Chapter 3: Episode 13-Brimhaven at 40 Agility

Brimhaven Agility Arena is my favorite place to train Agility. It's very "active" and challenging at almost any level, and gives some of the best rewards (even the XP gained from the obstacles is good). At 20 Agility, you can negotiate about half of the obstacles, and while you probably won't get a lot of tickets, the XP gained from traversing the obstacles can make the trip there worth it.

At 40 Agility, you are capable of negotiating all of the obstacles at Brimhaven Agility Arena, but due to the nature of some of the traps, you still have to be careful. Dart traps lower your Agility by 2 every time they hit you. Risking these traps at lower level can put those 40 Agility obstacles out of your reach. This makes taking an agility potion or two a good idea.

The key to Brimhaven is longevity. The longer you can stay, the more tickets you'll get for your 200 gp. The traps deal damage depending on how many hit points you have: the more hit points you have, the more damage you take. The trick is keeping your hit points under 20. The best food to do this is cake: they only heal 3 points, and you can use each cake 3 times. This, in effect, taking 27 cakes gives you 81 pieces of food (you need 1 space for the 200 gp)!

It helps your longevity to get to know the layout of Brimhaven. Knowing where the worst traps are can help you plan your path so you don't have to encounter them. Dart traps can really ruin your day after a few failures, and falling off the hand holds (more often than not) will cause you to miss tagging a pilar.

Lastly, maintain your patience. I've trained Agility beyond 70 exclusively at Brimhaven on other characters, and even at higher levels you miss tags. And once you miss a tag, it's not uncommon to miss two or three times (or more) in a row before catching up.

I decide I'm going to work straight through to 50 Agility. I'll need to acquire about 200 tickets, cashed in 100 at a time. This is just an estimation, since I don't really know how much XP I'll get from the obstacles. I'll make a log of how many tickets I get per inventory of cakes.

First trip: 115 tickets (100 turned in for 47 Agility)
Second trip: 48 Agility from obstacles, 100 tickets with about 8 cakes left (51 Agility)

This gets me to my goal, and knocks another requirement off the list.