Leveling Guide for levels 1-10

levels 1 - 10
***note -this leveling guide may need to be farmed a little here or there depending on your character - some classes can move forward more quickly than other classes - but in the end ALL CLASSES ARE VIABLE ON THIS SERVER!! (Except RDD - it is banned here)***

level 1 - fresh off the boat - go to the docks - get the quest for the fish from Guster (sale) and the quest for the angry cat from Capitan Ross (on dock 1) - get underwater breathing ring - put on ring - talk to Kelina Unders (dock2) get quest to get her clothes -  there is a transition into the water next to Kelina (leave the ring on!!) - go very VERY slow, the sharks can hurt but are great xp - you will find Kelina's clothes in a chest on the opposite corner of the ladder - take them back to her get 2k gold - go back to town.

*side note - it would be in your best interest to take 1 point in open lock and 1 point in search..trust me on this!!

Next to the temple you will find the Construction Forman - talk to him - Have some pocket change will 2000 gp do? (option 3) - he gives you a donation receipt - KEEP IT!! You can use the portals for free now - go in the temple to the back and go through the portal behind the lectern (straight ahead far wall) - you will be in a portal room - go through portal for Crossed Blades - go through gate - go straight north along the hills - go up the hills to the Old Hermit - talk to him - get the secret (hey look at you getting the first of the 12 secrets!)

Go back down the hill and to the transition (see the pin that says North to Great Owl's Woods? -- yup there!) go in the tree - and go in to talk to the Great Owl - talk to him about the 12 dark secrets - (just like that 2nd secret!) (**organizational note - put this on your back page the feather and the book) go back to the house that you came out of in the Crossed Blades (Valdemar's House) go back through the portal - then take the portal to the Temple of Saw Orroyo

Go to the sharks again - kill another round
(this will be too quick to repeat the quest - but good xp!) Then back to the Town with a Name and go out Eastlands gate and follow the road talk to the Prosperous Farmer - he will give you a quest for the Goblins - follow the road to the water tower, kill the goblin and loot him for the regen ring and cross the river - kill Goblins by the crates and go North - you will see another little road to the right of the road you will see 2 large rocks with goblins (unless someone killed them) kill the goblins - turn on search and walk between the 2 rocks you will see a shaft of light that says secret enterance - go through the secret door - kill the goblins - when you kill the chief loot him (loot them all really) and get the head , the ring of protection 2 and a warhammer +1) go turn in at the farmer - then...you guessed it back to the docks

Now go back to the dock and repeat the Kelina quest - go back to crossed blades - go in the store on the right (Magic Imbiber) - get 6 invisibility potions
go to the portal room (through the temple) - drink invis potion - go through portal of 7 doors -Then take the north door on the right and head north to the glowing portal USE A POTION OF INVISIBILITY and THEN click through. You will work your way around until you reach a place with 4 "rooms" facing each other with points like a rifle scope on your map. start clicking though until you reach the south "room". There will be a dais with a chain hanging down from it. Pull the chain and it takes you to a pocket dimension where you will see Illusion of Ayre. talk to him and get Wind Walkers. These are great boots with some nice immunities on them, but most importantly they have haste which will speed things up for the rest of your quest. Click back out of there and work your way back to the entrance and leave. (4th secret obtained)

Want to start upgrading? - You can talk to Sinestro in the Temple or - Go to the Eccentric Swordsmen in The Town with a Name - Tin Flute has bard stuff - The Silver mage as well --- you can also go to the druid - this is how - go to the Eastlands and go straight across along the treeline - you will go to a transition between the C grouping of DARK GREEN trees - into the Druids Grove -(not in Druids Grove --- you are NOT in the right place) Walk forward to the circle of lights and talk to Ambrose he sells some equipment - ***Side note if you are a scimitar user - there is a FREE secret weapon on this map - in the SE corner of the map there is a tree - (it is shorter and if you mouse over it is says AMAZING TREE ) click it it will give you a scimitar - this upgrades!)

Go back to The town with a name - go out the south gate - through Southfields - to Forest Road - follow the road, cross the bridge - turn right and follow around a rock wall you will see a gate with a sign that says Lodestone mine (go in!) Clear the map of Gnolls - go down to second level -  On level 2 you will find a Captive Gnoll in a cell. You can talk to him and he gives you a book. Talk fast and leave or the door closes on you and you have to break it down to leave. It has some HPs so it might take a while. (exert from 12 dark secrets book) "In the SE corner of the 3rd level you will find Big Dumb Lenny. Kill him and loot the lodestones, then use the machine to create a Perfect Lodestone.  27 raw lodestone ( use 3 at a time)= 9 Polished lodestone (use 3 at time)= 3 Magic lodestone = Perfect Lodestone. It has some nice abilities on it like castable true vision, see invisible, Ultravision and identify, all unlimited uses per day. Once you have that head to level 4. Clear the beetles and click on the shaft of light marked Watur Summons. Talk to him and get Ancient Talisman which is secret number 4." *there is one more level of lodestone (3 perfect equals one concentrated) and that has all the buffs (foxes cunning, strength, etc etc)

*Note - this next area can be grindy - but SERIOUSLY its good xp - so hang there until you hit 10 and THEN finish the pillars as explained below.
Then you are going to to Crossed Blades again - (exert 12 dark secrets) Head to South Path zone off of Crossed Blades and in the East of the zone you will see 9 pillars and some golems. The trick to destroying the pillars is shown if you read the statue, you need 1 each of the golem hearts per pillar BUT there is a trick to it, when you destroy the pillar the golems stop spawning from it so you need to collect 9 of each type before you destroy the pillars. When you have 9 of each type open a pillar and put 1 of each inside and it destroys it, repeat for all 9 pillars, loot the heart stones that drop for vendoring and loot the chest for a random "stone" weapon. +2 slow dc14 5 rounds and 1x heal per day. Head back to Owl. ***NOTE - lure a few out at a time - you do not want all of them on you at this level!!

And there you have it - your personal guide to level 10 - Look for the next book in the series - Leveling Guide for levels 11-20 *winks* Happy Hunting!

Excellent leveling guide!
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