(N)EverQuest Scrolls

What are “Hot Zones”?

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.

8th December, 2010:

20: Upper Guk
25: Solusek’s Eye (SolA)
30: Crystal Caverns
35: Kaesora
40: Lower Guk
45: Howling Stones
50: Crypt of Nadox
55: Ssraeshza Temple
60: BoT
65: Tactics
70: Vergalid Mines
75: Zhisza
80: Kaesora Library

9th June, 2010:

20: Lavastorm
25: Blightfire Moors
30: Firiona Vie
35: Gulf of Gunthak
40: Goru’kar Mesa
45: Natimbi
50: Broodlands
55: Bloodfields
60: Barren Coast
65: Arcstone
70: Elddar Forest
75: Loping Plains, Old Blackburrow

8th October, 2009:

Level 20 – South Karana
Level 25 – Lake of Ill Omen
Level 30 – The Twilight Sea
Level 35 – Kedge Keep
Level 40 – City of Mist
Level 45 – Howling Stones
Level 50 – Veksar
Level 55 – Grieg’s End
Level 60 – Plane of Nightmares
Level 65 – Kod’Taz, Broken Trial Grounds
Level 70 – The Buried Sea
Level 75 – Thalassius, the Coral Keep
Level 75 – Ashengate, Reliquary of the Scale

15th July, 2009:

20 Everfrost Peaks
25 Permafrost Caverns
30 Iceclad Ocean
35 Tower of Frozen Shadow
40 Great Divide
45 Eastern Wastes
50 Velketor’s Labyrinth
55 Kael Drakkal
60 Western Wastes
65 the Ascent
70 Icefall Glacier
75 Valdeholm
75 Frostcrypt

No augments with this set.

9th December, 2008:

20 Stonebrunt Mountains
25 Crystal Caverns
30 the Overthere
35 Mons Letalis
40 Great Divide
45 SolB (Nagafen’s Lair)
50 Plane of Innovation
55 Ssra
60 Crypt of Decay
65 Stoneroot Falls
70 Valdeholm (should be 75)
75 Dreadspire Keep (should be 70)

From 20th August, 2008:

20: Lake of Ill Omen
25: Feerrott
30: Frontier Mountains
35: Timorous Deep
40: Lower Guk
45: Wakening Land
50: Old Sebilis
55: Blackfeather Roost
60: Plane of Storms
65: Sunderock Springs
70: Riftseeker’s Sanctum

From 28th February, 2008:

20 North/South Ro
25 Solusek’s Eye
30 Blightfire Moors
35 Stone Hive
40 Dulak’s Harbor
45 Skyshrine
50 Akheva Ruins
55 Crypt of Nadox
60 Riwwi
65 Torden, Bastion of Thunder
70 Ruins of Illsalin

As of October 30, 2007:

Level 20: Castle of Mistmoore
Level 25: Permafrost
Level 30: Trakanon’s Teeth
Level 35: Warsliks Woods
Level 40: Dawnshroud Peaks
Level 45: Velketor’s Labyrinth
Level 50: The Deep
Level 55: Temple of Droga
Level 60: Nobles’ Causeway
Level 65: Halls of Honor

18 April 2007:

20 – Netherbian Lair
25 – Crypt of Dalnir
30 – Crystal Caverns
35 – Iceclad Ocean
40 – The Scarlet Desert
45 – The Burning Wood
50 – Dranik’s Scar
55 – Acrylia Caverns
60 – Dragon Necropolis
65 – Wall of Slaughter

5 December 2006:

20 Kurn’s Tower
25 Unrest
30 Tower of Frozen Shadow
35 Lower Guk
40 The Hole
45 Chardok
50 Sebilis
55 Grieg’s End
60 Cazic Thule
65 Splitpaw

June 2006:

Swamp of No Hope
the Overthere
Timorous Deep
Emerald Jungle
Dreadlands
City of Mist
Skyfire
Karnor’s Castle
Veksar

pre-April 2006:

20 Najena
25 Iceclad Ocean
30 Rathe Mountains
35 Frontier Mountains
40 Gulf of Gunthak
45 Velketor’s Labrynth
50 Fungus Grove
55 Old Sebilis
* Level 60: Cazic Thule

12 April 2005:

The Warrens
Netherbian Lair
Echo Caverns
Scarlet Desert
The Tower of Frozen Shadow
The Hole
The Grey
Howling Stones
The Halls of Betrayal (Chardok B)

And December 15, 2004:

1-30 Shadeweaver’s Thicket
10-25 Kurn’s Tower
15-30 Unrest
25-35 Crystal Caverns
25-45 Solusek’s Eye
30-60 Katta Castellum
35-55 Lower Guk
40-55 Nagafen’s Lair
50-60 Umbral Plains

August 2004 patch:

60-65 Plane of Torment
55-60 Chardok
50-55 Grieg’s End
45-50 Nurga
40-45 City of Mist
35-40 Kaesora
30-35 Dalnir
25-30 Hollowshade Moor
20-25 Runnyeye

These were the zones in the original “hot zone” patch, which I think was April 28, 2004:

level 25: Castle Mistmoore
level 30: Gunthak, Split Paw, Tower of Frozen Shadow
level 40: Dulak Harbor
level 45: Torgiran Mines
level 50: Crypt of Nadox
level 55: Hate’s Fury