How World of Warcraft: Shadowlands’ Level Squish Works

The new World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion introduces a new level squish for players. Here’s everything WoW fans need to know about it.

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The upcoming eighth expansion for World of Warcraft is Shadowlands, which comes with many new features and content. One of the biggest changes coming to the game is that Shadowlands will feature a level squish. This means current World of Warcraft players will have their levels lowered, but leveling up is faster for newcomers. Essentially, World of Warcraft’s level squish translates the current level numbers into a new system. Here’s everything to know about the level squish before Shadowlands releases.

After a delayed release, the pre-patch for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is now live. This means players can begin a number of steps to familiarize themselves with the changes and features of the latest expansion. One of these changes, of course, is the new level squish.

The level squish means that existing World of Warcraft players will have their character levels reduced to a new scale. For instance, characters currently maxed at level 120 will have their level reduced to 50. However, this won’t change any of the characters’ power or stats. Instead, it’s simply a change to keep the player levels in the new Shadowlands expansion from growing too high.

How WoW’s Level Squish Affects Shadowlands

The level squish eventually translates to about a 2:1 scale, but that’s not the case for low and mid levels. Sometimes, the discrepancy between new and old levels are only 2-3 levels, while sometimes it’s much greater. Alongside the level squish, there are are also level speed changes. This means players will level up in Shadowlands about 60-70% faster on average.

However, after level 50, the leveling speed will slow down. Additionally, players shouldn’t expect to level up as quickly as they did with Shadowlands beta characters. This is because levels 50-60 are new to the World of Warcraft expansion, and will add more power and new growth to characters in Shadowlands. Basically, all the level squish and speed changes mean that players can get to the current max more quickly, before then getting into new leveling territory at 50-60 (which would’ve been something like 120-140 using the old leveling system).

When World of Warcraft: Shadowlands releases, it will have several noticeable changes. Thankfully, the pre-patch has now released, so players can experiment with some of these changes already. The level squish is really just a way to simplify the current WoW leveling system before numbers grow too high. It’s important to remember that while the character’s level may change, their power won’t.

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