Are you using the Hamburglaris shield generator? Best way to level to 30 quickly. The monsters scale to your moxie, so the more you buff your moxie, the more stats you get per fight. As a bonus, you can trade in your isotopes for epic food/booze to pull in softcore runs.
http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?t=189744
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You put your RESOLVE HAT back on, which conveniently is the same hat as your NORMAL HAT.
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