Lieris
08-11-2008, 01:12
Age of Conan Leveling Guide: 60-80 Walkthrough
"and your journey to the Dark Side will be complete"
Introduction
So you have reached level 60. It is clear that you are among the AoC elite, that you are one of the strongest players ever to step foot (virtually) in any MMO.
This article is about making it through level 60 through 80. A confusing age for any barbarian or mage. It is a guide that you will be able to use and follow no matter what class, what culture or what server type you belong to. I am not declaring myself some sort of expert, but I hope that you will gain from my experiences and insight.
Gameplay basics post 60
Well now, you’ve hit the big time. Getting here was easy, no? only 20 levels to go! I’ll be done in no time…..wrong! Now is the gut check time. You remember all those “I hate everything funcom” posts on the forums? Yep, they are all from players who reached level 61.
Now is the time for the gut check. Now is the time we separate the men from the boys. These next 20 levels will try you, test you and take a paddle to your back end ..your response?...”Please sir may I have another!”. Do not give up. Did Sylvester Stallone give up after 3 Rocky Movies? Did William Shatner give up Captain Kirk when he was old, fat and with no discernable acting ability?....did I give up smoking?...the answer is NO, NO , NO! And neither should you. It can be done, we shall run the gauntlet together...well, you mainly.
KEY Strategy: If you are not already there. NOW is the time to Bind in Old Tarantia. The wagoneers and ship captains now take you directly to the zones where you will leveling. Old Tarantia is a middle point with quick access to all of these transports. Head to the temple of Mitra, wave to Fabio (kiss kiss) and head to the Wayfarer to the northern side. Bind and your set.
Lev 60 Destiny Quest
Our journey begins with the level 60 destiny Quest. Head to your main quest giver. He speaks, you listen…world harmony. Its off to Thunder River with you!
Thunder River (which is also a trail in the Grand Canyon) is off the pontain instance in Aquillonia. Head to the Wagoneer in old Tarantia and he will send you directly to it. When you enter you will see that this entire instance is basically a HUGE river...flowing water...cascading waterfalls …DO NOT ENTER THIS ZONE WITH A FULL BLADDER. After a bio break, mount up and head South / southeast. Go see General Tatius (Played by Patrick Stewart wearing a fake novelty mustache) on one of the islands. He sends you towards a cave. To get there, head back to the zone entrance and go directly east. You should see boars along the road. Follow the boars , killing them as you frolic up the path (helps erase your carbon footprint) and up the hill. At the end of the path you will see a cave to your left.
Enter the cave and start taking out the guards (Who are actually recently unemployed extras from the movie ‘300’) . These guards are obviously not payed well because they drop nothing! Kill everything… lizardmen, animated canine carcasses and ancient ghouls (oh my). You will find Kurbankhol the Cursed and then the Collector (Note, pulling the last 2 dogs also pulls this boss). Get the Tunnel keys and the find Har Shebesh (its at this point I figured Funcom devs ran out of ideas and started using random letter generators for naming the bosses). To find this boss, head back to the zone in, its kind of a hidden passage at the right side of the first chamber immediately after the zone in. When you get close, you cut to movie. Then start pulling all the lichs using range. Pull em all before going for the boss, cause any remaining lichs will jump in when you attack Har . Once dead (him, not you), collect the last piece of the medallion.
Return to your quest giver. Talk to him and he tells you a storey. “Long ago the Atlantean…blah blah blah…Grim Gray God…blah blah blah…Purple people eater...blah blah. Off to the Lactish plains with you! Head back to old Tarantia, zone into Connalls Valley and take the wagoneer to the latish plains immediately. In Lactish Plans head towards the middle of the zone, enter the green mist and you will be transported to “The field of the Kings” which honestly is just a field of rocks with nary a king to be found. Hit the rock (This big one) and sit back and enjoy the show (Best movie of any MMO to date). Here you meet Thoth-Amon (As played by Lurch from The Adams family). Oh, all done? Ok its off the Old Tarantia (Use your wonderful Recall). Its time to meet Conan.
Head to the Nobles District (which you fondly remember) and go across the HUGE bridge to Conans Castle. Head in, up the steps and speak with Pallantides. Now hit the door! Enjoy the movie…OMG!!! Its HIM! The one Ive waited 60 levels to finally meet!!...Its Conan!!!!....er…Hmm…wait… That's Conan?!?!....ok, ok Funcom should have done some work on Conan! I have issues!
Problems with King Conan
First: That is NOT a voice fitting of Conan. Conan should NOT sound like an Brittish Shakespearean Actor! This is not the voice of a guy who screams "GUUAAAAGGGGHHH!!! before throwing himself into a pit of Lizardmen armed only with uncut fingernails. No, this is a voice which you can envision uttering the phrase... "Greetings Warrior, care for a spot of tea?" Funcon, pay the $$$ and get the Governator!
Second: He has no Eyes! Perhaps I missed it in my comic collection but when did Conan have both his eyes gouged out?!?! I took the liberty of making some for him. Ahhh, thats better.
Third: His attire! Take a look…take a close look. What’s that he’s wearing?!
Yep…it’s a skirt! Funcom put a skirt on Conan the Barbarian!!!!
Lets look at a few of the great Conans of the past…LOOK! SEE THERE! True Conan’s wear diapers!!!..Cimmerian diapers! Funcom do your homework! (Sniff sniff...er, Schwarzenegger needs to be changed)
Ok, The Funcom's diaperless, double blind, skirt wearing thespian has stopped talking. You ought to be close to lev 61, feel free to top off the level at the nearby Villas.
Key Quests: Conan the skirt wearing barbarian king gives a series of quests that take you to Atzels approach. Don’t go to Atzels yet, but get the quest and save it for when your 65.
Key Strategy: It is well known that doing solo quests cannot get you from 61-80 alone. Grinding is needed. Many players turn to the Villas exclusively to grind a LOT of their way to 80. DON’T DO IT! By now, we can do any villa blindfolded, left handed, while reciting ‘The pledge of allegiance’ …in Spanish! A good rule of thumb “The more you grind in the Villas, the less you will like the game”. Save your Villa time for when you really need it.
Level 60-65
We got to 61 just doing the lev 60 destiny quest. Now its time to move out. Remember the Thunder River. Yep, time to head back…Bio Break! Back in Thunder River there are plenty of quests for you to grab if you didn’t already when you moved through on the destiny quest. The whole zone reminds me of Niagara ….the cheap tacky Canadian side. If you do all the quests and a little extra mob killing a long the way, You will get enough to 65.
Key Strategy: If you want to polish off a level but don’t want to head back to the villas, do the Wanted Boards. They are repeatable and usually easy, however they don’t give you as much XP upon completion (Listen up Funcom! Up the XP reward). A great one here is the zombie quest on the 3rd island. Grab it and head across the bridge, and boom! …chock full of zombies!
Key Quest: Kill Raiders quest. Tells you to stand guard against raiders which attack the gate. …DON’T STAND AT THE GATE. Because the gate guards will KS your raiders and you’ll not get credit. Head down the path and wait…..and wait…..check your watch….wait…wait some more…do you like Sokudo?….wait…Ah a raider!…no, no, that was a skunk….waiting…. These guys take forever to spawn. If you see someone also doing this quest GROUP UP...you do not want to compete against anyone for the raiders.
Fun Quest: Evodus! Ever want to see a man lying with his legs gnawed off by rabid dogs with the extension of the partially chewed bones extruding from his stumps flopping around as he moves! I know I do!! Off to find Evodius in the southwest corner of the zone! Mmm, that’s good eatin!
"and your journey to the Dark Side will be complete"
Introduction
So you have reached level 60. It is clear that you are among the AoC elite, that you are one of the strongest players ever to step foot (virtually) in any MMO.
This article is about making it through level 60 through 80. A confusing age for any barbarian or mage. It is a guide that you will be able to use and follow no matter what class, what culture or what server type you belong to. I am not declaring myself some sort of expert, but I hope that you will gain from my experiences and insight.
Gameplay basics post 60
Well now, you’ve hit the big time. Getting here was easy, no? only 20 levels to go! I’ll be done in no time…..wrong! Now is the gut check time. You remember all those “I hate everything funcom” posts on the forums? Yep, they are all from players who reached level 61.
Now is the time for the gut check. Now is the time we separate the men from the boys. These next 20 levels will try you, test you and take a paddle to your back end ..your response?...”Please sir may I have another!”. Do not give up. Did Sylvester Stallone give up after 3 Rocky Movies? Did William Shatner give up Captain Kirk when he was old, fat and with no discernable acting ability?....did I give up smoking?...the answer is NO, NO , NO! And neither should you. It can be done, we shall run the gauntlet together...well, you mainly.
KEY Strategy: If you are not already there. NOW is the time to Bind in Old Tarantia. The wagoneers and ship captains now take you directly to the zones where you will leveling. Old Tarantia is a middle point with quick access to all of these transports. Head to the temple of Mitra, wave to Fabio (kiss kiss) and head to the Wayfarer to the northern side. Bind and your set.
Lev 60 Destiny Quest
Our journey begins with the level 60 destiny Quest. Head to your main quest giver. He speaks, you listen…world harmony. Its off to Thunder River with you!
Thunder River (which is also a trail in the Grand Canyon) is off the pontain instance in Aquillonia. Head to the Wagoneer in old Tarantia and he will send you directly to it. When you enter you will see that this entire instance is basically a HUGE river...flowing water...cascading waterfalls …DO NOT ENTER THIS ZONE WITH A FULL BLADDER. After a bio break, mount up and head South / southeast. Go see General Tatius (Played by Patrick Stewart wearing a fake novelty mustache) on one of the islands. He sends you towards a cave. To get there, head back to the zone entrance and go directly east. You should see boars along the road. Follow the boars , killing them as you frolic up the path (helps erase your carbon footprint) and up the hill. At the end of the path you will see a cave to your left.
Enter the cave and start taking out the guards (Who are actually recently unemployed extras from the movie ‘300’) . These guards are obviously not payed well because they drop nothing! Kill everything… lizardmen, animated canine carcasses and ancient ghouls (oh my). You will find Kurbankhol the Cursed and then the Collector (Note, pulling the last 2 dogs also pulls this boss). Get the Tunnel keys and the find Har Shebesh (its at this point I figured Funcom devs ran out of ideas and started using random letter generators for naming the bosses). To find this boss, head back to the zone in, its kind of a hidden passage at the right side of the first chamber immediately after the zone in. When you get close, you cut to movie. Then start pulling all the lichs using range. Pull em all before going for the boss, cause any remaining lichs will jump in when you attack Har . Once dead (him, not you), collect the last piece of the medallion.
Return to your quest giver. Talk to him and he tells you a storey. “Long ago the Atlantean…blah blah blah…Grim Gray God…blah blah blah…Purple people eater...blah blah. Off to the Lactish plains with you! Head back to old Tarantia, zone into Connalls Valley and take the wagoneer to the latish plains immediately. In Lactish Plans head towards the middle of the zone, enter the green mist and you will be transported to “The field of the Kings” which honestly is just a field of rocks with nary a king to be found. Hit the rock (This big one) and sit back and enjoy the show (Best movie of any MMO to date). Here you meet Thoth-Amon (As played by Lurch from The Adams family). Oh, all done? Ok its off the Old Tarantia (Use your wonderful Recall). Its time to meet Conan.
Head to the Nobles District (which you fondly remember) and go across the HUGE bridge to Conans Castle. Head in, up the steps and speak with Pallantides. Now hit the door! Enjoy the movie…OMG!!! Its HIM! The one Ive waited 60 levels to finally meet!!...Its Conan!!!!....er…Hmm…wait… That's Conan?!?!....ok, ok Funcom should have done some work on Conan! I have issues!
Problems with King Conan
First: That is NOT a voice fitting of Conan. Conan should NOT sound like an Brittish Shakespearean Actor! This is not the voice of a guy who screams "GUUAAAAGGGGHHH!!! before throwing himself into a pit of Lizardmen armed only with uncut fingernails. No, this is a voice which you can envision uttering the phrase... "Greetings Warrior, care for a spot of tea?" Funcon, pay the $$$ and get the Governator!
Second: He has no Eyes! Perhaps I missed it in my comic collection but when did Conan have both his eyes gouged out?!?! I took the liberty of making some for him. Ahhh, thats better.
Third: His attire! Take a look…take a close look. What’s that he’s wearing?!
Yep…it’s a skirt! Funcom put a skirt on Conan the Barbarian!!!!
Lets look at a few of the great Conans of the past…LOOK! SEE THERE! True Conan’s wear diapers!!!..Cimmerian diapers! Funcom do your homework! (Sniff sniff...er, Schwarzenegger needs to be changed)
Ok, The Funcom's diaperless, double blind, skirt wearing thespian has stopped talking. You ought to be close to lev 61, feel free to top off the level at the nearby Villas.
Key Quests: Conan the skirt wearing barbarian king gives a series of quests that take you to Atzels approach. Don’t go to Atzels yet, but get the quest and save it for when your 65.
Key Strategy: It is well known that doing solo quests cannot get you from 61-80 alone. Grinding is needed. Many players turn to the Villas exclusively to grind a LOT of their way to 80. DON’T DO IT! By now, we can do any villa blindfolded, left handed, while reciting ‘The pledge of allegiance’ …in Spanish! A good rule of thumb “The more you grind in the Villas, the less you will like the game”. Save your Villa time for when you really need it.
Level 60-65
We got to 61 just doing the lev 60 destiny quest. Now its time to move out. Remember the Thunder River. Yep, time to head back…Bio Break! Back in Thunder River there are plenty of quests for you to grab if you didn’t already when you moved through on the destiny quest. The whole zone reminds me of Niagara ….the cheap tacky Canadian side. If you do all the quests and a little extra mob killing a long the way, You will get enough to 65.
Key Strategy: If you want to polish off a level but don’t want to head back to the villas, do the Wanted Boards. They are repeatable and usually easy, however they don’t give you as much XP upon completion (Listen up Funcom! Up the XP reward). A great one here is the zombie quest on the 3rd island. Grab it and head across the bridge, and boom! …chock full of zombies!
Key Quest: Kill Raiders quest. Tells you to stand guard against raiders which attack the gate. …DON’T STAND AT THE GATE. Because the gate guards will KS your raiders and you’ll not get credit. Head down the path and wait…..and wait…..check your watch….wait…wait some more…do you like Sokudo?….wait…Ah a raider!…no, no, that was a skunk….waiting…. These guys take forever to spawn. If you see someone also doing this quest GROUP UP...you do not want to compete against anyone for the raiders.
Fun Quest: Evodus! Ever want to see a man lying with his legs gnawed off by rabid dogs with the extension of the partially chewed bones extruding from his stumps flopping around as he moves! I know I do!! Off to find Evodius in the southwest corner of the zone! Mmm, that’s good eatin!