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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.
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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 ๐
GrindingAh,okay thanks for reply! Also, I will be leveling a rogue,and some people told me that grinding would be fastest to lvl a rogue. Is this true? Because to be honest i don’t mind grinding I just want to lvl it as fast as possible, without having to go and buy lvling guides, so would like some advice and possibly replies form people who have grinded to 60 or possibly 70 (im not planning to grind 60-70)Thanks in Advance.. PS. Very good guide jame! =)
It generally takes me aboutIt generally takes me about 8 days /played from 1-70 when following my guides, without any rested xp bonus.
Level 1-70Hello, I just wanted to know from someone who has used Jame’s guid to lvl to 70.I would just like to know wile using his guide, how long it took to get to lvl 70 in real life and in-game,thanks !
the emerald dreamhopefully when they release the emerald dream, the druids there will be so annoyed at Hemet for getting people to kill hundreds of animals that we get to kill him ๐
Very happy to hear that notVery happy to hear that not only my leveling guide has helped you, but also other guides written by other wow-pro members ๐
Hehe sorry, I’m not evenHehe sorry, I’m not even there with my leveling guides yet, so I’m not sure yet about Hemet Nesingwary ๐
30-70 About 2 weeks agoJust wanted to say thanks for this great guide. I followed it 30-70. I never once found myself falling behind i always was ahead of the guide =] Its awesome i envy your time for writing this. I was a first time alliance player following this guide made it easy to reach 70! I dinged with 11 days played time!! I wish I s/s >< haha. Im a mage by the way, 2 pieces away from full merc and got offhand / dagger yesterday ๐ Also followed tip on farming gold for the epic flyer, on my way to doing so! Hope i get around 4k gold
:)Well your guides still the best I can find after trying a lot of them with my friend. Just got through last chapter with my third char and then realised: Why did I level this? And noted it was just because I wanted a hunter, because hunters don’t get killed by every class it meets. So now i’m dying to get my hands on your Northrend guides. Just one question (don’t have to anwser this if you dont want by any reason) Do I get to Kill Hemet Nesingvary? So incredibly sick of his go kill 30 of these and 30 of those and then come back here. }:)
Guess the fastest leveling will be a month or two when the stream of players start to thin out. ๐ But noway i’m waiting want to be serverfirst to 80 so shut my self into my room for a week.
You’re the leveling GOD man!!!!!!!
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You’re welcome, I alwaysYou’re welcome, I always appreciate feedback ๐
Fast LevelingThis is an awesome guide ๐
No point in saying thanks, seeing as you already get the point and so many people already have, but still – thanks!
Also, I noticed that you DO level very quickly, because i started the guide and level thirty then stopped for a bit. I finally reached level forty-five, and I’ve found it so much easier to level, than when I had stopped the guide, and now I’m even ahead of the guide. Thank you!
Thank you very much for thisThank you very much for this useful article and the comments. I love this site as it contains good materials. ๐
Regards
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It is towards the end of theIt is towards the end of the 3rd chapter (50-60). In short, there are some circuits in the old world which provide as much xp/hour as in Outland, sometimes even more. Anyway, I’ll just quote it for you:
[quote]So you are level 58 now. Many people ask if they should just go to Outland at level 58 and never go back to the old world. This is in my experience a mistake. As we’ve seen in this chapter, we’re already getting 10K+ Exp for certain quests already in Felwood and Winterspring. The Plaguelands circuits are just as good, it would be a shame to miss that. Not to mention, if you go to Outland at level 58, you won’t have access to all quests, there are some quests with a level 61+ requirement already in Hellfire Penninsula. So yes, that’s really not the most efficient way.
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However what I recommend is:[/b]
Go to Outland and do the first few quests to get some nice gear upgrades, unlock your tradeskills past 300 and get the flight path to Shattrath. Open up my [url=https://www.wow-pro.com/leveling_guides/james_alliance_leveling_guide_chapter_4]60-65 alliance guide[/url], follow the guide until step 7. when you arrive at the Temple of Telhamat, get the flight path (buy the first aid book if you wish), then ride to Shattrath (infos on how to do that are somewhere in the guide, use the search function to find it). Get the flight path in Shattrath, then take a portal back to Ironforge and get back to the guide 50-60 guide.[/quote]
Outlands at 58Could you please provide me with a link to where you explain why it’s bad to go to Outland at 58? ๐
I ventured into Outland at 58 with my hunter, and was able to do quests non-stop in Hellfire Peninsula until I hit 62.
Yes, it might hurt
I’veYes, it might hurt ๐
I’ve explained in lenghts why it’s bad to go to Outland at 58, so I won’t do it again here. But just know that you probably have troubles, unless:
– You do a lot of instances to catch up in levels
– You grind
– You have a lot of rested bonus
Thank you jame!Hello!
This guide is just awesome for people like me: I love to play WoW, but im just so slow at leveling sometimes, but with this guide im gaining levels fast, and having a lot of fun at the same time. I’ve leveled my main character to lvl 70 from lvl 34 with the old for of this guide, and now im working on with a priest through the new one. I’m so happy that you, Jame, have made this guide for everyone to read, for free! I really appreciate the work you have done making this guide. You are helping a lot of people with this, and we all – or at least what kind of comments ive seen – love it! I dont have the nerves to make something like this, thats for sure, and im happy that you had.
in a nutshell: this guide is awesome and Jame, you are awesome! and i believe a lot people agree with me ๐ THANK YOU JAME
Hey welcome, glad you findHey welcome, glad you find it helpful.
Thank you, appreciate itThank you, appreciate it ๐
Great guideHey Jame,
Just thought I’d say thanks for everything. Ive been using this guide since back in the day when leveling was actually difficult ๐ .
And I also saw someone else ask about which proffessions would be good to compliment the guide, and I think its worth mentioning.
Personally I would always choose 2 gathering proffessions, (Herb/Skin, Mine/Skin) because you’ll level so fast with the guide that you’ll need to make up money somehow to be able to afford your epic mount at 60.
Thanks again Jame
Money guides.Hey James,
First of all want to say thanks for the great guide, just got my second character to 70 following it. I was just wondering if there will be any guides for the rest of Netherstorm and for Shadowmoon Valley to help us get some gold for our epic flying mounts.
Lvl 58…Hey Jame. Love Your Guide I Have Followed It Since 38 and I am Now 58. At 55 I Stopped Following On Advice Of My Mate And Then I Hit 57 In A Couple Of Hours (Not Patronizing You, Just I Picked Up Some High Exp Quests In Felwood). I Struggled to 58 and Now I Am In Outland. I Was Wondering, While I Am Going Against Your Guide By Going At 58 Would It Hurt To Follow Your 60-65 Guide At 58?
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Thank You Jame!Hey Jame I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for putting together this wonderful guide! It’s amazing!
I am a hardcore horde player and I’ve always wanted to level up an alliance character. However I was never good at leveling on Alliance (partly because I didn’t know where to go to quest) but this guide is helping me along fantastically! I’m following it step by step and I’m doing great! People are even whispering me asking me how I leveled so fast. For example, I was level 28 in a group for RFK with a 32 Hunter. Now I am level 35 and he is still level 33.
Thank You Jame. My Moonkin will be level 70 in no time ๐
mounts at 30we can now get mounts at lvl 30
Stuck at 54Must say that this guide is great. Im at level 54 and stuck because i took up the guide a few levels ago and i had allready been to un goro, and i dont know where too pick up the guide. please shed some light.
Thanks ๐
Where should i startHey Jame, first i wanna Congradulate you on your guide. Second, i just recently found out about your guide. so im lvl 49 now and I started from your 40-50 leveling guide i think im around the lvl 44-45 range and i kinda wanna move on to the 50-60 guide but idk if i should because of the prerequisite quests that u get from the 40-50 guide and i think i might need them. Thought i’d ask you, cause who knows ur guide better than you. thnx.
AmazingYou’re nothing short of a genius! Your guides are really pedagogical and smart – they’ve changed my way of playing for good ๐
It’s a shame you didn’t get into the beta ๐
I’ve leveled severalI’ve leveled several characters before I wrote the guides. I always took notes when I noticed that I could have done quests in a more efficient order.
And then one day I just started to write the guide while leveling an alt. Thottbot and wowhead were of course helpful to make sure I didn’t miss any quests. There’s no better way to write a guide than actually leveling a character while going through each step. Well, at least that’s what I think and it’s how I do it ๐
Jame’s Levelling Guides FTW!Hey I love your levelling guides. And really appreciate the work that you put into them. A few levels after 30 I started your guide, and not that the game wasn’t enjoyable before, it just gave things a whole lot of direction, especially for a first time WoWer. I’m now level 61 thanks to your guides! One question. How did you come up with them? Have you done every single quest and then you just wrote down and prioritized which ones were worth doing based on XP results, time taken etc? Thanks again!
Hey thereHey I just signed up here on the advice of a friend who I has always been able to level his toons with unbelievable speed (or at least I thought so). Last night while I was talking to him on our guild’s vent he pst me with just the phrase “Jame’s Guide” then told me that if I googled it I would find how he does it. So while I haven’t used the guide myself, apparently the credit for his success goes to you! So keep up the good work, & I am looking forward to more efficient playing experience myself, thanks!
Sadly I didn’t get a betaSadly I didn’t get a beta invite.
Death Knights! Or just possibly 70+!Hey Jame, a huge fan of your guides.
I’m just wondering, did you get into the open Beta?
If so.. Are you already working on a Death Knight and possibly a 70+ guide for levelling?
Spill the beans!
Thanks.
Yes it’s possible, you willYes it’s possible, you will fall behind the guidd in levels a little if you play without rested bonus, but that can be easily fixed by running a few instances, which I definitely recommend if you play with two other people already, that’s almost a full group ๐
Hey Jame,
Your guide rocks!!Hey Jame,
Your guide rocks!! But I was just wandering would it be possible to use this guide in a group of 3?
=-)Great guide………enough said
Ah, that’s because I haven’tAh, that’s because I haven’t been able to finish the revamped guide. It’s supposed to be in those optional circuits I will add soon.
In the meantime, you can follow the old version of my guide, the plaguelands circuits are still 90% accurate, including the turn in of that quest (in the northern part of eastern plaguelands).
Winterspring New Guide 50-60Hi James,
First of all, you rock! I would not love this game as much as I do if it wasn’t for you. I do have a question though… At lvl 56 in Starfall Village in Winterspring, you receive the quest.. Trouble Spirits of Kel’Theril. You collect all 4 of the Relic Fragments, then in your guide just below lvl 57 – you say to put them in the bank (all 4) that we won’t need them for a while. I can’t find in the rest of your guide when we are suppose to get them from the bank, and where to turn them in? Please help.. Again, thank you for all your hard work!! Your guide is the BEST!!
Imo it’s more viable toImo it’s more viable to finish the old world quests, at least up to the plaguelands circuits are done. Going to Outland being nearly 61 makes it much easier.
Confused.Hey. Ive used your 30-40 leveling guide and i had just started chapter two when i stopped playing wow for about a month or two. When i returned i wanted to continue using your guides, so i wanted to pick up where i left off. But when i got on the guide had completely changed :S. I eventually got on track again, but when i got to level 41 part of the guide, i noticed that it goes to badlands, and im sure i have already did that in the guide before, and i looked ahead in the guide and i saw you also go back to stranglethorn vale and all the quests you talk about in badlands and stranglethorn vale i have done in your last guide :(. i know this is because the guide has changed but could you please tell me where i could start because the guide was really good and i wanna use it ๐
Thanks.
SM in the 30 – 40 guidefirst of all james great guide. finished it twice doing it on the 3rd time now as a hunter. i noticed you revamped your guide a fair bit and it is fantastic great lvling got from 34-40 in one night XD. i notice you said that instances are no longer forced and all that jazz. i see the you mention uldaman and ZF but not SM yet you make us pick up a quest for there so when do recommend us to finish off the sm quests?.
other than that great guide. i was thinking slot the recommendation for sm when you finish 30 – 40 alliance chapter. just thought i would let you know that is all.
Awesomeheya Jame would like to drop in to say that this guide is well written and helped my fury warrior level to 60 in 4 days 12 hrs /played (dinged about 10 minutes ago ^^)!
Anyway, i have a small problem.. I started your guide at level 32 (although began from the level 30 section) and it never really caught up with me.. i dinged 60 off of the quest that ‘should make you hit level 58′! Should I skip right to the start of the 60-65 section? or is it still more viable to stay in azeroth ’till the end and be 1 or 2 levels ahead all through the outlands guides too?
thanks again for the awesome guide
-Fen
erally wanna use guide but…Heya Jame,
im a level 39 horde warlock and i wanna use your guide,i was thinking about starting it at 40 since thats prety close right now,however i have a tendancy to complete q’s way above my level,can i still start using your guide effectively?
i have thought about going back in your guide so that the amount of q’s i have done in 40-50 are few,however i dont know which part to start and i worrie ill be behind by alot.
please help me out,i love your guide and cant wait to try it again after the massive update ^^
thanks
Just follow the firstJust follow the first circuit in Nagrand (starts somewhere in the last chapter). If for some reason you can’t access a few quests because you don’t have the pre-reqs (there shouldn’t be many), just ignore it and keep following the guide. You’ll catch up eventually and those missing quests won’t matter at all.
where to starthey i have a 66 druid and i just went into Nagrand and picked up all the quests there, i’ve done the ones in hellfire, and tek forest, so i’ve moved on to Nagrand, what should i do to follow your guide? thanks man, i started a hunter with this yesterday and already im at 18 thanks man ๐
Just jump in the guide atJust jump in the guide at the beginning of a circuit close to your current level. Try to do the first Un’goro circuits and grab the linken quest line. Besides that, ignore the other quests you can’t get. After a while, you’ll be back on track, and those quests won’t matter anymore.
Rogue Lv53 where to start?i have a rogue lv 53 and was wondering where i should start the lving guide at im not too sure on if i should go to 50-60 one?
p.s. your guide rocks and ive used it many times and have told lots of peeps about it to try to get them over here and use it thanks.
Race doesn’t matter for theRace doesn’t matter for the guide.
I personally loved to go through my guide with my feral druid twink, felt totally overpowered ๐
Race and classWhat race and class do you prefer? and profession, that suits this guide best. Execpt hunter!
Thanks
Nope you won’t miss anyNope you won’t miss any chains. None of the old world quests connect to Outland.
QuestsHey Jame,
I love your guides , but im useing your old guide on 50-60 and I am about 3 levels ahead of where I am suppose to be :D. I was wondering if I move onto the 60-65 guide without finishing the 50-60 guide completely will I miss out on some quest chains?
Thanks for reading ๐
Sorry for the spelling, ISorry for the spelling, I actually had fours errors on my english test once. I spelled you as U, what internet texting do to you ๐
Gonna try the guide again then as retri spec, even tho prot is appeling to try grind with.
I level two chars so far using this guide, so tnx ๐
I wouldn’t know. I’ve neverI wouldn’t know. I’ve never been “boosted”. You’ll level quite fast with my guide and I’m sure it will be a lot more fun than getting powerleveled, trust me ๐