Guide To WoW Guides

"Your shortcut to finding the WoW Guide you want"

Last updated: 2008-04-21

With World of Warcraft getting ever more complex (the expansion pack, for instance) and more WoW guides entering the market, even this website is getting increasingly hard to navigate. So I thought I’d give you a quick and dirty guide into which guides I’m currently recommending in different areas. It is sometimes hard for me to keep all reviews up to date, so the recommendations on this page always have precedence over anything else on the site.

Do you miss a category? Email me a suggestion at martin [at] wow-strategy.com

Horde Leveling Guides

Note: These are all based on questing, which is best and fastest.

Joana’s 1-70 Horde Leveling Guide	- 9/10	One of the best horde leveling guide right now. Read review
Team iDemise’s 1-70 Horde Leveling Guide	- 9/10	One of the best horde leveling guide right now. Read review
Zygor’s 1-70 Horde Leveling Guide	- 8/10	A good horde leveling guide and cheaper (right now) than Joana’s. Read review

Alliance Leveling Guides

Note: These are all based on questing, which is best and fastest.

Brian Kopp’s 1-70 Alliance Leveling Guide	- 9/10	One of the best alliance leveling guide right now. Read review
Team iDemise’s 1-70 Alliance Leveling Guide	- 9/10	A great alliance leveling guide which has certain advantages over Brian’s. Read review
Zygor’s 1-70 Alliance Leveling Guide	- 8/10	A good alliance leveling guide and considerably cheaper (right now) than the others. Read review
Killer Guides’ 1-70 Alliance Leveling Guide	- 8/10	Still a high quality guide, just not as good as those above. Read review
Spugnort’s 1-70 Alliance Leveling Guide	- 8/10	Still a high quality guide, just not as good as those above. Read review
Penn’s 1-70 Alliance Leveling Guide	- 7/10	Still a decent guide, just not as good as those above. Read review

Gold Guides

Note: The top 3 gold guides are all excellent and I’m sure you’ll be thrilled whichever one you choose.

Valkor’s Gold Making Guide	- 9/10	Probably the best gold guide for most players. Read review
World Of Warcraft Cash Creating Guide	- 9/10	Excellent gold guide that I’ve used for a long time. Read review
Spugnort’s Gold Guide	- 8/10	A good gold guide focused mostly on level 70 gold making. Read review
Derek’s Gold Mastery Guide	- 7/10	The best auction house strategies I’ve seen and personal coaching, but the latter has turned out to be unreliable. Read review
Killer Guides’ Gold Guide	- 6/10	I only recommend this one as part of Killer Guides Guide Package. Read review

Beginner’s Guides

World of Warcraft Mastery	- 7/10	A decent beginner’s guide. Read review
Ultimate WoW Guide	- 6/10	An 85 page beginner’s guide with audio is included in this package. Read review

Class Guides

Killer Guides’ Druid Guide	- 8/10	Read review
Killer Guides’ Hunter Guide	- 8/10	Read review
Killer Guides’ Mage Guide	- 8/10	Read review
Killer Guides’ Paladin Guide	- 9/10	Read review
Killer Guides’ Priest Guide	- 7/10	Read review
Killer Guides’ Rogue Guide	- 9/10	Read review
Killer Guides’ Shaman Guide	-8/10	Read review
Killer Guides’ Warlock Guide	-8/10	Read review
Killer Guides’ Warrior Guide	- 7/10	Read Review

General Guides

Killer Guides’ Guide Package	Varies	Great value for money. Read the review to find out the specifics on this package.
The Ultimate WoW Guide	- 6/10	An all around guide to World of Warcraft. Read review

PvP Guides

Spugnort’s PvP Guide	- 8/10	The best PvP Guide I’ve read. Read review
Killer Guides’ PvP Guide	- 6/10	Decent PvP Guide, but not as good as Spugnort’s. Read review

Instance Guides

Spugnort’s Outland Instance Keying Guide	- 8/10	A good, detailed guide to getting attuned to all the Outland instances (including heroics). Read review
Killer Guides’ WoW Raiding Guide	not rated	A walkthrough of the level 70 raid instance and world boss strategies. Read review

Professions

There are two guides that include profession skill-up guides: "The Ultimate WoW Guide" and "Valkor’s Gold Making Guide". To be honest, I don’t know which ones are better, but they look similar. They both cover the same things: all primary professions, all secondary ones except fishing, and lockpicking. But "Valkor’s Gold Making Guide" shows you how to get 375 mining, whereas "The Ultimate WoW Guide" stops at 300. If you want to learn professions + gold strategies then get "Valkor’s Gold Making Guide". If you want the other stuff from "The Ultimate WoW Guide", take a look at that one.

There is also Penn’s Ultimate Profession Guide, which I don’t recommend. And Killer Guides’ Profession Guide, which you may take a look at if you’re getting Killer Guides’ entire WoW Guide Package. On its own, I don’t feel Killer Guides’ Profession Guide is worth the investment.