Ravennus' Horde Guide Book 04, 24-26  

Late Barrens - Ashenvale: Level 24-26

In this book we have four very short chapters that still deliver a lot of experience. First, we finish up our quests in Stonetalon and The Barrens, completing several stories that we have been working on for a long time and saying goodbye to questing in the Barrens. Then we visit Ashenvale and Hillsbrad to soak up some xp and drive our characters to level 27.

Patch 2.3 This patch generally made leveling easier by reducing the amount of XP needed between levels, and by granting more experience for completed quests. When I ran through this book after patch 2.3, I found that the effect of the patch on leveling was noticeable but moderate. Generally, I had an easier time and didn't have to do as much passive grinding, but I didn't find that I was able to skip any quests.

Stonetalon Revisited 24

Sun Rock Retreat

Expedition 1
Returning from Hillsbrad with our new elixir the first thing to do is to fly to Thunder Bluff and visit Apothecary Zamah at the Pools of Vision underneath Spirit Rise. Zamah will accept your potion and then give you instructions to go to Stonetalon Mts with the Toxic Fogger in The Flying Machine Airport (23). We also still have a quest in our log from Seereth, Shredding Machines.

Fly into Sun Rock Retreat, and speak to Tammra Windfield, on the far side of the round house. She’s the one staring at a pile of dirt apparently willing something to grow. Tammra gives us Cycle of Rebirth (23). If you completed the quest in Boulderslide Ravine last time we were here, return to the guy on the bluff overlooking the Inn and get the final quest from him, an elite quest called Earthen Arise (20+).

Before leaving the Retreat, visit the Inn and set your hearthstone there temporarily.
End of first trip.