Rykun's Leveling guide

Group leveling is definitely the way to go this expansion if you can.

It seems like most professions give you a quick couple of quests to do in Aszuna. Enchanting actually gives you 3 incredibly easy quests for 15k xp each right in the first quest hub. Engineering however makes you travel way out of your way from the other quests, and then only gives one quest that rewards xp. Once the profession quests in aszuna are done, you get another quest to go to dalaran which in turn gives you a quest to go to Val'shara or Highmountain. I'm assuming that if you're solo questing this will be fairly viable. If you do every main story quest solo you end up needing like 30% of a level at 109 after you complete all the dungeon quests so it may fill in that gap nicely with all the Val'shara/Highmountain quests.  Don't think this is better than just doing a quick 8-10 minute dungeon though since most of the quests seem really out of the way from the optimal path for the main zone story. However, if you're solo it's worth doing them for sure.

You should definitely do every class order hall quest that pops up as you're leveling at 102/105, even quests to obtain another artifact might be worth doing since they give roughly around 20% of a level in 10 minutes or less for some classes.

Dungeon leveling doesn't seem that bad if you have a tank that makes the trash take no time at all, we did a Neltharion's Lair in about 8 minutes and got 12-14% of a level without usage of banners. Most of the XP you get from dungeons comes from the end bonus. I suspect with launch, this might be a better option at a point, and might be a good way to fill in some missing xp from the profession quests if you skipped them in a party, which i'd suggest since it's kind of annoying to do them unless everyone has the same profession set.  I would suggest if you feel you need to while servers are initially getting slammed, go do 100-101 in dungeons and it'll save time at 109-110.

Edit: From looking at my footage, at least for the early dungeons, each completed dungeon gives around 2.5-3.5 bars of a level, so roughly 8-10 runs should give a level. Potentially decent if you can get your runs down to a science.

Zone pathing (work in progress) done with a group, 100-110 took about 7 hours:

* (Indicates you have to loot an item yourself, or use a quest item yourself)

-General Prep-

If you don't have one already, join a group that's farming coins/turtle mounts/ect in the WOD Garrison for coins to buy a Crimson Water Strider. It's by far the most useful mount to use while questing in Legion.

Waterwalking Potions are a good alternative if you can't spend a few hours getting the water strider.

If you're not an engineer, get some goblin gliders to hold for a few spots that save a lot of time while leveling.

Flasks/Runspeed potions if you don't have a lot of movement speed on your current class.

Figure out what spec is going to be best for how you're leveling and get that artifact first.

Start talking to your friends about leveling if you have not already, if you prefer to solo this pathing guide should still be helpful.

Addons:

https://mods.curse.com/addons/wow/handynotes_legionrarestreasures

https://mods.curse.com/addons/wow/autoturnin

^ Self explanatory addons, one auto accepts/turns in quests, the other shows treasures along the way.

A note I should make about Treasures is that I have documented a number of treasures that gave me and my group XP, but during my solo run I noticed that there seems to be some sort of arbitrary system in place with how treasures reward xp.  I would suggest just getting any treasure you see along the way that doesn't deter you from the main questing paths as they do reward xp that is on par with quest xp in the later zones for just opening a chest.

STORMHEIM

1) Making the Rounds
2) The Splintered Fleet (Not able to group, scenario quest, if buggy jump to the island to the left of the boat for paratroopers)

 -New Hub- -Cove of Nashal-

3) Side Effects May Include Mild Undeath
4) Pump it Up*
5) The Ranger Lord
6) Wrath of the Blightcaller
7) The Windrunner's Fate
8 ) A Grim Trophy

Note: Take the lift to the turn in after A Grim Trophy

9) Eyes in the Overlook
10) The Ancient Trials

Note: Do Eyes in the Overlook first

11) Masters of Disguise

Note: When the quest is complete, use a Goblin Glider all the way to "The Ancient Trials" from the cliff.  Also don't crater like Zeal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLkpKPNM_fo

 -New Hub- -Valley of the Sword-

12) Havi's Test (Group credit for some reason, can possibly do all 3 at the same time for the stew)
13) Ahead of the Game
14) BONUS OBJECTIVE - A Worthy Challenger (Get to about 75% before finishing Ahead of the Game)
15) DROP QUEST FROM ANY MOB (Challenger's Tribute) - Blood and Gold
16) The Shattered Watcher*
17) A Trial of Will
18) A Trial of Valor
19) A Trial of Might (GO INTO THE VAULT BEHIND THE QUEST GIVER)
20) The Blessing of the Watchers
21) Will of the Thorignir

 -New Hub- -Cullen's Post-

22) A Grapple a Day
23) No Wings Required
24) To Weather the Storm ( 8k experience chest accross from the enchanted lodestone )
EDIT NOTE: DROP ITEM (Storm Drake Scale) off storm drakes, gives the quest "Built to Scale"
25) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Assault the Drekirjar
26) Impalement Insurance (Chest on top of a house in the center of town, 8k xp, another nearby in a tower)

http://i.imgur.com/OrJQVKh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1vyF4xs.jpg

27) Another Way
28) Above the Winter Moonlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXvNT-jVkDc

29) Wings of Liberty
30) Fury of the Storm
31) Heart of a Dragon
32) Where Dragons Rule
33) Cry Thunder! (Wait for all of your party and countdown before going off with the dragon)
34) The Trials Continue

 -New Hub- -Valdisdall-

35) Speaking of Bones
36) To Haustvald
37) The Runewood's Revenge
38) Turn the Keys (In the Vyrkul camp to the right of Vydhar there's a chest in one of the tents that gives xp)
39) Bjornharta
40) The Dreaming Fungus*
41) Lay Them to Rest
42) Judgment Day
43) Breaking the Bonespeakers
44) Regal Remains*
45) The Runes that Bind
46) Waking the Sheildmaiden
47) The Final Judgment

 -New Hub- -Helhiem-

48) An Unworthy Task
49) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Hel-Raiser
50) Accessories of the Cursed
51) A little Kelp From My Foes
52) Stealth by Seaweed
53) A Desperate Bargain
54) To Light the Way
55) Allies in Death
56) Sundered
57) Victory is Eternal
58) Paid in Lifeblood

 -Back to Valdisdall- Bind Hearthstone

59) A Heavy Burden
60) Knocking on Valor's Door
61) The Dark Lady's Bidding (PICK THIS UP, DO NOT TAKE THE BAT)
62) A Familiar Fate (Pickup the chest behind the jailor, gives 8k XP for some reason)
63) Break the Spine
64) Stem the Tide
65) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Drive Back the Tideskorn
66) Stormheim's Salvation
67) DUNGEON QUEST - Securing the Aegis (Do this after you complete The Dark Lady's Bidding hub)

 -Hearth back to Valdisdall and take the bat to The Dark Lady's Bidding-
 -New Hub Dreadwake's Landing-

68) Dreadwake's Dilemma
69) Clear the Deck!
70) A Gift for Greymane (Water walking potions/druid op for this, detonate at the turn in for other quests)
71) To Skold-Ashil
72) Shielded Secrets
73) Stories of Battle
74) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Assault on Skold-Ashil  (Note, there's chests in this area that also give 8k xp)
75) Becoming the Ascendant

I was 102 at this point, but other people in my party were still a few bars away, at this point we did Halls of Valor and then went back to Dalaran and did class order hall stuff for 10-15 minutes and went to Aszuna. We opted to skip profession related quests.

Starting this zone after the class order hall quests/us completing Halls of Valor I was at about 48% into 102, the only profession quest worth doing in a group is the cooking one, only requires level 1 cooking, and you literally just buy 6 recipes from the same NPC and turn them in.  Don't do the quests after that initial quest.

[size=6]AZSUNA[/size]

1) Down to Azsuna

-Illidari Stand-

2) Demon Souls* (You should all gather all the demons to the center, and then use your crystals and kill them all, instant credit)
3) Reignite the Wards
4) The Scythe of Souls (WAIT FOR EVERYONE BEFORE STARTING THE FIRST DEMON SOUL RELEASE)
5) From Within
6) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Retake Faronaar
7) Saving Stellagosa
8 ) Fel Machinations
9) Dark Revelations (Complete the bonus objective if you have not at this point)
10) Journey to the Repose

-New Hub- -Azurewing Repose-

11) The Death of the Eldest
12) Agapanthus
13) Their Dying Breaths
14) The Last of the Last
15) Those who Remember (Don't go to this one yet)
16) The Withered
17) The Consumed
18) Runas the Shamed
19) Runas Knows the Way (He rp walks to the next area, just follow him so he doesn't despawn)
20) The Hunger Returns
21) Leyline Abuse
22) You Scratch My Back
23) The Nightborne Prince (One person in your party can go up to his spawn point and tag him while everyone else does the other quest)
24) Still Alive
25) Feasting on the Dragon
26) On the Brink
27) Cursed to Wither
28) Hunger's End

-Go to "Those who Remember" now-

29) They Came From the Sea (One person tag Fathom-Commander while everyone else gets other naga)
30) Prince Farondis

-New Hub- -Crumbled Palace-

31) The Magister of Mixology
32) Presentation is Everything (Have one person tag the hydra)
33) A Rather Long Walk (One person can swim to the bottom of the lake for this while everyone else kills murlocs)
34) Our Very Bones
35) DROP QUEST Okuna's Message - Bottled Up
36) Infiltrating Shipwreck Arena (Don't go to this one yet)
37) Trailing the Tidestone (Slow RP walk quest, just stay on his ass the whole time)

-New Hub- -Ruins of Nar'thalas-

38) Children of Nar'thalas* (Do this first, then go kill Naga on the way to Nar'thalas still suffers)
39) You Never Know Until You Scry
40) Nar'thalas Still Suffers
41) BONUS OBJECTIVE - The Broken Academy
42) Back from the Dead (do this as you go with all the other quests)
43) The Walk of Shame (Another escort)
44) Into the Academy
45) Dressing with Class
46) Hit the Books
47) The Haunted Halls
48) Wanding 101 (wait for everyone to be on the quest)
49) Study Hall: Combat Research
50) Pop Quiz: Advanced Rune Drawing*
51) The Headmistress' Keys
52) The Tidestone: Shattered
53) Save Yourself*
54) The Head of the Snake
55) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Tip the Scales (you can do 50% of this prior to going to "The Head of the Snake" and kill the naga swarms during the quest to complete this)
56) DUNGEON QUEST - Wrath of Azshara (Like stormheim, save this until the end)

-Finish "Back from the Dead" if you haven't by this point, otherwise go to "Infiltrating Shipwreck Arena"-
-New Hub- -Shipwreck Arena-

Note: Hit 104 at this point

57) No Time for Tryouts
58) Let Sleeping Giants Lie
59) Morale Booster
60) Rount 1, Fight!
61) The Right Weapon for the Job
62) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Plunder the Cove
63) A Favor for Mr. Shackle
64) The Prince is Going Down (Try to wait for everyone to pick this up before starting it)

-New Hub- -Shackle's Den-

65) Shipwrecked Sailors
66) Making the World Safe for Profit
67) Marltime Law
68) The Captains Foot Locker (Go through the window in the hull of the boat)
69) The Fate of the Queen's Reprisal

-At this point I was 44% into 104, for some reason everyone else was 15% off or so, we did EOA and another Dungeon and ended up being 10% off of 105-

Once you're done with whatever order hall stuff your group decides to do (definitely should have the 9 hour follower mission going if you don't already)
then target Val'Sharah on your scouting map in your order hall.  Be sure to pickup the quest "Purple Rain" outside of Violet Hold if you're 105 at this point too.

VAL'SHARAH

Note: Optimal path for the Archdruid quest line is Lore, Claw and then Vale.

1) Cenarius, Keeper of the Grove
2) Nature's Call
3) Archdruid of the Claw (2nd)
4) Archdruid of Lore (1st)
5) Archdruid of the Vale (3rd)

-Archdruid of Lore quests-

6) Solid as a Rock
7) Death to the Witchmother
8 ) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Wretched Sisters

-Archdruid of the Claw quests-

9) Littlefur
10) Frenzied Furbolgs
11) Totemic Call
12) DROP QUEST (Chieftian's Beads off Chieftain Graw) - The Chieftian's Beads
13) Awakening the Archdruid
14) Out of the Dream
15) The Demon's Below
16) Entangled Dreams

-GO TO "Faerie Fracas" BONUS OBJECTIVE on the map-

17) Spread Your Lunarwings and Fly
18) Thorny Dancing
19) DROP QUEST (Lunarwing Egg off Thistleleaf Thorndancers) - Thieving Thistleleaf

-Archdruid of the Vale quests-

20) Dishonored
21) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Moonclaw Vale
22) The Corruptor
23) The Nightmare Lord (Get the chest on the way down or up)
24) Return to the Grove
25) The Emerald Queen

-After the Ysera cutscene head to the new quest hub Temple of Elune-

26) The Temple of Elune (Get the chest on the way up near the barrels)
27) Root Cause*
28) Tears for Fears
29) A Village in Peril (Get on the way to doing root cause, dont go to this yet)
30) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Defend the Temple
31) The Die is Cast (On the way down there's a small cave that gives an XP chest to the left of the waterfall)
32) Malfurion's Fury
33) To Old Friends
34) The Demon's Trail
35) Love Lost (Friendly with the zone at this point)

-New Hub, Starsong Refuge-

36) Wormtalon Wreckage
37) Lost in Retreat
38) Dark Side of the Moon (You can start this prior to starting the other parts and get credit for 6 harpies while you do other stuff)
39) Heart of the Nightmare
40) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Cleanse the Dreadroot (Magoria gives 50% of the objective, there's also a xp chest in the first house as you enter the area)
41) Reading the Leaves
42) Given to Corruption
43) Softening the Target (Countdown ride the bat for quick completion in a group)
44) Close Enough to Touch (XP chest in the spooky water where you search for Malfurion near the lake)
45) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Ruins of Shala'nir
46) The Fate of Val'sharah
47) DUNGEON QUEST - Enter the Nightmare
48) The Tears of Elune (Save this for your next trip to Dalaran)

-Head to "A Village in Peril" at this point, new hub Bradensbrook, note that you can Goblin Glide all the way from the Temple of Elune)

https://youtu.be/dOg2zaQFJZ0

49) The Farmsteads (There's a xp chest in the house where the little girl is)
50) Children of the Night
51) A sight for Sore Eyes
52) For the Corn!
53) Shriek No More
54) Jarod's Mission

-New Hub, Ravencrest Mausoleum-

55) Kur'talos Ravencrest
56) The Rook's Guard (XP chest to the right of the staircase on the way up to Kester on a table)
57) Maiev's Trail
58) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Black Rook Hold
59) Black Rook Prison
60) Illidari Freedom
61) Brotherly Love
62) Lieutenant of the Tower (There's prison bars behind the mob you kill to leave the area to the turn in)

Val'sharah done! Go turn in "The Tears of Elune" in Dalaran.  Target Highmountain the final zone.

HIGHMOUNTAIN

When you land in Thunder Totem, bind your hearthstone (the floor you land on) Note that the quest next to the innkeeper IS BUGGY AS FUCK AND IS ALSO THE SLOWEST ESCORT EVER MADE DO NOT PICK IT UP.

1) The Rivermane Tribe
2) Ormgul the Pestilent
3) Poisoned Crops
4) Infestation
5) The Flow of the River

-Whitewater Wash-

6) Fish Out of Water
7) Trapped Tauren
8 ) Spray and Prey
9) Moozy's Sojourn (Turn in after you get the quest "High Water")
10) Lifespring Cavern
11) Balance of Elements
12) Invading Spelunkers (If you can't turn in after these two quests, relog and she should pop up next to you)
13) Crystal Fury
14) High Water
15) The Underking Comes
16) Grasp of the Underking
17) The Drogbar
18) Bitestone Enclave
19) Dargrul and the Hammer
20) Get to High Ground

-Back to Thunder Totem, don't hearth this time. There's quests sort of like the Archdruid quests in Val'sharah, follow the path laid out-

21) A Walk With the Spirits (1st)
22) The Skyhorn Tribe (2nd)
23) The Bloodtotem Tribe (3rd)

-Ebonhorn Quests/Warbrave Nava Quests-

24) The Story of Huln
25) To See the Past (Get the bottle, then the crystal, then the tears and go up the hill to the next quests)
26) Wrathshard
27) No Time to Talk (Once these are done, go back to Ebonhorn)
28) Huln's War - The Arrival (You can camp portals for easy credit, seems like you can do it in a party as well though markers vanish when you enter the flashback)
29) Huln's War - Malorne's Favored
30) Huln's War - Stormrage
31) Huln's War - Reinforcements
32) Huln's War - Shadowsong
33) Huln's War - The Nathrezim (You can leave vehicle after killing Tichondrious to skip the RP)
34) Secrets of Highmountain
35) Ceremonial Drums (Most drums you get on the second floor of Thunder Totem, turn in when you return)
36) Mountainstrider Round-Up (3 party members = only 1 trip)
37) The Path of Huln (If for some reason he despawns for you, drop quests and follow him back again)
38) In Defiance of Deathwing
39) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Echoes of Deathwing
40) Titanic Showdown
41) An Ancient Secret
42) The Backdoor
43) The High Chieftain

-Back to Thundertotem, use Hearthstone, go to "The Skyhorn Tribe" you can leave The High Chieftian for now-
-New Hub, Skyhorn-

44) Nursing the Wounds* (Once you're done with this quest, just go down to the Sepulcher of the Sky to Oenla Skyhorn's quests)
45) Wax on, Wax off
46) Candle to the Grave
47) The Gates of Wax
48) Candle of Command (Choose the 2nd option for each Kobold you talk to)
49) Burn the Candle at Both Ends
50) Can't Hold a Candle To You
51) Rocs vs Eagles
52) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Siege of Crawliac
53) The Three
54) Assaulting the Haglands
55) The Witchqueen
56) The Skies of Highmountain

-At this point you can probably Goblin Glider down to Nesingwary Camp, would save time flying on the slow bird to Thunder Totem and then going to Nesingwary-

https://youtu.be/dOg2zaQFJZ0

-New Hub, Nesingwary's Retreat-

57) Note-Eating Goats
58) Amateur Hour
59) Lion Stalkin' (1st)
60) Bear Huntin' (2nd)
61) Moose Shootin' (3rd)
62) A Hunter at Heart
63) I'm Not Lion! (1st)
64) Scout it Out (2nd)
65) Moose on the Loose
66) BONUS OBJECTIVE - The Screeching Crag
67) That Guy in the Costume

-Shipwreck Cove is kind of in a weird spot, probably best to just do it now since you have to talk to the NPC at Nesingwary to travel there the first time-
-New Hub, Shipwreck Cove-

68) I'll Huff, I'll Puff...
69) Slime Time
70) Nature vs. Nurture
71) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Shipwreck Cove
72) Murlocs: The Next Generation (Have one person in your group open the egg, the rest of the party can go kill Lobsters)
73) Oh, the Clawdacity!

-Fly back to Nesingwary's Retreat-
-Travel north of the retreat to a cave, do the side quests in the cave-

74) The Soulkeeper's Fate
75) Shiny, But Deadly
76) Demon Detainment

-Exit the cave on the other side to the new hub, Cliff's Edge-

77) Witch of the Wood
78) Hags of a Feather
79) I Have a Bad Feeling About This (turn in when you return from the other quests)
80) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Witches of the Sky (DO NOT PULL Gornoth the Lost, he takes forever to kill and gives no credit for the bonus)
81) An Audience with Torok
82) Cave of the Blood Trial
83) Rite of Blood
84) Rock Troll in a Hard Place
85) Pet Rocks
86) Stonedark Crystal
87) They Will Pay With Blood
88) Blood Debt
89) BONUS OBJECTIVE - Vengeance for the Stonedark
90) Step into the Dark
91) You Lift, Brul?
92) Unexpected Allies (Save for after the other quests in the cave)
93) Guhruhlruhlruh
94) Deep in the Cavern
95) Stonedark Relics

-Hearth to Thunder Totem, turn in "Unexpcted Allies", "The Skies of Highmountain", "The High Chieftian" and the Drum quests-
-Get the breadcrumb quest, go to the new hub Snowblind Mesa-

96) Battle of Snowblind Mesa
97) The Siegebrul
98) Buy Us Time
99) Battle Worms
100) Evacuate Snowmane*
101) Highmountain Stands
102) Justice Rains from Above (Countdown the war eagle, can complete almost instantly in a party)
103) The Underking
104) DUNGEON QUEST - Neltharion's Lair

-Go north a bit to Icepine Point, do the quests there and Highmountain is done-

105) A true Hunter
106) Critter Scatter Shot
107) Wolf Pack Attack

-If you're not 110, there's a quest in Thunder Totem that should be opened up called "Bolas Bastion" you can hearth at this point and do that as a group real fast for some xp before going back to Dalaran-

You're done, by this point you should be at least 10-60% into 109 (Depending if you did dungeon quests on the way), you can hit 110 by completing all the dungeon quests and all the class order hall quests (including other artifacts) as well as the quest "A fallen Star" in dalaran.  The whole thing took my group about 7.5 hours with the beta servers disconnecting us every few quests for the entire Azsuna/Val'sharah zones with a Prot Paladin, Affliction Warlock, Fire Mage, Moonkin.