Warcraft Leveling Guides

Making gold before level 60 (Wow)

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:15:02 +0000

Introduction

Well, i have looked through the whole site with guides and such and i have not really found any good gold making guide for the lower levels ( level 1-59 ), so i decided i could just aswell write my own guide to help people.

First i would like to introduce myself,
Im a player from Sweden and i've got experience that reaches about 1.5 year back. I also have a good amount of capped level 60 chars in different classes so i think i got enough experience to write a guide like this.

The Guide

The ways of moneymaking

PART ONE: THE PROFESSIONS

There are countless of ways to earn money in World of Warcraft, it is not even worth to list all the ways here because it would take too much space. Also, you probably just want to know about the very best ways of gold making and not some mediocre way.

1
There is always the profession. Professions can be the most profitable way to earn money, that is if you pick the right profession for YOUR way of playing World of Warcraft. But at the very beginning the best professions to start with are:

Skinning, combined with either Mining or Herbalism

Q;Why not Mining and Herbalism?
A;Because of the simple fact that both Mining and Herbalism needs a reagent-tracker to be active for you to see the spot to farm these on the minimap. Skinning doesen't need this.

These are the core gold makers for the player between level 1-59. By selecting two of these you are most likley assured to get 100% more gold than you need for your mount at level 40 for instance ( When i was level 40 with my priest recently i had about 230 gold ). It is not hard to level up these professions either, you just have to keep grinding the mobs and stop every now and then to pick up a herb or mine a vein.

I know most of you will think 'Hey, thats not right… Enchanting is so much better for moneymaking'. That may very well be, but the problem with professions like Enchanting are that they:
1. Slow down your grind in a way that you need to keep buying enchanting tools
2. They are not very profitable unless you get to 300, and this needs some dedication.
3. Much harder to learn the tricks about. (Skinning = Kill mob,Skin,Repeat)

So you now have decided to choose a profession?
Then its time to give some guidelines for them…

MINING

Mining IS a cool profession (atleast i think so), and i usually pick mining infront of herbalism and usually mining pays a little more than herbalism in the long run.
The rules are simple, you grind and while grinding you keep an eye on the minimap for the veins. Remember that usually you can just sell the copper, tin and sometimes even iron to vendors. Because the cost mining them, running to AH, compete with others is just not worth it. So vendor this UNLESS there is a very big demand for it on AH.
When you reach Mithril level you want to start putting it up on AH, remember to always sell in bars and when i sell i usually sell in a specific system :
1. I put up 5 single bars on AH , by this i mean that i set up 5 auctions for 5 BARS and not stacks for the simple reason that sometimes people just need 1 bar and will buy it even if you overprice it instead of having to buy a 20 bar stack.
2. I only put up 3 stacks AT MOST, to keep the listing cost down. Put the rest of the bars in your bank. Remember that if you got too much mithril bars and noone buys, either lower your price a little or sell it to vendor, no need to cry about this.
For the thorium bars i use the same strategy of putting 5 single bars and 3 stacks on AH. But instead i never sell these bars. If you really don't have space for them, make a bankcharacter and put the bars there.
Don't make Steel bars unless you get an order from someone to make them, these are not very profitable to sell and if you do make them… make just 1 stack at maximum.
For gold and truesilver, ONLY sell these in single bars on AH. Most people dont need a stack of truesilver on their throat and probably will be screaming WTS 1 bar instead of buying your stack. So always sell in single bars here. Same method goes for Gold.

SKINNING

Skinning is easy and does not really speed down your leveling time since you need some resst after a combat and might aswell do this skinning.
Skinning is also very simple, you just try to kill more beasts than Humanoids, Undead etc.etc. so that every time that enemy mob goes down, you can skin it.

Q; If i dont kill Humanoids i dont get any cloth for my FA!
A; 1st. Unless you are a Warlock doing instances you don't really need FA untill level 60 and at that level you can fast cap it anyways.
2nd, if you REALLY REALLY need FA, no problem. It is okay to kill some humanoids but remember to kill enough beasts later on to get your skinning skill capped.

The basic leathers that you get from levels 1-30 about is just vendor trash, no need to spend downtime going to AH. Later on when you get to the more expensive leathers, keep the amount of stacks in AH at about 4-5 and not more to make sure you dont have to pay too much keeping them there.

HERBALISM

Herbalism is good to choose if you want an income that keeps up with your expenses without you having to be all too dedicated. As the other professions, this one is just as simple.
Always remember to have your herbalism tracker on and to keep a look at it. It will eventually pop up an herb nearby and it IS okay to grind trough the mobs to get to it. Most people see this as too much work for a single herb, instead you should see it as extra exp.
For the selling part you can follow this simple system to keep AH costs as low as possible:
Put up 2-3 single herbs and 2-3 stacks of 5! yes… by 5 i mean stacks of 5 herbs.
So by setting up small stacks and single herbs you give the alchemist an oppirtunity to get more freedom to buy what herb he wants without having to buy a stack , this results in an increased profit for YOU.

Reciped Where to get recipes (Wow)

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:00:07 +0000

Heres a long list of where to get certain recipes.
Smithing 185 Massive Iron Axe Jaquilina Dramet Stranglethorn Vale 44s
Smithing 185 Massive Iron Axe Vharr Stranglethorn Vale 44s
Smithing 180 Moonsteel Broadsword Zarena Cromwind Stranglethorn Vale 44s
Alchemy 175 Great Rage Potion Alchemy Vendor Darnassus
Alchemy 165 Shadow Oil Blitzkik Duskwood
Alchemy 165 Fire Protection Jeeda Stonetalon Mtns 15s
Alchemy 165 Fire Protection Nandar Branson Hillsbrad Foothills 14s
Smithing 190 Golden Scale Coif Krinkle Goodsteel Tanaris 44s
Smithing 215 Mithril Scale Bracers Gharash Swamp of Sorrows 54s
Smithing 215 Mithril Scale Bracers Harggan The Hinterlands 60s
Smithing 230 Big Black Mace Goblin expert smith Booty Bay
Leatherworking 100 Black Whelp Cloak Clyde Ranthal Redrige Mtns 6s
Leatherworking 105 Deviate Scale Gloves Kalldan Felmoon Wailing Caverns 15s
Leatherworking 120 Red Whelp Gloves Wenna Silkbeard Wetlands 16s
Leatherworking 135 Earthen Leather Shoulders Zixil Hillsbrad Foothills 20s
Leatherworking 135 Herbalist's Gloves Harlown Darkweave Ashenvale
Leatherworking 155 Green Leather Armor George Candarte Hillsbrad Foothills 18s
Leatherworking 155 Green Leather Armor Wenna Silkbeard Wetlands 20s
Leatherworking 165 Raptor Hide Harness Tunkk Arathi Highlands 23s
Leatherworking 165 Raptor Hide Belt Androd Fadran Arathi Highlands 25s
Leatherworking 170 Thick Murloc Armor Blixrez Goodstitch Stranglethorn Vale 7s
Leatherworking 170 Thick Murloc Armor Christoph Jeffcoat Hillsbrad Foothills 6s
Leatherworking 170 Thick Murloc Armor Drizzlik Stranglethorn Vale 7s
Leatherworking 170 Thick Murloc Armor Micha Yance Hillsbrad Foothills 6s
Leatherworking 185 Gem-studded Leather Belt Rikqiz Booty bay 30s
Leatherworking 190 Green Whelp Bracers Jangdor Swiftstrider Feralas 28s
Leatherworking 190 Green Whelp Bracers Pratt McGrubben Feralas 26s
Leatherworking 190 Murloc Scale Bracers Blixrez Goodstitch Stranglethorn Vale
28s
Leatherworking 190 Murloc Scale Bracers Helenia Olden Dustwallow Marsh 28s
Leatherworking 210 Nightscape Shoulders Nioma The Hinterlands 40s
Leatherworking 210 Nightscape Shoulders Worb Strongstitch Feralas 40s
Leatherworking 275 Frostsaber Boots Qia Winterspring 1g 60s
Leatherworking 275 Stormshroud Pants Leonard Porter Alterac Mountains 1g 44s
Leatherworking 275 Stormshroud Pants Werg Thickblade Tirisfal Glades 1g 44s
Leatherworking 285 Blue Dragonscale Breastplate Blimo Gadgetspring Azshara 2g
Tailoring 115 Greater Adept's Robe Danielle Zipstitch Duskwood 8s
Tailoring 115 Greater Adept's Robe Jennabink Powerseam Wetlands 8s
Tailoring 115 Greater Adept's Robe Ranik The Barrens 8s
Tailoring 115 Greater Adept's Robe Ranik Orgrimmar 8s
Tailoring 115 Greater Adept's Robe Rann Flamespinner Loch Modan 8s
Tailoring 115 Greater Adept's Robe Sheri Zipstitch Duskwood 8s
Tailoring 135 Bright Yellow Shirt Danielle Zipstitch Duskwood 8s
Tailoring 145 Azure Silk Gloves Kireena Desolace 9s
Tailoring 145 Azure Silk Gloves Wenna Silkbeard Wetlands 10s
Tailoring 155 Dark Silk Shirt Mallen Swain Hillsbrad Foothills 10s
Tailoring 155 Dark Silk Shirt Sheri Zipstitch Duskwood 11s
Tailoring 165 Enchanter's Cowl Xizk Goodstitch Stranglethorn Vale 10s
Tailoring 175 Azure Silk Cloak Brienna Starglow Feralas 14s
Tailoring 175 Azure Silk Cloak Jun'ha Arathi Highlands 14s
Tailoring 180 Crimson Silk Cloak Xizk Goodstitch Stranglethorn Vale 12s
Tailoring 200 Icy Cloak Ghok'kah Dustwallow Marsh 15s
Tailoring 200 Icy Cloak Micha Yance Hillsbrad Foothills 14s
Tailoring 200 Black Swashbuckler's Shirt Cockatiel Stranglethorn Vale 15s
Tailoring 200 Black Swashbuckler's Shirt Narkk Stranglethorn Vale 15s
Tailoring 205 Crimson Silk Robe Vizzklick Tanaris 50s
Tailoring 230 Lavender Mageweave Shirt Borya Orgrimmar 36s
Tailoring 230 Lavender Mageweave Shirt Borya The Barrens 40s
Tailoring 230 Lavender Mageweave Shirt Outfitter Eric Ironforge 36s
Tailoring 230 Lavender Mageweave Shirt Tor'phan Orgrimmar 40s
Tailoring 235 Pink Mageweave Shirt Borya Orgrimmar 36s
Tailoring 235 Pink Mageweave Shirt Borya The Barrens 40s
Tailoring 235 Pink Mageweave Shirt Outfitter Eric Ironforge 36s
Tailoring 240 Tuxedo Shirt Outfitter Eric Ironforge 45s
Tailoring 245 Tuxedo Pants Outfitter Eric Ironforge 45s
Tailoring 250 Tuxedo Jacket Outfitter Eric Ironforge 50s
Tailoring 250 White Wedding Dress Alexandra Bolero Stormwind City 1g
Tailoring 250 White Wedding Dress Outfitter Eric Ironforge 1g
Tailoring 260 Runecloth Bag Qia Winterspring 1g20s
Tailoring 260 Runecloth Robe Darnall Moonglade 1g20s
Tailoring 265 Runecloth Cloak Darnall Moonglade 1g20s
Tailoring 275 Runecloth Gloves Qia Winterspring 1g60s
Tailoring 275 Felcloth Pants Lorelae Wintersong Moonglade 1g60s
Tailoring 280 Runecloth Boots Darnall Moonglade 2g
Cooking 110 Gooey Spider Cake Kendor Kabonka Stormwind City 15s
Alchemy 60 Rage Potion Defias Profiteer Westfall 1s
Alchemy 60 Rage Potion Defias Profiteer Stormwind City 1s
Alchemy 60 Rage Potion Defias Profiteer The Deadmines 1s
Alchemy 60 Rage Potion Hagrus Orgrimmar 1s
Alchemy 60 Rage Potion Ranik The Barrens 1s
Alchemy 60 Rage Potion Xandar Goodbeard Loch Modan 1s
Alchemy 100 Holy Protection Potion Hula'mahi The Barrens 8s
Alchemy 100 Holy Protection Potion Kzixx Duskwood 8s
Alchemy 100 Holy Protection Potion Xandar Goodbeard Loch Modan 8s
Alchemy 135 Shadow Protection Potion Christoph Jeffcoat Hillsbrad Foothills 9s
Alchemy 135 Shadow Protection Potion Harklan Moongrove Ashenvale 9s
Alchemy 150 Free Action Potion Kor'geld Orgrimmar 18s
Alchemy 150 Free Action Potion Soolie Berryfizz Ironforge 17s
Cooking 110 Big Bear Steak Ulthaan Ashenvale 15sUnlimited supply
Cooking 120 Crocolisk Gumbo Kendor Kabonka Stormwind City 15sUnlimited
supply
Cooking 125 Lean Wolf Steak Super-Seller 680 Desolace 16s
Cooking 130 Curiously Tasty Omelet Kendor Kabonka Stormwind City 15sUnlimited
supply
Cooking 175 Carrion Surprise Banalash Swamp of Sorrows 45s
Cooking 175 Carrion Surprise Kireena Desolace 45s
Cooking 175 Carrion Surprise Ogg'marr Dustwallow Marsh 50s
Cooking 175 Carrion Surprise Vendor-Tron 1000 Desolace 50s
Cooking 175 Hot Wolf Ribs Sheendra Tallgrass Feralas 45sUnlimited supply
Cooking 175 Hot Wolf Ribs Super-Seller 680 Desolace 50s
Cooking 175 Hot Wolf Ribs Vivianna Feralas 45sUnlimited supply
Cooking 175 Giant Clam Scorcho Kelsey Yance Stranglethorn Vale 50sUnlimited
supply
Cooking 175 Roast Raptor Corporal Bluth Stranglethorn Vale 50sUnlimited supply
Cooking 175 Roast Raptor Hammon Karwn Arathi Highlands 50sUnlimited supply
Cooking 175 Roast Raptor Helenia Olden Dustwallow Marsh 45sUnlimited supply
Cooking 175 Roast Raptor Keena Arathi Highlands 45sUnlimited supply
Cooking 175 Roast Raptor Nerrist Stranglethorn Vale 50sUnlimited supply
Cooking 175 Roast Raptor Ogg'marr Dustwallow Marsh 50sUnlimited supply
Cooking 175 Roast Raptor Vendor-Tron 1000 Desolace 50s
Cooking 175 Mystery Stew Helenia Olden Dustwallow Marsh 27sUnlimited supply
Cooking 175 Mystery Stew Janet Hommers Desolace 27sUnlimited supply
Cooking 175 Mystery Stew Super-Seller 680 Desolace 30s
Cooking 200 Dragonbreath Chilli Helenia Olden Dustwallow Marsh 63sUnlimited
supply
Cooking 200 Dragonbreath Chilli Ogg'marr Dustwallow Marsh 70sUnlimited supply
Cooking 200 Dragonbreath Chilli Super-Seller 680 Desolace 70s
Cooking 225 Monster Omlette Bale Felwood 1g8sUnlimited supply
Cooking 225 Monster Omlette Malygen Felwood 1g8sUnlimited supply
Cooking 225 Monster Omlette Qia Winterspring 1g20sUnlimited supply
Cooking 225 Spiced Chilli Crab Banalash Swamp of Sorrows 1g8sUnlimited supply
Cooking 225 Spiced Chilli Crab Kriggon Talsone Westfall 1g8sUnlimited supply
Cooking 225 Spiced Chilli Crab Uthok Stranglethorn Vale 1g8sUnlimited supply
Cooking 225 Undermine Clam Chowder Jabbey Tanaris 30s
Cooking 240 Hot Smoked Bass Kelsey Yance Stranglethorn Vale 1g60sUnlimited
supply
Cooking 250 Nightfin Soup Gikkix Tanaris 2gUnlimited supply
Cooking 275 Baked Salmon Sheendra Tallgrass Feralas 2g27sUnlimited supply
Cooking 275 Baked Salmon Vivianna Feralas 2g27sUnlimited supply
Cooking 250 Poached Sunscale Salmon Gikkix Tanaris 2gUnlimited supply
Alchemy 175 Great Rage Potion Hagrus Orgrimmar 20s
Cooking 275 Mightfish Steak Sheendra Tallgrass Feralas 2g28sUnlimited supply
Cooking 275 Mightfish Steak Vivianna Feralas 2g28sUnlimited supply
First Aid 180 Heavy Silk Bandage Balai Lok'Wein Dustwallow Marsh 22sUnlimited
supply
First Aid 180 Heavy Silk Bandage Deneb Walker Arathi Highlands 22sUnlimited
supply
First Aid 180 Heavy Silk Bandage Ghok'kah Dustwallow Marsh 20sUnlimited supply
First Aid 210 Mageweave Bandage Balai Lok'Wein Dustwallow Marsh 50sUnlimited
supply
First Aid 210 Mageweave Bandage Deneb Walker Arathi Highlands 50sUnlimited
supply
First Aid 210 Mageweave Bandage Ghok'kah Dustwallow Marsh 45sUnlimited
supply
Alchemy 190 Nature Protection Potion Alchemist Pestlezugg Tanaris 20s
Alchemy 190 Nature Protection Potion Bronk Feralas 18s
Alchemy 190 Nature Protection Potion Glyx Brewright Stranglethorn Vale 20s
Alchemy 190 Nature Protection Potion Logannas Feralas 18s
Alchemy 190 Frost Protection Potion Drovnar Strongbrew Arathi Highlands 20s
Alchemy 190 Frost Protection Potion Glyx Brewright Stranglethorn Vale 20s
Alchemy 190 Frost Protection Potion Skuerto Arathi Highlands 20s
Alchemy 200 Frost Oil Bro'kin Alterac Mountains 25s
Alchemy 225 Philosophers' Stone Alchemist Pestlezugg Tanaris 80sUnlimited
supply
Alchemy 245 Ghost Dye Bronk Feralas 90s
Alchemy 245 Ghost Dye Logannas Feralas 81s
Alchemy 250 Elixir of Shadow Power Maria Lumere Stormwind City 1g
Alchemy 250 Elixir of Demonslaying Nina Lightbrew Blasted Lands 90s
Alchemy 250 Elixir of Demonslaying Rartar Swamp of Sorrows 1g
Alchemy 265 Elixir of Superior Defense Kor'geld Orgrimmar 1g30s
Alchemy 265 Elixir of Superior Defense Soolie Berryfizz Ironforge 1g17s
Alchemy 265 Elixir of Superior Defense Soolie Berryfizz Elwynn Forest 1g30s
Alchemy 275 Transmute Arcanite Alchemist Pestlezugg Tanaris 5g
Alchemy Transmute Mithril to Truesilver Alchemist Pestlezugg Tanaris 80s
Alchemy Transmute Iron to Gold Alchemist Pestlezugg Tanaris 80s

Warcraft Characters app for iPhone gets new update (Warcraft)

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:46:04 +0000

If you want to pull up some quick information about your World of Warcraft character (or anyone else's for that matter), why don't you try browsing for it on your iPhone. I'm not talking about the WoW Armory. There's a quicker way for you to do that - on the new and updated version of the Warcraft Characters app for the iPhone.

Released last July on the App Store, the WoW-friendly application now features some interesting and useful additions. Aside from compatibility with Apple's firmware 2.0, the app now allows you to view a character's gear, as well as his or her's reputation status.

In addition, non-US players can now make use of the app since it provides extended compatibility for characters from all other realms, such as those from China, Korea and Taiwan. The only thing missing seems to be the talents list for each character viewed. Otherwise, as a portable Armory, this app definitely does the job quite well.

Warcraft Characters is available on the App Store for free, so go ahead and download a copy. We'll be sure to keep tabs on any further updates regarding this nifty app as soon as we get them.

Source: wow.qj.net

Leipzig: Wrath of the Lich King opening cinematic (Wow)

admin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:30:12 +0000

has released the opining cinematic of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion at the Leipzig Games Convention! I can't express just how awesome it is, so why don't you see for yourselves? Watch the video below.

Aside from the movie, Blizzard will also host a Q&A portion, playable demos, and a forum at the convention. We'll be sure to let you know if anything new comes out of the event. Enough dilly-dally though, here's the movie, enjoy!

Source: wow.qj.net

Twinking Your Twink With BOPs Using Your Main (World of warcraft)

admin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:00:05 +0000

Step one: Ask a friend who'll not be needing to enter a party for a while to help you, make him send an invite to your main character.

Step two: Press alt+f4 to effectively disconnect your main but not kick him out of the party, now log onto your alt and ask a friend to invite your alt into the party with your disconnected main.

Step three: Bring your alt and main to the instance of your choosing using the alt+f4 technique.

Step four: Make your main kill all the mobs that can potentially agro your alt while trying to get him to the boss.

Step five: Now that you've cleared all the mobs with your main, alt+f4 and log onto your alt, make him run straight to the boss.

Step six: Alt+f4 again, log onto your main, and fight the boss…bring him down to about 5-10%, make sure you don't have your pet attack on by then, or dots, etc.

Step seven: Alt+f4 and log on your alt all while the boss is attacking your main, when you log in onto your alt, you will literally see the boss still attacking your main.

Step eight: Make your alt kill the already weakened boss, gather loot, and /dance

Warcraft Characters app for iPhone gets new update (World of warcraft)

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:30:04 +0000

Warcraft Characters is available on the App Store for free, so go ahead and download a copy. We'll be sure to keep tabs on any further updates regarding this nifty app as soon as we get them.

Source: wow.qj.net

WotLK beta servers down for new build; level cap to be raised?

The beta servers for Wrath of the Lich King are down , ladies and gents. That's because they are about to unleash a new build, and you bet this is but the calm before the storm.

As rumor would have it, based on the Gamona video interview at Leipzig earlier today, the level cap will be raised to 80. We cannot know for sure until the servers go back up. The downtime is expected to run for about six to eight hours, which started at 2:30PM PST.

Leipzig: Wrath of the Lich King opening cinematic

Source: wow.qj.net

Blizzard to show off Lich King opening cinematic at Leipzig Games Convention (World of warcraft)

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:15:03 +0000

Blizzard has already confirmed their presence at the Leipzig Games Convention, but Kotaku recently found out an extra bit of information pertaining to Blizzard's presence at GC. Specifically, Blizzard will be showing off some new media for convention-goers to drool over.

According to Kotaku's report, Blizzard is planning on unveiling the opening cinematic movie for Wrath of the Lich King at the event.

Following the airing of the opening movie, the company will also host a Q&A session, presumably to answer questions folks may have on the cinematic.

Playable demos, an opening cinematic, and a forum for questions. Sounds like the Blizzard media machine is going full force at Leipzig. Keep checking QJ for updates from Leipzig as it happens.

Blizzard confirms showcase at Leipzig Games Convention 2008

Source: wow.qj.net

Wrath of the Lich King Talent Calculator: upcoming Hunter changes

Blizzard recently updated the Wrath of the Lich King's Talent calculator, which revealed numerous changes and adjustments to the Hunter class. Here's hoping we see these changes implemented soon. Here are the changes:

Beast Mastery

Focused Fire (Tier 2) - Updated stats/description: All damage caused by you is increased by 1/2 while your pet is active and the critical strike chance of your pet's special abilities by 10/20 while Kill Command is active. (was the critical strike chance of your Kill Command ability).
Pathfinding (Tier 3) - Updated stats/description: Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 4/8 , and increases your speed while mounted by 5/10 . The mounted movement speed increase does not stack with other effects. (old version: Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 4/8 )
Masters Call (Tier 3) replaced with Aspect Mastery.
Aspect Mastery moved from Tier 10 to Tier 3, and changed to 1 rank: Increases the mana returned from your Aspect of the Viper by 10 , reduces the damage done to you while in Aspect of the Monkey by 10 and increases the attack power bonus gained with Aspect of the Hawk by 50 .
Spirit Bond (Tier 5) - Updated stats/description: While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 1/2 of total health every 10 sec and increases healing done to you and your pet by 5/10 . (old version did not have the increase healing part).
Animal Handler (Tier 6) - Updated stats/description: Increases your pet's chance to hit by 2/4 and reduces the cooldown of your Master's Call ability by 5/10 sec.
New Tier 10 Talent - Seperation Anxiety: When your pet is greater than 20 yards from you or is out of line of sight of you, its damage is increased by 2/4/6/8/10 , and when you and your pet are within 20 yards of each other, you and you pet's movement speed is increased by 2/4/6/8/10 .

Marksmanship

Improved Stings (Tier 4) - Changed from five levels to three, stats changed: Increases the damage done by your Serpent Sting by 10/20/30 and the mana drained by your Viper Sting by 10/20/30 . In addition, reduces the chance Stings will be dispelled by 10/20/30 .
Trueshot Aura now affects the whole raid. Rapid Recuperation (Tier - Updated description: Reduces the mana and focust cost of all shots and abilities by you and your pet by 20/40/60 while under the effect of Rapid Fire, and you gain mana equal to 50/100/150 of the damage you do under the effect of Rapid Killing over 6 sec.
Marked for Death (Tier 10) - Updated stats/description: Increases the damage done by your shots and the damage done by your pet's special abilities by 2/4/6/8/10 , on the marked targets, and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Aimed Shot, Steady Shot, Kill Shot or Chimera Shot by 2/4/6/8/10 .
Chimera Shot (Tier 11) - Updated stats/description: You deal 125 weapon damage (was 150 ), refreshing the current Sting (old version consumed the current Sting) on your target and triggering an effect. Serpent Sting unchanged. Viper Sting - Instantly restores mana to you equal to 60 of the total amount drained by your Viper Sting. Scorpid Sting - Attempts to Disarm the target for 10 sec. This effect cannot occuer more than once per 1 minute.

Survival

New Tier 2 Talent - T.N.T: Your Immolation Trap, Explosive Trap and Explosive Shot have a 5/10/15 chance to stun targets for 2 secs when they deal damage, and increases the critical strike chance of your Explosive Shot and Explosive Trap by 5/10/15 .
New Tier 4 Talent - Lock and Load: You have a 33/66/100 chance when you trap a target and a 5/10/15 when you Sting a target to cause your next 3 Arcane Shot or Explosive Shot spells to trigger no cooldown, cost no mana and consume no ammo.
New Tier 5 Talent - Hunter vs. Wild: Increases you and your pet's attack power and ranged attack power equal to 10/20/30 of your total Stamina.
Clever Traps (Tier 3) has been removed.
Deterrence is gone, and Deflection is now required for Counterattack.
Deflection moved from Tier 2 to Tier 3 and changed from five ranks to three (2/4/6 ).
Trap Mastery moved from Tier 4 to Tier 3. Description is not finished yet.
Survival Instincts moved from Tier 5 to Tier 2.
Improved Feign Death renamed to Survival Tactics and moved from Tier 4 to Tier 3: It now reduces the cooldown of your Disengage ability by 2/4 sec. (instead of reducing the damage you take during feign death by 15/30).
Survivalist (Tier 3) - Updated description: Increases your Stamina by 2/4/6/8/10 . (old version: Increases total health by 2/4/6/8/10 )
Surefooted (Tier 4): It now reduces duration on movement impairing effects by 16/25/50 .
Wyvern Sting (Tier 7) range increased from 5-35yd to 4-41yd. Nature dot duration reduced from 12 sec to 6 sec.
Potent Venom renamed Noxius Stings (Tier 8): If Wyver Sting is dispelled, the dispeller is also afflicted by Wyvern Sting lasting 16/25/50 of the duration remaining, and increases all damage done by you on target afflicted by your Serpent Sting by 1/2/3 .
Readiness (Tier 9) cooldown lowered from 5 minutes to 3 minutes.
Hunting Party (Tier 10) - Updated stats/description: Your Arcane Shot, Explosive Shot and Steady Shot critical strikes have a 20/40/60/80/100 chance to restore 2 mana, 10 energy, 4 rage or 10 Runic Power to all members of your party. The cooldown of this talent has been removed.
Explosive Shot (Tier 11) range increased from 5-35yd to 4-41yd, and it now does 416-486 damage and then 104-121 fire damage to all enemies within 5 yards of the target every second for 2 seconds.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King beta talent calculator released

Source: wow.qj.net

Non Combat Pets Guide (Warcraft)

admin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:30:07 +0000

VENDOR PETS

Cats
Varieties: Orange Tabby, Silver Tabby, Bombay, Cornish Rex
Location: Elwynn Forest, Northshire
Vendor: Donni Anthania
Cost: 40s
Directions: Follow the road southwest out of Northshire Abbey (the human
starting area) and look for a house off the road on your right. You'll know
it's the right house when you see a large number of cats running around inside and outside.

Kittens
Varieties: White?
Location: Stormwind
Vendor: Lil Timmy
Cost: 60s
Directions: It is rumored that Lil Timmy is a rare spawn that walks around the canal in Stormwind who sells white kittens. They are half the size of the regular cats.

Rabbits
Varieties: Snowshoe
Location: Dun Morogh, Amberstill Ranch
Vendor: Yarlyn Amberstill
Cost: 20s
Directions: The Amberstill Ranch is northwest of the Gol'bolar Quarry. There will be a corral with rams in it, and a young girl running around chasing a rabbit. Catch the young girl and talk to her to purchase your own rabbit. This is also where you get the "Protecting the Herd" quest.

Owls
Varieties: Hawk Owl, Great Horned Owl
Location: Teldrassil, Darnassus
Vendor: Shylenai
Cost: 50s
Directions: Enter Darnassus from the road from Dolanaar and look for the owl vendor on your left next to a food vendor.

Parrots
Varieties: Cockatiel, Senegal
Location: Booty Bay
Vendor: Narkk

Cost: 40-50s
Directions: Coming off the dock from the boat from Ratchet, look for the parrot vendor in the first building to your left.

Snakes
Varieties: Black Kingsnake, Brown Snake, Crimson Snake
Location: Durotar, Orgrimmar
Vendor: Xan'tish
Cost: 45-50s
Directions: The snake vendor should be wandering around in the Valley of Spirit.

Prairie Dogs
Varieties: Prairie Dog
Location: Thunder Bluff
Vendor: Halpa
Cost: 50s
Directions: Near the bridge to Hunter Rise. He's on the side of the inn in a
small teepee facing away from the inn, overlooking the valley. You have to run around the inn and/or under the bridge to find him. He's on the southwest edge of the main bluff.

Cockroaches
Varieties: Cockroach
Location: Undercity
Vendor: Jeremiah Payson
Cost: 50s
Directions: Look for the vendor in the Trade Quarter under the stair leading up to Bank.

Chickens
Varieties: Ancona Chicken
Location: Thousand Needles
Vendor: Magus Tirth
Cost: 1g
Directions: Sold at the racetrack in Shimmering Flats.

QUEST PETS

Worg
Quest: Kibler's Exotic Pets
Quest Giver: Kibler
Level: 55-59
Location: Burning Steppes
Note: Gives a passive party buff to stealth detection?

Spider
Quest: En-Ay-Es-Tee-Why
Quest Giver: Kibler
Level: 55-59
Location: Burning Steppes
Note: Gives a passive party buff to nature resistance?

Mechanical Chicken
Quest: An OOX of Your Own?
Quest Giver: ???
Level: ???
Location: Booty Bay

Sprite Darter
Quest: Becoming a Parent
Quest Giver: Agnar Beastamer
Level: 44-48
Location: Hinterlands
Note: This quest is the third part of a series.

LOOTED PETS

Parrot, Green Wing Macaw
Drops From: Defias Pirate
Location: Deadmines

Parrot, Hyacinth Macaw
Drops From: Bloodsail Deckhand/Raider/Sea Dog/Swashbuckler
Location: Stranglethorn Vale

Dragon, Tiny Black Whelpling
Drops From: Scalding/Searing Whelp, Black Dragon Whelp (lvl 40-?)
Location: Badlands, (southern) Duskwallow Marsh

Dragon, Tiny Emerald Whelpling
Drops From: Dreaming/Green Whelp (lvl 34-36)
Location: Swamp of Sorrows

Dragon, Tiny Crimson Whelpling
Drops From: Red/Crimson/Flamesnorting Whelp (lvl 24-27)
Location: (eastern) Wetlands

Cat, Siamese
Drops From: Cookie (Murloc Boss)
Location: Deadmines

Cat, Maine Coon
Drops From: Dalaran Spellscribe, Dalaran Shield Guard/Summoner/Theurgist
Location: Silverpine Forest, Alterac Mountains

Rat, Unconscious Dig Rat
Drops From: Dig Rat
Location: The Barrens (south end)
Note: This is a one time use item.

CRAFTED BY PLAYER

Mechanical Squirrel
Requires Skill: Engineering 75
Components: Copper Modulator, Handful of Copper Bolts, Copper Bar, Malachite x2
Note: The recipe for this item is fairly rare drop.
(http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?i=682)

Pet Bombling
Requires Skill: (Goblin) Engineering 205
Components: Big Iron Bomb, Heart of Fire, Fused Wiring, Mithril Bar x6
Note: Thottbot listing: http://www.thottbot.com/beta.cgi?i=22867

Lil' Smokey
Requires Skill: (Gnome) Engineering 205
Components: ?

Lifelike Mechanical Toad
Requires Skill: Engineering 265
Components: Living Essence, Thorium Widget x4, Gold Power Core, Rugged Leather
Notes: Thottbot listing: http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?i=17446

CRAFTED BY PLAYER (Combat)

Compact Harvest Reaper
Requires Skill: Engineering 175
Components: Bronze Framework, Iron Strut x2, Gyrochronatom x2, Heavy Leather x4
Note: Thottbot listing: http://www.thottbot.com/?i=10636

Mechanical Dragonling
Requires Skill: Engineering 200
Components: Bronze Framework, Iron Strut x4, Cyrochronatom x4, Citrine x2,Fused Wiring
Note: The recipe for this item is vendor limited supply.
(http://www.thottbot.com/?i=13279)

Mithril Mechanical Dragonling
Requires Skill: Engineering 250
Components: Mithril Bar x14, Heart of Fire x4, Truesilver Bar x4, Inlaid
Mithril Cylander x2, Goblin Rocket Fuel x2, Star Ruby x2
Note: The recipe for this item is vendor limited supply.
(http://www.thottbot.com/?i=15912)

Gnomish Battle Chicken
Requires Skill: (Gnome) Engineering 230
Components: Mithril Casing, Gold Power Core, Truesilver Bar x6, Mithril Bar x6,Inlaid Mithril Cylinder x2, Jade x2
Note: Thottbot listing: http://www.thottbot.com/?i=3815

OTHER

Panda Bear
One of three pets Collector's Edition owners can turn in a voucher for.

Zergling
One of three pets Collector's Edition owners can turn in a voucher for.

Mini-Diablo
One of three pets Collector's Edition owners can turn in a voucher for.

How to Get a Cross-Faction Pet
Many vendored pets are available only in factioned cities or towns from factioned NPCs, leaving those not of that faction unable to purchase one by normal means. Since trades and mail are not allowed between members of the opposite faction, the only way to get yourself a cross-faction pet is through the Auction House in Gadgetzan.

Paladin Guide (Warcraft)

admin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:00:04 +0000

I posted this as a reply elsewhere, but thought more people wouldm ake use of it here. So here it is:

When when you're grinding you want to head up the retribution tree, to max out your dps. So you wanna head for SoC, then up vindication eye for an eye, etc etc. However the retribution build is next to useless end game (in my opinion), As it does not help the paladin in it's princible ability (survivability). Anyway below is the first template, for grinding to 60 - and then below it there is an end game build.

Grinding build:

Retribution:

10-11-12-13-14: Improved Blessing of Might Rank 5/5 (This is your first step toward greater dps).
15-16-17-18-19: Benediction Rank 5/5 (Whilst not useful at these levels it brings you closer to the grinding essential Seal of Command.)
20: Seal of Command Rank 1/1 (/cheer).
26-27-28-29-30: Conviction Rank 5/5 (More crits = more dps).
31-32-33: Vindication Rank 3/3 (Potentially reducing the ammount of damage you take, thus decreasing downtime)
34-35: Eye for an Eye, Rank 2/2 OR Pursuit of Justice Rank 2/2 (Neither are that useful but are good point fillers).
36-37-38: 2 Handed Weapon Specialisation Rank 3/3 (Again allows for higher damage, great crit chance, etc).
39: Santicity Aura, (Bit more dps).
40-41-42-43-44: Vengeance Rank 5/5 (Again dps increase).
45: Repentance Rank 1/1 (Not that useful for grinding, but cant hurt if you need an emergency heal).

Protection:

46-47-48-49-50: Improved Devotion Aura Rank 5/5 (Less damage taken = less down time).
51-52-53-54-55: Toughness Rank 5/5 (See above)

Holy:

21-22-23-24-25: Divine Strength Rank 5/5 (This adds to your attack power, thus increasing dps).
56-57-58-59-60: Useful for healing when taking a beating.

When you hit 60 immediately respec if you want to be vaguely respectable in pve. Paladin is about survivability, and support healing (and primarily cleansing). Retribution helps you with none of these. The following 2 are 2 reasonable templates for end game raiding.

Template 1:

Holy Talents - 31 points

Divine Intellect - rank 5/5
Spiritual Focus - rank 5/5
Healing Light - rank 3/3
Unyielding Faith - rank 2/2
Illumination - rank 5/5
Improved Blessing of Wisdom - rank 2/2
Divine Favor - rank 1/1
Lasting Judgement - rank 3/3
Holy Power - rank 5/5

Protection Talents - 9 points

Improved Devotion Aura - rank 5/5
Toughness - rank 4/5

Retribution Talents - 11 points

Benediction - rank 5/5
Deflection - rank 5/5
Seal of Command - rank 1/1

Template 2:

Holy Talents - 15 points

Divine Intellect - rank 5/5
Spiritual Focus - rank 5/5
Healing Light - rank 3/3
Unyielding Faith - rank 2/2

Protection Talents - 25 points

Improved Devotion Aura - rank 5/5
Precision - rank 3/3
Guardian's Favor - rank 2/2
Toughness - rank 5/5
Blessing of Kings - rank 1/1
Improved Hammer of Justice - rank 3/3
Improved Concentration Aura - rank 1/3
Reckoning - rank 5/5

Retribution Talents - 11 points

Improved Blessing of Might - rank 5/5
Benediction - rank 5/5
Seal of Command - rank 1/1

Powerleveling Guide (Warcraft)

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:00:10 +0000

I recently lost an account because Blizzard mistakenly thought I was running a bot program when, in fact, I was playing in a scaled VNC window at 2 frames/sec. They wouldn't listen and didn't care, so I went and started a new account to try to regain my level 60 priest.

First time around it took about 5 months to get to 60 in casual playing. This time it took about 3 weeks of intensive leveling and I thought I would post what I did for others:

1. Do as many red quests as you possibly can. Don't worry about the difficulty. Red quests done quickly give the best XP (sometimes 6000 or more).
2. Have a guildy or two help you blow through those red quests. The key here is fast.
3. Find areas that you can "grind" XP. This is the worst part. It is crucial that you do this alone, not in groups. No matter what anyone says, grinding alone gets you much more XP than any other method. I did this by turning off all sound in the game, throwing a good DVD or recorded TV show up on my second monitor and just runing around in about the same area killing as much and as fast as possible. Try to find that point at which you can continuously kill stuff without having to break for mana drinks or health regens.

I know this sounds boring, and it really is. I've read a lot of "1-60 in 2 days" posts that are simply false. I think this is the only real way of being able to get to 60 in any reasonable time. By the way, time played for my character when I hit 60 was about 12 game-days total.

From 50-60 my average xp/hr was about 22k and I did 1-2 levels a day easily.

I hope this helps!