Leveling: Monster Grind refers to a method where we kill monsters continuously in order to level up. Beside the beginner levels, there will be no quests -- only fighting. These locations are based on where we've personally leveled on the previous servers and they usually feature mobs with a higher exp rate compared to other places of the same level. To broaden our recommendations, we've also read other player's guides - which will be linked at the end of this guide ♥

Revised March 18, 2020



Features
This guide is divided by level, and each of these includes at least 2 places to level at. They are also accompanied with maps showing the location of the recommended monsters.

References
Solo and duo -- usually just ourselves and a friend
Team -- we are thinking about a full party of 6 people: a tank, healer, supporter, puller and 2 aoers

Armor & Weapons
Since we outgrow our levels quickly, at lower levels, it's not particularly necessary to wear armor matching our level. However, we'd recommend getting a brand new set for level 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70. Note that if we are tanking in a team, we definitely need a set matching our level and to also bring 2 backup sets for when it begins to break during combat. As for weapons, we'd start by upgrading our level 10 weapon until it becomes too weak, then get a new one.

Overall, we should probably get a nice set for fighting against crimson globs (level 25-30), fugitives (level 35-40), flying noisy snake (level 50-60) and tortoise (level 60-70)... everything else is "as we see fit."

Bonuses
There are ways to boost our outgoing damage, either by leveling and upgrading our weapons or wearing appropriate armor. Onyx stones can be inlaid into equipment for additional bonuses and we should use weapons with an element bonus whenever possible. Using these against monsters whom are weak to our element will help us deal more damage.

More guides

• Elemental bonus
  
• Free exp
  
• Leveling: Quest Spam
  
• Onyx stones
  
• Weapon upgrade

We can easily get to level 6 by completing the tutorial in the starter area. After which we head to Eversun City and complete the quests below:

Eversun Guide -- X209-Y283
This NPC has 4 quests for us: Eversun guided tour, Wild pupu rampage, Water pollution and Rabid wild dog --- [read more]

You Si Hai -- X165-Y211
You Si has an easy quest for us: Finding Cats and Dogs! Simply accept the quest and run around the city looking for specific puppies --- [read more]

Congratulations on level 10! We can now unlock new classes! ▸ Show me how

Our favourite areas are....
Well -- great for solo, less aggro, more control on how many monster we fight
Town Hall -- faster exp but aggro or monsters respawn before we're ready


The Well
Entrance location: Eversun City X116-Y305
Access requirements: Valentia's quest in Eversun City X111-Y296

• Solo -- start with green globs and progress towards golden globs
  
• Team -- golden globs

Town Hall
Entrance location: Eversun City X113-Y198
Access requirements: Valentia's quest in Eversun City X111-Y296, and part of Mirror Quest mission 1

• Solo -- start with zombies and progress towards grape globs
  
• Team -- grape globs

Inn Basement
Entrance location: Eversun City X174-Y261
Access requirements: Abandoned Mortuary quest from Mysterious Elder in Eversun City X190-Y283

• Solo -- start with rats and pupu president corpses, progress towards caskmasters
  
• Team -- start with a room of pupu, then move to caskmasters

There are more rats inside the Farrell Family Crypt located in Eversun North if the Inn is too busy. Rats will be situated on the first floor just a short way from the entrance.

Our favourite areas are....
Phoenix Tower -- big rooms full of monsters, great for teams
Bigbeam -- good for duo; monsters have a ton of HP, sometimes we run out of MP

Phoenix Tower
Entrance location: Swan Lake Basin X332-Y124 -- Reach swan lake through Eversun South (if we can fly) or Eversun North (if we can't fly)

• Solo -- start with King-Size Kuku Egg and progress towards Female Birds of Paradise
  
• Team -- Male Birds of Paradise

Follow the red labels below to reach the leveling areas. To reach female birds from the 4th floor, go to door B which leads back to 3rd floor, then use door C to enter a new hallway on the 4th floor.



Bigbeam
Entrance location: Can be accessed through Eversun North or teleport to Bigbeam city with Ferryman (and then exit city into Bigbeam)

• Solo -- Giant Man-Eating Marigold
  
• Duo -- start with Giant Man-Eating Marigold and progress towards Mushroom Fiend
  
• Team -- start with Mushroom Fiends and progress towards Fiendish Florence

If our team has 4 or more members, go to Phoenix Tower instead. EXP will be better.

We like these....
Neptune's Temple -- big rooms full of monsters
Bigbeam -- good for duo; monsters have a ton of HP, sometimes we run out of MP

Neptune's Temple
Entrance location: Swan Lake Basin X154-Y477
Follow the stairs up to reach the entrance. We can also fly into the portal

• Solo -- Crimson Glob
  
• Team -- start with Crimson Glob and progress towards Man-Eating Zombie

If taking too much damage from globs, wear light or heavy armor for physical defense.



Bigbeam
Entrance location: Can be accessed through Eversun North or teleport to Bigbeam city with Ferryman (and then exit city into Bigbeam)

• Solo -- Mushroom Fiend
  
• Duo -- start with Mushroom Fiend and progress towards Fiendish Florence
  
• Team -- Fiendish Florence

If our team has 4 or more members, go to Neptune's Temple instead. EXP will be better.

Our favourite areas are....
Grizzly Garrison -- big rooms full of monsters, great for teams
Bigbeam (again) -- good for duo; monsters have a ton of HP, sometimes we run out of MP

Grizzly Garrison
Entrance location: Copperhorn Mountain X720-Y247
Access requirements: Complete mission 2 (infinite knowledge) or 4 (chasm trials) of the mirror quest

• Solo -- Bandit Thug and Bandit Chef; stay near entrance for quick escape
  
• Team -- Bandit Thug and Bandit Chef; the basement has hallways full of 'em

Complete Bucky the Thief's quests to gain access to the basement






Bigbeam
Entrance location: Can be accessed through Eversun North or teleport to Bigbeam city with Ferryman (and then exit city into Bigbeam)

• Solo -- Fiendish Florence
  
• Duo -- Fiendish Florence
  
• Team -- Fiendish Florence

If our team has 4 or more members, go to Grizzly Garrison instead. EXP will be better.

We go to....
Pandora's Grotto -- big rooms full of monsters
Canute Canal II -- same monsters as Grotto but less mobs, easier to solo

Pandora's Grotto
Entrance location: Blakatoa X255-Y630 --- We can fly through the portal

• Solo -- Fugitive
  
• Team -- Fugitive

If taking too much damage, wear light or heavy armor for physical defense.
If dying in the stairs beside the boss on the 2nd floor is a habit of ours, we advise enabling "click to walk" (instead of wasd). It prevents getting stuck.




Canute Canal II
Entrance location: Blakatoa X550-Y663

• Solo -- Fugitive
  
• Duo -- Fugitive
  
• Team -- Not enough mobs, go to Pandora's Grotto

If taking too much damage, wear light or heavy armor for physical defense.

Foggy Forest
Entrance location: Blakatoa X264-Y296
Access requirements: Complete Hotspring Owner quest in Blakatoa X203-Y431

• Solo -- Iron Hedgehog
  
• Team -- Iron Hedgehog

We like these spots...
Foggy Forest -- rooms full of monsters, great for teams. Can solo if careful
Town-God Temple -- Works well for duo. Can solo but may be difficult

Foggy Forest
Entrance location: Blakatoa X264-Y296
Access requirements: Complete Hotspring Owner quest in Blakatoa X203-Y431

• Solo -- Iron Hedgehog
  
• Team -- Iron Hedgehog

Town-God Temple
Entrance location: East Sea Plain X76-Y169
Access requirements: Doors are open during 18:00-6:00 or 6:00-18:00 in-game time or any time during Ghost Month. Ghost month is the 7th month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

• Solo -- This place may be difficult on our own. Menacing Minotaur Soldier
  
• Duo -- Menacing Minotaur Soldier
  
• Team -- Menacing Minotaur Soldier

If our team has 4 or more people, go to Foggy Forest. EXP will be better

If we've been teaming a lot until now, we'll notice a big change in gameplay from here on. Monsters will take longer to kill since they have more HP than what we're used to. Team size here usually consists of 3 people (instead of 6) and commonly include 2 attackers and 1 supporter. It is possible to duo as well with 1 attacker and 1 support.

Armor & Weapons
Wearing upgraded gear isn't particularly a must, especially if we can get a nice weapon with appropriate armor. If our class is based on attack speed, we should consider mixing pieces of clothing with dancer's armor to gain an attack speed bonus. Otherwise, using robes here will protect us from the enemy's magic aoes.

As for weapons, a supporter can get away with pretty much anything as long as it gets the job done. For the attacker however, it is suggested to use a weapon of appropriate level and inlay an onyx that will be good either against wizard or have earth damage attributes. We could also double-gold our weapon for stat bonuses -- however this technique requires upgrade books and tomes from the cash shop.

Read more...

• Inlay an onyx
  
• Double-gold
  
• Armor modding
  
• Lower the level requirement of gear

Strategy
Due to the enemy's large HP, we should remember to pull only one monster at time and be cautious of how often, and where, they respawn. Flying Noisy Snakes have aoes which may overwhelm us if there are too many nearby. Also to note, songs from musician will attract them.

If it's our first time, or we are soloing, staying near the portal leading to Sneaky Peak may be a good idea. It's relatively easy to run away if necessary.

Supporter
A commonly used build is to use doctor as main class with heals and buffs, sub musician songs with equip musical instrument, and mercenary buffs with equip spear (dustpan formation + arrow or crane formation). To protect ourselves against the enemy's magical aoes, we can wear armor with magical defense, such as robes.

In the case where our partner doesn't kill fast enough, enemies will respwan nearby and begin attacking us. For these situations, we should always carry an emergency heal. Our favourite is Ultimate Healing from doctor -- it has a longer cooldown, but will completely heal the health of everyone within range. If necessary, we should also bring mana regeneration items. Many can be crafted with alchemy, or purchase Magic Recovery Pills from a guild merchant. If space permits, we could bring the skill MP Medicine Boost from merchant which allows us to throw mana potions at our partner and they will receive +50% more mana from these potions.

Attacker
A commonly used build is blademaster as main class with attack speed buffs, sub hunter attack speed buffs and witch doctor damage buffs. Our goal here would be to kill as fast as possible and to do that, we need attack speed. If this is our build, we should wear mixed armor made from clothing and dancewear to gain extra attack speed -- maximum speed value is 20 (?)

Our weapon should be the Luna Blade saber, upgraded to level 50. This saber causes earth damage, which the snakes are weak to. Naturally, if we can inlay an onyx of mathematics to cause even more earth damage! Where speed is concerned, we can purchase Attack Speed Pill from guild merchants or from the cash shop (duration is longer).

If using a different build, we'd recommend wearing robes which provides magical defense against the enemy's aoes and to inlay an onyx with earth damage and another onyx that is good against wizards.

Soloing
Do what we've always done; bring heals and have an escape route. Do note that if we're going to inlay onyxes into our equipment and fight Shielded Snakes, we should use one with wood attributes (instead of earth mentioned above). Jumboa is non-elemental, so anything is ok. We can use the same weapon for Jumboa and Shielded Snakes, even if it has wood onyx.

Dragon's Den

• Solo -- start with Jumboa and progress towards Shielded Snakes
  
• Duo -- Flying Noisy Snakes
  
• Trio -- Flying Noisy Snakes

The Shielded Snake areas are near gathering areas. In case of emergency, we can hide behind the guards and they'll take care of the enemies for us.

Leveling from 60 to 70
From here on, unlocking the next level is no longer free and requires certain tasks to be completed ahead of time. These need to be done individually for each class in order to unlock level 61 up to 70. This system is called Potential Development -- [read more]

Leveling from 70 to 75
Leveling all the way back to 70 can be a chore, hence why many heroes choose to fight in Spooky Bottom where monsters give double the EXP. The monsters there are the same ones we've previously fought, making our old armor useful again. Entering Spooky Bottom requires a Token of Clever King which comes from the cash shop and is also rewarded through the Anniversary Gift Box.

Armor & Weapons
From level 60-75, our armor and weapons may differ depending on where we fight. Typically, we'd enter one of the towers located in Placid Plain for leveling. Each of these towers have their own elemental attributes, hence our weapons should be geared towards where we plan to go. Elemental weapons and armor with inlaid onyxes can boost our elemental damage ▸ Master the elements

Elemental onyxes

• Earth: onyx of mathematics (Northern Turtle Tower)
  
• Fire: onyx of calligraphy (Western Tiger Tower)
  
• Metal: onyx of music (Eastern Dragon Tower)
  
• Water: onyx of charioteering (Southern Vermilion Bird Tower)

Soloing
Monsters in the towers have less HP than what we've experienced through our journey in Dragon's Den. What a relief! Killing should now be easier. But as always, bring heals and be safe.

Northern Turtle Tower
Entrance location: Placid Plain X455-Y130
This one seems to be a more popular destination, because we can re-use our Dragon's Den weapons with earth attributes. So we don't need to make new gears.

• Things to kill -- Tortoise, Northern Turtle Legionary, Crystal Shield Northern Turtle Soldier

Eastern Dragon Tower
Entrance location: Placid Plain X625-Y445

• Things to kill -- Serpent Dragon, Poison Serpent Dragon, Dragon People Soldier

Southern Vermilion Bird Tower
Entrance location: Placid Plain X400-Y585
This one is a little bit more difficult, but also offers a little bit more exp.

• Things to kill -- Rune Eagle, Crimson Eagle, Flame Eagle

Western Tiger Tower
Entrance location: Placid Plain X200-Y355

• Things to kill -- Western Tiger Minion, Bloodthirsty White Tiger Soldier, Western Tiger Guard

Leveling recommendations by....

• Domo addict[domoaddict.blogspot.com]
  
• Prezi[prezi.com]
  
• Tron[texnical.net]
  
• My duo experience from Aeria, TW and Suba server

Misc

• Original pictures from wiki[domo.wikia.com], edited by me
  
• Picture of jumboa, shielded snake and flying noisy snake screenied and edited by me