WoW Grind Spots

Started by the thread: Guide to Sinister Strike: How I Learned to Stop Questing and Love the Grind.

Level	Source	C	F	Description
0-15	Zeeg			Questing fastest possible exp.
5-10	Voodoo	E	A	Elwynn Forest Goldshire, Farms south of town -- Boars
10-16	Voodoo	E	A	Loch Modan Loch Modan, Thelsamar(33,39) -- Boars, Bears and Spiders
12-15	Voodoo	E	A	Westfall Westfall killing the defias smugglers/trappers (do the bandana quest and the first The People's Militia quest).
12-15	Voodoo	E	A	Westfall Westfall killing the defias smugglers/trappers (do the bandana quest and the first The People's Militia quest).
12-20	Zeeg	K	H	The Barrens The Barrens - Bristleback *
13-16	Kunst	K	H	The Barrens Southsea Pirates south of Ratchet
14-16	Haunted	K	H	The Barrens Pirates south of Ratchet (Barrens)
15-17	Voodoo	E	A	Loch Modan Loch Modan and kill the troggs (shaman/bonesplitters) till 17.
15-20	Zeeg	K	H	The Barrens The Barrens - Harpies *
16-18	Kunst	K	H	The Barrens Witchwing Harpies north-west in the Barrens.
18-21	Kunst	K	H	The Barrens Bristleback Quillboars in the Barrens, just north-east of Camp Taurajo. (This is an awesome spot. Get the quests Consumed By Hatred and Lost in Battle from Mankrik in Crossroads and Tribes at War from Mangletooth in Camp Taurajo before you begin.)
18-22	Voodoo	E	A	Westfall Westfall, SouthWest Coast(25,62) -- Shore Crawlers.
18-28	Sugardaddy	E		Duskwood Duskwood, Tranquil Gardens & Raven Hill Graveyard, Duskwood. 13000-16000 XP/hour
19-21	Voodoo	E	A	Loch Modan Troggs at the excavation site in Loch Modan till 21. Those guys are really the best that I found. Was getting more than 20k ex/hr doing them from 19-20, and there's 3 chests that pop in there and 2 rare spawns.
19-22	Haunted	K	H	The Barrens Bramblescar (Barrens) on lizards and quillboars. Unless you're doing leatherworking, just leave the lizards alone.
20-25	Zeeg	K	H	The Barrens The Barrens - Bael Dun Exavs Bael'dun Excavator (21) 528 HP Bael'dun Excavator (22) 570 HP
20-25	Sugardaddy	E		Hillsbrad Foothills Hillsbrad - Hillsbrad Farmers (etc)
20-26	Zeeg	E	A	Wetlands Wetlands quests and raptors/slime/orcs for grinding. Redridge mountain Lakeshire quests.
21-22	Kunst	K		Stonetalon Mountains Venture Co. Loggers and Deforesters in Stonetalon Mountains (Horde: do the quests Goblin Invaders and Super Reaper 6000 while you're at it)
21-24	Voodoo	E		Duskwood (Alliance) the tranquil grove in duskwood
22-24	Kunst	E		Hillsbrad Foothills Spiders and Bears around Tarren Mill in Hillsbrad Foothills. You might also do a few of the grinding quests you can gather here while you're at it.
22-24	Unknown	K	H	The Barrens Bael'dun excavators in Southern Barrens Bael'dun Excavator (21) 528 HP Bael'dun Excavator (22) 570 HP
22-24	Haunted	E		Hillsbrad Foothills Tarren Mill (Hillsbrad) on bears and spiders. Dagger crit chain heaven.
22-25	Kunst	K		Stonetalon Mountains Miners inside a cave in Windshear Crag (if this place is as good as some say, I'd go straight here from the Venture Co. guys and wait with the harpies until 25, thanks porcellus)
22-26	Zeeg	K		Thousand Needles Thousand Needles - Galak Scouts (etc)
22-29	Voodoo	E		Hillsbrad Foothills Hillbrad Foothills -- Bears, Spiders, Lions
23-28	Voodoo	E		Duskwood (Alliance) Duskwood, West of Town -- Ravagers
23-28	Voodoo	K		Ashenvale (Alliance) Ashenvale, East Astranaar(48,54) -- Shadowhorn Stag
24-26	Voodoo	E		Duskwood undead in raven hill cemetary
24-26	Haunted	E		Hillsbrad Foothills Across the road from Tarren Mill on tougher bears and cats. Dagger crit chain heaven.
24-29	Kunst	K		Stonetalon Mountains Bloodfury Harpies in Charred Vale. Horde: Get the quest Harpies Threaten which leads to Bloodfury Bloodline (Elite) from Sun Rock Retreat. The last one requires you to kill a level 30 mob. I soloed her with evasion and a potion at 29, but if you can't, get someone to help you.
25-30	Zeeg	K		Thousand Needles Thousand Needles - Grimtotems
26-26	Haunted	E		Wetlands Dragonmaw Encampment (Wetlands)
26-26	Haunted	E		Wetlands Whelgar's Excavation Site (Wetlands)
26-28	Haunted	E		Hillsbrad Foothills Spiders/Bears in back of Syndicate tower (Hillsbrad)
26-30	Zeeg	E		Hillsbrad Foothills Hillsbrad - Mud Gnolls *
26-30	Zeeg	E		Duskwood Duskwood quests and undead for grinding. Hillsbrad critter roamers for grinding.
27-30	Voodoo			the catacombs w/ Plague spreaders/brain eaters
28-28	Haunted	E	A	Duskwood Rotting Orchard (Duskwood)
28-28	Haunted	E		Duskwood Raven Hill Cemetary (Duskwood)
28-30	Haunted	E		Hillsbrad Foothills Cats and Spiders around Nethander Stead (Hillsbrad)
28-34	Voodoo	E		Hillsbrad Foothills Hillsbrad Foothills, River Area -- Snapjaw Turtles
29-29	Haunted	E		Duskwood Vul'Gol Ogre Mound (Duskwood)
29-32	Kunst	K		Thousand Needles Screeching Harpies inside and outside the harpy cave west in Thousand Needles.
29-32	Kunst	K		Ashenvale Can be achieved at the Terrorwulf camp near Felwood in Ashenvale. They drop coin but NO CLOTH. They do not run and only do physical damage. There special abilities are Tendon Rip and a 10 second curse that reduces healing effects by 75%.
29-32	Sugardaddy	E		Duskwood Duskwood, Manor Mistmantle. Fetid Corpses. Cleanse the disease you get from time to time. Also a random chestspawn and a boss (Stalvan). 16000-17800 XP/hour
29-37	Voodoo			Dalaran Ruins/Loramere Lake -- Turtles
30-32	Haunted	K		Thousand Needles Harpies inside cave (Thousand Needles)
30-35	Zeeg	E		Hillsbrad Foothills Did these all in a day on Daggerspines in Hillsbrad right next to Southshore along the coast. Huge spawn, very fast respawn rate, easy mobs to kill. Purgation isle (island in the very far Southwest water area of Hillsbrad) also a nice secluded place you can grind on undead.
30-38	Zeeg	K		Thousand Needles Shimmering Flats - All monsters.
31-31	Haunted	E		Stranglethorn Vale Kurzen Encampment (Stranglethorn Vale)
32-34	Kunst	K		Desolace Kolkar Centaurs east in Desolace. Forget about the Battle Lords, but grind the Windchasers, Scouts and Maulers. Add the Destroyers at later levels. You could also do the Kolkar Bounty and Khan Dez'hepah quests if you want to, but I didn't bother, mostly because of the long traveling distances.
33-33	Haunted	E		Stranglethorn Vale Stranglethorn Raptors (Stranglethorn Vale)
33-33	Haunted	E		Alterac Mountains Growless Cave (Alterac Mountains)
33-34	Sugardaddy	E		Arathi Highlands Arathi Highlands, Boulderfist Outpost. Boulderfist Ogres. Stay outside the cave, going around in circles. Don't engage the trolls. You should find a rhythm soon enough, there are enough Ogres here (though at first it seems you kill too fast for the respawns) 18200-20500 XP/hour
33-37	Voodoo	E		Stranglethorn Vale STV - venture co. geologists (careful, big traffic area)
34-34	Haunted	E		Alterac Mountains Gallow's Corner (Crushridge Ogres - Altarac Mountains)
34-34	Haunted	E		Alterac Mountains Witherbark Village (Arathi Mountains)
34-36	Voodoo	E		Alterac Mountains Grind on Mountain and Giant Yetis and Crushridge Orgre in Alterac Mountains. You can also head into Strahnbrad that's to the west of the Ruins of Alterac and kill the Syndicate mobs, but I didn't like it.
34-40	Kunst	E		Stranglethorn Vale Venture Co. Geologists in Stranglethorn Vale. Use kick when they've wasted time on their lightning bolt spell, then kill them. You'll hate these guys at 40, trust me. Also, you'll get Honored reputation status with Booty Bay. Wohoo!
35-36	Sugardaddy	E		Alterac Mountains Alterac Mountains, Gallow's Corner. Crushridge Ogres & Brutes. Do both sides of the ruined tower, plenty of Ogres here. 21500 XP/hour
35-40	Zeeg	E		Alterac Mountains Alterac ogres from 35-40 for grinding
36-36	Haunted	E		Stranglethorn Vale Venture Co. Base Camp (Lake Nazferiti - Stranglethorn Vale)
36-37	Haunted	K		Dustwallow Marsh NE of Brackenwall (2 min run there)- Raptor den 36-37 raptors there - lots of them
36-38	Unknown	E		Badlands (for casters) Rock Elementals near Kargath,Badland
36-38	Zeeg	K		Desolace Desolace quests and kodo grinding
36-39	Zeeg	E		Arathi Highlands Drywhisker kobolds in Arathi east of Hammerfall for 36-39 for grinding.
36-40	Zeeg	E		Hillsbrad Foothills Hillsbrad southshore quests.
36-40	Voodoo	E		Deadwind Pass Grind on Water Elementals on the island NW of Grom'Gol
36-40	Voodoo	E		Arathi Highlands Grind on Highland Fleshstalkers in Arathi Highlands. There's a quest chain that requires you to farm the Fleshstalkers at the end, and the quest item has a low drop rate (something like 1 in every 5 or 6 kills)
37-37	Haunted	E		Stranglethorn Vale Lashtail Raptors (Stranglethorn Vale)
37-37	Haunted	E		Stranglethorn Vale Water Elementals (Stranglethorn Vale)
37-38	Sugardaddy	E		Badlands Badlands, Dustbowl. Lesser Rock Elementals (37-39). These are no humanoids, but they are Blizzard's gift to grinders. Nice XP, no hitpoints, no risk and very good gold/hour. There are also quests for these, pick them up for some free XP. A repair vendor can be found in the center of the Badlands. 21500-22500 XP/hour
37-41	Zeeg	E		Arathi Highlands Cresting exiles at the circle of outer binding in Arathi also for 37-41; extremely easy mobs with a fast respawn.
37-42	Voodoo			Theramore -- Turtles
37-42	ExZippo	E		Swamp of Sorrows Swamp of Sorrows, the Misty Valley. The Swampwalkers/Elder ones/Terror things there hit soft, have medium HP, low armour, but do have a druid renew type thing they pop at about 400hp left, but you can easily out DPS their heal if you forget to kick them. They drop a fair amount of silver, a wide range of herbs (including swiftthistle, and fadeleaf) and a fair ammount of greens.
38-40	Zeeg	K		Dustwallow Marsh Dustwallow Swamp - Very North East Islands, Murlock Warriors/Oracles.
38-40	Zeeg	K		Desolace Undead Ravagers in the southeast
39-39	Haunted	K		Dustwallow Marsh The spider cave north of Brackenwall (Dustwallow Marsh)
39-39	Haunted	E		Badlands Rock Elementals (Badlands)
39-39	Haunted	E		Badlands Elder Crag Coyotes (Badlands)
39-41	Sugardaddy	E		Badlands Badlands, Mirage Flats. Rock Elementals (38-40) and Greater Rock Elementals. This spot of Elementals is farmed a lot less than the other one. It can be found in the mountains in the south of the Badlands. 21500 XP/hour at level 39. 28500-29500 XP/hour at level 40-41.
39-41	CapnBry	E		Badlands Dustbelcher Maulers and Shaman. In shadowform, PW:F up, pull with mind blast. Backing up, hit SW:P, Mind Flay once, then continue backing up until mind blast comes up again cast it and wand once. You're now at the ~10s mark, if the mob has >250 health wand it again. If not just start heading to the next mob and let the first one run in fear. You should be ready to cast Mind Blast again just as the timer comes around on it, about 20s into the first attack. Repeat. ~35000 XP/hr
39-42	Unknown	K		Dustwallow Marsh Duskwallow Swamp spider Cave NW of Horde Village. Spiders have dot, but good money
40-42	Haunted	K		Desolace Skeletons in Desolace. They're about the only squishies I could find to grind on. It's part of an Alliance quest, so the usual PvP warnings apply.
40-44	Kunst	E		Badlands Scalding Whelps east in Badlands. The north spot. The spot north of the elite dragons These guys are cool. They also have a infinitesimal shot at dropping a Dark Whelpling, which will help you in your quest to get laid.
40-44	Kunst	K		Tanaris Wastewander Thieves/Bandits/Buddies/.. in Tanaris. These guys drop also some pouches that you can give to some guy in Gadgetzan for a small experience bonus. This place has been crawling with players every time I've been there, though.
40-46	Zeeg	K		Feralas Feralas - Woodpaws (stay away from the ones that disease for slow casting speeds) **
41-41	Haunted	E		Badlands Scalding Whelps (Badlands)
41-41	Haunted	E		Badlands Agmond's End (Badlands)
41-41	Haunted	E		Stranglethorn Vale Ziata'jai Ruins (Venture Co. Stuff, Stranglethorn Vale)
41-43	Haunted	K		Feralas Grimtotem Compound (Feralas - Low 40s, not absolutely sure)
41-45	Zeeg	E		The Hinterlands Hinterlands trolls, owl beasts, and wolves for grinding and quests. Badlands ogres, gnolls, and quests.
42-42	Sugardaddy	K		Feralas Feralas, Gordunni Outpost. Gordunni Ogres, Brutes and Ogre Mages (40-43). Grind in the latter part of the compound, making slight advances into the cave once you run out of Ogres outside. 29500-30000 XP/hour
42-45	Haunted	E		Stranglethorn Vale Jungle Stalkers in SV. The loot drop isn't nearly as good as the Lashtails, but they're as squishy as ever. Also, they don't seem to have the knockdown attack that the lashtails do. Virtually no one kills these guys on my server, and they're easily chainable.
43-43	Haunted	E		Stranglethorn Vale Naga Explorers (Stranglethorn Vale)
43-43	Haunted	K		Tanaris Wastewander Bandits (Tanaris)
43-45	Sugardaddy	K		Feralas Feralas, Ruins of Isildien. Gordunni Brutes, Maulers and Warlocks (42-44). 30000-30500 XP/hour
43-45	Sugardaddy	K		Feralas Feralas, Ruins of Isildien. Gordunni Brutes, Maulers and Warlocks (42-44). 30000-30500 XP/hour
44-44	Haunted	K		Feralas Isle of Dread (Feralas - Inside Cave; South of Feathermoon Stronghold)
44-46	Kunst	E		Badlands Dustbelcher Ogres inside the cave southwest in Badlands, just south of Kargath. There's a couple of respawnable chests here as well.
44-46	Kunst	K		Tanaris Pirates through the cave in Tanaris, by the east coast.
44-50	Voodoo	K		Tanaris Tanaris, Steamweedle Port -- Steeljaw Snappers
45-45	Haunted	K		Feralas Feral Scar Vale (Feralas)
45-48	Zeeg	K		Tanaris Tanaris quests and pirates on the eastern paninsula for grinding. Stranglethorn vale quests (only if you need rewards imo). Badlands greater elementals for grinding.<
46-48	Kunst	K		Feralas Frayfeather Skystormers (not the other birds) south in Feralas.
46-48	Zeeg	K		Feralas Feralas - Frayfeather Skystormers *
47-47	Haunted	K		Azshara Undead in Western Ashzara (Azshara)
47-47	Haunted	K		Tanaris Dunemaul Compound (Tanaris)
47-47	Haunted	E		Searing Gorge Elementals/Golems around The Cauldron + N of it (Searing Gorge)
48-50	Zeeg	K		Feralas Feralas - Harpies
48-51	Kunst	K		Feralas Northspring Harpies northwest in Feralas. Closer to Shadowprey Village than Camp Whatever.
48-51	Unknown			Revantusk Village -- Turtles
48-51	Zeeg	K		Tanaris Southwest of Gadgetzan - Thistleshrubs *
48-52	Zeeg	K		Feralas Felwood deadwood gnolls for grinding and quests from the sanctuary in the south. Blasted lands dreadmauls for grinding. Un'goro crater (best started at 50) for primarily quests and grinding off the plants and tar elementals. Azshara undead highbornes and thunderhead hyppogriffs for grinding.
49-50	Sugardaddy	K		Tanaris Tanaris, Thistleshrub Valley. Thistleshrub Rootshapers, Gnarled Thistleshrubs & Thistleshrub Dew Collectors (47-50) 32500-34000 XP/hour. You badly need the slight increase in XP here, so be glad about it. These are also great for grinding, especially for Alchemists. No HP, no damage and decent greenie drop rate.
50-50	Haunted	K		Felwood Deadwood Village (Felwood)
50-54	Zeeg	E		Western Plaguelands Western Plaguelands - First 'field' to the left, assorted monsters.
51-51	Kunst	E		Western Plaguelands This is where I suggest doing two awesome quest chains. Namely, the Scourge Cauldrons chain in Western Plaguelands (starts with Scarlet Diversions in The Bulwark) and Stealing Knowledge in Azshara. You will need a 60 buddy to help you with the cauldrons chain. Grind the rest of the level on Satyrs, also in Azshara.
51-51	Haunted	K		Azshara Ruins of Eldarath (Azshara)
51-53	Sugardaddy	K		Un'Goro Crater Un'Goro crater. Tar Lords & Lurkers (lvl 50-54) & Un'GoroQuests. 35000-37000 XP/hour
51-54	Voodoo	K		Azshara Azshara -- Legashi Satyr
52-52	Haunted	E		Burning Steppes Dreadmaul Rock (Firegut Ogres - Burning Steppes)
52-52	Haunted	K		Azshara Legash Encampment, Thalassian Base Camp, Ursolan (Azshara)
52-52	Haunted	K		Felwood Jaedenar (Felwood)
52-52	Haunted	E		Western Plaguelands Sorrow Hill (Western Plaguelands)
52-55	Zeeg	K		Azshara Azshara blood elves for grinding. Burning steppes dreadmaul rock ogre caves firegut ogres (very low AC) for grinding. Felwood irontree woods and cave for grinding (great spot). Western plaguelands questing for argent dawn and grinding on undead throughout the various camps.
52-56	Kunst	K		Azshara Blood Elves in Azshara. This place was usually taken when I got here, but if you kill faster than everybody else they'll eventually leave (at least they did on all occasions when I got here).
52-56	Unknown	E		Western Plaguelands Western Plaguelands, undead at farms
52-60	Zeeg			Eastern Dire Maul - Lashers ****
53-53	Haunted	K		Felwood Ironwood Trees in northern Felwood
54-54	Haunted	K		Azshara Temple of Arkkoran (Azshara)
54-55	Sugardaddy	E		Western Plaguelands Western Plaguelands & Eastern Plaguelands. Fordring questline starting quests, Cauldron quests, grinding on the first Cauldron field. Also Felwood quests. 34000-35000 XP/hour.
54-60	Zeeg	E		Western Plaguelands Western Plaguelands - Scarlet Lumberjacks
54-60	Voodoo	K		Winterspring Winterspring -- Ghosts
55-55	Haunted	K		Felwood Jadefire Run, Felpaw Village (Felwood)
55-55	Haunted	E		Western Plaguelands Felstone Field, Dalson's Tears, The Writhing Haunt, Gahrron's Withering (Western Plaguelands)
55-56	Sugardaddy	K		Winterspring Winterspring. Yetis. Nuff said. Also several worthwile quests here. around 34000 XP/hour
55-58	Zeeg	E		Eastern Plaguelands Eastern plaguelands quests from the sanctuary, grinding on undead at the ruined towns. Winterspring grinding at winterfall village or Lake Kel'Theril undead highbornes (my personal favorite camp). Blackrock Stronghold in Burning Steppes for grinding.
56-56	Haunted	E		Western Plaguelands Northridge Lumber Camp (Western Plaguelands)
56-56	Haunted	E		Eastern Plaguelands Corin's Crossing (Eastern Plaguelands)
56-56	Haunted	E		Burning Steppes The Pillar of Ash (Burning Steppes)
56-56	Haunted	K		Winterspring Winterfall Village (Winterspring)
56-58	Unknown	K		Winterspring winterspring ghosts, Winterspring quests
56-60	Kunst	E		Burning Steppes Blackrock Stronghold in Burning Steppes. This place can be hard at first, but once you get the routine in it's awesome and you'll pull around 50k/hr here. At 56 you'll be getting Blade Flurry, which is awesome for some of the two-man groups inside the Stronghold itself.
57-57	Sugardaddy	E		Eastern Plaguelands Eastern Plaguelands. Fordring questline continuation, endgame instance prereqs, Dire Maul East+Quests, BRD+ quests for the Onyxia key. 20000-30000 XP/hour
57-57	Haunted	E		Burning Steppes Blackrock Stronghold (Burning Steppes) - probably the best place to grind for a rogue; however, you do have to get used to how the roamers work. You'll probably die a few times along the way while learning them.
57-57	Haunted	K		Winterspring Ice Thistle Hills (Wintespring) - Rugged Leathers
58-60	Zeeg	K		Winterspring The yeti cave in Winterspring, due Southeast of Everlook (very nice place). Grosh Gok compound ogres in Deadwind pass (great spot, no one knows about it). Eastern plaguelands Fungal Vale undead grinding and argent dawn token farming. Moonowls in northeast winterspring for grinding.
58-60	Unknown	E		Eastern Plaguelands Eastern Plaguelands, Corin's crossing, various quests
58-60	Sugardaddy			Endgame instances in 5-man parties, with the respective quests.

Key:

K - Kalimdor
E - Eastern Kingdoms

A - Alliance
H - Horde

XP/hour (Kunst)
Around level 20 you should be able to hit around 20k/hr and above.
I maxed at around 30k/hr on the harpies in the Charred Vale, I can't recall on what level.
At the latter levels of the goblins in STV about 35k/hr is what you'll be pulling if you're doing very well
Between 35 and 40k/hr is also feasible on the whelplings in the Badlands if you're well equipped.
I averaged at about 40k/hr on the Harpies in Feralas if I recall correctly.
the awesome duders in Blackrock Stronghold upped the scale to between 45 and 50k/hr when there were no others here

XP/hour (Zeeg)
Levels 30-40 = 18-20k exp/hour
Levels 40-51 = 20-25k exp/hour
Levels 52-60 = 40-50k exp/hour (Dire Maul)