Leveling Spots

Overview

This page lists recommended leveling spots, with the maps and monsters associated with them. Leveling spots are optimized by only killing monsters that do not have an EXP penalty at the character's current level. More information on this topic is in the Experience page. Adding suggestions onto the page is highly appreciated.

Eden Group Leveling Quests

The Eden Group leveling quests are a great place to start. Each character can undertake these quests after joining the Eden Group.

Leveling Tactics

Every character starts off by auto-attacking (ctrl-click, or clicking with /nc activated) monsters. As the character gains job levels to acquire skills with, they can start to utilize new skills for more efficient combat and overall damage.

General Tactics

Newer players often choose an AGI oriented build for leveling (does not apply to Mages of course), as it is more potion-friendly and uses less funds and supplies in general. AGI oriented builds focus on faster ASPD for meleeing monsters, and relies on some degree of FLEE to avoid getting damaged altogether. It is recommended for AGI builds to avoid maps with aggressive monsters.

Conversely, more experienced or well-funded players tend to choose a VIT oriented build, and will choose to use AoE skills on aggressive monsters. Note that in the higher levels, VIT should not be viewed as the "opposite" of AGI. Many builds can often utilize both stats, and higher level characters always utilize VIT for survivability, and AGI becomes more of a offensive / status resist stat instead of a defensive stat, which is still important.

Aggressive Monster Tactics

Aggressive (also referred to as "aggro") monsters are monsters that will automatically target and attack the player. Passive monsters, the opposite of aggro monsters, do not attack the player unless the player hits them or uses a skill on them first. Generally, aggro monsters are good for quick leveling by mobbing them up and using AoE skills. This leveling tactic is more expensive and will require much use of Healing Items however, and new players may not be able to afford them. Players can also use Fly Wings to locate mobs quicker.

Equipment

Equipment is obviously an important part of improving the effectiveness of a character in battle. Some general gear recommendations are in the Equipment article. Once the player is more comfortable with gameplay and has more funds, they can start looking into more advanced gears.

Memo-able Maps

Acolytes are able to memo a map, and warp back to it with the Warp Portal skill. This lets a player to quickly go back to the leveling area. Non-Acolyte characters obviously will not be able to do this. However, many veteran players can have a second account with an Acolyte in it that can memo a particular map, and warp the character they are leveling to the map. Having a map memo-ed is great for when a (low Weight Limit) character has to restock supplies, or if choosing to use an inn for full HP / SP recovery. Some players may find themselves leveling quick enough that they are already out of the level range of the map before they need to restock however.

Map Recommendations

Map recommendations are sorted by the max level a character can level at the map at. Max level is determined by 10 levels (penalty) above the lowest level common monster. Depending on your gear you can start leveling earlier at some places. General rule of thumb is that when the EXP gets too slow for your liking, try moving on to different maps and explore! :)

After the tutorial you'll be around level 10. :)

Take a look at the quests from Eden Group and hunt monsters for hourly turn-in quests.

Levels 10-35

Eden Quests 10-35

Level	Item	Base EXP
1+	Feather	25 000
10+	Sticky Mucus	27 000
15+	Grasshopper's Leg	29 000
20+	Snail's Shell	25 010
25+	Bill of Birds	48 600
30+	Bear's Footskin	54 000
35+	Trunk	69 900

Maps 10-35

Map	Max Level	Aggressive?	Memo?	Monsters	Access	Notes
Prontera Field 07	35	No	Yes	Rocker x100, Savage Bebe x60	One map west, one map south of Prontera	Good beginner map. Drops both Feather and Grasshopper's Leg for levels 10+ and 15+ Eden Turn-In Quests.
Payon Forest 02	37	No	Yes	Spore x80, Boa x40, Wormtail x40	One map east of Payon	Good beginner map, can get Strawberries from all mobs. Can be used to sell to players or to speed up leveling with SP heavy classes.
Sograt Desert 01	43	No	Yes	Peco Peco x120, Muka x120, Peco Peco Egg x30	Two maps south of Prontera	Drops Bill of Birds for level 25+ Eden Turn-In quest. NOTE: Bill of Birds can also be directly purchased from the Item Collector NPC in morocc170103.
Payon Cave 01	47	Some	No	Familiar, Skeleton, Poporing	Entrance to the cave is one map north of Payon	n/a
Ant Hell 01	48	Familiars only	Dungeon entrance memo-able	Ant Egg, Familiar	One map south, one map west of Morroc, then take the top right portal on the map	Very popular leveling map. Ant Eggs do not attack back, so the player will not take damage. However, be careful of Familiars, as they aggro.
Payon Forest 07	41	No	Yes	Bigfoot x80, Stainer x50, Caramel x50, Creamy x50	One map south, one map east of Payon	Nice drops on this map: Bear's Footskin drops here for level 30+ Eden Quest Turn-In, Poo Poo Hat and Creamy Card for Teleport!
Mt. Mjolnir 06	46	Most	Yes	Poison Spore x80, Smokie x110, Creamy x80	One map east, one map north of Geffen	Map with the lowest level aggro (aggressive) monster, Poison Spores. Drops Creamy Card for Teleport!
Payon Forest 09	52	Most	Yes	Elder Willow x90, Coco x60, Horn x60	Two maps east of Payon	Drops Trunk for level 35+ Eden Quest Turn-In.

Levels 36-50

Eden Quests 36-50

Level	Item	Base EXP
40+	Yoyo Tail	81 000
45+	Lantern	99 900
50+	Conch	110 700

Maps 36-50

Map	Max Level	Aggressive?	Memo?	Monsters	Access	Notes
Prontera Field 3	48	Yes - Choco	Yes	Yoyo, Choco, Horn	One map east, then north and east from Prontera	Drops Yoyo Tail for level 40+ Eden Quest Turn-In and Strawberry. Be aware of Chocos.
Geffen Field 10 (Orc Village)	65	Yes	Yes	Orc Warrior, Orc Lady, Orc Baby	Warp from Geffen or Prontera using Kafra Services.	Very mobby map and great for AoE leveling. Fire element attacks recommended. Be careful of Orc Lord.
Mjolnir Dead Pit F2 and Mjolnir Dead Pit F3	54	Avoid Cramps	Dungeon levels not memo-able	Drainliar, Giearth, Martin, Myst, Skeleton Worker, Cramp	Warp from Geffen using Kafra Services.	Drops Trunk, Lantern and useful cards.
Orc Dungeon 01 (OD1)	71	Yes (almost all)	Can memo at Orc Village entrance	Orc Zombie, Orc Skeleton	Entrance is at top left of Orc Village	Very mobby map and great for AoE leveling. Holy or Fire element attacks recommended.
Undersea Tunnel (Byalan) 1 ~ Undersea Tunnel (Byalan) 5	72	Some	Dungeon levels not memo-able	Assorted water / fish monsters	Accessed by ship from Izlude	Useful cards on F4 (Phen, Marc, Swordfish, Marines Sphere). F3 drops Conch for level 50+ and Heart of Mermaid for level 55+ Eden Quest Turn Ins.
Sunken Ship 1	68	Some	Dungeon levels not memo-able	Hydra, Pirate Skeleton, Kukre	Accessed by ship from Alberta	Very mobby map and great for AoE leveling. Drops Pirate Bandana STR+1.

Levels 51-65

Eden Quests 51-65

Level	Item	Base EXP
55+	Heart of Mermaid	142 800
60+	Mane	171 900
65+	Black Hair	178 200
70+	Horseshoe	190 000
75+	Bug Leg	205 000

Maps 51-65

TODO: ADD SAVAGE MAP

Map	Max Level	Aggressive?	Memo?	Monsters	Access	Notes
Sphinx 2	90	Yes	No	Requiem, Zerom	Entrance is one map left of Morroc	Zerom Card is useful. Pantie also drops here for Undershirt + Pantie combo.
Mt. Mjolnir 03	85	Yes	Yes	Side Winder, Mantis	Two maps south, two maps west of Aldebaran	All aggro map, but can be a far walk if not using memo.
Mt. Mjolnir 11	95	Yes	Yes	Argiope	One map east, two maps north of Prontera	All aggro map, but can be a far walk if not using memo.
EDIT: THIS IS FEVER FIELD NOW Sograt Desert 17	77	Some	Yes	Hode x150, Sandman x50, Frilldora x50	Two maps south, one map east of Morroc	Decent leveling map with about half aggro half passive. Be careful of Phreeoni. Drops can be turned in for EXP from level 56 to 70 (Eden Group Leveling Quests (Level 56-70)).
Sograt Desert 16	77	Most	Yes, memo at entrance from Sogra Desert 17	Sandman x130, Hode x130, Frilldora x10	Two maps south, two maps east of Morroc	Decent leveling map with mostly aggro monsters. Drops can be turned in for EXP from level 56 to 70 (Eden Group Leveling Quests (Level 56-70)).
Payon Cave 4	84	Few	No	Sohee	Fourth level of Payon Cave. Entrance to the cave is one map north of Payon	Passive monsters. Also has EXP reward from (Eden Group Leveling Quests (Level 56-70)).	Geffen Field 08	85	Yes	Yes	Petite (Sky), Mantis	Two west of Geffen	Has some corners, where monsters may be bunched up at.

Levels 75-90

Eden Quests 75-90

Level	Item	Base EXP
75+	Bug Leg	205 000
80+	Broken Sword	220 000
85+	Needle of Alarm	400 000
90+	Turtle Shell	450 000

Maps 75-90

1. Clock Tower Alarms 2. Geffen Dungeon 3 3.

Map	Max Level	Aggressive?	Memo?	Monsters	Access	Notes
Glast Heim Churchyard	118	Yes	No	Dark Priest	One map north, three maps west of Geffen, then enter from the bottom middle entrance. Next, enter the portal on the bottom right.	Shadow armor recommended. Holy and Fire element attacks will do extra damage. Good EXP reward from Eden Group Leveling Quests (Level 91-99).
Beach Dungeon 1: West Cave, Karu	118	Yes	No	Nereid, Medusa	One map west of Comodo.	Good EXP reward from Eden Group Leveling Quests (Level 91-99) and Eden Group Leveling Quests (Level 100-110). Good EXP reward from Bounty Board Quests (Comodo).
Clock Tower 2F	101	Some	Yes, Aldebaran	Clock, Punk, Rideword	Entrance is at center of Aldebaran	Good EXP reward from Eden Group Leveling Quests (Level 71-85).
Geffen Field 06	106	Yes	Yes	Petite (Ground)	Two maps west, one map north of Geffen	Fire element attacks recommended. Good EXP reward from Eden Group Leveling Quests (Level 86-90).
Glast Heim Underprison 2	111	Yes	Yes, Glast Heim	Skel Prisoner, Injustice, Rybio	Entrance is at center of Glast Heim	Good EXP reward from Eden Group Leveling Quests (Level 91-99).

Levels 91-99

Eden Quests 91-99

Level	Item	Base EXP
93+	Little Evil Horn	625 000
95+	Skull	875 000

Maps 91-99

Map	Max Level	Aggressive?	Memo?	Monsters	Access	Notes
Skellington, a Soliatary Village in Nifflheim	121	Yes	{{{1}}}	TODO	Go to Umbala and access the Umbal Dungeon to find the road to Nifflheim.	Pretty mobby map, and great for AoE leveling. Make sure to get proper defense gear. Knight class recommended with a fire weapon. Great Zeny making place too.

Acolyte / Priest Heal Bomb Maps

"Healing" an Undead element monster to death is also known as "Heal Bombing". Note that Undead is also the name of a race and this can be confusing. For a complete list of Undead element monsters, using a monster database (like http://db.irowiki.org/ Monster Search) is highly recommended. For any support oriented Acolyte / Priest characters, usually it is much easier to party with one friend and share the EXP. For more information on the Heal skill, please see the Heal article.

A Priest skill, Turn Undead, also can only be used on Undead element monsters. This can be applied to the following maps as well.

Another Priest skill, Magnus Exorcismus, can also be used on Undead element monsters, and is an AoE skill. Magnus Exorcismus additionally can also hit Demon race monsters. This is the only reliable AoE Priests, High Priests, and even Arch Bishops have. For more information, please see the Magnus Exorcismus article.

Map	Min. Level	Max Level	Aggressive?	Memo?	Monsters	Access	Notes
Payon Cave 1, Payon Cave 2, Payon Cave 3	12	78	Some	No	Undead element monsters	Fourth level of Payon Cave. Entrance to the cave is one map north of Payon	Some aggro monsters can not be hurt with Heal. It is recommended to bring a melee weapon like a mace, and switch to it (with a hotkey) to kill these monsters.
Beach Dungeon 3	31	66	Some	Yes	Megalodon	One map east of Comodo	An alternative to Payon Cave.
Orc Dungeon 01 (OD1)	38	71	Yes (almost all)	Can memo at Orc Village entrance	Orc Zombie x80, Orc Skeleton x10	Entrance is at top left of Orc Village	Very mobby map. Can teleport away if surrounded by too many monsters. May have some Homunculus campers here however.
Glast Heim St. Abbey	65	97	Yes	Can memo at entrance	Evil Druid, Wraith	One map north, three maps west of Geffen, then enter from the bottom middle entrance.	Also has a few mimics in the map. It is recommended to teleport away from these and can avoid them completely instead of killing them.
Tatami Maze	73	99+	No	Can memo in Amatsu	Firelock Soldier	Enter through Amatsu Castle (can memo outside).	Pneuma is required to level here.
Glast Heim Churchyard	83	118	Yes	Can memo at entrance to St. Abbey, and walk one level	Dark Priest	One map north, three maps west of Geffen, then enter from the bottom middle entrance. Next, enter the portal on the bottom right.	Dark Priests have high HP and may take a few hits to kill.

Archer / Mage / Ninja Sniping Maps

Certain monsters (usually plants) are immobile. This is a great advantage for new Archer and Mage players, as these classes have ranged attacks or skills, and can "snipe" these monsters while being out of the monster's range. The monster will not be able to hit the character and the character will sustain no damage. Positioning right outside of the monster's range is important of course. An Archer can simply use their regular attacks (ctrl-click, or clicking with /nc activated) on these monsters, or use a skill such as Double Strafe. Mages will have to use a ranged skill such as Fire Bolt or Cold Bolt. Ninjas have their own skills they can use to snipe as well.

For a complete list of immobile monsters, using a monster database (like http://db.irowiki.org/ Monster Search) is highly recommended.

Map	Min. Level	Max Level	Aggressive?	Memo?	Monsters	Access	Notes
Geffen Field 04	1	33	Some	Yes	Mandragora	One map north of Geffen	Mandragoras have a range of four cells. If the character moves too close by accident, the Mandragora will attack as it aggressive.
Beach Dungeon 3	15	48	Some	Yes	Hydra	One map east of Comodo	Hydras have a longer range than Mandragoras, making them difficult to snipe at times, but they provide a good run- in for lightning Mages and Ninjas. Thara Frogs and Megaladons can make decent later prey as you level up.
Payon Forest 10	40	75	Some	Yes	Greatest General	One map south, two maps east of Payon	Greatest Generals have a range of three cells, but are known to use ranged spells. Be careful of Eddga.

External Links

1. Speed Leveling Guide 1-150
2. Leveling Past 150