It Has NEVER BEEN FASTER To Level To 80 In Guild Wars 2: 2023

the whole "see the world" thing sounds valid but... I'm a new player, been playing Jan 3rd. Im 71. I have done everything in my city and the next two areas. I am nearly done with my personal story (first part, before the expansions and all that). So quite honestly, I've seen virtually nothing and I'll be 80 in a couple hours.

Btw if anyone here is currently looking to level !!! I recommend cooking skills this will get u around 20 levels + you can do these 3 maps with boosters and it should get u to 80 :) - Lonars Pass/ Norn starting zone / caldean Forest / and if u need one more map i find a easy map is queensdale

4 80s Thief Revenant Necromancer and engineer

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The core game is awful, the rest of the game is the beautiful game we all know and love.

I have 32 level 80 characters with another 15 in the leveling process :)

if you use a guide and have/buy all the mats you can go from level 3-18 in about 5min getting cooking to 400

"...free from an expansion purchase."

I must have missed when they changed the definition of free.

Let me just add for any it might assist
Assuming you either dont have any Tomes, or wish to save them for some reason, i have a levelling method that isnt super fast, BUT you can be binge-watching some tv show while you do it

At some point your new chaaracter will want WPs unlocked in various zones, so from the start just travel around the zones doing everything except Hearts, if you have a Flyer, especially a griffon, this can be done incredibly fast
You fly through any POI, any WP and you stop for any HP, all these give you Exp

When youre done with one zone move to the next, youll be 80 long before you have done even half the Tyria Core zones, especially if you try and do each starter zone, then each secondary and so on
So maybe just pick a few zones that you like, or know oylul need unlocked for later (Gendarin Fields for Ley-line Bosses etc, other zones that have WBs in them etc)

The only annoying part is, once youre 80, there will inevitably still be some zones youll need to go unlock
Hopefully your main bought all the LW teleport scrolls and placed them in books, which you can use from Shared Inv if you have it, or by trading them through your bank if you dont
Keep in mind Map Completion too, if you plan to do it on multiple toons, but this method really just means going back for any zone you missed, and doing the Hearts
Of course you could do the Hearts as you go along but it will take you about twice as long


However you level, and however you play keep in mind one thing - Its a GAME and its meant to be ENJOYED, if any of it at all feels like a GRIND, then you are doing it WRONG 😀☮&❤

Not exactly the same, but i did Octovine when helping my wife level her first toon. We were in the same party, and i left her in her story area while i did the event. Upon completing, SHE GOT THE XP AND CHESTS as well as me. She jumped, like, 4 levels haha. We havent been able to replicate that since, but somehow she ended up getting participation without even coming to the map.

I ignore crafting till later levels where the added xp really helps on those longer xp lines. Except for cooking. Even at lower character levels, cooking can be advanced quickly and the xp is crazy.

Going to disagree with a lot of commenters here about not speed running levelling to learn a class. Its true you should enjoy the story the first time around, but some classes just dont show their playstyle until 80.

For the longert time I slept on Ele, Mesmer and Revenant, simply because they felt frustrating to play in early levels. Ele in particular is no fun at all with the attunements locked out- thats basically the whole class mechanic missing, and spamming dagger auto attack gets old very quickly.

Revenant is a class just built around the herald elite spec, and despite updates to make the core viable after launch it wil still feel like lots is missing from the class.

On the flip side, Thief, warrior etc. ave their core gimicks right from the start (burst skills, steal, initiative etc.), so you'll get a good feel for how the class plays from lvl 10 onwards.

So... unless you have the story to distract you, dont feel guilty about wanting to max level your character. The whole point of ele is the 56 step rotation (and being in downstate), and you really need to be higher level to get there.

here's one, when its Halloween go to the labyrinth you can gain massive amounts of levels from completing the trains. there are always groups in lfg for this, you are scaled up to level 80 BUT since your actual level isn't 80 you still gain xp and since the difference between level 1 and 80 is huge the amount of exp you get is also huge

Awesome video, still good to watch this even after years and years of playing the game. I'm kinda mad that it is faster to level to 80 in GW2 now, 'cause I used to do a story chapter, and then explore one map or two, and then next chapter. Now I'm overleveled in the story and I don't even have the maps unlocked to travel to the story zone. Now I might reroll my main, do all map completion all at once, and the do all the story all at once. Would you recommend that ?

It’s just that my character looks boring all the time with that chainmail armor set I get every time I do something it looks so boring compared to other players and the fact that all not better looking but jus different looking armor set (ie not scalemail style anymore) require a lot of leveling

Dont spend laurels on exp bonus tho as you can purchase your first ascended pieces if you have saved up only 40 even.

14, deleted and remade i think 7 and ive started throwing away tomes after getting a few stacks spare... i may enjoy WvW a bit

I have a toon that I levelled up solely by fishing. Got thrown into Queensdale, asked for help in the map chat for TP to friend to Crystal Oasis and was just straight up fishing for a couple days. I had a group of people who always fished there so we were just chatting and fishing. Made a lot of gold as well.

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You can also do dungeons explorable modes and swap out to a lowbie right at the end die mass exp.
Or if you can get a group to carry you through it.

Also make sure to res any npc or player characters. Reviving gives exp too🎉

Hi, my name is Thorrnn.
I’m an altaholic.
Currently I have a total of 44 characters, all but 10 of which are lvl 80.
I leveled my first 5 characters the long way, because there were no lvl 80 boosts, then.
Since HoT, I’ve boosted 2, but the rest I usually play through at least part of the personal story and core story. Then for probably a third or less I leveled them up through play and exploration, and then used tomes.
Crafting is crazy fast but also fairly expensive, so I only leveled up crafting once for each discipline.


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As a caffeinated dad myself, I can't commit so much time to playing. Thank you for these videos. Easy sub.

Yea, I found that clicking through all those leveling scrolls are a bugger to operate 8)

candy corn custard sounds disgusting. i'm not eating that.

I've never seen a channel beg for interaction so much. How many times must you flash "leave a comment"?

wdym game is ugly af

Crafting to level up is amazing and super fast, specially cooking, coz the mats as cheap and it is very simple to do.
I leveled up like 10 characters doing this method.
Level boost first, play some maps, specially norn starting mapsz until around 40-50, craft until tomes of knowledge.

You milage may vary depending on your boosters, tomes of knowledge, and available mats or gold

leveling up in gw2 is easy, we are just lazy and thinking were left behind by other players hahaha

I got 15 lvl 80 alot off them are farming character

9 leveled, only 2 or 3 "by playing", the rest have been though the L80 boost (from buying the expansions) or tomes of knowledge

but now I'm working on a few more toons, and I need to level them and I'm out of tomes LOL

also, PSA: if you have access to arborstone and the relevant masteries, you can travel there with low-level toons from a portal in LA, and get the well-rested buff for an extra 25% exp boost.

Just leveled up a mesmer. Got any birthday boosters in your bank? 100% xp, gold find, magic find etc. And they last for 24 hours (1 day). Nice thing is that the booster only counts down when you are playing. I had 14 boosters in my bank—still have 13 after hitting level 80. I also do world bosses from WB portal (purchased through gem store). Worth the cost as I use it every day for Dragonstorm event (guaranteed 2 Gold and possible ascended weapons!). A leveling toon gets crazy amount of xp doing the world bosses. Level 15 bosses and on up!

Soul pastry food is 8 copper rn.

Powerful Potions of Slaying Scarlet's Army give a 15% XP boost instead of the usual 10%. They also last one hour, not 30 min but are way more expensive.
Also, "Aschura" xD
Never heard someone pronounce Asura like that. But maybe it's even correct and I don't know anything :)

You asked: Main account 50 level 80 toons (4 Elementalist, 7 Engineer, 5 Guardian, 5 Mesmer, 6 Necro, 6 Ranger, 6 Revenant, 7 Thief, & 4 Warrior), Secondary Account has 6 level 80 toons (Engineer, Mesmer, Thief, Warrior, Necro, & Ranger), plus one empty character slot with a "Level 80 - Boost" my grandson hasn't decided on yet. The only reason I have a secondary account is because my young grandson always saw me playing and he wanted to play too, which ended up being about 1 hour a week when he is at my house. I normally have 45 or so toons sitting at chest and have clocked in over 8000 hour on main account and 500 on secondary. No my wife says I do not have a life. :)

27 max level chars, one of each elite specs

any advice for boosting Effective Level while leveling? doing lvl 20 story quest but my effective lvl is 12 and stuff hits hard

leveling in GW2 is easy. the point is, lv80 is not the end, but the beginning of your character's journey. so if you are new to the game, don't focus on leveling up asap, enjoy getting familiar with your class, with all the mechanics, learn the skills, learn dodging at the right moment, movement is very important, don't stay still

I have 71 characters (I’m an altaholic - I’m also capped at max 🥺😱)

Just an extra tip: The level 80 boost that comes with an expansion also gets you a full exotic celestial gear. Which is very expensive for a new player. So it might be worth boosting just for that, if you just don't see yourself using that boost otherwise. I personally used it around level 30 when I leveled my first alt. ( I leveled to 30 to get used to the class.)

I have 3 max level working on my forth but only one is fully built

I've used the maguuma teleport scroll before hitting level 80 just cus and it's frustrating. You'll want to buddy up with someone with the turtle and hijack the back seat for yourself to stay alive long enough to get experience and enjoy doing events.

I'm at 24 level 80 characters after 5 years of playing 😅

I got 11 lvl 80s and about to do 1 more these days.
For leveling back in the days before tome and writs of experience my thing was to get my low level chars in festivals like the Pavillion and crafting. Not sure now but then one run to 400 gave 7 to 8 levels.

Get level 10 and use the raptor to unlock all the vistas, waypoints and pois you can. You can use Blish HuD to get a overlay track above the game, with tekkitks map tracker and follow the most eficient route for leveling with the raptor mount and exploring only.

I have 32 lvl 80

I used to do SW from lvl 60 with ranged (so you don't get 1 shot), just tag all camps, tag all champs at the end, not only is it good xp but a lot more fun too (you would want to have crit chance on all your gear to actually land some dmg). Someone with a turtle can also port you to all waypoints over the entire world, only the different maps he has to run you through the portals after which you mount back up, and then he can just spam all waypoints in that map with you in the turtle

1) Don't waste laurels or guild commendations on boosters or banners. You probably have boosters from logging in, doing stuff and other players will pop banners in social hubs, popular farms, or big event locations. It's less about your absolutely optimized XP boosting and more about what you're doing.
2) Once you've hit lvl 35 Don't forget HARATHI HINTERLANDS! The entire NorthEast portion of the map has a 'psuedo-meta' that cycles with decent regularity. Great for kill XP. Anybody from lvl 35-60 can get serious value there. Also, doesn't feel too grindy.
3) Don't forget festivals, especially Halloween's "Mad King Labyrinth" which can farm insane kill XP practically at any level.
4) Jumping to HoT early is one of the best sources of XP but you're going to have to be tricky and clever at getting around. You won't be soloing anything. You're going to follow other people around and merely 'tag' HP champs with your wet noodle as best as you can. lvl70 onward is fine. lvl 60 is doable but tricky, anything before is really pushing it. This method is absolutely viable however, especially once you've learned your way around the maps. (If you do this, once you hit lvl80, you may already have a ton of HPs to unlock an elite immediately.)
5) BE PATIENT. After your first, you can level the rest of your toons solely using tomes, especially if you wvw, tomes drop by the boatload. I think even on my main account I only ever leveled 2 toons the old fashioned way. The rest were largely tomes AND - Don't forget leveling SCROLLs which drop on birthdays. Something to consider: Birthday rewards might be worth rolling a few toons right at the start, even if you park most of them. Also something to consider: Birthday rewards are not tied to daily log ins.

Also, there is many veteran that bored and stay on starting map or just make helping the new player as their daily routine just to give new players warm welcome, just shout out on map chat for help and there is huge chance you will get help by them, they will guide you and you can ask anything about the game, you will get ton of fun and ton of knowledge for playing for short periods of time