Editing New Players Guide

{{#breadcrumb: Dungeons_Of_Eternity}}
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There are four [[missions]] in [[Dungeons Of Eternity]]: [[Dungeon Raid]], [[Crystal Hunt]], [[Soul Harvest]] and [[Sandbox Arena]].

You should spend most of your time running [[Dungeon Raid|Dungeon Raids]] to quickly level up and acquire an array of [[Weapons]]. We'll discuss the other types of [[missions]] later in this guide, but for now: choose the lowest [[Difficulty Tiers]] (1 or 2) to get a feel for the game. It should take you about 15-20 full dungeons runs to get to Level 15. You'll get there faster in multiplayer, but all levels are reachable in solo-play.

Gather your friends or just zone into [[The Outpost]]. You'll appear near your personal room which is used to craft and equip weapons from [[Weapon Modules]], craft [[potions]] when you gain sufficient talent points from running [[Soul Harvest]] missions, change your appearance cosmetically, and upgrade your suit with buffs known as [[EXO Points|EXO Suit Perks]].

At the beginning levels you don't have enough [[EXO Points]] to make use of the EXO Suit area (the area is located in your personal room, to the left of the door). You can craft [[Small Health Potion|Small]] and [[Large Health Potion|Large Health potions]] using the fabricator (to the right of the door). You don't have enough crafting points (gained from [[Soul Harvest]] missions) to craft more advanced potions.

Concentrate on these tasks (until about level 15):

* Run [[Dungeon Raid|Dungeon Raids]] for experience and loot
* Gain [[Weapon Modules]] from looting [[chests]]
* Gain Experience Points (XP) and Level Up
* Craft [[Weapons]] using [[Weapon Modules]]
* Find the [[weapons]] that suit you best

== What you missed from not running the tutorial ==
A lot of first time players miss a couple of tricks that make the quality of gameplay so much better. You should run the tutorial, it's reasonably quick (10 minutes) which includes combat training (both melee and ranged) and will show you the movement and actions that you might otherwise miss.

The tutorial also has its own dungeon (that takes 10-15 minutes to fully clear) which doesn't include as many hazards as some of the [[Dungeon Raid|Dungeon Raids]] you'll pick from [[The Map Table]].

==== Options "Auto Run" and "Hold for Options" ====
"Enable Autorun" will allow you to move faster through the dungeons without having to keep holding down the thumb-stick. You're fingers will thank you; your controller will last longer.

"Options Long Press" will prevent the game menu from showing up when your thumb slips over the button.

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==== Climbing ====
Climbing up chains and ladders is a fundamental part of the game. You'll frequently find treasure at the top of each and some rooms will require you to climb to move through to the next room. 

===== How to climb efficiently =====
Look UP and press 'A' to move up a chain speedily. Look DOWN and press 'A' to move down a chain speedily.

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===== How to teleport off a chain or climb a ladder fast =====
While one hand is holding the chain, use the other hand's thumb-stick to choose a place to teleport. Let the thumb-stick flick back to center position to engage teleportation.

You can also use this technique to teleport vertically or horizontally about 40 feet; ladders are similar.

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== Hands and Wrists ==
Your hands and wrists have hints as to how the game is progressing.

=== Hands show health ===
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=== Wrist gadgets show health, [[coins]] looted and kills ===
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== Know Dungeon Raids ==
Your teams objective is to work your way through the tunnels of planet Eternity to locate and [[Save the Drone]] that was lost during a previous scouting mission. Along the way you will engage [[enemies]] find [[chests]], upgrade your [[weapons]] and increase your EXO Suit's features through acquiring [[EXO Points]].

There are some key points to dungeon raiding.

== Know the Rewards System ==
The [[Rewards System]] consists of gaining Loot ([[coins]], [[potions]] and weapon's modules) as well as XP to level up.

Your level determines the strength of the [[Weapon Modules]] that drop from [[chests]]. Levels are determined by experience points aka XP. You start out at Level 1 with 0 XP:

* Level 2 requires 1000 XP
* Level 3 requires 2500 XP
* Level 4 requires 4500 XP
* each additional level requires 500 more experience points than the last level to traverse

(more specifics in [[Level Mechanics]])

Other critical pieces of information are:

* Your player level is associated with a recommended dungeon difficulty tier.
* Your player level is associated with the tier of the weapons you loot from chests.
* Your player level is associated with Weapon Quality/Rarity (common, unique, rare and legendary) which have increasingly better stats even in the same weapon's tier.
* Difficulty settings on dungeons can increase the the tier of weapons' drop by at most one

There are 7 weapon tiers (one through seven) and they are differentiated by their shape (3D model in VR).

Player Level association with Dungeon Difficulty and Weapon Rarity:
* Level 1
** Your default dungeon difficulty starts out as Tier 1.
** You start receiving Common weapons.
* Level 5
** You start receiving Unique weapons.
* Level 8
** Default dungeon difficulty increased to Tier 2.
* Level 10
** You start receiving Rare weapons.
* Level 17
** Default dungeon difficulty increased to Tier 3.
* Level 24
** You start receiving Legendary weapons.
* Level 26
** Default dungeon difficulty increased to Tier 4.
* Level 34
** Default dungeon difficulty increased to Tier 5.
* Level 41
** Default dungeon difficulty increased to Tier 6.
* Level 50
** Default dungeon difficulty increased to Tier 7.
* Level 60
** Maximum player level.

=== Notes about XP ===
* As noted in the [[Rewards System]], most XP is gained through completing the final room in Raid Dungeons
* The second best way to gain XP is to open chests because each coin you pickup/loot gives you 1 XP
* for coin stacks on the ground: if you pick up 2 [[coins]] and another of your teammates picks up 3 [[coins]]: all of your teammates (including you) receive 5 [[coins]], although you only gain 2 extra XP.

The final room in a dungeon is also called the "Save The Drone" Mission. If you are dead-set on min/maxing XP you'll want dungeons with the least rooms and quickest access to the final area. But, this min/maxing technique ignores loot chests where you'll gain new weapons (and [[coins]] for XP). You also want to maximize your item rewards by looting as many chests as possible.

If you can find a dungeon with 7 chests/weapons modules, that is generally considered above average. Ten or more is a GREAT dungeon.

Set the difficulty to 1 (the easiest) and you will receive just as many chests as you would on difficulty 7.

If you set the difficulty above the recommended you will receive higher valued weapons from chests (no more than one above your players tier)

== Know Chests ==
There are three Tiers of chests denoted by their physical size and number of skulls on them. [[Tier I Chests]] are the smallest and have NO skulls. [[Tier 2 Chests]] have one skull directly in the middle of lid where you place the key. [[Tier 3 Chests]] are the largest and have three skulls: one on the lid and two at the front feet.

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There are Three sizes of chests:
* [[Tier 1 Chests]] has no weapons modules for low level players
* [[Tier 2 Chests]] will likely have a weapon's module
* [[Tier 3 Chests]] will always have a weapon's module

Your experience is maximized by running dungeons with the least number of rooms and the most [[Tier 3 Chests]]. This is because the final fight is where you gain the most XP (about 2000 points for just saving the drone)

Your loot, however, is maximized by finding the most weapons modules. Lower level players only receive weapons modules from Tier 2 Chests and Tier 3 Chests.

Chests require [[key|keys]] to open them and sometimes they are behind doors which require another key to unlock the door.

If you are running solo: judicially use your keys for the largest chests. For multi-player with level 40s and above, your experience will be increased by the shear number of mobs your group will dispatch. This will more than make up for advanced player's desire to loot every chest, even the smallest, immediately.

Any weapon's damage for any [[Weapon Modules]] you find will be between ABOUT 1x and 2x what your level is at the time of the drop -- this scales to level 60. The scale factor is dependent on the type of weapon, like crossbows are closer to 1x. Long Swords are closer to 2x.

== Know Enemies ==
[[Enemies]] on planet Eternity come in many [[Enemies#Enemy Classification|classes]] and can be [[Enemies#Enemy Categories|categorized]] with respect to their color and abilities. Class groups enemies into [[Enemies#Critters|Critters]], [[Enemies#Monsters|Monsters]], [[Enemies#Undead|Undead]] and [[Enemies#Sorcerers|Sorcerers]]

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=== Know Enemy Colors ===
Color to signify strength of mobs as well as enhanced damage capabilities.

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Other [[colorization]], like bright-green,  bright orange-red, and bright-blue signify the elemental attack abilities of the mob.


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<bootstrap_card header="[[Elements#Ice|Ice]]" footer="[[Status_Effect#Iced|Icing]] for a few seconds and embrittles an enemy; next shot kills.">
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== Know Potions ==
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You'll mainly be using [[Small Health Potion|small]] and [[Large Health Potion|large health potions]], but through chest loot you can receive any of the other [[potions]]. All potions have good use but consider the [[Invisibility Potion]] a game changer for all levels, since it offers you a respite from attacks and gives you enough time to kill a few enemies as well as resurrect your fallen teammates.

=== Share potions ===
Smashing potions on the ground creates a puddle and allows everyone to receive their effects.

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=== Inventory Items ===

Other items can be placed in your inventory.

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<bootstrap_card header="Skeleton Key" footer="A Skeleton key is used to unlock passage to the end rooms of the dungeon.">
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<bootstrap_card header="The Dungeon Map" footer="A map to the current dungeon.">
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== Know Hazards ==
Exploding barrels cause 83% damage.

Poison barrels cause a total of 25% damage over time: 4% every 3 seconds for 15 seconds then a final 5%.

Fall damage:

* one full floor (onto stone): 87% damage
* half a floor (onto stone): 16%
* falling onto water will give you less damage
In addition, some vases, boxes and barrels contain critters, when broken they will attack.

Some hazards cause immediate death:

* Spike pit
* Ceiling Spikes Crushes
* Wall Spike Crushes

If you are not in combat when you die you will be automatically revived with 25% health.

== Know the Combat System ==
The [[Combat System]] includes you and your enemy's health, damage, buffs and debuffs.

You start off with 100% health. You don't generally regain health unless you have a specific healing Weapon's Perk or EXO Perk or until you use a health potion.

The damage you do is the damage number on your weapon +/- the strength of your throw or swing (although this is not quantified anywhere in the tutorial). Your damage is augmented by your weapon's perks and your exo suit perks.

Enemies arrive in waves with wave numbers varying between 1 to about 7. Each wave will have between 2-5 enemies per player at once.

Damage received is a percentage of your total health, as:
{| class="wikitable"
|+These numbers are for the lowest level, also known as "light", enemies. A more comprehensive table is [[Combat_System#Enemy_Damage_Chart]]
!Enemy
!attack
!damage
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|Humanoid
|elbow, bare hand, bear hug
|8%-16%
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|Humanoid
|Axe, Sword, Hammers
|8%-16%
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|Hummanoid
|Arrow shot
|8%
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|Scorpion
|pinch
|25%
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|Scorpion
|stinger throw
|8%
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|Bee
|Explode
|50%
|}

== Know Weapons ==
A variety of [[Weapons]] can be crafted and the adventurer can store them in three slots, Left Hip, Right Hip and on their back.

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There are broadly ten different weapons classes (which determine how a weapon is used in combat and stored on person while not fighting). There are many individual weapons types that can be said to be od the same class, for instance maces, hammers and clubs are considered to be different types of weapons but in the same class; in this case they can both be used in melee and the physics of throwing them is the same. Each weapon type has a different damage charts and there are many models (how they look) for each specific weapon type.

Magical Staffs are a little different. There are eight individual magical staffs and they are different in how they are used and the effects they cause.

Some weapons can be slotted on either hip, and other weapons can be strapped to your back. You can bring a total of three weapons into dungeons.

=== Hip Slotted Weapons ===
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<bootstrap_card header="[[Swords]]" footer="Swords come in a variety of blade lengths making them great melee weapons. Swords are good for parrying.">
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=== Back Slotted Weapons ===
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<bootstrap_card header="[[Crossbows]]" footer="A great one-handed range weapons.">
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<bootstrap_card header="[[Longswords]]" footer="powerful two-handed weapons that deliver heavy knock-back.">
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<bootstrap_card header="[[Spears]]" footer="versatile long weapons, perfect for stabbing at a distance. They can also be thrown for ranged attacks.">
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<bootstrap_card header="[[Shields]]" footer="[[Shields]] protect against all hostile attacks and projectiles. A quick shove forward will perform a knockback attack.">
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=== Weapons Rarity ===
Weapons have a rarity classification which determines how often you may find them in dungeons as well as the strength of the features on they weapon itself.

[[Common Weapons]] are the most basic and have no enchantment qualities.[[File:Unique Hammer Color Blue.png|alt=Unique weapons have a blue glow to them|thumb|Unique weapons have a blue glow to them]]Classed just above Common Weapons are [[Unique Weapons]], next are [[Rare Weapons]] and lastly [[Legendary Weapons]] which are the strongest in the game.

Unique, Rare and Legendary weapons can be found with Elemental features, either Fire, Ice or Poison and can also have enchantments known as [[Perks|Weapon's Perks]].

=== Weapons Perks ===
[[Perks]] are enhancements on Unique, Rare and Legendary weapons. Some are applicable to all weapon classes, like [[Perks#attack power|Attack Power]] and [[Perks#elite damage|Elite Damage]]. Others are available only on specific types of weapons, like [[Perks#slowing|Slowing]] and [[Perks#reload|Reload]].

Some Other interesting Perks:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!All Weapons
|attack power
|Increases damage by 5-35%
|-
!
|criticals
|Gives 20-32% chance to critically strike for 300% damage
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!Axes
|throw damage
|Increases throwing damage by 5-35%
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!
|explosions
|Gives 20-32% chance to explode for 200% damage
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!Crossbows
|slowing
|Gives 20-32% chance to slow enemy
|-
!
|reload
|Gives 1-7 extra shots per reload
|-
!Bows
|shot distance
|Increases shooting range by 10-70%
|-
!
|slowing
|Gives 20-32% chance to slow enemy
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!Daggers
|vampire
|Gives 20-32% chance to heal 25% of player health
|-
!
|poison
|Gives 20-32% chance to poison enemy
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!Hammers
|slowing
|Gives 20-32% chance to slow enemy
|-
!
|area damage
|Gives 20-32% chance to explode for 200% damage
|-
!Swords
|vampire
|Gives 20-32% chance to heal 25% of player health
|-
!
|stab damage
|Increases damage by 50%
|-
!Two-Handed Swords
|unblockable
|prevents parries
|-
!
|vampire
|Gives 20-30% chance to heal 25% of player health
|-
!
|knock-back distance
|Increases distance enemy is thrown when pushed
|-
!Shields
|knock-back distance
|Increases distance enemy is thrown when pushed
|-
!
|absorb
|Heals 4-29% of player health when blocking
|}

==== Perk Colors ====
Some perks will add a distinctive color to the weapon.


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==== Weapons Elements ====
There is Fire, Ice and Poison. Weapons with elements have a distinctive, shown below are those colors when imbued on arrows: 

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== Know Combat Tricks ==
* Enemies are more exposed when you are above them (for instance, on stairs) and you can hit them on the top of the head.
* Enemy legs are fair game
* all enemies are right handed and hold their weapons accordingly
* after an enemy attempts a strike, they expose their head and shoulders for a short time.
* to hit something crawling on the ground, throw your weapon sideways and flick it to make it spin
* to hit bats, step away from them and throw as they are flying towards you. don't try to swipe at them from a standing position and don't throw your weapon as the traverse your field of view.

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== Find your combat style ==
You have three slots to hold weapons, starting out with a [[Swords|Sword]] in your Left Hip Slot, a [[Axes|Throwing Axe]] in your Right Hip Slot and a [[Bows|Bow]] in your Back Slot. You'll need to decide which [[Weapons]] suit your gaming style, but generally you want at least one ranged weapon (either a hip throwing weapon or a back-slot bow/crossbow or staff).

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Sharp weapons are extremely effective against Zombies, blunt weapons are more throwable and effective against skeletons, although daggers are the most throwable weapon. Swords do the highest damage.  All sharp weapons can stick into your opponent which can leave you needing your offhand weapon to continue the fight until it becomes available.

There are those that swear by the Bow Mechanics in this game as truly realistic. Others who may play in a sitting position may use Reload crossbows as they are the simplest to point and shoot.

[[Magic Staffs|Magical Staffs]] offer a variety of attack styles include direct attacks with the [[Fireball Staff]] to crowd control with the [[Ice Staff]] and also a healing option with the [[Healing Staff]].

You can use [https://forsaken-planet.com/simulator The Combat Simulator] to examine how Perks relate to specific attack styles and against specific [[Enemies]].

Use [https://forsaken-planet.com/drop-rate-calculator The Gear Drop Calculator] to figure out how likely a weapon will appear with a specific set of perks.

For the first thirty levels or so the weapons you find will have about the same damage as your level number.

== Find GREAT dungeons; save and share them! ==
Ask others for their BEST dungeons, save them using the [[Saved Dungeons Console]].

What makes a good or GREAT dungeon? A dungeon that fits your style of gameplay and offers enough reward for the effort you are putting in.

== How to start a game ==
You zone into the game near your [[Player Room]] in [[The Outpost]].

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The player with the crown on their head is the leader. The leader should choose a [[Dungeon Raid]]:

Move to the large [[Mission Map Table]] in the middle of [[The Outpost]].

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Select any realm from the four listed, they are colorized:

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Realms are designated by their own colors (on the table map). Their names are [http://forsaken-planet.com/mediawiki/Underworld_Realm Underworld], [http://forsaken-planet.com/mediawiki/Sandstorm_Realm Sandstorm], [http://forsaken-planet.com/mediawiki/Vilehalls_Realm Vilehalls] and [http://forsaken-planet.com/mediawiki/Lavaforge_Realm Lavaforge]. [[Realms]] are slightly different in difficulty, feature their own flora, fauna and environmental hazards which increase their XP value and loot drops. With [[Lavaforge Realm|Lavaforge]] being the most difficult and most profitable Realm.

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[[File:Vilehalls_Realm.webp|link=Vilehalls Realm]]
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[[File:Lavaforge_Realm.webp|link=Lavaforge Realm]]
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=== Select a red mission from the map ===
Red missions are dungeon raids.

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[[File:Dungeon raid map icon.png|link=Dungeon Raid]]
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<bootstrap_card header="[[Crystal Hunt]]" footer="gain EXO-suit points to assign for buffs">
[[File:Crystal hunt map icon.png|link=Crystal Hunt]]
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<bootstrap_card header="[[Soul Harvest]]" footer="gain points for crafting potions">
[[File:Soul harvest map icon.png|link=Soul Harvest]]
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<bootstrap_card header="[[Sandbox Arena]]" footer="combat practice and PVP">
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=== Select a difficulty ===
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Tiers 1 is the easiest difficulty and will be the default while you are between levels 1 to 10. Dungeons of Eternity's difficulty scaling is pretty reasonable and my suggestion is to trust it until you are beyond level 15 when you acquire Vitality EXO Perk. 
=== Get to the teleporters ===

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[[File:Outpost Teleporter Pads.jpg]]
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[[File:Outpost Countdown to teleportation.jpg]]
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[[File:Entering Veiled Maze Splash Screen.png]]
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== Significant Milestones ==

=== Level 1: Run Forgotten Tombs ===
A full run, including smashing the breakables and collecting all [[coins]], of the tutorial dungeon, "Forgotten Tombs" will net you about 3,500 XP which should level you to half-way between levels 3 and 4. Pick other dungeon raids or ask your teammates if they can share their best dungeons.


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[[File:Common and Unique Weapons.png]]
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=== Level 5: Unique Weapons with Elements and Perks appear ===
It should take you two or three full dungeon runs to get to level 5 when [[Unique Weapons]] appear. 

=== Level 12: Rare Weapons appear ===

=== Level 15: EXO Vitality becomes available ===
By level 15 you'll know what you like and what doesn't work for you.

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After you acquire vitality it is easier to play the mob heavy waves of the [[Soul Harvest]] missions.

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=== Level 24: Legendary Weapons appear ===

=== Level 30: EXO Haste becomes available ===