Tauren Shaman: your first 10 levels

Updated 2026-10-28 · ForeverDB

A gentle start for a Tauren Shaman in WoW Forever: where your trainer stands in Camp Narache, 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 Tauren Shaman, and you start in Camp Narache. Here are the three things you need first. Take your time: nothing here is in a rush.

1. You appear at 44.5, 77.6 in Camp Narache.
2. Your first quest: talk to Grull Hawkwind (44.5, 77.5), next to where you appear.
3. Your Shaman trainer is Meela Dawnstrider at 44.6, 76.6, 45 yards north of where you appear (Classic data, may differ in Forever). Walk: 45 yards, 5 sec.
4. Your class quest: Grull Hawkwind also has Rune-Inscribed Note 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 Shaman at first

You call on the elements. You fight up close or cast lightning, you can heal, and later you place totems that help you. You use mana.

1. Start a fight with Lightning Bolt from a distance.
2. Then hit up close with Rockbiter Weapon on your weapon.
3. Heal yourself with Healing Wave when your health gets low.

Tip: From level 4, Earth Shock is a quick hit that also stops an enemy's spell.

Tip: Your first totem comes from a class quest. Do it when it's offered: totems help a lot.

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 Shaman 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 Shaman

• Endurance: More health for everyone, and your critical strikes and heals hit a bit harder.
• Plainsrunning: You speed up the longer you keep moving. Great for the long walks between quests.
• War Stomp: Stuns up to five enemies around you for a moment. Gives you time to heal, run or hit back.

Professions

For a Shaman, the best pair is Leatherworking and Skinning. Leatherworking makes leather armor you can wear, and Skinning takes leather from the beasts you kill anyway. As a Tauren, Cultivation also helps with Herbalism.

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 Shaman 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
• Shaman: Changes · Builds · Gear planner

Read next

• Camp Narache: your first 10 levels
• Tauren: a guide for new players
• Leveling a Shaman to 30
• Best professions for each class