Chronicle, player level, rates, city & tax

Lv diff	XP/SP	Loot/Spoil	Adena
0 or higher	100.0%	100%	100%
−1	90.9%	100%	100%
−2	82.6%	100%	100%
−3	75.1%	100%	100%
−4	68.3%	100%	100%
−5	62.1%	100%	100%
−6	56.4%	83%	100%
−7	51.3%	65%	100%
−8	46.7%	47%	100%
−9	42.4%	29%	88%
−10	38.6%	11%	75%
−11	35.0%	11%	62%
−12	31.9%	11%	49%
−13	29.0%	11%	36%
−14	26.3%	11%	23%
−15	23.9%	11%	11%
−16 or lower	≤ 21.8%	11%	11%

Facing Guardian Basilisk · Chronicle 1 game assets

Hunting Chronicle 1

Hardin's Academy in C1: A Level 36–40 Hunting Route

Scout the C1 monsters around Hardin's Academy, compare an entry pull with stronger targets, and connect the route to higher-level quests.

L2Tools guideUpdated 2026-09-23

Use the Academy as a transition zone

Hardin's Academy is part of the C1 Giran-region additions. The native location record includes ordinary monsters from level 36 through 40, making it a place to test how your class handles the late thirties. Start with a short scouting circuit, observe nearby groups and the return route, then decide whether the area's experience justifies its travel and supply cost.

Move through its recorded monster ladder

Guardian Basilisk and Road Scavenger appear at the lower end of the local range, followed by Fettered Soul, Windsus and Grandis. Those numbers are a useful first filter, not a promise of identical danger: compare each target's attack pattern, how often you must recover and whether you can pull one at a time. The linked mob pages show the C1 records and possible drops.

Move through its recorded monster ladder
C1 monster	Level	First scouting question
Guardian Basilisk	36	Can you clear it without long recovery?
Road Scavenger	37	Is the route open enough to isolate one?
Fettered Soul	38	Can your group sustain repeated fights?
Windsus	39	Does the XP offset higher supply use?
Grandis	40	Is your party ready for the stronger end?

Run a short measurement loop

Fight a few suitable enemies, record XP, SP, shots, healing and downtime, then compare with your previous hunting ground. If a higher-level monster gives more XP per kill but leaves the healer without MP, it may be a weaker route for the group. A controlled ten-minute sample is more useful than staying merely because the zone is labeled for your level.

Connect the route to Hunter Union planning

Guardian Basilisk and Windsus appear among the targets used by Song of the Hunter, but that quest begins at level 45. A character farming the Academy in the late thirties should not assume the union job is already active. Later, revisit this area only when the assigned objective and monster level still make sense. The quest record supplies exact step and item requirements.

Prepare a retreat before a deeper pull

The Academy's familiar entrance can make the whole area look simple. Mark where the party can regroup, leave room for a support character and avoid pulling through other monsters. If your first safe target is taking too much time, move back down the local ladder. The goal is steady progress, not proving that every mob listed near the Academy can be killed in one outing.

Choose the next zone by performance

Once Grandis and other level 40 targets become comfortable, compare Forest of Mirrors, Sea of Spores or a level 40 group route. Open the next area's monster list before paying to travel; its lowest entry level may hide a much harder far end. Your class transfer, shot grade and party composition can matter more than a one-level difference between the locations.

Keep in mind

The C1 location record establishes monster associations and levels, not live spawn coordinates or guaranteed drops.
The Academy location record has a broad metadata range; this route focuses on its linked ordinary monsters at levels 36–40.

Use the Academy as a transition zone

Move through its recorded monster ladder

Guardian Basilisk and

Road Scavenger appear at the lower end of the local range, followed by

Fettered Soul,

Windsus and

Grandis. Those numbers are a useful first filter, not a promise of identical danger: compare each target's attack pattern, how often you must recover and whether you can pull one at a time. The linked mob pages show the C1 records and possible drops.

Move through its recorded monster ladder
C1 monster	Level	First scouting question
Guardian Basilisk	36	Can you clear it without long recovery?
Road Scavenger	37	Is the route open enough to isolate one?
Fettered Soul	38	Can your group sustain repeated fights?
Windsus	39	Does the XP offset higher supply use?
Grandis	40	Is your party ready for the stronger end?

Run a short measurement loop

Connect the route to Hunter Union planning

Guardian Basilisk and

Windsus appear among the targets used by Song of the Hunter, but that quest begins at level 45. A character farming the Academy in the late thirties should not assume the union job is already active. Later, revisit this area only when the assigned objective and monster level still make sense. The quest record supplies exact step and item requirements.

Prepare a retreat before a deeper pull

Choose the next zone by performance

Once

Grandis and other level 40 targets become comfortable, compare Forest of Mirrors, Sea of Spores or a level 40 group route. Open the next area's monster list before paying to travel; its lowest entry level may hide a much harder far end. Your class transfer, shot grade and party composition can matter more than a one-level difference between the locations.