How To Level From 1-80 In Only 2 Hours As Horde!

[00:00] Hey folks, I recently managed to get a

[00:02] new 1 to70 speedrun world record in only

[00:04] 2 hours and 41 minutes by using Chromy

[00:06] time. This speedrun represents the

[00:08] absolute best time that you can achieve

[00:10] by using my route. And with this video

[00:12] guide, I aim to break down my route into

[00:14] simple, easy to follow steps that you

[00:16] can use it to quickly level characters

[00:17] for yourself. Also, while I obviously

[00:20] use many fancy experience buffs and

[00:22] consumable items for the purposes of my

[00:24] speedruns, these are not taken into

[00:26] account for the purposes of this

[00:27] leveling guide. These items obviously

[00:29] save a small amount of time, but in

[00:31] practice, the route itself is what makes

[00:33] this leveling method so fast. If you're

[00:35] interested in learning more about the

[00:36] items that I prepare for my speedruns,

[00:38] I've made a separate video purely on

[00:40] that topic, which is linked in the

[00:41] description below. But with all of that

[00:43] out of the way, let's jump into the

[00:45] guide. Before you can enter Chromy Time

[00:47] and begin following the bulk of this

[00:49] route, you'll first need to reach level

[00:50] 10. How you'll do this will vary heavily

[00:52] depending on the race that you selected.

[00:54] If you're playing an allied race, you'll

[00:56] already begin the game at level 10, so

[00:58] you can skip ahead to the next section

[00:59] of my guide. However, any brand new

[01:02] players watching this video won't be

[01:03] able to create an allied race as their

[01:05] first character, so you'll need to pick

[01:06] one of the standard races and begin at

[01:08] level one. While every race will be

[01:10] presented with multiple options as their

[01:12] starting zone, I would always recommend

[01:14] choosing Exiles Reach. This zone may not

[01:17] be exceptionally fast, but it was tailor

[01:19] made by Blizzard to get your characters

[01:21] exactly from levels 1 to 10.

[01:23] Additionally, the zone is extremely

[01:24] linear and tries to teach you basic

[01:26] mechanics of the game as you progress

[01:28] the quest line, meaning it's very

[01:29] helpful for new players. It's worth

[01:31] noting that I selected the standard

[01:33] undead starting zone for my world record

[01:34] run, but this is because I did some very

[01:36] strange routing shenanigans that I'm not

[01:38] going to recommend as part of this

[01:40] guide. The advantage of these older

[01:42] zones is that they don't lock you into a

[01:43] fixed path, which is really nice for my

[01:45] speedruns, as I can use fancy movement

[01:47] items to break out of the zones early

[01:49] and access some powerful experience

[01:50] buffs sooner than I would normally be

[01:52] able to. However, even when all of this

[01:54] is done perfectly, I'm only saving a few

[01:56] minutes compared to doing the standard

[01:58] path through Exiles Reach. While that

[02:00] time save matters in a speedrun, it's

[02:02] not relevant for the average player,

[02:03] especially considering it'll be

[02:04] drastically slower if you try to do the

[02:06] zones in the intended manner. Lastly, if

[02:08] you're playing a demon hunter or a death

[02:10] knight, your only option will be to

[02:11] level through your class's starting

[02:13] zones, and this will put you past level

[02:14] 10 by the time you finish. Don't worry,

[02:16] though, because my guide has been

[02:18] structured in such a way that you can

[02:19] jump straight into the level 10 section

[02:21] and not lose any time. Once you've

[02:23] managed to reach level 10, you'll first

[02:25] want to do a few quests to acquire a

[02:27] dollar Hearthstone. This only takes a

[02:29] few minutes, and it'll save a ton of

[02:30] time over the course of the 10 to 70

[02:32] leveling process. Although the dollar on

[02:34] Hearthstone was added to the toy box

[02:35] during Dragon Flight, you're unable to

[02:37] actually use it on new characters until

[02:39] you've completed the original unlock

[02:40] quests. To kick things off, you'll first

[02:42] need to speak with Chromy and begin the

[02:44] Legion quest line. If you're unsure

[02:46] where to find her, head to the Orgamar

[02:47] embassy and look for a gnome sitting on

[02:49] a big hourglass. After receiving the

[02:51] quest, the Legion Returns, you should

[02:52] run outside of the Orgamar gates and

[02:54] talk to Holgar Stormax. This NPC should

[02:57] have a dialogue option that starts with,

[02:58] "I've heard this tale before." and

[03:00] you'll want to select it in order to

[03:01] skip the Broken Shore introduction. If

[03:04] the dialogue option isn't appearing, it

[03:05] means you've never done the Broken Shore

[03:07] scenario on your account. For your first

[03:09] character, you'll still want to complete

[03:10] the scenario as it only takes about 15

[03:13] minutes and allows you to skip the

[03:14] entire thing on all future leveling

[03:16] runs. Once you've reached Doeron, you

[03:18] can turn in the nearby quest to receive

[03:19] your Dollaron Hearthstone. If you

[03:21] already have the toy unlocked on your

[03:23] account, you can just delete the quest

[03:24] reward itself and add the toy to your

[03:26] bars. From here, turn right into the

[03:28] horde section of the city and take the

[03:30] portal back to Ormar. It's worth noting

[03:32] that the process I just described is

[03:34] technically not needed if you're playing

[03:35] a mage, monk, vulpera, or some

[03:38] combination of the two. Each of these

[03:40] classes and/or race have an ability

[03:42] which completely removes the need for a

[03:43] dollar Hearthstone. However, you should

[03:45] still speak with Chromy and select a

[03:47] timeline as this ensures all zones will

[03:49] scale with your level. I also want to

[03:51] make it absolutely clear that after

[03:52] returning from Delaron, you do not need

[03:54] to visit Chromy and change your active

[03:56] expansion. Despite the misleading design

[03:58] of the menu, Chromy time is actually a

[04:00] binary state. It's either fully enabled

[04:02] or fully disabled for your character.

[04:05] The only difference between the various

[04:06] expansions is which breadcrumb quests

[04:08] you get offered, like the

[04:09] affforementioned one for traveling to

[04:11] Doaron. Also, your active expansion will

[04:13] determine which random dungeons you're

[04:14] allowed to queue for. But beyond that,

[04:16] all of them function exactly the same

[04:18] for the purposes of questing. Lastly, if

[04:20] the Dark Moon Fair happens to be active

[04:22] while you're leveling, this is the ideal

[04:23] time to swing by and grab your 10%

[04:25] experience buff. The fair is active

[04:27] during the first full week of every

[04:28] month. And you can also see when it's up

[04:30] by looking at your in-game calendar.

[04:32] There are many ways to reach the Darkman

[04:33] fair, but the fastest path involves

[04:35] taking the portal to Old Door and

[04:37] receiving a teleport from the Darkman

[04:38] mage standing in the nearby courtyard.

[04:40] From here, you can run down the hill

[04:42] into the fair proper, purchase a

[04:44] carousel ticket from a panda named

[04:45] Katie, and ride the carousel to receive

[04:47] your 10% XP buff. There's a few more

[04:50] niche advantages that the Darkman Fair

[04:51] provides for leveling, but they're a bit

[04:53] more complicated, so you should watch my

[04:55] speedrun items video if you want to

[04:56] learn more. Now, you should be ready to

[04:58] start the 10 to 70 route. But before we

[05:00] dive into specifics about the zones and

[05:02] quests, I want to briefly go over a few

[05:04] bits of general advice that apply to the

[05:06] route as a whole. First, I strongly urge

[05:08] you to only follow the listed zones in

[05:10] the route without taking extensive

[05:11] detours. If I don't mention a zone in my

[05:14] guide, it's not because I forgot about

[05:15] it. It's because it's slower than the

[05:17] rest of my route. Also, if you feel that

[05:19] you're not getting enough experience

[05:20] from completing quests, please double

[05:22] check that you've actually enabled

[05:23] Chromy time, as otherwise, your XP gains

[05:26] will eventually be reduced by 90%. You

[05:28] would be surprised at how often people

[05:30] make this exact same mistake. The final

[05:32] general tip that I want to discuss

[05:34] pertains to rare mobs. You'll find many

[05:36] of these while following my leveling

[05:37] route, and it's especially important

[05:39] within any Cataclysm revamped zones,

[05:41] such as Silver Pine Forest or Hillsbread

[05:43] Foothills. Each one of these rares gives

[05:45] roughly a quest's worth of experience,

[05:47] so it can be extremely helpful to hunt

[05:48] for them while you're leveling. However,

[05:50] this is not the case for any rares you

[05:52] encounter in Warlords of Dranor Zones,

[05:54] as those give a standard amount of

[05:56] experience and aren't worth killing. In

[05:58] order to help you find all of the

[05:59] important rares while leveling, I've

[06:01] created a companion video on my second

[06:03] channel, which goes over the location of

[06:04] every single rare, and you can find it

[06:06] linked in the description below. That

[06:08] being said, the zones mentioned in my

[06:10] guide will still be faster than any

[06:12] alternatives, even if you don't manage

[06:13] to find a single rare mob. It's a nice

[06:16] little bonus if you happen to encounter

[06:17] one, but you should never sit and wait

[06:19] at a spawn location instead of

[06:20] continuing along the quest path. The

[06:22] first zone you'll be visiting is

[06:23] Silverpine Forest. And to get there

[06:25] quickly from Orgamar, you'll first want

[06:27] to take the portal to Silver Moon City,

[06:28] which is found just left to the stairs

[06:30] leading inside of the Orgamar portal

[06:32] room. Once inside Silver Moon, you'll

[06:33] need to walk to a small room behind the

[06:35] blood elf faction leaders. And up on a

[06:37] pedestal, you'll find an object called

[06:38] the Orb of Transocation. Clicking on

[06:40] this orb will teleport you to a zone

[06:42] called Tusfall Glades. If you open your

[06:44] map, you'll be able to see Silverpine

[06:46] Forest just to the west. Fly towards the

[06:48] quest marked on your map named the

[06:50] Wararchief Cometh, which begins the

[06:51] Silverpine quest line. From here, as

[06:53] long as you pick up and complete every

[06:55] quest that you encounter, you'll be

[06:56] taken on a fairly linear path throughout

[06:58] the zone. Silverpine is deceptively

[07:01] efficient, as it has lots of unskippable

[07:02] cutscenes early on, which make the quest

[07:04] line seem very slow. That said, the last

[07:07] two/3s of Silverpine have incredible

[07:09] quest density and minimal travel time.

[07:11] So, this more than makes up for the slow

[07:12] start. Midway through the questing

[07:14] experience, you'll get sent down to

[07:15] Gilaeas. Don't panic, as this is simply

[07:18] an extension of the Silver Pine quest

[07:20] line. Within the first area, you'll see

[07:22] a giant Edin named Koro the Colossus,

[07:24] and you should kill him in order to

[07:25] receive a hidden quest. From here,

[07:27] continue along the quest line in Gilaeus

[07:29] until you're returned to Silverpine.

[07:31] Towards the end of the zone, you'll

[07:32] reach the quest sewing discord, which

[07:34] task you with killing a camp full of

[07:36] elite dwarves. It can be fairly

[07:38] difficult to solo these mobs as their

[07:39] auto attacks hit extremely hard. If you

[07:42] find yourself struggling with this

[07:43] quest, I'd recommend dragging the mobs

[07:45] over to Lord Godfrey and waiting for him

[07:47] and the other NPCs to whittle the dwarfs

[07:49] down. Immediately after completing this

[07:51] quest, you should kill one of the nearby

[07:52] crocodiles as it begins a hidden quest

[07:54] called From the Belly of the Beast. Once

[07:56] you've completed this, it's time to

[07:58] abandon the Silver Pine quest line and

[07:59] move along to Hillbread Foothills. The

[08:02] final two quests in Silverpine are full

[08:03] of unskippable roleplay, so they're not

[08:05] worth completing. At some point during

[08:07] this process, you should have reached

[08:08] level 20, and you'll now have the option

[08:10] to enable war mode. This can only be

[08:12] enabled at Ormar. So you should set your

[08:14] Hearthstone to a nearby location, most

[08:16] likely the supplicer, and then use your

[08:18] dollar on Hearthstone. From here, you

[08:20] can take the nearby portal to reach

[08:21] Ormar, enable war mode, and use your

[08:23] regular Hearthstone to return to

[08:24] Silverpine. As previously mentioned,

[08:27] mages or monks can use portals or Zen

[08:29] pilgrimage, respectively, as a

[08:30] replacement for the Delaron Hearthstone.

[08:32] Also, in case you're unfamiliar with

[08:34] what exactly war mode does, this is a

[08:36] buff that grants you roughly 10%

[08:38] additional experience while also

[08:39] permanently flagging your character for

[08:41] PvP. This may sound really scary, but

[08:44] you have to remember that both Silver

[08:45] Pine and Hillsbread are horde only

[08:47] zones. So, you won't actually encounter

[08:48] a single alliance player while leveling

[08:50] there. This means that war mode is

[08:52] effectively a free 10% XP buff for the

[08:54] first two zones in my route. When you

[08:56] get to Warlords of Dranor later on,

[08:58] there is a chance that you'll encounter

[08:59] other Alliance players, but the vast

[09:01] majority of people are simply there to

[09:03] level and won't try to fight you. In the

[09:05] worst case scenario, you can always go

[09:06] to a nearby town and disable war mode

[09:08] later on if you run into someone who

[09:10] really wants to kill you. Now, before we

[09:12] discuss the next zone, Hillsbread

[09:13] Foothills, I want to take a moment to

[09:15] touch upon dungeon leveling. Over the

[09:17] last few years, I've done a few test

[09:18] runs that completed Burning Crusade

[09:19] dungeons from levels 10 to 20, and I

[09:21] found that it can potentially be faster

[09:23] under specific situations. Since war

[09:25] mode only applies to outdoor content and

[09:27] it isn't available until level 20, it's

[09:30] possible to get marginally faster times

[09:31] in TBC dungeons if you queue as a tank

[09:33] and get extremely lucky with the random

[09:35] dungeons that you're offered. In

[09:37] practice, I wouldn't actually recommend

[09:39] running dungeons for Horde players, as

[09:41] on average, it'll be much slower than

[09:42] the questing route. However, if you did

[09:44] really want to try dungeon leveling and

[09:46] want more detail on the subject, I

[09:47] discussed it in a bit more detail in the

[09:49] written version of this guide, which is

[09:50] linked in the description. As previously

[09:53] mentioned, you'll want to leave

[09:53] Silverpine Forest upon reaching the

[09:55] quest on Her Majesty's Secret Service.

[09:57] If you open your map, you can find

[09:59] Hillsrad Foothills to the east, and

[10:00] you'll start the quest line there by

[10:02] picking up Welcome to the Machine. Like

[10:04] before, Hillsbrad is a fairly linear

[10:06] zone, so as long as you pick up and

[10:07] complete every quest you encounter,

[10:09] you'll eventually finish the entire

[10:11] thing. There are only two quests in

[10:12] particular that you'll want to avoid.

[10:14] You'll receive stag witches towards the

[10:16] end of the zone. And although it seems

[10:18] fairly simple, the drop rate of its

[10:19] quest item is extremely low, so it's

[10:21] usually not worth completing. There's

[10:23] also a small chain in the east that

[10:25] starts with a haunting in Hillsrad, but

[10:27] the density here is pretty low, so I'd

[10:29] recommend skipping it. However, you'll

[10:30] still want to complete the other two

[10:31] quests nearby called Extinction and the

[10:34] Durnhold Challenge. It's worth noting

[10:36] that some quests in Hillsrad, such as

[10:38] Yetimus the Yeti Lord or the Durnhole

[10:40] Challenge, require you to fight elites

[10:41] tuned around a group of three or more

[10:43] players. For most classes, these are

[10:45] extremely hard to solo, but it is

[10:47] definitely possible. I'd recommend

[10:49] trying it once if you're confident, but

[10:51] if you can't solo them, just ask for

[10:52] help in general chat. There's usually a

[10:54] few people willing to group for it.

[10:56] Also, when fighting Yetus, I would

[10:58] recommend dragging him inside of the

[10:59] nearby Yeti cave as this allows you to

[11:01] negate his knockback mechanic. The fight

[11:03] will still be very difficult due to the

[11:04] damage of his auto attacks, but at least

[11:06] you won't risk dying of fall damage.

[11:08] Once you finished everything in Hills

[11:10] Red Foothills, you should use your

[11:11] dollar Hearthstone and return to

[11:13] Orgamar. Once there, head over to Chromy

[11:15] and select the Warlords of Dranor

[11:16] timeline. You'll be directed to speak

[11:18] with an NPC called Vanguard Battle Mage,

[11:20] but you should instead talk to the

[11:22] Thrawar Mage, who can be found standing

[11:23] nearby in the bottom floor of the

[11:25] Orgamar portal room. Talking to the

[11:27] Thrralar mage NPC, will cause you to be

[11:29] teleported directly next to Khadgar in

[11:31] the Blasted Lands, allowing you to

[11:32] immediately start the next quest. The

[11:34] Vanguard Battle Mage, despite being the

[11:36] intended NPC, will teleport you much

[11:39] further away from Khadgar. After

[11:40] speaking with Khadgar, you should fully

[11:42] complete the Warlords of Dranor intro

[11:44] scenario. Many people like to skip this

[11:46] area, but it's still one of the fastest

[11:47] quest lines in the entire game, so if

[11:49] you skip it, you're doing yourself a

[11:51] huge disservice. Upon reaching the end,

[11:53] you'll be teleported to Frostfire Ridge

[11:55] and should do the entire quest line to

[11:56] set up your garrison. You'll also want

[11:58] to finish the next few quests where you

[12:00] kill ogres, gather supplies, construct a

[12:02] barracks, and rescue all in Umberhide.

[12:05] After these four quests, the zone slows

[12:07] to a crawl, so you should instead fly to

[12:08] Gorgrand and begin the quest line there.

[12:11] Gorgrand can be reached by flying

[12:12] directly east from your garrison. And

[12:14] you'll start the quest line by speaking

[12:15] with Durotan at the zone's entrance.

[12:18] From here, follow the quest line until

[12:19] you establish the town of Beastwatch. At

[12:21] this point, you'll be prompted to choose

[12:23] between the Savage Fight Club or the

[12:24] Lowlands Lumberyard. The Fight Club is

[12:27] significantly better than the

[12:28] Lumberyard, as it gives you access to a

[12:30] ton of extremely efficient quests. Go

[12:32] north and complete the quest, a harsh

[12:34] reminder in Affliction Ridge. While

[12:36] doing this, round up a wide variety of

[12:38] mobs and pop your champion's honor

[12:40] ability. This spell has a hidden effect

[12:41] that drops quest starting items when you

[12:43] kill certain enemies with it active.

[12:45] Under Dranor exploration, there's an

[12:47] achievement called prove your strength,

[12:48] and this can help you keep track of

[12:50] which items you've collected. You'll

[12:52] want to only use it when you've rounded

[12:53] up a few mobs of at least two types in

[12:55] order to maximize your chances at

[12:56] getting quest items. Around this point,

[12:58] you'll receive multiple quest lines, but

[13:00] you should complete everything in

[13:01] Stonewall Arena before continuing

[13:03] onwards. The quests involving Rexar go

[13:05] on for a while and will lead you further

[13:07] north into the zone. You'll want to use

[13:09] your champions honorability on the

[13:10] bassilisks and steam furies that you'll

[13:12] encounter during the quest on the men.

[13:14] Later on, you can use it once again

[13:16] while killing Ogrron during the quest

[13:18] Fair Warning. After you finish the quest

[13:20] Chains of Iron, you should complete the

[13:21] nearby bonus objective, Valley of

[13:23] Destruction. Upon returning to

[13:25] Beastwatch, you'll receive a quest named

[13:26] Strike While the Iron is Hot, but this

[13:28] is extremely inefficient and should be

[13:30] ignored. Now that you're finished with

[13:32] the primary quest line, you can complete

[13:33] the Miscreet Meer and Razor Bloom bonus

[13:36] objectives, which are just south of

[13:37] Beastwatch. While you're here, make sure

[13:39] you use Champions Honor on the nearby

[13:41] Wasps and Ravagers. If you have any

[13:43] leftover time on the buff after getting

[13:45] the Wasp and Ravager items, you can try

[13:47] to kill any nearby orcs and botnai to

[13:48] get their associated quest items in case

[13:50] you're still missing either one. Next,

[13:52] head east and complete the entire

[13:54] Crimson Fen quest line. Upon finishing

[13:56] it, return to Beastwatch and hand in all

[13:58] of your remaining quests. You'll now

[14:00] want to leave Gorgrand and travel south

[14:02] to Talidor, but you should take a brief

[14:03] detour to complete the Ruins of the

[14:05] First Bastion and Tail Thrasher Basin

[14:07] bonus objectives. Upon finishing

[14:08] everything in Gorgrand, fly south to

[14:10] Talidor and construct the arsenal in

[14:12] Vulgun's Pride. Do not complete any of

[14:14] the quests here as the main purpose of

[14:16] unlocking the arsenal is to gain access

[14:17] to some really efficient bonus

[14:19] objectives. Complete the bonus

[14:20] objectives Morground Log works, Zangara,

[14:23] and Daruna's Desolation in that order.

[14:25] After picking up any nearby treasures,

[14:27] travel further south and complete the

[14:29] Zorer's Fall bonus objective. From here,

[14:31] head into Spires of Iraq and progress

[14:33] through the quest line until you reach

[14:34] level 70. Spires of Iraq is a peculiar

[14:37] zone as it has a fairly high quest

[14:39] density early on but falls off

[14:40] significantly towards the end. When you

[14:42] reach axefall, you can construct the

[14:44] hearthfire tavern which gives you 20%

[14:46] increased experience within spires of

[14:48] Iraq as well as a localized Hearthstone

[14:49] ability on a separate cool down. While

[14:51] this buff is nice to have, it's nowhere

[14:53] near as impactful as many people seem to

[14:55] think it is. By the time you get the 20%

[14:57] XP buff, you've already completed most

[14:59] of the efficient quests in the zone, so

[15:01] it doesn't end up helping you much.

[15:03] After building the tavern, you'll want

[15:04] to pick up the wanted quests from a

[15:05] poster on the wall, as these give great

[15:07] experience and can be usually completed

[15:09] alongside other quests. Now that you

[15:11] finished leveling in Chromy time, you'll

[15:13] need to enter War Within zones to level

[15:15] from 70 to 80. I've already fully

[15:17] optimized War Within 70 to 80 leveling

[15:19] with a speedrun of 1 hour and 5 minutes.

[15:21] If you'd like to learn more about how to

[15:23] follow that route, you can click in the

[15:24] video shown on screen or find a link to

[15:26] it in the description. Additionally, if

[15:28] you're interested in leveling an

[15:29] alliance character from 1 to 70, I've

[15:31] made a separate video on that subject.

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