World of Warcraft players leveling their new Earthen characters are doing so without having to fight monsters or complete a single quest. Instead, they are just flying around exploring the world and raking in XP along the way.

The Earthen, the new, Dwarf-like playable race introduced in WoW's recently released The War Within expansion, became playable on September 3 for those who completed the expansion's main storyline and a handful of Earthen-centric side quests. It didn't take long for players to discover that one of the Earthen's passive racial abilities, Wide-Eyed Wonder, can actually be used to level up rather effectively, thanks to its 200% XP bonus for exploring previously undiscovered areas of the game's map.

Normally, players only get a small amount of XP for exploring, with the majority of XP a player earns typically coming from fighting enemies or completing quests. But playing an Earthen increases triples map XP gains, allowing for players to level up with a more pacifist playstyle should they so choose by just flying around and filling out each zone's map.