Lost Ark Beginner Guide 2022

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Lost Ark Beginner Guide 2022 – I’m going to talk about where you should go and what you should do first, after choosing your class and customizing your character. The start of the game can be very confusing especially for new players because of the numerous features available. If you’ve just started, or are about to begin your journey, but don’t know what to do first, then this Lost Ark Guide is for you!

Be sure to check out or individual Class Guides as well if you need further help: Shadowhunter, Sorceress, Paladin & Gunslinger!

Lost Ark Beginner Guide 2022

In our previous Lost Ark Character Creation Guide, we’ve talked about the number of character slots available in a single account and how to avail more of these, an overview of each of the 15 Classes, and the various customizations that you can do to make your characters look as unique as possible. In this Lost Ark Getting Started Guide, our goal is to narrow down the activities and gameplay mechanics you’ll be focusing on at the very beginning of the game. Whether you intend to power level to 60 as soon as possible or if you’d like to understand how Combat and Trade Skills work, then I’ve got you covered. Let’s begin by going through the ways of leveling up quickly.

Lost Ark How to Level Up Efficiently

Given the volume of distinct Quest types available in Lost Ark, knowing the ones that provide the most number of experience points is crucial. If you’d rather skip the Lore altogether to hit max level, then you’ll have to prioritize Main Story Quests, which are identified as detailed orange icons. You’ll immediately start one right after the prologue. Note that similar to Closed Beta, you’ll be starting the game at level 10 with the Advanced Class of your choice.

Alongside these are Side or Common Quests with yellow icons that look like the less detailed version of Main Story Quests. They are general quests, which provide more background on the NPCs in certain areas. There are also Sudden or Emergency Quests that require you to kill enemies in zones. The problem with Side Quests, however, is they don’t provide you with as many experience points even if some of them can be done with Main Story Quests. As such, it will be better to revisit them at a later time instead.

The other pertinent quests that you should take are Adventure or Guide Quests and Chain Quests. Guide Quests are purple-colored quests, which give you tutorials on specific activities and features in Lost Ark. In particular, you need to obtain the Learning About Pets and Better Together Quests. This lets you learn more about Pets while taking care of them. Pets help improve your performance in combat. They’ll also automatically loot all of the items on the ground after an encounter or when you unlock treasure chests. They can even remove the teleportation fee that you would usually spend when traveling via Triports.

On the other hand, Chain Quests are yellow-chained quests that offer additional stat and skill potions and valuable rewards like Silver. You can do them with Main Story Quests since they’re also located in the same area.

When you unlock the Sailing mechanic at around level 35, the Main Story Quest icon will change into a blue-green World Quest icon. This means that you have to set sail and visit the other islands of Arkesia to proceed in the main questline.

Unlike in other MMOs like Elder Scrolls Online, you don’t have to worry about dailies and weeklies yet since you’ll only unlock these after reaching level 50.

When you’re leveling up, remember to access your Roster Information by pressing ‘O’ to claim rewards such as permanent stat bonuses. Although these aren’t build-defining, they eventually accumulate to help make your characters more powerful later on.

Lost Ark Fast-Travel to Multiple Areas

When you arrive in Prideholme, you have to complete the Town Where Light Lingers Quest to receive your very first Mount. Afterward, remember to place the corresponding icon onto your hotbar so you easily summon it when you need to. Mounts allow you to quickly traverse from one area to the next. With the Auto Move functionality, which is activated upon pressing ‘T’, you can multi-task by gearing up and allocating skill points. To gallop further by jumping, hit the ‘Spacebar’ from time to time.

It’s worth noting that you can gain access to better mounts to hasten your movement speed. You’re able to access them after completing a specific percentage of the Adventurer’s Tome, which you can check by hitting ‘N’. This is a book that shows you how much of a continent’s features or activities you’ve completed. For example, your completion percentage of East Luterra increases when you reveal a Vista and finish a dungeon like the Stormcry Grotto.

When you move from one town to the next, as is often the case in Lost Ark, you’ll need to travel via the Triport, which are teleportation hubs. Note that you don’t have to go to a Triport in order to travel to another Triport. Wherever you are in the Map, and as long as you’ve discovered the Triport you’re about to head to, you’re all set. Simply select it and then spend some Silver.

Last but not the least is the Sheet Music, which you obtain from completing specific quests. For instance, the Song of Escape from the Legends and Fairytales Main Quest lets you quickly exit dungeons after completing them to teleport back to the area you were previously in. Meanwhile, the Song of Return from the quest with the same name, allows you to go back to Luterra Castle without having to spend Silver whereas the Song of Trixion summons you back with Beatrice to test your character’s capabilities. Like mounts, make sure to add these to your hotbar for easy access.

Lost Ark Beginner Guide – How Combat Skills Work

Combat Skills in Lost Ark work differently compared to the ones in ESO. Rather than equipping and actively using these skills to level them up, you’ll gain a pool of points. This allows you to invest in any of the skills you want to use without any restrictions. Additionally, Combat Skills are much more nuanced than they initially appear to be. At levels 4, 7, and 10, you’ll be able to specialize further by choosing from several options per upgrade tier to grant additional bonuses in combat. This is also known as the Tripod System.

Let’s say you’re a Shadowhunter and you have enough points to maximize your Demonic Clone Skill. At skill level 7, you can choose from one of three tripods, particularly Chain Attack to attack horizontally once more, Pact with the Devil to summon a demon to fight alongside you, or Fist of Destruction to boost damage in human form. The same is true when you reach Demonic Clone Skill levels 4 and 10.

What makes the Combat Skills and Tripod System highly flexible is the fact that you can easily respec the skill point allocation in either of them whenever you want, at no cost. Furthermore, you can save skill presets or loadouts, which lets you freely switch from one Build to the next. When you’re leveling up to 50, you don’t have to worry about the skills and tripods you should prioritize. Instead, try out each of them and see what works best for your playstyle.

Lost Ark Beginner Guide – How Trade Skills Work

In addition to Combat Skills, you’ll also gain access to Life or Trade Skills by completing Guide Quests such as Mining. Trade Skills are used to gather materials to craft items and consumables at the cost of expending a limited resource known as Work Energy, which is account-based. If this becomes too low, you have to wait for a couple of days before you can continue using a particular Trade Skill. Progressing these skills takes a long time to do so it’s better to get started with it while you’re leveling up. Doing so prevents you from backtracking after you’ve reached the max level.

To level up your Trade Skills by gathering materials, you need Trade Skill Tools, which degrade over time. So instead of repairing low-ranked tools, by spending Silver, thereby reducing their maximum durability, you can opt to purchase new ones. For rarer tools, it’s better to sharpen them with Crystals rather than replace them altogether.