Almar's Guides: Almar's Everquest Leveling Guides: Levels 48

Now that you're level 48 head to The Bazaar if you got some extra cash lying around and buy some Intricate Defiant gear and anything else you can afford. If you're not a healer grab a healing merc so you or your pet can start tanking. Now that you've got some better gear head to Plane of Tranquility. Once you're in Plane of Tranquility your options are pretty open.

Usually SoE tries to keep a Hotzone in the Planes, if there is one there head to it and try to find a group. If you can't I usually start in Plane of Justice (PoJ) It's the big grail thing on the side of the cliff in the middle of the zone. See pictures below for the location

Once you're in PoJ head down to the lower level. (To the right of where you came in there will be a stair case that will take you down.) Down here you'll find a bunch of Dark Blue and Light Blue mobs that are not KoS to you. Stay on this level and kill the mobs, the lower you go the harder they get. Something to keep in mind here is to stay LFG. Type /lfg and set it up how you like it.

A good strategy is to pull two Sentries to the zoneline (Look at the 1 on my map for a location to where it is) kill them then pick off the rats in the hall. While you're waiting for these mobs to respawn kill the prisoners that are being held captive in all the rooms off the hall.

Once you're level 50 your options open up even further. You can jump out of all of the planes and go to the current hot zone or you can stay in the planes. The following planes are good for your level;

Plane of Innovation
Plane of Justice

My suggestion is going to your hotzone and trying to find a group. Try the level 50 and 55 hotzone, maybe even 60 if you're a healer. If not just hang out in the planes until level 55. Also around this level it's very important depending on your class that you stop for some crucial AA's. If you're curious what AA's you should stop for early on check out my AA guide. Click here to see the guide.

If you're to lazy to click over to the AA guide then stop at 51 for Innate Run Speed 3 and Metabolism 3. Bank 30 more AA's then level to 55. Get Combat Agility and Combat Stability ranks 1 to 3.

Items of Interest:

Sunshard Ore
- This sells in The Bazaar for a crap ton! Hold onto it and be sure to sell it in The Bazaar!

Sunshard Pebble
- Sunshard Pebbles also sell in The Bazaar. Be sure to hold onto them and sell them when you get around to making a Trader.

Defiant Gear

Once you're level 50 it's probably best that you left PoJ as well. The next plane that I usually go to is Plane of Innovation. Stick to the zoneline in PoI and try to only pull one at a time. At level 50 these will be hard for you to tank, if you have a tank merc he can easily solo them. After about level 52 or 53 you can start venturing back into the zone, but be wary of Junk Beast, he isn't the friendliest creature in the world.

In Plane of Innovation you'll find a lot of No-drop item's that you'll have no freaking clue what they're for. Visit my Plane of Innovation zone guide to learn more about these items, the guide can be found here.

Items of Interest:

Knuckle Joint