Restoration Druid Dragonflight Leveling Guide From 1 to 70 (Dragonflight 10.1)
On this page, you will find our Level by Level Restoration Druid leveling guide for Dragonflight. 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
Passing Seasons
Cenarion Ward
Improved Regrowth
Ysera's Gift
Grove Tending
Omen of Clarity
Rows 5-7 Talents are as follows:
Efflorescence
Tranquility
Ironbark
Soul of the Forest
Cultivation
Harmonious Blooming x2
Rampant Growth
Improved Ironbark
Unstoppable Growth x2
Verdancy
Rows 8-10 Talents are as follows:
Adaptive Swarm
Convoke the Spirits
Verdant Infusion
Unbridled Swarm
Deep Focus
Cenarius' Guidance
Photosynthesis
Budding Leaves x2
Undergrowth
Rotation to Level Up as a Restoration Druid
Starting at Level 1, you only have one main
attack
ability: Wrath.
Adaptive Swarm should be used on cooldown for healing and damage.
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
Thrash if there are 2 or more enemies near you.
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.
- Use
Swipe if there are 2 or more enemies near you, and Thrash is already up.
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.
Master Shapeshifter increases all your bleed damage by 30% while you are in
Cat Form.
Thorns provides incredible damage against any enemies that hit you in melee.
Congratulations!
Congratulations on reaching Level 70! 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
- 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.
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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