My vanilla WoW 1-60 Speedruns

I did all my speed runs through vanilla 1-60 WoW (back in 2005 - 2007) before there were any expansions.  The game was dramatically different then and leveling was literally way harder and took a lot longer than it does now.

I did all my speed runs on brand new retail servers (realms).  As soon as a new server would open I would generally go right on it and create either a female character named Joana or a male character named Mancow.  I would then proceed to level from 1 to 60.  I used the /played command to see my times. I was always the first person to get to the end level 60 at the time and I generally had no help from other players, as I did these entire runs solo.  The time it takes for the average player to level from 1 to 60 was around 20 days of playing time.  My fastest time was 4 days 20 hours and 49 minutes with a troll hunter, as shown below:

Note:  Leshraque's final /played time at level 60 was 6 days 22 hours.  He gave me the most competition of first to 60 by far since I started speedrunning the game.

I did 6 other speed runs before this one. 4 of them with hunters, 2 with warlocks. I was really curious to see how humanly fast someone could level from 1 to 60 in vanilla WoW, and I have always liked long marathon type stuff, so this was an awesome experience for me.  I literally dedicated myself to improve with each run by studying the game, timing myself in certain areas, experimenting with different quest paths, and tons of practice.  Basically an all out speed run through one of the biggest games ever made.  And yes I do indeed have a full 1-60 video showing you the entire run, as shown below:

Here is a video highlight trailer for Joana's 1-60 Vanilla WoW 4 day, 20 hour [WR] Speedrun.

Full 1-60 Speed Run Video (on Jubei'Thos realm) NOTE:  Keep in mind this video/guide is before Cataclysm and will not help you with the retail version of WoW.  This guide is for Vanilla/Classic WoW. CLICK HERE for the full 1-60 guide! Here are the quick YouTube links for the entire 1-60 speed run video: Edited Version: Unedited 1-6 (Durotar) - 0:29 0:52 6-13 (Durotar) - 1:32 3:41 13-15 (Barrens) - 0:45 1:37 15-15 (Stonetalon) - 0:10 0:20 15-20 (Barrens) - 2:03 4:44 20-21 (Stonetalon) - 0:27 1:07 21-22 (Ashenvale) - 0:12 0:34 22-23 (Barrens) - 0:45 1:40 23-25 (Stonetalon) - 1:01 2:13 25-25 (Barrens) - 0:16 0:36 25-26 (1k Needles) - 0:20 0:50 26-27 (Ashenvale) - 0:58 2:21 27-27 (Stonetalon) - 0:06 0:17 27-29 (1k Needles) - 0:57 2:09 29-30 (Hillsbrad) - 0:36 2:19 30-31 (Arathi H.) - 0:17 0:53 31-31 (STV) - 0:15 0:52 31-32 (1k Needles) - 0:33 1:12 32-34 (Desolace) - 1:16 4:41 34-35 (STV) - 1:01 3:17 36-37 (Arathi H.) - 1:04 2:16 37-37 (Alterac M.) - 0:21 1:00 37-38 (1k Needles) - 0:10 0:33 37-38 (Dustwallow) - 0:51 2:38 38-40 (STV) - 1:06 4:09 40-41 (Badlands) - 0:44 3:00 41-42 (SoS) - 0:56 3:07 42-43 (STV) - 0:45 2:42 43-43 (Dustwallow) - 0:19 1:05 43-44 (Tanaris) - 0:37 2:03 44-46 (Feralas) - 1:39 3:20 46-46 (Azshara) - 0:10 0:37 46-47 (Hinterlands) - 1:00 3:45 47-47 (STV) - 0:17 1:01 47-48 (Searing Gorge) - 0:42 2:41 48-48 (SoS) - 0:13 0:50 48-49 (Feralas) - 0:29 1:54 49-50 (Tanaris) - 0:39 2:28 50-50 (Azshara) - 0:16 1:03 50-50 (Hinterlands) - 0:10 0:42 50-51 (Blasted Lands) - 0:30 1:54 51-52 (Un'Goro Crater) - 1:20 4:44 52-53 (Burning Steppes) - 0:18 1:00 53-54 (Azshara) - 0:59 3:33 54-54 (Felwood) - 0:19 1:09 54-54 (Winterspring) - 0:36 2:46 54-55 (Felwood) - 0:22 1:42 55-55 (Silithus) - 0:29 2:15 55-56 (W. Plaguelands) - 0:18 1:06 56-57 (E. Plaguelands) - 0:43 2:48 57-58 (W. Plaguelands) - 0:53 4:00 58-59 (Winterspring) - 1:05 9:26 59-60 (Winterspring) - 0:44 1:58

This is the video/guide that I made in January of 2006 and contains the entire speed run I did on the Jubei'Thos Realm in 4 days 20 hours /played and first to level 60 on this server Speed Run Legend This video is one of the most famous speed run videos in history as it is the longest speed run video ever recorded through the biggest MMORPG.  With the edited version, I reduced it down to 35 hours by speeding up most of the video playback (still a LONG video though).  I can understand why someone wouldn't want to watch the entire run, but it is interesting to maybe see some parts of it. Remember though this was before Cataclysm and it generally will not actually help you with the new routes in any expansion after Cataclysm. Q/A: What's that background talking I hear sometimes throughout your edited videos? That's from Pure Pwnage, they're awesome! How long did it take in RL time, and how much sleep did you get? It took me an 7 day span to complete it, and I slept about 5 hours a day. For more Q & A check out my interview. Check out some screenshots of conversations going on while I was leveling:   1: 2:

I Won Blizzard's First to Level 50 Contest

Back in March of 2006, Blizzard held a contest that was open to anyone who wanted to participate. The contest was labeled as "Race to level 50".  It was the only known leveling contest for WoW ever held by Blizzard.  Of course at the time when I seen this contest announcement, it made me think "I have a REALLY good chance of getting first place". And indeed I did, check out a screenshot when I hit level 50:

Leveling Contest:  First to 50...

(click to ENLARGE)

As you can see second place at the time was level 46, then level 42 and so on.  I really didn't have much competition since I was the only one who actually spent the time to learn 1-60 speedrunning.

Check out a saved forum topic on the official WoW forums back in 2006 talking about this leveling contest.

 

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