Death knight, starting hints and advice.

Welcome to the Death Knight Starting Guide!

Death Knights begin their game in the service of Arthas, the Lich King, at Acherus, their floating base of operations high above the Eastern Plaguelands.

Through a series of quests, new Death Knights realize the error of their ways and break away from the forces of the Scourge, choosing a new path among the Alliance or the Horde.

The Death Knight starting zone is a instanced Starting Zone, that itself moves through phases.
-meaning that your cut off from the real game untill you finish a majority of the starting quests
- this isn't nessisarily a bad thing, but it also means that you cannot speed your way through these starting quests by partying up with other non-death knight class players...

Each phase is different, not only do the enemys of the death knight change but the enviroment as well, and it depends on the progression of the Death Knight and their fellows through the zone's storyline.
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this guide is not to walk you through the quests for the starting area, but to give you advice and tell you some things i wish i had done before i left.
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This is a 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.

* indicates a chain quest sequence

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)
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Heres a few ideas and hints that will make your stay in the eastern plaguelands all the more enjoyable.

1. As soon as you level, train. You get a ton of fancy new abilities each level, and they really make the quests go smoothly.
-as if they didnt go smoothly...
2. Death Knights start with no talent points, even though they are level 55 to start with. You gain talent points via questing. Therefore, check your Talents after every single quest. You just might have new points to spend!
3. Read your quests. Seems simple, 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 interesting lore packed into the zone.
-gotta give kudos to blizzard, epic lore packed into every bite.
4. Don't fly your awesome Vanquisher outside of Havenshire/New Avalon. It will get grumpy. YOU WILL DIE.
-Its still fun to fall from that high... so its up to you , but ya you will die.
5. The quests in the Death Knight Starting Experience will give you enough experience to get to level 58 before leaving. However, if you want to make sure, kill a few extra Crusaders here and there for the added experience boost.

and to me at least the two most important things... go hand in hand i guess

6. As reward for the quest "Noth's Special Brew" you recieve five of 'Noth's Special Brew'.
This quest opens up a repeatable version. "More Skulls For Brew" in which you receive no exp bonus for completion but you receive more 'Noth's Special Brew'. these 'potions' restore life as well as runic power, they are quite an asset, i personally wish that i could make more at this point

7. While there is no mailbox in Acherus, there is one down in Havenshire. The arrow on this map shows location. Your Death Knight starts with everything they will need for the first three levels, but if you absolutely must have bigger bags, there most definitely is a way to get them to your new Death Knight.
use the images to the left and right to assist you in locateing this mailbox.
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During the creation of this... tip guide ( i think) , i went back and played through the sequence of becomeing a death knight for not only screenshots, but for accuracy. if you see any errors, or if theres anything you think should be also suggested email me at fakewaterwalker@yahoo.com