Current Hot Zones

[Samanna]

Info at http://everquest.allakhazam.com/hotzones.html

As of July 15, 2009:

20 Everfrost
25 Permafrost Keep
30 Iceclad Ocean
35 Tower of Frozen Shadow
40 Great Divide
45 Eastern Wastes
50 Velketor's Labyrinth
55 Kael Drakkal
60 Western Wastes
65 The Ascent
70 Icefall Glacier
75 Valdeholm
80 Frostcrypt


As of December 12, 2008:

Level 20: Stonebrunt Mountains
Augment -- Shard of Imperceptible Power

Level 25: Crystal Caverns
Augment -- Shard of Faint Power

Level 30: The Overthere
Augment -- Shard of Slight Power

Level 35: Mons Letalis
Augment -- Shard of Minor Power

Level 40: Great Divide
Augment -- Shard of Power

Level 45: Nagafens Lair
Augment -- Shard of Incandescent Power

Level 50: Plane of Innovation
Augment -- Shard of Increasing Power

Level 55: Ssraeshza Temple
Augment -- Shard of Growing Power

Level 60: Crypt of Decay
Augment -- Shard of Expanding Power

Level 65: Stoneroot Falls
Augment -- Shard of Phosphorescent Power

Level 70: Valdeholm
Augment -- Shard of Phenomenal Power

Level 75: Dreadspire Keep
Augment -- Shard of True Power


As of August 20, 2008

Level 20 Lake of Ill Omen
Augment -- Petrified Bloodgill Eye
Task -- A Simple Task - Level 20

Level 25 The Feerrott
Augment -- Fossilized Tae Ew Eye
Task -- A Simple Task - Level 25

Level 30 Frontier Mountains
Augment -- Petrified Goblin Eye
Task -- A Simple Task - Level 30

Level 35 Tower of Frozen Shadow
Augment -- Frozen Crystalline Eye
Task -- A Simple Task - Level 35

Level 40 Lower Guk
Augment -- Decayed Froglok Eye
Task -- A Simple Task - Level 40

Level 45 The Wakening Land
Augment -- Petrified Holgresh Eye
Task -- A Simple Task - Level 45

Level 50 Old Sebilis
Augment -- Pickled Froglok Eye
Task -- A Simple Task - Level 50

Level 55 Blackfeather Roost
Augment -- Fossilized Griffon Eye
Task -- A Simple Task - Level 55

Level 60 Plane of Storms
Augment -- Eye of the Storm
Task -- A Simple Task - Level 60

Level 65 Sunderock Springs
Augment -- Petrified Bladefin Eye
Task -- A Simple Task - Level 65

Level 70 Riftseeker's Sanctum
Augment -- Frozen Pyrilen Eye
Task -- A Simple Task - Level 70


As of February 2008:
Level 20 North/South Ro
Level 25 Solusek's Eye
Level 30 Blightfire Moors
Level 35 Stone Hive
Level 40 Dulak's Harbor
Level 45 Skyshrine
Level 50 Akheva Ruins
Level 55 Crypt of Nadox
Level 60 Riwwi, Coliseum of Games
Level 65 Torden, Bastion of Thunder
Level 70 Ruins of Illsalin


As of October 2007:
Level 20 The Castle of Mistmoore
Level 25 The Permafrost Caverns
Level 30 Trakanon's Teeth
Level 35 The Warsliks Woods
Level 40 The Dawnshroud Peaks
Level 45 Velketor's Labyrinth
Level 50 The Deep
Level 55 The Temple of Droga
Level 60 Nobles' Causeway
Level 65 The Halls of Honor


As of April 2007:
20 - Netherbian Lair
25 - Crypt of Dalnir
30 - Crystal Caverns
35 - Iceclad Ocean
40 - The Scarlet Desert
45 - The Burning Wood
50 - Dranik's Scar
55 - Acrylia Caverns
60 - Dragon Necropolis
65 - Wall of Slaughter


As of December 2006:
20 Kurn's Tower
25 Unrest
30 Tower of Frozen Shadow
35 Lower Guk
40 The Hole
45 Chardok
50 Sebilis
55 Grieg's End
60 Cazic Thule
65 Splitpaw


As of June 2006:
Level 20: Swamp of No Hope
Level 25: Overthere
Level 30: Timorous Deep
Level 35: Emerald Jungle
Level 40: Dreadlands
Level 45: City of Mist
Level 50: Skyfire
Level 55: Karnor's Castle
Level 60: Veksar

[dohrian]

you should sticky current Hot zone, Sam

Doh

[Samanna]

Yeah... but I don't want so many stickies. Perhaps I'll move the MPG guides to the Medicine Cabinet...

[Udgrendel]

[Scowls]

i havent seen any increased zone xp in any of these zones, i would deffinatly go there long before the Hotzone list recomends...Good lord KC at 55 SUCKED during luclin, and it still does. I tried PLing my rogue there, but it was such horrid xp tha i left, wasnt worth even grouping so i could ae it (entir zone AEd for 10% xp to a 52 rogue...). COM is best hit at high 30's low 40's but you can stay there till 52ish if you really love it, xp is great there, but mostly due to mobs having very low hps and dieing fast (and they dont run).

i think the whole "hotzones" is more of a way for soe to corral the LFG into smaller areas and actually get groups and have fun, instead of leaving EQ becuase the game "sucks". and to make use of zones that had been abandoned (kc 2 months ago only had the random person in it to check if VS was up to solo him). veksar used to be a place for necros to chill out in and rarely had more than 1-2 in it, yesterday i was there with the rogue and there was 51(!!!!!!) in the zone, no one was raiding anyting or doing epics, just killing and lfg.

[Thyrm Jarlson]

[Scowls]

[runeshaman]

[Kiru]

[Slithor]

[Samanna]

[Fandele Longtooth]

45-49 in Chardok seems a little extreme.

[St_HotPants]

[Kiru]

WTB top post update.

Edit: Thanks, Sam!

[Mieze]

[Eirgorn]

[spanky5844]

Just to toot my own horn a bit, I threw this together on the sk boards.



Hopefully it can help some people out, still a work in progress.

[Samanna]