Getting to Level 50

Its all about time and lots and lots of effort.

HAHAHAHA Just kidding


In ArcheAge it is really easy to hit max level. At headstart our guild was split into leveling groups that would move by themselves completing quests on their own pace. we decided that we'll be playing at least 36 hours straight and we did, and hit somewhere above level 40. Few more hours into the game and we hit level 50.

This post will help you achieve that somewhat slower or at the same pace depending on luck and some effort you can put in.

As you create your character and select its skill trees do it so they will be either magic or non-magic classes, mixes don't work in this game. This will make you able to play trough the levels to level 50 without being forced to change skill trees.
PROtip: in your build have either shadowplay or auramancy as one of the trees.

As you are playing there are two ways to approach leveling up. Questing or Crafting

I'd recommend questing unless you are ready to spend €/$ to the game but I'll be explaining both.




LEVELING TROUGH QUESTING

This can be explained really easily so I will. If you are starting the game alone without a friend or a family member playing with you its essential for you to get friends in the game that can help you kill faster, in the game its not about the questing kills but the exp you gain from completing them.

Remember to ask people around you what quest-lines they are working on and send them a party invitation if they are on the same quest or a few quests behind. This will help you complete the quests up ahead much faster than you would alone.

ALWAYS OVERACHIEVE quests when you can. This means when you've completed the quest you are working on and it says [completed], you don't stop there but you keep doing the objective that the quest had and you'll get [extra progress] and after a while[overachieved] it will give you more exp than normal.

You keep doing that on every quest you can, there are some quests that won't let you overachieve such as signpost quests and some single item collecting quests.



LEVELING TROUGH CRAFTING&LABOR

This will take some of your real money or alot of time.
There are alot of proficiency options but I'd use mining for leveling.

Basically labor=exp=money . You'll be needing patron account for this to get max labor so buy patron.

First you need to get level 15, so follow the quest leveling guide until you hit 15.

In the ingame market there are items that you'll be needing: Worker's Compensation and Vocation Tonic

Worker's Compensation is a potion that will give you 1000 labor but can only be used every 12 hours.
Vocation Tonic is a potion that will double the exp you get trough labor consumption.

First start by selling some cash items on auction house (auctioneer, can be found in all major cities, marked on map(M) as a blue circle) so you'll get some base money. With the money buy a few Dahuta's bubbles they will allow you to breath underwater.

After you've done the things above you are ready to go. Next you need to get your labor to allmost 5000. this can be done by drinking worker's compensations. Remember to use them every 12 hours.
This can be done faster by buying 2 character slot expansion scrolls which enables you to get 2 more characters. After this level all your characters to level 15 and start chunking down potions on all 4 characters every 12 hours.

After you hit 5000 labor head to:
MAP TO AREA

If the link isn't working I'll explain just in case. Head to the sea south of area Cinderstone Moor there will be lava pools. you can see them by swimming/sailing around with rowboat. In these lava pools there will be smoking rocks. By mining them you'll get exp. remember to drink your dahuta's bubbles before they run out.

Keep popping Worker's Compensations every 12 hours on all characters and using Vocation Tonics while mining and you'll be level 50 in no time.

You can also level Metalwork and Masonry while doing this if you wish. From the rocks you mine you will get starshard chips and raw stone. the chips can be smelt into ingots and raw stone can be crafted into stone bricks. this will take more time since the labor consumtion will be lower. (More explained in crafting)