Alternate Leveling Locations

[syxxtekk]

Maybe Beudeux or Davoi.

Also you can level of Ghasts and Ironshells in Sea Serpents Grotto from lvl 31-35/36. Best place to camp is right outside of Norg zone. And the spot can hold 2 pts.

Also Jungar & Marshlands should be good for the 20+. I haven't tested what mobs to fight though. Maybe when i get my next job high enough.

Also I've heard the mobs around the entrace of Ozonzo is got for lower to mid 50s...

[CarbonFibre]

I know what you mean when you hate that people go to the cliché leveling areas.

Why is it that people usually just fight the weakest enemies in the hardest places rather than equivalent leveled mobs in easier zones? Because they want to be able to zone if they get in trouble? That's all that I can think of since the easiest mobs are usually right by the entrance to an area.

[Rawls]

11-15 Shakhrami Maze.. get a bunch of BLMs (or RNGs) and one or two WHMs and you can just hit Maze Makers from afar. I did this with both WHM and BLM so its a good place to kill. With WHM when i was lvl 12 i joined a lvl 13 BLM and we killed worms for 200 xp a pop. And around lvl 13 with a 5 mage party feel free to invite a stray THF or another overlooked melee if you want you would already have enough firepower to kill worms.

15-20? Bubu Pen. is just as good as Valk, and typically less crowded. Though i'm not sure if you could go to 20 there... haven't tried to myself.

those are really all the alternates i know of.. maybe i'll make the trek into the desert to lvl up my WHM for awhile.

[KamaAina]

No it is because they think that is the only place to level. That is where the most people are and that is where they can find a group the easiest.

But that doesn't mean that it is the best place.

I want to travel....any other places anyone can think of?

[CarbonFibre]

I guess you're right. If you ask anyone where to level at X level, they will most likely tell you one of those places.

[kainzero]

45-48 Yhoator Jungle next to Ifrit's Cauldron, pull gobs.

[Malachi_Gage]

10-15 Kershcatt (or whatever) Highlands, the place u have to go through right before Valkrum if you are traveling from S.Gustaberg to N.Gustaberg up from Bastok.

[obsidian]

Probably the best guide for info like this:

http://mysterytour.web.infoseek.co.j.../hunt/view.htm

[Sadeira]

Originally posted by EFigaro
Korroloka Tunnels can go beyond 20 pulling bats for a bit, then Spiders, then Crabs then Pugils.

spiders are a bad bad bad bad thing... can you say "sickle slash?"

spiders have been known to one shot paladins with sickle slash. unless you have a nin tank (and even then, i won't recommend it since there may be the off chance that spiders will use sickle slash while blink is off and being recasted) don't fight spiders! :3

bats are bad because of jet stream of course. again, potential one shot on the pld. and then there's the bat links that we all know and love.

i think you can do altepa desert from 30-50 as an alternative to going to the overcrowded, dangerous, and idiot filled crawlers nest. altepa desert is usually empty during na peak times and there's lots of good places to pull. if you're less than level 30, find a friend who'll help you get through kororoka tunnel and get you the altepa tele point crystal.

[Norelco]

15-20 Dangruf Wadi...if you dig in far enough there are Gamblers, Muggers, Leechers, and snippers

[yuukei]

Had no other place to put this so....

Alternate places to Valkrum Dunes:

Hill Lizard Alternatives:

Mighty Rarab - Buburimu Peninsula
Screamer(Bird) - Jugner Forest
Stealth Bat - Yughott Grotto
Jubjub(Bird) - Meriphataud Mountains
Stink Bats - Maze of Shakhrami/Ordelle's Caves
Sylvestre(Mandragora) - Buburimu Peninsula
Water Wasp - Pashhow Marshlands
Black Bat - Pashhow Marshlands/Meriphataud Mountains
Skeleton Warrior - Gusgen Mines
Orcish Grunt /Neckchopper/Stonechucker - Yughott Grotto
Five of Batons/Coins/Cups/Swords - Horutoto Outer Ruins
Beady Beetle - Carpenters' Landing
Bulldog Bats - Carpenters' Landing

Snipper Alternatives:

Ordelle's Caves - Blood Bunny, Hognosed Bat, Snipper, Goblin Tinkerer, Goblin Ambusher, Goblin Butcher, Stalking Sapling

Pashow Marshlands - Gadfly, Snipper, Land Pugil

Meriphataud Mountains - Cranefly, Hill Lizard

Maze of Shakhrami - Maze Maker

Jugner Forest - Brutal Sheep, Land Pugil, Snipper

Carpenters' Landing - Flytrap, Poison Funguar

Korroloka Tunnel - Land Worm

Buburimu Peninsula - Snipper, Goblin Ambusher/Butcher/Tinkerer, Bull Dhalmel

Horutoto Inner Ruins - Battle Bat

Beach Pugil Alternatives:

Jugner Forest - Forest Tiger

Battalia Downs - May Fly, Clipper

Rolanberry Fields - Death Wasp, Clipper, Moon Bat

Meriphataud Mountains - Coeurl

Sauromugue Champaign - Hill Lizard, Moon Bat

Carpenters' Landing - Forest Tiger, Fosse Pugil, Battrap

Ordelle's Caves - Seeker Bats, Vorpal Bunny, Dung Beetle, Shrieker

Maze of Shakhrami - Carnivorous Crawler

Korroloka Tunnel - Seeker Bats, Land Worm

Buburimu Peninsula - Shoal Pugil, Goblins


And there are a great deal many more mobs of every level that you can fight in those zones. It's incredibly easy to go elswhere and set up camp. I really can't show you how much more simpler it is. It's laughable. Yet NO ONE does it. Not even I had many oppurtunities to do so but I did whenever I could.

[Dano]

Originally posted by Loial
The Necropolis is an option, but you won't see many jobs want to go there... PLD sword dmg goes down (the intimidation is nice though), RNG hit bones for a lot less, so do DRKs, etc etc. And Undead use nasty AoEs and status effects like Disease. Not a pleasant place to go.

you got the wrong idea here, you dont fight bones at eldieme, you fight gazers, which are hecteyes. They are mage type which needs to be silenced at all times, and paralyna for the occasional hex eye gaze, other than that they are easy and can last until lvl37

[Alucath]

I got a JP invite at 31 and they were debating on whether or not to go to Sea Serpent's Grotto, Behemoth's Dominion, or Garlaige because GC had "3PT".

[cloudedge]

I have manage to skip by crawler's nest for the most part. So I have been to some most unusal place to lvl post 36's..

Gustav - fighting bats and gobbs (bring some thfs, they're great agains bats with dagger)

Onzozo - We fought cockatrice.. those gave us some hard times -_-;

Eldimeium - I forgot the lvl range but a JP pt brought us there and there's almost no one there. We fought Jelly.. and got slim oil, mercury and dark crystals.. and pretty good exp.. it's wonderful~

Yoather Jungle (45-48) Near Ifirt Cauldron Zone - Fight gobbies.. wonderful exp and quick chain cuz they self distruct a lot... have barfira and fire carol.