Leveling a new toon

gamerguy757

Am I crazy or does leveling a new toon seem very inconsistent with how long it takes?
1-10 -> Fast
11-20 -> Fast
21-30 -> Slow!!!!
31-40 -> Am I even leveling at all SLOW
41-50 -> FAST AF.

Did anyone else notice this?

redlink1979

Xp earned depends on what you do: so progression might be sometimes faster and other times slower but, xp required to reach next level always scales.

For a better insight, please see:

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Template:ESO_XP_Table

Nairinhe

I've had a frostwarden of 20-something level (from some event I think), I did some quests in main DC line, run several normal dungeons duo - BAM! - lvl 50, full CP, no idea how to properly tank They grow level too quickly overall I'd say.

UGotBenched91

Yeah I think it just depends what you are doing. Leveled a new character through the Morrowind quests and wow was it slow compared to just doing the faction quests

Sahidom

A simple routine to level a character FAST (wear Training armor + weapons, blue or purple) once you quickly grind to 10 than visit Cyrodiil to do their daily town quests (plus 2 the two non-objective areas) to gain 1-2.5 levels per area; upwards to 3-4 with a +50-100% Exp. Scroll (ZOS is very liberal at giving them away); once you've done your dailies there, you can pick any zone and begin the zone story arc for skill points; once your 40 than go to the old starting zones to do those quests. Once your 45 than begin the main quest for those skill points and Exp. You should be near 48-49 than and you can go to Craglorn to grind the last end; Or, you can start the 2nd zone story arc and run through public dungeons for Exp. and skill points. Intermittently, you can run a random daily. This process should give you a level 50 in 4-5 days. Much faster than Dolmen grinding. Plus, you'll be Rank 4 in Alliance War skills with no actual effort fighting anyone. If you were forward thinking, you'd do home campaign a 30 day one for the end of campaign reward of 50 transmute crystals for a side reward for your efforts and time there.

IF you have friends that can decimate large groups; you can easily grind to 50 faster than doing skyreach in the Spellscar area with all the elementals and such mobs around pillars. But you'll have to still find skill points to flush out your build since per level skill points isn't enough. Hence, the explained route to level fast and end with a step stone away from Alliance Rank 5 and sufficient skill points to flush your build out with the least zone completions and mindless grinding.

Edited:
The reason I suggest waiting to do the starting zone quests was due to Tamrial One change; their designed fast level characters; hence, the experience scaled up and more beneficial at the later levels. Same reason for not doing the main and guild quests.

buttaface

Every toon starts as stam for stampede. Morph soul trap into Consuming Trap. Then put at least one of each class skill on your bar. Ult is for your top damage skill line. Save up all login scrolls and always be under a 2 hour 50% scroll. If you are in a bigger hurry and have the gold, buy the 10k per pop aetherial potions. Using the expensive potions would whack off 4-6 hours of play from the below.

Can get to around level 6 just traveling to guildmates while using a scroll or potion. Then put on blue tiered training armor, NMA and hundings with training on the weapons too (either craft or pay a nice guildie or other crafter well because it will take a while to make the lvl12-46 set) and do the main quest all the up to reforming the Companions for the exp and fast skill points. This will go to 10-12 and then Cyrodiil tutorial under a scroll/potion. There's your first two hours of play.

Then stay away from dolmens, grinding or public dungeons, too much work UNLESS you are lvling with a friend, then zombies are efficient. You want a rotation that moves very quickly between mob packs, kills and then the next. Instead, look for a fast spawn grinding camp or delve with mostly 2-3 mobs per pack, there are MANY off the beaten path. Corpse Garden in Deshaan levels FG too. You want a camp where the mob packs are relatively close together, then stampede between them.

My last two toons a week and a half ago both did to 24, main quest, cyro, on day one while doing lots of IRL stuff too, probably ~6 hours total? Then 24-40 on day two, again ~6-7 hours of play with 2 or so top scrolls/potions used during the between levels when your armor starts to weaken, 4-5 levels into that tier. Then day three to 46 and then start going to all the public dungeons, but not grinding them, straight to the shards and group events. This will get close to 50 if not complete it.

With no IRL distractions, could easily compress this into two longer play periods or maybe even one if using expensive scrolls/potion. I've never used Skyreach on any of my toons, but have the gold to do it, just rather get it done myself.

buttaface

One other thing, always be leveling most wanted skills on the back bar. Hit pack of mobs with stampede and a couple other dmg skills, then switch to the other bar full of leveling skills before the mobs die. Once the skills get morphed and then leveled a bit, switch for new skills. Never put points in unused passives, only the best ones for killing. Save all skill points for skills such that all your main skills are morphed and fairly well leveled by 50.

Sahidom

for Psijic Order skill line. Do the initial quest thats gets you to the starting quest that unlocks the skill line; THAN ask a friend to taxi you to close rifts and track down parts. You should finish that in an hour or two to rank 10 without frustration. Than you can pick n choose which skill to level and slot points into the passives, as points are available.

Sahidom

for Legerdemain, you can go to the AD starting island; but first unlock blade of woe. In the NE corner are two Shepard. You assassinate them and kill the sheep's for stolen whatever that drops. Its not the quality of the stolen item but the quantity; so you can grind this out with stacks of stolen guts or whatever and quickly level to max rank in a matter of a week.. no pickpockets or stealing from boxes - this is fast and effective. Once you've unlocked the maximum rank, ZOS scaled all the stolen item drops based on your rank (not what skill points are slotted); therefore, you will find more blue, purple (motifs by pickpocketing) more often. Thats easy quick gold when you need some.

idk

redlink1979 wrote: »

Xp earned depends on what you do: so progression might be sometimes faster and other times slower but, xp required to reach next level always scales.

For a better insight, please see:

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Template:ESO_XP_Table

Pretty much this. I find my new characters level at a pretty constant pace as long as I am doing the same type of content.

Ithilis

If you already have existing main char with some gold and materials, you can easily level up really fast by spamming alchemy master writs.

http://benevolentbowd.ca/games/esotu/theorycrafting-leveling-by-master-writs/

You can get lvl 50 in 2 hours.

I personally prefer random normal dungeons and quests.

biminirwb17_ESO

With Greymore as start, do the intro and get the first quest, if you have an exp pot chug it, then do the instrument and scrying quests.

Then go back to the first waypoint and kill the giants and eat the cheese, take a trip to the next giant camp and do the same. Should be at level 6 by now so chug the bound exp pot you just got if you didn't already have one.

Go to your starting town, do the mages and fighters guild intros, then do the crafting training, then the crafting dailies, plus get the undaunted skill line, then go to cyrodill do the training get 9k plus ap, do sheos hammer quest.

Should be close to level 15 in 30 mins to an hour. Now you have a backbar.

James-Wayne

Just use Random Dungeons to level, SUPER fast!!

zaria

UGotBenched91 wrote: »

Yeah I think it just depends what you are doing. Leveled a new character through the Morrowind quests and wow was it slow compared to just doing the faction quests

Yes, felt like Morrowind was low on XP probably because many of the quests was long.
They was good quests but its not very good for speed leveling.

To level an alt fast do random normal dungeons, random BG too, do the main quest and farm skyshards and magic guild books, do dolmens on opportunity but make sure do do them once.

zaria

Sahidom wrote: »

for Legerdemain, you can go to the AD starting island; but first unlock blade of woe. In the NE corner are two Shepard. You assassinate them and kill the sheep's for stolen whatever that drops. Its not the quality of the stolen item but the quantity; so you can grind this out with stacks of stolen guts or whatever and quickly level to max rank in a matter of a week.. no pickpockets or stealing from boxes - this is fast and effective. Once you've unlocked the maximum rank, ZOS scaled all the stolen item drops based on your rank (not what skill points are slotted); therefore, you will find more blue, purple (motifs by pickpocketing) more often. Thats easy quick gold when you need some.

The apple orchard just outside of Belkal in Craglorn is very nice, steal apples and all the other stuff and sell in the nearby outlaw enclave, exit and repeat 3 times and you have done 220 items, as much of that you steal is cheap materials you can launder it.