Castle Mistmoore  

Castle Mistmoore is a very fun zone that can be quite challenging for level appropriate characters. The following is just some tips on how to grab some fast lower levels solo with a merc for people returning to the game or just getting started. Most of the tips can be applied to any zone below level 40.

First things first... level your character to 15. At 15 get the most HP you can by buying twink items or defiant gear. Do not skimp on the food and water, those 2 items alone can get you an additional 330 health with Merchant's brew and Raxil fish from level 1.

Next step - stock up on potions. At 15 you should have Distillate of Skinspikes III, and every 5 levels you can get a new one that does more damage. These are very important as the damage shield will out damage you and your merc put together. So take a small stack of lvl 15, 20 and 25 skinspikes which can be made by a shaman or purchased in the bazaar. The western trader building in PoK has a female vah shir that sells potions where you can get haste, buff, and healing pots. Grab some haste pots for levels 15 - 25 and I like the heal over time pots because they do more healing than the direct heal and both are on the same timer so it doesn't benefit you to use both. Be sure to get some Spider's Bite I, II and III as well from a rogue or from the bazaar. Bite I procs 60 times on any weapon, any class for 65 dmg. Bite II does around 140 direct damage... and so on.

If you hate begging for buffs then get a cleric merc. Log them in and they buff you with level appropriate buffs. Dismiss, or keep them in a separate merc slot, and use the tank merc when fighting. Along the way be sure to zone out every level or two so that your merc can level up. As you near 30 he will get tougher and tougher and eventually can solo the whole zone himself around 35.

MM is an outdoor zone so you can mount up and take advantage of the mana/health regen and movement speed. At 15 stay near the zone line, you may need it. The mobs almost always come in 2 or 3, but as long as you let the merc pick them up it is no problem. Have the merc beat one down to 90%, then target another one and he will switch over to it and beat it down to 90%, then the third. At this point you can step in and get agro from the merc one mob at a time. If you have enough health just tank all 3 of them. The skinpikes takes them out fast and you get 10-15% of the level per kill. It goes seriously fast. You can easily get from 15-26 in 2 hours.

Work the front area and dont forget the 2 gargoyles. After clearing it a few times you will be in your lower 20's and ready to move back to the grave yard. I eventually just run from the entrance back through the grave yard and then start over for levels 23-26. Heading back further than the grave yard is a little tough until 27 or so. The mobs are higher and they can come in packs. At 25, in the grave yard, you will still see 5-8% of a level per kill on the even or higher cons. There is a named shadow man behind the building in the grave yard that drops a robe. Really the toughest part of all of this are the healers that spawn in the cemetery. If you have good burst dps they are easy, but for most classes its more about letting the merc beat on them until they run out of mana. It can take a few minutes, but they eventually die. Just keep them agro'd on the merc.

Dont sweat it if you get 3 yellows and a red on you. The merc can handle a lot and if things appear to be going south just make a dash for the zoneline. A long train like that can help you spread the mobs out and clear a tough area just by zoning out and back in to get them to reset. Heal up and pop back into zone and usually half of them are headed back to their spot... zoneline splitting... fun fun. I tend to get a little aggressive and end up running for the zone a few times.

At 15 you stocked up on Rough defiant gear and twink items. At 26 go get your upgrades to Ornate defiant gear and restock on potions. And don't just delete the old defiant gear, your tribute master will gladly take it, and it all adds up to thousands of tribute as you level up.

Camping in front of the castle can take you up into the mid 30's if you want to hang around that long. The pulls can be crazy sometimes, but that's part of the fun. And if someone was really serious about dungeon crawling the whole zone you could solo here until 40 with good xp the whole way. The zone was well thought out and is a lot of fun to learn.

Hope this helps!

In the middle of doing my warriors epic request I run around to 14 different zones upon going to the 15th one Castle Mistmoore I'm suppose to get update upon the zone in. Nope, not during revamp. I made petition hopefully I'm credited for this since I went on ahead to Plain of Sky did last update and all I need is the 1 from Castle Mistmoore I think that needs to be fix for future revamps or Quest that will be Effected. cause I just wasted 6 hrs of a late night to get this done and now I'm at the mercy of a GM. great !!

The page describing the level 100 revamp version of this zone states that the level 100 revamp lasts until September 10, 2014.

Listed above on this page, it states that it lasts through September 16, 2014.

Does anyone know which date is actually the case?

Thanks.

-- Scruetayp, 85 Leezard Necromancer of Povar (formerly Quellious)

this is a fun zone... the layout is pretty cool, with lots of false walls and hidden passages... while i was here, i found the fastest money was in the gargoyl eyes that drop off of almost every gargoyl you kill... at 9pp and change ea. colecting stacks of these is easy to do... also look out for the raw runic hides that drop off the albino vampire chicks (the ones with the old school graphics)... as these hides are used in research...

This zone is by far the best place to get level 20 to at least 30. The EXP bonus is amazing.
I have made several toons being bored with my main lately and the days of grinding to level 50 are over. I have gotten several toons to level 50 and beyond in about a week with the new exp bonus in these great zones.

I recommend even if you've found your main to explore the different classes of Everquest. It's a great way to have fun, meet new friends, and just get back into the roll of exploration.

No Flaming....

=P

This is still listed in the zones by level as the level range for the trueborn overrun period.

Do the mobs now give larger faction hits towards COV, as they're more difficult to kill?

so lastnight i went to the new revamped MM and im a warrior with around 1880ac 10khp the mobs hit around 200-600 and are very easy when slowed.. they have qute a few hp. we only made it to the GY then i had to leave. the group consisted of 1warrior(me) 1cleric(70)time geared 2green necro's 1bst(66) 1enchanter(68) and we did just fine.... even though we killed the mobs rather slow. something to remember. the pathing in this zone is still really really messed up. just like the old MM. well thats about all i got from my short experience there. have fun.

Gday Everyone reading this post

My self and a mate have been leveling up a couple of characters here for the past week. I started there with a lvl 16 mage, he a lvl 24 necro.

Twin boxing my lvl 65 cleric there for pulls and heals I can confirm the posts by others here that no matter what lvl you are, you WILL pull mobs either by proximity to them or getting adds when you try to pull single mobs, this appears to be in a line of sight type arrangement, so if the mob could see you pulling one of its friends then it will usually add.

The mobs here are very social and if they are in range to help their brothers and sisters they will add, usual pull is 4 mobs, sometimes 5 depending on pathing issues etc, most mobs wont agro through walls.

The zone is split pretty much into three disticnt areas and the lvl range of mobs is pretty set for the areas. I have found the mobs con from dark blue to red based on a lvl 20 character.

The first area is from the ZI to the Graveyard, mobs will be blue to red, some casters among this lot.

Second area from the Graveyard to the Castle, Mobs will be mostly red to your lowbie, start to yellow out towards lvl 30. Casters and healers, the Warders and Aegis seem to be the healer types, kill these first in your trains to make it easier on yourself.

Third area is the Castle itself. Red everywhere to lvl 20, some blue to red for lvl 30, same variety as outside castle.

Tips, use a DS or reverse DS on mobs if you can, have some kind of snare or root ability, runners will bring adds flooding back to you.

Keep your pets in check if you are using them, had a couple of times where pet chased off after a mob only to bring back up to 5 mobs to camp area, this is more a problem beyond the GY.

Get to know the zone, especially the paths through the castle and from the castle to the ZL, nothing worse than taking a wrong turn and adding mobs to your nice train.

Last word of warning, be prepared to die, or to sacrifice your lowbie if you are powerleveling as sometimes trains will grow and believe me, ten mobs nuking and beating on your lvl 65 makes a bit of dent in the hitpoint line.

Loot is mediocre, some mobs drop up to 5 plat and FS wpns but if you go there expecting uber loot, you will be disappointed.
Experience wise the zone is great, in the 5 or 6 hours me and my mate have been in the zone, my Mag has gone from lvl 16 to lvl 24, and my mates necro has gone from 24 to 32.

Ynoth

51 Monk here, I heard this place gives faction with bards- which is pretty much the main thing thats been keeping me from advancing any further into many of the cities ive worked so hard to get into. Im at scowls, and I dont think wolf is going to help any, so faction slaying is the only way i know of to do it right now. Would it be possible to do this at my level without being partnered? Ill probably try it today, but any help/hints would be very much appreciated, as Im not even sure I can do it at this level.

If jail secret ent is one way. How do you get back out?

Yes you can solo this zone. Just like everyone says if you are smart. I have a 36 Ranger and do fine in the graveyard. The casters do tend to open a can of whoop butt on you but with full mana and full health they go down just as easy. The other night my 26 monk, 17 Cleric and a friend 26 Bard hunted the yard trash. It started out very unpleasant like, only about 8 deaths between the three of us. All due to lack of patience. If you are patitent the yard trash is good exp for 26 and below. (Still not sure about above 26). After we got our corpses back, we set up camp on the hill behind the pond. There are 3 groups of 2 spawns around the pond. If you space yourself between the two closest to the zone you can med and heal undisturbed. The casters hurt like hell but in a matter of 2 hours my clerice dinged 18 from being only 1 blue in 17. Exp is great and the loot is alright. Be careful of the tower though the gargs dispell and hurt a little. Just my two cents.

Aythatos Alussionary 53 Enchanter
Thatos Surefyre 36 Ranger
Catos Casmack 26 Monk
Liath 18 Cleric

Edited, Sun Oct 20 20:16:13 2002