Notes From BatMud

Continent: Laenor Description: A "high level newbie/midbie" area. Good for practicing how to run a party. All the creatures here are of the "good alignment" making this a good place for evil characters to strengthen their reputation. Many of the creatures in this area poison. It really helps to have someone in your party that can cure it. Quests: N one that I know of.  Equipment: Steel Studded Gauntlets [ Link ] +2% Stun Obtained from Puff the Dragon A Dragonscale Tail Guard +2 Hit, -1 STR, +1% Brawling Obtained from Puff the Dragon Open Questions: Still haven't killed Puff yet... Map: Notes: Entrance (Tower): Going up the tower, you will encounter a guard dressed in white armour that will block your progress. The guard will still block you if you are invisible or sneaking Luckily the guard is pretty easy to kill Further up the tower, an elven warrior will also block your progress You can't sneak by them either Near the top you will encounter a Winged Warri...

Continent:   Laenor Description: The town of Oakvale is known for their faerie merchants in the south You can buy herbs, gnome gadgets, clothing, and some weird specialty items here. A mid-level area but there are no aggressive monsters so it is safe to explore There are some secrets for players who want to delve into the backstory and help the townsfolk. Quests: Get rid of the ghost in the stable Not a tracked area quest, but it is something to do. Equipment: Brown gardening gloves +5% Plant Lore Can be bought from Kia-kai Stormwind for 30k gold A green and brown rubber frogsuit Will transform you into a frog. This is *not* a buff. Can be bought from Kia-kai Stormwind for 10k gold A gold necklace with a sparkling red ruby +5% Bargen A red velvet choker with a silver heart +1 CHA, +1 Avoid Dropped by Stephanie Carmin Short sword 'flicker' +1 Fire Damage. +Light You can buy this from Kia-kai Stormwind for 4260 gold He also wields it so you can get it by killing him. Open Questi...

Continent:  Lucetium Description: Treetop village with a lot of locked doors, each with a unique key that changes per boot. Basically, expect to do a lot of searching to unlock all the doors. There's some "secrets" in the locked rooms, but mostly this just opens up more areas to find creatures to kill. In the "non-secret" areas, there is only on aggressive creature (a racist old catfolk) that will attack non-catfolk players on sight. This makes the area fairly safe to explore for newbies. The locked rooms do not grant explore EXP though, so feel free to skip them unless you are trying to solve the mini-quests here. The bridge guards WILL become aggressive if you start to attack townsfolk though. So be careful about that. Tons of secrets to discover and it is linked to several other areas E.g. Orc Samurai Some of the creatures will block you if you attack them and try to flee, so this is a good area to come with a party so you can ensure you kill things without n...

Continent:  Laenor Description: An ancient and abandoned castle, taken over by dragons, ghosts, and (worst of all) musicians Decent place for newbies to explore and gain EXP, as long as they avoid the two big aggressive monsters. Great place for midbie EQ parties to get experience taking down bigger monsters. Quests: N one that I know of.  Equipment: An ancient Dragon's amulet +2 SPR, +Light Obtained by killing the  Piers Dragon (75k monster)   A small jeweled belt +2 SPR Obtained by killing Blur (100k monster) Open Questions: As a general point, there obviously are secret areas in this castle I haven't discovered how to access yet. I feel like I just scraped the surface of exploring this area. How do you get past the huge stone in the basement? There's also three scary ghosts (all named dread) throughout the castle that drop semi-unique items like brilliant gem. Is this related to getting past the stone in the basement? What is up with the armchair, and the "an...

Continent:  Desolathya Description: A mid-level area with a lot of secrets Has some high-level monsters to kill for equipment Make sure you have the ability to see invisible since many of the monsters are hidden. The *generic* weapons monsters drop sell for around 1k gold each which can be nice for mid level characters trying to make some money Quests: You might need to show up here as part of LQ33: Norther Raiders [ Link to Northrend Guide ] Equipment: The Robes of Haliban the Archmage +1 SPR Obtained by killing Haliban the Mongrelman Batwiki Entry: [ Link ] Tattered Yellow Robes +2-7 WIS, +2 Mastery of Protection Obtained by killing the old man (100k monster) Batwiki Entry: [ Link ] The Bloody Tail Spike of the Wreched +2 avoid Obtained by killing the Wretched (300k monster) Batwiki Entry: [ Link ] Black Skeletal Plates -10 charisma (yup, this is an item to sell or sacrifice) Obtained by killing the Wretched Batwiki Entry: [ Link ] Open Questions: Is there a way to enter the fron...

Continent:  Lucetium Level Limit: Max Player Level: 55 Enforcement Mechanism: 100k Blocking Monster Description: Another of the more "modern" Batmud areas with several outerworld components, much like bunny valley. A good place for mid level characters to earn experience. There are a ton of monsters to kill here. There's also a fun area quest to do. Finally, there are some equipment pieces you can collect, either for your starter set, to sell, or to use in a Rixx event. Quests: Area Quest: Coffee Time Fun quest. Lots of secrets to discover. Some of the syntax is non-intuitive. The biggest monster you need to kill is around 20k EXP. There are multiple rewards to this quest. Only one of which gives you credit for completing the quest. Equipment: A pure white loincloth +1 CHA, +1 SPR Obtained from the cherub-like homunculus (40k monster) Batwiki Entry: [ Link ] A white apron +1-2 HPR Obtained from Dr. Oso Batwiki Entry: [ Link ] Halo of Flames +5 DEX, -3 cold res, +damage on...

Continent:  Furnachia Description: I absolutely love this area. It was really well coded and the quest is a ton of fun to solve. Easily in the top 10 areas of Batmud. One of the more Newbie/Midbie friendly areas in Furnachia. Feel free to explore since there aren't any aggressive monsters that I'm aware of.... Update/Warning:  If you wear any red clothing one of the monsters will turn aggressive and attack you. They are a "beefy" fella so it'll be a pretty quick death. Quests: LQ 48: Successor of Province This is a real fun level quest. No fighting and all exploring. So anyone can complete this! Spoilers can be found below, but I strongly recommend exploring this area and figuring things out yourself and only referring to this guide if you get stuck. Go to the manor to get things started... Equipment: A shimmering blue necklace with a silver plaque +4 WIS 'squeeze necklace' for water walking (one time a boot) This is the reward for completing the level que...