What are efficient methods to get xp quickly?

[Panfilo]

I'm getting back into the game after a long break (like some players I play on and off over the years since it's fun to see how much changed/improved since you last played; its honestly like playing a whole new game this way!). I know you get xp for doing just about everything, but was curious if there are particularly time efficient sources of xp. Right now my game is in carebear settings because I die a lot, and one downside is that there are fewer zeds to fight.

[briancourt2]

1. Farm witches. Use Xp boost when doing so. (make like 10 fires, and let the heat bring them in, don't kill them, After 3rd scream, they will not call in more, but typically they will call in another screamer, so you can keep it going). Build a horde like base over the fires.
2. Farm witches. Don't use XP boost.
3. Modify blocks.xml to give more resources from mining. this has the side effect of giving a ton more xp. I only doubled the output, cause I hate mining forever.
4. Double POI by taking quest, going to POI doing POI, then accept quest. Break down everything electrical/mechanical. Use candy.
5. Multiplayer to share XP, change radius to like 2-3K
6. Find a place with large electronics panels so you can wrench like 80 blocks. Sell electrical parts to trader.
7. When looting make sure you are grabbing cobblestone blue bags/Cement bags and every time you return back to base, you that on your base, upgrading base is great xp. Use nerd glasses when upgrading base.

WARNING- level up too fast will make the game very hard. Especially in Darkness Falls. If your loot doesn't stay proportional, you will be low on ammo, weak weapons, and POI will be harder and 7 day much harder.

I usually dig a moat around my base that earns if you placed your base near ore. I spend an hour each morning from 3:00 to 4:00 doing this. Get it down to like 16 blocks and you have a ton of resources to upgrade. When I play multiplayer the other guys are looting and I do this, and I am always a higher level than they are. They share the XP to you, and you do not share your XP to them for upgrading base. So an easy way to accelerate versus them. We do PVP tournaments where we assign points for kills, zombie kills, and levels. I always crush everyone on levels. Learning what items are worth breaking down is also important. The Fun Pimps have some work on items/blocks to balance, but I fixed all my items by modifying the dropped resource to balance it out more. For example a stack of firewood doesn't give much wood (are you kidding me, it is already pre cut)

[Panfilo]

Haven't found nerdy glasses yet, but I definitely do the 'double sweep' on the Clear Zombies /Recover Item quests.

I'm kicking myself I didn't farm up cobblestones because I'm on Day 6 and wanted to spend it building a little fort and harvesting exp from upgrading the blocks as much as I can. Guess I'll dig up the clay from forest floor and stuff.

[The Giving One]

Panfilo eredeti hozzászólása:

Haven't found nerdy glasses yet, but I definitely do the 'double sweep' on the Clear Zombies /Recover Item quests.

I'm kicking myself I didn't farm up cobblestones because I'm on Day 6 and wanted to spend it building a little fort and harvesting exp from upgrading the blocks as much as I can. Guess I'll dig up the clay from forest floor and stuff.

Another tip I follow in my games that you might find useful is hoarding dog food.

It seems to be somewhat rare and even though you can eat it from the can, it's one of the ingredients for the Granpa's Learnin' Elixer.

Of course, the acid is arguably more rare, but you would not be tempted to eat that anyway. Save the dog food and then when you get the recipe for the Elixer, gaining XP in this game will be gravy.

[JimmyIowa]

Mining is good XP. And what makes it a great method overall, is you can do it anytime, it's generally safe except for screamers and there are easy methods of dealing with those(**), and at some point you generally need the stuff you are mining anyway.

One note though is when people say mining for XP, they mean iron, lead, coal and nitrate. Mining stone is not where the good XP is.


(** Screamers are low in health and don't summon until they have LOS on you. A ring of plain wood or iron spikes around your mine entrance kills screamers well before they see you down there. Or other things, like just put a cobblestone block in your mine entrance to prevent the screamer (or anything else) from dropping in with you or from seeing you.

[JimmyIowa]

The Giving One eredeti hozzászólása:

hoarding dog food.
It seems to be somewhat rare.

I agree. I modded my game to add a cat food based recipe for the learnin elixer too. So I can use either one. And I horde them from day 1 by buying them from vending machines at all my traders and quests.

I don't play on any bonus XP setting so making the learning recipe easier to craft seemed fair.

[Panfilo]

I take it you need to upgrade your medicine perk to be able to make the learning elixir? And find/build a chemistry station.

Of course now that I know to hoard dog food I'm not finding it anywhere lol.

[JimmyIowa]

Panfilo eredeti hozzászólása:

I take it you need to upgrade your medicine perk to be able to make the learning elixir? And find/build a chemistry station.

It's actually under Master Chef, along with other Granpa's recipes. And you make it at a campfire.

[The Giving One]

JimmyIowa eredeti hozzászólása:

I agree. I modded my game to add a cat food based recipe for the learnin elixer too. So I can use either one. And I horde them from day 1 by buying them from vending machines at all my traders and quests.

I don't play on any bonus XP setting so making the learning recipe easier to craft seemed fair.

Sorry, but just now saw this and wanted to make sure to reply. That's not a bad idea, actually, because the cat food is somewhat rare also, so having both that would fit the recipe for the Elixer makes sense.

It's actually one of the benefits of Iron Gut that most seem to overlook or not mention. While you don't "need" the extra duration, looting those level 5 POIs while under Eye Kandy and/or other buff consumables can really make a difference in how much more time you get.

It also works with the book (forget which one) that gives 10% bonus to ore damage when mining if buzzed from coffee....because the buff from the coffee lasts longer.

Longer buff from coffee means more XP. Add in the Nerdy Glasses, and XP is not an issue at all, at least once you find the recipe for the Elixer that is.

[The Giving One]

Panfilo eredeti hozzászólása:

I take it you need to upgrade your medicine perk to be able to make the learning elixir? And find/build a chemistry station.

Of course now that I know to hoard dog food I'm not finding it anywhere lol.

Funny thing is, after I made my first comment in this thread about using the Elixer to get massive XP, I found the recipe in my game for sale at the trader.

Got it for 2000 Dukes.

So you can get in from master chef, but you can also find the recipe in loot, too.

[Jonnson]

Mining gives steady exp. Mining gives you resources. Use resources to build base. Upgrade base. Mining includes chopping down trees, that exp degrades as you level, so chop down trees first. Mine; 30k wood, 30k stone, 30k clay. Level 30 by day 6-8 (Can be done by day 3-4 if you really focus). Primary skills; miner69er, motherload. Bonus, fully built and upgraded base by horde night 1.

Example;
https://youtu.be/TD9ibsEv0bU

[pgames-food]

nerdy glasses while doing stuff really helped me
but i swapped out to the glasses for slightly better loot, before opening special loot containers :)

[Hellsmoke]

I turn xp to 300%. Game s too slow for me otherwise.

[pgames-food]

i just had an idea :)

what if there was a mod which added a recipe:
- merge 2 Nerdy Glasses with 2 of the Looter bonus glasses
= Nerdy Looter Glasses (which gives the best of both) :) (or + half of each) :)

when i was playing diablo games, i would always swap all my items for "Magic Find" bonuses, before opening every special treasure chest lol :)