General Leveling Tips for Noobs

Here is a video I came across while looking through YouTube. Made by YouTube user durian08, this video covers some extremely basic concepts that many of us veterans take for granted. However, if you are brand-new player just starting out in the world of Azeroth (in other words a nub, newb or noob) these basic common-sense tips can help you immeasurably.

As durion08 states in the video, the importance of getting a map UI mod cannot be stressed enough. Especially if you are new and do not have all the quest givers and locations memorized. While he uses Cosmos, I prefer the Ace2 addon Cartographer QuestObjectives. Whichever addon you like to display quest information on your map, make sure to use one of them! By having the information available visually, you will speed up your leveling immensely - and these addons are 100% legal.

Durion08 also mentions that he uses Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide to learn how to quest and level more effectively. I also cannot stress the importance of having a guide like this enough. Joana’s Guide was one of (if not The) first leveling guides to come out for WoW and it is still considered the best. If you are looking for the Alliance version of Joana’s guide, you should get Brian Kopp’s Alliance Leveling Guide. There are many very good leveling guides out there now, but these are still considered the best.

How to quickly grind a Paladin level 1+

In World of Warcraft gold-grinding circles, the player Hobbs has become something of a legend. A Paladin known for pulling insane amounts of mobs to AoE grind them, he has documented his his efforts numerous times on Youtube so others could learn and benefit from his techniques.

Here is a video showing how to mass-pull mobs as a low-level paladin, allowing you to grind up to level 20 in a few days, using Engineering to supplement the Paladin’s lack of AoE at the lowest levels.

Video example of how to AoE grind as a mage

Here is a short example of mage AoE grinding by lilkillaownzyou that should help new mages learn a thing or two about how to and how not to AoE grind. AoE grinding is one of the easiest and most effective ways to quickly level a mage.

When you combine AoE grinding with a good leveling guide like Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide or Brian Kopp’s Alliance Leveling Guide AoE grinding will allow you to level a mage in matter of a few days. And once you hit level 70, these same techniques will make you ass-loads of gold.

Best Grinding for Gold and XP, Levels 36-40

The best spot for leveling between levels 36-40 is in the rock elemental area just east of Kargath in the Badlands (around 15,37). Because of its proximity to Kargath, a Horde outpost, I would say this is a better spot for Horde than for Alliance. However on RP and PVE servers this point is moot (so grind away Nelf hunters), and I have grinded (no, not ground, lol) this area in relative peace on PVP and RP-PVP realms, as well (that includes ganking as well as getting ganked - I must have been feeling generous).

The mobs you will want to focus on are Lesser Rock Elementals and Rock Elementals. While I wouldn’t say their respawn rates are super-fast, they are fast enough and the area large enough to conceivably support 5-6 players grinding simultaneously. Optimal use of the area would be 2-3 players, however, and if you are alone you should never run out of mobs while grinding.

These rock elementals also drop excellent vendor trash for this level range. You can easily net up to 8 gold an hour just by keeping and selling items like Lifeless Stones, Jagged Pieces of Stone, and Smooth Stone Chips. They also have superb drop rates for Elemental Earth, Deeprock Salt and Solid Stone, which are all used in crafting.

All in all, this is a great grinding spot to level quickly when you get impatient about waiting for your mount, and it’s also a great area to make sure you have the funds to afford that mount. Given that there are also a few “kill xx mobs for drops” quests right nearby for this area, this is my spot of choice for these levels.

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Alchemy 1-300 Guide

Ah, Alchemy. It was the profession I chose for my very first WoW character back in January 2005. I can still remember the frustration of trying to figure out how the heck to best level my alchemy skill. I wasted a lot of time and gold on it, but even back then I knew it was an awesome skill so I determined to figure out the easiest way to level it.

To begin with you’re going to need some herb, and I don’t mean the kind your brother-in-law sells in plastic baggies. You can either be an herbalist and farm it or you can buy it all from the auction house. Even farming, though, you will still need to spend gold on vials and training costs.

The amount of gold needed is approximately 40 to 50 gold if you farm all of the herbs. If you want to buy everything you need from the auction house expect to spend ALOT. And expect that the herbs you need will not always be there. Because of this I recommend taking the Herbalism skill if you want to be an alchemist.

These are the herbs you will need total to go from 0-300 skill points:

• Peacebloom - 60 (3 stacks)
• Silverleaf - 60 (3 stacks)
• Mageroyal - 20 (1 stacks)
• Briarthorn - 90 (5 stacks)
• Stranglekelp - 50 (3 stacks)
• Bruiseweed - 35 (2 stacks)
• Wild Steelbloom - 10 (1 stacks)
• Kingsblood - 40 (2 stacks)
• Liferoot - 40 (2 stacks)
• Goldthorn - 50 (2 stacks)
• Khadgar’s Whisker - 20 (1 stacks)
• Sungrass - 70 (4 stacks)
• Blindweed - 35 (2 stacks)
• Arthas’ Tears - 25 (2 stacks)
• Golden Sansam - 60 (3 stacks)
• Mountain Silversage - 30 (2 stacks)

Skill Points: 1 to 50
Make 60 minor healing potions. You need 55 skill points for the next step; don’t worry if the minor healing pots don’t get you to 60 skill. Make sure to keep the minor healing potions, however, as you will need them later.

Once you hit 50 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Journeyman Alchemist. You have to be level 10 to become Journeyman Alchemist.

Skill Points: 50 to 125
The minor healing potions made earlier are a component of lesser healing potions. You now want to use them to make lesser healing potions to get to 110 skill points. If you don’t reach 110, make elixirs of wisdom until you do.

At 110 train the healing potion recipe; make those until you hit 125 skill points. Then talk to the appropriate trainer to become Expert Alchemist. You have to be level 20 to become Expert Alchemist.

Skill Points: 125 to 200
Continue making healing potions until you reach 140 skill points. Then make lesser mana potions to get to 155, greater healing potions to get to 185 and elixirs of agility to get to 200.

Once you reach 200 skill points talk to the appropriate trainer to become Artisan Alchemist. You have to be level 35 to become Artisan Alchemist.

Skill Points: 200 to 265
Make some more elixirs of agility to get to 210. Make elixirs of greater defense until 215 and then make superior healing potions until 230. Make elixirs of detect undead to get to 250 and elixir of greater agility to get to 265.

Skill Points: 265 to 300
Although you can get to 300 using the elixir of detect demon recipe, the gromsblood needed is expensive when bought from the auction house. If you are an herbalist and are able to farm the gromsblood, price won’t matter and the elixir of demon detect may be the way to go. Otherwise you should use vendor-obtained recipe’s to get from 265 to 300 skill points.

The easiest recipes to use for training are superior mana potions to get to 285 skill points and major healing potions to get to 300. You can obtain the superior mana potion recipe from Ulthir in Darnassus or Algernon in Undercity and the major healing potion recipe from Evie Whirlbrew in Everlook.

For a complete listing of all Horde and Alliance Alchemy profession trainers, check this Allakhazam guide.

I also highly recommend using the Gatherer mod, which will allow you to track all the herb nodes you encounter and then display them on your map.

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How to Power Level Like the Pros

Have you ever had trouble power leveling yourself or friends in World of Warcraft? I have, and I think there still is a popular misconception that power leveling in WoW is pointless. Given how relatively easy (albeit boring) it is to solo level yourself, it’s not hard to see how such a misconception could persist.

However, World of Warcraft power leveling is alive and well. In fact, if some forum posts I’ve read are any indicator, it may be (or may used to have been) one of the main methods pay-for-leveling services employ at higher levels. So how do you do it?

To get experience for a kill you must “tag” it, meaning be the first to do damage to it. Then no matter who does damage to the mob, you will get credit for the kill. However, if a character who could not otherwise receive experience damages the mob your experience reward will decrease significantly.

So to power level in World of Warcraft you must have an ungrouped companion within experience range of the mob; optimally the mob will be green (almost but not yet gray) to your companion. Now when you tag the mob and your companion finishes it off, you will get 100% experience for the kill.

Using this technique with a friend or guildmate, you can solo mobs three levels higher than you for the sweet xp they give. And you can do it fast. Better yet, bring along two friends - as long as the mob is at least green to them and you tag it first you will still get the full amount of experience points. Don’t you love World of Warcraft?

To read more about how to use this power leveling technique, look at the WoWWiki entry on Mob XP.

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Ridiculously Easy Grind Spot, Horde Levels 48-51

The best place to grind out levels 48-51 for Horde in World of Warcraft is located along the coastline of the Hinterlands right next to Revantusk Village. You will be grinding Saltwater Snapjaws, a non-aggressive mob that goes down very easily.

If you find yourself alone there you can easily achieve a 20,000 exp/hour rate or more. Because there are so many of these mobs there it will also accomodate three, maybe even four players grinding with little or no interruption.

This spot is also especially nice if you are a skinner, as you can make a killing from skinning these turtles. Another bonus: because it is on the far end of the map and right next to a Horde outpost, those playing on the World of Warcraft PVP realms will not have to worry so much about getting ganked.

I’ve been using The Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide lately, and let me tell you it’s good. With a one-time fee you get access to a continually updated database of guides covering how to make lots of gold, how to level quickly and easily, what the best raiding armor for your class is and where to get it and even some exploits they cover it all!