The DDO Chronicle: Issue 128 is now available!

[Nuclear_Elvis]

1 XP for shoveling snow, scaled to one extra XP per level, 28 XP max.
This sounds about right for Minimum Wage in Eberron.

[desertbuttons]

5 XP per shovelful, a'la crafting XP.

[PurpleTimb]

Shovel?!? Bah! I'll use my fire spec'ed sorcerer with the scorch SLA; melt the whole driveway for only 8 sp.

[Zweisteine]

Well, it depends on how much time they spend shoveling.

I was going to write a long, complex system for shoveling experience, but then I realized that that would take too long.

Maybe you should just earn 1 xp per ten seconds of shoveling or something. Up to a limit of course, perhaps based on character level.

[FuzzyDuck81]

You don't get XP for shovelling snow directly, but for defeating the snow elemental summoned by disturbing it - there's bonus XP per snow golem assembled before it arrives.

[GregorV]

Well.

Bottom-line, it depends on the difficulty of the snow and how many bio breaks one takes.

I got 89 xp/min if we assume that shoveling snow is roughly as long as defeating all three dragons in the Gianthold Tor, and only 23 xp/min if shoveling is as long as completing EE DA. Taking a base rate of 50 xp/min, scale by both the difficulty level, the base level, and add in time spent on non-snow-shoveling activities that don't gain XP for a general formula.

[TheGameDemon]

The player shouldn't get a fixed amount of XP but should instead receive a Bravery Bonus.

Snow Plows get the Bravery Bonus

[Tolsimar]

10 xp per square foot

[Vulkoorex]

Trade in 10k snow for 10k xp.

[Dulcimerist]

5xp per square foot.

[MRJ2010]

My Elf has no problem moving over snow so why spend time shovelling it?

[royboy]

Will there be a snowplow upgrade?

[RedOrm]

Either 1xp per flake just like ants, or none, but gather 10K of them into a ball for a free icy burst throwing weapon!

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Red Orm

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I would say about 5000 XP per walk way. Use a snow blower !!!!!!!!!

[Nesis]

100 xp per cubic foot should do it.

[LittleLexi]

Well first I'm going to need a shovel-type weapon, aren't I?

Make it happen Turbine. Spears can wait patiently next to Gnomes.

[Marupal]

Trick question.

None, of course.

We get xp for hiring the kobold union to do the shoveling for us.

[Lare]

i shoveled snow for awhile back in the day so i say 250 xp per shovel cause it is a beast when the first snow melts a bit and then refreezes

[Nissebror]

1. Talk with a Patron to get the
Solo quest "shoveling snow for ..... " House Cannith- House Deneith -House Jorasco -House Kundarak -House Phiarlan -The Twelve -Agents of Argonnessen -The Coin Lords -The Free Agents -The Silver Flame- The Yugoloth -Purple Dragon Knights and The Harpers
2. By shoveling snow for each fraction for 5 minutes you get :
1000 XP * lvl , + 5 favor with the fraction you are working for
3. When you have done the quest once for each fraction you get a completion bonus of 1000 Guild Renown or 1000 XP
4. You are now a Accompliced Snow Worker and will earn 500 Guild Renown / 5 min of work but 0 XP

[Mr.Topes]

Well there is Champion snow with the yellow! Bonus xp and. . .hopefully not also containing 'mysterious fragments'

Otherwise, this is wilderness xp so it is incremental based upon how much is shoveled. Let's base it on Korthos since the world is a village:

• Shovel 10 lbs of snow: 85 XP
• Shovel 25 lbs of snow: 127 XP
• Shovel 50 lbs of snow: 205 XP
• Shovel 100 lbs of snow: 390 XP
• Shovel 200 lbs of snow: 775 XP
• Shovel 400 lbs of snow: 1,585 XP
• Shovel 750 lbs of snow: 2,895 XP

Useful buffs: resist cold, rage, panacea, vigour
rest shrines have no time limit for re-use

Love it!

Don't go where the kobolds go
And don't you eat that yellow snow

(with apologies to Frank Zappa)

..but I think it would be more appropriate if the xp were not incremental, but excremental...