What is the best WOTLK instance to grind for XP?

[Evilseed]

Hey there,

So the subject says it all.. what is the best WOTLK instance to grind for XP? I'm looking for typical instances w/o frills that can simply be DPS'd down without having to go through some strange strategy for boss fights/pulls/etc.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

EDIT: Assume you are 5boxing the instance with ranged DPS :)

[Hachoo]

I can say from experience for XP/hr and ease of run, UK is way better than Nexus. After those two instances I'm not sure what comes next, but start at UK and run it a bunch for good XP.

[GKar]

Violet Hold has some nice benefits of being so close to an inn, everything is in one room, it's level 75, so should be good to grind from 75-80.

Downside is the first two bosses are random so it takes a little bit of practice to get the hang of all of them.

I haven't kept track of xp/hour there yet, as I still make mistakes and wipe sometimes there. I actually get an upgrade or two, and the gear I don't need will DE into a large dream shard.

[Boylston]

I can say from experience for XP/hr and ease of run, UK is way better than Nexus. After those two instances I'm not sure what comes next, but start at UK and run it a bunch for good XP.

Depends on your team configuration, I suppose.

Here's some nice things about the Nexus:

It can be run in a "loop" without actually needing to kill any bosses. (If you're just trying to maximize XP/hour, this is nice) I killed all the bosses except for the last boss in most of my XP maximizing runs.

I found the bosses to be a bit easier than the UK ones, at least for my 4xHunter+Healer setup.

It's a very convenient dungeon to get to, and has vendors nearby. I had a (Horde) hearthstone at Warsong Hold and could easily scoot over there.



I didn't particularly find the Azjol-Nerub dungeons to be good XP/hour farming, other than the first run or two to get the juicy Dungeon Quests knocked out.

Drak'tharon is good XP as well. I am grinding it a lot now that my team is 75ish.

Can't speak more about the other ones. I find that Nexus == BC Blood Furnace in terms of XP/hour, though.

[Boylston]

Violet Hold has some nice benefits of being so close to an inn, everything is in one room, it's level 75, so should be good to grind from 75-80.

Gkar-- I want to try Violet Hold next. How do you like it with 4xHunters+Druid (my setup exactly)??

[Nostromos]

Any suggestions for a level 72 5X Deathknight team? :pinch:

[Creazil]

Urgarde Keep, Old Kingdom, Drak'tharon Keep, Gundrak are alright instances .. the ones that were best - exp wise - Drak'tharon Keep being the worst. Gundrak being the best, WITHOUT a doubt.

The Nexus is alright, just some fucked up trash mobs. Azjol-Nerub is alright, but there's no trash loot (!) and quite alot of downtime aswell.

I levelled 70-80 in instances, did only 2 quest outside instances.

[Littleburst]

I did every instance up to Violet Hold a couple of times atleast now.

UK is doable to farm, has some annoying things though, if i remember correctly.

Nexus, annoying instance imo :P

Azjol'nerub/Old Kingdom. Some annoying bosses, which require movement etc. Not farmable imo.

Drak'Theran is a good instance to farm aswell, aslong as your tank has enough health/avoidance to live through the skeleton phases on the last boss. I suppose that might be an issue for some, only ran it with a T6 prot pally. :>

Gundrak is great, bosses are all nukeable and a pretty easy instance as long as you gank the Fire Mages asap so they don't mess you up with Blast Wave. Ran it about 10 times i think, The last boss drops a great caster cloak aswell. (70% droprate)

Violet Hold, takes about 15-20 min to finish and is great. I get about 10-11% of a lvl at lvl 77. Fully Rested though. So would be 5-5,5% nonrested. Lagg in Dalaran can be annoying though. I'm running it atm to lvl up, tired of the questing.

/2 WTB tank for Violet hold, normal. 100g a run. (3 shards, some uncommons, cloth and the greys will probably almost pay it back anyway.)

Gives me a tank mostly after 1 post in trade. So far i could always pick a lvl 80 with 25k+ health.

haven't done any higher lvl instances yet.



Sidenote: The dailies in Grizzly hills gives 20k exp till lvl 77 each. There are 7 who are easily doable as boxer within 30 min if you're slow. So 140k exp + 7x 6,50g for each char. And the Venture Coins for the lava burst totem. I skip the gather parts Dailies.

Venture bay has 3. "smoke them out", kill 15 horde, kill the elite.

If you follow the river up north from Venture Bay, there's a kill 15 horde Daily aswell on a small island in the river.(questgiver is on top of a small waterfall).

And in the Logging Grounds there are 3 Dailies aswell. Kill 15 horde, Heal up 10 wounded guys(heals are party shared), bring back 3 Machines(if you deliver one, it's party shared, just find 3 and auto run them to the camp, one slave in each, they can move through water)

[Mokoi]

quests are 2x better than instance grinding for speed.

[entoptic]

quests are 2x better than instance grinding for speed.

when I was a lower lvl I was clearing the dragon room in UK in about 10 mins. That over 20k exp and loot. Explain to me how boxing 5 toons with quests is faster as I am all ears.

[GKar]

Violet Hold has some nice benefits of being so close to an inn, everything is in one room, it's level 75, so should be good to grind from 75-80.

Gkar-- I want to try Violet Hold next. How do you like it with 4xHunters+Druid (my setup exactly)??

It's the most fun I've had with WoW. Gorillas are a blast to instance and quest with. I've survived pulling extra groups in instances since I have 4 tanks and wild growth.

For healing I made a cast sequence time to keep three stacks of lifebloom up, regrowth and rejuv, though in 1 sec healing touches inbetween and use swiftmend for emergencies. I get some crazy rejuv ticks on the pets thanks to blood of the rhino and spirit bond.