Recommended Zone Order Progression
Written up by MiltonSlavemasta, post is at http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3457973&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=252#post424875935
1. Trollmire 1->3
2. Norgos' Lair
3. Derth (Talk to the Shady Man in the North)
4. Heart of the Gloom
- Dwarves do The Deep Bellow now
5. Ruins of Kor'Pul
6. Trollmire 4
7. Scintillating Caves
8. Rhaloren Camp
9. Golem Graveyard
10. The Maze (If Alt Maze, Do 1-3 and come back later)
11. Old Forest (If Alt Old Forest, come back after Sandworm or Daikara)
12. Sandworm Tunnels
13. Daikara
14. Hidden Compound
15. Halfling Research Complex
- You can wander around up north to meet the Merchant
16. Lake Nur (Reached through Old Forest)
17. Tempest Peak
18. Ruined Dungeon
19. You can try Spellblaze if you want, I save it until after Dreadfell
20. Dreadfell (You can save vaults for later, I usually open them all)
- At level 24, you can hear screams and enter into Dark Crypt
21. Spellblaze if you didn't do it yet
22. Reknor
23. Finish the place where you teleport, go to the town to get the Spider quest from a lady in the mid-north
24. Ardhungol
25. Temple of Creation (Wander around near the coast to find this)
26. Backdoor to Vor Pride Armory (NOT Vor Pride)
27. Go back to town to get the location of Briagh's Lair, then finish it.
28. Go back east and fight backup guardians in Trollmire, Kor'Pul, Reknor, Scintillating Caves, Maze, Dreadfell, Daikara, Sandworm Lair, and Old Forest. Dwarves get an extra one in Deep Bellow.
29. Elven Ruins.
30. Tannen's Quest (Ask around Last Hope to unlock this)
- Can do Valley of the Moon if you get the quest
31. Gorbat Pride
32. Grushnak Pride
33. Eruan
34. Vor Pride
35. Rak'Shor Pride
36. Slime Tunnels
37. High Peak
WIN
38. Return to Golem Graveyard.
39. Kill All Wizards.