UW, FoW, and Tombs

Ok, first off, this is going to be a completely and totally noob question. Supposedly, I have been played for 14 months. (At least that's what it says when I type /age, after this I'm not so sure!) I've gotten around. Finished all three campaigns multiple times, 8 level 20's, I've done the Deep/Urgoz/DoA crazes. I really like PvP, but have only won halls once. The one big thing in GW that I haven't even begun to experience yet, are the Tombs, UW, and FoW. I have a limited amount of time in Tombs probably going on eight months ago, and nothing else since.

My questions are, 1. What is the difference between UW and FoW?
2. Where are they? I've done the 1k fee at ToA, and it took me somewhere. Then I died
3. Could I get just a simple explanation of the differences between the two and what they involve?

Thanks to everyone in advance. I am really looking forward to suiting up and trying out a solo run in these places soon.

Rurik

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/ToA
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/FoW
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/UW
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/TOPK

the wiki is your friend...

The uw and fow are usually harder and higher risk areas. becuae you ave done doa, these shouldent be much of a challenge. fow can usually go with a pug, but uw usually requires sertain special builds or higher coordination. also, rare crafting materials, ectos and shards, drop here. these are more expensive that most crafting materials, with globs of ectoplasm (ectos) around 9ishk (i think) and obsidian shards (or just shards) which are used to make fow armour, which you can get in the fow. these places are similar to doa, as you go in, and you can do different quests and things, but theres no real path you need to follow, but if you have a party wipe you go back to the outpost. as for monsters, the uw is usually considered harder, because the first monsters you find when you arrive (bladed aatxes) can do up to 500 dmg to a 60 armoured target. these can be bypassed easily though, but i wont go into that. you can look on wiki and around here for builds/ strategies or so.

Thanks a lot for your help.

i believe that the tomb of the kings is the best for a ranger since it's rather simple and you don't need favor of the gods

I'll write something here on my personal experience.

Ok,UW gives better drops,but is way harder to complete.

Where you have ecto's in UW(8.5kea) there are shards in Fow(2.5-3.1kea)

In uw the monsters are stronger then fow,also in uw you will find less chests then in Fow.

In my own opinion i like fow better.