Per-Level Hunting Guide

The goal of this guide is to be the most complete set of hunting ground information for Project 1999. Unlike other guides, which often limit themselves to "Levels 5-20 Blackburrow", this guide will attempt to define specific areas (not just entire zones), specific monsters to hunt, specific level ranges (and not just in 5 level increments), whether a hunting spot is soloable or requires a group, the best known ZEM, and a short descriptions of notable loot, which classes are best suited, or other relevant details.

This guide is a work in progress, so please, if your favorite hunting spot isn't listed, add it (or, if it's already been added, add more information to it)!

Level Range	Zone	Area	Monsters	Exp Mod	Players	Notes (on Class/Faction/Drops/Quests/etc.)
1-3	Butcherblock Mountains	In front of Kaladim	Assorted critters	100%	1-2
1-3	Everfrost	Pass outside Halas	Assorted critters	100%	1-2	Watch out for Vengeful skeletons, save Polar Bear Skins for Cindl's Polar Bear Collection
1-3	Feerrott	Near Oggok	Assorted critters	100%	1-2
1-3	Greater Faydark	Ruins near Kelethin lifts	Assorted critters	100%	1-2	Save Crushbone Belts from Orc Pawns for Crushbone Belts (Quest)
1-3	Innothule Swamp	Near Grobb	Assorted Critters	100%	1-2
1-3	Misty Thicket	Rivervale side of big wall	Assorted Critters	100%	1-2
1-3	North Qeynos	Outside front gate	Assorted critters	100%	1-2
1-3	Paineel	?	Assorted critters	100%	1-2
1-3	Steamfont	Hills near Ak'Anon	Assorted critters, Renegade Clockworks	100%	1-2
1-3	Toxxulia Forest	Outside Erudin, before river	Assorted critters	100%	1-2
1-3	West Freeport	Outside front gate	Assorted Critters	100%	1-2
4-6	Butcherblock Mountains	Greater Faydark zoneline	Assorted Critters	100%	1-6
4-6	Greater Faydark	"Orc hill" (north end of zone before Crushbone)	Orcs	100%	1-6	Orcs are clumped so soloing is more difficult here; Save Crushbone Belts for Crushbone Belts (Quest)
5-10	East Commonlands	?	Orcs, Dervish Cutthroats	100%	3-6	Save Deathfist Slashed Belts for Deathfist Slashed Belts (Quest)
5-10	Innothule Swamp	?	Assorted	100%	1-6
5-10	Northern Desert of Ro	?	Dervish Cuthroats	100%	3-6
5-10	Qeynos Hills	?	Rabid Wolves and assorted	100%	1-6	Save Diseased Wolf Pelts for Rabid Wolves (Quest); watch out for Holly Windstalker
5-10	Southern Desert of Ro	?	?	100%	1-6	Watch out for mad men and the occasional ancient cyclops
5-10	West Commonlands	?	Orcs, Dervish Cutthroats	100%	3-6	Save Deathfist Slashed Belts for Deathfist Slashed Belts (Quest)
6-8	Blackburrow	Top level of zone	Gnolls	133%	1-6	Save Gnoll Fangs for Gnoll Bounty or Moonstones; trains are common
6-12	Steamfont	Near minotaur cave	Elementals, Drakes, Skeletons, Harpies	100%
7-10	Crushbone	Entry area, slave area, trainer hill	Orcs	213%	1-6	Save Crushbone Belts for Crushbone Belts (Quest)
8-12	Clan Runnyeye	First floor	Goblins	133%	1-2
8-12	Blackburrow	Past first door but not past other doors	Gnolls	133%	1-6	Save Gnoll Fangs for Gnoll Bounty or Moonstones; trains are common
8-16	Everfrost	Plains/Tundra	Mammoth Calves, Polar Bears, Snow Orcs, Wooly Spiders	100%	1-2	South wall of zone makes a good pull spot
9-18	Kurn's Tower	?	Assorted	200%	1-6	Skeletons are not social
10	Nektulos Forest	Ruins near East Commonlands	Zombies	100%	1-6
10-14	Western Karana	Map locations 3, 6, and 16	Bandits	100%	1-3	Save Bandit Sashes for Bandit Sashes (Quest)
10-15	Estate of Unrest	Entrance area	Assorted ("yard trash")	173%	1-6
10-20	Qeynos Catacombs	?	Smugglers	?	1-6
11-14	Befallen	Entrance	Assorted	213%	3-6
12-16	The Overthere	Southeast of outpost/North of chasm	Cockatrices, Succulents, Sabre-toothed Tigers, etc.	100%	4-6
12-16	Ocean of Tears	Sisters Island	Sister of Erollisi	?	1	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%	1-2	Kill Kayla Nybright first to break camp (harmony helps)
14-18	The Overthere	Mudhole (Semi Dry Lake)	Cockatrices, Succulents, Sabre-toothed Tigers, etc.	100%	4-6	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.
15	Kurn's Tower	Main floor	Assorted	200%	1-6	Skeletons are not social
15-18	Lake Rathe	Aviak island/Arena zoneline	Aviaks	100%	1	Aviaks are faction-less
15-20	Befallen	First floor	Assorted	213%	3-6
15-20	Highpass Hold	?	Orcs and Gnolls	107%	1-3	Guards can also be hunted if you're not concerned with faction
15-20	Permafrost	Near zone-in	Ice Goblins	120%	1-6
16	Erud's Crossing	Whole island	Will o' Wisps	?	1	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	Kerra Isle	Kerrans	?	1-2	Lowers Kerra Isle faction
17	Najena	?	Elementals	173%	3-6
17-22	Oasis of Marr	?	Crocodiles	100%	1
19	Oasis of Marr	Orc Highway	Orcs	100%	1-6
19-24	The Overthere	Mudhole (Semi Dry Lake)	Cockatrices, Succulents, Sabre-toothed Tigers, etc.	100%	1-2	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	Upper Guk	"Squire Camp"		200%	1-6
21	Mistmoore	Entrance		120%	1-6
11-23	Estate of Unrest	Fireplace	Assorted	173%	3-6
20-28	South Karana	"KFC" (Aviak town near Lake Rathe zoneline)	Aviaks	100%	1-6	Some races (not Barbarians) can use the merchant at the top level
21-24	East Karana	Bottom of ramp/road to Highpass	Crag Spiders	100%	1-3	Crag Spiders drop lots of Spider Silk for Tailoring
21-24	Lake of Ill Omen	Beach north of river from Firiona Vie	Goblins, Sarnaks, Sabre-tooth Tigers, etc.	87%	1-6
21-24	Lake of Ill Omen	Around windmill	Goblins, Sarnaks, Sabre-tooth Tigers, etc.	87%	1-6
21-30	Warsliks Woods	Forest giant fort	Forest giants	100%	1-6
22-25	The Overthere	Near Warsliks Woods zoneline	Cockatrices, Succulents, Sabre-toothed Tigers, etc.	100%	1-6
26-29	Clan Runnyeye	?	Goblins	133%	3-6	Lots of casters; snare is necessary
27-28	Everfrost	Everfrost plains	Mammoths	100%	1-2
28-34	Warsliks Woods	Brute caves leading to Dalnir	Brutes (5 static + 2 roamers)	100%	1-2
28-30	Rathe Mountains	Near Lake Rathe	Giant Skeletons	100%	1-3
29-32	South Karana	Centaur huts	Centaur Archers	100%	1	Centaurs have no faction, so you can kill them then use their vendor
29-32	Mistmoore	Graveyard		120%	1-6
30-34	Butcherblock Mountains	?	Crazed Goblins	100%	1-6	Well suited for pet classes; goblins are level 29-30ish and hit for a max of 63; they drop about 4p, ringmail, and sometimes a Fine Steel dagger; there are no wanderers; 14 min respawn time
30-34	South Karana	Northeast corner	Treants	100%	1	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%	1-2	Can be pulled individually
30-35	Western Karana	?	Ulrich McMannus	100%	1	Lowers Merchants of Halas, Shamen of Justice, Steel Warriors, and Wolves of the North faction
31	Estate of Unrest	?	Hags	173%	1-?
31-33	Splitpaw	Entrance	First five gnolls	128%	1-2	You'll need to be able to split as these gnolls are paired up
31-34	Misty Thicket	The Wall	Halfling Guards	100%	1	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%	1-2
32-35	South Karana	Centaur huts	Centaur Coursers and Centaur Chargers	100%	1	Centaurs have no faction, so you can kill them then use their vendor
32-35	Solusek's Eye	First goblin room	Goblins	173%	1-6
33-38	Mistmoore	Castle Entrance		120%	1-6	Enchanters can get a good pet by charming Gypsy Musician Rogue
34	Western Karana	Ogre camp	Ogres	100%	1	Good money, beware of Chief Goonda
34-36	Splitpaw	Entryway up to double doors	Gnolls	128%	1-2
35-36	Lower Guk	Zoneline up to the watery passage to bedroom	?	107%	1-?
35-38	Upper Guk	?	Ancient Crocodile	200%	1-2
35-40	Frontier Mountains	Giant Fort	Mountain Giant Tumps and Mountain Giant Hillocks	100%	1-6
35-41	Rathe Mountains	Gypsy Camp	Cynthia	100%	1	She's on Beta Neutral faction; try to kill her before she buffs herself
36	Estate of Unrest	Festering Hag room	Assorted	173%	1-6
37-41	The Overthere	West-side of zone	Assorted	100%	1-6
38-42	Kaesora	?	?	147%	1-6	Tons of undead so particularly good for Clerics/Necromancers
38-42	Rathe Mountains	Map location 19	Hill Giants	100%	1-3	Hill Giants drop a lot (20? plat average) of coin
38-51	Timorous Deep	Spiroc Island	Spirocs	?	1-6	Can't bind in zone
39-50	The Hole	?	Elementals	133%	1-6
39-50	Dreadlands	Along the walls of Karnor's Castle	Assorted	100%	1-6
39-43	Temple of Droga	Hallway between 2 and 3	Goblins	?%	1-6	One-way drop after zone-in so melees need to fight (or sneak) to escape the zone
40-45	Butcherblock Mountains	?	Happ the magician	100%	1
40-45	Lower Guk	Map location 13 and hallways to 17	Ghoul Ritualist and Zols/Dars	107%	1-6
40-45	Rathe Mountains	?	Troll Guards	100%	1	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%	1-3	Fast respawn time
40-48	Permafrost	?	Ice Giants	120%	3-6
41-43	City of Mist	Entrance/Temple/Stables	Assorted	113%	1-?	Charmed Haze Golems make good pets
41-45	Firiona Vie	Outside settlement	Drovalrgs and Pirates	100%	1-6
42-46	Kedge Keep	Entrance	?	133%	1-3	Enduring Breath required; to break the fish group pull all of them, root one at the zone line, zone/zone back, kill the rooted fish, repeat
42-46	Oasis of Marr	Middle of lake	Spectres	100%	1-2
44-52	Grobb	Entrance	Bouncer Sutok, Bouncer Razbaz, etc.	?	1-2	Lowers DaBashers faction; avoid Basher Nanrum (he is harder than his level indicates)
42-48	Ocean of Tears	Spectre Island (map location #7)	Spectres	?	1-6	You'll need to be able to split two spectres.
42-50	Everfrost	Ice giant castle near Permafrost	Ice giants	100%	1-6	Ice giants drop a lot of coin
43-52	Lake of Ill Omen	Bottom of lake	Bloodgill Goblins	87%	1-?	Some form of Enduring Breath is required
45-50	Butcherblock Mountains	?	Dwarves	100%	1-2	Dwarves can be quad-kited; lowers Kazon Stormhammer, Merchants of Kaladim, Miners Guild 249 and Storm Guard faction
45-50	Feerrott	Near Plane of Hate zone line	A Spectre	100%	1	Spawns every 6 mins
45-50	Feerrott	-2370, 2604 (near the portal)	Cyndreela	100%	1	Easy to kill if you nuke her before she buffs
45-50	East Freeport	?	Freeport Guards	100%	1-2	Lowers Coalition of Tradefolk Underground and Freeport Militia faction
45-50	Kedge Keep	?	?	133%	1-6	Enduring Breath is required
45-50	Lower Guk	Dead side	?	107%	1-?	Frogs drop fine steel weapons plus rare loot (eg. Flowing Black Silk Sash)
45-50	Oggok	?	Ogre Guards	133%	1-3
45-50	Rivervale	Near Misty Thicket zone line	Halfling guards	133%	1-2	To avoid nukers stay away from Kithicor Woods zoneline; lowers Guardians of the Vale, Mayor Gubbin, Merchants of Rivervale, and Storm Reapers faction
49-51	Ocean of Tears	Seafury Island	Seafury Cyclops	?	1-3
49-51	Trakanon's Teeth	?	Spectral Keepers	100%	1-2
49-54	Felwithe	?	High Elf Guards	133%	1-3	Lowers Felwithe faction
49-56	Permafrost	?	Spider	120%	1-6
50-52	Burning Woods	Undead Fort	?	100%	1-2
50-54	Karnor's Castle	Entrance	?	113%	1-2
50-60	Neriak	Foreign Quarter	Ogres and Trolls	133%	1-2
51-55	Burning Woods	Giant Fort	?	100%	1-2
51-55	Highpass Keep	?	Isabella Cellus, bards and nobles	200%	1-3	Lowers Coalition of Trade Folk, Coalition of Tradefolk Undergroundm Knights of Truth, and Merchants of Qeynos faction
51-55	Timorous Deep	Raptor Island	Raptors	?	1-?	Can't bind in zone; Raptors are quad-kiteable
53-55	Everfrost	Passage to plains	Barbarian guards	100%	1	3 static spawns; Lowers Merchants of Halas, Shamen of Justice, Steel Warriors, and Wolves of the North
54-58	Karnor's Castle	Deeper in	?	113%	3-6
54-60	Howling Stones (Charasis)	Entrance platform	?	113%	1-3	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction); both undead and live mobs path through entrance (so be careful zoning in)
55-60	Skyfire	Near temple at south end, along west wall	?	107%	1-3	Stay well up on the wall to avoid aggro from mobs pathing by
55-60	Howling Stones (Charasis)	Basement	?	113%	1-6	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction)
56-60	Howling Stones (Charasis)	North	?	113%	1-6	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction)
57-60	Howling Stones (Charasis)	West	?	113%	1-6	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction)
58-60	Howling Stones (Charasis)	South	?	113%	3-6	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction)
59-60	Howling Stones (Charasis)	East	?	113%	3-6	Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction)
56-60	Permafrost	Polar bear pits	Giant Polar Bears	120%	1-6	Enchanters and druids can charm bears for pets
59-60	Karnor's Castle	Entrance/Moat	?	113%	1	Can be soloed by warriors; other classes are often waiting at zone line (and may often buff/heal if feeling generous)

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.