Here's some levelling advice I happened on a while back. It's lengthy, but hopefully it'll help:
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
Complete the easiest quests in the first area that you go to (Night Elves
should visit Darkshore first, Dwarves/Gnomes should visit Loch Modan
first, Humans should visit Westfall first.) Move onto the next zone, and
do the same, but this time you can complete more of the zone. Leave the
most difficult, unless you can get a group for them - don't waste too much
time on it, though. Move onto the last zone and complete all, or nearly
all of the quests available in that zone. By this time, you should be
about level 17-18. Go back to the first zone, and complete the rest of the
quests there.
Typically, my "first zone" is Westfall, in which case you can go back when
you are done with both Loch Modan and Darkshore, and finish the Van Cleef
line of quests and be at a good level to run the instance.
Level 20-22:
- Redridge Mountains [Lakeshire, Tower of Azora in Elwynn]
Again, do the easy quests in Redridge, which should take you up to level
21 or 22. Skip the more difficult quests unless you have a group for them.
I'd skip the entire Stonewatch Keep area of quests just simply because
that entire area itself is crap.
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, Shadowfang Keep
- Happy Loot: Tiny Crimson Whelpling (Wetlands)
- Grind Area [26]: Dragonmaw Encampment (Wetlands)
- Grind Area [26]: Whelgar's Excavation Site (Wetlands)
- Grind Area [28]: Raven Hill Cemetary (Duskwood)
Preparation: Purchase Bronze Tube.
Start at either Duskwood or Wetlands. This is where "quest stacking" can
come in really handy if you want to be efficient. There are many, many
quests that send you to the same areas, and if you get all of the quests
at once, you can knock all of them out without having to run back and
forth. Considering Wetlands and Duskwood are fairly bad for having their
towns on one side of the map and the quest mobs/areas on the other side,
this saves a lot of time. A lot of these are parts of quest chains, so
honestly it's hard to know if you don't have prior knowledge or do a lot
of quest research beforehand - so don't worry about it too much, but try
to be as efficient as you can. Once you finish one of the two new areas,
you should be about level 25 and can go finish the harder parts of
Redridge, and then finish the last zone.
Note for Stockades : There are 6 quests you can obtain for this instance.
Lakeshire, Darkshire, Wetlands, Van Cleef note continuation (Bazil
Thredd), and two from Stormwind.
Level 31-37:
- Stranglethorn Vale [Rebel Camp, Nesingwary's Expedition, Booty Bay]
- Hillsbrad Foothills [Southshore]
- Arathi Highlands [Refuge Pointe]
- Desolace [?]
- Thousand Needles [?]
- Instance: Gnomeregan
- Happy Loot: Howling Blade (Skhowl, Alterac Mountains)
- Happy Loot: Toxic Revenger (Gnomeregan)
- Grind Area [31]: Kurzen Encampment [!NOTE!] (Stranglethorn Vale)
- Grind Area [33]: Stranglethorn Raptors (Stranglethorn Vale)
- Grind Area [34]: Crushridge Ogres (Alterac Mountains)
Preparation: Purchase all 15 pages of The Green Hills of Stranglethorn, 4
Bloodstone Ore.
Start at Stranglethorn Vale. Quest stacking here is also godly, since you
don't want to have to run all the way to the northern end of the zone, do
one or two quests and turn them back in at Booty Bay. Rebel Camp's quests
are largely independent of the rest, though, so you can do those first.
Then, head to Booty Bay, where you can pick up two main quests for the
northern area: Investigate the Camp and the start of the Excelsior chain,
both of which takes you to Nesingwary's Expedition, where you obtain all
of the nice happy quests there.
Hillsbrad is only good starting at about level 33, at which point you can
actually *do* all of the quests that you could obtain at level 30...
Arathi only has one or two quests that you can actually do right now, but
it's listed anyways.
The note about the Kurzen Encampment is that I am almost sure that's one
of the places that's getting "fixed" next patch. The European patch notes
said something along the lines that armor on certain outdoor mobs is being
"fixed", and since it was a bit strange that the Kurzen Jungle Fighters
had next to no armor, they're probably one of them. But try it out first.
Level 37-43:
- Stranglethorn Vale [Booty Bay, Nesingwary's Expedition, Rebel Camp]
- Arathi Mountains [Refuge Pointe, Faldir's Cove]
- Badlands [Various camps around the zone]
- Desolace [37-40]
- Elite Area: Stromgarde
- Elite Area: Mosh'ogg Mound
- Instance: Scarlet Monastery
- Instance: Uldaman
- Happy Loot: Tiny Black Whelpling (Badlands)
- Grind Area [37]: Lashtail Raptors (Stranglethorn Vale)
- Grind Area [37]: Water Elementals (Stranglethorn Vale)
- Grind Area [39]: Rock Elementals (Badlands)
- Grind Area [41]: Scalding Whelps (Badlands)
- Grind Area [42]: Squishy Ogres (Badlands)
- Grind Area [43]: Naga Explorers (Stranglethorn Vale)
Preparation: Purchase 9 Blue Pearls, 1 Frost Oil, 1 Gyrochronatom, 4
Buzzard Wings, 1 Elixir of Water Breathing.
37 is where you obtain your next batch of quests from Stranglethorn Vale.
Arathi Highlands has fairly decent quests in Faldir's Cove, or if you're
feeling group-friendly, knock out the ones in Stromgarde. Badlands has a
lot of nice quests, but you have to actually find them. This is where
supplementing experience by grinding becomes more efficient at times, and
at 42-43 you should be closing the last of your Stranglethorn quests, and
be finished with Badlands and Arathi both, as well.
Scarlet Monastery. Black Menace or Sword of Serenity. Nothing more needs
to be said - except where to obtain the quest: Desolace.
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)
- 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.
Fairly self explanatory, I guess. Not much going on here, really.
Level 46-50:
- Tanaris [Gadgetzan, Steamwheedle Port]
- The Hinterlands [Aerie Peak]
- Instance: Zul'Farrak, Temple of Atal'Hakkar [50]
- Grind Area [47]: Dunemaul Compound (Tanaris)
At this point, you more than likely have a bunch of quests saved up for
The Hinterlands - including but not limited to, the quest to gather
Wildkin Feathers (from Rutheran Village), the quest to obtain a snapshot
of Gammerita, the quest to obtain Violet Trajan, the last part of
Cortello's Riddle, etc. Feel free to knock them all out at once.
Level 50-55:
- Searing Gorge [Kalaran Windblade]
- Blasted Lands [Blood Elf camp]
- Un'Goro Crater [Marshal's Refuge]
- Felwood [Emerald Sanctuary]
- Burning Steppes [Morgan's Vigil]
- Instance: Temple of Atal'Hakkar
- Grind Area [52]: Firegut Ogres (Burning Steppes)
- Grind Area [52]: Ruins of Eldarath, Legash Encampment, Thalassian Base
Camp (Azshara)
- Grind Area [52]: Jaedenar, Deadwood Village (Felwood)
- Grind Area [52]: Sorrow Hill (Western Plaguelands)
- Grind Area [54]: Temple of Arkkoran (Azshara)
- Grind Area [55]: Jadefire Run, Felpaw Village (Felwood)
The quests in Blasted Lands all stack on top of each other. Five in total,
one for each stat; they give 4700 experience per turn-in, along with
always the chance of obtaining a Draenethyst Sphere for Kumi'sha the
Collector with every mob you kill. Un'Goro Crater has the biggest
collection of quests out of all of these zones.
Level 55-60:
- Winterspring [Everlook, Starfall Village]
- Western Plaguelands [Chillwind Point]
- Eastern Plaguelands [Light's Hope Chapel]
- 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) [NOTE]
Notes: Blackrock Stronghold is probably the best place to grind for a
rogue; however, you do have to get used to how the roamers work. You'll
probably die a few times along the way while learning them. Also, this
might likely be another area where they're increasing the armor on the
mobs, but two of the four kinds of orcs that spawn are casters, anyway.
Ice Thistle Hills is not the best place to grind for experience, but it's
probably one of the better places to get a nice quiet grind going and also
leave with a few backpacks full of Rugged Leather.
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