The biggest Issue with this zone. Not nearly enough solo quest XP. I even went back to Atzels to look for more quests, there are some, but not enough to warrant the travel. Every level from 73 on gives you a few new quests, but gain enough quests to get through about half the level. My suggestion, is if you have friends (and you should!!) , head to the frozen city instance in Atzels then the Scorpion caves in Kheshata, then run Onyx. If you an extreme introvert start your day grinding 2 or 3 Villas, then finish off the level with questing in Kheshata, rinse and repeat. It’s a long slog from 73 to 80 this way.

Key Merchant: Venes Venele is a merchant in the western slums on the west side of Thot-amons castle. She sells a 48 slot Bag of enlightenment for 80  aoc gold. Honestly I dont think its all that important. Give me 48 extra resource slots and thats worth 80  aoc gold. She also sells a Custom Made saddle for 150  aoc gold. Not sure if that makes you faster.

Key grinding Spots:
The base of atzels fortress is a great grinding spot for levels 72-76,
Death Camp grinds are good for players from level 75+.
Demons in Poitain are good grinding for levels 79-80
Villas are solid grinding to all levels (however, the surgeon general has it listed as a leading cause of Herpes.)

Well that’s it, you ding 80…the heavens open up, heavenly trumpets sound and now you are officially Uber. The biggest issue for aoc gold is that the first 20 levels are the best, and the last 20 are the worst. It’ll get better as Funcom adds more quests , but it will take time.

Summary
--Questing XP is a good all the way to 73ish. Then it dries up.
--The quickest way to lev 80 is by Grouping and Instance XP!
--Use the Villa Quests in Old Tarantia to grind up, or top off a level. To maintain santity, do NOT over use them
--Conan may be a cross dresser...but he doesnt know because he's blind