Sianu wrote:
Alternatively, ports to Grimling Forest on the other side of Katta (via Tenebrous Mts)- there is a way to run to Grimling but I don't know it. You can certainly make plenty of platinum to cover teleport costs by collecting acrylia from Grimling Forest or the adjacent Acrylia Caverns.
There's the "long way around" path. It's technically the "normal" mmethod of travel, with Fungus Grove being a dangerous shortcut.
The old way (pre-pop) was to go to Paludal Caverns. Travel back and along the right side, straight across a bridge, take a right, then a left, through a pool, then wander a bit (It's been a long time since I took this route, but interestingly enough it was the "first" route I found through PC on the first day of Luclin release). You come out in a small watery cave in Hollowshade Moor. Alternatively, if you just stay right in PC instead of crossing the bridge, there's a route that will take you to Shadeweaver Thicket. From there, you can travel through Shar Vahl and into Hollowshade Moor.
Obviously, with Pop, just take the Shar Vahl book to Shadeweaver Thicket. Travel through Shar Vahl to HSM. Much faster. From HSM, travel along the path, over a couple bridges to the far corner where there's a tunnel that takes you to Grimling Forest.
For completenesses sake, run straight through Grimling forest, keeping the canyon to your left until you hit the far zonewall (you'll see a waterfall slightly to your left). Hang a right. Duck through a stone archway. You'll see a Grimling camp in front of you, but you can take a sharp right into a tunnel that takes you to Tenebrous Mountains. From there, you can follow the left zonewall relatively safely (have to duck around the two grimling caves) and to Katta. That leads to Twilight Sea, which leads to Scarelet Desert. If you want to do the full loop, you could travel to the far side of the desert and enter The Grey. From there, angle 45 degrees to the left and you'll find the tunnel to Mons Letalis (don't forget to bring an EB for traveling through the Grey though. Run through there to Marus Seru, then to Netherbian Lair, then back to the nexus on the other side.
Yeah. Luclin has a lot of running involved. The reason is that there are three cities, but only one of them is a starting city and has a pop book. Seru is not that terribly far to go. Katta is a huge run though. Fortunately, there are ports to a number of zones. Twilight Sea and Grimling forest both can be ported to, so getting a druid or wizard is a good idea....