How to level faster in WoW Forever

Before buying anything, think about where your time goes.

Are mobs taking forever to die, or are you running back to a vendor with full bags every few quests? An expensive enchant won't fix the second problem.

Clear some bag space before a long trip. Bring water for your level and a little XP food, then bind Hearthstone near your next batch of turn-ins so the trip home puts you somewhere useful.

Check nearby quests before entering a cave. You can often finish several in one visit.

For a distant elite, find a group before making the trek. While you're waiting, work on quests closer to town.

XP buffs help. But they won't make up for walking across the same zone twice.

Food, the sleeping bag, and rested XP work differently. Food boosts kill XP, the bag increases XP earned, and the tent builds your rested pool. Adding all those percentages together gives you a misleading number.

Well-Rested lasts two hours. The bag itself has a one-hour cooldown, so you can use it again before the buff expires. Keep the two timers separate.

What you use	What you get	Make it worthwhile
Food with Well Fed XP Boost	5% extra XP from kills while Well Fed lasts	Keep eating until the buff appears. Ordinary vendor food may not provide it.
Cozy Sleeping Bag	1% extra XP per minute spent resting in the bag, up to 3%	Use those three minutes for a break or while waiting for your group.
Camp Tent	Tops your rested pool up to 5% of a level. No gain if you already have more.	Sit at a campfire with a tent. This is a rested pool, not a permanent 5% XP multiplier.
Logging out in an inn or capital	Builds rested XP for extra experience from kills	Leave your character here between sessions. Rest keeps accumulating while you are offline.

Roasted Boar Meat works early on. Its current tooltip gives one Strength and 5% extra kill XP for 15 minutes after you've eaten for ten seconds.

You don't need a fancy meal for the XP bonus.

Buy cooked meat on the AH or learn Cooking and make it yourself. The recipe uses Chunk of Boar Meat, which drops from boars. Roasted Boar Meat is a starter recipe. Our Cooking guide covers trainers and the rest of the profession.

Compare the price per item. A cheap-looking stack of two can cost more per serving than a larger stack, but beta prices won't tell you much about what either will cost once the launch rush hits the AH.

Playing a caster? Check your water too.

The XP buff won't refill your mana between pulls. Better water can save more time than another small stat bonus.

Placing Camp Tent requires 20 Leatherworking. Resting at someone else's tent doesn't. If you pass a camp with very little rested XP left, take a seat.

To make your own tents, reach 20 Leatherworking and complete Camping 101: Leatherworking. Each tent takes five Light Leather. You can also look for a finished tent on the AH, but buying it doesn't remove the skill requirement for placing it.

Set the tent beside a campfire. It builds rested XP, which you'll spend on extra experience from kills. You can't keep topping up without a break. Camping items share an hour-long cooldown, and a separate effect limits how often you can gain rest this way.

I'd keep my professions if the tent were the only reason to swap. A Leatherworker in your group can set one up for everyone. Arrange a short stop before heading out together. The Leatherworking guide covers camping items in more detail.

We covered Cozy Sleeping Bag in our useful leveling items guide. This time, let's get it. The chain starts at level 14 and takes you across both continents.

You get Old Toolbox, a regular 12-slot bag, from Stepping Stones along the way. That's useful immediately. The sleeping bag comes at the end, from This Must Be The Place.

Drop everything at 14? I'd wait if you haven't picked up the flight paths. Getting between the stops takes a while, especially for Horde characters heading into Loch Modan, and the early bag reward is useful even if you leave the rest of the chain for another day.

Doing it all in one trip is fine if you enjoy exploring and want to pick up flight paths. Just don't expect a 3% buff to shave dozens of hours off the journey to 60 by itself.

Alliance. Pick up ... and that note you found at the Alexston Farmstead in Westfall, around 37.4, 50.6. Look for burned remains beside the wrecked wagon. The turn-in is at the burned tower in the Barrens, south of Camp Taurajo.

Horde. Pick up ... and that note you found at that burned tower, around 46.4, 73.8. Then head for the remains in Westfall. Both factions continue with Stepping Stones after turning in their first quest.

The Ratchet to Booty Bay boat connects the continents. Getting from Booty Bay to Westfall still means crossing dangerous high-level territory, though. Swimming along the coast isn't completely safe either. At low level, I'd bring an escort or leave this detour for later.

Keep your hearth somewhere useful for the trip to Stonetalon Mountains. Don't copy a death shortcut without checking what it does. Ghosts can't unlock flight paths, and resurrecting at a Spirit Healer carries penalties.

The climb starts northeast of Sun Rock Retreat, around 50.9, 52.3. Follow the path to the abandoned camp at 40.6, 52.4. Turn in Stepping Stones at Pocket Litter, collect your bag, and accept Scramble.

Climb north of the camp. Near the edge, jump onto the neighboring ledge to reach Mound of Dirt around 39.6, 49.8. Turn in and pick up Wet Job. If you miss the jump, return to the path. Jumping down for a shortcut is a bad idea.

The map shows the order of the three stops. Its dotted arrows connect landmarks rather than tracing the hillside path. Follow the climb between points one and two.

Next stop, Loch Modan. At Stonewrought Dam, around 49.4, 12.9, drop onto the stone head on the north side and find the eagle figurine. Turn in Wet Job and accept Eagle's Fist there.

Guards make this awkward for low-level Horde characters. Don't count on a safe run. If you can't get through comfortably, leave the quest for another visit or bring help.

The last stop is Thoradin's Wall. On the Hillsbrad Foothills side, find the wagon around 87.3, 49.6 and climb the debris into the wall. Go through the room, then look outside to the right. Messenger Bag takes Eagle's Fist and starts This Must Be The Place.

Hastily Rolled-Up Satchel is nearby, a little lower down. Finish the last turn-in and the sleeping bag is yours. Use it outside a city and rest for three minutes to get the full bonus.

Don't put your most expensive enchant on every green. You might replace that piece tomorrow.

I'd start with a decent weapon and inexpensive consumables that won't hurt to replace.

Make sure the upgrade helps your class. A scope improves a Hunter's shots, but extra damage on a one-handed sword doesn't carry over to ranged attacks. Sharpening stones won't improve a caster's spells either.

• In Forever, you can use a Rogue poison and a sharpening stone on the same weapon. The stone won't remove your poison. Shaman weapon imbues also stack with sharpening stones, weightstones, or oils, so you don't have to give up your class imbue to use one.
• Use the enchant finder to compare permanent enchants for your class, level, and weapon. It lists materials too. An enchant can be strong and still be a poor purchase for gear you're about to replace.
• Short on gold? Compare the cost with replacing the weapon itself, especially if you're a melee class still swinging something from several levels ago.

Item	Where to get it	Check before buying
Light Armor Kit	Leatherworking or a finished item on the AH	1 Stamina and 8 armor. Fits chest, legs, gloves, or boots. Takes the permanent enhancement slot on that piece.
Rough Sharpening Stone	Blacksmithing or the AH	2 extra sharp weapon damage for 30 minutes. Check that your weapon is compatible.
Rough Weightstone	Blacksmithing or the AH	2 extra blunt weapon damage for 30 minutes. An alternative to a sharpening stone, not another buff to stack with it.
Crude Scope	Engineering or the AH	1 extra bow or gun damage. Requires level 5 and does not work on wands.

Repeated dungeon grinding became much less attractive during the beta. A first run with quests is still useful. Collect the rewards and finish any class errands, then return to your quest route.

Open the dungeon quest checklist before putting a group together. Select your level and faction. Check the prerequisites. A friend can't share a quest with you if you haven't finished the chain that unlocks it.

The minimum entry level doesn't tell you when your group should go. Being allowed through the portal at 14 isn't a reason to tour every available dungeon. Some quests unlock later, and higher-level mobs will resist far more of your attacks.

Horde can look at Ragefire Chasm early on, while Alliance have Hall of Thanes. After that, let nearby quests and travel time guide the choice. Pick up your Barrens quests before Wailing Caverns. Remembering them after the last boss is dead is annoying.

If the group keeps falling apart, get back to questing. Waiting all evening for a tank eats into any theoretical advantage. Our quests versus dungeons guide goes into that comparison. Travel and waiting time count too.

Before 14. Work through your starting area and nearby quests. Pick up flight paths along the way. Your level when you leave depends on your race and how much you've skipped, so don't force every starting zone to last until exactly 14.

Around 14-20. Get some cheap bags and consider a first dungeon run with quests. Decide when the sleeping bag trip fits. An inconvenient journey shouldn't put the rest of your leveling on hold.

20-30. Mix useful dungeon runs into your quest route. A class weapon chain may change where you need to travel next. Use a race and class leveling guide for the details. A Mage doesn't need to copy a Paladin's errands.

31-40. The beta stopped at 30, so there's no fully tested route for this stretch yet. Look for suitable quests in neighboring zones and finish worthwhile chains before crossing a continent for a single quest marker. Start saving for riding and your mount.

41-60. A mount makes longer trips easier. Grouping quests into one trip still matters. Check prerequisites and class rewards before higher-level dungeons. We'll add actual Forever routes after launch, once there's more to work with than the old Vanilla route.

Your hearth doesn't need to sit unused until an emergency. If you've finished the quests and face a long walk back, use it (that's what it's there for). Check its binding again before starting another long chain.

Done for the day? Head to an inn or capital city before logging out, if you can. Your rested pool keeps growing while you're offline. When you return, it gives extra XP from mob kills until you've used it up. Quest turn-ins don't get that bonus. Rest also builds outside rest areas, but more slowly.

Class movement abilities are especially handy before your mount. A speed talent only helps if you've actually taken it, though. Check what you'd give up before changing your build because a general guide mentioned one talent.

Addons help here. Questie shows quests, a map with flight paths helps you plan travel, and a dungeon checklist can save another run. Our addon guide lists suitable versions.

Leave room for loot. I'd take a few extra bag slots over another small temporary buff. Having to throw things away halfway through a cave gets old fast.

And leave yourself enough gold for training.