Staying competitive in the World of Warcraft takes a lot of time, and a lot of gold. That said, leveling quickly is one way of keeping the competition and opposition at bay. The higher a character’s level is, the better the items, the stronger the spells.

A lot of online guides have sprouted like mushrooms on how to skyrocket a character’s level in the shortest amount of time. And there are also some neat tricks into starting out at a higher echelon, complete with the gear and the spells, rather than racing from the bottom of the pit. Indeed, leveling quickly means less hassle and more fun for the player.

For those who want to launch from a clean slate, they can’t avoid the grind. Slowly building themselves up by hacking and slashing whatever abominations come in their way is the default starting ground. However, once their characters have enough hardware, firepower, and significant amount of WoW gold for pocket money, players can start to have their characters fulfill some quests. Completed quests award players with unique items, recipes for spells, and gold.

Aside from questing, a player can have his or her character stock on food and water (if the character is a rogue or one that specializes in melee, there is no need to bring along the jugs). Characters with food and water on their knapsacks will see their leveling process dramatically speed up.

Another way of rapidly boosting a character’s level is harvesting WoW gold, the official currency of the game. More gold means better items, basically. Grinding, questing, and securing gold from online peddlers are just some of the ways players can do to earn the currency.
Switching to the ultimate monster-killing machine and utterly enjoying the destruction of wave after wave of monsters is the old school way of farming for some gold. But there is also another way of securing gold, though the process may be a bit of a bore to many — going to the auction houses.

Selling and buying items and other wares can be a profitable business if the player plays the market right. The best way to know when to buy or sell an item is by observing market activity and price movements. But that entails some time as one needs to take in the marketplace to get an understanding of the prices and the intricacies of Wow economics.