Day One: The Druids are Born!

Stavos and Iniria were born today and began their journey in the lush lands of Mulgore. Right from the beginning I realized a flaw in my grand plans, the Tauren starting area is ripe with collection quests.

This could be a problem but I kept my fingers crossed and picked up [A Humble Task] and Stav and Ini began mowing through critters like a cow in a field full of tasty grass. Arriving at Greatmother Hawkwind and completing A Humble Task earned the pair level 2. They picked up the second part of [A Humble Task] and headed back to Chief Hawkwind, again keeping Mulgore free of Plainstriders.

Completing A Humble Task (part 2) dinged level 3 and they picked up [Rites of the Earthmother] and [Break Sharptusk!]. The pair began working their way to turn in Rites of the Earthmother, continuing to keep the plainstride populus in check. Turning in Rites of Earthmother coughed up 750 xp after the refer bonus so it was worth the trip, even if the follow up was a collection quest and would be skipped.

Working towards Sharptusk and through Brambleblade Ravine provided a large chunk of kill experience and the druids hit level 4 before Sharptusk. After collecting Sharptusks Head they headed up the nearby hill to pickup a Dirt-Stained Map which would begin the [Attack on Camp Narache] quest and also reached level 5. At this point the druids hearthstoned and turned in Break Sharptusk! and Attack on Camp Narache, netting them a combined total of 3115 xp and level 6.

With the initial goal of level 6 reached Stav and Ini headed towards Bloodhoof Village, stopping along the way to pickup [A Task Unfinished].

It was disappointing to see that the initial area was so dependent on experience from kills but the entire process for a duo was quick (approximately 21 minutes).  There’s room to improve the speed and efficiency but I’m satisfied with where I am at so far.

The two druids arrived at Bloodhoof Village and turned in A Task Unfinished and set their hearthstone at the Inn. Bloodhoof Village has a large number of quests available, unfortunately a large portion of those require collecting individual drops. So, after investigating all of the options the few non-collection quests were gathered, [Sharing the Land] and [Rite of Vision]. Rite of Vision is immediately turned in for a small, but ultimately no effort reward of 165 xp and [Mazzranche] and [Kyle’s Gone Missing!] are added to the quest log.

From here it was just a matter or running around collecting the group drops needed for Mazzranche, a piece of meat for Kyle’s Gone Missing! (You only need 1 piece for the entire group), and working into the cave for Sharing the Land. During which the druids reached level 7 and after completing their quests returned to Bloodhoof and turned them in for a total of 5625 xp which got them to level 8.

Next up was finding Morin Cloudstalker, who seems to always be the farthest along his route from where I am when I realize I need to find him. Morin provided the quest [The Ravaged Caravan] and heading out to complete that quest was enough to ding the druids to level 9. Picking up the follow up for the Ravaged Caravan sends you back to Morin, who then provides two new quests, [The Venture Co.] and [Supervisor Fizsprocket].

These two quests were a challenge, partially because of the density of mobs in the cave, partially because they liked to run away at low health, and lastly because the speed of leveling has resulted in a deficit of funds so Stav and Ini are lacking a large majority of their spells.

After a rather embarrassing death and subsequent run back the duo managed to collect Fizsprocket’s Clipboard and I decide to let them run into a mass of Venture Company employees and then spirit resurrect them to speed up the return to Bloodhoof Village.

Turning in The Venture Co. and Superivsor Fizsprocket gets them to level 10 and opens up the druid only quest [Heeding the Call]. At this point it was time to head to the Barrens.