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Guide last updated: Updated for Cataclysm
Review last updated: September 17, 2011
Guide suitable for: Beginner - Advanced players 

Are Zygor's Leveling Guides the Fastest & Easiest Way To Reach Level 85 As Any Class?
Find Out What I think

Zygor’s leveling guides are the best selling WoW leveling guides of all time, and for good reason as you'll see. There are so many awe-striking features about this guide that I hardly know where to start.

Available for horde/alliance and several languages, the guides come in an in-game addon format, meaning you load and view them inside the game. If that sounds extremely convenient, you're right! This is how it looks like in-game:

The above is just to give you an idea; you can customize the window to look almost any way you want it to, including single or multiple steps; size, color, location and transparency; and hide when in combat. Don't worry, despite all the features it is very easy to set up and get going. Even if you've never installed an addon before.

The next step -- be it slaying mobs, taking a flight, turning in a quest, using a quest item etc. -- is right there before your eyes at a glance making for ultra fast leveling. You rarely have to read the quest log if you don't want to, just do the next step and you'll be level 85 before you know it.

The steps are also very detailed and accurate and leave you with zero grinding. It's all solo questing as it should be.

For every step you also get a waypoint and an arrow showing you exactly where to go to do the step. You'll see an icon on the world map and mini map, as well as an arrow pointing you in the right direction. Here's the arrow, which is also movable:

But here may be the best part: Zygor's guides can automatically detect where you should start in the guide regardless of level! It does this by checking your level, what quests you have done and finds the right spot to jump in. I had no trouble connecting with the guide on a level 74 hunter which I had leveled through instances, battlegrounds and quests.

Even better: If you ever get ahead of the guide -- say by using heirloom items, rested EXP or doing BGs or dungeons -- the addon will detect that and start automatically skipping quest chains you no longer need! No longer will you be a slave to any guide. It doesn't get any better than that.

I could go on and on, but I think you get the message. These are the best leveling guides, period. There are so many bonuses, extra features and goodies that you can view on Zygor's website.

I've tested these guides on multiple characters, and they've been excellent. Zygor's guides were fast and enjoyable. Screenshots are available on request.

Lastly, their customer support is excellent.

In summary

• Very detailed, yet minimalistic instructions. Tells you exactly how to complete quests in a straightforward manner, unlike the sometimes cryptic descriptions in the quest log.
• Very easy to use
• Very accurate (the waypoints guide you EXACTLY where you need to go)
• No more printing anything out, or minimizing WoW to look in a guide, or alt+tabing and forgetting the instructions. It’s ALL inside the game now and you can see what to do at a glance.
• Includes Loremaster Achievement guide for FREE. Getting the Loremaster achievement requires you to complete a very large number of quests in all zones, something that can take a very long time indeed. With Zygor's leveling guide, it will take a fraction of the time.
• Perfect for newbie and advanced gamers.
• Includes class quests! This is a new addition and a big benefit, because the guide will show you when to do your important class quests (not all, but those which affect leveling), and you will only be shown the quests for your particular class.
• Many valuable bonuses
• Owned and operated by long-term business people who have been working on the guide for years.
• Includes starting areas for all races, including goblin and worgen
• Installs & updates automatically
• A lot more

If I had to complain…

No complaints so far.

Conclusion

Awesome guides with a dedicated team behind them. Well worth the investment. Many say that Zygor makes the best WoW Guides, period. One thing is certain, they are extremely good and here to stay.

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