The Warcraft Hunter

How do you get to Level 80 fast in Warcraft?

This is the question that most beginning players want to know. For that matter, most intermediate players don’t know very much about this either. That’s not surprising, given that there is so much in this game to know. So I have come up with a list of things that every player who is leveling a character should try to do:

1. Get bags. If you only have one bag, then you will quickly fill up and find yourself running back to town in order to sell things to the vendor or turning quests, rather than staying out and finishing more quests the same area. Besides, the money that is spent on bags is easily made up with the extra vendor trash or other items that you will pick up while farming, grinding, or questing.

2. Get plenty of rest. And by rest, I mean that when you logout you should do so in a major city or an inn. When you do this, your rest bonus doubles. When your character is rested, it earns twice the XP that it normally would when killing mobs. Every time you kill something it eats away at this rest bonus, so the more rest bonus you have the faster you will gain XP.

3. Use good add-ons. There are many add-ons that help with questing, either directly or indirectly. Some will simply show you your current coordinates, and others will pinpoint exactly where you need to go in order to finish certain quests. I will be making more posts about add-ons in the future.

4. Use potions and scrolls. Potions and scrolls that increase your stats temporarily can help speed up the process of killing mobs, as well as preventing you from dying. Dying unnecessarily is one of the biggest wastes of time when leveling, so it makes a lot of sense to prevent this. If you have gathering professions, they will more than pay for the potions and scrolls.

5. Use a guide. There are many good guides available to help you choose which quests to do in which order. This saves a massive amount of time in leveling, for so many reasons. First, they help you save time by chaining quests together. This means you are picking up quests at the same place as you are dropping off others, and picking up items and quests in the same place that you were killing mobs for others. This increase in efficiency can easily triple the speed at which you level. Check the list of guides available on the right side of this page. My current favorite is Joana’s Horde Guide, but there are many others that work well. They are usually constantly updated so they stay accurate.

6. Don’t get hung up on finishing every single quest. In many areas there are group quests at the end of chains that are pretty much impossible to solo. While hunters have a much easier time soloing group quests, not all of them are possible to do by yourself. Remember that you can always come back and finish these later, especially if you see people advertising for others to help them with this quest. This is a lot more efficient than spending a bunch of time looking for people to join you. You may as well spend that time doing other quests instead of hanging around waiting for someone.

7. Make sure to repair and restock whenever you get the chance. When you are near a vendor check to see what they sell and whether you need it. This can be food or ammo or healing potions or anything that you need while questing. The last thing you want to do is spend a bunch of time getting to a remote area to finish a quest only to find that you need to go back for something that you could have gotten while you were in town.

8. Get a bank alt. This is a character that does nothing but hang around an Auction House and bank. You can mail items to and from this bank alt to your main character. This is another massive savings in time, because you don’t need to spend time flying back and forth to major cities. Later on, you can switch roles between your main character and bank alt should you want to.

As you can see, all of these tips are intended to help you prevent yourself from wasting time. Wasted time is the enemy of fast leveling. More than anything else, time is the most valuable resource in the World of Warcraft.

Erik Basics, Leveling Basics, Hunter, Leveling, Warcraft