What To Do at Level 50 in Season of Discovery Phase 3 | WoW SoD 50 Level Must-Do Things

What should you do when you hit the 50 level in Phase 3 of WoW Season of Discovery? This guide is chock-full of ideas for PVE, PVP, and everything to get the most out of your gameplay and then set you up for the true end game as well in Phase 4.

Top 5+ Things To Do At Level 50 in WoW Classic Season of Discovery Phase 3

Phase 3 has introduced a huge amount of new and upgraded content for max-level players. In this guide to everything you need to do after 50 level in Season of Discovery, we'll break down all the essential activities and goals you should be focusing on to maximize your character's power and preparation. We'll look at the new Emerald Warden reputation and gear, the valuable Wild Offerings farm, running old raids for important items and runes, and of course Sunken Temple. We'll also cover optimizing professions, making gold, pursuing the best PvP gear through Honor and Blood Moon, and the most important reputation grinds. By following this step-by-step plan, you'll be fully raid and PvP-ready in no time as you work towards the ultimate endgame in phase four. So let's get started with hitting Honored with the Emerald Wardens!

1. Prioritize Your Reputation with the Emerald Warden Faction

So, you've just hit level 50. The first thing you need to do is to hit honored with the Emerald Warden faction. This is the new faction associated with the incursion events, and it gives you one of your new runes and extremely strong pre-bis gear too. Each class gets an entire set of gear with competitive stats to Neron gear just from the honored rep. You're nearly raid-ready. In fact, many of the top players in my recent Sunken Temple raid just wore Emerald Warden gear. These dudes were pumping over 1,000 DPS in some of the fights just using this pre-bis gear.

As for how long it takes, the honored rep will take you about 4 hours of grinding Ferales incursions at level 50. The secret, though, is that you get 1,000 bonus rep from doing any Ferales quest once per day. If you play multiple characters, we highly recommend stockpiling at least one quest on each of your alts. Then you can turn it in each day to passively increase your rep all the way to exalted.

2. Wild Offerings Farm for Pre-Bis Gear

There is another key method to get pre-bis gear you don't want to miss out on too. That's the wild offerings farm. There's an NPC in Felwood that offers you the Wild Gods quest. It's a must-do because by the end of it, you get yet another key class rune. More importantly, though, once you finish the quest, you have access to several true bis items without even going in the raid. The breath trinket and the ring for my hunter are instant bis items that top parsers are using right now.

The most common method to get the wild offerings is princess runs. You can consistently get five wild offerings per hour, so a bis piece of gear nearly every 2 hours. One of the nice things about these offering runs for physical damage dealers is that you can get a pre-bis bracer and a Blackstone ring during the runs to get even closer to raid-ready.

3. Revisit Old Content for Key Runes and Gear

We've got these great new methods for getting pre-bis gear, but now it's time to go back in time. Several key runes and pieces of gear come from old content like BFD and Neron. For one thing, you'll definitely want to go back and grab runes like the Dark Rider rune for my hunter. That's a key part of the melee hunter build. Really, this should be your main priority even before getting pre-bis gear.

But after you have your runes, you should also look into BFD and Neron runs. For my hunter, my bis helmet for most fights is a crafted helmet from the Neron questline. Meanwhile, my bis gloves for short fights also come from BFD crafting. Don't underestimate how strong these previous two raids are for getting bis gear.

4. Dive Into Sunken Temple for Raid Gear

After you've got your runes and your gear, it's Sunken Temple time. Of course, we want to run Sunken Temple for best-in-slot gear. Some of the pieces, like my new epic bow, are awe-inspiring for both your damage and other players looking at you.

But once you complete the raid, things don't stop there. Hopefully, you'll be getting some new Atalay tokens to turn in on Zi Island. These can give you best-in-slot jungle durian for huge mana regen, or you could get the new Zanza-style buffs to dominate your next raid. And there's also your class quest to complete as well. What's awesome about your class quest is that you get all three rewards. That means my hunter can get his Devilsaur and his PVP spear at the same time.

You also want to complete the new crafting quests so you can get your epic shoulders. These are bis for most classes and pair nicely with your epic bracers. They're really specifically designed to be one stat better than the Woran bracers. The epic crafting questline is all about traveling to different locations like Swamp of Sorrows and Moonblade. There is a catch, though. The new crafted gear has a high requirement to complete: 250 in your profession of choice. That's why you need to max out your professions as quickly as you can.

5. Max Out Your Professions & Gold Making

Maxing your professions has a whole host of other benefits as well. My engineering being maxed means I can make repair bots, I can use Goblin sappers, even target dummies in my raid for huge pulls. And keep in mind, there is a new questline that lets you have both Goblin and Gnomish engineering at the same time.

And if you max out your enchanting, you can sell expensive enchants to people, things like the legendary Crusader enchant for thousands of WoW SoD gold in profit. And I know a lot of people making hundreds of gold per day in alchemy, especially with the new quest that gives you a 30% chance to craft bonus potions and elixirs. Most professions right now have lucrative options near 300. You definitely don't want to miss out on all the gold-making opportunities.

6. Participate in PvP Activities

We've talked about PVE, now let's talk PVP. The big key we need to understand in phase three is that rank 7 gear is absolute king. Most classes have at least a few BiS pieces of rank 7 gear. After all, there are six different pieces to equip. On my priest, the stats and set bonus are so good that I don't even plan to break this set anytime soon.

If you haven't gotten to rank 7 yet, Blood Moon really is your best option alongside battlegrounds. Blood Moon is back again in phase three every 3 hours and features new rewards for every class. Some of those rewards are definitely better than others, though. My priest gets a small ring upgrade. Meanwhile, my hunter gets an absurdly strong near-bis bow. Also on that vendor, though, is a way to get honor quick by purchasing the commendation. You can turn one silver coin into 250 honor. To maximize that honor, I definitely recommend fighting near the boss and planning your group in advance to maximize those coins.

On top of Blood Moon, we have additional ways to gain honor in Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin. Arathi Basin has the added bonus of giving us top-tier bis bracers. Remember, you can do Azshara Veil every day for 1,000 free rep as well. Arathi Basin has additional gear like the pre-bis boots. More importantly, though, the tabard is finally available as the ultimate PVP flex if you hit exalted.

7. Grind Crucial Reputations

Speaking of getting exalted, this truly is the phase of grinding reputations. On top of PVP factions, we have the Argent Dawn reputation to farm on every single character. Friendly reputation gives us the enriched mana biscuit that really puts mage water to shame. Honored, meanwhile, gives us a bis +24 healing power enchant. More importantly, we get access to Sun Fruit. It's based on enhancement shamans, warriors, even ferals. This is a +10 strength food that's instant as well. That means even agility classes like rogues should be interested in speedruns. You won't have a lot of time to be sitting down and eating more grilled squid.

We also have the Timbermaw rep as well. Of course, the pouch is still amazing for 1v1 PVP, and the most intense gamers among us will definitely want to get the Defender of the Timbermaw. That's an ultimate trinket flex. More crucial is access to the two bis agility enchants for weapons.

To get rich fast, well, another enchant to get us rich is the Crusader enchant. This might just be the biggest grind of all the reputations. Not only do you have to farm the Spellbinders in the Western Plaguelands tower, but you've also got to obtain the Righteous Orbs too. Our current information is that these are primarily dropping from the Scarlet Courier. The courier's got a long respawn and he's annoying to kill, but imagine playing a warrior with Crusader on your weapon. 

8. Consider Making an Alt

If you have mastered your main character, perhaps it's time to consider an alt. Understanding different roles can enrich your playing experience and provide additional opportunities for farming and participating in various content.

Season of Discovery at level 50 is filled with numerous activities that can help prepare you for the upcoming challenges in WoW. From grinding reputations to raiding in Sunken Temple and maximizing your profession skills, there’s plenty to do to ensure your character is as powerful as possible. Whether you are focused on PvE or PvP, the tips provided here will help you excel in the game.