Guide/Death Knight Starting Quests

Welcome to the Death Knight Starting Experience Quest Guide!

Death Knights begin their journey in the service of Arthas, the Lich King, at Acherus, their flating base of operations high above the Eastern Plaguelands. Through a series of quests inside this instanced starting zone, new Death Knights realize the error of their ways and break away from the forces of the Scourge, choosing a new path forged among the Alliance or the Horde.

As the Death Knight completed the parts of their journey, the instanced Starting Zone itself moves through phases. Each is different, and depends on the progression of the Death Knight and their fellows through the zone's storyline.

This Guide should serve as a reference for those looking to complete this experience (it is required for every Death Knight character to complete it in order to enter the world of the larger game).

Each Quest listed below has its own page, complete with quest descriptions, guides, and screenshots of every step along the way.

Enjoy it, and enjoy this unique Starting Experience. Acherus awaits!

Death Knight Quest List

This is a full list of all quests that make up the Death Knight Starting Experience. They are in roughly the order in which you will most likely complete them. Click a quest for more information, individual guides, and screenshots!

See here for an alphabetical list of all Death Knight Starting Experience quests.

Phase 1: The Conquering of Havenshire

• In Service Of The Lich King
  • The Emblazoned Runeblade
    • Runeforging: Preparation For Battle
      • The Endless Hunger
• The Eye Of Acherus
  • Death Comes From On High
    • The Might Of The Scourge
      • Report To Scourge Commander Thalanor
        • The Scarlet Harvest
• The Power Of Blood, Frost And Unholy
• Death's Challenge
• If Chaos Drives, Let Suffering Hold The Reins
• Grand Theft Palomino
  • Into the Realm of Shadows
• Tonight We Dine In Havenshire
• Abandoned Mail
• Gothik the Harvester
  • The Gift That Keeps On Giving
    • An Attack Of Opportunity
      • Massacre At Light's Point
        • Victory At Death's Breach!

Phase 2: The Subversion of New Avalon

• The Will Of The Lich King
  • The Crypt of Remembrance
• The Plaguebringer's Request
  • Noth's Special Brew
    • More Skulls For Brew
• Lambs To The Slaughter
• Nowhere To Run And Nowhere To Hide
  • How To Win Friends And Influence Enemies
    • Behind Scarlet Lines
• The Path Of The Righteous Crusader
  • Brothers In Death
    • Bloody Breakout
      • A Cry For Vengeance!
        • A Special Surprise
          • A Sort Of Homecoming
• Ambush At The Overlook
  • A Meeting With Fate
    • The Scarlet Onslaught Emerges
      • Scarlet Armies Approach...

Phase 3: The Lich King's Betrayal

• The Scarlet Apocalypse
  • An End To All Things...
    • The Lich King's Command
      • The Light of Dawn
• Taking Back Acherus
  • The Battle for the Ebon Hold
    • Where Kings Walk (Alliance) or Warchief's Blessing (Horde)

Starting Quest Zone Tips

Here are some tips and tricks that will make your Death Knight Starting Experience as easy as spooking a Citizen of New Avalon:

1. As soon as you level, train. Immediately. You get a ton of fancy new abilities each level, and they can really make the quests go smoothly.
2. Death Knights start with no talent points, despite their level. You gain talent points via questing. Therefore, check your Talents after every single quest. You just might have new points to spend!
3. Citizens of Havenshire and New Avalon often like to beg for their lives just before you attack them. Ignore them. (Or laugh at them. That's pretty fun.) Then kill them anyway.
4. Read your quests. Seems like a simple thing, but many of the quests in this zone require very specific steps to complete them. If you skim, you might miss something! Not to mention the loads of awesome lore packed into the zone.
5. Do not fly your big awesome Vanquisher outside of Havenshire/New Avalon. It will get grumpy and kick you off. You will die.
6. The quests in the Death Knight Starting Experience will more than likely give you enough experience to get to level 58 before leaving. However, if you want to make absolutely sure, kill a few extra Crusaders here and there for the added experience boost.
7. You earn about 30 gold doing these quests. Because you don't need to spend any of it getting new gear, don't be shy with it. Buying food and Corpse Dust from the vendors can make questing much faster!
8. While there is no mailbox in Acherus, there is one down in Havenshire. The arrow on this map shows its approximate location. Your Death Knight starts with everything they will need for the first three levels, but if you absolutely must have those 22-slot bags, there most definitely is a way to get them to your new Death Knight.