Exploring Character Level requirements for Areas/Zones

[shaf]

Since I've almost completed the Alchemy Ingredient List I thought to start on the Character Level requirements for Zones and associated Lore in the journal.
For Clarification it is the suggested minimum Character Level in order to successfully complete the Zone/area.
Starting race is Human, Starting classes Fighter and Thief.

Class Human
Dungeon Areas
(W) Trollmire (Human Start Dungeon 1) (Lore 1 to 5)
(W) Scintillating Caves (2) (Shaloren Start Dungeon) (Lore 6 to 10) (Non-Shaloren Complete at Level 8+)
(W) Ruins of kor'pul (3) (Lore 11 to 15) (Complete at Level 10+)
(W) The Maze (Lore 16 to 20) (Complete at Level 12+)
(W) Old Forest (Lore 29 to 33) (Complete at Level 12+)
(W) Arena Unlock in Derth (Complete at Level 12+)
(W) Sandworm Lair (Lore 35 to )
(W) Rhaloren Camp (Lore 42 to 47) (Complete at Level 12+)
(W) Nargos Lair ( Thaloren Start Dungeon) (Non-Thaloren Complete at Level 8+)
(W) Golem Graveyard (Complete at Level 16+)
(W) Old Halfling Ruins (Complete at Level 10+)
(W) Ancient Elven Ruins
(W) Heart of the Gloom (Lore 160) (Complete at level 8+)
(W) Daikara
(W) Spellblaze
(W) Hidden Compound (complete at Level 12+)
(W) Ruined Dungeon (Lore 48 to ) (Complete at Level 12+)
(W) Old Tower of Dreadfell
(E) Orc Pride
(E) Ritch Tunnel
(E) Spider Lair
(E) Temple of Creation
Class Thaloren
Dungeon Areas
(W) Nargos Lair (Thaloren Start Dungeon)
(W) Heart of the Gloom (Lore 160)

[Grey]

What do you mean by level requirements? You have Norgos and Scintillating Caves listed as level 8, yet they're frequently my first foray.

[shaf]

Grey,
Does the Clarification help?
My order of Areas are based on playing in Adventurer (Normal) mode. So normally I'll do the following:
Trollmere Lvl 1
Get First Alchemy Quest at Derth
Complete Trollmere and if strong enough (Lvl 6) do Lvl 4 of Trollmere
Get Second Alchemy quest at
Get 3rd Alchemy Quest at Lost Hope
Get 4th Alchemy Quest from Hermit
Scintillating Caves
Norgos
Kor'Pul
Mage Quest
Heart of the Gloom
Old Forest
The Maze
Rhaloren Camp

[Hedrachi]

*coughs* Different races have different start dungeons. Shaloren start in Scint caves, Thaloren in Norgos, Dwarves in introRek, etc.

[Grey]

Scintillating Caves and Norgos' Lair are both level 1 dungeons. I'd say they're easier than Trollmire overall.

[Hedrachi]

I'd say Norgos is easily easier than Trollmire, but Scintillating Caves is easier only if you've got ranged attacks.

[evouga]

If I had to throw out some recommended levels for exploring the Western dungeons, I would say

1 Trollmire
1 Scintillating Caves
1 Norgos Lair
5 Ruins of kor'pul
5 Rhaloren Camp
5 Heart of the Gloom
10 Old Halfling Ruins
10 Old Forest
12 The Maze
14 Sandworm Lair
15 Golem Graveyard
15 Ruined Dungeon
15 Hidden Compound
16 Daikara
20 Rift
20 Ancient Elven Ruins
20 Old Tower of Dreadfell
25 Mark of the Spellblaze
25 Reknor

Incidentally, I think showing recommended levels in-game for all of the dungeons is an excellent idea.

[tiger_eye]

A "one-liner" command gave the following level ranges for all the zones (not all are used in the game):

1 1 eidolon-plane
1 1 infinite-dungeon
1 1 tutorial
1 1 wilderness
1 5 abashed-expanse
1 5 deep-bellow
1 5 heart-gloom
1 5 murgol-lair
1 5 norgos-lair
1 5 reknor-escape
1 5 rhaloren-camp
1 5 ritch-tunnels
1 5 ruins-kor-pul
1 5 scintillating-caves
1 5 trollmire
1 8 blighted-ruins
1 15 town-derth
1 15 town-elvala
1 15 town-iron-council
1 15 town-shatur
1 50 arena
1 50 test
1 100 demon-plane-spell
5 12 arena-unlock
7 16 daikara
7 16 maze
7 16 old-forest
7 16 sandworm-lair
8 14 town-lumberjack-village
10 25 halfling-ruins
10 25 ring-of-blood
10 30 ruined-dungeon
14 20 golem-graveyard
15 22 tempest-peak
15 25 lake-nur
15 26 dreadfell
15 35 town-last-hope
15 50 town-zigur
16 30 paradox-plane
16 30 temporal-rift
18 25 shertul-fortress
18 35 reknor
20 50 dreadfell-ambush
20 50 town-angolwen
25 30 illusory-castle
25 32 ardhungol
25 35 crypt-kryl-feijan
25 35 mark-spellblaze
25 35 unremarkable-cave
30 40 flooded-cave
30 40 temple-of-creation
30 40 valley-moon-caverns
30 45 eruan
30 50 charred-scar
30 60 orc-breeding-pit
30 60 rak-shor-pride
33 42 ancient-elven-ruins
33 50 town-gates-of-morning
34 45 shadow-crypt
35 45 demon-plane
35 45 tannen-tower
35 45 telmur
35 45 valley-moon
35 50 briagh-lair
35 50 vor-armoury
35 60 gorbat-pride
35 60 grushnak-pride
35 60 vor-pride
45 55 slime-tunnels
55 80 high-peak
100 100 void

[madmonk]

My order of Areas are based on playing in Adventurer (Normal) mode.

If you are going to create a list of places to go with a recommended order there are a number of things to consider:

1) Race
Each race will have a starting dungeon or two... which will then affect where you come in

2) Class
Some classes will find certain dungeons tougher than other classes...

3) Difficulty
I have never played adventurer mode so this is a little more uncertain, but will difficulty affect the order of dungeons you play? Seems to me it would.

[madmonk]

Looks like your list has been generated!

Smart work Tiger!

[shaf]

Tiger_Eye

Thanks for the Chart, I think the Minimum Levels are only valid Pre-Event. There's no way a level 1 character can complete Dearth once the Elementals have Taken over.

[madmonk]

Tiger_Eye

Thanks for the Chart, I think the Minimum Levels are only valid Pre-Event. There's no way a level 1 character can complete Dearth once the Elementals have Taken over.

But that is the Tempest Peak Quest levels 15 - 22...

[Final Master]

This is going to be so amazingly helpful, thanks guys! Special thanks to tiger for pointing this out to me.