Welcome to the first in a 4-part series on leveling a toon to 40. This experience is going to cover both PvP and PvE and Horde and Alliance, as I have pretty much done both. Gitr has been 60 forever, with Grimr being 38 forever, and Deadr just just turned 38 on a PvP server. Deadr will hit 40 on Friday, November 24th.
The first level is the easiest. If you have a 10-kill quest, you will hit level 2 before the quest is over. ๐ YAY! Cheer, celebrate, get drunk, because this is the fastest level you will have. I try to get to level 5 before leaving the sheltered area for each race. I do this so I can immediately go to a city or town and learn some tradeskills to start earning money. Of course, earning money is only important if it is your first toon on that server. When starting on a new server, I pick 2 gathering skills. If you have a chance, compare prices of a stack of items, such as light leather, peacebloom, and copper ore to see which is the most lucrative.
For levels 5-10, I run kill quests like nuts. For Alliance, that was either around Ironforge, Darnassus, or Strormwind. For the Horde, run around Undercity, Orgrimmar, and Thunder Bluff. These levels go very fast if you combine killing with turning in quests. For an added challenge, try to hit level 10 without dying, but not holding back, either.
There is not much of a difference at all between PvP and PvE for getting to level 10, because most other-faction players will stay away from other-faction land. Contested land is fair game on PvP servers, which I found out right away with Deadr in Hillsbrad.
Things get much trickier for PvP servers after level 10, as you have to venture out into contested territory to gain XP. The paths I will take you on between the 2 server types varies a lot, so the next in the series will be much more interesting as you begin to die at the hands of the enemy.
Part 1: (1-10)
Part 2: (11-20)
Part 3: (21-30)
Part 4: (31-40)
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