Power Level Guide

[tacpilot]

This guide is to help speed up gaining xp needed to get to level 40
It not only helps to eliminate the need for grinding just for xp,
it helps newcommers to explore the realm and experience much of the
incredible details the devs have created.

There is a link or two floating around in the forums to this, but
since I have not found new web hosting, they will be dead till
I do..

For years I have promised to post this.. Even though it needs more polishing,
as is a work in progress. I will post it here for now...

I recommend printing it out to write notes on since quests not tracked in journal.

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Current as of- 12-14-2021

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1. -Amir- Silver Moon Inn - basement
2. -Aura- Silver Moon Inn
3. -Cogs- Silver Moon Inn - upstairs
4. -Elrin- Sooty Crow Tavern
5. -Hooded Man- Sooty Crow Tavern
6. -Marcus- Silver Moon Inn - upstairs
7. -Obidiah- Sooty Crow Tavern
8. -Sirina- Silver Moon Inn
9. -Xendi- Silver Moon Inn
10. -Zeke- Silver Moon Inn

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PLACES TO FARM XP
1-6 Arctic Wastes

10-15 Strange Tower

15-25 East Road

20-30 Plains of War & Farm & Abandoned Temple

30-35 Bone Hord

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REMEMBER RINGS ALONG THE WAY

Water ring lvl 10
Lev ring lvl 15
Fire ring lvl 20
Pass Wall lvl 25

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- create character Get all quest assignments

- then go to roan tree in town
- get levels from roan tree to make lvl 2 or 3 then buy all these -
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stock up on potions


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- Unless you are short on time Do NOT turn in any till preferably lvl 4
- Solo squishy toons may want to turn in the following items
and level up before going to arctic.


Go to arctic and grind till lvl 4 get crystal then turn in
NO WOLVES TILL U CAN USE STONE SKIN OR HAVE SUMMON ..!!

10. Arctic Crystal go to arctic, any large crystal sticking out of the ground
4. lesr restore buy from druid grove
6. Gld-Glss still Buy it at Alchemist
1. red wine Buy it in Rip's Tavern at the bar.
5. tp gem Buy from Merchants Emporium Note: I find it 20% cheaper in the wonderous item shop
8. Eel Vellum Wonderous item shop
2. teacup wyrm fireplace



8. Feather Quill Upper part of silvermoon inn, big post with feathers



3. joiner lever barrel in rip's cellar ( get rope also )
-=( get seal breaker and rope @ rats )=-
9. Maiden Kiss Road to town, second to last rock on the path, near wilderness. search NE side
4. boars head wilderness past beetles
2. baleweed boat ramp .. either at bottom or far right ramp or end of left hill top.
Half-Orc Chief Level 7 Cave off the Wilderness +1 CrT, +1 DT, +1 OL, +2 PP, +1 SetT
7. Firewine Kobold Glade cask of wine on ground near cave


*** -=( get ring of nine lives and holy water to kill dracolitch )=- ***
8. Raven Feather Go to cemetery, kill a raven, lots of them there
5. burial pal storage room crypt funeral hall ( big cemetary )
3. mark 17 mech spider in tomb lvl 2 ( big cemetary )
9. Xendi's Locket Middle of Crypt Level 2 ( Big cemetary )
-=( port to town )=-
Dragon: Dracolich Level 22 Forbidden Cave under Crypt Level 3 +1% Piercing, +1% Slashing, +1% Neg
caution.! : this is a dangerous gamble. Unless you know exactly what your doing on this tag
and/or with a strong party, it may be best to wait till later for this tag.


8. Blotter Beetle beetle cave lvl 2 north east corner
10. shock Beetle Kill the Hive Mother -=( Kill count .. take elect imm ring or lore to ID one )=-
Hive Mother Level 10 Crystal Beetle Cave +1% Slashing, +1% Elec
-=( Hive Mother belly for hero stone )=-
Kua Toa Chief Level 10 Underdark Lake +1 Bluff, +1 Prsd, +1 Tumb
-=( Water Ring )=-
-=( port to town )=-
5. grave dust Dusty Crypt in small graveyard in town ( small cemetary )
Kobold Reanimator Level 13 beneath Kobold Chasm +1 Bluff, +1 UMD


*** -=( take lvl - DO NOT GO PAST 10 TILL TAGS DONE )=- ***


1. bison arctic field
-=( port to town )=-
8. Fennisroot Sap shadow forests orc warrens small left room roots sticking out
Black Dragon Disciple Level 10 Disciple Tower in the Shadow Forest +1 Disc, +2 Perf, +1 Taunt, +1 UMD
-=( port to town )=-
Hero Stone Level 15 Wizard's Home - North of Town (party tag) +1% Sonic
4. krenshar skull krenshar north of town
5. flsh rift walkr rift canyon near goblin camp
7. Dreamleaf crate at goblin camp
Goblin Commander -=( kill count )=- Level 13 Goblin Camp just after Gnoll Pass +1 Bluff, +1 Prsd, +1 Tumb
Kennel Master Level 15 Goblin Tunnels/Mine +5 AE
9. guest blonging crate 2nd level (after the bridge) Bugbear Caves in Swamp of Decay



1. leopard woods near arduin
10. Tainted Crystal tainted Hills with grey renders
-=( port to town )=-
Crypt Thing Level 15 beneath the Town's small cemetery +1 CrT, +1 SetT
5. skel finger past crypt thing tomb ( small cemetary )


*** -=( take lvl - DO NOT GO PAST 15 TILL LEV RING )=- ***


3. sewer pipe down well
6. green slime Sewers, behind magic wall (Fire and ice amulets kill them)
The Rat King Level 15 Deep Sewers past Beholder Prison +1 Bluff, +1 Hide, +1 Prsd, +1 Tumb
*** -=( (+5 gets past Corpse Lord soak) )=- ***
Corpse Lord -=( kill count )=- Level 21 Corpse Lord via Kobold Chasm or sewers +1% Neg
5. codex book upstairs from corpse lord
7. Gnoll dung under gnoll fort first room with doggies
10. Beholder eye Beholder Prison, below the Gnoll Fort
***(knock down & DM imm for Beholders )***
Elder Orb Level 24 Beholder Prison under Gnoll Fort +1% Mag, +2 Srch
4. umbr hulk egg umber maze bridge through arduin temple
farm umber xp for a while
Hall of Horrors -=( ** Lev ring ** )=-



Minotaur Chieftain Level 19 Minotaur Maze +1% Piercing, +1 Intim
3. iron golem golem santuary
-=( assemble staff pieces )=-
Ogre Lord Level 16 Ogre Caves via Swamp of Decay +1% Bludgeoning, +1 Intim
8. Minkberries Somewhere in forgotten forest top right map
-=( collect staff pieces )=-
-=( port to town then go back )=-
Ice Kobold King Level 16 Ice Kobold Caves +1% Cold, +1 Bluff, +1 Prsd
2. shipmnt runner arctic map
7. Shipment Frost Orcs (level 2 Store room) in the arctic area
-=( take lvl 20 )=-
Dragon: Spawn of Uroboros Level 25 via Frost Orcs +1% Cold


East Road Bandit Chief Level 20 East Road +1 CrT, +2 DT, +1 OL, +3 PP, +5 Ride, +1 SetT


9. Temple Ledger bookshelf in one of the small rooms to the left in Anduins Temple
Staff of Anduin Level 20 Assemble in Forgotten Forest / break at Anduin's Ruin +1% Mag, +1% Pos, +2 Heal
Grey Render Queen Level 22 Tainted Hills off Anduin's ruins +1% Bludgeoning, +1 Intim
8. Graphite Golem Prometheus Pass
6. iceblossom ice giants between the two boulders on the middle elevation
3. lava prometeus pass to lava pit with fire giants
Lava King Level 22 past Prometheus Pass +1% Fire, +1% Pos, +1 Intim
-=( Ring of Fire Walk )=-
-=( Porting to town be faster than running back )=-
Dragon: Cesspool Level 20 Giants Lair west of Anduin's Ruins +1 CrA, +1 Crw
-=( take lvl 22 )=-
1. toad legs formains lvl-2
Formian Matriarch Level 22 under Giants Lair +1% Slashing, +1 Prsd
-=( Ring of pass wall )=-


-=( take lvl 23 )=-
Hendron Level 23 Strange Tower basement level 3 +1 Conc, +1 Lore, +1 Splc, +2 UMD
9. Spellbook Hendron bookshelf NW corner of his sanctuary



Dragon: Kardkildontar Level 25 under Hobgoblin Mines +1 CrA, +1 CrW


-=( You need be high enough lvl to do Lithiucshas )=-
-=( if need can read good/evil libram to level up )=-
-=( recommend grinding xp until u just hit your next lvl )=-
-=( take that lvl then read libram.. that way u get a full 1.5 lvl's worth of xp )=-
-=( this way you can be sure to fit into a party in that range )=-


5. mummy dust arduin temple > hall of dead top of any stairs
6. brazier Rakashas under Anduin.
3. admantine ore durger mines through arduin temple first room past bridge
8. Troll Skin trolls past hall of statues in arduin temple
Dragon: Spawn of the Deep One Level 25 Tunnels of the Underdark under Anduin's Temple +1 CrA, +1 CrW
Cave Troll King Level 30 Troll Caves +1 Intim, +3 Regen
Dragon: Lithiucshas Level 32 beyond Cave Trolls under Anduin's Temple +1% Elec


2. willow bark dead wood willow tree
7. Doxy Kiss Dead Wood (at waterfall near cave entrance to Shadow Pontif)
caution.!: several very dangerous casters with ice storm and greater ruin.
4. spdr silk sac blood moor bloodback spider
The Three Hags Level 30 Covey of Blood via Blood Moor +1% Mag, +2 Taunt
Dragon: Bloodpool Level 32 via Blood Moor +1% Acid
1. peppers farm fields
Mother of the Corn Level 30 Farm +1% Div, +3 Heal
9. Diary First map Ruined Watchtower east road lays around. ( hags key )
5. dismembrd arm Ruined tower lvl 2 ( need hags key )
Dragon: Asimathas Level 30 Ancient Lair north of Anduin's Ruins +1% Fire
Dragon: Grehnaxas Level 32 via Prometheus Pass +1% Acid
Rhazid Level 30 Rhazid's Burial Chamber via Farmer Bob's House +1% Neg, +1 Conc, +1 Lore, +1 Splc


1. occumroot shadow elves forest floor near purple blossom
7. sleep venom shadow elves barracks
5. potion shadow elves priest quarters
Shadow Lord Level 33 Shadow Elves via the Dead Wood +1% Neg, +2 Hide, +1 Parry
3. cold forge book shadow elves (shadow lord room)
4. venom sac black predator spider web lvl 1
10. Crstlweve Spdr very small net opposite the entrance of the last room on the first web level (use zeke's wand)
Queen Spider Level 35 The Web +1% Piercing, +3 Srch


Black Dragon Disciple Knight Level 37 Mount P'Reeth (where Castle Gaobin is) +1 Disc, +2 Perf, +1 Taunt, +1 UMD
6. Green Quartz Mt. P Streambeds, !search in the water, very small spot
5. vampyr fang back side gaobin castle
8. Book Gaobin Library in Castle turn to the left if you enter from the front
10. Tulkis Hedpece Kill Tulkis Gaobin in the cellar of Gaobin Castle
Solis Quest Level 35 Castle Gaobin (Separate tags and quest for Good, Neutral or Evil) +1% Neg (G), +1% Mag (N), +1% Div (E)
2. shadow moss fox trail > dark glade south side tree
Dragon: Glithilhdoul Level 40 Valley of Glitholdoul (Prissy) via Guardians +1% Acid, +1% Cold, +1% Elec, +1% Fire, +1% Sonic, +1 Appr
3. dark steel ore dark glade drow tunnels lvl 2 big room near center
7. halfling loot drow tunnel lvl 3 turn right x3


Hel and cohorts Level 35 Via Shaft of Light +1% Sonic
5. red glass gem thomb of shadows beside table in litch riddle room ( through dead wood )
9. Remains Tomb of Shadows right when see Cyric alter next first tomb image agnst wall
Shadow Pontiff Level 35 Morgue of Darkness +1% Neg, +2 Hide, +1 Parry, +2 Tumb


2. healing spring first zhents map waterfall pool
1. recipe brewmaster zhents
Archmage Elanna Nightstar Level 35 Zhentarim Outpost +1 Conc, +1 Lore, +1 Splc
Captain Angus Materi Level 35 Zhentarim Outpost +1 Disc, +2 Parry
Queen Zerya Level 35 Temple level 3 past Farm +1% Sonic
6. Glnd wtrshrike Watershike area, just kill one
Water Shrike Nest Mother Level 37 Underwater Tunnels +1% Bludgeoning, +1% Cold
7. treasure chest underwatr, near lich 3rd tomb on left in back under seal
9. Urn Defiled Temple Middle small room north-west corner map (black sun symbol opens gate on the way to Sissy)
Axilar the Tainted Level 38 Submerged Crypt +1% Neg, +1 Conc, +1 Lore, +1 SetT
Dragon: Wastalgranig Level 40 Via Submerged Crypt +1% Elec, +1 Appr, +1 CrA, +1 CrW


Ancient Kings Level 40 Hall of Kings via Crypt level 4 +1 Fort

3. pressure gouge drow sewers ( jade tooth )
Dragon: Deadpool Level 40 Via Drow Sewers +1% Acid, +1 Appr, +1 CrA, +1 CrW
4. yuan-ti scale warrior scale under sewer
10. Symbol of Seth small room of the Yuan-Ti Coven under the Sewers - big book
8. yuan-ti Prstes blood secret room in the Sewers
Mother of all Dragons No immo in party Ascension Sewers +1% Fire, +2 Appr, +1 Reflex (only if completed without immortal aid)


2. mushroom first drow cave map north nxt to Myco area
-=( Have some one anchor while port to town and turn in item and get next quest )=-
2. eversleep drow warcamp second island roots on wall
6. heat fungus Drider Cave -> Living Crystal area -> on gas vent tubes
Drider Chief Level 40 Drider caves via Drow caves +2 Disc, +1 Parry
5. wing elder bat Deepbat tunnels. Kill one of the big ones ( through great cavern ) Note: the elder bats petrify..!
8. silver Nugget In Great Cavern, at rock face behind the drow gate


4. drow slave cage Manatakloss > drow slave pen
6. Orange Liquid Manatakloss => Drow Slave Pen used by drow slavers
2. redcap caverns of underdark mushrooms ( near entrance from troll area .. planer gem there too)
1. drow spice manatakloss market
Xulrae No immo in party Mantakloss Docks +2 CrT, +2 DisT, +3 OL, +1 Parry, +2 SetT
Matron De'Nat Level 40 House De'Nat in Mantakloss House District +1% Elec, +1 Lstn, +1 MovS, +1 Spot
Matron Fen'Lis Level 40 House Fen'lis in Mantakloss House District +1% Fire, +1 Lstn, +1 MovS, +1 Spot
Matron Gur'atsz Level 40 House Gur'atsz in Mantakloss House District +1% Acid, +1 Lstn, +1 MovS, +1 Spot
Matron Khur'aan Level 40 House Khur'aan in Mantakloss House District +1% Cold, +1 Lstn, +1 MovS, +1 Spot
Drow Academy Headmaster Level 40 Drow Academy in Mantakloss House District +1 Conc, +1 Lstn, +1 Lore, +1 MovS, +1 Splc, +1 Spot
10. Linked Orb Manatakloss (a place for study: Drow Academy, last room)
Handmaiden of Lolth Level 40 Temple of Lolth In Mantakloss House District +1% Div, +1 Will
7. drow Incense Lolth Temple incense burner near altar in the huge main room
The Queen Matron Mat'Lis'sk Level 40 House Mat'Lis'sk in Mantakloss House District +1% Sonic
Lolth No immo in party Via House Mat'Lis'sk +1% Div


Immortal No immo in party Abyss via Sages home +1% Pos
Drowned City Headmaster No cap Arcane Academy in drowned city +1% Spell Damage

[Terankar]

Is this guide still valid? the numbers are quite confusing, but is it just to ensure people read it? XD

[chirality]

Regarding whether or not the guide is still valid: sure. (The routing structure and general framework for optimizing 1-40 efficiency has remained more or less unchanged for a very long time; in any case, you can see his last edit was a note about 7 months ago suggesting that the guide is still up-to-date)

As for the numbers: These appear to be primarily used for scheduling the lowbie quests. This quickly gets complicated and tricky to track when doing such a guide or reference sheet, due to so many NPCs and so many quests, overlapping with both each other and with tag/xp zones and maps, and then furthermore with gated access to different maps.

Furthermore, each NPC must be visited for each quest completion, and then for unlocking their next quest (which may or may not line up with other quests from other NPCs at a similar "point" in the chain, and may or may not line up with lowbie tags at a similar "point" as well). Thus, considering that you must return to each inn and each NPC to advance their questline, it's also important to keep this in mind as you progress deeper into each NPC's quest chain while simultaneously progressing "deeper" into the lowbie tags.

Tt looks as if he decided to tackle the issue of enumerating lowbie quest progression by assigning each quest-giver a number (from 1 to 10) and then referencing that number in each stage of the quest completion guide.

In other words, the numbers you see in each subsection are a "code" showing which task is linked to which NPC. The numbers identify each quest-giver based on the table he sets forth at the start of the guide (with Amir = 1, through Zeke = 10). Cross-reference each NPC's "number" with the table listing where they are; and, as you examine each paragraph, you can see that each "number" maps one particular NPC to one particular quest.

If the lines and paragraphs with random numbers seem not to have any pattern or make much sense, it's because the numbers themselves are just a code, not a pattern; the numbers 1-10 may as well be letters A-J.

The order of each sequence is step-by-step as you go down the lines, and the routing is based on optimizing completing tasks for different NPCs while achieving tags. Some maps or multi-map "zones" may have multiple interlocking lowbie quests to grab in quick succession, while others may require a relatively out-of-the-way journey.

However, in general, the quests and tags share some congruency and align in such a way that, by cleverly choosing the order in which you complete different quests, you can significantly reduce the time and effort required by "packaging" as many closely-related quests and tags as you can. That's the primary goal of the guide.

As you go through the guide as someone unfamiliar or re-learning the different NPC names/locations, it might be a good idea to copy and paste the NPC-to-number table from the start into a notepad file in a little window, so you can glance back at the list. It's difficult to completely memorize each NPC's questline and all the relevant data for streamlining the quests (not to mention the tags), even after doing it a thousand times and more or less knowing most of it by heart.

If you have the quests and NPCs relatively fresh in your mind, you likely won't even need the "number system" other than if you get confused or draw a mental blank on a quest; you'll probably remember which quest item is for which NPC, and remembering which NPC is in which room in which tavern is even easier. If you aren't as familiar, however (and for the ones you forget) the number system makes it easy to look up which task was linked to which NPC.

Anyway, it's important to keep track of which quest you're doing for which NPC and what the status is of each quest by the time you log out after a session. With 10 NPCs, it's easy to lose track, and quest items are trash if they aren't turned in on the same server/reset as they were acquired.

For lowbie tags you can use "!list acc prell" to quickly check which tags you have completed and which ones you are aiming for next, but the lowbie quests require careful record-keeping. You definitely want to maintain accurate and up-to-date data on your questing as you progress, not only because it makes you more efficient, but because there's simply an overwhelming number of things to remember.

It's also important to ensure you actually accept the next quest in the chain after completing a task; this guide and taking notes helps with that, as well. Thus, two things to remind yourself constantly: don't forget to turn in a quest item before you're "done for the day," and don't forget to advance each NPC's questline after completing a given task.