In WoW you are only a few seconds at level 1. But not this player – they have been collecting achievement points like crazy for months.
Achievements do not have much significance for most players in World of Warcraft. Apart from a fraction of the achievements that reward titles, mounts, toys, or pets, players collect achievements just for the sake of collecting. However, for some players, achievements are also an important aspect, and they essentially play just to increase this number. One player is trying to reach the highest possible value – at level 1.
What has been achieved? The player Winterly has reached a personal milestone and has also (likely) set a new record. Because even though he is only level 1 – basically freshly made – he has already collected over 5,000 achievement points. Only character-specific achievement points count.
The character with the simple name “Achievements” has primarily achieved successes in the area of exploration (many areas uncovered), collection achievements, and also achievements for defeating rare enemies in the individual expansions, even though the opponents are actually much too strong for him.
How did he do it? In World of Warcraft, it actually only takes a few seconds to level up from level 1 to level 2. However, this can be avoided by immediately going to an NPC in Stormwind (Behsten) or Orgrimmar (Slahtz). There, the gain of experience points can be disabled. This is primarily for PvP twinks who never want to go beyond level 19.
With experience points disabled, it was easy to be chauffeured around the world by other characters to complete as many achievements as possible.
Does he do it all by himself? Basically yes. While he has taken the help of characters at level 120 – otherwise he wouldn’t be able to get many achievements – he plays them all himself as well. He actually maintains multiple World of Warcraft accounts and can thus invite himself into a group and tackle the challenges alone. It’s quite similar to how multiboxers do it, just with less coordination needed. For most achievements, it is enough for the character at level 1 to simply stand nearby.
Why did he do it? In the comments, Winterly explained that he has always had a penchant for seeing how far one can go with a low-level character. He set himself the limit of 5,000 points before the release of Shadowlands and reached it.
His next goal? Now he wants to reach 6,000 achievement points as well. Who knows, maybe that is even possible due to the postponement of Shadowlands…
What do you think of this achievement? A cool and impressive thing for a level 1 character? Or wasted time and nothing special?
