Monk Solo Spots in 59

[Zentile]

Hi Guys,

Epic/CoF/Fungi Monk with 2355hp and 1120ac self buffed, and I've soloed 10% of 59 in each of the following 5 camps:

Velks Ent Spiders
SolB LDC
Charasis Ent
KC Turnkey
CoM 2nd/3rd

Any other solo spot suggestions?

Thanks!

Zen

[arsenalpow]

Probably some XP to be had in PoM. I'm sure the shrooms in the forest are mostly XP for you although there might be some greens mixed in, and the rat maze is likely filled with blue cons

[kumon]

Is it possible to flop your way there as a monk?

[Daldaen]

Is it possible to flop your way there as a monk?

Yes. It's just 1 failed feign death likely means you're dead.

If you're able to react fast enough to Voiddance and not fail two FDs in a row you could maybe recover from the 1 failed FD. At which point do you just stay FD for 60 min waiting on disc refresh to keep moving??? Or just get a CotH there :P.

I did level 50-51 in PoM on my monk, it wasn't bad and I got 3-4 characters Disease flowers from squire drops. I did some of 59-60 in PoM on my Necro, the Not Poddle Pod are still dark blue at 59, everything else is exp green.

The rats in basement are probably still mostly blue. I though I read a comment that they can drop knights but I don't think I've seen that yet.

[Colgate]

at 59 he doesn't have voiddance, and it probably wouldn't save you anyway with the likelihood of aggroing a glimmer or blue drake, which would have a high chance of breaking your 2nd DA anyway

and yeah the rats in the maze drop knights

[Daldaen]

Wat....

How does a 59 monk not have a 54 monk discipline? Ashenhand is the 60 disc.

And I'm assuming you meant 2nd FD, rather than DA. Which is possible but if you get about halfway through and can burn a shiny brass idol, I think you can make the run.

Perhaps once my monk gets faction I may try out the run for shits and giggles.

Killed more rats last night, still no Knights. I'll remain skeptical for awhile...

[Spyder73]

I duo'd a large chunk of 59 at Effreti with a 60 torp shaman, was good loots and XP for all

[Phantasm]

As a decently geared monk you can duo efreeti with any other class. I duod efreeti with another monk through the later 50s. PoM a great option though. Xp there is dum good

[Colgate]

Wat....

How does a 59 monk not have a 54 monk discipline? Ashenhand is the 60 disc.

And I'm assuming you meant 2nd FD, rather than DA. Which is possible but if you get about halfway through and can burn a shiny brass idol, I think you can make the run.

Perhaps once my monk gets faction I may try out the run for shits and giggles.

Killed more rats last night, still no Knights. I'll remain skeptical for awhile...

yeah meant 2nd FD

also forgot voiddance was 54, haven't been sub-60 in like 4 years and ashenhand is worthless

[Zentile]

Ohh, PoM. It is the only zone I've never seen on EQ from my days on Live or p99. I'll put in the time to get there and try it out.

Can anyone comment on these solo spots for a monk in 59?

Kedge Keep
Upper Zone-out Golems in Seb
Bulthars using ID
Permafrost Bearpit
Skyfire trash
Geos in WL
Felwithe Guards
Charasis Basement or North
Anywhere in the Hole

Thanks again,

Zen

[Phantasm]

Kedge Keep
I think kedge is best left to the druids and enchanters of the world. Its a brutal zone for melee (i hate having to swim back up to where I was .3 seconds ago). Corpse runs are awful with no invis or EB. Xp is good though

Upper Zone-out Golems in Seb
depending on rounds hit could be bad. With the threat of people training out I wouldn't suggest it (but you know, you ARE a monk, what's a train?!

Bulthars using ID
not sure wtf ID is, but as a 60 monk I've had no issue soloing them. They do have a good chunk of hp, so you'll probably have a bit of downtime. They do drop gems though, so, worth it? I think they are similar to fire giants in hp...

Permafrost Bearpit
High hp, high damage mobs. I wouldn't advise. Shitty, shitty corpse run back if you mess up. Should be pretty safe, though I'm not sure how many you could keep clear as you'll have high downtime

Skyfire trash
A viable option for sure. I duo'd a lot of SF trash with a druid/rogue druid/monk combo just using aggro to kite them. Watch out for those damn drakes. Might be a lot of greens for you though, with inter spaced bad-asses

Geos in WL
I have no personal experience with these guys. I know some people who have made great plat off of them, though if they con DB, its worth a shot ? If I recall, they have a lot of hp and can be quite difficult, but the gems... the gems!

Felwithe Guards
I'd kill them on principle alone, damn elves. I always advise guards because you can easily sell their equipment in the city they protect. I did Dark Elf guards around the mid 50s to great success. Worth checking out, though they might not be the greatest xp...

Charasis Basement or North
Charasis will be some of the best xp you'll find in game, and getting kushy in North will yield some great rewards. Expect some early learning curves with breaking through the painting and eating HTs, otherwise, reap the benefits!

Anywhere in the Hole
the hole is a great leveling place, I only fear that you may be greening out before you get a chance at the mobs worth killing. Golems have a ton(see a shitton) of hp, and can be problematic if you are around a harvester or some other caster. But, easily a great option if you can find a blue con elemental(low hp, low damage). Can get some loam to drop off of them too which isn't so bad.

[Ramathorn]

I honestly think youre better off farming plat then buying chardok pulls. Soloing at 59 on a monk for exp isnt the greatest.

[Pint]

Stick with solb and just grab low lvl shamans whenever for efreeti duo, there isn't anything better other than chardok

[Cecily]

I honestly think youre better off farming plat then buying chardok pulls. Soloing at 59 on a monk for exp isnt the greatest.
Soloing 59 on any class is tough. 60 is also really boring. Don't ever recommend Chardok to anyone, ever please.

[Whoop]

How well does a fungi iksar monk solo after 50? Would it be enjoyable for a soloist or is it more like kill one mob then med to full?

[Troxx]

Fungi monk of either race can solo quite effectively at least to 55, faster in general than can be had even duo. This is especially true if you have your epic or whistling fists robe for clicky haste. Iksar regen starts to really kick in 51+ but if you've got a fungi probably won't offset the 20% penalty leveling speed wise until the regen jump at 56. The trick is finding a population of mobs that are very low dark blues and milking it until the majority of them green out. There are multiple locations to do this.

55+ gets more problematic as dark blue mob hp and damage output starts to really outpace what you can efficiently solo. You can still do it, but you'll generally be a lot better off duo. With few exceptions, every additional party member you add beyond 2 in a well structured duo will slow down your xp intake.

[Cochonou]

Also, take into account that 51+, if you bind wound skill is high enough, you can bandage up to 70% life which is quite nice when soloing.
iksar monk with fungi will solo quite well, especially with a good haste item.

[Jimjam]

Does jumping down the hole and typing /quit just before you hit the bottom work here?

This is how I would go down on live (it seemed EQ would remember where you /quit, so you would log back in with only a small distance to fall). My most recent memory is from a few years back, farming AA on a level 70 warrior (I would pull every XP mob in zone, activate my veteran abilities, hit riposte and then get a tonne of AA). The mobs were barely xp so if there wasn't a re-do of the mob database in the bottom of the zone perhaps these would be good mobs to XP off coming up to 60? You probably want to take an escape rope with you though.

[Zentile]

Quick update...

After doing some research about Perma Bear Pit mobs and their HP, it seems that "high HP, high dmg" is a relative statement. They max hit for 128 and have ~8khp. In both cases it makes them easier than trash spiders in Velks which I've also soloed.

The Bear Pits have Giant Spiders (easiest), Giant Wolves (easy) and Giant Bears (a bit tougher). The Spiders don't run and have fewer HP. Since this place is near permacamped by Druids, I was mostly fighting Icy Terrors (max hit 134 and ~10khp). They are much, much harder than anything in the bear pits but still soloable with selfbuffs only, just need to regen to full and have mend up.

Not sure where I'm trying next.

Any comments on:
Phase Spiders in DN
LGuk AM
Chardok Exit mobs
Any Guards that are lvl 45-48

Thanks,

Zen

[Whoop]

Does jumping down the hole and typing /quit just before you hit the bottom work here?

This is how I would go down on live (it seemed EQ would remember where you /quit, so you would log back in with only a small distance to fall). My most recent memory is from a few years back, farming AA on a level 70 warrior (I would pull every XP mob in zone, activate my veteran abilities, hit riposte and then get a tonne of AA). The mobs were barely xp so if there wasn't a re-do of the mob database in the bottom of the zone perhaps these would be good mobs to XP off coming up to 60? You probably want to take an escape rope with you though.


The ghosts at the castle were great AA on live later on, they could be good xp. Problem would be how to get there, the gargs guarding the tunnels are lvl 60 and the roaming golems around that lvl as well, atleast thats what I have gathered from the wiki.

[Jimjam]

Well this is a monk thread so I assume running past and tripping over a stone will fool em? I'm not much of a monker so can't comment on the viability of that. Perhaps the gargs are sneak pastable too?

[Whoop]

Well this is a monk thread so I assume running past and tripping over a stone will fool em? I'm not much of a monker so can't comment on the viability of that. Perhaps the gargs are sneak pastable too?


true true - I need to stop thinking necro thoughts :)

[Trajor]

Despite what the wiki says, 'a ratman warrior' in the hole is not level 51-53 because they don't summon. Split pull singles to the stairwell. Take a shaman to duo with and you can clear the entire camp in the 21:30 respawn time. I found them to be about 7-8k hps each and they were always dark blue at 59 and 60. Just beware the rare spawn ratman guard in the middle west jail, he's 55 and hits for ~300. My wife and I ground 80% of lvl 59 here in 3 days.

[Jimjam]

true true - I need to stop thinking necro thoughts :)

What I find helpful when trying out areas/ideas is to go try it on live first with an overlevelled or twinked character first.

[Damn]

I soloed from fifty to sixty on the tstaff camp with some fungus king duos in between on my monk

[Gotze]

How did you do t staff camp solo at 50? Unless you were like epic'd and decked out I
Assume

[Damn]

How did you do t staff camp solo at 50? Unless you were like epic'd and decked out I
Assume

I was pretty decked out leveling I play in a small guild on red where most of the members were bis in kunark so I got gear fast

But epic fungi monk at fifty can keep that camp down np

[Gotze]

Okay thanks I was going to farm it on a 60 but quite honestly I'd rather get xp at the same time to be productive

[Zentile]

Despite what the wiki says, 'a ratman warrior' in the hole is not level 51-53 because they don't summon. Split pull singles to the stairwell. Take a shaman to duo with and you can clear the entire camp in the 21:30 respawn time. I found them to be about 7-8k hps each and they were always dark blue at 59 and 60. Just beware the rare spawn ratman guard in the middle west jail, he's 55 and hits for ~300. My wife and I ground 80% of lvl 59 here in 3 days.

So I tried Trajor's suggestion above and was soloing the Ratman Warriors in the Hole until the Ratman Guard showed up and FD failed. Now I have a pretty nasty problem.

Any suggestions on how to get my body and not eat a death in lvl 59? I'm more than happy to pay very, very well for your time and resources. I didn't realize the Hole key isn't soulbound either, so I can't enter the zone through the main entrance. Does conjur/summon corpse work if I'm not in the zone? I honestly can't remember.

And here is the location of my corpse, it's not that deep in at all but some of the ent mobs see invis.

http://i68.tinypic.com/15y837b.jpg

Thanks in advance for any assistance, I really appreciate it.

Zentile

[Beinen]

So I tried Trajor's suggestion above and was soloing the Ratman Warriors in the Hole until the Ratman Guard showed up and FD failed. Now I have a pretty nasty problem.

Any suggestions on how to get my body and not eat a death in lvl 59? I'm more than happy to pay very, very well for your time and resources. I didn't realize the Hole key isn't soulbound either, so I can't enter the zone through the main entrance. Does conjur/summon corpse work if I'm not in the zone? I honestly can't remember.

And here is the location of my corpse, it's not that deep in at all but some of the ent mobs see invis.

http://i68.tinypic.com/15y837b.jpg

Thanks in advance for any assistance, I really appreciate it.

Zentile


If you don't receive any help by this evening when I should be on, message Ironi and bring a large coffin. My necro is actually bound in paineel. However I hope you get it sooner!

[eisley]

the two dark elves outside mistmoore are rpetty good, i soloed them on my monk.

priestess liandra and dragoon szorn. the priestess is great cause she chain casts spell that you can easily interrupt, including CH from 40% til death/run. use double fists or a twig if youve got one, and its easy peasy. dragoon is much harder, but he does run at 20%.

[Zentile]

If you don't receive any help by this evening when I should be on, message Ironi and bring a large coffin. My necro is actually bound in paineel. However I hope you get it sooner!

Within 10 hours I had a rez lined up already. I love this server.

Back to the Ratman Warriors. This camp is stressful without a snare or root.

Zentile

[Hitts]

CoM 2nd / 3rd / hallways and rooms i solo'd 57 - 60 as a monk, using stonestance, bind wound, and mend @ 70% health it was pretty viable i died 3-4 times on greater war boneds because i tried to kill them at 50% hp starting. Started using a tstaff at 58 and found it helped the recovery time, the corpse run was manageable and a res was not hard to find.