Level Area Guide for Newbies

This is a rough levelling guide from 1-50:

Academy of Learning- levels 1-5
Miden'nir- Level 5
Goblin Village- levels 5-7
Sylvan Vale(Evil)- levels 5-7
Ruins of Thalos- levels 7-9
Tenebria- levels 7-9(western fork trolls and large hobgoblin cave only)
Seringale Masoleum- levels 8-10

Quest progression 1-10:
Do academy quest to kill adept(evil) or necromancer(good)
Do Miden'nir quests at level 5 inn quest, garr quest, monk ghost quest
Do sylvan vale quest(evil only)
Complete Seringale quests mercenary bar(progression of 3 quests), witch, trainer, guild, jewelry shop, traders shop, goblin enforcer, Tir after completing monk quest.
Do Ruins of Thalos quests(2)

Level 10-15- Start Killing Bosses for Medals and random gambled gear drops
Good: Drkshtyre wood: Spiders to ogres to serpents
Evil: Emerald Forest: Pixies to Brownies(Farmers)

Level 15-20-
Good: Drkshtyre(Serpents) to Mansion of the Malevolent(Talamaurs)
Evil: Emerald Forest(Dryads)

Level 20-25: At level 22, head to Timaran once you've killed a boss and start buying monster potions!

Good: Mansion of the Malevolent: Talamaurs to Butlers/Gayals
Evil: Emerald Forest: Dryads to Nymphs

Level 25-30:
Good: Mansion of the Malevolent: Butlers/Gayals to Trolls
Evil: Emerald Forest: Nymphs to Lady Rangers

Level 30-35:
Good: Dankbark Forest: Fire giant outlaws or Enthema: Illithids
Evil: Emerald Forest: Lady rangers and rangers to Solace: Shopkeepers

Level 35-40: At level 36, make sure to update to the correct monster potions!

Good: Enthema: Illithids to Armageddon Sanctuary: Blood Shaman
Evil: Solace:Shopkeepers to Tainted Valley: various valourian knights

Level 40-45:
Good: Armageddon Sanctuary: Blood Shaman to Shadun Dahgul: Watchers
Evil: Tainted Valley: various valourian knights to Mudfall: Medics

Level 45-50:
Good: Shadun Dahgul: Watchers or Drkshtyre: Forest Five
Evil: Mudfall: Thiel, Grocer, Sheriff, Jyln, Calyn


There are other options but these are what i've found to be optimal. If something is too difficult just continue the prior tier at a lower xp until you can manage. Monster pots will help you do higher level things safer.

Neutrals can do either good or evil areas. The particularly juicy ones are emerald forest and enthema, but generally do the areas your group is comfortable doing.

Made this sticky so it's around and easy.

Just wanted to add something:

A few quests weren't listed. The initial quest in the academy to kill 4 shades, 8 tendrils, and 2 spiders is probably something we all do anyway unless somebody else is in the academy and took the mobs away from us, but it's still useful ton know about.

The Mausoleum has a quest to kill mobs dependent on alignment. You might need to let the mobs come back once depending on what you have to kill (I never seem to see enough wisps to do it in one go with evil characters, but as they assist one another that is a tradeoff)

There is a "Rabbit Genocide" quest in the Mystic Forest (former Haon Dor) area. Aside from getting the blackberries (which are randomly placed somewhere in the area), it's straightforward, though there are pairs of mobs which assist one another.

"Spider Slayer" quests are probably worthwhile to do at some point as well in the Arachnos area. Just be aware that the ballooning spiders assist one another and there will be two additional mobs fighting you once you attack one!

The rabbit genocide quest is hit or miss because the blackberries can spawn in Narnia and be protected by higher level aggro mobs. The original spider queen quest is a good one to do in Drkshtyre and the two quests in Arachnos are 15-20 depending on your class.

This is SO helpful. Thank you. I've found myself regularly referring to this as I'm trying to figure out what to do next. Group leveling is amazing, but I don't learn anything about the game and my characters.