Restoration Druid Leveling Guide from 1 to 80 — The War Within (11.0.5)
On this page, you will find our Level by Level Restoration Druid leveling guide for The War Within. Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level. For more general leveling information, please refer to our Druid leveling guide.
Gear Options
The best gearing while levelling is quick and easy upgrades with the highest item level possible, stats are not relevant, and the gear will be swiftly replaced as you go through the levels, so try not to go too out of your way for a single piece of equipment while levelling. Try to avoid Mastery on gear since it does not provide any damage benefit.
Level by Level Rotation and Talents
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Talents to Level Up as a Restoration Druid
Your first talent row unlocks at Level 10. Choosing Restoration Druid automatically gives you Rejuvenation and Swiftmend.
Note that talent recommendations for leveling will differ from talent recommendations for Mythic+ and raids at max level.
Rows 1-4 Talents are as follows:
- Lifebloom
- Nature's Swiftness
- Flash of Clarity
- Cenarion Ward
- Improved Regrowth
- Wildwood Roots
- Ysera's Gift
- Grove Tending
Rows 5-7 Talents are as follows:
- Efflorescence
- Tranquility
- Ironbark
- Grove Guardians
- Soul of the Forest
- Cultivation
- Wild Synthesis
- Improved Ironbark
- Regenerative Heartwood
- Rampant Growth
- Harmonious Blooming
- Renewing Surge
Rows 8-10 Talents are as follows:
- Convoke the Spirits
- Prosperity
- Spring Blossoms
- Master Shapeshifter
- Photosynthesis
- Cenarius' Guidance
- Undergrowth
- Forest's Flow
- Thriving Vegetation
- Reforestation
Rotation to Level Up as a Restoration Druid
Starting at Level 1, you only have one main attack ability: Wrath.
- Convoke the Spirits is a great spell to damage an enemy and heal your group quickly.
- Moonfire is a great damage over time spell that you should use against any enemy you are fighting.
- Sunfire deals damage to a target, similar to Moonfire. It will also apply a damage over time effect to all enemies within 8 yards at level 32.
- Ferocious Bite deals damage based on the amount of combo points spent. The damage is increased further for each Energy point used beyond 25, up to 25 extra.
- Use Rip instead of Ferocious Bite if you expect the enemy to live long enough for the DoT to do all the damage.
- You gain your first talent point, spend it on Rake. Use Rake and Moonfire to DoT up multiple enemies.
- Cat Form. You move 30% faster in Cat Form. This also unlocks Shred, a single target attack only usable in Cat Form and awards 1 Combo Point.
Summary of Unlocked Abilities for Restoration Druid
Keep in mind that most of your abilities for leveling come in the form of talents, and you should path towards them specifically.
If you want an in-depth overview of all your abilities, click on the button below:
Restoration Druid War Mode Talents for Leveling
In this section, we will highlight the most useful War Mode PvP talents to speed up your levelling process. Unfortunately, none of the others provide anything useful in terms of damage output.
- Thorns provides incredible damage against any enemies that hit you in melee.
- Tireless Pursuit slightly increases your movement speed while leveling.
- Deep Roots can be paired with Mass Entanglement to pull a lot of mobs and DoT them all up.
Congratulations!
Congratulations on reaching level 80! Now that you have hit Level 70, we recommend looking at our Easy mode page and Talents section to learn how to play at max level.
Changelog
- 21 Oct. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for TWW Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
- 26 Mar. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 02 Dec. 2023: Updated the talent tree.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been reviewed and approved by Torty, one of the main Restoration Druid theorycrafters. He is an author of the Twig It spreadsheet and DPS action priority list. He currently raids in Pure.
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