Welcome!
 
 
Free-to-Play (F2P) WoW has been around for a while now, and over time a  lot of people have compiled some tremendously useful information about  F2P twinking. Feel free to have a look at this post (and the next), in  which I've tried to index this information in an easily readable way. 
 
 
I hope you have fun and will find what you are looking for here!
 
 
 Good luck!
 
06-25-2012:  Want me to add or edit something? Send me a PM. I don't have much time  to read TI currently and will otherwise likely miss your suggestion.
 
 INDEX
 
 
 1. Getting started with F2P
 
 1.1 Introduction to F2P
 1.2 How F2P Communities Work: The F2P Addon
 1.3 F2P Communities
 1.4 Videos
 
2. How to use the Twinkinfo Site Search
 
3. Class Guides
 
4. Very useful Guides and Threads
 
 4.1 Creating and gearing a new toon
 4.2 Maintaining a character
 4.3 Twink Vanity
 4.4 The Darkmoon Faire
 
 5. Best-in-Slot Armory References
 
 
 
 
 1. Getting started with F2P
 
There are some great introductions and threads that are a good place to  start if you're new to F2P, unsure what it entails, and want to learn  more about what is and isn't possible with free WoW. 
 
 
 1.1 Introduction to F2P
 
 Start out by reading the first posts of these two threads:
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Free to Play: 20 Twinking and You  by Opinion
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Free to Play FAQ and Information  by iaccidentallytwink
1.2 How F2P Communities Work : The F2P Addon
 
 If  you want to be able to communicate with other F2P twinks on your server  (and so much more), read the following post to learn about the features  of the awesome F2PAddon:
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Yasueh's Macros and Addons for F2P by Yasueh
1.3 F2P Communities
 
 It's  possible for any player to join any community they like. Increased  latency / lag is of course possible. Aerie Peak US has the largest F2P  communities on both factions and there are players from both the US and  EU. With a New York datacenter most people do not experience any  connection issues.
 
If you want to play on servers not in your region, you have two options.  You could install a separate client for the region you want to access,  or change your realmlist. If you want to know more about what this means  or are interested in changing your realmlist, read the following:
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European F2P Players @ US - Quick help.  by lindenkron
Both US and EU Realms have thriving F2P communities. If you are interested in the activities possible, have a look at: 
1.4 Videos
 
United States of America
 
 
Server: 
Datacenter: 
Faction: 
Recruiting: 
 
 
Activities: 
Information: | Aerie Peak (PvE) 
New York 
 Horde and Alliance 
⇛ How to join the Aerie Peak F2P Community! START  by Ciroe 
 
 
Both Factions: Premades, Arenas | Horde: F2P 19 Wargames 
⇛ http://www.twinkinfo.com/f43/aerie-peak-arena-tournament-tcg-prizes-34943/ by youakim 
⇛ http://www.twinkinfo.com/f43/aerie-peak-f2p-arena-skype-player-group-32854/ by C O T U S 
⇛ http://www.twinkinfo.com/f43/19-wargame-project-34661/ by Kochist 
Most active server for both factions. All activities all day all week,  except for 19 wargames, which are just getting started. F2P 19 arenas  every day, WSG wargames on weekends. NY Datacenter with good ping for EU  players. | 
Server: 
Datacenter: 
Faction: 
Recruiting: 
Activities: 
Information: | Vashj (PvP) 
Phoenix 
 Alliance and Horde 
⇛ http://www.twinkinfo.com/f43/vashj-strong-33320/ by Galvarino 
Premades, Arenas 
Daily premades, arenas almost every day during peak hours. Big alliance  community, with some people having Horde alts, making for a small Horde  community. | 
Server: 
Datacenter: 
Faction: 
Recruiting: 
Activities: | Moon Guard (RP) 
Phoenix 
 Alliance 
 ⇛ http://www.twinkinfo.com/f43/f2p-community-moon-guard-31600/ by Win 
Premades, Arenas | 
Server: 
Datacenter: 
Faction: 
Activities: | Drenden (PvE) 
Phoenix 
 Alliance 
Premades, Arenas | 
Server: 
Datacenter: 
Faction: 
Activities: | Norgannon (PvE) 
New York 
 Alliance 
Premades, Arenas | 
 
 
 European Union
 
 
 If  you want me to add a community here, PM me with information about size,  activites, etc. Making a recruitment thread is also helpful. 
 
1.4 Videos
 
Still unsure about F2P activities or joining a community? Get a great  first impression by watching some of the awesome  videos listed in the ⇛
http://www.twinkinfo.com/f43/f2p-movies-thread-23193/ by 
Hiidden! To get a taste I especially recommend:
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http://www.twinkinfo.com/f43/horde-ap-had-some-fun-premades-weekend-f2p-video-29813/ by 
Purse
 
 
 
 2. How to use the Twinkinfo Site Search
 
In the upper right corner of this site you will find a search box that  you can use to search the entire forum for your keyword(s):
 
 
 
You can narrow it down to the F2P section by clicking on 
Search Forum while you're on the main F2P Twinking forum page:
 
 
 
 
 
You can use the 
Advanced Search to narrow it down further, but  usually this won't be necessary. Let's say you want to farm materials  for profession levelling during Darkmoon Faire, and are looking for a  guide. Type 
Darkmoon Faire Farming, hit enter or click 
Search, and in a very short time you will have a small number of matching threads!
 
 
 
In this example both the 
http://www.twinkinfo.com/f43/darkmoon-faire-mat-farming-list-32460/ and Rhaellia's awesome 
http://www.twinkinfo.com/f43/darkmoon-faire-guide-28780/ are worth checking out. <3 
Find more on the Darkmoon Faire under: 
4.5 The Darkmoon Faire
 
 3. Class Guides (Write more guides, people!)
 
Most (but not all) of our Guides are hosted in the 
F2P Twink Guides section; I'll link the class guides here for easier access:
 
 
 
 19 Twink Guides are also a good reference for classes, gear and PvP advice.
 
 Continued in the next post!