XP, or Experience is probably the most important grind in Last Epoch. It governs the variety of gear you can equip as well as squeezing out some extra passive points.
Killing enemies, completing quests and activities all reward XP – with the Last Epoch 1.0 patch notes revealed just yesterday, we can see some major changes to the levelling process, especially in the early game.
Like any game, you’ll want to level up quickly to unlock more gear, better gear and coveted passive points so you can get straight into the endgame content like corruption farming and arena.
Thanks to some outstanding community contributors over on the Last Epoch Wiki, we can break down XP grinding into 3 core catagories, early, mid and endgame. Because earned XP can vary wildly, and will exponentially increase throughout the process – the numbers can seem rather redundant.
- Level 1 – 55: Total XP Required = 1 135 707
- Level 56 – 80: Total XP Required = 15 642 744
- Level 81 – 100: Total XP Required = 125 524 652
Levels 1-55: Early-Game Best Methods
Main and Side Quests
Through completion of Last Epoch’s Main and Side Story content, you’ll get nice bumps to XP along the way (The table below shows all quests with rewards as of pre-1.0. Check out the Quests that give passive points guide).
The XP gained from killing enemies should vastly outweigh quest rewards at this stage.
Name | Chapter | Type | Location | Rewards |
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Missing in the Highlands | 1 | Side | The Keepers’ Vault | 30 xp, 40 gold |
Storeroom Sabotuers | 1 | Side | The Fortress Walls | 30 xp |
An Ancient Path | 2 | Side | The Precipice | 150 xp, 500 gold |
Armoury Aid | 2 | Side | The Council Chambers | 75 xp, 200 gold |
Artem’s Offer | 2 | Side | The Council Chambers | 20 xp, 95 gold |
Erza’s Ledger | 2 | Side | The Council Chambers | 100 xp, 15 gold |
Evacuation | 2 | Side | Last Refuge Outskirts | 150 xp, 150 gold |
Finding Pannion | 2 | Main | The Council Chambers | 75 xp, 75 gold |
Saving Last Refuge | 2 | Main | The Council Chambers | 100 xp, 100 gold |
An Ancient Hunt | 3 | Side | The Council Chambers | 200 xp, 1000 gold |
Clearing the Ruins | 3 | Side | Cultist Camp | 150 xp, 600 gold |
Sanity in the Darkness | 3 | Main | Cultist Camp | 300 xp, 500 gold |
A Study in Time | 4 | Side | The Outcast Camp | 500 xp, 500 gold |
An Introduction to Crafting | 4 | Side | The Outcast Camp | 200 xp, 200 gold |
The Admiral’s Dreadnought | 4 | Main | The Risen Lake | 800 xp, 500 gold |
The Corrupted Lake | 4 | Side | The Corrupted Lake | 550 xp |
Hidden Gems | 5 | Side | The Majasan Desert | 800 xp, 800 gold |
The Desert Waystation | 5 | Main | The Oracle’s Abode | 1000 xp, 1500 gold |
Alric’s Revenge | 6 | Side | Yulia’s Haven | 1000 xp, 1000 gold |
Journey to the Necropolis | 6 | Main | The Desert Waystation | 1000 xp, 1000 gold |
A Heoborean Cure | 7 | Side | Heoborea | 1200 xp, 1200 gold |
Liberating the Nomads | 7 | Side | The Wengari Fortress | 1200 xp, 1200 gold |
Rahyeh’s Warpath | 7 | Main | The Gates of Solarum | 1200 xp, 1200 gold |
Deep Harbor Rescue | 8 | Side | The Burning Pier | 1500 xp, 3000 gold |
Destroying the Siege Camp | 8 | Side | Etendell | 1750 xp, 4000 gold |
Heorot’s Last Blessing | 8 | Main | Heoborea | 500 xp |
Isle of Storms | 8 | Main | Lagon’s Isle | 2500 xp, 4000 gold |
Lagon | 8 | Main | The Temple of Lagon | 3000 xp |
Liath and Thetima | 8 | Main | Lake Liath | 1800 xp, 2500 gold |
Liath’s Tower | 8 | Side | Liath’s Road | 2000 xp |
Passage through Deep Harbor | 8 | Main | Smoldering Grove | 1500 xp, 2000 gold |
Sirens and Sailors | 8 | Side | Lagon’s Isle | 2000 xp, 4000 gold |
Apophis and Majasa | 9 | Main | The Temple Rooftops | 4500 xp |
Arjani, the Ruby Commander | 9 | Side | Maj’Elka Upper District | 2800 xp, 2000 gold |
Desert Treasure | 9 | Side | The Radiant Dunes | 3000 xp |
Grand Theft Eagle | 9 | Main | Maj’Elka Upper District | 3000 xp, 3000 gold |
Harton’s Idol | 9 | Side | Soreth’Ka | 1800 xp |
Journey to Maj’elka | 9 | Main | Soreth’Ka | 2000 xp, 2500 gold |
Oasis Hunt | 9 | Side | Maj’Elka Upper District | 2800 xp, 2800 gold |
Using a High-Level Alt
With the patch notes revealed for 1.0, we’ve seen a decrease in the amount of XP gained for completing Monoliths and Arena while below level 50. This has been a popular early game method for a while now and we expect that even with lowered XP/h rates, it’ll still be on top. However we will update this guide if the rates are below other standard farming methods.
Gold is an incredibly important early-game currency, the primary source of which used to be Arena and Monolith farming, check out our updated tips for gold-farming methods.
Levels 56-80: Mid-Game X Farming
Monolith Farming
Originally unlocked after beating chapter 3 but mainly accessible post-story, Monoliths of Fate serve as the primary farming tool for XP, Gold and loot.
After finishing an echo inside the Monolith of Fate, you’ll get gold piles from the ornate chest as a reward. Additionally, the specific echo itself may grant extra gold piles upon completion if it has a gold reward type and if you didn’t die on any prior attempts of that echo.
The Monolith of Fate is entered from The End of Time town zone, the central player hub which hosts many endgame systems. You first unlock access to The End of Time after beating the Ruined Emperor’s Corpse in the Ruined Era storyline.
The pathway to The End of Time will then open up and then you can get to the Monolith of Fate.
Arena Farming
With Arena Keys obtained through Monolith farming, you’ll be able to access Last Epoch’s endless mode – The Arena. From our early testing, Arena seems to be the best source of XP. It features endless waves of enemies to slay, with the potential for Experience Shrines every few waves.
Combine killing hundreds of enemies per minute with doubled experience rates, and you’ve got the recipe for the best midgame xp farm in Last Epoch.
Levels 81-100: End-Game Optimizing the XP Grind
Endgame Corruption Farming
Once you start expanding and exploring Echoes in Monoliths, you’ll come across Corruption. By completing and stacking corruption, enemies will become stronger and the rewards greater. Builds start to really be tested starting around Corruption level 300+, at this point you’ll want to be near-fully built.
If you find yourself struggling to complete Echoes, and your XP rates suffering as a result – you can always reduce the corruption. You’re aiming to find a perfect medium where you can clear Echoes as fast as possible, while earning as much XP per kill as possible.
Playing with some friends can also help, I personally am shooting for a Void Knight with team support through Paladin skills specifically for this. I’m aiming to be max level and grinding high level corruption within about a week following this guide.