Al`Kabor Necro from scratch!

[Murastil]

Greetings all,

I've recently come back to EQ but this time I'm on a Mac. This seems to be quite a different world then the ones I used to play on so I need a few suggestions. I've been following Quik and Persephonae's guides, but they are different from what the world I'm playing on is.

Some of the larger differences are:

Time has stood still since PoP, there are no more expansions.
There are hardly any traders in the bazaar, maybe 30-40 at a time, so it's not a place to get things (Mage summoned items, etc.)
It is lightly populated, so buffs are hard to find as well.
Spawns aren't nearly as camped, so I can usually have whatever I want.

The main problems I'm having are cash related. I'm up to level 15 and I just started Thursday, so the leveling is working, even as nekkid as I am, but I have NO cash and only half my spells (I'm trying to at least have enough for FD and pet once I hit 16, and likely will only be able to afford the pet.) Persephonae's guide deals a lot with selling components and what not to other players, this isn't an option for me.

Sooooo, if anyone has any suggestions as to where to hunt to find items that sell to vendors for $$ and/or minor gear items while XP'ing at the 15-20 range, I would be more then greatful.

My gear currently consists of:
Ear:
Ear:
Face: Small Cloth Mask
Head: Small Cloth Cap
Neck: Small Cloth Choker
Finger: Bing from Paludal Cavern bandits
Finger:
Wrist:
Wrist:
Hands: Fungus Gloves
Arms: Fungus Arms
Back: Small Cloth Cape
Shoulders:
Chest: Blackened Crystalline Robe (a gift)
Legs: some kinda fungal pants I got off a shroom in PC (AC 3)
Feet:
Waist: Cloth Sash/Belt (Orc Pawns were nice to me)
Primary: Dagger*
Secondary: Firebeetle eye!
Range:

The gear I'm not as concerened with really, it's the spells I'm after, but if something should be easy enough, without waisting a bunch of time, I'm all for it.

Thanks in advance!
-Murastil

[Murastil]

Update,

I'm 23 now, I've found a couple of groups in PC and we all dinged up pretty fast there.

Worried about my 24 pet which I might just forgo since there's no words and/or spells for sale that I can find, we'll soo though.

I've managed to get my pets as well as a few other key spells, there's a lot that I'd like to have, but it's amazing what you can decide you can live without when necessity dictates.

-Murastil

[Aryse Andenter]

Try hitting Sister Island in the Ocean of Tears. In terms of cash drops between levels 15-late 20s, that's where to go. The belts and spears can be vendored decently - probably now you would focus on the named sisters if you still want xp at the same time. In your early 30s, check out the spectres in Feerott - some spawns will be too hard in the early levels, but when you can get them down vendor the scythes.

If you still have empty slots, try hitting somewhere like the Warrens to at least pick up some cloth pieces until you can get your hands on something better.

[Rijak]

i have a necro on al'kabor... don't play him much anymore though

i had the same problem and spent some of my early levels making plat off the gobbies in butcherblock, then the sisters aryse mentioned

i'd suggest you visit the server forums at www.eqmac.com and try making some friends with the oldtimers... the small community seems to have lead to a pretty friendly bunch who like to help new players along B)

[Lylith]

As for the pet, I skipped a pet in the 20s. I just tap tanked and treated pet as just extra damage.

I'd suggest getting pet buffed by a cleric and use mage toys if ya can. hmm, 9 plat for mage toys vs. 2.5k for a pet spell, lol. edit: ah, Ijust saw you have a tough time with both these things. Well, I think I've bought pet toys a total of 5 time.s Too me it's wasted plat (lol.. my bank has 276 plat at the moment) as a I rarely can get pet to take dmg to tank. I use whatever I was hunting the night before, even if it's just fine steel.

It's doable to skip a pet, but kind of slow.

Good luck! :D

As for gear, how's tradeskills there? I'd make my own silk armor if I were you. That's what I did back in 2000 for my druid (leather) and later to tweak my lil necro when she started out. Any empty slot had silk armor.

You should be near late 20s/early 30s soon? I'd hit timzaks(sp?) in GD or get a group for crystal caverns, maybe tofs later on. Student's homework is in tofs and some other goodies. I went hunting in CC before Christmas on my druid. Mostly blues at 28-33. Nice INT robe drops there too. I forget the name off hand. edit again (lol) i think it was this robe: Crystalline Robe

For shoulders, you will get to the point of killing the giants soon in GD. Start the shawl quest. You should be able to get to the 3rd or 4th stage before 45 if grouping. Pottery can be mastered in 1 hour, baking & brewing are not hard. The snow griffon maybe your only problem, but if you group you may get 1 to drop fast due to DSP and more mobs killed than I did solo. (also, you can mq the range item if a friend has it and skip baking!)

[Murastil]

Update!

I'm 30 now. There was a reply to a post by Quik from Lerofera about doing the Needlites in Echo (here (http://www.necrotalk.com/index.php?showtopic=792).) This proved to be most valuable information as I was able to solo this area okay. I did die a few times, considering my gear and whatnot, but it really was a successful venture and I didn't miss the pet, AT ALL. I got all my necessary 29 spells and even banked away a little bit for 34, just in case. Note to taht, almost every time I had the camp to myself someone would want to join me (usually 2-3 someones) I rarely refuse someone who wants to play the game that oppertunity so I always obliged, but be warned, this camp is insanely slow if you duo, trio or more. Even mixing in Boglings didn't help.

Aryse, specs sound like something I sould look into real soon :)

And Lilith! I can't believe I didn't think of silk armor! It's so easy, I'll have to do that at once! Thanks.

Now it's off to try a new spot. Your suggestions are being helpful.

-Murastil

[Kvenya]

Seems to me that I did 29-34 on the single spawn treant in West Karana. Easy as pie fight, and decent loot. Mostly gold tho, and tons of silver/copper....

Also will drop a staff that sells for 10-15 (I think..been a while) on the rare spawn.

T.

[Murastil]

Okay, update.

Found a group in DSP and it was decent, I dinged 31 and 32 there. After the group disbanded I headed over to the 2 Treants in SK and this camp was great. Although it did weigh me down pretty good with all that silver. The camp was basically trivial and yeilded me a few hundred plat as well as 33 and 34.

People on the server have been quite helpful with the spells. I've had a few people give me the words I'm looking for on a few of the spells, and it's been nice. Don't have my 34 pet, but I did find CoB in Bazaar for 200p! That hurt, since that's about all I had, but it's worth helping against downtimes.

Now I think I'm gonna try The Great Oowomp guy and see what happens.

Also, I've managed to get the Fine Antique Ring Quest done, and someone was kind enough to give me a Green Silken Drape and a Blood Weave Sash, which is really nice.

Okie, off I go, thanks again.
-Murastil