Google results seemed mixed so figured I'd come to the source. I'm back playing the game so I do have access to the Olivia servers. I'm lvl 58 currently with 182ap( forgot amount of dp ). So what would be the best area to grind to lvl 60? Any help would greatly be appreciated.
If you like it relaxed, you could use Bashims, Desert Naga, and Blood Wolves. With 182, I'd lean more towards Bashims. Give them a try, see if they fit your playstyle and equip. Also, see here.
At lvl 58, with Chenga Book, you can do "combat exp" quests from mediah/valencia, and get 1.3exp each (some of them are just talk). At 59 you can go gahaz, nagas, pollys (kamasylve). And, at 60, with Chenga book, do kamasylve quests (another 1.3 each: It took 4h to get to 61 from 60)
Go for Nagas or Fogans with Marni Stones and daily Buffs. Take care of the following. In the helmet you could put two of those EXP crystals if you got them with the attendence rewards. Costume and underwear +10% Elixier beast +20% EXP Black spirit +10% EXP Grind at night +?%EXP (50%) Event training books atm (+150%)
Problem with that is: you will have way to few skill points at level 60 so you need to grind anyways.
You can also als to join as a leecher in miru, lvl 60 takes 1-3 hours there with the right buffs and you dont even have to do something. (Its nice if you bring some party elixers to compensate)
You probably should instead go to Polly forest to grind more SP, it gives decent combat exp too but combat exp is so easy to get with questing that SP is much more valuable.
If you quest to L61 you'll still end up with 900SP give or take, yes that's low but its enough to open the important stuff. Have done it on two alts now.
Mmhhhh...900SP at level 61 is really, really low, I don't think you have a viable build for some classes like sorc. I remember being around 1600SP when getting to 61 which was quite ok, now I am at 2095 at 62 and I still don't have some skills I want.
At 59 with the cheng book should I be doing quest in valencia or moving to kama? I was already in kama but don't want to miss the quest and their exp in valencia if they're still valid at 59.
Move on to Kama then Drieghan will get you from 59-61 with side quests and that book. Valencia seems to drop exp at 59. As others have said thou questing to 61 hurts skill point gains, is a big difference in skill points my main has from grinding vs the skill points on the alts i quested to 61.
I'm not much of a pvp'r. Right now I'm just trying to get my AP level up so I can do most of the areas missions and reaching 60 is an actual attainable goal for me atm lol. I do plan on grinding when I'm adequately geared.
Best XP for solo leveling is to grind at places with marnie stones. Here my guide: https://community.blackdesertonline...rnis-stone-exp-data-updated-june-2019.133412/ Just go to a place you like, buy marnies and lets go 59-60 takes ~1k raw Marnies, but since u get exp during grind too and use exp buffs its more like 300 marnies. So fill 300 marnie stones and you will be level 60, then the hard part comes, (level 60 is the so called "max level" cause u unlocked all awakening skills and all Non Awakening Aktiv Skills, you should care for skillpoints now. ~1500 skillpoint for level 60 is decent) [Max Level by definition is the level where you unlock all content/story/aktivskills, everything above 60 is like paragon in Diablo, just a bonus, but not that important, bdo has no Cap on level, so you can reach level 70 or even 80 if u want... just take decades :P Max Level != Level Cap] Now you have 3 options (combine them, or do the stuff u want): again marnies ~1600 marnie stones (already down calculated with normal exp gain) AFK training dummy ~2-3% per 10 hours mirumok leech 5-8% per hour (with buffs) (not recommended cause u missing skillpoints again, and its hard to find a group, many trolls kick you or kill you if u are afk a while, so your buffs,time is gone for nothing. To find a decent group you need eather pop bells or register costumes/pets (You need to spend money/pearls) Personal Opinion: I would recommend a daily 200% grind together with marnies at the spot u like (bashim,nagas,fogans,fadus,protty cavern,gahaz) and combine it with AFK training when you are sleeping Without getting boosted/mirumok leeched/doom horse the expected Leveling times are as follows: 1-56: ~1 day (3-7 hours) 56-59: ~1 weekend (~15 hours) 59-60: ~1 weekend (~15 hours) 60-61: ~1,5 week (~40 hours) if u grind like a mad man 5 hour per day 61-62: ~2 months+ (~300 hours+) if u grind like a mad man for 2 months 5 hour per day 62-63: ~6 months+ (~1000 hours+) if u grind like a mad man for 2 months 5-6 hour per day Conclusion: If you are a relaxed player that only grinds 1-2 hours per day you can level from 1 to 60 in like 2-3 weeks and from 1 level 61 in 1-2 months