Tiers

               ==Information==
When the word '''Tier''' is used in EQ2, it refers to a 10-level range for skills, zones, or items in the game. Tiers are defined using a character's adventure level or [[tradeskill]] level. '''Tier is not always a precise term for a few reasons:'''
*All characters are adventure level 1 as soon as they enter [[Norrath]] and the last tier (9) includes the last 10 levels associated with it.
*You will you remain unskilled (lacking a tradeskill level) until you craft your first item.
*Some zones and items (like gear) may only be loosely described by the Tier they fall into.
   
'''How Tiers Progress:'''
For instance [[Antonica]] has an adventure level range of 10-22 (generally), and the [[Harvesting|harvest nodes]] in that zone yield [[:Category:Harvests|harvestable materials]] (or "raws") that can be used in tradeskills of the 2nd 10-level range, hence it is a known as a Tier 2 zone.

Tiers can also refer to [[Chat Channels|world channels]] you can chat in. As your character gains levels as described above, you are automatically granted access to corresponding channels for the Tier you are in. When you begin playing the game or create a new character you have access to the the Tier 1 (level 1-9) channels. At level 20 you gain access to the Tier 3 channel. This pattern continues until you reach level 80 and gain access to the Tier 9 channel.

In [[Tradeskilling]] or crafting it breaks down a little above level 50, stretching 1 level so that Tier 5 crafting is 40-50 and Tier 6 crafting is 51-60. This is a result of the way the level cap was raised in the past.

The one major exception to the 10-level tier range is [[Guild Halls]] which only have a 3 Tier scale. A Tier 1 (or T1) guild hall describes the smallest, least expensive guild hall, while T3 describes the largest, most expensive guild halls available.

==Overview by level==
Since the early days of EQ2, it's become common to refer to level ranges as '''tiers'''.  The community divides the outdoor zones, dungeons and raids into these tiers.  Let's go over the tiers:

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! style="background:#c0e0fe" | '''Tier'''
! style="background:#c0e0fe" | '''Levels'''
! style="background:#c0e0fe" | '''Notes / Milestones'''
! style="background:#c0e0fe" | '''Outdoor Zones'''
! style="background:#c0e0fe" | '''Shared Dungeons'''
! style="background:#c0e0fe" | '''Major Instances'''
! style="background:#c0e0fe" | '''Major Raids'''
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| 1 || 1-9 || • The newbie levels || City Districts<br/>[[Darklight Wood]]<br/>[[Frostfang Sea]]<br/>[[Timorous Deep]]<br/>[[Greater Faydark]] ||  ||  || 
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| 2 || 10-19 || • Achievements become available<br/>• Betrayal becomes available || [[Antonica]]<br/>[[The Commonlands]]<br/>[[Darklight Wood]]<br/>[[Frostfang Sea]]<br/>[[Timorous Deep]]<br/>[[Greater Faydark]] || [[Blackburrow]]<br/>[[Wailing Caves]] || [[Valley of the Rogue Magi]]<br/>[[Firemyst Gully]] || 
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| 3 || 20-29 || • Deity quests become available<br/>• Players can add surnames to their characters || [[Butcherblock Mountains]]<br/>[[Nektulos Forest]]<br/>[[Thundering Steppes]] || [[Crushbone Keep]]<br/>[[Fallen Gate]]<br/>[[Stormhold]] || [[Bloodskull Valley]]<br/>[[Splitpaw Saga]]<br/>[[Cove of Decay]] || 
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| 4 || 30-39 ||  || [[Zek]]<br/>[[Enchanted Lands]] || [[Ruins of Varsoon]]<br/>[[Runnyeye Citadel]]<br/>[[Kaladim]]|| [[Nektropos Castle]]<br/>[[Deathfist Citadel]]<br/>[[Tombs of Night]]<br/>[[The Crypt of T'haen]] || 
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| 5 || 40-49 || • Classes receive "signature" spells || [[Steamfont Mountains]]<br/>[[Feerrott]]<br/>[[Everfrost]]<br/>[[Lavastorm]] || [[Solusek's Eye]]<br/>[[Permafrost]]<br/>[[Klak'Anon]]<br/>[[The Temple of Cazic-Thule]]<br/>[[Obelisk of Lost Souls]] || [[Tower of the Drafling]]<br/>[[The Sanctum of Fear]]<br/>[[The Bastion of Flames]]<br/>[[Icespire Summit]]<br/>[[Miragul's Menagerie]] || [[The Crypt of Vox]]<br/>[[Darathar's Flight]]<br/>[[Spirits of the Lost]]
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| 6 || 50-59 || • Tradeskillers can do [[Ship Out]] and begin earning Far Seas Supply Division Faction. || [[The Sinking Sands]]<br/>[[The Pillars of Flame]]<br/>[[The Lesser Faydark]]<br/>[[Tenebrous Tangle]] || [[The Clefts of Rujark]]<br/>[[New Tunaria]]<br/>[[The Living Tombs]]<br/>[[The Shimmering Citadel]]<br/>[[The Silent City]] || [[Scornfeather Roost]]<br/>[[The Poets Palace]]<br/>[[Nektropos Castle: The Return]]<br/>[[The Vault of Dust]]<br/>[[Ancient's Table]]
 || The [[Prismatic Weapon Timeline]]<br/>[[Spirits of the Lost]]<br/>[[Drowned Caverns: Brutal Acts of War|Brutal Acts of War]]<br/>[[Sundered Splitpaw: Anvilpaw's Grotto|Anvilpaw's Grotto]]<br/>[[The Crypt of T'Haen: Vengeance|The Crypt of T'Haen]]
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| 7 || 60-69 ||  || [[The Barren Sky]]<br/>[[The Bonemire]]<br/>[[Loping Plains]]<br/>[[The Mystic Lake]] || [[Sanctum of the Scaleborn]]<br/>[[The Forsaken City]]<br/>[[Palace of the Awakened]]<br/>[[Mistmoore Catacombs]] || [[The Halls of Fate]]<br/>[[Den of the Devourer]]<br/>[[Crypt of Valdoon]]<br/>[[Obelisk of Blight]]<br/>[[Nizara, City of the Nayad]] || [[The Court of Al'Afaz]]<br/>[[The Fountain of Life]]<br/>[[The Djinn Master's Prism]]<br/>[[The Pedestal of Sky]]<br/>[[The Poets Palace: Return]]<br/>[[The Gates of Ahket Aken]]
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| 8 || 70-79 || • More achievement points available || [[Kylong Plains]]<br/>[[Fens of Nathsar]]<br/>[[Kunzar Jungle]]<br/>[[Jarsath Wastes]]<hr>[[Moors of Ykesha]] || [[Castle Mistmoore]]<br/>[[Karnor's Castle]]<br/>[[Chardok]]<br/>[[Sebilis]] || [[Shard of Fear]]<br/>[[The Estate of Unrest]]<br/>[[Charasis: Vault of Eternal Sleep|Vault of Eternal Sleep]]<br/>[[Charasis: Maiden's Chamber|Maiden's Chamber]]<br/>[[The Crypt of Agony]]<br/>[[Chelsith]]<hr>[[Emperor's Athenaeum]] || [[The Laboratory of Lord Vyemm]]<br/>[[The Lyceum of Abhorrence]]<br/>[[Halls of the Seeing]]<br/>[[Deathtoll]]<hr>[[The Emerald Halls]]<br/>[[Throne of New Tunaria]]<br/>[[Freethinker Hideout]]<br/>[[Mistmoore's Inner Sanctum]]
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| 9 || 80-89 || • [[Epic Weapons]]<br/>• [[Artisan Epic Timeline|Artisan Epics]] ||  [[The Sundered Frontier]]<br/>[[The Stonebrunt Highlands]]<br/>[[Great Divide]]<br/>[[Eastern Wastes]] || [[The Hole]] || [[Miragul's Phylactery: Scion of Ice|Scion of Ice]]<br/>[[Miragul's Phylactery: The Anathema|Anathema]]<br/>[[Miragul's Phylactery: The Crucible|Crucible]]<br/>[[Deep Forge]]<br/>[[Najena's Hollow Tower]]<br/>[[Befallen: Necrotic Asylum|Necrotic Asylum]]<br/>[[Befallen: Cavern of the Afflicted|Cavern of the Afflicted]]<br/>[[Befallen: Halls of the Forsaken|Halls of the Forsaken]]<br/>[[The Ruins of Guk: Halls of the Fallen|Halls of the Fallen]]<br/>[[The Ruins of Guk: The Lower Corridors|The Lower Corridors]]<br/>[[The Ruins of Guk: Ykesha's Outer Stronghold|Ykesha's Outer Stronghold]]<br/>[[Anchor of Bazzul]]<br/>[[Obelisk of Blight]]<br/>[[Evernight Abbey]]<br/>[[Mistmyr Manor]]<br/>[[Ravenscale Repository]]<br/>[[Emperor Atrebe's Laboratory: The Fabled City of Kor-sha|The Fabled City of Kor-Sha]]<br/>[[Nu'roga]]<br/>[[Veksar: The Sunken Theater|The Sunken Theater]]
 || [[The Temple of Kor-Sha]]<br/>[[Veeshan's Peak]]<br/>[[Shard of Hate]]<br/>[[The Chamber of Destiny]]<br/>[[The Execution Throne Room]]<br/>[[The Protector's Realm]]<br/>[[The Tomb of Thuuga]]<br/>[[Venril Sathir's Lair]]<br/>[[Trakanon's Lair]]<br/><hr>[[Tomb of the Mad Crusader]]<br/>[[Miragul's Planar Shard]]<br/>[[Palace of the Ancient One]]<br/>[[Zarrakon's Abyssal Chamber]]<br/>[[Munzok's Material Bastion]]<br/>[[Ykesha's Inner Stronghold]]<br/>[[Ward of Elements]] (x2)<br/>[[Kurn's Tower (Zone)|Kurn's Tower]] (x2)
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| 10 || 90-99 ||  ||  ||  || [[Demitrik's Bastion]]<br/>[[Erudin Research Halls]]<br/>[[Library of Erudin]]<br/>[[The Outer Vault]]<br/>[[Royal Palace of Erudin]]<br/>[[Spirit's Resonance]]<br/>[[Vasty Deep: The Abandoned Labs]]<br/>[[Vasty Deep: The Conservatory]]<br/>[[Vasty Deep: The Vestigial Cella]]<br/>[[The Vigilant: Incursion]]<br/>[[The Vigilant: Infiltration]]<br/>[[The Vigilant: Rescue]]<br/><hr>[[Zraxth's Unseen Arcanum]]<hr>[[Tower of Frozen Shadow: Shadowed Corridors]]<br/>[[Tower of Frozen Shadow: Umbral Halls]]<br/>[[Tower of Frozen Shadow: Haunt of Syl'Tor]]<br/>[[Forgotten Pools]]<br/>[[Hold of Rime: The Ascent]]<br/>[[Hold of Rime: The Fortress Spire]]<br/>[[Iceshard Keep]]<br/>[[The Temple of Rallos Zek]]<br/>[[Throne of Storms]]<hr>[[Spire of Rage]]<br/>[[Strategist's Stronghold]]<br/>[[Tower of Tactics]]<hr>[[Elements of War]]<br/>[[Elements of War (Challenge)]]<br/> || [[Lair of the Dragon Queen]]<br/>[[Perah'Celsis' Abominable Laboratory]]<br/>[[The Palace of Roehn Theer]]<br/>[[The Vigilant: Final Destruction]] (x2)<hr>[[Underfoot Depths]]<hr>[[Tower of Frozen Shadow]] (x2)<br/>[[Kraytoc's Fortress of Rime]]<br/>[[Kraytoc's Fortress of Rime (Challenge)]]<br/>[[Throne of Storms: Hall of Legends]]<br/>[[Throne of Storms: Hall of Legends (Challenge)]]<br/>[[Temple of Rallos Zek: Foundations of Stone]]<br/>[[Temple of Rallos Zek: Foundations of Stone (Challenge)]]<br/><hr>[[Citadel of V'uul]] (x2)<br/>[[Sullon's Spire]]<br/>[[Tallon's Stronghold]]<br/>[[Vallon's Tower]]<br/>[[Sullon's Spire (Challenge)]]<br/>[[Tallon's Stronghold (Challenge)]]<br/>[[Vallon's Tower (Challenge)]]<hr>[[Plane of War]]
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| 11 || 100 ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
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