Spoilers!
repost from old thread by Neronitheus, EU
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Level 20 seems to be the point where a person get to like or dislike the character. Below is a guide that will allow you to come to a decision quickly. Any feedback to improve is welcome, good bad or indifferent.
Note: This is aimed at Priests, Mage and Soldiers but can be adapted for all classes.
Good luck.
Level 1 to 5 Shipwrecked
1. First quest upon landing on Tortage Island is the Shipwrecked Quest. Run up the beach and you'll see Casilda hanging from a post. Right click and accept the quest from her.
2. She gives you the quest Casilda.
3. Run back to where you landed on the beach and you'll see Scavenger Tuut.
4. Kill him and loot the key to complete the quest.
5. You can run down the beach past Scavenger Tuut and kill the Scavenger Lackeys and the Crocodile Boss for some extra XP, there is also a chest to loot besides the Croc boss (SW along the beach).
6. Run the opposite way past Kalanthes (he will have a part in your future destiny quests) to the West part of the beach and kill the other crocodiles for more XP.
7. Return to Casilda and free her. She'll follow you now but she is rather useless.
8. To your right, left and front past Casilda are small camps with bosses, easy kills good for loot and easy XP. One of them will drop a weapon your class can use. In the left camp is a chest near the back by the ape in the cage.
9. Continue on down the path to the Pict camp Outskirts, massacring everything in your path. Equip any armour you might get by pressing I' on your keyboard to open your pack and double click the item.
10. At the gate you'll run into your former Slave Master Saddur and view a short cut scene. Afterwards you'll have to kill him.
11. The gate looks like a circle with lines through it on your mini map.
12. Once he's dead continue to the North further into the Pict camp as you have to get the key for the gate.
13. Literally slaughter everything in the camp as you make your way to the back for good XP. A ways in along the East wall is a Pict Boss (easy) and a chest.
14. Inside at the very back of the compound are the key protector boss and a bunch of Fha'quth Guardians. Kill all the extra guards for easy XP and loot the Acheronian Chest by right clicking it.
15. Run back to the gate and open it and enter. You get a new goal to enter Tortage city. If you kill everything in the beginning area you should be a ways into L5.
16. As you run to Tortage kill all the jungle apes along the way (you are now in Chuck Norris mode). At the end near Tortage there will be an ape king, he hits hard but is easily killable, just make sure you don't agro the apes guarding the chest in the back along with the boss.
17. Finish killing all the apes, loot the chest at the back and then run across the bridge and click the gate to complete your quest to return Casilda to safety.
18. Once you click the gate you will have to talk to Casilda then you will be zoned outside Tortage city where you will start to see other players.
Level 5 to 6
19. Run down the path stay to the right and head towards the city in the distance, the gate looks like an orange X' on your mini-map. Ignore the silver exclamation marks on your mini-map for now; they just indicate future quest givers.
20. Talk to Laranga who will give you the task to remove the shackles before you can enter the city.
21. Run back directly West to Turach who will ask you to obtain 3 stone bricks from the quarry. He will have a floating ?' over his head, indicating an NPC needed for the quest continuance.
22. You'll see a small orange arrow marked on you radar pointing to the North-East corner; follow this path to the quarry killing everything in your path but don't pull too many, these pirates hit hard and you are libel to end up meeting the rez stone at an early age.
23. Use caution as there is a Bat Demon boss hiding in the quarry that pops out as you loot the bricks, you can't miss then as they glow blue.
24. Once you have the 3 bricks, run back to Turach who will then remove your shackles.
25. Return to Laranga at the gate who will give you a quest task letter to give to Tina, the barmaid in the Thirsty Dog Inn (TDI).
26. Enter the city. Once inside head directly right and enter the TDI.
27. You'll see Tina off to the left, turn in the letter. She'll ask if you want to meet Nadini at night. For now you are going to do a few day quests so just tell her good night. She will still have a question mark over her head but you will come back later.
28. Once back in the Inn in daytime, accept the quest from Alyssa Dry Times. Exit the Inn.
29. On your right accept Treading Lightly' from Sassan.
30. Go to the left to the Blacksmith and accept Empty Stalls'
31. While here sell and buy any armour or weapons upgrades you may need.
32. Soldiers you are better off buying a one hand and a wooden buckler at this time as you'll take a lot less damage.
33. Talk to the Red Hand Sergeant behind you and accept the next part of Dry Times'
34. Buy Aged Blood belly Ale (about 10 or so) from the Alchemist.
35. Head right and under the sign just past the Alchemist pit is Sancha, accept Time to Pay'
36. Head across the bridge past her, directly on your right are the Tortage Pirates, they are back in the alley way.
37. Kill until you get all the pouches don't go in to far solo as they spawn really fast!
38. Just past them up a ramp you'll see Valerius, !' on the mini-map, accept Wisdom through Venom' from him.
39. Head down to the city, use M' to open your map and notice where the quest goals for the Empty Stalls' are, they are grey X's. Run and grab them (stay to your left as you enter head into the city). The rolling pin on the create between some barrels. The roll of leather is under a pink awning leaning against a box (6,7,8)
40. Run directly South and you'll find the meat cleaver buried in a box.
41. Ignore the other quests for now.
42. Run back and turn in Time to Pay' and Empty Stalls'.
43. Return to the TDI, you are now going to do some night quest line.
44. Talk to Tina and request to see Nadini tell her you'll wait until the sun is set.
45. Enter the private Destiny strory line by clicking Night single player. Don't say you'll go now or she'll blow you off, and not in a good way. If you have to sell at night as well, see Butterfly who near the back of the Inn.
46. Destiny story lines are different depending on your class (basic class Soldier, Mage, Healer and Rogue). This guide currently focuses on the Soldier, Priest and Mage story line. However, you can adapt it to match your personal quest line.