The Fastest 70-80 Leveling Route in The War Within

I've leveled countless alts since the launch of The War Within, and I’m now confident that I’ve developed the fastest leveling route out there. In this video I’ll walk you through all of the steps that I took to level multiple characters from 70-80 in under 2 Hours, and how you can do it for your characters too.
You can find the written version of this Leveling Guide over at my website, harldan.com.
In the video I made references to my Devastation Evoker 70-80 Speedrun, but I've since managed to beat that time with the same route! By playing a Guardian Druid and using the 20% Anniversary Buff, I was able to get a 70-80 time of only 1 Hour and 5 Minutes, which is ludicrously fast. You can watch that run here: • Leveling From 70-80 is...
I've put together an extremely detailed Delve Leveling Tier List on my second channel, and you can find that video here: • The Best Delves & Stor...
If you're leveling your very first character in The War Within, you'll need to fully complete the campaign. I have a guide which shows you the fastest way to reach Level 80 and complete the campaign at the same time, found here: • The Fastest Campaign L...
As mentioned in the video, I recently completed a Devastation Evoker 70-80 Speedrun in 1 Hour and 38 Minutes by following the route presented in this guide. You can watch that speedrun here: • Solo Leveling From 70-...
A few weeks ago I managed to get my Brann up to max level, but unfortunately he's still completely worthless. To demonstrate this I made a video showcasing my Level 60 Brann in a variety of scenarios, and you can watch that here: • How Strong is a Level ...
If you're looking for a guide that focuses on 1-70 leveling, you can watch the one I made here: • How To Level From 10-7...
Timestamps WIP
00:00 - Introduction
If you want to watch these speedruns while they're live, you can find my Twitch channel here: / harldan
Recently I've been posting a lot of Mythic+ runs, clips, and stream recordings on my third channel. That channel is called Harldan Stream Archive, and you can find it here: / @harldanarchive
I have a second KZbin Channel that I've been using to post more frequent videos, such as quick unedited system overviews or Twitch Livestream Recordings. You can find the second channel here: / @lonarra1
My Discord tag is "Harldan", and as always, you can feel free to contact me if you have any feedback or questions. You'll never be bothering me by sending a message, as it usually makes my day when someone reaches out.
I also have a Discord server which I use to post updates about the channel and talk about things I find interesting. If you’d like to join it, you can use this link: / discord
If you're interested in supporting my work and want to gain access to over 80 hours of exclusive video content, I'd encourage you to become a Channel Member. You can find more information here: / @harldan1
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[@achilliestv7886]

Incredibly cohesive and precise guide, I forward my props! Strangely it's not too often to find a video that can properly lay out their walkthrough without rambling about irrelevancies, fluent speech and missing vital info so, massive props.

[@Harldan1]

Appreciate the kind words, and a lot of the stuff you described just boils down to scripting your videos. It's really easy to just press record and ramble about a topic you know a lot about, but that generally leads to a long runtime with a lot of tangents. I still do this for less important topics, such as the Delve Tier List, since it saves an IMMENSE amount of production time. Writing, proofreading, narrating, and editing the 7 page script for this guide took days of work, but I would like to think it's worth the effort for more important videos such as this one.

[@joel2k13]

Hi and thanks for the guide ! i've been following it thanks to the written thing on your website. I made a ret pal and as it is my first alt i spent a lot of time searching for zones, looking at the guide, wasting time in delves as i didn't know them etc... i did it in 5 hours.

[@jaymann.g]

Fantastic videos and content as of late, mate. I've been putting off leveling more characters until something like this from you came out!

[@draincatYT]

Yes pls good sir. Exactly what I needed. We missed all the dungeon speedleveling 😂

[@ArgosGG-kh9ph]

This is absolutely amazing! Detailed and precise information. Thanks for sharing this information with us

[@maxwellswarcraft]

I like the way you structured it with crafting in the end. Nice video!

[@LONlG]

Algorithm love. Thanks for another great vid. Checking out the written and going to give it a try. Anything remotely close to 2 hours will make my day!

[@psykotedy4590]

You are a BEAST with these guides, man!!! Every one is an incredibly thorough and detailed account of your findings. Love it! Thank you!!!

[@Pwrswitchd]

Simply the best. Thanks for another brilliant guide!

[@Tomacawc]

wow this was a great video man excellent editing

[@atomicoption]

As always, killing it my dude. Are you thinking of doing an updated 1-70 run or do you feel like your current guide is solid still? Thanks for the awesome guide and congrats again!

[@Harldan1]

I do plan on making updated 1-70 guides, but the current guide is still ~90% accurate. That's why I've waited so long to update it, since I figured it was more important to work on stuff like this.

[@atomicoption]

@Harldan1 makes complete sense, thanks again for the awesome content.

[@GrizzneyGames]

11:10 had me almost spit out my water. 😂😂😂

[@johnblademusic]

Thank you for this!

[@arpadvarga3475]

Good guide I will try

[@Briansgate]

you da man!

[@imForgotN]

Classic Harldan W

[@Richardross11]

Thanks Harldan I’ve been waiting for this lol!!! How do you compare this to Timewalking spamming? Also does War Mode effect xp from crafting?

[@Harldan1]

War Mode does not affect the crafting XP (it specifically states it buffs mob kills and quests), and Timewalking spamming tends to be slower.

[@NisMoeller]

Yo Harldan! Love the guide! Can't wait for more. mollernis

[@daveb3989]

"Unfortunately its complete BEANS for leveling" lies. its the greatest and I have come to this video to comment and shake my fist. Thanks for the guide!

[@flashrogue4376]

during Legion prepatch, at the end of WoD, I leveled a toon by battling the same moths over and over in a small village in Karasarang in Pandaria. there was a stable master so i could keep healing my pets for 10s.. it was VERY FAST but that was so, so long ago.

[@smoogieboogie1694]

I feel like I must have missed something because I did all of what you said in Isle of Dorn and didn't get to level 75, but doing a few ringing deeps quests got me there. And then I did every delve from that point like you said and got to just below 79. I have the full 25% warband buff and everything and now I'm going through the rest of the Ringing Deeps trying to hit 80. I can't tell if I somehow blanked out a whole questing hub from your video or what, but I definitely don't know how you got all the way to 78 in the Isle of Dorn. Have experience amounts changed in 2 months? btw I'm not hating on the guide, I think it's great. I'm just genuinely confused and looking for advice.

[@Harldan1]

Ignore hard level suggestions, I went out of my way to focus on them during this video because they don't matter.

[@flashrogue4376]

i did the enchanting thing. With 20% from anniversary, 10%from bonfire, 10% from carousel, in a dream surge (25%). I got to Level 72 and 44%.

[@flashrogue4376]

should add, it cost about 10k

[@Harldan1]

If by "bonfire" you're referring to the Hallow's End buff, that only affects mob kill XP, so it would not boost Crafting Exp values.

[@satyrsak]

Brann speced as heal help immensely!

[@caseymartin6885]

Please note that if you do the main story quests and STOP at where he initially says to, you will NOT be able to do the Theater Troupe event until you complete more of the main story.

[@icarusgeo]

Great to see your guide! Quick question, though: Any idea how it compares to leveling through TW classic dungs? And how much renown do we get with your route? Leveling my main through campaign, I think I didn't get any or barely any renown until I hit Adventure Mode.

[@Harldan1]

You get some renown from the campaign quests, all renown bonuses are 1 time rewards from completing chunks of the campaign or side quest hubs. Classic TW is very hit or miss, answered in a few other comments in more detail.

[@Taz6688]

Recently played, ding'd 80 on 2 characters, no skip the into was there, took a third character to ding before the option was there. One weird thing, I still had some quests left over, while levelling it was mostly fine, soon as I hit 80 I got pounded, quest were ripping me a new one, I just got the, must finish these and clear the sheet, but the mobs beat the crap out of me, where just before dinging I managed fine.

[@MrKvasi]

When you change your hearthstone location it registers the location of your character AND the direction you are facing.

[@TAZMASTA40]

I hate Brann so much. I don't get mad at this game often but Brann spikes my blood pressure more often than I'd like....

[@xzivizx]

Wonderful guide, would it be possible to show the map of the locations or co-ords to make it a little faster for the ones of us that do not know where the outposts are?

[@xzivizx]

I do however wish I knew about the profession leveling prior to the end of the guide, as I started following the guide from the start without watching the entire guide prior.

[@demonstasis2004]

Well done you complete maniac. Very well done.

[@evanharjanto2450]

what if you do this guide while queueing as dps on time walking dungeon? doesnt that make it more effective experience wise?

[@Harldan1]

No, it doesn't.

[@asciliaash6822]

Heyo! Do you have a leveling from 10-70 guide aswell?

[@Harldan1]

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[@chippotlettv2099]

72-78 5 hours stopped around the do each delve part, went for profession equipment around the zones and a few zone weeklys about to ding 79. but still 5-6 hours..

[@chippotlettv2099]

brewmaster monk, was tanking and aoeing everything everywhere

[@Harldan1]

You must have done something wrong.

[@Aretsue]

Wonder if there is a WoW-Pro Guide route for this

[@Harldan1]

There is not, but you can make one if you want.

[@ssu7653]

9:30 while Brann is pcractically useless as DPS, he is good as a healer. Easily lets you pull more mobs each pull so faster complete times ;)

[@Harldan1]

This is true for higher level delves, sure, but most leveling characters are completely invincible. I can pull entire delves on many specs at lower levels and my healthbar won't even move.

[@FDM55]

👏💪

[@SirChancelot]

Do you want to build this route to be uploaded into AAP?

[@ujai5271]

Is there a good way to find the dreamsurge in DF?

[@Harldan1]

Unfortunately the map indicators that they added in Dragonflight were broken with the new expansion, and Blizzard still hasn't fixed this. You'll just need to fly into each zone until you see the buffs appear.

[@Pixxelina]

Does anyone else feel squishy as a fresh 70 in TWW zones even with full heirlooms set? T_T

[@Harldan1]

Heirlooms stop scaling at 70, so they're actually incredibly weak for TWW leveling. This is why I usually aim to skip to Level 71 with crafting XP and equip the 528 crafted gear.

[@Pixxelina]

@@Harldan1 this helped so much, thank you! I was able to craft my own 528 gear and with some herbalism and mining got to 71 in just a few minutes with the double anni buff.

[@pjmeyer514]

How does this compare to dungeon spam as tank?

[@Harldan1]

Depends. Normal TWW dungeons are really slow now and I would not recommend them at all. Timewalking dungeons can be ~1-2 hours slower than this route, but it obviously depends on a lot of factors. Most TW dungeon sets have atleast one REALLY bad dungeon which brings down the average, such as Deadmines in the Classic pool. If you're only leveling through dungeon spamming, it will end up being notably slower overall. Timewalking dungeons are best used sparingly as a way to replace some of the weaker parts of the route, such as delves with bad variants or the bonus side quest hubs mentioned at the end.

[@pjmeyer514]

@@Harldan1 Thanks for the reply mate, appreciate it. Keep up the great work with ya content. Long time watcher.

[@yazeedoo1234]

Druids suffer with this route. No real damage, it takes too long to accomplish!

[@anter734]

or you just cant deal damage? my boomie rape all monsters. check ur talents first

[@reflexion8049]

dreaming winds no longer exists from dragonflight zones T_T

[@Harldan1]

Yes it does.

[@critical4306]

Your timer changes constantly lol?

[@Harldan1]

This is a guide? I'm using footage from multiple different speedruns.

[@TheRassad]

Tried this.. over an hour has passed and I am yet to hit 71......

[@Harldan1]

Not a very useful thing to comment. Clearly you misunderstood part of the guide, if you have a question I can try to answer.

[@HunnysPlaylists]

profession leveling is just plain not worth it.

[@Harldan1]

It's fine if you prefer to save gold, but it's absolutely worth it from an efficiency standpoint. Materials have also been steadily decreasing in price, so it will be super cheap later on in the expansion. By the end of Dragonflight it was less than 5k gold for the entire crafting process, which is a small price to pay for a ~30 min+ time save.

[@HunnysPlaylists]

@@Harldan1 sometimes it gives 2 levels, sometimes barely 1.

[@Harldan1]

@@HunnysPlaylists The XP isn't random, so I'm not sure what you mean.

[@HunnysPlaylists]

@@Harldan1 never consistent for me.