Need help understanding what levels the spell-casting classes get spells

[Thunderus]

I'm relatively new to DDO, I've only been playing three-odd months or so. One thing that still confuses me is the levels when Sorcerers/Wizards/Druids/Artificers/etc. get their level 1/2/3/4/5/etc. spells. I know Rangers/Paladins get their spells at the 4th level, but, for example, what level does a Wizard get level 4 spells? What level does a Wizard get 9th level spells?

Thanks for your time.

[Philibusta]

Rather than give you a fish, I'm going to teach you to fish.

Step 1: go to http://www.ddowiki.com

Step 2: click on "Classes" at the top.

Step 3: click on the icon of the class you want information on i.e., Wizard.

Step 4: Scroll down until you see the Advancement Table for the class. There will be a chart showing you how many spells of each level the character is allowed to prepare at a time. In boxes where there is a "-", it means the character cannot yet cast spells of that level. So you will see, for example, that a Wizard can cast first-level spells at level 1, second-level spells at level 3, third-level spells at level 5, and so on. All spellcasting classes have this information for their respective classes.

Note: the levels required for casting are CLASS levels, not character levels. So, if you're playing a 4th-level character, but he's a level 2 rogue/level 2 wizard, you'll have to wait till you level up to level 5, and select to level up as a Wizard, and then you will be a level 3 Wizard and be able to cast 2nd-level spells.

[Thunderus]

Awesome, thank you very much Philibusta. I've visited that page several times and have never noticed that. Thanks so much.

[Bogenbroom]

The wiki is the best way, but the extremely short version is casters that can swap spells (Wiz/Clr) get new spell levels every other level (1,3,5,7, etc.) Innate casters (Sorc/FvS) are the same, but have 1 additional level before they get their 2nd level spell (so 1,4,6,8, etc.)

Other classes that cast spells will likely have some variation from primary casting classes.