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Guide: List of things to do at each level

Alannon

By Alannon,
Posted on: 2007-08-05 08:18 in Player Guides

 

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Trying to figure out which AV I was missing on my 50 troller for his Portal Jockey badge got me irritated enough that I decided to go and compile a level-based to-do list so that my lower level alts would not have to go through the same frustration.

So, I spent several hours with the Paragon Wiki and eventually came up with the following list of things to do. Doing the tasks on this hero-side list should let a player unlock all the useful accolades, the cape and aura costume options, and the extra costume slots. I have also included tasks leading to temporary powers that I deem particularly useful.

Certainly, some of these tasks can be accomplished at a much lower level than as listed if someone high enough in level is willing to let you tag along as a Sidekick. However, since I don't want to encourage people begging for SKs in order to get their accolades earlier, I'm not going there.

On a related note, almost all these tasks can also be performed at higher levels than as listed. If you don't fancy fighting for your life against yellow- and red- con CoT mages at level 5, you could always hit the Hollows in your 20s and mow them down without risk instead. The only exceptions are those tasks involving level-bounded missions. While you could do those missions at any level at all, you can only obtain the missions within certain level ranges. I highly recommend that you obtain those specific missions (see red text in list below) as soon as you level into the respective ranges.

Having experienced in the past the frustration of missing out on certain badges (Spelunker ), I make a bid to help others in the same situation whenever I can. If I am about to start a mission that leads to a sought-after badge solo, I usually make a couple of zone broadcasts inviting people of any level who need the badge to join me. Sure, I end up with no XP for these missions sometimes, but it's really a small sacrifice. I would like to make a request of those of you who find this list useful to invite others to your Fortuneteller, Doctor and Anti-Matter missions as well.

For difficult hunts (Banished Pantheon Spirits, for instance), it might be a good idea to ask via broadcast if anyone else in the zone is hunting the same thing. Teaming up with any such people stops you from working at cross purposes with one another and could net you the badge more quickly than if you were solo. Each member of the team would gain full credit from a team kill.

Lastly, I'm not a serious badger. No, I don't mean I'm a frivolous mustelid. What I mean is that I'm usually only interested in badges that come with benefits. That being the case, my list only involves badges of the useful variety. If you are a badge collecting addict and need to catch 'em all, you would be well advised to cross-reference this list with a badge list from somewhere else. BadgeWhore would be a likely place to start from. Snarespawn's level-restricted badge checklist would also be very, very useful to you. Of especial note is the Isolator badge, which can only be (sort of) easily obtained if you go through the tutorial on character creation.

Now, without any further ado, here's the Issue 10 List of Things To Do At Each Level:

Edit: The list of caveats and recommendations keeps growing.

 

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Level 1
1. Missions: First Atlas contact – unlock inspirations if you intend to play in Recluse's Victory later on IMPORTANT! These contacts only give missions from levels 1-4!
2. Defeat: 25 Rikti Unexploded Bombs (Rikti Zone Invasion) – Watchman
3. Defeat: 10 Rikti Heavy Assault Suits (Rikti Zone Invasion) – Watchman
4. Defeat: 100 Rikti (Rikti Zone Invasion) – Watchman
5. Level in: Atlas Park levels 1-5 or Galaxy City levels 1-5; or raid the Sewers on a Sewer Team from Atlas to Skyway – quick XP from levels 1-7
Note: Items 2, 3 and 4 will be tough to complete after the Rikti Invasion world event of i10 ends. Only completing the Lady Grey Task Force will trigger a random Zone Invasion then, and it may take you all 50 levels to get these 3 badges.

Level 5
1. Raptor Pack temp power (Fly, 2hrs) 5-10 Safeguard 1st completion (Atlas Park)
2. Explore: Atlas Park top of Atlas Statue (133.5, 314.0, -341.2) Top Dog – Atlas Medallion
3. History: Atlas Park NW corner of Atlas Plaza (510.8, 0.5, -1150.8) Pupil 1 – Atlas Medallion
4. Explore: Kings Row Gish rooftop (-376.2, 70.5, 245.0) Mystic King/Queen – Archmage
5. Explore: Kings Row near broken pipe that leaks steam 182 yards E of Industrial Avenue (-940.5, -41.7, 2977.4) Summoned – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
6. Explore: Kings Row on tower SE of Yellow Line (-2175.9, 97.0, 1142.5) Keen Sighted – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
7. History: Kings Row 642 yards S of Galaxy City (-169.8, -42.0, -1466.9) Pupil 3 – Atlas Medallion
8. History: Kings Row 188 yards SW of Blue Steel (-399.6, 0.8, 1757.9) Pupil 4 – Atlas Medallion
9. Explore: Galaxy City brown building roof (-1,099, 48, -2,264) Bird Watcher – Conspiracy Theorist
10. Explore: Galaxy City on top of Mighty Mart E of Arena (-1,184, 63, -936) Brawler – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
11. History: Galaxy City 132 yards N of Arena (-751.3, 0.3, -1546.3) Pupil 2 – Atlas Medallion
12. Defeat: 100 Circle of Thorns Mages (Hollows) – Archmage [Probably best done somewhere between levels 10 and 25 instead]
13. Defeat: 100 Lost Bosses (South-central Skyway) – Vanguard
14. Level in: Kings Row levels 1-7, Hollows levels 5-15 or Perez Park levels 5-12 [There's no point returning to the Sewers now if you've already left them since the high level mobs are fairly deep inside.]

Level 7
1. History: Perez Park under tree in middle of map (-1172.2, -32.0, 2255.5) Pupil 5 – Atlas Medallion
2. Defeat: 100 Clockwork Gears (central Perez) – Freedom Phalanx Reserve

Level 10
1. Mission: Find Missing Fortune Teller (Dr. Trevor Seaborn, Steel Canyon; Hugo Redding, Steel Canyon; or Haley Philips, Skyway City) – Atlas Medallion IMPORTANT! These contacts only give missions from levels 10-14!
2. Explore: Skyway City in extreme NE corner between basketball courts (-1085, -16, -7612) Purifier – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
3. Explore: Steel Canyon building just W of Boomtown (-2428, 48, -3408) Nimble Mynx – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
4. Defeat: 100 Tsoo Sorcerers (Steel Canyon) – Archmage
5. Level in: Hollows levels 5-15, Steel Canyon levels 10-20 or Skyway City levels 10-20

Level 11
1. Zero-G Pack temp power (Jump, 2hrs) 11-15 Safeguard 1st completion (Kings Row)
2. Level in: Hollows levels 5-15, Steel Canyon levels 10-20, Skyway City levels 10-20 or Boomtown levels 11-19

Level 12
1. Tutorial: Inventions (Steel Canyon University) - Do this if you need a refresher on how the Inventions system works [This also grants you a common IO between levels 10-25, depending on your level. Do this at level 12 for a level 15 IO.]
2. Level in: Hollows levels 5-15, Steel Canyon levels 10-20, Skyway City levels 10-20, Boomtown levels 11-19 or Troll Tunnels in Hollows levels 12-15

Level 15
1. Resuscitation temp power (Self-rez, 48hrs) 15-19 Safeguard 1st completion (Skyway)
2. Clockwork Connection temp power (Summon Gears, 3 uses) 15-19 mission: Rescue Mr. Yin (Penelope Yin, Faultline)
3. Plasmatic Taser temp power (Cone En/Sm, KB, 45 uses) 15-19 mission: Find out the plans of the Lost (Fareed Abdullah/ Guy Denson, Steel or Mark Freeman, Skyway)
4. Explore: Faultline W of New Overbrook (821.5, 95.5, -1154.5) Faultless Mystic – Archmage
5. Explore: Boomtown in middle of tunnel 682 yards W of Powderkeg (-448, 42, 2170) Regal – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
6. Task Force: Positron (Steel Canyon) – Task Force Commander [note: this TF is actually available at level 10, but it is extremely frustrating to run it at that level]
7. Task Force: Synapse (Skyway City) – Task Force Commander
8. Bloody Bay PvP zone open: level set to 25, accessible from Skyway City
9. Level in: Steel Canyon levels 10-20, Skyway City levels 10-20, Boomtown levels 11-19 or Faultline levels 15-25

Level 20
1. Confiscated Beanbag temp power (Ranged Stun, 50 uses) 20-24 mission: Retrieve the stolen weapons from the Freakshow (Andrew Fiore/ Claire Childress/ Lt. Col. Hugh McDougal/ Vic Garland, Talos; or Jake Kim/ Wilma Peterson, IP)
2. Cryonite Armor temp power (Frozen Armor, 1hr) 20-24 mission: Stop the Sky Raiders before they can make off with Balsim's designs (Barry Gosford/ John Strobel, Talos; or Justin Greene/ Oswald Cuthbert/ Rondel Jackson/ Wilson Eziquerra, IP)
3. Idol of Lughebu temp power (Melee NE, Self-heal, 24hrs) 20-24 mission: Find Edith Frazier (Josef Keller, Talos or Dr. Cheng, IP)
4. Wedding Band temp power (+ResAll, 2hrs) 20-24 mission: Recover Wedding Band (Stephanie Peebles, Striga)
5. Summon Teammates temp power (Team Recall, 24hrs) 20-24 Safeguard 1st completion (Steel)
6. History: Talos Island at base of Talos statue (1777, 22, 7,843) Authority 1 – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
7. Explore: Independence Port E of Terra Volta (-441, 2, -271) Crey Havoc – Conspiracy Theorist
8. Explore: Independence Port on warehouse roof directly S of Icon (-1615, 80, -1872) Vigorous – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
9. History: Independence Port on N end of Valor Bridge (910, 100, -4175) Authority 2 – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
10. History: Independence Port along road W of Icon (-1035, 36, -2441) Authority 3 – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
11. History: Terra Volta E and slightly N of reactor (351, 196, -3605) Authority 5 – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
12. Defeat: 100 Council Warwolves (Striga Isle missions/hunts) – Atlas Medallion
13. Defeat: 100 Council Vampyri (Striga Isle missions/hunts) – Atlas Medallion
14. Task Force: Sister Psyche (Independence Port) – Task Force Commander
15. Mission: Learn the history of Hero 1 (City Representative, Atlas) – unlock cape costume option
16. Mission: Defeat Tsoo to protect Icon store (Serge, Steel Canyon) – unlock 2nd costume slot
17. Siren’s Call PvP zone open: level set to 30, accessible from Skyway City
18. Level in: Faultline levels 15-25, Talos Island levels 20-30, Independence Port levels 20-30 or Striga Isle levels 20-30

Level 21
1. Explore: Dark Astoria N of Dido's View (1678, 5.5, 2833) Dark Mystic – Archmage
2. Defeat: 200 Banished Pantheon Spirit Masks (Southeast DA) – Archmage [You may wish to wait until level 25 for the Holy Shotgun Shells temp power if you don’t do primarily En damage]
3. History: Dark Astoria 178 yards E-SE of Toffet Terrace (3420, 46, 3038) Authority 4 – Freedom Phalanx Reserve

Level 23
1. Level in: Faultline levels 15-25, Talos Island levels 20-30, Independence Port levels 20-30, Striga Isle levels 20-30, or Terra Volta levels 23-29

Level 25
1. Movement Increase temp power (+SpdAll, 72hrs) 25-29 Safeguard 1st completion (IP)
2. Warwolf Whistle temp power (Summon Warwolf, 5 uses) 25-29 mission: Retrieve Tobias' heirloom from Vampyr Mountain (Tobias Hansen, Striga)
3. Holy Shotgun Shells temp power (Cone Le, KB, special vs. Banished Pantheon, 75 uses) 25-29 mission: Rid the mausoleum of the Banished Pantheon (Tobias Hansen, Striga)
4. Bow and Arrow temp power (Ranged Le, 75 uses) 25-29 mission: Save Waylon McCrane from the Tuatha (Kelly Nemmers, Croatoa)
5. Rune of Warding temp power (Ranged En, special vs. Fey, 48hrs) 25-29 mission: Retrieve the book (Skipper LeGrange, Croatoa)
6. Sands of Mu temp power (Melee Sm/NE, 24hrs) 25-29 mission: Investigate the lost city of Oranbega (Laura Brunetti, IP or Miriam Bloechl, Talos)
7. Defeat: Jack In Irons GM (Croatoa) – Geas of the Kind Ones
8. Defeat: Eochai GM (Croatoa) – Geas of the Kind Ones
9. Defeat: Sally GM twice (Croatoa) – Geas of the Kind Ones
10. Defeat: 333 Red Caps (Croatoa) – Geas of the Kind Ones
11. Defeat: 333 Fir Bolg (Croatoa) – Geas of the Kind Ones
12. Defeat: 333 Tuatha de Dannan (Croatoa) – Geas of the Kind Ones
13. Defeat: 333 Cabal (Croatoa) – Geas of the Kind Ones
14. Defeat: 333 Croatoa Ghosts (Croatoa) – Geas of the Kind Ones
15. Task Force: Citadel (Talos Island) – Task Force Commander
16. Level in: Talos Island levels 20-30, Independence Port levels 20-30, Striga Isle levels 20-30, Terra Volta levels 23-29 or Croatoa levels 25-35

Level 30
1. Endurance Increase temp power (+MaxEnd, 72hrs) 30-34 Safeguard 1st completion (Talos)
2. Nemesis Staff temp power (Ranged Sm, KB, Stun, 24hrs) 30-34 mission: Find out who's supplying the Freakshow with the new weapons (Tina Chung, Founders’ or Neil Kendrick, Brickstown)
3. Iron Blade temp power (Melee Le, 72hrs) 30-34 mission: Recover the Red Cap's iron hoard (Buck Salinger, Croatoa)
4. Explore: Brickstown, E of Crey's Folly (-593, 32, 1378) Mystic – Archmage
5. History: Brickstown on building 430 yards S of Green Line (-229, 8, -370) Scholastic 2 – Portal Jockey
6. History: Brickstown 140 yards S of Science store contact (-3463, 4, 2062) Scholastic 3 – Portal Jockey
7. Defeat: 100 Freakshow Tanks (Brickstown; or do Sister Psyche TF) – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
8. History: Founders' Falls on wall 220 yards W and slightly S of Gaspee (1725, -8, 2400) Scholastic 1 – Portal Jockey
9. History: Founders' Falls 123 yards W of Mutant store (4244, 3, 3689) Savant 1 – Vanguard
10. Task Force: Katie Hannon (Croatoa) – Geas of the Kind Ones
11. Task Force: Manticore (Independence Port) – Task Force Commander
12. Mission: Gain better control of your powers (City Representative, Atlas) – unlock aura costume option
13. Mission: Defeat Crey to protect Icon’s secrets (Lauren, Independence Port) – unlock 3rd costume slot
14. Warburg PvP zone open: level set to 40, accessible from Kings Row
15. Level in: Croatoa levels 25-35, Founders’ Falls levels 30-40 or Brickstown levels 30-40

Level 31
1. Explore: Crey's Folly W of Crey Factories (1080 0, 2320) Crey Watcher – Conspiracy Theorist
2. History: Crey's Folly 148 yards N of Carnival Town (7227, 37, -554) Savant 2 – Vanguard
3. History: Crey's Folly 227 yards NE of The Blight (2566, 4, 2683) Savant 3 – Vanguard
4. Level in: Croatoa levels 25-35, Founders’ Falls levels 30-40, Brickstown levels 30-40 or Crey’s Folly levels 31-39

Level 33
1. Explore: Eden behind Crey Industries sign. (-1787, 0, 4550) Crey Fish – Conspiracy Theorist
2. History: Eden 109 yards NE of The Pit (-2817, -23, 2962) Savant 4 – Vanguard
3. History: Eden 150 yards W of Utopia Complex (-1313, 12, 4486) Savant 5 – Vanguard
4. Level in: Croatoa levels 25-35, Founders’ Falls levels 30-40, Brickstown levels 30-40, Crey’s Folly levels 31-39 or Eden levels 33-39

Level 35
1. Talk to: Levantera (Rikti War Zone) – gain ability to collect Vanguard merits.
2. Mission: Investigate the hacker known as The Doctor (Gordon Stacy, Brickstown) – Conspiracy Theorist IMPORTANT! This contact only gives missions from levels 35-39!
3. Health Increase temp power (+MaxHealth, 24hrs) 35-39 Safeguard 1st completion (Brickstown)
4. Explore: Rikti War Zone on left hand of statue 200 yards SW of The Bulge (1359.5, 293.2, -273.5) Ace – Vanguard
5. Task Force: Numina (Founders’ Falls) – Task Force Commander
6. Defeat: 200 Crey Paragon Protectors (easy: complete Gordon Stacy’s arc) – Conspiracy Theorist
7. Level in: Founders’ Falls levels 30-40, Brickstown levels 30-40, Crey’s Folly levels 31-39, Eden levels 33-39 or Rikti War Zone levels 35-50

Level 36
1. Level in: Founders’ Falls levels 30-40, Brickstown levels 30-40, Crey’s Folly levels 31-39, Eden levels 33-39, Rikti War Zone levels 35-50 or Abandoned Sewer Network levels 36-40

Level 40
1. Mission: Go to the Hydra's dimension and learn anything you can (Tina Macintyre, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
2. Defeat: Anti-Matter EB/AV (Tina Macintyre, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey IMPORTANT! This contact only gives missions from levels 40-44!
3. Life Insurance temp power (Debt Protection, 48hrs) 40-44 Safeguard 1st completion (Founders’ Falls)
4. Explore: Peregrine Island on small island 834 yards SW of Talos Island Ferry (3045, 0, 1287) Portal Parter – Vanguard
5. Defeat: 200 Summoned Illusionists (Peregrine) – Archmage
6. Defeat: 1,000 Rikti Monkeys (Monkey Island, Peregrine) – Vanguard
7. Defeat: 100 Fake Nemesis (Shadow Shard) – Freedom Phalanx Reserve
8. Mission: Defeat Nemesis to protect Carson (Carson, Founders’ Falls) – unlock 4th costume slot
9. Recluse’s Victory PvP zone open: level set to 50, accessible from Atlas Park
10. Level in: Rikti War Zone levels 35-50, Peregrine Island levels 40-50 or Shadow Shard levels 40-50

Level 45
1. Regeneration Increase temp power (+Regen, 48hrs) 45-50 Safeguard 1st completion (Peregrine)
2. Fettering Nimbus temp power (Ranged En, Immob, 75 uses) 45-50 mission: Rescue people from their shadows (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine)
3. Defeat: Chimera EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
4. Defeat: Shadowhunter EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
5. Mission: Disrupt Nightstar’s ritual (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
6. Defeat: Nightstar EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
7. Defeat: Siege EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
8. Defeat: Bobcat EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
9. Defeat: Neuron EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
10. Defeat: Battle Maiden EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
11. Defeat: Black Swan EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
12. Defeat: Malaise EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
13. Defeat: Mother Mayhem EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
14. Defeat: Infernal EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
15. Defeat: Diabolique EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
16. Defeat: DominatrixEB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
17. Defeat: Marauder EB/AV (Maria Jenkins, Peregrine) – Portal Jockey
18. Level in: Rikti War Zone levels 35-50, Peregrine Island levels 40-50, Shadow Shard levels 40-50 or Hive levels 45-50



Now, if you have other tasks to add to the list, please feel free to post in this thread. In any case, happy mishing!

Edit: Added badge locations, amended entries, etc.

 

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Oh, yes. Regarding all those exploration and history badges?

VidiotMaps is your friend.

 

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Great guide. Really useful. Thx!

@Prandi - Freedom

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I've just edited the second post and added badge locations.

Note that map coordinates are in x-z-y format.

The first number tells you whether to move East (right) or West (left). Bigger x value = further to West (left) of map.

The third number tells you whether to move North (up) or South (down). Bigger y value = further to South (bottom) of map.

You can ignore the second number (z) most of the time.

Together, the numbers work something like this:
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Now, one problem with the system is that the origin point (0, 0, 0) of any CoH map is not fixed at any of the corners as one might expect. It tends to float somewhere in the middle of the map. In the ASCII example above I fixed the origin in the NE corner just to make the example useful, but you will never find such a situation in practice.

Hence, we tend to see both positive and negative numbers for all three coordinates. Just thought I'd warn you before you got confused.

 

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It's been my experience that you can't get the jet pack from the Atlas bank job until you've leveled and trained to level 6 (not 5). I remember having to do it 3 times on one character before he got the jetpack.

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It's been my experience that you can't get the jet pack from the Atlas bank job until you've leveled and trained to level 6 (not 5). I remember having to do it 3 times on one character before he got the jetpack.

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Hm...really? I thought it was level 5. Does anyone out there know for sure whether it's level 5 or 6?

 

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25 Rikti Bombs at level 7 or less? Wow, that would be like pulling teeth. You do nothing to them at that level.

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I'd have thought it would be more like getting your teeth pulled.

Soloing Rikti Bombs at low levels is generally pretty pointless, but you could always join an ad-hoc invasion team even at level 1 and gain the badges in fairly short order. The only question that remains is: would it be leeching?

Edit: Ah, I see now that I didn't make myself clear in the original post. I'd meant to say that one could start to work on the Watchman/Watchwoman badge from level 1, not that it has to be achieved in the first 7 levels. Edited the first post for clarity.

 

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Please sticky this. Please move to guide folder.

This was wonderful. Thank you.

 

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Please sticky this. Please move to guide folder.

This was wonderful. Thank you.

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Why, thank you, Aristoi. That was very nice of you to say.

I'm glad others find this list useful too!

 

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It's been my experience that you can't get the jet pack from the Atlas bank job until you've leveled and trained to level 6 (not 5). I remember having to do it 3 times on one character before he got the jetpack.

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Hm...really? I thought it was level 5. Does anyone out there know for sure whether it's level 5 or 6?

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You can get the Raptor Pack at 5th level. The first 2 things I do on a new lowbie hero at the sound of the ding to 5 is head for the Hollows to tell Wincott to go play in traffic and then hit Kings for 3 quick scanner missions and a safeguard. I've never had trouble getting the temp fly power at 5th level.

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You can get the Raptor Pack at 5th level. The first 2 things I do on a new lowbie hero at the sound of the ding to 5 is head for the Hollows to tell Wincott to go play in traffic and then hit Kings for 3 quick scanner missions and a safeguard. I've never had trouble getting the temp fly power at 5th level.

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Ah, very good, Thunderfire. Thanks for the confirmation!

 

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This is a sweet list, thank you for taking the time to compile it.

Centinull

 

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Excellent guide! Now all we need is one of these for red-side (to include such tidbits as how to get the most out of Port Oakes contacts without outleveling them, for example).

 

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This is an absolutely fantastic guide, but I found this in the Level 20 section:

3. Idol of Lughebu temp power (Melee NE, Heal, 24hrs) 30-34 mission: Find Edith Frazier (Josef Keller, Talos or Dr. Cheng, IP)

So...is this level 20-24 or 30-34?

 

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Very nice guide! I've got a few nitpicks, though...

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1. Sewer raiding from Atlas to Skyway – quick XP

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Oh... hmmm... not so sure that's a good idea right off the bat. I would rather do a few missions for my first Atlas contact. Why? So I can go back to him/her from RV.

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12. Defeat: 100 Circle of Thorns Mages (Hollows) – Archmage
13. Defeat: 100 Lost Bosses (South-central Skyway) – Vanguard

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At level FIVE!?!? The CoT mages badge is almost unavoidable unless you solo constantly. The Lost aren't, you'll need to hunt them a bit sometime, but at level 5 you are going to get your brain roasted. Wait until closer to 20 when your team has some mez protection.

Something else for level 10 - the University! Know all they have to teach already? Fine. When they hand you some materials for your little lab class, drop the mission. Free stuff!

Fake Nemesis are best found in the Shadow Shard. Which reminds me - the General's little tour as well as the Molepoint missions are very easy and reward quite a nice hunk of XP. I still llike to keep a Kora Fruit mission handy, too, just in case I get tapped out of inspires in a particularly hard fight.

At level 35 you want to go straight to the Vanguard base and join up, unless you have pressing Roleplaying reasons not to do so. Do the first mission and join up. This allows merits to fall from all Rikti you fight.

You'll want to make sure you sell some salvage early to open up a couple more salvage slots.

Level 50-for-months-now-I'm-tired-of-this-guy: Do the final 3 Shadow Shard TFs - or at least the final SS TF. It's a great TF for a "last hurrah!" No particularly interesting rewards, but you're past that now.

 

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Something else for level 10 - the University! Know all they have to teach already? Fine. When they hand you some materials for your little lab class, drop the mission. Free stuff!

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If you want the badge associated with completing this series of quests, I'd recommend waiting until level 12 to start these quests, so that the IO enhancement you get is level 15.

 

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Centinull:
- You're welcome. I actually did it for my own use, then posted it as an afterthought.

Ang_Rui_Shen:
- Nice suggestion on the red-side list! Would you like to do it?

Destructor:
- Thanks for the catch! It was a cut-and-paste mistake. List amended.

Zloth:
- The Atlas contact thing is a great idea! Added to list.
- CoT Mages are a pain at 5. Note added to that entry.
- The University tutorial doesn't get you much, really. The Inventor badge can be fun, but it's not useful and hence it's not in this list. The freebies you'd get from the tutorial aren't worth the trouble either, as I recall.
- Fake Nems in the Shadow Shard, check.
- Excellent call on joining Vanguard. If I recall correctly, one just has to talk to Levantera and do a contact run, right?
- The level 50 TF stuff doesn't quite fit in this list, I'm afraid.
- Thanks for your many great suggestions!

 

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Nice suggestion on the red-side list! Would you like to do it?

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No, as I don't have enough experience with the full range of red-side content yet.

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The University tutorial doesn't get you much, really. The Inventor badge can be fun, but it's not useful and hence it's not in this list. The freebies you'd get from the tutorial aren't worth the trouble either, as I recall.

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It's useful to general badge hunters who don't merely focus on just the badges needed to acquire accolades. The freebies from the University quests and the IO enhancement you get may be small fry to a level 50, but they're useful to the lower level characters for which the tutorial was intended. I certainly wouldn't flush them down da terlet for the crime of not being worth 100 million. heh.

 

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Nice suggestion on the red-side list! Would you like to do it?

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No, as I don't have enough experience with the full range of red-side content yet.

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My highest villain is only in his teens or twenties too. I don't even recall what level exactly!

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The University tutorial doesn't get you much, really. The Inventor badge can be fun, but it's not useful and hence it's not in this list. The freebies you'd get from the tutorial aren't worth the trouble either, as I recall.

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It's useful to general badge hunters who don't merely focus on just the badges needed to acquire accolades. The freebies from the University quests and the IO enhancement you get may be small fry to a level 50, but they're useful to the lower level characters for which the tutorial was intended. I certainly wouldn't flush them down da terlet for the crime of not being worth 100 million. heh.

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Oh, all right. I'm caving in and putting that Inventions tutorial in the list.

 

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Just edited the list to include levelling zones. Information mostly stolen from Aett_Thorn and PsiBug.

 

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You forgot level 50:

Make a Kheld
Farm Influence
Get IOed


Seven years of heroism. Seven years of friendships. Seven years of saving the world. Seven years of virtuous selflessness.

You will return, for you are the mighty City of Paragon, the City of Heroes.

 

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level15
Might explicitly state you can get a Stealth Temp power for patrolling Bloody Bay. Also get a Shivan Shard.
If you have leveled in the Hollows and completed all four of the contacts there, Cavern of Transcendence Trial (the mission holder must be between 12-15 in order to start the trial; otherwise you must wait on someone else to offer to take you along auto-exemped at a later level. Also note that the aforementioned Stealth Temp comes in handy in this Trial )

level 20
Do Siren's Call patrol for another Stealth Power (full invis rather than partial)

level 21
Banished Pantheon Masks can also be hunted in the northeast forest of Bloody Bay, and they are auto-scaled for you rather than being random level. They are also -much- more plentiful.

lv 30 do Warburg Patrol for Intangible Temp power. You can now get the Warburg Nukes as well.

lv 24, 34, 44 Respec trials

lv40 Hydra Trial?

lv41 Eden Trial?

-Daemodand,
I got the Watchman/Watchwoman Accolade last night with a lv8. In Peregrine Island and Skyway. They only time I faceplanted was deliberately taking the hospital-exress from Portal Corp quadrangle on the way to the Ferry.

 

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Very nice. I always wanted something like this. Thanks.