Survival Skill Leveling Guide

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Survival Skill Leveling Guide

Post by Gifted » Sat Aug 03, 2019 9:27 pm

For many players new to Turtle WoW the survival profession is a little bit confusing and may not seem like it's worth the time to learn it. Read on to learn the true benefits of survival!

Why Level Survival?

For most players, the answer to this question is the Traveler's Tents! These are crafted items that last for 30 minutes. While you stand in or near the tent you gain a significant boost to your rested XP gains. The best part is, the boost from tents can stack! So if you get multiple tents set-up next to one another your rested XP gains go up even quicker!

The Cost of Survival

The cost to complete the survival quest is 75 silver 50 copper. But once you have the survival skill you'll need to purchase items to craft in order to level your profession. The TOTAL cost of completing the survival quest + purchasing enough items to level your survival to the point of being able to craft your own tents is 1 gold 45 silver 65 copper. When you have enough to complete the quest and purchase the necessary items it's time to head to the Survival Expert in Stranglethorn Vale!

Total Cost: 1g 45s 65c

The Survival Quest

To get your survival skill you need to complete the Night's Exploration quest from Rufus Hardwick (survival expert) located at Nesingwary's Camp in northern Stranglethorn Vale. The quest requires that you obtain 3 items.

The first item is a Wooden Club. This can be looted from a small Pile of Wood on the ground at the camp where you get the quest. The second item is a Coil of Sturdy Rope. This can be purchased from Jaquilina Dramet (superior axecrafter) at the camp for 35 silver. The third item is Cheap Goblin's Oil. This can be purchased from Mazk Snipeshot (engineering supplies) in Booty Bay for 40 silver 50 copper.

The best way to complete this quest at low level is to get the Darkshire flight point in Duskwood then head to Nesingwary's Camp in northern Stranglethorn Vale. Talk to Rufus Hardwick (survival expert) and accept the quest he offers. Look around on the ground at the camp for a wood pile and loot it for the Wooden Club. Talk to Jaquilina Dramet (superior axecrafter) and purchase the Coil of Sturdy Rope (35s). Now hearth to Stormwind. Talk to the Arena Ambassador (near the Storwind Bank) to be teleported to the Gurubashi Arena. This will help you avoid the long and dangerous run through most of Stranglethorn Vale. From the Gurubashi Arena run to Booty Bay and talk to Mazk Snipeshot (engineering supplies) to purchase the Cheap Golin's Oil (40s 50c). Get the flight point at Booty Bay and fly all the way back to Duskwood. From there, return to Nesingwary's Camp and turn-in the quest. You'll receive a book and a torch as quest rewards. Read the book to learn the survival skill and start at skill level 1 then light your torch using the campfire in the camp to gain survival skill level 2!

Horde Players - You can get to Stranglethorn Vale using the boat to get to Booty Bay (buy your Cheap Goblin's Oil before starting the quest), your version of the arena ambassador (which I assume is in Orgrimmar) to get to the Gurubashi Arena, or I believe you can use your flight point in Stranglethorn Vale to complete the quest. It's just a question of how long a run you want to make to get to Nesingwary's Camp!

Survival Equipment

Now that you've completed the quest it's wise to purchase everything you need to get your survival skill up to level 75 so you can make tents for rested XP. Purchase the following items from Rufus Hardwick (the same guy who gave you the quest):
  • Flint & Tinder (1)
  • Unlit Poor Torches (60) *
  • Simple Wood (60)
  • Traveler's Tent Blueprints (1) *
* Can only be purchased from Rufus, so get them now if you don't want to run back later...

Leveling Survival 1-75

The key to leveling your survival skill is patience. Every item has a cooldown period, so it's just a matter of time + crafting items as you quest. Place the Unlit Poor Torches (from your inventory) and Bright Campfire (from your spellbook) on one of your actionbars so you can see the time remaining on their cooldowns. Now as you're out questing constantly make a bright campfire and a torch whenever the campfire is off cooldown. Torches are on a shorter cooldown than the campfire, but you need a flame to light the torch with, so it's easiest to craft them whenever you make a campfire.

The campfires will give you a skill-up 100% of the time all the way to 75. The torches will give you a skill-up 100% of the time up to about skill 10-20. After that it's more like 50% of the time, so keep making them even if they don't give you a skill-up. The Bright Campfire has a 5 minute cooldown and the Unlit Poor Torch has a cooldown of about 1-2 minutes (unfortunately, torches don't show their cooldown timer).

If you make a campfire and a torch every 5 minutes it will take you roughly 3-4 hours depending on your luck crafting torches. If you stand around making campfires every 5 minutes and torches every 2 minutes you can hit 75 in roughly 2.5 hours!

Leveling Survival 76-150

Again, the key here is patience. You can keep crafting torches & lighting campfires, but now you can make tents too (2 hr cooldown timer). Just keep plugging away at it until you hit 125 and can make your own Fishing Boats!

Hosting A Tent Party!

Now that you can make Traveler's Tents it's common for players to host a Tent Party in front of one of their faction's major cities. For Alliance this is usually Stormwind. For the Horde this is usually Orgrimmar. Announce that you're hosting a tent party in /world before you pitch your tent. Other players will usually show-up for the rested XP gains. Some of them will be able to make tents too! With any luck you'll get several tents up to significantly increase your bonuses!

UPDATE: Players have started hosting Tent Parties at the Gurubashi Arena since both factions have Arena Ambassadors that will teleport you directly to the arena! Be sure to advertise on /diplomacy so both Horde + Alliance players will show-up to benefit from your tent and maybe pitch one of their own!

Hope this guide helps =)

~Gifted
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Post by Pompa » Mon Aug 05, 2019 2:59 pm

Great guide! Thanks a lot. <3

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Re: Survival Skill Leveling Guide

Post by Frosty » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:13 pm

Amazing, thank you Gifted. You're best of all the turtles.

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Post by Maruko » Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:45 pm

Very well done. Kudos.

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Re: Survival Skill Leveling Guide

Post by Bullfish90 » Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:21 pm

Just a little correction, for Alliance quest is given by Sir S.J. Erlgadin, not by Rufus Hardwick. smiling_turtle_head

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Re: Survival Skill Leveling Guide

Post by Skalman » Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:51 pm

To me making fire gave skill point every time up to 150, while tources every 3-5 times after about 80. So seems making fires (even if longer cooldown) is much less stress.

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Post by Roxanneflowers » Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:58 pm

Lighting Torches had a 1 minute cooldown and a low chance of granting +1 skill point.
Lighting Bright Campfires had a 5 minute cooldown and a guaranteed chance of granting +1 skill point.

If you just want to add skill points, just do only the Bright Campfires.
If you need the torches (Dark Nights mod), then go ahead and light torches and consider the +1 skill a random bonus rather than something to be relied upon.

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Re: Survival Skill Leveling Guide

Post by Toemaster » Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:16 pm

Has anything changed?I've done the requirements but can't build the tent.

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Post by Merikkinon » Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:25 am

I believe the tent becomes a special spell in the generic section of the spellbook (like where you have your passives and racials)

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Post by Emberlain » Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:33 am

Toemaster wrote: Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:16 pm Has anything changed?I've done the requirements but can't build the tent.
I had what I think is a bug were I had to open a different profession window, other than survival (like Alchemy), then while that window is open, click the Survival profession in your Spellbook and you should see Torch, Tent, and Fishing Boat in your Alchemy tab (or whatever profession window you opened).

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Post by Toemaster » Wed Feb 02, 2022 8:35 pm

Emberlain wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:33 am
I had what I think is a bug were I had to open a different profession window, other than survival (like Alchemy), then while that window is open, click the Survival profession in your Spellbook and you should see Torch, Tent, and Fishing Boat in your Alchemy tab (or whatever profession window you opened).

That worked for me,thank you

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Post by Zirek » Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:40 pm

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Post by Patadepalo » Thu May 19, 2022 8:20 pm

Great job

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Re: Survival Skill Leveling Guide

Post by Desuku » Mon Sep 19, 2022 1:26 am

This needs updating. The Arena Ambassadors have been removed...

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Post by Neo4m » Tue May 16, 2023 7:21 am

Update: Just did this. Tents can be made at 50. I got a point on every torch upto 46, then i needed to make about 15 for the last 4 points. You can vendor your torches as you make them, so I just kept a window open to the vendor and sold them as they were created.

For those that don't know, you can make 1 tent at a time as it is unique. It has a 2hr crafting cooldown. Buy extra ropes in the camp, as each tent needs one. The other mats are linen and simple wood (which is sold at any general goods vendor).

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Post by Neo4m » Tue May 16, 2023 7:23 am

Also the tent plans cost 1.5g now. Everything else is cheap except the Goblin oil which was 45s (don't accidentally buy 2 like me). The oil is sold by the engineering goblin in the Old Port Authority building.

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Post by Neo4m » Tue May 16, 2023 7:25 am

Merikkinon wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:25 am I believe the tent becomes a special spell in the generic section of the spellbook (like where you have your passives and racials)
Bright Campfire is there, but tents are still under the Survival profession menu for me.

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Post by Monkeywrench » Thu May 18, 2023 8:29 am

Yeah don't HS and go look for Arena Ambassador.

Also Dim Torches now have no cooldown, you can make them until lvl 30 with 100% chance of skilling up

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Re: Survival Skill Leveling Guide

Post by Aubrey » Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:42 pm

How do you make the torches?

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Post by Styopa1 » Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:45 pm

Any chance this would get updated to current methods?

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Post by Pett » Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:18 am

is gardening a part of this? I know we can get seeds but I can't find how to use them

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Post by Aeternusdoleo » Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:42 am

Aubrey wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:42 pm How do you make the torches?
With the required materials in inventory and the crafting skill and recipe learned, open the "Survival" crafting menu from your general skills screen. Icon will be a campfire. Then craft them, much any other crafting skill works.
Pett wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:18 am is gardening a part of this? I know we can get seeds but I can't find how to use them
It is. You will need to take a small quest to get access to the basics, which for Alliance starts right outside Stormwind. For Horde I don't know where it is, probably close to Ogrimmar's south exit. You can buy the recipes for crafting a planter with a nearby NPC.

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Post by Xudo » Fri Jul 14, 2023 2:46 am

Horde quest for gardening can be found in Mulgore, Bloodhoof village.
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Post by Ruinsguoguo » Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:25 am

Excellent guidance, thank you for sharing your experience
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Post by Jaguare19 » Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:10 pm

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Post by Sharq » Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:05 pm

Seems this is outdated.
1. You can power level to 50 (when you can learn the tent blueprint) just with torches.
2. Creating the torches does not have any CD and gets quickier when closing the lvl to 50.
3. Tent blueprint is 1g50s
4. The oil from booty bay is bop so you cannot buy it on another character.
5. I could not find the npc which could teleport me to gurubashi from SW.
6. Going to booty on lvl9 alone is torture, all mobs along the road gets agroed and its impossible to defend... Maybe better chance with pet which could be sent to take aggro. Fortunately I found some nice priest who escorted me.
7. If you only want tents, you don't need to buy anything in STV, all mats are accessible in SW + Linen Cloth from AH.
8. There is 2hr CD on tent creation, it creates an item which can be used anywhere outside but requires 50 surv.

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Re: Survival Skill Leveling Guide

Post by Robin64 » Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:25 pm

Sorry, where is the Arena Ambassador now? Doesn't seem to be around the Stormwind bank at all any more.

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Post by Jfarinhote » Wed May 08, 2024 9:37 am

Is it possible to go over lvl 150?

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Post by Speedz1337 » Thu May 09, 2024 12:14 pm

Jfarinhote wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 9:37 am Is it possible to go over lvl 150?
not at the moment. Survival will have a overhaul in probably end of 2024 to maybe Q1 of 2025? The roadmap will gives a rough timeline. https://turtle-wow.org/images/roadmap_2024_2025.png
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Re: Survival Skill Leveling Guide

Post by Ashwhole » Mon Jul 22, 2024 9:30 pm

Guide is still outdated in July 2024 ?

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Re: Survival Skill Leveling Guide

Post by Akos1896 » Mon Jul 22, 2024 9:33 pm

Not a bad concept but honestly, the whole profession is about get tent (and optionally fishing boat).
Feels very shallow now, would need added qol items.

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