When the patch goes live, we will be getting a 35% experience bonus. That coupled with the 20% from the Ashes, and then throw on the bonuses from elixirs and incenses, our +Experience bonus should be pretty hefty. So, I’ve never done a “speed run” before, but since I’d be making an alt character, would anyone happen to have a guess as to how long it should take to hit 100 with all these bonuses (any previous experience or anything). And also, I imagine my first goal would be to hit 35, equip the Mythics that I’ve found so far (Shako, Selig, Starless, and Tyreal’s), and go straight to WT4. Then, just Helltides?
Thanks, all!
i pretty much just did random stuff til 50. got the capstones done and sticked in the horde.
at one point i got my glyphs to lvl 15 real quick.
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Helltides, Helltides, oh and more Helltides. Once you WT3 you can start to do Infernal Hordes, if your build is AOE focused, you’ll get a lot of exps. If it’s not AoE focused, stick to Helltides.
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Also, do I need to do the seasonal quest again to advance the rep caches?
For raw exp nothing comes close to hordes, its hordes and nothing else. You cannot do these until T3 however and the best exp until T3 will be T2 helltide, pref spamming the blood maiden event.
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Do you have a friend who can boost you? Head straight to the capstone for T3. Complete NMD Tier 1 and make sure to do all the events. You should be able survive in Infernal Hordes T2 with all the random gears… After that, do another capstone for T4. Once you’re close to level 55, run NMD Tier 42 or Infernal Hordes T3 (dying is okay; you just want the chests at the end) to get 925 gear. Alternative, ask your friend to do a tormented Duriel and you will be fill with 925 uniques and gears. Can be done in less than an hour.
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Depends on what’s available, if you farmed mythics on your main, you can equip them from lvl 35. Which then makes the leveling process hilariously easy and quick, especially if you have multiple.
As soon as infernal hordes are available, do them. They are the fastest way to level in the game. Nothing beats it, chuck an incense and potion and goto town.
Step 1. Login
Step 2. Make character
Step 3. 100!

- Start WT 2
- Hit Helltides until level 35.
- Equip Uber. Do Capstone 1.
- Start WT 3
- Hit Helltides until level 50. If you can do Capstone 2 at level 35, do it. I usually just wait until level 50.
- Do Capstone 2.
- Start WT 4
- Do more Helltides, Horde, NM dungeons
I like to do NM dungeons when I am level 90.
I would do Horde from 70 to 80.
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Start in WT2. Do the Seasonal Questline so you can get Mother’s Gift to start dropping.
Nothing but Blood Maiden until level 40 with Profound Mindcage. Blood Maiden will drop legendary gear with low level requirements. Temper those gear. Imprint your aspects.
Equip Mythic Uniques at 40. Do Capstone dungeon 1
Run Horde until level 50.
Do Capstone dungeon 2.
Run Nightmare dungeon 50+ for 925 gear
Run Horde until level 100.
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I usually get a friend to boost me through the capstones right after creating a char.
By the time both are done I’m lvl 50
Then they run me through some NMD 100 for glyphs and XP.
Then some pits and last Hordes.
You get to 80 in no time this way.
80-100 NMDs to get glyphs to 21 and Hordes for items and XP.
One play session would put me in the 90s. If they are giving bonus XPs now that means 100 in one sitting.
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You need to start it to unlock progression on the caches - just do the first part where you visit that house until you are allowed to visit the NPC in Zanzibet or whatever that place is named.
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If you have friends as soon as you hit WT4 have them carry you through the highest level of hordes that you can survive at. They are by far the fastest way to level as long as you don’t care about glyphs.
If you’re playing solo still do hordes if you don’t care about leveling glyphs.
What do you do after you beat the game in an hour?
That’s not max level yet.
How do you unlock leveling past 100?
There isnt. All you have is empowering your Glyphs and Masterworking your gear.
I said he can be at level 55 with 925 gears to start with. Then, he can start surviving in T4 solo.
Andy’s - if you have one - destroys everything.
I leveled an alt Rogue with Puncture(I mean who want’s to mess with Resource management?)
Coldclip & Pestilent Points
Andy’s, Tyrael’s, DB, ROSS(why not?) and Selig.
Was destroying WT4 at 40 and running IH 4’s at 70.
Also - can’t die unless one tries really hard.
Level 50 sitting in everything Blood Maiden could throw at me with 2-3 MC’s active.
Leveling: Helltides(Pop those Infernal Mindcages!) and IH if you can clear fast & efficiently.
If you’re REALLY strong and have a speed build - I’d say: Don’t neglect your Glyphs and speed some NMDs. 50’s + should be no sweat at level 50-60 with all that gear.
Just a qol tip to get some glyphs started.
Glhf
You delete that character, make a new one, and do the entire process again. BUT FASTER!