Emerald Jungle

Wolf form will not help you at all in this zone.

EJ (aka ad city) is one of my favorite outdoor zones to hunt. It offers amazing XP for the level of characters 35 to 45, has three zones to run to, all of which are fairly safe, and is usually almost completely empty on Quellious. All of my experiences in this zone have been with my Cleric, my Shaman and my Warrior. My druid spent a short time here trying to kite but found it too much of a hassle.

The amount ads in this zone are comparable to the ads found in Jaggedpine (if that helps any).

It is not possible to outrun the raptors, even with an Lvl 56 druid SoW on. Everything else can be outrun with SoW, and (I think) even with Jboots.

Solo Hunters. This is a hard zone to solo in for those that Kite. The large addition of ads would continuously keep you moving and snaring. If you are a Druid, Ranger or Shaman it IS possible to solo EJ using the root and DoT method, but make sure that you have your fear/fear animal spell memed and that you never ever loose SoW.

Quad Kiters – I have never tried this but I would imagine that it would be safe to pull your quarry to the WEST zone wall and quad them up and down that ridge, but the XP would start to dwindle after lvl 36 or so. You can also kite in the area at the top of the staircase but it is a small area and would get rather boring I would imagine.

Places to Solo - There are several very safe places to hunt/solo in this zone. Do NOT try to solo at the TT zone line. Mobs walk past it constantly, and if you have one of their buds rooted with a nice DoT on they will come and help it! While you are safe in this instance you will still be interrupted so many times it does not make it worth your effort. Therefore I would look to the below listed pull spots 1 to 3 and consider using one of them.

Safe Pull Spot #1. Lvl 30 to 35 can get excellent XP after you zone in from FoB. Simply head northeast until the zone opens up, then follow along the West zone wall. This is the ONLY zone line wall that is safe to pull to, and even then once in a while a random Mob will pass by, but that is rare. If you head north until you are parallel with any of the ruins you will have a decent amount of Mobs to choose from, and the XP literally zings by for these lvls. The northwest corner is NOT safe to pull to, stay shy of that corner if pulling to the west wall.

Safe Pull Spot #2 Lvl 30 to 36 get excellent XP pulling to the top of the staircase. Lvl 36 to 50 can get excellent XP pulling to the lower end of the staircase (Loc 1700 X 2700 roughly) with minimal adds. The trick is to pull the whole way up to the first landing and then root/melee there. If an add does come along (some do walk the cliff line) and you are on the staircase (I am assuming you are in 3rd person view once you are standing still, this is the safest way to see what is trying to sneak up on you) you will easily see adds and can avoid them by running up the staircase a little higher. Most of your ads will be the Solesippers and gorillas (if I remember correctly) at this spot. Clearing the area for the initial setup can be a pain but once the lower area is cleared this is a fun place to pull to.

Uber Safe Pull Spot # 3 This is the spot I will start pulling to today as I am leveling up my 35 monk. On the South zone line wall there is an outcropping of stone, at roughly neg3200 neg1500. The outcropping leaves a nice little ridge for your party to hide in. If you pull till you are up on the right side (as you face the wall) of this cliff you will see critters passing you buy, but you will not get adds, providing you stay high on the wall at this spot. I have tried to pull to many spots along zone walls, but this is the only spot that I have never had an add. With the ruins directly north east and north west of you and mobs walking west to east parallel with your spot you will be provided non-stop pulling here. (I use this spot when I am two boxing and don’t want to have to look at my other computer screen to make sure that char is safe).

Safe Pull Spot # 4. The north wall is safe to pull to as listed in the last posting (great post by the way). But the XP dwindles once you get around 38 or so.

That is pretty much all of the safe pull spots I can think of. Pulling to CoM is a pain because people often bring trains along on their way into CoM. As with TT you can easily zone but the hassle just is not worth it. If you have experienced other safe spots to pull or solo to please post it!

My favorite way to hunt this zone is a threesome. Get a War, Shaman/Chanter, and a Cleric and then run around the zone kill kill killing, it is non-stop pulls and amazing XP!!!. The war only needs to bash/slash away, and has little trouble finding mobs. The Shaman/Chanter and the Cleric just go along for the ride on auto-follow.

Clerics – besides the obvious healing (and you will heal a lot here) you will also want to have your Fear readily available, you are going to use it…a lot… When my group gets more adds than I like I do the following with my cleric. Fear – Root – Atone. Nine out of ten times the mob simply turns around and walks away after Root breaks, providing my party is not directly in his path after root breaks. It is a beautiful site to behold. At this level you should be used to waiting for the war to get to about 25% or lower health before casting your heals. Because of the large amount of ads I start to heal / Cheal at the 40% health unless my group has a chanter with us. This may waste mana but it also often saves the day in this zone with so many possible spell interruptions. This is just a personal safety preference but you may want to consider trying this until you get used to the zone.

Shaman – you will have to slow the Raptors, Apes and Tigers. Without slow on the mobs the Cleric will draw agro every time due to the crazy amount of healing he/she will have to do to keep up. Also – if the cleric cannot do crowd control (fear, root, atone) and you don’t have a chanter; this is the only alternate crowd control you have to offer. Other than that have your pet assist your tank and keep both hasted, jumping in to fight when at FM.

Chanters – You rule in this zone. Remember those trains in Sol B and Paw? The ads here will make you feel as though you are inside a dungeon and just got trained. You will mez here like a wild man. I have never brought my chanter here (no where near high enough level) but I hope to someday. This zone is a great one to really learn how powerful chanters can be in the outdoors as well!

Monks – This is a VERY hard area to solo in unless you are being PLd. We simply do not have the HP, and now we don’t even have the AC anymore =(. Still I am going to give it a shot and see. With a shaman slowing the mobs and Chloro+fungi I think I will do great here.

Tanks – You will love this zone. I lvld my war here from 40 to 46 and it was a total blast.

Final Notes.
1. RUN AWAY – this is a great zone to run away in! Tanks – stay and die, its what we do. When the fight goes to hell in a hand basket (when you get 4 or five ads) tell your party to run, and then at least give them a head start before you follow! I say this because it is MUCH easier for us to get the XP back than for the casters in most instances. I hunt with a very small party, and the deal is this. I stay and die while they run, and then they support me solo in three kills to get the XP that I lost back, while not gaining any on their own. I make this arrangement BEFORE we start to hunt together, and have never been turned down. This makes us all happy = ) . But I digress; don’t be afraid to run away in this zone. The zone exits are readily accessible and you usually don’t have to worry about training anyone.

2. Invis – nothing in zone sees through invis that I have noticed but the undead (gorillas and skellies).

3. Zone In – not the safest zone in place. It is in the southwest corner of the zone. If you get attacked while zoning in just run along the south wall (it is literally rite next to you) heading east and you will find the zone to TT very very soon.

4. Dense Growth – this zone is full of plants, some of them even bite. Expect to walk into Mobs a lot here.

OK, now that I have spent an hour at work writing about EQ (yay!!!) I am ready to go home and give this zone another shot. I wish you well in your questing.

This zone is good for groups level 38-45, or smaller groups up until level 50 (solo, duo, trio). I'm currently exploring with a 48 SK and a 41 Druid, so most of this information is biased towards that.

First off, it's very easy for a non-tracking puller to get lost out here - so hunting near landmarks is a good idea. Plus, as others have said, some mobs run very fast and your puller will either need sow and/or snare to survive the pull back to camp. Levitate for the puller is also a good idea.

Lower level mobs are on the upper plateau in the west half of the zone, higher level mobs in the east half of the zone (lower plateau).

1) +4000, -400 (NW corner of the lake) is a good spot to pull soulsippers to, or the bandits along the NE edge of the lake. This is also a good spot to fear kite as the mobs won't run far (and soulsippers already move slow). The lake and the ruins to the west also server as good landmarks for your puller. You will get the occasional add here due to mob pathing from the lake into your camp spot (hug the wall and it won't notice you).

2) +3500, -3000 (NE corner of zone) also seemed like a half-decent place to pull mobs to, as you only have to watch for adds from the southwest.

3) +4000, +1300 (N zone wall, base of cliff) This is a very good spot for lower level groups, as the ruins just to the south at +3500, +1500 are filled with the lower level mobs in the zone (mobs were green/light-blue to a level 48). Fear pathing is due SE with few if any mobs near. An iksar camp is to the SW, higher level mobs to the SE, and another outcast iksar camp is due E on the north shore of the lake. If you wish to climb up to the upper plateau, there is a small notch in the cliff face just west that allows you to do so.

4) +3950, +2200 (N section of upper plateau) Easier mobs up here, bloodthorns, skeeters, tigers, gorillas. Most are light blue to a level 48, so a group level of 40-42 would do very well here (exp was very good for my level 42 partner). Mobs are plentiful on 3 sides (if you want it hotter, move south, cooler, go north to the zone wall). Also not a bad place to sit and look for the tainted gorillas.

5) +2100, +2700 (top of stair case, upper plateau) You'll want to setup camp NE of the top of the staircase where the ground is flat and the cliff is at your back. This puts you out of reach of wandering mobs, but gives you access to a large portion of the upper plateau (good for levesl 38-42). Note that if you get too close to the cliff edge to the east you will sometimes get aggro from a mob or two that wanders the actual cliff face below. Still, with plenty of room to root-park adds (or just snare-kite them around) this is also a good spot to hunt the tainted gorilla.

6) +1250, +2900 (southwest of bottom steps, lower plateau) Definitely for the braver groups of low-mid 40s as mobs are thicker. However, there are numerous landmarks and lots of mobs within easy reach. Outcast iksar camps are to the north and east. You will get the occasional add if you setup shop anywhere between the ruins at +1150, +2800, the bottom of the staircase, and the base of the cliff. Note: the location given is a spawn point, which can be good if you want continuous mobs. Crowd control would be a good idea.

Edited, Thu Nov 28 18:20:37 2002

In travelling in and out of this zone as part of my Epic, I have learned a few things:

1) Invis DOES seem to work on most of the critters, just not the Gorillas and the undead (of course). The tigers and flowers and stuff don't see through invis.

2) DO NOT let a bard run a group through here with Selo's speed. You build up a nice train, someone gets hit and stops, gets left behind, and is left with no Selo's or SoW with which to run away. GO SLOW.
3) The road wraps around from City of Mist, eventually leading south the Trak's teeth zone. If you are getting whaled on and find the road, remeber this and head for the zone line.
Hope this helps. I'm sure this can be a great hunting zone with the right strategy, but in my experience it's a real pain :)

I'm a 45 Ranger who is very happy about the new "no hell level" change (though it's still very slow going) and i'm looking for a change of scenery from the monotonous pulls of DL over n' over again.

If i were to head over to EJ to get into an exp group, what are the chances of finding one? Are there several groups in this zone at any given time or is it more or less unpopulated? I just need to get outta DL since I've been there for the past 5 levels and NEED a change!

This is a cool zone, we normally fight at bottom of stairs. You can BIND at Kaesora <ONE zone away>. Not the best of loot here, but mobs are cool looking and give awsome xp.!!

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Can anyone tell me which side is the high side and which side is the low side? I want to get a teleport there (Winds of the South) and run to the Field of Bone. I can levitate and SoW so I can jump off of the cliff if it is lower on the Field of Bone side. Any help?

HI folks! I'm making the move from Overthere, where I usually group with just a druid. We're having tons of fun snaring and fearing along the zone walls, where the mobs just run horizontally. Is the fear pathing that good here as well? Or am I gonna have to start tanking?

Llabaktharr Gigglegiggler
Tarew Marr

The area below the staircase is what I would consider excellent hunting from around 35th (with a full group) to your upper 40's (solo or partnered) except for the insanely poor loot. But if you've already got 50k plat stocked up in the bank and you're looking to level a twink this is the place to be.

I don't advise trying to get down from the upper level, it's far easier to come in from Trakanon's Teeth or via druid evac (Druid because I'm not sure where the wizzy evac takes you in zone) and run screaming to the City of Mist zone. If you find yourself about to be dead be sure and get a /loc so you can find yourself later. The /loc of CoM entrance is +300, -1900, which happens to be fairly close to the eastern wall of the zone, a good thing to know when you're ready to leave. When you get there bind yourself, or get a bind, just inside the city of mist zone as you probably don't want to have to make that walk very often.

Ok now a quick rundown on the mobs here. All mobs get two attacks and a kick/bash per combat round but will never be seen dual weilding as animals and plants don't use weapons. All mobs hit in the 90's with a max of 97, quite like to hill giants. Raging tigers and Trakaraptors run at SOW speed so don't try pulling them unless you can take a hit or snare. Apes and skeletons drop around four plat, others drop copper or nothing. Nothing casts on you. Mobs level range is roughly 34-37, give or take a level either way.

Now, were it me setting the camp up I would set it either at the city itself or at the eastern wall, which is straight out from the city entrance just a small walk. Get settled in and send your friendly neighborhood ranger/sk/warrior/druid, in that order of preference, out to pull, monks do not do very well pulling here. The baddies here have a rather low AC for mobs their level so they are easy to hit, a 40th shaman/warrior combo can take them out wholesale, whereas they have about the same ammount of HP as a hill giant if not a hair more. The best strategy on them is to have a nice balance of melee and spell damage beating them down, dots work well if the fights tend to run long as would charming from a druid/enchanter/shaman, though some mobs will be a hair above what a shaman can charm. If your group gets in trouble hoof it back into the city quickly and try again in a few minutes.

Basicly that's it. This zone is rarely hunted in due to the near complete lack of loot so you should have little to no trouble with competition over spawns. Have fun.

On the way to City of Mist, circle the walls. This zone is densely populated with npcs, and if you were to get jumped on your way there, and your party makes the mistake of stopping to fight - you may just end up with 12 or more npcs on your hands in short order.