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Progression Flow at a Glance

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When you start the game, simply follow the main quest. Last Epoch clearly shows you the locations and directions for quest objectives, so you can complete the main quest all the way to the end just by following the objectives without needing any specific guides.

As you level up, new skills and passive points unlock in order. Once you reach a certain level, you can specialize in a skill of your choice to empower it in various ways.

Last Epoch features independent specialization trees for each skill, meaning even the same skill can function very differently in damage type or playstyle depending on which nodes you pick. Early on, instead of worrying about a finished build, it is enough to pick a few main skills you want to use right away and see how each skill grows.

What to Know at This Stage· Leveling up unlocks new skills sequentially.
· Invest passive points into your base class passives.
· Specialize your main skills to grow dedicated skill trees.

As you progress through Act 2, you will arrive at The End of Time, Last Epoch's central hub. Here, you can choose one of the Masteries available to your base class to select your subclass.

Each Mastery grants unique passive bonuses, passive skills, and active skills, so your choice determines the core direction of your build. Unless you are aiming for a specific build from the start, it is best to choose a Mastery that suits your favorite main skill or preferred combat style.

You can reset your Mastery at any time by paying gold to the NPC 'Chronomancer Lerienne' in The End of Time, so if your choice does not fit you, consider changing it quickly. Note that you must go to 'The End of Time' to change it, not to Lerienne in other locations.

Around this time, the Idol system also opens up. Idols are items equipped in slots separate from standard equipment, allowing you to secure basic stats like Health and Resistances as well as class-specific special effects. Progressing through the campaign's main and side quests will sequentially unlock additional Idol slots you can equip.

What to Know at This Stage· Choose a Mastery that suits you at The End of Time.
· Mastery-exclusive passives and skills begin to unlock.
· The Idol system becomes available.
· Check side quests that award passive points and Idol slots.
· You can change your Mastery by paying gold to Chronomancer Lerienne at The End of Time.

After choosing your Mastery, you will enter a phase of leveling up skills and upgrading your equipment. As your available skill specializations increase and you invest more passive points, the foundational structure of the build you chose early on will gradually come together.

What to Know at This Stage· Items with higher item levels/grades are not always better.
· Develop the ability to filter out stats that fit your build.
· Gear that is strong right now is great, but items 'with the potential to become great' are also valuable finds.
· Get a feel for crafting by upgrading items simply.
· Defensive stats become increasingly vital toward the mid-to-late game; check your build's core defensive layer and reinforce it.

Most of the campaign can be cleared without much difficulty by following the main quests, but the Act 8 boss, Lagon, is where beginners are most likely to get stuck for the first time. Compared to earlier bosses, Lagon frequently uses dangerous wide-area attacks, requiring you to reposition and dodge during the fight.

If you stand still and try to deal stationary damage like with previous bosses, you may suffer unexpected deaths, so it is crucial to read the boss's attack telegraphs and move to safe positions.

In particular, Lagon's arm slam attack and his laser attack that sweeps left and right are extremely devastating, so make sure to master these patterns.

Stuck on Lagon?① Avoid tanking dangerous area-of-effect attacks while trying to deal damage; focus on dodging first.
② Save your movement skills instead of wasting them so you can reposition quickly.
③ Check if defensive stats like Health and Resistances are dangerously low.
④ Even if your DPS is a bit low, prioritizing survival will give you more than enough room to clear the fight.

In Act 9, you will make your first choice of an Item Faction, which heavily impacts how your character acquires and trades items. Choosing the 'Circle of Fortune' increases item drop rates and allows you to earn more items through 'Prophecies,' but disables trading with other players. On the other hand, the Merchant's Guild allows you to freely buy and sell items with other players and through the Bazaar.

Choosing a faction is not permanent and can be changed at any time, so you can switch if you do not like your choice. However, keep in mind that some items obtained while belonging to a specific faction cannot be equipped if you switch factions.

At the end of Act 9, you face the second major obstacle: the boss Majasa. While Lagon was a boss that tested your movement skill management and dodging, Majasa is closer to a boss that tests the balance between your character's offensive and defensive capabilities.

It is best to continuously destroy the essences Majasa summons, and you must dodge her area-of-effect attacks marked in red at all costs, as they can cause instant death.

Once you deplete her health bar, Phase 2 begins against Majasa back at 100% health, so do not let your guard down. Unlike Phase 1, she relentlessly chases the player down with fast, heavy melee multi-hit combos and tail sweeps. You need sufficient defensive stats to clear this fight, so double-check your character carefully.

Stuck on Majasa?① Check basic survival capabilities like Health and Resistances.
② Save movement skills to dodge dangerous patterns that carry instant-death risks.
③ If you are still struggling, check if your belt has too few potion slots and consider swapping it out.

Act 10 is currently the final chapter in Last Epoch's campaign. While it is not considered as notorious an obstacle as the previous bosses, it is the late-stage campaign, leading to battles against various bosses like Apophis and the Draal Queen.

In particular, the final boss of Act 10, 'The Observer,' requires you to endure a barrage of diverse projectiles and chaotic ground-targeted attacks, so be cautious. The quest tooltip reads 'Survive the Observer's Madness,' which might make you think it is a survival-focused quest, but it is actually a boss battle where you must defeat The Observer, so do not get confused.

You do not need to clear the entire campaign to enter the endgame, but completing Acts 9 and 10 fulfills certain requirements needed to jump straight into the later stages of the endgame.

Quick Checklist Before Entering Endgame□ Are any specialization points for your main skills going to waste?
□ Have you over-invested in passives you do not use?
□ Have you obtained enough passive points from quest rewards?
□ Do you have enough Idol slots unlocked?
□ Are your Health and key Resistances dangerously low?

Monolith of Fate is Last Epoch's flagship endgame system. Accessible from The End of Time, it consists of various themed 'Timelines.'

A single Timeline is made up of numerous 'Echoes,' which are small combat zones. Clearing an Echo awards 'Stability,' filling up the gauge at the top of the Timeline. Once enough Stability is accumulated, the Timeline Boss is unlocked, and defeating it grants that Timeline's 'Blessing.' Blessings are permanent buffs that boost character stats or item drop rates.

Initially, you can enter 7 Timelines ranging from Level 62 to Level 85. Completing the 'Knowledge of Orobyss' quest opens up the Level 90 'Empowered Timelines.'

After gathering Knowledge of Orobyss to unlock Level 90+ Timelines and defeating your first Level 90+ Timeline Boss, a battle against your First Harbinger will trigger. Defeating the First Harbinger finally unlocks Empowered Monoliths and the 'Forgotten Knights' endgame faction—the true final content of Last Epoch—where your end-game gear farming officially begins.

Empowered Monoliths introduce a new mechanic called 'Corruption.' As Corruption increases, enemy stats grow stronger and rewards become better. From here on, the gameplay loop consists of farming required Unique items and Blessings while pushing Corruption higher to challenge tougher content. Once you reach this point, your early progression phase is effectively complete.

Test how high a Corruption level your build can endure. Once you are satisfied, feel free to level a new character to experiment with other builds.

· Enemies spawn with much stronger stats.· Raising Corruption increases both difficulty and rewards.· You can target-farm boss-exclusive Unique items for Empowered Monoliths.· You can farm higher-tier Blessings.