Mists of Pandaria Classic Restoration Druid Leveling

Restoration is not recommended for solo leveling as it is much slower at killing enemies than the other specializations. If you want to level as Restoration, we suggest playing almost entirely in dungeons as a healer. If you are interested in the fastest solo leveling experience with a caster playstyle, check out our Balance Druid Leveling Guide.

In Mists of Pandaria, talent trees were revamped to become much simpler. Very few talents will be massively impactful in your leveling experience, but some can increase movement speed as well as damage output, allowing you to kill enemies faster and progress through quests or dungeons at a faster pace. Key recommended talents will be broken down below:

1. Displacer Beast m‐ Blinks you forward and grants large movement speed.
2. Incarnation m‐ Shapeshifs you intoa tree, granting you increased healing, and alters your spells slightly.
3. Ursol's Vortex m‐ Drops a vortex that slows enemies and will grip them back into the center after they leave.
4. Heart of the Wild m‐ Grants you 6% intellect at all times and grants additional bonuses depending on your specialization when used.
5. Nature's Vigil m‐ Increases all damage and healing done by 12% for 30 seconds, while causing single-target healing spells to damage enemies, while damaging spells will heal allies.

In your Major Glyphs we recommend Glyph of Efflorescence, and causes Efflorescence to be triggered by Wild Mushroom rather than by Swiftmend, which makes this significantly easier to keep active. Glyph of Blooming can be helpful when playing in a small group setting, but will require more Lifebloom casts. Beyond this, other glyphs will not largely impact leveling speed. Glyph of Regrowth, Glyph of Healing Touch, and even Glyph of Wild Growth could be useful.

Minor glyphs will not increase your leveling speed, but Glyph of the Sprouting Mushroom will allow you to place Wild Mushroom anywhere on the ground rather than having to place it under a target, providing a great quality of life bonus.

The leveling rotation for Restortion Druid will be fairly simple. You will want to keep Wild Mushroom down at all times to heal through Efflorescence, this also gives you the ability to cast Wild Mushroom: Bloom when large AoE healing is needed. In addition, you can cast Wild Growth as much as possible when multiple party members need healing. Beyond this, you should aid to maintain Lifebloom on the tank and use Rejuvenation to help you heal party members.

Congratulations on hitting Level 90 in Mists of Pandaria! Now that your leveling process is over, you can learn more about Level-90 Restoration Druid gameplay by reading our fully detailed guide below.