World of Warcraft’s new level cap has already been hit

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Four hours after Battle for Azeroth launches.

World of Warcraft’s new expansion Battle for Azeroth launched last night, and the level cap has already been met.

It took just four hours and seventeen minutes for Gingi, a member of World of Warcraft’s hardcore guild Method, to make the jump from WoW’s previous level cap of 110 to the new cutoff point of 120.

Gingi livestreamed his race to the level cap on Twitch, playing as a troll druid named Luigingi. He achieved the time using no special tricks other than completing quests as quickly as possible, having apparently devised a plan during beta.

Ginji was aided to the title by two other Method Guild members, Deepshades and Meeres. You can see the moment Ginji hit the level cap below, or sit back and watch the full four-hour endeavour if you’ve got the time to spare.

The previous record for reaching a level cap was five hours and 28 minute. This was achieved by Fragnance, who at the time belonged to the guild Serenity. Ironically, Serenity has since disbanded after a bunch of members, including Fragnance, defected to Method. 

Rick Lane
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Rick has been fascinated by PC gaming since he was seven years old, when he used to sneak into his dad's home office for covert sessions of Doom. He grew up on a diet of similarly unsuitable games, with favourites including Quake, Thief, Half-Life and Deus Ex. Between 2013 and 2022, Rick was games editor of Custom PC magazine and associated website bit-tech.net. But he's always kept one foot in freelance games journalism, writing for publications like Edge, Eurogamer, the Guardian and, naturally, PC Gamer. While he'll play anything that can be controlled with a keyboard and mouse, he has a particular passion for first-person shooters and immersive sims.