When you first get started with World of Warcraft, you will quickly learn that non player characters (NPCs) with large yellow question marks over their heads have quests for you to complete. These tasks will ask you to do a variety of different things and in return, you will get experience points and rewards that allow you to level faster. It seems fairly simple, but it is important to remember that just like there are many ways to level in WoW, there are also many different types of quest as well!

The most common type of quest by far is going to be the quests that ask you to kill something. You may finish this quest by simply killing the requisite number of things in question, or it might be related to things that these mobs drop. You may also be asked to kill a specific named mob, which is usually a little tougher. This type of quest meshes quite well with grinding.