The World of Warcraft (WoW) is a huge virtual world, so big that most of the other Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) games can’t touch it.  This is a great thing for you, the player, in that   you won’t see all of it if you take just one character all the way to the level cap (which will be 85 with the Cataclysm expansion.) So yeah, it’s big, with lots of quests, dungeons, things to see, do, and kill, and more.

If you want to level up as quickly as possible, perhaps to join your friends at higher level or get to the end-game content sooner, you might find the number of quests and objectives to be daunting. By following a few rules, though, you can greatly speed up your leveling, regardless of class or faction. The fastest way to get leveled, of course, is with a professionally created product, like the Zygor Guide, but that’s only for the people who really need to get to max level ASAP.

There are a few time wasters that you need to be aware of. PvP is great fun (for many of us,) but it doesn’t help you get leveled. Shopping is also fun, especially if you have a full wallet, but it doesn’t get you to 80 any faster. Hanging around town, swapping lies with your pals, spreading malicious rumors about the other faction, won’t get you to 80 or 85 any sooner. Not that you shouldn’t kill them at every opportunity or inform your associates about just how slimey the other side really is, just be aware of the time cost.

Next, WoW has a couple of things that multiply your experience gained. The first is “rest XP.” End your game session an Inn and when you come back to the game you will get the bonus XP. The longer you stay in the Inn then the longer the XP lasts. The other is Blizzard’s Recruit-a-Friend program.   What this does is link your account to your “friend’s” and then the two of you team up, kill together, and get three times the normal experience points.

Besides the faster XP from Recruit a Friend, teaming will speed your leveling because, even though the basic XP gain is smaller, you will have less downtime in addition to killing things a lot faster. This gives you a big advantage over going solo. Of course, to make this teaming thing work, you do have to have a compatible partner.

Skip the crafting professions, for now, since they’ll slow you down. If you have adequate gold then skip the gathering professions. Really, you want to control anything that slows you down. Selling your loot is one such example. Make a level 1 character to be your “banker.” This character will live at the Auction House (AH.) When your bags are full of loot you just stop by the nearest mailbox instead of making the trip to the big city. Log into the banker when you’re done and post your stuff on the AH. Make sure you always have the biggest bags that you can get your greedy little paws into. If you’re making it a point to loot things then the big bags will allow you to collect a lot more loot before having to return to the mailbox.

Be aware of what skills are coming up next (you can go to Thottbot.com for a list) and skip that trip to town to train if there’s nothing interesting coming up. Don’t buy new gear all the time. Every few levels is OK. Of course, certain classes can go alot longer without upgrades than others, Hunters, for one, but even the gear dependent (Warriors) don’t need to upgrade all the time.

Do quests instead of just grinding and group your quests. When you hit a new area grab all the quests you want and then group them by area. Any quests that are in the same area will be done at the same time. If you’re going to hit a dungeon try to get as many dungeon quests as you can. If you want to go into the big city then save all your city quests for that time. The worst way to go is to do one quest that takes you all over the place, then hand it in and do another which hits the same areas.

Just by organizing your time and following a few easy steps you will greatly improve your leveling speed. You won’t go as quickly as you would with a professional leveling guide, but even without one you’ll still have fun and be faster than most people. And isn’t that the point?

 

 

 

 

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