I save up all my alchemy and enchanting master writs and wait for xp event. Make new toon, power level either alchemy or enchanting, buy bag upgrades to get more inventory space, have writworthy loaded and ready, then pop a mythic ambrosia and lvl 3 to 50 in less than 30 min. Good times.

It's a little more efficient cost-wise to use one of the free scrolls to get to about level 8 on the dolmen circuit first. It gives you enough skill points to do the writs most efficiently.

Those are all great suggestions. But I was more asking the crowd like me..that can't wait until xp event lol . I dont' have the patience to wait.

I think it also depends on what you want the new toon for. If it is a crafting alt intended to do writs each day, any way to level is fine. If you intend the toon as a new main or one that will be played a lot, you might as well level by grabbing the skyshards and doing the public dungeons in each zone, while also queuing normal randoms. You will want the skill points. By the time you clear each zone, if you are popping pots or scrolls, you should be pretty close to 50, I would think.

I do quests that I haven’t done on other characters (plus daily BG) too bad achievements aren’t account wide.

-Go through tutorial, with white training gear I threw together only training gear from level 10 and up is purple quality and stored afterward for future use. Visit guild house to use the steed stone.

-Level provisioning to get the extra drink time passives unlocked

-re spec to get back the extra points I put into crafting, join mages guild and fighters guild

-equip a higher level set of training gear, start running through main quest for skill points, while using xp scrolls.

-sometimes do a load of the easier early skill point quests in a number of alliance zones but don't turn the quests in till I have a large number than use a scroll and go collect them all but only during a double XP event or its not worth it as much.

-equip higher level training gear, go to the alikir dolmens, swap out training gear every ten levels, use either the highest XP scrolls or potions I have.

-Stay at the dolmens till the scroll or potion expires then, travel to town decon everything to help start leveling crafting skills(make sure to assign CP for the 10% inspiration boost) start another XP scroll or potion, log out whenever I need a break. Level as many skill lines as I can before I hit 50.

-Once the character hits 50, re spec skill points, level all the crafting skills.

Once the character is leveled to 50 and all crafting skills are maxed, I either set them up to do daily writs or re spec to get the skill points back and start skill point hunting so I can flesh out the character.

additional notes:

-sometimes use the master writ method of maxing alchemy and enchanting and doing a large number of easy master writs all at once but only if there is a double XP event on and I have a 150% xp scroll or potion otherwise its not worth wasting the gold to do so unless you have a stupid amount at your disposal.

-I don't use Skyreach because I prefer to level alone and mob grinding area's are hit and miss you can easily waste an XP scroll or potion if too many people turn up.

-I don't use the daily dungeon or battleground XP bonus, queue times are unreliable and I don't want to put in too much effort to build the alts I am leveling to make them useful in group content before they hit CP160.

1. Craft training gear
2. Use scrolls/pots
3. Kill kill kill

Level 3-10 = skyshard gathering & nMA. (random gear)
Level 10-50 = Under 50 Cyrodiil campaign & more skyshards. (gear change from bank every 10 levels but I only use Impen trait.)

My account is ~CP1150 so that's it.

With daily rewards you get a ton on exp scrolls. I save them up before starting new toons. Basically I just play the game until level 10ish. Hit a quick zombie grind in Deshaan and the public dungeon there, even though it’s packed the exp adds up quick and you get tons of stuff to decon or sell for leveling crafting. I’ve got 2 sets only of training gear, blue lv15 and purple lv30. I’ve also bought the cheap room in Mournhold so I can travel there whenever I wish.

Anyway with my lv15 gear I will usually go complete the first 3-4 zones of the faction quest line for that toon. 3 for AD and 4 for EP/DC because they have 2 starter islands instead of just the one. If I’m at lv30 I trade my gear for the purple training gear and start hitting the main quest line. If I’m short there is a nice little grind spot by silent mire Wayshrine in Deshaan where you start at the doleman and run the loop all the way out last the ship and back around the time the doleman pops again. There are several heavy sacks and chests on this run also, good for obtaining mats.

So when I complete the main quest I have a ton more skill points to work with as well. I’m usually in the 43-45 range at this point and I’ll pop back over to my spot in Deshaan to top off my levels. I’ll generally hit lv50 before I have all the skills I need unlocked or morphed. From there I will collect some easy skyshards or hit some public dungeons For the skill points needed to flesh out whatever build I am working on.

I get my FG and MG and craft certification as soon as they are available as well. With just 2hr scrolls active i generally hit 50 in 3-4 days. You’ll also get a 100 or a 150 percent scroll along the way also. Save those for the last 4-5 levels so they go faster.

Fleshing our all the skills takes a bit more grinding. Either just play the game or go to your favourite grind spot to finish those.

Make a list of 40K or Elder Scrolls lore
Follow the damn train at Alik'r desert

For all the ppl with do what u like. No sheet Sherlock. The post was a question of how u power level alts. For those that talk about do this so u don't have to do it later. Skyshards, lorebooks and whatever that's not efficient for "power lvling" to 50. It's tedious and mind numbing but dolmens and skyreach is my go to for efficiency to 50. Also I recommend purple training gear. It's not expensive to upgrade but worth it. With that said. I start out with lvl10 purple training and use it to lvl49. The game is that easy and forgiving imo. Also with dolmens u just need to tag not kill. Skyreach u just need to be close and not die. I like to point out my alts do have the advantage of max cp. Now I do stop power lvling this way at lvl45. Lvl45 is when I focus on lorebooks, skyshards, psijic skill line. I have max champion points, master crafter and money in the bank so this will not help everyone. But to answer the question. That's how I power lvl alts. The master writ is something I have not tried. Guess it's time to lvl another alt.

Narvuntien wrote: »

I often make alts for new expansions. when I first started I made one for each alliance. there isn't really much of a reason to hurry in this game to be honest.

It's a role-playing game I like to give my characters their own personalities and backstories and play it out through questing. You have to get to know your characters..

Same here. I explore the world, sometimes starting with the "most recent expansion" but sometimes not, and playing around with exploring is how I figure out who my character "really is".

Often they will get their "pets" or "mounts" from something in the world or as part of their backstory. It's enjoyable to play them and figure out who they are by being them and seeing how they react.

That being said:

Level 10
- go to Cyrodiil & do the intro quest.
- Then start doing undaunteds, lately I've been working up healers or tanks; as long as you can do the job in a lowbie dungeon it's fine (can't stand "fake" tanks or healers or DPS).
- for some folks, start doing random battlegrounds
- usually this is also where I start the main quest for extra skill points

Just doing zone quests and one daily dungeon/one daily BG. Using the gear I find.

I'm a simple man!