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Welcome to WoWnoob, a Q&A subreddit where we encourage new players as well as veterans to ask questions and exchange answers in support of one another. Our Discord is great for topics that don't fit here! discord.gg/wownoob

A place where new players of World of Warcraft Retail & Classic can ask questions, learn from more experienced players, and meet others!


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Resources

  • WoWHead - The largest WoW information site featuring guides, news, information on classes, professions, raids, transmog, Mythic+ and more.

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  • CurseForge - The place to go for all of your addon needs!


Community Partners

  • Casual Friday - Event-driven Mythic+ community for beginner and veteran players. Hosts Mythic+ Madness every Friday night at 9 PM EST for socializing and learning.

  • Timewarp Academy - An all-in-one community focused on helping players improve at the game. They also host constant events like Fast Forward to help players get KSM.

  • Mythic Plus Friends - Great community to find casual dungeoneers and M+ enthusiasts. They also offer a "Mythic Plus Academy" to help get people on the right track for success!

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As a returning player, crafting professions feel pointless…

Maybe I’m missing something, but leveling up crafting professions seems to be really time gated to the point where it’s hard to see a point where I will actually be able to be fully trained on even a portion of my profession knowledge. I know there’s some degree of catch-up mechanics, but I just want to get engineering to where I can have a low chance of failure and that seems like it’s at least a month away if not longer.

6 Comments
2024/04/27
02:42 UTC

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How much plunder

With the double renown boost in plunder, how much plunder do I need to get to hit renown 40?

3 Comments
2024/04/27
02:26 UTC

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Level 60 Restoration Shaman

Hi everyone, I am a brand new player to WoW and ive played a few classes like Holy and Disc Priest, Rogue, and came to a Restoration Shaman and am thoroughly enjoying this class.

I recently leveled to 60 and bought The War Within so I can get dragonflight included and I am a little confused on how it works. When I first started it the quests are only like 130-1000XP but leveling takes over 140,000XP.

Does the XP start to ramp up the further I get into Dragonflight?

Ive seen people say que into dungeons (especially right now with the timewalking going on). It just seems like 60-70 is going to take forever with that kind of XP gain being so minimal.

Any tips or giving me info on really anything I can do helps a ton! Thanks!

6 Comments
2024/04/27
00:52 UTC

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Achievement mounts/easy mounts. Favorite titles from achievements

What’s everyone’s favorite mounts in game that are relatively easy to get but not exactly common?

What are everyone’s favorite titles that are likewise easy to get but not exactly common?

Are you still able to get bloodsail admiral title and Jenkins or are these now legacy?

8 Comments
2024/04/27
00:26 UTC

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Season 4 Crests

Hey All

I started playing last season and was familiar with the crest upgrade system. But when going the emerald dream central encampment and talking to the NPC I am not able to see any upgrade options? These are crest dropped during the awakened raids so I know they are season 4 current, is there a new system or NPC for these?

3 Comments
2024/04/26
23:32 UTC

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How can I start raiding as a new player?

Hi guys,

Sorry for the vague question, let me try my best to make it concise here.

I’ve been playing for two months now, and loving it. Mostly PvP & M+ really. I joined a guild that usually invites everyone & has 900 people. Nothing serious, but it’s chill to have people to talk to, run keys & pvp etc.

I really want to start getting into raiding. Not LFR, but like really getting into it haha with a whole dedicated guild with set nights, discord group, etc. Proper shit. Wow is one of the best to do this kind of content out there and I don’t want to just do M+/pvp for ever.

I’m new so I know that I won’t get accepted into the guilds if I apply. So my question is, how do I go about progressing towards my goal of being in a raid guild & doing raids from where I stand now?

Thanks!

5 Comments
2024/04/26
22:58 UTC

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DPS Class for Solo playeres and Delves

Hello! New to wow and I saw there will be solo content for end game, I'll start playing now but I need to choose a class and idk, what dps is the best for solo playeres? I don't like play tank or healer, I prefer dps class

7 Comments
2024/04/26
22:51 UTC

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Therazal Weekly quests....

Hey, im kinda new in WoW, maybe u guys can help me out here. on Valdrakken there is a guy called "Therazal" giving u weekly quests. i never got a quest from him to get the weeklys or something. so i want to ask here if someone knows how i can get weeklys from him? Do I have to do all the main story quests first, before i can get the weekly? i searched online for like 3 days and i found nothing. PLS HELP!

2 Comments
2024/04/26
22:38 UTC

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Help Crafting

Hello all,
Is there anyone who could explain how crafting works in this game please? I know you have to gather materials and place order, but the UI doesn't help AT ALL. You can't see other orders, so in my case, I HAVE ZERO IDEIA how much the service would cost!!!

I also know there's always an optimal way/item to do so, but I kinda play the game alone, I honestly never even touched this system.

I play on Azralon, is there anyone out there who could help me please?
I did some quests this week (the Hunt, Soup etc, the timewalking, the Legion Raid timewalking), I think I got a crafting item if not mistaken and I'm pretty sure people are already crafting at least one gear this week and I wouldn't like to miss out.

Any kind soul willing to help me please? T_T

3 Comments
2024/04/26
22:26 UTC

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So I started a week and a bit ago

Was wow always this quick because I'm getting pretty kitted out and on my way to 500 ilvl maybe next month so just wondering if it's always been this quick? I'm ill 468 just sold a thing for 150k gold so I'm at 170k gold it's just crazy how quickly I went from being a pleb to actually being able to do quite a bit of stuff at lvl 70 definitely sucked me in tho cuz I've sunk 5-8 hrs per day 🤣

7 Comments
2024/04/26
22:25 UTC

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Quests Problem Dragonflight

Hi maybe one of you can help me, I've been playing WoW with some friends lately and have been playing Dragonflight a lot especially now in S4. Now to “our” problem one of our group has raised a character via boost token. Now he is no longer shown any quests on the Dragon Isles except in the Emerald Dream. So he can't do the pathfinder achievement does anyone still have the problem?

2 Comments
2024/04/26
22:10 UTC

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Join Casual Friday tonight at 9 PM ET for a weekly M+ event since SL S4

Casual Friday is a Mythic+ Discord community purpose-built to help you elevate your dungeon play. We are looking for more people, guilds, and content creators to join our Discord server filled with friendly, non-toxic members to run M+, talk about M+, fill events to run M+, and ~~fail at dodging mechanics~~ have an all-around good time in M+. Our most active members tend to gravitate towards keystone level ~~20+~~ 10+, but we are happy to help anyone and everyone no matter where they are in their M+ journey.

 

https://www.discord.gg/casualfriday

https://www.casualfriday.gg

 

# What Casual Friday does for Mythic+

We primarily focus on Mythic+ with our events and community. Our Discord ping system is tailor-made so you will always know when people are looking for ~~cannon fodder~~ more for their own keys. We have also hosted a speed-dating style Mythic+ event every Friday night at 9 PM EST since Shadowlands Season 4. The event is called Mythic+ Madness, and we use a Discord bot to scramble event participants into Mythic+ groups, run a key, and then scramble again! It's a great way to meet people, run 6-8 keys in one night, and farm up some gear and crests. With the difficulty refactor, we do ask that participants are at least 470 item level.

In addition to Madness, we host fun, home-brewed M+ events every couple of weeks to keep things fresh.

2 Comments
2024/04/26
20:11 UTC

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Siege on Dragonbane Keep not showing up

So if I am in Valdrakken or somewhere else i see the siege on the map, but if i fly near the location it just disappears.
Even if I tag the location and fly there the mission doesn't pop up like it did on my other character.

I have also already pleged my alliance, so that cant be it.

8 Comments
2024/04/26
21:00 UTC

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How do I gear upon completion of leveling?

I am currently about to start Dragonflight as a level 60 character with an item level of 108, is this about where I should be given my character level? What should I be doing right now to boost this?

4 Comments
2024/04/26
20:13 UTC

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How to get 463 item level after just finishing the oathstones story?

I'm a new player and just finished the story of getting all the oathstones, now I'm on the quest to go into the Vault of incarnates. But I don't have anywhere near the right item level (Currently 337 and need 463).

How do I get higher item level at this time? (I read you can get gear from the zaralek caverns or emerald dream but the guide I'm reading says to do the vaults of incarnates raid first)

It also says the vault of incarnates is awakened does that mean I shouldn't attempt it as a new player?

Thanks

4 Comments
2024/04/26
20:02 UTC

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grand hunt not showing up

Hey! idk if anyone else is experiencing this but the grand hunt is not showing up on my map at all. I was wondering if I need to get to reputation level 16 with the Maruuk before I can do them again? I’ve done one before and it showed up fine, but now I’m trying to do the Last Hurrah campaign and it requires a hunt. Just seeing if i’m supposed to do something with the new season being out.

3 Comments
2024/04/26
19:27 UTC

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Help me understand the game!

So i know there is retail (the modern one with the DLC), classic and WotLK.

I want to know which version has hardcore and if its worth to play just the classics without buying the DLC for retail. And do classics have DLC's? Is there a lvl cap at the classics without buying some kind of DLC? I want to do raids in classic WoW, do hardcore classics have raids and such?

I would love some replies to help me understand the games.

5 Comments
2024/04/26
19:18 UTC

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Hunter Pets Question

Hi! I am a new player that really wants to raid for the first time because I want that super cute mount you earn after completing all the awaken raids. So I was doing some research found Ivy Veins and it said that spirit beasts are best for raiding this season. I don't have any. Therefore if I wanted to raid could I keep my wolves? Would it be bad to have them for the group? Or would it be wise to go out and find a spirit beast to tame for raids. I found on Petopia spirit wolves (I love wolves okay,) and the quest line didn't seem too long or difficult to complete. Anyways I am willing to learn! But it's pretty overwhelming sometimes, so any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated! (Bonus points if you can explain it like a five year old, I have to google abbreviation sometimes) Thank you!!

8 Comments
2024/04/26
19:15 UTC

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Learning Classes

Hi, I am interested in learning more about each class and how they play. Is there any youtubers who do in depth rotation and build explanations that you would recommend?

10 Comments
2024/04/26
19:10 UTC

1

Learning Classes

Hi, I am interested in learning more about each class and how they play. Is there any youtubers who do in depth rotation and build explanations that you would recommend?

1 Comment
2024/04/26
19:10 UTC

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Leveling timeline for brand new player

I haven’t played in a while and my girlfriend wanted to try playing with me on a trial account. We played through level 20 doing the railroad exiles reach>BFA path it has new players do, but from her perspective (doesn’t know wow lore, hasn’t played an mmo) it was a ton of things to figure out at once and she obviously didn’t know the lore for bfa or leading up to it (I barely remembered most of it). I helped her through figuring out the gameplay and all that but I definitely see how less fun it is for new players to just rocket through level 10 and then 20 in a few hours without having the pacing to learn the game and the world etc. an hour into playing and she’s being called the hero of Azeroth and is watching cutscene after cutscene of things she doesn’t know about lmao

I want to know if there’s a better timeline to run through for someone like her. We are also gonna do a regular starting zone instead of exiles reach. I was gonna try BC since it would be the least likely to bombard us with cutscenes and long dialogue quests she wouldn’t understand, but I’ve only read negatives about the bc timeline.

She is probably gonna try classic at some point but still wants to try it first before spending any money for a sub.

Thanks y’all

3 Comments
2024/04/26
18:22 UTC

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Expansion

Hi there, I’m a lvl 65 human warrior. I went to start the tasks in the new dragon world, and the damage I take kills me SO quickly even when the things I fight are my level or less (not elite)… am I missing something? Do I need special armor, or am I that slow to kill something?!

21 Comments
2024/04/26
17:31 UTC

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1500 hour classic + SOD as holypala + holypriest. Looking for retail advice

Title. I played a lot of classic wow during covid years at uni, and loved it. I played healer, loved it and was good at it.

My friends have finally convinced me to play retail, and I want to continue playing healer as none of them play it. I am very aware of the differences between classic and retail, in both power systems, grinds etc.

But would like to know what healing class people recommend. I am willing to grind to get good, I liked the minmax aspect in classic and enjoy raw healing vs heal +dmg but tbh am open to both.

We plan to go alliance.

Also, I used VuhDu for raidframes in classic, any recommendations for heal addons in retail?

Thanks in advance.

2 Comments
2024/04/26
17:31 UTC

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Is dungeon loot not class dependent anymore??

I decided to run through some old legion dungeons to get some mail transmogs. I’m running them as my high level shaman. But whenever I loot a boss the loot is always random like it used to be way back when, it’s not dependent on my class. And it’s all souls bound so I can’t even send it to my other characters to unlock the appearance. What gives? Is it just because legion was prior to the class dependent loot?

7 Comments
2024/04/26
16:41 UTC

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Specs where I don’t have to stare at action bars / WA

Hello. Been playing wow on and off for years, but lately do not have too much time on my hands to explore. I have some characters sitting in the mid 50s or 60s and a warrior that’s been at 70 and was my main. However I wanted to try something different as a main for TWW and level something in the upcoming MoP Remix event for this. I’m pretty casual as far as my desire to do any M+ pushing or set raiding times, but am by no means limited as far as grasping mechanics and such.

What are classes where I do not have to keep focusing on my action bars and cooldowns the whole time? For example today I was trying DH but with both specs I have to constantly watch for something to be off cooldown or enough souls on the ground to be worth pressing an ability. Fury warrior wasn’t too bad, it’s easy to tell by the UI when you’re ready to rampage but I’m still having to watch avatar, recklessness, spear, and ravaged for cooldowns. It all starts to feel claustrophobic.

I want to be able to watch the characters and world, not just stare at bars and buttons if you know what I mean.

5 Comments
2024/04/26
16:34 UTC

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How am I supposed to learn dungeons if it goes like this?

I’m a new player(lvl60 retail) and I got the advice to run some dungeons with the lfg finder to get a feel for it.

I’m a fury warrior dps and this is my experience so far:

  • Basically what happens is the group rushes through the dungeon as fast as possible.

  • They skip everything that can be skipped.

  • Everything dies while I’m still looking at my skill bar.

  • Suddenly everyone left the group and I’m standing there like, oh I guess we won.

Now don’t get me wrong, I have played mmo’s before and put lots of hours in them so I know this shit happens.

TLDR;

My question is how to get better at dungeons and knowing what is going on like mechanics etc in a slower pace?

Do you guys use max camera distance? I have a bit of trouble seeing what’s going on in dungeons maybe I’m too close up.

-edit- thanks everyone! Lots of great advice. I will be trying out some of the tips you all gave me!

66 Comments
2024/04/26
15:46 UTC

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Which proffession is it better to collect resources for?

I always wanted to be an herbalist but i rarely heard alchemy being used.

I know i'll be a miner or skinner. I'd sell my wares of course cus i am lazy af and dont wanna get into crafting.

I heard enchantment is popular. Are there any proffessions that collect for that?

I just wanna run around overland and get some quests and go exploring the map and collect cool stuff.

9 Comments
2024/04/26
15:21 UTC

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Questions about between the eyes

Hi guys, i have a question about outlaw rogue, if you can help me.

As soon as I use BTE, should I still use more of it, like 3 or 4 times until I'm on "stealth mode" or after using 1 time, use Dispatch instead?
Thanks

2 Comments
2024/04/26
14:51 UTC

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Balance Druid: Explain Like I'm 5

So I'm not exactly a noob, I've been playing since launch and have spent a good amount of time with all but two classes. One of which is Druid, and that's largely because their specs (except Bear) all seem way over designed and complicated.

I really want to try Balance, but I just can't figure it out. Can someone please explain it to me like I'm five? Apologies for not remembering the exact spell names. Here are the parts I get:

- Cast my ST twice to go into (Lunar Eclipse) AoE mode and cast my AoE twice to go into (Solar Eclipse) St mode.

- Maintain Your two (or three is talented) DoTs on your main target. Solar beam cleaves, Lunar Beam *kinda* does.

- Use the ST or AoE astral spender depending on your situation.

But here's where I'm struggling:
- Why am I casting my ST to start my AoE rotation and vice versa?

- Being locked into one eclipse over the other means that if I have to switch between ST and AoE rotations because of extra pulls, down to 1 target, etc. that the DPS from the Eclipse I'm not in sucks. For example if I'm in Solar Eclipse and a pack gets pulled and I start casting the AoE nuke the damage on that is low because I can't get into Lunar Eclipse until Solar wears off. Is that right?

- Starfall is hugely unpredictable and pulls mobs I'm not even in combat with, which seems like a huge liability in M+, but it's the only AoE Spender. Is this really what I'm supposed to be using?

- When in the rotations do I use the New/Half/Full moon thing? I love the ability but it seems like I need to be staying in an eclipse the whole time and casting this is either delaying me from being in one or wasting time in an existing one.

Any "Balance for idiots" would be great. I've looked at the Icy-Veins and Wowhead guides, and they just give you the rotations and all the talent interactions all at once and it's just too much. I don't want the mathematically optimal rotation; I just want to know that I am mechanically playing/understanding correctly. I can optimize from there once I get it down.

8 Comments
2024/04/26
14:49 UTC

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how to get tier set?

how do you get the tier set this season? i ran the raid on normal but all the pieces i got were not tier set

10 Comments
2024/04/26
14:26 UTC

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