Spawn: Etris
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1 - Make a build (non shrine, med or heavy, flame, frost, or gale, pvp/pve mix) using base run stats
25 Str - Spine, Bulldozer, good str cards
50 Ftd - Exoskeleton, To The Finish, good hp/survivability cards
25 Agil - Speed Demon, good mobility cards, good climb height
Spare points into Intel, 0 Intel cards
25 Will - Giantslayer, Disbelief
25 Char - Tough Love, Charismatic Cast
75 Weapon (no light)
80 Attune (no thunder, shadow, or metal)
Stat Priority: Attune - > Agil - > Char/Ftd - > Will
Points into Agil at character create and Char
Train Weapon anywhere
Train everything at same time except Will
2 - Etris prep
1: Get 25 notes
2: Get Ring and sell it
3: Buy Boulder
4: Get discount and buy base armor
5: Grab Axe, buy Pick and Flint
6: Cut down wood and sell until you have ~50 notes (or get it any other way on Etris)
7: Buy Charisma training book
8: Craft a Glider
9: Get 10 Campfires
10: Create 15 total of Mushroom Soups and Bread
11: Craft a Canteen and grab 3 Calabashes
12: Fill Canteen
13: Sail
Island #1: Lower Erisia
(1-3)
Farm Island base, shore, and mudskipper cave (everything below stairs) until you get a mantra (mantra guide below). Train Agility and Weapon until power 2, then train Attunement.
(3-5/6)
Farm the Mudskipper stairs (on way to sharko cave) and rest of Bandits on lower. Farm Bandit Camp if you have a good mantra or friends w/ you. Leave after getting a good 1 star mantra.
Island #2 & 3: Upper Lower Erisia and Upper Erisia
(5-8/9/10)
Farm all of Lower Erisia and mainly grind near Erisia's church. You can farm Angel's and special mudskippers. Heal at campfires whenever below 2 bars against Golems.
(5-8/9/10) (not recommended if you can't solo 1/2 of a Sharkos HP at least)
Farm Sharko cave above mudskipper stairs at Vipers Jaw with a campfire at the back to heal. Friends or a good PVE mantra are recommended
(8/9/10-15)
Farm Upper Erisia and mainly the Burning Stone gardens. Fight only 1 monster at a time and fully avoid Owls and blood crabs. Farm the Rats Den for better practice at humanoids.
Island #4 (optional): Songseeker (not recommended unless you can fight off Voidwalkers)
(10-15)
Farm Songseeker NPCs at the top of the main island. (Right of the Voidzone) There's 8 Songseeker NPCs and 3 chests to farm before server hopping.
Islands #4.5: Progression Break
(1)
Before changing Luminants head to Etris and sell most of your gear. Buy Food, Armor (optional but recommended), Prayer Beads, Campfire, any other gear, make Umbral Flint and Sharkscale Glider (go back to Lower if needed for those two). Buy a Sloop to travel faster.
(2)
Head back to Lower and finish both of the talent quests for Engage and Air Dash. Learn to Airdash always unless in combat.
(3)
Upgrade your main mantra as far as you can and your secondary mantras if you have notes.
Island #5 (final Island): Exterior Hive (Starswept to Bluster Rift)
(15-20)
Farm up the end of your stats here and look for a decent weapon. Fight monsters one at a time and avoid King Threshers. While here wash your face and get Thresher Scales.
Islands #5.5 Progression Break (safest endgame)
(1) Farm schematics and notes until you get any Master Armor or an armor with 25% Phys or more.
(2) Equip an endgame weapon
(3) Head to the Crypt of the Unbroken and reroll any useless mantras (mantras below).
(4) Farm up to 6 armor or weapon enchants at Crypt (skip this step if you can't fight the Npcs) and use those at Laplace to enchant your weapon (overall beginner tierlist below)
(5) Check your bell progress at Sibex for the amount of bosses you need
Endgame Paths (pick 1)
#1 Base Path (best heavy)
#2 East Path (best medium)
#3 Risk Path (riskiest, most simple/fastest)
Endgame #1: Base Path
Preperation:
- 20 Campfires, Manor Key, 1 Friend (highly recommended), high DPS + guardbreaks and Umbral Flint
Progression: Farm Duke Erisia ~8 times with a grip. Heavy critical + guard breaks are the safest way along with switching out if you have a friend. If your friend can solo Duke you can try and cheese Chain of Perfection. If you get Chain or Providence Thorns (or have 3 people) head to Monkeys Paw and fight Primadon.
Endgame #2: East Path
Preperation:
- 40 Campfires, Umbral Flint, Food
Progression: Farm Ferryman (easiest boss to learn to solo) and fight Kaido whenever possible using Ardour Manifestation and the cliff cheese. ~7 Ferryman runs should give you good relics and bell. You can try to solo chain of perfection here.
Endgame #3: Risk Path
Preperation:
- Primary Master Armor (Prophets Cloak, Black Diver, Etrean Royal Guard), Sanity Potions (optional), MAX Food, Endgame Enchant for PvE, good mobility mantras, good HP kit, good talents and mantras (reroll if you need 2).
Progression: Head to the Corrupt Bell near the Slope Gate and fight corrupt monsters there. After getting ready with a group, head to Layer 2 and fight Chaser. Fight Chaser normally 5 times then complete Deepshore and fight Chaser one last time.
Progression End
- Pick an Oath
- Finish your builds gear
- Gank and wipe @Ragoozer Feet Licker
mantras later
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