for Horde too 👍

[@shaman2384]

Flying mounts, fixing crazy bugs and making everything too easy killed the game. Classic is the only way to go, and nice to see it back.

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

Also, free stuff, excessive convenience and ruining the class balance. I always think of the Sid Meier quote about game development when people bring up WoW. "A good game is a series of meaningful choices". I think he meant to emphasize the word "meaningful", which got totally lost in LFGs, free rerolls, class flattening and welfare gear that was almost the same as raid rewards. WoW was never perfect, with weird class choices (Shaman shield specialization...), poor gear optimization, dead end quests and zones, etc. But the basic design of it was. Because it forced you to make a series of meaningful choices that you were then stuck with, which was what made them meaningful. And the worst part of this for me is that in the process Blizzard managed to ruin the genre, not just their own game. I played Wildstar for a bit, and thought it was very good. But I quit when I realized that I was raiding without ever having felt the need to really talk to another player, largely because the game had the insufferable LFG system ready from day one. Because of course it did! The Great WoW has an LFG, so we must have one too! Most of the time I had no idea where in the game world I was because the game had teleported me there with the LFG without having to say a single word to another player. And never mind that this kills the player community, obviously. Who needs other people in an MMORPG anyway? Overrated, I say! Wildstar and WoW post-TBC are MMORPGs for people who hate MMORPGs. And now that's the only kind of MMORPG available, thanks to WoW. For all intents and purposes the genre is dead and buried.

[@chickenhed]

Good grief man, your content is fantastic. Keep it up.

[@jozeff3329]

chickenhed he‘s in my top 3 for classic content for sure

[@QUQINGPING]

12-18 A Westfall (5) 12-27 H Barrens (4) 20-25 A Redridge Mountains (10) 22-30 HA Ashenvale (14) 25-35 A Duskwood (11) 28-35 HA Hillsbrad Foothills (15) 32-47 HA Stranglethorn Vale (1) 35-40 HA Arathi Highlands (16) 45-50 HA Tanaris (7) 48-53 HA Searing Gorge (9) 52-58 HA Western Plaguelands (3) 52-55 HA Un'goro Crater (6) 53-55 HA Burning Steppes (8) 55-58 HA Felwood (13) 55+ HA Winterspring (12) 55+ HA Eastern Plaguelands (2)

[@slavadabadoo]

Thx for doing this!

[@gunther482]

I’m primarily a Horde player but I am jealous of the Elwynn > Westfall > Redridge > Duskwood progression that the Alliance gets. IMO it’s the most consistent leveling experience and it’s all close by so there aren’t huge walks for far out flight paths.

[@V2ULTRAKill]

Tirisfal > silverpine > hillbrad > alterac > arathi is pretty good too

[@tristanj7386]

Honestly, when you hit around 34/35 as an alliance Thousand Needles provides around 6 quests you can do at the same time which involves killing basicly every mob in thousand needles, very nice way to grind out every mob in a zone while still completing quests with it. Also if you have 225 Cooking at this point it might be worthwhile to grab the Flight Path in Gadgetzan, since your proffesion quest will send you there

[@darraghwalsh8534]

I gave up on Hunter and rolled rogue when I went to stv at LVL 35. Now I remember why.

[@benjijagermeister2956]

Darragh Walsh man dude don‘t shock me i rerolled from Warrior to Hunter

[@TardRepellent]

STV hands down. I played since the release of WoW and spent more time ganking than questing in STV. those days were the most fun I ever had without a doubt in vanilla.

[@WillEmmo]

Same! Can't wait

[@zepho100]

Duskwood is my favourite, hands down. It's just amazing!

[@WillEmmo]

Looking forwards to heading there again!

[@curiousfishie]

Hooray! More fun content! Keep'em coming!

[@WillEmmo]

Thanks!

[@TheJazzy7]

No Darkshore? That place is quest paradise.

[@WillEmmo]

Agreed, already had Ashenvale, Duskwood and Westfall so didnt want to pick so many Alliance zones!

[@Angu300]

Thousand Needles i fond to be one of my favourite zones the raceway has a tone of quests for both ally and horde

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

Leveling in Barrens, 1000 Needles, Redrock and Ashenvale is a pretty classic leveling experience for horde players I think. I always sort of liked Feralas too, even if it is a tad inconvenient in many ways.

[@irondisciple2984]

For what lvls?? Im 30 i need some exp!!

[@theshaman415]

For me it's Thousand Needles but I'm just a biased horde fan =)

[@WillEmmo]

That place is super cool - I don't blame the bias!

[@DomSchu]

I love Thousand Needles. It's such a fast place to level 28-30. But I will admit I hate the shimmering flats. Way too grindy but not a bad place overall.

[@Avenus112]

People complain about the NELF areas but Auberdeen is huge and dense and brilliant. Dun Morogh is a sprawling knot of questgrinding. Redridge is crazy tough to solo too.

[@wiegraffolles9822]

I like the content, thanks for your take on the leveling. Could you do a more linear video or videos? Maybe one for Alliance from beginning to end and Horde as well. Thanks again

[@WillEmmo]

Hey, the whole leveling process is pretty massive, and honestly there are some really good resources out there that I dont think I can add much to. Check out www.joanasworld.com/azeroth.htm#fullmenu

[@juandeag5194]

Duskwood is my favourite. I just loved the creepy Vibe it gave

[@WillEmmo]

Me too, love that place, good amount of quests too.. and the story.. it's really got it all

[@Corrupted]

Yeah, also the first time you dont feel welcomed to an area, which adds a lot to that midgame level progression. You got used to your character and playstyle at that point and it felt like you were thrown into "the real game" now. Desolace felt similiar for horde, good thing we all had happy stv right after haha

[@juandeag5194]

@@Corrupted Alt+tab running on the path has killed me so many damn times (fu*king Stitches). Yeah STV is a "special" place lol. I think i died around 100 times while questing there and it was always horde. I had a really cool fight at the Sin'dal spawn though, where we were a full alliance group and there was a full horde group aswell. Ended in a big brawl with more people joining in and luckily we won it and got the sin'dal kill. It's stuff like this that really makes me love classic. The small skirmishes that can happen and the fact that you always have to be focused and alert since you never know if an undead rogue cunt is stalking you

[@decegrease]

This man makes consistent, quality WoW content. Subbed faster than Jimmy Johns

[@SantMuz]

just found your channel and love it!

[@gerardadri9389]

I'd give a shoutout to Silverpine. Both the attack on Fenris Isle with its Talking Head quest and Shadowfang Keep are great content. It's very cool that they made the local village of lvl 15 elites human by day and worgen by night.

[@DemonKez]

you forgot about Shimmering Flats in 1000 needles. really good load of quests all in a little circle loads of exp in that part

[@holtszom3746]

silverpineforest, definately my favourite, it also hast the best dungeon in all of classic, love it

[@geeleeggan]

Seemed there were scant few zones you didn't mention, LOL. My recollection of vanilla leveling means that you'll go to damn near EVERY zone. Sometimes multiple times due to a number of quests that would go something like 'Oh, we need you to go over the the OTHER continent and go get/kill XYZ.' Fun times! There's little need for anyone to go near the capitals of the opposite faction and their corresponding lowbie zone (Org/Durotar, SW/Elwynn Forest, Teldrassil/Darkshore, TB/Mulgore). Dues to Scarlet Monastery in Tirisfal... eh, but no NEED to go near the capital if you go there. Oh wait, yes there is, since getting thru the level 50+ WPL as a shortcut to SM at level 30-40 is nigh on impossible.

[@WillEmmo]

True lol, there's just lots I like!

[@naer3513]

My best and worst zones Top tier zones: - Elwynn forest - Westfall - Barrens Mid tier zones: - Winterspring - Felwood - Ashenvale Low tier zones: - Azshara - Silithius - Un goro crater

[@autistusmaximus8040]

man dont like pvp much it seems

[@chrisbynum6023]

Duskwood & STV will always be my favorite zones.

[@Keldonnation]

Now I want a zones to skip (at least at first) and why video

[@Gopherbee]

Best classic dungeons? They were always a favorite part of the game for me. Love your videos!

[@WillEmmo]

Thank you! I'm current considering dungeon guides for BRD/ LBRS - maybe others if goes well. Cheers

[@Corrupted]

BRD and Stratholme for me, huge areas, lots of secrets, awesome design and relevant loot for endgame. They actually feel like an adventure, especially BRD

[@FlourEater]

as a Horde main, I really really love the Barrens. It just feels right, like home really.

[@suchen403]

Even as an alliance I share the same feeling.

[@mainossteemit9007]

great job my guy!

[@WillEmmo]

Thanks!

[@rednex1989]

You can maybe leave out 2 questing zones total not counting the other factions zones. So you gonna visit everything anyway. I personally skip ashenvale as alliance and visit every single other zone till 60 (except tirsfal, silverpine durotar mulgore and barrens). I never had to farm xp and even had quest left undone when hitting the final ding dong

[@WillEmmo]

Its true yeah but everyone got their favourites, right?

[@Vararx]

Stranglethorn Vale is Love ❤️

[@videos8159]

I rly love hillsbrad as horde. Killing all those humanoid enemies as a rogue made me a lot of money. Cool area

[@jacobmills1017]

Good list and very nostalgic watching it. Making me wanna play so badly lol

[@marccarter1350]

A few that spring to mind that you missed are Silths, which you can gain access from Un'Goro Crater, Cenation hold will provide some much-needed quests around the 55-60 level. It's a must for Druids anyway. Sliverpine Forrest, I remember the place because of Shadowfang keep. Plus the isle there. Levels 18-20. Stonetonlon Mountains. The peak was the alliance area, you gain access via the tunnel from Ashenvale if i remember correct. Mid 20's levelling zone. Killing goblins who were chopping down trees! Horde pick this place up from Desolace. Blasted lands. sure again it was early to late '50s. many decent quests to be had in this zone. Nethergarde keep for Ali, Dreadmaul for horde. Swamp of Sorrows, but I cannot remember the levels, maybe 40's. Thousand Needles, mostly horde. And the Plaguelands, east and west. I remember it as end game questing zone. Lots of hard group stuff. The Hinterlands was up that way as well. I spent ages up there.

[@WillEmmo]

Great choice of zones there. Can get the Hammer of ZF to summon Ghaz'Rilla in Zul Farrak whilst in Hinterlands too!

[@m.c.martin]

marc carter Hinterlands a must for hunters right?

[@marccarter1350]

@@m.c.martin never played one. I think there was a rare pet up that way

[@markus4394]

Great content so far, really gettin me hyped up. Which realm are you going to play? Anyone knows?

[@WillEmmo]

Hey, thanks! Most likely Shazzrah atm, its a guild decision so we will see

[@colnagocowboy]

Well if you go after the frostsaber mount you could be in winter spring for quite a while. I did that quest on 2 toons

[@WillEmmo]

Yep for sure

[@irondisciple2984]

Is the mount reputation bound like you need reputation with nightelfs to get it. Since sabers are nightelf mounts. I remember in burning or wrath i had to get exalted with other races in order to buy and use the mount.

[@colnagocowboy]

In Classic your make your up to the winterspring frostsaber trainer atop the big rock. He will start you on a lengthy quest chain. At the end of which you will be exalted with the frostsaber trainers and can aquire the coolest mount in the game.

[@irondisciple2984]

@@colnagocowboy what lvl can i start this quest chain so i can prepare. I really dont want a horse for a mount.

[@colnagocowboy]

You can in theory start when your level 40. Im not sure when i started but i finished at level 64. The first time

[@gloth]

jumping from zones 40-50 to 10-20 then going back to 50-60... this doesn't feel right :D a good idea would be to redo this video first of all seperating horde/alliance and exploring the zone & branching from there to the next zone appropriate for your level. For example barrens can be seperated to north and south for different level quests and you could go up to ashenvale, etc... saying about the main npc camps that offer quests, etc I would love a revisit on your take on questing zones!

[@WillEmmo]

I could do more for sure! I just kinda wanted the zones I showed to be in a rough order of "how useful they are" So Barren, Westfall and STV had to rank highly for me! But I do understand your point

[@zachleonard8830]

1:19 wow this is news to me lol, that's cool though

[@radoslavkasparec9345]

Nice! And now top 10 Worst Questing Zones :-)

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

1: Barrens 2: STV 3: Everywhere else. 4: Desolace.

[@FingolfinGR]

Winterspring also has a good amount of spawn points for Black Lotus. This is a big earner for Herbalists.

[@cubandarknez]

Whats the criteria here? If its questing experience (not the experience mechanic), howd westfall make it in here over darkshore? Westfall is largely agreed upon as the worst of the 12-19sh zones. Only use i have found for it is rushing the kill quests with a group of 3-5

[@RudiRich]

HAHA Mor Ladim this fucker killed me so many times back then.... aggro range:"WHAT YOU ENTER DUSKWOOD? I'M ON YOU!"

[@WillEmmo]

Wandering elites :(

[@tipsysmichigander6483]

Arathi is 35-40 but there are quests starting at 32 from Hilsbrad. Weird.

[@SimakSantana]

My favorite zones, searing gorge, un goro, and wpl

[@jerseyjunior]

I luvd your dig at Horde talking about The Barrens at 6:50: "its surprising how nostalgic you can be about something so flat and brown, but hey, thats how it is" LOL #allyforlife

[@WillEmmo]

Gotta give it to em lol

[@chalphon4907]

Arathi is horrible if you're horde. Travell time is insane between Hammerfall and Stromgarde keep and you have to run between those two a lot...

[@WillEmmo]

Thats true for Horde, its a trek. Still I like the place, I just enjoy group quests!

[@alexeydulin9804]

Arathi: next to no regular quests, incredibly shitty graveyards, elite quests that take a shit load of time wasted on them, while the reward is basically a regular quest reward. A lot of people will be grinding elementals for a warrior quest or reagents. People camping 2 rare spawns (cloak and trinket). What is good about this zone in terms of leveling?

[@WillEmmo]

Group quests. I like group quests. Group quest good. Although it is bad for horde tbf Stromgarde is mies away from Hammerfall

[@fatherlessflavid]

I’ve never played wow until classic and wish i knew stranglethorn vale was called st vietnam my first experience there was truly hell

[@splashbruda8211]

What's a good place for Ally lvl 40-45? Should u stay in STV or go elsewhere?

[@95goa]

hillsbrad ---> stranglethorn ----> tanaris ----> un'goro

[@Williaem00]

Bruh I don't even touch STV till like level 40 lol

[@95goa]

@@Williaem00 i usually main BM hunter so track humanoids to avoid potential ganks + the OP pet makes it pretty fun when you stumble on some poor alliance warrior on 30% fighting a mob :D

[@Bassario]

Aw dude, STV was my hands down favourite from the very first character. Stealthed with cat stealthed laying in wait for prey. . .

[@antonywhatever572]

Don't skip zones with elite group quests. It is an epic adventure.

[@WillEmmo]

Totally agree, thats what made me remember Arathi Highlands and Redridge so well!

[@aleksander300]

i'm level 40 an i feel like all the quests have dried up. might have to stab my way to 45 or so just grinding mobs.

[@austinhope1430]

...... I liked Desolace. There I said it

[@WillEmmo]

Its pretty cool tbh - I just never ended up leveling there

[@aimson]

Me too. I'm there now at 33 rogue. Decent humanoid grinding mobs, some quests, and not as crowded as STV :)

[@irondisciple2984]

@@aimson for what lvls is it??? Im 30 rogue

[@crazytech5755]

I have no interest in PVP realms. When I want to PVP I'll flag myself, and I'll join a BG too. Or go to the Arena in strath I want to enjoy my content, not get farmed and have my nodes stolen. That's not fun.

[@WillEmmo]

People can take nodes on PvE too, but yeah its a lot more chill on PvE for sure

[@MrSinaster]

Pacifist

[@crazytech5755]

@@MrSinaster Realist*

[@Wellshem]

World pvp is mostly about outgearing, lowlife and 1v5. Im totally with you on this point.

[@ykonratev]

We get it you're a little bitch you don't need to brag

[@21preend42]

Kind of makes me sad that I didn't try out all the zones and quests in this game. Once I found a path that I liked and I knew the quests, I only start using that one.

[@aslightidiot]

I could miss westfall, with those damn pillagers that 4 shot you as a clothie and randomly resisted my voidwalker taunts...

[@Psycoholic2008]

Shows only 1 zone for 40-45 range and it is STV, a zone with Minimal quests after 40. While it does have quests between 40-45 not enough where I would considering it a zone until 47.

[@Corrupted]

Yeah, you usually come back at 46 for the last elite and high end quests, but regular leveling stops at around 42-43 if you dont grind a lot

[@calebpresley7054]

Are there any good horde only zone besides the barrens?

[@WillEmmo]

Thousand Needles and Stonetalon Mountains - leveled much more on ally so those are the ones I remember more, but people have mentioned those 2 for horde

[@jaredgarden2455]

Aaah good ol STVietnam.

[@df5058]

awesome video

[@TheLukeSchnabel]

I enjoy your videos, however I feel the need to nitpick the levels suggested in this vid. But it is what it is. Great vid nonetheless

[@WillEmmo]

Yeah they may be a lil off, just basing levels off what shows on databases... sort of like a general guideline

[@Hello-pu6fw]

Love you added ashenvale spent much time their was my heart point for quite sometime ♥️

[@romanjoggerst1370]

im lvl 42 and stranglethorn has run dry in terms of easily accessible quests, and i cant find any other place to go for early 40s quests

[@allyroberts405]

Roman Joggerst I found questing in Tanaris or feralas was good for that level. Try the Questie addons it’ll help you figure it out

[@rizzzzzza4643]

It’s funny because STV and Tarren Mill were dead pvp wise even when the honor system released.

[@jishnujishnu1467]

man just named every zone in azeroth

[@gishathosaurus6828]

No Hinterlands for the horde, ya fucking shitting me? The trinket and blue necklace alone are reason enough to partake in the elite troll quests