Leveling route · Asmodians
Follow the main story, pick up the sealed dungeons and Kibelisks that sit on the way, and never walk back for them later. A community route that finished 1–45 in 3 h 21 min.
Route by KrixDo & Excalul of the Failure guild: watch their original run. This page is our own write-up, checked against the EU client. original guide
Your time will be shorter with account bonuses and longer if you read the story. The order of the route stays the same.
Five phases, each built around a story chapter. The bar shows how many of the 45 levels each phase covers.
Straight story, no detours.
Play the prologue straight through, from Ishalgen to The Longest Night. Skip everything else: nothing in Ishalgen pays back the time.
Two systems open on the way: titles with Spread Your Wings, and Enhancement at level 9. You will use both at every break from here on.
The story south and west of Safe Haven, plus the first eleven sealed dungeons.
Leave Safe Haven with the story and head south past Galorik's Inspection Area towards Dredgion Crash Site for Crash Site Rendezvous.
Make a short detour east of the crash site for two sealed dungeons: Treasure Hunter's Residence to the north-east and Trickster's Den to the south-east.
Back on the story, go west and activate Creion Campsite on the way to Quai Campsite.
Urgent Pursuit at Quai Campsite unlocks Daevanion. Spend the points at the next break.
Three sealed dungeons around the camp: Smuggler's Cave and Watcher's Temporary Outpost south of it, then Dusk Pit just to the west.
Follow the story west to Gravekeeper Camp south of Nameless Cemetery, then north to the ruins north-east of the cemetery, where Poisonous Plant Habitat waits.
Around here your first skills can reach level 8. Put the points into your main damage skills.
Work through the cemetery story from Neglected Crematorium north into the basin. The red marker there is the field boss Black Warrior Aed: steer around it.
Clear the basin's sealed dungeons: Ossuary of the Noble to the west, Lost Ruins to the north-west and Hidden Vein Cave to the north-east, plus the pair south-west of the cemetery, Abandoned One's Grave and Old Graveyard.
The chapter ends at level 16 with Empyrean Monolith.
One big side-quest loop from Safe Haven, then the story down to Sanctum Outpost.
Back in Safe Haven, accept every side quest on offer. One of them is Hugo Mercenaries: Past and Present from Derk: it starts the side chain that leads to your first rune in phase 4.
Run the side quests as one loop: west, then south-west through the camps around Nameless Cemetery to the far west edge, then east across the map past Galorik's Inspection Area to the far east clearing, back south-west to Quai Campsite, and finally to Fang Hideout east of Silent Hill.
The far east clearing holds two sealed dungeons: Dratona Cave and Valka's Nest.
Now the story again, from Silent Hill down to Sanctum Outpost. Activate Temporary Retreat east of the outpost when you pass it.
Clear the four sealed dungeons of the outpost on the way: Homish's Prison Compound and Fafnite Storage Room north of it, Blue Dragon's Trap to the south-east and Fanatics' Den on the southern cliffs.
Teleport back to Safe Haven and hand in every finished quest.
Equip the accessories from the rewards and enhance each of them to +5. Equip your best attack title too, for example Rules on the Ledger from Trickster's Den.
Take the story south: past Galorik's Inspection Area and Quai Campsite to Watcher's Tent north of Tranein Highland, then the pond to its west, Tranein Pond.
Short side loop to the east around Calderon Canyon, through Beneath the Tranein Highland Bridge and Mire Campsite.
Leave Calderon Canyon to the south, reach the lake and activate Odar's Shade. That is the door into the next area.
Stigmas, wings and your first rune. The last sealed dungeons before 45.
In Moslan Forest it is the story and the sealed dungeons on its path, nothing else. From Odar's Shade go to Collapsed Chasm in the centre, loop south-west and south to Elim's Rest, then east, back through the centre and north again.
Seven sealed dungeons lie on that path: Abandoned Archon Jail, Prison of Oblivion, Library of Foresight, Victims' Cave, Fortuneteller's Grave, Howling Den, and Bloodsoaked Confessional next to Forest Hideout.
Level 22 opens your first Stigma slot. After Verdant Melody, the 3rd Ascension quest, The One Who Hears the Voice, opens at the same point as the next story quest, Daeva in a Dream. Do it straight away: it rewards Intermediate Daeva Wings (Bound) and a
Stigma Shard (Bound), and from then on you can raise your Stigma levels.
Daeva in a Dream unlocks Expeditions (party dungeons), and Disturbed Balance sends you into Krao Cave. Then head north-east to Abandoned Site, the exit to the next area.
In Uruthumheim the story passes the last three sealed dungeons you will clear before 45: Abandoned Memorial Room on the west shore, Closed Hideout and Worshiper's Underground Cave on the north edge.
Story path: from Abandoned Site at the south-west bridge through the central plaza, down to Minushan Site on the southern island, east to Uruthumheim Cliff, then north-east to Nornir Assembly.
From Nornir Assembly the story fans out north and west through Purifying Forest. Activate every Kibelisk you pass: they are your teleports for the rest of the run. Guide Rest Stop, Purifying Forest Coastal Cliff, Faded Stump, Briskwind Shelter, Purifying Forest Sunny Hill, Shulak Street Stall, Graverobber Campsite, Basfelt Waterfall and Battlescar Mound Clifftop.
The story visits the four altars, Wind Altar, Fire Altar, Earth Altar and Water Altar, and ends near Healing Spring.
Canyon's Secret takes you through Urugugu Canyon and rewards Aullaeu Wings (Bound).
Teleport to Nornir Assembly, walk to the west side of the assembly, then take and finish Hugo Mercenaries: Deep Shadow from Hadala: it needs Hugo Mercenaries: Past and Present from phase 3, and your second rune needs it done.
Teleport to Abandoned Site and do The Future Within the Past for Harald. It rewards a Clash Rune Chest (Bound): one
Clash Rune and enhance scrolls.
Open the chest, socket the Clash Rune from your inventory and enhance it to +1 with a
Clash Rune Enhance Scroll (Bound).
Your second rune, then nothing but the story, grabbing five Kibelisks on the way.
From level 33 it is the story only. Take a side quest only if its giver stands on your path.
After Last of the Destruction Archons, finish the 4th Ascension quest, The One Who Dreams. It rewards Superior Daeva Wings (Bound).
Right after it, fly to Briskwind Shelter and take Hugo Mercenaries: An Old Promise from Hadala. It needs Hugo Mercenaries: Deep Shadow and rewards your second Clash Rune Chest (Bound).
Socket the second rune, then back to the story until 45.
During Powder of Death: once you have finished hunting Luminous Cadaver Insectoid and found the lost bags in Fafnite Deposit, detour to activate Amunta's Hideout.
During Lake of Confrontation: Idun's Lake stands in the fog east of the exit of Blades Supply Storage. Activate it right after you search the storage.
During An Ill Fate's Resolution: before you dive into Idun's Lake to find the hideout, fly across the lake and activate Steel Hammer Temporary Trading Post.
Mirror of Greed sends you into Fire Temple.
During Daybreak Society Rescue Operation: when Nemon sends you to create a distraction (Mumu Watcher, Tamed Tayga), activate Kumrica's Cellar.
Same quest, a little later: after the fight at the top of the tree, when the quest asks you to talk to Nemon again, fly south first and activate Impetusium Lower Path.
From Forgotten Commander on, every story quest needs level 45: reach it by the end of Farewells.
The chapter closes with Forgotten Commander and Daeva Trapped in a Nightmare, both at level 45.
Every loading screen, every walk to a quest giver: work down this list from the top.
This route is for Asmodians. The Elyos story hits the same milestones in Poeta and Verteron; these are the matching quests on their side. The order between them is not tested.
| Milestone | ||
|---|---|---|
| Starting zone | Ishalgen | Poeta |
| First field zone | Altgard | Verteron |
| Daevanion unlock | Urgent Pursuit | Visions in Smoke |
| Expeditions unlock | Daeva in a Dream | Wind Breeze Merchants |
| First Expedition | Disturbed Balance | Precious Minerals |
| 3rd Ascension | The One Who Hears the Voice | The One Who Hears the Voice |
| Wings quest | Canyon's Secret | Secrets Within Secrets |
| First rune chest | The Future Within the Past | Cursed Blue Mineral |
| 4th Ascension | The One Who Dreams | The One Who Dreams |
| Second rune chest | Hugo Mercenaries: An Old Promise | Zumion's Call: Part TwoClosest match: there is no three-part chain like the Asmodian one, and this is the other rune chest before 45. |
| Fire Temple | Mirror of Greed | Fire Temple |
| Last story quest at 45 | Daeva Trapped in a Nightmare | Witness to a Nightmare |
The route leaves most sealed dungeons of Altgard for later. Sweep them in three legs, teleporting to the Kibelisks you activated.
The same leg passes Destruction Archons Library.
On the way: Granach's Hideout.