Hunting and Killing for Experience and Profit

(mostly experience)

Levels 1-5

Your newbie zone, obviously. GFay is ridiculously overcrowded, but recently received a major upgrade, with new quest armor for low level characters. A better spot in the zone is near Felwithe. From the city, go west and south a little, until you reach the path leading to LFay and the Wizard portal. You won't find anyone here, but there are a lot of wasps, skeletons, bats and orc pawns.

If you can, get over to Kelethin. The newbie zone there is less crowded and you can kill more skeletons, which means bone chips for Gunlok Jure. You can also kill Krag chicks when you get up in levels and turn in their claws to the Paladin guild for more faction brownie points.

Without a doubt, Qeynos Hills is the lamest zone. There are dangerous wandering mobs like the wolves, and Holly Windstalker who will kill you for defending yourself, and then you gotta run to Qeynos to do anything. You may actually be better off hunting in Qeynos than Qeynos Hills, although why anyone would make a half-elf druid is beyond me.

Levels 6-10

Finally, some diversity of hunting.

• Paludal Caverns (Luclin): People say you can get to level 24 in this place.
• The Warrens: From level 6 up you can have fun here. But you must snare and root, because those dogs run real easily and will agro a bunch of friends.
• East Commons, Orc Camps: Always camped, but that means no trouble getting groups. Collect belts to sell for 3-5pp per, or turn them in for good faction and experience in Freeport.
• Misty Thicket, western side of the wall: Hunt goblins and orcs in relative peace. No one comes here, which has its pluses and minuses.
• Crushbone: We all know this zone all too well. Collect those Deathfist belts for platinum (1pp per) or for turning in.
• Blackburrow: Great place to learn how to deal with trains, if nothing else. Good for building faction in Halas and Qeynos, which make prove ultimately useless.
• North Ro: Relatively unused and the orcs are easier than the Oasis versions.
• Field of Bone: Supposed to be a great spot up to your 20s, but getting here at this level probably isn't worth it.

Levels 10-19

• Alluring Sirens: Take the boat from Butcher to Freeport. When you first zone into OOT, look on the right-hand side of the boat. You will quickly pass some rocks with two Sirens sitting on them. There's two. Use Harmony to break up the spawn. They are tough at 10 but from 13 up they are superb experience.
• Unrest: Yard trash. Just get in a corner, I prefer the one to the right of the mansion when facing the mansion, and pull like crazy. Even the Death Beetles alone are great experience, and the undead don't run. But beware the trains.
• Undead Ruins, South Karana: An overlooked hunting ground. No one hunts here and again, the undead don't run.
• Bandits, various locations, West Karana: Good xp, plenty of them, turning in their sashes in Qeynos yields loot worth at least 1pp to vendors. Only drawback is the guards won't save you from these guys.
• Befallen: Redone, this place is now a nuthouse. Be careful you don't get swarmed. Good plat on the inkies here.
• Krag Spiders, East Karana: No loot but good experience and uncamped.
• Orc Highway, Oasis: Well why not? Everyone else has done it.
• Crocs and Caiman, Oasis: See above.
• Derv camp, West Commons Heavily camped though.
• Gorge of King Xorbb: Abandoned, and the mobs give good xp and don't run.
• Upper Guk, close to zone: Kill the low level froggies and the spiders near the entrance.
• Overthere, near shore and Warsliks Woods zone: Unused and ignored, getting here is risky.
• The Warrens: You have to move deeper in for higher level mobs.
• Lavastorm Mountains: Good solo experience to 20 here, unused, but hilly. Elementals can be dangerous.

Levels 20-30

• Runnyeye: An abandoned zone, great experience, dungeon bonus, lots of loot to farm and sell. Get that Blackened Alloy Amulet but be very careful, as Lord Pickclaw and Battlelord Paulk, who drop it, spawn randomly in this dungeon. They won't always be in the same place, and they always have a few guards with them.
• Lake of Ill Omen: Well, you figure it out.
• Solusek's Eye A: Goblins give good experience to 30, quite a bit of Druid loot to farm (Platinum Armband, CGS) you can get swarmed though. Use cold-based nukes.
• Undead Ruins in Swamp of No Hope near FV zone: Overlooked zone, but the thick woods make it hard to see
• Hermit, South Karana: Just north and east of the Aviak City. He's on a three minute timer. Walk up to his house, which is sealed, stand next to the chimney, and say "I kill you." This will bring him out. He hits HARD, and is a ranger so he casts druid spells. Snare and nuke. This will be your chance to practice the kiting techniques for the future. Drops fine steel and plat. Good from 20 to 26.
• Upper Guk, deep: hunt near the zones to Lower Guk.
• Unrest, inside and the basement: Gets a lot tougher as you go in.
• Castle Mistmoore: As bad as CT, but you raise your faction with Ring of Scale, which is good for making Gorenaire like you. Pull by the entrance first.
• Aviak City, South Karana: People refer to this as KFC. Group here. It's so heavily camped that soloing is tough.
• Giant Fort, Frontier Mountains: Very popular place, should be easy to get in a group. Stay from 26 to 31.
• Redwind's Temple, Everfrost: Fantastic experience for an outdoor zone. Harmony to break up the spawn. They drop plat and fine steel, be careful, Redwind is a shadow knight and will harm touch.

Levels 31-40

• Firiona Vie, northeast: Near the northeast zone to Swamp of No Hope there is a static spawn of a trio of giants, plus leeches, frogloks and Drolvargs. Easy to get overrun here, though. Good to the 30s, giants are good into the 40s although quadding in this hilly area is tricky.
• Mistmoore, graveyard: Clean this area out, then pull from the area in front of the castle to here. Experience comes fast. So can the inkies. Use Harmony liberally.
• Infected Paw: These gnolls can be very tough at times. Some are enchanters and will charm you.
• Paw Entrance, South Karana: Good for soloing, pull a single spawn and root/rot or kite it, again, practicing those kiting skills.
• Signus Boran, Butcherblock: One of the first BB dorf targets a lot of druids like to hunt. She spawns a short distance from the Chessboard. Snare and blast, again, practicing kiting. She runs fast and hits HARD, so be careful.
• Kedge Keep: People hate this zone and for good reason, but there's a dungeon bonus and some loot does drop. Go with lots of fish scales or an EB item. Note that the casting mobs, like sea horses, are all clerics. So they can heal themselves and some can't be mezzed.
• Overthere: Go to the FM or Skyfire ramps and learn what it means to be a supporting class. At 34, this is the place you will learn to quad, or die trying.
• Lower Guk: Some of the zones closest to the zone out, like the bedroom, are good experience.
• Iceclad Ocean: Start with Snow Dervishes, which are everywhere, followed by dire wolves, and then giants. These are the lowest level giants in the game.
• Eastern Wastes: At the high 30s, start quadding the Ry'Gorr orcs near the bridge, if they aren't camped, the snow cougars and dire wolves, all near the bridge.
• Mistmoore, deep: Only for the high 30s. Get yourself a Nightshade Wreath. Invis works everywhere in here, but be very careful. Best to go with a party.
• Dreadlands: Head to Karnor's Castle and start looking for groups on the north wall.
• Frontier Mountains, everywhere else: People who come here only go to the giant fort. There's tons of other mobs, including named mobs, that wander the whole zone.

Levels 41-48

• Dreadlands: Outside until 48. There is a great pull spot to the northeast of the castle, near some ruins. It's quite close to the tunnel to FM.
• Eastern Wastes: At the high 30s, start quadding the Ry'Gorr orcs near the bridge, if they aren't camped, the snow cougars and dire wolves. Then move to the north shore area. There's an area full of Ulthork Hunters and Warriors, walruses, and Rhinos. Quad the walruses to 40, Hunters first, then Warriors. You can quad to 46. When they drop an Ulthork tusk, KEEP IT. Do not sell them, ever. You can turn them in to Chief Kalan of the Othmir in Cobalt Scar for some very expensive gems.
• Lower Guk, anywhere: Study the map at EQ Atlas and learn the different zones by name, because if you zone in and shout LFG and someone says "Druid to Ass/Sup," you better know where that is and how to get there.
• Entrance of The Hole: Don't go too far in if you know what's good for you.

Levels 49-54

At this level you get a new AoE spell, Lightning Blast. It does 477 dmg, vs the 184 from Lightning Strike. This changes everything. :)

• Karnor's Castle: Don't even think about soloing. Get in a group and play a supporting role. Buff, DS, back up the cleric.
• Ice Giants, Everfrost: Root rot. You can't kite these guys. Good to 53.
• Sebilis: 55+, really. Below that you won't get a group unless you go with one.
• Burning Woods: Ash hornets to start, then Ember and Cinder. Scoriae hornets are the toughest. Also the giants at the giant fort.
• Timorous Deep: Take the raft from Oasis to an island and head east. There will be an aviak city, identical to the one in SK. The Spirocs look like mccaws. Quad like mad. They have faction and you will go KoS almost immediately. Be careful, some are rogues and backstab for 300 dmg. They green out at 52-53.
• Cobalt Scar: Wyverns wyverns and more wyverns. This area is heavily hunted and it's often impossible to find four wyverns to quad. Also, never pull Yvolcarn, a named Wyvern, or Azuredrake. And the Cobalt Drakes will help wyverns if they see you fighting, so avoid them because they dispell SoW and hit you with cold for 500 dmg.
• Timorous Deep, Raptor Island: SoW and levitate at the island with the spirocs and run straight south. You will come across Chess Island, where part of your epic takes place, then keep going south. There's two islands. The raptors have an insane agro range, so be very careful. A quad kiting guide will be forthcoming.

Levels 55-

• Othmir, Cobalt Scar: Don't even think about it until at least level 57, and even then, have LOTS of mana items and possibly a Luminescent Staff. They can resist the snare and they are FAST, faster than raptors. Don't pull the shaman and if you pull from Chief Kalan's area, use Harmony. If you pull him, run like hell for Skyshrine because he's got high MR and hits REAL hard.
• The Grey, Luclin: Again, a 58+ zone. You will need an EB item even though it's not underwater. Only pull the Shissar. Be very careful of the stone golems running around, they have a high agro radius and high MR. Also, don't go near any of the steam vents coming out of the ground.
• Maiden's Eye: Invis and run to the toiler area. It's between the large building with the Xi (robed) mobs and the lake with a house on it, to the northwest of the UP zone. Quad toilers around the hill. They hit very hard and there's a lot of them. You are actually better off with a few people hunting around you. Respawn rate is very fast.
• Umbral Plains: Definitely for higher level people with an epic. Kill the Disturbed Elysian Remains for druid armor that looks like banded/Vermiculated, but with great stats. Elysians have a LOT of HP, so root/rot. Dark Assassins see invis and have a ridiculous agro range, so be VERY careful. Use Harmony to pull the Remains.

I have a separate quadding guide for level 55+ druids as well.

Any more suggestions? Email me.

Also, the Frontier Mountains has a cycle of three spawn spots with a variety of named mobs who drop some nice gear. The walkthru is here.