Notable Horde areas and quests Below are listed a few Horde - favoring area s and quest s you may wish to visit and complete while leveling for the reason of simplicity and swift ascension in levels . This article is not intended as a leveling guide , a Places to Farm list , or a list of specific zones designated for an eternal grind . Basically , If you ever thought something along the lines of " man , if only I had known beforehand that such a large number of quests were implemented into this zone to be completed simultaneously and with little effort , " we encourage you expand this list with your findings . 1 to 10 . Unless you have a strong dislike for the aesthetic in your starting zone , or have done it several times before with different characters , you ' re probably better off leveling from 1 - 10 in your race ' s territory : ( Eversong Woods , Durotar , Tirisfal Glades or Mulgore ) . Incidentally , tolerating the said zone for your race until at least the level of 4 + is a wise decision , as traveling on single - digit levels throughout adjacent areas tends to throw more difficulties and hinders your voyage to 80 . If you desire to change zones , all Horde starter areas are connected to provide easy travel between them while avoiding ? ? areas . Forsaken may walk to the Undercity easily ; Orcs and Trolls may leave the Valley of Trials south through the Hidden Path to Ratchet and then fly to the Undercity ( if flight path is acquired ) ; otherwise , a long trek to the zeppelin stations outside the gates of Orgrimmar can provide transportation to Tirisfal Glades or Mulgore ; blood elves may travel to Silvermoon ; Silvermoon and the Undercity are connected via the Orb of Translocation . 10 to 20 . If you have you may want to level from 10 to 20 in the area called Ghostlands for several reasons : 1 . If you pick up the quest chain that starts with and ends with you will find that the quest reward for the final quest is an excellent blue weapon ( or or or ) . 2 . Afterwards , you should be Exalted with Tranquillien and you may purchase for about . Also , 4 quests are notably close together in the troll area southeast , , and . 20 to 30 . Hillsbrad Foothills is the most obvious zone for leveling , but be careful on PvP servers ( Ashenvale and Thousand Needles is an alternative ) . There is a nice quest chain and some other quests available in Tarren Mill . The main two areas you ' ll find yourself fighting is the Hillsbrad Fields including the Azurelode Mine and the surrounding area for the bears , spiders , and lions ; the other zone of focus is Durnholde Keep . 30 to 40 . You may now wish to venture onto the Shimmering Flats in the Thousand Needles because this area is not only excellent for grinding but for every creature here a quest is also available at the racetrack . When you picked up all the car parts first you ' re send to ratchet and booty bay ( dont forget to pick up the fp ) . when in booty bay it is recommended to drop the quest of hemmingway in Stranglethorn Vale ( pick up the fp at grom ' gol ) and continue to Swamp of Sorrows ( obviously pick up the fp there too ) . In swamp of sorrows you can also pick up a quest that will get you send to badlands . Fly back to Grom ' gol Base Camp and go to Undercity by zeppelin and make your way down to badlands for the early level 40 ' s . Bring along 1 for , 1 for and 1 for . you can let friends make these or buy these items from the auction . The quest will continue with another quest where the reward is 40 to 50 . 40 to 45 . As noted at the end of 30 - 40 and questing in thousand needles you will have two quests to complete in badlands after visiting swamp of sorrows . Additionally badlands is quitte a nice place for a few levels . after you will probably like to continue with , , and , they are all pretty close to eachother and close to inn . Additionally the elementals are a good place for getting , the coyote and such are really good sources for skinning , also the coyote have a good drop rate for the Darkmoon Faire related . the quests named above all share creatures needed to kill ( elementals for study and reagent , buzzards for reagents and cooking quest , coyote for reagents and thiefes ) . additionally this is a good place for herbing and mining but also for grinding . Also , be careful to avoid the level 55 buzzard and the patrolling ogre boss that travels with an escort of ogres and you ' ll be fine . 45 to 50 . The area Tanaris has many quests for the level range of 45 to 55 . 50 to 60 . The area Silithus is a easy place to level , it ' s full of quests and easy mobs . But it ' s a PvP - zone , so if you don ' t like PvPing you should do Burning Steppes .