WoW Forever Skyborne leveling guide 1-12

An island in the sky, friend, full of brand-new customers. Nobody on Zephras Isle has met a goblin like Nix. Twelve levels, three towns, one boat out. Follow me.

Last verified: 16 Oct 2026Suggested route — to verify in game
Levels
1-12
Zone
Zephras Isle
Flight paths
None on the isle
Towns
Thendal · Shen'dar · Valanaar

Before you go

  • Playing a Skyborne needs the Skyborne Heroic Pack or higher. Any character can visit the isle.

  • Small tornadoes give Blessing of Zephras: +40% run speed for 5 minutes. Attacking anything ends it.

  • The Problem With Prideclaws in Shen'dar gives a Simple Leather Satchel. Free bag, friend.

  • Harvesting Windstones lets you pick a gathering book: Mining, Herbalism or Skinning.

  • There is no flight master on Zephras Isle. Your feet, the tornadoes, and the airships at the end.

Step by step

Every line comes from one source unless marked: places and quests are checked, the order is our proposal.

The route on the map

Zephras Isle
Map art © Blizzard Entertainment · Game files, build 1.60.1.70450
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Zephras Islelevels 1-12

  1. Step 1 — Thendal Village (level 1-2)

    Welcome to Thendal, friend. Watchtower, great tree, and your first trainer waiting. Two quick jobs, then your class quest.

    • Thendal Village → Coming of Age, Harmony in Balance (Coming of Age: Ancient Heirloom. Harmony in Balance: Fur-Lined Shoes or Vuldren Hide Bracers)

    Class quests: Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Druid, Mage

    • Rorian the Dayseeker · 42, 23.4 → The Warrior's Path (trainer: Blademaster Ren (43.6, 24.2))

    • Rorian the Dayseeker · 42, 23.4 → The Way of the Hunter (trainer: Tai'ree Farsight (42.4, 23.6))

    • Rorian the Dayseeker · 42, 23.4 → At Home in the Shadows (trainer: Akeri Duskblade (43.6, 24.2))

    • Rorian the Dayseeker · 42, 23.4 → A Student of Nature (trainer: Xyton Silverwind (41.6, 23.4))

    • Rorian the Dayseeker · 42, 23.4 → A Student of the Arcane (High Order only; trainer: Dorii Brightwhisper (41.6, 23.6))

    Class quests pay in reputation too, friend. High Order or Windshapers: both remember who helped.

  2. Step 2 — Around Thendal (level 2-5)

    Now the work, friend. Ley lines, windstones, a cirrusfly queen and some cult thugs. Grab every job in Thendal, then sweep the area once.

    • Thendal Village → Falling With Style, The Anchors of Zephras, Infestation Investigation, The Cirrusfly Queen, Harvesting Windstones, Elemental Unrest, Agitators (Falling With Style teaches Walk on Air)

    • Thendal Village → Reading the Ley Lines

    • Thendal Village → Return to Rorian, Aetheen of the Gales, Foul Matriarch, Aggressive Encroachment, The Next Step, Al'Aketh Thugs

    Class quests: Shaman

    • Rorian the Dayseeker · 42, 23.4 → Call of Earth (3 steps; your Earth Totem)

    The Adventurer at level 6 points you south, friend. Shen'dar has an inn. Nix likes inns.

  3. Step 3 — Shen'dar Village (level 6-8)

    Shen'dar, friend! Inn, profession trainers, a camping lesson and a free bag. This is where a career starts.

    • Coriella Calmbreeze · 43, 43.2

    • Shen'dar Village → The High Order

    • Raan Wildwind → The Great Outdoors (your campfire, then Camping 101 for your profession)

    • Indari Sunseam · 44.6, 44.4 → The Problem With Prideclaws (reward: Simple Leather Satchel)

    • Shen'dar Village → Welcome to Shen'dar Village, Restocking the Larders (Restocking the Larders: Recipe: Skywall Souffle)

    • Messana Crestwind · 44.8, 44.4

    • Halassa Fernbreeze · 43, 43.4

    • Mendalass Tattermend · 43.2, 43.4

    Set your hearthstone with Coriella, friend. Shen'dar is your base until Valanaar.

  4. Step 4 — The Shen'dar Highlands (level 6-9)

    The highlands, friend. Stolen windstones, hippogryphs that won't behave, and a bounty on something called Vulgara. Bounties are Nix's favourite word.

    • Shen'dar Village → A Little Beauty, Hippogryph Harassment, Pilfered Windstones, The Criminal Element, Havoc in the Highlands, Stolen Supplies

    • Bounty board · 43.4, 45.8 → WANTED: Vulgara the Insatiable (Hunter's Simple Cloak or Highlands Defender's Shield, plus 6 silver)

    • Shen'dar Village → A Magical Affront

    Vulgara is insatiable, friend. Nix respects that. Kill it anyway.

  5. Step 5 — Falaath Village and the west (level 8-9)

    Out west, friend, a village with a cult problem. Infiltrate, deliver the news, collect the pay.

    • Falaath Village → Falaath Village, The Western Watch, Among the Faithful, Infiltrating the Cult, A Last Request, Bugged, Deliver the News, Deliver the Signet (where Falaath sits on the map is still to check)

    Then south, friend. Valanaar is the big city, and big cities have big wallets.

  6. Step 6 — Valanaar (level 8-10)

    Valanaar, friend! Bank, auction house, inn, and the leaders of both sides. Report in, then take every job in town.

    • Elaadrin Evengale · 66.6, 79.8 → The Supreme Magister

    • Donaal Downbreeze · 62.2, 72.6

    • Baelann Favorbreeze · 57.6, 77 (banker)

    • Zelena Favorbreeze · 57.8, 77 (auctioneer)

    • Valanaar → To Valanaar, Crab Season, Blood Tithe, Make Yourself Useful, Flutterfly Dust, Ornery Ornery Galestriders, The Hills Have Eyes, Standing Our Ground (Crab Season: Recipe: Pincer Bites)

    Move your hearthstone to Donaal, friend. The rest of the isle is a short walk from here.

  7. Step 7 — Valanaar: faction and class work (level 9-11)

    Each side has its own errands, friend, and each class gets a treat at 10. Shields, bows, wands, totems. Christmas came early.

    • Valanaar → The Missing Scholar, Catching Wind (Catching Wind: Bow of Hours)

    • Valanaar → The Skybreaker Bulwark, Strength and Mercy, The Great Ursera Spirit (The Skybreaker Bulwark: Stormforged Protector)

    Class quests: Mage, Hunter

    • Valanaar → Boughs in the Wind (reward: Windbough Wand)

    • Valanaar → Taming the Beast, Training the Beast (your first pet; hunter trainer Quel'ana Quickgale (59.6, 72.6))

    A free shield or a free bow, friend. Nix would take both, but they only let you have one.

  8. Step 8 — Shadowgale Forest and Nightclaw Cavern (level 11-13)

    A side road, friend: refugees, a den gone quiet and a strange hermit in the woods. The hermit teaches Engineering. Engineers are rich. Just saying.

    • Shadowgale Forest → Aid For The Refugees, Feathers for Binding, The Ties That Bind, The Fate of a Loved One, Unnerving Silence, The Fate of the Den, Free the Hollows

    • Strange Hermit · 54, 39 → The Strange Hermit

    Optional, friend, but optional XP still spends.

  9. Step 9 — The cult's last stand (level 11-12)

    The Al'Aketh cult has a plan, friend, and plans cost money. Stop them, and the High Elder pays. Then Confront Lorthuna for the big reward.

    • Zephras Isle → Desperate Times, Tower Defense, Unfortunate News, The Cult's True Plans, Breaking the Breaker, The Turncoat, The High Elder's Request, Making Our Move, Prepare for Battle, The Inner Sanctum (the order here is our best reading of the quest list)

    • Zephras Isle → Avenged Tenfold

    • Zephras Isle → Confront Lorthuna (level 12; the storyline ends at the Shrine of Akir. Belt of Blades, Empyrean Shoes, Empyrean Greatsword or Empyrean Treads, plus 10 silver)

    • Zephras Isle → The Wounds of Betrayal, The Fate of Zephras

    Lorthuna's loot is the best on the isle, friend. Don't leave without it.

  10. Step 10 — Leaving the isle: to Dalaran (level 12)

    Time to see the world, friend. The Kirin Tor sent an airship. Free ride. Nix's favourite price.

    • Zephras Isle → A Grand Adventure, What Comes Next, The Magical City of Dalaran

    • Airship from the Valanaar east dock (65.9, 83.5), every few minutes, to Dalaran in Alterac Mountains.

    • In Dalaran: the portal in the Violet Citadel goes to Stormwind. Then the Deeprun Tram to Ironforge.

    Stormwind, Ironforge, the whole Alliance, friend. All of them buy things.

FAQ

How do you leave Zephras Isle in WoW Forever?
High Order Skyborne take the airship from the Valanaar east dock to Dalaran in Alterac Mountains. Windshapers take the west dock to Skywatcher Plateau in Mulgore, north of Thunder Bluff.
What classes can a Skyborne be?
Druid, Hunter, Rogue and Warrior on both sides, Mage for the High Order (Alliance) and Shaman for the Windshapers (Horde).
Is there a flight path on Zephras Isle?
No. There is no flight master on the isle; tornadoes give Blessing of Zephras, +40% run speed for 5 minutes.