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You said that not doing is quests is fine, as they don't help you level. You forgot that many of the quests are chians. In other words, new quests don't open unless you finish old ones, and quests give you King's Coins. Those coins are very nice to have for getting some nice items. That's all.

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A good way to get decent gear and more gold for training early on is to keep repeating the Rattletooth fight at the end of Dew valley Lvl 3, by resetting the instance, and increasing the level of difficulty. As Dew Valley is far easier than Algernon, you can probably handle formidable and extreme difficulty without any problems and get your character in much better shape before transitioning to Algernon, and at the same time get enough gold for all the training you will need. Just a thought. I think staying in Dew Valley til Level 7 might be a better choice.

You can get XP in a dungeon up to 5 levels past what it is rated to, thus, I would say after you have explored everything (which is what I would recommend on your first character), then if you want to just level or farm for loot, go back to the Snow Chief until Level 30. At least that was my experience.

On your 2nd and 3rd characters, you can just focus on where to level, but for your first, I would try to do most of the quests and explorer everything. There are a lot of very funny aspects of the game you would miss otherwise. It's not a race to 100, is it? Especially since I think there seems to be a lack of new content at level 100, it's probably pretty much the same stuff you've been running already.

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This may be another great way to start out. I have not personally tried it. However, some people want to just level up and get to higher levels quick as possible. This is what I would like this guide to eventually do. I hope to eventually have skill builds for certain dungeons, recommended gear, and anything to possibily help speed up leveling. Recommended times to move onto the next zone.. etc.

I would like to thank both of you for adding your comments, as I will be using this information to help make a more complete guide to leveling! I will make sure to include your names into the credits

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A good way to get decent gear and more gold for training early on is to keep repeating the Rattletooth fight at the end of Dew valley Lvl 3, by resetting the instance, and increasing the level of difficulty. As Dew Valley is far easier than Algernon, you can probably handle formidable and extreme difficulty without any problems and get your character in much better shape before transitioning to Algernon, and at the same time get enough gold for all the training you will need. Just a thought. I think staying in Dew Valley til Level 7 might be a better choice.

You can get XP in a dungeon up to 5 levels past what it is rated to, thus, I would say after you have explored everything (which is what I would recommend on your first character), then if you want to just level or farm for loot, go back to the Snow Chief until Level 30. At least that was my experience.

On your 2nd and 3rd characters, you can just focus on where to level, but for your first, I would try to do most of the quests and explorer everything. There are a lot of very funny aspects of the game you would miss otherwise. It's not a race to 100, is it? Especially since I think there seems to be a lack of new content at level 100, it's probably pretty much the same stuff you've been running already.

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Hey Hollen,

You might consider adding this part to your guide:

*General build advice for the new player - many exceptions exist*

Fighters - need Strength, Endurance, Agility; they don't need Intelligence. Common attribute allocations:

* All Strength - Endurance and Agility from items.
* Strength/Endurance 3/2 or 4/1 split. Agility from items.
* Strength/Agility/Endurance - 3/1/1 split or 2/1/2 split.

Mages - need Intelligence and may need Endurance; they don't need Strength or Agility. Common attribute allocations:

* All Intelligence - Endurance and some Agility from items.
* Intelligence/Endurance - 4/1 or 3/2 split. Agility from items.

Rangers - need Agility, Endurance and may need Intelligence depending on build selected; they don't need Strength. Common attribute allocations:

* All Agility - Endurance and Intelligence from items.
* Agility/Endurance - 4/1 or 3/2 split. Intelligence from items.
* Agility/Endurance/Intelligence - 3/1/1 split.

I suggest this because many new players ask this question quite a bit. And for PvE, these ratios seem to make for the most optimum builds. I'm still a newb here, but I've picked up this much. Of course, PvP builds would look quite a bit different. Having an experienced player fill in a section about most optimum skills to pick up for a beginning player would be a good help too (for example, having gaseous blast on a mage or average BMI for a fighter).

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Some changes from a most experienced player. Mages never need Agi. Agi only affects your chance to hit with weapon, something that a mage should not want to do. Which rereading you say but then you put "Agility from items" on the builds for mage.

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Clamm. Forced slowing up of leveling is not what I, or anyone else I read, are advocating. I am saying players should not be in such a hurry to level up. The storyline and early quests are just fun to run for the amusement factors and really helps immerse you in the game itself. Skipping all the side dungeons? That = boredom to me. Think of all the fun stuff you'd miss skipping quests. Sitar Hero is one that clearly sticks out to me. Rotgut's WMD's, It's Burning Man, and many many more.
I made sure I did every quest till only the repeatables were left from every dungeon, just to see what all was out there and many times it suprised me. Many times it made me laugh out loud. It was just a lot of fun.

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Then obviously this isnt the guide for you. There are people out there who want to level up. This will help them. Not everyone has the same gameplay preferences. Also stated in the notice on the bottom. This is guide is done for fun, and to give out help for people who just want to level. If you dont agree with this type of leveling, simply overlook this topic

On a side note, Im putting in some new finishing touches to the updated guide, along with this i have been studying for finals as this is finals week. Anyone who has any higher end advice feel free to post. Thanks

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i was agree with LR that something should be done with the demonic and lava crypts. Making them both like burning lava would do just that. That is all i was saying.

Hollen this guide would do me no good as i am 100 just posted for the above reasons i said.

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