World of Warcraft: Forever Arms Warrior Leveling Guide

Arms focuses on leveling with a two handed weapon, using Rend, Overpower, and hard hitting weapon attacks to kill enemies. The build gets a massive improvement against two enemies with Sweeping Strikes at Level 30, then Bloodthrill gives you more opportunities to use Overpower. Mortal Strike at Level 40 adds a reliable attack to your rotation, making good weapon upgrades even more important. Arms spends most of its time in Battle Stance, but you will still swap stances for interrupts, Whirlwind, and defensive abilities when needed.

This page updates based on your level selection using the level sliders below. You will find recommendations for your talents, gear, and where to level at each stage of your journey. Much changes once you reach Level 60, but until then, there are plenty of ways to approach leveling, whether you prefer questing alone, playing with friends, or spending more time in dungeons.

WoW Forever puts a lot of emphasis on this journey, so don't feel that you need to follow every recommendation here exactly. If you find a zone you enjoy or a group you want to keep playing with, spend some extra time there! There is a lot to discover in Azeroth, and reaching Level 60 a little later is a fair trade for enjoying the trip.

This build focuses on using a two handed weapon, improving your bleeds and Overpower before adding Sweeping Strikes and Mortal Strike. Use the weapon with the best DPS available to you; Weaponmaster later gives you a bonus for each of your main weapon types, so you do not need to stick with one type for the entire leveling process and only need to train that weapon's skill up.

Your first three points go into Improved Rend from Levels 10 to 12, increasing the damage of Rend by 35%. Rend is one of your main attacks early on, and you will continue using it later to enable Bloodthrill. Apply it early in a fight so the enemy survives enough of the bleed for it to be worth the Rage.

Complete Your Level 10 Class Quest

Complete the quest for Defensive Stance at Level 10, even though you will normally fight in Battle Stance. This also gives you access to Taunt and Sunder Armor, which are useful when helping your group and fighting durable enemies.

Put two points into Deflection at Levels 13 and 14, increasing your Parry Chance by 2%. These points open the next tier of talents, but the extra Parry also helps reduce damage while enemies are attacking you.

Take both points in Improved Overpower at Levels 15 and 16. This gives Overpower an additional 50% Critical Strike Chance, making it one of your best attacks whenever it procs. It only costs 5 Rage, so you can usually afford to use it even if your Rage is low.

Take Improved Charge at Levels 17 and 18 next, adding 6 additional Rage to Charge; many of the talents we pick will be focused on increasing our Rage generation while leveling. This helps pay for your opening abilities instead of waiting for your first few weapon swings. Charge whenever the landing spot is safe, but don't pull an extra pack just to get the additional Rage.

Take Improved Tactical Mastery from Levels 19 to 23. With baseline Tactical Mastery trained, you retain 25 at Level 23; this makes it easier to use Whirlwind and your utility abilities that require other stances later on without emptying your entire Rage bar.

Pick up Anger Management at Level 24. It generates 1 Rage every 3 seconds while in combat and reduces Rage lost outside combat by 30%. The passive Rage adds up during longer fights, while the slower decay helps you carry more Rage into the next pull.

At Level 25, take Spearing Strike. It deals 40% weapon damage, with an additional 80% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. This makes it a great attack against those enemy types, but its damage against an ordinary mob is much lower. You can use this for a bit early on as you don't have any other real abilities you can use consistently and it only costs 15 Rage.

Take Two-Handed Weapon Specialization from Levels 26 to 28, increasing damage dealt with two handed weapons by 3%. At Level 29, put one point into Deep Wounds, causing your Critical Strikes to apply a bleed based on your weapon's average damage. While Deep Wounds is fairly nice damage, you won't have much crit chance while leveling, making this mostly a filler point to unlock the next tier of talents.

Learn Sweeping Strikes at Level 30. Your next five melee attacks also strike a nearby second enemy, making this one of Arms' biggest leveling improvements. It costs 30 Rage and has a 30 second cooldown, so try to enter these pulls with some Rage saved up. Two enemies close together give you a lot of value without needing to pull a large pack that you cannot survive.

Complete Your Level 30 Class Quest

Complete your Level 30 class quest to unlock Berserker Stance. You need this stance to use Intercept, Berserker Rage, Pummel, and Whirlwind. You will mostly want to be in Battle Stance as Arms, but having these abilities available is still a large improvement to your damage and utility.

Take Bloodthrill from Levels 31 to 35. At five points, your main hand weapon attacks against an enemy affected by your Rend have a 20% chance to enable Overpower for 6 seconds; this includes Heroic Strike, Cleave, auto attacks, and extra attack procs. This is a massive improvement to how often you can use Overpower, especially with its extra Critical Strike Chance from Improved Overpower. The trigger comes from your weapon attacks against the Rend target, not from its' damage ticks, so keep attacking the enemy you have applied Rend to.

Take one point in Improved Slam at Level 36. This reduces Slam's cast time and global cooldown to 1.25 seconds and stops it from interrupting or delaying your melee swing. You no longer need to time Slam immediately after an auto attack, making it much easier to fit into your rotation. You only need one point in Improved Slam to gain the main benefits.

Take Weaponmaster from Levels 37 to 39, and come back to finish it at Levels 41 and 42 after stopping to learn Mortal Strike at Level 40. With 5 points in Weaponmaster you get a buff depending on the type of weapon you have equipped: axes and polearms give 5% Critical Strike Chance, maces and staves ignore 15% of the enemy's Armor, and swords have a 5% chance to trigger an extra attack. All of these bonuses are useful, so compare weapon upgrades by their DPS and damage rather than passing up a good weapon because it isn't a certain type.

Learn Mortal Strike at Level 40. This becomes your main attack, dealing weapon damage plus bonus damage on a 6 second cooldown. Save its 30 Rage cost instead of spending everything on other abilities. Getting Mortal Strike makes a massive difference to your leveling speed, but it does not replace Rend or Overpower; Bloodthrill keeps those abilities important throughout the rest of leveling.

Move into the Fury tree and take Cruelty from Levels 43 to 47, increasing your melee Critical Strike Chance by 5%. This is a nice damage boost, especially if you are getting 5% crit from Weaponmaster with an axe or polearm.

Take Lingering Rage from Levels 48 to 52, delaying the start of Rage decay after combat by a total of 10 seconds. You won't always reach the next enemy immediately, and this gives you more time to carry your Rage into the next pull. This talent allows you to heal up for a bit between pulls without losing your Rage, especially when you are using Sweeping Strikes.

Take Unbridled Wrath from Levels 53 to 57. At five points, your weapon hits have a 60% chance to generate 1 additional Rage. This adds some extra Rage during combat to help pay for your attacks. This isn't great with a two handed weapon, but we really want to reach the next tier of talents.

Pick up Raging Blows at Level 58, reducing the cost of Cleave and Whirlwind by 3 Rage. You are mainly grabbing this for the reduced Cleave cost, helping you during your Sweeping Strikes windows.

Your final two points finish Improved Bloodrage at Levels 59 and 60, increasing the Rage generated by Bloodrage by 10. Helps give you a nice burst of Rage on the start of a pull.

These macros cast Shield Bash or Pummel on the enemy under your cursor, letting you interrupt an enemy without changing your current target. You can mouse over the enemy, its nameplate, or its unit frame. If you aren't hovering over a living enemy, the macro uses your current target instead. You still need enough Rage and to be in the appropriate stance to use either ability.

Arms starts out with a simple rotation built around auto attacks, Rend, and Overpower. Keep Battle Shout active and avoid spending all of your Rage on Heroic Strike. Slam at Level 20 gives you another weapon attack, Sweeping Strikes at Level 30 gives you a way to kill two enemies at a time, and Mortal Strike at Level 40 becomes your main attack.

Heroic Strike and Cleave replace your next weapon auto attack with a special attack. That swing no longer generates Rage, making these abilities cost more than their listed Rage suggests. Use them when you have excessive Rage left over after your main abilities, and keep enough for Mortal Strike, Overpower, or an interrupt.

At Level 20, Victory Rush gives you some healing after a kill. It heals 10% of your maximum Health and costs no Rage, but has a 30 second cooldown and must be used within 20 seconds of killing an enemy that grants experience. Use it before the activation expires, ideally when you are missing Health. Food and bandages remain important between fights, especially when you cannot get a kill to activate Victory Rush.

The following priorities cover both solo questing and dealing damage in dungeons. While questing, saving Rage for the next enemy is often more useful than spending everything to finish the current one a little faster.

1. Keep Battle Shout active. Use Bloodrage regularly, ideally between pulls to prevent Rage decay. Finish enemies that are very low Health with auto attacks when possible, saving Rage for the next pull.
2. Open with Charge when possible and stay in Battle Stance for most of your rotation. From Level 30 onward, you can use Berserker Rage in Berserker Stance before a pull, then swap back to Battle Stance and Charge in. It increases Rage generated from damage taken, but only do this when the stance changes will not discard already pooled Rage.
3. Use Victory Rush when it is available and you are missing Health, before its activation expires. Even if you do not need the heal, the free damage is better than letting the opportunity expire.
4. Use Demoralizing Shout early in the fight to reduce damage taken. Taking less damage means more time fighting and fewer stops to eat between pulls.
5. Apply Rend early when the enemy will survive most of the bleed. From Level 31, Bloodthrill makes keeping your Rend on the target even more important, as your weapon attacks can now enable Overpower. Continue using Rend after learning Mortal Strike, but don't refresh it on an enemy that is about to die.
6. Use Overpower when an enemy Dodges or Bloodthrill enables its use; use it quickly before the opportunity expires and you waste a proc. Improved Overpower gives it 50% increased Critical Strike Chance for only 5 Rage, making it one of your most efficient attacks. This is the main ability you will be playing around as an Arms Warrior.
7. Use Mortal Strike on cooldown once learned at Level 40. It costs 30 Rage, so you may not be able to use right away when its ready, as you will stilll be prioritizing both Rend and Overpower before this.
8. Use Slam from Level 20 when you can finish the cast and have Rage available after your higher priority attacks. Before Level 36, use it immediately after an auto attack to avoid wasting progress toward your next swing. Once you take Improved Slam, it no longer delays your melee swing, so you can use it without waiting for that timing. You will likely not have the Rage to use this often.
9. Use Sunder Armor on durable enemies when you have spare Rage, especially during the early levels. Once Mortal Strike is available, save Rage for that first and mainly use Sunder Armor on elite mobs and bosses. Don't add Sunder Armor to an enemy that is about to die.
10. Use Spearing Strike against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted enemies for the bonus damage; for 15 Rage this deals 120% weapon damage to those enemy types, and should be prioritized above Mortal Strike. When fighting other types of enemies, this ability should be avoided unless you are close to capping your Rage out as the damage is very low.
11. Execute can only be used on enemies at or below 20% Health and spends your remaining Rage for additional damage. You typically do not want to empty your Rage bar into a weak mob that will die from an auto attack or two already. Use it when you do not need to save Rage for another pull, or to stop a runner reaching more enemies. In a dungeon boss fight, use Execute freely to finish the boss.
12. Use Heroic Strike only when you have an excessive amount of Rage. Keep enough for Mortal Strike, Overpower, and a possible interrupt. Repeatedly queueing Heroic Strike is a very easy way to empty your Rage bar without realizing how much you are spending.

Your basic priorities stay the same when fighting multiple enemies. Keep Battle Shout active, use Bloodrage regularly, use Victory Rush before its activation expires, and enter combat with Charge if possible. Focus down a single target even when fighting multiple enemies to reduce incoming damage rather than trying to kill all mobs at the same time.

Fighting multiple enemies at a time is one of Arms specialties, with Sweeping Strikes at Level 30 duplicating up to 5 of your attacks onto a second nearby enemy. When you later get Bloodthrill you can get easier Overpower procs with Cleave against two targets, further boosting your AoE capabilities.

Your playstyle with these talents should be to pool Rage from a single target, then pull two mobs to Cleave and Sweeping Strikes them down. The target that you are primarily focusing on will die first, and you should then use the remaining target to repeat this cycle: pool Rage again, heal up quickly if needed, repeat the two mob pull again.

1. Use Demoralizing Shout early when several melee enemies are attacking you. Taking less damage means fewer stops to eat between pulls. In dungeons, coordinate this with your tank so you do not spend Rage applying a debuff that is already active.
2. Use Sweeping Strikes from Level 30 when a second enemy is close enough for your attacks to hit it. Activate it in Battle Stance and keep attacking while both targets are alive. It costs 30 Rage, so carrying Rage from the previous pull makes a big difference.
3. Apply Rend to both enemies you are cleaving so your attacks against either target can trigger Bloodthrill. Use Overpower on cooldown as these procs become available, before they expire. Pay attention to which enemy your proc belongs to and use it on that target before switching, as changing targets will cause you to lose the proc.
4. Before Level 36, use Thunder Clap to damage up to four enemies and slow their attacks. Once Whirlwind is available, Thunder Clap becomes more useful for reducing incoming damage than for its damage alone. Apply the debuff early when you need it.
5. Use Whirlwind from Level 36 when at least four enemies are in range. You will only really be using this in a group scenario to hit a whole pack of mobs while someone else is tanking, or you have a healer with you. Trying to use Whirlwind effectively while playing solo is a death sentence, even when fighting two enemies.
6. Slam is a cheap attack that deals great damage while Sweeping Strikes is active, hitting both targets for only 15 Rage.
7. Use Cleave regularly when fighting two nearby enemies while, especially when Sweeping Strikes is active to kill both targets quickly. Keep Rend on both enemies so your Cleave hits can trigger Bloodthrill, giving you more opportunities to use Overpower. Keep enough Rage for your other main attacks, as Cleave replaces an auto attack and prevents that swing from generating its normal Rage.

Your core rotation is made up of the following abilities.

• Mortal Strike: Learned at Level 40 with this build. Your main regular attack, dealing weapon damage plus bonus damage and reducing healing received by the target. Keep enough Rage to use it on cooldown.
• Overpower: Becomes available after an enemy Dodges, or when Bloodthrill activates from Level 31 onward. It requires Battle Stance and cannot be Dodged, Blocked, or Parried. Improved Overpower gives it 50% additional Critical Strike Chance.
• Rend: A bleed worth applying early when an enemy will survive most of its duration. Keep it on your current target to enable Bloodthrill once you begin taking that talent.
• Slam: Learned at Level 20. A cast time attack that deals weapon damage, plus bonus damage. By default, Slam will reset your swing timer, and pause it while you are casting; only use it immediately after an auto attack lands to minimize the delay to your next weapon swing. At Level 36 Improved Slam reduces Slams cast time and stops it from both resetting and pausing your swing timer, allowing you to use it whenever.
• Sweeping Strikes: Taken at Level 30 with this build. Your next five melee attacks also strike a nearby second enemy. Requires Battle Stance and costs 30 Rage, making saved Rage especially useful when you plan to fight two enemies. Sweeping Strikes is one of the core playstyles of Arms leveling; you will pool Rage on one mob, quickly heal up, then pull two mobs and kill them with Sweeping Strikes and Cleave. Finish one off quickly, then pool your Rage on the second mob, repeating the cycle again after you heal up.
• Whirlwind: Learned at Level 36 and requires Berserker Stance. Hits up to four nearby enemies with your weapon, making it a strong attack when fighting several mobs together.
• Spearing Strike: Taken at Level 25 with this build and requires Battle Stance. Deals extra damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted enemies. You will only use this early on before getting later talents like Bloodthrill and Mortal Strike, or when facing those special enemies.
• Sunder Armor: Reduces the target's Armor and stacks up to five times. Use it on durable enemies when you have spare Rage, especially during the early levels.

Your damage rotation is only part of playing Arms. Interrupting a dangerous cast, stopping a runner, or debuffing an enemy often makes a much larger difference than using another offensive ability.

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• Charge: Reaches an enemy and generates Rage before combat. Check for patrols or extra mobs near your target before using it. If there isn't much room to fight, use your ranged weapon to pull enemies back to a safer spot.
• Bloodrage: Costs some Health to generate Rage immediately and over the following 10 seconds. Use it to pay for your opening abilities or to prevent Rage from decaying between pulls.
• Battle Shout: Increases melee Attack Power for you and nearby party members. Keep it active and remember to rebuff anyone who dies. You ideally want to refresh this at the end of a pull or before entering combat if you have the Rage, saving you a global cooldown in combat.
• Demoralizing Shout: Reduces nearby enemies Attack Power, lowering their melee damage. Use it early, especially against multiple enemies or mobs that hit hard. Taking less damage means fewer stops to eat while questing and less pressure on your healer in dungeons.
• Thunder Clap: Damages up to four nearby enemies and slows their attack speed. Use it against difficult enemies to reduce incoming damage, and when you are pulling multiple enemies. Apply it early in a fight so you get more value from the attack speed reduction.
• Shield Bash: Your interrupt from Level 12, it requires a shield and works in Battle Stance or Defensive Stance. Keep a one handed weapon and shield available to stop dangerous damage spells, enemy heals, or crowd control before you learn Pummel. Save enough Rage when you know a cast is coming rather than spending everything and not being able to kick a spell. This will be your main interrupt until you learn Pummel.
• Pummel: Learned at Level 38 and requires Berserker Stance. This is your main interrupt with a two handed weapon, costing 10 Rage and preventing spells from the interrupted school for four seconds. Keep enough Rage to use it when fighting enemies that heal or cast dangerous spells.
• Disarm: Temporarily removes an enemy's weapon, reducing the damage dealt by melee enemies. This can't be used against every enemy as some use Fist or Ranged weapons, which can't be disarmed, or don't use a weapon at all. Requires Defensive Stance.
• Hamstring: Slows an enemy so you can kite it, escape, or stop it from running into another pack. It requires Battle Stance or Berserker Stance. Very useful early on when fighting Humanoids as they will run away at low Health, potentially pulling another pack into the fight.
• Intimidating Shout: Makes your target cower while other nearby enemies flee in fear. It can give you time to escape or bandage, but be careful around other packs, as fleeing enemies can pull more mobs. Any damage dealt to the initial target will break the cower, while damage dealt to the ones fleeing has a chance to break the fear, so something such as Deep Wounds on your target can break the crowd control and interrupt your heal.
• Intercept: Learned at Level 30 and requires Berserker Stance. Use it to reach and stun an enemy while already in combat. It's great for catching a runner, stopping a cast, or getting back into melee range.
• Berserker Rage: Available from Level 30 and requires Berserker Stance. Breaks Fear and Incapacitates, making you immune to them for 10 seconds. It also increases Rage generated from damage taken, so you can use it before a pull to generate some extra Rage. Account for any Rage lost when changing stances before using it.
• Retaliation: Requires Battle Stance and counterattacks enemies that hit you from the front. Keep enemies in front of you to get value from it. With a two handed weapon this can be great for a big pull every so often, but you still need to survive the incoming damage while it is active.

Early on you will not have much choice in your stats. Keep your weapon up to date, then look for Hit, Expertise, Critical Strike and Strength on your other equipment. Arms relies heavily on weapon damage, so a good weapon upgrade usually makes a bigger difference than a few extra stats on a piece of gear.

1. Weapon Damage
   • Higher weapon DPS improves your auto attack damage and helps you kill enemies faster. At similar DPS, a slower weapon has higher damage per swing, improving attacks such as Mortal Strike, Slam, and Whirlwind. Look for a slow two handed weapon, but don't pass up a large DPS upgrade just because its speed or weapon type is different.
2. Hit & Expertise
   • Hit reduces misses, while Expertise reduces enemy Dodges and Parries. Missing with a slow two handed weapon can mean a long wait for your next auto attack, costing you both damage and Rage. These stats are uncommon early on, but are worth looking for when you can get them without giving up a major weapon upgrade.
3. Agility & Critical Strike
   • Critical strikes improve damage, and critical auto attacks generate additional Rage. Critical Strikes also apply Deep Wounds once you learn it. Agility provides Critical Strike Chance, Dodge Chance, and Armor, but does not give Warriors Attack Power. Items with both Strength and Agility are some of your best possible gear choices.
4. Strength & Attack Power
   • Strength gives two Attack Power per point. Attack Power improves your weapon damage and abilities damage such as Mortal Strike and Rend, making Strength one of your best stats for leveling.

When leveling, you often get to choose between multiple zones to pick from. You generally want to start out in one area and complete most of that zone, only leaving once you have very few quests to complete. Warrior excels at questing when fighting enemies a couple of levels below them, so staying in one zone to complete most of it helps get you ahead in the next zone. Using the slider below, we will be recommending zones for their density of quests and proximity to dungeons that are available at each level range.

Quest through the surrounding areas before entering a dungeon so you can collect all of its available quests and finish several objectives in one run. Dungeon quests provide experience and gear, but you do not need to run every dungeon to level effectively. Check our Dungeon Hub for its level range, quests, and where to pick them up before planning the trip.

Be Efficient With Your Time

You will replace gear frequently, so do not spend hours chasing a small upgrade. Combine dungeon quests and look for useful drops while you are already there. Check the dungeon's recommended levels before joining a group; being able to pick up its quests does not mean you are ready to fight every boss. A failed run can cost far more time than finishing a few nearby quests first. Our recommended questing zones begin once you have finished your starting zone.

• Zones to Quest in:
  • Loch Modan/Darkshore
  • The Barrens
• Available Dungeons:
  • Hall of Thanes
  • Ragefire Chasm

• Zones to Quest in:
  • Westfall/Darkshore
  • Silverpine Forest
• Available Dungeons:
  • Hall of Thanes
  • Ragefire Chasm and Ruins of Lordaeron

• Zones to Quest in:
  • Westfall/Redridge Mountains
  • The Barrens/Stonetalon Mountains
• Available Dungeons:
  • Hall of Thanes and The Deadmines
  • Wailing Caverns

• Zones to Quest in:
  • Redridge Mountains/Duskwood
  • Hillsbrad Foothills/Stonetalon Mountains
• Available Dungeons:
  • The Stockade and The Deadmines
  • Shadowfang Keep and Wailing Caverns

• Zones to Quest in:
  • Ashenvale/Duskwood
  • Ashenvale/Duskwood
• Available Dungeons:
  • Blackfathom Deeps and The Stockade
  • Blackfathom Deeps and Shadowfang Keep

• Zones to Quest in:
  • Wetlands/Ashenvale
  • Hillsbrad Foothills/Wetlands
• Available Dungeons:
  • Excavation Site: Wetlands and Blackfathom Deeps
  • Excavation Site: Wetlands and Blackfathom Deeps

• Zones to Quest in:
  • Wetlands/Ashenvale
  • Wetlands/Thousand Needles
• Available Dungeons:
  • Excavation Site: Wetlands and Gnomeregan, and City of Dalaran
  • Excavation Site: Wetlands and Razorfen Kraul, and City of Dalaran

Below are some items worth looking for as you level. There are options available for all different levels matching the slider above, with the item at the top of the list being the best choice for the current level, and a few options that are from quests included below. Gear options beyond level 35 are not entirely known at this time and will be filled out more thoroughly in the future once the game has fully released.

• Two Handed Weapons
  • Defender of Dalaran
    • Alliance Quest reward from Heart of Disruption, City of Dalaran.
  • Corpsemaker
    • Drops from Overlord Ramtusk in Razorfen Kraul.
  • Heavehammer
    • Alliance Quest reward from Prehistoric Prism, Excavation Site: Wetlands.
    • Horde Quest reward from Earthen Echo, Excavation Site: Wetlands.
  • Guardian's Dualblade
    • Drops from Unstable Sentinel in City of Dalaran.
  • Blackfathom Deeps
    • Strike of the Hydra drops from Aku'mai in Blackfathom Deeps.
    • Reef Axe drops from Gelihast in Blackfathom Deeps.
  • Headbasher
    • Alliance Quest reward from The Fury Runs Deep, The Stockade.
  • Arced War Axe
    • Horde Drops from Commander Springvale in Shadowfang Keep.
  • Hammerbone
    • Horde Quest reward from Leaders of the Fang, Wailing Caverns.
  • Alliance The Deadmines
    • Smite's Mighty Hammer drops from Mr. Smite in The Deadmines.
    • Rhahk'Zor's Hammer drops from Rhahk'Zor in The Deadmines.
  • Corpse Chopper
    • Drops from Bjork in Ruins of Lordaeron.
  • Axe of Orgrimmar
    • Horde Quest reward from Hidden Enemies, Ragefire Chasm.
  • Ironforge Greathammer
    • Alliance Quest reward from Old Ironforge Incursion, Hall of Thanes.
  • Heavy Copper Maul
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing.

• Helmet
  • Barbaric Iron Helm
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing.
  • Veteran's Silvered Chain Helm
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing. Binds when picked up.

• Shoulders
  • Barbaric Iron Shoulders
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing.
  • Rough Bronze Shoulders
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing.

• Chest
  • Veteran's Silvered Chain Shirt
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing. Binds when picked up.
  • Veteran's Chain Shirt
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing. Binds when picked up.

• Gloves
  • Veteran's Gloves
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing. Binds when picked up.

• Belt
  • Officer's Belt
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing. Binds when picked up.
  • Cobrahn's Grasp
    • Drops from Lord Cobrahn in Wailing Caverns.
  • Veteran's Chain Belt
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing. Binds when picked up.

• Legs
  • Veteran's Silvered Chain Leggings
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing. Binds when picked up.

• Boots
  • Veteran's Boots
    • Crafted through Blacksmithing. Binds when picked up.

• Rings
  • Ring of Ruin
    • Alliance Quest reward from The Legend of Stalvan, Duskwood.
  • Seal of Wrynn
    • Alliance Quest reward from An Audience with the King, Stormwind City.
  • Silverlaine's Family Seal
    • Horde Drops from Baron Silverlaine in Shadowfang Keep.
  • Seal of Sylvanas
    • Horde Quest reward from Arugal Must Die, Shadowfang Keep.

With the WoW Forever Beta only reaching Level 30, we unfortunately are unable to provide more specific advice on which zones or gear to tackle beyond Level 30. Make sure to check back once WoW Forever has launched, as we will be updating this section of our Subtlety Rogue leveling guide soon after!

Keep food, bandages, and Healing Potions ready. Victory Rush helps keep you up in combat after a kill, while food and bandages cover the gaps between fights. Recover before starting another pull if you are low Health, and keep a potion available for an unexpected add or dangerous enemy. Trying to save a little time by pulling at low Health will cost you much more time if you die.

Keep up with your professions. Some professions such as Herbalism and Mining should be leveled up simultaneously while you quest. Leaving these behind will only save you a small amount of time early on, but will cost you a ton of materials that you would have otherwise gotten. You can choose to skip crafted professions such as Blacksmithing if you want to purely level, although the gear offered by some professions can make up for the time spent crafting.

Train your abilities and weapon skill. New ranks of abilities like Battle Shout, Rend, and Mortal Strike are important upgrades, and a good weapon will still perform poorly if your skill with its weapon type is far behind. Practice against low level enemies when changing weapon types to keep your weapon skill trained. Before entering a dungeon, check your equipment durability and be ready to interrupt dangerous casts rather than leaving them all to your tank.

Log out in rested areas. Leveling to 60 takes time, and rested experience adds up between sessions. Log out inside an inn or another rested area whenever possible, ideally by using your Hearthstone at the end of a questing session. You do not need to make a long detour every time you log out, but repeatedly missing out on rested experience means giving up extra experience you could have earned while offline.

Make friends. Add players you enjoyed running with, especially tanks and healers who communicate well and help keep pulls moving. Use interrupts and debuffs to make their jobs easier instead of only focusing on damage. An experienced group spends much less time organizing runs, and those connections remain useful when you reach max level and begin doing end game content.

Some levels give you a new ability or talent that changes your rotation, while others offer stronger ranks of attacks and Shouts you already use. The tables below cover your main unlocks and ability upgrades, helping you plan your class quests and training visits as you level up.

The table below highlights your stance quests, major attacks, and important talent unlocks. Talent unlock levels follow the recommended Arms build, so they may differ if you spend your points in a different order.

Level	Important Unlock
10	Defensive Stance Class Quest, Taunt, and Sunder Armor
12	Overpower and Shield Bash Unlocked
14	Tactical Mastery Unlocked
16	Improved Overpower Maxed
20	Slam, Victory Rush, and Retaliation Unlocked
23	Improved Tactical Mastery Maxed with this build; Retain 25 Rage when changing stances
24	Execute Unlocked; Anger Management Unlocked with this build
25	Spearing Strike Unlocked with this build
30	Berserker Stance class quest unlocking Intercept and Berserker Rage; Sweeping Strikes Unlocked with this build
31	First Bloodthrill Point
36	Whirlwind Unlocked; Improved Slam Unlocked with this build
38	Pummel Unlocked
40	Mortal Strike Unlocked with this build; Plate Armor Training; 60% Mount Available (100 gold total for riding training & mount)
42	Weaponmaster Maxed
50	Recklessness Unlocked
58	Raging Blows Unlocked with this build

The following are your main abilities that you will want to keep trained. New ranks of Mortal Strike and Slam improve your weapon based attacks, while Rend remains useful throughout leveling because of Bloodthrill. If one of these abilities has a new rank available, plan a trainer visit alongside any other upgrades you can grab at the same time.

Ability	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3	Rank 4	Rank 5	Rank 6	Rank 7
Battle Shout	1	12	22	32	42	52	Currently Unknown
Cleave	20	30	40	50	60	—	—
Demoralizing Shout	14	24	34	44	54	—	—
Rend	4	10	20	30	40	50	60
Mortal Strike	40	48	54	60	—	—	—
Slam	20	30	38	46	54	—	—
Sunder Armor	10	22	34	46	58	—	—
Thunder Clap	6	18	28	38	48	58	—

Mining and Blacksmithing let you gather the bars and stone needed to craft your own weapons, armor, and weapon stones. This can save gold and fill gaps in your equipment, but compare each craft with what you already have before spending materials. Herbalism and Alchemy are another good pairing if you would rather gather materials for damage and defensive consumables, and Alchemy is a great gold maker at max Level.

Engineering pairs well with Mining and gives you explosives and other gadgets for dungeons and PvP. The extra damage and control are very useful when your normal AoE abilities are limited. If you plan to switch crafting professions later, gather the materials you will need before dropping Mining, or budget for buying them from the Auction House.

Skinning is a great pickup for anyone early on while Leveling, as you can vendor all of the materials acquired for some early gold. This helps greatly with being able to afford ability training early on, and can be useful later on to sell rarer materials on the auction house to other players. You can always drop Skinning later on for your main professions.

Warriors should always pick up First Aid as well. Victory Rush helps after a kill, but bandages still cover the gaps between fights and greatly reduce downtime. First Aid also makes Healing Potions in WoW Forever. Cooking supplies your own food, while Fishing provides ingredients for many recipes. Leveling these two together is highly recommended, but can take up a large amount of time. These secondary professions do not take either primary profession slot, making them useful additions whichever primary professions you choose.

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