Best way to level up heros? - Guild Wars Forums

Illithen Firebringer · Feb 04, 2007, 03:36 PM // 15:36

Hi everyone, I have gotten some heros, and am wondering, what is the best way to level up the heros fast?

any tips on this would be most appreciated. is there any special trick to doing this?

AW Lore · Feb 04, 2007, 03:52 PM // 15:52

try doing consulate missions with a dunkor and kim, and two heroes of your choice, this way youll level them faster, but youll prolly die/get killed when you reach the ele boss. that couple with a few scrolls will make the grow fast

daraaksii · Feb 04, 2007, 04:03 PM // 16:03

Just go outside from Gates of Desolation, get into a wurm and kill the enemies. Voila! A lot of XP

DeanBB · Feb 04, 2007, 04:09 PM // 16:09

Just bring them along wherever you go. They get 5X the XP if they are lower level than you and also get quest/mission rewards. Whenever possible, swap in lower leveled heroes before accepting quest rewards. If you have Factions take them over there for the big quest rewards.

They level quick.

Coloneh · Feb 04, 2007, 07:07 PM // 19:07

make sure to equip heroes you want to level when accepting quest rewards.
doing some canthan quests pumps them up pretty fast.

Tanith · Feb 05, 2007, 03:26 AM // 03:26

What the others have said...the Canthan quests are the quickest way to level your heroes.

Alternatively, you can take them over to Tyria and do Sorrow's Furnace or just explore Snake Dance. My mesmer did this a couple of times with Zhed, Dunkoro, and Olias in tow and got them most of the way to level 20. It's more time-consuming, but quite scenic.

Tanith

Rebelor · Feb 05, 2007, 05:00 AM // 05:00

along with whats mentioned above, be sure to always get the bounties.

the_jos · Feb 05, 2007, 07:46 AM // 07:46

Riding wurms and equipping the low level heroes when accepting quest rewards.
If you have not reached the wurms yet, take one low level hero with you when questing, get bounties, and put the hero on Passive to prevent him/her dieing too often.

Iuris · Feb 05, 2007, 09:44 AM // 09:44

Sigh, same questions all the time.
-Whenever you finish a quest, switch out heroes so that the lower level ones are in the party when you accept the reward
-Fight, possibly using a scroll to increase XP gain
-For the heroes that come later in the game, get into Junundu worms and slaughter mobs outside repeatedly
-Go to Cantha, get the quest "Seek out brother Tosai" and do the 3000XP delivery quests in the Wajjun Bazaar while the Am Fah are friendly

GODh · Feb 05, 2007, 11:20 AM // 11:20

I usually go to witman's folly and do a grawl run (killing all grawl)... that way heroes gain apx 1 level per run.

c_ras · Feb 05, 2007, 02:49 PM // 14:49

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Originally Posted by daraaksii

Just go outside from Gates of Desolation, get into a wurm and kill the enemies. Voila! A lot of XP

I will 100% agree with you. It is what I always do. No matter what your hero's level is (whether it be 1 or 20), it will have 3000 health and the same attacks as everyone else. It's a great way to level up heroes. The only drawback is that you have to advance into the storyline far enough where you CAN get into the wurms (or else I'd just run up there everytime)

DeanBB · Feb 05, 2007, 03:00 PM // 15:00

My heroes are all level 20 way before getting to the worms so I don't see that really being an option. Maybe others play different though? I suppose if you ignored some heroes until that point then it could be used.

You get the low level ones in Istan and there are a lot of quests available plus the missions and Consulate Docks where they get the health boost which will help. Run CD more than once if desired.

Bah, just play and use heroes that are not level 20 and they will all be there soon enough.

boxterduke · Feb 05, 2007, 03:07 PM // 15:07

I donot worry about leveling them at all.
I see all these people complaining about their heros.
Just take them where ever you are going and they will level up.
I was doing trade contracts quests yesterday and took souske with me.
He was level 13 and before finishing the majority of the quests he was level 20.

Tyrnne · Feb 05, 2007, 05:41 PM // 17:41

I put a lot of work into leveling Koss from 2 to 20 with characters brought over from the other chapters. But with the latest patch, the heroes start at level 15 when you bring over a Factions or Prophecies character.

If you're starting a new Nightfall chracter, the heroes tend to level up with your character.

So all in all, especially with the latest patch, it's not a real big deal.

zwei2stein · Feb 05, 2007, 06:00 PM // 18:00

As said before, dont worry about leveling your heroes.

here are tips: take heroes with lowest level with you, once they reach L 20 rotate them for another non-L20 character untill you run out of non L20 heroes.

Khim, Paragon hench and one lowlevel hero monk can keep party alive just fine even if your heroes are low level, do not worry about them dying because heroes have 5x xp rate and thus loose death penalty really fast. If you cant stand them dying, every so often, make hero monk bonder and bond em or just load then with 2-3 defensive skills.

If you do this, you should have all important heroes L20 by time you reach hader vabbi missions with no powerleveling or excesive quest hunting.

Remeber, it is well worth it having a tiny bit harder time at begining then despairing once you get to stuff like attack on bazar and you have to suffer koss and meloni on their starting level.

And it actually makes begining of Nf more challenging

---

For example, If you get your L2 koss and do only primary quests, he will be nearly L15 by time you finish venta cementery mission, and possibly L20 once you finish Kodonur - none of those missions really need maxxed character.

shanaya · Feb 05, 2007, 09:49 PM // 21:49

As you level up your heroes you will perhaps need to re-equip them with better weapons, staves, wands, offhands etc. I am a great lover of collector items for equipping heroes, as I am tight with my cash, so I combine levelling up with farming for the stuff the collectors need. My favourite areas are in the Crystal Desert where you can pick up most of the items to equip your 'basic' heroes (warrior, ranger, ele, monk, mes, necro) while also quickly levelling them up. Then farming in Kourna to get collector scythe for dervish.

BogusDude · Feb 07, 2007, 05:41 PM // 17:41

Some tips

1. Whenever you've completed a quest and have to go back to town to collect the reward, unequip any high level heros and switch them for your low level ones before accepting the reward.

2. When ever you go Faction Farming ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dACKI...watch_response ) take your low level heros with you. Position them next to the Scoutmaster while you do the run, 2000exp for them every 4-5 mins.

3. Go farming in low level areas on the mainland against easy monsters such as insects and Kournans, just take heros with you, no hench. Use exp scrolls. Talk to all shrine priests.

4. Save all your Kournan pendants and trade them in for exp scrolls in the command post. i go for the 10 minute ones. The collector for them only appears later in the game, sort of as you leave vabbi i think. Ask on alliance for someone to get them for you if you don't have it unlocked.

5. If you've run out of easy areas to quest with low level heros, take your char to factions and do the quests in the low level areas there. Rewards from prophecy quests are too low to bother with but you will earn some skills while doing them. (This ones more for Elona born chars)

Cherno · Feb 07, 2007, 06:06 PM // 18:06

Right outside Yohlon Haven in Arkjok Ward, there is an insect bounty and a bunch of insects right to the right and left. Low level heroes can level very quickly from these groups as most of them use frenzy. This is also a good place to quickly farm for enough sunspear points when trying to get done with A Hero Shall Lead Them, ~100 sunspear points per run at ~5 mins per run or less.

Maria The Princess · Feb 07, 2007, 07:36 PM // 19:36

when you skill cap something, do heros get +XP from the cap with you?

if yes, go caping all those skills in Kourna u would anyways

DeanBB · Feb 07, 2007, 08:48 PM // 20:48

I think the elite cap bonus XP is just for you, otherwise you'd see your team mates getting the XP as well and that doesn't happen.

Feb 04, 2007, 03:36 PM // 15:36	#1
Illithen Firebringer Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minnesota USA Guild: Brother Blood Profession: E/Mo	Best way to level up heros? Hi everyone, I have gotten some heros, and am wondering, what is the best way to level up the heros fast? any tips on this would be most appreciated. is there any special trick to doing this?

Feb 04, 2007, 03:52 PM // 15:52	#2
AW Lore Jungle Guide Join Date: May 2006 Guild: Ancient Warriors Gaming Clan Profession: W/Mo	try doing consulate missions with a dunkor and kim, and two heroes of your choice, this way youll level them faster, but youll prolly die/get killed when you reach the ele boss. that couple with a few scrolls will make the grow fast

Feb 04, 2007, 04:03 PM // 16:03	#3
daraaksii Desert Nomad Join Date: Oct 2005	Just go outside from Gates of Desolation, get into a wurm and kill the enemies. Voila! A lot of XP

Feb 04, 2007, 04:09 PM // 16:09	#4
DeanBB Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Arizona Guild: Wizardry Players Guild, http://4guildwars.7.forumer.com	Just bring them along wherever you go. They get 5X the XP if they are lower level than you and also get quest/mission rewards. Whenever possible, swap in lower leveled heroes before accepting quest rewards. If you have Factions take them over there for the big quest rewards. They level quick.

Feb 04, 2007, 07:07 PM // 19:07	#5
Coloneh Furnace Stoker Join Date: Nov 2006 Profession: D/W	make sure to equip heroes you want to level when accepting quest rewards. doing some canthan quests pumps them up pretty fast.

Feb 05, 2007, 03:26 AM // 03:26	#6
Tanith Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Guardians of the Vault [GotV] Profession: Me/E	What the others have said...the Canthan quests are the quickest way to level your heroes. Alternatively, you can take them over to Tyria and do Sorrow's Furnace or just explore Snake Dance. My mesmer did this a couple of times with Zhed, Dunkoro, and Olias in tow and got them most of the way to level 20. It's more time-consuming, but quite scenic. Tanith

Feb 05, 2007, 05:00 AM // 05:00	#7
Rebelor Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2006	along with whats mentioned above, be sure to always get the bounties.

Feb 05, 2007, 07:46 AM // 07:46	#8
the_jos Forge Runner Join Date: Jun 2006 Guild: Hard Mode Legion [HML] Profession: N/	Riding wurms and equipping the low level heroes when accepting quest rewards. If you have not reached the wurms yet, take one low level hero with you when questing, get bounties, and put the hero on Passive to prevent him/her dieing too often.

Feb 05, 2007, 09:44 AM // 09:44	#9
Iuris Forge Runner Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Crazy ducks from the Forest Profession: W/	Sigh, same questions all the time. -Whenever you finish a quest, switch out heroes so that the lower level ones are in the party when you accept the reward -Fight, possibly using a scroll to increase XP gain -For the heroes that come later in the game, get into Junundu worms and slaughter mobs outside repeatedly -Go to Cantha, get the quest "Seek out brother Tosai" and do the 3000XP delivery quests in the Wajjun Bazaar while the Am Fah are friendly

Feb 05, 2007, 11:20 AM // 11:20	#10
GODh Jungle Guide Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The Netherlands Guild: BFTW and DLRR	I usually go to witman's folly and do a grawl run (killing all grawl)... that way heroes gain apx 1 level per run.

Feb 05, 2007, 03:00 PM // 15:00	#12
DeanBB Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Arizona Guild: Wizardry Players Guild, http://4guildwars.7.forumer.com	My heroes are all level 20 way before getting to the worms so I don't see that really being an option. Maybe others play different though? I suppose if you ignored some heroes until that point then it could be used. You get the low level ones in Istan and there are a lot of quests available plus the missions and Consulate Docks where they get the health boost which will help. Run CD more than once if desired. Bah, just play and use heroes that are not level 20 and they will all be there soon enough.

Feb 05, 2007, 03:07 PM // 15:07	#13
boxterduke Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Walking the ruins of Ascalon Guild: DVDF Profession: Me/	I donot worry about leveling them at all. I see all these people complaining about their heros. Just take them where ever you are going and they will level up. I was doing trade contracts quests yesterday and took souske with me. He was level 13 and before finishing the majority of the quests he was level 20.

Feb 05, 2007, 05:41 PM // 17:41	#14
Tyrnne Academy Page Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: USA Guild: Swords of Honor (Officer) Profession: Mo/Me	I put a lot of work into leveling Koss from 2 to 20 with characters brought over from the other chapters. But with the latest patch, the heroes start at level 15 when you bring over a Factions or Prophecies character. If you're starting a new Nightfall chracter, the heroes tend to level up with your character. So all in all, especially with the latest patch, it's not a real big deal.

Feb 05, 2007, 06:00 PM // 18:00	#15
zwei2stein Grotto Attendant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Europe Guild: The German Order [GER] Profession: N/	As said before, dont worry about leveling your heroes. here are tips: take heroes with lowest level with you, once they reach L 20 rotate them for another non-L20 character untill you run out of non L20 heroes. Khim, Paragon hench and one lowlevel hero monk can keep party alive just fine even if your heroes are low level, do not worry about them dying because heroes have 5x xp rate and thus loose death penalty really fast. If you cant stand them dying, every so often, make hero monk bonder and bond em or just load then with 2-3 defensive skills. If you do this, you should have all important heroes L20 by time you reach hader vabbi missions with no powerleveling or excesive quest hunting. Remeber, it is well worth it having a tiny bit harder time at begining then despairing once you get to stuff like attack on bazar and you have to suffer koss and meloni on their starting level. And it actually makes begining of Nf more challenging --- For example, If you get your L2 koss and do only primary quests, he will be nearly L15 by time you finish venta cementery mission, and possibly L20 once you finish Kodonur - none of those missions really need maxxed character.

Feb 05, 2007, 09:49 PM // 21:49	#16
shanaya Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2005 Guild: Scouts of Tyria Profession: R/	As you level up your heroes you will perhaps need to re-equip them with better weapons, staves, wands, offhands etc. I am a great lover of collector items for equipping heroes, as I am tight with my cash, so I combine levelling up with farming for the stuff the collectors need. My favourite areas are in the Crystal Desert where you can pick up most of the items to equip your 'basic' heroes (warrior, ranger, ele, monk, mes, necro) while also quickly levelling them up. Then farming in Kourna to get collector scythe for dervish.

Feb 07, 2007, 05:41 PM // 17:41	#17
BogusDude Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: MARA Profession: R/	Some tips 1. Whenever you've completed a quest and have to go back to town to collect the reward, unequip any high level heros and switch them for your low level ones before accepting the reward. 2. When ever you go Faction Farming ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dACKI...watch_response ) take your low level heros with you. Position them next to the Scoutmaster while you do the run, 2000exp for them every 4-5 mins. 3. Go farming in low level areas on the mainland against easy monsters such as insects and Kournans, just take heros with you, no hench. Use exp scrolls. Talk to all shrine priests. 4. Save all your Kournan pendants and trade them in for exp scrolls in the command post. i go for the 10 minute ones. The collector for them only appears later in the game, sort of as you leave vabbi i think. Ask on alliance for someone to get them for you if you don't have it unlocked. 5. If you've run out of easy areas to quest with low level heros, take your char to factions and do the quests in the low level areas there. Rewards from prophecy quests are too low to bother with but you will earn some skills while doing them. (This ones more for Elona born chars)

Feb 07, 2007, 06:06 PM // 18:06	#18
Cherno Forge Runner Join Date: Jan 2006 Guild: Stars of Destiny Profession: E/	Right outside Yohlon Haven in Arkjok Ward, there is an insect bounty and a bunch of insects right to the right and left. Low level heroes can level very quickly from these groups as most of them use frenzy. This is also a good place to quickly farm for enough sunspear points when trying to get done with A Hero Shall Lead Them, ~100 sunspear points per run at ~5 mins per run or less.

Feb 07, 2007, 07:36 PM // 19:36	#19
Maria The Princess Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: Aequitas Deis	when you skill cap something, do heros get +XP from the cap with you? if yes, go caping all those skills in Kourna u would anyways

Feb 07, 2007, 08:48 PM // 20:48	#20
DeanBB Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Arizona Guild: Wizardry Players Guild, http://4guildwars.7.forumer.com	I think the elite cap bonus XP is just for you, otherwise you'd see your team mates getting the XP as well and that doesn't happen.