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Newbie guide for
lvls 20-30



Written by:

Vovin

 

This is one of the best times to be a druid you can now port around at will. Solo effectively and you are often wanted in groups because your healing ability is just as good as a clerics.

Levels 20 - 23

There are plenty of places for you to get experience at this level. Your new teleport spells will make it much easier to get to them as well.

The most popular place for you to go is Lake of Ill Omen. The experience here is very good. The mobs are plentiful and for the most part the wide open space makes it easy to see what creatures are lurking around you.

Druids usually solo by the windmill or the sarnak fort ( Back door ) which is very close to a zoneline in case you get into trouble and have to make a run for it. Att his point your main experienceing tactic will be the good old Root/Rot.

Rooting/Rotting is pretty much a very safe way to experience. Basically you pull the creature with snare. bring it back to your camp and root it. Once rooted you begin to cast your Dot's on it. Then you sit and wait for your Dot's to wear off re rooting if the mob breaks. Eventually the mob will die and you get the experience.

East Karana. This can be a very good place to hunt. The zone is teaming with creatures. The downside is higher level's farm here pretty much on a constant basis. The crag spiders ahould be your main goal not just beacuse of the experience but the loot too. Spider silks sell for around 5 pp each on most servers and crags drop up to 8 each time. Be very careful here. There are lots of wandering mobs and you can die here very easily. I wouldn't reccomend going to far from the bridge. snare and pull your mobs from the field back twoards the water line where there are no wandering mobs. Be sure to forage, Tea leaves can be foraged here. They are used to make Qeynos Afternoon Tea.

In Lake Rathe Aviaks can be hunted solo, or in a group. Use Levitate to assist in pulling should the aviaks be out of range. The tower is good for a group, as there are three spawns. There is also a single spawn near the stone skeleton tower.

Gnoll / undead camp. The camp is located near the South Karana zone. Gnolls populate the camp during the day, and if left alone, will be present during the evening also. The undead spawn in place of the gnolls at night if the gnolls are killed at the right time.

Use Harmony to pull singles, and pull close to the South Karana zone, as the entire camp is very social and can easily gang up on you and your party. There are several casters in this camp as well.

 

Levels 24 - 28

Level 24 spells will make a big diffrence in how you experience. Wolf Form will be a superior upgrade to Sow it lasts longer and it has a larger spped adjustment, as well as attack speed and infravision. Wolf Form can be a dangerous thing. It raises factions with certain NPC's but makes you KOS to others so be sure to con everything while in wolf form to see how it is affecting your faction.

You can continue to experience in the same zones you had earlier, Lake of Ill Omen, East Karana, Lake Rathetear. Or you can move on to other zones.

Frontier Mountains. You can usually get a group at the giant fort. the experience is good and from time to time a forest loop will drop. It sells for 300 PP and has goot druid stats if you would rather just wear it. Lower level giants can be soloed here but be careful the giants see through invis.

South Karana. The spires are very popular. Usually each one is camped. Be sure to pull the mob away from the spire itself because a couple of wandering gnolls path right by there. Just snare and root/rot till dead. the respawn is around 5 minutes.

Everfrost Peaks is the home of mammoths They are considered animals, so charming and fear kiting can be utilized. Their tusks are also a nice source of money selling to vendors for 8 plat each. They do not stack and can only be stored in Giant containers so you may be running to sell quite often.

Levels 29 - 30

If you have been experiencing in South Karana at the gnoll spires you can continue to do so or head south and start killing the aviaks which are much less camped and more plentiful. Don't forget about your harmony spell. It will be very useful to single pull the aviaks in the city.

Frontier Mountains is still a very good place to experience. You should be able to kill higher level giants now and with your new line of spells it should be more mana efficient as well.

Rathe Mountains. The various undead camps can be soloed using harmony. Giant skeletons near the Lake Rathe zone can also be hunted solo, or in a group. Cyclops are best tackled with a group, as they will be highly magic resistant at these levels. Hill giants are best tackled with a group.

 

 



 

 

 

 
 
     
 
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