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i have a level 29 druid.. i have 5 plat :( i need to buy new spells but 5 plat wont get them. What is a good way to earn some quick plat and a lot of it?
I'll step in really qucikly before the flames start, if you have luclin a simple formula is:
Spider Silks + Any quality pelts + bazaar = Problem solved
Now to jump out the window before this thread burns down
Spider Silks + Any quality pelts + bazaar = Problem solved
Now to jump out the window before this thread burns down
ok thanks :) i'll try that.... on a side note i should ding 30 tonight my xp bar is virtually all yellow
Kill mobs, loot items, sell to vendors or to players. Huzza, Huzza, Huzza! You have made money.
Repeat as neccessary.
Repeat as neccessary.
Okay.
As a druid, you can forage. Forage is your friend. You can sell foraged items in bazaar for lots of money.
1. Misty Thicket- you can forage misty acorns (which are also ground spawns), and sell them for about 150p in the bazaar.
2. West Commonlands- you can forage plains roots which i sell for 30p in bazaar.
3. Plane of Innovation (when you're older)- you can forage clockwork grease which sells for about 100p each in bazaar.
4. Everfrost Adventures- you can forage lemming fur which sells for about 175p in bazaar.
5. Jaggedpine Forest- you can forage plant shoot which i sell for 20p in bazaar.
6. Mistmoore Adventures- you can forage 2 things here: spider silks (5p in bazaar) and gargoyle granite (45p in bazaar)
7. Dreadlands- Honey Berry which i sell in bazaar for 15p each.
If you have room/time sell all your foraged junk- pod of water (used to make water flasks), fishing grubs (brewing- fetid essence), black roots (brewing- forgot the recipe), vegetables (lots of brewing recipes), fruit (brewing), berries (brewing), and just about anything else that can be used in tradeskills in the bazaar for 1p. Or, you could work your brewing skill for next to nothing, and offer your services as a brewer for plat.
There are a just few ways forage can help you out while you're fighting. You can hot key forage and /autoinventory so that you don't interrupt kiting or anything.
GL :)
-Greater Faydark is also a great place to forage. Cinnamon sticks and morning dew will sell for about 5p in the bazaar.
-If you have the time, get a foraging machete. It has +10pct foraging mod. You just have to forage dawnflower seeds (dsp), letalis zenith vine (mons letalis), twilight orchid (twilight sea), and a red sands cactus (scarlet desert). You then go to Katta Castellum (succor once you get in) and turn these in to tobala honeyjar (druid GM).
Edited, Sun Apr 4 16:51:50 2004 by SolarFire
As a druid, you can forage. Forage is your friend. You can sell foraged items in bazaar for lots of money.
1. Misty Thicket- you can forage misty acorns (which are also ground spawns), and sell them for about 150p in the bazaar.
2. West Commonlands- you can forage plains roots which i sell for 30p in bazaar.
3. Plane of Innovation (when you're older)- you can forage clockwork grease which sells for about 100p each in bazaar.
4. Everfrost Adventures- you can forage lemming fur which sells for about 175p in bazaar.
5. Jaggedpine Forest- you can forage plant shoot which i sell for 20p in bazaar.
6. Mistmoore Adventures- you can forage 2 things here: spider silks (5p in bazaar) and gargoyle granite (45p in bazaar)
7. Dreadlands- Honey Berry which i sell in bazaar for 15p each.
If you have room/time sell all your foraged junk- pod of water (used to make water flasks), fishing grubs (brewing- fetid essence), black roots (brewing- forgot the recipe), vegetables (lots of brewing recipes), fruit (brewing), berries (brewing), and just about anything else that can be used in tradeskills in the bazaar for 1p. Or, you could work your brewing skill for next to nothing, and offer your services as a brewer for plat.
There are a just few ways forage can help you out while you're fighting. You can hot key forage and /autoinventory so that you don't interrupt kiting or anything.
GL :)
-Greater Faydark is also a great place to forage. Cinnamon sticks and morning dew will sell for about 5p in the bazaar.
-If you have the time, get a foraging machete. It has +10pct foraging mod. You just have to forage dawnflower seeds (dsp), letalis zenith vine (mons letalis), twilight orchid (twilight sea), and a red sands cactus (scarlet desert). You then go to Katta Castellum (succor once you get in) and turn these in to tobala honeyjar (druid GM).
Edited, Sun Apr 4 16:51:50 2004 by SolarFire
8) Iceclad Ocean - Hunt snow cougars for the cougar claw earing. The drop rate has been significantly altered, hence the price in the Bazaar is around 100-200pp. This is an outdoor zone where you can get tons of XP
9) Eastern Wastes - Hunt Ulthorks and orcs around the prison camp. The ulthorks drop on average around 1-4pp and occasionally a tusk. The tusks can sell rather well at 50pp. Both the orcs and ulthorks sometimes drop velium weapons as well. Again this is an outdoor zone where you should be easily able to kite and get XP. Note: this can be a fairly popular zone on the weekends.
9) Eastern Wastes - Hunt Ulthorks and orcs around the prison camp. The ulthorks drop on average around 1-4pp and occasionally a tusk. The tusks can sell rather well at 50pp. Both the orcs and ulthorks sometimes drop velium weapons as well. Again this is an outdoor zone where you should be easily able to kite and get XP. Note: this can be a fairly popular zone on the weekends.
Solafire makes a good point.
Almost all tradeskills require foraged items at some point.
Those of us who can't forage really like it when you foragers hang on to those odd items and sell them in the bazaar at reasonable prices. We'll usually buy all you've got.
Almost all tradeskills require foraged items at some point.
Those of us who can't forage really like it when you foragers hang on to those odd items and sell them in the bazaar at reasonable prices. We'll usually buy all you've got.
how do i keep from eating what i forage... lol?apparently my druid is a hungry fart.
i use forage on a very regular basis.. infact my left arrow key is where i have forage bound. so i am always picking up something. the strangest thing i found was a Antique coin in shadowhaven
mucho thanks for the advice.
i use forage on a very regular basis.. infact my left arrow key is where i have forage bound. so i am always picking up something. the strangest thing i found was a Antique coin in shadowhaven
mucho thanks for the advice.
It is okay to eat roots. They aren't really good for much besides eating. You automatically eat the food that is in your top inventory slot, or whatever food you have in the first bag slot. So, put your roots in the first slot of the first bag. If you use /autoinventory, they will automatically stack themselves, and the vegetables, cinnamon sticks, morning dews, etc will be safe. It is rumored that an imbued plains pebble will reduce the rate at which you (and your mount) consume food. I have one, but I can't say for sure if it works or not.
A couple more high price forages:
1 )Tea Leaves from East Karana (used for brewing Qeynos Tea, brew the tea yourself and make a fortune)
2) Wild Cabbage and Plains Pebbles from Karanas (needed for solstice earring, and pebbles for many items - imbue them if you worship Karana)
3) Oak bark from Kithicor (this is so rare it is almost impossible to buy in bazaar, needed for cultural bow fletching)
4) Tufts of Dire Wolf Fur in Wastern Wastes (36 needed per Leatherfoot Haversack)
Later levels:
5) Planar oak from all planes, but especially easy in PoGrowth
6) Dragon Eggs & wurm eggs from Western Wastes
7) Yew Leaves from Wakening Land
If you have lots of roots, you might look into making fishbone darts from them. You will need to fish up some fish, and the celandine herb is costly, but you will sell em for a profit in the bazaar and in the process you will raise not only your forage skill but fishing, and fletching.
1 )Tea Leaves from East Karana (used for brewing Qeynos Tea, brew the tea yourself and make a fortune)
2) Wild Cabbage and Plains Pebbles from Karanas (needed for solstice earring, and pebbles for many items - imbue them if you worship Karana)
3) Oak bark from Kithicor (this is so rare it is almost impossible to buy in bazaar, needed for cultural bow fletching)
4) Tufts of Dire Wolf Fur in Wastern Wastes (36 needed per Leatherfoot Haversack)
Later levels:
5) Planar oak from all planes, but especially easy in PoGrowth
6) Dragon Eggs & wurm eggs from Western Wastes
7) Yew Leaves from Wakening Land
If you have lots of roots, you might look into making fishbone darts from them. You will need to fish up some fish, and the celandine herb is costly, but you will sell em for a profit in the bazaar and in the process you will raise not only your forage skill but fishing, and fletching.
combine two silks in a sewing kit dor even more profit...
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Your character will automatically eat the food that is highest in your inventory.
To keep from eating foraged items, place a few stacks of food and drink in the top slots of a bag, then place that bag in the top left hand slot of your inventory. when you forage items either put them in this bag below the regular rations and water, or in another bag below or to the right of your "ration bag".
When you automatically eat or drink it will eat or drink the rations and water that you've placed at the front of your inventory. Leaving your foraged items for later use
To keep from eating foraged items, place a few stacks of food and drink in the top slots of a bag, then place that bag in the top left hand slot of your inventory. when you forage items either put them in this bag below the regular rations and water, or in another bag below or to the right of your "ration bag".
When you automatically eat or drink it will eat or drink the rations and water that you've placed at the front of your inventory. Leaving your foraged items for later use
I am just curious ---->how long you have been playing?
Because at levl 30 your druid should rather swim in foraged stuff :-)
Because at levl 30 your druid should rather swim in foraged stuff :-)
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3) Oak bark from Kithicor (this is so rare it is almost impossible to buy in bazaar, needed for cultural bow fletching)
Be very careful foraging in this zone at your level.... and I would highly recommend only doing it in the day....
only been playing about 2 months... tannaruid is up to 35 now
THIS IS NOT A FLAME!
I am very curious to know how you have got to 35 with out saving up any plat?
Maybe you spent it all in the bazaar or something, or maybe your play style is giving you some unnecessary headaches.
Please post how you got to 35, we may be able to make a suggestion or two.
I have two characters that I do not 2 box (as a rule), one is a cleric the other a druid, the cleric has a couple of thousand PP from LDoN's, the druid does the family's dirty work, collecting pelts, silks, meat etc and so does a fair amount of soloing, she has several thousand plat, mostly from killing stuff that comes her way while doing the farming. eg Hunting griffons in Jagged Pines will usually net a Griffon Eye or two and Griffon Fang Earring. Passing through the Karana's always means killing any bandits that are nearby, netting various bits of bronze (couple of PP or so) and bandit sashes (trade in for more bronze), she stores these until its worth a trip to Qeynos to cash them in. Same thing with greater lightstones, if a wisp wanders by it gets the treatment, save them up and hand in a back pack full at the gypsy camp (9pp per shot).
We need both mammoth meat and frost crystals just now, so she is hunting mammoths, heh, as things always go in Norrath, she is getting nothing but tusks (also 9pp per shot), can't get meat to drop for love nor money. Oh, the irony, I once spent weeks trying to hunt mammoth tusks and got backpacks full of meat
Anyway, the point being that there is no need to waste hours in the bazaar trying to be a merchant, you can gather up a lot of PP in no time by hunting the right stuff and selling it to NPC merchants for instant cash.
I am very curious to know how you have got to 35 with out saving up any plat?
Maybe you spent it all in the bazaar or something, or maybe your play style is giving you some unnecessary headaches.
Please post how you got to 35, we may be able to make a suggestion or two.
I have two characters that I do not 2 box (as a rule), one is a cleric the other a druid, the cleric has a couple of thousand PP from LDoN's, the druid does the family's dirty work, collecting pelts, silks, meat etc and so does a fair amount of soloing, she has several thousand plat, mostly from killing stuff that comes her way while doing the farming. eg Hunting griffons in Jagged Pines will usually net a Griffon Eye or two and Griffon Fang Earring. Passing through the Karana's always means killing any bandits that are nearby, netting various bits of bronze (couple of PP or so) and bandit sashes (trade in for more bronze), she stores these until its worth a trip to Qeynos to cash them in. Same thing with greater lightstones, if a wisp wanders by it gets the treatment, save them up and hand in a back pack full at the gypsy camp (9pp per shot).
We need both mammoth meat and frost crystals just now, so she is hunting mammoths, heh, as things always go in Norrath, she is getting nothing but tusks (also 9pp per shot), can't get meat to drop for love nor money. Oh, the irony, I once spent weeks trying to hunt mammoth tusks and got backpacks full of meat
Anyway, the point being that there is no need to waste hours in the bazaar trying to be a merchant, you can gather up a lot of PP in no time by hunting the right stuff and selling it to NPC merchants for instant cash.
If you don't want to do this the "honorable" way, just head over to Butcherblock Mountains and hit up the goblin camps there. The goblin heads and goblin blood vials sell for about 4pp each to indifferent vendors. There are 4 major camps, and you can track down stray goblins if you feel so inclined. Unfortunately, this is a well-known plat farming method, so it might be hard to get a camp.
Good luck.
Good luck.
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I can actually empathize with tanranger about not having any cash at low levels as a druid. I choose a druid because I read that they were great soloers. Since I was starting a game I knew no one else on, and I've always been somewhat of a loner myself, it sounded like the perfect class for me.
I remember quite vividly hitting a new spell level and barely having the cash to buy a few of the many new spells that were available to me. I soloed(solo'd?) most of the time, ate or destroyed everything I foraged(for the longest time I thought that's all forage was for, cutting down on how many rations you ate), was for the most part learning as I went(heck, I didn't even have this website back then, Allakhazam is still a somewhat recent find for me). It wasn't until I learned that I could port people for donations that I started making any real money from my druid. Before that I wasn't even keeping up with spell costs.
It doesn't surprise me at all that a new druid learning the game is close to broke at level 30. And since they've lost the ability to earn an income with porting, it wouldn't surprise me to learn of a broke druid in his/her 40's.
. I can actually empathize with tanranger about not having any cash at low levels as a druid. I choose a druid because I read that they were great soloers. Since I was starting a game I knew no one else on, and I've always been somewhat of a loner myself, it sounded like the perfect class for me.
I remember quite vividly hitting a new spell level and barely having the cash to buy a few of the many new spells that were available to me. I soloed(solo'd?) most of the time, ate or destroyed everything I foraged(for the longest time I thought that's all forage was for, cutting down on how many rations you ate), was for the most part learning as I went(heck, I didn't even have this website back then, Allakhazam is still a somewhat recent find for me). It wasn't until I learned that I could port people for donations that I started making any real money from my druid. Before that I wasn't even keeping up with spell costs.
It doesn't surprise me at all that a new druid learning the game is close to broke at level 30. And since they've lost the ability to earn an income with porting, it wouldn't surprise me to learn of a broke druid in his/her 40's.
Here is another method I use with my Monk and Zerk. Go to the Adventure Camp in Everfrost and kill any Mammoth (not the calves, unless you want to farm the skins) and sell the Tusks to the Magus at the camp. They sell for 8pp and change to my Monk, who has a really low Cha. You might be able to tweak 9+ with good Charisma.
Oh, keep in mind that the tusks have a 10 weight and are giant sized. I usually average about 100pp/hour.
Oh, keep in mind that the tusks have a 10 weight and are giant sized. I usually average about 100pp/hour.
When I deleted Patrician recently, I made a Shaman to goof around with while I was petitioning to get Patrician restored. It took a week to Patrician back, and I made level 10 and about 2000pp without really trying. How?
Leather Padding. It sells like hot cakes in the bazaar for 20pp each. It is a commonly used tradeskill component for smithing. You can start by farming your own pelts and silks, but once you have some seed money, you can just buy the low quality pelts and silks in the bazaar and combine into padding to sell at a profit.
Without doubt, this is the fastest way to make some good money at the lowest of levels.
Leather Padding. It sells like hot cakes in the bazaar for 20pp each. It is a commonly used tradeskill component for smithing. You can start by farming your own pelts and silks, but once you have some seed money, you can just buy the low quality pelts and silks in the bazaar and combine into padding to sell at a profit.
Without doubt, this is the fastest way to make some good money at the lowest of levels.
I wish I had some ideas for you. My son plays a Druid, level 35 and he struggles to make enough plat to keep up with spells and have a decent wisdom base. LDON's at your level and his just don't drop much plat. Experience is great but the rest is pretty low in comparison to the cost and quantity of spells. I am a Necro that plays a few hours at night and weekends. My spells cost a fortune and I to had those same issues at your level. If it is any comfort as you get a bit higher, I am going to guess the next 10 levels Druid's can make some killer plat. One of my favorite EQ partners is a Druid. She got her tailoring skills up to make Ralic Paks which she sells for 1000p 100% weight reduction. You may want to look into this because we all are hunting WR items. Once she got to the level to efficently snare, dot and kite she was able to quad in some very high areas over her level. She then began to make plat that most of us can only dream of or purchase on the web. So the bright side is that it only get's better for a Druid. Also your teleport spells sell well when you can group teleport. Everyone wants to hitch hike a ride somewhere.
I found selling my aug's in LDON's was my greatest source of income. Of course I play on a PVP server so Aug's are in high demand do to player killers and theft. On Rallos Zek it is not uncommen to sell an Aug for 1000p, 3000p and I have manage to even get 5000p for one.
There is light at the end of the tunnel!
I found selling my aug's in LDON's was my greatest source of income. Of course I play on a PVP server so Aug's are in high demand do to player killers and theft. On Rallos Zek it is not uncommen to sell an Aug for 1000p, 3000p and I have manage to even get 5000p for one.
There is light at the end of the tunnel!
well, you should be able to solo some of the mobs which drop spider silks. I know of one place, where you can farm easily around 60-80 silks per hour.
check this thread here
hint 1: its close to innothule swamp
hint 2: hope you never killed a froglok, makes things easier.
and on my server I can easily sell them for 12 PP each... so, 3 hrs. of threadmill farming gets you 2 k ish.
Good Luck :)
EDIT: it should be more than clear to everybody, that making plat never is something you do on the fly. one has to devote time and energy (tradeskilling, farming, buying low selling high). just with doing LDoN's it will never work...
Edited, Mon Apr 5 08:50:07 2004 by Kajolus
check this thread here
hint 1: its close to innothule swamp
hint 2: hope you never killed a froglok, makes things easier.
and on my server I can easily sell them for 12 PP each... so, 3 hrs. of threadmill farming gets you 2 k ish.
Good Luck :)
EDIT: it should be more than clear to everybody, that making plat never is something you do on the fly. one has to devote time and energy (tradeskilling, farming, buying low selling high). just with doing LDoN's it will never work...
Edited, Mon Apr 5 08:50:07 2004 by Kajolus
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Characters on Drinal, Povar, EMarr, Firiona Vie.
Characters on Drinal, Povar, EMarr, Firiona Vie.
I know this sounds like some "oober knowitall" telling you how to play, but its not meant that way.
Honestly, anyone who is struggling to buy their spells as they level has a serious problem with their play style. And you do not need to farm tradeskill stuff to sell in the bazaar.
If you are being powerlevelled or sitting in a group in PC non stop I can understand how it is happening, but then you are causing the problem for your self.
By all means farm spider silks and pelts and sell leather padding in the bazaar if you want to, but sheesh, you really are going to end up with a very distorted view of the world of Everquest.
At level 35 you should be netting around 20 PP per LDoN, (20 to 30 is my experience), take a couple of hours and do two or three and you have 60 - 90 pp?
At 35 there are so many places to go to to hunt for PP that it is mind boggling;
Stonebrunt - Gorillas and Pandas, drop gems, jewelry and claws.
Stonebrunt Kobold camps - Kobolds drop Etched Iron and weapons.
Frontier Mountains - Giants drop weapons and tunics.
Rathe Mountains - Giants drop PP
Twilight Ocean - Aliens drop weapons
These are all places where a 35 Druid can kite, get decent experience and all the items I mentioned sell for 5 PP up to 100 PP at a time to NPC merchants.
These are also excellent places for groups around the same level.
At 40 do the same thing in;
Dreadlands
Permafrost
Burning Woods
Emerald Jungle
Gulf of Gunthak
You need your full spell set to be effective in these places, so you need to do some catching up, here is an easy way that is still fun (no experience though) and will not take long.
Go to the Warrens, bind at the entrance. Go in and go to the right around toward the Prince's area. Set up near the bridge over the water. Slaughter everything in sight, you will quickly fill you backpack with various bamboo type armor and weapons, these sell for the same prices as fine steel and bronze. Once you are full (don't worry about being encumbered, just keep going utill you are full), port back to Surefall glade, sell and gate back to the Warrens. Do this for a while and you will make enough to get you on your feet, it will take no time at all.
Honestly, anyone who is struggling to buy their spells as they level has a serious problem with their play style. And you do not need to farm tradeskill stuff to sell in the bazaar.
If you are being powerlevelled or sitting in a group in PC non stop I can understand how it is happening, but then you are causing the problem for your self.
By all means farm spider silks and pelts and sell leather padding in the bazaar if you want to, but sheesh, you really are going to end up with a very distorted view of the world of Everquest.
At level 35 you should be netting around 20 PP per LDoN, (20 to 30 is my experience), take a couple of hours and do two or three and you have 60 - 90 pp?
At 35 there are so many places to go to to hunt for PP that it is mind boggling;
Stonebrunt - Gorillas and Pandas, drop gems, jewelry and claws.
Stonebrunt Kobold camps - Kobolds drop Etched Iron and weapons.
Frontier Mountains - Giants drop weapons and tunics.
Rathe Mountains - Giants drop PP
Twilight Ocean - Aliens drop weapons
These are all places where a 35 Druid can kite, get decent experience and all the items I mentioned sell for 5 PP up to 100 PP at a time to NPC merchants.
These are also excellent places for groups around the same level.
At 40 do the same thing in;
Dreadlands
Permafrost
Burning Woods
Emerald Jungle
Gulf of Gunthak
You need your full spell set to be effective in these places, so you need to do some catching up, here is an easy way that is still fun (no experience though) and will not take long.
Go to the Warrens, bind at the entrance. Go in and go to the right around toward the Prince's area. Set up near the bridge over the water. Slaughter everything in sight, you will quickly fill you backpack with various bamboo type armor and weapons, these sell for the same prices as fine steel and bronze. Once you are full (don't worry about being encumbered, just keep going utill you are full), port back to Surefall glade, sell and gate back to the Warrens. Do this for a while and you will make enough to get you on your feet, it will take no time at all.
tanranger the Flatulent wrote:
i have a level 29 druid.. i have 5 plat
You did not "get" this toon from someone else but raised it from level 1 in two months to 29, made your newbie armor quest on the way and started LDoN at lvl 20?
Edited, Mon Apr 5 21:29:59 2004 by Leiany
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Maybe this is considered cheating and very uncool, but for our anniversary my hubby bought me plat to buy a drog. If you have a few extra bucks you could go this route.
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After looking at your magelo, I have to conclude this thread is a total joke . You have 1000's of plat worth of twink gear including the no-drop Supple Scale Armband from Karnor's. I don't think you need help from any of us. You either already know how to make a lot of plat or you have a generous benefactor helping you out.
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