Practical “what dungeon do I spam right now” reference. Assumes you queue tank (instant queues) and collect every dungeon quest in the relevant area before walking in — dungeon quests are routinely 30-50% of the XP for that level bracket.
How to actually level fast on Chromie Craft
ChromieCraft’s base XP rate is x2 through level 80 (verified on the Rates & Changes page). This makes dungeon spam already comfortable; combine it with the techniques below and you’ll move fast.
- Queue tank, every time. Instant pop, every pop. DPS/heal queues at level brackets above 30 are 5-15 minutes; tank queues are under 1 minute.
- Grab every dungeon quest before queueing. The quest hubs are usually 1-2 hops from the dungeon entrance (or in the city). Use the map of the relevant zone — yellow exclamation marks near dungeon portals are dungeon quests.
- First dungeon of the day = bonus XP via the Random Dungeon Finder daily (2-3x normal XP for first random pop per character per day).
- Heirlooms. Shoulders + chest = +20% XP combined. Get them at level 1 if you have any 80 alt; otherwise farm them with a friend.
- Joyous Journeys boost — if it’s active (currently +50% XP through May 20, 2026), you’re already at effective x3 XP without doing anything extra.
- Recruit-A-Friend — new accounts get permanent rested XP (kills/quests doubled) for 30 days or until 68. Pair with a friend or alt account to lock this in.
- Rest XP. Log out in an inn between sessions. Doubles XP from kills until consumed.
- Queue from inside a dungeon — when one ends, queue the next immediately. Hearthstone if your group disbands; don’t waste the cooldown.
Want to slow down? Use .weekendxp rate 1 to drop to blizzlike pacing, or .xp off to freeze your level entirely (free, toggleable any time).
Want a permanent twink without abandoning your main? Use .carboncopy — it duplicates your character, so you can lock the copy at level 19/29/39/etc. and keep leveling the original. This is a Chromie Craft-only command and the cleanest way to maintain bracket twinks.
Heirloom priority for warriors
Earnable from Argent Tournament / Wintergrasp / Stone Keeper’s Shards:
| Slot | Item | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Shoulders | Polished Spaulders of Valor | +10% XP, plate, str/sta |
| Chest | Polished Breastplate of Valor | +10% XP, plate, str/sta |
| 2H weapon | Bloodied Arcanite Reaper | Best leveling 2H (huge weapon damage) |
| 1H weapon | Venerable Mass of McGowan | Tank 1H mace |
| Trinket | Discerning Eye of the Beast | +44 spell power… skip for warriors |
| Trinket | Tattered Dreadmist Mantle | Cloth, skip |
For warrior leveling: Shoulders + Chest + 2H Reaper is the holy trinity. The Reaper carries you from 1 to 80 and never falls off until ~level 70 raid weapons.
Level brackets
13–20: First taste
| Dungeon | Best at | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ragefire Chasm | 13–17 | Horde-flavored, in Orgrimmar. Two quests in Org. |
| Wailing Caverns | 17–22 | The Barrens. Many quests (Discipulus quest chain, Glowing Shard, Druids of the Fang). Spam this if you can get in. |
| The Deadmines | 17–22 | Westfall (Horde via RDF). Quest is in Sentinel Hill (Alliance) — Horde can’t easily collect. |
| Shadowfang Keep | 18–22 | Silverpine. Couple of quests, quick run. |
Recommended: WC → SFK → WC loop until 22. WC has the best quest density for the level.
20–30: Wing it through SM
| Dungeon | Best at | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Blackfathom Deeps | 20–25 | Ashenvale. Pre-pull the fire braziers quest. |
| The Stockades | 22–28 | Stormwind (Horde via RDF). Tiny. Easy emblems. |
| Gnomeregan | 24–30 | Long. Skip unless you have a fast group. Or do it once for the achievement and Manual Crowd Pummeler for your DPS off-spec. |
| Razorfen Kraul | 25–30 | Quick. Three quests (Charge of the Quilboar, Brutal Armament, Trolls of the Barrens). |
Recommended: BFD twice → RFK → SM Graveyard as you hit 26.
26–40: Scarlet Monastery shuffle
This is the SM era. All four wings drop quest XP from the Scarlet Monastery Doan/Mograine quest chains.
| Wing | Best at | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SM: Graveyard | 26–32 | Tirisfal. Quick farm; Death Knight transmog set drops from Bloodmage Thalnos. |
| SM: Library | 30–36 | Doan drops Hypnotic Blade (Arms-viable 1H). |
| SM: Armory | 32–38 | Herod’s Shoulder (BiS bracket plate shoulders) + Ravager (BiS leveling 2H polearm — you want this for Arms even if you have the Reaper heirloom; it has +50 stats). |
| SM: Cathedral | 36–42 | Mograine + Whitemane. Mograine’s Might (BiS bracket 2H sword). |
Recommended: SM Library → SM Armory → SM Cathedral chain. If you get Armory in queue twice, great — Ravager is worth re-runs.
38–50: The mid-leveling slog
Where most leveling slows down. Few dungeons, longer travel, and quest density drops.
| Dungeon | Best at | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Razorfen Downs | 38–45 | Southern Barrens. Quick, decent quests. |
| Uldaman | 40–48 | Long. Worth it for Stoneslayer / Hammer of the Northern Wind. |
| Maraudon (any wing) | 42–50 | Three wings — Princess wing is the most-run. Long. Princess drops good leveling plate. |
| Zul’Farrak | 44–52 | The pyramid event is a chunk of XP. Sul’thraze the Lasher (BoP 2H sword via two trash drops) is iconic. |
Recommended: Maraudon Princess → ZF → ZF. Skip Uldaman unless you’re hunting specific drops or bored of Maraudon.
50–60: BRD, the cathedral of dungeons
Once you’re 50, the queue becomes: Sunken Temple → BRD → BRD. BRD has so many quests you can take a 5-quest chunk to it twice and complete different objectives.
| Dungeon | Best at | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sunken Temple | 50–56 | Long, mazey. Quests in Swamp of Sorrows + Hinterlands. |
| Blackrock Depths | 52–60 | Pick up: Reign of Thaurissan, Shadowforge Key, Plugger Spazzring’s bar quests (drink event). The longest single dungeon — usually run as targeted segments (Bar wing only, Emperor wing only). |
| Lower Blackrock Spire | 55–60 | Long. Drops many BoEs. |
| Dire Maul (any wing) | 56–60 | DM-North tribute run is the best XP (large named pulls, side rooms skipped). |
| Stratholme Live | 58–60 | Quick if you skip houses. |
| Stratholme UD | 58–60 | The 45-min Baron run gives a unique quest reward + Eastern Plaguelands rep. |
| Scholomance | 58–60 | Big, dense. Quests in WPL. |
Recommended: Pick up all BRD quests in Searing Gorge / Blackrock Mountain / Ironforge / Orgrimmar before your first BRD run, then chain 2 BRD partial runs → DM-North tribute → Strat UD to reach 60.
58–68: Hellfire to early Outland
You enter Outland at 58 (through the Dark Portal in Blasted Lands). Outland quests give significantly more XP than Eastern Plaguelands quests, so stop dungeon spam temporarily at 58 to do Hellfire Peninsula quests until 60-62, then resume dungeons.
| Dungeon | Best at | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hellfire Ramparts | 58–63 | First Outland dungeon. Quick. |
| The Blood Furnace | 60–66 | Hellfire Citadel chain quests. Mind-control mechanics make it interesting. |
| The Slave Pens | 60–66 | Cenarion Expedition rep. |
| The Underbog | 61–67 | Bigger, slower. |
| Mana-Tombs | 62–68 | Auchindoun — quick. |
Recommended: Hellfire Ramparts → Blood Furnace → Slave Pens loop until 65. Hellfire dungeons give the most XP per minute in this bracket.
65–72: Outland endgame + first Northrend
By 65 you can start tackling the harder TBC dungeons. At 68 you can enter Northrend — go to Borean Tundra or Howling Fjord and switch to Northrend questing for several levels of “fresh” quest XP, then resume Northrend dungeons at 70.
| Dungeon | Best at | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Auchenai Crypts | 63–69 | Quick. |
| Sethekk Halls | 65–71 | Quick. |
| Steamvault | 66–72 | Ratings reasonable. |
| Shattered Halls | 67–72 | Hardest. Long. |
| Old Hillsbrad | 66–71 | Long event-based; good XP but slow per-pop. |
| Black Morass | 68–72 | Wave defense, fast XP. Run this at 68-70 if you can get a group. |
| Mechanar | 68–72 | Tempest Keep — quick. |
| Botanica | 67–72 | Tempest Keep. |
| Arcatraz | 69–72 | Hardest TK; longer. |
| Magisters’ Terrace | 68–72 | Quick. Drops better-than-bracket loot thanks to being a 3.0 dungeon. |
Recommended: Outland-side: Mechanar → Black Morass → Mechanar. Northrend-side at 68: Utgarde Keep → The Nexus.
68–80: Northrend grind
Northrend dungeons all give very competitive XP. Spam whatever pops in your random dungeon queue.
| Dungeon | Best at | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Utgarde Keep | 68–72 | First Northrend dungeon. Quick. |
| The Nexus | 69–73 | Decent length. |
| Azjol-Nerub | 72–74 | Short, three bosses. |
| Ahn’kahet | 72–75 | Volazj is interesting. |
| Drak’Tharon Keep | 73–76 | Quick. |
| The Violet Hold | 73–76 | Wave defense — fastest XP/min of any dungeon in the bracket. |
| Gundrak | 76–79 | Quick. |
| Halls of Stone | 76–79 | Tribunal event slows it down. |
| Halls of Lightning | 77–80 | Loken is a wipe risk. Solid XP. |
| The Oculus | 76–79 | Most groups leave on sight. Drake mechanics confuse pugs. If you actually run it, fast and decent loot. |
| Utgarde Pinnacle | 78–80 | Skadi air phase + Ymiron. Solid. |
| Culling of Stratholme | 78–80 | Long event-based. Bronze drake on timed run. |
Recommended: Violet Hold every random pop you can chase. Otherwise just queue random.
Quest pickup checklist
Before each dungeon, fast-travel to these hubs to grab quests:
| Dungeon(s) | Quest hub |
|---|---|
| RFC | Cleft of Shadow, Orgrimmar |
| WC | Cleft of Shadow, Wailing Caverns entrance, Camp Taurajo |
| SFK | The Sepulcher (Silverpine), Tarren Mill |
| BFD | Auberdine / Stonetalon Peak / Ashenvale (Hellscream’s Watch) |
| Stocks | Stormwind (Alliance only — Horde skip the quests) |
| Gnomeregan | Ironforge (Alliance) / Tinkertown of Booty Bay quest chain |
| RFK | Camp Taurajo / Honor’s Stand |
| All SM wings | Tirisfal — Brill + Undercity + Trade District (Stormwind for Alliance) |
| RFD | Camp Taurajo / Brackenwall Village |
| Uldaman | Kargath (Badlands) — multiple quests |
| Mara | Nijel’s Point (Desolace) + Cenarion Hold (Silithus) |
| ZF | Gadgetzan (Tanaris) — 5-6 quests alone make ZF worth it |
| Sunken Temple | Stonard (Swamp of Sorrows) + Cenarion Circle (Hinterlands) |
| BRD | Searing Gorge + Blackrock Mountain + Thorium Brotherhood — many quests |
| LBRS / DM / Strat / Scholo | Light’s Hope Chapel + WPL/EPL questgivers |
| Outland dungeons | Thrallmar / Honor Hold + faction dailies |
| Northrend dungeons | Each dungeon has a quest in the immediate area. Coldarra for Nexus, Howling Fjord coast for UK, etc. |
Estimated time-to-80
With heirlooms (shoulders + chest + 2H reaper), tank queues, and proper quest pickup, at ChromieCraft’s default x2 XP rate:
- 1 → 60: ~25-35 hours.
- 60 → 70: ~12-18 hours.
- 70 → 80: ~15-20 hours.
Total: ~55-75 hours of /played at base x2 rate. With Joyous Journeys (+50%) currently active, expect closer to 35-50 hours. With RAF rested XP layered on top, faster still.
If you skip dungeon quests and just queue random repeatedly, add 50%+ to the times above. Quests are not optional for fast leveling.
If you’re running a challenge mode (Hardcore / Ironman / Bloodthirsty), rates revert to x1 blizzlike — roughly double the base x2 estimate. The leveling experience becomes a much different (and more deliberate) game.
After 80: gearing for heroics
The moment you hit 80, your priority is getting to Defense 540 for heroics. Quickest path:
- Buy crafted Saronite gear (Tempered Saronite Helm/Chestpiece/Legplates etc.) — relatively cheap on the AH at 80.
- Run regular Northrend dungeons until you have 5-6 blue tank pieces.
- Cap Defense via rep gear (Argent Crusade, Wyrmrest Accord, Knights of the Ebon Blade) and Triumph emblem ToC quests.
- Step into heroics, then chase Frost Emblems via the random heroic daily — see the WotLK dungeons page for the BiS list.