By Vanilla Sugar
Original Post
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Introduction:
After seeing tons of boards asking for help with training quests, I decided to put this little guide together to try to help everyone out. I've read through about 20 pages on the quest board looking at the most common questions asked and will try to cover all of them here. Some information is things that I have figured out on my own, or learned from someone else, and am now including into one place rather than having it scattered here and there through the boards. So, the first thing that must be understood is what the different training options are, what is required to complete them, and what the reward for each one is. This will help you to determine which one you want to do.
FAQ's:
What are the different kinds of training quests, how many levels does it take and what are the rewards?
Newbie: requires 1 level and can only be done once. Rewards 3k.
Easy: requires 5-10 levels. Rewards 4k.
Medium: requires 10-20 levels. Rewards 8k and 1bp.
Hard: requires 30-40 levels. Rewards 15k and 3bp.
Extremely Hard: requires 70-80 levels. Rewards 30k and 6bp.
Impossible: requires 120-140 levels. Rewards 70k and 10bp.
How long does it take to complete a ___ quest?
An easy quest can take as little as one hour, where-as an impossible quest can take upwards of 2-4 months (depending on how much time you dedicate to questing and how quickly the pony levels up) however there are ways to lessen the amount of time spent on questing and finish quests faster (which we'll get to a little later on).
How do I level my pony?
By entering contests your ponies will gain experience, as this experience adds up your pony will gain levels. A little "L" will appear on the picture of your pony when you go to your stables. Go to your pony's stats and you'll see where you can deploy a level :) Some quests simply require you to get your ponies to a certain level, in which case you can deploy that level to any stat (I.E. charisma, strength, etc). Others will require it be deployed to a specific stat. For those questing by level, once you have deployed the level and your pony has reached the goal your quest with that pony will be complete and you can go on to the next (level quests are usually only for newbie and easy quests. Medium+ quests are stat quests.)
What kind of contest should I enter/How can I level faster?
There are tons of different types of contests that run every hour, however, if you are looking to level faster then marathons are what you really want to enter into, more specifically split marathons (I.E. adult marathon 0-50, adult marathon 51-100, baby 0-30, etc, etc.) For lower level ponies it makes it possible to gain at least a level an hour (depending) and occassionally you can gain up to 2 levels in an hour (rare, but it does happen.) Now this does mean that you'll have to put a bit of an investment into your training, rarely are the free contests split into levels, but a lot of people have 3-5pg split marathons so it's not that bad :)
What about training my high level ponies?
Once your ponies (babies especially) get over the level 25-30 mark, it is sometimes more helpful to train them faster in the unlimited marathons as there will be more contestants in those, so you'll gain more exp. With adults, a lot of marathons are 0-50 and 51-100 and those fill up pretty well, once you get over level 100 you might consider entering in the unlimited marathons to compete in a filled contest and get more exp that way. :)
Extra Tips:
By contesting your other ponies with your questers (and not deploying the exp) you can complete more quests, this comes in real handy for those who only have one account and can only do 3 quests at a time. As one pony completes a quest simply find the pony in your stable who has gained the most levels (there is a level guide at the end of this) and put that one on a quest. I personally usually do the medium quests because I can often complete 5 or so a day, contest for a couple days getting 2-3 medium quests each day and then be able to turn around and complete another 5 or so. So I've always got bp coming in every day. (which is good since I'm a starter junkie *lol*)
For examples of this you can look in my stables. The +# in front of each pony's nickname is how many levels they've gained, this way when I go to put a new pony on a quest I don't have to try to remember which pony was the highest gain or open a second window.
Hope this helps everyone!!! I worked out the levels and exp in spreadsheet, however there are others who have also done the same (such as vivi (who did a *lot* of work on hers) and generousgem) I have not stolen their level guide from them, we all just had the same idea and found it very useful! *lol* If anyone has questions they would like added to this please post them and I'll add the question and the answer in the guide :D Hope this helped some people!!
