Guild Wars 2

Hey guys I just got GW2 and so far it has been such a fun game to play. However currently i am level 7 in a level 10 mission, and i just cant do anything to level up quick. My friend said that i should go to the hearts on the map, and do the side quests. Is that the fastest way?

almost everything you do in the game grants experience.
At your level I would go to you starter town and visit all the points of interest, waypoints and vista’s. If you repeat that for all starter towns you’ll get to level 17 pretty soon.

This is however very boring and your not fighting things. So you friend is right, doing things like filling in the hearts is very good.

You can also craft or play pvp-formats to level up. The beauty bout this game is that you can do whatever you want. the downside of this is that the game won’t tell you what to do either. So start doing things and you will level.

Yes, that’s the pretty much the fastest way. If you happen to have a lot of money, which you don’t, you can craft to level 80 in one day. Besides the hearts, you can do some WvW which doesn’t give a ton of experience, unless you’re lucky and have a huge zerg, but it’s fun.

pownguin.9205:

Yes, that’s the pretty much the fastest way. If you happen to have a lot of money, which you don’t, you can craft to level 80 in one day. Besides the hearts, you can do some WvW which doesn’t give a ton of experience, unless you’re lucky and have a huge zerg, but it’s fun.

How much is “a lot of money”?

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pownguin.9205:

Yes, that’s the pretty much the fastest way. If you happen to have a lot of money, which you don’t, you can craft to level 80 in one day. Besides the hearts, you can do some WvW which doesn’t give a ton of experience, unless you’re lucky and have a huge zerg, but it’s fun.

How much is “a lot of money”?

At least 30 gold from what I remember, but prices always change.

Killing enemies, gathering, map discovery, crafting, renown hearts, and events *all* give you experience. Or you could just do your daily.

42% of a level for achievements.
35% of a level for events. 5 events, 7% of a level per event.
7.5% of a level for kills. 0.125% per kill, 60 kills. (can be significantly higher)
9-10% of a level for gathering. (0.45% or 0.5%, depending on what you gather)

That’s 93.5% of a level at the lowest, without any bonus experience on kills.

Then, with your gathered goods, and drops from your 60 kills, you can usually discover at least one new crafted item, which is always a few percent of a level.

And remember, under level 15, you level significantly faster than above level 15, especially from events.