Simple Bastion of Thunder PoP leveling guide. Best wings, safe spots, named mobs, and tips to level fast in EverQuest’s Planes of Power zone.
The Bastion of Thunder is a big zone in the Planes of Power. It has many places to hunt and level fast. This guide covers the best spots, enemy types, and tips to level up here.
How to Get There
- Go to the northern part of Plane of Tranquility.
- Click the stone to enter Bastion of Thunder.
- Need to be level 57+ or have PoP flagging.
Safe Leveling Spot: The Lobby
The Lobby is in the center.
It’s near the zone out, so it’s safe to pull mobs here.
All four wings can be pulled to the Lobby:
- Air (North)
- Fire (West)
- Ice/Water (East)
- Earth (South)
Many groups stay here if they can’t handle the harder camps.
Best Wings for EXP
Air Wing (North)
- Has teleporters that make pulling hard.
- Worst for EXP. Avoid if you can.
Fire Wing (West)
- Has Shard of Pure Energy drop.
- Needed for the Aid Fimli quest (nice cloak).
- Usually two groups:
- One for trash mobs.
- One for named mobs.
Ice/Water Wing (East)
- One of the best wings for EXP.
- Supports two groups like Fire.
- Named enemies drop good loot.
Earth Wing (South)
- Largest wing, more open space.
- Best for big groups.
- First rooms have easy mobs (jord militis, jord kjal).
- Back rooms have harder mobs and named.
Named mobs in Earth Wing:
- Ymir Stormseer
- Rorek Steelthorn (drops Ring of Thunderous Spirits)
- Gaukr Sandstorm (near the portal)
Stormriders (Bees) Camp
Take the teleporter pads at the end of a wing.
They send you to the center area with “bees” (really called stormriders).
- Safe to pull from the center.
- Purely an EXP camp, no named mobs.
- Hardest mobs here are the gargoyles near towers.
Extra Tips and Info
- Need to finish Tower Access Quests to reach towers and Agnarr.
- Towers have many named mobs. Good for Ornate Patterns and rare loot.
- Ethereal and Spectral Parchments drop here.
Use them for PoP spell quests.
Quick Recap
Best wings: Ice/Water and Earth.
Safe spot: Lobby.
Easy mobs first, move deeper for named.
Stormriders area for pure EXP.
Complete tower quests for more loot.