[0:01] I haven't been this excited to bring you
[0:02] a leveling guide in a long, long, long
[0:05] time. Maybe even since the insanity of
[0:08] the Legion pre-expansion event. So,
[0:10] here's what's going on. The first season
[0:12] of Midnight is starting to wrap up, and
[0:14] that means that you've probably done
[0:15] most of what you want to do. Blizzard
[0:16] knows that as well, so they've kind of
[0:19] quietly overhauled leveling in the
[0:20] background. And even better, they have
[0:23] made this patch's new content genuinely
[0:26] godamn amazing for leveling up your
[0:28] alts. Seriously, showdowns, unlike void
[0:31] invasions, grant an eye watering amount
[0:34] of XP. Between that and the upcoming
[0:36] turbulent timeways buff, it is prime
[0:38] time to get your alt army to level 90.
[0:41] And guess what? As you do it, you'll be
[0:43] earning loads of cosmetics, and you'll
[0:45] even be earning loads of power that'll
[0:47] be immediately useful to you at endgame
[0:50] when you hit 90. So, all that said,
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[2:47] The most important part of all this is
[2:48] that the two new planets let you in when
[2:51] you're under level 90. And over the
[2:53] course of the PTR, Blizzard made sure
[2:55] they were definitely worth doing.
[2:57] Everything reliably drops strong gear
[3:00] for your current level. And the rares
[3:02] give you more XP than a regular world
[3:04] quest in Quelast does. But then there's
[3:07] the world quests themselves located on
[3:09] Nagtal and Val which are even better cuz
[3:12] they give you three times as much XP as
[3:14] a regular world quest all while being
[3:17] really really close together. And what's
[3:20] crazy is well normally you can run out
[3:23] of world quests. But these world quests
[3:25] actually work differently. They work a
[3:28] lot more friendly actually where instead
[3:30] of a few times a week what happens is
[3:33] new ones spawn around every hour. And
[3:35] unlike void assaults, which were
[3:37] technically possible below level 90, but
[3:39] were an utter waste of time, well, here
[3:41] you get the full amount of field
[3:43] accolades, which is a very important
[3:45] currency, and a ton of XP as a bonus.
[3:49] And to give you an idea of just how fast
[3:50] these are, well, we took an almost level
[3:53] 81 character through the intro, the
[3:55] weeklies, and did one full map clear. It
[3:58] took about 45 minutes. Well, it would
[4:00] have been around 40 minutes if one of
[4:02] the boss ads hadn't bugged out and uh
[4:04] needed to be killed again. Patch day
[4:06] problems. But anyway, we went up well
[4:09] over two full levels. Then logging in
[4:13] about 2 hours later, well, the map was
[4:15] full of world quests again and they
[4:17] could all be done. And in our gameplay
[4:19] without doing the weeklies, a second
[4:21] full clear took about 20 minutes, but
[4:23] got us most of a level and well over a
[4:27] 100 field accolades. And if you're lucky
[4:29] and you end up sharing a phase with some
[4:31] maxle pumpers, well, it'll go even
[4:33] faster. So, for quick bursts of
[4:35] leveling, stacking up rewards in big MMO
[4:38] fashion, as well as, you know, actually
[4:40] getting to play the new content, these
[4:42] two new zones are absolutely amazing.
[4:45] But they're not the only parts of this
[4:46] patch that change our leveling. You see,
[4:48] basically everything except campaign
[4:51] speedrunning has been humongously buffed
[4:53] in terms of XP. Prey hunts and weekly
[4:56] rapper quests, including your renowned
[4:57] weeklys, give mostly the same XP. And
[5:01] that amount is honestly uh kind of
[5:03] staggering. It's a lot. Doing any of
[5:06] these things will give you almost a
[5:07] quarter of a level at level 80. And
[5:09] that's before any XP buffs are taken
[5:11] into account. Void assaults now give
[5:13] twice as much XP as well. Though that's
[5:16] not all much use because we've moved on
[5:18] to the off-world showdowns. As for other
[5:20] things, the dungeon quests have got
[5:21] buffed as well, but not by very much.
[5:23] And that means that what's still king is
[5:25] the Delver's call quests. And even more
[5:28] so, because they have almost been
[5:30] doubled. It's ultimately kind of mad.
[5:33] And when we zoom out and look at the
[5:35] whole picture, we see that Blizzard
[5:36] buffed leveling through every method
[5:39] except for just spamming the campaign
[5:41] quests. Now, we've actually got all the
[5:43] numbers, and honestly, all of the
[5:45] numbers are big. Blizzard knows what's
[5:47] up, and now 80 to 90 is both fun and
[5:50] fast. So, now that you know all the new
[5:52] information, it's time for the guide
[5:54] bit.
[5:56] Step one, as with any leveling session,
[5:58] is to remember all of your XP buffs.
[6:00] You'll have some of your warb band buff,
[6:01] which maxes out at 25% once you've got
[6:04] five level 90s. Then there's war mode,
[6:06] which will be 10 to 15% while you're
[6:08] doing world content, though it is a
[6:10] little bit risky on the two off-world
[6:11] showdown worlds. But most everywhere
[6:14] else, it's kind of free XP. Then there's
[6:16] the Dark Moon Fair's extra 10%. That
[6:19] would be nice, but it won't be active
[6:20] until July 5th. Sadly though, the
[6:22] strongest buff of all is not up at the
[6:25] time that I'm recording this video,
[6:26] though it will be up fairly soon. The
[6:28] Turbulent Timeways event starts June
[6:30] 30th. And once it starts, completing
[6:32] four time walking dungeons will land you
[6:34] a rather whopping 30% XP buff. And that
[6:37] means that if the events active, even if
[6:39] you want to level up your character via
[6:41] other methods, just getting that buff
[6:43] rolling and keeping it active is
[6:45] definitely going to be worth it both for
[6:47] your XP and the amount that it will help
[6:49] you earn. Okay, that's step one. Step
[6:51] two is the one you're probably more
[6:54] familiar with. It's the Delve World
[6:56] Tour. Look, it's still the best source
[6:58] of XP possible. And the way it works is
[6:59] that at level 80 scaling, you can
[7:01] utterly blitz delves. It's honestly
[7:04] wild. And of course, the Delver Calls
[7:07] have been massively buffed. So, because
[7:08] of all that, the thing to do is finish
[7:10] all 10 delves after picking up their
[7:12] related quests, which are located inside
[7:15] them. And when choosing difficulty
[7:16] levels, I'd recommend tier 2. It's much
[7:18] better XP for only a tiny bit more
[7:21] scaling, so it's totally worth doing.
[7:23] You should be able to do all of this in,
[7:25] I don't know, an hour or so. And at the
[7:28] end of this, you'll be at least level
[7:30] 81. That doesn't sound fast, but
[7:32] remember, we're not handing in the
[7:34] Delver's Call quests yet. That's just XP
[7:36] from doing the delves. And with the
[7:38] Warband, Timeways, and War mode buffs,
[7:41] each quest will give you over a third of
[7:43] a level all the way up to level 90. So,
[7:46] doing the 10 Delver's Call quests will
[7:48] get you over four levels, which means
[7:51] you can hit level 86 first, then go full
[7:54] send in your turnins. And when you do
[7:56] that and turn them all in, you will
[7:58] blast your way straight through the
[8:00] slowest part of the leveling curve and
[8:02] the bit of the leveling curve where the
[8:03] game ends up being the least fun because
[8:05] the scaling, well, just makes you feel
[8:07] weaker. Okay, that's step two. Step
[8:09] three, then is to take your pick of how
[8:12] to do level 81 through to 86. And once
[8:14] you've done your world tour of delves,
[8:16] this is all you really actually need to
[8:18] do manually. And thankfully, this is
[8:20] where it gets the most interesting.
[8:22] Blizzard's buffet philosophy, the one
[8:24] they applied to gearing, is very much
[8:26] coming in hot here because there are so
[8:28] many ways to level up. It's kind of
[8:31] wild. But I'll caution you on one thing.
[8:33] At this point, the fastest way to level
[8:36] is not necessarily the best choice. The
[8:39] best choice is going to be far more
[8:40] about what you actually need in your
[8:42] characters. So, if hitting level 90 ASAP
[8:44] is your only focus, then perfecting the
[8:47] follow the arrow campaign route is still
[8:49] the quickest way to do that. That's
[8:51] because it's a constant torrent of XP
[8:52] that you can do faster and faster and
[8:54] faster as you get more skilled. The
[8:56] cutscene skipping and very easy click
[8:58] for items quests are really quite hard
[9:00] to beat. But it's not what I'll be
[9:01] doing. If you want to actually play the
[9:03] game at level 90, you're going to need
[9:06] some stuff. stuff like gear and field
[9:09] accolades, plus experience actually
[9:11] playing your class. And that's why for
[9:13] this step, there's a few options you can
[9:16] make. Your first choice is showdowns. If
[9:19] Blizzard are still calling them that,
[9:20] who knows? They've been a little bit
[9:21] weird with how they name their features.
[9:23] Anyway, the best way to do these is to
[9:25] do the quick little intro to then clear
[9:26] the weeklies and then clear the world
[9:28] quests on the map. After that, you can
[9:30] run around hunting down rares or just do
[9:32] something else until the world quests
[9:34] respawn and they respawn in the hour.
[9:36] Now, thinking purely about speed, the
[9:37] world quest spawn timing can sometimes
[9:39] screw you a bit. And the biggest burst
[9:42] of XP is doing your weeklys. Ranking
[9:44] wise, it's about a B. Plus, it's also
[9:46] scaled to be actual content at level 80.
[9:48] You know, instead of the quail for last
[9:50] mobs that explode at the very thought of
[9:52] being near a player. And this is why we
[9:55] have the brainoff category. You don't
[9:57] have to totally lock in, but you are
[9:59] doing new content on a dense world
[10:01] without flying. So, if you want brainoff
[10:03] gameplay, it probably comes in at about
[10:05] a C in terms of our ranking. But the
[10:08] good news about it is it massively sets
[10:11] you up on the gameplay front. And that's
[10:13] not just because you're playing your
[10:14] class fully and constantly. No, it's
[10:17] because they've got some really cool
[10:19] vehicle world quests and some really fun
[10:21] physics traversal stuff as well. There's
[10:23] also a lot of room for big pools and
[10:25] efficient dynamic pathing. So, from a
[10:28] WoW leveling gameplay perspective,
[10:30] honestly, it gets a solid S. I'd
[10:33] personally recommend leveling this way
[10:34] for all of those reasons. And then, of
[10:36] course, there's rewards. They're really
[10:38] good. The gear that drops from this
[10:40] feature is actually scaled pretty damn
[10:43] highly as you go, especially compared to
[10:45] other methods, so your character won't
[10:47] feel radically weak as it levels up.
[10:50] More importantly, you'll get plenty of
[10:51] field accolades, and you'll want those
[10:53] for hero gear boxes, and of course, a
[10:56] bunch of cosmetics up at level 90. As
[10:58] you do this, you'll also be earning
[10:59] achievements from this new content,
[11:01] which really means you are knocking out
[11:03] so many birds with one uh really big
[11:05] stone. So, on the rewards front, I've
[11:08] got to rank it an S tier. And overall, I
[11:11] mean, it's just obviously the choice in
[11:13] my opinion. But there is another one.
[11:15] The second choice is prey. You can
[11:17] endlessly repeat prey hunts on normal
[11:19] from level 81 to 86. And every one of
[11:21] them now nets you a massive portion of a
[11:24] level. Now, you might be wondering how
[11:25] fast they are. And the good news is that
[11:27] once you get it down, it is really fast.
[11:29] On the speed front, I'm going to give it
[11:31] an A rank. But on the can I turn my
[11:33] brain off front, it is a little bit
[11:35] mixed. When you're just flying around
[11:36] clicking in traps and things, it's super
[11:38] easy. But you do have to be vigilant at
[11:40] all times to max out your speed. So, on
[11:43] the brain front, I'm probably going to
[11:45] give it a B. As for the gameplay, well,
[11:47] you get to see sights a little more
[11:49] dynamically, but still a whole load of
[11:51] flying around and normal mode prey
[11:53] bosses fold like rice paper. So, I'll
[11:55] give it a B in that front. But on
[11:56] rewards, oh, it's getting an A because
[11:59] you also get coffee key shards and of
[12:02] course all of these boxes of assorted
[12:04] stuff that's mostly useful. The third
[12:05] choice then is the classic old questing
[12:08] speedrun. In terms of speed, this one
[12:10] gets S tier. It's blazing fast and it's
[12:13] also mostly effortless. So, in brain
[12:15] off, it gets an A for just doing Follow
[12:18] the Arrow, the add-on follow the arrow,
[12:20] which really does let you turn your
[12:22] brain off. Now, on the gameplay front,
[12:24] by which I mean you getting to learn and
[12:26] enjoy your spec, it's a C, maybe a D.
[12:30] It's pretty boring. And on the rewards
[12:31] front, I'm going to give it a C. It's
[12:33] just XP, mediocre gear, and a pittance
[12:36] of gold. Now, you do have a fourth
[12:39] choice, which is dungeons, but at this
[12:40] point, they are barely even good for
[12:42] practicing your class. I would say just
[12:44] do not bother. Even the buffed dungeon
[12:46] quests just are not worth the time sync.
[12:48] If Blizzard wants dungeons to be viable
[12:50] for leveling, they really need to buff
[12:52] dungeon mob XP and increase the quest
[12:54] XP. So dungeons get a D in every
[12:57] category. But then lastly, there's a
[12:59] secret speedier option, but you're going
[13:01] to be mad at me. So it's this. Do the
[13:05] original renown weeklys. They take
[13:07] almost zero time and they give you about
[13:09] a third of a level each. Just skip the
[13:11] Stormarian assault one, please. That's
[13:13] obviously not worth the time just spent
[13:16] sitting there waiting for things. So,
[13:18] bringing it all together, pick one or
[13:20] just mix and match from these options
[13:22] and get yourself to level 86.
[13:24] Personally, I think doing Showdown World
[13:26] quests, then a few praise, and then
[13:27] returning to the Showdown World once the
[13:29] quests have responded is pretty much the
[13:31] best way to do it. But, however you
[13:33] choose, hit level 86 and then move on to
[13:36] step four, which is hit level 90. And I
[13:38] really do mean that.
[13:40] What you'll want to do is make sure war
[13:42] mode is turned on and then hand in all
[13:44] of the Delver's Call quests. Do that and
[13:47] you will be level 90. Now, you could
[13:50] stop a little earlier, like say the
[13:52] middle of level 85, and then you could
[13:54] fill in the 89 through to 90 gap with
[13:57] first time craft bonuses. That's
[13:59] something we've recommended in this
[14:00] channel before, but honestly, with all
[14:02] of these stacked buffs, the increased
[14:04] XP, the new rewards, come on, you may as
[14:06] well just play the game a tiny bit more
[14:08] instead of fiddling around with some
[14:10] crafts. And overall, what I'd say is
[14:12] that with all of the buffs going, I
[14:13] would not be surprised if you're able to
[14:16] hit 90 in under 4 hours from level 80.
[14:19] Now, if you're willing to lock in and go
[14:21] fast, it can be even faster. I'd say
[14:22] under 3 hours is possible. But the best
[14:25] part of this isn't the leveling speed.
[14:26] It's the fact that you'll start level 90
[14:29] with loads of resources and maybe even
[14:31] enough of those resources to start
[14:33] buying loads and loads of champion gear
[14:36] and maybe even some hero gear. So, if
[14:38] you want to learn how to gear up your
[14:39] fresh 90s, well, conveniently, we have a
[14:42] guide that's going to help you with all
[14:44] of that and let you put the field
[14:46] accolades you've earned from this guide
[14:47] from leveling up your characters to good
[14:49] use.