Activities guide for characters at level 80 This is a guide giving enjoyable activities to do at level 80 . It is a work in progress , and is hoped to provide similar functionality to the " WoW at 60 " guide produced back in the day by GameSpy . The epic flying mount . One need hardly have this pointed out : Get the required to get riding skill for the epic flying mounts . Once you have the riding skill , the mounts are cheap . Well , most of them are . You may pay a premium for a spiffy engineered or faction mount . Long quest chains . Completing difficult , long quest chains at the level cap can be enjoyable . A list will be included below . Note also that there are a lot of not - so - long quest chains that require groups to complete , even at 80 . Retrying those is worthwhile too . Dungeons . Regular Difficulty . These dungeons offer good rewards for grinding gold for your epic flying mount . Heroic Difficulty . These dungeons are good for gaining reputation through Championing , as well as getting Justice Points from bosses and the daily dungeon quest . Daily quests . Dungeon Dailies . There are daily quests for regular - difficulty dungeons and heroic - difficulty dungeons , giving Justice Points and plenty of money . Every day , the quest ' s target instances are randomized . Reputation grinds . The Wintersaber Trainers faction in Winterspring is still an option for Alliance players . Yet another land mount ! Thorium Brotherhood , Timbermaw Furbolgs , and Argent Dawn still have useful recipes available only at given reputation levels . Doing dailies for Sons of Hodir in the Storm Peaks will let you purchase shoulder enchants and mammoth mounts . With the new championing system , it is easy to get exalted with Wyrmrest Accord , Argent Crusade , Knights of the Ebon Blade , and Kirin Tor . Each of these reputations has good rewards . Raiding . Roughly in order of experience : Professions . Professions give a wide variety of gear and other rewards at level 80 . Secondary skills can also provide fun and challenge to train . PvP . Arena . Get some friends together and form an arena team ( Arena Charter ) . Enter the arena battles to get good PvP Gear from vendors in Area 52 , Netherstorm . Alterac Valley . Gear up with some good blues and join the fight for Alterac Valley ! This battleground is a great place for honor grinding , as most games last around 1 - 2 hours , with intense tower raids allowing sweet HK ' s . Arathi Basin . Gear up with your PvP gear and fight for honor in this fun battleground . Try to get a good team for fighting against the other team , as it is a challenge to get people to cooperate . Warsong Gulch . Gear up with good enchants and PvP gear . Choose what you would rather do : Defense or Offense , then follow the raid leader ' s instructions to win the fight ! Eye of the Storm . Gear up for this epic battle . The objective here is to hold towers for victory points ( Similar to Arathi Basin ) , as well as to capture the flag in the center of the battle ( Similar to Warsong Gulch ) . Strand of the Ancients . Have fun destroying the other teams fortress or defending your own . Whoever gets to the titan artifact first wins ! World PvP . Participate in battles of the Outland and Northrend zones for great rewards ( especially Wintergrasp , Wintergrasp no longer availible to 80s ) . Some areas are usually dead , but others can have big battles . You can also raid cities of the other faction ( ex . Alliance against Crossroads or Camp Taurajo ; Horde against Sentinel Hill ) .