Threads of Fate - Alt Leveling in Shadowlands via Adventure Mode

By Neryssa Last Updated: 2022/02/23 Changelog Patch: 10.2.6

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Why Should I Use Threads of Fate?How to Activate Threads of FateFatescribe Roh-TahlThe Threads of Fate

IMPORTANT: If you choose to level via Threads of Fate, all Shadowlands storyline quests will automatically be completed for that character. Because of this, Threads of Fate is a PERMANENT choice - Once you choose to level via Threads of Fate, you will not be able to level via the Shadowlands storyline on that character anymore.

Activating Threads of Fate Midway Through LevelingFatescribe Roh-TahlThreads of Fate IntroductionChoosing a CovenantRe-IntroductionsChoosing Your Purpose

Please be mindful that, although you are now part of a Covenant, you will not be able to start your Covenant Campaign until you reach level 60.

Aiding the ShadowlandsAiding the Shadowlands

Bastion: Bolstering Bastion

Maldraxxus: Rallying Maldraxxus

Ardenweald: Support the Court

Revendreth: Reinforcing Revendreth

Killing rare mobs grants 3% completion per mob.

Completing side quests grants 1% completion if it's a breadcrumb, 3% if a normal quest, and 5% if a group quest.

Completing a world quest grants 4% completion.

Completing a bonus objective grants 7% completion.

Killing dungeon bosses grants 3% completion per boss, and completing dungeon quests grants 10% completion per quest.

Comments

Comment by carsonmay

ok I hit it. I need to manually type FATE to select this option. I hope I will not regret it.

Comment by 3ternalchaos

Hit 60 and came to turn on Threads of Fate but he doesn't give the option to skip the rest of the story

Comment by mild96

I'm really quite confused. I hit 60 on my main char, had the option to start Threads on my alt when arriving to Oribos, I leveled normally, hit 60, now the fatescribe isn't giving me any options to skip the rest.

Comment by Wlayem

Ok so i chose threads of fate and i immediatly got this new campaign quest where i need to fill the bar in each zone does any1 know if this is mandatory?
because i really want to level by just spamming dungs however i dont want to be "filling up the bar" once im 60 that would be really annoying.

since it gives us the option to "free-level" hopefully that isnt the case but has any1 tried this?

Comment by corvidia

So I selected Threads of Fate, chose my covenant, talked to Tal Inara to start the Support The Court quest, handed it in... and then nothing? No quest with completion bar, no world quest unlocks, nothing. Tried to select the other quests and the same thing happened, and now I have literally no objectives available. Is this a bug or am I missing something?

EDIT: Aha, I figured it out. I had to go back and hit level 50 before anything showed up. Seems awfully silly that you can start Slands at 48 but can't access the meat of Threads of Fate until 50.

Comment by skydude092

It says you can change zones but flying to a new zone doesn't give bonus objectives or a quest for me, do I have to talk to somebody or is this article just wrong?

Comment by Ziboo

DEFINITELY consider BEFORE choosing Threads of Fate.

Yes, it states it is permanent, but doesn't really clearly explain (imho), that you are FOREVER locked out of the campaign story content (and don't get the Covenant Mount I've been told - not verified though).

My understanding, which was in error, was we could CHOSE to do the campaigns we wanted or bypass them and just do dungeons/world quests. NOT to bad you'll never get to see all that story content on your alt. It's a good choice for people that like to grind or run dungeons, etc., versus quest.

Not very thrilled having selected that on my first alt. I've put in a ticket requesting to have that character reset to pre-Shadowlands as I'll redo the Maw, but not happy that all that story, including your induction into your Covenant is gone FOREVER.

I hope Blizzard will reconsider this unforgiving decision. You can start the Campaign and switch to Threads of Fate, but not reverse? Seems an odd decision, imho.

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UPDATE 11/27/20 - IF you put a ticket in regarding this the wait time is 10 DAYS. YES DAYS.

Comment by Lisanette

WARNING:

You need to switch to Threads of Fate at level 59.9 if you don't want to finish the Campaign, when you hit 60. If you hit 60, you can NO LONGER choose Threads of Fate on your alt.

Comment by GSovereign

I am wondering if I am locked out of getting the achievements for completing the story line for each zone if I decide to skip them. I know I have it on the first character but since it's not an account thing it would say not completed on my alt. Can anyone confirm if you can still get the achievements?

Comment by SerkTX

Does anyone know if you can get a mage port to Oribos and select Threads of Fate to bypass the Maw introductory scenario?

Edit - No, it does not. I leveled an alt to 55, never did the intro scenario, got a mage to port me to Oribos, and I did NOT get the quest, even if I manually go to the NPC. Dangit, was really hoping I could skip the intro quest on my alts using this, but I guess not.

Another edit - However, one thing I noticed - it appears the Maw intro quests do NOT scale, so waiting to do it until level 55 on my severely under-geared alts still has some advantages in making it far easier to do.

Comment by kruggs

Threads of Fate can be triggered from Fatescribe Roh-Tahl in Oribos. The NPC is located on the platform just behind where you'd find the inn-keeper. I'll note that Threads of Fate does not become available to your alts upon immediately hitting 60 and choosing your covenant (on your first character). You need to go a little bit further until the point where you visit your covenant home-base, and pick up your introduction to Callings (dailies). After this, you'll receive a quest on your alts as soon as you enter Oribos: The Call of Fate, giving you the option to activate this alternative leveling method.

In general, I think questing will ultimately provide the faster leveling experience. Depending how fast you reach 59, Threads of Fate can be used to reach the point of choosing a covenant, without having to complete all four zones -- notably allowing you to skip Revendreth (and possibly Ardenweald story-lines).

Comment by Ziboo

** EDIT ** From what I've read online, the Covenant Campaign is started like normal at lvl 60 which should include the induction ceremony. Mounts are given at different Renown levels with each faction.

Does anyone know FOR SURE, .....

Comment by tomchee

By my experience, you better lvl up till 55-56 with story and then switch to Threads of fate. Not the fastest way to get lvl 60 but the fastest way to get lvl 60 AND skip the 2nd half of the story, that you should finish if you dinged lvl 60 on story mode

Comment by Cotillian

Anyone know how or when you can start the Maw introduction questline and is there anyway to hand in Anima pre 60?

Comment by Sarthorius

For anyone using AAP (Azeroth Auto Pilot) addon to level thru the campaign, it currently sends you on some 'optional' quests, mostly in Ardenweald, that get you almost to 59 when you get the quest to go Revendreth, and I think they (DesMephisto or any of the addon maintainers) should 'cut' some of them.

Most of my friends that use it, including me, are hitting 60 way before ending Revendreth campaign. On my 2nd character I hit 60 without even finishing the 3rd chapter there.

Comment by Ellemir

I wish this said what you do once you've finished leveling with Threads of Fate. I just hit 60, came back to my Covenant Sanctum, and there's no quest !, nada.

Comment by kirirumoji

Probably this should be mentioned in the guide.
If you have leveled a fresh alt to lvl 50 you will have a simple problem if you start "Threads of fate" mode right away when you enter Oribos for the first time.
To farm normal dungeons you will need ilvl above 80 (it's a requirement by Blizzard) but your alt will probably have ilvl around 50.

So you will have 2 choices:
1. Buy gear on AH. You might buy a few items here for a cheap price, but usually they cost a lot (1000+g on my server) since craft professions allow to craft only a few items for 50 lvl (for example, only bracers and boots from leather armor). The rest of items are world drop BoEs.
2. Farm gear doing bonus objectives.
To farm gear you will have to complete Bonus objectives. They autoadjust themselves to provide the required gear. For example, at first they might show that they offer money as reward, but a few minutes later they change their rewards to gear for your level and stay like that.
In order to unlock Bonus objectives on all islands you need to get respective aid quests (marked as campaign quests) from faction capitals.
The problem here is that bonus objectives usually take a long time to complete as a single mob kill adds only 1 or 2% to their progress bar + you will be undergeared at first.

Therefore my advice is to gear up via normal campaign quests first, and then switch to Threads of fate and spam dungeons or do other stuff if you like. With the higher ilvl gear it will be much easier.

Comment by Lucilite

Currently I'm only doing 2 toons in Shadowlands, my main & a gatherer. All alts are waiting it out until Threads of Fate is unlocked. My main hit lvl 60 yesterday upon just starting in Revendreth. I've quested a little ways into the zone, don't yet have the first Covenant class ability learnt, haven't yet gotten an option to choose a long-term covenant (I assume I have to quest further in the campaign before that option becomes unlocked).
What I need to know is, at what point will Threads of Fate be unlocked for my alts? Should it be unlocked now that I'm 60? Will it be unlocked at the same time that my main gets to choose a long-term Covenant? Or does it happen when I finish the Revendreth campaign questline all the way through?

Comment by Kalmas

Be aware if your alt turns into your main you may have to go back to original storyline toon to unlock flying....
For exploration I need Kyrian sanctum but I can not get there.

Comment by HenrikSMy

A minor question I started an alt using thread of fate. Picking Ardenweald covenant played through Ardenweald,Bastion and Revendreth quests offered to me. Hit 60 after completing Revendreth, and never got introduced to Maldraxxus.

If I want to do the quest of Maldraxxus(Campaign not sidequest) where do I start them? Cannot find Baroness Draka ethier as I cannot access seat of Prime.
Where is Baroness Draka's location when using thread of fate? I know where one first meet her using normal campaign but I guess she has a different location now?

Thanks in advance.

Comment by Woolbuddy

Started alt on Threads of Fate and chose a Covenant. However, is there any reason to turn in my anima? I might change my mind about which Covenant by the time I hit 60 and the anima in the reservoir would be wasted. If I have the bank space, would it be best to just save it until I can start my Covenant upgrades?

Comment by Zomara

Can we kill the world bosses using ToF leveling to start collecting gear?

Comment by SirVaksghn

So I finished the Threads of Fate chapters and visited all of the zones. Now at level 58 and 1/5th the way to lvl 59. Lot more boring rather than following the main questline and now I gotta grind WQ for the rest.

Comment by Babzoar

does anyone know about reputation regarding this? you get a lot of rep through the main storyline, do you get as much from the threads of fate or do you have to grind world quests for longer?

Comment by xaratherus

Would it be possible to add to the guide that on your level 60 character, you must progress into your Covenant storyline until you can take your first dailies? It appears that this will always be the quest called A Calling in <Zone>.

Comment by JLtheMad

Choosing Threads of Fate will unlock all item appearances that would've been unlocked by the quests in the storyline, after re-logging on that character.

Comment by garhyde

Okay.. you actually have to complete "A Call to Service" on your main for Threads of Fate to work.

Comment by GadsdenOW

Anyone know if once you hit 60 you can enter the Maw if you choose to bypass replaying scenario? Only wondering because it states "you will have access to all Shadowlands zones except the Maw"

Comment by Tibriel

Does anybody know if we can still do legendary crafting and access the Runecarver if you do Threads of fate? Thanks in advance!

Comment by Dezzuzu

does this unlock callings and the 2k gold reward for alts?

Comment by Chiren08

So when I chose a covenant on my main, I immediately received the lowest tier mount and a back cosmetic for free. On my alt doing threads of fate, even after hitting 60, this never happened. Do you just give up those free items if you do threads of fate?

Comment by JDLKY

The general wisdom is that bonus objectives are not worth it. But that predisposes that you are doing them as your primary objective, when in fact quite often you will end up doing some of the bonus while working on some other quest. Then before you know it you've got over half of it done. Since you will end up doing the same quests a LOT and since a number of them border on the bonus objectives its not a bad idea to peck away at them, doing some of the easier parts as you level.

Completion bars on bonus objectives do not reset so that you need not be in a hurry to finish.

Comment by meche454

Has anyone changed covenants before completing threads of fate? Does it reset or does progress carry?

Comment by Sonsdrunken

All my characters alts I'm leveling them with threads of fate.

It depends on the class that is leveling up what I do. For example if I am a healer or tank I play dungeons.
For dps, I mix dungeons with side quests and objective zones.
It happened to me to have a character level 53, and go up to level 60 only with bastion.
In the auction I buy armor to be able to do more dps, endure more as a tank or heal more as a healer.
I buy armor at level 50, at level 54-56 and at level 60. In my realm each item goes between 50 to 100 gold.
The armor that I buy I try to have versatility to be able to endure more. Because that gives me more damage and a little more endurance both in dungeons and in the open world.
Sometimes I also sign up for battlegrounds. By gaining honor I can buy equipment at level 60. The equipment I buy is the one that is very expensive at auction so I get it with honor.
Another thing I do is save all the equipment that is falling and does not serve me for my class. I keep it for my other alts.
This week my idea is to go up 3 alts playing a few hours a day. And in a while have between 15 to 20 characters to level 60.

Greetings.

Comment by hildahealth

OK - so I am confused. If you decide to run the Threads of Fate at 50 and choose a covenant do you pick any starting zone and run side quests etc. until you fill the aid quest requirement, then turn in and start another zone? In other words, does it make a difference as far as gear etc, when you turn in the zone aid quest?

Comment by Dudeiscrazy

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Notes to self:
*The Threads of Fate system allows alts to level through Shadowlands content by completing world quests and other assorted bonus objectives, experiencing the expansion in a non-linear way.
*It is currently unknown if Threads of Fate is a faster way to level from 50 to 60.
*To activate the Threads of Fate system, you must first complete the Shadowlands Introduction Questline in The Maw. Once you successfully escape The Maw and arrive in Oribos, Fatescribe Roh-Tahl will stop time and approach you, offering the quest The Threads of Fate. At this point, you must choose whether you want to level by following the Shadowlands storyline or by using the Threads of Fate system.
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IMPORTANT: If you choose to level via Threads of Fate, all Shadowlands storyline quests will automatically be completed for that character. Because of this, Threads of Fate is a PERMANENT choice - Once you choose to level via Threads of Fate, you will not be able to level via the Shadowlands storyline on that character anymore.

Comment by Wowzir

What to do with anima objects you collect on character/alts BEFORE they reach Level 60

Note that you can store Anima you happen to gain (from quest rewards, etc.) in the Anima Reservoir in your Covenant Sanctum even before you reach level 60. Right-click on the NPC at the Anima Reservoir and then click on the "Deposit" button and the anima will be stored in the reservoir. I am looking forward to spending some of the anima without having to go out questing in order to do my first upgrade to the transport system.

OFC, the alt I did this on was using the Threads of Fate alternate levelling method where you choose your covenant in Oribos during the early stages of the process.

;)

Comment by Vaze

I just completed Threads of Fate, all four areas, and I'm only 57.

The game has no idea what to do with me, there's no followup quest.

Comment by Kurtosis

When I start Threads of Fate, I like to gather all the dungeon quests first, so I can be in LFG while questing. Here's how:

Oribos: pick up the two weekly dungeon quests from the Brokers, Ta'lan the Antiquary and Finder Ta'sul. They are in the Brokers' Den under the Oribos innkeeper. The stairway down to them is in back of the room off to the innkeeper's left (your right if you're facing the innkeeper from inside the Ring of Fates. There are 8 dungeons but only 4 available while leveling, so you may not be able to do either or both of these dungeon quests till you hit 60.
Bastion: Necrotic Wake: A Paragon's Plight. No breadcrumb quests for this one, just go to Bastion and grab the quest.
Ardenweald: Mists of Tirna Scithe: A Warning Silence. No breadcrumb quests for this one, just go to Ardenweald and grab the quest.
Maldraxxus: Plaguefall: Knee-Deep In It. Must do a short quest series that starts with A Plague on Your House.
Revendreth: Halls of Attonement: Your Absolution. Must do a 12-quest series that starts with Abuse of Power. Unlocks Sinstone acquisition and The Avowed faction.
Do all those dungeon quests and turn them in. That will get you to level 54-56, depending on whether you have XP boosts or not (Darkmoon Top Hat, etc)
Level the rest of the way to 60 by completing Bolstering Bastion, Support the Court, Rallying Maldraxxus, and Reinforcing Revendreth. Dungeons, Side Quests, Bonus Objectives, World Quests, and killing rares all contribute. Each of these awards one level of Renown, so they're useful to do to advance your Covenant.

Comment by Impirion

I always use most optimal way of leveling my alts for each expansion. Once I was using missions, other time farming specific mobs, some with dungeons, others using pvp, mining/herb/skinning, killing rares, opening chests, invasions etc. My first rule is I wait for rested xp and I play until it finishes, log off the alt log in the next one and do the same. Once max level I get catch up systems to gear up and then is start doing storyline quests for rep and gold. XP from those quests is given as extra gold (at least that was the case in the past patches/expansions).

Now with Fate of threats there are good opportunities to use unconventional playstyles to level up. From videos, posts and comments there is a confusion on what happens with the storyline quests some say skipped others say completed automatically. This means there are 2 scenarios depending on which is the correct.

If quests are skipped:

Do I get those quests on my character marked as completed? There are scripts to check quests and if you completed them?
Can I do the quests if I use party sync with a friend who is doing story line?
Do I lose any breadcrumb quests that lead to dungeon quests or side quests?

If quests are completed automatically:

Can we redo quests with party sync?
Do we get transmog from quest rewards?
Are there any pets/toys/unique items that I will miss to earn?

For me choosing Threads of Fate has too many unknowns and is not worth it risking it on character that is after completing all quests/collecting collectibles.

Comment by mimifirst

I didn't see this mentioned yet, but you can have all four threads-of-fate campaigns active at the same time. I am currently leveling 8 alts in parallel. I opened the first campaign with Tal-Anara in Oribios, go to the quest giver in the target zone to turn it in, and then pick up all the flight / taxi points in that zone. Fly back to Oribos and get the next campaign, and repeat and repeat.

The reason for doing this is with 8 alts with different classes / specs, it can be confusing to remember which toon I am on, and which keys are doing what function. But that is not an issue with quests that use a vehicle were you get a special action-bar (for example "We will make an aspirant of you yet"). All of the toons will get the same action bar and they all do the same activity. With all four zones / campaigns open, it increases the number of such quests that can be completed on a given day. So all of the alts are leveling in parallel. And even if you are not leveling in the same fashion, it still gives you the chance to do any quests that you like in any of the four zones and get credit for them,

Comment by StarlinX

Does anyone know if the zone relief quests are repeatable? If I finishing Bolstering Bastion at 55, can I pick it up again?

Comment by brionl

So you don't get the command table & stuff until level 60?

Comment by Rhonlynn

I did Aiding Bastion in 1 hour. I did Maldraxxus in a couple of hours. But Revendenth is taking me hours, if not days to accomplish. Side quests are only 1%. WQs are about 5%. I didn’t find this in Bastion and Maldraxxus. I have 2 characters doing Threads. It’s almost easier to do the series, Bastion, Ardenwald, Maldraxxus and then pick Threads or complete Revendenth.

Comment by knight85

is there a point in the shadowlands revendreth questline where you cant access the threads of fate story?

i'm just curious for when i start into shadowlands properly somewhere down the line i'm thinking of just doing the main storyline for each zone (minus the side quests) and then just before the end of revendreth, go into threads of fate for some extra renown to start me off and do the extra questlines then.

Comment by MrNussbaum

Is there a way to unlock "all" world quests for a zone? In Ardenweald e.g. i got only two active world quests on my threads of fate charakter, but a lot more on my main...
Maybe i have do all side quests at first?

Comment by JDLKY

This guide is out of date. You now need to do some Torghast and win a Battleground.

Comment by Clawmarks

I've run several alts through Threads of Fate now and nearly always find myself locked up with nothing to do for two levels, having completed covenants and waiting for WQs to reset.

I would like to run my latest alt through the storyline again, but I've promptly run into the level 52 plateau with a whole level between me and the next part of the quest chain, with all side quests completed. I feel like I have no choice but to abandon the storyline quests and pick up Threads of Fate instead.

How is anyone else getting past these issues?

Comment by ravenhunt

What a waste of my time - I hate battlegrounds as my responses are too slow - why oh why do you have to stick battlegrounds in to complete this

Comment by Frostybolts

Just did the "Halls of Atonement: Your Absolution" dungeon quest, and got 7% completion from it toward "Reinforcing Revendreth", NOT 10%

Comment by Maaslander

am new to wow and am lost a bit, its my first alt and when the question pops up, i read you cant enter the maw, what does this mean i cant enter at all or does it mean untill am lvl 60?

also my ilvl50 coz i lvled my self through legion to learn more about the game but i have a hard time killing anything. is there an way to get atleast some better gear besides the AH?

Comment by akashicbunny1

Does anyone know if the Inscription reputation boosters help complete these faster?

Comment by spankyhunter

May as well delete this article as the pricks at blizzard removed threads of fate as a option for the next 2 weeks.
well, guess its time to stop leveling alts.
FFS why remove this option?

Comment by zots

From Blizz:

Dragonflight pre-patch

The Threads of Fate option for leveling in Shadowlands will no longer be available as an option for characters who wish to level in Shadowlands using Chromie Time's "The Realms of Death" 10-60.

Any characters who have already chosen Threads of Fate prior to November 15th's prepatch release will be able to finish in Threads of Fate. However, characters who did not choose this option prior to Phase 2 will not have the option to select it. They will be restricted only to the zone-by-zone Covenant campaign for Shadowlands when entering Shadowlands for leveling through "The Realms of Death".

If you have already chosen Threads of Fate, do not choose Chromie Time's Shadowlands - Realms of Death. Stay in the present timeline. If you do switch to Realms of Death while Threads of Fate is active, you will retain most of the features of Threads of Fate, but you will lose access to World Quests until Level 60!

Comment by catpokemon

Threads of Fate doesn't seem to show up as an option if you've unlocked it on a *different* account, even under the same Battlenet

Comment by Faradriel

For your ALTS in Dragonflight (March 2023), before you get to 60, use Chromie time to reach 60 (I prefer Legion, it's quick), then go to Oribos and see him for the ToF.
if you get to 61 in Shadowlands you won't be able to use ToF anymore.
I actually when to Oribos (did first quests) and Bastion (did a few quests) at level 57, then got out, did Chromie time Legion, reached 60, went back to Oribos and he was available with ToF.
A friend level a bit in Shadowlands and wasn't able to chose ToF anymore.

Comment by morituri

Most of these posts became obsolete with Dragonflight. The parameters for Thread of Fate are different now. And IMO, not worth to pursue as now you get the option at lvl 60, which is when you'll want to go into Dragon Isles.

Comment by Alfa

There's still a way to get this on your characters that otherwise couldn't. Whether that's because they entered Oibos through the portal or chose to Replay the Storyline and forgot to switch before the pre-patch happened, etc.

You'll need a friend to create an allied race toon (so they can get the quest Shadowlands: A Chilling Summons|Shadowlands: A Chilling Summons ).
What you need to do is go to the location in Oribos, shown in the map above and wait there.
Once the two things above are completed, have your friend choose Shadowlands for chromie time. This allows them to obtain the quest mentioned above
Then they go to the NPC to skip the Maw intro, which puts them right in Oribos - the same location you are at.
Invite them to your party and enable Party sync. This will stun you in place, just like before, and Fatescribe will approve you providing you with this quest.

Now you're free to skip Shadowland's storyline and continue on like before!

Comment by Lycorisan

First, your character needs to be at least level 60.
If the quest Shadowlands: a Chilling Summons does not pop up for your character, go to Darion Mograine and he will have the quest.
Accept the quest, then choose "I have heard this tale before." and SKIP the Maw.
When you teleport to Oribos, your screen should fade (like when you're dead) and you'll have to way for the Fatescribe Roh-Tahl to wobble his way over to you.
He will have the quest The Threads of Fate.
Accept the quest, tell him you are already to choose your fate, and select The Threads of Fate.
You will have to type in FATE to accept, complete the quest and now you can choose your Covenant!

Threads of Fate - Alt Leveling in Shadowlands via Adventure Mode

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