There are several decent TR'ing quest guides out there but so far all of them have shared the requirement that you down Sov pots non-stop, they run with a perma-group or they're wicked out of date making them sometimes hard to follow/keep pace with.
I've created a path that I've now done numerous HTR/RTR's on and it's been pretty quick. It's not the highest reaper xp path and does involve some re-running of quests. The goal here is to level quickly without relying on Sov pots to do the heavy lifting. Reaper xp is just a nice byproduct.
I average about 30k reaper xp per TR and it takes about ~36 hours of play time to hit 20. I typically alternate between a warlock (of course), sorcerer, rogue mech/artificer and melee cleric. I've also done some absolutely awful builds (Centered long sword favored soul) so this isn't a power build exclusive thing.
These are all fairly popular quests too so getting groups isn't terribly difficult/uncommon if you play during peak times.
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Requirements:
- While this is designed for not guzzling sov pots like water, this quest path does make use of the permanent xp bonuses available in the game. This includes Heroic Tome of Learning (can get one free with MOTU expansion pack), 5% XP item and guild bonus to xp.
- This is by no means a F2P guide. There is lots of paid content required here, some of which is expansion content so you'll need more than VIP to run them all. DDO is a really fun game so I recommend dropping the 10bux to get all this stuff anyways.
- You will need a Shadow Crypts opener. A SC opener is a secondary account that has completed the first four quests of Necro 2 and gotten the quest for Shadow Crypts. Then they just need to sit in the group and you can zone in without having to do all 4 of the pre quests.
If you are unable to make one or have access to one, then doing the entire Necro 2 chain twice (once on reaper, again on elite) works out to being roughly the same amount of xp albeit much more slowly and some of the quests can be pretty difficult solo.
I -strongly- recommend taking the time to make an SC opener. Get a second account (free) and either buy Necro 2 or farm up enough favor to get it (takes about a day). If you are at all serious about getting multiple past lives, the amount of time/energy this saves you is well worth it.
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Notes:
- Quests are run on R1 unless otherwise indicated.
- Quests marked with a * mean that you run them on REHN.
- Quests marked with a ** mean that you run them on REH and then repeat normal until you level if you haven't already.
- If you can't run reaper for a quest it's okay to lower the difficulty. Doing a quest on elite, then again on hard, is about the same XP as doing it once on reaper. If it's a quest I recommend repeating, just do it two extra times on normal. So instead of REHN, do EHNNN.
- If you are a first/second life character, you can get by running most of these quests simply on normal or hard and still keep pace, probably even end up ahead on most of them.
- By all means, if there is a quest you enjoy doing that is not listed, go ahead and do it. This is a list of probably the most efficient path, but that doesn't mean adding stuff you enjoy to it will make you not hit 20. Some people hate Necro1, so do the Detphs quests instead and that's fine. Some have trouble with Irestone Inlet (it's not an easy quest at that level for everyone). This is a framework. Feel free to build off it to suit your needs.
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1
XP Stones to hit level 2
OR
Korthos quests
OR
Harbor
- Protect Baudry's Interests
- Stop Hazadill's Shipment
Run these on Elite, then abandon the chain and rerun them on H and then N to level. Remember, you only need to kill 10 kobolds then can afk.
2-3
Harbor
- Haverdasher
- Durk's Got A Secret
- Information is Key
- Garrison's Missing Pack
- Walk the Butchers Path
- Stealthy Reposession
- Recovering the Lost Tome
- Waterworks Chain
- Kobolds New Ringleader **
4
Harbor
- Irestone Inlet * - If you find Irestone too difficult to solo, the 'Depths' chain from House D is also a good choice here.
Marketplace
- Shan To Kar Chain
- The Sacred Helm
- Missing in Action
- The Sunken Sewer
5
Necropolis
- Necro 1 (all 4 pre-quests and bloody crypt)
Marketplace
- Catacombs (first three quests only)
6
3BC
- Two-Toed Tobias
- Garl's Tomb (lizard/undead)
- Prove your worth
- Ghost of a chance
7
3BC
- Scoundrel's Run
- Fire Caves (P1/2)
Graveyard - House J
- Delara chain
8
Necropolis
- Shadow Crypt ** - If you don't have a SC opener, get one. If you still don't, running the entire chain on Reaper then elite is roughly the same exp.
9
Necropolis
- Shadow Crypt (two more times on normal)
House D
- Spies *
House K
- VoN 1, 2, 4
10
(OPTIONAL)Hall of Heroes
- Slavers chain if you're able to solo it. Some easy to make great TRing loot. However, the xp is trash for the difficulty/length of the quests and you're better off just doing VoN3 on normal a bunch more times.
House K
- VoN3 **
11
Sands
- Sands walkups
- Mines *
- Wiz King
- Chains of Flame - Chains of Flame is actually garbage XP for the time it takes to get to it and complete it so I usually just run Wiz King a second time on Hard and do a full clear of the optionals.
- OOB **
12
Ravenloft
- Saga on reaper
OPTIONAL 12 IF YOU DO NOT OWN RAVENLOFT
- First, get Ravenloft, it's that good.
- Otherwise head to Lordsmarch and do the Diplo/Attack chains
- You can skip Siegebreaker if solo since that one is really difficult for many builds and not really worth the time/effort solo.
- Then go to House D and grab the Relic of a Sovereign Past quest and repeat it on REHN (helpful to use an opener so you don't have to run back and forth each time)
- Then finally go to Harbor and run Memoirs until you level
13
Gianthold
- Saga on reaper
14
Gianthold
- Saga on elite
15
Orchard
- Inferno
- Lab
- Vol *
- Ghosts **
16
Orchard
- Litany *
Harbor
- Missing
- Fear factory
ES
- Shar quests
Wheloon
- Wheloon Arc
- Optional: If you do not have access to Litany because you didn't get enough parts to make a sigil, then just run the Wheloon arc again on elite and, if necessary, again on hard.
17
ES
- Druid Chain <---You'll want a group for these typically. Wisps hurt. This is probably the hardest part.
- High Road Chain
- Riddle
- Murder by night
18->cap
ES
- Storm Horns Chain <---Depending on your level of comfort with the game, these quests can be hard. Fairly easy to get groups for this though.
- Turn in two ES saga's
Vale
- Vale chain until capped <--- Vale is just what I find best/easiest to top off any leftover XP. If there's other quests you're more comfortable doing/enjoy, then go ahead and do them. Reavers Refuge stuff, Lords of Dust, etc... I just personally love Vale.