Stormhalter Lands Progression/Thief

Thief Stormhalter Tourism Guide (heavy WIP, feel free to contribute)

This is a rough difficulty-sorted roadmap for gearing and leveling a Thief with minimal outside help. Your experience may vary depending on available assistance, gifted gear, or personal skill. This is a living document as more information becomes available.

AG PREP

WIP - Section showing some items to target pre-18. Suggestions to consider going to Bloodlands and doing Kobold Dungeon earlier than 18. DP farm spots and difficulty. Rings/Armor/Accessories/Weapons. General Wizard strategies

ENTRY-LEVEL FARMS (18–24~)

XP Farming

Kobold Dungeon

Difficulty @ level

Easy

Pros:

• Incredibly safe, first floor of dungeon has 0 casters. 2nd floor only has a couple near the end. Don't go into the boss room unless you are ready The most dangerous part is the run to the dungeon.
• Nothing gives better XP for the challenge level of the mobs here
• Money comes from gems rather than coin. (You can honestly just ignore coin drops here, gems commonly sell for 50-100k)

Cons:

• Gems are very far and few between
• Aside from a few bosses at the very bottom floor (which you should avoid starting out), there is nothing all that interesting that drops here.
• Once you "Catch up" on xp, gets very dull very quickly
• Somewhat small pack density

How To Get There:

1. Travel to Bloodlands via the Hall of Legends south of Ydnac’s lair in Kesmai.
2. Go up the stairs into the portal vendor room.
3. Use the Red Circle Teleporter. (Add image)
4. After teleporting:
   1. Exit south.
   2. Hug the west wall upward.
   3. The 2nd wall tile above/below the waterfalls are secret teleport doors to town.
   4. Once you are ready, go southwest from the town west exit. (There are mobs and a mini boss in the water. The octopus with teeth things can poison, but are relatively easy to kill)
   5. Head all the way southwest to find a stairwell. This leads to the Kobold Dungeon. (See this map if you need a visual)

Recommended Route:

• Set recall in town, clear to Kobold, clear floor 1, clear floor 2 up to Lich/Boss room, recall back to town to sell, balm, repeat.

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If you want other options, the table at the bottom of Stormhalter Lands Progression is always a great reference point.

Items to Target

Vanilla Endgame Rings

(Glowers, +6 shield rings, etc.)

The Blackburrow Guard Captain can drop:

• +6 str rings
• +6 shield rings
• +6 shield bracers
• Supposedly can drop +2 dex rings, unconfirmed by me after 10 kills though

If you lack any basic defensive accessories, kill him a few times.

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Bone Armor

One of the first things you should do upon arriving in the Bloodlands, aside from skilling up a bit, is targeting a Bone Armor. You can find materials for a Common/Uncommon in Kobold Dungeon -300. Even the common version is comparable/better than Icies so don't get too caught up on killing Mama for armor when this option exists.

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Blood Ring

Everyone needs to eventually experience this quest to obtain their blood ring. Whether you use it to augment your blood gauntlets or not, this ring eventually becomes a +18 hp fire/ice protection ring with stamina regeneration. Very useful for any Knight (it has caster benefits too!).

The problem is escort quests are a nightmare in this game, and the Forest zone where the escort starts is incredibly dense with monster packs. It is highly recommended to have a friend or two to keep you from losing your sanity and to do this at night (for -1 vision on the escort). This isn't hard from a "you will die" perspective, it's hard from a "the dog keeps throwing itself into the blender" perspective.

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