What are “Hot Zones”?<\/p>\n
These are zones that SOE want to encourage traffic to; in their announcement, they claimed that a Paludal Caverns level of experience could be maintained all the way up to 60. However, you certainly won’t be getting 7% level experience per solo kill in these zones; the percentage will gradually fall as you level. All that has happened is that the ZEM has been boosted; there is no magical level range cut off being applied. Note that most of the zones in the initial patch were in Legacy of Ykesha. The devs plan to change them every three months, but are often delayed by other factors – mainly scheduling of patches and work on new expansions.<\/p>\n
8th December, 2010:<\/p>\n
20: Upper Guk
\n25: Solusek’s Eye (SolA)
\n30: Crystal Caverns
\n35: Kaesora
\n40: Lower Guk
\n45: Howling Stones
\n50: Crypt of Nadox
\n55: Ssraeshza Temple
\n60: BoT
\n65: Tactics
\n70: Vergalid Mines
\n75: Zhisza
\n80: Kaesora Library<\/p>\n
9th June, 2010:<\/p>\n
20: Lavastorm
\n25: Blightfire Moors
\n30: Firiona Vie
\n35: Gulf of Gunthak
\n40: Goru’kar Mesa
\n45: Natimbi
\n50: Broodlands
\n55: Bloodfields
\n60: Barren Coast
\n65: Arcstone
\n70: Elddar Forest
\n75: Loping Plains, Old Blackburrow<\/p>\n
8th October, 2009:<\/p>\n
Level 20 – South Karana
\nLevel 25 – Lake of Ill Omen
\nLevel 30 – The Twilight Sea
\nLevel 35 – Kedge Keep
\nLevel 40 – City of Mist
\nLevel 45 – Howling Stones
\nLevel 50 – Veksar
\nLevel 55 – Grieg’s End
\nLevel 60 – Plane of Nightmares
\nLevel 65 – Kod’Taz, Broken Trial Grounds
\nLevel 70 – The Buried Sea
\nLevel 75 – Thalassius, the Coral Keep
\nLevel 75 – Ashengate, Reliquary of the Scale<\/p>\n
15th July, 2009:<\/p>\n
20 Everfrost Peaks
\n25 Permafrost Caverns
\n30 Iceclad Ocean
\n35 Tower of Frozen Shadow
\n40 Great Divide
\n45 Eastern Wastes
\n50 Velketor’s Labyrinth
\n55 Kael Drakkal
\n60 Western Wastes
\n65 the Ascent
\n70 Icefall Glacier
\n75 Valdeholm
\n75 Frostcrypt<\/p>\n
No augments with this set.<\/p>\n
9th December, 2008:<\/p>\n
20 Stonebrunt Mountains
\n25 Crystal Caverns
\n30 the Overthere
\n35 Mons Letalis
\n40 Great Divide
\n45 SolB (Nagafen’s Lair)
\n50 Plane of Innovation
\n55 Ssra
\n60 Crypt of Decay
\n65 Stoneroot Falls
\n70 Valdeholm (should be 75)
\n75 Dreadspire Keep (should be 70)<\/p>\n
From 20th August, 2008:<\/p>\n
20: Lake of Ill Omen
\n25: Feerrott
\n30: Frontier Mountains
\n35: Timorous Deep
\n40: Lower Guk
\n45: Wakening Land
\n50: Old Sebilis
\n55: Blackfeather Roost
\n60: Plane of Storms
\n65: Sunderock Springs
\n70: Riftseeker’s Sanctum<\/p>\n
From 28th February, 2008:<\/p>\n
20 North\/South Ro
\n25 Solusek’s Eye
\n30 Blightfire Moors
\n35 Stone Hive
\n40 Dulak’s Harbor
\n45 Skyshrine
\n50 Akheva Ruins
\n55 Crypt of Nadox
\n60 Riwwi
\n65 Torden, Bastion of Thunder
\n70 Ruins of Illsalin<\/p>\n
As of October 30, 2007:<\/p>\n
Level 20: Castle of Mistmoore
\nLevel 25: Permafrost
\nLevel 30: Trakanon’s Teeth
\nLevel 35: Warsliks Woods
\nLevel 40: Dawnshroud Peaks
\nLevel 45: Velketor’s Labyrinth
\nLevel 50: The Deep
\nLevel 55: Temple of Droga
\nLevel 60: Nobles’ Causeway
\nLevel 65: Halls of Honor<\/p>\n
18 April 2007:<\/p>\n
20 – Netherbian Lair
\n25 – Crypt of Dalnir
\n30 – Crystal Caverns
\n35 – Iceclad Ocean
\n40 – The Scarlet Desert
\n45 – The Burning Wood
\n50 – Dranik’s Scar
\n55 – Acrylia Caverns
\n60 – Dragon Necropolis
\n65 – Wall of Slaughter<\/p>\n
5 December 2006:<\/p>\n
20 Kurn’s Tower
\n25 Unrest
\n30 Tower of Frozen Shadow
\n35 Lower Guk
\n40 The Hole
\n45 Chardok
\n50 Sebilis
\n55 Grieg’s End
\n60 Cazic Thule
\n65 Splitpaw<\/p>\n
June 2006:<\/p>\n
Swamp of No Hope
\nthe Overthere
\nTimorous Deep
\nEmerald Jungle
\nDreadlands
\nCity of Mist
\nSkyfire
\nKarnor’s Castle
\nVeksar<\/p>\n
pre-April 2006:<\/p>\n
20 Najena
\n25 Iceclad Ocean
\n30 Rathe Mountains
\n35 Frontier Mountains
\n40 Gulf of Gunthak
\n45 Velketor’s Labrynth
\n50 Fungus Grove
\n55 Old Sebilis
\n* Level 60: Cazic Thule<\/p>\n
12 April 2005:<\/p>\n
The Warrens
\nNetherbian Lair
\nEcho Caverns
\nScarlet Desert
\nThe Tower of Frozen Shadow
\nThe Hole
\nThe Grey
\nHowling Stones
\nThe Halls of Betrayal (Chardok B)<\/p>\n
And December 15, 2004:<\/p>\n
1-30 Shadeweaver’s Thicket
\n10-25 Kurn’s Tower
\n15-30 Unrest
\n25-35 Crystal Caverns
\n25-45 Solusek’s Eye
\n30-60 Katta Castellum
\n35-55 Lower Guk
\n40-55 Nagafen’s Lair
\n50-60 Umbral Plains<\/p>\n
August 2004 patch:<\/p>\n
60-65 Plane of Torment
\n55-60 Chardok
\n50-55 Grieg’s End
\n45-50 Nurga
\n40-45 City of Mist
\n35-40 Kaesora
\n30-35 Dalnir
\n25-30 Hollowshade Moor
\n20-25 Runnyeye<\/p>\n
These were the zones in the original “hot zone” patch, which I think was April 28, 2004:<\/p>\n
level 25: Castle Mistmoore
\nlevel 30: Gunthak, Split Paw, Tower of Frozen Shadow
\nlevel 40: Dulak Harbor
\nlevel 45: Torgiran Mines
\nlevel 50: Crypt of Nadox
\nlevel 55: Hate’s Fury<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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