War Plans Leveling Method
If you're planning to use War Plans as your primary leveling strategy, you'll not only level quickly but also make meaningful progress toward your endgame progression at the same time. This method focuses on efficiently unlocking and ranking up War Plans while taking advantage of large experience rewards along the way.
Why Choose the War Plans Method?
Get a Head Start on Endgame Progression
As you level, you'll already be advancing your War Plans, giving you a significant advantage once you reach the endgame.
Excellent Variety While Leveling
Instead of repeating the same activity over and over, you'll rotate through Helltides, the Undercity, Nightmare Dungeons and the Hordes, keeping the leveling experience fresh.
Plenty of Loot
Turning in War Plans rewards you with a healthy amount of gear, making it much easier to keep your character upgraded throughout the leveling process.
Massive Experience Rewards
Each time you turn in your War Plans you gain huge amounts of experience and rewards then pair that with the boosted experience from the Undercity and Helltides.
Great Source of Crafting Materials
This method provides plenty of materials for Tempering and Enchanting, allowing you to continually improve your gear without running short on resources.
How to Use This Method
Unlock War Plans in Skovos (and talk to the Cube to gain level 2)
Focus on running Helltides. Use the Wyrm Method from the accompanying guide while you're there. Your goal is simple: open a single chest, then leave and continue progressing.
Once you unlock the Undercity, speed-run it repeatedly until you've earned enough points to unlock the first node on the right-hand side of the War Plans tree.
After that, begin completing each Attunement Rank. Every rank-up grants large experience globes that significantly accelerate your leveling. Make sure you pick them up before moving on.
Potential Downsides
Some War Plan objectives can take longer than others to complete.
You may occasionally be required to participate in activities you wouldn't normally choose to run.
Helltides Leveling Method
If your goal is to level as quickly as possible, the Helltides Method is one of the fastest options available. By investing your early War Plans into Helltide bonuses, you'll unlock Hell Wyrms, which become one of the best sources of experience throughout the leveling process.
Why Choose the Helltides Method?
Faster Than Standard War Plans
This method sacrifices some early War Plans progression in exchange for significantly faster leveling.
Excellent Experience Throughout the Entire Journey
Helltides provide strong experience early on, but once Hell Wyrms are unlocked, the experience gains become exceptional.
Easy Access to Gear Upgrades
Helltide chests let you target specific equipment slots, making it much easier to keep your gear up to date as you level.
Plenty of Crafting Materials
You'll collect large amounts of crafting materials and Sigil Powder, giving you everything you need to Temper and improve your gear along the way.
Extra Experience Through Whispers
Many Helltides objectives also contribute toward Whispers, providing additional experience rewards while you're already farming.
Hell Wyrms Are Extremely Rewarding
Once fully unlocked, Hell Wyrms become one of the highest experience activities available during leveling.
How to Use This Method
Unlock War Plans and reroll until you can select as many Helltide nodes as possible.
Your first goal is to obtain four Helltide War Plan nodes, allowing you to unlock the first point down the center path. This gives Hell Wyrms a chance to spawn Maggots.
Continue investing in Helltide nodes until you've unlocked 14 total Helltide nodes. At this point, Hell Wyrms will guarantee Maggot spawns, dramatically increasing both experience and efficiency.
Use the Wyrm Method from the accompanying guide whenever you're in Helltides.
Ride between Hell Wyrm spawn locations on your mount, defeat each Wyrm, and immediately move to the next one. While Helltide chests don't provide experience, they are still worth opening when you need gear upgrades or crafting materials.
Potential Downsides
You'll spend most of your leveling time in a single activity, which can become repetitive.
You won't progress your War Plans as efficiently while leveling.
Hell Wyrms can be challenging at lower levels, especially with weaker gear.
The method doesn't reach its full potential until you've unlocked 14 Helltide War Plans, making the early stages slightly less efficient.
Undercity Leveling Method
If your only goal is to reach Level 70 as quickly as possible, the Undercity Method is currently the fastest leveling strategy available. Once unlocked, the experience gained from Attunement Rank rewards is incredibly efficient, allowing you to chain together massive experience gains with minimal downtime.
Why Choose the Undercity Method?
Currently the Fastest Leveling Method
No other strategy levels as quickly once the Undercity War Plans becomes available at Level 25.
Pylons Make You Feel Overpowered
The powerful shrine effects found throughout the Undercity dramatically increase your damage and mobility, making your character feel much stronger than your current level.
Requires Very Little War Plans Investment
Unlike other methods, you only need to unlock a single key War Plans node before the strategy becomes extremely effective.
How to Use This Method
Once you reach Level 25, invest as many War Plans points into Undercity nodes as possible. You'll need four Undercity nodes to unlock the first node on the right-hand side of the War Plans tree.
For your first four Undercity runs, ignore almost every monster. Sprint directly to the boss and defeat it. This is the fastest way to earn the War Plans points needed to unlock the key node.
Once the node is unlocked, begin completing Attunement Ranks. Each rank rewards experience globes:
Rank 1: 1 Experience Globe
Rank 2: 2 Experience Globes
Rank 3: 3 Experience Globes
Rank 4: 4 Experience Globes
Always collect the experience globes. They are not picked up automatically, and missing them means losing a huge amount of experience.
Once you reach Attunement Rank 4, stop clearing monsters, sprint straight to the boss, defeat it, and begin your next run.
Potential Downsides
The Undercity doesn't become available until Level 25, so you'll need another leveling method beforehand.
You'll earn relatively few crafting materials compared to Helltides or War Plans.
Gear drops are limited, although you'll generally find enough upgrades to keep progressing comfortably.
You won't make much progress on your War Plans while using this strategy.
Since you'll be repeating the same activity continuously, it can become repetitive over longer sessions.
Who Should Use This Method?
Choose the Undercity Method if your primary objective is reaching Level 70 in the shortest time possible. If you prefer to make meaningful endgame progression while leveling, the War Plans Method offers a more balanced experience.