Zone Leveling Guide | EQProgression (2024)

This guide covers zones up to Omens of War.

How this guide works:

Player Level refers to the “sweet spot” level range for the player to both gain good experience while still being able to be effective (landing spells/melee) This doesn’t mean you must be between this level range. A lot of factors can go into a group or solo play. These are just what I would consider ideal level ranges.

Some zones are listed more than once. This is because some zones have more than one level range. You can click the associated Map to find the leveling area that applies to you.

Zone is simply where you go. They are broken up per Expansion/Continent. Most cities and raid zones are excluded from the list.

Rating is how I rate the zone as a place to gain experience. This is on a 5 point scale with 1 being the worst and 5 being the best. This is subjective and some may be a bit off but overall the goal is help you decide where you may like to go.

Map provides a link to the Map of each zone. The maps show the average levels of the mobs in each area of the zone. Some maps may have a yellow star on them. This indicates an exceptional area to exp. Not all great areas are marked, but if you do see a star it will be a good spot. Areas marked on maps do not consider “named” mobs as part of the level range (typically named will be higher).

This page is quite large so I recommended you zoom your browser out if you want to see more of the list at once (Ctrl + Mouse Wheel).

Antonica

Player Level	Zone	Rating	Map
1 – 2	Everfrost Peaks		Map
1 – 3	North Qeynos		Map
1 – 3	West Freeport		Map
1 -5	Rathe Mountains		Map
1 – 6	Qeynos Hills		Map
1 – 9	Feerrott		Map
1 – 6	Innothule Swamp		Map
1 – 10	Misty Thicket		Map
1 – 11	Nektulos Forest		Map
1 – 11	North Ro		Map
4 – 11	West Karana		Map
4 – 12	Blackburrow		Map
5 – 10	Kithicor Forest (Day)		Map
6 – 9	Everfrost Peaks		Map
6 – 16	Befallen		Map
6 – 12	Commonlands		Map
7 – 11	North Karana		Map
8 – 17	South Ro		Map
8 – 20	East Karana		Map
9 – 16	Lake Rathetear		Map
10 – 17	Lavastorm Mountains		Map
10 – 24	Runnyeye		Map
11 – 20	Najena		Map
12 – 17	Rathe Mountains		Map
12 – 18	Gorge of King Xorbb		Map
14 – 23	Permafrost Keep		Map
15 – 30	South Karana		Map
16 – 28	Upper Guk		Map
20 – 26	Highpass Hold		Map
20 – 30	Solusek’s Eye (SolA)		Map
24 – 31	Feerrott		Map
26 – 30	Highpass Keep		Map
28 – 43	Lower Guk		Map
30 – 37	Kithicor Forest (Night)		Map
32 – 37	Rathe Mountains		Map
35 – 48	Nagafen’s Lair (SolB)		Map
53 – 62	Caverns of Exile aka SolC (PoP+ only)		Map
Info needed Mid 20’s range?	Temple of Cazic-Thule 1.0 (Prior to PoP?)
55 – 60	Temple of Cazic-Thule 2.0 (Revamp – PoP+?)		Map
Info needed Estimated level 30	Splitpaw 1.0 (Classic-LoY)		N/A
65 – 70	Splitpaw 2.0 (Revamp LDoN+)		Map

Faydwer

Player Level	Zone	Rating	Map
1 – 8	Butcherblock		Map
1 – 10	Greater Faydark		Map
1 – 11	Steamfont Mountains		Map
5 – 13	Clan Crushbone		Map
8 – 13	Lesser Faydark		Map
10 – 27	Ocean of Tears		Map
11 – 31	Estate of Unrest		Map
18 – 23	Dagnor’s Cauldron		Map
21 – 35	Castle Mistmoore		Map
38 – 45	Kedge Keep		Map
41 – 48	Ocean of Tears		Map

Odus

Player Level	Zone	Rating	Map
1 – 3	Paineel		Map
1 – 8	Toxxulia Forest		Map
4 – 18	The Warrens		Map
7 – 12	Erud’s Crossing		Map
14 – 21	Toxxulia Forest		Map
14 – 28	Stronebrunt Mountians		Map
45-50? Info needed	The Hole 1.0 (Prior to LDON)
38 – 60	The Hole 2.0 (LDoN+ Revamp)		Map

Player Level	Zone	Rating	Map
1 – 15	Field of Bone		Map
1 – 15	Lake of Ill Omen		Map
1 – 15	Swamp of No Hope		Map
7 – 18	Kurn’s Tower		Map
14 – 20	Lake of Ill Omen		Map
14 – 22	The Overthere		Map
14 – 21	Swamp of No Hope		Map
17 – 23	Timorous Deep		Map
20 – 26	Warsliks Woods		Map
20 – 28	Lake of Ill Omen		Map
26 – 33	Crypt of Dalnir		Map
27 – 32	Firiona Vie		Map
27 – 33	Frontier Mountians		Map
30 – 36	Kaesora		Map
31 – 39	The Overthere		Map
32 – 40	Dreadlands		Map
32 – 41	Trakanon’s Teeth		Map
32 – 39	Emerald Jungle		Map
34 – 42	Timorous Deep		Map
37 – 46	Burning Woods		Map
Info Needed	Mines of Nurga (Prior to LDoN)
37 – 43	Mines of Nurga (LDoN+ 2.0 revamp)		Map
37 – 48	City of Mist		Map
41 – 51	Karnor’s Castle		Map
42 – 52	Howling Stones		Map
43 – 51	Skyfire Mountians		Map
44 – 52	Mines of Nurga		Map
44 – 60	Chardok		Map
45 – 62	Veksar (LDoN+)		Map
47 – 60	Old Sebilis		Map
Info Needed	Temple of Droga (Prior to LDoN)
48 – 60	Temple of Droga (LDoN+ v2.0)		Map
52 – 60	Halls of Betrayal aka Chardok B (LDoN+)		Map

Player Level	Zone	Rating	Map
27 – 35	Crystal Caverns		Map
27 – 37	Great Divide		Map
28 – 34	Iceclad Ocean		Map
28 – 40	Tower of Frozen Shadow		Map
33 – 44	Eastern Wastes		Map
34 – 52	Kael Drakkel		Map
38 – 50	Wakening Lands		Map
39 – 44	Cobalt Scar		Map
44 – 60	Velketor’s Labrynth		Map
48 – 56	Dragon Necropolis		Map
52 – 60	Siren’s Grotto		Map

Player Level	Zone	Rating	Map
1 – 6	Shadeweavers Thicket		Map
7 – 21	Paludal Caverns		Map
15 – 20	Hollowshade Moor		Map
17 – 24	Netherbain Lair		Map
22 – 28	Twilight Sea		Map
22 – 29	Marus Seru		Map
25 – 32	Dawnshroud Peaks		Map
33 – 42	Grimling Forest		Map
33 – 42	Tenebrous Mountains		Map
34 – 38	Echo Caverns		Map
36 – 42	Mons Letalis		Map
38 – 43	Dawnshroud Peaks		Map
38 – 46	Scarlet Desert		Map
42 – 49	The Grey		Map
44 – 57	Acrylia Caverns		Map
46 – 56	Maiden’s Eye		Map
47 – 55	Sanctus Seru		Map
49 – 60	The Deep		Map
50 – 56	Fungus Grove		Map
51 – 54	Akheva Ruins		Map
52 -60	Grieg’s End		Map
52 – 60	Ssraeshza Temple		Map
55 – 60	Umbral Plains		Map

Planes of Power is unique due to a lot of the zones being locked behind the flagging system. The zones are also on different Tier difficulties, which means you’ll need to be of a certain gear level to kill effectively in each tier.

This guide assumes the following:

– Your group can kill effectively in the given zone
– For Tier 2 or higher you are at minimum level 60
– For Tier 4 you are level 65
– “AA” tagged zones are among the better zones for AA grinding at level 65
– Generally, the higher tier the zone is the better experience bracket it’s in. For example, Valor and Water are both listed as 4 stars, but Water is a far better experience zone since it is Tier 4, but Water also has a higher gear-check.

Player Level	Zone	Rating	Map
Tier 1
50 – 56	Plane of Justice		Map
50 – 57	Plane of Innovation		Map
52 – 60	Plane of Disease		Map
52 – 62	Plane of Nightmare		Map
Tier 2
60 – 63	Plane of Torment		Map
60 – 64	Plane of Storms		Map
60 – 65, AA	Plane of Valor		Map
60 – 65, AA	Crypt of Decay		Map
Tier 3
60 – 65, AA	Plane of Tactics		Map
60 – 65	Halls of Honor		Map
60 – 65, AA	Bastion of Thunder		Map
65	Halls of Honor B		Map
65	Tower of Solusek Ro		Map
Tier 4
65	Plane of Air		Map
65 – 68, AA	Plane of Earth		Map
65	Plane of Earth B		Map
65 – 70, AA	Plane of Fire		Map
65 – 70, AA	Plane of Water		Map

– Instanced Dungeons
– Scales from 20 to 65.
– Players should be within 10 levels of one another.
– Mobs level scale to average group level.
– There is normal and hard difficulty.

Player Level	Zone	Rating	Map
30 – 39	Gulf of Gunthak		Map
37 – 44	Dulak’s Harbor		Map
43 – 47	Torgiran Mines		Map
47 – 57	Crypt of Nadox		Map
52 – 57	Torgiran Mines		Map
52 – 58	Hate’s Fury		Map

I am not that experienced with Leveling in Gates of Discord pre-level 65. Generally GoD is best for 65 AA grinding or possibly grinding 65 – 70. These ratings could be way off for some zones, so take them with a grain of salt. At the minimum you can review the Maps to see the level of the mobs in each area.

Player Level	Zone	Rating	Map
23 – 28	Nedaria’s Landing		Map
45 – 55	Natimbi		Map
51 – 57	Qinimi		Map
54 – 60	Riwwi		Map
58-63	Barindu		Map
65, AA	Qvic		Map
65 – 70, AA	Ferubi		Map
65 – 70, AA	Kod’Taz		Map
65 – 70, AA	Tipt		Map
65 – 70, AA	Vxed		Map
65 – 70, AA	Yxtta		Map

Omens of War is best for players 65 – 70. You can go to some zones sooner but they are not as optimal as other expansions.

Player Level	Zone	Rating	Map
42 – 51	Dranik’s Scar		Map
52 – 59	Harbringer’s Spire		Map
53 – 60	The Bloodfields		Map
60 – 67	Nobles’ Causeway		Map
63 – 67	Wall of Slaughter		Map
65 – 70, AA	Ruined City of Dranik		Map
67 – 70, AA	Muramite Proving Grounds		Map
69 – 70, AA	Riftseeker’s Sanctum		Map