Ranger ranging 30+

[pijan]

I just dinged 30 on my ranger and I'm looking for a new place to level. She's spent every level from 3-30 in a dank smelly dungeon. I want to get out in the open world to do some bow kiting, tracking and fear kiting some animals. What are some good spots to go at 30 and beyond with enough space to kite and do general ranger things.

[ScaringChildren]

Probably the Gnolls outside Splitpaw in South Karana (#6 on map)

They also drop scrolls that you can sell to other players for 30p a piece.

[MikeXG]

Might need another level or 2 depending how geared you are but fear kiting cougars on the dock in ice clad is one of the easiest animal fear kiting camps. plus you can bind at the dock and sell not to far away.

Pull them 2/3rds down the dock and then fear them. 90% of the time they ping pong on the dock so you don't have to worry about social aggro. occasionally they will walk off the dock. I usually just sit and med until they come back at that point. you could also pew pew them.

[pijan]

Might need another level or 2 depending how geared you are but fear kiting cougars on the dock in ice clad is one of the easiest animal fear kiting camps. plus you can bind at the dock and sell not to far away.

Pull them 2/3rds down the dock and then fear them. 90% of the time they ping pong on the dock so you don't have to worry about social aggro. occasionally they will walk off the dock. I usually just sit and med until they come back at that point. you could also pew pew them.

Do the pirates sell arrows do you know?

[loramin]

Do cougars in Iceclad Ocean, but do them outside of the Tower of Frozen Shadow. If you go to about 2700, 1700 there's like a small snowy beach, and the area right above it is a safe spot. There's tons of cougars (an no other mobs) in the forest nearby, and you can pull them to the safe spot and then fear kite them from there.

If you try to kill them by the docks you have the advantage of being right near your spawn point ... but you're way more likely to die, because there's nowhere to run (the island doesn't have a land bridge and isn't big enough to lose agro on), and since Rangers can't gate that means even a single add can easily mean death. I died there several times before I moved to the ToFS spot, which does have a land iceberg bridge to the next island, and you can zone out from that island. Also I found it much easier to avoid adds at the second spot, and if I did get them the island was big enough that I could usually root the add and then run far enough away to lose it (I've only had to run to zone once the entire time I've been there).

I just brought my Ranger at level 30 a week or two ago. I got through that hell level and now he's 34 ... and still killing cougars :)

[Jimjam]

My ranger preferred tofs spot, but look out for the midnight leopard and garou.

[loramin]

My ranger preferred tofs spot, but look out for the midnight leopard and garou.

Good call, I forgot to mention them. Garou is pretty rare (I've been there for weeks and I had never even seen him until just today). Midnight is less rare, but still not very common (I've gone days without seeing him, but I also saw him twice in one day). Luckily he's only a little higher than the other cougars, so by the time you hit 33 or 34 you should be able to kill him, and before that you should still be able to root him and run (or even survive without the root as long as you have SoW up).

[Imago]

I wouldn't bow kite anything in Velious to be honest. I'd be going to OT and kite succulents til the 40s, then DL if you're looking for a challenge. Velious mob HP is way overblown for the XP they give, save for maybe the cougars.

[pijan]

I ended up going to everfrost and killing mammoths. They're now all green at 32. Kinda loved the giant open zone though! Would south or north Karan a have mobs a level 32 could hunt?

[Snaggles]

If you can save your money and fear kite animals to 45 the Tolan’s bracer makes the bow game less horrible.

I did cougars in IC and dogs in GD to late 30’s and hit 45 on raptors in WL.

[loaf]

I believe the closest arrows are in Thurg for Velious.

I would recommend fear kiting Cougars starting around 33. There is also the option for the Tizmak warriors in great divide which provides easy access to Thurg for arrows.

The splitpaw gnolls are nice for money and exp; I wouldn't sell the scrolls though and instead go to Qeynos for the exp quest. Turning them in singles gives great exp if you don't mind auto-running to Qeynos once you gather 3-4 scrolls. I would usually do it at 3 scrolls to avoid getting too many repeated scrolls (lore) waiting for the 4th one to drop. I did bow kiting on the gnolls with my ranger as well as bow-rooting inside splitpaw if the spawns outside were camped. You can snag Quillmane/Coloth Meadowgreen in SK as well on tracking for some decent loot. It is also to keep down the place holder for Groi Gutblade if no one is camping him while doing splitpaw entrance. Arrows are easy to restock in this area as well.

[Tuurin]

Seems like Stonebrunt should fit the bill- I've mucked around a bit there and while there's plenty of mobs to track/kill, that GD zone is so huge. Anybody found a decent spot to hunt in Stonebrunt in your 30s, particularly animal types?

My guess is no, since pretty much every time I hunt there I'm literally the only one in the zone. Thought I'd ask though...

[plzrelax]

Stonebrunt is filled with animals. I was charm/fear kiting there with my Druid in my early 40s, but I’m sure at the mid-late 30s a Ranger won’t have too much trouble there. You’ll have to run north of the cat town to find the higher level mobs.

There are also some neat quests and unique drops within stonebrunt that can help pass the time.

[pijan]

Stonebrunt is filled with animals. I was charm/fear kiting there with my Druid in my early 40s, but I’m sure at the mid-late 30s a Ranger won’t have too much trouble there. You’ll have to run north of the cat town to find the higher level mobs.

There are also some neat quests and unique drops within stonebrunt that can help pass the time.

Never been there, but if it's big and full of animals I'll have to give it a try

[loramin]

Never been there, but if it's big and full of animals I'll have to give it a try

The major downside of Stonebrunt is the corpse run. You can't bind anywhere in Stonebrunt, nor can you bind anywhere in The Warrens, which means that if you die you have to run nekid through the whole dungeon just to get back.

As a Ranger with SoW and Camouflage that might not be a huge issue, since I can't remember whether The Warrens has any see invis mobs or not, but either way if Camo fades at any point during the run you could be looking at multiple deaths.

[pijan]

Is Kedge Keep a good spot at 32? I have water breathing spell and my swimming is 160

[Snaggles]

Is Kedge Keep a good spot at 32? I have water breathing spell and my swimming is 160

Probably not. Indoors so no sow or harmony. I’d stuck to outdoor places, preferably where you can reverse kite.

[Tuurin]

By 30 pretty much everything in Warrens is green and won't attack if camo drops. The couple of mobs that are LB at that point are easy to avoid and/or you can always stop and re-invis if it drops as long as you are semi-paying attention.

My issue with Stonebrunt in the 30s is I haven't really found a place with enough density of mobs, particularly animals. Since it's such a huge zone I found myself running around so much it became annoying.

It's a cool zone though, especially for a druid/ranger. Unique loot (cool looking weapons, bamboo armor etc.) with some decent quests you can try for. Way better opportunities for cash/drops than say OT in a similar level range. Also, no ruined pelts, so bring your spiderling silks and make some padding while you level up. :D

Should've made that zone half the size and it'd be a great alternative to OT.

[Darguth]

http://wiki.project1999.com/Daerim%27s_Ranger_Leveling_Guide_-_Where_%26_How%3F

And no, don't go to Kedge. Z-Axis in EQ is death.

[pijan]

http://wiki.project1999.com/Daerim%27s_Ranger_Leveling_Guide_-_Where_%26_How%3F

And no, don't go to Kedge. Z-Axis in EQ is death.

I did see this. I'm really trying to avoid cougars as the white on white on white is super hard on my eyes.

[Snaggles]

I did see this. I'm really trying to avoid cougars as the white on white on white is super hard on my eyes.

I think some tigers in Overthere are blue at 50. Not many but some. These and the rhinos can easily get you to high 39’s where you can head to Wakening Land for raptors and sail to 45. At that point you could head to Dreadlands for duo or group work.

[Jimjam]

Yep, those tigers are good xp to rangers for a long time. Save up those excellent pelts; they are stackable and sell well to tailors.

[Darguth]

Eastern Wastes is another option. Though white, like Iceclad, at least the mobs you won't be fighting are white. You have a progression of animals to fear kite:
* Walruses (low 30's)
* Rhinos (mid 30's)
* Mammoths (mid-to-high 30's)
* Griffins (high 30's)
* Elder Griffins (low 40's)

[Snaggles]

If blue mobs on snow aren’t annoying the Drakkel wolves in GD will get you dwarf faction and are very close to a town to bind in. I want to say I did these after IC cougars and before WL raptors. Unlike Ot tigers and rhinos they don’t run sow speed.

The nice thing about Overthere though is a greater population of people in their 30’s and no blind hills. Fall damage and mobs sneaking up on you is common in GD.

[Xaeophi]

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[pijan]

For all ranger related questions:
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What's good spot at 40?

[Jimjam]

North Karana (rabid) griffons!

[Aabdel]

Wooly mammoths in everfrost con blue at 30, I spent some time there but they have a weird hit box that can be a challenge to hit if you aren't behind them. Essentially stand like in their back legs and you should be able to melee.

[pijan]

North Karana (rabid) griffons!

Are they considered animals? If so how high can you exp on them?

[Canelek]

Are they considered animals? If so how high can you exp on them?

They are animals. I've used them as pets on my druid. Tigerraptors in WL by SS entrance is excellent fear kitting around levels 42-45+. Careful of the slightly higher level tigersaurus and the named. Harmony FTW. You can also pull panthers to a wall around the rings (if not KoS to CoV) or just the north wall.

This can be a great place to hang out for these levels as you can easily pop over to Kael ZL to join faction groups. You can get bound just inside Skyshrine as well, since there is a hallway between the zone and the first set of guards. There are no guards outside SS zone.

Be mindful of wolf form, however, it takes you down approximately a faction level to the CoV mobs. It is easy enough to test your faction status on Rolandal.

While leveling in WL, you can also work on getting a nice wrist item:

https://wiki.project1999.com/The_Grammar_Manual

[pijan]

They are animals. I've used them as pets on my druid. Tigerraptors in WL by SS entrance is excellent fear kitting around levels 42-45+. Careful of the slightly higher level tigersaurus and the named. Harmony FTW. You can also pull panthers to a wall around the rings (if not KoS to CoV) or just the north wall.

This can be a great place to hang out for these levels as you can easily pop over to Kael ZL to join faction groups. You can get bound just inside Skyshrine as well, since there is a hallway between the zone and the first set of guards. There are no guards outside SS zone.

Be mindful of wolf form, however, it takes you down approximately a faction level to the CoV mobs. It is easy enough to test your faction status on Rolandal.

While leveling in WL, you can also work on getting a nice wrist item:

https://wiki.project1999.com/The_Grammar_Manual

Ended up dong raptor in WL and got to 44. They're starting to green now. Is it group time finally or is there another spot for animal hunting? Maybe panthers?

[MikeXG]

Are the raptors in timorous deep considered animals? Those might be good

[Darguth]

Ended up dong raptor in WL and got to 44. They're starting to green now. Is it group time finally or is there another spot for animal hunting? Maybe panthers?

Panthers and tigersauros (higher level raptors) in WL are roughly the same level. So if the raptors are green, the Panthers will be too. If it's just the lower-level raptors greening out, then ya you can move to panthers or the higher raptors. Also, there's some mid-30's to low-40's animals in EW (rhinos, mammoths, griffins) that might be viable fear kiting for you.

Are the raptors in timorous deep considered animals? Those might be good

Sadly they are not. They were originally, but at some point in the timeline the animal tag gets removed (why? I have no idea).

[Imago]

Are the raptors in timorous deep considered animals? Those might be good

I would not recommend hunting those on anything that cannot group snare. Huge aggro radius, runs at sow speed and no easy rezzes available. Recipe for disaster.

[Tethler]

They are animals. I've used them as pets on my druid. Tigerraptors in WL by SS entrance is excellent fear kitting around levels 42-45+. Careful of the slightly higher level tigersaurus and the named. Harmony FTW. You can also pull panthers to a wall around the rings (if not KoS to CoV) or just the north wall.

This can be a great place to hang out for these levels as you can easily pop over to Kael ZL to join faction groups. You can get bound just inside Skyshrine as well, since there is a hallway between the zone and the first set of guards. There are no guards outside SS zone.

Be mindful of wolf form, however, it takes you down approximately a faction level to the CoV mobs. It is easy enough to test your faction status on Rolandal.

While leveling in WL, you can also work on getting a nice wrist item:

https://wiki.project1999.com/The_Grammar_Manual

Do you think this is doable with a level 40 moderately twinked SK? Or does lack of harmony cause problems?

[pijan]

Do you think this is doable with a level 40 moderately twinked SK? Or does lack of harmony cause problems?

The Tigeraptors by SF are basically on top of each other, but you could maybe split them with FD.

[Jimjam]

Snare/FD op.

[Canelek]

Do you think this is doable with a level 40 moderately twinked SK? Or does lack of harmony cause problems?

May be easier 42-43, but if darkness and fear land regularly you are golden. Plus you can zone to SS if in trouble. They are fast and hit fairly hard, but doable.

Split with darkness/FD.

[Darguth]

Love this thread. Any more options?

More options for what? Fear kiting? What level range?

[Imago]

If you don’t care about dwarf faction (or don’t mind repairing it) -

https://wiki.project1999.com/Nyzil_Bloodforge

I can’t imagine how good the XP is these days, I got over half of 59 with him during the hybrid penalty days. Certainly worth looking into.