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What does 1–60 actually cost?

Without touching a single buff it's 4,084,700 experience to go from level 1 to 60. Everything below comes out of the client — the level curve and the buff percentages are both read from the game files, not typed in by hand.

From level

To level

Your XP / hour (guess it)

Buffs you'll have up

Discoverer's Delight+50%Experience gains increased by 50%. Gold earned from quests increased by 50%.Winds of Wisdom+50%CN onlyExperience gains increased by 50%.WoW Variety Show - The Winds of Inspiration!+50%Experience gains increased by 50%.Well Fed XP Boost+5%Experience gained from kills increased by 5%.

Base XP needed

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XP multiplier

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Hours at your rate

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Where these percentages come from

Every row above is a spell the client marks with aura 200, which the game describes verbatim as “Experience gains increased by X%”. The numbers aren't estimates — they're the effect values in the spell data.

Left out on purpose:Well-Rested— its value is stored as a reference to another spell ($429959s0) that isn't in the client. Rather than guess, it's excluded. The well-known rested bonus is still worth roughly double XP on its own.

Do the buffs stack?

They add, they don't multiply. Two +50% buffs land you at +100%, not +125%. That's why the multiplier column tops out fast and then flattens — and why chasing a fourth buff is usually worse than just playing the game faster.

Note the fine print on two of them: Well Fed XP Boost only applies to kills, and Winds of Wisdom is flagged CN only in the client. If you're on a US or EU realm, don't plan around it.