
Warrior · Tank
Protection Warrior
Published group-role route
- Shield Specialization5
- Improved Bloodrage2
- Improved Thunder Clap3
- Last Stand1
WOW FOREVER · EDITORIAL ROUTE MATCHING
Choose Hall of Thanes or Ruins of Lordaeron, a party role and your level. Compare published starting routes and edit a talent snapshot in the calculator.
Level 20 planning snapshots · Live Beta cap Level 30 · Reviewed class versions are shown on each routeFEATURED · LEVEL 20 STARTER DUNGEON
Blizzard lists this new WoW Forever dungeon for levels 15–20. Choose your party role, then compare published Level 20 starting routes at the points you can actually spend. These allocations are editorial examples, not dungeon-tested rankings.
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Compare group-role routes within the supported Level 20 planning budget.

Warrior · Tank
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FIELD NOTES · BETA SOURCES
Quest pickups below follow the dungeon, faction and level you selected above. Save a few planning checks on this device; confirm availability in game.
Level 20 · Tank · All factions. Level ranges are reference guidance, not confirmation of access. Role does not change quest pickup evidence.
Level guidance: The published ranges differ: Blizzard lists 15–20; the Wowhead guide recommends 16–22. This filter includes levels in either range.
Known: Blizzard and Wowhead publish different level ranges; both are shown above. Wowhead gives faction quest counts and pickup locations.
Location: Above Undercity, in the non-instanced Ruins of Lordaeron.
Faction: The guide reports 6 Horde quests (4 outside, 2 inside) and 4 Alliance quests (all inside). Only pickups without conflicting details are listed below.
Unverified: The guide gives conflicting pickup locations for Light's Justice. It and other unresolved entries are omitted pending an in-game check.
Checklist ticks are stored in this browser only. They are personal reminders, not quest prerequisites.
MEASURE YOUR OWN RUNS
Ruins of Lordaeron · Level 20 · Tank · All factions
Compare your first run, a repeat run and questing using measured XP and time. Include all kill and quest XP in each total once. First-run quests are not automatically added to a repeat run.
Use measurements from the same character level, rest state and party conditions. Tank / healer / DPS affects your observed wait and clear time; no role bonus, repeat penalty or high-level party formula is assumed.
Blizzard increased dungeon creature-kill XP by approximately 20% and corrected the mixed-level penalty to use each player’s level. A vastly overleveled party member can still cause no XP from affected kills.
Measure fresh runs after the patch. Do not multiply an observed total by 1.2: it already includes live rewards, and quest XP is not the stated creature-kill change. Record party levels, rested XP and which quests you completed. Four XP-bar segments from one reported run do not establish a general XP/hour rate.
XP/hour = total XP × 60 ÷ total minutes. Break-even wait = dungeon XP ÷ questing XP per minute − travel, clear and quest-handling time. These are comparisons of your inputs, not predictions of server rewards. Loot, enjoyment and helping friends are separate reasons to run a dungeon.
These tools match published starting routes, not simulated performance or player popularity. One talent point per level from 10 is the normal planning assumption; Legacy perks are not included.
Each result shows its actual reviewed dataset version. Current expansion-class routes use the 70291 tree; the Paladin calculator and Protection starter use reviewed 70245 structure and community-resolved rank text. Mage remains a historical 69913 snapshot. Blizzard raised the live Beta cap to Level 30 on October 1 and announced later class changes. Check the Beta update notes before using an older allocation.
The Protection route is an editorial standard-progression example, not an official or tested dungeon ranking. Blizzard changed Redoubt on October 1; the resolved community text reflects that tuning, with a raw client proc discrepancy documented in the review. Review the node evidence and Level 30 extension.
Low-level snapshots open as partial allocations: generic calculators use Level 20 mode; Paladin links specify their Level 20 budget. Keep the snapshot’s point budget when planning for your actual level.
Level ranges are reference guidance, not confirmations of live server access, faction access or encounter difficulty.