

The mobs inside the Breach were even con and resulted in 36 mastery XP and 636 regular XP per kill on my level 40 character (sans XP potions, if you're curious). Once you do get in, you'll get right to the killing as a camp of Hyrkanians and the first mini-boss (Monkhbat the Wolfslayer) await you.

Fortunately, a player materialized out of thin air in short order, marking the proverbial spot.
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You'll basically need to cross an invisible zone line in the gorge before you're presented with a do-you-want-to-enter pop-up, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I ran around the general vicinity of the X on my world map scratching my head as to how to zone in. It's worth noting here that entering the Breach entrance might be a tad confusing on your first attempt.

It's festooned with Hyrkanian guardsmen, some on foot, others on horseback - all of them bent on your destruction (or your XP-related gratification, depending on how you look at it). The Breach itself lies at the end of the twisting gorge cut through the rocky foothills north of the Khitai steppes. Speaking of levels, the Breach scales between levels 40 and 80, and for purposes of this column, I played it through from start to finish on my 40 Bear Shaman as well as my 80 Demonologist. The latter route has less of a Hyrkanian presence but you'll still be fighting through some NPC fodder if you're much below level 50. The former route will lead you close to the Passage of Madness and through the Foothills Camp, both of which are packed with level 37 (and up) mobs. In any event, there are two ways to approach the Breach instance: The path that leads out of Menudsjin's camp to the east, and the long way around, which involves riding up to the Great Wall at the zone's eastern border and doubling back through the foothills to the north.

The only catch is that it might not make much sense to you if you did your 20 - 40 leveling somewhere other than the Gateway zone since Menudsjin treats you like an old friend, regardless of whether you've actually spoken to him before or not. Menudsjin's quest dialogue is interesting, and as is typical in Age of Conan, quite well written. He'll give you two quests - Worse Than Death and The Upstart's Downfall - as well as another unrelated quest found outside the Breach instance that you can complete in the open world at your leisure. Speaking of Menudsjin, you'll need to pay a visit to his tent in the north central region of the Gateway to Khitai zone to get started on your Breach adventure. Rather, a rival Khan named Menudsjin enlists your help to stop what he perceives as an unwise attack on the "sleeping dragon" that is the Khitai people. Players working their way through the instance will find themselves going up against hoards of Hyrkanian warriors - though not at the behest of the residents of Khitai whose lands are being invaded. If you're in need of a quick refresher, know that there's a hole in Khitai's Great Wall, and rowdy Hyrkanian marauders are exploiting it by virtue of a war band led by one Nekkhi Khan. Story-wise, we've talked about the Breach and the Forgotten City instances before.
