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Once you reach level 9, head back into Cabilis and grab your spells. Since you are in LOIO it is closer to grab them from the Necro spell vendors than heading back to East Cabilis unless you also want to add a point or two to your spell casting abilities to get them off the ground. | Once you reach level 9, head back into Cabilis and grab your spells. Since you are in LOIO it is closer to grab them from the Necro spell vendors than heading back to East Cabilis unless you also want to add a point or two to your spell casting abilities to get them off the ground. | ||
| − | When you are ready, head back out to LOIO and let's get a buffer into 10 before we head out on our first | + | When you are ready, head back out to LOIO and let's get a buffer into 10 before we head out on our first stat gear camping adventure. |
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Beginnings
This began more of a journal than a guide, but I decided to make a Wiki for others if they ever felt a desire to do something similar. This is the story of Dadbat and my learning process during my first foray into the Solo Self Found (SSF) arena. I had read and seen a bit of what Barthorn had done, and decided I would attempt to do something similar. I chose a Shadow Knight because I actually have never played the class in any iteration of EQ, but it would also give me a few more tools to work with. Iksar because outside Dwarf they are the best race and with the availability of the Crusader and Dreadscale Armor would give some potential guidance on how to approach gearing. I also wanted to play in Kunark more than I have and explore places I haven't been before.
Leveling Path
Some of these areas will be well known to me, some not at all but it has been good to explore the game more than I have previously and more focused on completing quests and tradeskills than I have since 2000.
Levels 1-5
Field of Bone
Nothing surprising here right. FoB is considering maybe the best newbie area in the game.
Collect Bone Chips for Bone Chips Field of Bone
- This stops giving valuable experience at 4 so you can save up a few bone chips for your level 9 pet.
Collect Scaled curskin for Curscale Armor Quest -- This gives us our first set of armor pieces.
- This stops giving valuable experience at 7-8. The curskin are also heavy, but the combined bag is lighter than 8 skins themselves so you can maybe have 16 (8 combined, 8 noncombined) skins on you for a turn in.
If you want continue to stay in Field of Bone until 12 before we move to Kurn's but I had seen plenty of FoB so I decided to head somewhere different.
Levels 6-10
Lake of Ill Omen
So before we make our way to LOIO, make sure to stop and train Bash if you are level 6.
You should also pick up our first true Crusader's Tests quest, so make sure to chat with Lord Gikzic and get your Sarnak Head Pack.
- Time to go Sarnak Hunting.
To be honest, I did not know there was a newbie area like this in LOIO. I probably should have known, but FoB has always been the default that I never bothered with LOIO, Warslik, or Swamp. I am glad I came here though because I actually think LOIO is more enjoyable at least on this journey.
So our first hunting grounds are going to be to the left of Cabilis and up to #2 on the map. We are looking for A Sarnak Hatchling. These share spawns, and are do get killed by the roaming goblins so you might have to do a bit of work to get them. Once we get 4 heads, make sure to combine them first and go turn in the bag to get your Knave's Khukri. This will be your main weapon until Kurn's or maybe a Combine weapon if your plat is healthy enough.
- You need to be careful of the the small building because it does house a 3 spawn of goblins that can contain A goblin hunter who can be level 10. Also be aware of Scalebone Skeletons that path from the ruins to the City edges.
From here, you can either head back to Lake or head to FoB. For this, we stuck around in Lake.
Depending on how lucky you were with Hatchlings, you might have to continue to grind on the sabertooths, goblins, and generic skeletons (non decay/scalebone) until we reach level 8. At 8, it's comfortable enough to be able to run the goblins in the ruins at #2 to the guards to get them to have a split timer. Level 8 might take quite a bit of time here because it will involve some running back and forth, but stick it out and get to Level 9 to where having a pet and spells makes these much easier to deal with.
Once you reach level 9, head back into Cabilis and grab your spells. Since you are in LOIO it is closer to grab them from the Necro spell vendors than heading back to East Cabilis unless you also want to add a point or two to your spell casting abilities to get them off the ground.
When you are ready, head back out to LOIO and let's get a buffer into 10 before we head out on our first stat gear camping adventure.
Levels 10-12
Levels 12-18
Levels 19-24
Levels 24-30
Levels 30-40
Levels 40-50
Levels 50+
