One of the major questions I continously get asked is which WoW guides do I recommend that are ACTUALLY useful and worth the cost. I have went through all of the ones that I have ever heard of and tried. Yes, I have what seems to wasted a lot of money on a bunch of crap guides before finding the few gems that are truly out there. This page is the results that I have discovered during "my journey".

I will list all the guides that I use pretty much on a regular basis, rated, and would recommend to my mother (if she played WoW), so you will not have to go through the trouble (and cost) of buying a bunch of guides that simply do not work. So I guess this really is what I would consider a guide to the World of Warcraft guides.

#1 Zygor's 1-80 Horde & Alliance Leveling Guide Rating: 5/5 Price: $50.00 each

Zygor has really done it and the Zygor guide has really surpassed my expectations. He has really taken this to the next level with his TOTALLY IN-GAME WoW 1-80 leveling guide. Not only is this guide completely in-game (no more alt+tab), but it is extremely easy to use and takes up hardly any space on your user interface in the game. You can also mark steps complete, hide steps you don't want to do, and also save your progress. That comes in extremely handy especially when leveling up more than 1 character at a time. Unlike the other in-game leveling guides out there his isn't hard to setup and get going. Zygor has really raised the bar with this one. If you haven't checked it out yet I highly recommend that you do!

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#2 Apadwe's Warcraft Videos: Gold Edition Rating: 5/5 Price: $47.00

There has always been a ton of WoW gold guides out there on the market. Most of them are just rehashes of old information formatted into an ebook format. Luckily, Apadwe has redefined what it means to have a WoW gold guide. This guide is not only full of great gold making information but it's all videos. You can also notice that a lot of time has been put into place in the videos. Not only will you be able to watch how to make more gold but it is so detailed that you won't be left to guessing at anything in it. It's extremely helpful and is in the process of adding in new WotLK gold strategies. This gold guide is a must have, check it out today!

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#3 Extreme Leveling 1-80 Horde & Alliance Guide Rating: 5/5 Price: $37.00 each ($67 Horde & Alliance)

The third guide on my list is another fantastic 1-80 leveling guide. Shawn Woods has really put together not only a great eBook leveling guide but also includes a nice in-game leveling guide as well. The quality of this guide is great and I was really shocked when I saw how cheap it is at $37 per faction or $67 together. Not only does Shawn have the 1-70 guide available he also has included the 70-80 guide as well for Horde & Alliance and includes all the races including the new Death Knight hero class. He also offers a sneak preview of his leveling guide for free on his site as well. That will give you the best overview, actually seeing the guide itself at work.

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#4 WoW Gold Secrets Guide Rating: 3/5 Price: $37.00

The fourth guide is another gold guide. It is the WoW Gold Secrets guide. This guide is one of the oldest premium guides for WoW, usually that means it is way outdated but Luke really has done tons of work and updates this guide quite frequently. As of this writing it is over 170 pages. This guide is for you if you prefer to grind out your gold instead of making it through the AH. The guide organization could use a little work but if you follow the table of contents you will be just fine. I have discovered some of the best grinding spots in this guide. I typically use the grinding locations in this guide when I don't want to take the time to make gold by playing the AH. (Yeah, I know...I'm lazy sometimes...)

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#5 Joana's 1-80 Horde Leveling Guide Rating: 4/5 Price: $79.95

Last but not least on the list is the leveling guide that started it all...Joana's Horde Leveling Guide. Joana has updated this guide many, many, many times and keeps it completely up-to-date. It is now ready for WotLK and your 70-80 leveling spree. Still very good guide and I used it myself for a little part of my 70-80 journey. The only thing that has held this guide back from greatness in my opinion is the cost. I can honestly say that I was super excited about this guide but my jaw hit the floor when I saw the price tag. Yep, you read that right the full 1-80 Horde only leveling guide costs $79.95. Way too steep when you can get the other great leveling guides listed at half the cost. Even $49.95 for the 70-80 portion is still way too steep as well, when you can get a Horde & Alliance 1-80 guide for that price.

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That rounds out my top 5 picks for World of Warcraft guides. Yes, there a lot more guides out there but these are the ones that I use the most. If you are looking for a great premium WoW guide I recommend you check these out further and I believe you will find them extremely helpful to your WoW playing.