Eat, Drink and Be Merry
The classic, “Oh Brother…” commandment. “I know this already”, “I always do that”, “It doesn’t help that much anyway.”
All comments from people who have never stopped to think about the power of food and drink… or they THINK they know, but never USE their own knowledge.
Food and drink comes in at number 2 in our guide not because its some super fancy method of leveling quickly, and its not because its the fastest – its quite simply because food and drink are amongst the easiest items to carry to keep your leveling speeds up, bar none.
Lets examine food & drink more closely.
As you may know, most World of Warcraft players carry food on them, but most only use it sparingly. Maybe they accidentally cop a beating from wandering mobs, and they chow down to get their health up quick before another monster finishes them off.
Or they use food randomly, without any particular rhyme or reason… perhaps only ever using the food they’ve found while they wander the Warcraft world.
Food and drink is one of the best ways to improve your leveling times…
BUT… You have to use it consistently, and you have to use the highest level food available to you at the time. I strongly recommend stocking up at the auction house every time you return to level your skills, and I recommend you keep your food skill high (especially if you want to save gold).
Let me explain why.
Food will increase your stamina and spirit by anywhere from 2 to 25 depending on the level — this means that if you eat the right foods, and the foods right at the edge of your level requirement, you’ll be primed with greater stamina and spirit…
That means less time sitting and rejuvenating your health, less time being killed, less time running back to get your corpse… and more time killing mobs and completing quests!
Before I adopted a strict routine of consuming high quality food, I must have died at least once every level… and I hate to think how many hours of game time I’ve wasted sitting or inactive, returning my health & mana to full!
Are you the same?
Don’t dismiss food as one of your leveling commandments… it may sound boring, it may sound dull… but boy… its not as dull as still being level 50 when you should be 55.
So do yourself a favor! Stock up on food, and eat it regularly… its good for you!
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