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1. Print the guides. There is a “Printer Friendly Version” link at the bottom of every guide, you just have to click on it. However, that might be expansive (and probably expensive), because the guides are big, very big. Another downside is that my guides are updated very frequently, so if you print it you’ll miss the latest updates.
2. Playing WOW in Windowed Mode feels very comfortable while following along with this guide.
- Keep the guide opened in an internet window
- Log in to World of Warcraft, press Escape and go to Video Options, tick the following boxes:
Click on “Apply“.
Your screen will look exactly as if you were playing wow in full screen mode, besides you will be able to ALT-TAB to the guide INSTANTLY.
This is how I play wow while following my guide, when I don’t feel like booting up my 2nd computer 🙂
Thanks for the niceThanks for the nice words.
The quest you suggest is actually already in the guide, towards the later part 🙂
U rockI love your guide, great work, I recomend it to all my guildies.
I have a very VERY tiny suggestion though, and it is very specific…towards the beginning of the 41-50 guide, we are told to go to darkshire, then to the Swamp of Sorrows. There is a quest offered by one of the guys in Darkshire that takes you to Nethergarde Keep (It is called Supplies for Nethergarde) which we have to go to anyway at some point after SoS anyways, so why not pick it up? =) Just a tiny suggestion
Looking forward to your 20-30 guide=)
Tygroen, Level 70 Night Elf Druid, Sen’jin
Mephaal, Level 70 Draenei Shaman, Sen’jin
Fargoen, Level 42 Human Warlock, Sen’jin
Tyger, Level 42 Draenei Priest, Sen’jin
Hi, and thanks.Sometime around spring 2006 i discovered your guide. If i recall correctly, there was only a 30-41 part back then. I was unemployed and spent most of the day leveling, and raiding nighttime.
But i hated questing. It got me confused. The day i found your guide, I picked up my warrior that was level 31 and started following the guide. I dinged 38 the same day before i went to bed.
Ever since, I have been using your guide to level approximately 10 characters to level 40+, 1 to 70, 2 to 60 (back then). Every time with astonishing results, having people whisper me about how I level so fast. I recommended your guide. But I never thought about the fact that you had actually made this guide, it was just there. It hit me today as i started doing the quests in blasted lands on my druid.
Thank you man, this is what fan-gaming is all about. Can’t wait to see the revamp (my druid got half a level from turning in the uldaman quests on level 40!).
The patterned bronze bracersThe patterned bronze bracers are used at the very end of the 30-41 guide. Here is the quote:
[quote]Then go talk to his assistant Lucien Tosselwrench. Get quest [color=#cc9933][b][42] Stone is Better than Cloth[/b][/color] and complete it, as you should still have [b]the patterned bracers[/b].[/quote]
JameI’m a veteran player; I’ve been playing wow since the beta and leveling has always been a pain in the butt for me. I’ve been using your guide ever since level 33 and I got to level 60 in 4days played time. A lot of people have sent me tells asking how I leveled so fast thanks for the guide; you rock 8)
This guide is great!I decided to level a shaman alt as Enhancement spec, and tested your guide and worked out great. So, shamans, you can do this leveling guide no problem! Currently my shaman is level 62 and was level 60 by 5 days /played , even with a little extra instances and such that slowed me down.
Though I suggest an alternative to the 30-31 part. Grinding is just not my thing at all! 🙁 For those that do not want to grind can perhaps gather all the quests for Gnomeregan (I know the instance is hard to do, but it can be easy if the party averages level 30+) and do that for some experience.
Oh and I did happen to buy the Patterned Bronze Bracers and not sure if this has been said before but I never ended up using the bracers for anything.
Also while doing the guide I happened to jump 5 levels past where we were somehow. It was probably just the experience buff from 2.3. On the plus side, it made doing the lower level quests a breeze.
ProfessionsI was wondering if you considered it wise to take up professions while following your guides? Either gathering and tradeskill or 2 gathering/2tradeskills or neither. Thanks!
Hmm. Crappy internet + Low RAM = getting owned in every contested area in the game =p
you are awesomesearching for a guide one day i came across this guide for free… you did all this for nul profit (well apart from satisfaction of helping people). WooT for jame
i agreeI agree I am doing Boston’s guide with my draenei shaman and his guide is awesome I just figured it was worth asking. Thanks.
-Firebird93
Long story short:
2 yearsLong story short:
2 years ago I was leveling an alliance reroll, and when I hit STV, I was once again struggling to remember which was the most efficient order to those quests. And then Snowflake suggested I should write it down and make a guide out of it. And that’s how it started.
I decided to start at level 30, because before that it’s relatively simpler to figure out where to go, and the zones are less complicated. However with hindsight, I realized that the 20-30 levels deserved a guide, so that’s why I did one for horde.
In any case, we’ve got a very good 20-30 alliance guide now thanks to Boston, so it’s pointless for me to write one 🙂
You’re welcome!
About goingYou’re welcome!
About going to Outland at 58, this is a topic where I totally disagree, I’ll explain why:
1. First, I’ll remind everyone that when you do quests at level 70, you get extra cash instead of the EXP reward you should get.
2. The old world quests’ exp rewards have been increased, they give a lot more exp now. In Felwood you can already find a few quests which give more than 10K xp (that’s just as good as Hellfire and Zangarmarsh). Many previously “elite” quests are now normal, yet their rewards are still the same, which means you sometimes get good items for little effort. If they are about as good as Outland quests, why skip them?
3. If you skip, say, all the plaguelands quest, you won’t be able to go back there and do them once you hit level 70, they will be grey and it will be a waste of time to do them. This is not the case for the quests in the last three zones of Outland. When you hit level 70, if you still have Blade’s Edge Mountain untouched for example, you can go there and get an insane amount of cash.
4. If you go to Outland at 58 (and I’ve tried it), there will be quests you won’t be able to take. For example, a bunch of quests in Hellfire require level 61 before they are available. There’s no way you can get from level 58 to 61 with just the Hellfire quests which are available to level 58-60 players, unless you always play with rested bonus, but even so, it might not be enough. This will result in you skipping some quests, or having to go back to HFP once you hit 61 in Zangarmarsh, and that’s far from efficient. If you do it my way, you’ll complete every quests in very efficient circuits, with little running around.
5. If you go to Outland at 58, you’ll most likely have to use a large amount of quests in Netherstorm and Shadowmoon Valley to reach 70. When you know that some quests in those zones gives more than 15000XP, imagine how much more gold you’d be getting if you did them at level 70, instead of level 69?
6. I’ve tried it, leveled a mage to 70 on a new server, did it my way, and had 6200gold once I had finished all SMV and Netherstorm quests. And that was BEFORE patch 2.3, before the old world quests got a boost. So you can only imagine how good this could be now, and I’m definitely going to try it out as soon as I get some time 🙂
Last but not least, I understand why people want to go to Outland at 58, the gear upgrades you get in the first few quests are great. So if you really feel that you need those upgrades as soon as possible, here is what you should do:
– At level 58, go to Outland, do the first bunch of quests in Hellfire, get those nice upgrades, then go back to where you left my guide in Azeroth, finish the Plaguelands circuits, etc, and then go back to Outland. That way you get it all 😛
21-30 guideJame how come you didn’t make a 21-30 guide for the alliance? I feel as if you are giving the horde special privleages for being the bad guys instead of the good guys. Just kidding. But why not write a guide for 21-30? Thanks, By the way your guide is awsome!!!!
-Firebird93
WowJames this is coming from a heavy hardcore every night raider. I just want to thank you so much. the only time i had to level my alt was during the weekend and i followed this guide every inch to outlands. One suggestion is to go to outlands at 58, theres really just no reason to stay in azoroth. Even if you want money you can just do every quest in hellfire, zangarmarsh, terrokar, nagrand, and some in blades edge and you can get 70 without touching smv or netherstorm.
Well, thanks a lot for theWell, thanks a lot everyone for the nice comments, and for proving that my guide is free, yet better 😉
Brian KoppsRight after I told my friend about this guide, He told me he had downloaded Brian Kopps guide. All it is: Coords. That’s all that’s in it. It’ll say, go to (36,48) get quest. step 2: go to (64,73) kill mobs. step 3: go to (36,48) hand in quest. It’s horrid. This one is amazing =D
Hmm. Crappy internet + Low RAM = getting owned in every contested area in the game =p
that kopps’ guide isn’t as good.hey jame,
Once again great guides, I had a friend use the guide and he practically said this about Kopps guide: it’s more a one-class guide, it works for all classes but it wastes time telling hunters what to train etc (does this with all classes).
And it keeps going on like that, yours is better, simpler and alot faster than Kopps’ guide and yea his guide costs money ( and anyway I wouldn’t trust a guide you had to download (if you pay/download) 99.9% of them are keylogged)
Your GuideThough I’m sure you’ve heard this before, I’d just like to let you know how much i appreciate you, and everyone else who contributes to wow-pro for making these free guides. I have nothing but the utmost respect for you, for spending a large amount of time creating this guide and tweaking it to make it perfect. I, as I’m sure others have before me, was accused of powerleveling my character due to the rapid speed at which i was leveling. So, long story short, I hope that karma is real, and in turn you win the lottery or something for doing this 😀
It’s trueAfter using Jame’s guide, and then taking a look at Brian Kopp’s.. it doesn’t even compare. Jame’s is exponentially better. Brian Kopp’s guide is made for hunters, and in some cases, even gives you instructions on what hunter specific spells to use, never for any other class.
His guide has very little detail and it’s easy to get confused or so something wrong. Jame’s is always easy to read and I’ve never made a mistake using his guide as he always explains what to do, on the other hand Brian Kopp just says “Get X quest. Go to x,y and do quest X.”
Well, I’ve been told by manyWell, I’ve been told by many people (and by many I mean more than 50 at least) who have tried both my guide and his guide that mine worked alot better for them.
People tend to say “This guide is better” without even having tried mine. They just assume the other guide is better simply because they had to pay for it. I guess I would say that too if I had paid for a guide, because hey, I’d be pissed if I had paid for something I could have gotten for free (and maybe of higher quality ^^)
My guide is free and probably better from what I’ve heard. I can assure you it’s highly efficient, there isn’t much you can improve in it. If I were you, I’d pick the free guide 😛
Glad to hear the guideGlad to hear the guide worked out well for you and your friend!
Just a questionHello everyone,
Dont get me wrong, Jame’s guide is great, i already got a level 70 with it, but i was wondering, i heard a lot of people saying that Brian Kopps Alliance leveling guide is better. Can anyone tell me what the difference is? I really dont know
Thanks, Murdercats
Well, I’ve leveled 6 levelsWell, I’ve leveled 6 levels in the 4 days I’ve played. I’m very happy with this guide, and shared it with someone who thought he was done with the game, and instead now he and I have our mounts at 40 and 42 =] Thanks so far. Now I’m ready to go for 60 to get my epic.
-Hmm. Crappy internet + Low RAM = getting owned in every contested area in the game =p
I do plan to make a post 70I do plan to make a post 70 quest guide, not sure when, but it’s on the to do list 🙂
About other guides, well I don’t know, maybe I’ll do some class guides later on, but that’s a distant project.
Kiting: it’s the act of killing a mob without letting it touch you, through the use of movement impairing skills, such as frostbolt, frostshock, entangling root, etc. and ranged attacks.
Post 70 GuideHey Jame,
thanks for the great guide! Keep it up 🙂 . I have just hit lvl 70 after completing your lvl 65-70 Alliance Lvling Guide, but I am unsure on how i should approach doing the remaining quests. I think a guide to cover all the remaining quests in Outland would be very useful to folowers of your guides because it will get them the money for their 280% flight mount in a much more fun and time effiecient way.
Also i was wondering if you would do a guide on the talent bulids you would use. I was also wondering about the techniques you use to kill a mob depending on your class and talent build because when you were reffering to ‘Kiting’ i was lost, and wondered whether i wasnt killing the mobs using the best moves possible.
Shoban
Hellfire
Warrior
Not sure if you mean this byNot sure if you mean this by macros, but here is how I play:
I bind almost everything to a hotkey. Using WASD keys to move and strafe, and right-click mouselook to aim.
I use the most accesible hotkeys for the most important and urgent spells, and harder to reach hotkeys for spells I use less frequently.
Once you know all your keys by heart, you gain a tremendous amount of time compared to people who click. And you also can always keep your eyes on the action, instead of having to look at your bars to aim with your pointer. On top of that, you can cast spells easily while moving and strafing around an opponent, etc etc.
Here we goWell, I found this guide posted in the WoW forums. I have a few characters prime level for this guide, mostly due to starting new toons over and over again. My friend wants me to be his arena partner…. sooo I kind of want my first 70 for a few reasons now. =p Thanks for taking the time and effort. Here goes nothin’.
Hmm. Crappy internet + Low RAM = getting owned in every contested area in the game =p
In the endless thanks for uIn the endless thanks for you jame, here is another one, but written only to encourage you. I’ve been watching wow-pro evolve since the beginning of 07 and I am proud of the continuous evolution i’ve seen ;). You and the rest of wow-pro have had the greatest impact on my wow. I’v leveled a warrior and a hunter, and with the new patch have noticed many odd thing that prior didn’t exist(warr started on 12 march 07)ex:mob changes elite->normal, quests made aprox all soloable,etc. I was just wandering if there exists a jame for macros maybe? why? Because although I’ve done mine by reading and learning from every where, I still feel I’m missing somthing that could further improve my knowledge, so I must pray to you one more time for a bit of wisdom, a hint on where I should be looking. Truly for ever thanking you 🙂
While I agree with theWhile I agree with the content of your post, it seems like you posted it totally at the wrong place 😛
I thinkI guess I should clarify exactly what I meant when I said it wouldn’t be much fun in WOW if everyone had the same gear. Anyone who has played guild wars PVP can tell you that what set that game apart from world of warcraft is all the different skill combinations that were available. If you chose to be warrior with mage killing abilities-lots of interupts- then your ability to kill another warrior wasn’t as good as the warrior with armor penetrating skills. With world of warcraft, each build while different based on talents, is still just about the same until you add gear into the equation. I agree with sane mike that it would take an immense amount of strategy to be able to beat a team of 10 other players that were nearly identical to your team, but I think it would come down to who can mash the buttons faster because a rogue would be fighting another rogue the same way. Where is the fun in that? Part of what makes guild wars PVP so great is that with 100’s of skill combinations your chances of fighting the same class build twice is slim to none and that for me adds an element of surprise; thus keeps the game fresh.
Yes, they will be linked toYes, they will be linked to Boston’s guide (20-30), especially after we revamp them 🙂
Hi, im new xDhi, your guides are AMAZING and i love you
soon my 28 NightElf druid will be level 30, so im wondering if the 20 – 30 guide is gonna be connected to the 30+ guide? because if it will be connected then i’ll have some seriuos catching up on
thanks for any replys, and you are amazing and i love your dedication 🙂
– Amber
Well, doing the quest inWell, doing the quest in levels 30-35 will give you little experience so in my opinion just skip those quest. Follow Jame’s guide for the quests you can do and make up the experience by grinding and instance runs. Once you get to a new location, you should be able to follow Jame’s guide again.
I think at your level, you should focus on leveling up fast and go battle grounds to build up your honor points. Once you reach 70, you could use your honor points and battle ground token to buy epic weapon. Check wowarmory for the arena season 1 reward.
Hope that helps.
Great GuideFirst of all, I want to thank James for the great leveling guide. Excellent, excellent work. We (warrior and priest) followed the guides since lvl 30.
I do want to make a suggestion: right about lvl 68, you could mention in the guide that going to instances (Auchindoun) will fill about 1/4 of the xp bar each run. So about 8-10 runs will for sure get to lvl 70.
This way you not only saving all the quests later for gold (you will need a lot of gold for flying mounts, etc) but also having a chance to upgrade your gears.
Of course, if you like to solo questing, by all means follow the guide (I did mention how great the guide was above).
What I’m suggesting is just an option. Each instance in Auchindoun has only 2-3 bosses and takes about 2-3 hours to finish and it fills about 5 bubbles of xp (20 bubbles total on the xp bar).
My gf and I both ding 70 in instances. Spend all our gold on the flying mount. Then we went back to the guide for the quests at Blade’s Edge Mountains. In about 5 hours following the guide we each made about 600 gold.
So now in additional to following Jame’s guide, we also doing daily quests.
It’s in the editing process,It’s in the editing process, so it should be out within a few days, hopefully. 🙂
Always happy to hear that IAlways happy to hear that I cure people from Alt-itis!
Thank you, glad to hear!Thank you, glad to hear!
I’ll think about itI’ll think about it 🙂
Need helpI started the guide at lvl 36 and did all of the Desplace quests. I finished in the Badlands and am now level 41. However, next on the list is STV. I have not done any of the quests in STV that was listed for levels 30-35. What should i do?
AmazingAll of these guides are amazing. I had a serious case of alt-itis – 4 characters in the high 20s/30s but no 70. I kept getting stuck in my level progression, and then I would get bored, and then I would make a new character. In any case I found this guide and it was GREAT. I was able to finally level up quickly and as a result reached 70 for the first time two days ago.
THANK YOU JAME!
20-30 Leveling GuideDo you know when it might be released……..I’m just curious because I have three characters all in the twenty’s and am just wondering when it will be available
Thanks,
Mike
Well Done!I just had to register just to say how impressed I am with your guide.
It must have taken a long time to organize.
I had hit a wall at 40 and had taken a long break from the game. When I returned, I had no idea what was going on as far as my quest went. I found your guide and now after just a few weeks of casual playing, I am just about to hit 60!
Bravo Sir!
mint guidehey man sweet guide, love your work. just wondering if you could put some tips up about starting guildes and orginizing raids. But top job mate 😀
lvl 10-20 guideYou should try to make a lvl 10-20 guide so i can start a new toon and try all of the other chapters cuz i heard of this when i was already lvl 54. You are awesome!
Chapter II’m having some trouble accessing Chapter I, it is giving me some sort of DNS error asking me to log in with what I assume is your host. Kind of a let down right now
But other than that, this is an amazing guide so far. playing a non-twink char I have gotten 30-34 in about 7 game hours and made everything very organized and straightforward. I am looking forward to using this guide to make my way to 70 for the first time and when I do I’ll be sure to check back and leave another comment letting you know how well this guide worked for me then as well
Just tried it, no problemJust tried it, no problem for me. No idea what could cause this for you 🙁
20-30 GuideSeriously?
Oh my god thank you so much.
Unable to Access the Chapter VI’ll click on the link to the 65-70 chapter, and it will just take me to my ISP’s search engine. Any Ideas?
It’s already in the makingIt’s already in the making 🙂
p.s. Please try to use “you” instead of “u”
Lvl 20-30 guide for alliance plsYour guides are perfect 🙂 , but could u please make a lvl 20-30 guide to Alliances too? Its pain to lvl 20-30 without guide, u never know where to go! 😕
AWSOME!!Awsome guide James I used about twice (horde and alliance) and was able to get to charecters to 70 1 alliance and 1 horde in about three months cause I had school, and alot of exams and not that much time to play.
One thing I recomend for anyone who didnt have enough money to buy thier mount / train spells is to download the auctioneer addon (google it) it has helped me sooo much! I was able to get both mounts at 40 and at 60 thanks to this addon.
Thanks alot James for the guide =D