How Powerleveling Works
There are many different ways to gain experience. From straight solo grinding to group quests and dungeon runs, you can choose your way to level up to 70. The advice I’m about to give you should be taken with care, since if you follow it strictly, it will ruin a lot of what World of Warcraft is about. Powerleveling to level 70 leaves no room for exploring, social gameplay, messing around in PvP etc. It is very boring, but you’ll be done with it after a few days.
If you have friends who you like to quest with, if somebody you know invites you to the battlegrounds or if you find a great group for a dungeon, then go ahead and join them, especially if this is your first character in WoW. That is what the game is all about: adventure, exploring and teamwork. Be aware, however that this is not how you get to level 70 the quickest.
There are a few group quests that give decent experience, and some dungeon drops can help you along the way, but the experience you gather this way can’t measure up to the experience you get by solo questing and powergrinding.
Although it might be monotonous, you can reach level 70 in 5 to 8 playtime days by solo grinding and completing only those quests that can easily be done while you grind away. Consider these hints, but don’t let them ruin your game fun:
●When you’re not hacking away at mobs, you should be thinking: Why am I not hacking away at mobs right now? There are few valid excuses: Resting up for the next fight, traveling to drop / pick up a batch of quests, traveling to get new skills and traveling to change the area for the next few levels.
●You should only do group quests if you have a ready group waiting for you who you know won’t fool around but get the task done. Sadly, that’s never the case.

●Do not get one quest and start looking around for the monster. Get all the quests for one area, grind away and complete the quests for that area, but

don’t waste your time looking for quest mobs in game. Instead check Thottbot [http://www.thottbot.com] where to look and if it’s not too far out of the way go get it. Remember, every second you’re not hacking away at a monster is wasted time. When you leave an area, abandon all the quests for that area.
●When all the solo quests you feel like doing for one area are done, move to the next area. Refer to the chart below for the areas available at your level. More often than not you will be done with your “selective” questing before you reach the optimal level for the next area. In that case, just grind your favorite mob until you reach that level.
●Running level-appropriate instances (with a group of players who know what they're doing) is the quickest XP gains in the game. Use the “Looking For Group” feature to select instances in your level. Grind until you get a group together. If you get a good group, repeat an instance, or do another one with the same group.
●Feel free to skip areas, especially if you’d have to change continents. If you find a really good mob to grind, keep it up until you outlevel them.
●Exploring new areas gives experience, but not nearly enough to excuse your absence from hacking away at mobs. If Azshara stays blank on your map, so be it.
●The mobs you choose for grinding are crucial for your advancement. As a druid, you are fit to fight any type of monster, but in my experience the fastest kills are caster type humanoids when you’re in cat form. The mob should have your level or slightly below (1 or 2 levels) for optimal experience over time. However, don’t be too picky! Let’s say you’re level 35 and the mobs in one specific area are ranged 32 to 36. Just kill them all, never mind their level.
●Humanoids make great grinding targets, because they often have a lot of casters and they are found in densely populated areas. Also, their level range isn’t as great as that of beasts in some areas. If you can spare a little time, sell their cloth drops in the auction house for a decent amount of extra gold.

●Visit the city every two levels in order to learn new skills and pick up new items you can wear or will be able to wear after the next level up. If you run out of supplies (food, drink,

bandages, potions) you shouldn’t have to visit your bank, but have another character mail them to you. Make sure you do that well before you actually run out, to allow for delivery time.
●This should go without saying, but be sure you’re in an inn when you log out of the game for a nice little bonus when you log back in.
●On PvP servers, avoid open-field PvP by all means, as this is a great hold-up for powerlevelers. Stick to those areas that are dominated by your faction, although that will prove difficult on higher levels. This might be different on other servers, but from my experience groups that have a lower level than you are most likely to attack you. Don’t be too proud to prowl / travel form and grind somewhere else when they come too near. Single players of the other faction are less likely to attack you, but if they do, change the location (after killing them, if you want). Escalating the conflict is a waste of time. Most often, however, you can peacefully grind near a single member of the other faction. Friendly emoticons go a long way.
●Make use of the Armory (www.wowarmory.com) in your leveling in Outland. Blizzard put some great Druid-specific gear in the game for level 61 and above. Use the armory to find gear upgrades and do the quests and run the instances to get that gear. Better gear will make your leveling go quicker and easier.