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Warriors are inferior (read: crybaby) tanks
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Now that everyone has their AC clickies from the War Games anniversary mission (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=7521), inevitably people are wondering how to level the shrouds up so you can get max return from the AC portion of the illusion clicky. I saw someone else mention cleric viral DS and fading kurns on top of their PL'ee and all that, but that is a significant investment in time and effort... and mindbogglingly boring.
This is another method ... if you remember the shroud XP exploit from years and years ago you'll recognize this. I remembered during my time doing that that the shrouds evolved/unlocked REALLY quickly using this method, so after getting my illusion clickies from the War Games mission I went back and did this again.
Step 1: Farm some (2-3 to cover mistakes/deaths) Brazier of Elemental Summoning (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=3611) from Upper Guk. These drop from mobs (Froglok Summoners) that only spawn in 2 spawn points in the northwest area of Upper Guk. Check out alla's for the specific locations (it's in a room with a mob on each side in a little cubby with 3 spawns in the middle, lowered area).
**edit** Open your "LF_AN_toonname_server" file inside your EQ directory. Add this string to the file:
14304^600^Brazier of Elemental Summoning
Now you can afk and the advanced loot feature will loot any braziers that drop.
Step 2: Make a new F2P account (or create a new toon on an account you aren't trying to level the shroud of) and get the brand new toon to lvl 5. Leveling him/her to lvl 5 gives you access to the lvl 5 shrouds from any of the shroudkeepers. This is important because you want your killing toon to be shrouded so they don't level up.
**Note** I don't think this is really necessary, but its how the shroud exp exploit worked, so I just did everything the same because I knew those mechanics would evolve the shroud
Step 3: Shroud your little lvl 5 toon into a lvl 5 bear shroud. This gives you access to a sow-like ability, which helps along the process.
Step 4: Give your shrouded lvl 5 toon the Brazier you farmed from Step 1, click it, and hand your brand new Fire Elemental pet as many mage summoned toys as it'll take. I can confirm it'll take all the lvl 75-81 pet toys, including a 1000hp belt, haste mask, and all the AC gear. It will also take most of the same level jewelry (gives back the +nuke damage ring).
**Note** This pet is summoned from the Brazier clicky, which means it ignores the level of the caster. In other words, your lvl 5 toon now has an mage gear equipped lvl 12 fire pet with a permanent damage shield to ROMP on lower level mobs.
Step 5: Hire a healer merc (while not 100% necessary, it comes in handy to ensure success)
Step 6: Shroud the rest of the toons that you want to evolve the shroud with down to lvl 5, as well. Group everyone up and run through the Guild Lobby to Nedaria (using the Magus)
Step 7: Get the Forgotten Halls expedition (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=5790).
**Note** Use caution when traveling between the quest giver and the zone in!! There are wolves that will likely agro you, which makes for a bad day when you're a little lvl 5 shroud running around. Nothing but the wolves are kos.
Step 8: Zone in! Click the rock (see below) in the bear tunnel area in the north of the zone.
Step 9: I move my toons to the area marked on the forgotten halls map below. This area gives me the most bang for my buck because it has a lot of mobs within reach. I've considered moving my group to the bigger room to the east because it might give more consistency, but honestly, you're only going to be doing this for 9 hours (1.5 expeditions) to max the shroud, so who cares.
Step 10: There is probably a more elegant way to do this next part, but I use a macro someone else gave me a super long time ago to essentially spam a key over and over, sow the pet (if you used the bear shroud on your PL'er), and drink a potion if it gets low on health (I don't do that... I just use the merc). Setup a regular old hotkey like this:
/target npc radius 150
/pet kill
Put said hotkey in the hotkey #1 spot.
Step 11: /macro ZPL
This is another method ... if you remember the shroud XP exploit from years and years ago you'll recognize this. I remembered during my time doing that that the shrouds evolved/unlocked REALLY quickly using this method, so after getting my illusion clickies from the War Games mission I went back and did this again.
Step 1: Farm some (2-3 to cover mistakes/deaths) Brazier of Elemental Summoning (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=3611) from Upper Guk. These drop from mobs (Froglok Summoners) that only spawn in 2 spawn points in the northwest area of Upper Guk. Check out alla's for the specific locations (it's in a room with a mob on each side in a little cubby with 3 spawns in the middle, lowered area).
**edit** Open your "LF_AN_toonname_server" file inside your EQ directory. Add this string to the file:
14304^600^Brazier of Elemental Summoning
Now you can afk and the advanced loot feature will loot any braziers that drop.
Step 2: Make a new F2P account (or create a new toon on an account you aren't trying to level the shroud of) and get the brand new toon to lvl 5. Leveling him/her to lvl 5 gives you access to the lvl 5 shrouds from any of the shroudkeepers. This is important because you want your killing toon to be shrouded so they don't level up.
**Note** I don't think this is really necessary, but its how the shroud exp exploit worked, so I just did everything the same because I knew those mechanics would evolve the shroud
Step 3: Shroud your little lvl 5 toon into a lvl 5 bear shroud. This gives you access to a sow-like ability, which helps along the process.
Step 4: Give your shrouded lvl 5 toon the Brazier you farmed from Step 1, click it, and hand your brand new Fire Elemental pet as many mage summoned toys as it'll take. I can confirm it'll take all the lvl 75-81 pet toys, including a 1000hp belt, haste mask, and all the AC gear. It will also take most of the same level jewelry (gives back the +nuke damage ring).
**Note** This pet is summoned from the Brazier clicky, which means it ignores the level of the caster. In other words, your lvl 5 toon now has an mage gear equipped lvl 12 fire pet with a permanent damage shield to ROMP on lower level mobs.
Step 5: Hire a healer merc (while not 100% necessary, it comes in handy to ensure success)
Step 6: Shroud the rest of the toons that you want to evolve the shroud with down to lvl 5, as well. Group everyone up and run through the Guild Lobby to Nedaria (using the Magus)
Step 7: Get the Forgotten Halls expedition (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=5790).
**Note** Use caution when traveling between the quest giver and the zone in!! There are wolves that will likely agro you, which makes for a bad day when you're a little lvl 5 shroud running around. Nothing but the wolves are kos.
Step 8: Zone in! Click the rock (see below) in the bear tunnel area in the north of the zone.
Step 9: I move my toons to the area marked on the forgotten halls map below. This area gives me the most bang for my buck because it has a lot of mobs within reach. I've considered moving my group to the bigger room to the east because it might give more consistency, but honestly, you're only going to be doing this for 9 hours (1.5 expeditions) to max the shroud, so who cares.
Step 10: There is probably a more elegant way to do this next part, but I use a macro someone else gave me a super long time ago to essentially spam a key over and over, sow the pet (if you used the bear shroud on your PL'er), and drink a potion if it gets low on health (I don't do that... I just use the merc). Setup a regular old hotkey like this:
/target npc radius 150
/pet kill
Put said hotkey in the hotkey #1 spot.
Step 11: /macro ZPL
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