(SHM) 57 - 60 XP Solo Spots

[Hotel]

Favorite spots post zem changes?

Neriak Arena was hectic to keep up with spawns but it was a decent spot.

CE in Hole was good, if I pulled a rock golem I would just camp my aggro.

I'm curious if anyone has any good spots in mind for a pre torp shammy w/ epic etc...

[Baler]

I have to plug https://wiki.project1999.com/Per-Level_Hunting_Guide

I like SolB, LDC & Efreeti Trash. it's doable with epic and root.

[Hotel]

I have to plug https://wiki.project1999.com/Per-Level_Hunting_Guide

I like SolB, LDC & Efreeti Trash. it's doable with epic and root.

yeah but is that stuff really worth it after zem changes?

Curious if anyone has compared hole spots to something like bear pits for soloing

[Baler]

yeah but is that stuff really worth it after zem changes?

Curious if anyone has compared hole spots to something like bear pits for soloing

Hole exp is great but you specified solo exp
Neither Hole or Bear Pits can be broken into solo with a 57 shm, in my opinion.

Can group to break into hole then solo, the entrance elementals are no joke when you have multiple of them hitting you.
Can get a druid or wizard to run down with you to bear pits, you bind and then they port you out to avoid giants.

Efreeti trash is still some of the best exp in the game due classic mobs generally having lower hitpoints.

[Hotel]

Hole exp is great but you specified solo exp
Neither Hole or Bear Pits can be broken into solo with a 57 shm, in my opinion.

Can group to break into hole then solo, the entrance elementals are no joke when you have multiple of them hitting you.
Can get a druid or wizard to run down with you to bear pits, you bind and then they port you out to avoid giants.

Breaking into the hole was actually really easy. My sham is pretty op gear wise but it was cake to get to CE. The only thing that made the CE camp annoying were the pathing rock golems.

Never actually been to bear pits. Would just be curious how the exp compares to the hole after zem changes on a solo root rotter.

Maybe I should check out solb but I just have a tough time thinking that exp is better than arena/hole

[DeathsSilkyMist]

I mostly soloed from 57 to 60. I had Fungi Tunic, Fungi Staff, JBB, Shawl 7 (Flowing Thought I), Thurg Chest (Riotous Health Clickie) and Black Fur Boots (SoW Clickie). I didn't have Epic, so I was soloing a bit slower than someone who also has Epic.

Best Solo XP I found 57-60 was Plane of Mischief Rat Maze. If you have it to yourself, or there is one other person soloing there, you can get 1 blue per hour solo, even at level 59. I couldn't find anything that came close to that when I was leveling. This was before the ZEM changes, so I am not sure if PoM has been affected by that (it is still just ??? on the ZEM wiki page).

The next best thing I could find was Neriak Foreign Quarter Ogre/Troll trainers. They gave me about 3 blues per 5 hours at level 59. According to the wiki this zone hasn't changed, so it should still be good. You could probably get a bit more XP per hour if you have Epic.

[Hotel]

I mostly soloed from 57 to 60. I had Fungi Tunic, Fungi Staff, JBB, Shawl 7 (Flowing Thought I), Thurg Chest (Riotous Health Clickie) and Black Fur Boots (SoW Clickie). I didn't have Epic, so I was soloing a bit slower than someone who also has Epic.

Best Solo XP I found 57-60 was Plane of Mischief Rat Maze. If you have it to yourself, or there is one other person soloing there, you can get 1 blue per hour solo, even at level 59. I couldn't find anything that came close to that when I was leveling. This was before the ZEM changes, so I am not sure if PoM has been affected by that (it is still just ??? on the ZEM wiki page).

The next best thing I could find was Neriak Foreign Quarter Ogre/Troll trainers. They gave me about 3 blues per 5 hours at level 59. According to the wiki this zone hasn't changed, so it should still be good. You could probably get a bit more XP per hour if you have Epic.

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[DeathsSilkyMist]

love ur vids brah

this is tofat btw <3

Thanks! Long time no see Tofat:D Glad to hear you are finally getting back to 60 after that horrible death loop.

[Hotel]

Thanks! Long time no see Tofat:D Glad to hear you are finally getting back to 60 after that horrible death loop.

it will be worth it once the dragons are unrooted

rats are a good idea, i might just bind in pom and do that. thanks for the tip!

[rabids]

I did the hole entrance way earlier then 57 solo (52 or 54 maybe?), without epic. I had the other clickes, fungi staff and tunic and JBB. I did CE a lot at the later levels. HS is also nice for exp...

[Jibartik]

Imps is best IMO, easy to break and manage the whole entire area and all you gotta do is avoid walking around backwards. Super steady exp it's just like a flowing tap for a shaman with an epic.

[Sinbillibnis]

If you don't mind trashing your faction, Chardok is great experience, relatively safe, easy to get to, and you can make some decent money. I had a fungi and jbb, no epic and the rest of my gear was/is pretty poor. You can keep all pulls to 2 mobs or less with plenty of room to park. If you stick to the entrance/exit tunnels there are no casters.

A slow and face tanking while jbb spamming allowed me to fight non-stop. The mobs at the "castle entrance" are noticeably tougher, but dropped lvl ~54-57 spells.

The exp is not as good as the hole or bear pits, but I easily made 40-50k in drops while grinding 58 and 60. That largely funded my torpor. I found and endless supply of mobs since the zone is primarily farmed by factioned enchanters targeting the named camps further in the zone. This also results in almost always having clarity from the kind chanters who pass through the zone in regularly.

[Tann]

If you stick to the entrance/exit tunnels there are no casters.

From what I learned with my time Nurga, root rotting casters isn't an issue if you have a corner to hide behind. No line of sight = no nukes/dots on you and no heals for themselves.

Not sure the layout of Chardok though, it's been ages.

[Widan]

Hole exp is great but you specified solo exp
Neither Hole or Bear Pits can be broken into solo with a 57 shm, in my opinion.
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Bear pits you just run by giants drop down hole camp immediately. Unless they fucked this up with the pathing changes you will be camped before giants get to you.

[Sinbillibnis]

From what I learned with my time Nurga, root rotting casters isn't an issue if you have a corner to hide behind. No line of sight = no nukes/dots on you and no heals for themselves.

Not sure the layout of Chardok though, it's been ages.


True, if you're root rotting. I like to incorporate the pet damage, when hasted its certainly worth the mana a slow costs to allow him to melee. If you have a jbb, it's more efficient killing to chain cast and while you don't sit to gain mana you can canni enough for a slow per fight and incidental rebuffs. A regrowth on the pet usually keeps him alive well enough.

[Bardp1999]

Might need Epic for it to be efficient but Howling Stones basement is hard to beat. I leveled my Necromancer there off and on from 54 to 60. Shamans were always down there root rotting stuff.

[Torik]

I know you said solo, but if you wouldn't mind making friends with a monk or SK to duo, I've found that the rats in the jail area of the Hole are the best exp from 58-60. They are even better than the PoM rats and dark blue all the way through 60.

There are too many pathers to solo, but there also aren't enough rats for a full group, so this spot is/was open more frequently than the other camps in the Hole.

[kjs86z]

Rat jail in Hole

[Trexller]

Ogres and trolls in the neriak arena are badass xp. 7 min spawns, city zem. boom 60.