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Don’t worry about everything all at once. There are many portions of Lost Ark that can be dealt with later during the endgame or at level 50. There are a few tips that new players should be aware of since these will act as a foundation for how the rest of the game plays out.
10 Treat Side Quests And Main Quests Equally
The key to leveling up quickly is entirely put into quests. Side quests mostly take less than a minute to complete and they are usually in the same area as the main quest. It’s foolish not to take them and the ripple effect from skipping them gets ugly.
The character will be underleveled if they skip out on the side quests, making each future quest all the more difficult and, toward the end, almost undoable. There is nothing “side” about the quests that are called side quests, complete them side-by-side with the main story.
9 Fill Out The Adventurer’s Tome
There are a ton of things to do at level 50. Players will once again be overwhelmed after hitting that mark. Gamers can alleviate some of this pressure with their very first zone by finding Mokobo seeds, tracking down elite bosses, opening secret dungeons, and more.
Keep track of these in the Adventurer’s Tome (default ‘N’ on the keyboard). Taking each section to 100% is a tall order and time-consuming, but getting it to about 80% will make there less backtracking to do later on.
8 Engage With Purpose
Killing enemies yields a laughably small amount of experience points. A dedicated player that kills every opponent on every map might not even get a single experience level out of all those enemies combined. Yes, it’s that low. So don’t waste time fighting extra foes.
These extra fights will result in taking damage to gear and shots on health. These losses far outweigh any potential gains. This is time better spent learning to fish or hunting down specific creatures in the Adventurer’s Tome.
7 Don’t Use Potions Or Feathers
Lost Ark is so popular that the team had to add extra servers to fit the demand. Each of these players will receive some starting gifts like Phoenix Plumes and health potions of various strengths. Having them early is deceptive because these shouldn’t be touched until much later.
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There are a handful of exceptions. In dungeons and against tough bosses, it might be appropriate to use a potion before going down. But these are mostly meant for late-game dungeons. They’re tough to craft and farm. Let them sit in the inventory and take them off of the taskbars.
6 Chain Skills
The way classes gain their identity is by chaining their skills. Ranged classes should understand how enemy mobs work when they are hit and queue up a series of skills that keeps them back. Melee classes should realize how bosses function and be ready to jump sides when they try to attack.
There is room for lots of experimentation. There is no right answer and, unlike most MMORPGs that have cookie-cutter builds, players can use the skills they like best. Just complement those skills with other skills that function sequentially with them.
5 Visit Rapport NPCs Daily
It will take several days of dedicated gaming and weeks of casual gaming to reach level 50. During that time, players will meet NPCs that have hearts around them. These individuals can be interacted with every day to gain rapport.
Give them gifts, use emojis, play them songs, to build up this rapport. Remember their locations and revisit them every day. The endgame will involve a lot of building up rapport with various characters, getting a head start on this is a savvy move.
4 Don’t Upgrade Gear
It’s possible to put resources into gear and then transfer those gear levels into new gear. This is a process that will be commonplace during the endgame. It can be done at lower levels, too, but it’s not recommended.
Dealing with old gear is a process already. Having to take the time and transfer these resources into newer gear is needlessly time-consuming when better gear is being picked up every hour or so. The game is easily beatable when picking up any gear that is found. Don’t bother with this system until later.
3 Change Classes
Not feeling the class that is being played? Start over! Lost Ark is not a game in which a character can be leveled in a few minutes with a friend’s help. It will take a long time. There are a surprising amount of things that transfer from one character to the other, so don’t feel like too much has been invested into one class to change.
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Every class is well represented because they appeal to different players. Don’t have any obligation to play for a need from the community. Playing whatever class the player is best at is worth losing out on what somebody else might think is ideal.
2 Have Multiple Presets
Changing skills, gear, and card decks is a click of a button away. The game gives players two presets for free, might as well use them. Purely DPS characters will have a preset focused on taking out groups and another preset that takes out bosses.
This becomes even more important for support and tank characters. When playing alone, have a DPS build. Then, when it’s time to group up, click a few buttons and be immediately ready to help out a team.
1 Don’t Spend Any Cash Yet
There are many limited-time deals in the shop that will tempt all but the most thrifty players. The catch is that, early on, gamers won’t know if they’re buying something valuable or wasting cash needlessly.
Navigate these deals by not spending anything at all until hitting 50 and playing for a bit. It’s likely;y players will have a mount as good or better than that “special” mount in the shop. If it truly was a great deal, it will be back again due to popular demand.
Lost Ark was released on December 4th, 2019, and is available on PC.
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