The Hole Leveling Guide
***Notice*** Everyone reading this guide in 2018 or later should note that this guide was written in 2009 or so when Underfoot was the current expansion pack. As you can imagine a lot has changed in the game since that time and some of what you read in this guide may be inaccurate or misleading. This page *does* still have some useful info which is why my newer leveling guides link here - but you should understand that most of the information here is outdated, I've taken what's correct and incorporated it into my newer leveling guides.
If you're here from one of my older links then head over to my new Everquest Leveling Guides Index page as you'll find guides for each expansion for you to choose from. I strongly urge you to use these newer leveling guides instead.
At the entrance of the Hole you're going to be fighting mobs a tad below your level but don't worry! Kill your way through them and continue heading west until you find mobs more your level. You will have to go through the large room, with the very large giants. Don't worry about getting lost, that's the fun part about this zone, you're almost guaranteed to get lost at one point or another.
Items of Interest
Diamonds
Defiant Gear
Uncut Gems 
Black Sapphire
Ruby
Fire Opal
Other Valueable Gems 
Ruby Crown
Rune of
Words of
Star Ruby Earring
Iron Oxide
Pearl Necklace
Opal Bracelet
Mithril Amulet 
Ball of Elemental Clay
Sunshard Ore
Sunshard Pebble
Spell Research Materials
Aug Drops
Binding Powder
Cultural Silk
Cultural Marrow
Cultural Ore
Cultural Pelts
Cultural Spinneret Fluid
Cultural LoamWhen you get closer to level 60, its time to leave the area you're around and progress even deeper within The Hole (If you haven't already). When you see ratmen, you know you're in the right spot.
If you are struggling with this location or any other location around your level I have a few things that you could do to hopefully fix that. First and foremost you will want to upgrade your gear if you're still using Defiant Gear. There are a ton of Attunable items that you can find in The Bazaar, I recommend you buy the ones that are upgrades and equip them. If you want some help finding these items I highly recommend you use my Bazaar Gear Buying Guide (65+). The second and probably most important thing you can do is get all of the important AAs for your Class. To figure out what AAs are the most important AAs to get I recommend you read over my Everquest AA Placement Guide.
With better gear and all of the important AAs you will notice a gigantic difference in your character and what they are capable of.
Items You Will Find In The Hole:
Once you reach level 65 It's time to leave The Hole and head to the next zone in line, Plane of Fire. To leave The Hole you usually have to gate, or die. You can take the long way out, if you have an extra shrink potion and if you want another level from just clearing mobs =D.
To get to Plane of Fire from PoK you must take the Plane of Tranquility stone which is on the "Neutral" side of PoK. Once you're in PoT, look on your map for Plane of Fire. (Its on the southern portion of the map over hanging the ocean.) Inside the Gazebo where it shows Plane of Fire you're going to find a bunch of drakes and a large red ball. Click the large red ball to get inside.
Continue Plane of Fire Leveling Guide
Return to Dulak's Harbor Leveling Guide
Additional Places to Level for This Level Range:
***Notice*** Everyone reading this guide in 2018 or later should note that this guide was written in 2009 or so when Underfoot was the current expansion pack. As you can imagine a lot has changed in the game since that time and some of what you read in this guide may be inaccurate or misleading. This page *does* still have some useful info which is why my newer leveling guides link here - but you should understand that most of the information here is outdated, I've taken what's correct and incorporated it into my newer leveling guides.
If you're here from one of my older links then head over to my new Everquest Leveling Guides Index page as you'll find guides for each expansion for you to choose from. I strongly urge you to use these newer leveling guides instead.