Leveling Guide

Before hunting, open the world map and walk to the red mark, where the NPC Shadow Phantom Soldier stands. Talk to him and pick the buff option (the other option is his quest). The official guide shows this as the first step for new characters; for where each class begins, see How to Start.

Most classes start around Lorencia; Fairy Elves start in Noria. The number in brackets is the monster's own level.

Icon	Map	Your level	Hunt
	Lorencia	1-5	Spider (2), Budge Dragon (4)
	Lorencia	5-10	Bull Fighter (6)
	Lorencia	15-20	Hound (9), Elite Bull Fighter (12), Rich (14), Skeleton Warrior (19)
	Noria	3-10	Spider (2), Goblin (3), Chain Scorpion (5)
	Noria	10-20	Elite Goblin (8), Beetle Monster (10), Forest Monster (15), Agon (16), Worm (20)
	Devias	22-25	Ice Monster (22)
	Devias	25-30	Hommerd (24), Yeti (30)

At 30, move to the Dungeon: warp there, or walk to its entrance marked on the Lorencia map. At 50, warp to the Lost Tower and climb floor by floor:

Icon	Floor	Your level	Hunt
	Dungeon 1	30-33	Skeleton Warrior (19)
	Dungeon 1	33-35	Larva (25)
	Dungeon 1	35-37	Cyclops (28)
	Dungeon 2	37-40	Skeleton Archer (34), Hell Hound (38), Elite Skeleton Warrior (42)
	Dungeon 3	45-50	Poison Bull Fighter (46), Death Knight (48)
	Lost Tower 1-2	50-60	Shadow (47), Poison Shadow (49), Cursed Wizard (54)
	Lost Tower 3-4	60-65	Cursed Wizard (54), Death Cow (57)
	Lost Tower 5-6	65-70	Devil (60), Death Knight (62)
	Lost Tower 7	70-80	Death Gorgon (64), Balrog (67)

From level 80 the guide sends you back to Lost Tower floors 3 to 6. Monster details are in Monsters & Bosses.

A Webzen update raised the EXP that many monsters give. A few examples from its table (shortened):

• Shared kills: when several players hit one monster, each gets EXP in proportion to the damage dealt. If A deals 60,000 and B 40,000 to a monster with 100,000 HP, A gets 60% of the solo EXP and B 40%.
• Party EXP is split by level, based on what the highest-level member would earn. Two level 500 characters split 5:5; level 300, 300 and 400 split 3:3:4.
• A party also adds bonus EXP: 2% to 5% for 2 to 5 members, or 5% to 7% for a set party of 3 to 5 (see Party & Matching).

The same update made class change quests readable in the My Quests window (T) and added a quest journal that tracks accepted quests live. For how far you can level in the end, see Level Cap & Season Rewards.