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Post by **Mastertrek** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:02 pm

If you have some Life in a Bottle, you might want to use them (For me all these bosses were difficult but manageable.. I had some luck too.) You can buy Life in a Bottle although they're not that cheap (12 Blue Gems each) in Brecketon.

I was busy for a few hours so I didn't progress yet but I'll jump back into it.

1oldtymer · Post by **1oldtymer** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:13 pm

My problem is bigger than that. Glimmerscale can one-hit kill 3 of my party (everybody except warrior). That flame thing he casts on everybody, at about 2250, must be healed immediately as 3 of my team have <=6000 HP. The monster repeatedly one hits cleric and sorcerer, so even reviving them still requires getting them mana. The Life Bottles would be ok if the battle went only 20 rounds, but given Glimmerscale one-hits about a third of the time, a longer match means I would need a huge stockpile of the bottles, which is impossible.

Are there any weapons/equipment in the next cave that might make a significant difference? I had no trouble getting all the treasures in this cave (I already got a couple from the other cave), so I can probably navigate the monsters there.

[EDIT: @Mastertrek I will do some grinding near Glimmerscale to get some improved equipment. I just got a Flamelicked staff (for Cleric), so maybe I can get another one for Sorcerer. However, I have almost all the Flamelicked equipment for the party already, so this may not be much help. At some point I'll teleport out, clean up inventory, and then I'm not sure what next.]

1oldtymer · Post by **1oldtymer** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:28 pm

Question: Do you think the drop rates in Larkwood are different (less) than in the (approximately) same level dungeon? I would think drop rates for monster X in Larkwood whould be the same as monster X's drop rate in a cave. However, my impression was that I got more frequent drops from the same monsters in the cave with Glimmerscale than I get in Larkwood.

Post by **Mastertrek** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:49 pm

If you searched Every Cave and have trouble beating the Bosses you should enter The Next Section of the map (I mean the Passage in the middle of the map (Go all the way up from Solace until you see mountains at which point go left and up until you see Red Grass, Enter it. There's better equipment for your team but monsters are more difficult. Also, all these bosses are Mandatory as each of them drop a special Flame, you need 6 of them to get to final three bosses.

Try beating the Boss at Bottom Right as he is the easiest of them all and seems to not use Flames. And you will get a Staff you are looking for.

The drop chances are the same at both Mines and area the monsters reside. It seems like the chance is lower but actually, you need to get lucky to get a chest.

Post by **Mastertrek** » Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:55 pm

I played for 4-5h and I accomplished something.

Got through Larkwood Mines Twice. Got to level 94. Found good stuff and new spells. Killed the Boss. Boss at level 90-99 has 5M health.

Found the map of the new area, died.

That's it.

1oldtymer · Post by **1oldtymer** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:48 am

New stuff! That makes it worthwhile. 94?? Impressive.

I'm spending time in Larkwood with Juggernaut currently lev 50). I find a few new equipment items that help, and some that I sell for Gems. I'll just do a little each day, slow down, and see if I can get Juggernaut to where I can bring him into the caves. I checked cave #2 (southeast corner) and I already had the useful equipment there, so it would not be a big help to spend time there.

Post by **Mastertrek** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:20 am

My Inn Team is at level 49, very close to 50:) And I'm not using them much, but I probably should.

Didn't you get Caves Map for so much time grinding? All 4 Caves share one map. The area I'm in is almost similar but is bigger.

Post by **Mastertrek** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:23 am

So I spent around 1h 30 minutes with the secondary party. They're at level 59 now

1oldtymer · Post by **1oldtymer** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:05 am

Nope, never got a cave map.

1oldtymer · Post by **1oldtymer** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:08 am

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So I spent around 1h 30 minutes with the secondary party. They’re at level 59 now

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Wow, you are FAST! I'm going in Larkwood with Juggernaut, and I get some monster parts, which helps, and some equipment I sell for gems. But it takes me 2-3 hours to get 2 levels up (and easier levels than yours) to lev 52 for Juggernaut. The rest of the party is at 75.

I get about 400 EXP per battle here. At best I can do a battle a minute (counts healing time, movement time to initiate battle, and some overhead for using items, etc). So 400x60=24000 EXP. If I'm lucky, I should get two loads of completed monster parts, so call that about 13000 for a total of 37000 per hour. Right now, at lev 52, the jump needed to next level is about 24300, so in 2 hours, if I'm really not taking any breaks to sell inventory, check what I got in the drops, etc., I can just about do 3 levels max. Of course as the levels go up it takes longer, but below 70 there isn't that huge jump. [I was slower than that today because I played while watching football on TV.]

I am picking up some Gems: 141 Blue, 21 Red. I recall you said I need at least 32 Red.