Neriak arena solo guides?

[garfo]

I keep hearing about Neriak arena as a great solo spot for pushing through the late 50s. I'm a 58 epic shammy (no fungi) -- haven't been able to successfully get a root-rot going without getting ganked by adds. Are there any guides out there for how to break the Neriak arena without harmo/mezz?

[azeth]

I keep hearing about Neriak arena as a great solo spot for pushing through the late 50s. I'm a 58 epic shammy (no fungi) -- haven't been able to successfully get a root-rot going without getting ganked by adds. Are there any guides out there for how to break the Neriak arena without harmo/mezz?

This is not a good solo spot, its ideal for duos to capitalize on the 6.5 min respawn time.

[Jaxon]

Go in the right side of the arena, go halfway up the stairs and fight there. There's a mob in the room at the top of the stairs. Kill that one first. At 58 you should be able to single pull from the two guards nearest to you in the arena. Drag them to the fight spot and stay out of line of sight of the door above you while you kill them so you won't aggro the first mob when she respawns. Deal with fleeing mobs by rooting or snaring them.

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

[garfo]

Go in the right side of the arena, go halfway up the stairs and fight there. There's a mob in the room at the top of the stairs. Kill that one first. At 58 you should be able to single pull from the two guards nearest to you in the arena. Drag them to the fight spot and stay out of line of sight of the door above you while you kill them so you won't aggro the first mob when she respawns. Deal with fleeing mobs by rooting or snaring them.

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


Woah this is awesome! How'd you get a screenshot from this perspective?

[Nuggie]

Gnomes, and dwarves to a lesser extent, can peak through walls like this.

[Jaxon]

http://www.eqclassic.de/wiki/EverQuest_Zone_Viewer

[d3r14k]

Azeth is right. I did 57 - 60 here on a shaman with a monk partner. It's just enough spawns to be awesome for two people. If you insist on soloing, you can walk past the bar and melee the ogre just around the right corner at the red arrow below.

https://i.imgur.com/nLPR1si.png

If you smack him and run directly back to the stairwell, you can single pull without aggroing the guard on the opposite side.

Also, don't forget there's always the troll upstairs in the office who can be singled out.

[loramin]

I keep hearing about Neriak arena as a great solo spot for pushing through the late 50s. I'm a 58 epic shammy (no fungi) -- haven't been able to successfully get a root-rot going without getting ganked by adds. Are there any guides out there for how to break the Neriak arena without harmo/mezz?

Heh, I came here, read this, and thought "hey, the Per-Level Guide (http://wiki.project1999.com/Per-Level_Hunting_Guide#Hunting_Spots_55-59) has an entry on that exact spot, maybe it has something useful". Sure enough it did, and I came here all proud and ready to share ...

Hurts Neriak Queen factions, helps Neriak King factions; stairwells are safe pull spots; root breaks frequently at level 55 (so it's less ideal for root/rot at lower levels); very peaceful (no competition) but the XP is a little slow

... and then I saw Jaxon's amazing post/image (with d3r14k's bonus details).

Guess the wiki won't be educating anyone tonight: it's going to be the other way around :D

[loramin]

P.S. http://wiki.project1999.com/Neriak_Arena_(Hunting_Spot)

[garfo]

All right!! glad my ignorance led to a contribution to our beloved wiki

[stebbins99]

Nice work guys! I love this top-down view, by the way (reminds me of XCom or something, heh!).

A spot like this in Neriak makes me wonder if there are any other "obscure NPCs within city walls" worth hunting in a similar fashion...for instance, Erudin or Qeynos

[loramin]

Nice work guys! I love this top-down view, by the way (reminds me of XCom or something, heh!).

A spot like this in Neriak makes me wonder if there are any other "obscure NPCs within city walls" worth hunting in a similar fashion...for instance, Erudin or Qeynos

Erudin guards are definitely a thing, or at least they were pre-Warrens when they were the only way to get Paineel faction. Not sure about Qeynos guards, but I can say that there are a bunch of other guards people hunt (Freeport, Halas, Felwithe, etc.), and they're all on ... the Per-Level Hunting Guide (http://wiki.project1999.com/Per-Level_Hunting_Guide)! :D

Just scroll down a little to the "Filters" section and click "Guard" (in "Monster Type: Guard") to see only the spots where you're hunting "guards" of one sort or another.

[Duckwalk]

An epic shaman can absolutely solo this. I did half of 59 here in a day. Lev to the top of the arena. Pull with malosini and run back to the ledge to the right of the entrance to the area. Use epic as a timer and just refresh root when you reapply. Do 1-2 epic rotations then pull the next mob and park in the same spot. It takes about 7(8?)epic dots but once you get going you have a mob dying and another respawning about every epic dot. Should be able to avoid jacker the shadowknight entirely.

[Halox]

I did 57-60 on my necro there. When I was doing it I was always the only one there. Now word has gotten out and there's almost always someone there.

[jolanar]

Surprised this was any kind of secret. It was a pretty major hot spot on live until they nerfed exp in cities.