There are three that have withstood the test of time and provide the most promising WoW leveling guides on the market as they are coming from well established and seasoned leveling guide creators. Zygor Guides, Team iDemise, Joana's World Leveling Guide have solidified their places as industry leaders with great products for both the original World of Warcraft game and the previous expansion, Burning Crusades. While there are some differences between the leveling guides it would be an accurate statement to say that each of these WOTLK leveling guides will live up to expectation.

Zygor Leveling Guide

In our extensive tests with numerous guides we found that Zygors guides delivers the by far best quality leveling guide you can find on the internet today.The zygor guide is an in-game guide that is professional, organized, and very easy to follow. Comes with the TomTom add-on, a arrow that points you in the direction of quests, along with detailed descriptions of exactly where to find quests, quests givers, etc. in the in-game box. It is like your own leveling guru in a little mod window just showing you the way to level 80 without any delays. Your friends will be amazed how quickly your character gains levels. It is available for both Horde and Alliance, and very effective in both factions. I would recommend this guide to any player at any level.

IDemise Leveling Guide

Team IDemise has been created by a team of professional gamers who have created the great Alliance guide shortly after the released of the same top notch Horde leveling guide. Based on claims by the Team, this guide has been responsible for the fastest 1-80 ever recorded – a lightning fast 6 days and 5 hours! Aside from its easy to use step-by-step blueprint of fast leveling, ingame mod is also inlcluded! There's no need to use alt-tab when you need to see what to do next. The guide has been designed with the newbie player in mind, and thus is an excellent choice for any newcomer to World of Warcraft. Team iDemise guarantee lifetime upgrades for the guide whenever a major patch or expansion pack is released. These guys are really on the button when it comes to new content, usually releasing updates minutes after it goes live

Joana's Leveling Guide

This is the very first guide I ever used, and I have no complaints. Joana's guide is best known for its author, one of the best players in the game today, and has several leveling records. Joana's guide plays to a simpler crowd, not as professional as the top two, but just as effective. It is however, only for Horde players. But, if you are a Horde player, like muah, and have simpler taste this is the guide for you.

So do you really need a WOW leveling guide? No you don't need one, but in all honesty you'll always wish you had one. WOW leveling guides do not take anything away from the game and in fact eliminates the few things that are wrong within the World of Warcraft. I highly suggest you get a guide.