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FFXIV Leveling Guide

]]> If you’re a long-time gamer you should know by now there’s nothing final about Final Fantasy. This ever growing title keeps gaining new players and the 14th edition will surely be no different. The Final Fantasy MMORPG especially gained interest among players, and while the game was never as popular as some others it still has a big player base.

Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) introduces a lot of new elements in the series and having a quality leveling guide next to you will make sure you get to see and experience content way, way faster than without. For an overview of FFXIV leveling guides read below!

1. Chrono FFXIV Mastery Guide

Rating: ★★★★★ 

Chrono FFXIV Mastery Guide has just been released on the same day as FF14′s official release. Previously only Killerguides guide was available, and while I thought highly of it before, Chrono guide just showed me what a real guide should contain!

Chrono Guide contains a very detailed leveling guide for Limsa Lominsa, Gridania and Ul’dah. If you’re looking for a FF14 leveling guide, this one is exactly what you need, period. It’s far more detailed and updated than any other FF 14 guide you’ll find, and the contents inside are actual insider secrets and strategies, not just some generic information you can find anywhere else. The author clearly spent a great deal of time researching Final Fantasy and knows what he’s talking about.

My favorite part of Chrono FFXIV Mastery Guide is the fact it’s a complete game strategy guide with a great deal of quality content other than the leveling guide: it has an impressive gil making guide, gathering guide, mining guide, crafting guides, leve guide, monster farming guides, disciplines, battlecraft, recipes, … and a number of useful tutorials and FAQ’s answered. All in all, Chrono FF14 Mastery Guide is your ultimate resource for anything FF14 related, and for a bargain price. Absolutely recommended!

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2. Killerguides Final Fantasy XIV Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

Killerguides is a good publisher of strategy and leveling guides which I frequently mention on this blog. They have over a hundred different guides for many games and their latest addition is a few FFXIV guides, namely FFXIV Class Secrets (link), FFXIV Gil Secrets (link), and most importantly FFXIV Leveling Secrets guide. I won’t be reviewing the first two guides, but the leveling guide is the one that interests us most anyway.

Killerguides FF XIV leveling guide contains quest walkthroughs designed to help you gain levels as fast as possible. However, their leveling guide is simply not as detailed as I’m used to seeing in other guides. It simply doesn’t have not information about quests, other than what you can read in game. Sure it’s better than not having any leveling guide, but it’s simply not enough. Chrono guide offers a lot more in this department. The leveling guide is not the primary focus of Killerguides FFXIV Strategy Guide, and unfortunately neither are other guides: although there is information on character skills, armory system, guilds, attributes, zones and some more, it’s not researched and thorough enough to make you feel like you know the game any better.

Overall I think Killerguides Mastery Guide is merely a shadow copy of the top-rated and no doubt best guide ever written for this game, Chrono Guide. By skipping Killerguides guide entirely you won’t miss out on anything. Chrono guide however is a must have!

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3. FFXIV Domination Guide

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

FFXIV Domination is a huge disappointment for me. I expected far more when I bought it and was quite surprised with how bad it actually is. It only has the most basic disciples and races overview, which everyone already knows. Other than that, there is a 1-15 leveling guide included, which is not all that bad but I was hoping it would be complete by now. Also, a beginners gil making guide is present, but the one in Chrono guide is a lot better. In fact, everything in Chrono guide is much better.

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4. FFXIV Secrets Guide

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

FFXIV Secrets is pretty much the same as FFXIV Domination. The same 1-15 leveling guide, the same gil making guide, the same useless class and race info… I honestly don’t see a reason why you would want this guide, unless you really really want to waste money.

It does however seem the author intends to update it so perhaps it will get better in time. But by then Chrono guide will be an encyclopedia.

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5. FFXIV Mastery Guide

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ 

First of all, FFXIV Mastery Guide is NOT the same guide as Chrono FFXIV Mastery Guide and should definitely not be mistaken with it. Chrono guide is amazing and my top rated FF14 guide, and FFXIV Mastery Guide (by Steve Benwell) is crap.

I’m not trying to be overly harsh here but Steve’s Mastery Guide only has a gil making guide which has the same info as FFXIV Secrets & FFXIV Domination, and all those three don’t come close to the Chrono guide anyway. As I understand the leveling guide is coming, but advertising for something that doesn’t yet exist is not the way to get a good review. Skip it, and get Chrono guide. Seriously.

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]]> Mortal Online is giving a lot of players a lot of trouble. The game is not as hyped as most new MMORPGs are and there’s not a whole lot of information you can find about it that would help put you ahead of the learning curve. Getting a detailed strategy/leveling guide for Mortal Online (MO) is definitely not a bad idea so check below to see what I recommend.

1. Killerguides Mortal Online Leveling Guide

Yet another leveling guide published by Killerguides and again one that has much more info than just about leveling. It includes a quest guide which will help you quickly catch up with other players, but its biggest strength is surely in other chapters: skills guide, equipment guide for both weapons and armor, race and career guides, and professions guide. It also contains a guide on earning Achievement Points, as well as a number of advanced battle strategies to help you defeat your opponents.

Overall Killerguides once again published a quality guide for a new MMO game, and while I wouldn’t mind reading a few more chapters so far it’s really good nevertheless. Additionally, this is currently the only Mortal Online guide and it beats any info you can find about the game anywhere else, so give it a shot.

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]]> http://www.leveling-guides.com/mortal-online-leveling-guide/feed/ 1 Lord of the Rings Leveling Guide http://www.leveling-guides.com/lord-of-the-rings-leveling-guide/ http://www.leveling-guides.com/lord-of-the-rings-leveling-guide/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:29:27 +0000 admin http://www.leveling-guides.com/?p=118 Post from: Leveling Guide Reviews

Lord of the Rings Leveling Guide

]]> Lord of the Rings is one of the most fun MMORPG games with many interesting features and fun elements. However, leveling in LotRO is far from fun most of the time and leveling guides are the only alternative to skip the boring part of the game. LotRO shines in endgame with entertaining raiding, but if you get bored of the game way before you reach the level cap there’s no point in playing at all, so check out these great Lord of the Rings Online leveling guides below and get straight to the best part.

Killerguides Lord of the Rings Leveling Guide1. Killerguides Lord of the Rings Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★★★ 

Killerguides published a guide for pretty much any game you can think of and their authors have years of experience, not only in writing quality guides, but also in playing these games and finding the little secrets and tricks to make it easier. Killerguides LotRO guide is an all-in-one strategy guide for the game covering leveling in great detail, but also many other aspects of LotRO such as crafting, raiding, reputation system, class deeds, character stats, harvesting, weapons and armor and my favorite, a gold making guide.

Basically, Killerguides offers about a dozen guides for the price of one and the competition is not even close to that. You can also check out the other guides they offer, as the increasing popularity of the game demanded more and more specific class, gold making and other guides.

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FTWGuides Lord of the Rings Leveling Guide2. FTWGuides Lord of the Rings Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

FTWGuides unfortunately doesn’t offer any of the bonuses Killerguides leveling guide does and is overall not as good and detailed as Killer strategy guide. While it’s probably still useful for beginners, I highly recommend Killerguides guide as prime choice for all kinds of players.

Note: FTWguides no longer offers their Lord of the Rings Online Leveling Guide :(

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]]> http://www.leveling-guides.com/lord-of-the-rings-leveling-guide/feed/ 0 SWTOR Leveling Guide http://www.leveling-guides.com/star-wars-the-old-republic-swtor-leveling-guide/ http://www.leveling-guides.com/star-wars-the-old-republic-swtor-leveling-guide/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:26:38 +0000 admin http://www.leveling-guides.com/?p=97 Post from: Leveling Guide Reviews

SWTOR Leveling Guide

]]> Star Wars: The Old Republic is one of the most anticipated MMO games in long time. Not only does it have a great story (and highly popular movies) but also an engaging gameplay, and from everything we know this is an amazingly good MMORPG game, and one that will surely have millions of subscribers for years to come. That’s why getting an early advantage over other players is crucial, and some of the guides below will enable you to do just that!

At the moment there aren’t too many guides published for SWTOR, but I’m confident it’ll change within days. There are four different strategy and leveling guides I’ve been able to find so far, and you can read my opinions on them below. I know of two more Star Wars guides that will get released in the next few days, at which point I’ll update my post with new reviews and comparisons.

Reviews:

  1. Aeon SWTOR Mastery Guide
  2. Killerguides SWTOR Strategy Guide
  3. SWTOR Secrets Guide
  4. SWTOR Savior Guide

1. Aeon SWTOR Mastery Guide

Rating: ★★★★★ 

Aeon SWTOR Mastery Guide is currently the most complete and up to date guide I’ve come across. This complete game strategy guide was written by professional players who really know what they’re talking about, and they made quite an effort to compile all their extensive knowledge of The Old Republic into one detailed and easy to read strategy guide.

Aeon Guide includes a leveling guide of course. It doesn’t yet have step-by-step instructions and detailed walkthroughs of every single quest in the game, but it’ll likely get added soon. Rather, for now it has a number of different class strategies and skill tree builds that are designed to make leveling as easy as possible for players. In fact, I’ve found those and similar builds to be quite effective as well during my experiences with the game, so I can vouch for it’s. If you’re unsure on how to build your character for leveling, this will most certainly help.

Of course, both factions and all classes and advanced classes are covered in this guide. Aeon also includes very thought-out PvE and PvP builds as well, designed to help you dish out the most damage in Warzones or Flashpoints. The gear and itemization guide inside will also help you understand which attributes you should go after for a particular class, and you wouldn’t believe how many players make the same mistakes over and over again. Don’t be one of them! Aeon’s SWTOR Strategy Guide also includes helpful tutorials on tanking and healing, making sure you know the right skill rotations and maximize your effectiveness. Additionally, some content is accompanied with helpful screenshots and videos, which not all guides have.

Overall, Aeon SWTOR Guide is currently the best guide you can get. Tons of content and all of it very helpful will ensure you know what you’re doing in SW: TOR and will help you get ahead of other players.

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2. Killerguides SWTOR Strategy Guide

Rating: ★★★★½ 

There’s rarely an MMORPG released without having a Killerguide helping you through it. They have dozens of guides for various games which only solidifies their position as one of the best and most experienced guide writers out there. For Star Wars: TOR they actually published nearly 20 different guides: most are about different classes and advanced classes, with some on credits and crew skills. But most importantly, they have a full strategy guide that of course includes a leveling guide as well.

If you indeed plan on playing SWTOR, having a leveling guide helping you through the process can speed things up significantly. Killerguides leveling guide unfortunately isn’t a step-by-step guide showing you detailed information on every single quest in the game, but rather a collection of highly useful tips, tricks and strategies that will make leveling faster regardless of your class choice.

If you want a class-specific leveling guide, you should take a look at some other guides that Killerguides offer, ones that talk about each class in particular. However, this strategy guide is still very useful and I suggest you pick it up along with a guide for your favorite class. As for other content, it talks about crew skills (professions and crafting), flashpoints (dungeons and instances), PvP combat, space ship tactics, equipment and more. You can find a full list of contents on their website, which I suggest visiting.

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3. SWTOR Secrets Guide

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

SWTOR Secrets is a recently released guide that actually isn’t an all-in-one SWTOR guide, but rather has 8 different guides, one for each class. There’s no single strategy guide that has info on all classes as well as other generic stuff, but you’ll have to pick one and stick with it. SWTOR Secrets can be bought as a bundle though, in which case you get all eight guides for a significant discount, but I’d rather see it offered immediately.

Each class guide in SWTOR Secrets package contains a variety of beginner information and tips. The inevitable leveling guide is included as well, however it doesn’t tell you any specific mission details, but rather a collection of newbie tips which granted are helpful, but not secret. Other than that, there’s info on advanced classes, PvP tactics, skill tree builds, races, farming credits, grouping with other players, equipment, recommended crew skills and companions. Unfortunately that’s it for now.

I’d gladly give SWTOR Secrets guide a better rating, but currently it lacks any detailed information that can’t be found elsewhere. Hopefully the guide will improve in the coming weeks, in which case I’ll be sure to review it again and update this accordingly.

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4. SWTOR Savior Guide

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

SWTOR Savior does have a few tricks up its sleeve, but it’s not enough to beat other guides. First things first though: it does have a leveling guide. It doesn’t hold your hand with each quest and mission, but it does tell you where to go with some maps and pointers. There’s also several locations included which are known for decent item drops and credit farming, which are usually worth checking out. There’s supposed to be a step-by-step leveling guide included in SWTOR Saviour, but apparently it’s not complete yet.

As for other things, there’s a guide on classes and advanced classes, helping you decide which one is for you depending on your preferences: PvP, PvE, tanking, healing, … Also, a beginners crew skills guide is included, giving you a breakdown of their pros and cons and recommendations on which gathering, crafting and mission skills are best for your class. Also included is a basic PvP guide, as well as information on weapons, armor and commendations.

There’s a couple of bonuses as well. First, a PvP guide including info about Warzones, as well as providing some skill tree builds. Additionally, there’s a guide about the Galactic Trade Network and how to make credits off of it.

Overall, SWTOR Savior Guide is simply not detailed enough right now to compete with other guides for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Nevertheless, if you want to check it out click below.

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Aion Leveling Guide

]]> Aion is a still a rather new game but already has its own market share, and appears to be a formidable competition to some other MMOs. Even though there are many similarities between Aion and some other games, there’s one important difference and that is leveling. While leveling guides for other games serve mostly as guidance, in Aion it’s almost a necessity. More than often you’ll find yourself without any quests to do and it will appear like there’s nothing else to do but grind: but is that really the case?

I checked out these Aion leveling guides for you so read on to see out what I found out about them!

Summary:

  1. Kozens Aion Leveling Guide
  2. AionMastery Aion Leveling Guide
  3. Killerguides Aion Leveling Guide
  4. FTWGuides Aion Leveling Guide
  5. KFGuides Aion Leveling Guide
  6. Fantoms Aion Leveling Guide

Kozen Aion Leveling Guide1. Kozens Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★★★ 

Kozen’s leveling guide is currently my top rated guide for a number of reasons. First, the guide is very detailed and includes maps and screenshots to help you find your way. It has both factions included unlike some other guides, and both are very well done. In addition to the leveling guide, Kozen also wrote a crafting, Abyss, kinah and a couple of other guides which is a huge bonus. Most other guides (except for Killerguides) are only leveling guides.

With Kozen Aion leveling guide you also receive free updates and access to member forums where you can discuss various leveling tricks and tactics and even see some video guides. I think Kozen’s leveling guide is currently the best and no doubt will stay the best for a long time.

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Aion Mastery Leveling Guide2. AionMastery Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★★★ 

AionMastery is the latest guide amongst Aion leveling guides but it’s already a very serious competitor. It includes both Asmodian and Elyos leveling guides completed to level 40, which is probably already updated to 50 by the time you’re reading this. The guide is detailed and thorough however it doesn’t have as many additional tips and tricks for certain quest like Kozen’s guide has.

Aion Mastery also doesn’t have any screenshots to help you find stuff and included maps don’t have any notes — too bad, otherwise this would be a seriously outstanding guide. AionMastery has a kinah making guide (which is very good I might add) but it sells separately. Free updates are included but I’m afraid it’s simply not enough to beat the amazing contents, bonuses and support offered in Kozen’s guide.

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Killerguides Aion Guide

3. Killerguides Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Even though the leveling guide is only a part of this Aion (strategy) guide, I think that’s actually a positive thing. There’s a lot of extra stuff in this guide, including guides and info about classes, professions, PvP, equipment, kinah making and several other. Anyway, about the leveling guide: it’s miles better than what you may find in various forum topics or whatever. The quests are nicely outlined and if you follow the guide you’ll have no trouble reaching the level cap in less than two weeks (unless you play for 16 hours a day, then I guess you’ll be done in a few days!).

Killerguides Aion leveling guide is a good guide, however Kozen’s is more complete and detailed.

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FTWGuides Aion Leveling Guide4. FTWGuides Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

FTWGuides used to go by the name Ashling. I’ve had the chance of reviewing their Warhammer & Champions Online leveling guides and they were pretty good, and their Aion leveling guide is not bad also. It has maps and screenshots which you probably already guessed I really like to find in leveling guides, and it covers plenty — if not all quests.

Probably the most important thing about FTWGuides is that Elyos and Asmodian leveling guides sell separately, while in the two guides reviewed above it’s both included in one single guide. Despite FTWGuides Aion Leveling Guide being an overall good guide, I feel other guides simply offer more  so I can’t help but give them better ratings.

Note: FTWGuides is no longer available.

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KFGuides Aion Leveling Guides5. KFGuides Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ 

KFGuides cover both the Asmodian and Elyos factions, but the negative side is you have to pay separately for both, just as FTWGuides. The guides are however well done and have screenshots and good quest information, but I don’t think that’s enough to beat the three guides above.

Another negative side is the fact you have to pay additionally for updates to this guide which is not the case with other leveling guides I reviewed so far. And with KFGuides you can be sure you will pay extra, because they are only finished to level 40 for now (by the time you’re reading this it’s possible it’s already 50).

I really recommend getting one of the guides reviewed above with better ratings. KFGuides just doesn’t cut it.

Note: KFGuides is no longer published.

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Fantoms Aion Asmodian Leveling Guide

6. Fantoms World Aion Leveling Guide

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ 

Fantoms leveling guide unfortunately covers only the Asmodian faction. Wesley (the guide author) currently has no plans to write an Elyos leveling guide, which is really unfortunate. Anyway, about the guide: it has maps & screenshots which I really like, however it’s far from being complete to level 50, despite what the website says.

Free updates are included with Fantoms leveling guide, however I’m not certain when will that be: the guide has been out for some time now but without any updates so far. While it looks like a good leveling guide at first glance, Fantoms guide is not complete and even if it was I’d still give it a lower rating than top two guides.

Note: Fantoms leveling guide is no longer available.

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Conclusion: I recommend downloading Kozen’s leveling guide, it’s overall the best guide available and won’t disappoint you!

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]]> http://www.leveling-guides.com/aion-leveling-guide/feed/ 1 Warhammer Leveling Guide http://www.leveling-guides.com/warhammer-leveling-guide/ http://www.leveling-guides.com/warhammer-leveling-guide/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 22:04:50 +0000 admin http://www.leveling-guides.com/?p=3 Post from: Leveling Guide Reviews

Warhammer Leveling Guide

]]> Here’s all Warhammer leveling guides I could find. Not all of them are of high-quality, but the first few are real gems and you’d be a fool to pass the opportunity to read them. For a full list of features in each one read on!

Goblins Warhammer Mastery Guide1. Goblins Warhammer Mastery Guide

Rating: ★★★★★ 

Number one on the list of Warhammer Online leveling guides and definitely my favorite is Goblin’s guide. It has everything you’ll need from a leveling guide: it’s easy to follow, has detailed maps, screenshots, quest coordinates and it’ll get you to rank 40 before you know it. I really can’t explain how awesome it truly is, plus it also has a gold guide, RvR guide, career guides, tradeskill/crafting skills guide and more, which is way more than in other guides. Get it today!

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Ashlings Warhammer Leveling Guide2. Ashlings Warhammer Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Ashlings guide is similar to Goblins guide, but it does not include as many bonuses. However, it does have a crafting guide and an RvR/Renown guide. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves: the leveling guide found in Ashlings guide is indeed excellent just like in Goblins. Quests are also accompanied with maps, coordinates and sometimes even screenshots to help you where needed. If all you’re after is a leveling guide, Ashlings won’t disappoint, but due to many bonuses in Goblins guide I can’t help but put this one second.

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Killerguides Warhammer Strategy Guide3. Killerguides Warhammer Strategy Guide

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Killerguides is a well-known publisher of strategy guides for most MMO games, including Warhammer Online. As such, their guide is much better than some others, but I can’t help but notice the lack of work done on the leveling part of the guide. I guess they were eager to release it, but nevertheless it’s still more than helpful. No maps though :( . Killerguides War guide, like the two guides described above also has additional bonuses: RvR guide, gold making guide, equipment guide and a crafting guide. Not sure if you noticed, but gold guides for Warhammer usually sell separately (like this one), so this is certainly a nice surprise. Anyway, this certainly isn’t the best leveling guide you can find, but will do just fine.

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Warhammer Elite Leveling Guide4. Warhammer Elite

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

Warhammer Elite is a leveling guide without any bonuses, and it focuses solely on leveling. Unfortunately, the price does not reflect that, so you’ll have to dish out nearly the same price as for other guides reviewed above. The quests are decently described though and maps with coordinates are included.

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Fantoms Warhammer Leveling Guide5. Fantoms Warhammer Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ 

Note: Fantoms guide is no longer available!

Fantom’s Warhammer leveling guide is the one which advertises the most, yet is far from the best. It does have a few high points, but none that would make you get it rather than some other guide.

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Penns Warhammer Leveling Guide6. Penns Warhammer Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ 

I’d be lying if I said it’s a bad guide, but there are better ones. If not for the (more or less) decent leveling path I probably wouldn’t even include it here, so my recommendation is to look for a better one (hint: try one with more bonuses!).

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Stephen's Warhammer Leveling Guide7. Stephens Warhammer Leveling Guide

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ 

Just like Penn’s leveling guide, Stephen’s doesn’t come with any additional bonuses and I really advise you to get some other guide.

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Conclusion: Get Goblins guide, you will not be disappointed! If for some odd reason you don’t like it, you will like Ashlings guide. If you’re more into gold guides, Goblins and Killerguides guide are the only ones which will help.

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