Level 80 in 10 Hours?
45sThe promise of a fast leveling guide hooks viewers looking to level alts quickly.
▶ Play ClipThis guide explains how to level a character from 1 to 80 in World of Warcraft in about 10 hours, using Chromie Time, War Mode, and efficient questing zones. The author shares their personal experience leveling a Dark Iron Dwarf Shaman and offers tips to speed up the process.
The new expansion is more fun, with better story, dungeons, and zones.
The author enjoys leveling alts and made a previous 1-70 guide.
With Chromie Time working up to 70, max level can be reached in ~10 hours; potentially 8-9 hours with XP potion and familiar class.
Heirlooms no longer give XP boost but scale to 70; Draft of the Ten Lands gives 10% XP until 49; account-wide XP buff from leveling characters to 80 (5% per character, cap 25%); events like Darkmoon Faire (10% XP), Timewalking (huge XP), 20th anniversary (20% XP).
Recommended starting zone, can be completed in under an hour (30 minutes average).
Option 1: Queue for classic dungeons via Cataclysm timeline (fast but queues can be long). Option 2: Quest in Azsuna (Legion) with bonus objectives, using Dragonriding at level 10. Legion invasions give massive XP.
Enable War Mode for 10% XP. Select Cataclysm timeline. Alliance: Duskwood, Redridge, Loch Modan. Horde: Silverpine, Hillsbrad, Arathi Highlands/Hinterlands. Takes ~2.5 hours to reach 50-54.
Switch to Draenor timeline, do intro quests (2-4 levels), set up garrison, then quest in Gorgrond with bonus objectives and treasures. Takes about 1 hour to reach 70. Total ~5 hours to 70.
Buy 400+ ilvl gear at 70 to avoid being one-shot. Do main quests with War Mode on, queue for dungeons, and do bonus objectives/world quests (requires max-level character to see world quests). Fastest: 5-man premade dungeon spam. Timewalking dungeons may be fastest in future.
Shaman took 10 hours due to issues (AFK group, lag, no gear). Possible in 8-9 hours. Alternatives: quest only in Draenor, or spam dungeons only.
With proper preparation and efficient questing routes, you can reach level 80 in about 8-10 hours. The most important thing is to enjoy the process and choose a method that suits your playstyle.
"The title promises a fast 1-80 guide in 10 hours, and the video delivers exactly that with detailed steps and realistic time estimates."
What is the recommended starting zone for new characters?
Exile's Reach.
04:48
How much XP does War Mode provide?
10% increased XP.
07:00
What is the cap for the account-wide XP buff from leveling characters to 80?
25%.
03:46
Which timeline is recommended for leveling 20-50?
Cataclysm timeline.
07:15
Which zone in Draenor is best for leveling 50-70?
Gorgrond.
08:54
What item level gear should you buy at level 70 to avoid being one-shot in dungeons?
400+ item level gear.
09:54
How long does it take to complete Exile's Reach?
Under an hour, typically 30 minutes.
05:19
What is the name of the XP potion that works until level 49?
Draft of the Ten Lands.
02:51
How much XP does the Darkmoon Faire buff provide?
10% XP buff.
04:09
What is the fastest way to level 70-80 according to the guide?
5-man premade dungeon spam.
10:54
10-hour leveling claim
Sets clear expectation for the guide's efficiency.
01:06Account-wide XP buff cap
Explains a new system that rewards leveling multiple characters.
03:46Dungeon vs questing choice
Provides two viable methods for 10-20, catering to different playstyles.
05:35War Mode + Cataclysm zones
Core efficient leveling strategy for 20-50.
06:53Gear requirement at 70
Critical tip to avoid being kicked from dungeons.
09:35[00:00] what's up guys it's danta so recently
[00:02] the new expansion for World of Warcraft
[00:04] came out and I've been playing it a lot
[00:07] like a lot now I don't know if you guys
[00:10] feel the same but this expansion just
[00:13] feels way more fun than Dragon flight
[00:15] the story The Dungeons the zones it all
[00:18] just feels so much better sure andwin
[00:20] still cries about everything but overall
[00:23] I feel like The Vibes of this expansion
[00:25] are just way better than drag of flight
[00:27] anyway as some of you might know I like
[00:29] Lev buing up new characters in wow a lot
[00:32] I actually found it way more fun than
[00:33] the actual dragonflight content so much
[00:35] so that I ended up leveling 100
[00:38] characters to level 70 now back in
[00:40] dragonflight I made a 1 to70 leveling
[00:43] guide that a lot of people found helpful
[00:45] so I figured it's time to make a new one
[00:48] to 80 leveling guide video for you guys
[00:50] now for this guide I actually wanted to
[00:52] level up the new Earth and race but um
[00:55] they will not be available until the 3rd
[00:57] of September I think so instead I de
[00:59] decided to level in dark iron dwarf
[01:01] Shaman from scratch to see how long it
[01:04] would take me to reach level 80 and with
[01:06] chromy time now working up to level 70
[01:08] you can actually reach max level in
[01:10] about 10 hours now if I did this with a
[01:13] class that I'm more familiar with B the
[01:15] 10% increased XP potion and hadn't
[01:18] gotten kicked from a dungeon at level 70
[01:20] because my item level was below 400 I
[01:23] could have easily reached level 80 in 8
[01:25] to 9 hours maybe even faster now just to
[01:28] make it clear this guide is mostly for
[01:31] those looking to level up alts since we
[01:33] are going to use chromy time all the way
[01:35] up to level 70 and unfortunately if you
[01:37] are a new player and haven't leveled a
[01:39] character to max level yet you won't be
[01:42] able to use chromy time instead you will
[01:44] be forced to level in dragonflight until
[01:46] you reach level 70 now I don't know if
[01:48] this still works but you used to be able
[01:50] to trick the game into thinking that you
[01:52] already had an max level character on
[01:54] your account by making a trial character
[01:57] then after that chromy time would become
[01:59] available for your new characters but
[02:01] again I'm not sure if this still works
[02:03] so don't get mad at me if it doesn't
[02:06] anyway with all of that out of the way
[02:09] let's just get started with the video
[02:11] shall
[02:14] we so before we get started with
[02:17] leveling there are a couple of things
[02:19] that you should know that might make it
[02:20] go faster and smoother so for those that
[02:23] have been gone for a while heirlooms no
[02:25] longer give you any XP boost however if
[02:27] you've upgraded them to scale up to
[02:29] level 7
[02:30] they do make it so that you don't have
[02:32] to deal with swapping gear all the time
[02:34] which is nice because it saves you time
[02:36] now this might actually be the only
[02:37] reason why you would want to get
[02:38] heirlooms if you are unsure where to buy
[02:40] or upgrade heirlooms there are vendors
[02:43] in orar for The Horde and in Iron Forge
[02:46] for the alliance I will include a link
[02:48] in the description with the exact
[02:49] location now there's also a potion
[02:51] called the draw of the 10 lens or draft
[02:54] of the 10 ls I have no idea how to
[02:56] pronounce
[02:57] it now this potion gives you a 10% XP
[03:00] boost but is only usable until Level 49
[03:03] now this potion can be bought for five
[03:05] medals in boralis if you're Alliance or
[03:08] does our lore if you are hoard you can
[03:10] simply earn those medals by doing BFA
[03:12] content oh and if you are unable to buy
[03:15] this potion don't worry about it I've
[03:17] leveled a lot of characters without it
[03:19] because well I usually forget to buy
[03:22] it but if you have the currency for it
[03:25] I'd say just go get it then there's also
[03:27] a new achievement in the game which kind
[03:29] of functions like the old heirlooms I
[03:32] guess this achievement basically gives
[03:34] your entire account an increased XP buff
[03:37] every time you level a character to 80
[03:39] your account gets a 5% XP buff this
[03:42] increases by 5% for every other
[03:44] character that you get to level 80 now
[03:46] the buff Cap's at 25% for now but
[03:49] honestly I really hope that they remove
[03:51] the cap and let people with a lot of max
[03:53] level characters just go crazy just a
[03:56] heads up this also means that some
[03:58] players with more level 8 characters
[04:00] will be able to level up their alts a
[04:02] bit faster than others lastly you want
[04:04] to check out which events are going on
[04:06] for example the darkmare this is up
[04:09] every first Sunday of the month and can
[04:11] give you a 10% XP buff then we also have
[04:13] the time walking events they will show
[04:16] up every 3 weeks I think and award a lot
[04:19] and I mean a lot of XP almost an entire
[04:22] level whenever you complete a time
[04:24] walking dungeon but just be aware that
[04:26] some time walking dungeons have level
[04:28] requirements the last event you want to
[04:30] keep an eye out for is the 20th
[04:32] anniversary event starting somewhere in
[04:34] October or November this event will
[04:36] probably award you with a 20% increased
[04:39] XP buff so yeah keep your eyes open for
[04:41] all events as well that's it for the
[04:43] preparations let's just get started with
[04:46] leveling
[04:48] up this part is only for those that are
[04:51] not going to level up an Allied race
[04:53] since those characters already start at
[04:55] level 10 now when you create a new
[04:57] character you can choose between
[04:58] leveling in your race is starting zone
[05:00] or exile's reach I highly recommend
[05:03] starting in exile's reach exile's reach
[05:05] is basically an updated beginner Zone
[05:07] and you can go through it really fast
[05:09] it's a small Zone where you do some
[05:11] simple quests pick up a couple of
[05:13] treasures along the way and the best
[05:15] part of it all is that exile's reach can
[05:17] be completed in under an hour if you are
[05:19] taking it easy personally I usually
[05:21] finish it in about 30 minutes and it
[05:24] could be even faster depending on your
[05:25] class now when you are done with exile's
[05:27] reach you will be either level 10 or
[05:32] 11 for the 10 to 20 part I usually go
[05:35] with one of two methods the first one is
[05:37] dungeon spamming with chromy time now I
[05:39] always choose the cataclysm timeline
[05:41] because it lets us Quee for classic
[05:43] dungeons these dungeons are very easy
[05:46] have quests that award nice XP and at
[05:49] lower levels you will be killing dungeon
[05:50] mobs and bosses really fast however if
[05:53] you are as unlucky as me you might end
[05:56] up sitting in queue for 10 minutes or
[05:58] end up in a dungeon group where people
[06:00] don't even know how to press a button
[06:02] and the dungeon will basically just take
[06:04] years to complete this happened to me
[06:06] when leveling this shamon and I'm not
[06:08] going to lie it can become very annoying
[06:12] so when I don't want to sit in queue or
[06:14] deal with people that have a lower IQ
[06:16] than their average room temperature I
[06:18] use method two questing in the legion
[06:21] timeline first I head over to chromy and
[06:23] select the legion timeline then I Quest
[06:25] around in auna and complete couple of
[06:28] bonus objectives till level 20 now for
[06:30] those that didn't notice yet um blizzard
[06:33] made Dragon riding available right away
[06:35] at level 10 which means that you can fly
[06:37] from one quest to another very fast also
[06:40] if you spot a legion Invasion on your
[06:42] map be sure to do all the world quests
[06:44] in that Invasion area they give a lot of
[06:47] XP and will get you to level 20 in no
[06:49] time that's pretty much how I level up
[06:51] from Level 10 to
[06:53] 20 the first thing that I do whenever
[06:56] I'm going from level 20 to 50ish um
[07:00] it kind of depends on how many XP
[07:02] increase Buffs you have is enabling War
[07:05] mode now doing this will give you an
[07:07] extra 10% XP buff after enabling War
[07:10] mode we are going to use chromy time to
[07:12] level up in the old classic zones so I
[07:15] go to chromy and select the cataclysm
[07:17] timeline now the main reason I use the
[07:19] cataclysm timeline is because these
[07:21] older zones have a lot of simple quests
[07:24] that are clustered together and they can
[07:26] be done very fast especially since we
[07:29] have access to Dragon riding right away
[07:31] so what I do on an alliance character is
[07:33] very simple I will go and do all quests
[07:36] in duskwood red Ridge Mountain and L
[07:39] modan when leveling an horde character I
[07:41] would recommend doing all the quests in
[07:43] silverpine Forest Hills bread foot hills
[07:46] and either aati Highlands or the
[07:48] Hinterlands so yeah that's basically how
[07:50] I reach level 50 to 54 in around 2 hours
[07:53] and 30 minutes it's very simple because
[07:56] all you got to do is just do a couple of
[07:58] quests now some times it can go even
[08:00] faster but um it kind of depends on how
[08:02] familiar I am with my class now like I
[08:04] said before the level you end up with at
[08:07] the end of questing through all of those
[08:08] zones depends on how many XP increase
[08:11] Buffs you have that said even if you
[08:14] only have the war mode buff you'd still
[08:16] probably end up somewhere around level
[08:20] 50 so after completing all the quests in
[08:23] the Tre zones that I mentioned before we
[08:25] want to go back to chromy and select the
[08:27] DOR timeline now the reason that we want
[08:29] to start questing in dror now is because
[08:32] dror has a lot of bonus objectives
[08:34] quests and treasures that award a good
[08:36] amount of XP no matter which faction you
[08:38] are playing on you really want to do the
[08:41] intro Quests for drer because they can
[08:43] be completed really fast and will give
[08:45] you somewhere between two to four levels
[08:47] once the intro Quest is finished I
[08:49] usually keep questing until I've set up
[08:51] my Garrison and after that I just fly to
[08:54] gorr now if you want to earn some fast
[08:56] XP while making your way to gorr you
[08:59] should complete any bonus objective that
[09:00] you fly over they award an insane amount
[09:03] of XP now when I reach gorr I basically
[09:05] start doing some Main and side quests
[09:08] pick up some treasures and do more bonus
[09:10] objectives and that's basically it it's
[09:13] really simple and it only took me around
[09:16] 1 hour to reach level 70 which is kind
[09:18] of insane to be honest in total it took
[09:21] me around 5 hours of play time to reach
[09:24] level 70 now it could have been a lot
[09:26] faster but anyway what am I complaining
[09:28] about right like 5 hours isn't that
[09:32] bad so now it's time for the last part
[09:35] which is also the part that takes the
[09:37] longest leveling from 70 to 80 isn't as
[09:39] bad as 60 to 70 leveling was back in
[09:42] dragonflight in my opinion because it
[09:44] goes a lot faster however after the hot
[09:46] fix that blizzard made to make leveling
[09:48] from 70 to 75 I think harder with lower
[09:52] item level you need to make sure that
[09:54] you buy yourself some 400 plus item
[09:56] level gear the moment that you reach
[09:58] level 70 if you don't you will probably
[10:01] keep getting one shot in dungeons do
[10:03] zero damage in them and eventually be
[10:06] kicked like I
[10:08] was oh man anyway right now I've leveled
[10:12] quite a few characters to 80 and to be
[10:14] honest what I found to be the fastest
[10:16] way to level to level 80 was simply
[10:18] doing the main quests with war mode on
[10:20] while queuing for dungeons also while
[10:22] flying from quest to Quest I always keep
[10:25] an eye out for bonus objectives and
[10:27] World quests because they they can award
[10:29] a good amount of XP as well oh by the
[10:31] way for those that are not seeing any
[10:33] world quests on their map um to be able
[10:35] to see any world quests on your map
[10:37] while leveling from 70 to 80 you need to
[10:40] have completed the main campaign and
[10:42] reach max level with at least one
[10:43] character now besides leveling this way
[10:46] there are two other things that you
[10:47] could try besides buying a boost of
[10:50] course if you have a couple of friends
[10:52] you could just spend dungeons over and
[10:54] over as a fiveman premate this is by far
[10:57] the fastest way to level up for I think
[11:00] if everyone knows what to do right then
[11:02] there's also time walking dungeons now
[11:05] the first time walking event in this
[11:07] expansion will start in 3 weeks so it's
[11:09] not clear yet if you will be able to
[11:11] rush through these dungeons just like in
[11:13] dragonflight but if nothing has changed
[11:16] I feel like spamming time walking
[11:17] dungeons will be the fastest way to
[11:19] level up to 80 but yeah that's how I
[11:21] basically level up my characters from 1
[11:24] to 80 now this Shaman has around 10
[11:26] hours of play time but it has so much go
[11:29] wrong like so much an AFK dungeon group
[11:33] laggy servers forgot the XP potion and
[11:36] when I reached level 70 I had zero gear
[11:39] which made leveling to 71 take way too
[11:42] long especially since I'm not used to
[11:44] playing an Enhancement Shaman so I'm
[11:46] sure that it is possible to reach level
[11:48] 80 in 8 to 9 hours while taking it easy
[11:51] probably even faster now before I'm
[11:53] going to end this video I just want to
[11:55] mention a couple of other ways that you
[11:57] could level up to 80 because otherwise
[11:59] I'm sure I will have some people yelling
[12:01] in the comment section
[12:05] below so another way to level up is by
[12:07] only questing in dreno since dror is
[12:10] great for questing you could also just
[12:12] select the dreno timeline whenever you
[12:13] can and basically start questing there
[12:16] until you reach level 70 so if you don't
[12:18] want to Quest in some of the old zones
[12:20] and just want to stay in one place then
[12:22] this is something that you could go for
[12:24] now another way that you could level up
[12:26] is by only spamming dungeons now I used
[12:28] to do this a lot just spamming dungeons
[12:30] while questing if you don't care about
[12:32] how fast you level up or if you want
[12:34] some variation you can just start
[12:36] queuing for dungeons over and over all
[12:38] the way up to level 80 now I sto doing
[12:41] this because sometimes you end up with a
[12:43] group that consists of four randoms and
[12:45] they have a combined IQ of four which
[12:48] makes going through these dungeons a
[12:49] nightmare now in the end it's all about
[12:52] what you enjoy the most leveling fast is
[12:54] fun and all but if you don't enjoy
[12:57] rushing quests or the zones that I
[12:59] recommend for you to level in just go to
[13:01] another Zone queue up for dungeons do
[13:03] whatever the hell you want because
[13:06] eventually you will still hit Level 80
[13:08] the most important thing is still that
[13:10] you do what you want to do and enjoy it
[13:12] it's just as simple as
[13:14] that anyway guys that's all I have for
[13:17] you today if this video was helpful
[13:20] don't forget to subscribe and like the
[13:22] video also if you have any questions or
[13:25] maybe some other method to reach level
[13:27] 80 in a fast way then just let me know
[13:30] in the comment section below as always
[13:32] thanks for watching have a great day and
[13:34] I'll see you guys in the next video bye
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