Druid
Leveling
Night Elf · first talent level 5 (legacy talented 5/5) · every level simulated
Alliance
Horde
First talent
9/30/12Talents at 60 (Balance / Feral / Resto)
None Respec needed
152h 60mTime to 60, grinding from level 1
25 min Saved by the best respec: not worth the gold
Fight as
Caster 5–9Bear 10–19Cat 20–55Cat, Bite only 56–59Cat 60
Build at 60
Balance 9
5/5 
2/2 
2/2 
Feral Combat 30
5/5 
4/5 
2/2 
1/3 
2/2 
2/2 
3/3 
1/1 
2/2 
1/1 
2/2 
5/5 
Restoration 12
5/5 
5/5 
2/5 
Level by level
One talent point per level. "To reach" marks a point spent only to unlock a deeper talent. Damage, kill time and rest are for a mob of your level in leveling gear.
| Level | Take this point | Fight as | Damage/sec | Kill time | Rest after | Points B/F/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Ferocity 1/5 (to reach Savage Fury) | Caster | 10.9 | 9.3s | 3.7s | 0/1/0 |
| 6 | Ferocity 2/5 (to reach Savage Fury) | Caster | 13.3 | 9.0s | 5.8s | 0/2/0 |
| 7 | Ferocity 3/5 (to reach Savage Fury) | Caster | 13.8 | 9.9s | 6.1s | 0/3/0 |
| 8 | Ferocity 4/5 (to reach Savage Fury) | Caster | 15.4 | 10.1s | 6.2s | 0/4/0 |
| 9 | Ferocity 5/5 (to reach Savage Fury) | Caster | 15.6 | 11.5s | 7.0s | 0/5/0 |
| 10 | Furor 1/5 (to reach Savage Fury) | Bear | 13.3 | 15.6s | 2.0s | 0/6/0 |
| 11 | Furor 2/5 (to reach Savage Fury) | Bear | 15.0 | 15.9s | 2.2s | 0/7/0 |
| 12 | Furor 3/5 (to reach Savage Fury) | Bear | 15.5 | 17.6s | 2.7s | 0/8/0 |
| 13 | Furor 4/5 (to reach Savage Fury) | Bear | 16.0 | 19.2s | 3.1s | 0/9/0 |
| 14 | Feral Swiftness 1/2 (to reach Savage Fury) | Bear | 18.5 | 18.7s | 3.5s | 0/10/0 |
| 15 | Savage Fury 1/2 | Bear | 19.7 | 19.5s | 2.3s | 0/11/0 |
| 16 | Savage Fury 2/2 | Bear | 20.4 | 20.9s | 2.7s | 0/12/0 |
| 17 | Sharpened Claws 1/2 | Bear | 21.6 | 21.9s | 3.0s | 0/13/0 |
| 18 | Sharpened Claws 2/2 | Bear | 25.4 | 20.5s | 3.0s | 0/14/0 |
| 19 | Feral Instinct 1/3 (to reach Predatory Strikes) | Bear | 26.6 | 21.5s | 3.3s | 0/15/0 |
| 20 | Predatory Strikes 1/3 | Cat | 52.4 | 12.0s | 3.0s | 0/16/0 |
| 21 | Predatory Strikes 2/3 | Cat | 55.0 | 12.3s | 3.3s | 0/17/0 |
| 22 | Predatory Strikes 3/3 | Cat | 57.9 | 12.6s | 3.5s | 0/18/0 |
| 23 | Blood Frenzy 1/2 (to reach Leader of the Pack) | Cat | 59.7 | 13.2s | 3.9s | 0/19/0 |
| 24 | Genesis 1/5 (to reach Nature's Majesty) | Cat | 69.4 | 12.2s | 3.8s | 1/19/0 |
| 25 | Genesis 2/5 (to reach Nature's Majesty) | Cat | 70.8 | 12.8s | 2.9s | 2/19/0 |
| 26 | Blood Frenzy 2/2 | Cat | 71.7 | 13.6s | 3.3s | 2/20/0 |
| 27 | Leader of the Pack 1/1 | Cat | 79.8 | 13.0s | 3.3s | 2/21/0 |
| 28 | Genesis 3/5 (to reach Nature's Majesty) | Cat | 86.1 | 12.9s | 3.4s | 3/21/0 |
| 29 | Genesis 4/5 (to reach Nature's Majesty) | Cat | 87.3 | 13.5s | 3.7s | 4/21/0 |
| 30 | Genesis 5/5 (to reach Nature's Majesty) | Cat | 93.8 | 13.2s | 3.8s | 5/21/0 |
| 31 | Nature's Majesty 1/2 | Cat | 95.6 | 13.7s | 4.0s | 6/21/0 |
| 32 | Nature's Majesty 2/2 | Cat | 107.4 | 12.8s | 3.9s | 7/21/0 |
| 33 | Nature's Reach 1/2 | Cat | 109.1 | 13.2s | 4.2s | 8/21/0 |
| 34 | Nature's Reach 2/2 | Cat | 114.0 | 13.3s | 4.4s | 9/21/0 |
| 35 | Natural Instinct 1/2 | Cat | 114.6 | 13.8s | 3.5s | 9/22/0 |
| 36 | Natural Instinct 2/2 | Cat | 117.4 | 14.1s | 3.7s | 9/23/0 |
| 37 | Heart of the Wild 1/5 (to reach Naturalist) | Cat | 126.3 | 13.8s | 3.8s | 9/23/1 |
| 38 | Heart of the Wild 2/5 (to reach Naturalist) | Cat | 140.5 | 12.9s | 3.6s | 9/23/2 |
| 39 | Heart of the Wild 3/5 (to reach Naturalist) | Cat | 141.6 | 13.4s | 3.9s | 9/23/3 |
| 40 | Heart of the Wild 4/5 (to reach Naturalist) | Cat | 145.9 | 13.6s | 4.0s | 9/23/4 |
| 41 | Heart of the Wild 5/5 (to reach Naturalist) | Cat | 146.4 | 14.1s | 4.3s | 9/23/5 |
| 42 | Naturalist 1/5 | Cat | 146.9 | 14.6s | 4.6s | 9/23/6 |
| 43 | Naturalist 2/5 | Cat | 148.3 | 15.0s | 4.9s | 9/23/7 |
| 44 | Naturalist 3/5 | Cat | 158.2 | 14.7s | 4.7s | 9/23/8 |
| 45 | Naturalist 4/5 | Cat | 156.2 | 15.4s | 3.5s | 9/23/9 |
| 46 | Naturalist 5/5 | Cat | 166.4 | 15.0s | 3.5s | 9/23/10 |
| 47 | Feral Swiftness 2/2 (to reach Rend and Tear) | Cat | 168.6 | 15.3s | 3.7s | 9/24/10 |
| 48 | Predatory Discipline 1/1 (to reach Rend and Tear) | Cat | 180.1 | 14.9s | 3.6s | 9/25/10 |
| 49 | Rend and Tear 1/5 | Cat | 193.1 | 14.4s | 3.6s | 9/26/10 |
| 50 | Rend and Tear 2/5 | Cat | 198.9 | 14.6s | 3.6s | 9/27/10 |
| 51 | Rend and Tear 3/5 | Cat | 202.5 | 15.0s | 3.8s | 9/28/10 |
| 52 | Rend and Tear 4/5 | Cat | 212.9 | 14.9s | 3.9s | 9/29/10 |
| 53 | Rend and Tear 5/5 | Cat | 214.8 | 15.4s | 4.1s | 9/30/10 |
| 54 | Gift of Nature 1/5 | Cat | 222.0 | 15.6s | 4.2s | 9/30/11 |
| 55 | Gift of Nature 2/5 | Cat | 221.1 | 16.3s | 4.4s | 9/30/12 |
| 56 | — | Cat, Bite only | 245.3 | 15.3s | 4.1s | 9/30/12 |
| 57 | — | Cat, Bite only | 246.2 | 15.9s | 4.4s | 9/30/12 |
| 58 | — | Cat, Bite only | 253.4 | 16.2s | 4.6s | 9/30/12 |
| 59 | — | Cat, Bite only | 252.1 | 16.8s | 4.8s | 9/30/12 |
| 60 | — | Cat | 258.5 | 16.9s | 4.6s | 9/30/12 |
Other plans
The same goal with respecs on the way. A respec costs gold and a trip to a trainer, so it is only recommended when it saves at least 10 min and 1.5% of the trip.
| Plan | Time to 60 | vs this plan |
|---|---|---|
| No respec, heading for Feral Combat 9/30/12 (this plan) | 152h 32m | — |
| Respec at level 16, ending as Feral Combat 9/30/12 | 152h 17m | -15 min |
| Respec at level 16 and 43, ending as Feral Combat 9/30/12 | 152h 07m | -25 min |
If things differ
The plan re-simulated with other gear, mobs and downtime.
| If you… | Plan | Time to 60 |
|---|---|---|
| wear white gear | Same | 234h 30m |
| wear blue gear | Same | 144h 18m |
| fight only beasts | Same | 151h 06m |
| rest and walk half as much | Same | 109h 30m |
| rest and walk twice as much | Same | 235h 48m |
Time to 60 counts grinding mobs of your level (kill, rest, walk to the next), in quest-reward green gear with your own Mark of the Wild. Quests and travel between zones are left out, so use it to compare plans, not as a /played estimate. Generated 2026-10-31.