Druid forms: the Cat Form quest, the snake look and every barber style

Each druid race gets a separate version of the chain, but they all run through the same spots. Night elves start in Darnassus, tauren in Thunder Bluff. Skyborne druids use their faction's first and last quest (High Order from Darnassus, Windshapers from Thunder Bluff) and meet a different spirit, the Avatar of Saeyleenan.

Night Elf (and High Order Skyborne)

Tauren (and Windshaper Skyborne)

The Skyborne middle steps

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   Step 1: Take the quest from your trainer

   Ding 20 and visit your trainer: Mathrengyl Bearwalker (Cenarion Enclave, Darnassus) or Turak Runetotem (Elder Rise, Thunder Bluff). Either one gives you The Great Cat Spirit. Cast Teleport: Moonglade right away.

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   Step 2: Talk to Dendrite Starblaze, then find the spirit

   Dendrite Starblaze stands in Nighthaven. From him, head south and up the hill overlooking the bridge, where the Great Cat Spirit sits. Skyborne druids go to the Avatar of Saeyleenan instead, just south of the twin bridges.

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   Step 3: Bless yourself at the door of the Stormrage Barrow Dens

   You find the door on the east side of the lake, a pagoda lantern to its left. Before entering, click the cat statue outside: its blessing gives you five minutes of stealth, and any fight breaks it.

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   Step 4: Take the three relics

   Spirits patrol the dens and jump anyone they notice. Should one catch you despite the blessing, go Bear Form and kill it. The relics are close together; look for the Relic of the Silent Shadow beside a white cat statue.

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   Step 5: Hand in, then go home

   Give the relics to the spirit, report back to Dendrite Starblaze, then take the last quest home to your trainer. He teaches you all four abilities on the spot.

Ability	What it does
Cat Form	Cat Form: attack power, Polymorph immunity, and it frees you from snares when you shift.
Prowl	Prowl: stealth at 40% less speed, 10 second cooldown.
Claw	Claw: your combo point builder for now.
Rip	Rip: the bleed finisher. Much stronger than in Classic at rank 1.

Next up: Shred at 22, Rake at 24 and Travel Form at 30. Talents for your cat are in the Feral guide, the Druid leveling guide and the talent calculator.

Want a snake instead of a cat? Farm Wailing Caverns for the five-piece Embrace of the Viper set and equip all of it. Nothing on the items mentions it. Only Cat Form changes: Bear Form stays a bear. The snake slithers when you prowl, swims like a snake, and still meows.

Every piece is leather and drops from a different source. Four are bound when picked up, so each druid farms their own; the gloves are bound when equipped and turn up on the auction house. Rogues want the set too: settle loot before the first pull.

Darnassus and Thunder Bluff got barbershops on October 1, each one is staffed, and city guards can direct you there. If you liked the Classic bear and cat, those looks are still on the list.

Relic loot fixedChanged

October 1: group members no longer miss relics in The Great Cat Spirit and The Great Windborne Cat Spirit.

Relic queue fixedChanged

September 28: a click on a relic now starts a cast, so the long queues at the dens are gone.

Tiger's FuryRemoved

October 1: replaced by the Shifting Power talent.

BarbershopsNew

October 1: barbers in Darnassus and Thunder Bluff.