Where to hunt at 26?

[ajrettke]

Hey all, I've been hunting reivers and it's going well, and they seem to have a decent amount of treasure. Anyway I'm in the landing and really like it here...but I've been thinking about moving to teras and hunting in the lava flows. Is that a good idea or am I too young? my CS is 153 with 425, but I use 710 and 702 to put down if 710 doesnt' work...which rarely happens.

Also, another quick question, I'm currently using 3x somewhat CP doubles, and I have a HCP helm, would I be better off going with 6x normal doubles or 7x if I can afford?

Here is my character if it matters
(at level 26), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Two Weapon Combat..................| 0 0
Armor Use..........................| 40 8
Shield Use.........................| 114 28
Combat Maneuvers...................| 0 0
Edged Weapons......................| 86 19
Blunt Weapons......................| 0 0
Two-Handed Weapons.................| 0 0
Ranged Weapons.....................| 0 0
Thrown Weapons.....................| 0 0
Polearm Weapons....................| 0 0
Brawling...........................| 5 1
Ambush.............................| 0 0
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 0 0
Physical Fitness...................| 102 24
Dodging............................| 0 0
Arcane Symbols.....................| 50 10
Magic Item Use.....................| 114 28
Spell Aiming.......................| 124 32
Harness Power......................| 114 28
Elemental Mana Control.............| 114 28
Mental Mana Control................| 0 0
Spirit Mana Control................| 114 28
Elemental Lore - Air...............| 0 0
Elemental Lore - Earth.............| 0 0
Elemental Lore - Fire..............| 0 0
Elemental Lore - Water.............| 0 0
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 0 0
Spiritual Lore - Religion..........| 0 0
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 0 0
Sorcerous Lore - Demonology........| 58 12
Sorcerous Lore - Necromancy........| 74 16
Mental Lore - Divination...........| 0 0
Mental Lore - Manipulation.........| 0 0
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 0 0
Mental Lore - Transference.........| 0 0
Mental Lore - Transformation.......| 0 0
Survival...........................| 0 0
Disarming Traps....................| 0 0
Picking Locks......................| 0 0
Stalking and Hiding................| 0 0
Perception.........................| 0 0
Climbing...........................| 70 15
Swimming...........................| 25 5
First Aid..........................| 0 0
Trading............................| 0 0
Pickpocketing......................| 0 0

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 25

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 12

Spell Lists
Sorcerer...........................| 26
Training Points: 14 Phy 0 Mnt (162 Phy converted to Mnt)

[Asha]

Higher enchant armour is more likely to save you than somewhat crit padding.
The rest I'll need a sec to remember how I did it. :)

[El Burro]

You'll get your ass handed to you in the lava flows. I'm not kidding.

The greymist area however is great if you want to go to teras.

[Czeska]

What the Mule said.

[ajrettke]

Is there a lot of people in teras isle? i.e. massies, empaths, clerics...things like that? Also are jungle trolls good for loot?

Thanks for the advice so far

[Czeska]

Decent loot, good skins, and it's a crap shoot if anyone's there or not. But those who are are generally very helpful.

[zhelas]

When I was that train, Solhaven had just openned up. So after I hunted the reivers, I went to Solhaven and hunted around the lake. The critters generate quickly there so frying should be easy. You do have the occasional Shan Cleric or Roater, but if you give a think on the amunet that one is prowling the lake someone usually comes and kills it for you. After that? I think I went to hunt the Pookas after all the way up to Night Mares. Grant it that area is as poor as dirt now.

Teras Lava flows at your train are really tough. I went hunting with someone who was a sorcereress at your train and between the steam and the high TDs of the creatures she was killed quickly.

[zhelas]

Is there a lot of people in teras isle? i.e. massies, empaths, clerics...things like that? Also are jungle trolls good for loot?

Thanks for the advice so far

Lots of great people there. However, like most places empaths are hard to come by at certain times of the day. The bench though is usually stocked up with healing ales and herbs.

Greymist though seems to be over hunted so boxes were becoming few and far between a couple of weeks ago. Skinning is your best bet for silvers if you can do that at all. If loot is not a problem, you will fry quickly with the fast generating creatures. The chieftans cast tangle weed and insect swarm.

[ajrettke]

Well I was getting owned...never died but I had to run back after a minute or 2 every time. My DS is fine, even stunned and knocked down I wasn't getting hit, but the chieftans entangle, ash hags firestorm, and fog beetles poison (hit me everytime...4 times in a row, even though needed to rolla 90 to hit). My maelstrom would mess up trolls, but chieftans would miss or hit for 5-10. never fought the beetles because I'd have to run to town and get unpoisoned/healed.

I think I'll wait till 29 until I head back there, in the mean time I think I'm gonna checkout sol haven's lake.

[Czeska]

ask someone to cast 207 at you and the beetles' gas will not poison you.

[Praefection]

River's Rest.

I also enjoyed the Lake in Solhaven.

Undead if you want to try pooka and the stuff up that way near the Landing. Although they're reallllly poor.

[Gan]

Ice Mule Trace

South Gate:
Abandoned Farm (cold weather effects) (easy to get to, and node in area to rest in)
Elder Tree Spirit 30u
Roting Farmhand 32u
Spectral Woodsman 35u

West Gate

Frozen BattleGrounds (cold weather effects)
Ice Troll - 29
Cold Guardian - 34
Skeletal Ice Troll - 31u
Tundra Giant - 34
Arctic Manticores - 29
Landing

Spider Temple (easy to get to)
Mammoth Arachnids - 30 (will web)
Arachne Priest - 26
Arachne Priestess - 26
Glacier (Danjirland) (cold weather effects apply)

Arctic Tital - 36
Frost Giant - 38
Snow Crone - 36
Ice Troll - 29
Solhaven

Outlands (Old Jant Tower area)
Dobrems - 28 (will bite to disarm)
Foggy Valley (difficult to get to, need climbing ranks, ring in, ring out best method)

Mezics - 33
Tree Spirits - 26u (will boil)
Spectral Shades - 35u (dont remember, just killed them quickly)
Pra'eda - 29 (sorc based)
Wolveriene - 24 (will bite/disarm staff or weapon)
Fenghai - 23 (wizard based)
Illistim

Wraithenmist (great for voln sorcs) (easy to get to)
Darken - 28u (dispel with 109 then kill)
Maw Spore - 33 (come from fungus)
Shimmering Fungus - 35 (like wasp nests)
Ghostly Mara - 32u (bard based)
Spectral Lord - 36u (will disarm weapon)
Teorainn Valley (easy to get to with walking script)

Three-Toed Tegu - 33 (manuever attack with tail)
Hunter Troll - 30 (multi profession, ranger spike thorn)
Scaly Burgee - 29 (uses guild tricks)
Giant Hawk-Owl - 28 (will fly off with you and drop)

[Sean of the Thread]

MMMmm. redridge.. hillsbrad.. duskwood.. wetlands.. barrens..ashenville..1k needles.. barrens..

[zhelas]

Ice Mule Trace

South Gate:
Abandoned Farm (cold weather effects) (easy to get to, and node in area to rest in)
Elder Tree Spirit 30u
Roting Farmhand 32u
Spectral Woodsman 35u

West Gate

Frozen BattleGrounds (cold weather effects)
Ice Troll - 29
Cold Guardian - 34
Skeletal Ice Troll - 31u
Tundra Giant - 34
Arctic Manticores - 29
Landing

Spider Temple (easy to get to)
Mammoth Arachnids - 30 (will web)
Arachne Priest - 26
Arachne Priestess - 26
Glacier (Danjirland) (cold weather effects apply)

Arctic Tital - 36
Frost Giant - 38
Snow Crone - 36
Ice Troll - 29
Solhaven

Outlands (Old Jant Tower area)
Dobrems - 28 (will bite to disarm)
Foggy Valley (difficult to get to, need climbing ranks, ring in, ring out best method)

Mezics - 33
Tree Spirits - 26u (will boil)
Spectral Shades - 35u (dont remember, just killed them quickly)
Pra'eda - 29 (sorc based)
Wolveriene - 24 (will bite/disarm staff or weapon)
Fenghai - 23 (wizard based)
Illistim

Wraithenmist (great for voln sorcs) (easy to get to)
Darken - 28u (dispel with 109 then kill)
Maw Spore - 33 (come from fungus)
Shimmering Fungus - 35 (like wasp nests)
Ghostly Mara - 32u (bard based)
Spectral Lord - 36u (will disarm weapon)
Teorainn Valley (easy to get to with walking script)

Three-Toed Tegu - 33 (manuever attack with tail)
Hunter Troll - 30 (multi profession, ranger spike thorn)
Scaly Burgee - 29 (uses guild tricks)
Giant Hawk-Owl - 28 (will fly off with you and drop)


The spider temple is okay i had forgotten that one. I would avoid the Dobrems around Solhaven, they generate really slowly. If you hunt the tree spirits, mezics and Spectral shades near the lake at Solhaven watch out for the bats, vesperti. If I remember right they are sorcerers and might be immune to your spells.

[Asha]

Some good advice there Ganalon.

[MrFeature]

Don't listen to Ganalon, he's an idiot.

Hunt Giant Hawk-owls in Illistim.

[Shari]

While we're on the topic...what can you guys suggest for a level 28 ambushing rogue to hunt? I'd prefer to stay around Landing/Sol Haven and I'm currently doing well with cyclops, but I'm bored. Teras is an option too.

Any ideas?