Druid Solo Guide?

[iruinedyourday]

Any good druid solo guides out there? Like that cool shaman one that one guy made? You know for like newbs who start from scratch?

[Man0warr]

Guides on Wiki for druid are pretty good.

[Crawdad]

I haven't seen a high quality Druid leveling guide out there. There are plenty, like..

Gaviilan's All-in-One Guide (http://wiki.project1999.com/Druid_all-in-one_guide_by_Gaviilan) is pretty in-depth about the whole being a Druid thing, its just outdated (eg charm doesn't check cha).

Mefdinkin's Guide (http://wiki.project1999.com/Druid_Leveling_and_Item_Hunting_Guide_by_Mefdinkin s) is a lot more concise but full of good info.

..those are probably the only two Druid guides on the wiki I'd reference. Druids really need a new guide for Velious, as there's so many more targets now for charming and quading.

[brecon]

(1) Go into a zone
(2) Sense Animals
(3) If no animals, is it worth quadding
(4) If not worth quadding but worth root/rotting, does it summon

You only really need guides if you are soloing, and the only solo tactics worth doing are root rotting, kiting, charming, and quadding.

Root Rotting: In velious, mobs have high hp, so I don't think you want to be root rotting unless you have an epic and prolly es arms too. That takes you up to 88 damage / tick while rooted, and you'd treat it more or less exactly how a shaman would. For a 60 druid, you can camp Phase Spiders in DN for carpaces (they don't summon). However, most of the good loot mobs in Velious do summon, so you couldn't really camp Velks by root rotting. Of course you could faction grind or kill other things root rotting. This is probably always worse xp than charming or quadding.

Kiting: The way druids should kite is by (1) charming an animal, (2) aggroing something else with snare, (3) keeping aggro with stuns, and (4) have your pet beat it from the back. This is effective for killing any mobs that don't summon or cast on you. Unless you break your pet at the end, you will be splitting xp as normal. The main place you would use this tactic in velious is in Western Wastes, where you can solo ice burrowers and tantor (when he stops summoning, he is not supposed to summon but was last week). I've soloed ice burrowers already, and I'm sure the silks sell well, or you could try to sell loot rights to the monk chest.

Charming: General Rule is that outdoor zones in velious have animals, indoor zones do not. The exception is Siren's Grotto, but because the seahorses cannot be rooted or snared, trying to charm solo as a druid is pretty scary and it makes breaking in very hard. If you want to charm in velious, you can charm for xp easily, and to farm the skins/tusks for tailoring or quests. Charming works the way it does everywhere else...zones in which you can do it include Iceclad (cougars/wolves), Eastern Wastes (lots), Western Wastes (wolves, mammoths, and rhinos), Great Divide. You optimize xp by going animal vs. animal, but you can also use animals to kill other mobs. For instance in EW, you could charm an animal and solo some of the orc camps.

Quadding: You can quad anywhere you can outrun mobs. Make sure they have simlilar run speeds and are not casters. Best place in Velious is Cobalt Scar for gem drops and wyvern hides, as long as you have COV faction.

[LethClaypool]

I've considered doing a guide myself over the last few years but just haven't had the time not to mention I'd have to go back and think on where exactly I hunted as my memory isn't too great.

Here's kind of a summary of what I did and if you have any questions you're welcome to ask. I'll answer anything the best I can. Some levels might be off slightly.

1 - 7/8: Greater Faydark - I did the noob area around Kaladim and Priest of Discord lifts till 5, specifically saving bone chips from skeletons and selling the weapons for some money. At 5 you get harmony and can move to orc hill. It'll be a little rough but it's doable. The bone chips can either be saved to sell to other players or you can turn them in at the Kaladim Paladin guild for decent experience. The bone chips quests could feasibly take you up to 9 or 10 and there's a lot of skeletons in Butcherblock right outside Kaladim.

8 - 13: North Karana - specifically willowisps. Save any greater light stones you find and turn them in at the gypsy camp for a Concordance of Research which vendors for close to 10pp each. Get a bind at the gypsy camp as well to avoid a long corpse run.

13-16: Lesser Faydark - Sister Camp. It's going to be contested but there's good money here. I went after money as I leveled because my druid was my first character. You'll need to split the sisters with harmony and then melee them down. The fights will be close but if you keep thorns up, treeform (for the added hit point regen), and nuke consistently you can make this happen. You can also vendor at the ranger camp there in Lfay. At 14 you get Spirit of the Wolf and Stinging Swarm, so kiting becomes a bit more feasible but it's extremely mana inefficient at this point. You also get your first animal charm spell, Befriend Animal, at this point.

16-20: West and East Karana. At the lower end of the spectrum I roamed West Karana charming animals, later on East Karana was better. If you're not familiar with charming methodology the idea is to charm an animal and sick it on another animal. When they're both low on hp, you want to invis yourself (or, if you're a woodelf, hide) and break charm, then kill both for full exp. If you let your pet do the kill he will take the majority of the xp. The idea is to let your pet and the enemy do the work but then you get the two kills in the most mana efficient way possible. You'll also get your first set of self-ports at 19. Opening up travel options for you.

20-23: The Overthere. Similar to the last section, you'll be charming. In this case, I usually went with a sabretooth (rhinos tend to be more magic resistant) and then I would just snare a mob, hit it with flame lick a few times to grab aggro, turn /pet taunt off, and then park the pet when the mob was low on exp and fleeing (still snared) before grabbing another one. Doing this you can park three or four mobs a little distance a part but low on hp, break your charm, root the pet (since the level 5 root only last just under a minute), and then take out the four parked monsters for full xp. It's like a more active form of quad kiting but at lower levels. Extremely efficient as long as charm sticks. Save saps from the cacti and excellent sabre tooth tiger hides. The saps sell for a couple gold to a merchant and the hides are used in cultural tailoring so sometimes players will buy them (or you can use them yourself later on for tailoring if that's your thing).

23 - 33/34ish: Lake of Ill Omen. I did a mixture of things here using charm with the tigers again. Same method as the Overthere. There's a couple "tiers" of mobs in LOIO depending on the location. Closer to Firiona Vie is from 15-20ish concerning monster level. Windmill area is like 20-25. Then Sarnak fort is 25 and up. I pretty much started by FV, doing the charm parking method, for a level or two, moved to windmill for a few levels, and then eventually did the Sarnak fort. With the fort you have to watch out for casters but it's still possible to do them (flame lick has a faster cast time than most of their nukes and dots, cast it, back out of range before they get ya). Harmony is your friend. Also keep in mind when it comes to charming you want lots of mobs that are dark blue or just turning green so charm holds and the kills are fast. You have the chance of getting some drops at the fort that sell really well. Particularly, a bracer of the hidden. Also, bone chips galore and hides. Also could look into camping yourself the Invisibility vs Animals ring that makes charming so much easier.

Alternative: Everfrost. Mammoths. They're good money. There are about six spawns that I know of off hand on the tundra that you could easily lock down plus a merchant nearby you can sell those big ass tusks too for 10ish pp a pop. I think these will take you to 29 then you can switch over to Sarnak fort.

34 - 39: Misty Thicket. Halfling Guards. Okay, so word of warning here. Killing halfling guards will lower your faction with a named NPC involved in your epic. However, this faction can be repaired at a later level with relative ease doing a low level quest. This is where quad kiting becomes an option. Hopefully if you've followed my guide so far you've made some decent money and can afford some decent gear to buff up your mana pool because here's where it becomes more important. The money here is excellent. Each guard drops a shield and spear that sells for several plat to merchants. I usually just employ a low level halfling to take my haul into town and sell it, giving them a fraction of the money for their time or let them loot shields for a couple plat each. Beware of the female halfling druid. That's the epic NPC I was telling you about. She's rough and she will mess your day up.

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This is all I got for now but I'll expand some more later. 34-39 is where group porting comes into play so there's another option for extra money.

[LethClaypool]

Errors concerning level ranges and redundancy of my language use aside this should give any druid starting out a solid start.

[iruinedyourday]

Sa-wheeet! I love this stuff just to read about eq let alone hear about new tricks! Thanks for the writeup!

[LethClaypool]

Glad you like it!

Now that I've written out that much I'm considering expanding it into a full guide. I have a bunch of alternate spots for those ranges as well since I get bored and regularly switch up my hunting spots.

Here's the rest but without explanations up until 57. Gonna try and spend some time compiling a bunch of info later.

39 - 44 Butcherblock dwarves.
45 - 49 Lake of Ill omen water goblins.
49 - 53 Timourous Deep - spirocs.
52 - 57ish? Everfrost - McMarren guards. (I think that's their names. There's three of them.)

I quad a lot because I'm regularly busy while playing but I have a plethora of other spots in mind if druids feel like charming, kiting, or rotting. I guess I could write up an updated gearing guide as well.

[Telin]

I really like the quad kiting locations found here:

http://www.thedruidsgrove.org/archive/eq/t-3947.html

[Man0warr]

I'd kill guards in HHK over halfling guards in Misty for that level range.

[maestrom]

As a practical matter, Misty Thicket is the closest ring to a bank, unless I'm mistaken?

Might be good to stay non-KOS with them simply so you can bank super quickly.

[LethClaypool]

I didn't consider that at the time. Plus Misty is much more open so quadding there is ace.

I have that Druids Grove post bookmarked from a while back. Wondering how feasible Skyfire would be here on 99. Might check that out when I hit 55 again (I was 57 but sacrificed down so I'm grinding back up and exploring all the 50s options).

[LethClaypool]

I would just port over to steamfont and bank there. It's all about preference. Ak'anon is my hub city. And like I said, the faction can be repaired later on if you consider it critical.

[iruinedyourday]

I would just port over to steamfont and bank there. It's all about preference. Ak'anon is my hub city. And like I said, the faction can be repaired later on if you consider it critical.

I like choosing a "home city" Most druids prefer misty becuse its the closest bank to a ring, but as far as RP goes, I Like that you moved out to the tinkertown and like to think you have an apartment with a view of the great green lake.

My Blue characters are bound in an apartment in NFP where my NPC wife lives and recharges my items in her little merchant etsy store XD

[maestrom]

Also.

HK has a great bear pits guide. Bonus points if you can tell me the name of the second song that plays in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC2RACrRz-8

PS. Video guides are the future. Sesserdrix has some awesome Necro guides. Does anyone have the ability to make some similar guides for druids?

I would do them myself but I haven't the slightest idea of where to start. What kind of hardware do you need to make videos of any kind of reasonable quality?

[iruinedyourday]

Also.

HK has a great bear pits guide. Bonus points if you can tell me the name of the second song that plays in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC2RACrRz-8

PS. Video guides are the future. Sesserdrix has some awesome Necro guides. Does anyone have the ability to make some similar guides for druids?

I would do them myself but I haven't the slightest idea of where to start. What kind of hardware do you need to make videos of any kind of reasonable quality?

ya this is a great video.. Im excited to charm kill things and have some god damn heals at the same time omg.. I done 2 enchanters to 60 and by now i fucking hate charm killing, but if i can heal myself? oh man

[maestrom]

ya this is a great video.. Im excited to charm kill things and have some god damn heals at the same time omg.. I done 2 enchanters to 60 and by now i fucking hate charm killing, but if i can heal myself? oh man

My druid is up in his 40s and has never cast a single heal.

Oops.

[iruinedyourday]

my druid is 40 and hasnt died yet yowl

[Sorn]

PS. Video guides are the future. Sesserdrix has some awesome Necro guides. Does anyone have the ability to make some similar guides for druids?

I would do them myself but I haven't the slightest idea of where to start. What kind of hardware do you need to make videos of any kind of reasonable quality?

I can record that kind of stuff, actually. I've probably got incidental footage of various places already, but none of it has any narration.

If you want to make video guides yourself, look for Open Broadcast Software (OBS). It's free and pretty much everyone uses it for twitch. It can do regular recordings as well. You will have to tweak the settings to fit your machine.

[maestrom]

I can record that kind of stuff, actually. I've probably got incidental footage of various places already, but none of it has any narration.

If you want to make video guides yourself, look for Open Broadcast Software (OBS). It's free and pretty much everyone uses it for twitch. It can do regular recordings as well. You will have to tweak the settings to fit your machine.

installed it. I'll upload a video or two to youtube over the next few days. short test videos probably looking to get my settings right :)

[Sorn]

Looking forward to seeing what you produce!

[LethClaypool]

I may consider doing a video guide. I don't know when I'd do it but if I found time for it I think I could do something.

At the very least doing some sort of guide (whether written or video) has been on my mind for a while. Might even roll another druid to play up just to get a fresh perspective on things I did a long while ago.

[Sorn]

Maybe we should just make a youtube playlist for everyone's videos.

[wubblesnort]

Anybody have alternate areas for 24? Solo or not. KFC/LoIO appears to be overpopulated to the point of frustration.

[maestrom]

At 24, EK gorge hounds and spiders can be good.

If grouping is your thing, there's pool in MM.

I think you can also start doing mammoths in everfrost (and snag that epic forage piece).

[Sorn]

Crag spiders in EK are definitely good. The mammoths in Everfrost would require some bravery at that level, though.

At 24 I think I might have been in Warsliks Woods, either killing forest giants or the iksar that hang out in the caves leading to LOIO.

[SamwiseRed]

I need a guide that tells me what buttons to press and in what order 1-60. Thanks.

[maestrom]

I did 37-41 or so quadding Cliff Drolvargs in FV.

Did 42 quadding Tundra Yetis and misc trash in the cold part of DL.

I decided to charm a bit to change it up and went to EJ. Does anyone know where all of these great gorillas are? Only ones I've found have been the undead ones.

Is there any reason to do EJ over Iceclad or EW?

[Itap]

I did 37-41 or so quadding Cliff Drolvargs in FV.

Did 42 quadding Tundra Yetis and misc trash in the cold part of DL.

I decided to charm a bit to change it up and went to EJ. Does anyone know where all of these great gorillas are? Only ones I've found have been the undead ones.

Is there any reason to do EJ over Iceclad or EW?

I remember having a difficult time in EJ. I spent 42 to 46 at BB docks and then went to EW and charmed/quaded. There's a spot where 4 ogre mercs spawn and have relatively low hp, perfect for quadding. In the same area, there's tons of walrus and other animals for charming.

[maestrom]

I remember having a difficult time in EJ. I spent 42 to 46 at BB docks and then went to EW and charmed/quaded. There's a spot where 4 ogre mercs spawn and have relatively low hp, perfect for quadding. In the same area, there's tons of walrus and other animals for charming.

Does killing dwarfs impact my ability to do the jade reaver epic turn in?

[Man0warr]

Not if you stick to the Dwarf Commoners.

[maestrom]

Just started in on the dwarf commoners (3 on the coast near the druid ring, 4 at the docks).

They only hit the "KaladimCitizens" faction. party on.

[Man0warr]

There's a 4th you can add to the 3 coast ones between the druid ring and the ruined tower in a small house.

[Itap]

I stuck to the 4 at the docks, 2 near the water and 2 in the little huts. I think they are 22 min spawns, so it's nice to afk and watch Netflix or whatever during downtime

[Brontus]

Question: does the hafling the "hide" ability break charm? Thanks :)

[Itap]

Question: does the hafling the "hide" ability break charm? Thanks :)

Yes, it works roughly 50% of the time, and is decent until you can afford this (http://wiki.project1999.com/Goblin_Gazughi_Ring).

[Griffy]

Itap can you give us the names of the dwarfs if ya get a chance. i would really like to try it but im scared stiff of messing up faction

[maestrom]

Glorin Binfurr, Gan Dunbull, Den Ironblood?

They're easy to identify because they're all carrying a http://wiki.project1999.com/Bronze_Two_Handed_Battle_Axe

If they don't have one, they're not what you're looking for.

There are 8 of them total. 2 standing on the docks (one by the OOT boat, one by the FV boat, one each in the two huts next to Happ Findlefin).

There are 2 more in the house next to Den Ironblood. And one more in a house south of the the guard tower with the HE merchant. On the wiki, the house is marked as "abandoned".

Remember, literally NOTHING in the zone will assist them. Not the guards, not the gnomes standing next to them, not the HE merchants, not the aqua goblins, only each other. Near as I can tell, there are no NPCs on KaladimCitizens faction anywhere else in the game, including in Kaladim (I ran around a bit inside Kaladim and nothing attacked me).


I WILL MAKE A VIDEO AND THROW IT UP ON YOUTUBE TONIGHT!!!!

NO ONE SCOOP ME! THIS IS GONNA BE MY BIG DEBUT!

[Man0warr]

There's some other ones smattered throughout the zone (like at crossroads) but not close enough to quad.

[maestrom]

First ever videos on youtube.

Docks: https://youtu.be/bTWPauhAj2Y

Coast: https://youtu.be/yVXk0e9okls

Sorry about the quality, they're my first videos ever. I'll rerecord them soon once I figure out how to get my settings optimized.

[Sorn]

Nothing wrong with the quality, I can watch both in HD on youtube.

[maestrom]

Nothing wrong with the quality, I can watch both in HD on youtube.

HD definitely seems to help. On the Coast video, especially when turning, the picture can be quite blocky. Increasing the bitrate helped a ton. I just need to find a happy medium between quality and filling my harddrive.

Does anyone have any input on how to optimize their recording? Using Open Broadcast Software.

[kledar]

Glorin Binfurr, Gan Dunbull, Den Ironblood?

They're easy to identify because they're all carrying a http://wiki.project1999.com/Bronze_Two_Handed_Battle_Axe

If they don't have one, they're not what you're looking for.

There are 8 of them total. 2 standing on the docks (one by the OOT boat, one by the FV boat, one each in the two huts next to Happ Findlefin).

There are 2 more in the house next to Den Ironblood. And one more in a house south of the the guard tower with the HE merchant. On the wiki, the house is marked as "abandoned".

Remember, literally NOTHING in the zone will assist them. Not the guards, not the gnomes standing next to them, not the HE merchants, not the aqua goblins, only each other. Near as I can tell, there are no NPCs on KaladimCitizens faction anywhere else in the game, including in Kaladim (I ran around a bit inside Kaladim and nothing attacked me).


I WILL MAKE A VIDEO AND THROW IT UP ON YOUTUBE TONIGHT!!!!

NO ONE SCOOP ME! THIS IS GONNA BE MY BIG DEBUT!


I usually pull Signus Boran along with the 3 that are south of the goblin camp.

[iruinedyourday]

this thread is turning out to be really awesome! Reminds of this old number: https://web.archive.org/web/20030326002714/http://www.thedruidsgrove.org/

[maestrom]

I usually pull Signus Boran along with the 3 that are south of the goblin camp.

My video does exactly this!

[Sorn]

I kited the coast dwarves based on your video guide and it worked out great! Except for the part where I don't have enough mana, of course, but it turns out once they get far enough away from each other at 1% health after ensnare drops, they stop trying to chase me with pitchforks. :D

Fun fact: There are actually two Signus Borans. The second one is by the chessboard near gfay.

[iruinedyourday]

my favorite thing about the dwarves is, I'm not sure there could possibly be a more classic way to level your character.

[maestrom]

I kited the coast dwarves based on your video guide and it worked out great! Except for the part where I don't have enough mana, of course, but it turns out once they get far enough away from each other at 1% health after ensnare drops, they stop trying to chase me with pitchforks. :D

Fun fact: There are actually two Signus Borans. The second one is by the chessboard near gfay.

Oh really! Hah!

I can honestly say that in my 5 years on this server I've never once been to the chessboard.

Oh well.

Do you do the SESS method? I might make a video to discuss that and potential solutions.

[Sorn]

I snare, run, nuke, and sit down far away to med between nukes. Makes life exciting, never having enough mana.

[maestrom]

45 sucks.

[Itap]

I stuck to the 4 at the docks, 2 near the water and 2 in the little huts. I think they are 22 min spawns, so it's nice to afk and watch Netflix or whatever during downtime

I wanted to make a correction on this, its the 2 on the docks and 2 in the huts. The 2 by the water are on different faction and will screw up your dorf faction.

[maestrom]

Can you do the Jade Reaver turn in before level 46? Kinlo Strongarm gives the full quest text.

[Sorn]

Maybe. I was able to do the platinum speckled powder and ancient pattern parts of the quest at about 40, but Telin didn't want to talk to me for the very first part. Generally if they give the full quest text, then you can probably do it. Just be prepared to have your stuff eaten if you aren't planar or your faction isn't good enough.

[maestrom]

Maybe. I was able to do the platinum speckled powder and ancient pattern parts of the quest at about 40, but Telin didn't want to talk to me for the very first part. Generally if they give the full quest text, then you can probably do it. Just be prepared to have your stuff eaten if you aren't planar or your faction isn't good enough.

Just did it. Confirmed works at level 45.

[maestrom]

I've been working on my epic.

Here is my progress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e--wbrzMt4&list=PLOPwJIPEyBNUtn_0WBECEbpzWnvHXkP9j

[Sorn]

I like it! Let me know if you need any help on the rest of the parts.

[iruinedyourday]

I've been working on my epic.

Here is my progress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e--wbrzMt4&list=PLOPwJIPEyBNUtn_0WBECEbpzWnvHXkP9j

haha bless you. I was about to do mine! <3 thank tunare for you forest pals.

[iruinedyourday]

Does anyone or is anyone able to tell me how to edit the wiki? I am logged in, but when I try to add this item to the druid Vel/groupable gear, it looks greek to me.

I think this is a good vel groupable item! Tserrina's Symbol (http://wiki.project1999.com/Tserrina%27s_Symbol)

[Sorn]

Does anyone or is anyone able to tell me how to edit the wiki? I am logged in, but when I try to add this item to the druid Vel/groupable gear, it looks greek to me.

I think this is a good vel groupable item! Tserrina's Symbol (http://wiki.project1999.com/Tserrina%27s_Symbol)

You have to use the edit tab at the top of the page rather than the edit links for each section. The wiki's a little finicky about that for some reason.

[maestrom]

Corrupted Barracuda - https://youtu.be/q0kSx0rLYqI

Corrupted Gorrila - https://youtu.be/L-UiYBhfc6I

Corrupted Brownie - https://youtu.be/0T5vxsXwtE8

[Sorn]

And now for something slightly different!

I've been doing the mini-quests for the Tunarean Signet Ring (http://wiki.project1999.com/Tunarean_Signet_Ring) quest and just completed the Crest of the Fauns (http://wiki.project1999.com/Crest_of_the_Fauns_Quest), which is the most unusual of the six mini-quests. You basically have to make and set off a bomb in Kael. It's also the only use I know of for the crystallized sulfur that everyone usually vendors.

By the way, the bomb you set off does hit you with fire damage...potentially a lot of fire damage, as mentioned on the wiki. I beefed up my fire resists and brought a friend along to help with potential giants and explosion-induced injuries. I've never seen this quest done so we weren't sure what would happen. Basically, I got immolated but my resists kept the explosion from doing full damage (I assume).

Here's the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcdRJwFa4Hk)

Thanks to Tupakk for making sure I didn't die from either giants or explosions, and to Alokin who saved all his sulfurs for me and helped me get the architect's blueprints and several other items for the other mini-quests!

[Gumbo]

Things might have changed in Everfrost because I spent about 3 hours with my Druid there tonight and I only came across 6-8 Wooly Mammoths and 2-3 were the Tainted Wooly Mammoth.

I followed the charm kiting map and had no luck with Mammoths except for Calves.

I also noticed that Mammoths were breaking my ensaring root spell not even seconds after I casted it. Same with my charm animals spell.

[Sorn]

Mammoths have changed somewhat in recent months. There are fewer numbers and their spawns are less predictable because they now have placeholders (the spiders). In 2010 I remember camping one of the spawn spots, where a mammoth showed up reliably every 6 minutes. A few months ago I met someone who was confused with how few there were when he remembered the place crawling with them.

The ones that are level 25-26 have fairly high magic resists and tend to break root a lot. I'd try just snaring and fear-kiting those instead if they break charm/root too often. Between kills, you should lay waste to every spider you see. This is probably easier than it used to be since snare and root stack now.

[Gumbo]

Yea, it always happens that way... When I was a lower level, the place is over-run with Mammoths and I can't do a thing.

Now that I'm a higher level, the place is over-run with Mammoth Calves.

[Gumbo]

This is crazy! I have never seen Wooly Mammoths break and resist charm animals and root spells as much as they are in Everfrost. They have to be underconned now.

Same with Ice Boned Skeletons. I had one attack me which conned green and it's nuking me for 80 damage with each spell it's casting.

Even if I just root/dot, I'm still going through 75% of mana on 1 Mammoth because of all the times it keeps breaking or resisting the root.

[maestrom]

What level are you?

[Gumbo]

What level are you?

26.5

[maestrom]

If you've already gotten your Chilled Tundra Root, I would recommend binding at the bank in Qeynos and then heading to SK.

In SK you can get a group at KFC or you can root rot/charm-kite your way to ~28.

Once you're big enough, you can kill Tesch Mas Gnolls. These drop "tanned split paw skin".

These will look like little rolled up scrolls (there is one that looks like a spell scroll, ignore that one). They are lore, but there are 4 unique versions and you can have 1 of each (to check which version you have, just right click on it and it will read like a book). When you have 2-3, gate back to Qeynos and hand them in 1 at a time to Edvard Tommels, a human near the bank (hes in a yellow house near the bank). Each scroll should be ~10% of a level.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Tanned_Split_Paw_Skin
http://wiki.project1999.com/Tesch_Val_Scrolls

This quest still gives good exp at 36 (about 5% per turn in iirc).

At your level, you could try killing them by charming an easy to charm elephant and then snaring a gnoll. Run away from the gnoll using snare and flame lick to keep aggro while your low-level pet beats the gnoll down. Since you're going to get MOST of your exp in this level range from turn-ins, there's no need to break charm to keep your pet from taking half, unless you've got lots of mana rolling around.

At level 34, just quad them.

Ding 36.

Edit: Allegedly, this quest will take you to 39 relatively quickly. However, I found that after 7 or so levels of porting/gating and killing the same 3-4 mobs over and over again that I was ready for a change of scenery. At 36 I went to FV and quadded pirates and Drolvargs along the cliffs in FV.

PS: Anyone ever notice that Drolvarg is just 1 e away from being Gravelord backwards?

[maestrom]

Corrupted Seahorse -- https://youtu.be/oahttTccFKQ

Pained Unicorn Turn-in -- https://youtu.be/AQq0JjnNxhU

Cleansed Spirit of Faydwer -- https://youtu.be/hQolB2GwNEE

[maestrom]

Ulump -- https://youtu.be/2K1YnMXbcEY

[Daldaen]

So that's why he wasn't up when I went to try and solo him!

[Sorn]

So that's why he wasn't up when I went to try and solo him!

You want to solo him? I need to see this.

Maestrom, you are reminding me that I'm a total slacker when it comes to my epic. :(

[maestrom]

You want to solo him? I need to see this.

Maestrom, you are reminding me that I'm a total slacker when it comes to my epic. :(

Get working buddy!

Also. I need to see this Ulump solo as well. Puppet strings? that doesn't count....

[Jimjam]

The gnoll scrolls are pretty good xp! I was xping on gnolls with my wizard. I save my scrolls and transferred to my ranger. It took 16 scrolls to go all the way through level 36. Definitely a good xp route for a druid that can bind in qeynos and quickly return to SK with their NK port.

My experiences suggest the scrolls are far more common outside paw than in. What is everyone else's take on this matter?

[maestrom]

The gnoll scrolls are pretty good xp! I was xping on gnolls with my wizard. I save my scrolls and transferred to my ranger. It took 16 scrolls to go all the way through level 36. Definitely a good xp route for a druid that can bind in qeynos and quickly return to SK with their NK port.

My experiences suggest the scrolls are far more common outside paw than in. What is everyone else's take on this matter?

In my experience, the drop rate outside of paw is between 10 and 20%.

[Doctor Jeff]

52 - 57ish? Everfrost - McMarren guards.ll.

A druid can solo in bear pits 52-60 in about 10 days of casual play.

[Daldaen]

Get working buddy!

Also. I need to see this Ulump solo as well. Puppet strings? that doesn't count....

Definitely counts!

Got him to 17%, then he killed my pet, fled and I couldn't out DPS his regen so I had to leave :/.

I was fumbling with my clickies, I think I could've pulled it off it there was more than 1 charmable guard up that i could keep in reserve, but for some reason there was only 1. I was also about to break charm on my pet and hope it caused a flee then recharm him but I didn't get invis ring on in time.

[maestrom]

Definitely counts!

Got him to 17%, then he killed my pet, fled and I couldn't out DPS his regen so I had to leave :/.

I was fumbling with my clickies, I think I could've pulled it off it there was more than 1 charmable guard up that i could keep in reserve, but for some reason there was only 1. I was also about to break charm on my pet and hope it caused a flee then recharm him but I didn't get invis ring on in time.

Okay that's actually still pretty awesome.

I watched Redwjamz (RIP) duo him with another enchanter using Captain nadir (spawns only during the day) and Warlord Hikyg.

You're getting this all on video right?

[DevGrousis]

I'm currently lvl 24, so I went to Everfrost to charm kite the Mammoths and ran around for about 40 minutes unable to find a single one, even with a guide telling me where exactly they spawned. Do they no longer spawn? Or have their spawn numbers been brought down a bunch?

Would charm killing in LOIO be faster xp than a good group mowing through mobs in MM?

I'd say that 49-51 Ice Giants in Everfrost is the main move. You can quad the 3, or root rot the two if someone is camping the one. The xp is not quite as good as spirocs in TD (especially if you have lumi staff, cause theres so many you can just continually pull for hours at a time. Also worth mentioning they are now social and on a hate scale, so watch out), but you can make 300-500p an hour while you're there. Could run out of those levels with a few k in plat and a bank full of IG toes to either sell or give to the guild.

[Schwing]

Make sure if you ever plan on soloing 1-60 you buy a lumi staff. Not even worth meditating while you can utilize that sucker, at least not until you 'graduate' to the higher dwarf guards. It works for the low level dwarves, the birds, and much of the Dreadlands.

Been awhile since I did it but I soloed the entire way. I did the docks dwarves at 39ish. You can incorporate another two groups of dwarves when you get more efficient. There are three more a ways down the shore, and two more outside the wall of the docks. The higher level dwarves actually have quite a few spawns.. I would run them from outside the docks, to just outside Kaladim, to another two huts along the road. Many people don't know all the different dwarves you can add to your routes so even if someone else is there, there should be decent experience to be had.

Whenever you're able -- and I don't remember exactly when I went there the first time, but probably 48-49 -- switch to aviak island. Never stop pulling and just kill them with the lumi staff. You can ride them to 53 even though many will be green at this point.. I do believe that is smarter than going to the bear pit at 52 because your charm is ridiculously unreliable at that point, and the pit can be rough if you're not honed in, even 55+.

Whatever you decide to do, definitely be in the bear pit by 53, where you'll be till 60. Bind down there, obviously. I realized quickly that any time another druid showed up, it was far more efficient to offer to group with him or her. That stayed true until I was maybe 57-59 and could hold the entire pit down by myself. Once you get to that point, the place is a blast, in my opinion.

I do recommend you level your druid solo. It's the most fun I've had on the game -- you're constantly developing new routes/tactics and then mastering them. I think you'll also become extremely attached to your character as a result.. Like when you work super hard to save up for your first car instead of your parents buying it for you. But even more so, because the game is a ridiculous grind even if you're grouping, haha. Good luck! Feel free to message me in-game if you need any help as I'm more than willing to share what I know.

Edit: If you really want to do the mammoths, try playing at off hours whenever you can. But that goes for pretty much everything else, too, lol.

[Schwing]

Oh, and completely forgot about OT and Firiona. OT is phenomenal for a long time and FV was great for the two levels I spent there.

[LethClaypool]

I'm strongly considering returning and making a video series. At the very least writing an indepth guide. As I intend to keep Leth but roll a second druid (since I screwed my faction for Leth).

What would you ladies and gents recommend for video capture software in p99's case? I may do vocal or text commentary, not sure yet - I'm pretty comfortable with my voice.

[Tann]

What would you ladies and gents recommend for video capture software in p99's case? I may do vocal or text commentary, not sure yet - I'm pretty comfortable with my voice.

I prefer doing "local recordings" with OBS instead of Fraps, as its both open source and can easily be setup to stream if you'd rather do that.

Fraps is nice but if you're not into ratting it costs a few bucks, and last I checked it recorded video uncompressed which eats up HD space like mad, OBS on the other hand has more options for compression and still puts out good enough quality for youtube.

[LethClaypool]

Thanks for the tip. What do you mean by OBS?

Originally Fraps would've been my go to but since I have the apartment to myself for the next four days I intend to record voice as well (not that that changes anything).

I may roll a new druid but I also may just take Leth out for a spin to show different spots and give people an idea of what to expect. I'm thinking the former because I actually want to explore some off the beaten path locations.

Regardless any tips on in game capturing would be most appreciated as I'd like to do an indepth guide - first using Leth to show what options we have for soloing, a bit of insight to the class end game, ect, and then bringing in the new blood every few levels to show spots (and alternatives, because fack I love alternatives).

[Tann]

Oops, OBS = Open Broadcast Software. Mostly used for twitch streaming but can switch to local recordings as well.

https://obsproject.com/

[LethClaypool]

Oh, awesome - thanks man!

[LethClaypool]

Well, I'll start by making a video tonight.

I figure I'll start by taking Leth out giving a run down of the class, it's pros and cons, and then make a baby druid and start the leveling guide from there.

[LethClaypool]

I made a little scratch video tonight but I plan on doing some more planning.

I'll make a video explaining to new players what makes the druid such a fun class, show off some of our abilities - give insight on pros and cons endgame, and then start doing weekly videos with an alt, leveling him (or her) up and going more into detail about mechanics and playing the class.

I think this'll be good for me as I get bored really fast if I'm not actively doing something and I've been told I should try radio a handful of times. Whether or not those people were intoxicated is irrelevant.

[Semmysosa]

You should put Primus on the soundtrack.

The toys go winding down.

[LethClaypool]

You should put Primus on the soundtrack.

The toys go winding down.

Oh, this was bound to happen.

Anyway, I got some footage together I just haven't really sat down and organized/put it together but I'll probably have something up in the next couple weeks. I tried voice over on the fly and didn't really like the result.

I'm terribly unorganized.

[Balvaron]

This "parking" technique is amazing, thank you for sharing this. It took me a few deaths and a little practice to get it down, but once I did the xp flys. I've been doing this right by the statue near the WW zoneline so if I got in trouble I could just zone. I would recommend also pulling your mobs back up onto the sides of the zone walls as to prevent adds. Screw Oasis or Karana, this is so much better(but can be challenging).


20-23: The Overthere. Similar to the last section, you'll be charming. In this case, I usually went with a sabretooth (rhinos tend to be more magic resistant) and then I would just snare a mob, hit it with flame lick a few times to grab aggro, turn /pet taunt off, and then park the pet when the mob was low on exp and fleeing (still snared) before grabbing another one. Doing this you can park three or four mobs a little distance a part but low on hp, break your charm, root the pet (since the level 5 root only last just under a minute), and then take out the four parked monsters for full xp. It's like a more active form of quad kiting but at lower levels. Extremely efficient as long as charm sticks. Save saps from the cacti and excellent sabre tooth tiger hides. The saps sell for a couple gold to a merchant and the hides are used in cultural tailoring so sometimes players will buy them (or you can use them yourself later on for tailoring if that's your thing)..

[LethClaypool]

This "parking" technique is amazing, thank you for sharing this. It took me a few deaths and a little practice to get it down, but once I did the xp flys. I've been doing this right by the statue near the WW zoneline so if I got in trouble I could just zone. I would recommend also pulling your mobs back up onto the sides of the zone walls as to prevent adds. Screw Oasis or Karana, this is so much better(but can be challenging).

If you really, REALLY want to push it, you can try parking more than 4 and then pbaoeing them. Honestly though, when I first started doing it I didn't account for the ES vambraces or Lumi Staff clickies later on (or even the Tunare root necklace, as I haven't gotten it yet). When you consider those items in the mix, this becomes even more efficient.

I'm sure if you're a true sadist this could potentially work in Kedge as well.