To get to misty thicket you go out the west gate of Freeport and hug the
right hand wall. You will zone into East Commons. Continue to hug the right
hand wall. You will need to avoid a couple of camps. Just circle around and
continue. Watch for Griffins, etc. and avoid them too. You will eventually
zone into West Commons. Continue hugging the right hand wall avoiding camps
again and you will come to the zone entrance for Kithicor forest. Enter
Kithicor and follow the wall to the right. Eventually the wall will change
from grass to stone and you will see a hole in the wall. This is the
entrance to Rivervale. Enter Rivervale and get yourself bound (this will
make it so when you die you return there instead of Freeport saving you a
long walk). Once bound you need to find the exit to Misty Thicket (it's
near the Priest of Discord, the guy with the big staff with a skull on the
end). Once outside just follow the path and you will come to a wall. The
town side of the wall is for 1st thru 5th, the other side of the wall is
for 6th thru 10th or 12th. Be careful and have fun.

> 3) there is another exit from Freeport that goes to North Ro.
> You can kill some stuff in the grassy area to get 6th and then
> head into the desert to kill Orc Raiders. Watch out though,
> even at 6th most things in either of these zones will kill you.
> Another idea is to go to Misty Thicket, the halfling newbie zone,
> which is arguably the best newbie zone in the game (Everfrost
> beats it from 1st to 5th, but Misty will take you to around 10th
> to 12th).