There is a newer way to get your character from level 1 to 80 in record time. It is called instance leveling. Have you ever wondered how some World of Warcraft players seem to have the best gear while they’re leveling their new characters?
Better Gear
Whilst dungeon leveling allows you to gain a great deal more experience in a more limited time frame, it also provides the benefit of giving you the opportunity to get some great gear. Quite a bit of the gear that drops in the instances would never be available to you to drop on monsters that are killed out in the world. You can’t do better than picking up your gear in the dungeons, because the gear that drops off the dungeon bosses is always top shelf.
Blizzard sees dungeons as being harder to achieve than solo quests, so quests associated with dungeons on an individual basis always make better gear available than solo quests. By dungeon leveling you are on a win-win scenario - you not only get double the experience, but you get better gear as well.
Monetary Gain
You not only get better gear, but instance leveling also that provides more gold. This is due to the fact that you kill more monsters in a shorter time frame. That means more gold and vendor item to loot.
While you’re dungeon leveling, it is also the opportune time to learn how to use the auction house. The reason for this, is because you’ll have access to more items that other players will find rare or useful, and you’ll be able to sell them on the auction house. For instance, if you have stacks of cloth but you’re not a tailor, the auction house is perfect. You will end up with a variety of goods and materials over a various professions that you can sell in this manner. So it is well worth doing the instance leveling in the dungeons.
Time to Explore
It must be said though, that WoW doesn’t include maps to most of the Classic and Burning Crusade dungeons, so it could be a bit hit and miss on your part. This is where a good dungeon leveling guide will come in extremely useful for you. These maps are in the good guides, so you’ll know exactly where you’re going.
Remember, you can’t use the dungeon finder until you reach level 15, but if you have at least one level 80 character, it will be a worthwhile experience for you to try dungeon leveling with your next one. It will give you a great opportunity to explore areas of WoW that you might not have played already, and this will include killing different monsters and bosses that you haven’t seen yet.
Enjoy!