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Beginner's Night Elf Questing Strategy

Well given that I have done all the beginning Night Elf quests at least 4 times, I decided to create a beginner's guide to it. As there are many different ways to quest, but to quest efficiently is different. If you do have input or another option, please let us know. I do not know all the names of everyone or the quests, but I do know locations and what the quest entails. Hopefully that is enough, I may go back later and add those details.

The Balance of Nature
The initial quest is an easy one "The Balance of Nature", kill 4 Young Thistle Boars and 7 Young Night sabers (name?). Do as you are told and get the level up with the experience. Should only take 5-10 minutes to complete.

After you completed that quest, the next one, which is titled "The Balance of Nature" also is to kill the level 2-3 Thistle boars and Night sabers. Pretty easy, but before you go out and kill the animals, go snatch "A Good Friend" from Dirania Silvershine. She is by a cooking pot North of where you should be. The quest is simple, which is to simply find Iveron. Now that you have those two quests, go and kill the 7 Thistle Boars and 7 Night sabers. Once those are done venture North West till you see a cave with spiders around it. Try to avoid the spiders if possible, but to the west of that cave you should see a path with a guy. That is Iveron. Talk with him and get the quest to report back.

Iveron's Antidore and The Woodland Protector
Head back to Dirania Silvershine first. This will save traveling time since you start out slow. Talk with her and she will send you on "Iveron's Antidote". Well the nice thing about this quest is it coincides with the Centaur quest called, "The Woodland Protector". Head back to the gentleman who gave you "The Balance of Nature". Get the experience and most likely a level up. Talk to him again and start "The Woodland Protector" chain. Go talk to the Cintaur. She should be west of your location. She will tell you to gather 8 Fel Wood Moss. To do this you have to kill about 10-15 Grel's. They are really easy, and since they are yellow you can take them on one at a time. While gathering the moss, you will notice that the Grel's also drop the mushrooms you need for "Iveron's Antidote" this is nice because you can basically knock off two quests with one go.

Webwood Venom
Once you have all your moss and mushrooms, go back to the Cintaur real quick and cash in that quest. Now venture North/North East and you will find Gilshalan Windwalker (he is by the ramp) who starts the quest "Webwood Venom". This is nice to have right now as you can once again do two quests with one blow. Head North from here till you see a pond. There you will find the Lilly pads. Once you have your limit venture north towards the spider cave and kill the spiders for their Ichor and Webwood Venom Sacs. Once you have the limit then return to Gilshalan Windwalker first. Complete that quest and accept the Webwood venom Egg. After that is done head back to Dirania Silvershine, which will start the Third and final part of "Iveron's Antidote". You have 5 minute to deliver the bottle (plenty of time). Head back towards the spider cave and find him and finish that quest.

Webwood Egg
Now if you are around level 4 or 5, venture into the cave and find the webwood egg. Take a left at the cave and follow around. There is a level 5 spider by the egg. Take out the spiders one by one unless you are in a group or a warrior. Once done snatch an Egg and head out. If you want a chest behind the eggs follow the path and it will lead to a chest. If not just walk out before they re-spawn. Return to Gilshalan Windwalker and finish that quest.

A note, I will not go into the class-specific quests so if you see someone with a yellow exclamation then by all means go to them.

Final Note
Given that those are the basic first few quests you have to do starting out as a night elf. I left a few out that are class specific, but that should get you going in the right direction. It is always a good idea to group similar quests as to save time and level faster.

Questions feel free to post here. But please do not post "Where is x or y?" as that information is available on Thotbot.com or Allakhazam.com.