Level Grind
To begin, you’ll want at least one high-level wolf. Assign your wolf to your Campaign team, attach a Companion if you have one, and do the Campaign story packs until you have at least one or two wolves at level 6-7.
Campaign quests give insane amounts of experience (XP), so the more wolves and Companions you have in your party, the more you’ll be able to take advantage of that XP. You can even swap wolves in for the quest turn-ins and they will get a big chunk of XP (plus, you’ll save some food).
Once you have at one wolf at level 5-6, you’ll want to grind in Icerun, specifically the second or third sword icon maps (Icerun 2 and 3). The Lapistrix there are very easy targets to kill for XP. Grind until your wolf is level 10. If you need food, check the food grind guide below.
Congrats! Your wolf is now level 10, the current maximum level. Now it’s time to level up more wolves.
Bring your level 1 wolf and its Companion to any of the first sword icons of each pack campaign. If your wolf struggles in combat, just attach a higher-level Companion to it until the wolf is at least level 3 – then you can switch back to a lower level Companion.
My personal favorite zone to grind for food is The Neck in Darkspine because monsters there are easy to kill even with a level 1 wolf and level 1 Companion.