Wandering In Azeroth: A Guide To Your Solo Adventures

By Sangfoudre Updated: 2022/11/22

This Is A User-Submitted Guide!

Wowhead only updates official guides, so information might not be up-to-date.

!!! WARNING
This guide is now two xpacs behind current content, you can consider it to be massively outdated.
Nevertheless, you can still find some data bits that are still of use, and the methodology I used can be adapted by anyone to narrow down a few classes you'd like to wander with to one.
I'm still in the process to decide if I'm to sub again, but sometimes life happens. Be safe and happy yall.
Detailed purposeThe Loremaster

You want to do something else than raiding or PvPing

You have less common connecting hours or odd play time windows (eg. sailors, people who work at night or in hospitals, people with insomnia)

You might be interrupted many times during a gaming session (if you play at work or have infants near you)

You have a slow PC / slow connection so you'd rather spend time in less crowded zones ?

You love to embrace WoW exciting and gigantic world and not only going round between the ship and the mailbox ?

You love pets, toys, transmog, achievements, mounts and hidden quests

You are part of a progress guild and you need some me-time to blow off some steam

You are back in the game for a few days/weeks and want to feel WoW without grinding current content?

You are bored with the content, often at the end of a patch, even worse at the end of an xpac

Soloing Overview Guide - an introduction for all classes

Moving as fast as possible while questing/looking for NPC/chests or else

Travelling as fast as possible between continents or from one point of a continent to another

Dealing with fatigue and underwater breathing

Locating quests, mobs, instance entrances

Handling large amounts of stuff in inventory

Also, not dying too much

Return to TopThe place of solo play in WoWPatch 3.0.2 (October '08), introducing achievementsWhat a Long, Strange Trip It's BeenThe LoremasterPatch 4.0.3 (November '10), introducing ArcheologyPatch 4.3.0 (November '11) MC and BWL solo entryPatch 5.0.4 (August '12), Pet Battle SystemPatch 5.1.0 (November '12), Blizzard acknowledges solo play as a play style

the first occurence of Raiding with Leashes offering collectable pets in older raids (Vanilla ones for a start)

nerfs done to previously unsoloable raid bosses, such as Razorgore the Untamed (Blackwing Lair), Viscidus (AQ40) and High Warlord Naj'entus (Black Temple)

The removal of the obligation to be in a raid group to enter older raids

Brawler's guild 1st appearance

World Bosses went under changes of tapping mode and had smaller and more predictible spawn timers as well as reduced number of spawn locations

Subsequent patches digestPatch 5.2.0 (March '13)Patch 5.4.0 (September '13)Patch 6.0.2 (October '14)Valithria DreamwalkerThorim (Ulduar)AuridormiLorewalker FuLorewalker ShinLorewalker HanPatch 7.0.3 (July '16)Archmage TimearSoft Foam SwordPatch 7.2.5 (June '17)Gorefind Hans'gar and FranzokPatch 7.3.5 (January '18)Blast FurnacePatch 8.0.1 ((July '18)Legacy LootPatch 8.1.0 (December '18)Patch 8.2.0 (June '19)Patch 8.2.5 (September '19)Only the Penitent...ConclusionsReturn to TopCharacter creation/selectionRealm

Your own realm (or one you got a char), it's easier, you have access to money and professions (as long as you stay in the same faction)

A desert realm, it's sometimes easier to do rare camping or find rare items (like crystals in Azsuna) when the realm is empty, but the AH hasn't many client

A high pop realm, better AH, worse competition

Sun Darter HatchlingRaceRace list with useful abilities

Side

Race

Interesting racial abilities

Dark Iron Dwarf

Dungeon Delver: a speed boost while no mount is usable
Mole Machine, a nice transportation racial with a 30 min cooldown, able to transport you anywhere

Dwarf

Explorer for quicker archeology site digging

Human

Diplomacy is a 10% reputation gain bonus. An excellent trait.

Kul Tiran

Child of the Sea is the most useful Kul Tiran racial trait

Night Elf

Quickness 2% more base speed
Shadowmeld drops aggro and exits combat

Goblin

Best Deals Anywhere ensures you always pay the less
Pack Hobgoblin, a portable bank on a 30 min CD

Mag'har Orc

Open Skies is a +10% mounted speed. Useful only if you have no mount equipment .

Nightborne

Cantrips is a 1.5 min mailbox access on a 10 min CD.

Undead

Touch of the Grave offers infinite underwater breathing

Vulpera

Return to Camp offers a second hearthstone, which can be set anywhere (out of an inn). Useful to access a remote instance / raid spawn point once a day/wee/

Zandalari Troll

Embrace of Gonk offers a 5% speed increase that's variously additive to other speed increases
City of Gold and Pterrordax Swoop can have their use too should you like this race

DraeneiGnomeLightforged DraeneiMechagnomeVoid ElfWorgenBlood ElfHighmountain TaurenOrcTaurenTrollPandarenClassBattle For Azeroth Class Utility Overview

Movement speed boost or enhanced base speed

Instant cast damage spells, repeatable. Higher range abilities lead to a better mark.

AoE, especially point blank ones (no need to target a mob or a zone)

Utilities, including portals, mount speed and other useful abilities for a Wanderer

this linkA quick noteClass list with useful abilities

CLASS

SPEC

M note

MOBILITY

LRI note

LONG RANGE INSTANTS

AOE note

AOE

U note

UTILITIES

CONCLUSION

Death Knight

BLOOD 16/20

3/5

Death's Advance, Wraith Walk (talent)

4/5

Death's Caress isn't free but resources replenish fast enough to be spammable

4/5

Blood Boil has 2 charges and a short CD, Death and Decay is targeted, has a longer CD but can proc free.

5/5

On a Pale Horse, Death Gate, Path of Frost

Average- mobility, nice toolkit. AOE and instants are spammable

Death Knight

FROST 16/20

3/5

Death's Advance, Wraith Walk (talent)

4/5

not per se, but Howling Blast can be used or any taunt/grip or even Chains of Ice

4/5

Howling Blast and Remorseless Winter

5/5

On a Pale Horse, Death Gate, Path of Frost

Lacks ranged instants but has nice AOE. Mobility is below average. Nice toolkit.

Death Knight

UNHOLY 14/20

3/5

Death's Advance, Wraith Walk (talent)

3/5

combining Outbreak and Death Coil but you'll lack resources at some point

3/5

Some spells, but none spammable

5/5

On a Pale Horse, Death Gate, Path of Frost

Less than average mobility, nice toolkit. AOE and instants are not really spammable

Demon Hunter

HAVOC 12/20

5/5

Double Jump, Mastery: Demonic Presence

2/5

Throw Glaive, but 7.5s CD

3/5

, Eye Beam and Blade Dance, but nothing spammable and resources are to be built

2/5

Spectral Sight, Glide

Mobility and tankiness are excellent, long range and AOE are a bit lackluster. Toolkit is not exceptionnal

Demon Hunter

VENGEANCE 13/20

4/5

Double Jump, Infernal Strike or + Agonizing Flames

3/5

Throw Glaive, but 2.5s CD

4/5

can have a 50% uptime

2/5

Spectral Sight, Glide

AOE is better than in havoc spec at the sacrifice of a bit of mobility. Toolkit is not exceptionnal

Druid

BALANCE 18/20

5/5

Travel Form, Cat Form +Tiger Dash

5/5

Moonfire and Sunfire

3/5

Excellent multidot capabilities but Starfall needs ressouces to be built up before use

5/5

Travel Form, Dreamwalk, Aquatic Form, Prowl

Awesome spec, only lacking spammable AOE.

Druid

FERAL 17/20

5/5

Travel Form, Cat Form +Tiger Dash

5/5

Moonfire + Lunar Inspiration(talent)

2/5

Nothing ranged, and needs resources to stack

5/5

Travel Form, Dreamwalk, Aquatic Form, Prowl

Awesome spec, only lacking spammable AOE.

Druid

GUARDIAN 17/20

5/5

Travel Form, Cat Form +Tiger Dash

5/5

Moonfire

2/5

Nothing ranged

5/5

Travel Form, Dreamwalk, Aquatic Form, Prowl

Awesome spec, only lacking spammable AOE.

Hunter

BEAST MASTERY 19/20

5/5

Disengage, Trailblazer (talent), , Pathfinding, great base speed.

5/5

Every spell is instant and has 45 yds reach.

5/5

Multi-Shot

4/5

Feign Death, Surface Trot, Pet Training Manual: Fetch

Great mobility and instant abilities with maximal reach.

Hunter

MARKSMANSHIP 17/20

5/5

Disengage, Trailblazer (talent), , Pathfinding, great base speed.BREWMASTER 12/20

4/5

Windwalking, Roll+Chi Torpedo

2/5

Summon Black Ox Statue, a remote, during taunt ; Crackling Jade Lightning is channeled

4/5

Rushing Jade Wind is a great PbAOE leveraging BM monk mobility

2/5

Zen Pilgrimage

Despite its poor toolkit and the lack of ranged instant, mobility associated with constant PbAOE can be of use.

Monk

WINDWALKER 11/20

5/5

Windwalking, Flying Serpent Kick, Roll+Chi Torpedo

1/5

none

3/5

No ranged AOE, but good melee ones

2/5

Zen Pilgrimage

Great mobility but poor ranged toolkit.

Paladin

PROTECTION 14/20

3/5

Crusader Aura + Cavalier (talent)

3/5

Judgment, two charges with 4s CD

3/5

Consecration melee range

5/5

Divine Steed, Lay on Hands, Divine Shield

Great toolkit but no spammable dmg spell

Paladin

RETRIBUTION 11/20

3/5

Crusader Aura + Cavalier (talent)

2/5

Judgment, 11s CD

1/5

all abilities need charges or have long CD

5/5

Divine Steed, Lay on Hands, Divine Shield

Great toolkit but no spammable dmg spell

Priest

SHADOW 14/20

4/5

Power Word: Shield+Body and Soul

5/5

Shadow Word: Pain

4/5

1/5

Levitate

Mobility and damage are great, toolkit is poor. Toughness is low.

Rogue

ASSASSINATION 20/20

5/5

Fleet Footed, Shadowstep, Sprint, (talent)

5/5

Poisoned Knife plus any poison

5/5

Fan of Knives spammable PbAOE

5/5

Stealth, Vanish, Pick Lock

No major flaw here.

Rogue

OUTLAW 15/20

5/5

Fleet Footed + Hit and Run (talent), Sprint

3/5

Pistol Shot, but 20 yd range

2/5

Blade Flurry has a long CD

5/5

Stealth, Vanish, Pick Lock

This spec lacks long range abilities and spammable AOE. Otherwise excellent mobility and toolkit

Rogue

SUBTLETY 20/20

5/5

Fleet Footed, Shadowstep, Sprint, (talent)

5/5

Shuriken Toss

5/5

Shuriken Storm

5/5

Stealth, Vanish, Pick Lock

No major flaw here.

Shaman

ELEMENTAL 18/20

5/5

Ghost Wolf+Spirit Wolf

5/5

Frost Shock

3/5

Earthquake, Thunderstorm, Chain Lightning

5/5

Water Walking, Astral Recall, Reincarnation

Except for the AOE, no flaw here. This is the only class with a second hearthstone.

Shaman

ENHANCEMENT 16/20

5/5

Ghost Wolf+Spirit Wolf

5/5

1/5

Only melee or close range, not spammable

5/5

Water Walking, Astral Recall, Reincarnation

Except for the AOE, no flaw here. This is the only class with a second hearthstone.

Warlock

AFFLICTION 10/20

1/5

Burning Rush, but you have to heal yourself often

5/5

Agony and Corruption

3/5

Seed of Corruption, let your pet inflict damage

1/5

not much, except for Eye of Kilrogg

No mobility, poor toolkit and slow AOE

Warlock

DEMONOLOGY 8/20

1/5

Burning Rush, but you have to heal yourself often

5/5

Curse of Doom (talent), it takes 24s to kill the target but your pet will attack too

1/5

not per se

1/5

not much, except for Eye of Kilrogg

Poor spec

Warlock

DESTRUCTION 6/20

1/5

Burning Rush, but you have to heal yourself often

1/5

nothing

3/5

Rain of Fire, not spammable as you need shards

1/5

not much, except for Eye of Kilrogg

Poor spec

Warrior

ARMS 5/20

2/5

Heroic Leap + Bounding Stride, Charge

1/5

Heroic Throw has 6s CD

1/5

Whirlwind but needs rage

1/5

nothing particular

AOE is melee only, no spammable ranged ability, not a single utility spell

Warrior

FURY 7/20

2/5

Heroic Leap + Bounding Stride, Charge

1/5

Heroic Throw has 6s CD

3/5

Whirlwind

1/5

nothing particular

AOE is melee only, no spammable ranged ability, not a single utility spell

Warrior

PROTECTION 11/20

2/5

Heroic Leap + Bounding Stride, Intercept

5/5

Heroic Throw without resource cost or CD

3/5

Thunder Clap a PBAoE with a 6s CD

1/5

nothing particular

Nice long range instant but average AOE capabilities, still no utility spell

War Mode

Blood DK: Rot and Wither

Vengeance DH: Everlasting Hunt and Demonic Trample

Feral Druid: King of the Jungle

Hunters: Hunting Pack

Arcane Mage: Rewind Time

Brewmaster Monk: Eerie Fermentation

Protection Paladin: Steed of Glory and Unbound Freedom

Retribution Paladin: Unbound Freedom

Shamans:

Arms Warrior: War Banner

Fury Warrior: Barbarian and Thirst for Battle

Protection Warrior: Dragon Charge

Wandering in BfARemaining ThreatsRemaining ThreatsIf you want to Wander in the 8.x zones, you'll choose a tanking class or a class with tanking abilities (plus BM hunters)Dragon SoulHellfire CitadelOther prerequisitesGuildMount UpHasty HearthLicenseMaster RidingAchievementsDraenor PathfinderBroken Isles Pathfinder, Part OneBroken Isles Pathfinder, Part TwoBattle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part OneGuide to the Garrison StablesReputationsThe Kalu'akReturn to TopProfessions

Engineering is by far the best profession for a Wanderer. Between MOLL-E, Jeeves, Goblin Glider, the dozen of toys like Wormhole Centrifuge, Loot-A-Rang, you'll have a real Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife on your person, with bank access, vendor, mailbox, and transportation devices.

Enchanting is a solid choice as Disenchant is a great way to make some gold and to reduce the amount of junk in your bags. Battle for Azeroth gave enchanters these bracers enchants: Swift Hearthing, Safe Hearthing and Cooled Hearthing, all of three being useful.

AlchemyDraenic Water Breathing ElixirDraenic Water Walking ElixirBlacksmithingTailoringBlacksmithingInscriptionRogueReturn to TopUseful gear, tools and consumablesThe Big Bag Guide

zones: Azuremyst Isle, Bloodmyst Isle, Eversong Woods (Burning Crusade), Ghostlands or Isle of Quel'Danas, as well as the two cities The Exodar and Silvermoon City (Burning Crusade)

zones: Molten Front, Tol Barad Peninsula as well as Darkmoon Island

zones: Isle of Thunder, Timeless Isle and Isle of Giants

zones of Argus: Krokuun, Antoran Wastes and Eredath

Every instanciated zone like dungeons, raids, scenarios, battlefronts and battlegrounds, where mounts, when available, are never allowed to fly

Mounts

Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth and Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth, available for a reasonable (maximum) amount of .

Reins of the Grand Expedition Yak, offered in exchange of a less reasonable

Reins of the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur which you can buy for (you read it right, it's 5 million gold)

Inflatable Mount ShoesPath of Frostsecret quest linethis listReins of PoseidusVial of the Sands

Light-Step Hoofplates: +20% speed on your mount

Saddlechute: a chute

Comfortable Rider's Barding: preventing you from being dazed

Inflatable Mount Shoes: water walking on any mount!

BfA specific gearHeart of Azeroth

The Crucible of Flame, the major power is a 2 charges, 30s CD 40 yd direct damage

Ripple in Space, the minor is a passive speed increase

Sphere of Suppression, the minor offers some speed when hit

Pocket-Sized Computation Device

Slipstream Generator: swim speed

Supplemental Oxygenation Device: underwater breathing duration increase

Emergency Anti-Gravity Device: a nice automatic parachute without cooldown

Mechagon Punch Cards for the Pocket-Sized Computation DeviceHow To Create A Battle For Azeroth Speed Gear SetDealing with water situationsMoving

Flying (when possible)

Some class spells: Path of Frost, Levitate and Water Walking

Anglers Fishing Raft if you are revered with The Anglers

Surface Trot offered by some pets tameable by BM Hunter

this pageReins of Poseidus

Swim speed boost: Shimmerscale Diving Suit, Swim Speed Potion

Fast dive boost: Felslate Anchor and its counterpart Leystone Buoy

BreathingUnending BreathhereMastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Polethis listDruidTravel FormUnderlight AnglerFree fall itemsGoblin Glider KitTransportation itemsTraveling Around Azeroth: A Transportation Guide

Hearthstone you'll set on a hub. As of 8.3, Boralus/Dazar'alor is the best pick as it'll save you one hop to do current content, followed by your faction capital. It'll allow you to go almost anywhere with a few portal hops.

You'll want to keep Garrison Hearthstone and Dalaran Hearthstone somewhere handy too

You can enchant your bracers with Cooled Hearthing if you chose enchanting as a profession

Captain's Signet of Command/Commander's Signet of Battle is a good second hearthstone.

Ring of the Kirin Tor gives a portal to Dalaran (Northrend) for less than

The serie of cloaks you can see in this link will transport you to either Stormwind City or Orgrimmar where you'll find the new portal rooms

Flight Master's Whistle

DragonblightKun-Lai SummitMiscGambling DebtSoft Foam SwordGoblin Dragon Gun, Mark IIEngineeringLoot-A-RangPet Training Manual: FetchSkaggldrynkDraenic Invisibility PotionViscidusBrunnhildar HarpoonElemental ForceA Guide to Portable Bankers, Mailboxes, Vendors, and Repairs for the Non-EngineerBowl of Glowing PufferfishReturn to TopWhat to do as a Wanderer ?You'll find them in the table at the bottom of the guide.

Simple Armory has a nice view of your progress and your collections, it includes a nice calendar of to do things

Data For Azeroth has leaderboards, trackers, collection lists with rarity

Wowhead quest tracker to track quest progress. You generally should create a Wowhead profile for your char(s) as it'll allow you to see your completion in every Wowhead page, item, quest, achievement etc.

Collections

Mounts: often complicated to obtain, some quite rare mounts are available with a copious grind of a forgotten rep or by killing 1000s of mobs to get a 20th crystal. Lord of the Reins: The Complete Mount Collecting Guide and The Littlest Mountain: A collector's overview of EVERY Mount and Pet in the game! are a must-see while this database (warcraftmounts) is neat and this mount planner.

Pets: more common and far more numerous than 10 years ago, you can start with The Littlest Mountain: A collector's overview of EVERY Mount and Pet in the game! and this DB will present the 1100+ vanity pets.

Toys: a bit of fun won't hurt. As with mounts and pets, a lot of toys are to collect. Toy Box Guide and Collection Tracking and Zone by Zone Toy Guide will show you the (long) way.

Titles: Jenkins and the Patient are overused, find something original and classy here The Entitled: A Guide to Titles, and collect the most you can.

Tameable pets, if you chose to play a hunter. Not my specialty but I do remember guys with bow perusing Petopia.

Cosmeticshttps://www.wowhead.com/transmogCollecting Weapon Illusions for TransmogQuestsThe LoremasterCthulhu-themed one in Stormsong ValleyLoreYoutube channel from Nobbel87ReputationsThe Exalted: An Overview of all ReputationsAchievementsHidden quest lines and secretsWoW Secretsguide seriesInstances full listViolet HoldBlood-Princess Thal'enaExplorationThe Explorer's Guide!serieA Guide to In-Game MemorialsProfessions and skillsArchaeology this listFishingAn Angler's Journey: The Extreme Angling Collection GuideCookinglong list of recipesOther crafting professionsGathering professionsSky GolemMechanized Lumber ExtractorPet battleshttps://www.wowhead.com/battle-pet-guides#0+5+6Expansion content

Tol Barad: more PvE quests and achievements available once your faction controls the zone. See this article.

Proving grounds: a way to test your character against enemy waves. See this presentation.

Scenarios: these 3-man instances can be done talking to a NPC (see at the bottom the three lorewalkers).

garrisons, tons of achievements and cosmetic rewards. See this whole wowhead category.

class halls, you can start here.

brawler's guild: a good way to play your char to its limit. See Brawler's Guild Fight Strategies Guide - Ranked Fights and Challenges.

Holidaysthis list of activitiesMaking gold

Grey sell: some expansions were prone to give a few to grey loots per quest

BoP green to orange stuff: depending of whether you can disenchant or if vendor price is higher than mats, it's a load of money to make, while doing something else. I take an example, I do runs to get pets from raids. These runs work better in Heroic 25-man mode, so bosses loot something like 5 to 7 purples. Doing 5 raids was worth 6k.

BoE and recipes: transmog is a thing and twinks still exist, some BoE sells for thousands and some recipes are quite rares

Pets: a lot of them are rare, cageable and you might have twice the same.

Mats: they were a really nice way to make gold when you had to level from 1 to 600 in a new professions to max it out but there are still some ways to make gold from older expansions mat, you'll have to aim for some specific mats needed in unique crafts like mounts, toys, pets, useful engineering contraptions and cooking recipes needed to obtain an achievement. Note that when revered with a faction in Legion, you can by shoulder enchants offering a chance to gather mats when killing some mobs

Quest and chest gold: Simply turning quests in and opening up chests gives gold, as well as killing mobs, bosses and rare spawns

Garrison, class hall, daily and WQ: gold is gold and either you're there or you already have a portal to the mission table

Reins of the Mighty Caravan BrutosaurReturn to TopHow to Wander, a methodology essay

Grind a rep in Northrend

Do your Legion WQ in Argus

Do a 254th run in Stratholme because who doesn't like a skeletal horse like Deathcharger's Reins?

Run a Firelands rush because of one the pets

Flight Master's WhistleTransportationPortalsBfA cities Dazar'Alor / Boralus portal room

Silithus

Thunderbluff / Ironforge

Silvermoon City / Exodar

Orgrimmar / Stormwind

Nazjatar

Dalaran (Broken Isles)

Wyrmrest Temple (Northrend)

Karazhan

Faction capitals Orgrimmar / Stormwind

A portal rooms with portal to:

Silvermoon City / Exodar
Shattrath
Dalaran (Northrend)
Jade Forest (MoP)
Ashran (WoD)
Azsuna (Legion)
Dazar'Alor / Boralus
Cavern of Time
Portals to Cataclysm zones

Uldum
Vashj'ir
Twilight Highlands
Deepholm
Mount Hyjal
Tol Barad
A NPC that'll teleport you to the Blasted Lands
Boats, trams and zeppelins
You should not have to use those but just in case, check

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Boat#Boat_ferry_routes
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Zeppelin#Zeppelin_routes
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Deeprun_Tram

Pet dungons portals are accessible from Dalaran (BI) and Boralus / Dazar'Alor once you've completed the Pet Dungeon once. Some of them offer TP to zones more difficult to get to without.Quick transportation table

Where?

Why would I go there?

Engineer

Mage

Druids

Dark Iron Dwarf

Items and spells

Pet Dungeons

Portals

Other

Kalimdor

Current content (Silithus/Uldum) + Onyxia, Firelands, Caverns of Time...

Dimensional Ripper - Everlook OR Ultrasafe Transporter: Gadgetzan, depending on gnomish/goblin eng.

A: Portal: Darnassus, Portal: Exodar, Portal: Theramore; H: Portal: Orgrimmar, Portal: Thunder Bluff

Hyjal, Moonglade, Feralas

Un'Goro Crater, Mount Hyjal, Southern Barrens

H: Pugilist's Powerful Punching Ring, Cloak of Coordination

Wailing Caverns

see above

When your faction controls Darkshore, a portal is available from Boralus/Dazar'Alor

Karazhan, Blackrock (all of them, incl. Molten Core), Quel'Danas

A: Portal: Ironforge, Portal: Stormwind; H: Portal: Undercity, Portal: Stonard; both: Ancient Portal: Dalaran, Portal: Tol Barad

Duskwood, Hinterlands

Ironforge, Stomwind, Blackrock Depths, Hinterlands, Blasted Lands

Violet Seal of the Grand Magus, Direbrew's Remote, A: Pugilist's Powerful Punching Ring, Cloak of Coordination

Stratholme, Gnomergan, Blackrock Depths, Deadmines

see above

Paladins Class Hall leads to Plaguelands. When your faction controls Arathi, a portal is available from Boralus/Dazar'Alor

Outland

Black Temple (xmogs and warglaives), Ashes of Alar, Netherwing, Ogri'la ...

Ultrasafe Transporter: Toshley's Station OR Dimensional Ripper - Area 52, depending on gnomish/goblin eng.

Teleport: Shattrath

Shadowmoon Valley, Hellfire Peninsula, Blade's edge Mountains

Fractured Necrolyte Skull, Blessed Medallion of Karabor

Portal to Shattrath from Stormwind / Orgrimmar

ICC (Invincible), Ulduar (Mimiron's head), Time Lost Proto Drake, Argent Tournament...

Wormhole Generator: Northrend

Portal: Dalaran - Northrend

Grizzly Hills

Icecrown, Dragonblight

Ring of the Kirin Tor, Jaina's Locket, Argent Crusader's Tabard

Portal to Dalaran from Stormwind / Orgrimmar

Current content (VoEB), Isle of Thunder (mounts/xmogs), Timeless Isle (collectibles too)

Wormhole Generator: Pandaria

Portal: Vale of Eternal Blossoms/Portal: Vale of Eternal Blossoms

Kun-Lai Summit, Valley of the Four Winds

Time-Lost Artifact

Portal to Jade Forest from Stormwind / Orgrimmar

Monks Zen Pilgrimage has a portal to Kun-Lai Summit

Draenor

Xmogs, garrison, Rukhmar (mount)

Wormhole Centrifuge

Portal: Stormshield/Portal: Warspear

Gorgrond, Nagrand

Garrison Hearthstone,Relic of Karabor/Bladespire Relic

Portal to Ashran from Stormwind / Orgrimmar, Mage Tower / Spirit Lodge offer one way portals to Draenor zones from your garrison

Paragon caches, Legiondaries..

Reaves Module: Wormhole Generator Mode

Portal: Dalaran - Broken Isles

Val'Sharah

Broken Shore, Highmountain

Dalaran Hearthstone

Portal to Azsuna from Stormwind / Orgrimmar

DK Class Hall has a portal to Dalaran (Broken Isles)

Argus

Achievements, rares, pets, rep

Wormhole Generator: Argus

Portal from Dalaran (Broken Isles)

Current content

Wormhole Generator: Kul Tiras and Wormhole Generator: Zandalar, both faction can use them both

Portal: Boralus/Portal: Dazar'alor

Captain's Signet of Command / Commander's Signet of Battle

Portal to Boralus / Dazar'Alor from Stormwind / Orgrimmar

Traveling Around Azeroth: A Transportation GuideReturn to TopConfiguration and addons

Don't forget to display the low-level quests on the minimap

Set View Distance to the max possible value (you'll need to see where you are going)

Set Environment Detail to the maximum possible value

Do the same with Ground clutter

The most important parameter, Particles Density has to be set at High value to see correctly quest objects

World map and minimap enhancementsWhollyHandyNotes dungeon locationsQuestsBtwQuestsLightHeadedWorld Quest tabLoreStorylineImmersionBQLBTW QuestsBags and AHBagsyncRECrystallize SmexymatsFaster LootExplorationSilverDragonTomtomProfessionsFishing BuddyMinimal ArchaeologyCollectionsALL THE THINGSRarityOverachieverInstance Achievement TrackerPetTrackerPet Journal EnhancedToy Box EnhancedMount Journal EnhancedReturn to TopGuides, websites, communities

Classes

Classes for soloing

Soloing Overview Guide - an introduction for all classes

Classes utilities

Battle For Azeroth Class Utility Overview

Planning & tracking

Complete tools

https://simplearmory.com/ and https://www.dataforazeroth.com/

Quests

https://www.wowhead.com/quest-completion-tracker

Mounts

http://telsa-productions.co.uk/ offers a mount planning tool.

Pets

https://magpie.wow-petguide.com/eu/dashboard and https://www.warcraftpets.com/

Useful prerequisites

Draenor pathfinder

Draenor Pathfinder: How To Unlock Flying in Draenor

Tool

https://www.wowhead.com/flying

Bags

The Big Bag Guide

Guild rewards

Guild Guide: Reputation, Rewards, and More

Tool guide for non-engineers

A Guide to Portable Bankers, Mailboxes, Vendors, and Repairs for the Non-Engineer

Collections

Mounts

Mounts and pets

The Littlest Mountain: A collector's overview of EVERY Mount and Pet in the game!

Pets

Raiding with Leashes III
Raiding with Leashes VI: Pets of Pandaria
https://www.warcraftpets.com
https://magpie.wow-petguide.com/eu/dashboard a nice collecton tracker with real time buy/sell prices

Toys

Transmog

https://www.wowhead.com/transmog

Illusions

Collecting Weapon Illusions for Transmog

Reputations

The Exalted: An Overview of all Reputations
https://wow-rep.com/ to easily track reps and steps to next rank

Recipes

http://www.kruithne.net/recipes/ but it's broken at the moment

Transportation

Complete transportation guide

Traveling Around Azeroth: A Transportation Guide

Breathing items

Water Breathing#used-by-item

Moving on/under water items

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Swim#Methods_to_bypass_the_need_for_swimming

Objectives

Quests

Instances

Queue-only instances

Auridormi (LFR); Lorewalker Fu, Lorewalker Shin and Lorewalker Han (scenarios, heroic scenarios and LFR); Seer Kazal (LFR) and Archmage Timear (LFR)

Exploration

The Explorer's Guide!
https://www.wowhead.com/news=284986/new-guide-series-the-hidden-secrets-from-every-wow-expansion
In-game memorials
A guide on real world litterature references

Skills

Archeology: https://wow.gamepedia.com/Archaeology_rewards
Fishing: An Angler's Journey: The Extreme Angling Collection Guide
Cooking: https://wow.gamepedia.com/Cooking_recipes
Battle pets: https://www.wowhead.com/battle-pet-guides#0+5+6

Return to TopPatch history8.2 Rise of Azshara

Flying in every BfA zones

Mount equipment, thus minoring strongly some races or classes usefulness

Pocket-Sized Computation Device with some interesting blue punch cards

8.2.58.3 Visions of N'ZothWhat to expect about the next patch?

Prepare 4 characters, 120 with WQ gear. SL will have 4 covenants, so you'll need 1 char in each one to get all collectibles, as changing covenant will be an excruciating task

If you play a hunter, your stable will grow gigantically so no need to make room for all the new tameable

Get rid (disenchant/scrap) of the gear you kept "just in case" and mats that aren't use for crafts that'll sell in SL (mostly pets, mounts) to make room for new ones once 9.0 hits

Get rid of specific BfA currencies that won't be useful, buy things that are BoA or that can sell on the AH, like pets or BoE toys you can buy with Honorbound Service Medal/7th Legion Service Medal, the same with prismatic manapearls, residuum, echoes, coalescing visions...

If you're close to 1000 or 1500 pets, start grinding to buy extra room with Polished Pet Charm: Broken Pet Portal or Shattered Pet Portal

If you plan to grind for allied races or flying permit in Draenor or Broken Isles, you can stop if you need time to do something else as the reputation prerequisites will be lifted

Don't hoard heirlooms or their upgrades, the XP bonus is removed, so we are waiting to see if the new promised bonuses are worth the cost

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Comments

Comment by Metushelah

Awesome guide and a very welcome spirit into the game and playthrough to not being sucked into the “grind/skinner” wheel :)

I would like to add that between the Death Knight and Druid i’d say Druid is the better class because of his speed increases in cat form indoors, his 2 sitter mount from legion class hall, his prowl ability which is a stealth like rogues and dont forget his interaction ability while in forms! combine it with Night elf for the Aggro drop just incase and you have a utility master class (it is why he is my main).
To me it seems like a clear winner between those 2. Death knight seems Like an A type of class and the Druid is the only S when combining all these.

Great guide and thank you for it !

Comment by ghostintheruins

Finally! A guide that isn't catered to pvp or endgame players! I'm a seasoned, self-sufficient (altoholic), solo and two-woman (very rarely with my wife) player who has played since shortly after The Burning Crusade was released, and I find this guide to be extremely helpful.

Thank you so much!

Comment by shoogen

Fantastic guide! Enjoyed it very much!

Comment by splashz

Should survivability be a factor in the class list section? Solo survivability has been pretty important in my experience.

Comment by evodas

Hya! How are you?
Any plans to update this to Dragonflight? :) Just returning to the game myself after ~2 years.

This is the best (and only actually) guide for us solo players. It's actually so weird that WoW does not have a bigger community of solo players - for example ESO has loads and loads of guides for soloers ;o

Comment by celial

On the off-chance that you still keep up with WoW - what do you think about Evoker as a wanderer?

Comment by JorgeSarrada

I would like to appeal for your return. Blizzard just dropped an official post that endorses this very thing you wrote about. https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24137818/going-solo-in-world-of-warcraft-a-heros-journey

I strongly believe TWW is the best time to experience WoW for a casual player. Not because of the new content, really. Mostly because of Warband and other QoL improvements.

And I also would like to thank you for this imense contribution of yours to making me wholeheartedly enjoy WoW for the first time. I see myself in this guide. I'm really a wanderer. I've never had such fun in years of MMO. Thank you!

Wandering In Azeroth: A Guide To Your Solo Adventures

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