My own RAF Boosting 1-60 under 24hours

[ubergatuni]

Hello, I'm showing you my own RAF Boosting strategy through 1-60 in few hours.
First of all I have read a lot of guides about RAF boosting, poweleveling, grinding... I didn't like anyone so based on common sense and my own experience ingame for some years this was my circuit:

1-8 just questing/grinding, what you prefer.
8-14 Ragefire Chasm
14-20 Shadowfang Keep
20-38 Scarlet Monastery Cathedral
38-45 Zul'Farrak
45-60 Stratholme ***

*** = I bought The Burning Crusade expansion pack after the second character was 60 just cause I wanted to level up two blood elves. So, If you purchase it this is my recommendation based on exactly what I did
45-55 Stratholme
55-60 Hellfire Ramparts

So, It's so simply and there is some reasons for choose exactly that instances and no other ones and here comes.

Why do you start on level 8? I don't like to quest, so I use this method

Look at the minimum level required for instances :
Ragefire Chasm: 8
Shadowfang Keep: 10
Scarlet Monastery: 20
Zul'Farrak: 35
Stratholme: 45
Hellfire Ramparts: 55

Maybe you think "hey dude go to Shadowfang Keep on level 10 and go to Zul'Farrak on level 35" and here comes the problem, there is two mobs in the entrance that will hit you, this is not a big problem, I know, but there is some quests on Ragefire Chasm at level 14 so there is no real reason to leave Orgrimmar that soon. And Zul'Farrak just I didn't like it, but I couldn't find any instance better. The basic idea for me was fast level on less travel.

More explanations, I did some quest doing this boosting:
RFC: Slaying the Beast - Quest - World of Warcraft and Slaying the Beast - Quest - World of Warcraft
SFK: The Book of Ur - Quest - World of Warcraft and Arugal Must Die - Quest - World of Warcraft
SM: Into The Scarlet Monastery - Quest - World of Warcraft
ZF: Divino-matic Rod - Quest - World of Warcraft , Scarab Shells - Quest - World of Warcraft and Troll Temper - Quest - World of Warcraft

And now how I did my runs:
Yellow Square: entrance
Grey Square: Pull/Taunt zone
Violet Square: Fight zone



Ragefire chasm:



Taunt zone 1: just jump in the border and taunt/pull one of the highest ramp mob, and one of the ground level mob

Taunt zone 2: just jump in the border and taunt one of the mobs in the ground level

This will provoke a horde of mobs coming to you, what you have to do is continue your way until you get in the fight zone (in this case is the same for first and final fight)

There is no problem on handle the entire instance in one pull (I did) but I had some problems with lazy mobs that just left me.

Boosted characters don't need to move from the entrance.

Shadowfang Keep:

My strategy here was pull all the mobs before the gate opening, talk to the NPC who opens the door then kill what you have pulled, so here start what I called "The Uberpull" you run pulling mobs in the main area and the you go through the right way of the castle pulling all mobs, and that will get you to a crossroad with the normal runs what you have to do is going downstairs to pull the first and second boss and go back (that means you have to turn 180º to keep on the way to the end of the instance) then pull third boss, and you will pull fourth boss and all mobs in the way until you get to the next downstairs in the final part, before you go downstairs you will kill all mobs, then go downstairs, pull all the wolves and 'Son of Arugal' in your way, go upstairs (always ahead) pulling all mobs even the fifth boss then go back to the initial fight zone and kill all again. You can continue the run, I only did this at level 18 while completing the two quests I picked up, so as you wish, if you follow my steps just get out of the instance, reset, and do it again.

Boosted characters don't need to move from the entrance.

Scarlet Monastery:



This is the entire instance in single pull so, first of all you have to go and open the door of the cathedral, then pull the four mobs in the gate and wal the way as I did.

Boosted characters don't need to move from the entrance.

Zul'Farrak:
I hate this instance.



This is almost all mobs pulled in single run (be careful you may be Hexed)

Once cleared I moved my characters for boss killing so as usual, characters don't need to move from the instance (in the first half)

Stratholme:
I hate this instance.

So there is two parts here

Living Side first:

I'm doing pulls until the scarlet zone, once cleared going to Undead side

Undead Side:
Be careful with spiders, I always kill first those spiders and then you can do a single pull of all undead zone (not bosses, please) so I did some timed runs and got Baron's mount on first try but XP/time doing Baron isn't enough for me, what that means? That means I skip the Baron fight multiple times, just Live and Undead run. Once cleared the Live and Undead zone the fastest way is suicide your boosted characters while you go out of the instance through the undead entrance/exit and going to the living side, your boosted characters will resurrect on the angel then, reset and another run on your back.


And now my favourite part:

Hellfire ramparts:
Almost entire instance in a single pull.


Once cleared this pull you can go to kill the bosses and some trash mobs in the way or just reset it and do it again (I killed the bosses all the times)

How to pull:

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How to deal:
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I leveled 7 characters this way using a Tank Death Knight (2 Handed Frost spec) or a Feral Tanking Druid for the runs.

I forgot...

There is an account limit of 5 instance ~saves~ in 1 hour, so as the runs of RFC, SM and Hellfire Ramparts took less than 10minutes you may have to wait about 30 minutes to continue boosting, I tracked the time with "Instance Counters"
So my recommendations of addons while doing this:
Titan Panel: http://www.wowinterface.com/download...itanPanel.html
Instance Counters: http://www.wowinterface.com/download...eCounters.html
FollowMe: http://www.wowinterface.com/download...-FollowMe.html
zzMiscHelper: http://www.wowinterface.com/download...iscHelper.html

[Silvera]

IF you have a good geared tank (preferably paladin) and the guts to do it, I really suggest doing Upper Blackrock spire from 45-60. Me and my friend did 1-60 in less than 17 hours, and thats including our slacking.

Nevertheless, good and explained guide

[mister_d]

Already a good 1-60 RAF Powerlvling guide here in this section

http://www.mmowned.com/forums/wow-gu...ing-guide.html

[ubergatuni]

Wailing Caverns is bugged, there are so many mobs inside the textures and you can't do anything while your mates are killed.

Sunken Temple is a waste of time.

Still thinking that guide is a good guide? I don't think so, that's why I posted my guide.

[mister_d]

I have never had a problem with Wailing Caverns. I have never had my character die from these "bugs" you are talking about. If I missed a mob, I notice the health going down and kill the mob.

The only debatable thing about that guide is Sunken Temple. That guide is better than this one. And since Sunken Temple is the only debatable thing, you could have posted on his thread and made a suggestion differing from what he is doing.

Also if you are still stuck on the fact that Wailing Caverns sucks, you could have made that suggestion over there as well.

Overall message? Already a good 1-60 RAF guide in this section.

[Molleren]

Done it to 55 in 13 hours /played.
24 hours is not hard at all.

[Trollblod]

Already a good 1-60 RAF Powerlvling guide here in this section

http://www.mmowned.com/forums/wow-gu...ing-guide.html

Agree, feels pretty much like a repost...

[Unholyshaman]

I used to run a Pre-BC guild (during WOTLK). So I got RAF and power leveled a ton of characters.
I ended up with:
2X L60 hunters
2X L60 Druids
1X L60 Warrior
1X L60 Warlock
1X L60 Paladin
1X L60 Rogue
1X L60 Shaman
1X L60 Priest

Did them all 1-60 within 13 hours /played

1-10 Quest
10-18 Deadmines
18-22 Stockades
22-25 SM GY
25-45 SM Cath
45-60 Strat

I would have gone 45-55 Strat and then 55-60 Ramps but the one account didn't have TBC.

[ubergatuni]

If you are going to level more than a char buying TBC is the best option for 55+ very fast levels with 0 walking .

And... well, I guess you boosted alliance but, anyways, I find better Cathedral than Graveyard, and Cathedral is the fastest I think. DM and Stockades are the best options for alliance by far.

[Trollblod]

If you are going to level more than a char buying TBC is the best option for 55+ very fast levels with 0 walking .

And... well, I guess you boosted alliance but, anyways, I find better Cathedral than Graveyard, and Cathedral is the fastest I think. DM and Stockades are the best options for alliance by far.

Problem: You can't enter cathedral at level 22-25 : P that's 25+.

[ubergatuni]

Just try, please All SM instances have the same minimum level, 20.

And, then I guess this may be... em... Failing Caverns or something like that...
or not?
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[Unholyshaman]

Either way anyone who knows anything worthwhile knowing about boosting, will know that SM instances all act as one instance.

If you are a fast booster like me and can get 10 instance resets of SM done in one hour, will do Cathedral, then Armory, then Library and only THEN Reset. Because it resets all 3 but still only counts as 1 reset.

So instead of running Cathedral 5 times and waiting 30-45 minutes for instance reset, you do Armory as well meaning a LOT less downtime. Sometimes I even do Library for the Key and gear to DE.

[mister_d]

Just face the facts, this is basically a repost and you know it, with a few differences which could be just posted as a suggestion on the other thread.

Good day sir

[khaled1994]

sad that i cant RAF in eu.

[Unholyshaman]

Yeah I can't RAF now that I moved to EU and I'm so pissed off.

I quit US and went to EU under the impression that I would RAF level two accounts up together dual boxing. So I bought one, upgraded all the way to WOTLK and tried to send and RAF and couldn't.

I emailed Blizzard asking why they were restricting my country and they said it was not them, it was my South African government. WHY THE FEK WOULD ANY LEGISLATION IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY not let me "Recruit a Friend".

They said I could contact my local government, wtf must I do?

"Excuse me ma'am, I would like to query why I cannot RAF in the popular online mmorpg WoW?" I think whoever answered my call would laugh.