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hey guys ! Names paul im 24yo from Australia.

Im super new to wow. Start a warrior human for the alliance. Managed to get from lvl1-lvl40 today!

Enjoying my time so far. Just curious what server is the most popular and where is everyone based out of ? Eastern kindoms ?

Basically I just wanna find a guild to show me the rights and wrongs so I can learn and become a good player one day. Im currently lvl40 and just doing quest in Eastern Kingdom.

I have a couple questions aswell.

Do I keep leveling up on Eastern Kingdom ?
When should I leave Eastern Kingdom ?
What else’s can I do other then quest for leveling ?
Also this might sound stuiped but im really unsure i download the retail or classic. I just download wow and start playing lol. So is there away I can check now ? As I wanna play bfa.

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Hey there! Welcome to wow! First things first, there are a few ways to search for a guild for yourself.

On the forums:

For all of these options, make sure the guilds you’re looking at are Alliance, not Horde.

In Game:

  • Check out the guild finder tool. The “J” Key by default will bring up your Guilds and Communities menu. The guild finder tool will be in it’s own tab in this menu.

  • Approach guilds that advertise in a city’s trade chat as social, casual or new player friendly guilds.

  • Tell trade chat you’re new and looking for a casual/social guild to show you the ropes.

Keep in mind that finding the right guild for you is not always an easy process, so don’t be afraid to leave a guild in search of another if it isn’t providing you with the experience you’re looking for.

Now on to your questions. :slight_smile:

Do I keep leveling up on Eastern Kingdom ?

You can level in Eastern Kingdoms until you hit lvl 60, at which point you’ll receive an automatic quest popup giving you the option to go level in either Burning Crusade or Wrath of the Lich King zones.

Currently, the leveling structure is as follows (Though this will be undergoing a complete revamp in Shadowlands, so if you’re somebody looking at this in the future, this could be outdated.)

1-60: Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor
60-80: Outland and Northrend
80-90: Pandaria and the zones that Cataclysm added to Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor
90-100: Draenor
100-110: Broken Isles
110-120: Kul Tiras and Zandalar

You should get pop up quests each time you’re able to head to a new zone. If you reach one of those level thresholds and don’t receive a popup quest, return to Stormwind and it should pop up there.

Note that you will not experience anywhere close to all of the leveling zones on your first play through. So don’t be afraid to skip some and try them on the next character you level.

When should I leave Eastern Kingdom ?

Also answered above. :slight_smile:

What else’s can I do other then quest for leveling ?

Completing dungeons in the Dungeon Finder tool (i key by default), Battlegrounds (H key by default, fair warning, battlegrounds are PvP content.), Pet battles, and collecting Ore and Herbs (Mining and Herbalism professions required) will all grant you experience.

im really unsure i download the retail or classic.

Rest assured, you’re playing retail lol. It would take you a couple weeks to get from 1-40 in Classic :wink:

Also, your forum avatar would say “Wow Classic” by your name if your character was from Classic.

If you have any other questions, feel free to reply, or make a new topic in the “New Player Help and Guides” subforum, here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/c/guides/new-player-help-guides/33

Over there we have a few regulars including myself that are always happy to get new players pointed in the right direction, and between us all can get you an answer to pretty much anything.

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Thanks so much man ! Everything answered I appreciate it alot ! Ill definitely head over and check out everything I need to know ! Having alot of fun so far so definitely wanna keep the progress up. I’ll try the dugeon areas out today.

Really appreciate the help man !

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Nice progress Crisses! Hope you enjoy WoW and welcome to the game.

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Do you have aspirations to raid in end game? If so your server is a little more important, especially if you have your eyes on mythic raiding. I would recommend playing on Frostmourn if you want to stay alliance or on Barthilas if you’re want to try horde.

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thanks for the info guys ! Im currently away for work havent been able to play :frowning: but yes after playing a little now. I have decided i want to change realms and class. I will be looking to get into end game raiding eventually thats the plan. I’ve decided i really wanna play warlock aswell. Im home in 6 days so I’ll grind out and see if I can hot max level asap ! I just wanna do all theses sick raids :slight_smile: