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Powerleveling Guide

The most effective way to level up pets (apart from using Training Stones) is fighting against trainers. The majority of those encounters grant 5x more experience than defeating wild pets.
Unfortunately a lot of those are limited to just one fight a day. Therefor we need trainers which we can challenge repeatedly to use them for 'powerleveling'.

I want to list these here and also provide you with tips for this powerleveling.

1. Repeatable Trainers



1.1 Squirt



Since she is the most famous and best tamer for powerleveling she deserves her own topic. There are strategies enabling you do beat her in 70 seconds. On top of that right next to her is a NPC that can heal your pets after every fight for free. Unfortunately Squirt no longer grants experience to the player's character.

You can find her every 15 days in the menagerie of your garrison. A level 1 menagerie will do but this requires a level 3 garrison beforehand. Building the menagerie will also reward you with a Ultimate Battle-Training Stone which can upgrade one pet directly to level 25.

Recommended strategy:
Ravenous Prideling + Widget the Departed
Fight duration: ~1:10
Fast, reliable and safe for level 1 pets.


Squirt dates in the second half of 2024:






1.2 Tamers from Legion



Some of the tamers from Legion (almost all of which you need for 'Family Familiar') can also be challenged multiple times and give 5x the experience (just like Squirt).
It's worth looking out for their active world quests because only then they are available for fighting.
Unfortunately their appearance is decided randomly, so you can't plan ahead when to challenge them.

Since those tamers don't stand right next to a stablemaster you should bring enough Battle Pet Bandages with you.
But in return defeating these trainers also grants your character experience and that's why especially the short fights have become a popular method for leveling.
Using heirloom gear and activating warmode you can get (depending on your level, you can do this as early as level 1) as much experience doing this as you would from finishing a quest.

Here follows a list of the respective tamers, together with a recommended strategy and sorted by their effectiveness in powerleveling:

Odrogg
World quest: Snail Fight!
Location: Highmountain
Recommended strategy:
Gorm Harrier + Kunchon Hatchling
Fight duration: 0:55
Fast, reliable and safe for level 1 pets

These fights rarely require bandages:
Xu-Fu, Cub of Xuen
Fight duration: ~1:35
and
Teroclaw Hatchling
Fight duration: ~1:45


Sir Galveston
World quest: Fight Night: Sir Galveston
Location: Dalaran
Recommended strategy:
Court Scribe + Surger
Fight duration: ~1:05
Fast, reliable and safe for level 1 pets


Robert Craig
World quest: My Beast's Bidding
Location: Stormheim
Recommended strategy:
Gorm Rootstinger P/S + Crimson Spore
Fight duration: ~1:05
Fast, reliable and safe for level 1 pets


Tiffany Nelson
World quest: Fight Night: Tiffany Nelson
Location: Dalaran
Recommended strategy:
Rotten Little Helper + Squawkling S/S
Fight duration: ~1:10
Fast, reliable and safe for level 1 pets


Xorvasc
World quest: Dealing with Satyrs
Location: Val'sharah
Recommended strategy:
Shadowbarb Hatchling + Anomalus
Fight duration: ~1:15
Rare chance of failing, but fast and safe for level 1 pets


Rydyr or Andurs
World quest: Beasts of Burden
Location: Stormheim
Rydyr:
Recommended strategy:
Draenei Micro Defender + Any Pet with Explode
Fight duration: ~0:30
Andurs:
Recommended strategy:
Iron Starlette
Fight duration: ~0:40
Note: Only repeatable if you fight just one of them, so you have to choose which one you want to use for leveling.
Once you've completed this world quest you can't challenge them again!
You get less experience from them then you would get from the other tamers listed here. In return these strategies are reliable and really fast.
Since these are short fights you'll need more bandages (or more teams).


Amalia
World quest: Fight Night: Amalia
Location: Dalaran
Recommended strategy:
Ranishu Runt + Voidskimmer
Fight duration: ~1:25
Rare chance of failing, but fast and safe for level 1 pets
This fight rarely requires bandages!


Bodhi Sunwayver
World quest: Fight Night: Bodhi Sunwayver
Location: Dalaran
Recommended strategy:
Servant of Demidos + Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling
Fight duration: ~1:30
Fast, reliable and safe for level 1 pets


Grixis Tinypop
World quest: Tiny Poacher, Tiny Animals
Location: Highmountain
Recommended strategy:
Father Winter's Helper + Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling
Fight duration: ~1:30
Fast and safe for level 1 pets, but there is a chance the strategy might fail to enemy crits


Trapper Jarrun
World quest: Jarrun's Ladder
Location: Stormheim
Recommended strategy:
Anomalus + Infernal Pyreclaw P/B
Fight duration: ~1:30
Reliable and safe for level 1 pets


Nightwatcher Merayl
World quest: Training with the Nightwatchers
Location: Azsuna
Recommended strategy:
Tiny Snowman + Twilight Whelpling P/S
Fight duration: ~1:35
Reliable and safe for level 1 pets


Varenne
World quest: Chopped
Location: Suramar
Recommended strategy:
Kun-Lai Runt P/S or P/B + Direbeak Hatchling
Fight duration: ~1:40
Reliable and safe for level 1 pets


Durian
World quest: Training with Durian
Location: Val'sharah
Recommended strategy:
Moon-Touched Netherwhelp + Pocket Cannon
Fight duration: ~1:40
Reliable and safe for level 1 pets


Bredda Tenderhide
World quest: Training with Bredda
Location: Highmountain
Recommended strategy:
Rebuilt Mechanical Spider + Microbot XD
Fight duration: ~1:50
Reliable and safe for level 1 pets


Aulier
World quest: The Master of Pets
Location: Suramar
Recommended strategy:
Mechanical Axebeak + Sprite Darter Hatchling
Fight duration: ~1:55
Reliable and safe for level 1 pets





2. Other possibilities



All the tamers listed have to be active to be usable for leveling the whole day. So what alternatives are there for days on which they aren't available?

2.1 Noteworthy Tamers



As described at the beginning these trainers grant a lot more experience than wild pets.Therefor it is worthwhile to fight those who also give 5x the experience (just like Squirt), even though they are opposable just once the day.

Admittedly you have to count in a considerable amount of time for traveling. On the other hand you can get, besides the experience obviously, other useful rewards (even pets) and the daily quests grant a lot of experience to your character. The daily routes through Pandaria and Draenor are especially popular for this reason. Oftentimes characters are parked at Crysa and Environeer Bert, or even at the Darkmoon Faire whenever it is active.


Warlords of Draenor Daily Quests


* Ashlei (even 6x the experience)
* Gargra
* Cymre Brightblade
* Taralune
* Vesharr
* Tarr the Terrible
Bigger Map






Mists of Pandaria Daily Quests


* Hyuna of the Shrines
* Farmer Nishi
* Mo'ruk
* Courageous Yon
* Seeker Zusshi
* Wastewalker Shu
* Aki the Chosen
* Whispering Pandaren Spirit
* Thundering Pandaren Spirit
* Burning Pandaren Spirit
* Flowing Pandaren Spirit
Bigger Map


Darkmoon Faire Daily Quests

* Jeremy Feasel
* Christoph VonFeasel


Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor daily quests

* Crysa
* Environeer Bert


Other Legion Fights (not repeatable, also require world quest)

* Beguiling Orb
World quest: Dazed and Confused and Adorable
Location: Azsuna
* Fragment of Fire
World quest: Only Pets Can Prevent Forest Fires
Location: Val'sharah
* Ominitron Defense System
World quest: Oh, Ominitron
Location: Stormheim
* Durian Strongfruit
World quest: Training with Durian
Location: Val'sharah
* Felsoul Seer
World quest: Threads of Fate
Location: Suramar
* Surging Mana Crystal
World quest: Mana Tap
Location: Suramar
* Ancient Catacomb Eggs
World quest: Clear the Catacombs
Location: Suramar
* Sissix
World quest: Illidari Masters: Sissix
Location: The Broken Shore
* Madam Viciosa
World quest: Illidari Masters: Madam Viciosa
Location: The Broken Shore
* Nameless Mystic
World quest: Illidari Masters: Nameless Mystic
Location: The Broken Shore


2.2 Wild Pets



Of course you could go to all the remaining tamers, but because of the ever decreasing experience you'll reach a point at which the time for traveling isn't worth the rewards (even character experience and other stuff) anymore. Also these remaining ones are fightable only once a day as well.

If you are still looking for a unrestricted way of leveling your pets the only option left is fighting wild pets. With the changes in 9.1.5, wild pets now offer double the experience as long as no pet on your team is more than two levels higher than any pet on the wild team.

In this situation it is clever to find a location in which are as many predictable pets of one family as possible so it becomes easy to create a team that can counter these pets the best.

Fastest Option in the Wilderness

The fastest alternative is fighting Icespine Hatchlings in Frostfire Ridge.
With the following team you'll need just 30-60 seconds for one fight and your pets will barely lose health so they can used more often before needing to be healed.

*Rotten Little Helper (1,1,1)
*Feline Familiar(1,1,1)
*Level pet (should have 300-500 health)

vs. Icespine Hatchling
-Booby-Trapped Presents
-Greench's Gift
-Club until enemy dies
vs. 2nd enemy
-Club until enemy dies
vs. 3rd enemy
-swap to level pet
-swap to Feline Familiar
-Stoneskin
-Onyx Bite until the enemy can be killed with Devour

TD-Script:
change(#3) [enemy(#3).active & !self(#3).played]
change(#2) [self(#3).active]

ability(Booby-Trapped Presents:1080) [enemy(#1).active]
ability(Greench's Gift:1076) [enemy(#1).active]
ability(Stoneskin:436) [!self.aura(Stoneskin:435).exists & enemy.hpp=100]

if [enemy(#3).active & enemy.type=5 & !enemy.aura(Survive:284).exists]
ability(Devour:538) [enemy.hp<=768 & !enemy.aura(Crouch:164).exists]
ability(Devour:538) [enemy.hp<=384 & enemy.aura(Crouch:164).exists]
ability(Devour:538) [enemy.hp<=960 & self.aura(Beast:237).exists & !enemy.aura(Crouch:164).exists]
ability(Devour:538) [enemy.hp<=480 & self.aura(Beast:237).exists & enemy.aura(Crouch:164).exists]
endif

if [enemy(#3).active & enemy.type=3]
ability(Devour:538) [enemy.hp<=338]
ability(Devour:538) [enemy.hp<=422 & self.aura(Beast:237).exists]
endif

ability(#1)

Thanks to Vakeetah for this great strategy and to Shenk for the tdScript!

Other noteworthy Locations and Pets

* Dancing Water Skimmer in Vale of Eternal Blossoms (~80% aquatics and ~20% fliers)
* Icespine Hatchling in Frostfire Ridge (~50% beasts, ~25% critters and ~25% fliers)
* Moonshell Crab in Shadowmoon Valley (Draenor) (~50% aquatics, ~30% fliers and 20% beasts)
* Critters in the Valley of the Four Winds (80% critters and 20% aquatics)
Especially the Marsh Fiddlers there are good for leveling level 1 pets since there is just a small chance for them dealing damage in the first turn.
* Dragonbone Hatchling in Dragonblight (~40% fliers, 30% critters and 30% aquatics)
Appropriate for leveling for the same reason. There also is a stablemaster nearby (at the temple) who makes the leveling more enjoyable.


Of course you can look for good locations yourselves. It's all a matter of having the right pets to counter the wild ones.
As an example for fighting aquatic pets both Golden Dawnfeather and Pterrordax Hatchling are suitable and against critters every cat with Devour will do great.
The Feline Familiar is even effective against fliers and critters, has a strong protection and also a healing ability (Devour), which is the reason why it is popular for leveling in the wilderness.
To provide a safe space for your leveling pet, a Turkey (and their named variants) can make any non-critter target sleep with Food Coma. A Lifelike Mechanical Frostboar can use Decoy instead, and heal itself with Pig Out. Whether it should be slower or faster depends on whether you swap to a third pet or not, respectively.


3. Tips, tricks and hints



3.1 Increasing the Experience



Although most tamers already grant a lot of experience it can be useful to increase that even more. All of the following increases can stack:

Experience Increases

*Safari Hat: 10% more experience.
It's a toy that can be used without cooldown. You get it as a reward for the achievement Taming the World.
*Lesser Pet Treat: 25% more experience for one hour.
Used on a pet as a target, but acts as a buff on you. Available at multiple pet vendors for 5 Polished Pet Charms.
*Pet Treat: 50% more experience for one hour.
Used on a pet as a target, but acts as a buff on you. Available at multiple pet vendors for 10 Polished Pet Charms.
*Darkmoon Top Hat: 10% more experience for one hour.
You can buy it from Gelvas Grimegate for 10 Prize Tickets while the Darkmoon Faire is active. The buff can run out while your character is logged out and it will also disappear when the Faire isn't active anymore.


During the time of the Pet Battle Bonus Event you get a buff for 100% more pet experience! Look out for it in your calendar and prepare your teams.


3.2 Required Amount of Fights



Depending on the active experience increases you'll need a different amount of fights to level a pet from level 1 to 25.

This list applies for every tamer which gives 5x experience (so ​​for all the listed tamers in the guide with the exception of Andurs/Rydyr, Ashlei and of course the fights against wild pets):

  • Without any increases:

1st fight: 12
2nd fight: 18
3rd fight: 22
4th fight: 24
5th fight: 25

  • With the Safari Hat Only:

1st fight: 13
2nd fight: 19
3rd fight: 23
4th fight: 25

  • With the 25% Treat Only:

1st fight: 14
2nd fight: 20
3rd fight: 24
4th fight: 25

  • With the 50% Treat Only:

1st fight: 15
2nd fight: 22
3rd fight: 25

  • With the Safari Hat and 25% Treat:

1st fight: 14
2nd fight: 21
3rd fight: 24
4th fight: 25

  • With Safari Hat and 50% Treat:

1st fight: 15
2nd fight: 22
3rd fight: 25

  • With the Safari Hat and both Treats:

1st fight: 16
2nd fight: 24
3rd fight: 25

  • With both Treats and no Hat:

1st fight: 16
2nd fight: 23
3rd fight: 25

During the Pet Battle Bonus Event, without any further increases (Old Values -- Will update next Critter Week):
1st fight: 17
2nd fight: 24
3rd fight: 25

During the Pet Battle Bonus Event, with the Safari Hat:
1st fight: 17
2nd fight: 25

During the Pet Battle Bonus Event, with the Safari Hat and both Treats:
1st fight: 19
2nd fight: 25


3.3 Addons



Especially in a powerleveling session when you are constantly repeating the same fights it is recommended to use a certain combination of addons. With those it is possible to execute an entire pet battle just by pressing one button.

First you need Rematch + TD-Scripts to get through the fights a lot easier.
How to install and use these addons is described here:
Guide: Using Rematch + TD-Script

Once you've got those two running you can add "UltraSquirt" to speed up and simplify healing your pets and restarting a fight.
The addon works for Squirt (including healing via the nearby NPC!) as well as for the repeatable trainer fights from legion.



Now all you have to do is press the space button (default setting) to level up your pets without ever having to press something else.
Since you have to push a button for every action it is not an automatic process and therefor doesn't violate Blizzard's ToS.

Good Luck!


Annonimous wrote on 2024-11-26 03:45:49

This is a lie. All of it.

Serenis

wrote on 2023-05-28 17:39:36

This script will print, which quests from the section "1.2 Tamers from Legion" are available - Copy, paste & execute it by a single line at a time (if you don't have a paste plugin):


/run qids={41687,40298,40278,40277,41860,41935,42442,40299,40282,41944,42159,41990,40279,40280,41895}
/run RWQW=C_QuestLog.RemoveWorldQuestWatch AWQW=C_QuestLog.AddWorldQuestWatch IQFC=C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted GTFQI=C_QuestLog.GetTitleForQuestID
/run function isWQAvailable(qid) RWQW(qid) local isAvailable=AWQW(qid) RWQW(qid) local isCompleted=IQFC(qid) return isAvailable or isCompleted end
/run for _,qid in ipairs(qids) do print(isWQAvailable(qid) and qid.." - "..GTFQI(qid).." is available." or qid.." is not available") end


For those who are suspicious of lua code posted by a stranger (and rightly so!) note that I only use functions from C_QuestLog

Feel free to copy / use the script wherever you like. (edited)

Ryjox

wrote on 2024-02-08 20:19:16

That script seems to exceed the character limit when I try to paste it, though I might be doing something wrong.

Serenis

wrote on 2024-05-10 11:46:42

Hi, please make sure that you copy and paste them by a single line at a time (or use a paste addon)
I have just verified - script still works.
Hope this helps :) Have Fun! (edited)

Ryjox

wrote on 2024-10-03 14:49:59

Thank you for the reply, I apologize for not knowing about that as a solution. I love this web site, learning so much.

I must need an add-on, I can paste one line at a time but the New Macro edit box still has a hard limit of 255, so it maxes out with the second run command. If you use an add-on to expand the limit, can you tell me the name?

I just located one called GSE that seems legit. Is that what you use?

Thank you again! (edited)

Adaren

wrote on 2024-09-03 10:40:53

I always thought it was odd that the Andurs/Rydyr world quest never appeared on the main page whenever it was active.

kevmeup

wrote on 2024-04-26 01:53:35

For Icespine Hatchling I use:

Leveling Pet
Unborn Val'kyr
Thunderfoot Calf (P/P) *DF

I script the start round by round, then just go by priority. You can also do the same with an explode pet + Stormie, Spectral Porcupette or Chrominius.

Import String:
Icespine 01:2J0B:ZL:222616M:212437M:

BattleScript:
quit [!self(#3).exists & round=1]
use(#1) [round=1]
change(#2) [round=2]
change(#2) [round=3]
use(Shadow Shock) [round=3]
use(Shadow Shock) [round=4]
use(Unholy Ascension) [round=5]
change(#3)

if [enemy(Icespine Hatchling).active]
use(Zap)
endif

if [enemy.type=5]
-- Critters
use(Horn Attack) [enemy.hp>=400]
use(Soulrush) [enemy.hp>=400]
use(Zap)
endif

if [enemy(Twilight Wasp).active]
use(Soulrush) [enemy.hp>=400]
use(Zap)
endif

change(next) [self(#3).dead]
use(#1) (edited)

bakaprincess#21474

wrote on 2024-04-06 14:09:16

I wrote a script for powerleveling in Wyrmrest Temple using
Brightpaw & Fledgling Nether Ray (or any pets having those abilities)

# Pet Battle Scripts
# Version: 2
# Name: Wyrmcrest Temple Powerleveling
# Data: XjFeVF5TcGx1Z2luXlNSZW1hdGNoXlNrZXleU3RlYW06MTdeU2V4dHJhXlNXeXJtY3Jlc3R+YFRlbXBsZX5gUG93ZXJsZXZlbGluZzo6Wkw6MTExQjFEUToxMjFBRzk6XnReXg==
# Code Start
if[enemy(Dragonbone Hatchling:537).active]
standby [round=1]
endif

if[enemy(Dragonbone Hatchling:537).active]
change(#2)
endif

if[enemy(Dragonbone Hatchling:537).active]
use(Arcane Blast:421)
endif

if[enemy(Strand Crab:401).active]
change(#3)
endif

if[enemy(Strand Crab:401).active]
use(Slicing Wind:420)
endif

if[enemy(Arctic Hare:641).active]
change(#3)
endif

if[enemy(Arctic Hare:641).active]
use(Bite:110)
endif

if[enemy(Tundra Penguin:536).active]
change(#3)
endif

if[enemy(Tundra Penguin:536).active]
use(Slicing Wind:420)
endif
# Code End

Aslazà

wrote on 2024-03-28 13:16:36

To be honest, this is the first time I've seen such an informative guide. The only thing I would add is an article about pet leveling. I often use this site and I think it complements this guide quite well. (edited)

Gráinne

wrote on 2024-03-28 15:27:32

Your link goes to a Classic character levelling guide,. I'd be interested to see another pet powerlevelling guide, though I don't think this one misses anything. (edited)

Aslazà

wrote on 2024-03-30 16:07:23

Oh, yes, I accidentally attached the wrong link, my apologies

Zuggo

wrote on 2024-03-02 05:12:35

For anyone who came here to check in on when the next "Super Squirt" date is... this is now located on the front page of the site. you will see a picture of squirt there upper left hand box and a list of dates

Papapi

wrote on 2024-02-09 07:46:37

has the xp from the legion quests been nerfed recently ? It seems that pets are leveling to 11 instead of 17 with a single fight.

Gráinne

wrote on 2024-02-09 08:19:01

I did a couple of pets this (pet) week, and XP was normal.

Butr not all Legion battles give full XP - only the 3-pet tamer ones. Which battle left you short?

Papapi

wrote on 2024-02-09 08:39:59

oh I see, might be the issue indeed. thanks!

Tamalpias#1966

wrote on 2024-01-05 19:48:55

Unless the calendar changes, the 2024 North American "Super Squirt" dates are:
Monday, February 12,
Thursday, March 28,
Sunday, August 25, and
Wednesday, October 9 (this is potentially the first date to level a significant number of War Within pets) (edited)

BusterMikeMD#1559

wrote on 2023-12-15 04:14:05

can we get an update to this guide? their seems to be a better team for power leveling and the squirt dates are running out soon.

Gráinne

wrote on 2023-12-15 05:17:04

There are a LOT or teams for powerlevelling. Each battle has one. If you think you know a better team thaan the recommended one for some particular battle, by all means say so. But you also have to contend with what constitutes "better", and that can get subjective, or conditional.

As for 2024 dates, I'm sure they will get updated soon.

Rineko#21590

wrote on 2023-08-16 15:36:38

Hey. Just to let you know, the recommended strategy for Durian leads to an error 404. :)

Solitha

wrote on 2023-08-12 17:17:54

There is an error on the current schedule for September 2023. It says Friday the 15th (correct) and then Saturday the 29th (incorrect). It should say Saturday the 30th. (edited)

fr0z3night

wrote on 2023-04-10 20:28:01

If you have a second account, on a second screen and you set UltraSquirt to MouseWheelDown, all you have to do is every now and again mouse over the screen and run the scroll wheel down (which is an action) for it to battle, without having to click off of your main screen, just make sure you log into that account first so it has Pet Battle control. (edited)

Gráinne

wrote on 2022-09-29 04:48:24

Edited

Durian used to not allow multiple battles. He does now! (edited)

Gráinne

wrote on 2023-03-01 04:40:42

Later news: according to reports, Durian now allows multiple battles, like the other Legion Family tamers. Yay!

Paul wrote on 2023-01-14 16:32:24

For Varenne in the world quest Chopped, I found you only have to heal every second battle, saving over 1/2 of your bandages (since you use the free heal every 8 mins)!
(edited)

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