The experience boosts for retail and Classic WoW–called Winds of Wisdom and Joyous Journeys respectively–increase all experience points earned by 50%. Though the two buffs provide similar benefits, they won’t be around for the same amount of time.
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The Winds of Wisdom buff for retail World of Warcraft began on July 19, and ends on weekly resets during the first week of August–Tuesday, August 2–for players in the United States. Additionally, this buff only affects characters from levels 10 through 59. The Winds of Wisdom buff ends with the launch of Shadowlands Season 4, which provides a remix on the World of Warcraft expansion’s raids and Mythic dungeons. Players currently have about a week to benefit from the buff to level the last of their alts.
The Classic World of Warcraft Joyous Journeys buff, however, is less limited. The experience boost is available for all characters up through the current max level cap of 70. Though the Joyous Journeys buff does not have a set end date yet, World of Warcraft stated it planned to run for six to eight weeks. This means the experience buff will likely run nearly to the launch of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, possibly ending at the start of the pre-patch event.
Players are already trying to get the most out of the respective experience boosts. Both retail and Classic World of Warcraft have always encouraged alternate characters, and these experience buffs are great chances to level up extra characters. The Joyous Journeys buff in particular gives players a long window in which to prepare for Wrath of the Lich King Classic, a remaster of one of the most beloved World of Warcraft expansions.
However, many players are disappointed the Winds of Wisdom buff only lasts for two weeks this time around. While Shadowlands Season 4 will offer plenty of interesting content for raiders and Mythic dungeon players, casual players won’t have much to do for four or more months until Dragonflight releases, assuming it can meet its ambitious 2022 plans. With luck, World of Warcraft will run another experience boost event after Season 4 concludes shortly before Dragonflight.
World of Warcraft is available on PC. Wrath of the Lich King Classic releases September 26.
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