Legion speed levelling guides

[aesthir9]

I've recorded myself speedlevelling through each zone, maybe some people without beta access might be interested.

Using this route you can easily achieve a 38-50min per level levelling speed (I dinged in 7.5 hours, without turning in prequests or levelling in a group, this will boost this speed even more).

info inside the videos and written guide:
- Where to use gliders
- Optimal Quest hub order
- High density mob areas
- Optimal Fire mage talents

The videos are very basic recordings as I have literally 0 experience with making videos. You can turn up the speed of the videos if you want to quickly see the route I take.
If anyone has any comments on things that can be improved.

Updated link:
Aesthir Ravencrest
- YouTube


WRITTEN GUIDE PER ZONE
combine this with the video for best results

General tips

Consumables: Gliders, flask, food, pots + tonics (use these on cd to sustain yourself), swiftness pots (mostly for running out of caves)
Escort quests: ALWAYS stick close or mobs will stop moving/reset
Bonus objectives: named mobs are great %, if you are geared enough

Zone 1: STORMHEIM
Quick scenario (this is a great opportunity to get ahead of ppl if you're good geared, so i recommend starting here if you are mythic geared and want to power level)
This area is slightly different for horde and alliance (mainly the start,another good reason to pick it as your starting zone0), i've recorded the alliance side
On the ships always pull the boss while aoeing the rest of the mobs on top.

Weeping Bluffs
Walk up first floor and aoe pull the entire floor
2nd floor kill named mob for Battery
Move east of the ship to the end where the oscilator is and aoe pull everything there
Walk southwest up the ship into Stormscale Cavern

Stormscale Cavern
Stand in lightning to charge the rod (also lightning from dragons)
Need to have released 5 dragoons before moving outside
Shoot distress signal
Glider down the mountain (video 17:20, and don't fail your iceblock macro like i did lmao)

Valley of the sword
kill 1 guy, loot him for quest item
Finish quest area while aoe pulling everything near objectives: don't worry to much about the BO since you'll return through this area a few times

Terrace of the watcher
Take the right way up
Trial of valor first (start RP and collect stuff/aoe nearby, then trial of will and glider down

Aggramar's vault
Kill boss while walking outside
Turn in quest, you can freely walk up to the valley of the sword and finish BO. Turn in at havi and then glider down (31:45)

Hrydshal
Start with oiled cloak ->loadstone (bonus xp chest across enchanted lodestone) -> climbing treads
Kill a dragon if you see it and loot it for q-item; 2 bonus chests in town, 1 on top of a house, 1 in tower)
Aoe pull mobs and dragons, best place is southeast in Hrydshal at the upper levels
Kill Gunnlaug while walking up the tower

Gatebroken path:
Grapple on the mountain, you can jump while grappled to avoid mob aggro

Thorim's peak.
Bottle neck area, pull any mob you see asap
Nuke Azariah inside the cave from the top, she will walk up to you
Fly to summit
If grouped, again start followup at same time (so you share credit)

Talonrest
Aoe pull wolves
Get quests from goblins
Go north to BO area

Nastrondir
finish BO (throwing stones is good) while collecting the goat hair
Jump down and kill Spitefeather
Walk east, get moonkin quest

Stormtorn foothills
Kill stuff
Do the moonkin dance: >ExtraActionButton 1 wave hands, 2 spin, 3 fly
Walk south west, get flightpath and glider there (16:33 part 2 video)
Turnin talonrest -> go west and kill Stonefang
Walk past dreadwake landing and watch out for the horde guards as they one shot you

Jotunnwood
Aoe pull for ribs, watch out for the big guys, walk all the way up to jotunwood while killing for ribs, then glider back down to talonrest and turn in (25:25 in video)

Valdisdal
Get followup + set HS

The runewood
Go northwest, aoe the entire camp and activate stone (8/8 carver)
Go west, activate stone + pull runeaxes
Go south east finish runeaxes
Turnin go east and aoe bears

Field of the fallen kings
Focus on returning ancenstors (bottleneck, if its to many ppl go and do Tideskorn harbor, see below), judging after
Dont turn in, after judged by rythas go west and do that hidden quest area (Tideskorn Harbor)

Tideskorn Harbor/helmouth shallows
Finish area and HS back to valisdall, glider down to turnin (or finish returning ancenstors)

Haustvald
Focus on tagging mobs (bottleneck area), collecting bones is easy, always get them inside the rooms
Runeseer Faljar (nuke the empowered crystals)

Hellheim
Make sure to get the 'soul of the worthy' buff that sometimes appears after killing mobs
Aoe stuff while collecting bones (north east is good for bones)
Helheim's waylight: aoe mobs on the way (BO takes a while but good aoe opportunities) and tag boss
Fragment order: Will-Might-Valor

Felskorn Warcamp:
Kill dravax and loot xp chest behind him

Gates of valor
Abuse extra action button while finishing the quests (it's not better xp grinding here than questing fyi)
Pop cd's on God-king Skovald
Glider to Greywatch

Greywatch/Bronzeleaf thicket
Get battle plans and complete quests in area
Move to shore

Dreygror
Get quests from murloc, grapple on top of boat, collect crates
Get followup, aoe pirates to the west, then go kill blood thane lucard
Kill Steelscale
Move south to morheim, get the quest ('A murky fate') and complete bonus area
Run back to greywatch

Crowley's overlook -> Skold-Ashil
Use the items in the area for buffs, get the quest for engraved shields (aoe a lot for BO, its quite annoying)
Finish area and kill rare for BO if its up; when BO is finished you can commune with the statue

HS to valisdal, turn in steelscale, and you are finished

Zone 2: AZSUNA

Set hearthstone at strand
Faronaar Front
Reignite wards, pull mobs near ward (they 2shot mobs), once you've killed 8 capture their souls
Illidari stand: after scythe of souls mount up and run back, dont bother with 'leave soul gem'

Faronaar
Tag roaming named mobs for BO% (can kill multiple times)
Free demon hunters (inside/near caves) first and kill the named elite in the north east cave (impmother) + Turnin
Go to stellagosa and get key (+named mob to the west if you still need BO)
Save stellagosa + kill warden and hearthstone back
Azurewing repose
Crackling leyworms inside the top northeast cave (aoe pull inside, shit droprate so pull more than you need)
Ley crystals behind Agapanthus -> revive whelps

Azurewing whelplands
Get quests, then walk past the area and go complete the BO in lost orchard+ take quest
After turnin walk up the mountain to the quest area for mana drained whelplings and withered
Get Rhunas , turnins and escort him (stay close again!)
Ley-ruins of Zarkhe..
Pull the neutral mobs when you walk into the area for quick charged mana jewels -> ishkanteth -> Tyndrissen (aoe pull the constructs nearby together with boss)
Make sure to finish 'you scratch my back' before killing the prince as you will fly back to azurewing

Azurewing repose

aoe withered + heal dragons -> go to the top north east cave again to get rhunas
Slay big boss inside construct (pop cd's)
Walk south east outside and get the quests from the DH (dont go and do them)
, walk further south to Drowned Gardens and start the Azshara questline

Drowned gardens
If solo get fathom commander first so you dont need to wait for respawn, otherwise have 1 guy in your party get him while you do nagas
Crumpled palace
Aoe 2 groups of murlocs at once (loot them for q item)
Find elder Aldryth at bottom of the lake (WATCH OUT FOR SEA GIAN)
Six eyes of Gangamesh
Get eggs, waterstrider back to q area
Stick close to Prince Farondis while escorting

Ruins of Nar'thalas
Get 3 quests, then get first Tome (east of prince), second tome (upstairs left of prince), then third.
kill athissa (pull mobs upstairs to her to get 3 hatecoil glyptic)-> Walk outside and to your right you have 3 impaled guys for quick BO
Escort Prince Farondis (stay very close, while pulling mobs to him so he 1shots them for BO)

Nar'thalas academy
Hat will fall down from the night elf NPC's who are near the book shelf, see video part 2 9.58
Finish questlines, nothing special -> Become prince farondis, aoe pull stuff on top of the bosses in each area

Hatecoil Warcamp:
Use the weapon racks to 2shot the big Skrogs for massive BO, then go and kill athissa in the middle. After run north to the quests you have from the DH before at Felblaze Ingress

Felblaze Ingress
Main portal-> ritual-> commander
Aoe mobs, get commander (if up) otherwise sabotage portal stabilizers
Walk back and complete Back from the Dead, complete quests annd go to shipwreck cove

Shipwreck cove
Ooker dooker -> stash of weapons
Finish morale booster instant by selecting 2nd dialogue option

Inside cave Oceanus cove:
Get quests, kill big guys while walking outside (south of exit there's a quest you should pickup)
Lots of big guys outside which you should kill for BO
Turn in, kill big guy (pop cd's) go east to Shackle's Den

Shackle's Den
Queen kraklaa is in the lake inside a cave
Finish these quests (don't turnin) and go to Looper Allen near the ship. Swim through the window inside the ship.

After, move north of the ship up a mountain and then west, for a hidden quest with an imp.
Aoe mobs, if imp doesn't spawn after finishing, immediately relog
Kill his master, then turn in all quests and you're done!

HS to dalaran


Zone 3: VALSHARAH

Set hearth in lorathil Mount malfurion ;-)

Lore
Jump down waterfall, BO: nests and eggs are great
Run up the hill right next to magula -> Sabermaw bluff->

Claw: Smolderhide thicket
loot for chieftain for q-item
Finish q-line in cave, run east for lunarwing shallows

Lunarwing shallows:
Do bonus objective (be quick on thorndancers, they are the bottleneck for this area).

Run east to grizzleweald
(Optional hidden area but GREAT xp for 5min work, when walking to the vale take a right when you see the building right instead of a left in front of the entrance to moonclaw vale)

Moonclaw Vale
Totems are great
Hearthstone at end
Turn in lore and go to court of cenarius

Temple of Elune
If you're well geared, pop cd's and nuke down 2 big tree's. If there's many ppl, or you're in a group, nuke the big doomlord boss for great BO %
XP chest near barrels
Use arrows on the ground to one-shot satyrs
Glider down to grove of cenarius

Big malfurion/Tyrande quest chain,
To old friends quest: if there are loads of ppl there one-shotting stuff with the extraActionButton, don't use yours and just tag everything you see with instant casts so you get credit.

Shadowfen
Go to tyrande first to start that quest, and while you're defending her pull stuff in the area. Be quick to turn in or someone else might start it again and you won't be able to turn in until they finish

Dreadroot
While RP is going on get a few bloodflowers and mobs for the BO, then go back and get the quests.
XP chest in first house
Turn left and kill Magorla while popping cd's (huge BO %), you can complete this BO on the way back when you turn in Elothir quests in Ash'theran
Shala'nir
Nuke stuff with bat, when in party, make sure to start at the same time so you share credit
Totems are great BO, xp chest in lake

Defend temple of elune
Pop all cd's

Bradensbrook
Glider down to Bradensbrook (57:59 in video)
Make sure to pick up shrieks no more in the northeast area of the farm
After saving the girl get xp chest, and kill the NE patrol (Lelyn swiftshadow) and loot for q item

Black rook hold
Strongbow+cages
Use glaive throwers for fast BO
Guardthower + Kester Farseeker (XP chest on a table nearby)5
Get glaive + aoe nearby mobs+shieldbreaker
Turn in and mount up till Araxxas

Darkpens
Jump down into the water
pull guards while walking to maiev and start her rp, then save the 2 DH's (downstairs)
Get followup from Maiev , rescue last DH (upstairs)
Kill lieutenant and use gates right behind him

HS to dalaran/class hall

Zone 4: HIGHMOUNTAIN
 Tips: Glider is extremely useful in HM. Movement speed pots for getting out of the big caves
EVERY escort quest, stick close to the npc or they will stop moving.
Set waterstrider as mount

** Land from FP-> Set inn at Thunder totem.
Jump down elevator: blink/immune/slowfall.
Walk down MIDDLE tunnel.

Infestation farm: part of group front, other part do back while dotting, meet at boss.

Whitewater Wash:
-Part of group release prisoners other part kick fish & spray
-Get Q in middle of river
- Make sure to stay close together (south side of river first, then moozy, then north).
- Pull loads here, if BO not complete, continue quests in cave. Turn in moozy so you can do grandma quest

Lifespring Cavern:
- Walk up the 2nd room, where you can AOE all 10mobs
-Make sure to turn in all the quests, walk upstairs and kill gelmogg -> move to the end of the room and jump down the river (skip long walk)

Riverbend:
Part of group go to top, and kill there, I free the 2 at bottom and kill there.
Meet at cave, enter Bitestone enclave.
I clear mobs at start, others walk to back while dotting
Quest: Dargrul and the Hammer (Tip: spam click the hand to get out early)
Escort back to Thundertotem

Spiritwalker Ebonhorn quests:
-Walk out of top north tunnel
- BUY the bottle of airspark, don't take the one on the bench -> get crystal -> get tears (Next q starts nearby)

Crystal Fissure
- Tag the mobs before accepting the next quest, run inside cave till the end while tagging everything, kite boss out of cave

Rescue grandmother moozy when going to TT

Spiritwalker Ebonhorn scenario.
Tips: use ExtraActionButtion 2 and 3 to move quickly across the land + go northwest while clearing big clumps of demons (try to finish around the Furbolg quest giver NW.
- Do it quickly and hope people aren't *******s and bug the final boss, if it's evading, just leave and continue questing.
Ceremonial drums
2x large near spiritwalker, take lift up;

Rescue mountainstriders

Escort spiritwalker to neltharions vault + finish questline
Scorpions are great for BO, after 2nd vision move up the area, walk outside of cave while mounted, hearthstone back (dont fly back), 1 medium drum in inn
Turn in quests downstairs

Fly to skyhorn
Bonus objective tip: the big ravens give the biggest increase
Group go top side (make sure to pull the mobs at the top to the middle area or i won't get credit), i go big raven side
Follow questline untill big harpy is killed and you can fly back to TT (put relics in your weapon)

Glider to Nessingwary
Go to elk side + big panther area, finish elderhorns (don't do BO yet)

Enter Mucksnout Den
Soulchambers, then run to end to start next qline, 1 boss is right behind you when you start new qline)

finish panthers, turn in nessignwary
Kill rashar + panthers in area for training
Run up, kill bears past the river and aoe pull, I do near the huts,group to the right side of it

Witchwood

**WATCH OUT FOR THE 'Fel reaver' equivalent
BO: eggs are great
Glider into Cave of blood tribe

Navarrog

Go out to the left and rescue all. Nuke mobs in packed area near water for other quests
BO: use weapon racks (sometimes bug, then you need to farm mobs) after BO, glider back from edge to cave.

Stonebark Grotto:

Aoe lots of murlocs here (great xp), use blink type effects when carrying weights
Hearthstone back

Glider to nessignwary -> Screeching crag
Do BO (quest mob to the east gives BO aswell)
Kill morashu
Kill irewing

Take flight from Nessignwary to murloc beach
Finish everything there and Hearthstone back

Snowblind mesa:
Finish everything

Icepine Point
Finish everything

HS dalaran

Gratz, you just got server first =) If this guide has been useful to you and has sped up your levelling, please mention it in the comments and subscribe to my youtube channel! Aesthirz Ravencrest

[phantom325]

Your link is messed up. "This channel does not exist". I would be very interested in the guides though

[eaglerip]

Link doesn't exist

[bluesius]

You copypasted the link from somewhere else on this site (post preview?), but ownedcore is shortening url with "...", so you effectively copy/pasted a broken link.

However, I was able to find your youtube channel through other means:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1c...fzPWHEJlHdLGEw

[aesthir9]

You copypasted the link from somewhere else on this site (post preview?), but ownedcore is shortening url with "...", so you effectively copy/pasted a broken link.

However, I was able to find your youtube channel through other means:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1c...fzPWHEJlHdLGEw

Thanks, sorry for the broken link everyone, first time posting a link on here. I hope the videos are helpfull, please do provide any feedback or questions you might have!

[Blizzhaxer]

NOt bad I'll have to give em look over soon. Are you going to have like a set up video of like what spec/taletns would work best what items you'd wanna have and all that fun stuff?

[Diboe]

Thanks for the effort. Will give it a try on my alts

[aesthir9]

NOt bad I'll have to give em look over soon. Are you going to have like a set up video of like what spec/taletns would work best what items you'd wanna have and all that fun stuff?

Yea I might actually.
Is there a particular spec that you would like to have this info on? I've levelled quite a few classes, but the videos are mage PoV.
The spec you level as really does not matter, the AP you collect during levelling is imo negligible (and you can even change specs before applying it if you really care). So if you are interested in speedlevelling, just play whichever spec is best. Certain classes are just OP for levelling (i.e. rogues with mark of death).

Mages aren't that great compared to other classes, but still fire mage is quite decent because of firestarter.

For mage i'd go:

15: Firestarter
30: Shimmer (it's very good mobility)
45: Incanter's flow (if you're gear isn't great maybe go for Mirror image, even though the videos are with RoP, i'm pretty sure i'll switch since quest bosses die in seconds
60: Flame on
75: Ice floes
90: Flame patch if archi class trinket, otherwise living bomb
100: Kindling if you're bad at utilising combustion all the time while leveling and just leave it sitting there untill you fight a high hp mob, just take meteor

Items:
Most important = goblin glider (it will save you rediculous amounts of time in highmountain and stormheim, also quite a bit in the other zones but less)
Flasks, augment rune, int potions and healing tonics (Healing tonics are absolutely great for classes with no self heals, i.e. mages and you can just use the pot on cd in order to sustain).
Draenic swiftness potion (if you're really serious it can save a few seconds here and there (underwater or walking out of a big cave).

There are also quite a few items you can use to turn in quests at the start of the expac, if i have time i will make a video for that as well.

[fero323]

If people are interested in this sort of thing, I could also make a written quick summary guide for each zone.

Please do that summary.

[TehVoyager]

Guides, IIRC, require written instructions. i would suggest expanding on your guide.
nice work though for a start.

[aesthir9]

Thank you TehVoyager, it's my first post on ownedcore and I wasn't aware of that (my bad, since it's stickied :P).

I will be adding a written summary of each zone, to my first post around the 20th of August as I will be away on holiday for the next two weeks.

[xXK1ll3rXx]

Would the time improve if you level with a 2-3man grp? Since the quest items are now shared for group members.

[TehVoyager]

Would the time improve if you level with a 2-3man grp? Since the quest items are now shared for group members.

it really seems like you've answered your own question here.

[Blizzhaxer]

Ya i didn't think the spec matter too much Been trying to see what i wanna level as was thinking frost cause you know mages we have awsome heals......

[aesthir9]

Hey people!

I've just edited the original post and have provided a written guide.
This guide contains:

- Optimal Quest hub order
- High density mob areas
- Tips for bonus objective clearing
- Tips for bottlenecks and how to avoid them
- Where to use gliders
- Hidden quest areas!