Kurns is fun. The skeletons don’t social, so you can fear kite there as long as you keep your pet on a short leash. Can move into the basement until 20. It’s a good place to practice your very first charm killing, too. Won’t be super efficient, but still fun.
WW giant fort can take you from 22-28 easily and profitably.
At 28, the brutes up by Dalnir are where it’s at. Best money you’re going to find for awhile and super easy. They don’t assist or even aggro, despite what the /con message says, and it’s close to a zone line if things get dire. Their gem drop rate is amazing.
At 33/34ish the brutes will green out enough that you’ll probably want a new place. Root rotting in Nurga is fun at this level. Charm killing in the fields in front of the sarnak fort or fear kiting at the goblin fort in LOIO are also good. So’s the FM giant fort. You can also venture far afield and play in SolA or SK or Splitpaw until 38ish.
Around 38, you’re going to want to buy a Circlet of Shadow. This will change the game for you in a big way. It should be your first big purchase (jboots after). I know, all that +INT/+HP gear looks so attractive. Resist! Caster itemization is terrible in p99 EQ. No amount of normal gear will impact your gameplay even 1/10th as much as a CoS alone, and jboots are just gravy on top.
At 38 with a CoS, big options open up. I recommend reverse charming in Kaesora. Charm a mob, send it at a big group, root all members of that group, then break charm right before your pet dies. Murder your pet with a single spell, then charm one of the rooted undead mobs in the mass and repeat. Xp will fly. The second floor of ToFS is another (albeit riskier) possibility at this level, but Kaesora is fantastic. You’ll actually get a few upgrades, and the vendor trash is fantastic. Do library until 40ish then towers/church until 44.
At 44 you can learn underwater fighting at the bloodgills in LOIO of practice charming more in LGuk. Both are wonderful. Ignore ZEMs when you’re charm killing too. You kill so fast and so constantly that low-zem undead like LGuk is going to be better than almost any other xp in the game (bloodgills and oasis specters are only things that really edge it out).
At 51 you get Splurt. Splurt + Root means that the world is your oyster. You can basically kill any mob you can stick spells to so long as it has any **one** of the three following properties (1) vulnerable to fear, (2) doesn’t summon, (3) is undead. There are exceptions, but not many. Explore the world until you get 54, then go to Howling Stones.
Howling Stones basement will take you to 60. If you get bored, mix in KC or CoM. Both are better money than HS and their xp is good, but nothing compares to HS. Fear-kiting Skyshrine wyverns in your mid-late-50’s is also a profitable way to take a break from HS and get some good upgrades for yourself.
Or, ignore all of this! EQ is a game of adventure and exploration. Go where you want! If it isn’t the fastest xp or then best money but IS fun for you, then you’re in the right spot. Take chances!
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