Best XP farm on NG+?

[Steven of Astora]

So I'm nearing the end of my achievement hunt. But I'm still a good 20+ skill point away from filling out the techniques for the achievement. Whats the best farming route for efficiency that I can semi AFK? Looks like this one is gonna be a real grind honestly.

[Goilveig]

The annoying bit is how badly the scaling is. The last skill point you should need, if you never use the mask, is over 82,000 XP. The last 20 skill points (of the 126 you need) will cost more XP than the first 100.

[Viking Mana]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Goilveig:

The annoying bit is how badly the scaling is. The last skill point you should need, if you never use the mask, is over 82,000 XP. The last 20 skill points (of the 126 you need) will cost more XP than the first 100.

Well, they had to scale it like that. If you could realistically max out every skill tree AND get 2-4 uses of the mask without a lot of grinding, then it'd be unbalanced as all hell. It would trivialize NG+. I think a lot of people already underestimate how powerful the attack power upgrades really are - in any run where you aren't going for this achievement, I'd definitely recommend only taking the best few skills and saving the remaining points you end up with for the mask. Especially if you plan on doing Purification.

I'll take it on the chin - I didn't have this achievement in mind during my first playthrough, and because of that I've kind of screwed myself over, and the 2-3 hour grind I'm left with it my own fault.

[Armgard]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Goilveig:

The annoying bit is how badly the scaling is. The last skill point you should need, if you never use the mask, is over 82,000 XP. The last 20 skill points (of the 126 you need) will cost more XP than the first 100.

It's not that bad once you go up a few NG cycles. At NG+5 you get 4-5k+ exp from lategame enemies, it gets really easy to farm up levels.

[TyresTyco]

It took me 4 playthroughs.. with 2 hours straight farming at endgame antechamber to get all the skills.

I wouldnt farm more than that. It is very boring.

[Viking Mana]

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Początkowo opublikowane przez Goilveig:

The annoying bit is how badly the scaling is. The last skill point you should need, if you never use the mask, is over 82,000 XP. The last 20 skill points (of the 126 you need) will cost more XP than the first 100.

It's not that bad once you go up a few NG cycles. At NG+5 you get 4-5k+ exp from lategame enemies, it gets really easy to farm up levels.

Yeah, but.. Realistically, most players aren't going to push that far just to grind. The time it would take might as well have been spent farming on just regular NG+. Unless you're trying to complete everything on a single save.

[OCTDUMPUS]

The Stairway Idol in Ashina Outskirts, during the second Ashina invasion, you backstab four to five red guards from the idol all the way to the stairs. Gives loads of xp, sen and rare upgrade mats like Gunpowder and Mercury

[Armgard]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Viking Mana:

Yeah, but.. Realistically, most players aren't going to push that far just to grind. The time it would take might as well have been spent farming on just regular NG+. Unless you're trying to complete everything on a single save.

Of course it's up to you how to do it but personally I find naturally playing though the game way more fun than just backstabbing the same mooks for hours. And it's not even like it takes that long to reach high NG+ cycles, you can just rush the Shura ending a few times.

[R3plica]

Yeah i found it a lot more enjoyable going through NG+ cycles rather than farming that dude in the antechamber

[Viking Mana]

Początkowo opublikowane przez R3plica:

Yeah i found it a lot more enjoyable going through NG+ cycles rather than farming that dude in the antechamber

Well, "don't farm Antechamber" is the best solution I have for that particular problem.

At the end of the game, with any ending other than Shura, go to Ashina Outskirts - Stairway, hook yourself up into the tower, backstab the dude, drop down and backstab the dude beneath it. Run through the burning gate, backstab the next dude. Run along, backstab the sword guy, slap the cannoneer around, then run through the gate (ideally having killed Shige of the Red Guard) and charge up the hill the backstab the guy patrolling the door. Shuriken, the guy with the frying pan. Run up behind the big boss with his back to you. Kill the riflemen around the corner, ambush the two swordmen clearing the bridge, kill the riflemen, idol back for a reset and go again.

On NG+, this routine nets 13.563 XP and, even at my extremely high level (having used dragon mask three times before decided to grind out all skills) each level takes roughly 12-15 minutes. That's about 4 skillpoints an hour. by the end of it, I anticipate spending just about three hours total grinding out the last coupel of skillpoints.

If you're on a higher NG+, then obviously this is even more rewarding.

So far, being an experienced farmer, this is the location I've determined to be the most optimal for grinding XP, with the added bonus that, if you can be bothered to hold X, you'll be drowning in pellets, Ministry Dousing Powder, Oil and Fulminated Mercury.

[Goilveig]

I haven't tried after killing Shige, but the guys from the idol to the stairs don't give more XP per minute than the three guys near Flower Viewing stage, which are quicker to loop as well since you don't need to use the Homeward Idol and have a loading screen (super annoying you have to load an area you already have loaded).

[Sasha Mason]

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I haven't tried after killing Shige, but the guys from the idol to the stairs don't give more XP per minute than the three guys near Flower Viewing stage, which are quicker to loop as well since you don't need to use the Homeward Idol and have a loading screen (super annoying you have to load an area you already have loaded).

Maybe but just killing the same three dudes gets boring. I also prefer the outskirts and clear out everything up until the bridge. The strong enemy with the dual swords near the bell can be plunge attacked. Gives ya decent XP too

[MMB]

Fastest farming spot that I can find.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqPO8yFmJnk

[Viking Mana]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Goilveig:

I haven't tried after killing Shige, but the guys from the idol to the stairs don't give more XP per minute than the three guys near Flower Viewing stage, which are quicker to loop as well since you don't need to use the Homeward Idol and have a loading screen (super annoying you have to load an area you already have loaded).

First of all, are you sure? Because I think the post-Shige run is actually faster, and if you just do the first 5 enemies of Outskirts - Stairway, you don't have to use the idol either.

Add to that the fact that Stairway is less unberably noisy. The flutes drive me up a wall.

[Aryend]

Początkowo opublikowane przez RE/PAKO:

Fastest farming spot that I can find.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqPO8yFmJnk

Also most boring one honestly. There's a couple of nice farming spots, but imho its way more fun to just do another run, if you rush and go for the bosses you get plenty of exp.

[Viking Mana]

Welp, my grind is done. Needing those extra 15 points because of the Dragon Mask, it took about 3-4 hours to grind out the last 30 skillpoints needed.

All in all, I'd say I've spent 6-7 hours grinding in this game altogether, including grinding out crafting materials.