Notes From BatMud

Continent:  Laenor Description: Home of LQ26. No real reason to visit here unless you are doing the level quest. The first three tasks are hunt and return type tasks in mini-areas. The last two tasks are built on famous logic puzzles. The quest description mentions needing a high charisma to complete one of the tasks but I didn't really notice where that check would occur. I completed it with a CHA of 98. Quests: LQ26: Jarear's Assignments Equipment: N one that I know of.  Open Questions: Do the tasks save across reboot? I did not want to test this one. I'd recommend doing them all in one go. In the farmer task there seems to be some interesting parts to the south of it. Can you explore that farther, or is it just some leftover bits to give the area some "flair"? Map: Notes: Overview: You can use the command "task" to check for available tasks You can use the command "start <taskname>" to begin a task You can use the command "info &l

Continent:  Laenor Level Limit:   Max level 30, Enforced by a blocking monster Description: A great place to grind EXP, but it requires a more skilled character in the 20-30 level range as there are a ton of aggressive monsters here. The aggressive monsters wander so don't let your HP get low or try to rush through this area. Quests: LQ25: Save Secladin Village Go into the well and "search wall" for the key Make a raft: (give food to the carpenter to get 5 pieces of wood and then have the mastersmith construct the raft) Unlock the house in the village and kill Arnold the betrayer Kill two gibberlings in the caverns to get the stone key and the jeweled key Free the dwarf and solve the riddle Kill progressively tougher monsters until you get to the mage. Kill the mage, get the flask, go back to the well and "pour flask" Bonus Quest (Secret): Secladin Bonus Go NW of the quiet place and follow trail "search leaves" and kill the wood elemental. Take the dol

Continent:  Lucetium Description: Lowbie Area that is accessible via the Newbie posts (go beach) Also a good area for alchemists to harvest "tendrils" from the jellyfish Quests: Help Hyperion collect their 4 precious diamonds The reward is a battleaxe that they will make for you Special thanks to Sansai for tips on how to solve this quest. One diamond can be obtained in the ocean by using the command "dive water" It looks like this diamond only show up once per boot. So if another player grabs it first you will not find it when you "dive water". One diamond is carried by the diamond hunter and drops when you kill them One diamond is in the catacombs when you "search tombstone" The last diamond can be found if you "ask vincewind about riddle" Equipment: Enumlia, the Battleaxe of Forever Midnight <red glow> I've seen reference to this being: +3 Con, +2 Hpr, +magical dam When my riftwalker wielded it I saw: +5 wis, +4(ish) Spr, +

Continent:  Laenor Description: This area represents a newbie playground which has been taken over by a gang of highbies The level quest provides a good piece of equipment for newbie melee characters. No aggressive monsters make this an easy area to explore. The area itself has some easy characters to kill, but it probably won't make your frequent EXP grinding rotation. Quests: LQ23: Liberate Newbies Search the sandbox to find a magazine. Give the magazine to Arnold to get past him. Go to the top of the slide and kill the Highbie second in command to get a key "Climb tree" and unlock the door to kill the leader of the Highbies. Grab the gavel he drops. At the seesaw, search the seesaw to get a newbie badge. Go to the swingsets and "swing". Give the gavel to the Newbie leader to complete the LQ. Equipment: A racoon tail hat Reward for completing LQ23 Gives +4 str, but at the expense of -5 charisma Great piece of equipment for newbie melee characters Open Question

Continent:  Desolathya Description: Lots of smaller creatures to kill with a few 10k "bosses" No aggressive monsters so it is safe for newbies to explore Quests: N one that I know of.  Equipment: N one that is worth anything Open Questions: What is up with the potato that you find in the shed that you can not eat? You have to go through a lot of trouble to get that potato Given all the other items you can find in this area (wine, berries, bits of pork) it seems like you have all the makings of a good meal! Map: Notes: Entrance (Outside Farmhouse + Pig Farm): There are some bushes with red berries. You can "take berries" to pick on The goblin kid says they are yummy I ate them, and they were yummy. No ill effects. Might be a typo but the room "east side of farmhouse" is on the west side. Bob the pigfarmer is complaining that a pig ate the key to the toolshed. Bob also blocks access to the toolshed A hungry pink pig is the pig that ate the key kill that pig

Continent:  Desolathya Level Limit:   Level 30 Description: Newbie area The hardest part about this area is getting there Quests: N one that I know of.  Equipment: The helmet of donkey is worth around 1.8k gold if you sell it which is nice. There isn't any equipment here you would want to equip though. Open Questions: I wonder if the sign updates in the old goblin hermit's hut if they kill you. Map: Notes: Entrance (Dark Dark Forest): There are goblin kids running around this area. They move pretty quickly so casting a spell or using a skill to start a fight might not work too well. Instead, just attack them. I didn't notice anything in the environment to interact with or look at. Just easy explore EXP and you can kill goblins. Goblin Town: In the old goblin hermit's house you can see a sign next to a bunch of severed heads. The sign brags that the goblin was able to kill Yagol (who was a player). I'm really curious if that sign will be updated if you die trying to

Continent:  Laenor Description: Nice newbie area for very low level players No aggressive monsters in the "park" portion of it. But you need to "look" for most creatures to kill There are a lot of aggressive goblins in the caves beneath the oak. You likely need to be smaller than size 60 to enter the goblin caves. Quests: N one that I know of.  Equipment: N one that I know of.  Open Questions: I wonder if it is possible to kill the park ranger... Map: Notes: Entrance (Park): When walking along the beach, if you "look at rocks", creatures will appear. You can do this multiple times Occasionally you will get a message that you cut your hand, causing -1 hp damage In the fields, "look at flowers" and butterflies will spawn to kill You can do this multiple times Occasionally you will get a message that a nettle will burns, causing -1 hp damage In the lake you can "look at lilies" to cause frogs to appear You can do this multiple times Occasi

Continent:  Laenor Description: A small little area where you can make some quick XP. Quests: N one that I know of.  Equipment: N one that I know of.  Open Questions: What is in the middle of the Petting Zoo? It seems like there should be something there. Map: Notes: General Notes (It is not a big map): You can "pet" the animals if you'd like The "mortals" do not like being pet though The bears are also not for petting When you attack one bear, the other bear turns aggressive as well If you try to pet a chicken it will run out of the room. You can chase it all around the zoo if you want to! You can pet the moose, but it is disappointing If you try to pet an archwizard, they will bite you doing 5-30 damage If you attack one archwizard, they will all turn aggressive Kill Tracker: A child stands here in glee 500 exp A cute little lamb gnaws on some hay 200 - 300 exp A cute little sheep hops around here 170 - 220 exp A grounds keeper mops up here 700 exp A grounds k

Continent:  Laenor Description: This was the old newbie starting city before the tutorial and Dortlewall were created It's still a place to visit for the explore experience and it is closer to the "center" of Laenor with many other newbie areas around it. Be warned: There are several death traps down in the caverns. I've died more exploring them than any other "newbie" area I've visited. Quests: N one that I know of.  Equipment: N one that I know of.  Open Questions: Do wizards see it when you "knock" on their doors? What is up with the mushroom room in the caverns? Ok, what is up with the flooded blood insta-death room? Also what is up with the wild magic prism? I know it removes magic effects from you, but why? Map: Notes: Pleasantville City Map: Note: You only get explore experience inside shops (and in the caverns beneath the city). You will not get any in the garden or streets To the south there is a grove/garden where there are a lot of

Continent:  Laenor Description: Very small newbie area in the center of Arelium. Represents the underlying code that runs Batmud Go to the center of town. The clock tower is surrounded by fountains with a door to it on the west side This area is a holdover from when true newbies (level 1-5) had to grind EXP. The monsters are trivial and don't reward much. The area is worth going through once for the explore EXP but you probably won't spend much time here. Quests: N one that I know of.  Equipment: You can pick up a pocket watch, a baby lag monster claws, and a horrible looking kludge. Which are novel, but not worth much. Open Questions: Where is the parent lag monster? Are there any other hidden areas or secrets beyond the closet? Map: Notes: General Notes: If you go north to the storage room and "look at boxes" you will reveal a secret room! There are five aggressive small errors in the next room. Pretty easy to kill though. In the dead player room there is a bat carr

Continent:  Laenor Description: Great place for Newbies to get explore experience and kill small monsters I'm not kidding. I earned around 300k experience just from exploring every room! Quests: N one that I know of.  Equipment: N one that I know of.  Open Questions: Is there anyway to help the caretaker on top of the mountain? Also, what is up with that temple at the top of the mountain? Map(s): Notes: General Notes (Not much to talk about in most of it beyond "hey there is stuff to kill"): Near the top of the mountain I found a small, green thyme (herb). Not sure if this was random; someone dropped it; or if it always appears there I really like how the mountain stream comes out of the cave near the top. (Good level design) The caretaker at the top is looking for a replacement He won't answer any questions from you though In the cave, I like how the rock-diggers are mostly at the ends of the tunnels, making them longer (Good level design) Kill Tracker: Small Grey Wo

Continent:  Laenor Description: Popular place to earn EXP killing monsters Quests: LQ23: Help Liezeb Equipment: Pelt of the silverback Guardian The final boss of the LQ drops this It provides +1 damage (which is actually pretty nice) Special Explore Rooms: The very top of the tower is a special explore room Special Thanks: Credit to Josim for pointing out the cave at the start of the river, and the fact that you can climb the statue in the town for an extra explore room. Open Questions: Is there any secrets in the village? It seems kind of boring and out of place. Turns out you can climb the statue which I guess is a secret. I didn't know it anyways until Josim pointed this out to me :) Map: Notes: Outerworld(ish) Area: This map is going to be different since a lot of it looks like the outerworld and it is very large The "outerworld" areas of it do not grant explore experience There are a ton of creatures here to farm EXP off of, which is part of why this area is so popul