Night Elf Rogue: your first 10 levels

Updated 2026-10-28 · ForeverDB

A gentle start for a Night Elf Rogue in WoW Forever: where your trainer stands in Shadowglen, your spells up to level 10, your class quests, the racials that help and the best professions.

Written for the WoW Forever beta, for your first 10 levels. Where each person stands comes from what players recorded in WoW Forever wherever we have it. Anything else is marked: "Classic data" means the spot comes from the original game and may have moved in Forever.

Right now

Welcome! You're a Night Elf Rogue, and you start in Shadowglen. Here are the three things you need first. Take your time: nothing here is in a rush.

1. You appear at 58.6, 44.8 in Shadowglen.
2. Your first quest: talk to Melithar Staghelm (59.9, 42.5), 105 yards north-east of where you appear.
3. Your Rogue trainer is Frahun Shadewhisper at 59.6, 38.7, 215 yards north of where you appear (Classic data, may differ in Forever). Walk: 365 yards, 50 sec.
4. Your class quest: Conservator Ilthalaine also has Encrypted Sigil for you. It sends you to your trainer, and it's free experience.

Tip: If you die, that's fine: everyone does. Click Release Spirit, run back to your body as a ghost, and carry on. Fight one enemy at a time and eat or drink between fights.

Playing a Rogue at first

You're quick and sneaky. You fight up close with daggers or swords, you can hide in stealth, and you use Energy, which refills quickly by itself.

1. Press Sinister Strike to build combo points (the little dots on your enemy's portrait).
2. With a few combo points, finish with Eviscerate for a big hit.
3. Use Stealth to walk past enemies or to start a fight on your terms.

Tip: You can't heal yourself, so eat food between fights.

Tip: From level 4, Backstab hits hard from behind with a dagger.

Your spells up to level 10

You start with your level 1 spells. The rest you learn from your trainer, for a few coins, at levels 4, 6, 8, 10. A few come from class quests instead. From the WoW Forever game client:

Where your Rogue trainers are

Walks start from where you appear (the first trainer), the middle of the town (town trainers) or the first town (city trainers).

Class quests

Your racials as a Rogue

• Elune's Light: A burst of critical strikes for a short time. Press it for a hard fight.
• Quickness: A little more dodge and a little more speed. Night Elf Rogues and Druids are also harder to spot in stealth.
• Shadowmeld: Hide in the shadows while you stand still. Handy for letting enemies walk past you.
• Wisp Spirit: When you die, you run back to your body as a fast wisp.

Professions

For a Rogue, the best pair is Leatherworking and Skinning. Leatherworking makes leather armor you can wear, and Skinning takes leather from the beasts you kill anyway, so you never have to buy it.

Tip: Not sure yet? Pick two gathering professions (Herbalism, Mining or Skinning). They make money from the very first herb, vein or beast, and you can swap one for a crafting profession later. Dropping a profession loses its skill, so decide before you've raised it far.

More on this: the best professions for each class.

After level 10

At level 10 you get your first talent point. Our Rogue leveling guide takes you on from there, and the leveling guide shows where to go next. Your first dungeon comes a bit later: see your first dungeon.

Checked against WoW Forever beta build 1.60.1.70658.

Explore next

• Quest guides
• Rogue: Changes · Builds · Gear planner

Read next

• Shadowglen: your first 10 levels
• Night Elf: a guide for new players
• Leveling a Rogue to 30
• Best professions for each class