Rest State

[Ruvanal]

I've been wondering some about rest state. I seem to recall (though from where, I have no idea) that rest state starts out building slowly, and gets a little quicker towards the max if you've not logged into that C for some time.

So I'm wondering what triggers rest on and off, and it's accrual speed. If I just leave the C alone for 4-5 days, will I acquire more rest bonus than if I log onto the C once a day to check mail, thus breaking uninterrupted rest? To break rest state, what do I need to do? Fight  (in any of the three possible modes)? Move? Commit some action, such as checking mail or the AH? Interact with a PC or an NPC?

Or does it make a difference? If I log in, check the wowmail, run around IF, and then log off, am I still considered 'resting'. If I leave the rest area (A capital city or an Inn) does that reset rest? Or is rest just a set bonus, so that if I'm logged off for an hour or 10 days, I accrue it at the same rate?

Lots of questions, I know.
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http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/resting.html

Basically there are 3 states to be in for 'earning' rest.

The first is out and about adventuring which will accumulate zero rest state and as you kill monsters the rest state you have accumulated gets used up. This using up is only applied to exerience earned from monsters, not exploration or quest rewards. Also note for hunters that their pets only earn experience for mob kills and do not earn a rest state bonus to that amount; nor do the pets earn experience for exploring or turning in quests. This can have an impact on being able to have your pet keep up with the hunter at times due the different rates of the experience gain to the hunter and their pet.

The second state of gaining rest bonus is to be logged off in a non-rest area (alliance and horde faction cities or any inn). The rate of gain of the rest state is one bubble per 32 hours in this state.

The third state of gaining rest bonus is to be in one of the rest areas (alliance and horde faction cities or any inn). You do not need to be logged off to gain the bonus in these areas. The rate of gain is one bubble per 8 hours in one of these areas.

The maximum amount of bubbles that can be gained is 30 bubbles (1.5 levels worth of experience).

Thawwing Light:

-Rest is gained while you're in an area that has the little 'zzz' over where your character icon portrait. Rest is still gained while you're logged in in one of these areas, though I'm not sure if it's at the 100% rate.

-Any inn or capitol city will trigger rest gain. I don't think Inns in capitol cities have a bizarre double gain effect, but scientific testing may be in order here.

Same rates in both those cases. The inns in the A-H factions cities give no additional bonus over the rate of the city itself. These were things that were addressed in beta concerning the wacked out rest system that they first implemented in the game. Check old posts from during the beta period to see the complicated and very messed system they tried to foster off then.