World of Warcraft: Forever Fury Warrior Leveling Guide

Fury focuses on leveling with two weapons, using fast attacks and Critical Strikes to keep your damage and Rage flowing. The build gets much stronger as you pick up talents such as Furious Precision and Dual Wield Specialization, then really comes together with Flurry and Bloodthirst. Until then, Fury can be a bit slower than leveling as Protection, and you may want to wait until later levels to respec to Fury once you have some key talents and strong weapons. Later on, Gore Drinker adds sustain to your kit, helping you to keep moving between enemies without needing to stop and eat as often.

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.

The above build focuses on dual wielding, improving your weapon damage and Rage generation before adding some baseline healing and easier stance swapping. You cannot dual wield until Level 20, so use your best weapon until then; a good two handed weapon works well during the early levels. Once you train dual wielding, equip two one handed weapons, and ideally look for a fast offhand. More frequent weapon hits give Unbridled Wrath more chances to generate Rage, making it easier to use your abilities.

Complete Your Level 10 Class Quest

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

Your first five points go into Cruelty from Levels 10 to 14, increasing your melee Critical Strike Chance by 5%. This is a great damage increase early on, and becomes even more valuable once your crits begin activating Flurry later into the build.

Take Unbridled Wrath from Levels 15 to 19 next. At five points, your weapon hits have a 60% chance to generate 1 additional Rage. Fury needs this extra Rage to pay for its attacks, and you get more opportunities to activate it once you begin attacking with two weapons.

Train dual wielding at Level 20 and take Furious Precision from Levels 20 to 22. These three points increase your offhand Hit Chance by a total of 10%, helping your second weapon connect much more often. Missing repeatedly is one of the biggest problems with early dual wielding and is Fury's main weakness, so these points are worth getting as soon as possible.

Put two points into Lingering Rage at Levels 23 and 24, delaying the start of Rage decay after combat by 4 seconds. You won't always reach the next enemy immediately, and this gives you more time to carry your Rage into the next pull instead of starting over. While these points are technically used just to reach the next tier, this is a very nice talent to have between pulls.

Take Dual Wield Specialization from Levels 25 to 29, increasing your offhand damage by 25% and Rage generated from offhand attacks by 50% at five points. The main thing this talent provides is the additional Rage generation from offhand attacks.

At Level 30, Death Wish gives you a strong damage cooldown. It increases Physical damage dealt by 20% and makes you immune to Fear for 30 seconds, but also increases damage taken by 5% for the same duration. Use it on tough enemies when you can keep attacking for most of its duration, or when you can Cleave several enemies down in a row. It has a 3 minute cooldown, so use it regularly instead of saving it for a fight that never comes.

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. This becomes a major part of your rotation as Fury and should be completed as soon as possible.

Take four points in Enrage from Levels 31 to 34. Taking damage can activate Enrage, increasing your Physical damage for 12 seconds. This is especially useful while questing, since enemies will usually be attacking you. We leave it at four points for now to get Flurry and Bloodthirst as soon as they become available as they provide a much higher benefit overall.

Take Flurry from Levels 35 to 39, giving you 25% more melee attack speed for your next three swings after a melee Critical Strike. This is one of Fury's biggest damage gains and works well with the extra Critical Strike Chance from Cruelty. Faster attacks also give you more chances to generate Rage through auto attacks and talents such as Unbridled Wrath.

Learn Bloodthirst at Level 40. This becomes your main attack, dealing damage based on Attack Power and giving you a short Movement Speed increase after using it. Keep enough Rage available to always be able to use it instead of spending everything on other abilities. Getting Bloodthirst makes a massive difference to Fury's rotation and gives you a reliable attack every 6 seconds, rather than relying mostly on auto attacks as you have done up to this point.

Finish Enrage at Level 41, bringing its damage bonus to 10%. Then take both points in Gore Drinker at Levels 42 and 43. Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst now cause your next three melee attacks to heal 1% of your maximum Health. This is a large improvement to your sustain while leveling, but you will still need food and bandages when the healing cannot keep up. Do not use all of these abilities at the exact same time, as you can only have 3 stacks of Gore Drinker at once and must wait for the buff to be consumed before you can benefit from new stacks.

Move into Arms and take Deflection from Levels 44 to 48, increasing your Parry Chance by 5%. These points are mostly to get to the better talents down the Arms tree, but the Parry actually provides a large amount of defense while leveling, making it the best choice here.

Take Improved Tactical Mastery from Levels 49 to 53. With baseline Tactical Mastery trained, you can now retain up to 25 Rage when changing stances. This makes swapping for Overpower, Thunder Clap, or Whirlwind much less expensive. Any Rage above the amount you can retain is still lost, so spend excess Rage before switching when possible. You will frequently be swapping stances as Fury, so we grab this talent early on to help maintain a bit of extra Rage when doing so.

Pick up Anger Management at Level 54. 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 keep more of your resource between pulls.

At Level 55 and 56 get Improved Charge for an additional 6 Rage every time you Charge. This is one of the highest Rage per minute abilities you can take while leveling and helps you start the fight off with a bit of extra Rage.

Take Improved Berserker Rage at Levels 57 and 58 next. At two points, Berserker Rage immediately generates 10 Rage and removes movement impairing effects, making it useful both for your rotation and for getting out of slows and roots.

Your last two points go into Improved Bloodrage at Levels 59 and 60, increasing all Rage generated by Bloodrage by 50%; two points in this talent cause Bloodrage to generate 10 additional Rage. Use it regularly to prevent Rage decay between pulls, or as a burst of Rage at the start of combat.

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.

Fury starts out with a simple rotation built around auto attacks, Rend, and Overpower when an enemy Dodges. Keep Battle Shout active and avoid spending all of your Rage on Heroic Strike. Your rotation gets much stronger with Whirlwind at Level 36 and Bloodthirst at Level 40, so save Rage for those attacks once they are available.

Heroic Strike and Cleave replace your next main 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 your next Bloodthirst, Whirlwind, or 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. At Level 43 Gore Drinker adds a buff when you use your main abilities, causing your attacks to heal you 1% of your max life per swing. These will not be enough to keep you full health always, but go a long way helping to sustain you between fights.

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. Avoid using abilities on mobs that are very low health, and instead try to finish them off with auto-attacks instead to save Rage for the next pull.
2. Open with Charge when possible. Before Level 30, you will stay in Battle Stance for your rotation. When you get Berserker Stance, you will want to swap to it and use Berserker Rage before swapping back to Battle Stance and Charging in; Berserker Rage increases your Rage generated from damage taken by 30%, making this a nice way to gain a bit of extra Rage. Only do this if your current Rage is below 10, otherwise you will be wasting Rage instead.
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 up time, reducing how often you need to stop and eat food to heal back up.
5. Use Death Wish when you can keep attacking for most of its duration. Tough quest enemies and dungeon bosses are good targets, but do not save it for an entire zone waiting for the perfect pull. Remember that it also increases damage taken by 5%.
6. Use Bloodthirst on cooldown once learned at Level 40. This is your main attack, and Gore Drinker later makes it part of your regular healing as well. Save its 30 Rage cost instead of spending that Rage on other abilities.
7. Use Whirlwind at level 36 Bloodthirst is unavailable and you have enough Rage left for your next Bloodthirst. You will often times not have enough Rage to use this, especially against a single enemy. Whirlwind also requires Berserker Stance, so be mindful of your Rage as you swap stances, and return to Battle Stance after you Whirlwind to reduce your damage taken.
8. Use Overpower when an enemy Dodges and you are in Battle Stance. At higher levels, only switch for it when the stance change will not waste too much Rage or delay your more important attacks. Its cheap cost allows you to use it most of the time when it triggers, just be sure to use it quickly before the opportunity expires.
9. Use Sunder Armor on durable enemies when you have spare Rage, especially during the early levels. Prioritize Bloodthirst and Whirlwind once they are available, only using Sunder on elite mobs and bosses. Just like Rend, don't use Sunders to an enemy that is about to die.
10. Apply Rend early while leveling if the target will survive most of the bleed. Once Bloodthirst is available you will stop using this. Do not refresh Rend on an enemy that is about to die.
11. Execute can only be used on enemies below 20%, spending all of your Rage to deal high damage. While this can be good in certain situations, you typically do not want to dump all of your Rage into a weak mob that will die from an auto attack or two already. You should rarely use this while leveling, only if you do not need to save your Rage for another pull, or can prevent a mob from fleeing into additional enemies. In a dungeon boss fight, you should use Execute freely to finish the boss.
12. Use Heroic Strike only when you have an excessive amount of Rage. Keep enough for Bloodthirst, Whirlwind, and a possible interrupt if needed. You will rarely have enough Rage to use this once you unlock your main abilities. Repeatedly queueing Heroic Strike is a very easy way to quickly 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 one enemy when questing to reduce incoming damage instead of evenly damaging all enemies down equally.

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. Before Level 36, use Thunder Clap in Battle Stance on cooldown to damage several enemies and slow their attacks, hitting up to four targets. Once Whirlwind is available you won't use this as your main AoE attack, but may still wish to apply the debuff to reduce your damage taken.
3. Use Whirlwind on cooldown from Level 36. It requires Berserker Stance and hits up to four nearby enemies with both weapons. Position yourself so the enemies you want to hit are in range. Jumping also grants you a mechanic called leeway, which gives you a temporary small range buff to your attacks; use this if needed to hit a mob as it's fleeing away from the pack.
4. Use Bloodthirst to focus down your current target. Keep enough Rage to use Whirlwind again when it becomes available, and use Death Wish on pulls where you can keep attacking safely.
5. Dump excess Rage into Cleave when a second enemy is within range of your current target. Save enough Rage for Whirlwind or Thunder Clap instead of queueing Cleave on every swing. While questing, finish low Health enemies with auto attacks or a rare Execute so they stop hitting you and you can finish the other enemies off.

Your core rotation is made up of the following abilities.

• Bloodthirst: Learned at Level 40 with this build. Your main attack, dealing damage based on Attack Power and briefly increasing your Movement Speed. Keep enough Rage to use it regularly.
• Whirlwind: Learned at Level 36 and requires Berserker Stance. Hits up to four nearby enemies with both weapons, making it your main AoE attack and good attack against a single target.
• Overpower: Becomes available after an enemy Dodges one of your attacks and requires Battle Stance. It cannot be Dodged, Blocked, or Parried, making it a reliable attack during early levels.
• Rend: A bleed worth applying early when an enemy will survive most of its duration. It is useful early on before Bloodthirst and Whirlwind become your main attacks.
• 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.
• Death Wish: Taken at Level 30 with this build. A damage cooldown that also grants Fear immunity, but increases damage taken. Use it whenever you can hit enemies for most of its duration.

Your damage rotation is only part of playing Fury. Interrupting a dangerous cast, stopping a runner, or debuffing an enemy often times make 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, especially if you're dealing with an unexpected add. Apply it early in a difficult 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 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 while dual wielding, 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 Rend 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. At Level 57 with this build Improved Berserker Rage also makes it generate 10 Rage and remove movement impairing effects.
• Retaliation: Requires Battle Stance and counterattacks enemies that hit you from the front. Keep enemies in front of you to get value from it. 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 both weapons up to date, then look for Hit, Expertise, Strength, and Critical Strike on your other equipment. Fury relies heavily on its weapon attacks, 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. Ideally use a fast offhand to get frequent weapon hits and more chances to generate Rage through Unbridled Wrath. A slower main weapon can improve Whirlwind damage at similar DPS, but do not pass up a large DPS upgrade simply because its speed is different.
2. Hit & Expertise
   • Hit reduces misses, while Expertise reduces enemy Dodges and Parries. Dual wielding adds an extra 19% chance for auto attacks from both weapons to miss. This penalty does not apply to special attacks such as Bloodthirst. Reliable auto attacks are especially important, since a missed swing means lost damage and no Rage from that attack. These stats are uncommon early on, but are worth looking for when you can get them.
3. Strength & Attack Power
   • Strength gives two Attack Power per point. Attack Power improves your weapon damage and directly increases Bloodthirst damage once learned, making Strength one of your best stats.
4. Agility & Critical Strike
   • Critical strikes improve damage, and critical auto attacks generate additional Rage. From Level 35 on-wards melee Critical Strikes also activate Flurry for faster attacks. 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.

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.

Use your best weapon until you train dual wielding at Level 20. After that, keep both weapons up to date and ideally use a fast offhand. Attack speed is especially useful for getting frequent Unbridled Wrath opportunities, but weapon DPS still matters the most.

• One Handed Weapons
  • Razorfen Kraul
    • Pronged Reaver drops from Charlga Razorflank in Razorfen Kraul.
    • Thornspike drops from Aggem Thorncurse in Razorfen Kraul.
  • Hamhock's Cleaver
    • Alliance Drops from Hamhock in The Stockade.
  • Darkwater Talwar
    • Drops from Lady Sarevess in Blackfathom Deeps.
  • Horde Shadowfang Keep
    • Meteor Shard drops from Archmage Arugal in Shadowfang Keep.
    • Baron's Scepter drops from Baron Silverlaine in Shadowfang Keep.
    • Butcher's Slicer drops from Razorclaw the Butcher in Shadowfang Keep.
  • Wingblade
    • Horde Quest reward from Leaders of the Fang, Wailing Caverns.
  • Alliance The Deadmines
    • Buzz Saw drops from Sneed's Shredder in The Deadmines.
    • Cookie's Tenderizer drops from Cookie in The Deadmines.
    • Blackwater Cutlass drops from Defias Pirates and other enemies in The Deadmines.
  • Meathook Slicer
    • Drops from The Baron in Ruins of Lordaeron.
  • Durgen's Crescent Axe
    • Alliance Drops from Durgen Dirgehammer in Hall of Thanes.
  • Hammer of Orgrimmar
    • Horde Quest reward from Hidden Enemies, Ragefire Chasm.
  • Alliance Haggard's Axe / Horde Thun'grim's Axe
    • Alliance Quest reward from Dead-tooth Jack, Elwynn Forest.
    • Horde Quest reward from Forged Steel, The Barrens.
  • Copper Shortsword
    • 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
  • 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 and later Gore Drinker help keep you up in combat, 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 and Bloodthirst 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 and keep both weapon skills 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 crowd control 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 Fury 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
20	Dual Wielding, Victory Rush, and Retaliation Unlocked; First Furious Precision Point
30	Berserker Stance Class Quest, Intercept, Berserker Rage, and Death Wish Unlocked with this build
35	First Flurry Point
36	Whirlwind Unlocked
38	Pummel Unlocked
40	Bloodthirst Unlocked with this build; Plate Armor Training; 60% Mount Available (100 gold total for riding training & mount)
42	First Gore Drinker Point
49	First Improved Tactical Mastery Point
50	Recklessness Unlocked
54	Anger Management Unlocked with this build
55	Raging Blows Unlocked with this build
56	Improved Berserker Rage Maxed with this build

The following are your main abilities that you will want to always train the next rank as soon as possible. If one of these abilities has a new rank available at the trainer, making a trip to the nearest major city is well worth the time to learn it.

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	Don't train	Don't train	Don't train
Bloodthirst	40	48	54	60	—	—	—
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 and Gore Drinker help during combat, 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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