Getting to level 40 is probably the second marker you want to achieve as this is where you will be able to obtain your next mount.
You should by now be pretty comfortable with your characters skills and your role playing identity will be developing well. Start thinking about how you will spend your next amount of talent points which will allow you to play with ease. If you have spent your talent points wrongly then now would be a good time to correct them. It will cost 1 gold and you shouldn’t need to change them again as long as you chose correctly. Get the add-on ‘talented’ as this will allow you to design talent templates without the worry of using your points up.
To level yourself up to 40 we need to follow the same principles of minimising downtime, here are the zones I would recommend you do:
Alliance
Redridge Mountains
Duskwood
Wetlands
Ashenvale
Stonetalon Mountains
Thousand Needles (don’t forget to check out Mirage Raceway)
Stranglethorn Vale
Hillsbrad Foothills
Desolace
Dustswallow Marsh
Horde
Stonetalon Mountains
Hillsbrad Foothills
Ashenvale
The Barrens
Thousand Needles (don’t forget to check out Mirage Raceway)
Stranglethorn Vale
Arathi Highlands
Alterac Mountains
Desolace
Dustswalow Marsh
You’re going to need to circuit these zones maybe more than once on separate visits, as quests will range in level requirements. Pick up those that turn green in your log only doing yellow ones if your confident enough to do so; however if you plan your circuit well enough then upon your return they will be green and much easier to do. The easier the circuit you plan the quicker it will go as wasting time on death or taking too long on quests will slow your levelling down.
If you have not already done so getting the add-ons ‘cartographer’ and ‘liteheaded’ will help you plan your circuits more efficiently.
Cartographer will use your in game map to plot coordinates so you can plan journeys for questing with ease and liteheaded will have quest information that will be indispensable for your levelling journey.
If you have a high level friend possible guild mate who has a choppa/hog or a traveller’s tundra mammoth ask them to take you by road to pick up the zone fly points, this can potentially save you bags of time during levelling between 20 and 40.
Bag space is going to be imperative during this phase as your going to be picking up quite a few items. Most will be junk, however there will be meat and cloth for your secondary skills together with whatever items you pick up for your primary skills. Cutting down on time spent going back to sell items is a must, so obtain as much zone information as possible. There are some traders dotted around in other locations in some zones so it would be worthwhile looking these up and marking them on your map using the notes function of cartographer. If you’re lucky enough you may obtain a world drop of a rare or epic quality so the last thing you want is no bag space.
A point to note is that some quests will take you to the cities. Try to time this with training, banking and checking the auction house. When in the cities check if there are quests available to pick up for future areas you’re about to do as these can usually reward some nice Xp.
Items to Have
Make sure you keep a steady supply of health and/or mana pots as these can be invaluable for those near death moments. Have enough food and/or drink so you can top up your health/mana after combat. Use you’re cooking as you progress for the food as most buff food always gives a stamina bonus. Keep a stack of bandages in your bags to top your health up. Check what areas you’re going to quest in and buy some potions or elixirs that can aid you i.e. swim speed, water breathing, attack and spell power pots can improve your levelling time.
Professions
Keep doing your secondary skills first aid, cooking and fishing as these can assist you whilst levelling. Most primary skills will also have some craftable items that can benefit you whilst levelling like potions, armour or weapons.
Dungeon Instances
If you can get a group together you may want to try your hand at some of the instances you’re going to be near. There is some nice Xp and gear to be had. Below is a list with level and location:
Wailing Caverns 15-21 The Barrens
Shadowfang Keep 18-25 Silverpine Forest
Blackfathom Deeps 20-27 Ashenvale
The Stockades 23-26 Stormwind (Alliance only)
Gnomeregan 24-33 Dun Morogh
Razorfen Kraul 25-31 The Barrens
Scarlet Monastery 30-40 Tirisfal Glades
Razorfen Downs 35-40 The Barrens
Uldaman 35-45 Badlands
How you should level is all about what makes you feel comfortable whilst getting the highest level of enjoyment out of the game. Everybody levels at a different pace. I level slower than some of my friends because I want to experience battlegrounds, ensure my professions are skilled up, follow the game lore and take in the wonderful game scenery. However I’m not usually far behind them and because I’ve done extra with the professions and built up honour points my gear and gold is always better.
Again I can not stress enough the importance of not buying power level or gold services as Blizzard will terminate your account if they discover it. Also most of these services are game hackers so using these services supports them to the detriment of fellow players. If you want a step by step guide that has been tested and safe to use just click on the banners around this site or check out the post on ‘strategy guides’.
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