Grinding levels question

[FallenShaw]

Hi, i've only recently started playing the game, and i've gottem my character upto level 80, but the grind is starting to get to me, so far the best place found is behind a church warping to some weird place with little black guys that give 1094 runes per sneak attack.

Just wondering if there's a better place to level up, because i need atleast 10 or 20 levels into my vigor before I even attempt the last boss that killed me, currently sitting at 20 vigor, guess i should of leveled better, but was getting my str to 40 and for a sword and dex to 30. leaving me rather squishy.

[nfinite.recursion]

Don't grind. Just play the game.

At level 80 you should be in Leyndell or beyond. And 20 VIG is unacceptable. You should be at 40 (or higher) by Leyndell. Respec by talking to Renalla.

[Sephylon]

Crow farm and the Albinauric farm in moghywn's palace map. You can find vids of them on yt.

[Clail]

Get summoned for coop.

Honestly there is no reason to grind in this game though. If your stats are not well allocated, respec accordingly.

[FallenShaw]

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

Don't grind. Just play the game.

At level 80 you should be in Leyndell or beyond. And 20 VIG is unacceptable. You should be at 40 (or higher) by Leyndell. Respec by talking to Renalla.

i actually haven't even beat the guy on the bridge yet whatever area that is

[mayhem523]

I can give drop you a dragoncrest greatshield talisman and some runes if you want.

[Sc0rpiTr0n]

You should never grind in these games
unless you're farming some very optional weapons or items.

[MULTIPASS]

You're going to have an increasingly slow and tedious grind trying to fix your stats, what you really need to do is head to Liurnia and complete the Raya Lucaria dungeon if you haven't already. That will give you access to an npc in the final boss room who can reset your stat allocation.

The thing about scaling stats like str/dex is that the amount of benefit you get from them is limited by the upgrade level of the gear you're using. At lower upgrade level, you get very little benefit from stacking those stats. You are far better off putting those points into vigor instead and just raising the level of your weapons with smithing stones to get more damage. After 40+ vigor, you can start raising your scaling stats above the minimum needed to use your gear.

[voeriksson]

i would suggest farming at mohgwyn palace bird

[Mr_Blank]

Your vigor is far too low which explains why you haven’t gotten past the draconic sentinel: not that your bad, but that you literally don’t have enough vigor to withstand a single hit. I would highly reccomend backtracking to dragonbarrow or even mohgwyn palace (if you didn’t kill Varre) and darling runes, both of those places are less grindy :)

[cheetah1546]

there is no need to farm

but if you still want to

Originally posted by voeriksson:

i would suggest farming at mohgwyn palace bird

this

shoot the bird as it's turning for it to run off a cliff

kill the red albinaurics first

then the silver ones

rinse repeat for many levels if that's what you want

[ReflexShift]

Mogh's palace, probably the best spot but it's late game unless you do the invasion quest. Also early game there are giant's south of warmaster's shack the drop 1000 runes per one. Fairly easy to fight. They also sometimes spawn with glowing eyes and you get 5x the amount of rune's.

[cheetah1546]

it's not easy to get to the spot early but you can with the help of white mask varre

[Shotgun Malise]

I just literally quested / did dungeons till I was OP. Its easy to get OP in levels when you are aimless wandering around just to clear things.

You can always do this later on in every NG+. I did it to get perishables and buy smith stones etc etc.

I remember doing this without respec. just required upping the wep and wearing trinkets. Of course it requires you to beat the game.

https://youtu.be/jBxqiCiDKKQ

[Yal]

Originally posted by FallenShaw:

Hi, i've only recently started playing the game, and i've gottem my character upto level 80, but the grind is starting to get to me, so far the best place found is behind a church warping to some weird place with little black guys that give 1094 runes per sneak attack.

Just wondering if there's a better place to level up, because i need atleast 10 or 20 levels into my vigor before I even attempt the last boss that killed me, currently sitting at 20 vigor, guess i should of leveled better, but was getting my str to 40 and for a sword and dex to 30. leaving me rather squishy.

If you explore further in that area there's a giant dragon boss that just sends her kids at you and doesn't attack directly; with some stealth and a bleed/frost weapon you can cheese the fight for an easy 75,000 souls and some Dragon Hearts. Not a long-term grind but it might help you quickly get a couple levels.

Also, behind that church is a path you can drop down. It looks like you're not supposed to be there, but it's possible to make it down if you're careful, and at the bottom there's a talisman that boosts your physical defense noticeably. Just beware of the bats because they're absolutely lethal if they get up close.

[Honk1]

Originally posted by FallenShaw:

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

Don't grind. Just play the game.

At level 80 you should be in Leyndell or beyond. And 20 VIG is unacceptable. You should be at 40 (or higher) by Leyndell. Respec by talking to Renalla.

i actually haven't even beat the guy on the bridge yet whatever area that is

I'm assuming the "guy on the bridge" is Margit, the Fell Omen.

Your stat allocation is not good, but even with 20 VIG, that fight is doable, and apart from the vigor, you are ridiculously overleveled. I think you might have missed some basic things that the game does not explain well. Maybe tell us what weapon you are using and what exactly you are doing so we can help you figure out what you are doing wrong. At this point, grinding won't help you, but figuring out the basic mechanics will.

Some things that might help, feel free to ask for explanations if you don't know the answers:

- Are you using your ashes of war (= special attacks on weapons)?
- Do you know about guard counters (= pressing heavy attack after blocking with a shield)?
- Do you maybe have heavy equip load (which is bad)? Do you know that dodge rolls have iframes (so attacks won't hurt you even if they hit during a roll if you time it right)?
- Have you upgraded your weapon?
- Are you using a spirit ash?