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The guide collects information on places to level for all levels, across all of Norath. Whenever you've tired of your current spot, this guide can suggest a number of places to consider.

If you are looking for places to earn money please see the Treasure Hunting Guide.

To search for only solo or only group hunting grounds, simply click on the Solo/Group Level Range column headers; this will sort all of the solo/group hunting grounds together. (Ideally) all solo level ranges define areas where the monsters will con dark blue, while all group level ranges define areas with blue, white, and/or yellow cons.

NOTE: This guide is wiki and work in progress so please add any un-listed hunting spots or fix any incorrect level ranges. All it takes is your forum account (to login) and a few seconds of your time.

NOTE #2: The icon indicates that the hunting spot in question has good charmable pets for Enchanters (and possibly Druids); the charmable mob may or may not be listed in parentheses.

Solo Level Range	Group Level Range	Zone	Area	Monsters	Exp Mod	Notes (on Class/Faction/Drops/Quests/etc.)
01-03	-	Butcherblock Mountains	In front of Kaladim	Assorted critters	100%	Save Bone Chips for Kaladim Bone Chips Quest
01-03	-	Everfrost	Pass outside Halas	Assorted critters	100%	Watch out for Vengeful skeletons, save Polar Bear Skins for Cindl's Polar Bear Collection
01-03	-	Feerrott	Near Oggok	Assorted critters	100%
01-03	-	Field of Bone	Near Cabilis	Assorted Critters	100%
01-03	-	Greater Faydark	Ruins near Kelethin lifts	Assorted critters	100%	Save Crushbone Belts from Orc Pawns for Crushbone Belts (Quest)
01-03	-	Innothule Swamp	Near Grobb	Assorted Critters	100%
01-03	-	Misty Thicket	Rivervale side of big wall	Assorted Critters	100%
01-03	-	North Qeynos	Outside front gate	Assorted critters	100%
01-03	-	Paineel	Paineel starting area (entry yard)	Assorted critters	100%
01-03	-	Steamfont	Hills near Ak'Anon; map location #12	Assorted critters, Renegade Clockworks	100%	Watch out for the wandering Skeleton and Kobold Shaman
01-03	-	Toxxulia Forest	Outside Erudin, before river	Assorted critters	100%
01-03	-	West Freeport	Outside front gate	Assorted Critters	100%
04-05	-	Field of Bone	Spiderling cave	Spiderlings	100%	Spiderling silk can be saved and sold to players
04-06	03-05	Butcherblock Mountains	Greater Faydark zoneline	Assorted Critters	100%
04-06	03-05	Greater Faydark	"Orc hill" (north end of zone before Crushbone)	Orcs	100%	Orcs are clumped so soloing is more difficult here; Save Crushbone Belts for Crushbone Belts (Quest)
05-8	05-8	Blackburrow	Top level of zone	Gnolls	133%	Save Gnoll Fangs for Gnoll Bounty or Moonstones; trains are common
-	05-10	East Commonlands	?	Orcs, Dervish Cutthroats	100%	Save Deathfist Slashed Belts for Deathfist Slashed Belts (Quest); players sitting in the tunnel (auctioning) will often give free buffs
05-10	05-10	Innothule Swamp	?	Assorted	100%
-	05-10	Northern Desert of Ro	?	Dervish Cuthroats	100%
05-10	05-10	Qeynos Hills	?	Rabid Wolves and assorted	100%	Save Diseased Wolf Pelts for Rabid Wolves (Quest); watch out for Holly Windstalker
05-10	05-10	Southern Desert of Ro	?	?	100%	Watch out for mad men and the occasional ancient cyclops
-	05-10	West Commonlands	?	Orcs, Dervish Cutthroats	100%	Save Deathfist Slashed Belts for Deathfist Slashed Belts (Quest)
06-08	-	Misty Thicket	South-west Goblin camps (#2 on map)	Goblins (+ Assorted Critters)	100%
06-09	06-09	Steamfont	Kobold camps	Kobolds	100%
06-12	06-12	Steamfont	Near minotaur cave	Elementals, Drakes, Skeletons, Harpies	100%
07-10	07-10	Crushbone	Entry area, slave area, trainer hill	Orcs	213%	Save Crushbone Belts for Crushbone Belts (Quest)
08-12	-	Clan Runnyeye	First floor	Goblins	133%	West-most camp has only 2 goblins, easy to break even if soloing
08-12	08-12	Blackburrow	Past first door but not past other doors	Gnolls	133%	Save Gnoll Fangs for Gnoll Bounty or Moonstones; trains are common
08-16	-	Everfrost	Plains/Tundra	Mammoth Calves, Polar Bears, Snow Orcs, Wooly Spiders	100%	South wall of zone makes a good pull spot
09-18	09-18	Kurn's Tower	?	Assorted	200%	Skeletons are not social
10	09-10	Nektulos Forest	Ruins near East Commonlands	Zombies	100%
10-14	-	Western Karana	Map locations 3, 6, and 16	Bandits	100%	Save Bandit Sashes for Bandit Sashes (Quest)
10-15	10-15	Estate of Unrest	Entrance area (outside house)	Assorted ("yard trash")	173%
10-15	10-15	Southern Desert of Ro	?	Assorted animals	100%	Most animals are non-social
10-15	10-15	Southern Desert of Ro	Orc camp near south wall (unmarked on map)	Orcs	100%	Need some form of CC to break camp
10-15	-	Lake Rathetear	Aviak island/Arena zoneline	Aviaks (small "an aviak")	100%	Aviaks are faction-less, but social.
10-20	10-20	Qeynos Catacombs	?	Smugglers	?
11-15	10-15	Butcherblock Mountains	Goblin camps (locations 5, 6, 15, 22)	Goblins	100%	Will need ability to split goblins if soloing, watch out for Goblin Shaman/Wizards
11-15	11-15	Northern Desert of Ro	?	Scarabs	100%	If you ask nicely sellers in East Commonlands may buff you
-	11-14	Befallen	Entrance	Assorted	213%
11-15	?	Timorous Deep	?	Streamer fish	?	Can't bind in zone
12-15	?	Steamfont	near Lesser Faydark zone line	Minotaurs	?	4 spawns
12-16		The Overthere	Southeast of outpost/North of chasm	Cockatrices, Succulents, Sabre-toothed Tigers, etc.	100%
12-16	-	Ocean of Tears, location #10	Sisters Island	Sister of Erollisi	?	Vendor on same island; lowers Clerics of Tunare/Faydarks Champions/King Tearis Thex/Soldiers of Tunare faction
12-18	-	Lesser Faydark	Nybright Sister Camp	Nybright Sisters	100%	Kill Kayla Nybright first to break camp (harmony helps)
14-23	14-23	East Karana	Gnolls in the southwest	a gnoll reaver and an undead reaver	100%	Great solo camp; fast respawn and plenty of mobs almost all standing alone.
15	15	Kurn's Tower	Main floor	Assorted	200%	Skeletons are not social
15-18	-	South Karana	The plains area (ie. most of the zone)	elephants and elephant calves	100%
-	15-20	Befallen	First floor	Assorted	213%
15-20	15-20	Highpass Hold	?	Orcs and Gnolls	107%
15-20	15-20	Permafrost	Near zone-in	Ice Goblins	120%
15-21	15-21	Oasis of Marr	Various, including Map Location #2	Caimans and Crocodiles	100%	Avoid higher level Deepwater Crodcodiles
15-21	15-21	Kithicor Forest	?	Shralok Orcs	100%	Zone is full of high level undead at night (in-game time); Save Orc Scalps for quest
16	-	Erud's Crossing	Whole island	Will o' Wisps	?	Save Lightstones and Greater Lightstones for Research Aid or Evil Research (or sell them for decent low-level cash); beware: killing non-wisps can agro the entire island
16-17	-	Erud's Crossing	Whole island	Kerrans	?	Lowers Kerra Isle faction
16-20	14-18	The Overthere	Mudhole (Semi Dry Lake)	Cockatrices, Succulents, Sabre-toothed Tigers, etc.	100%	From boat keep water on your left until you get to the hills, then go right to the Mudhole. Watch for Sarnaks, as they are social and will agro.
16-20	14-18	Upper Guk	Near the zone-in		200%
17-22	-	West Karana	Field at map location #10	Scarecrows	100%	Be prepared for a fear proc from Scarecrows
18-25	17-24	Lake Rathetear	Aviak islands	Aviak guards	100%	Aviaks are faction-less, but social. There are a total of seven aviak guards in the west part of the zone, near the Arena. Levitate speeds things up a ton by being able to scoot across water.
-	17	Najena	?	Elementals	173%
19	12-19	Oasis of Marr	Orc Highway	Orcs	100%
19-21	17-19	Kerra Island	?	Kerrans	120%
19-21	-	Paineel	?	Guards	100%	Lowers Heretics faction
19-23	-	East Karana	Near bridge	Wolves, Dark Stalkers, Gorge Hounds and Griffawns	100%
19-24	-	The Overthere	Mudhole (Semi Dry Lake)	Cockatrices, Succulents, Sabre-toothed Tigers, etc.	100%	From boat keep water on your left until you get to the hills, then go right to the Mudhole. Watch for Sarnaks, as they are social and will agro.
20	20	Upper Guk	"Squire Camp"		200%
20-28	20-28	South Karana	"KFC" (Aviak town near Lake Rathe zoneline)	Aviaks	100%	Some races (not Barbarians) can use the merchant at the top level
21	21	Mistmoore	Entrance		120%
21-23	17-22	Blackburrow	Deep in (area around Lord Elgnub)	Gnolls	133%	Save Gnoll Fangs for Gnoll Bounty or Moonstones; trains are common
-	21-24	Estate of Unrest	Fireplace	Assorted	173%
-	21-24	Estate of Unrest	Basement	Assorted	173%
21-24	-	East Karana	Bottom of ramp/road to Highpass	Crag Spiders	100%	Crag Spiders drop lots of Spider Silk for Tailoring; *Kill nearby Carrion Spiders for a temporary player-run quest *
21-24	18-24	Lake of Ill Omen	Beach north of river from Firiona Vie	Goblins, Sarnaks, Sabre-tooth Tigers, etc.	87%
21-24	18-24	Lake of Ill Omen	Around windmill	Goblins, Sarnaks, Sabre-tooth Tigers, etc.	87%
21-24	21-24	Ocean of Tears	?	Gargoyles, Mermaids
21-30	21-30	Warsliks Woods	Forest giant fort	Forest giants	100%
22-25	22-25	Dagnor's Cauldron	?	Aqua Goblin Bosuns, Aqua Goblin Tidal Lords	100%
22-25	22-25	The Overthere	Near Warsliks Woods zoneline	Cockatrices, Succulents, Sabre-toothed Tigers, etc.	100%
-	26-29	Clan Runnyeye	?	Goblins	133%	Lots of casters; snare is necessary
24-30	24-30	Lake of Ill Omen	North of windmill	Goblins, Sarnaks, Sabre-tooth Tigers, etc.	87%	Keep an eye out for A Sarnak Courier, which can drop Goblin Gazughi Ring (an 8-9k item)
25-30	23-26	Lesser Faydark	Faerie Camp	Faeries	100%	Lowers Faerie faction (needed for Rain Caller quest)
26-32	-	Everfrost	Everfrost plains	Mammoths	100%
-	27-33	Cazic Thule	?	Alligators	113%
-	27-33	Cazic Thule	Maze		113%	Lots of roamers and healers
-	27-33	Cazic Thule	near Temple		113%	Lots of roamers and healers
28-34	-	Warsliks Woods	Brute caves leading to Dalnir	Brutes (5 static + 2 roamers)	100%
28-30	-	Rathe Mountains	Near Lake Rathe	Giant Skeletons	100%
29-32	-	South Karana	Centaur huts	Centaur Archers	100%	Centaurs have no faction, so you can kill them then use their vendor
29-32	29-32	Mistmoore	Graveyard		120%
29-33	-	Ocean of Tears, location #10	Sisters Island	Dwarves	?	Vendor on same island; lowers Dwarf faction
29-35	29-35	Kerra Island	?	Kerrans, including Shazda Asad	120%	Kerrans start out non-KOS (but killing them lowers faction)
30-34	-	Rivervale	?	Guards	133%	Lowers Guardians of the Vale, Mayor Gubbin, Merchants of Rivervale, and Storm Reapers faction; beware, some guards are level 40
27-34	-	South Karana	Northeast corner	Treants	100%	2 static spawns; drops coin, gems, and fine steel staffs; lowers Guards of Qeynos, Jaggedpine Treefolk, Protectors of Pine and QRG Protected Animals faction
30-35	-	Western Karana	North/Central part of the zone around -1300 -8900	Choon and Froon	100%	Can be pulled individually
30-35	-	Western Karana	?	Ulrich McMannus	100%	Lowers Merchants of Halas, Shamen of Justice, Steel Warriors, and Wolves of the North faction
31	31	Estate of Unrest	?	Hags	173%
31-33	-	Splitpaw	Entrance	First five gnolls	128%	You'll need to be able to split as these gnolls are paired up
31-34	-	Misty Thicket	The Wall	Halfling Guards	100%	Necro Heaven or any evil race that can solo, lowers Guardians of the Vale, Mayor Gubbin, Merchants of Rivervale, and Storm Reapers faction.
31-36	-	South Karana	Spires around Splitpaw zoneline	Gnolls	100%
32-35	-	South Karana	Centaur huts	Centaur Coursers and Centaur Chargers	100%	Centaurs have no faction, so you can kill them then use their vendor
32-35	32-35	Solusek's Eye (Sol A)	First goblin room	Goblins	173%
33-38	33-38	Mistmoore	Castle Entrance		120%	(Gypsy Musician Rogue)
34	-	Western Karana	Ogre camp	Ogres	100%	Good money, beware of Chief Goonda
34-36	-	Splitpaw	Entryway up to double doors	Gnolls	128%
34-41	32-39	Estate of Unrest	Festering Hag room	Assorted	173%
34-60	34-60	Dreadlands	Along the walls of Karnor's Castle	Assorted	100%
35-36	35-36	Lower Guk	Zoneline up to the watery passage to bedroom	?	107%
35-38	-	Upper Guk	?	Ancient Crocodile	200%	Ancient Crocodile can drop Gatorscale Leggings
33-40	31-40	Frontier Mountains	Giant Fort	Mountain Giant Tumps and Mountain Giant Hillocks	100%
35-40	41-45	Firiona Vie	Outside settlement	Pirates	100%	Safest pull spot is the cliff face running east of FV
35-41	-	Rathe Mountains	Gypsy Camp	Cynthia	100%	She's on Beta Neutral faction; try to kill her before she buffs herself
35-42	-	Highpass Hold	?	Guards	107%	Guards range in level from 27-35
35-46	-	Kedge Keep	Entrance	?	133%	Enduring Breath required; to break the fish group pull all of them, root/snare one at the zone line, zone/zone back, kill the rooted fish, repeat
37-41	37-41	The Overthere	West-side of zone	Assorted	100%	Good spot for quadding,
37-42	35-42	Kaesora	?	?	147%	Tons of undead so particularly good for Clerics/Necromancers
38-42	-	Rathe Mountains	Map location 19	Hill Giants	100%	Hill Giants drop a lot (20? plat average) of coin
38-51	38-51	Timorous Deep	Spiroc Island	Spirocs	?	Can't bind in zone
39-50	39-50	The Hole	?	Elementals	133%
39-43	39-43	Temple of Droga	Hallway between 2 and 3	Goblins	?%	One-way drop after zone-in so melees need to fight (or sneak) to escape the zone
40-43	38-41	Solusek's Eye (Sol A)	Path to keep	Clockworks and gnomes	173%	Soloable by melee classes; don't get too close to the keep as clerics inside will heal through the walls
40-45	-	Butcherblock Mountains	?	Happ the magician	100%
40-45	40-45	Lower Guk	Map location 13 and hallways to 17	Ghoul Ritualist and Zols/Dars	107%
40-45	-	Rathe Mountains	?	Troll Guards	100%	High resists help avoid dot damage; beware the shadow knight's harm touch
40-46	-	Dreadlands	Northwest Yeti caves	Yeti (8 static, 2 roamers)	100%	Fast respawn time
-	40-48	Permafrost	?	Ice Giants	120%
41-43	-	City of Mist	Entrance	Assorted	113%	Golem levels: Fog > Mist > Vapor > Haze
41-45	41-45	Firiona Vie	Outside settlement	Drolvargs	100%	Safest pull spot is the cliff face running east of FV
42-43	-	Feerrott	Along the river	2x Bouncers	100%
42-46	-	Oasis of Marr	Middle of lake	Spectres	100%
42-46	-	Oasis of Marr	Lake	Deepwater Goblins	100%
42-46	-	Oasis of Marr	Whole zone	Sand Giants	100%
-	44-45	Temple of Droga	Chief room	Goblins	?%	One-way drop after zone-in so melees need to fight (or sneak) to escape the zone
42-48	42-48	Ocean of Tears	Spectre Island (map location #7)	Spectres	?	You'll need to be able to split two spectres.
42-50	-	Emerald Jungle	Any zone wall	Apes, raptors, tigers, and leaches	100%
42-51	-	Everfrost	Ice giant castle near Permafrost	Ice giants	100%	Ice giants drop a lot of coin, and are on a 7 minute timer
43-52	-	Lake of Ill Omen	Bottom of lake	Bloodgill Goblins	87%	Some form of Enduring Breath is required
44-48	42-46	City of Mist	Stables	Assorted	113%	Golem levels: Fog > Mist > Vapor > Haze
44-52	-	Grobb	Entrance	Bouncer Sutok, Bouncer Razbaz, etc.	?	Each Basher drops 12-13 plat in items; lowers DaBashers faction; avoid Basher Nanrum (he is harder than his level indicates)
45-50	43-49	City of Mist	Temple	Assorted	113%	Ghost mobs proc lifetaps
45-50	-	Butcherblock Mountains	?	Dwarves	100%	Dwarves can be quad-kited; lowers Kazon Stormhammer, Merchants of Kaladim, Miners Guild 249 and Storm Guard faction
45-50	-	Butcherblock Mountains	Docks	Two Dwarves on docks and two in huts	100%	Dwarves can be quad-kited; lowers Clerics of Underfoot, Kazon Stormhammer, Paladins of Underfoot, Veeshan
45-50	-	Feerrott	Near Plane of Fear zone line in the southwest	A Spectre	100%	Spawns every 6 mins
45-50	-	Feerrott	-2370, 2604 (near the portal)	Cyndreela	100%	Easy to kill if you nuke her before she buffs
45-50	-	East Freeport	?	Freeport Guards	100%	Lowers Coalition of Tradefolk Underground and Freeport Militia faction
45-50	45-50	Kedge Keep	?	?	133%	Enduring Breath is required; harmony (for breaking schools of fish) is recommended, but without it you can: A) pull school, B) root one fish, C) zone out, D) zone in, repeat
45-50	45-50	Lower Guk	Dead side	?	107%	Frogs drop fine steel weapons plus rare loot (eg. Flowing Black Silk Sash)
45-50	45-50	Lower Guk	Live side, Noble Room (location 9)	?	107%	Noble drops White Gold Necklace, "safe" hall nearby
-	45-50	Nagafen's Lair (Sol B)	?	?	107%
40-48	40-48	Oggok	?	Ogre Guards (Bouncers)	133%	There are both static and roaming bouncers all over the city. They drop lots of Fine Steel and are a good source of platinum if you can sell to nearby vendors. At 48 most will be green.
45-50	-	Rivervale	Near Misty Thicket zone line	Halfling guards	133%	To avoid nukers stay away from Kithicor Forest zoneline; lowers Guardians of the Vale, Mayor Gubbin, Merchants of Rivervale, and Storm Reapers faction
45-52	-	Felwithe	?	High Elf Guards	133%	Lowers Felwithe faction; Some guards are Paladins and will Lay on Hands unless prevented
46-51	44-50	City of Mist	Arena	Assorted	113%	Goos have above-average MR
47-53	45-51	City of Mist	Moat	Assorted	113%	(Haze Golems)
49-51	-	Ocean of Tears	Seafury Island	Seafury Cyclops	?	Average of 500-1k plat/hour
49-51	-	Trakanon's Teeth	?	Spectral Keepers	100%
49-55	-	Highpass Keep	?	Isabella Cellus, bards and nobles	200%	Lowers Coalition of Tradefolk, Coalition of Tradefolk Underground, Knights of Truth, and Merchants of Qeynos faction
49-56	49-56	Permafrost	?	Spiders	120%
50-52	-	Burning Woods	Undead Fort	?	100%
50-54	50-54	The Hole	?	?	133%	Soloable by Shadow Knights
50-54	-	Karnor's Castle	Entrance	?	113%
50-60	-	Neriak Foreign Quarter	Arena	Ogres and Trolls	133%	Hurts Neriak Queen factions, helps Neriak King factions; stairwells are safe pull spots
51-54	-	Nagafen's Lair (Sol B)	Near Sol A Zoneline	Sonic bats	107%
51-55	51-55	Timorous Deep	Raptor Island	Raptors	?	Can't bind in zone; Raptors were quad-kiteable, but aren't as of a recent change (this may change again in a future patch)
51-56	49-54	City of Mist	2nd Floor	Assorted	113%	(Haze Golems)
51-56	-	Burning Woods	Giant Fort	A Forest Giant Verdant, A Forest Giant Ancient, etc.	100%
51-57	-	Greater Faydark	Kelethin	Kelethin Guards	100%	Lowers wood elf faction; guards drop fine steel weapons; quad-able (tips here); mage soloable; outside rogue's guild is a good spot to pull singles
52-60	-	Karnor's Castle	Entrance/Moat	?	113%	Can be soloed by warriors; other classes are often waiting at zone line (and may often buff/heal if feeling generous)
53-60	-	Sebilis	Entrance	?	113%	Unlike other dungeon entrances, there's no immediate exit; requires key
53-55	-	Everfrost	Passage to plains	Barbarian guards	100%	3 static spawns; Lowers Merchants of Halas, Shamen of Justice, Steel Warriors, and Wolves of the North
-	54-58	Karnor's Castle	Left Courtyard (aka "LCY"; courtyard in front of map locations #9)	?	113%
54-60	52-60	Chardok	Betrayer Camp	?	113%	Has several nice drops, including pipe for Monk epic
54-60	-	Howling Stones (Charasis)	Entrance platform	?	113%	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction); both undead and live mobs path through entrance (so be careful zoning in)
55-60	-	Kedge Keep	Deeper in	?	133%	Enduring Breath required; 2 seahorses and a mermaid respawn every 20 min
55-60	-	Chardok	Entrance	?	113%
55-60	-	Skyfire	Near temple at south end, along west wall	?	107%	Stay well up on the wall to avoid aggro from mobs pathing by
56-59	-	Kedge Keep	Map location #9	?	133%	Enduring Breath required;fish, repeat
56-60	-	Karnor's Castle	Moat (Map Location #3)	?	113%
56-60	-	Karnor's Castle	Warlord Room (Map Location #8)	?	113%
55-60	55-60	Howling Stones (Charasis)	Basement	?	113%	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction), requires key
56-60	56-60	Permafrost	Polar bear pits	Giant Polar Bears	120%	(Polar Bears)
56-60	56-60	Howling Stones (Charasis)	North	?	113%	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction), requires key
57-60	57-60	Howling Stones (Charasis)	West	?	113%	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction), requires key
58-60	58-60	Howling Stones (Charasis)	South	?	113%	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction), requires key
59-60	59-60	Howling Stones (Charasis)	East	?	113%	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction), requires key

NOTE: All experience bonuses are per the Recommended Levels and ZEM List. However, while that page expresses experience modifiers in terms of ZEM (where a ZEM of 75 is the baseline), this page expresses them in percentages (rounded) of the base. In other words, a zone with a ZEM of 100 would have a 133% (100/75) experience modifier. Also note that there is no publicly available P99-accurate ZEM list, and that the ZEMs listed on that page are often way off (e.g. Crushbone certainly does not have anything close to a 213% modifier).

NOTE #2: Hunting spots listed here have been shamelessly taken from other guides, forum posts, and even other sites. My goal is to create the best possible hunting guide, in part by consolidating existing guides, for everyone's benefit.

This guide was originally created by Loramin Frostseer, but has had contributions from numerous others (see the history tab above).