Paludal Caverns - Post Mercenary Leveling Guide
Depending on what level you are when coming to Paludal Caverns determines where you should enter the zone from.
If you're below level 15: Take the PoK Shar Vahl stone to Shadeweaver's Thicket. Travel north to Paludal Caverns and enter from here. You'll come in at the area on the map shown in the picture below. There are mushroom enemies, beetles and Phlargs for you to kill on this side of the zone. ((Scroll down for more information about this part of the zone))
If you're above level 15: Take the PoK stone to The Nexus and travel to Shadow Haven. Use Find if you need to navigate through this zone to the Paludal Caverns zone line. You'll enter PC by the first recondite bandit camp which is where we're going to be leveling.
Aside from where you see "Base 1" on the map above you can also find more recondites to kill at "Base 2" which is to the north of the first camp. Base 1 is much easier than Base 2 so if that camp is open I recommend that one. Plus it's by the zone line!
The camp may be too hard for you if you don't split the mobs properly so take your time when you first arrive - after the camp is broken up things shouldn't be too difficult for you. The recondites drop a ton of vendor trash as well as a bunch of raw plat which makes this one of the better places for both EXP and money in this level range.
The mushrooms, beetles and phlargs won't pose much of a challenge for anyone level 5+ with a mercenary. You'll want to slaughter your way through this zone traveling north towards where you see "Phlarg Camp" on the map. The closer you get to the Phlarg camp the harder the enemies will be.
You should be able to handle the Phlarg's without much difficulty once you reach level 12 or 13. The Phlargs will give you decent EXP up until level 15 - 17 at which point you have no excuse not to move to the recondite enemies which is the main attraction of this zone.
Keep in mind that you may need to leave the zone entirely and reenter from the northern most location which has the Shadow Haven zone line if you can't reach the recondites from where you are at the Phlarg enemies.
Additional Information
- Depending on what level you are and where you want to hunt in Paludal Caverns determines where you should zone in from. 1 - 15 will want to zone in from Shadeweaver's Thicket. Players 15+ will want to zone into Paludal from Shadow Haven.
- If you're having trouble managing your Inventory Space I highly recommend you invest in some Extraplanar Trade Satchels which are 32 Slot Tradeskill Bags. Alternatively you could also buy Unexpanded Tailored Backpacks as well. Though, the Backpacks will likely be more expensive. Follow the links provided to learn more about each item.
- If you need more plat while leveling I strongly recommend you check out my How to make more plat while leveling by Bartering Guide. It'll give you a list of all the different items you should be keeping an eye out for to Barter/Sell!
Paludal Caverns Allakhazam Zone Information
Paludal Caverns TLP Leveling Guide
Paludal Caverns Original Almar's EQ Leveling Guide
This guide may contain errors or inaccuracies since the game has changed a lot since I wrote it.
It also contains a lot of information not found on this page about the zone and the mobs in it.
Paludal Caverns Original Farming Location Guide