Game completed, and now?

[rALPHY ! !]

Hello guys, I have completed the game and its dlcs and I loved it! I am at a point where I am at level 51, I recognize that I have rushed the last DLC and I have many other things to do such as secondary missions, finding journals and so on. How can I quickly level up my character now? I'm excited to reach level 100 but I read in some forum something about an experience potion or something like that, in Crucible mode they kill me quickly. Is there a faster way than doing the entire campaign again on hard mode?

Thanks for your time, long live grim dawn and its next expansion!!

[Safarel]

You need to reach maximum reputation to Malmoth resistance faction to be able to buying elixir that increase your experience gained to + 100%

[phenir]

If you just do elite then ultimate, you'll naturally reach level 100 around ashes of malmouth content and your faction reps won't be terrible.

[⎝Wyrd Deofol⎠]

The Potion of Clarity is a consumable that increases Experience gained by 100% and lasts 1 hour. The experience boost stacks with other sources, such as Lokarr's Spoils and other items.

Potions of Clarity can be purchased from the Malmouth Resistance faction vendor on reaching Revered faction status, for the price of 40,000 Iron Bits, and can be traded between characters.

When you get to the stage Respected with a faction you can get a Writ that you can use on your character to level up faster with that faction. A tier higher gives you a Mandate that you can give to your other characters.

If you’ve unlocked Elite or Ultimate difficulty, be sure to stop by the vendor in the Forgotten Gods content in order to purchase the new Champion’s and Savior’s Merits. These items, when used on your other characters, immediately unlock the respective difficulties, allowing you to tackle the extra challenge (and lucrative rewards) from the very beginning.

That said. One does not simply complete Grim Dawn. The story is just one facet of it. :D
There is the Shattered Realm and also the Crucible for you to tackle. + The Game on Elite and Ultimate difficulty show other bosses and loot as well.

(Says a guy with 500 hours in GD ;)

I myself use one character as a farmer that gives stuff to my other characters.

Long live Grim Dawn!

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

what phenir said
you can technically sorta "cheese" the reputation grind in Malmouth and unlock the XP potion on normal, but it's a bit boring/slog potentially
*Remember when you reach Honoured rep go buy a Writ from faction quartermaster(s) and consume to increase your rep gain on first/main char
if you want to max Malmouth rep and don't wanna go to elite/ultimate to level up XP (increased quest XP), then you can take certain bounties in Malmouth, specifically the relic crafting bounty is ace for rep gain, aside from that one you can get bounty to killing the bosses in Fleshworks (5 total bosses down there, bounty calls killing specific ones)
^It's technically not "fast" to run fleshwork, but neither is fishing for the relic bounty, and fleshworks has the benefit of lots of boss spawns in there and ofc plenty spawns on the way.
Alternative fast clears is Council+Vala, 4 bosses killed relatively fast (requires Honoured rep to unlock malmouth Council bosses).
Technical fastest kill+reset is Terrnox, but that's a mere 75 rep+trash/hero kills each reset, so while the reset is fast the overall gain can actually get kinda slow.
keep in mind the above stuff is purely for rep gain for Malmouth if the intent is primarily oriented around getting Revered rep to buy xp pot. The relative benefit of that might not really be so good, since just jumping to Elite or Ultimate will yield decent xp gains just progressing normally through the game again to reach lvl 100 with the increased XP rewards from higher difficulties.

[PrinceXavieR™]

Sadly this game never ends.. you will always keep coming back for MOAR

[rALPHY ! !]

Thank you all for the comments, now I understand more, and I see what paths I can choose to level up to 100. This community is fantastic, what a great game surrounded by people who love it

I take this opportunity to ask, is there a possibility, as I thought I read, of skipping the campaign if I create a new character? And, Once I have taken the exp elixir, where is the best place I can go while it is still effective?

Sorry if I misunderstood

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Originally posted by RALPhY':

I take this opportunity to ask, is there a possibility, as I thought I read, of skipping the campaign if I create a new character?

"yes"
you can skip campaing, sorta, technically, "depending what your end goal is", since some stuff is gated off by campaign progression, like certain areas or secret quests/loot access
if what you mean is "can i skip doing campaign 1-2-3 times"; then absolutely yes
you can get Merits that lets you skip normal and/or elite and go to Ultimate at any time (if that's what you wish); quests then still have to be cleared on Ultimate to reach some XY content or areas
if what you want is the stuff considered "regular" endgame, dungeons, SR, celestials, item farming on elite or ultimate then you don't have to complete the entire game, and you don't have to clear it on all 3 difficulties atleast, but some stuff is "gated off" by some quests regardless if you wish to only play on normal/elite/ultimate

here's a handy speed level guide if all you care about is reaching end fast and starting "the grind"/endgame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiFg3wJh67M

[Wafflesaurus Supreme]

The best place to go if you have used an XP potion is any place that you will not die. That would cause you to lose all of your effects, XP buff included.

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

if you die just pop another XP pot?
- if they are already unlocked rep wise only threashold is money, and you can get that money super fast these days (like a single lvl 100 totem should give enough for 1 pot)

anyway, best use of XP pots are clearing quests, like if you have a bunch queued up ready to be handed in/pre-cleared, pop a pot and portal around to turn the ques into NPC
otherwise just go killing random stuff, kill XP is the same regardless of area (assuming enemies are the same level/not underlevelled ofc)

[DirtyMick]

I would go straight to next difficulty. Don't bother mucking around in normal difficulty. Everything there is very low reward. Fastest way to level is just keep going through main campaign, so it's elite time for you.

[Bludbonez]

I play so much HC now! Even when playing SC I get pissed and /ragequit for a couple of hours. Did that when my SC test Cabbie died in some Aether goop. Played TQ for a couple of hours. Prior to that Cabbie it was at least a couple of months when I had a death previous to that one.

[rALPHY ! !]

Hello guys, thank you for all your answers, unfortunately I don't speak much English and I translate your messages so I understand 50% of everything HAHAHA, I really appreciate your messages!

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Originally posted by RALPhY':

Hello guys, thank you for all your answers, unfortunately I don't speak much English and I translate your messages so I understand 50% of everything HAHAHA, I really appreciate your messages!

if you want stuff better explained or "highlighted" to help it through translation or need clarification on specific Grim Dawn vernacular or terms used feel free to do so.

When i throw out stuff like "merits" and "writs/mandates", "bounties" "Vala, Council, Terrnox" i'm making ingame references to items or bosses or tasks/things or steps to go through.
But even if speaking english, simply being a new player can mean struggling to really get what's being pointed out, so if language barrier adds another layer on top i can understand might make things more complicated.
So feel free to ask for anything you want better details on if it might help

[ahura mazda]

find all the secret quests and secret boss fights

[rALPHY ! !]

Sorry if it's heavy, so correct me if I'm wrong, the way to go would be:


Level up the specific faction to purchase the experience elixir

Once you manage to change the difficulty of the campaign and take the elixir and continue with the campaign again?

Thanks for your answers, I spend all day working and the two hours a day available to play I need them to be useful haha