The Fastest 80-85 Leveling Route in Cata Classic

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024
  • Over the past few weeks I’ve completed multiple 80-85 Speedruns in an effort to find the fastest leveling route in Cataclysm Classic. In this video I'll go over my finalized route which should allow you to easily reach Level 85 in 10 Hours or less.
    If you want to learn a few tricks that will help you beat the crowd on launch, you can check out this video on my second channel: • Cataclysm Launch Day L...
    You can check out some of my practice speedruns here:
    Feral Druid 80-85: ruclips.net/user/li...
    Protection Paladin 80-85: ruclips.net/user/li...
    Timestamps WIP
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Комментарии • 87

  • @Harldan1
    @Harldan1  7 месяцев назад +20

    Just to clear up confusion, a lot of the 3-5 hour World Record launch times were using bugged mob hyperspawns. This happens every expac launch, and then it gets nuked by Blizzard. It's not worth discussing and you shouldn't try to replicate it yourself. That being said, even with launch day delays I still managed to get to 85 in 10 hours and 44 minutes, so I'm happy with the consistency of this route.

  • @barty1995
    @barty1995 7 месяцев назад +39

    Cata is when leveling generally became a lot more straight forward, no weird tricks or shenanigans just quest in appropriate zones with maybe some specific points of efficiency. But knowing where those points are is pretty handy.

  • @BluuSkyz
    @BluuSkyz 7 месяцев назад +11

    I went to the water zone and my buddy went Hyjal.. he was 81 when I was 35% in and I was moving decently quick. I'm def doing this guide next time.

  • @Enslavedgames
    @Enslavedgames 7 месяцев назад +3

    This man needs more love! Great video

  • @OrionStarzz
    @OrionStarzz 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for the video this helped, iv'e already levelled 2 85's but decided to level my shadow priest now and wanted it to be fast to 85 hehe

  • @xxboxofmuffinsxx4252
    @xxboxofmuffinsxx4252 5 месяцев назад +1

    84-85 feels so bad that I actually quit original cata at 84 with 50% exp. I was grinding out uldum quests and it got to the point that occasionally completing 2 quests wouldnt even give me 1%

  • @lilisnia6965
    @lilisnia6965 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for sharing! Outstanding work! 🎉

  • @darcsinister5424
    @darcsinister5424 7 месяцев назад +13

    Plays blood dk "my group does less dmg than me" lul, broken class

  • @shaunmcminn70
    @shaunmcminn70 7 месяцев назад +4

    perfect timing, see you in the cataclysm!

  • @jobozo99
    @jobozo99 3 месяца назад

    I leveled in Vash and was one of the most early 85s. But I’m horse on a PvP server that’s alliance dominated. So escaping the crowds carried muuuuch more weight I think.

  • @Ganon999
    @Ganon999 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great video! My only issue with the CoC in the highlands is that every time I join a group we just sit around waiting for another group to start their quests. I still haven't been able to do it and I feel as though it wasted a lot of my time just waiting for nothing.

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  7 месяцев назад +2

      Yea, it's a bit of an annoying quest chain to complete right now when it's overcrowded. It's certainly efficient XP though, so if you're not in a rush and are willing to wait it's still worth doing.

    • @Ganon999
      @Ganon999 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Harldan1 For sure!

  • @godseviltwin
    @godseviltwin 7 месяцев назад +2

    7 hours on atiesh. All the realm firsts to 85 were done.

  • @beautadlock6703
    @beautadlock6703 7 месяцев назад +1

    Week one has been a blast! Got 85 the morning of day 2 and started heroics! Questing out the zones and maxing all of the reputations minus Tol Barad within a few days.

  • @oladruid8862
    @oladruid8862 7 месяцев назад +4

    Great content. Thank you!

  • @0bbie96
    @0bbie96 7 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent video man

  • @Critage91
    @Critage91 7 месяцев назад +2

    i did 80-85 as rogue solo lvling and i havent done this quests since OG cataclysm did mount hyjal deepholm and twilligt and did all quest in whole zones never touched any thing else and did x2 runs in blackrock and 1 run in stonecore took me 7.5 hours

    • @Rudbeckbitten
      @Rudbeckbitten 7 месяцев назад

      just curious.. can i skip all the qs and just do dungeons?

    • @dominikpecuch2177
      @dominikpecuch2177 6 месяцев назад

      @@Rudbeckbitten you can...however if it's your 85, you should at least get friendly rep with all the factions and almost complete deepholm questline anyway for the therazane friendly rep so you can get shoulder enchants at 85...even if you don't plan to buy any 346/359 items from reputations, at bare minimum you want one reputation to friendly (the one which has your head enchant) so you can equip tabard and spam heroics at 85 to cap valor and get shoulder/head enchants => you will use those the whole exp
      on my alts (meaning I already had 85 with all the reputations I need to buy head/shoulder enchants) I just spammed dungeons and watched tv series between the queue times, it wasn't the fastest but I hate questing so it was easier to do for me

  • @denisblack9897
    @denisblack9897 5 месяцев назад +1

    Lol i member just grinding dragonkin for 2 levels, never had a thing for questing… feels like homework or a job😅

  • @ArmandoGPereda
    @ArmandoGPereda 4 месяца назад

    Does anyone know what addon he uses to see who rolls on what

  • @intelligence6900
    @intelligence6900 3 месяца назад +1

    At 80 I started selling xp boost on my dk lmao made like 20k and hit 85 in a day

  • @ryanforgo3500
    @ryanforgo3500 7 месяцев назад +1

    it would hav been nice to know what do you think about vashjir as a druid. considering the swimming form seems to be as fast as the mount and saves you a lot of casting time. at least in the first zone. i still don't like vashir even in my druid but i can easily say t hat i finished kelp thar forest with my druid WAAAAY faster my friend "playing next to me" finished it in his rogue.
    i assume it's not too worth it as an argument though because it only applies to druids.
    oh yea and while we are on it what about the flighting mount argument, is hyjal for new players better even if they have cheap flying mount ?

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  7 месяцев назад +1

      Hyjal would likely be a bit slower in general with a worse mount, but I still think it would outpace Vashj'ir.
      As for the druid question, yes, that's the best class for leveling in Vashj'ir. No, it's still not a faster zone for druids. Most of the time loss comes from RP which is the same for everyone. Also druids are just the fastest leveling class in general, there are multiple spots within Mount Hyjal where they can save a lot of time with flight form.

    • @ryanforgo3500
      @ryanforgo3500 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Harldan1 i see, the speed of leveling in vashjir , as a druid. compared to my warrior who leveled in hyjal. it is probably because quests took forever whie li wait spawns and shit.

  • @MR_G92
    @MR_G92 4 месяца назад +1

    I entered hyjal at 80 and left at 85 10 hours later with alot of dungeons in-between questing

    • @jbreezy137
      @jbreezy137 3 месяца назад

      We’re you getting fast ques? What class were you using?

    • @MR_G92
      @MR_G92 3 месяца назад +1

      @@jbreezy137 tank druid, super easy to quest, and 7/10 instant queue
      What helped I was full rest capped also

  • @YologamerY13
    @YologamerY13 7 месяцев назад +3

    WoW the best no BS video from a classic wow influencer 😂

  • @Mishke820
    @Mishke820 6 месяцев назад

    Hi! I got question, tried googling for answer but no luck so I remember you as leveler maybe know answer.
    What makes bonus xp for finishing dungeon in RDF drop from 104k to like 50k? At first I thought it is lvl but on char im leveling now it switched at a bit more then 82 while on char before that it switched at 83 and half.
    Would really like to know answer if you can help. Thanks

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  6 месяцев назад +1

      There's a weekly limit for the increased XP bonus from random dungeons in cata. I forget how many dungeons it is, I want to say 7, but it may be higher.

  • @edward.k.gonzalez
    @edward.k.gonzalez 7 месяцев назад +3

    Someone on my server got it in 4 hours

  • @iFaTeM
    @iFaTeM 7 месяцев назад +1

    our realm 1st was 6 hrs and about 6-8 min

  • @stormk-1130
    @stormk-1130 7 месяцев назад +1

    How long it takes to reach level 1-85?

  • @gabehernandez845
    @gabehernandez845 7 месяцев назад +2

    well done!

  • @mattymat96
    @mattymat96 7 месяцев назад +1

    Does anyone know how people were hitting 85 in like 4-6 hours?

    • @parkerfrode5101
      @parkerfrode5101 7 месяцев назад +1

      Exploits. Hyperspawn quest mobs that gave xp. It’s been fixed.

  • @sensationmarc
    @sensationmarc 7 месяцев назад +3

    Reached 85 with my Protpally.
    I had a good dungeon group with my guild. Sometimes we went leveling for reputation tabards.
    We were a bit slow cause the mates had something to do in RL 😂
    After 15 hrs we were done.
    Wotlk was a bit harder imo from 70-80 at release.

    • @hermes6910
      @hermes6910 3 месяца назад

      they nerfed cata.

  • @redtuzk
    @redtuzk 7 месяцев назад

    With a solid group, dungeon leveling is more than viable 80-85. We did BRC until 82, Stonecore until 84, and all 85 dungeons once for quests + finished with Tolvir spam minus the 2 last bosses. Roughly 10h30m played total.

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  7 месяцев назад

      To be fair, I did mention this in the video. I did a test run with a premade group that had optimized gear and communication, and as I said, it matched my Hyjal leveling times. That being said, the time drops drastically if you're pugging, especially with a pug tank. For the average player dungeon leveling will be "viable", but it will still be notably slower than questing.

    • @dominikpecuch2177
      @dominikpecuch2177 6 месяцев назад

      Can confirm this, now that you can just spend 2-3k gold on AH to equip your lvl 80 with 285-290ilvl in all slots, dungeons spamming in premade group was super fast. We had a group with BDK, warrior, mage, sham healer + 1 random, we could pull everything in vicinity and AoE it in seconds, even adding extra packs to the pull that were skippable since xp per mob is actually decent in dungeons...Didn't track time but we did it in 1 long session during saturday so probably 9-10 hours (with breaks).

  • @Stevoo2k
    @Stevoo2k 7 месяцев назад +5

    I'm new to wow. Level 80 fire mage. This will help me greatly :) Hoping it won't take me forever to reach 85 🤣

  • @matthewkeating-od6rl
    @matthewkeating-od6rl 7 месяцев назад +1

    I think the underwater zones are easier now then when cataclysm was released because we have had ALOT of experience with flying mounts and vertical environments but unless your a skinnier i agree mount hylja would be best.

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  7 месяцев назад

      Oh they're easier for sure, and I don't actually mind Vashj'ir as a zone. Personally I love the underwater vibe and I enjoy the quests there (outside of Abyssal Depths which is pain). It's just a matter of quest efficiency and time loss due to long RP segments.

  • @lens_hunter
    @lens_hunter 7 месяцев назад +1

    Hey man, are you planning on making speedy guides for 1-60 in the new world as well?

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  7 месяцев назад +1

      Yup, that's one of the main things I'll be focusing on after Cata Launch stuff is finished. It will require a ton of additional testing, and I won't be posting my guide until I'm 100% sure I've found the fastest route.

    • @lens_hunter
      @lens_hunter 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Harldan1 Was just curious. I don't focus on leveling as absolutely quick as possible but having a loose idea of what's best mixed in with whatever I feel like doing is preferable. One of my buddies just swears by dungeon queues lol.

    • @cbx01
      @cbx01 7 месяцев назад

      @@lens_hunter dungeon queues are a good way of levelling in cata tbf but if the queues are taking a few min it’s even better to quest inbetween

  • @xanno5694
    @xanno5694 6 месяцев назад +2

    Leveled as holy pal. was not the move. by 81 i just qued dungeouns till i maxed out

    • @TerraOblivion27
      @TerraOblivion27 6 месяцев назад +1

      Did that in OG Cata. Barely played paladin since

  • @marks5759
    @marks5759 6 месяцев назад

    Man I must be really bad or something, I have leveled 3 Characters to level 85 from 80 and just going form 84-85 took me 5 hours... I do the same routes and questing as you.. Not sure what I am doing wrong.

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  6 месяцев назад +1

      84-85 takes a while.

  • @Rose-cv9lj
    @Rose-cv9lj 6 месяцев назад +1

    thank you

  • @chs5321
    @chs5321 7 месяцев назад +1

    Should I go to Uldum as soon as I hit 83 or finish deepholm first?

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  7 месяцев назад

      Finish Deepholm, the quests there are still good and you'll want to stay in Uldum past level 84 anyways.

  • @Carnidoom
    @Carnidoom 7 месяцев назад

    well arent you gonna need the reputation form vashir tho? so you end up needing to do it anyways

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  7 месяцев назад +2

      Not everyone needs Vashj'ir Reputation, though everyone will need Therazane rep. Also, it's much easier to go back at 85 and blast through the quests than try to complete it while you're leveling up.

    • @Carnidoom
      @Carnidoom 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Harldan1 yeah i just realized u could do that

    • @parkerfrode5101
      @parkerfrode5101 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Harldan1you don’t even need to do the vash quests at all. Just take vash portal. And swim tit he vendor.

  • @chief8268
    @chief8268 6 месяцев назад

    i don't understand why ppl want to breeze/skip contents to reach cap level. We've waited months for Cata to come out

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  6 месяцев назад +1

      Huh? Most of the content is at max level though? This isn't Vanilla or TBC.

    • @EldenLord1142
      @EldenLord1142 6 месяцев назад +1

      Casul players be like

  • @tomselby24
    @tomselby24 6 месяцев назад +1

    takes me 9 hours per lvl haha

  • @gg025
    @gg025 7 месяцев назад

    thoughts on 80-85 leveling time with crowded leveling areas and a casual pace?

  • @StevieCoupons
    @StevieCoupons 6 месяцев назад

    Uh he left out the part that the guards just kill you in moonglade btw

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  6 месяцев назад

      The guards only kill you in moonglade if you're hated with the Cenarion Circle, which shouldn't happen unless you decided to intentionally set them to "At War" and grind down your rep with them.

  • @demondesires865
    @demondesires865 7 месяцев назад

    quests are buggy as all hell especially in Uldum

  • @biermuschi8183
    @biermuschi8183 6 месяцев назад

    I loved to be in sethekkhalls from 70-75+
    anyone tested how fast halls of stone leveling is? (as tank)

  • @Jordsaunters
    @Jordsaunters 7 месяцев назад +3

    The water zone is way more fun

  • @kbob9625
    @kbob9625 6 месяцев назад

    Didn’t someone do it in like 3 hours? Wouldn’t that be the fastest?

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  6 месяцев назад

      Refer to the pinned comment. Also, to be clear, I'm not claiming that I have the world record. This is the fastest leveling route for normal players, aka 99.9% of players in this case.

  • @jamiearrowood2134
    @jamiearrowood2134 7 месяцев назад

    316*

  • @boymonster2949
    @boymonster2949 7 месяцев назад

  • @lukasbrauneruv
    @lukasbrauneruv 7 месяцев назад +2

    where is the promised trick to level up to 85 in few minutes using the white cammel? Or was it just bait?

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  7 месяцев назад +5

      Brother, you got REALLY confused. The white camel hint was in regards to the Feralas skinning spot, which I covered in a video weeks ago. I also specifically said on that stream that it had NOTHING to do with leveling at all since multiple people asked. I genuinely have no clue how you took my generic White Camel hint and got "you're able to level up to 85 in a few minutes" out of it. I never implied anything remotely close to that.

  • @peyotuhchiev5731
    @peyotuhchiev5731 Месяц назад

    Hyjal
    Deepholm
    Uldum
    Twillight Highlands
    Do your quests, treat yourself a dungeon sometimes, do your dungeon quests.
    This is THE ONLY way to level in cata if you don’t want to hit 85 and be F*cked because u needed rep and you got zero and need to do quests now 😂

  • @deeev4173
    @deeev4173 4 месяца назад

    LoL.. 70-85 im cata much easier than wotlk 70-80..

  • @edwardc4453
    @edwardc4453 7 месяцев назад

    lol

  • @SimonAhle
    @SimonAhle 7 месяцев назад +1

    What mouse are you using?

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  7 месяцев назад +2

      Idk some $10 crappy mouse I bought off Amazon

    • @matthewkeating-od6rl
      @matthewkeating-od6rl 7 месяцев назад

      That 20 button mmo mouse xhanges the game.

    • @dominikpecuch2177
      @dominikpecuch2177 6 месяцев назад

      @@matthewkeating-od6rl sure, if you can't afford keyboard

  • @amedaius8492
    @amedaius8492 6 месяцев назад

    Bears mentioning the new guild heirlooms work up to 85.

    • @Harldan1
      @Harldan1  6 месяцев назад

      That's correct, they now scale up to 85. They did not during Cata launch.