Dry notes from the Classic-era regulars’ table
WoW Classic Notes, Kept in Lists
Short list-style write-ups on leveling, dungeons, professions and coin in World of Warcraft Classic. Read the list, log in, get on with it.
WoW Classic notes, kept short and in lists
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This site is a running log of World of Warcraft Classic habits: what to do before a session, what to carry into a dungeon, which professions pair well, and where the coin goes first. Entries are short and built from lists because lists survive a busy evening.
The log is written by Ashley Ortiz, a long-time Azeroth player with a day job in interface design. Expect plain wording, a few opinions on bag space, and corrections whenever a list turns out to be wrong.
Classic-era notes, in the order I use them
These are working notes, not a guide. Each list is something I run through before a Classic session, with one line of reasoning per item and no heroics. Copy what helps, ignore the rest, and keep the lists short enough to read while the loading screen finishes.
Before you log in
- Pick one goal for the evening: a zone, a dungeon wing, or a profession tier. Two goals usually means zero finished goals.
- Open the bags and delete the grey items you have been carrying since level 12.
- Read the quest log for anything that sends you across a continent. Park it for later.
- Check that your talent points match tonight’s content, not the build you read about last week.
- Write the first stop on a sticky note. The second stop can wait.
Coin as a line item
Classic runs on small amounts of coin: training fees, repair bills, a first mount at 40, a faster one at 60. The notes treat coin as a budget line rather than a mood. Some players shorten the thin early stretch by picking up WoW Classic Gold from a vendor and putting it toward the dull essentials below. Others skip that and farm between quests. Both routes end at the same shopping list, so the list matters more than the route.
- Class training at every even level. Skipping a rank costs more time than it saves.
- Bags: the six-slot ones first, then the bigger ones once the first set is full.
- The riding skill at 40, then the mount itself. Start setting coin aside around 30.
- One weapon you will keep for ten levels, not three.
- Potions and food for dungeon nights only. Quest nights can run on bread and water.
Gathering pairs that earn their slot
You get two primary professions and the temptation is to fill them with whatever looks fun. The pairs below keep materials in your own bags instead of the auction house.
- Herbalism and Alchemy. Flasks and potions come from the same trips you already make.
- Mining and Engineering. Bars go straight into bombs, shells and the odd useful gadget.
- Skinning and Leatherworking. Armor kits and a few wearable pieces while you level.
- Mining and Blacksmithing. Slow to begin with, steady once weapons start to matter.
Pick the pair that matches the zones you are already questing in. Detours for a single herb node add up fast.
Dungeon night checklist
- Eat and drink before the pull, not during it.
- One person calls marks. Everyone else follows them.
- Say the loot rules out loud in group chat before the first boss.
- Repair before you queue, not after the second wipe.
- If someone is lost, wait at the stairs. Pulling ahead helps no one.
- Leave when the group is done, not when the loot is.
Mid-level notes, 30 to 50
This stretch is where the quest hubs spread out and the walking starts. A few reminders that keep the evenings useful:
- Pair a quest chain with a dungeon in the same zone. The dungeon turns three quests into one outing.
- Keep the hearthstone for the end of a session, not the middle of one.
- Buy ammo, reagents and food in stacks, once, in a town you are passing anyway.
- Note where the nearest flight point is before you leave a hub, not after.
Time sinks to watch
- Corpse runs through a zone full of elites. Release, then think.
- Re-sorting bags by hand every ten minutes.
- Comparing three near-identical green items for a quarter of an hour.
- Waiting for a perfect group when four decent players are already in the queue.
Secondary skills nobody regrets
- First Aid. Cloth dressings cost almost nothing to make and save a lot of waiting between pulls.
- Cooking. Stat food for dungeon nights and a stack of the plain kind for everything else.
- Fishing. Slow, quiet, and good for the evenings when you only have half an hour.
None of these needs a whole evening. Fit them in around the main plan, and train each one when you pass its trainer so the ranks never lag behind your level.
Weekly rhythm
- One evening for questing and professions.
- One evening for dungeons with a fixed group, if you can find one.
- One short session for housekeeping: bags, mail, training, and a look at the auction house.
- Everything else is free play. Do something silly with it.
Closing note
That is the whole page. The longer write-ups sit in the latest posts further down, and the quick answers are one click away. If a list here is wrong for your class, send a correction and it gets fixed.
Quick answers
Eight short answers on classes, coin, professions and dungeon nights in WoW Classic.
Mage, hunter and warlock tend to level with the least downtime. Warrior and paladin take longer but are sturdy in groups. Pick the one you will still enjoy at level 45.
At level 40, with the mount following. Start setting coin aside around level 30 so the trip to the trainer is not a surprise.
A gatherer plus the crafter that uses its materials: herbalism with alchemy, mining with engineering, or skinning with leatherworking.
Food, water, dressings, a few potions and spare ammo or reagents if your class uses them. Repair before you queue.
Delete grey items, sell whites at the first vendor you pass, and use bigger bags as soon as you can fill them.
A bag organizer, a quest helper and a threat meter cover most needs. Add more only when you can name the problem they fix.
Class training, bags, the riding skill, then one weapon you will keep for a while. The article above has the full order.
Write to info@dropassault.com with the post title and the line in question. Corrections are made in place.
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