After about 1-2 hours of failing at it gloriously, dying about a dozen times, I managed to pull off my first solo ZF GY farm thanks to this video. Cheers dude! You're awesome.

This dude hosted me last night at like 2am EST with 250 viewers while I was showing my discord buddies how to make the Mara pull. Had me shook. I appreciate the host but I wanted to say that I appreciate the videos and use you as a primary source for any farming content I need to learn. Thank you and keep up the good work!

I used this strat (thanks Arlaeus!) to level from 44 to 54 and it was very fast. Some tips: 1) For races that are too tall to use the safe spots and need consumables, you have another option besides noggenfoggers (which aren't available until level 44). Savory deviate delights work perfectly, last an hour, and you can still mount up! 2) If using safe spots on the way to the GY, don't wait just until the mobs are reset. Make sure any totems that are remotely close to you are also down. Otherwise, they tend to put you back in combat when you peek out to mount up. 3) On your first few runs, instead of immediately triggering the boss and opening graves I recommend you lose your trailing mobs behind the pots on the left as you enter the graveyard. Then, with no mobs around, practice the jump up onto the boss's temple. I had a lot of trouble with this jump at first because I was trying to jump in the actual corner, but it's easier if you don't hug the wall. It took me a few tries to learn it but it's super worth it! You make pretty decent gold as well.

Man, when I first started watching this I was like, "aw man, I don't want to watch a 30 minute video on someone yabbering pointless stuff". Boy was I wrong. Your video is SO full of information and INCREDIBLY helpful and well-edited. Thank you so much for sharing your strategies for this. My mage is 42 and although I know it's going to be rough, your video has made me excited to try this. Thank you so much!

4 am youtube sesh and I spent 29 mins watching this and I don't even play a mage

Not sure if this is well known but if you fall, there’s a reset spot. If you notice the pillar broken into 3 pieces, if you run in between the first two, it’ll reset them. Hope I saved you guys a lot of death runs!

For anybody struggling with jumping between the platforms....BUY MOVEMENT SPEED FOR YOUR BOOTS HOLY COW THAT HELPED SO MUCHHHH

As a friend of mine told me "if zombies had xp each time i was dead, they could be allready 60"

I've watched quite a few videos on these runs and I just want to say that yours is the best one out there imo. You explain EVERYTHING!! I've done this ZF GY run for 3 levels now and everything I've had to learn by trial and error (aka: dying loads) you've explained and made clear, plus you even showed how to get out and everything. I'm also happy you actually gave credit to where you found this, even tho that guy is not the first one who found it or anything but whatever if he wants to make everyone believe he did :p Great vid, love your stuff!

Had a level 44 mage alt. Watched this video not more than 2 days ago and it's now level 52 after just around 6 hours playtime (Had some rested xp saved up for that first level). This strategy is surprisingly easy to get down, really appreciate the thoroughly detailed video!

This was a really helpful video, thanks! A few things I learned from starting this at lvl 42 and from tips picked up in other comments: - If you die a LOT, don't worry, as long as you're improving you'll get there. Took me 4 hours to really start getting it but it CAN be done at level 42 and once you get the hang of it, quite straightforward. - If you're having trouble deaggroing on the first safe spot, as an alternative run up the hill to the right and jump (mounted) onto the wall. This is a little risky as you've only got 1 try at this. If you miss the wall jump you can skip and try to run to the second safe spot, but you might need to blow your cooldowns nova / cold snap to get there. But if you make it onto the wall, it's EASY to deaggro and you can then hop down a little bit onto one of the posts that sticks out from the wall, , which will allow you to mount up and go for safe spot no. 2. This vid will show you how to jump onto the wall kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aKh7f8WVmpynaHU.html - if you're aggroing the boss in the scarab room and he won't reset, use the safe spot referred in this video, then jump up to the crack in the wall, quickly jump down on to the other side of the wall, run forward and take a left at the end of the wall and jump onto the box on the ground. He will de aggro then once you're on the box. - if you're having trouble opening graves, just open the first ones Arleus does on the right, hide behind the vase, then run straight to the safe spot behind the boss. Climb up as normal. So you're standing on the ledge directly above the safe spot area, then wand the boss and step back a bit to deaggro after a few seconds. He will summon zombies 1 to 2 at a time from the graves, to save you doing it! Keep doing this until he stops summoning zombies when you aggro him. Takes 5 to 10 minutes but it's safer. Then when you're ready to start the kill, just rank 1 flames trike the stairs in front of the boss and all the mobs will come to you, clumped up and no need for extra pulls. - as said by others here, if you fall down while jumping between the platforms, immediately sit down behind the left box, as far left as you can. Don't sit too far to the right of this box as the mobs will come to you. Eventually they will all de aggro you might need to shuffle left and right a bit and keeping sitting down again. You can start over the kill once you deaggro everything. - finally, THAT jump, you know the one I mean at the safe spot in the graveyard room. You don't get much time to try before you get mashed. The jump is actually simple, DON'T run forward as you jump! Press jump and THEN press W to go forward. Point yourself slightly to the right as you do it. 2 hops and you'll be up!

Love your rapport and video structure. Will definitely be tuning in to a stream in the future =] Can't wait to practice this tomorrow, so far has been much easier than kiting all of them 😂

Awesome guide :) Leveled my 44 mage to 49 tonight. Died 2 times, but this was really fun! Continuing the grind tomorrow

I think leaving the death in there was a great choice, makes my countless deaths much less frustrating. You rule dude!

I saw the other guys video a couple days ago and I was working on it for a few hours yesterday. I got the killing rotation down really well. You just gave me a few solutions to the places I was having trouble!! Thank you so much!

Love this!!!! Thank you. Have some trouble pulling that first mob but after dying a bunch at 42, 43 was a ton easier

This made me excited to start leveling my mage again, will definitely be trying this out!

Can 100% confirm that Edgemaster's Handguards CAN drop from the "Zul'Farrak Dead Hero" non-elite mob that sometimes spawns from the graves. I was quite shocked seeing them pop up while looting on my 52 Mage.

Great video, have done 3 successful pulls now and am getting the hang of it. The pit to the left of the boss is my bane atm lol. I keep coming back to the video to study the niche situations and or issues like mob deaggro and blizz placements.

Took me a couple tries but finally got it down. This is AMAZING!! Subbed for sure, your videos are awesome.

JUST started doing this works flawlessly thanks again brother

25:48 There is another reset spot that I just found, after dieying like 10 times by failng the jumps :L If you fall at the spot where you jump back and forth, there are 3 stones, stand in between the middle one and the one at the wall. Enemies will evade. So if you fail the jump, you can hide and reset the attempt without having nova / blink through them

Cant even wait till the end to comment, best walkthrough video ive ever seen. Thank you kindly.

Awesome video, thank you. This may be common knowledge now, but the spot under where you jump from ledge to ledge during the kill phase (between the wall column and the very first block at the ground level) is also a reset spot. if you fall off when you are on the ledge closest to the witch doctor you can hide in between the two blocks to reset. You can then mount up and jump back up the exact way you came down (all the way back around the witch doctor) to get all mobs once again and repeat the encounter. If the mobs get to you before you make it to the spot they can technically path to you if they have LOS when you enter the spot, however. This spot has saved me quite a few times.

A few tips for some difficult situations that can arise during this. 1) If you pull the Shadow Hunter: Keep him targeted and sheeped the whole time. I've pulled him like 5 times and he's always been on the far left side so just make sure all your Blizzards are away from him. Kill him afterwards. This is definitely made easier if you properly use your gems and any pots you have. 2) if you pull the Witch Doctor: This one is super easy. You should have a Shoot command for your wand on your bar. If you are on the small pillar (far from the boss) you can hit almost anything from that distance. make sure to wand kill any Healing Totems that the Witch Doctor drops. Killing her after can be an issue as she heals, but just jump back and for using Frostbolt or your wand. She will eventually run out of mana and just drop totems which can be killed. 3) The second save spot jump can be super tricky. I line myeself up with the shadow on the ground and jump about a step or two after I pass the end of the shadow. If you are having a huge problem with it, use the first vase to reset the trailing mobs after the initial run. Then go back and practice the reset jump. Thanks for the video Arlaeus! Went from 48-52 and made 200g so far in the process!

ur awesome for giving credit to the guy who discovered this

Super helpful video!!! Your videos are of great quality and you explain things sooo well. tytyty

Thank you for aways making such straight forward and honest content.

My mage just hit 41, perfect time for this video to come out :D

26:06 that face, when you laugh at your own mistakes, lololol good job dude.

Thank you so much for the video I rerolled mage after watching it. Finally got my first ZF GY clear lvl 42. Getting the pathing down was the hardest part. I was having trouble with jumping back and forth on the ledge it require precision. However I put minor speed enchant on my boots and that made all the difference in the world. It gives you room for error. I also used mirthril spurs on another pair of boots and I rarely have gotten stunned..

Excellent, love your detail in the videos!

Just to add on this, when you are running your character through ZF and are using the reset spots, there are different positions on the reset spots. So for example, a general rule of thumb, on the second reset spot, if a mob is aggro'd to you from the right side, use the right block to reset. If a mob is on the left side, (will be a patrol) position yourself on the left block that's angled. The first reset spot also has something like this, but I can't remember the rule. You don't need to sit or noggen, just try whatever block you're not behind.

Here's a couple things I've learned: -Be careful when you're on the "short" ledge. You do NOT want to be standing too far back when pulling the mobs, they can hit you from the bottom. Here's a drawing: imgur.com/a/Y3HVuCa -If you pull a shadowhunter or a witch doctor during the final kill, you HAVE to polymorph them. Use your max rank poly, and poly them outside of your AoE. Make sure they're poly'd until the end of the fight. Afterwards, loot up, wand them, and run to a reset spot. Shadowhunters are the biggest problem. Witch doctors aren't as big of a deal, but you'll want to poly them so you can loot after the kill. -Minor speed enchant for your boots will help you out tremendously -Make sure you have some sort of vendor price addon. Some gray items sell for ~1g, you don't want to throw it away for a crap recipe. -Use int/stam gear for getting to the farming spot and opening graves, switch to int/spirit gear for the kill. Great video. I gave it 10 attempts at level 42, couldn't get it done until level 43. Now I got it down pat, was able to level from 43-47 in 4.5 hours. That's insane.

Have used your guidance to level a mage. Quested/Grinded 1-15 in no time at all. I went Stockades boosts 15-28 then SM Arm/Cath 1 pulls 28-40. Started Mara at 40. Currently sitting at level 41 with my mount. 1 day 19 hours played time. Can’t wait to hit level 44 so I can start my zombie training!

Thank you and the guy who has shared it! Awesome method of leveling and gathering additional gold from this :)

FYI, This is much easier than the Cone of Cold strat. I spent like 2 hours trying to learn the CoC strat, I got this on my 2nd try. Very easy and effective.

Great timing on this video. I just started trying this.

Finally got my first run done at lvl 42 after 8 attempts thanks a lot man!

Great explanation and tricks! Thanks a lot for the video!=)

Amazing video! Thank you for all the info about this strategy, i'm having some success with it (still learning). One question, once the pull is finished, how do i get back to the entrance to reset it?

Feels so good when you get things like this down. Same with Tribute runs as a hunter. Although I do consider that quite a bit more challenging. Some advice: It gets way easier reaching GY at 43.

When you fail your jump from wall to wall and you know that you cant make it up again without diing. There is also a save spot on the very left rock when you look direction north.(its the right rock at 24:49) If thats the rock width: [_______], stand here [_x____], sit down and wait. Sometimes its hard to get them off you and 1 or 2 mobs will remain. just frostnova and run/jump to the next save spot and restart your procedure. Even you have to start killing the zombies from 0 its still better then diing ;). Thank you for the great video Arlaeus :)

Saw you do this live on twitch and was amazed! Awesome stuff!

You are my hero when it comes to learning all these runs!

This is so hard to master lol After a full day of grinding 43 to 49 this is fantastic

Great content! I will say it seems you got the most optimal arrangement of mobs. Instantly much harder for those who are 42 and have the melee mobs closest to pathway in early ZF. You seem to (and me on my first clear) seem to have gotten the casters toward the path, which gives you more time to get away and not get hit by melee mobs. Specifically the groups at and after @12:14 . Nice though!

AMAZING video, great explanations. I found that as UD, some of the "reset" spots had a lot of trouble with shadow mages continuing to keep aggro. Level 44 for reference. Polymorph, counterspell, and making some subtle adjustments behind the boxes did the trick

Thanks for the shoutout buddy!

Just watched video try this tip out as you run through the graveyard when you get to witch doctor to start the event open the graves to your right only. hide behind the vase in the back of the room wait for reset mount up shimmy up the wall wand boss back n fourth dropping aggro for 4-5 minutes or until when you start combat no more graves get open by the boss then run around the boss like you did r1 flame strike the stairs to boss and another r1 fs right as they turn the corner and they will be so clumped it's free I took my mage from 42-53 in about 6-7 hours

Just recently started this on a 42 male undead, 1477 HP and 3465 mana, and have some tips for ya from trial and error. First safe spot I recommend running up the left side and sitting behind the boxes instead of going through the middle or blinking towards the rear. The LOS for the mobs definitely took some practice, but don't be afraid to wiggle around in there and use a /sit macro. I've also ice blocked in there a few times and that somehow reset aggro a couple times. Next safe spot, you can nova snap nova the two packs, but I prefer the mount speed and just run pass them. Blink into that safe spot and wiggle around, making careful note of the pats. And the mad dash to the last spot is pretty straight forward. Took me 2h 30m to get to the last safe spot on my first try, 23m for my second, and was able to get there on my third attempt in 8 minutes. Keep at it and don't give up, I promise it gets better, and that sweet sweet xp is so worth it! GL!

I've spent so much time trying to jump onto that damn ledge in that graveyard when you enter. But in the end i finally learned how to do it. Sadly this is the only mage aoe run i learned to do consistently. SM, ZG were 30% effective... i panic what can I say. But thank you for taking the time to make it (btw I blame myself for not doing the runs well). I stoped playing a year ago. Eas fun playing classic since I couldn't while I was younger. Best wishes to you and hope you are doing well!

Remember, that jump, along with most AoE farming, is so much easier with minor movement speed on boots.

Used my level 60 BiS fury warrior to clear to GY, then brought it mage to clear at level 41. then logged warrior out and did full GY at level 41. 40 would be possible as well, but it takes about 200 jumps due to all the resists.

I ve studied your method while leveling to 42 and was able to get it first try. Cheers sir for the amazing content.

God this is so much better than other guide I watched. thanks got it first try after watching

Wow, tried this and was it easy as heck, first pull was no problem. This is amazing

Love the video, just wish you had 1 more thing to say about when killing scarabs. I always get one of two things happening after ice block -> frost nova and starts blizzard, patrol ALWAYS comes and gets aggro'd and/or always 1 scarab that doesnt get nova'd, just 1. Anything or tips for this?

i think your videos are something else... they way you explain is just perfect!! nice job!

ARLAEUS YOU ARE THE MAN!! I did wipe for about 2 hours but then I got it down and omg its so amazing thank you 🙏🏻

Thank you all for watching! I hope you enjoyed this video!! I tried to include everything I could, but please ask me any questions you have below! Also, If you would like to see this and more mage/priest content live check out the links below!! Twitch - twitch.tv/arlaeus Discord - discord.gg/M97FQtF Twitter - twitter.com/arlaeus Additionally, my description accidentally says level 52-54, but it should be 42-54! My hope is to one day make content like this and stream full time. Just watching the video helps me get one step closer to that goal, so thank you very much. If you would like to support my channel further, below is the link to my streamelements tipping page! Support the Channel - streamelements.com/arlaeus/tip

Awesome video!!! Though you mentioned early on that you would go over gear and talents at the end but you never did. Can you at least write that up?

Took alot of practice at 42 but by the time i was 43 i had it nailed, brilliant tutorial!

Really nicely done and detailed video man, thanks! Am lvl 43 now, gonna start this at lvl 44 just to make it easier. I am wearing the same hat as you are in the video XD

i keep getting a mob casting shadowbolt at me when trying to clear the gy

God this makes me want to level a second mage.

I watched your video twice before I attempted it. It is really, really hard at 42... had lots of deaths. Took around 1.5 days to get from 42 to 43 but this was in between work when working from home. However, once I got to 43 it changed instantly, perfect runs and got to 44 in like an hour. The mobs at the beginning don't aggro as much so it's a lot easier to get to gy which is the main cause of death in general with this method. Thanks for the video and for explaining everything!

I know this vid is a few months old now, but just wanted to say how helpful and clear it actually is. Been leveling my first mage in Classic since Vanilla and was hyped to try this out when I got to 42. Got there tonight and was able to get going right away with hardly any problems at all on my first try surprisingly. Really couldn't ask for a better tutorial on the method!

Missed one of the most important parts, which was the talents. Any chance you can add that when you have a chance please. Otherwise another great video! Appreciate all the time you put into your videos.

As a gnome (42) who just started doing this. I keep constantly getting stuck in the GY trying to get up on the ledge reset spot and die. having to reset and start over. Is there a trick to jump up there effectively?

Awesome guide, cant wait to try it out!

Some really good tips here, thanks for that. Gonna give it a try again when I get home from work. I gave up on this and went with the coc farm instead because I couldn't get it down but this video should help me get the technique right. Cheers!

this guy reminds me of Hobbs. One of my all time favorit lvling by paladin. With tips and tricks aswell from classic/tbc =D

Finally clicked for me today, thank you!

Very well put together video @arlaeus. Well done sir.

Crazy. I was in the same guild as Necerium Cloudes for a couple of years. So cool to see him mentioned here :D We used to play on Shazzrah Horde.

As a Troll Mage. I can say I had major problems with the safespots. I decided to try Savory Deviate Delight to turn myself into a Human. Now I'm going through every time as a 42 level.

nice i was just watchin the other guys vid

thanks dude! i went from 44 to 52 in 2 days, started and failed at 42 so i boosted to 44 and it was easy going since then

So it took about two hours to learn this farm, but after I got it down the xp/hr was actually insane! 42-48 in about 6 hours averaging around 100-150k/hr! Very thorough video and excellent info. Thanks for posting it!

took around 3 hrs to get it, the first time the xp rolled in felt so fucking good

The most op spell in the game is named after the company that made it “blizzard”

awesome vids. very helpful thanks!

@5:56 - This is going to sound dumb, but before attempting for the first time practice that jump (or even the jumps and loops around the perimeter of the GY). It looks simple, but if you aren't used to it, it's easy to miss and fall. I tried to do it with the pull and got splatted pretty fast :) And also, thanks for the video and extremely detailed tutorial - this is great! I can't wait till I get it down perfectly.

So far at lvl 42 and 2h of attempts I have 0XP and 1 mill deaths...lol

Managed this run on my level 46 Warlock, died once on the way to the Graveyard but had my Soulstone up. The Dead Heroes are immune to Shadow Damage, so you'd prefer not getting those. Still need to clean out the run... getting to the Graveyard was the hardest part of it all. Since oyu don't do real AoE but instead just DoT things up, you don't need to pull the whole place in 1 go. Took me about 20 minutes to kill all zombies the first time.

Well done and thanks for all the detail. :)

you're a genius. even if you don't make money off youtube I hope you know your videos are extremely helpful and make many people's lives easier. you rock dude.

Thank you for the video, I have been doing ZF ever since :D Only thing I can't figure out is how you get up on the wall when you pull the scarabs :D

at 42 mobs just continually aggro to me in safe spots, making it impossible to mount up

Great video mate! Thanks for this! Btw. I am a female troll. Had huge problems loosing aggro, untl I started using Savory Delight. Turns out human female is great size to hide.

I was finally able to get this down and it was so satisfying! Tried the invis pot strat at 40-41 and had no luck. Looking forward to flying through levels 42-54 now :)

Also if you are the undead for some reason we fit in the spot you're saying female gnomes can go through, just Fyi for anyone.

Sometimes I wonder why I rolled warrior. Mages are so broken sometimes

this was super helpful thanks!

omg i did this a few years ago and got it down. came back to classic...did they really "fix" the safe spots?!!?!?!

Word of the Day: Disaggregated.

I mess up the jump at 4:04 almost every time.

thank you Arlaeus!! Im blasting from 45-50+ right now. Takes a few tries to get the hang of it but well worth it! About 4-5 bars per run if i successfully aggro most mobs

I did it !! Took about 20-30 tries at lvl43. But damn those first 2 reset points behind the boxes are tricky with pats coming in. You need to reposition yourself from side to side of the boxes and try losing agro from mobs who are sometimes looking at you from both sides one by one. They can see you when you're in the crevice between the boxes as well so keep that in mind. Also minor speed on boots helps alot, and some mana and hp pots. You should wait till your shield has about 5-10 seconds left on cooldown because you want to use it again when approaching the reset points, you can use it before or after u blink the last distance. And do blink, it makes it easier. At the aoe part try to agro the packs of zombies quickly after eachother else you're gonna have a hard time getting them packed closely. Also if you're running low on mana and your evocation is on cd just stop aoeing and do the jump a few more times to give yourself some time to replenish mana. Tnx for the video and tips !!