So How do I take on Droga?

[Tobius]

So my 36 shammy is kinda between paineel guards at this level, and needs to get a couple of levels elsewhere.

My 49 bard is on Hg's but there will be too many greens at 50, and he's heading to kunark to get OT hammer.

My bard would also like to loot the illusion mask from Chardok one day.

My 57 warrior, I'm not really exping him but he can potentially farm items from low level zones.

Is droga viable for exp and loot from the first two, and loot for the third character?

Can mobs be single pulled? Is there a safe spot or Zoneline? How camped it is?
Salts and skins give faction with Sarnaks right? They could pool their loot onto the bard?

I've never really done it on any char.

[cd288]

Are you asking if there's worthwhile loot in Droga? Or is there specific loot outside salts/skins that you're looking for and figuring out the best strategy to get it?

[Tobius]

Are you asking if there's worthwhile loot in Droga? Or is there specific loot outside salts/skins that you're looking for and figuring out the best strategy to get it?

Sorry it was kinda broad.

Could the 57 warr camp a sellable item.

Could the 49 bard exp there/get chardok faction/camp sellable items.

Could the 36 shaman exp there/get chardok faction items for the bard?

[enjchanter]

theres basically nothing in droga worth camping besides skins/salts

a 49 bard could xp there but itll probably be harder than its worth solo. Its almost all caster mobs and i think stuff will start be green at 49?
36 shaman will probably struggle, but you could do nurga for the same vibes and easier kills

[Naethyn]

Problem with droga on a war is everything has damage shield.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Earring_of_Essence

[enjchanter]

Problem with droga on a war is everything has damage shield.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Earring_of_Essence

i did honestly forget about this item, good catch

[Toxigen]

a 49 bard would probably have a better time than a 57 war

hone your charm skills!

[DeathsSilkyMist]

https://wiki.project1999.com/Canyoneer_Pike is a budget willsapper basically for Warriors who can't afford Truncheon or willsapper. Also procs at level 5 apparently.

Generally speaking Droga is a tough zone for players in the level range it is designed for. Too many casters.

At 57 your Warrior could collect Salts/Skins, but it wouldn't be as fast or as safe as other classes that are better at soloing.

[enjchanter]

Also fyi you don't need faction to loot that mask

[Vivitron]

I did a bunch of charm soloing in Droga on my bard about levels 43-45. I think the mobs are level 33-37. On the bard you can use the mana free charm. I think you get the first xp greens at 45 or 46; I don't think you will see many if any blues left at 49. You could possibly camp an EoE on the 49 bard but maybe not efficiently; I managed to kill the ph a few times while I was xping there. It's a big room though and you'll likely have to clear out several mobs in the next room to clear a place to fight the ph. By 60 you can just invis onto the ph and kill it where it spawns; I'm not sure what level you have to be to do that without the room adding.

I'm not sure what level a shaman wants to be to fight mobs in that range, but I'd guess 40+ to keep root breaks to a manageable amount. As mentioned there are lots of casters, I hope that doesn't spoil the zone for a shaman but it might. Nothing sees invis; so you can explore with your shaman to try to find a camp that you can split. I didn't notice a lot of singles on the bard, but I wasn't looking for them. I didn't succeed at the zone in on the bard (and don't remember trying the deeper zone lines), so I fought away from them and used a leatherfoot raider cap as necessary. There are tons of mobs in the zone.

At 60 I've gong back on my bard to farm faction + vendor drops + salts/skins. I ae snare then run a circle and use the ae dots. Vendor the goblin armor (about 5-30p a piece), yes turn the salts/skins in for sarnak faction, the wiki should have accurate values on how much faction each gives. Exactly how many goblins a bard can ae in a kite is a gear check. I see 60 monks/mages/necros single kill farming sometimes. I think a well geared 60 bard may be the fastest droga farming class, although it's probably more work than the others.

Halfling mask is a 30 minute corpse and if the farmer has a factioned cleric I think they could rez you in to loot, but being factioned likely does help your odds of picking up a random drop affordably. Don't forget the faction song.

[ScottBerta]

Some mobs HT, all mobs are buffed and many have DS. Few spots to single pull and lot of pathers. Plus once you drop in you get two mobs on you immediately. It’s not an easy zone.

[Toxigen]

it just isn't a friendly zone

go park your war in Karnors and find groups to tank for

use /who all to find twink melees to duo with on your shaman

go practice bard things - either swarming outdoors or could do some charm solo in solB / lower guk / etc

[Pillow Armadillo]

Sorry it was kinda broad.

Could the 57 warr camp a sellable item.

Could the 49 bard exp there/get chardok faction/camp sellable items.

Could the 36 shaman exp there/get chardok faction items for the bard?
Take your 36 shaman to Mines of Nurga. You can camp the exit tunnel until 39/40 and the goblins give the same Chardok faction as Temple of Droga mobs.

[Swish]

Take your 36 shaman to Mines of Nurga. You can camp the exit tunnel until 39/40 and the goblins give the same Chardok faction as Temple of Droga mobs.

Nurga is way underused, definitely a good time too.

[GnomeLuvr]

One good thing about Droga, is that it's pretty close to OT. If you get your OT hammer on your bard, you can go farm trash drops (mostly fine steel and goblin forged armor), hammer out, sell/bank, and be back in Droga in no time.

Unless you're way deep into Droga, I don't think there'll be any exp, but you'll get the faction and it should be decent money (depending on how fast you kill).

[Snaggles]

The bard or shaman could do Highkeep for exp and sell the swords. This plat adds up quick. The bard can get a few levels out of Grobb too which is good plat.

The warrior is a bit more tough, where you can get xp and plat.

IMHO outside the warrior with an Invig click BP and a 2h I wouldn’t take these characters to Droga for skins/salts. On-level they are very nasty compared to HK guards. Not to say it’s impossible, it will just be slow with added risk of dying. I’d likely put the warrior in a place I can pick up a duo/group when I have the time. Wakening Lands geos are great since you can always port out if you have something else to do.

[Nisse]

It's a great zone if you're looking for a spot with plenty of monsters and you are chock full of the adventurers spirit. Bring a friend or two if you are lucky enough to know a couple people willing to stray from the approved course for a level or two otherwise it's going to get interesting quickly.

[Dolalin]

Generally speaking Droga is a tough zone for players in the level range it is designed for. Too many casters.


Kunark dungeons suffer greatly from the Luclin-era buffed-out mob spellbooks. They were tuned for most of those shamans chain casting root and drowsy.

[Sonark]

Kunark dungeons suffer greatly from the Luclin-eraSo despite pre-dating Luclin by nearly 2 years, they suffer from Luclin-era problems.

Or maybe Luclin suffers from Kunark-era problems, who knows

[Jimjam]

Not sure on the worth of hammering to OT to sell - greedy vendors there. May as well Selo to Loio windmill. It isn’t too far.

So despite pre-dating Luclin by nearly 2 years, they suffer from Luclin-era problems.

Or maybe Luclin suffers from Kunark-era problems, who knows

I suggest you may have done a misunderstandening.

Our pal Dolalin is relating the mobs in p99 Kunark zones are following behaviours which belong to the Luclin era. He is saying on live, during Kunark, they didn’t behave like this which is why the zone on p99 is overtuned. Thats my take.

[Trexller]

casters on p99 sure do like to spam dispell also

iirc wayyy back in the day I used to prefer to solo casters, they were easier mobs in general. they would spend half the fight on long cast-time easily resisted spells so they wouldn't melee much.