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Wowhead Beginner Guides: How to Play World of Warcraft
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Everyone starts somewhere.
Welcome to the Wowhead Beginner Guides
, the first stop in your exciting journey to Azeroth. Join us as we walk through the basics of World of Warcraft.
In this guide we will help you get started playing the game. You will get acquainted with Combat and Quests as well as basic gameplay systems and concepts.
If you need to know how to create your first character, check out our previous Beginner's Guide:
Wowhead Beginner Guides: How to Create a Character
.
Once you have your character created just the way you want it, it is time to go to Azeroth! Press
Enter World
to start your new life.
Getting Started
When you click
Enter World
for the first time on a character, you will be treated to a cut-scene, a short movie with a voice-over establishing your place in Azeroth as a member of whatever Faction you chose. The cut-scene will bring the camera to your character and then end with you standing on the deck of a ship.
Welcome to the
Exile's Reach
scenario. This is a short scenario to introduce you to the game mechanics. The Exile's reach scenario does a pretty good job of showing you the basics as you go, and while this guide covers a lot of the same things, we have a little more detail.
First, some basics.
The Camera
The camera is your view of the world, what you can see. In World of Warcraft, the camera is always centered on your character. You can manipulate the Camera in a few useful ways.
You can
zoom in or zoom out
by using your mouse scroll wheel.
You can
look around
by holding the Left Mouse Button and moving the Mouse. This will not move your character.
You can
change your facing
by holding the Right Mouse Button and moving the Mouse around the screen. This will also make your character face that direction.
The Action Bar
At the bottom of your screen you will notice a bar flanked by two gryphons. This is your Action Bar. Each square cell will hold a button allowing you to use your Abilities. As you can see in the image below, there are two Abilities currently on the Action Bar. In the top right corner of the occupied cells there is a digit. This digit corresponds to the number bar on your keyboard. To use the Ability, you can either click the button with your mouse, or press the corresponding number key. Empty cells do nothing if you click on them.
There are multiple rows of cells to put buttons in. At first you won't need them all, but the arrows at the right end of the Action Bar allow you to cycle through your Action Bars. If you know you had Abilities on your bar but you don't see them, you may have inadvertently switched Bars. Click the arrows to get back to Action Bar 1.
Moving your Character
To move your character, there are two options: using your keyboard or using your mouse.
Using your keyboard, press
W
to move forward,
S
to move backwards,
A
to turn left, or
D
to turn right. You can also use the arrow keys to make these same movements.
To jump, use your
space bar
and strafe (move to the left or right while still facing forwards) using
Q
and
E
.
With your Mouse, you can hold
both
Left and Right Mouse Buttons down to move your character forward. Moving your mouse left or right will allow you to turn. You can't move backwards with your mouse, but you can turn around move a few steps, and turn back around very quickly, which usually serves the same purpose.
Other Characters
You are going to see
other characters
. Some, like the Quest Giver in front of you are
NPC
s (Non-Player Characters), characters that aren't controlled by a player but who are part of the world. Others are
Players
, people like you, playing the game. Usually NPCs have their name in green over their head, while Player names are blue. NPCs tend to stand in place or have a small area that they may walk around. Players tend to be sitting or standing AFK (Away From Keyboard) or running about all over the place. You will get used to figuring out who is which.
Quest Givers
Quests are missions and the main source of experience in World of Warcraft. You will complete plenty of them while playing.
Quest Givers
are a type of NPC with which you will become intimately familiar. As the name implies, they give out quests. A Quest Giver has a yellow exclamation point over their head if they have a quest to offer you, or a yellow question mark if you have completed their quest and they are ready to give you your reward. A gray question mark indicates that you have accepted a quest from the Quest Giver, but have not yet completed the requirements to turn it in.
In the Exiles Reach screenshots above, Captain Garrick and Warlord Breka Grimaxe are the Quest Givers who have a quest for you. To interact with a Quest Giver, move to them, mouse over them, and
right-click
.
Leveling and Experience
All characters have
Levels
. You start at Level 1. As you complete objectives you will earn
Experience
. As you earn Experience, you will gain Levels. The maximum Level is Level 60. Your Level defines how strong you are, what content you can enjoy, and how that content reacts to you, as well as how many
Abilities
, how much
Health
, and how many
Resources
you have to take on the content. More Levels = more power, more power = harder content. Once you reach Level 60 you will be ready to take on
Endgame
content which is some of the most fun, interesting, and rewarding content in the game, as well as the most challenging.
In order to reach the next Level, or to
Level Up
, you need to fill your Experience Bar. The
Experience Bar
is just below your Action Bar at the bottom of your screen. Every time you kill an enemy or complete a quest, you gain Experience which fills, even if a just little, that bar. Once the bar fills up completely, your Level is increased by one. You will get more Health, more of whatever Resource your Class uses, and often, a new Ability which you can add to your Action Bar and work into how you play your character. Note that some Abilities are Passive, meaning they grant you a bonus automatically and you don't need to have them on your Action Bar.
For more information about Experience and how to maximize it, check out our detailed guide:
Rested Experience
Gameplay
Enough information overload! You are here to play the game. So let's play!
Quests
Check out the Quest Giver, the character in front of you with the yellow exclamation point over their head. Move to them, mouse over them, and
right-click
. This opens a window in the left side of your screen explaining your quest objectives. You can accept the quest by clicking
Accept
.
After you have accepted the quest, the window will close and a gray question mark will appear over the head of the Quest Giver. You will also notice that the quest title appears on the right side of your screen along with the objectives. If you need a refresher, you can reread the quest by clicking on its title. This will open the quest window as well as your
Map
. While you are on the ship, your Map isn't very useful, but it will come in handy later.
There are many different types of quest objectives, but usually quests will require you to go somewhere and do something. If you are having trouble figuring out where to go, you can open your Map, by clicking on your quest, or by pressing
M
. The the quest objective is in the area highlighted in blue.
Combat
There are two main subgroups of classes in the game:
Ranged
and
Melee
. Ranged classes can attack their enemies from a distance, while melee need to get close to their targets. So if you have selected a melee class, you must also get close to your target in order to attack it.
In the Exile's Reach scenario your first quest will ask you to practice on a Combat Dummy. Just move over to the Combat Dummy if you are a melee class (short range) or "in range" if you are a ranged class (long range). You will know that you are close enough if you click on the Combat Dummy and then look at your Action Bar. If the digits on your buttons are red, move a little closer. When they turn white, you are in range.
You will have a few more training quests to complete while you are on the ship. Once you are off the ship (no spoilers!) things get fun!
Early quests will require you to kill enemies or creatures nearby. You will see their names and bars in yellow or red. That means that they are attackable targets, like the Combat Dummy. Red named enemies or "mobs" will attack you if you get to close to them. Yellow named mobs will allow you to strike first. The bar is their health bar; bringing their health to 0 will kill them.
Once you find your target, Left-Click on them or their name or bar to select them, that's called
targeting
. In the top left corner of your screen, you will see your character portrait, plus health bar and, if you have selected a target, the portrait of your target and their health bar. After targeting your objective, it is time to kill it.
Check out your
Action Bar
. At the start, you should have only one ability on it, which will be a
damaging ability
. In order to use it, press
1
while with a target selected. Some abilities have something called a cast time, meaning they take a few moments until they are launched and you cannot move while the cast is happening, while others happen instantaneously. When the ability is used with success, it will damage your enemy, which will make it attack you back. Repeat using your ability by pressing
1
whenever possible.
Once your enemy's health reaches 0, it will die. When an enemy dies, you can
loot
its corpse by getting near it and
Right-Clicking
it. It will twinkle helpfully to let you know it can be looted. When you loot a corpse, a loot window opens showing you what your victim was carrying. You can
Right-Click
an item to transfer it to your inventory.
Completing Quests
Once you've finished killing all enemies for your quest, it is time to turn it back to the quest giver. Press
M
to see where it is on the map. You can also find it easily nearby you by looking for the yellow question mark in its head. Get nearby the quest giver and Right-Click him to open the quest dialog. On the left it will show the dialog for the quest, allowing you to hit
Complete Quest
to finish it. Every quest you complete will have a reward attached to it, some bonus experience, some items to make your character stronger or some currency to be used with merchants.
Once you finish a quest, it will usually open new quests for you to do, look for new quest markers on NPC after finishing ones. Also, you can have more than one quest at a time, meaning one quest can unlock more than one, so keep an eye for other nearby NPCs with exclamation marks!
When in multiple quests, you can check the objectives of both on your map, by pressing
M
Different Quest Objectives
Not all quests will require you just to kill enemies or creatures, some have different objectives. Some quests will require you to loot corpses of enemies to search for some item. When that is the case, make sure to loot every enemy marked for the quest, because otherwise the objectives won't be completed.
Other quests may have their objectives to be actual items in the world. When that happens, you're not required to kill an enemy, just to interact with objects in the world. Those objects will be highlighted with a yellow shade around them. To interact with them, move close enough and press
Right-Click
on them to loot them.
Equipment
While doing quests, some quests will reward you with a special kind of item, pieces of equipment. Equipments, as the name suggests, are items that your character can wear to become stronger. Every character has 17 different pieces of equipment it can wear, and different items that fit in each of those slots. You can see your current equipped items by opening your character pane, by pressing
C
.
In order to see which items you currently have, press
B
to open your bags. Every item that is equippable will have some extra text on its description. It will list which equipment slot that item goes in, which equipment type it is and what are the benefits from equipping it.
Death
As your enemies die when their health reaches 0, so do you. If you let your health reach 0, you will die. When you die you can
Recap
to see what killed you or
Release Spirit
to start the process of reviving.
When you release your spirit, you end up in the Spirit World and are invisible to other players. You will be placed by a
Spirit Healer
. Spirit Healers are NPCs that allow you to return to life if you talk to them, but that will damage all your items, plus reduce your strength by 75% for 10 minutes. To avoid that, you can run in the spirit world to where you perished and reincarnate in your body. In order to do that, press
M
to see where your body is, it will be marked with a little gravestone icon in the map.
Once you reach your body, a window will pop up asking if you want to resurrect. By clicking
Accept
, you will return to life where you currently are and you can see where you died by looking for a skeleton in the ground.
If you enjoyed the game and want to learn more, we can help you with that, you can browse our
New Player Guides
for more information on the game's core mechanics or our
Class Specific Guides
to learn more about a class in specific. World of Warcraft is a Giant and Massive game, don't be scared! Learn it a bit a time and always do your best. Until next time!
What Now?
You have:
Learned how to manipulate the Camera
Learned how to move your character
Learned how to recognize other characters
Learned how to get, complete, and turn in a quest
Learned basic combat
Learned about Leveling, Experience, and Death
Next Guide:
Choosing Your Class: A Beginner's Guide
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评论
评论来自
ossiferdown
let's be honest: the first 10 minutes you'll spend deciding what your character looks like :P
评论来自
Ruski
Very nice, quick, and easy intro guide. Recently got my gf to trial WoW with me - this is a perfect resource to share with her. Thanks!
评论来自
Dementron
One of the first things I do on any new character is go into the options and turn on Auto Loot and make sure Open Loot Window at Mouse is off in the Controls menu. (I also turn on Scrolling Combat Text for Self , disable Outline Mode because I find it unnecessary and immersion-reducing, turn off the Mature Language Filter , switch NPC Names to All NPCs, turn on Larger Nameplates and Always Show Nameplates , change the Camera Following Style to "Only horizontal when moving", and make sure Cinematic Subtitles are on.)
Most of those are personal preference, but I think Auto Loot is almost mandatory. I think it saves a ton of time in the long run to loot everything and sort it out later. Makes skinners happy too. When all you have is your starting backpack it can fill up quickly, though, so keep an eye on that. Some of those other settings might be worth trying, though, to see if you like them.
评论来自
TamiayTheGnome
I don't know why I'm reading this, I've been playing for 8 years.
By the way, second best site to start with >
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/
<. If you are from the EU.
Oh well, I enjoyed the read regardless, good guide. ^^
评论来自
africanleopard
One also can't choose a Death Knight from level one. I think you have to have one character at level 55 or higher to be able to create one - not limited to a specific server. I know because my nephew started to play and he couldn't create a DK until that level.
评论来自
Dogey
I like WoW Leveling! new character is everytime fun !
评论来自
Darthflamel
(THIS MESSAGE IS AS OF PATCH 8.0.1) With the new leveling system, I would not spend too much time going out in the world killing random enemies, questing was, and imo still is the #1 easiest way to gain levels. Now with the new war mode in bfa it is a good idea IMO to keep it on at all times as it gives you bonuses to leveling
BTW: Level Cap (as of Battle for Azeroth)
Free: 1-20
classic: 1-60
Burning Crusade: 60-70
Wrath of the Lich King: 70-80
Cataclysm: 80-85
Mists of Pandaria: 85-90
Warlords of Draenor: 90-100
Legion: 100-110
Battle for Azeroth: 110-120 Game is fully released
This is completely based off of what I found, and I'm not telling you guys how to play the game, but (If you want to lvl the fastest without a character boost) I do dungeons UNTIL I Finnish the quests they give, then move on to the next dungeon, or quest in the open world. again, this is just my experience, and this might be slightly biast due to my love for questing.
评论来自
jhans112
Good I pity could explain how I do to install the game I have legion and cataclysm but as I do to play it I have the lucher but do not talk to me I would appreciate if you help me
评论来自
Darthflamel
A small addition to the whole on death part, If your toon is level 10 or below you can resurrect at the spirit healer for NO PENALTY, meaning you will not get the armor durability loss and the debuff, however it is good to learn as soon as possible to not accept resurrection from the spirit healer and to run to your corpse unless there is absolutely no way to get in range of your corpse (EXA. falling off a cliff and into the void or waiting for Res in a battleground).
评论来自
1974623
choosing your realm
my method is very simple
I create a character then I log in the realm
and check the latency
for me the latency has to be around 20ms or max 25ms :-)
you can also google with realms list regions
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