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With anew level cap of 80, and more to do in the endgame than ever before with the addition of Delves, players have a lot of incentive to level up fast inWorld of Warcraftnowadays. Though the leveling journey is really best taken slowly so you can learn your class and explore the world, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to jump into endgame content as fast as possible.
Nowadays,WoWhas a lot of ways for players to level up and gain XP, and it’s faster than ever to get leveled – andeven start getting geared for endgamealong the way. Though the age-old strategy of spamming Dungeon Finder all the way to 80 is perfectly valid, there’s plenty you may do while waiting for the queue to pop to maximize your XP gains and quickly level up inWoW.
Don’t Just Spam Dungeons To Get To Max Level Faster
Finish Starter Zone Quests Then Choose A Timewalking Campaign
After creating your character, you will either be sent to your starting zone for your race, or Exile’s Reach (also known as Tutorial Island). If you are new toWoW, it’s not a bad idea to head to this beginner-friendly zone to get to know how the game works – it even has an introduction to the Group Finder system, which will come up later.
After reaching Level 10 in your chosen starting zone, you will be hailed to your capital to either begin theDragonflightleveling experienceor choose a Timewalking campaign. New players should go through theDragonflightleveling zones as it presents the most modern version ofWoW, and grants the most ways to gain XP. If you would prefer to level up in an older expansion’s content, though, talk to Chromie and select a timeline before continuing.
Continue Questing And Queueing For Dungeons
Once you have either chosen to continue to the Dragon Isles or have selected a Timewalking campaign, all you really have to do is pick up quests and queue for dungeons. The fastest way to level inWoWis to spam Dungeons, but unless you are a Tank or Healer, or are Timewalking in a low-population expansion (likeShadowlandsorCataclysm), it can take a long time for Group Finder to pop.
While waiting for your Dungeon group to form up, pick up Quests and continue through your chosen expansion from the beginning. The game will scale enemies to your level, and automatically raise Quest levels to your level, too. So even if you pick up a quest, do a bunch of dungeons back to back, and level up several times, that same quest will still be worth doing for XP.
Kill Rares And Complete Special Objectives Along The Way
Though dungeons are the fastest leveling method inWoW, questing while waiting for your group to form can help fill in XP gaps. While adventuring out in your chosen expansion, keep an eye out on your map for World Quests (in post-Legioncontent), Special Activities, and Rare Elites.
Killing Rare Elites grants a chunk of XP and they are worth stopping for to kill if you have the means. At lower levels, you will have a hard time killing Rare Elites because you will lack most of your class toolkit, but at around level 30 or so mostclasses are able to solo these encounters.
World Quests will grant a certain reward (including Gear) as well as a sizable amount of XP, oftentimes more than a normal quest would give. In certain areas, too, Special Activities will pop up, usually asking you to kill a certain amount of enemies to fill up a bar. When this bar fills, you will get about double the amount of normal quest XP, so these activities are very, very worth sticking around to finish. A lot of the time, Special Activities line up directly with quest objectives.
Though most players began theThe War Withinexpansion at Level 70 (being the max level inDragonflight), you can actually start the new expansion’s introductory questline andbeginTWWat Level 68.
This is highly recommended because quests grant more XP, you are able to take part in world events and start working on weekly quests, and you will be able tostart leveling current-expansion professions.
Once you get to Khaz Algar and are on the main storyline, follow the same fast leveling methods as before – pick up quests to complete while queueing for dungeons, and stop to complete World Quests, kill Rares, and complete Special Activities along the way.
Chances are, if you are able to get into Normal Dungeons reliably, you’ll hit theTWWmax-level before finishing the main story.
A Note On Earthen: Exploration XP Leveling IsReallyFast
Leveling abrand-new Earthen character inTWWis significantly easier than leveling other races inWoWbecause of their Wide-Eyed Wonder racial passive that boosts all exploration XP gains by 200%. This is effectively 3x the normal amount of exploration XP, and with the Skyriding system that allows for ridiculously fast travel in old-world zones, it takes about four to five hours to get an Earthen to Level 70.
First, fly through all of the Eastern Kingddoms and Kalimdor, as these areas have the most explorable areas for XP. Then, continue through expansions until you reach Level 70.
After completing an area, stop by your capital city and swap Timewalking campaigns to correspond with the expansion you are headed to next, as this helps to boost your XP gains even more.
It’s not the most exciting way to level, but it’s significantly faster than queuing for dungeons and questing, and it’s something only Earthen characters can do effectively. Be sure to fly lower than you think and over smaller settlements – these smaller locations may not reveal areas of the map, but they will grant exploration XP.
