Aion 40+

[altwight]

What do YOU do at 40+

What quests are notable for certain rewards?

Where do you grind solo?

What instance groups do you do most for drops? (SR im sure)

Do you do any kinds of quest at all for exp? Are there any notable quest lines that reward multiple 1,000,000+ exp?

40+ is really beginning to drain on me. I just reactivated after 3months of time off and I'm lost. At first I had the xeno quest chain to complete so I had a goal. however after finishing it I feel as if I have no goal now.

[Pyree]

SR repeatables. Hairpins and pouches should keep you occupied for a while. At 44 you can start grinding in theo, you get quests at 45. Dredgion starts at 46.

[drewbixcube]

40-43/44 grind lepharist citadel
44+ indratu (learn the glide)

i'm like 8 bubbles from 50 and i just gave up becuase i can't kill more than 3 or 4 balaur at a time without wanting to cut my wrists. dredgion can be fun but i've gotten dicked more times than not on groups so it all depends.

[Drex]

I did (iirc, levels might be a little off)

42-46 on basilisks and birds in theo, low hp for their level but the basilisks hit kinda hard

then plat coin quested to 48, then a mix of calydon plat coins and upper abyss guards to 50. there's some random quests in theo you can do but most of them are worse than just grinding really.

sr lower/upper should be good xp if you keep the group level close. even at 50 i get a bubble of xp from it and takes ~1.5-2 hours if you move fast, prolly better xp if you clear more but will take longer too. you'll probably be going anyway for the gear quests, though i just said fuck it and solo grinded a lot of my xp instead of doing sr.

[arus2001]

Hate calydons. -.-

[niwaar]

What do YOU do at 40+

1What quests are notable for certain rewards?

2Where do you grind solo?

3What instance groups do you do most for drops? (SR im sure)

4Do you do any kinds of quest at all for exp? Are there any notable quest lines that reward multiple 1,000,000+ exp?

40+ is really beginning to drain on me. I just reactivated after 3months of time off and I'm lost. At first I had the xeno quest chain to complete so I had a goal. however after finishing it I feel as if I have no goal now.

A1: Since you completed the Xeno weapon questline, there are only 2 questlines that will give you a significant reward.

Steel Rake offers three repeatable quests. The wine & cheese repeatable is completely worthless save for the minimal xp you receive. The room is a pita and unless you are with a tank that knows how to pull it, just say no. Hairpins are much easier for Elyos than Asmo as you can get 3 and a half turnins pure run pretty much making it a full week of turnins gets you a gold helm that is better than 90% of things you will see outside of 48 craftables and Bollvig drops. These are arguably better than the level 50 Dark Poeta repeatable class helms.

The pouch quest for the gloves can be ok. Yet its simply not all that worth it because they gloves lack attack speed.

Other quests/missions that give worthwhile rewards are Brigadier Indratu (if and only if you are a DW, a Templar or a Glad that needs a bow or some other weapon to compliment your Xeno weapon.) Project Drackenhammer is the final Theobomos mission and rewards you your level 50 wings.

The final worthwhile quest to complete is the spy quest to enter Draupnir Cave. Yet this is only worth it if you have a group who wants to run this instance repeatedly. Good drops, interesting instance, but a pita to get attuned for and even more to find a group who is attuned for it.

A2: Depending on your class you are going to solo grind on something in Theobomos. However, until 44 if you are a cleric, SM, Sorc or Ranger you solo grind in Lepharist Citadel the melee elites there. You can move from there before 44 and head to the Kishar camp area and grind on any of the Krall there. At 39 if you are one of said classes you can solo grind your Hokuna Matata questline and gain waterfall access to facilitate your move to Indratu melee mobs at 44.

If you arent one of the elite soloer classes, you are just gonna grind in Theo til 50. Say hello to the Calydons for me.

A3:Steel Rake is going to be your instance you grind. There are a couple of other options though. Aether Labs really is crap XP but doable. Its only worth spamming if you need your 42 spells or you really want that Chef's hat skin from the first boss.

Draupnir Cave is an interesting instance. It has the difficulty ramp up for SR. Starting at a level where a 42-43 party will do fine and ending up with level 49-50 boss. It is a pita to get a group for because of the attunement.

Azoturan Fortress is the instance that you enter to complete Fragment of Memory 3. This instance is chock full of linky pulls and the final boss room is a death trap if done wrong. Its several bosses have a couple of gold drops and some nice gear that will last you til 50 because of their specialties. ie gear here has +/- Enmity or attack speed on some armor. As well as your first blue replacements for those Krall Molar boots.

Indratu Fortress is an exact copy of Azoturan. Instead of lepharists you get Balaur. There are a couple of repeatables with nice rewards for this place, but you will NEVER do them, so dont worry about picking them up from the Shugo outside. This is the final instance for Brigadier Indratu Heiron mission. It is just as link filled and annoying as Azoturan is. Yet, just like Azoturan there are some really nice rare drops here. A couple of golds and attack speed items. But this is Aion and drops are rare. You will only go here once unless you are asked to help a group with a SM that can summon you here. When you get this mission DO NOT TALK TO THE GENERAL. Or you will lose the ability to teleport directly to the zoneline and be forced to enter through the caves in the Nute Warrens.

Theobomos Labs is a very long instance. The instance has many pulls that can wipe you easily. The Mario platform shortcut is NEVER completed so you will always have to go the long way. The instance can be completed in less than 2 hours if you are willing to die repeatedly, but most leveling people will be unwilling, turning this instance into a 3-5 hour affair. Bring a kisk and kisk up before doing the Mario portion if its your first time in the instance because in order to fight the final boss you need to go to Sanctum in the middle of the instance and get a follow up mission in order to enter the bosses room. (Imagine going through the palace in Sea and getting through all the doors and having to exit and then get through the entire instance again to hit fight the boss.)


A1: Most questlines 45+ give anywhere from 800-1.2mil if they are non repeatables. These are the quests in Theo. There are not very many of them, but they are well worth doing if you can't stand grinding for hours on end.



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Long response I know, but you asked... lol

The game imho is the most fun from 35-49. There are a number of instance and questlines to complete. The fun ends when you are 50 and you find out there isnt much to do. You can go kill the twink Asmos in Eltnen or sit and camp Jesuchi or as the GM of my legion does ... go play Farmville and wait for forts or a DP group.

[Drex]

Thankfully you don't have to redo the entire instance when people go back to sanctum as long as someone stays inside, you just have to run through it again and clear 1-2 more pulls

[Warudo Ecksu]

What do YOU do at 40+

cancel subscription

(couldnt resist) but yes lots of steel rake > indratu > plat coin grinding, lots and lots

[altwight]

cancel subscription

(couldnt resist) but yes lots of steel rake > indratu > plat coin grinding, lots and lots

i already canceled, i'm actually back after 3month break.

[Kerberoz]

steel rake and draupnir, fuck solo grinding.. so boring

[Pyree]

Bring a kisk and kisk up before doing the Mario portion if its your first time in the instance because in order to fight the final boss you need to go to Sanctum in the middle of the instance and get a follow up mission in order to enter the bosses room. (Imagine going through the palace in Sea and getting through all the doors and having to exit and then get through the entire instance again to hit fight the boss.)

Ummm, when you're going back through, all the mobs are cleared so it's easy? Also, you can kisk right before the boss. When you get to the boss room, hug the right wall and go behind him, click on the dark vortex thing and it teleports you to the entrance. You won't aggro the boss unless you're really terrible.

Also, as someone else I'm sure has pointed out.. At 45+ the best exp you can get by far is by doing the guard farming repeatable quest on one of the upper forts. The quest gives 700k exp for killing 10 guards, in addition to the exp you get from the guards.

[Katlan]

. Dredgion starts at 46.

At one point it was cool to do dredg at 46-48. But ppl on your server will hate you if you do Dredg at 46-48 (even 49 for the most part), especially 46 because all that means is your gonna get rolled and be the weakest link

[Kiaru]

Where do you grind solo?

40-43 I did turtles and crasaurs around J. village in Heiron. Can be somewhat bot heavy, but asmos have been getting smart about the location and can clean them out.

43-50 I did the bugs and dhalmels (bakus), weak mobs and no possible asmo attacks. Made probably 50-60m kinah doing this which I thought was nice. I did do dredgion when it popped, but very little SR. (I absolutely hate grouping with people on my server....so dumb and annoying lol)

[niwaar]

Ummm, when you're going back through, all the mobs are cleared so it's easy? Also, you can kisk right before the boss. When you get to the boss room, hug the right wall and go behind him, click on the dark vortex thing and it teleports you to the entrance. You won't aggro the boss unless you're really terrible.

Also, as someone else I'm sure has pointed out.. At 45+ the best exp you can get by far is by doing the guard farming repeatable quest on one of the upper forts. The quest gives 700k exp for killing 10 guards, in addition to the exp you get from the guards.

The kisk before Mario comment was made more so for people doing the mission for the first time. Since you are unable to enter the boss room to use the vortex you need to kisk before crossing or dropping unless you have the skill to Mario across backwards with consistence.

The fort guard questlines are phenomenal and used to be popular when most forts were Balaur owned. Depending on your faction you will have access to Roah/Asteria if you do not own the fort as well as Miren if you are Elyos. Krotan and Kysis are only available to Elyos if Asmo own them.

Great quests, but you are huge targets to anyone of the opposing faction, especially if you are trying to complete a Roah/Asteria with Balaur. The best part of these quests is the easy extra AP you get as it is something like 500AP a turn in total (guards + quest). Plus the blood/hearts if you killing Balaur.

At one point it was cool to do dredg at 46-48. But ppl on your server will hate you if you do Dredg at 46-48 (even 49 for the most part), especially 46 because all that means is your gonna get rolled and be the weakest link

Its sad that NCSoft didn't choose to make a 50 only bracket and a "leveling" bracket in Dredgion. Its already pathetic that you can use stealth to win, let alone the ability to win via training.

[Tellahh]

steel rake and draupnir

This.
Although I did take alot of solo breaks being a Sorc I was grinding in SR pretty much 75% of the time and Draupnir off&on when the DAMN rift was up... SR isn't the best exp but it's pretty mindless and easy. Depending on your class you can choose many diff solo spots 40-50 but if you're not into Elites your best bet would be to hit Theo as early as possible (43 or so). There's tons of Quests there to keep your mind off grinding and some repeat 10-15s that open up a heavy 3m~ exp reward quest for each so you could break through those before you start on Coin repeats (can start on these earlier if you desire a 2,000 coin weapon or the 1,000 coin armor pieces). If Elites are your cup of tea, LC till 45 is SICK exp if you kill only Assassins, once you hit 45 the exp dies off. Once 45 you can head into Indratu Barracks southern area to solo, I avoided this camp like the plague since I fucking hate the Indratu area... good exp though.

I tried to do alot of questing on Sorc but straight grinding will always be better exp, on double-exp weekends I hit 40-45 (in LC) then fucked around for a few weeks till the next one and finished 48-50 (in Theo, mostly Marla Cave since the mobs are so densely packed) in that double-exp weekend. I didn't really fuck with AP farming till I was 50, did it a little bit but it's shit exp compared to normal grinding not to mention the mishaps of getting ganked every 15 minutes. If you want straight exp I'd avoid Reshanta.

[Aro]

I tried to do alot of questing on Sorc but straight grinding will always be better exp, on double-exp weekends I hit 40-45 (in LC)

Wow 40-45 in one weekend?

I am currently grinding on assasins with my sorc ( 38 ) and even though it's not double exp I can't imagine going this fast.

Do things really pick up in the 40s or did you use some other method?

I'm currently just DoT'ing, kiting, nuke nuke sleep -> kite the other way until it's dead. One fight will leave me manaless and I once I rest I just repeat the cycle. I'm getting rougly 300-330k/ea.

[Tellahh]

Wow 40-45 in one weekend?

I am currently grinding on assasins with my sorc ( 38 ) and even though it's not double exp I can't imagine going this fast.

Do things really pick up in the 40s or did you use some other method?

I'm currently just DoT'ing, kiting, nuke nuke sleep -> kite the other way until it's dead. One fight will leave me manaless and I once I rest I just repeat the cycle. I'm getting rougly 300-330k/ea.

Naw man I just lived in LC for the entire weekend and did some SRs off & on^^. When I'd go to sleep I'd pop a Lodas so the reuse would be up the next time I logged in and could double-up . You'd be suprised how fast exp goes when you're getting 700k-1m a kill depending on Rested/Lodas lol. Also I'm an Alchemist/Chef, so granted I pop Mana Pots and good food/drinks like crack and it keeps me exping on and on. Good cocktails and meds make a huge difference on solo grind and keeps you killing nonstop.

On kiting, I had to wait 'till 42 before I could full on DoT Kite. It's just too dangerous 'till you get Frost (insta-snare with 1m CD... totally bitchin') so I did Sleep nuking alot but if you're ballsy enough all 3 DoTs really speed up a kill.

[Bunnykillah]

Yeah, I lived in LC on my cleric at level 40+. I soloed all my insigs for the jewelery and then sold what I got when I was done. Making kinah was cake between the insigs, the whites, and the designs. Plus, like Tellahh said, you could get around 1 mil xp a kill with rested and lodas on double xp weekend.

[Gwynplaine]

Are there ever any elites a Templar could reliably solo at lvl 40+? Or is it just plain not feasible or desirable without immaculate gear/consumables etc.?

I just hit 41 and there's hardly any solo quests to do. All I have are integrated into instances, and I'm not real fond of group stuff.

[Tellahh]

Are there ever any elites a Templar could reliably solo at lvl 40+? Or is it just plain not feasible or desirable without immaculate gear/consumables etc.?

I just hit 41 and there's hardly any solo quests to do. All I have are integrated into instances, and I'm not real fond of group stuff.

Even if Temp could solo elites (which they can with a sick Great Sword setup) I think Warrior are more suited to grinding through normal mobs endlessly. With decent gear, killspeed would equal that of elite soloing exp per hour probably. Quests are pretty lax 40-45 'till you get the Theo quests so it's pretty much just a grind.

Edit: If you're that desperate for quests boot up Aionarmory.com and pull up Heiron Quests then sort by level. It will show you every quest you can do per lvl 38+ (which isn't much..) but there's a few.