I've tried the areas I have access to and other than the dungeon I'm not finding level 30 gear drops? It seems to jump directly from 25 (Enigmatic Grotto) to 35 (Garden of the Magnates). [I've unlocked up to The Forgotten Tomb, which I am in the middle of clearing.]

Am I missing something, or is the only place to get level 30 gear from the Nightfall Bandit Dungeon?

Answered: Apparently level 30 gear is pretty rare and I wasn't just missing something obvious.

I have also been informed that I can get some (expensive) really nice level 26 gear after I get enough reputation, and if anyone else has any other info to offer I appreciate whatever it is :D

There's not a whole lot of level 30 gear so your best bet is just to power through and level up to 35.

Alright, thanks! I appreciate it :) I've taken a break from progressing to level up a bunch of pets to 30 for missions, guess I'll just start taking them to 35.

Once you do enough missions in Umbra Forest, you can buy (relatively expensive) lvl 26 gear in Sanctuary of Sarielle. This is some of the best gear under lvl 50 in the game! (But you can't sell it --its locked to your account). Even though its only lvl 26, it is overpowered.

Otherwise, yeah, level 30 gear is really rare (unless your pets happen to be lvl 30 during g the seasonal festivals).

Hope it helps!

Oooooh, I see that. Thank you! It's a little weird that level 30 gear doesn't exist and I'm tempted to hop into the suggestion subforum and suggest that it become a more common thing, because every other level I have access to so far has an area where it's really common and it seems weird that this level just... doesn't. Especially since 30 is one of the jumping off points to make your pets stronger.

Thank you for your reply and the info, that's going to be useful ^_^