Why Can't I Start a New Character on Elite

[Duder]

It's unlocked on my first character but can't start a new one with Elite.
Am I doing something wrong
Do I have to finish all the expansions first

[TheDiaz]

That is not how it works. You unlock difficulties by character, meaning you need to get your character into elite.

You can, however, to unlock elite without playing normal by buying an item on a vendor on the Forgotten Gods expansion. Transfer it to your new character and you will be able to use it to unlcok Elite.

[Duder]

Originally posted by Isaac:

That is not how it works. You unlock difficulties by character, meaning you need to get your character into elite.

You can, however, to unlock elite without playing normal by buying an item on a vendor on the Forgotten Gods expansion. Transfer it to your new character and you will be able to use it to unlcok Elite.

Not sure I get the point of that, but okay. Off to the FG area.

[Duder]

Originally posted by wespe___o=/:*:

If you want a challenge.. start new char on Veteran.. that should be enough.
If you need it harder, go classless and activate hardcore mode when creating new char.. but don´t get angry that Burial Hill is already near impossible without farming ;D

Already did that. It was too easy.
I want to get killed thus not my kind of game for Hardcore.
And I'm reading it transfers over all your skill points?

[Duder]

Okay so I have to select Elite on my character and then go all the way through and kill the Warden again to start new on Elite?
I really don't get the point of this.
The vendor doesn't have the merit item when you go there on normal/veteran

[Duder]

Originally posted by wespe___o=/:*:

You need to buy the TOKEN from vendor in ForgottenGods
Then you can start ELITE immediately.

Yes but in order to do that I need to Finish act 1 again on elite in order to unlock the FG area correct
And is it true you get all free skill points and such when you start new like that?

[Duder]

Originally posted by wespe___o=/:*:

Originally posted by Duder:

Yes but in order to do that I need to Finish act 1 again on elite in order to unlock the FG area correct
And is it true you get all free skill points and such when you start new like that?

yes, but only to have access to the FG vendor and buy the TOKEN

Do you get all free skill points that way when starting a new character
Please tell me no

[Duder]

Originally posted by wespe___o=/:*:

see my edit above:

No free skill points. But you mean the points you can get for immediate level up right?
https://gameplay.tips/guides/4275-grim-dawn.html

I don't want any points. I just want to start a new game on Elite at level 1

[Duder]

Originally posted by wespe___o=/:*:

Sorry, seems not possible. Elite is not meant to be started at Lv. 1 ..rather Level 50+
So being Level 15 after Token is still LOW ;)

Well 15 isn't so bad. Especially if that is basically required not to get killed right off the bat.
Okay so I do this, get the token, put it in the transfer stash, and new character will be magically changed to Elite at level 15 then
Just want to be clear because I'll grind this tonight

[Duder]

Originally posted by wespe___o=/:*:

Yes. But be warned you might die if you keep fighting in Elite. It´s quite a drag to collect Gear against those resilient mobs.

I like dying I'm a sucker for punishment
Thanks

[Duder]

Originally posted by wespe___o=/:*:

Yes. But be warned you might die if you keep fighting in Elite. It´s quite a drag to collect Gear against those resilient mobs.

When I start at level 15 on Elite will the enemies be scaled to my level
Hopefully they're not level 60

[Duder]

Originally posted by wespe___o=/:*:

I think the Undead also start ~Lv 15 ..but you need new gear first (hopefully from shared Stash) ^^

Yes I have three pages of shared I bought
So I should be good

[MedeaFleecestealer]

There seems to be a lot of confusion in this thread about how the merit tokens work. These are available from a vendor in the FG Conclave on either Elite (for Elite tokens) or Ultimate (for Ultimate ones). To get these you first have to get a character into FG on that difficulty (Elite or Ultimate) which means killing the Warden at the end of Act 1 to access the rift to take you there.

Once you've bought the tokens you can put them into your transfer stash for other characters to use. They're no use to the character that buys them since they're already in that difficulty. To be able to start at L1/2 you would then need to access the transfer stash by going into the Crucible add on and accessing the smuggler there to get the token. If you don't have Crucible then you need to play the main campaign and do the Burial Hill quest to unlock the prison gate to gain access to him. What level you would be depends on how quickly you run through to get the quest.

Once you have the token and use it you will get all the skill/attribute points you would have obtained from the quests in Normal that give them. If you skip up from Normal to Ultimate then you get the points from both Normal and Elite difficulties.

Best to watch this video of Zantai showing them off for the first time - go 14 minutes into the video and watch from there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvlfTCs71HI

Bear in mind that skipping like this means your character will get a -25% hit on the top row of their resistances and if you skip up to Ultimate then that takes another -25% hit and the bottom row will take a -25% hit as well on that difficulty.

[+|A.O|+]

Oi, Just do Act 1 (kill Krieg) in elite with a good character from Normal. Stop complaining about it.

When you buy the merit from FG vendor, create a character on normal -> pick up the merit from shared stash -> restart game in elite.

Mobs will be harder to kill than veteran. You'd better start with good gear or prepare to spend 20-30 minutes in lower crossing & burial hill for gear. xD

You get no free skill points, no free devotions, no free gear (other than stuff you store in shared stash).

I'd recommend taking that good Normal/Veteran char and finishing upto Loghorrean and getting upto Ultimate. Then just hunt for good lvl 1 sets (Explorer, Lokarr, etc..)

When you have those, starting a character will be easier on higher difficulties.

[MedeaFleecestealer]

Originally posted by +|A.O|+:

You get no free skill points, no free devotions, no free gear (other than stuff you store in shared stash).

Incorrect, you will get the attribute/skill points from those quests that give them in Normal if you skip up to Elite.

[+|A.O|+]

Originally posted by MedeaFleecestealer:

Incorrect, you will get the attribute/skill points from those quests that give them in Normal if you skip up to Elite.

What? Really?

That's a lot of free levels then. This is quest-only xp right?

Which means skipping upto ultimate is a great idea then huh...