Area Quests by difficulty
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Message for the Newbie Questers,
The world of BatMUD is vast and always expanding. The area quests are numerous and their official BatMUD difficulty tag relative to the level of the players their creators were targeting. A quest might be Not Very Hard (for a Highbie), and as such IMPOSSIBLE (for a newbie). Even the Easy (for Newbies in a party) quest might be Challenging (for a Newbie Solo). It must also be noted that some quests, although classified as easy, require a specific spell or item which might not be as easily attainable for every character build. If you find that you are stuck, it might be time to party up or put it aside for a future Reinc.
What follows is an attempt to reclassify the area quests into those intended for Newbies, Midbies and Highbies, based on the difficulty set by the quest author, the amount of brain/knowledge/power it takes, and the area it takes place in. Of course, the separation is not strict and a party of determined Newbie might well take on Midbie Quests if they so desire!
In short, have fun questing and don't forget BatMUD is a game to play for a looong time, no need to rush!
- Anks the Newbie Quester
Quests for Newbies
(Or regainers)
Definition of newbie is apparently anything from Lvl 1 noob to a Lvl 80 mortal. So, please exercise caution when entering a new area, even if the quest is listed as Easy. It might be easy because it is very straight-forward.
| Quest Name |
Official Difficulty |
Reclassification (if different) |
Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| A day at the circus | Easy | ||
| Alchemist's dilemma | Easy | ||
| Balloon Ride | Easy | ||
| Caves of orac | Easy | ||
| City tour | Easy | ||
| Coffee time | Easy | ||
| Competing architects | Easy | ||
| Ferry | Easy | ||
| Gemcutter | Easy | ||
| Harbormaster | Easy | ||
| Intrigue at dark castle | Easy | ||
| Kitty | Easy | ||
| Miller | Easy | ||
| Paladin stronghold | Easy | ||
| Quest room | Easy | ||
| Rescue the bunny | Easy | ||
| Robbery in moonlight | Easy | ||
| Save the farmers | Easy | Not Very Hard | Party or leveling needed for 100k+ mob. I draw the line at 100k mobs for newbies, that's not easy. Or they need mid/highbie help, and then that means it's not a newbie quest, but it's bellow easy for mid/highbies. |
| The lost troglodyte rod | Easy | ||
| View artwork | Easy | ||
| Visit | Easy | ||
| Dortlewall town patrol | Not Very Hard | Easy | Come on, it was made part of the tutorial. It's at least as easy as competing architects. |
| Amulet (quest) | Not Very Hard | ||
| Catfolk shipyard | Not Very Hard | ||
| The ant hill | Not Very Hard | ||
| The quest of legolas | Not Very Hard | ||
| White Pudding | Not Very Hard | ||
| Mirror mine (quest) | Challenging |
Quests for Midbies
What even is a Midbie? Level 75-100 mortal that has reinc'ed a few times and been there for a few years? Couple Rebirths? For the purpose of this classification, it's for players for whom it's almost insulting to think that they would find the above-listed quests hard to do, unlike Newbies that have to really work or party up for the Not Very Hard ones.
| Quest Name |
Official Difficulty |
Reclassification (if different) |
Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folklorist road trip | Not Very Hard | Need some world knowledge and the ability to move around in higher level areas without dying. | |
| Tears of laesa | Challenging | Newbie-me got half by partying, so I'll say Midbie. Although, apparently Vampire is Highbie level, so... | |
| The lost staff | Challenging | Newbie-me found the start and the way to end, but the middle is probably over my head. | |
| Rescue Hannah's parents | Very hard | Newbie-me did the first part no trouble, but the second part is in a highbie area. Maybe Midbie? Since it's supposed to be Very Hard, I guess we are meant to do it before that area becomes an easy area... |
Quests for Highbies
Honestly, all the IMPOSSIBLE quests just got put here in the Highbie section. Feel free to move some to Midbies if needed... or to grab some quests from the Midbies if you feel like having some not-impossible ones.
| Quest Name |
Official Difficulty |
Reclassification (if different) |
Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conquer the known world | IMPOSSIBLE | ||
| Solo the haunted mansion | IMPOSSIBLE | ||
| Treasuries of the nocilis valley | IMPOSSIBLE | ||
| When all hope is lost | IMPOSSIBLE |
Un-reclassified yet
If you are the quest maker and want to specify what 'bie you had in mind, feel free! Otherwise, if some new/mid/highbies would like to give their input, the page author is a baby-newbie and has no idea where these should be because they haven't poked their nose in there yet.
| Quest Name |
Official Difficulty |
Maybe... |
|---|---|---|
| Help atriel | Easy | |
| Lunar defender | Easy | |
| Restoring albert's honor | Easy | |
| The lost love | Easy | Newbie? |
| End the war | Not Very Hard | Newbie or Midbie? |
| Escape in the village | Not Very Hard | Newbie or Midbie? |
| Farmer in dire need | Not Very Hard | Newbie or Midbie? |
| Frozen Valley | Not Very Hard | |
| Help loretta | Not Very Hard | |
| It's a drill | Not Very Hard | |
| It's dog | Not Very Hard | Newbie-me found Pennywise before finding the Dog, ran like hell. Midbie if we really have to fight Pennywise, newbie if not? |
| Necromancer's dream | Not Very Hard | |
| Ruler of the day | Not Very Hard | |
| Ackbar's warrior shrine | Challenging | |
| Drow tower (quest) | Challenging | |
| Find norgak | Challenging | |
| Free filonious | Challenging | |
| Mastery of magic | Challenging | |
| Melcross (quest) | Challenging | |
| Millie's nightmare | Challenging | |
| Moonlight murders | Challenging | Newbie can start, but I'm stuck so no idea if it should be midbie. |
| Restless dead | Challenging | |
| Solve mystery of the abandoned village | Challenging | |
| Spirit of vengeance | Challenging | |
| The living cave | Challenging | |
| Vendance shore | Challenging | |
| Beaumont hamel | Very hard | |
| Dragonscale armour | Very hard | |
| Elementalist | Very hard | |
| Four elements | Very Hard | |
| Free tarackia | Very Hard | |
| Free the ghost of seyed fairlonge | Very Hard | |
| Haunted mansion | Very Hard | |
| Lost treasures | Very Hard | |
| Rise of the verminkin | Very Hard | |
| Save ozymandius | Very Hard | |
| Shrouds of darkness | Very Hard | |
| Sweet dreams | Very Hard |
