EQ:Early levels  

Levels 1 through 35

You have two options now, with the advent of the tutorial and the TSS expansion, you can either level 1-10 in either the tutorial, or Crescent Reach, then continue in CR until level 20, then go to either Blightfire Moors, or the current hotzone.

I often start in the tutorial dungeon first, and do quests and level to 10th. I have heard that the experience modifier in CR is such that you can hit level 10 in less time there, however if you choose this route, you should really do the starting tasks charm in the tutorial before leaving.

No matter what option you take, it would not hurt to head straight to the Guild Lobby to get TEMP and SOW, and any other buffs available. Additionally, if you have any plat then you may want to buy some better gear and potions before getting the buffs. Once you get buffs from the lobby, log out and back in to the tutorial. Now you can hunt in either CR or the tutorial, you'll kill faster and have less chance of dying. Check each and every corpse you kill, get the money, and look for Crude Defiant armor and weapons drop from various mobs. Collect each and every piece of this that drops, even if you cannot use it, you may be able to trade it for a similar piece you can use.

If you have hit level 10 in the tutorial, you can leave and it will place you in Crescent Reach. From there, you can either start doing the tasks in Crescent Reach or head to the lobby and get rebuffs, and log and go through the tutorial to get back to CR, however, once you hit 11th level you may not be able to take that shortcut any more.

Now that you are level 10 or higher, you will start to see Simple Defiant armor and weapons drop from various mobs. Again, collect each and every piece of this that drops, even if you cannot use it.

Once you hit level 15, if solo, you may want to stay in CR, but if you have a solid group and/or are well buffed, head out to Blightfire Moors, or the current Hotzone, there you may be able to get better equipment and experience will be faster.

The random Simple Defiant gear is nice, however, it will not cover the following slots, ears, fingers, back, neck, shoulders, (in most cases) ranged and secondary slots. in this case you will want to gather the random drops from the older hotzones, as well as any of the Quests in Blightfire Moors.

Even when Blightfire Moors is not a hot zone, it is a pretty good place to level all the way to level 35, if not, the hotzones also provide a good way to level quickly.

Using a combination of the above methods I know of people leveling up to 35 solo in less than a month.

Next up, Level 36

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