Stormhalter Lands Progression/Wizard
Wizard Stormhalter Tourism Guide (heavy WIP, feel free to contribute)
This is a rough difficulty-sorted roadmap for gearing and leveling a Wizard 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.
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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:
- Travel to Bloodlands via the Hall of Legends south of Ydnac’s lair in Kesmai.
- Go up the stairs into the portal vendor room.
- Use the Red Circle Teleporter. (Add image)
- After teleporting:
- Exit south.
- Hug the west wall upward.
- The 2nd wall tile above/below the waterfalls are secret teleport doors to town.
- 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)
- 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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