Uncommon Places to Solo with Fungi Monk

[Knuckle]

Hey Guys,

Like most of you I hate this game, but I sometimes play it. I've been making it a point to level in places I've never done before to make the game somewhat interesting.
With my level 25 Fungi Monk, I am now headed to Stonebrunt Mountains, but want to keep it fresh, and would like any per level suggestions for unusual camps or zones to xp in. One Example is I swam to the aviak Island in Ocean of Tears at level 24 and did a full level of xp there, I had never even been to that island before in all my time playing eq, that felt cool.

Anyway any thoughts/prayers or ideas are appreciated.

[Toxigen]

Permafrost til ready to head back to Kunark then:

Najena
Dalnir
Kaesora

(edit: permafrost is a hoot, had so much fun there on my paladin...did 22 to 32 ish there)

If you have never done Cazic Thule thats a great one too. low 30s to low 40s there no problem

[PatChapp]

If you've never done sol a it's great, gnomes get you to 40 easily

[jolanar]

Golra island in Timorous Deep should be good somewhere around level 30, if you really wanted an out of the way camp.

[Knuckle]

Golra island in Timorous Deep should be good somewhere around level 30, if you really wanted an out of the way camp.

I’ve got that one booked for sure, have never done that camp.

[Knuckle]

Permafrost til ready to head back to Kunark then:

Najena
Dalnir
Kaesora

(edit: permafrost is a hoot, had so much fun there on my paladin...did 22 to 32 ish there)

If you have never done Cazic Thule thats a great one too. low 30s to low 40s there no problem


I’ve done my fair share of najena. Dalnir has been a long ass time but that was for good reason. I will definitely put kaesora in there I think I only leveled in there once ever outside the camping xalgoz.

Permafrost I spent a lot of time on my Druid as well as CT, however I might decide to solo avatar once my monk is high enough for lols.

[Tethler]

Warsliks woods giants were good xp until later 20s.

In the 30s, Crystal caverns orcs, and later, geonids.

30s and 40s, Tower of frozen shadow is a really interesting zone, but can be risky to solo.

Personally, I have a great love for Sol A and CT, but they aren't exactly uncommon camps.

I've never done it, but I've seen monks in Neriak Commons pulling guards to the foreign quarter zoneline and killing them there, not sure level ranges though.

[Jimjam]

For Kaesora you want to use lev to bump yourself up over the exit drop and hunt down in reverse (just imo). Pack crystallised pumices.

[Solist]

A different server? P99 is a fun group game. Go find a newb in banded and have fun with them and meet people with your twink.

[Spaerhawk]

Crystal Caverns can take you from 30 to 50. It's my favorite zone in the game.

[Knuckle]

Crystal Caverns can take you from 30 to 50. It's my favorite zone in the game.

That is the first stop at 30, we may stay there awhile!

[Bardp1999]

Im not sure Runnyeye actually exists on P99, I think its just on the wiki and people assume its ingame

[Knuckle]

My whole thing with runny eye is it’s fun when a server is fresh and you can benefit from some of the gear but it’s not my favorite place after that.

[Vivitron]

My whole thing with runny eye is it’s fun when a server is fresh and you can benefit from some of the gear but it’s not my favorite place after that.

It gets revamped on our timeline. Pre-revamp Borxx wanders most of the zone and can ruin it if you don't have a way to deal with him, but other than that I had some good times xping in a group there in the 20s.

I've only tried it a little post revamp and didn't make it to the bottom floor, but there was an off-puting amount of roamers. I think there were 6+ roamers going through some areas.

[jolanar]

It gets revamped on our timeline. Pre-revamp Borxx wanders most of the zone and can ruin it if you don't have a way to deal with him, but other than that I had some good times xping in a group there in the 20s.

I've only tried it a little post revamp and didn't make it to the bottom floor, but there was an off-puting amount of roamers. I think there were 6+ roamers going through some areas.

Revamped Runnyeye is horrible IMO. Not sure what they were thinking with that one.

[Duik]

With my level 25 Fungi Monk, I am now headed to Stonebrunt Mountains, but want to keep it fresh

Try, nvm...
Bamboo shoots, they fresh.

[greatdane]

Most people forget that Gorge of King Xorbb even exists, so that has to be the most uncommon place to level. The minotaurs and evil eyes are like level 20-21 so they should be blue until like 27 or 28.

Mind you, it's a shit place to level, specially solo, because the evil eyes are enchanters and they'll charm you and shit. But it definitely qualifies as uncommon.

[Knuckle]

Most people forget that Gorge of King Xorbb even exists, so that has to be the most uncommon place to level. The minotaurs and evil eyes are like level 20-21 so they should be blue until like 27 or 28.

Mind you, it's a shit place to level, specially solo, because the evil eyes are enchanters and they'll charm you and shit. But it definitely qualifies as uncommon.

Good call -- I did spend sometime leveling there on my druid in classic so had my fill, good money at the time for the bracelets they drop.

[Toxigen]

what level you at now?

[Knuckle]

Only 30! Haven’t played much at all (surprise). Leveled in OOT at the aviak island and fairies in lfay, was really cool doing classic camps I’ve never been to. For 30+ I’m thinking maybe TOFS as I’ve never leveled there at all just visited a few times at max level. Crystal caverns I haven’t done since live not sure when I’ll head there.

[Croco]

Only 30! Haven’t played much at all (surprise). Leveled in OOT at the aviak island and fairies in lfay, was really cool doing classic camps I’ve never been to. For 30+ I’m thinking maybe TOFS as I’ve never leveled there at all just visited a few times at max level. Crystal caverns I haven’t done since live not sure when I’ll head there.

Tofs is awful for a monk. Do yourself a favor and stay in/near zones that have a bank. That's one reason CC is fantastic for monk soloing. Everything you loot you can either bank or sell and then bank the money without ever leaving the zone.

Same reason why high keep was (and still is) excellent for soloing. It's not the amazing one stop shop it use to be but it's still a serviceable exp zone.

[Knuckle]

Tofs is awful for a monk. Do yourself a favor and stay in/near zones that have a bank. That's one reason CC is fantastic for monk soloing. Everything you loot you can either bank or sell and then bank the money without ever leaving the zone.

Same reason why high keep was (and still is) excellent for soloing. It's not the amazing one stop shop it use to be but it's still a serviceable exp zone.

I mean I’m not really too worried about the loot or even xp. I’m not disagreeing that tofs would be challenging but is it too much for a monk twink with fungi?

[Krinkill]

You need a necro friend or a cleric with keys, if youve never tried tofs maybe log in your main and try first.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Tofs is awful for a monk. Do yourself a favor and stay in/near zones that have a bank. That's one reason CC is fantastic for monk soloing. Everything you loot you can either bank or sell and then bank the money without ever leaving the zone.

Same reason why high keep was (and still is) excellent for soloing. It's not the amazing one stop shop it use to be but it's still a serviceable exp zone.

TOFS is great for a twinked monk if you are just looking to XP. Did that from 40-48 on my Monk, who had Fungi + IFS. TOFS gives better XP per hour 40+. TOFS is typically less crowded than Crystal Caverns, so you are more likely to get the camp you are after.

I did Crystal Caverns on my twinked monk from 30-40, and the zone is great for that level range. 40+ the XP starts to slow down a bit. You can certainly do Crystal Caverns into the mid 40s (I did that on my Shaman), but TOFS is faster if you are just trying to power through levels.

The trick to TOFS is you just need to FD around 40% life if the fight isn't going your way. Corpse recovery is a pain in TOFS, so you don't want to have to deal with a failed FD at 20% life. Any time a mob is getting super lucky on their hits and you are missing a lot, just reset the fight. That scenario doesn't happen too often, so it isn't like it slows you down a lot to be a little more cautious.

[Vivitron]

Floor 2 ToFS can be rougher than floor 3/4. There are a lot of casters on 2 including lots of enchanters. When I tried it on my bard the amount I got charmed kept floor 2 from being worth it. I don't know what kind of MR you need to make that a non-issue.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Floor 2 ToFS can be rougher than floor 3/4. There are a lot of casters on 2 including lots of enchanters. When I tried it on my bard the amount I got charmed kept floor 2 from being worth it. I don't know what kind of MR you need to make that a non-issue.

At level 40 a twinked monk can do floor 2. Feign Death reduces charm risk significantly. Feign Death after charm breaks and try the fight again after you get your HP back.

My twinked monk soloed floor 2 for his floor 3 key. Floor 3 is where you want to be at level 40, better XP and no casters.

Worst case you can always use a higher level character to kill Floor 2 until the key drops, and swap back to your monk. Generally speaking if you have a twinked monk it is not your first character.

Floor 4 is harder than Floor 2/3 for a monk from my experience. The shadows are casters, which can be dangerous. They cast damage shield on other mobs too. I skipped Floor 4 and 5 and went to Floor 6 around level 45.

[Croco]

There's a lot of annoying af casters the higher you go in ToFS. Unless you have nostalgia for that zone and know exactly what you're doing it's not worth the hassle. There are far better zones to spend your time especially as a fungi twinked monk.

[Toxigen]

Fungi twink monks should be required to camp Raster.

[mcoy]

I did FM > CC > lguk. I've still never been to tofs on any character. I need to remedy that.

-Mcoy

[Crede]

I did FM > CC > lguk. I've still never been to tofs on any character. I need to remedy that.

-Mcoy

I solo crawled it on my bard as soon as I got charm. Fun zone.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Fungi twink monks should be required to camp Raster.

I did! Got lucky and he spawned after 3 or 4 PH's. The long part for me was spawning Brother Z and Brother Q, those guys were stubborn.

[Knuckle]

For all those who didn't ask, here's the result of double xp weekend doing TOFS and CC:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734419055158755419/1113555137227661454/image.png?width=414&height=419

not too bad. did TOFS to 35 then got annoyed with floor2, went to CC, grinded orcs, spiders, and now geonids. Spiders were extremely satisfying especially breaking the queen spider room with the root nets and FD.

Oh and bizzaro world knuckle appeared:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734419055158755419/1113560704914571294/image.png?width=647&height=168

strange

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734419055158755419/1113560810309042336/image.png?width=572&height=66

Anyway once im through 45 i'll have to start thinking about the next stop for 46.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

For all those who didn't ask, here's the result of double xp weekend doing TOFS and CC:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734419055158755419/1113555137227661454/image.png?width=414&height=419

not too bad. did TOFS to 35 then got annoyed with floor2, went to CC, grinded orcs, spiders, and now geonids. Spiders were extremely satisfying especially breaking the queen spider room with the root nets and FD.

Oh and bizzaro world knuckle appeared:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734419055158755419/1113560704914571294/image.png?width=647&height=168

strange

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734419055158755419/1113560810309042336/image.png?width=572&height=66

Anyway once im through 45 i'll have to start thinking about the next stop for 46.

Grats! Very good progress. Yeah TOFS is a bit rough in the mid 30s. I did CC from 30-40, then switched to TOFS from 40-48 or so.

TOFS floor 6 should be a viable option 45+, but those doggies can be a bit annoying to split in terms of the time it takes.

Bloodgills are certainly a great option, did those from 48-50, but I am not sure how viable they are at 45. There is a fish on a 30 second respawn timer in the same area as Bloodgills for Druid Epic I think, and that was lower level than the Bloodgills, but still decent XP in the upper 40s.

[Remeygi]

Oh and bizzaro world knuckle appeared:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734419055158755419/1113560704914571294/image.png?width=647&height=168

strange

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/734419055158755419/1113560810309042336/image.png?width=572&height=66


I hope you two got into a /duel to settle once and for all who is the one and only true Knuckle(r)

[Graahle]

Very nice! Recently rolled my first Monk (and character) on Green and am up to 26. Using Wu's Quivering Staff and Wu's armor. Is there any shot of soloing anything at this level when I can't find a group anywhere? Not Ikky btw.

[Vsai]

there are 2 lvl 45 guards at the qeynos bank with a 6:40 spawn timer. A geared melee can solo them. Drop fine steel 2 handers every kill.
https://wiki.project1999.com/Eracon_Krengon
https://wiki.project1999.com/Dun

[enjchanter]

i think plane of fear would be an uncommon solo spot for a fungi monk personally

[damstraight4]

there are 2 lvl 45 guards at the qeynos bank with a 6:40 spawn timer. A geared melee can solo them. Drop fine steel 2 handers every kill.
https://wiki.project1999.com/Eracon_Krengon
https://wiki.project1999.com/Dun

These mobs seem intriguing.

Is there also a place nearby where one can afk to med up? At which level would these stop yielding exp?

Looking for some solo monk stuff myself but I don't have a fungi. I'm level 53 with decent gear (CoF, Blackpanther, Tstaff). Any other suggestions for solo would be great!

I appreciate this post. Thank you OP!

[Jimjam]

Get a fishbone earring. Roleplay as a man eating gator living in the sewers, lurking just near an underwater zoneline to qeycat. That is a safespot.

[damstraight4]

Get a fishbone earring. Roleplay as a man eating gator living in the sewers, lurking just near an underwater zoneline to qeycat. That is a safespot.

That's muh gator u best git.



I think its working!

[Pint]

Been doing 31-35 in tofs solo as sk and it's pretty good 2-3% a kill, level 1 and 2 are pretty trivial.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Been doing 31-35 in tofs solo as sk and it's pretty good 2-3% a kill, level 1 and 2 are pretty trivial.

Yeah ToFS is great XP from 30-50. It's generally not too busy either. The corpse runs are the bad part, but with an FD/Gate class you can usually prevent death as long as you aren't being too reckless.

[Knuckle]

Im 51 now, so open to suggestions. The pickings are getting slim on decent solo/afk spots for me at least based on the amount of effort I've put in to research, which amounts to making this thread.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Im 51 now, so open to suggestions. The pickings are getting slim on decent solo/afk spots for me at least based on the amount of effort I've put in to research, which amounts to making this thread.

On my 51 Monk I have been doing Kelethin Guards. It is actually quite fun. Use sneak to get on the noob ramp to avoid getting agroed by the overpowered guard. Then pull a guard in the city, and run off the side lol. They will just run off the side with you, so there is no need to fight them in the city. It's easy to sell the weapons since the vendors are right there. It's a great way to train your sneak/safe fall/bind wound skills if you haven't been keeping up on it.

You can do Kaladim Guards as well, they are just a bit tougher to pull and kill. They all have shields, so every one of them will dual wield. Kelethin Guards don't always have two weapons.

[Croco]

Im 51 now, so open to suggestions. The pickings are getting slim on decent solo/afk spots for me at least based on the amount of effort I've put in to research, which amounts to making this thread.

bards / nobles in high keep is still good solo xp for that level assuming you have your epic

bank and merchant in zone is always <chef's kiss>

[Knuckle]

bards / nobles in high keep is still good solo xp for that level assuming you have your epic

bank and merchant in zone is always <chef's kiss>

no epic, but fungi/IFS/seahorse. still doable?

[Croco]

no epic, but fungi/IFS/seahorse. still doable?

probably, I would encourage you to take a break from leveling and get your epic though

it's a monumental step up in power and will make the grind you have left from 51 to 60 so much easier

[Knuckle]

probably, I would encourage you to take a break from leveling and get your epic though

it's a monumental step up in power and will make the grind you have left from 51 to 60 so much easier

it would, but then id miss double xp weekend

[Knuckle]

probably, I would encourage you to take a break from leveling and get your epic though

it's a monumental step up in power and will make the grind you have left from 51 to 60 so much easier

Got 40% into 53. Currently working on epic. Robe of the lost circle acquired. If everything goes smoothly ill have the whistling robe on friday with a 2 pipe mq that will leave me broke!

http://media.discordapp.net/attachments/324178345400991754/1126192326390317226/image.png?width=691&height=453

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Got 40% into 53. Currently working on epic. Robe of the lost circle acquired. If everything goes smoothly ill have the whistling robe on friday with a 2 pipe mq that will leave me broke!

http://media.discordapp.net/attachments/324178345400991754/1126192326390317226/image.png?width=691&height=453

Very.nice!

[Knuckle]

54 with epic now, I'm still rocking the IFS. I have a 16/28 1hb from VP and thats it for 1handers. If I can camp the 13/21 1hb in Kael, would that be a noticable DPS upgrade vs IFS? If not I'll keep grinding with IFS and maybe buy a T-Staff. I have about 40k right now, any major items I should look out for in that budget range? Thanks for all the morale support fellow forumquesters.

[Croco]

I know that Tstaff was the clear winner vs the old best in slot casual setup of epic mainhand / SoS offhand. I'm not sure where IFS weighs in at but I would assume pretty close to that setup. Epic / SoM is probably better than IFS but by how much is the question. Then you have to take into account taking more ripostes if you're soloing, or more hits of a damage shield.

I would keep rocking the IFS. What's your haste like? I wouldn't upgrade to a Tstaff unless I already had a top tier haste item 36% or better.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

I know that Tstaff was the clear winner vs the old best in slot casual setup of epic mainhand / SoS offhand. I'm not sure where IFS weighs in at but I would assume pretty close to that setup. Epic / SoM is probably better than IFS but by how much is the question. Then you have to take into account taking more ripostes if you're soloing, or more hits of a damage shield.

I would keep rocking the IFS. What's your haste like? I wouldn't upgrade to a Tstaff unless I already had a top tier haste item 36% or better.

A 34% haste item is fine. 34% is when you have reduced your delay by half the possible amount you can reduce it by. A 40/40 weapon would be at 40/30 at 34% haste, and 40/20 is the best you can get with 100% haste. Diminishing returns start to set in, since you need 66% haste to get the other half.

The 2% extra haste from CoF nets you very little in terms of DPS. I agree that OP should focus on getting a seahorse belt first if they still have a 20% haste item.

As far as I know T-Staff is going to be better than 1h for soloing, that is what most people say these days. I don't have an SoM or T-Staff, so I can't do comparisons between SoM and an IFS or T-Staff.

[fortior]

54 with epic now, I'm still rocking the IFS. I have a 16/28 1hb from VP and thats it for 1handers. If I can camp the 13/21 1hb in Kael, would that be a noticable DPS upgrade vs IFS? If not I'll keep grinding with IFS and maybe buy a T-Staff. I have about 40k right now, any major items I should look out for in that budget range? Thanks for all the morale support fellow forumquesters.

Buy a 34-36% haste item with DKP. Cloak of Piety is a pretty meh item with 34% haste, often goes for bargain bin prices. CoCW or CoF will be more expensive but you can sell them once you upgrade.

Just save the cash. IFS and > 34% haste is firmly in 'all your upgrades will come from DKP' territory. Eventually you can use the cash for stuff like lootrights (circlet of the falinkan, strength of the elements, hammered golden hoops).

[Knuckle]

Yeah I’ve had seahorse belt, guess the king game starts.

[Seducio]

You've advanced a tech level.