Leveling Guide

This guide provides an essential walkthrough for leveling your character, covering fundamental progression mechanics and strategic tips to optimize your experience gain

Adventure Guide

The Adventure Guide provides a series of goals for level 1 –79 characters; completing them will award substantial experience, making them an excellent way to level up

These are character specific, not account based and do not award any achievement points

Level Up Rewards

As you progress toward level 80, you will unlock specific rewards and features at each level-up milestone, collectively referred to as Level Up Rewards

• Level 2 - 10

  • Leather Bag (4 Slot)

  • Copper Logging Axe

  • Copper Harvesting Sickle

  • Copper Mining Pickion text goes here

• Level 11 - 20

  • Crude Salvage Kit

  • Choice of: Copper Doubloon, Garnet Pebble or Malachite Pebble

  • Choice of: Pastel Lemon Dye, Rose Ice Dye or Olive Tint Dye

  • Choice of: Iron Ring(Condition, Power or Toughness)

• Level 21 - 30

  • Choice of: Spear, Speargun or Trident

  • Choice of: Carrion Amulet, Hardy Amulet or Mighty Amulet

  • Backpack Straps of Prepration

  • Tiny Crafting Bag

  • Essence of Luck

  • Choice of: Spinel Nugget, Peridot Nugget or Lapis Nugget

  • Choice of: Sword, Staff, Rifle or Axe

  • Choice of: Bowl of Strawberry Apple Compote, Strawberry Ghost or Strawberry Tarton

• Level 31 - 40

  • Choice of: Sword, Axe, Rifle or Focus

  • Unidentified Dye

  • Choice of: Journeyman Maintenance Oil, Journeyman Tuning Crystal or Simple Sharpening Stone

  • Choice of: Leg gear

  • Choice of: Strength Booster, Armor Booster or Speed Booster

  • Small Crafting Bag

  • Choice of: Coat

  • Basic Salvage Kit

  • Choice of: Rejuvenation Booster, Karma Booster or Speed Booster

  • Choice of: Gauntlets

  • Choice of: Gloves

• Level 41 - 50

  • Light Crafting Bag

  • Choice of: Helm

  • Choice of: Hood

  • Choice of: Aquabreather

  • Strength Booster

  • Choice of: Darksteel Harvesting Sickle, Darksteel Logging Axe or Darksteel Mining Pick

  • Fine Salvage Kit

  • Choice of: Penetrating Amulet, Virulent Amulet or Powerful Amulet

  • Choice of: Penetrating Ring, Virulent Ring or Powerful Ring

  • Light Crafting Bag

  • Tailsman of Potency

  • Choice of: Greatsword, Sword, Pistol or Focus

• Level 51 - 60

  • Choice of: Helm or Boots

  • Light Crafting Bag

  • Choice of: Coat

  • Choice of: Seal of the Solider, Seal of the Rabid or Seal of the Magi

  • Light Crafting Bag

  • Choice of: Seal of the Solider, Seal of the Rabid or Seal of the Magi

  • Choice of: Gauntlets, Gloves or Boots

  • WXP Mini-Booster

• Level 61 - 70

  • Journeyman's Salvage Kit

  • Choice of: Seal of the Solider, Seal of the Rabid or Seal of the Magi

  • Choice of: Sword, Axe, Dagger or Pistol

  • Choice of: Superior Sigil of Life, Superior Sigil of Nullification or Superior Sigil of Frailty

  • Choice of: Gauntlets, Gloves, Mask or Pants

  • Medium Crafting Bag

  • Choice of: Superior Rune of the Flock, Superior Rune of Grenth or Superior Rune of Lyssa

  • Glob of Ectoplasm

  • Large Bag of Spirit Shards

• Level 71 - 80

  • Choice of: Gauntlets, Legs, Mask or Gloves

  • Medium Crafting Bag

  • Choice of: Feast of Mushroom Pizzas, Tray of Cherry Almond Bars or Tray of Zucchini Bread

  • Choice of: Greaves, Coat, Shoulderguards or Boots

  • Choice of: Superior Rune of the Afflicted, Superior Rune of the Lich or Superior Rune of Balthazar

  • Large Crafting Bag

  • Empyreal Fragment

  • Dragonite Ore

  • Pile of Bloodstone Dust

  • Obsidian Shard

  • Huge Bag of Spirit Shards

Level Boosts

Level 80 Boosts are included with game expansions or can be purchased via the Gem Store. This will advance your character to level 80, unlock all relevant waypoints, and provide a small amount of starting gold

Using the boost gives you a trial period before confirming the boost, which allows you to visit only the Silverwastes, where you can test your character. It gives you all level 80 waypoints, level 80 boost package, level 80 equipment package, and package of old equipment

If you decide that this character isn’t your style, you can undo the boost and use it again on another character/class

Map Completion

Map completion involves exploring a zone entirely by visiting all Points of Interest, vistas, waypoints, renown hearts, and hero challenges. Once you have fully completed a zone, a blue bonus chest will appear, granting you special rewards for your efforts

This process can be efficiently combined with participating in dynamic events and defeating enemy mobs to maximize your experience gain

Dungeons

Dungeons are a valuable resource for new players, it’s an excellent way to learn the game's mechanics and earn experience. There are eight dungeons in total. You will unlock a new dungeon in each tier of your progression, and each dungeon has two modes "Story" and "Explorable"

• Ascalonian Catacombs

North of the Ascalonian Catacombs Waypoint — [&BIYBAAA=] or in Lion’s Arch southwest of the Fort Marriner Waypoint — [&BDAEAAA=]

• Caudecus’s Manor

Northeast of the Beetletun Waypoint — [&BPoAAAA=] or in Lion’s Arch southwest of the Fort Marriner Waypoint — [&BDAEAAA=]

• Twilight Arbor

At the Twilight Arbor Waypoint — [&BEEFAAA=] or in Lion’s Arch southwest of the Fort Marriner Waypoint — [&BDAEAAA=]

• Sorrow’s Embrace

Slightly southwest of Sorrow’s Embrace Waypoint — [&BFYCAAA=] or in Lion’s Arch southwest of the Fort Marriner Waypoint — [&BDAEAAA=]

• Citadel of Flame

Slightly northeast of The Citadel of Flame Waypoint — [&BEAFAAA=] or in Lion’s Arch southwest of the Fort Marriner Waypoint — [&BDAEAAA=]

• Honor of the Waves

At the Honor of the Waves Waypoint — [&BEMFAAA=] or in Lion’s Arch southwest of the Fort Marriner Waypoint — [&BDAEAAA=]

• Crucible of Eternity

North of the Crucible of Eternity Waypoint — [&BEIFAAA=] or in Lion’s Arch southwest of the Fort Marriner Waypoint — [&BDAEAAA=]

• The Ruined City of Arah

Slightly northeast of the Arah Waypoint — [&BCADAAA=] or in Lion’s Arch southwest of the Fort Marriner Waypoint — [&BDAEAAA=]

Tomes and Writs of Experience

Tomes and Writs of Experience are items acquired through structured PvP (sPvP), World vs. World (WvW), and from the Wizard’s Vault. Tome of Knowledge instantly grants a full level, while a Writ of Experience provides 5% of a level

Once you reach level 80, Tomes and Writs remain valuable for acquiring Spirit Shards which are a key endgame currency

Bonus Experience from Boosters

A booster is a type of consumable that provides various effects, such as experience, increase in rewards or movement speed

Any remaining time of a booster effect remains on log out or character changing

Bonus Experience on Kill

Your character automatically gains experience when defeating an enemy

For Bonus XP, once an enemy spawns it will start increasing Bonus XP that will be awarded to players who defeat them

Personal Story

Doing your personal story gives you experience, as well as worthwhile gear, and improvement of your skill as a player

Your personal story has eight chapters. Each chapter will unlock every 10 levels, and early chapters will be determined by the player’s choice of race, biography. Later chapters being determined by choices made within the game

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