SP Next Farming Spot After Missing The StrongHold

hootsh · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:54 am

I messed stuff up a bit and couldnt farm at 16 and now i badly need SP cause i did this stupid move of leveling up Ice, Fire and Light together (around lvl 17~18 now) besides the main mastery which is lvl 23 now.

And i'm level 25 and was wondering if anyone have any good spots for SP farming before 52 cause it gonna be a looooooong way till 52 and i cant suffer for that long

I searched a lot and i keep finding topics and stuff about 16 and 52 but i'm pretty sure there is something in between can anyone help please?

Thanks in advance.

fena · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 4441 **Location:** Life

42 at Bunwangs is your only other feasible spot, ideally, but Bunwangs are so infested with bots nowadays that that option has been almost ruled out.
Go for 52. As a STR Blader, you should have enough SP to 0-gap all the way up until 52 with a main mastery of Bicheon, and a submastery of Fire lagging a few levels behind. True, you may not be able to get all the skills you wish at the time, if you farm sufficiently at 52 - atleast 100k or so, you can 0-gap all the way up to 64 and farm again then, if you wish. Or at the current 80-Cap.

However, my personal suggestion would just to be to start over. It doesn't take long to get back to L2x, maybe a little more than a day for an experienced player. Honestly, farming at 16 is the best option for a STR-based character, because:

fena wrote:

SP Farming

In regards to SP Farming for a Blader, there isn’t a build where it’s MORE necessary to farm for, to be decent. The Ice Tree is a MUST, to be a good Tanker. The Fire Tree is any STR-build’s must, and the Lightning Tree is needed, if not only for the Grasswalk.
And Bicheon couldn’t be more needed.

I would strongly suggest farming all your SP ASAP – this means, at the Bandit Stronghold at Level 16. The reason for this, being, that at Level 16, the damage difference between a Pure STR, and a Pure INTs, is not as significant as the damage difference between the two at Level 80 – thousands. You’ll farm at relatively the same speed, although the damage you’ll be dealing will still be a little lower. Also, you’ll be able to farm with a Bow, instead of having to farm with a Blade, and the ranged attacks will speed up your farming even more.
Also, it has been proven, time and time again, that Level 16 at the Bandit Stronghold is the fastest spot to farm. Period. No exceptions.

You’ll want to read a guide to SP Farming at the Stronghold, as it’s a must to be even a halfway decent Blader. The-Battalion has made an incredible Guide, so be sure to take a look at his.

SP Farming Guide

However, not many people can stand farming 250K+ at the Stronghold, or Den, at 16. If you’re like me, and there’s absolutely no way in hell that you could farm that much at once, so you should split it up. It's generally agreed that the next good farming spot would be at Level 52, at Penons.
Penons have a great spawn, and by then, and while you won't (thanks, Dead3y3) have both your Heaven and Ascension Chains, which come at Level 51, if you have a 9-gap, but you will have the new change of SoX that comes at Level 52 - which, if you get a good one, can speed up your farming speed amazingly.
And besides, that Cornu Blade is damnn sexy. Do I have to say it again?

If you have the money, get a monkey, a Premium Ticket (PT), and a Gold Skill Ticket (gST), for sure. Note, however, that a gST, combined with a PT does not give you 400% SXP. It only gives you 300%.

For example:
You normally receive 400 SXP from a mob.
With a gPT, you’ll receive 800 SXP from the same mob.
With a gPT, and a gST, you’ll only receive 1200 SXP, not 1600 SXP.

The next farming spot would be either at the Caves, or the Level 80 Cap, when you can only get SXP, and not EXP anymore.
Note that Niya Snipers have the highest rate of SoSun drops, just in case you want a little bit of that action.

Keep in mind, though, that ideally, you could farm at any level. However, I’d farm starting at only the levels where you get your next tier of weapons, so you could get a kickass SoX, which will speed up your farming.

The last option to get all your SP needed, without farming, is just to gap. Keep a good gap, however much you think you need, and you should be fine, in regards to your skills. Getting a gST will definitely help with that.

hootsh · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:00 am

fena wrote:

42 at Bunwangs is your only other feasible spot, ideally, but Bunwangs are so infested with bots nowadays that that option has been almost ruled out.
Go for 52. As a STR Blader, you should have enough SP to 0-gap all the way up until 52 with a main mastery of Bicheon, and a submastery of Fire lagging a few levels behind. True, you may not be able to get all the skills you wish at the time, if you farm sufficiently at 52 - atleast 100k or so, you can 0-gap all the way up to 64 and farm again then, if you wish. Or at the current 80-Cap.

However, my personal suggestion would just to be to start over. It doesn't take long to get back to L2x, maybe a little more than a day for an experienced player. Honestly, farming at 16 is the best option for a STR-based character, because:

fena wrote:

SP Farming

In regards to SP Farming for a Blader, there isn’t a build where it’s MORE necessary to farm for, to be decent. The Ice Tree is a MUST, to be a good Tanker. The Fire Tree is any STR-build’s must, and the Lightning Tree is needed, if not only for the Grasswalk.
And Bicheon couldn’t be more needed.

I would strongly suggest farming all your SP ASAP – this means, at the Bandit Stronghold at Level 16. The reason for this, being, that at Level 16, the damage difference between a Pure STR, and a Pure INTs, is not as significant as the damage difference between the two at Level 80 – thousands. You’ll farm at relatively the same speed, although the damage you’ll be dealing will still be a little lower. Also, you’ll be able to farm with a Bow, instead of having to farm with a Blade, and the ranged attacks will speed up your farming even more.
Also, it has been proven, time and time again, that Level 16 at the Bandit Stronghold is the fastest spot to farm. Period. No exceptions.

You’ll want to read a guide to SP Farming at the Stronghold, as it’s a must to be even a halfway decent Blader. The-Battalion has made an incredible Guide, so be sure to take a look at his.

SP Farming Guide

However, not many people can stand farming 250K+ at the Stronghold, or Den, at 16. If you’re like me, and there’s absolutely no way in hell that you could farm that much at once, so you should split it up. It's generally agreed that the next good farming spot would be at Level 52, at Penons.
Penons have a great spawn, and by then, and while you won't (thanks, Dead3y3) have both your Heaven and Ascension Chains, which come at Level 51, if you have a 9-gap, but you will have the new change of SoX that comes at Level 52 - which, if you get a good one, can speed up your farming speed amazingly.
And besides, that Cornu Blade is damnn sexy. Do I have to say it again?

If you have the money, get a monkey, a Premium Ticket (PT), and a Gold Skill Ticket (gST), for sure. Note, however, that a gST, combined with a PT does not give you 400% SXP. It only gives you 300%.

For example:
You normally receive 400 SXP from a mob.
With a gPT, you’ll receive 800 SXP from the same mob.
With a gPT, and a gST, you’ll only receive 1200 SXP, not 1600 SXP.

The next farming spot would be either at the Caves, or the Level 80 Cap, when you can only get SXP, and not EXP anymore.
Note that Niya Snipers have the highest rate of SoSun drops, just in case you want a little bit of that action.

Keep in mind, though, that ideally, you could farm at any level. However, I’d farm starting at only the levels where you get your next tier of weapons, so you could get a kickass SoX, which will speed up your farming.

The last option to get all your SP needed, without farming, is just to gap. Keep a good gap, however much you think you need, and you should be fine, in regards to your skills. Getting a gST will definitely help with that.

hmm, i dunno if i should restart or not...how much would it take to get to 52 in your opinion?

fena · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 4441 **Location:** Life

It depends. Do you have Silk? Meaning, would you have a PT / gST / looter pet, such as a Monkey? What kind of EQ will you have? If you have a full SoSun set, as well as a SoSun+9 Blade, of course you'll level faster than someone who has an NPC Blade. How much will you be able to play a day?

hwing91 · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 56

Just do a curse heart quest, delevel back to 16, and you have extra stat points...

hootsh · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:20 pm

Nope i'm 100% Self-Dependant no silk or seals of any kind the best thing i got so far is a +3

I play like 2-3 hours a day thats kinda like the average some days i play like 5 hours some days i dont play at all.

It would take like what...3 months?

And how much do you think it will take to get back to level 16?

Thanks very much for the help

(i ask a lot, i know...sry)

fena · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 4441 **Location:** Life

hootsh wrote:

Nope i'm 100% Self-Dependant no silk or seals of any kind the best thing i got so far is a +3

I play like 2-3 hours a day thats kinda like the average some days i play like 5 hours some days i dont play at all.

It would take like what...3 months?

And how much do you think it will take to get back to level 16?

Thanks very much for the help

(i ask a lot, i know...sry)

To get back to 16, and ending up with a 9-gap, won't take you more than 4-5 days if you play 2-3 hours a day, unfunded.
I can't really honestly say how long it'll take you to get to L52 with a 0-gap, no Seals or Silk. Within 3 months - it's definitely a possibility. I know some people who've gotten from 1-60 in a month, without Silk, without Botting - but they were actually quite funded, and played obsessively. Maybe 8-9 hours a day, which you shouldn't do. What a bunch of weirdos.

And it's okay to ask alot. That's what we're here for. We'd just appreciate it if you took the time to comb through the Stickies before asking questions. Then, feel free to ask, and I'm sure that we'd love to help you. Now, I'll let someone else come and try to answer your question as I'm sure my answer probably didn't satisfy you.

hwing91 wrote:

Just do a curse heart quest, delevel back to 16, and you have extra stat points...

That might be difficult to afford for him, if he's completely unfunded. The money from that quest can add up.

hootsh · **Posted:** Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:29 am

Yea i came through the stickies a bit and didnt find the locations between 52 and 16 so i thought some one knew it but ddnt know that there was no location in the first place lol.

Oky so when i level down the skills masteries will still be at the same level right?or will they level down with me?

I did some calculations and if they are right i'm needing about 1.8 mil for the quest (prolly X2 since i only counted the main mastery)

to do it would take like hmm...10 curst hearts about 1 level right? so 10*9=90 and i think the one lvl down is like 15~20 k?

20,000 * 90 = 1,800,000

But...on the other side...i cant farm very nicely without sox or silk of any kind with a blade..

But i just made a new char. pure INT and its set up for farming what do you think a sox weapon of any kind would cost at lvl 16? And if i didnt buy sox it would be much better than the blade right?

I can afford like 4mil max if i worked on it like a maniac...

Thanks very much for the help and the patience

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