Fatdog's Somewhat Helpful Leveling Guide for the Casual Druid

[Shrubwise]

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Fatdog's Somewhat Helpful Leveling Guide for the Casual Druid

Level one: Bats and Skellingtons

Create dat druid and get to it! I chose a Wood Elf and thus, the first part of this guide will be especially catered towards other players in the Faydwer area.

Don't bother turning in your guild note just yet. Mem your first two spells, and get to slaying those bats, skeletons, and perhaps the occasional wasp if you are full on HP!

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After you have filled your inventory with glorious loot, head to the Druid guild. Turn in your note and buy a couple spells. I recommend Snare and burst of Fire.

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Resume your hunting and you should be level two in 20 minutes or less.

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[Doctor Jeff]

This is retarded

[loramin]

This is retarded

It seems like the start of a potentially useful guide for truly new people (which admittedly is a small group). However, I feel like it glosses over some things that would be difficult for a true newbie (eg. "head to the Druid guild" ... heading anywhere in Kelethin is almost impossible for newbies, so a map with a path might be handy).

Also might I suggest moving this to the wiki instead? It will last longer, give you more control over formatting, etc.

[Spyder73]

level 2 seems like an odd spot to stop the guide....

[Doctor Jeff]

some nonsense

shrub is a red troll

[Legidias]

But, what defines a guide exactly? Im assuming its a troll guide, but it is technically a full guide to a WE druid lvling to 2.

[SiouxNation]

level 2 seems like an odd spot to stop the guide....

Level 3 is odd, level 2 is even.

[skarlorn]

I've tagged this thread

[Shrubwise]

This is a Somewhat Helpful Leveling Guide for the Casual Druid, and it's going to take lots of time to complete. I'm updating it after every level. Right now, I am level 2. Deal with it :cool:

[NegaStoat]

A different suggestion. If your druid starts in Greater Fay, run the mail from Felwithe to Kelethin for about 4-5 plat. The gold and experience given is incorrect on P1999 - the value of both given are for the large mail bag delivery from Kelethin to Freeport, rather than the lesser value from old retail. You can score up to 11 gold from one trip, although the average will be about 7.

Use your cash to buy full Tattered small leather armor (assuming wood elf) from Kaladim from either the Warrior's guild merchant or the paladin's guild merchant. Total cost is something like 1.5 plat for all armor slots covered? Something like that. Picking up a merchant sold 1h blunt Staff is cheap, along with a wooden small round shield. If you want to save on cash, use a cracked staff instead. You can also buy low weight Medicine Bags in Kaladim for .4 weight for an 8 slot Large item bag. These are great for the low strength Wood Elf.

Level from that point to level 5 in front of Kaladim beating the hell out of every skeleton, beetle, and spider that moves. Yes, this will be boring. But yes, you will collect 5 to 6 or more stacks of bone chips. The very moment you hit level 5, calmly walk into Kaladim for the Paladin's guild and do the bone chip turn in quest. It will take a bit over 5 stacks to go from level 5 to level 8 to pick up your key skill, Meditate. From there you can beat up Orc centurions in Crushbone for level 10 or abuse the 4 skeleton spawns by the Druid ring in Butcherblock mountains for level 10 or 11.

From that point it's like falling off a log to level the druid. You honestly can't screw it up. Between Flame Lick, your damage shield thorns spell cast on yourself, and then in a few levels, Stinging Swarm, you have 3 ticks of constant damage happening on an enemy while you swing with a staff and heal back up to full after clearing a camp using your Tree Illusion to reach 19 by only half trying.

[Nagoya]

i'm pretty sure a full set of merchant leather armor is around 15-20pp for the set, not 1.5pp hehe. the biggest parts (tunic, leggings...) are about 2pp each.

vendor bought generic scimitar http://wiki.project1999.com/Scimitar will cost around 6pp, same for 1HB or 2HB alternatives.

medicine bags are 1pp each, you can indeed buy them in south kaladim, at redfist's metal (although the vendor carries only 2 or so at a times).

this is an awesome guide Shrub! I hope the single new p99 player we'll get in 2018 will read it :p

[Shrubwise]

Levels 2-4

Step 1: put on your hater shades, because there's gonna be naysayers, apparently.

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Congratulations, now that you've blocked out all the haters, it's time to continue leveling your cute lil' druid butt!

Run from Greater Faydark to Butcherblock Mountains, and slay any goblin whelps or decaying skellingtons you may see on the way. When you reach the newbie yard out in front of Kaladim, if it is empty, you can spend a half a level or even stay here until level 3, killing whelps and goblins. Play it safe to avoid a corpse run.

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After you are level 2.5 or even 3, it's time to go wait on the boat, because we are poor and even though you could probably beg a druid to come and port you, a whisper from a level 2 wood elf druid asking for a port from Butcherblock Mountains to West Commonlands is basic as heck and will give any druid a big rubbery one. Go and sit at the docks and wait for the boat to Freeport, I suggest having your smart phone nearby IRL to distract yourself, less you go insane.

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A short while later...

Ahhh, glorious Freeport! The first thing to do here is to run to East Commons and beg for a buff. Any HP buff will do, the main thing is we really do not want to die here and have another long boat ride. Once you have garnished yourself with some actual hit points, zone back into West Freeport and begin slaying every Orc Pawn, decaying skellington, and fire beetle in sight!

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Die, die, die like the motherless gnoll you are!

Loot. Every. Thing. The rusty weapons sell for gold, or if you're going to take up blacksmithing, save them to be sharpened later for skilling up blacksmithing. Even the fire beetle legs will sell for a few silver, and we're an aspiring young druid with an empty pocket. In particular, SAVE:

Fire Beetle Eyes
Boner Chips
Orc Pawn picks


Stockpile the fire beetle eyes. We need one for ourself for our very first Damage over Time spell, Flame Lick. The rest we are going to make a gotdamn killing off of when we return home to Faydwer, which is devoid of any and all fire beetles. $$$

Before long, you should be level 3!

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Awwwwwww yissssssss

Continue killing everything in sight, and making trips to the vendor appropriately. I enjoy dealing with the Freeport Monk guild, they are friendly there, give good prices for my items, and more importantly: sell backpacks. Once you have the funds, buy a backpack and eventually you want to have three.
Once we have looted (4) orc pawn picks, it's time to visit our friend Guard Valon. He is in West Commonlands at the toll booth. Don't give him any money though, he's a phony. On your way to West Commons, stop by the E.C. tunnel and if you are lucky, a friendly ogre will give you the QuickFeets. Some call it Spirit of Wolf, but that is basic.

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Look at this lazy turd.

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Wooooooooooooooooooooo

Give Guard Valon 4 of your orc pawn picks, he will reward you with about 1 gold because he is on a soldier's stipend and is severely underpaid; more importantly, though, he'll give you about 12 percent experience (at level 3). Return to West Freeport and continue slaying more pawns, beetles, and skellingtons.

As you get further into level 3, keep an eye on your experience bar. If you are looting enough orc pawn picks to ding into level 4, then do the math, 4 picks = about 12 percent exp. Wait until you are at least level 4, or if you have 4 or 8 picks, wait until you are either 75% into the level or 88% into the level (respectively).

I was only able to put together another 4 orc pawn picks before I was 93% into my level. Once you have enough pawn picks to definitely ding into 4, or you are actually level 4, it's time to run to North Freeport and do some banking. EMPTY YOUR ENTIRE INVENTORY INCLUDING COIN, except for the pawn picks if you have any to turn in. Once you have done this, kiss the banker goodbye cuz you're about to take a free Translocate to Bind. Side note, if you have been vendoring as aggressively as me, you'll have around 6-10pp, and can easily afford our next set of spells.
Once you have emptied your inventory, make one last run to West Commonlands. Hand in any orc pawn picks and ding into 4, and then insult Guard Valon's mother. He'll reply appropriately, but don't worry, you won't lose any experience and this is the first and last time we need to employ this type of porting.

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Weeeelllll welllll weeeellll, look where we are once again. Ah, the lovely Faydark.

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[Scoojitsu]

I like it.

[skarlorn]

Really like it dude. A promising entry in the annals of p99's strangely specific, questionably useful class guides.

Of course starting with the glorious DE SK guide by EBK Bluuhd (a personal hero of mine)

And I notice you are referring to skellertangs by the proper name skellington listed in my own guide, playing a Dwarf Rogue a tribute to EBK Bluuhd

I am really happy someone is picking up the torch of this historic and very important project, you're doing a great job!



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Awwwwwww yissssssss


Shit made me laugh.

[Shrubwise]

Levels 4 - 5

Now that we are back in our home sweet home, it's time to head to the bank and re-equip all our items, withdraw all our shiny platty plats, and most importantly, grab them thar boner chips!!

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From the bank, do a hop, a skip, and a jump right on over to the Druid guild. Let's pay Mr. Heartwood Master a visit and max our 1 Handed Slashing. If you have not done so yet, pick up any old 1hs, if it is a rusty weapon, sharpen it. We want our 1HS maxed for that glorious day when our future raiding guild neckbeards bless upon us our epics!

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Next on the list? BUY OUR LEVEL 5 SPELLS! HELL YEAH BOBBY! Don't forget to buy Gate, especially.

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LOL did you see that water! What a joker, water is so funny sometimes.


Find Uleen Laughingwater, and buy your level 5 spells. Camouflage, Cure Poison, Cure Disease, Gate, Burst of Fire, Whirling Wind, Ward Summoned, Harmony, Grasping Roots. If you have not done so, purchase any level 1 spells, too. I needed Flame Lick and Endure Fire.

Once you have purchased your level 5 spells, it's time to run to Kalimdor. You might start your journey from the ever popular pod life.
You might also say, but Fatdog, those aren't places in EverQuest, but you'd be wrong.

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This guy's either lost, or a big fan of the christian nu-metal band Payable on Death, a popular 90's angsty teen band, and one of my personal favorites, but don't be confused.

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Once you've reached Kalimdor, head to the Paladin guild. We're looking for Gunlok Jure, the demanding little dwarf.

Start turning in your bone chips, I managed to collect enough to *almost* ding me to level 6!

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Did someone say ding? Oh, because that was MY DING, you dirty motherless gnoll.


Scribe those newspells.jpg, and Gate the hell outta this place to begin the next step of our GRAND ADVENTURE.

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[Lulz~Sect]

😍

[Baler]

Always awesome when people write guides for p99! Keep up the great work Shrubwise! :)

It seems like the start of a potentially useful guide for truly new people (which admittedly is a small group). However, I feel like it glosses over some things that would be difficult for a true newbie (eg. "head to the Druid guild" ... heading anywhere in Kelethin is almost impossible for newbies, so a map with a path might be handy).

Also might I suggest moving this to the wiki instead? It will last longer, give you more control over formatting, etc.

If he doesn't and continues to update this or you (loramin) don't move it over. I'll move it over to the wiki as complete as possible. Bookmarked to check for future updates!

[Shrubwise]

I’m writing it as I level, and my Druid is an alt so I’m looking at completing it when he dings 50. I am playing very casually these days so it probably won’t be finished for 6 months, but got damn it I am going to see it through.

[Shrubwise]

Levels 6-8

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I came here to do two things: level sense heading, and take advantage of free market capitalism.


Once you have returned to our lovely Faydark, it's time to pay our guild master a visit and make some phat bucks. Supply and demand is going to see you making millions of plats. Eventually. But right now, you'll probably get about 5 gold per fire beetle eye. Every gold counts, for a struggling young druid such as yourself. Make that dough, and head to the Druid guild master and put one point into sense heading, if you haven't already. Make a hot key on your actions bar, and bind one of your A,S,D, or W keys to that button slot, and watch your Sense Heading skill skyrocket, because being lost in EverQuest sucks.

Once you have done so, we make another long boat journey back to Freeport. If you're lucky, you'll find a friendly High Elf to give you a bind at the gates. *GET A BIND AT THE GATES* because the next leg of our adventure is long, boring, and dangerous.

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If you are lucky this friendly High Elf will bless you with Pants Clarity, the most rarest of all Clarity's.


I cheated for the next step. I am a basic bitch for the next step. I coerced a druid I found in East Commons with some sexual favors I shall not speak of, to port me to North Karana.

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Some sage advice from my porter; don't drink and play, folks.

If you are unable to coerce a druid or wizard into giving you a port to the Karanas, then find a Quicky McQuickfeets (http://wiki.project1999.com/Spirit_of_Wolf) from someone in E.C. and run to Qeynos. Get a bind in Qeynos, and it's time to venture into the Hills of Qeynos. Our primary targets are every gnoll in sight, but if you find yourself running out of mobs to kill because you are now a vicious level 6 killing machine, you can also throw giant bats and putrid skellingtons into the mix.

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I'm level 6, I'm level 6, and you are not, so go kick some rocks, you dirty lot.

You might not know this about me, but I'm kind of a big deal. You might say people know me.

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Continue killing gnolls all the way to level 7. They will start turning green cons on you, but keep killing them anyways. We are not after their experience, but their fangs. Loot every got-damn gnoll fang you see, and depending on how far into your level you are, you'll need about 10 or 15 to get to level 8.

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Once you are a ways into level 7, or nearing level 7, and you have some gnoll fangs saved up, gate back to Qeynos and find Captain Tillin. He is in South Qeynos, in the warriors guild. Hand him 1 gnoll fang at a time and watch your EXP go bananas. At level 6, I was getting about 9% per fang, and at level 7, about 7-8% per fang. Rinse and repeat this process until you ding level 8!

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After you have dung level 8, head to the bank in South Qeynos. Withdraw all your platty plats and empty your bags of loot.

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The lack of platinum in my bank account is a little disheartening.

After you got all your platty plats, gate to North Qeynos and make a hop and a skip and a jump to Surefall Glade, via Qeynos Hills. Locate the druid guild; it's time to train and buy spells!

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Excuse me mister but my eyes are up here.

Try not to get distracted. Put a single point into Meditate, and then visit Sallah the spell vendor. If you're broke like a joke, like me, then you will only be able to afford a few spells. I would recommend Ignite, Thistlecoat, Shield of Thistles, and Light Healing. Store them in your bags for later use, and gate back to North Qeynos. Make your way to the docks in South Qeynos; it's time to go for a ride.

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No, please no! NOT ANOTHER BOAT RIDE.

[fastboy21]

Next week on The Somewhat Helpful Leveling Guide for the Casual Druid Fatdog meets up with Sneaksy in a light-hearted unforgettable cross-over episode you won't want to miss.

Will Fatdog work up the courage to ask Sneaksy out on a date to the BB Chessboard?

Will Fatdog and Sneaksy visit the Ocean of Tears on a pleasure cruise?

Will Fatdog make it to lvl 10!?!?!

Tune in next week on.... The Somewhat Helpful Leveling Guide for the Casual Druid !!!!

[Shrubwise]

*puts feet on corner office desk, sips coffee, quivers with anticipation, clicks submit*

[Muggens]

Fun read! DUNG 8!

You get more exp from turning in gnoll fangs one at a time instead of fours?! If so ive wasted so many gnoll fangs oh boy

[skarlorn]

i'd lov to learn more about meleeing as a druid, thank

[Nagoya]

I hope you can teach young druids how to farm their first epic, so to call, the famous Soldevi Scimitar (http://wiki.project1999.com/Solvedi_Scimitar).

[Muggens]

Tested gnoll fangs turn-in today, seems to me no difference in exp, 1 fang netted me 2% and 4 fangs 8%.

Druid meleé twink is semi fun. Spikey velium 2hB, fungi, 36% haste, hp items, very much all/all alt-crossover setup. Port for haste and C. Use regen and dmg shield. Root CC.

As a nontwink druid I used a smoldering brand, procs dd at lvl1 and is very cheap, worked well.

[Shrubwise]

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The Warrens: Part 1
Level 8-13

That's right folks, it doesn't matter if you're a dog person or a cat person or a llama person; nobody's a kobold person, and it's time for them to go down. Before we continue our SlayQuest, though, there's an important checklist:

After arriving on Odus, head to the Erudin bank, and completely empty your inventory, except for your level 9 spells.
Bring your level 9 spells.
Don't forget the gotdamn level 9 spells ya dingus.
Make your way to Paineel, and get a bind outside of the Warrens zone-in.


On your way to Paineel, there are two level 10 skellington guards that will aggro you at the zone line from Toxx to Paineel. At level 8, just run past them. It might hurt a little bit.

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Stick around long enough and you'll catch some entertaining dialogue. Apparently there is a little confusion regarding who's da boss.


Paineel is often frequented by high levels, including many caster types heading into the Hole. Ask politely in OOC and you should have no trouble finding someone to bind you. NOTE: There are two skellington guards and a nasty high level caster on your way, so be sure to always have invis up as you run through Paineel. Once you have bound dat soul of yours, it's time to get to some mass puperino genocide.

The Warrens is one of my favorite zones. We are going to level here for a couple of reasons, one of which will come into play later in my guide. For the time being, though, the Warrens is a highly underutilized zone which is nearly almost always empty, leaving plenty of dogs for us to slay. Also, the pups have rather low hit points and damage for their level, so we will be mostly relying on our self-buffs, and damage shield and heals, with a nuke here and there, to get us through. For some strange reason, this is an outdoor zone, so feel free to use Harmony at will. The pupperinos in here have a high aggro radius, so beware. As long as you play it safe, you should fare quite well. However, there are lots of roamers and a respawns happen very quickly, so always play it safe, or you'll eat a few deaths, like me! Yay!

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Levels 8, 9, 10, and 11. Stay near the zone out to Paineel.

You can tell from this poorly edited map of the Warrens where to kill stuff earlier on. You should be nearing level 9 if you are not already.

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Hally - freaking - loojah, level 9! New spells waahoooey

At level 9, our targets are: a fierce kobold, a kobold scout, a kobold gaurd, a kobold archer, a kobold, a rabid kobold

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They call me Mr. Moneybags

Soon you will need to make a trip back to Erudin to vendor and bank. On the way back to Erudin to vendor, the two level 10 skellington guards will aggro you as soon as you zone into Toxxulia. Unless you are twinked, they are too hard to handle at level 9 or 10. It is best to strafe-run to the safety of the guards at Erudin.
At level 10, they can be soloed, but it is still rough. Before zoning into Toxxulia Forest from Paineel, be at full hp/mana, with Thistlecoat, Skin Like Wood and your damage shield already on you. Utilize your Root spell to split them up, and tank/nuke them down.

At level 9, you should have around 15pp and we need to continue saving so we can finish buying all of our level 9 spells, and then our spells at level 14. Something worth mentioning is that there are certain items you should keep, and certain items you should not. This list is under construction, respectively, but here's a short list of items that will sell for the most:


Bronze Tachi
Bronze Kusarigama
Bronze Katana
Bronze Yari
Bronze Tonfa
Any soft wicker armor
Bamboo Wakizashi Bo
Bamboo Tonto Bo
Silver Ring
Golden Earring
Burlap Shirt and Pants


Everything else, like Burlap armor that is not shirt or pants, cat's eye agate, turquoise, alcohol, and Bronze Wakizashi do not sell for much and aren't worth the weight. Once you are done vendoring and banking, Gate and resume the carnage.

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At level 10, our targets are: a rabid kobold, a kobold guard, a kobold, a kobold sentry, a kobold archer. Kobold sentinels are level 11 and are not to be touched, unless you have at least slight twinkage. I was able to solo a single pull kobold sentinel, but keep in mind I have a Runed Falchion, and a +55 HP ring. It was a close call, and I would recommend not attempting the sentinels until level 11.

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Hello, Rightie? Is that me from the future? What happened to my super cool name Fatdog? Did I go down in the Operation Name Change?


At level 11, our targets are a kobold sentry, a rabid kobold, a kobold guard, a howler, a kobold, a kobold protector. "a lesser shaman" is soloable, however, they have DoTs, nukes, heals and they will blind you. You can do it; just make sure you enter the fight fully buffed with Thistlecoat, Skin Like Wood, and a fresh damage shield. Once you have engaged, plan on being blinded - just make sure you have auto attack on, and know which hot key is your nuke. Mine is slot 1, so I just spammed alt+1 the entire time I was blinded, and managed to finish the fight at about 40% HP.
a kobold sentinel -- at level 11, I recommend sticking to even con (or lower) sentinels. I was able to solo a yellow con single pull, but again, I have dat +HP ring and dat Runed Falchion!

((Part 1 to be continued in next reply))

[Shrubwise]

Before long, you should ding level 12. Go you, big guy.

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If at any point in time during this guide there is a hero amongst the peons, you are contractually obligated to praise said hero.

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DING 12
You might say I'm kind of a big deal around these parts.

Once you are level 12, refer to the poorly edited Warrens map from my last post. We're going to move to a new location. A safe location. A brighter tomorrow.

At level 12, our targets are: a kobold sentinel, a rabid kobold, a kobold archer, a kobold sentry, a lesser shaman

There is a good spot to sit and meditate without having to invis, near the water with river rats in it. From here, you can safely pull the entire surrounding area. Be sure to leave enough mana at the end of each fight to quickly take down runners, as they will swim across the rivers and make it a not fun time. Whether or not a mob will run is hard to say; sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.

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Continue slaying, and vendoring and banking accordingly. Before long, you'll be level 13 and should be watching your bank account grow... by at least a little bit.

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Hang around Erudin long enough, and you might find that you have more in common with fellow travelers than you think.

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... to be continued...

[skarlorn]

Great, I'm so glad someone highlighted the Warrens as a leveling druid. I had a blast in there on my permadeath druid... tons of exp!

I didn't see you mention the Kobold Molars, which serve as extra xp and even ringmail rewards.

This is truly, now, SOMEWHAT helpful :-()

[Shrubwise]

Great, I'm so glad someone highlighted the Warrens as a leveling druid. I had a blast in there on my permadeath druid... tons of exp!

I didn't see you mention the Kobold Molars, which serve as extra xp and even ringmail rewards.

This is truly, now, SOMEWHAT helpful :-()

I initially turned in some kobold molars, but they give negative Paineel faction and we're going for Paineel faction so I have left them out of this guide.

[skarlorn]

lmao word

you can actually turn them into paineel too, once your faction is up!

[Shrubwise]

The Warrens
Part 2: Level 14 - 18

Once you have dung level 14, it's time to move our kill spot. Our new location is just around the corner from Prince Bragnar's spawn point, see this handy dandy, poorly edited, little map.

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CAN YOU SMELLLLL WHAT THE CUCKKKK IS COOKIN'!!!
That's right my little dinguses, we have dung level 15 and not only do we get the most overpowered ability in the game (Dodge), it's time to go get dat Quicky McQuickfeets (http://wiki.project1999.com/Spirit_of_Wolf) spell hnnnnnnnngggggggg
You will pass the skellingtons once again on our way back to Erudin, and once again you should mercilessly slay them and taunt their creator.

Once you have entered Erudin, find the lazy Bard who just stands there and expects you to deliver mail for him, Ticar Lorestring.

Let's pick up a little (and I do mean a little, like almost zilch) experience, and a little coin (like 11 gold, wtf? League of Antonican Bards are cheap) on our trip to Qeynos.

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You say, 'Hail, Ticar Lorestring'
Ticar Lorestring says, 'Hail, Fatdog - Are you [interested] in helping the League of Antonican Bards by delivering some [mail]?'
You say, 'What mail?'
Ticar Lorestring says, 'The League of Antonican Bards has a courier system made up of travelers and adventurers. We pay good gold to anyone who will take messages from bards such as myself to one of our more central offices. Are you [interested]?'
You say, 'I am interested but I want top dollar.'
Ticar Lorestring says, 'I have messages that need to go to - well, right now I have one that needs to go to Qeynos. Will you [deliver] mail to [Qeynos] for me?'
You say, 'I will deliver mail to Qeynos for you ya dirty old bum.'
Ticar Lorestring says, 'Take this letter to Tralyn Marsinger in Qeynos. You can find him at the bard guild hall. I am sure he will compensate you for your troubles.'

With letter in hand, let's head to the bank of Erudin to vendor and take inventory. Pun intended.
Grab all of your platty plats (and don't forget the letter) and head to the docks. It's time to catch da boat.
If you have been vendoring as aggressively as I have, you should have more than enough money to buy all your missing level 9 spells, and all of you level 14 spells.

https://i.imgur.com/YkJtzxA.jpg

*whistles a sweet salty sea tune*


"Hi, Mom? How are you. It's your son. Yeah, I'm good. I know, I know, I should call more often. Look - no, I don't have a girlfriend yet. When are you going to have grandchildren?
I don't know, Mom. Look - No, I haven't shaved. I know, girls don't like beards. Look, mom, I have something important to tell you - I think I have found the one."

https://i.imgur.com/f8AnL59.jpg

Talarassa says, 'Hail'
Talarassa waves.
You wave at Talarassa.
You say, 'getting some fishing in?'
Talarassa says 'Yep'
You say, 'most excellent'
Talarassa has offered you a Tattered Cloth Sandal.
You say, 'lol big finds'
Talarassa says, 'Tasty fish'
Talarassa says, 'And sandles'
You say, 'yummy'
You say, 'ahah'
Talarassa says, 'Where ya off to?'
You say, 'Pine'
You say, 'Erm...'
You say, 'Surefall Glade, new spells and Dodge!'
Talarassa says, 'very cool'
Talarassa says, 'ranger?'
You say, 'Druid'
You forget Gate.
Beginning to memorize Skin like Wood...
You have finished memorizing Skin like Wood.
You say, 'Here, to protect you from the fishes.'
You begin casting Skin like Wood.
Talarassa's skin turns hard as wood.
Talarassa begins to cast a spell.
Your skin turns hard as wood.
You say, 'Lol'
Talarassa says, 'I think I'll be alright'
Talarassa laughs at Fatdog.
You say, 'Good luck with your fishing, I hope they're biting.'
Talarassa says, 'thanks!~'
You wave goodbye to Talarassa.

https://i.imgur.com/Mk0bOK4.jpg

Goodbye bye love. I will think of you always.

Still a better love story than Twilight. Now that you have found your soul mate, experienced true love, and have lost it, never to love again, it's time to find the next best thing: money and experience. Find Tralyn Marsinger and give him the note from Ticar.

https://i.imgur.com/WEsdnZs.jpg

Now, it's time to head to Surefall Glade to make some boss moved. Don't forget to /who in every zone, lest you might miss out on some high quality names that have skirted the Great Name Ban of 2018. I personally stumbled upon the player with the single most best name ever on Project 1999. How ironic, he is a level 2 monk in Qeynos.

https://i.imgur.com/1Rt8LML.jpg

Once you have made it to Surefall, find the Druid guild master and spend 1 point into Dodge, and then buy all your missing spells, and your new level 14 spells, at Sallah. Hey buddy, my eyes are up here.

https://i.imgur.com/oJWouXd.jpg

Once you have purchased your spells and trained in Dodge, Gate. It's time to resume the genocide of puppers. Except, beginning at level 15, we are going to work in Foodmaster Rargnar and Smithy Rrargin into our rotation. Not only does Foodmaster drop some excellent food which is completely useless to us, they provide stellar experience and more faction per kill than the lower level kobolds.

In no time, you should find yourself at level 18!

https://i.imgur.com/0JDKWrq.jpg

To Be Continued...

[Canelek]

Well done! Thank you for doing this. I had started going down the putrid hide/bandit sash route with my 16 mage and really should mix it up and give Warrens a try.

[Nixtar]

Best thread since the adventures of sneaksy.

[scrapiron7]

I anxiously await more.

[SunDrake]

Just noticed this thread. Gonna keep an eye on it. A+

[skarlorn]

Skin like wood buff lol

[Shrubwise]

((I am posting this update a little prematurely, as I have not rung in level 22 just yet, but that is intentional; today marks Fatdog's one month birthday! Almost 22 levels in a month of casual EQ; not too shabby))

The Warrens

Part III: Levels 19 through 22.

Are you tired of the constant howling, barking, borking, doggy poo-poo stench of the Warrens yet? Well, too bad, young druid, for we continue our quest for greatness here in this stinking hole, and we're not going anywhere anytime soon. Which is unfortunate, because I am getting really tired of the constant howling, barking, borking, doggy poo-poo stench of the Warrens. But the game of EverQuest is not about fun; it is about filling a wide and deep cavern in one's soul, and so we must persevere.

https://i.imgur.com/P46SGCI.jpg

You are still contractually obligated to hail the heros of this realm as you level; do not be deterred if they call you a 'liah', for you are just and true and your blessing is welcome.

Our targets for the next few levels:

19: Foodmaster Rargnar, Smithy Rrarrgin, a kobold pit fighter, a lesser shaman, a kobold protector
At level 19, the kobold pit fighters will begin to turn green. That's okay; the experience is still pretty good, and it's an easy camp to maintain. I like to kill 2 rounds of kobold pit fighters, and then go kill the Smithy and Foodmaster. Rinse, repeat.

20: Foodmaster Rargnar, Smithy Rrarrgin, a kobold pit fighter, a kobold protector, a large kobold, a pack elder, a pack leader
At level 20, Foodmaster Rargnar and Smithy Rrarrgin will turn green. We're going to keep them in the rotation for a level or two more, though; theys till do give experience, and they give the best faction hits out of the entire zone.
Foodmaster and Smithy have turned very, very green, however, we will keep them in the rotation for this level because 1) they still give experience (it's very slight) and 2) they still give some of the best +faction hits per kill in the zone, aside from other named mobs which we will hunt later.

21: Foodmaster Rargnar, Smithy Rrarrgin, a kobold pit fighter, a large kobold, a pack elder, a pack leader, Prince Bragrnar.

https://i.imgur.com/90AHHNn.jpg

Don't forget to utilize your Harmony spell when you are trying to single out the Prince!

At 21, the pit fighters will still sometimes spawn as dark blues, yielding anywhere between 2 and 3% exp per kill - still worth it!

https://i.imgur.com/t0jpNpb.jpg

Once you have danged level 21, it's time to take a breather from the Warrens. On our way out, check your standing with Paineel faction. You are (hopefully) only threatening at this point.

Let's run our cutey patootey little booties back to Erudin. It's time to train Tracking, pick up some spells, and of course, deliver some more mail for our good friend Ticar.

You say, 'Hail, Ticar Lorestring'
Ticar Lorestring says, 'Hail, Fatdog - Are you in helping the League of Antonican Bards by delivering some [mail]?'
You say, 'We meet again, old friend.'
You say, 'I am interested in helping the League of Antonican Bards by delivering some mail, however, the pay better be good this time, you cheapskate.'
Ticar Lorestring says, 'I have messages that need to go to - well, right now I have one that needs to go to Qeynos. Will you [deliver] mail to [Qeynos] for me?'
You say, 'Fine. I will deliver mail to Qeynos.'
Ticar Lorestring says, 'Take this letter to Tralyn Marsinger in Qeynos. You can find him at the bard guild hall. I am sure he will compensate you for your troubles.'

https://i.imgur.com/U3Ntu5N.jpg

Once you have the letter from Ticar, head to the bank. Vendor anything worth vendoring, and withdraw all your PP's. Our level 19 spells are going to set us back a pretty penny. Take all your PP's and the note, and head to the docks.

https://i.imgur.com/Izm1GMR.jpg

[I]Phew, it's a good thing this guide leads us to another boat ride; I was beginning to miss the sea.

Once you've landed in Qeynos, give Ticar's note to Tralyn Marsinger. Surprise: they are still shorting us on our compensation, and it's time to file a complaint with the Druid's Union. We can do that later, though. For now, head to the gates of Qeynos and bind there.

https://i.imgur.com/1HOWSra.jpg

Run to Surefall Glade.

https://i.imgur.com/32YI1mm.jpg

Train 1 point into Tracking. After this, I highly recommend putting the Tracking button on your hot bar, and opening your "Keys" settings under controls, and assigning one of your movement keys to that hot button slot. We will max out Tracking in no time, while we traverse Norrath. Yay.

After you've trained Tracking, head to the ranger guild, and find Bukem. You can buy all of your spells if you are a wealthy Druid, but I am not, so I am only buying the necessities:
-Careless Lightning
-Superior Camouflage

After that, find Durvinna Barkkis and buy Barbcoat.

Run to North Karana and find Tak Whistler at the Druid rings. Buy the Shield of Barbs Spell, and continue running Eastbound.

After you have spent four and a half days running across the Karanas, enter Highpass Hold. It is time to complete every Druid's rite of Passage: the Wisdom McWisdom Booky Book of Goodness (http://wiki.project1999.com/Testament_of_Vanear).

Head to Dyllin Starsine's camp. If he is not up, I highly suggest logging out and playing AltQuest, and checking on the spawn every hour or so. He has an 8 hour spawn window, and you'll go truly mad if you just sit there. It took me a few sessions of AltQuest but Dyllin was finally up on Saturday morning, so I killed him. Die you evil guard man, die.

https://i.imgur.com/32mdlTd.jpg

Once you have the Page 30 of a book, continue your run Eastbound. Head to West Commons and find the kind druid lady woman at the Druid rings. If you can afford it, buy all of your level 19 self-port spells: Ring of Commons, Toxxulia, Butcher and Karana.

https://i.imgur.com/DUmKrrs.jpg

My port spells cleaned me out. WTB Fungi Tunic, offering 7 gold, 1 silver, 1 copper.

While you are medding at the rings, if fate smiles upon thee, you will meet your long lost brother!

https://i.imgur.com/wvBeVqh.jpg

If you ask me, I really don't see the resemblance but I am certain that my mother would have told me if she made it with a lizardman.

You hug Fatgoose.
Fatgoose says, 'Hail, Fatdog'
Fatgoose says, 'MY BROTHER'
Fatgoose hugs Fatdog.
You say, 'It was fate which brought us together'
You cheer at Fatgoose.
Fatgoose says, 'I remember when you were but a chubby pup'
Fatgoose says, 'chasing me around the chicken coop'
You say, 'lol'
You say, 'this is marvelous'
Fatgoose says, 'you need a sirname!'
Fatgoose bows before Fatdog.
Fatgoose snaps to attention and salutes Fatdog crisply.
Fatgoose says, 'GL out there sir!'
You told Fatgoose, 'god speed!!'

Gate back to Qeynos, play some cards with Moodoro (http://wiki.project1999.com/Moodoro_Finharn), get that Testament of Vanear and take a few last drags of clean air; you guessed it - it's time to head back into the place we know and love; The Warrens.

[Nixtar]

Touching reunion. Emotional.

[Cen]

level 2 seems like an odd spot to stop the guide....

The journey of a thousand steps starts with the first step.

[Baler]

I too am greatly enjoying this thread and it's updates. keep em coming high quality stuff!

[skarlorn]

I leveled a permadeath druid in the Warrens on a very similar path. Was surprised at the time no real guides talked about it. Fat dogs somewhat useful guide is suddenly very useful.

[Feanol]

Update please.

[Nagoya]

Update please.

same.
stuck at 22 waiting for directions on my r99 druid o_o

[Shrubwise]

The Warrens, Part IV
Levels 22 and 23
Better known as: Let's Slaughter Some F***ing Doggos.

Whence upon completing your magnificent quest for the advancement of your wisdoms (dat Testament of Vanear), return to the Warrens. Our targets for level 22 are: Foodmaster Rargnar, Smithy Rrarrgin, a kobold pit fighter, Trainer Daxgrr, and a training kobold.
https://i.imgur.com/HTmzjYJ.jpg

To my dismay, I would zone out to check faction every now and then. The Heretics are playing hard to get.

At this point, we need faction and faction primarily. Foodmaster and Smithy may or may not spawn as Exp-giving mobs, but the pit fighters still will.
22 Will be painfully slow as we are basically farming faction at this point. To avoid going insane, I recommend taking up alternative hobbies you can do while AFK; browsing instagram, knitting, reading a book or even braiding your cat's hair.

Soon enough you should ring in level 22, you glorious bastard.

The day you ding 23 is a sad day, folks. Because although we have dung in another glorious level in our grand adventure, something has changed. Something feels a little empty, and it's our soul.
That is because Foodmaster Rargnar will no longer give any experience whatsoever. That's right; he's now a deep green con, and although we shall continue killing him for faction (I am told he gives +5 faction for Heretics, not +10, which would explain why I am still threatingly to the Paineel guards), our experience bar which for the past level or two has been struggling to move along, will now essentially come to a complete halt.
Smithy Rrarrgin will still give experience, and depending on the spawn, the pit fighters might too. Prince Bragnar and Trainer Daxgrr will still experience as well, but 23 is going to be a loooooong slog. Sit down and prepare thyself.

https://i.imgur.com/lt8Y7nD.jpg

Upon dunging in level 23, I realized something. I have severaly underestimated the amount of faction per kill I was getting. So much so, that being the lovely tree hugger that I am, even killing doggos from level 8 to 23 has still got me at threatening with Paineel. Combined with the fact that mobs are now dropping off the Experience Radar, which is to say, there is hardly any more experience to be had, I decided to go on a killing spree. At first, I was just damage shielding myself and meleeing SLASH! SLASH! one mobbo doggo at a time.

https://i.imgur.com/tPgssaY.jpg

Engaging in close-quarters combat will show the alpha dog of the pack that you ain't no silly bitch

I quickly found that this was not the most effective method of puppy killing.

We need more.

More dead doggos.

More blood, more tears.

I asked myself, well, what should I be killing?

And the answer was simple.

https://i.imgur.com/8PzKAWO.gif

https://i.imgur.com/EEBXJol.jpg

The Warrens, as I mentioned in my first post, is considered an outdoors zone. When you are ready to make big time faction gains, which will be in your low 20's, load up that Level 5 AoE nuke and collect like 30 pupperinos at a time. You can even include the Foodmaster and Smithy in these pulls - at level 23, I had no problem surviving the pack. Note: if you start the pull at full mana/health, you should end the pull with like 30 percent health and like 0 mana. Remember to keep your damage shield up for the entirety - you will probably need to cast it once as you begin pulling, and once again about halfway through the killing.

A few hours into my rampage, I was greeted by a friendly Troll.

https://i.imgur.com/hjR0bb2.jpg

Please do not eat me, guy.

We exchanged dick pics and quickly became BFF's. We both had one common goal: to also be BFF's with the Heretics of Paineel, so we combined forces and laid waste to as many woofers as possible.

https://i.imgur.com/FrNR3q0.jpg

If you spend two or three hours doing this, you will get to Amiably with the Paineel guards, which is what you would have required for the next step of this guide. The reason I am using past tense, is because like Curt Kobain, I am going out on top. I am ending this guide indefintely. I know, I'm sad too.
My next step for the guide was to kill Paineel guards for a level or two, make that $$$ and buy some kick ass gear to impress all the ladies, and continue going. After over 1 week of checking the guards morning and night, and finding them essentially perma-camped, I have come to a profound conclusion, which nobody in the history of P99 has ever mentioned before, ever: the server is too populated.
You see, I began playing on Project 1999 wayyyyy back in 2009; over the years, I became disillusioned with the atmosphere, and hung up my J Boots. I made a return when Red99 was announced, and then I dropped that for other games. I haven't played on Blue 99 for several years now.

I love Blue 99, but I am not ecstatic about the population. I still have got the Classic EQ itch, but I am not willing to neckbeard it out with the best of y'all, which is why I am crawling back into the hole from whence I came: Red99.

After all,
shrub is a red troll

Thanks everyone for your input and encouragement. I really enjoyed writing the guide, and I hope it was at least Somewhat Useful to a fledgling druid. Who knows, I may finish it out to level 60 one day if I make a return to blue, but for now, Red is where I will call home. And I would love a visit from any of you fine fellas (or ladies) any day.

Regards,
Shrub the Red Troll.

[Nunchucko]

Godspeed Fatdog! You have a talent and we appreciate the time you took to bring this humorous and educational guide to our lives. All the upvotes to do more guides on red/blue or any other game you play.

[Baler]

The madness of the warrens was heard across Odin that day.
Doomie sounds like a viable heretic name.
Well this guide certainly is unconventional, a tad unethical and vastly entertaining thus far. Looking forward to the next chapter in fatdog's progress.

[skarlorn]

Quits the guide at 22

Somewhat useful indeed!

[Nagoya]

Otsukaresama desu :(
At least you lived up your title!
Next guide try "Levelling through the empty zones!" approach maybe if you dislike the population. I can assure you you will find no competition in Befallen, Kerra Island, Gorge of King Xorbb or Cazic Thule :) even on blue! And some of these zones are not really bad per se, just empty because empty.

Thanks for the nice read anyway :)

[rabuliz]

I agree, Kelethin is a pain to get around in.


It seems like the start of a potentially useful guide for truly new people (which admittedly is a small group). However, I feel like it glosses over some things that would be difficult for a true newbie (eg. "head to the Druid guild" ... heading anywhere in Kelethin is almost impossible for newbies, so a map with a path might be handy).

Also might I suggest moving this to the wiki instead? It will last longer, give you more control over formatting, etc.

[Scoojitsu]

I miss Fatdog

[Vormotus]

I miss Fatdog

I just found this thread today ... as I lay here friendless and lonely and even I miss Fatdog, the best friend I never had :(

Come back Fatdog!

[deadlycupcakez]

Literally the best “Try Red” post we’ve seen to date! A true inspiration

[Jimjam]

I don't know if it was mentioned but the splash on invoke lightning is smaller than most quad spells, shorter even than max melee range on most newb mobs, so you can face tank while quadding xp greens for fangs/molars/belts.

[bricke75]

Updates??

[Renlin]

Man, this guy needs to come back, really loved this guide!