Ashes of Creation Mage Leveling Guide

Welcome to the ultimate leveling guide for Mages! Inside this guide, we'll cover everything you need to know while you level your Mage to level 25. Note that the level cap upon release of the game is 50, however currenlty during this testing period the level cap is LV 25, which can take over 100 hours! As your character progresses, there are many things you can do while leveling to make your journey go much smoother, regardless if you're leveling solo or in a group. Here are a few of the best ways to be most efficient with your time, and maximize the overall experience gained.

This guide includes separate tips and tricks for every single level dependant on if you're in a group or not. As a Mage, your leveling experience will be quite drastically different than other the other archetypes in the game. This is because Mages are the undisputed kings (or queens) of AoE. No other archetype comes even remotely close to the devasting power of a Mage. For this reason, you'll never have troubles finding a group due to your highly sought after AoE damage in a game where the best way to level currently is AoE mob grinding.

While this game is made to play with friends and not really tailored for the solo adventurer, Mages actually are one of the best solo levelers in the game. This is due in large part to being able to pull countless mobs at once, kite them around one of your many slows you have and then AoE them down. Not only that, but Mages also excel in solo'ing higher tiered mobs, due to being able to kite. This not only can be life saving, but also can still be good exp/hour gains if you don't want to deal with leveling in a party.

Regardless of if you're in a group while leveling, or solo, there are a handful of tips and tricks that will make your leveling process more fun and efficient. These best practices can be found below.

There many types of scrolls in the game that give you a variety of different types of buffs. Some give a minor amount of experience (such as the Novice Scroll of Adventuring Experience giving you an additional 1% exp on all kills) or Novice Scroll of Intelligence which gives you some Intellect, boosting your damage.) Make sure to pick up some scrolls and use them often!

It's always a good idea to carry along consumables with you as you level, such as Rations (HP/Mana regen if you sit and eat it)and Fruit Salad (gives you 20 Magical Power for an hour.) Make sure to have these on you at all times! >Health and/or Mana Potions share cooldown with each other, so you can only use one at a time!

Positioning as a Mage is crucial! With our great power, comes great responsibilty and ours is to control our damage and not accidentally pull extra mobs. This may sound easy and obvious, but in Ashes some Mage spells are not bound by our 4 walls. For example, Ball Lightning is our main AoE spell and this can go through walls. This means that if you're not paying attention to where you're throwing your Ball Lightning, this will not only grab the mobs in the next room, but also from the floor underneath you if there are enemies there. Always be careful when you cast this spell and make sure you're facing a direction that will send the Ball Lightning through the mobs, but not to additional enemies.

While you're free to play the game how you want, with whoever you want, there will be a best comp for Mages that players should abide by if they want to play effeciently. For the perfect mix, you will want to aim to have one tank, two clerics, one or two Bards (one is enough to give Mana back to your party, the second one is extra if you want), and then four DPS archetypes. In a perfect world you have four Mages with you and the packs die instantly, but if not, just make sure there's a tank, two clerics and at least one Bard. The rest is up to you.

It's important to know that as your character progresses, you don't only unlock points to be used for your class skill tree, but also points towards separate skill trees for each of your melee and ranged weapon and your passive stamina tree. Be sure to invest points into these areas to enhance your overall leveling experience! This means taking the AoE skills more often than not.

You should always be aware of your PvP status while leveling, and how exactly it works. Players can manually turn on their PvP mode by clicking Alt + F, allowing them to attack other player. You must be careful though, because if you kill a player that does not fight back, you will then become corrupted, which not only gives you a horrible debuff that reduces your Health, Mana, damage and more, but also will cause you to drop your equipped gear upon death that you can lose forever. Flag up and PvP at your own risk. I'm not going to tell you to not PvP, because that's what this game is about! Kill those enemies that are in your leveling spot and take their loot! However be aware that if you pick up the loot of a dead player, you will automatically be flagged for PvP and other players can attack you back. Keep this in mind, as death will lead to XP debt and a severe loss in money, since you lose Glint when you die, making your leveling process a even more tedious and difficult than it already is.

Glint in money in this game and extrememly important. You need it to sell for gold which is then used to purchase commodities. As you kill more mobs and players, you'll obtain quite a bit of Glint and it's easy to forget about. After a few hours of leveling, you might find yourself sitting on a ton of glint. Make sure to take a break from leveling every so often and hit the closest town and put all your Glint in the storage so you won't lose it! A note about selling it, it's always good to sell your glint if you need gold to repair. That's it though. Glint is a major end game currency since the best way to get gold is to run Caravans, which you need Glint and only Glint to purchase the commodities that you'll be transporting for Gold. So don't hastily vendor all your Glint; instead save it and only vendor when you truly need gold and cannot wait. The gold return on selling Glint is atrocious.

Learn more about the most efficient way to level as a Mage within a group in Ashes of Creation! Using the scrolling feature below, select your level and unlock a list of best practices on how to level, including recommended skills, leveling locations, tips and more.

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Important note: While this guide only has a section for group leveling, the solo leveling advice would be the same. However, it's highly suggested to level in a group, since solo leveling in the current iteration of the game is a miserable experience for most classes, and even the classes that can do it, level significantly slower than if they were grouped. While Mages are capable of solo leveling if you are a pro at managing your slows, kiting and dimenishing returns, they're also the squishiest archetype in the game, making it very easy to die, resulting in more exp debt and losing more Glint.

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As you log in for your first time, directly in front of you is a guard that will give you a quest called "Welcome to Verra". This is just a breadcrumb quest that will lead to some free, easy experience in a bit, just by talking to a few NPC's. Scattered all along the floor and walls by that entrance next to that quest you picked up is a bunch of starter weapons. You want to look for the Great Spellsword. You already start with a wand, so you're good to start off on your journey! As you level you will find gear or buy gear that will be better, but for now this is what you got! Just walk out the door and kill some goblins as you make your way to Lionhold. Once you've arrived, start "The Sweat of your Brow" which will reward you with a free horse as a mount. This quest is very easy to do and is all done in the town, he just asks you to go around gathering and crafting some stuff. Here is a great video you can use as a reference on how to get your first mount for free.

Once you hit level 2 you get your first skill point and can get your first new Spell! There's a few really good options to choose from for your first choice. Firebolt, this is an instant cast spell that does mediocre damage, but has three stacks on a 8 second cooldown. This is great for just some additional damage, but also casting this spell will attune your Elemental Empowerment to fire, making your wand finishers apply a deadly Burn to the target. This is just nice damage to help quickly eliminate enemies at that early level. Frostbolt is a little bit more damage than the Firebolt, but has a cast time, as well as a 12 second cooldown. However this is still a good choice if you prefer the slow that Frostbolt provides over the damage from Firebolt. Lastly another strong pick is Shell. This provides you with a large absorb shield that will soak all damage until it breaks or 15 seconds has gone. This skill can help keep you alive at those early levels, since those goblins and skeletons you'll be fighting do an insane amount of damage.

The next three skills you should take should be the other two that you didn't take from your level 2 talent, then I pick up Lightning Strike. For example, I typically chooose Firebolt at LV 2, then next I pick up Frostbolt and then Shell and then Lightning Strike. This is because I prefer the great damage from not only Firebolt, but also from the Burning damage it attunes my wand to. I then pick up Frostbolt for some more damage, but more importantly to keep the enemy slowed, allowing me to deal significantly more damage before the enemy reaches me. Then I pick up Shell to protect me if and when the enemy gets to me. My rotation here bis opening with Frostbolt for the slow, then Firebolt 2-3 times after so my wand is attuned to Fire and then a few wand strikes and the enemy is typically dead. The Lightning Strike choice is for when we get our next talent Shatter, but still on it's own, Lightning Strike does more damage than Firebolt and Frostbolt if you hold the keybind down all the way to fully charge it up.

Once you reach level 5 or so, it's highly suggested to head out to the Laboratory and the Cookhouse to buy some gear and consumables. If you're hurting on money, then just spend 10-15 minutes cutting down every tree and picking every plant you see and just go vendor them. There's also some quick and easy World events that happen all over the place that you should do if you they happen to be live when you pass by. These are shared progress with every player who's doing the event, which makes the events go by pretty fast, but also providing you with a large chunk of experience, as well as a chunk of much needed Glint. As for what to buy, at the Laboratory pick up a Wand and a Focus. These will be copper ones that you can buy for almost half the price of all the other vendors! This is huge since money is pretty hard to find that early. Also pick up some scrolls while at the lab. Either the Novice Scroll of Adventuring Experience giving you an additional 1% exp on all kills or the Novice Scroll of Intelligence which gives you some Intellect, making you do more damage. At the cookhouse pick up some food called Fruit Salad, which gives you 20 Magical Power for an hour.

Upon reaching Level 6, you should have the following skills unlocked.

• Firebolt
• Frostbolt
• Shell
• Lightning Strike

Upon reaching Level 6, This is where your second tier of talent open up and we get the bread and butter of the Mage toolkit, Shatter. This is an extremely hard hitting passive spell that will proc whenver you deal Lightning damage to a frozen enemy. This typically starts with a Frostbolt opener, then a few wand strikes to prob chill again, thus freezing the target. After that you cast Lightning Strike, which will do high damage on it's own, but also prob Shatter, hitting the target for an additional 225% Ice damage. As mentioned, this is the bread and butter of the Mage. You'll be looking to do as many Shatters as humanly possible, bearing in mind that you can only Shatter a target once every 4 seconds.

From Level 7 to 9, you just want to pick up spells that will compliment your toolkit and anything that will buff up your Shatters. Ball Lightning is the suggested pick at LV 7 and some even swap this around with Shatter in the previous level. This spell does an insane amount of both AoE and single target damage, but also puts a debuff on any enemy hit with your ball that reduces their magical mitigation by 15%, meaning those enemies take 15% more damage from all spells, thus making your Shatters do even more damage. What's great about this is as of right now, Shatter procs off ANY Lightning damage and will ALWAYS hit for that 225% Ice damage, regardless of how hard you hit the enemy. This means that one single tick of the Ball Lightning will proc that Shatter and it will hit just as hard as if you proc'd the Shatter off of your fully casted Lightning Strike.

For the other two points pick up Hoarfrost and Cone of Cold. These will help you get quicker Shatters out since both of those spells are instant cast, eliminating the need to cast Frostbolt to set up. These are also close ranged spells that you need to be 5 or so yards away to hit the mobs. These are also very important spells, since this is one of the only ways to do AoE Shatters.

Note that it's typically around this level that you can head over to Church of the Seven Stars, which is West of Lionhold. This place is great for group leveling, but what makes it even better is that you can pick up a quest from Lorik of the Seven who's standing right next to the Herbalism Vendor at the Agricultral Supply right at the bottom of the hill by Church of the Seven Stars. It's always suggested to look in World Chat for a group or start one, pick up that quest and complete it while grinding those mobs.

Upon reaching Level 10, you should have the following skills unlocked.

• Firebolt
• Frostbolt
• Shell
• Lightning Strike
• Shatter
• Ball Lightning
• Hoarfrost
• Cone of Cold

Upon reaching Level 10, you should now have these talents as well as what we talked about. Enchant Weapon, which allows you to enchant someones weapon to match your elemental empowerment. Example, if you have your wand attuned to Fire, so will your friend now, meaning he will now apply that same Burn you do. This works great to Lightning to ensure the Volatile debuff is up as often as possible and good for Frost to help set you up for more Shatters. Next up is Blink. This teleport will save your often, while also allowing you to distance yourself from the enemies.

The next two skills are Arcane Circle and Prismatic Beam. These are you two MAJOR cooldowns. Arcane Circle puts down a purple circle under you that gives you 120% increased Magical Power for 10 seconds. You can also stack multiple elemental empowerments on you weapon if you cast them while you're in the circle. Prismatic Beam is a VERY HARD HITTING spell that channels a beam that is based on whatever element you're attuned to. For example, if you're fire, then you're beam with be a stream of fire that does fire damage as well as applies the Burn. However to make this even more fun and engaging, you can triple stack your elemental empowerments if you're in your Arcane Circle and then your Prismatic Beam will hit for all three of the elements and apply all three debuffs!!! You can also click your keybind for elemental empowerment and it will take off any empowerments you have and leaving it as attuned to Arcane. If you're attuned to Arcane, your Prismatic Beam will give you mana back based on the damage your beam did. Always nice to keep in mind when you're on the long AoE grinds and hurting on mana.

After that pick up Bombardment, which will make your Firebolt do 25% more direct damage, as well as apply the Staggered debuff. Staggered in itself isn't amazing, but it's important because many other archetypes have combos and stuns that require the enemy to be Staggered. This allows you to quickly cast Firebolt to apply Stagger. The next pick up is Chain Lightning. This chains lightning to 5 nearby enemies and doesn't do that much damage, but we'll pair it with an insanely good passive when we level one more time.

>As for where to level, once Level 10 you can do one of two things, depending on if I'm solo or in a group. If in a group, aim for Halls of Judication, or Oakenbane Keep. These will be much more experience and drops much more Glint and gear than if solo, with the downside of finding a group and dealing with other human beings. However it is 100% worth it! Even when solo grinding, make the time to go spend an hour or so in Halls to get gear upgrades.

Upon reaching Level 16, you should have the following skills unlocked.

• Firebolt
• Frostbolt
• Shell
• Lightning Strike
• Shatter
• Ball Lightning
• Hoarfrost
• Cone of Cold
• Enchant Weapon
• Blink
• Arcane Circle
• Prismatic Beam
• Bombardment

The next handful of points will be spent adding more to your already robust toolkit and buffing the spells you've already got. The first is Aftershock. This is a passive that is linked to Chain Lightning. Aftershock makes your Chain Lightning hit everyone twice only if the enemy is Staggered (one of the reasons we picked up Bombardment), and this can be Shattered. Make sure to cast Firebolt before you cast Chain Lightning. This, casted after a powerful Ball Lightning, while inside of your Arcane Circle and followed up with a juicy triple stacked Prismatic Beam will do the highest amount of AoE damage in the entire game.

Amplified Lightning Strike turns your Lightning Strike into an AoE, rather than just single target, but only if you cast a fully held down Lightning Strike. If you do, that Lightning Strike will hit every nearby enemy, with no target cap. This also applies 10 more stacks of Shocked, bringing the total to 20 stacks for some pretty crazy damage. After that pick up Combust. This will conflagrate your enemy, dealing some slight damage, but most importantly, this means it will take all of your Burns that are on the target and convert them into one huge accelerated Burn DoT that deals an additional 30% damage. This hits like a truck and scales excellently.

The last two in this bracket to pick up is both Magma Field and Pyromania. Magma Field by itself is a horrible spell and should never be used... unless you also have the Pyromania talent. This is a passive talent that not reduces the cast time of Magma Field, but also makes it tick two more times! These two talents together synerize beautifully on any AoE packs that have 5 or more. You can use it on packs with less enemies, just be warned that your mana will become an issue if you've been AoE grinding for a bit. If you're dealing with Mana issues, this should be the first thing removed.

As for where to level in that range, either Citadel of Steel Bloom or Remnants of Sephillion are the choices. Both of these places are fantastic for gear, while giving you the best exp per hour. This of course requires a party and you can expect both of these dungeons to be extremely contested. The Tower of Carphin is another great place for gear and experience, however it's preferred to go here once you're Level 20. Even though solo leveling is an option around this point, it's at this bracket of levels that you should be looking for a group, or even forming your own. Too much great experience and the gear and weapons are out of this world and will hold you over until end game crafting!

Upon reaching Level 21, you should have the following skills unlocked.

• Firebolt
• Frostbolt
• Shell
• Lightning Strike
• Shatter
• Ball Lightning
• Hoarfrost
• Cone of Cold
• Enchant Weapon
• Blink
• Arcane Circle
• Prismatic Beam
• Bombardment
• Chain Lightning
• Aftershock
• Amplified Lightning Strike
• Combust
• Magma Field
• Pyromania
• Fuse

Now that you've got all of your hard hitting spells, with the powerful passives to go along with them, we'll use the rest of the points for some utility and passive damage. Starting with Fuse, this is a passive skill that simply makes all Burns 50% more powerful if you applied the Burn while they enemy is Shocked. This is very easy to do, since your rotation revolves around Shatter which requires the casting of Lightning spells, thus you'll naturally apply the Shocked debuff frequently. Just make a mental note not to cast Firebolt unless the target is Shocked and you'll see a nice jump in damage on all of your Burns. After that, pick up Shattering Shards as this will make your Frostbolt splinter off and do som extra damage to the main target and three nearby targets, but only if the target is Shocked! Once again for the reasons listed above, you'll find this easy to accomplish.

It's at this point where you can put the last few points wherever and it won't matter much. We've opted to go with utility picks, starting with Slumber. This will put your target and any other enemies within 5 yards of that target to sleep for 10 seconds. This is one of our main ways to crowd control and can save you in both PvE and PvP scenarios. Be careful though, as any damage done will break the sleep! After that, Accelerative Blink can be really helpful since this allows you to have an instant cast Fireball, Frostbolt or Lightning Strike after you Blink. You'll be blinking a lot, so might as well get a free instant cast after.

With your final point, this can be flexed between Blizzard and Thermal Equilibrium. More often than not, Thermal Equilibrium will end up being more useful, but on the rare occasion that there are three Mages in my party, Blizzard takes preference; not for the slight damage it does, but because each tick of Blizzard applies chilled, meaning the mobs will be frozen and all the Mages can be in Shatter heaven.

Congragulations on hitting the current max level in the Ashes of Creation Alpha! Going forward, it is in your best interest to read up on end game guides to better adjust your build for the new options available. Continue on to either our PvE or PvP guide to learn how to best excel with a max level character in Verra.

While on your leveling journey, you will be wanting to keep a look out for all types of gear. These can drop off mobs, bougth off vendors and even crafted throughout all levels. While armor is important, sicne it makes you less squishy on an already really squishy archetype, it also proves stats that will help you do some more damage. But the most important part of your gear is your weapons. They carry an extraordinarily high percentage of you Magical Power. Like 90% of your Magical Power comes from the weapons, making it vitally important to get new weapons as you reach new gearing leveling brackets. Below is a brief overview of some of the quick and easy gear you can pick-up while leveling to be as efficient as possible.

The gearing itself isn't confusing, but the weapon system can be, since we have so many options and different trees for the weapons. To keep this super simple, just equip whatever gives you the most Magical Power. Care about nothing else but that. Now when it comes down to you have say a Book and a Wand/Focus set up with the same Magical Power, that's when you have to choose based on your playstyle. You have three choices for ranged weapons: Book(2 hander), Wand(1 Hander, so you use a Focus in your offhand with it) and a Spellbow(2 hander). Each of them fire differently. The Book is AoE and attacks slower, whereas the Wand attacks much faster. For this reason I personally will use a Wand whenever available because the more your wand is autoing, then more finisher procs from your weapon tree you'll get.

Once you reach level 5 or so, it's highly suggested to head out to the Laboratory top buy your weapons. If you're hurting on money, then just spend 10-15 minutes cutting down every tree and picking every plant you see and just go vendor them. There's also some quick and easy World events that happen all over the place that you should do if you they happen to be live when you pass by. These are shared progress with every player who's doing the event, which makes the events go by pretty fast, but also providing you with a large chunk of experience, as well as a chunk of much needed Glint. This is the first place I start heading toward when I start a character. Here you can buy a Wand and a Focus. These will be copper ones that you can buy for almost half the price of all the other vendors! This is HUGE since money is pretty hard to find that early. Any extra gear you can get from the Textile Mill Vendor on the west side of Lionhold.

Item Name	Location	Level Requirement
Copper Wand	Laboratory Vendor (Flame and Formula)	Level 1
Copper Focus	Laboratory Vendor (Flame and Formula)	Level 1
Copper Great Spellsword	Smithy Vendor (Avons End)	Level 1
Ambitious Academic's Pants	Laboratory Vendor (Avons End)	Level 1
Ambitious Academic's Garb	Hideworks Vendor (Avons End)	Level 1
Ambitious Academic's Boots	Hideworks Vendor (Avons End)	Level 1

The items listed above are some quick and easy items to pick up to help kick-start your leveling journey. You will pick-up additional gear naturally as you start progressing towards level 10. If you're lucky, you'll get some lucky armor or wand and book drops! Also if you have the gold, make sure to check out the Marketplace located in different towns that players may have posted that you can buy for cheap.

As you continue to level, you may come across certain weapons and gear that could maximize your overall damage potential. There are a few specific items that drop from certain locations that may be worth grinding for to make your leveling experience a bit easier (especially if you are leveling solo). The list of items below are considered some of the best options you can pick up once you hit level 10. You can find these things out in the world, or to make it even easier you can just farm the materials up and have someone craft it. The higher quality materials, the higher quality the piece of gear or weapon will be, the more stats you will receive from it. Additionally, once an item reaches a certain quality, it will sometimes unlocks additional stats. The gear listed below is some of the best options you can pick up at level 10. It's set to rare quality, which is blue gear. It goes goes without saying that you want to aim for the highest quality, so if you're getting anything crafted, make sure to get the high quality gear!

If you are able to craft (or have a friend that can craft these items), it is highly recommended to go that route rather than trying to get lucky with picking up these items from mobs. There's still a chance of getting a majority of these items from mobs, but if you want to guarantee certain qualities, crafting is the best approach.

Please note: If you can afford to, it's highly suggested that you also use Apprentice Enchanting Scrolls to enchant your LV 10 gear, which will GREATLY boost your stats even further. The more you enchant a specific item, the more expensive it gets as you upgrade it.

Item Name	Location	Level Requirement
Tin Scepter	Crafting or Mob Drop (Ashen Flame Humanoids, Goblins)	Level 10
Tin Focus	Crafting or Mob Drop (Ashen Flame Humanoids, Goblins)	Level 10
Embercore Wand	Crafting or Mob Drop (Blister)	Level 10
Tin Focus	Crafting or Mob Drop (Ashen Flame Humanoids, Goblins)	Level 10
Hornhexer's Headband	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "The Hornhexer" (near Ursine Caves)	Level 10
Cloak of Aithanahr	Purchased from NPC at Aithanahr	Level 10
Tearwashed Shawl	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "Wailing Widow" (Tower of Carphin)	Level 10
Soulseeker's Pants	Crafting or Mob Drop (Most humanoids)	Level 10
Spider Silk Gloves	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "Nangolith the Spinner" (Briarmoor Farm)	Level 10
Bluebell Belt	Crafting or Mob Drop (Most humanoids)	Level 10
Bluebell Bracers	Crafting or Mob Drop (Most humanoids)	Level 10
Woeful Slippers	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "Wailing Widow" (Tower of Carphin)	Level 10
Hoarder's Lament	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "Hoodwinx and Hoarder" (The Desert)	Level 10
Goblin's Bone Dangles	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "Slaznug" (Daragal Estates)	Level 10
Doomsday Necklace	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "Doomed Researcher" (Near Tower of Carphin)	Level 10
Bone Ring	Crafting or Mob Drop (Most humanoids)	Level 10
Wormwig's Ring	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "Wormwig" (Near Tower of Carphin)	Level 10

As a friendly reminder, it is best practice to craft these items at the highest quality possible in order to maximize your damage output. If you are struggling crafting these items, consider killing mobs in the recommended areas listed above for a chance at receiving these items. The locations listed above are the best areas to farm these, but there are other mobs scattered throughout the world that haver a small chance at dropping these as well.

Once you hit level 20, you can gain access to some of the most powerful gear and weapons in the game. As soon as you hit level 20, it's suggested to replace your level 10 gear with as many of the items listed below as possible. These can be farmed by killing the mobs that drop them, or you can get them crafted. It's suggested to get as high as quality materials as you can and get this list crafted as soon as you can. Make sure to check out the Marketplace if you got some gold, as it can be exrememly easy and sometimes cheap to buy some of the materials needed to craft your end game gear.

Important note: The higher quality a piece of gear or weapon is, the more stats you will receive from it. Additionally, once an item reaches a certain quality, it sometimes unlocks additional stats. The gear listed below is some of the best options you can pick up at level 20. It's all set to Heroic Gear, which is a strong breakpoint in this game. It's okay if you can't get the Heroic quality crafted, just try to get as close as you can to it, or even higher if you can! Epic and Legendary gear is far superior to the Heroic and lower qualities.

If you are able to craft (or have a friend that can craft these items), it is highly recommended to go that route rather than trying to get lucky with picking up these items from mobs. There's still a chance of getting a majority of these items from mobs, but if you want to gurantee certain qualities, crafting is the best approach.

Please note: If you can afford to, it's highly suggested that you also use Journeyman Enchanting Scrolls to enchant your Level 20 gear, which will greatly boost your stats even further. The more you enchant a specific item, the more expensive it gets as you upgrade it.

Item Name	Location	Level Requirement
Steel Spellsword	Crafting or Mob Drop (Most humanoids)	Level 20
Proctor's Focus	Crafting or Mob Drop (From inside Tower of Carphin)	Level 20
Steel Long Spellbow or Wand of Briarhome	Crafting or Mob Drop (From inside Tower of Carphin) or Tumok the Wretched	Level 20
Skullcap of the Three Moons	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob Undertaker Zon (near Highwaymen Hill)	Level 10
Cloak of Ill Omens	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "Corvus" (near Gravepeak)	Level 20
Cognoscente Garb	Crafting or Mob Drop (From inside Tower of Carphin)	Level 20
Bloom Warden Pants	Crafting or Mob Drop (Citadel of the Steel Bloom)	Level 20
Cognoscente Gloves	Crafting or Mob Drop (From inside Tower of Carphin)	Level 20
Cognoscente Belt	Crafting or Mob Drop (From inside Tower of Carphin)	Level 20
Bloom Warden Bracers	Crafting or Mob Drop (Citadel of the Steel Bloom)	Level 20
Sweeper's Dusty Shoes	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "Eternal Sweeper" (Tower of Carphin)	Level 20
Goblin's Bone Dangles	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "Slaznug" (Daragal Estates)	Level 10
Steelbloom Earring	Crafting or Mob Drop (Citadel of the Steel Bloom)	Level 20
Harrowed Stars Necklace	Crafting or Mob Drop (Tower of Carphin)	Level 20
Ring of the Corvid Lord	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "The Corvid Lord" (Gravepeak)	Level 20
Ring of the Corvid Lord	Crafting and/or dropped from named mob "The Corvid Lord" (Gravepeak)	Level 20

The items listed above showcases some of the best gear options for the general Mages starting at Level 20 and end game. However, based on your overall gameplay, there may be other items that you may prefer. For example, if you PvP a lot, instead of wearing the light armor pieces with Intellect, you can sacrifice that Magical Power to put some heavy gear on. It comes with much more armor and even some Constitution, which gives you a bigger health pool. If so, you may want to consider collecting items from the Rosarium Guard set (farmed at the Citadel of the Steel Bloom). As for the weapons, as mentioned at the start of this page, equip whatever gives you the most Magical Power. When it comes to crafting your weapon, it is importnant to do anything you can to get it crafted at Legenedary quality as your weapon will carry your damage much more than anything else you can wear.

Once you hit Level 25, the grind doesn't stop! Start working on gathering some of these best-in-slot items, and start enchanting your high-quality gear! Make sure to check out the in depth PvE and PvP guide to learn what to do once you hit 25!