1. Getting Started

🔸Choose Your Faction & Race

• Factions: Alliance or Horde – determines your starting zone, storyline, and who you can group with in the open world (but cross-faction grouping is now available for most content).
• Races: Each race has racial abilities that slightly influence gameplay (e.g., Orcs have Blood Fury, Humans have Every Man for Himself).

🔸Choose Your Class

WoW offers 13 classes, each with multiple specializations:

• Tank Classes: Protection Warrior, Protection Paladin, Guardian Druid, Brewmaster Monk, Vengeance Demon Hunter, Blood Death Knight
• Healers: Holy Paladin, Resto Druid, Mistweaver Monk, Resto Shaman, Holy/Disc Priest, Preservation Evoker
• DPS: Melee (Rogue, Enhancement Shaman, Feral Druid, etc.) & Ranged (Mage, Hunter, Warlock, Elemental Shaman, Balance Druid)

💡Tip for Beginners: Choose a class with a simple rotation and survivability like Hunter (Beast Mastery), Paladin (Retribution), or Warrior (Arms/Fury).

2. Leveling Guide (1–70)

• Chromie Time: Allows you to level in any past expansion storyline from 10–60 (Battle for Azeroth is recommended for speed).
• Dragonflight Campaign: Levels 60–70 take place in the Dragon Isles. Follow the main campaign for gear and renown.
• War Mode: Toggle for extra XP bonus (+10%) but PvP enabled.
• Dungeon Leveling: Queue for dungeons via the Group Finder for steady XP and practice.

3. Class Roles & Builds

💡Tip: Use resources like Icy-Veins or Wowhead to find best-in-slot (BiS) builds, rotations, and talent trees for your class.

4. Endgame Content Overview

🔸Dungeons

• Normal / Heroic / Mythic: Entry-level PvE.
• Mythic+ (M+): Timed, infinitely scaling difficulty. Requires coordination and knowledge of affixes.
• Rewards: Gear, Valor points, Great Vault rewards.

🔸Raids

• Difficulty Levels: LFR → Normal → Heroic → Mythic
• Raid Finder is beginner-friendly, Mythic is top-tier content.
• Learn mechanics in advance using guides and videos.

🔸World Content

• World Quests & Renown: Unlock reputation rewards and gear upgrades.
• Rare Elites & World Bosses: Weekly opportunities for gear.

5. PvP Systems

• Rated Arenas & Battlegrounds: Competitive PvP with rating-based rewards.
• Solo Shuffle: Fast-paced ranked PvP mode.
• Honor & Conquest: PvP currencies for buying gear.
• War Mode: Enables open-world PvP with rewards & bonus XP.

6. Professions & Crafting

Professions have been revamped in Dragonflight with specializations and profession gear:

• Crafting: Blacksmithing, Tailoring, Leatherworking, Jewelcrafting, Alchemy, Engineering, Inscription
• Gathering: Mining, Herbalism, Skinning
• Service: Enchanting, Cooking, Fishing

Tip: Max-level professions can be highly profitable. Use Crafting Orders to sell to other players.

7. Economy & Gold Making

• Gathering Professions: Early expansion materials sell for a premium.
• Crafting Professions: Specialize in high-demand items like raid consumables.
• Auction House Flipping: Buy low, sell high — focus on materials and consumables.
• Daily/Weekly Quests: Consistent gold income from world content.

8. Weekly Checklist

✅ Complete Great Vault objectives (M+, Raid bosses, PvP)
✅ Weekly World Boss kill
✅ World Quests for renown and gear
✅ Profession cooldowns and work orders
✅ Upgrade gear with Valor or Conquest

9. Common Mistakes

• Ignoring Gear Progression: Don’t skip Mythic 0 or low-key dungeons early on.
• No Addons: Use helpful addons like Details!, WeakAuras, DBM for raiding and M+.
• Not Capping Vault Objectives: Great Vault is your biggest weekly reward source.
• Overcommitting Gold: Don’t spend all your gold on the AH early — prices drop after the first weeks.

🏆 Conclusion

World of Warcraft offers a massive amount of content — from casual questing to hardcore Mythic raiding and rated PvP.
By following this guide, you’ll level efficiently, optimize your character, and be prepared to tackle whatever Azeroth throws at you — whether it’s a raid boss, a Mythic+ key, or a battleground brawl.