85 to 90 the pandaria grind
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85 to 90: The Pandaria Grind
Inevitable Betrayal
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Overview
• Woot! I've made it to Pandaria now what?
• Where should I be and when should I be there?
• Things you should know
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Woot I'm 85!!!
• Congrats on getting to 85
Now it's time to get over to Pandaria
Horde: Do the initial quests and get to the Zeppelin, which is in the air above Bladefist Bay
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Woot I'm 85!!!
• Once you are on the boat, you will head off to Pandaria
Goal 1: Get the portal to Orgrimmar in Honeydew Village
Have to finish about 10 or so quests
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Where should I be and when?
85-86: Jade Forest• Break the Hozen ...
• Then make it up to them /sigh
• Do some Dungeons to get your 410 gear
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Jade Forest
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Where should I be and when?
86-87: Valley of Four Winds &/or Krasarang Wilds
• Get your farming plot (if you are a crafter)
• Do quests and a few Dungeons to get full set of 410
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Valley of Four Winds
~ H a l f h i l l ~
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Krasarang Wilds
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Where should I be and when?
87-88: Kun-Lai Summit• Start Temple of the White Tiger
Quest (Binan Village)
• Complete ToWT Quest and open Vale
• Do Vale quests and set hearth stone to Shrine of Two Moons - Builds Golden Lotus Rep
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Where should I be and when?
87-88: Kun-Lai Summit• Back to Binan Village do quests until you get "The Shado Pan"
Quest
• Stop other quests and follow this quest line will lead you to "Battle for the Ox Gate"
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Kun-Lai Summit
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Where should I be and when?
87-88: Kun-Lai Summit• Once you complete "Finish This" Townlong
Steppes will open up.
• If not 88 yet, back to quests or dungeoning
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Where should I be and when?
88-89: Townlong Steppes• Once 88 back to questing in Townlong Steppes - builds rep with
Shado pan
• Do Dungeons to get 435 gear set and a few 450 pieces (Mogu'shan Palace)
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Townlong Steppes
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Where should I be and when?
89-89.99: Dread Wastes• Once 89 back to Shrine of Two Moons - Pick up
start quest for Dread Waste
• Below Flight Master
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Where should I be and when?
89-89.99: Dread Wastes• Dread Waste is all about the Klaxxi
• Take their insults in stride and knock out the quests - builds Klaxxi rep
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Dread Waste
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Where should I be and when?
89-89.99: Dread Wastes• Once you are about 95% - 98% of the way to 90..
STOP Notify the Biggs, as we want to celebrate with you :D
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Once You Hit 90
Rep Grind• Golden Lotus
• Klaxxi
• Shado-pan
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Things you should know
Pandaria Grind• You can typically level faster questing than
dungeoning
• Learn all the dungeons before you hit 90, basis for Heroics
• Patch 5.3 has reduced the xp needed to get from 85 to 90 by 1/3; Effective May 21, 2013.
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Things you should know
Pandaria Grind• It's OK to hate the Hozen but they become your
allies in Jade Forest
• Too much dungeoning will burn you out
• Ten Quests typically = 1 MoP Dungeon
• Most hated zone = Jade Forest
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DungeonsDungeon For levels
(Patch 5.3)Average Item Level of
Loot
Stormstout Brewery 85-86 410
Temple of the Jade Serpent
85-86 410
Shado-Pan Monastery 87-90 435
Mogu'shan Palace 87-90 450
Gate of the Setting Sun (New for Patch 5.3)
89 450
Warning!!!!!You only get five Dungeons total, so you will get bored quickly if all you do is dungeoning
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Your Dungeons
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Item Level
• Your Goal is to get to a 440 item level before you hit 90
Rule of Thumb:While leveling, equip the gear with the highest item level
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Reputations
• MoP has instituted a lot of needed 489 gear that require a revered reputation with a Pandaren faction to purchase
• Most reputations are built by questing or completing Dailies
• Once you get Revered, can buy a Grand Commendation of ... that grants all your toons double rep points with the Commendation's faction
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Must have Reputations
• Exalted• Golden Lotus – Gives you a free* 489 Neck
• Klaxxi – Gives you a free* 489 Ring
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Must have Reputations
• Free*Requires you to complete ALL quests in their zones to access the final quest.
Klaxxi = Dread Wastes
Golden Lotus = Value of Eternal Blossoms
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Must have Revered Reputations
• Shado-pan
• August Celestial
• Dominance Offensive
• Wrathion / Black Prince – gives you +500 Int/ Str/ Agi gem
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Reputations
Gear rewards can be viewed by going to the faction Quartermaster (Niuzao Temple).
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Start Optimizing
• Start looking to Optimize gear at lvl 87+
• Stat Priority – find your top three stats• Gems – should build priority stats• Enchants – should build priority stats• Reforging – should build priority stats
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Start Optimizing
• To get started:
• Askmrrobot.com
• Site will get you started
• Research, Practice & Tweaking will make you successful
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No Fly Zone
• There is no flying until lvl 90
• Once you hit 90, you can buy • Wisdom of the Four Winds – 2,000 gold if
Exalted
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Additional Leveling Tips
• Herbalism and Mining
Ask guildies for crafted items Food, Potions, Armor, Weapons,
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Questions / Discussion
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