EverQuest 2 Insider Guide – 9.1.1. Levels 1 – 15 in 15 hours
April 24th, 2010If you are still on the Island of Refuge, stay there until you cap out on experience (that’s
at level 6 and 220% – which is already 20% into your 8th level). You will level twice when
completing your citizienship quest. At level 8 head over to Castleview Hamlet and zone
into Oakmyst Forest. Keep walking straight from the zoning and up the small hill (where
the road foarks). On top of the hill (next to the rope bridge), you will find the Mystail
Matriarchs. They are level 5 with two up-arrows. Two of them may also be found on the
road right below the ridge. They can be soloed by any class/race at level 8 (with
apprentice 1 spells/skill) and give you 5% of experience per kill – 20 kills and you level
up. With their fast spawn rate you can kill them non-stop.
Do your class quest and head back to Oakmyst Forest.
Go kill the Frogs with 2 up-arrows. They are doable by everyone, need a LITTLE
upgraded skills if you are a melee char though. Get your basics to app3 for this. At level
12 they turn grey. Head to the Oakmyst Defender (you will need a set of good armor for
this. So either quest for it or buy it, see below for cash), then at 14 to the great bears and
if you feel like staying longer… at level 15 the whisps will do.
All these mobs are ++ mobs. So they were meant for a group. But they ARE doable solo
if you take them when they are almost grey. No other zone offers so many different
levels of ++ mobs. Also you will find quite some chests with good vendor drops and
artisan books / adept 1s you can sell or use your own. A lot of cash and fast experience
is to be made here.
Freeport
The above mentioned routine works as well for Freeport chars if you decide to do the
Betrayal Quest – it will still be good experience. However, for Freeport there is a fast
leveling routine as well, but it will kick in at a little later point.
One general experience rule is to go for green and blue ++ mobs if you are solo fighting.
In Freeport you will find the bulky shrine sifters a rewarding experience when coming
from the Isle of Refuge (that’s preferably at level 6 and 220%). They are single level 6
melee mobs that can be found through-out the Sunken City zone. The next double
modifier mobs come at level 14 in the form of grove whisps (located on the left and right
side of the road about 300 yards north of crossroads in the Commonlands). They are
quite tough for their level range (13-14) and you might want to try them together with a
partner first. It’s a good idea to pick up a quest from Arconicus at the crossroads first. He
will ask you to kill 10 grove whisps and 10 zombies in Fallen Gate. The reward is the
worn vial of wisp dust (a caster necklace).
