Per-Level Hunting Guide

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 Bone Chips Kaladim
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)
-	05-10	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)
05-8	05-8	Blackburrow	Top level of zone	Gnolls	133%	Save Gnoll Fangs for Gnoll Bounty or Moonstones; trains are common
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%
10-20	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)
15	15	Kurn's Tower	Main floor	Assorted	200%	Skeletons are not social
15-18	-	Lake Rathe	Aviak island/Arena zoneline	Aviaks	100%	Aviaks are faction-less
-	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	Upper Guk	Near the zone-in		200%
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.
-	17	Najena	?	Elementals	173%
19-21	17-19	Kerra Island	?	Kerrans	120%
19	12-19	Oasis of Marr	Orc Highway	Orcs	100%
19-23	-	East Karana	Near bridge	Wolves, Dark Stalkers, Gorge Hounds and Griffawns	100%
19-21	-	Paineel	?	Guards	100%	Lowers Heretics faction
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
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	30-34	Butcherblock Mountains	?	Crazed Goblins	100%	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	-	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
30-45	-	Greater Faydark	Kelethin	Kelethin guards	100%	(Thankfully) guards won't run off the platforms; lowers Wood Elf 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	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%
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%
35-41	-	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
34-41	32-39	Estate of Unrest	Festering Hag room	Assorted	173%
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