Dig the graves before searching Black Mountain

I am playing a new character and got a little bit bored after talking with Bates. I went near the Gorgoth pass. After a little bit running, I entered the pass, shot down all the beasts with my pure ore cannon, and went through the pass.

When I went into Caladon, I move my cusor onto Victor Misk's grave and got the quest "Finding Victor Misk" completed. I digged his grave at night, then I travelled to Rosebough and digged his father's grave.

Now I got the book and know where the dark elves are. So I don't need to search the Black Mountain Clan, Isle of Despair, and Wheel Clan ?

 

Woo ! I should have found Pete to skip that boring Dark Elf trip.

But actually my first intention was to find a dwarven smith without going to wheel clan, so anyway I need to go to Caladon. And the medicial machine spider is so easy to get and useful.

 

Your pot? Man! Have you water that poor little plant? It looks like dried firewood used in a camp fire.

 

skipped all the way to thanatos by taking stingy pete :

I tried this method with a new character, but stuck after complete the stone and the treasure quests. How can I go to the Deep?

Once again I used the Hardin's Pass, which is easy even for my low level character (with the dog, of course). But when I finally went to the bottom of the deep, after all those fire-based creatures, I found it quite impossible to kill the palaldins with my lv16 halfing, even with the dog.

Going through Gorgoth Pass only require speed, then I could jump to Dark Elves main plot by using a shovel. But it is so difficult to complete the Deep quest...... :/