What do Death Knights Start at?
Death Knights start at level 8, but they have a unique requirement to create one, which is having an existing level 55 character. This level 55 character requirement is a prerequisite to creating a Death Knight, and they begin their journey in a necropolis in the Eastern Plaguelands, in a new starting area called Acherus: The Ebon Hold.
Understanding Death Knights
Death Knights are a unique class in the world of Warcraft, with their own starting zone and quest chain. To understand more about Death Knights, let’s dive into some frequently asked questions.
FAQs
- Do all Death Knights start at 55?: No, Death Knights start at level 8, but you need a level 55 character to create one.
- Why does Death Knight start at level 8?: Characters are not fully created until they are logged into for the first time, and Demon Hunter and Death Knight characters created but not logged into prior to pre-patch are treated as brand new characters for level squish, so are level 8 when you first log in.
- Do Death Knight professions start at 1?: With the exception of First Aid, you start at 0 profession skill just like every other class, and First Aid starts at 250 for Death Knights.
- Where do I start as a Death Knight?: Death Knights will spawn in a necropolis in the Eastern Plaguelands, in a new starting area called Acherus: The Ebon Hold.
- What is best for Death Knight?: The best races for Death Knights are Blood Elf, Human, Goblin, Dwarfs, Orcs, and Mechagnome.
- What level do death knights leave starting area?: You don’t get to leave the DK starting zone and go to SW (or anywhere else) until you will be about level 64.
- Do death knights start with journeyman riding?: Death Knights receive this mount, along with the Journeyman (15) riding skill, when they complete the quest Into the Realm of Shadows in the Death Knight starting area.
- What level should a party be to fight a Death Knight?: The party may face ordinary soldiers, knights, and other swordsmen early in the campaign, but high-level parties can vanquish them with total ease, and by level 10, it’s time to face a Death Knight or two.
- Can you solo a Death Knight?: Yes, you can solo a Death Knight with the right gear and skills.
- Can you 70 boost a Death Knight?: The boost cannot be used on a Death Knight.
- Do Death Knights sleep?: Third Generation Death Knights, primarily victims of the Third War, are all personally raised by either Arthas himself or his Val’Kyr, shortly after their deaths, and they don’t need to eat, sleep, or breathe.
- Does Dark Knight start at level 50?: Dark Knight is a job in Final Fantasy XIV, introduced in the first expansion pack, Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward, and it begins at level 30, not level 50.
- Is it too late to get Ultimate Death Knight?: Ultimate Deathknight can only be obtained for a limited time, and during this period, it will not be able to be summoned from Shards until the Ultimate Deathknight Hunt finishes at the end of the event.
- What skills does a level 60 Death Knight have?: At level 60, you can get the new ability Death and Decay, which corrupts the ground targeted by the Death Knight, causing 26 Shadow damage every sec that targets remain in the area for 10 sec.
- How dead are Death Knights?: Death Knights are reanimated corpses that are held together and kept from decaying with powerful magic, either blood, ice, or plague, and they are dead but can still eat and breathe.