1-60(H) RAF Powerleveling guide

[shadowsx]

RAF (Recruit A Freind) Instance Powerleveling Guide
1-60

Assuming you are already familiar with the RAF process, this guide will show the most effective (that ive seen)
way to level 1-60 with RAF, with the "trial" account only upgraded with vanilla (Horde Side)

Map Key:
Blue = Enter Path
Green = Exit Path

First, i did all of this on a level 80 Unholy DK, back when Unholy Blight was an AOE around the caster, this allowed increased aggro range of low level mobs, making the process faster, he was wearing full dps gear 213 i level (nax25), and the 2 low level accounts (fully upgraded account and a new trial account) for 3 accounts total


1-8. for the first 8 levels simply quest and the prefered starting zone (IE: if the 2 raf chars are a Orc and Undead, pick Durotar or Silverpine, i find Durotar fastest)

8-15. Ounce you reach level 8, its time to head off to RFC, you only have to bring 1 of them low levels there, the DK i was using had a Mechano-Hog to drive him there, and he summoned the other account.
In the map it represents the path i take through RFC, on average RFC takes about 4min to clear and reset, after 5 runs you will be, if not at close to 15, if u need more runs and have reached the hour limit, wait, or log off if your going to time /played.
***NOTE*** Make sure to get the quest to aquire the heart from the Fel Guard Boss, this gives ALOT of xp, get it from the orc in the hut outside RFC. - Slaying the Beast

15-20. at 15 head to Wailing Caverns, in Wailing caverns i clear almost everything, skipping the escort quest, here is the path i use to clear it, i also pick up the quest to aquire 20 hides, and kill 7 of all the types of mobs, located above the entrance to WC, they give alot of xp.

20-38. at 20, time to head to SM cath, SM cath i do in 2 major pulls, the outside and inside, the outside ill run the right side of the hallways, and send my pet to aggro the left side, using ranged moves to gather the middle, we meet upstairs to do the second round and usally ill aoe everything down at the gate, ill open the gate and agro the boss pulling the whole room, aoe clear and reset, this is one of the fastest instance cleared, and your gonna have to wait for the hour reset alot.

38-44. head to ZF, you dont spend much time here, but make sure on your way to pick up the Ghaz'rilla Fang quest at the Raceway, and gather up the Troll Temper quest, Shell Quest, and Rod quest in Gadgetzen. at the stairway i run down and aggro everything, you end up having to wait about 2min, a few extra mobs will spawn until the boss will show, the room with all the scarabs i also aggro and kill, i do skip the graves though. quests are acceptable at level 42

44-49. at 44 go to ST (sunken temple), i run in the instance, going straight ahead going left, circle around to all trolls killing them and aggroing all trash along the way, ounce the last troll is dead, kill all trash and jump down, head towards the troll boss, dont aggro trash (intentionaly), ounce dead head to Eranikus, kill him, walk back as if leaving the instance, stop at the T intsersection and wait for all the dragonkin to reach you, AOE them down and then exit the instance & reset.

49-60. Strath dead&live, i run in the live side go into the cathedral and head to dead, kill the banshee and baron and then exit the dead side, enter on the dead side and reverse going dead side first and then going live, exit live, enter live and so on, you get the point.

other Tips and info: if the trial if upgraded to BC (if the account is going to be used) at 55 switch to ramparts, ull need a mage portal to shatt to get there but its much faster.

at 59 or so if you dont want to continue doing runs, grab all the quests at the town in EPL that have you gather 30 XXX item (core of elements, dark iron scraps, bone fragments, ext, ext) buy all the items from the AH and together they are will get you around a level

with this, my record is level 60 after 13 hours /played, but most of the time i stayed logged in the game waiting for hour resets, logging out and moving faster would of reduced this a great sum.

Enjoy! :wave:
feedback appreciated

[Multitask]

replace WC with SFK, ST with BRD, and strath with scholo for fastest

[shadowsx]

replace WC with SFK, ST with BRD, and strath with scholo for fastest

never liked BRD, didnt seem as fast as ST and ST was alot easier to access, and picked WC because it was closer to SFK, but seems logical that SFK would turn out to be faster, will try that and compare, thanks

[Multitask]

never liked BRD, didnt seem as fast as ST and ST was alot easier to access, and picked WC because it was closer to SFK, but seems logical that SFK would turn out to be faster, will try that and compare, thanks

BRD has a shitload of mobs, it only takes a couple runs there to lvl. and as for ease of access, wht me and my friend did is just pay someone 20g in the area to help summon since the stones dont have a level requirement anymore

[shadowsx]

BRD has a shitload of mobs, it only takes a couple runs there to lvl. and as for ease of access, wht me and my friend did is just pay someone 20g in the area to help summon since the stones dont have a level requirement anymore

the meeting stone deffinatly helps, ill try BRD next time and compare it

[StrudleJunkie]

Interesting but.. i'm confused a little. The linked account does not gain the bonus exp if the linked char is +/- 4 levels from its own level. So then whats the point of being linked? unless your triboxing or more, you can only grant 30 levels at a max. Which isn't worth the effort when you could just buy a couple runs with your alts grouped together, and then gain the +300% or whatever exp


I'll be using your method becuase i am triboxing (though i regret how i linked my accounts together now, i should have liked account a to b, then b to c and not a to b and c ><) So this'll save me some time and money buying runs since i can grant levels. +rep for the effort

A side note: when multiboxing with warlocks, you can make a stone, log out on your main account have one of your off account alts invite you, use the other locks left in the group to summon your main. This can save quite a bit of time.

[shadowsx]

Interesting but.. i'm confused a little. The linked account does not gain the bonus exp if the linked char is +/- 4 levels from its own level. So then whats the point of being linked? unless your triboxing or more, you can only grant 30 levels at a max. Which isn't worth the effort when you could just buy a couple runs with your alts grouped together, and then gain the +300% or whatever exp


I'll be using your method becuase i am triboxing (though i regret how i linked my accounts together now, i should have liked account a to b, then b to c and not a to b and c ><) So this'll save me some time and money buying runs since i can grant levels. +rep for the effort

A side note: when multiboxing with warlocks, you can make a stone, log out on your main account have one of your off account alts invite you, use the other locks left in the group to summon your main. This can save quite a bit of time.

im a little confused by what u said aswell, ill try to clear this up best i can

The linked account does not gain the bonus exp if the linked char is +/- 4 levels from its own level

lets take the 2 accounts here, the Trial and the Referer, these are the 2 that both get the 3x xp bonus, if one of them is level 30 and the other is 35, they wont get the 3x bonus, if there 30 and 31 they will, or 30 and 32 they will.

Which isn't worth the effort when you could just buy a couple runs with your alts grouped together, and then gain the +300% or whatever exp

this guide is for assuming u have the 2 linked accounts, and a 3rd "high level" account to run the other 2 accounts through instances, the granted levels are a bonus and are not mentioned in this guide.

I'll be using your method becuase i am triboxing (though i regret how i linked my accounts together now, i should have liked account a to b, then b to c and not a to b and c ><) So this'll save me some time and money buying runs since i can grant levels.

so from my understanding you are linking 3 accounts at the same time? so wouldnt u be quad boxing then? 3 linked accounts and the running account?
if u already upgraded the accounts then just go with it if not just remake and then do it again, if there are 2 accounts go A to B if there is 3 accounts go
A to B
A or B to C either way all 3 accounts get the 3x bonus at ounce


hope this helped

[StrudleJunkie]

im a little confused by what u said aswell, ill try to clear this up best i can


lets take the 2 accounts here, the Trial and the Referer, these are the 2 that both get the 3x xp bonus, if one of them is level 30 and the other is 35, they wont get the 3x bonus, if there 30 and 31 they will, or 30 and 32 they will.



this guide is for assuming u have the 2 linked accounts, and a 3rd "high level" account to run the other 2 accounts through instances, the granted levels are a bonus and are not mentioned in this guide.

In the first post, its implyed that there is only 2 accounts, the main and the alt, as you say "the trial account.." and not "the accounts" nor do you address the number of accounts at any part, so i had gotten confused.

so from my understanding you are linking 3 accounts at the same time? so wouldnt u be quad boxing then? 3 linked accounts and the running account?
if u already upgraded the accounts then just go with it if not just remake and then do it again, if there are 2 accounts go A to B if there is 3 accounts go
A to B
A or B to C either way all 3 accounts get the 3x bonus at ounce

Quad boxing is 4 accounts, i have three linked. one being my mains account, the other two linked to it. what i ment was, i should have linked my main (a) to one of the accounts, and the third alt to the account linked to my main, so that reguardless if i'm grouped with one of my 80's, or my boxing alt, i always have the bonus xp

[shadowsx]

In the first post, its implyed that there is only 2 accounts, the main and the alt, as you say "the trial account.." and not "the accounts" nor do you address the number of accounts at any part, so i had gotten confused.

ah, sry for being unclear, fixd it now so should be better to understand

Quad boxing is 4 accounts, i have three linked. one being my mains account, the other two linked to it. what i ment was, i should have linked my main (a) to one of the accounts, and the third alt to the account linked to my main, so that reguardless if i'm grouped with one of my 80's, or my boxing alt, i always have the bonus xp

ah, makes sense now, but was that really necessary? seems like a little more cash then just 2 accounts, or perhaps besides ur main account u didnt have a 2nd account to refer with? and had to upgrade 2 accounts

[sku_u]

Very nice guide. I'll be using this. +rep good sir

[testerbot]

hi how u move separate from pet? 20-38. at 20, time to head to SM cath

[shadowsx]

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hi how u move separate from pet? 20-38. at 20, time to head to SM cath

correct, i strafe right and target the mobs and sent pet on each on in a row

[keafur]

Keep in mind that you get more xp when your group is full, so try and find some other random lowbies to drag with you. If you are going all out XP grind, its kind of nice because the other randoms can just sit there and loot for you. If you are really greedy, you can tell them to give you all the loot as payment for running them as well.

[keafur]

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correct, i strafe right and target the mobs and sent pet on each on in a row

For whatever reason, my pet never seems to snag all the mobs... I found that it was faster to just get them myself.

[sku_u]

Keep in mind that you get more xp when your group is full, so try and find some other random lowbies to drag with you. If you are going all out XP grind, its kind of nice because the other randoms can just sit there and loot for you. If you are really greedy, you can tell them to give you all the loot as payment for running them as well.

Are you sure? I thought more members of the party means less XP.