World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Strategy Guide Introduction
Gaining Levels
As you kill enemies, complete quests, gather herbs and ore, and discover new areas in the game world, you gradually earn experience points (XP) and fill the experience bar located along the top of your Action Bar. When the bar is full, the game congratulates you on rising to a new level. Completing the initial quests found in your starting village easily helps you go from level 1 to level 2.
Training New Abilities
As you gain levels, the game alerts you when new abilities are learned. New abilities automatically (for the first few levels) go into an open slot on your Action Bar. Feel free to move your newly learned skills around on your Action Bar in any way that makes sense to you.
Character Stats
Each time characters gain a level, many of their attributes (such as health, mana, Agility, Strength, etc.) are increased. Go into the character window to find out more about these changes.
Discussion of stats is a fairly advanced topic, and stats change at each level, but here are some basics that you should know when looking at this window.
| White | By default, your stats are displayed in white. This is a normal level. |
| Red | Stats in red are being affected negatively by a debuff, broken armor, or other negative effect. |
| Green | Stats in green are good and are likely being enhanced by a buff, enhanced armor, or potion. |
Level 5: Learn a Profession
When you hit level 5, you gain the option of learning a profession. It isn’t necessary for you to learn a profession, but if you’re interested consult this guide’s Professions chapter.
Level 10: The Big Choice
At level 10, your character must select a specialization to follow within his or her chosen class. Press the letter “n” to open the Specialization panel and display the options available. You’re also able to look at some of the core abilities that you’ll learn within each specialization.
If you’re unsure about which specialization you’d like to pursue, highlight the abilities in the preview panel for each specialization to learn some details about each skill.
Resetting Your Specialization
After playing your class with your chosen specialization, you may find that it doesn’t quite fit your playstyle. Don’t worry; you can always reset your specialization by talking with one of your Class Trainers.
Changing your specialization incurs a fee that increases each time you decide to change, but it isn’t so taxing that you won’t be able to explore the playstyles for each of your specialization choices until finding the one that best suits you.