Levels 2-4
Step 1: put on your hater shades, because there's gonna be naysayers, apparently.
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Congratulations, now that you've blocked out all the haters, it's time to continue leveling your cute lil' druid butt!
Run from Greater Faydark to Butcherblock Mountains, and slay any goblin whelps or decaying skellingtons you may see on the way. When you reach the newbie yard out in front of Kaladim, if it is empty, you can spend a half a level or even stay here until level 3, killing whelps and goblins. Play it safe to avoid a corpse run.
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After you are level 2.5 or even 3, it's time to go wait on the boat, because we are poor and even though you could probably beg a druid to come and port you, a whisper from a level 2 wood elf druid asking for a port from Butcherblock Mountains to West Commonlands is basic as heck and will give any druid a big rubbery one. Go and sit at the docks and wait for the boat to Freeport, I suggest having your smart phone nearby IRL to distract yourself, less you go insane.
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A short while later...
Ahhh, glorious Freeport! The first thing to do here is to run to East Commons and beg for a buff. Any HP buff will do, the main thing is we really do not want to die here and have another long boat ride. Once you have garnished yourself with some actual hit points, zone back into West Freeport and begin slaying every Orc Pawn, decaying skellington, and fire beetle in sight!
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Die, die, die like the motherless gnoll you are!
Loot. Every. Thing. The rusty weapons sell for gold, or if you're going to take up blacksmithing, save them to be sharpened later for skilling up blacksmithing. Even the fire beetle legs will sell for a few silver, and we're an aspiring young druid with an empty pocket. In particular,
SAVE:- Fire Beetle Eyes
- Boner Chips
- Orc Pawn picks
Stockpile the fire beetle eyes. We need one for ourself for our very first Damage over Time spell, Flame Lick. The rest we are going to make a gotdamn killing off of when we return home to Faydwer, which is devoid of any and all fire beetles. $$$
Before long, you should be level 3!
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Awwwwwww yissssssss
Continue killing everything in sight, and making trips to the vendor appropriately. I enjoy dealing with the Freeport Monk guild, they are friendly there, give good prices for my items, and more importantly: sell backpacks. Once you have the funds, buy a backpack and eventually you want to have three.
Once we have looted (4) orc pawn picks, it's time to visit our friend Guard Valon. He is in West Commonlands at the toll booth. Don't give him any money though, he's a phony. On your way to West Commons, stop by the E.C. tunnel and if you are lucky, a friendly ogre will give you the
QuickFeets. Some call it Spirit of Wolf, but that is basic.
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Look at this lazy turd.
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Wooooooooooooooooooooo
Give Guard Valon 4 of your orc pawn picks, he will reward you with about 1 gold because he is on a soldier's stipend and is severely underpaid; more importantly, though, he'll give you about 12 percent experience (at level 3). Return to West Freeport and continue slaying more pawns, beetles, and skellingtons.
As you get further into level 3, keep an eye on your experience bar. If you are looting enough orc pawn picks to ding into level 4, then do the math, 4 picks = about 12 percent exp. Wait until you are at least level 4, or if you have 4 or 8 picks, wait until you are either 75% into the level or 88% into the level (respectively).
I was only able to put together another 4 orc pawn picks before I was 93% into my level. Once you have enough pawn picks to definitely ding into 4, or you are actually level 4, it's time to run to North Freeport and do some banking.
EMPTY YOUR ENTIRE INVENTORY INCLUDING COIN, except for the pawn picks if you have any to turn in. Once you have done this, kiss the banker goodbye cuz you're about to take a free Translocate to Bind. Side note, if you have been vendoring as aggressively as me, you'll have around 6-10pp, and can easily afford our next set of spells.
Once you have emptied your inventory, make one last run to West Commonlands. Hand in any orc pawn picks and ding into 4, and then insult Guard Valon's mother. He'll reply appropriately, but don't worry, you won't lose any experience and this is the first and last time we need to employ this type of porting.
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Weeeelllll welllll weeeellll, look where we are once again. Ah, the lovely Faydark.
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