Exploration Leveling Guide
One of the most effective, quick and easy ways to level exploration is Arc Lich sketching! Here's the proof of that!
The Math:
With no exploration mastery - 21,440 exp per quest completed (including sketch exp)
With rank 1 exploration mastery - 32,312 exp per quest completed (including sketch exp)
Which means on M,W,F for maximum sketches per in-game night you net:
128,640-193,872 exp and it takes 9 minutes.
On Sunday:
150,080 - 226,184 for 11 minutes.
To go from level 1 to level 50 exploration you need a total of 1,347,500 exploration experience.
So without further ado, let's get into the guide!
Arch Lich Spawn Times/Dates:
*Times are in-game times*
Sunday 8 PM - 6 AM
Monday/Wednesday/Friday - 12 AM - 6 AM
Things You Need:
- A skill that allows you to drop aggro in sticky situations (Crisis Escape, Shadow Cloak, Elf Hide - Shadow Cloak and Elf Hide work the best as you can run away from the monsters)
- A fast mount
- A pet that will freeze enemies and prevent them from attacking (Ice Dragon, Nimbus) *this is preferred but not entirely necessary*
- Wings of Goddess (The amount depends on the day and how quickly you can get back to Metus with the quest - can be bought from Healers shops)
Please Note: You must sketch an Arc Lich in a channel you have not already done so in. Sketching has a cool-down of 90 seconds so watch that it's ready to use again before you rush in to sketch after already having sketched him. This also means that at most you can get 6 sketches in on M/W/F and 7 in on Sun.
The Steps:
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Grab the "Darkness Hoarding Lich" quest under the sketch tab close to the bottom of the list on the quest board.
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Head over to the Metus Mana Tunnel and enter Metus
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(Optional) Use March Song
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Ride up to Arch Lich once the time for it to spawn hits, de-summon your mount and immediately start sketching the Lich then quickly summon your freezing pet
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Once finished sketching use your drop aggro skill
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Use Wings of Goddess to get back to Quilla instantly
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Visit Quest Board
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Complete Quest
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Change Channel (to one you haven't been in).
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Repeat