One of the fastest ways to level max in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (opens in new tab)" One of the fastest ways to level max in World of Warcraft is to stand in one place and click on the menu. Crafting turns out to be one of the fastest ways to reach the game's new level cap of 70.

Dragonflight is the first case in WoW where crafting items rewards XP. For each new item you craft, you get a hefty reward. In just 10 minutes, you can craft a variety of items and move up three levels; WoW's speed levelers, like regular speedrunners, have found that the most efficient route to level 70 actually involves a few minutes of staring at the crafting menu.

The first player to reach level 70 was Adelio (opens in new tab), a Korean player who managed to get on the boat to the new zone before many on the US and EU servers (opens in new tab). Taking the lead, they assaulted the Dragon Islands quest with a full group, and together, they took the enemy in tow; in the case of WoW, this method is quite standard. Using their knowledge from the beta, they stacked XP buffs and efficiently chained quests together. The only difference was that we took a break to craft some items to fill the downtime between quests. Adelio reached level 70 in about 3 hours.

Gingi, a longtime World First Raider, did the same thing, but much faster. Once he got past the server error, he reached level 70 in about an hour and a half.Gingi had a similar strategy of using his new Dragon Riding (opens in new tab) skill and other movement abilities to pull together a pack of enemies and run around the Dragon Islands. Twitch's archive (opens in new tab), you can see that the only time he stops moving is when casting spells or crafting. Then he stitches together a trailblazer's "Toughened Coif" to earn the last XP to get to level 70.

WoW's modern quest design is already designed to be quick. It is best to think of the new expansion's series of quests as a prelude or first act in a longer story that will continue in future patches. But for speed levelers, the crafting XP bonus allows them to skip unnecessary things like walking around and fighting in a timely manner, reminding me of WoW's ultimate pacifist, the double agent. He picked flowers in the starting zone of Pandaren and is now level 61.

As WoW continues to add new ways to earn XP, you can dabble in non-quest activities without getting frustrated. Side attractions like pet battles, island exploration, and the last expansion's rogue-like Torghast mode are still ways to level up. Someday a full-fledged crafting class with its own story and equipment, comparable to that of "Final Fantasy 14," may be introduced; given the significant changes to crafting and professions in Dragonflight, this seems very likely."