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Per-Level Hunting Guide
The goal of this guide is to be the most complete set of hunting ground information for Project 1999. Unlike many guides, this one strives, whenever possible, to define specifics: specific hunting areas (not just entire zones), specific monsters to hunt, specific level ranges, and other relevant specific details.
This guide is wiki and a work in progress, so if your favorite hunting spot isn't listed please do add it. If you see a level range that seems off, please fix it. If you see incorrect information please remove it ... you get the idea. Remember, all you need to edit the wiki is your existing forum account.
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.
| 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 | - | 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 | ? | 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% | ||
| 04-06 | 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 | |
| 06-9 | 06-9 | 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% | 1-2 | |
| 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 | Assorted ("yard trash") | 173% | ||
| 10-20 | 10-20 | Qeynos Catacombs | ? | Smugglers | ? | ||
| - | 11-14 | Befallen | Entrance | Assorted | 213% | ||
| - | 12-16 | The Overthere | Southeast of outpost/North of chasm | Cockatrices, Succulents, Sabre-toothed Tigers, etc. | 100% | ||
| 12-16 | - | Ocean of Tears | 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) | |
| - | 14-18 | 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. | |
| 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% | Guards can also be hunted if you're not concerned with faction | |
| 15-20 | 15-20 | Permafrost | Near zone-in | Ice Goblins | 120% | ||
| 15-21 | 15-21 | Oasis of Marr | ? | Crocodiles | 100% | ||
| 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 | |
| - | 17 | Najena | ? | Elementals | 173% | ||
| 19 | 15-20 | Oasis of Marr | Orc Highway | Orcs | 100% | ||
| 19-21 | - | East Karana | Near bridge | Wolves and other roamers | 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% | |||
| - | 21-24 | 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 | 21-24 | Lake of Ill Omen | Beach north of river from Firiona Vie | Goblins, Sarnaks, Sabre-tooth Tigers, etc. | 87% | ||
| 21-24 | 21-24 | 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% | Hurts Faerie faction (needed for Rain Caller quest) | |
| 26-32 | - | Everfrost | Everfrost plains | Mammoths | 100% | ||
| - | 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% | |||
| 29-35 | 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 | - | 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 | First goblin room | Goblins | 173% | ||
| 33-38 | 33-38 | Mistmoore | Castle Entrance | 120% | Enchanters can get a good pet by charming 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 | |
| 36 | 36 | Estate of Unrest | Festering Hag room | Assorted | 173% | ||
| 37-41 | 37-41 | The Overthere | West-side of zone | Assorted | 100% | Good spot for quadding, also lots of animals for druids to charm | |
| 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% | ||
| 39-50 | 39-50 | Dreadlands | Along the walls of Karnor's Castle | Assorted | 100% | ||
| 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 | |
| 40-45 | - | 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% | Charmed Haze Golems make good pets | |
| 41-45 | 41-45 | Firiona Vie | Outside settlement | Drovalrgs and Pirates | 100% | ||
| 42-46 | - | Kedge Keep | Entrance | ? | 133% | 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% | ||
| 42-46 | - | Oasis of Marr | Lake | Deepwater Goblins | 100% | ||
| 42-46 | - | Oasis of Marr | Whole zone | Sand Giants | 100% | ||
| 44-48 | 42-46 | City of Mist | Stables | Assorted | 113% | Charmed Haze Golems make good pets | |
| 45-50 | 43-49 | City of Mist | Temple | Assorted | 113% | Charmed Haze Golems make good pets | |
| 46-51 | 44-50 | City of Mist | Arena | Assorted | 113% | Charmed Haze Golems make good pets | |
| 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) | |
| 42-48 | 42-48 | Ocean of Tears | Spectre Island (map location #7) | Spectres | ? | You'll need to be able to split two spectres. | |
| 42-51 | - | Everfrost | Ice giant castle near Permafrost | Ice giants | 100% | Ice giants drop a lot of coin | |
| 43-52 | - | Lake of Ill Omen | Bottom of lake | Bloodgill Goblins | 87% | Some form of Enduring Breath is required | |
| 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 | |
| 42-50 | - | Emerald Jungle | Any zone wall | Apes, raptors, tigers, and leaches | 100% | Lots of animals for Druids to charm | |
| 45-50 | - | Feerrott | Near Plane of Hate zone line | 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 | - | Oggok | ? | Ogre Guards | 133% | ||
| 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 | |
| 47-53 | 45-51 | City of Mist | Moat | Assorted | 113% | - | |
| 51-56 | 49-54 | City of Mist | 2nd Floor | Assorted | 113% | Charmed Haze Golems make good pets | |
| 50-54 | 50-54 | The Hole | ? | ? | 133% | Soloable by Shadow Knights | |
| 49-51 | - | Ocean of Tears | Seafury Island | Seafury Cyclops | ? | ||
| 49-51 | - | Trakanon's Teeth | ? | Spectral Keepers | 100% | ||
| 49-54 | - | Felwithe | ? | High Elf Guards | 133% | Lowers Felwithe faction | |
| 49-56 | 49-56 | Permafrost | ? | Spiders | 120% | ||
| 50-52 | - | Burning Woods | Undead Fort | ? | 100% | ||
| 50-54 | - | Karnor's Castle | Entrance | ? | 113% | ||
| 50-60 | - | Neriak | Foreign Quarter | Ogres and Trolls | 133% | ||
| 51-55 | - | Burning Woods | Giant Fort | ? | 100% | ||
| 51-55 | - | Highpass Keep | ? | Isabella Cellus, bards and nobles | 200% | Lowers Coalition of Tradefolk, Coalition of Tradefolk Underground, Knights of Truth, and Merchants of Qeynos faction | |
| 51-55 | 51-55 | Timorous Deep | Raptor Island | Raptors | ? | Can't bind in zone; Raptors are quad-kiteable | |
| 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) | |
| 54-60 | 52-60 | Chardok | Betrayer Camp | ? | 113% | Has several nice drops, including pipe for Monk epic | |
| 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 | - | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 55-60 | 55-60 | Howling Stones (Charasis) | Basement | ? | 113% | Lowers Venril Sathir (Faction), requires key | |
| 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 | |
| 56-60 | 56-60 | Permafrost | Polar bear pits | Giant Polar Bears | 120% | Enchanters and druids can charm bears for pets |
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).