NBA 2K25, which is loved by NBA fans, has officially met with everyone two days ago. I believe that you must be using various methods to get high scores in a game. Whether in the real court or in the virtual court in NBA 2K25, mastering some scoring skills is of great help to players and teams.

In NBA 2K25, the best and most iconic way to score is dunk. But it is not applicable in all situations. At this time, you can perform an Alley-Oop with your teammates. These two methods together are definitely a great threat to the opposing team! Fortunately, these two methods are not very difficult to operate in the game, so this guide will start with how to perform dunks and Alley-Oop. This guide is only for reference, and the specific operation steps can be appropriately modified according to your habits. Without further ado, bring your outstanding players enhanced with 2K25 MT Points to learn how to dunk and perform Alley-Oop!

How To Dunk?

Like the functions in all games in NBA 2K series, there are two ways to shoot. One is to use Sqaure/X button, and the other is to shoot directly with the right joystick. It is worth mentioning that these two operation methods have no effect on the accuracy of the dunk, so you can choose anyone.

When you start preparing to dunk, you need to hold down R2 or right trigger on the controller to make the player you control sprint to the basket. Then, when you are close to the basket, hold down Sqaure/X button or the up and down buttons on the right joystick to let the player shoot.

It should be noted here that the dunk animation will only be triggered when you are close enough to the basket itself. So you can hold down the dunk button while sprinting, and the dunk animation will be triggered once the player enters the dunk range.

If the opponent’s defender blocks you when sprinting, you have to think carefully about the next situation: continue to dunk or give up this operation? If your player is taller than the defender, you can continue to attack, but if he is the same height or not as tall as the defender, you can choose to find a gap to breakthrough as soon as possible, or pass the ball you hold to other players.

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How To Do An Alley-Oop?

If you have various problems preventing you from scoring in the dunk just now, you can try the expanded air relay in NBA 2K25. In this action, you can pass the ball to your teammate in the air, or your teammate passes it to you, to avoid the opponent’s defensive player stealing it.

This operation is often seen in real games. For example, the famous star LeBron James has used this operation in many important scoring moments. Next, let’s take a look at how to pass the ball to teammates in the air and catch the pass from teammates in the air in NBA 2K25. What you need to remind you here is that Alley-Oop will test the shooting ability of your players more than dunks, so if your player has low shooting attribute values, you can use NBA 2K25 MT to invest in and upgrade him.

Alley-Oop To Other Players

Before doing this operation, you need to pay attention to whether the teammate who passed the ball to you has entered the painted area under the basket. If it is already in the area, you can double-click Triangle/Y button to let the ball you hold rise.

Next, you need to press Square/X or the right joystick to let the other player catch the ball steadily and let him dunk. This is the most difficult of all the operations, and may require you to practice several times, or use some NBA 2K25 MT Coins to enhance the speed of this player’s movement.

If you try to pass the ball to other players in the air many times, you will find it helpful to set up a barrier before performing this operation, so that your target player has enough opportunity and time to rush to the basket, and it will also catch the opposing defense off guard.

Alley-Oop From Other Players

Besides passing the ball to other players in the air, you can also Alley-Oop from other players. The operation method of this differs slightly from the previous ones. Your teammate needs to toss the ball up, but the goal is not to score, but to make the ball bounce off the backboard. At this time, you can pick up and dunk the bounced ball back into the basket. This is a completed standard Alley-Oop.

If you want to complete this operation, you first need to control the player who tosses the ball and press X+O or A+B to toss the target ball up. Then you can press Square/X or the right joystick to perform the dunk operation again, which will safely put the ball into the basket and score.

Here I need to remind you that Alley-Oop action is best performed in a 1v1 situation. If you face too many defenders, your operation of this set of actions will be very easily interrupted, and the ball you hold will also be stolen.

The above are the two important scoring skills in NBA 2K25 - Dunk and Alley-Oop. You can find some free time to practice repeatedly in the practice field, because these two skills are very important for you to score on the court. I wish you win more games in NBA 2K25!

In Black Myth Wukong, which is based on the traditional Chinese mythology Journey to the West, if you are hurt in battle or exploration, you need to use drinks to heal yourself. But each drink in the game has different effects besides healing.

The additional effects of these drinks are inversely proportional to their own healing effects. The rarer the drinks, the more slots for Soaks, so you can choose the corresponding drinks according to your needs after you enter the game.

This guide introduces nine drinks into the current game process. However, if you are not pursuing Brewer’s Bounty Trophy or Achievement, you need to remember that you do not need to collect all drinks. Please look for it as needed.

Jade Dew

This is the first drink you get, which will appear in Chapter 1. And this is an upgraded version of the starting drink available in the first chapter.

Lambbrew

This is the second drink you encounter in the entire game, and the only one in Chapter 2. When you enter Chapter 2, you need to go up from where you started. But be careful not to go too far. If you see Village Entrance Keeper’s Shrine, it means you have missed it and need to backtrack.

You will have a small wooden bridge over a pond next to this path. Go up and reach the other side of the bridge. Then continue along this path, bypassing the archers who are always shooting arrows at you, until you come to an open entrance. You can find Lambbrew at the end of this path.

Bluebridge Romance

For Bluebridge Romance, you need to enter Chapter 3 first and reach the north shore of Bitter Lake Keeper’s Shrine. Then walk toward the arena where you fought Chen Loong. If you don’t know, you can follow the path to the right of Keeper’s Shrine.

If this is your first time exploring, you’ll see an NPC trapped by three enemies who need your help. You can choose to defeat them, which will start Treasure Hunter quest, which rewards you with Spell Binder Spell and some Black Myth Wukong Items. After you interact with NPC, go to your left and across a pond to find Bluebridge Romance on the shore.

Jade Essence

Jade Essence Drink is guarded by Old Ginseng Guai boss near Towers of Karma Keeper’s Shrine, which means you have to fight to get it. If you haven’t explored Towers of Karma Keeper’s Shrine, you can take the path to the left of Forest of Felicity and turn right when you pass the third Tori gate on this path instead of entering the gate.

There will be some enemies waiting for you here, but they won’t chase you all the time, so you can ignore them if you don’t really need Will. But remember, you need to follow the path on the left when running to reach Keeper’s Shrine, otherwise you will easily get lost without a map.

Pinebrew

You can use the fast travel mechanism to return to Shen Monkey in Bamboo Grove to get Pinebrew when you first enter Chapter 4. But here I need to remind you that if you have completed Chen Loong’s quest before, its location will no longer be Bamboo Grove, but Zodiac Village. So when using the fast travel mechanism, be sure to determine your destination.

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Worryfree Brew

Worryfree Brew Drink is in a house with three cocoons blocking your way. How do you get to this house? Start at Middle Hollow Keeper’s Shrine, then turn around and go straight into an area with lots of cocoons. Then walk a short distance to your left and you’ll see a bridge leading to the house.

Alternatively, you can go directly to the house from Verdure Bridge, but you’ll still need to go into the previous hole and fight Scorpion Prince Spirit before you can get to the wooden bridge in front of the house.

Sunset Of The Nine Skies

After you upgrade your weapons or equipment with Black Myth Wukong Items in Court of Illumination Keeper’s Shrine, go down the stairs in front of you, then go straight and go to the door on the left.

At the end of this path, you can turn left and go up two sets of stairs, then turn right. At the end of this path, you’ll see Sunset of the Nine Skies on a table. If you’re a player who likes a challenge, you can collect some mushrooms in this area, which will cause Fungiwoman to come out and fight you.

Loong Balm

After you fight Keeper of Flaming Mountains and Yin-Yang Fish in Emerald Hall, you’ll go through a very nice cutscene. Then, after the cutscene ends, look over to where Mother was sitting in the cutscene, and you’ll see Loong Balm waiting for you. This is your reward for completing the fight.

A Thousand Days Inebriation

Like Pinebrew, you can trade A Thousand Days Inebriation with Shen Monkey when you first enter Chapter 6. Also note the location of Shen Monkey.

In addition to the above nine drinks, there is also a starting drink called Coconut Wine Drink. You can upgrade Coconut Wine Drink by getting some Awaken Wine Worms from Shen Monkey. Like other drinks, the higher the level, the more healing it provides and the more slots for Soaks it has.

The above are all the types and locations of drinks in Black Myth Wukong. I hope you can use this guide to find the drink you want. I wish you have fun in this new game!

When a new season of Diablo 4 begins, many players will be very focused on enormous weapons, aspects, or other items that will make their builds even more powerful so they can further fulfill their ultimate goal of slaying demons.

In Season 5, the most popular Unique among players is Shard of Verathiel, because this sword can be added to all builds and performs very well. Since it can be used in all builds, it means that all Classes can also use it. Its affixes can increase Maximum Resource and Basic Attack Speed, allowing you to have unpredictable damage. In addition, when you wield Shard of Verathiel, your basic skills will also increase damage, but it will cost 25 Primary Resources.

For its role, this Primary Resources is insignificant. This guide will show you how to get this powerful weapon in Season 5, as well as Offensive Aspects required for each Class.

How To Get Shard Of Verathiel?

Since Shard of Verathiel is one of the 15 new Unique items in Season 5, like all Unique items, you can find it in the seasonal event Infernal Hordes. To unlock Infernal Hordes, you need to complete the main questline of the season, including The Eyes of the Enemy and To the Edge of the Abyss. You can’t do it without both.

After you complete both quests, you will be rewarded with an Infernal Compass. This is your key to unlock Infernal Hordes, and you need an Infernal Compass of the corresponding level to enter Infernal Hordes.

After you fight in Infernal Hordes, you will be rewarded with Spoils of Equipment or Spoils of Greater Equipment chests. When you open these chests, you may find Shard of Verathiel and some Diablo 4 Gold.

There is no guarantee that Shard of Verathiel will appear in a certain chest in a certain level of Infernal Hordes, so all you can do is run as high-level Infernal Hordes as possible and fight more enemies in them, so that you have a better chance of getting the Shard of Verathiel.

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Best Offensive Aspects

As just mentioned, Shard of Verathiel can provide certain benefits to any Class and any build, mainly because this weapon focuses so much on basic skills. But it is still important to note that when you equip this weapon, you can also use some Offensive Aspects to enhance the unique ability of Shard of Verathiel and add more advantages to your battle.

The following are Offensive Aspects you can use in each Class.

For General

Aspect Of The Expectant: With this Aspect, your basic attacks will increase the damage of your next Core Skill by 5%-10%, up to a maximum of 30%.

Rapid Aspect: With this Aspect, your Basic Skills attack speed increases by 15%-30%.

Aspect Of The Moonrise: With this Aspect, after hitting an enemy with a Basic Skill, your attack speed increases by 4% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. At the maximum number of stacks, you enter Vampiric Bloodrage, increasing Basic Skill damage by 40%-80% and movement speed by 15%, for 10 seconds.

For Barbarian

Aspect Of Encroaching Wrath: With this Aspect and after spending 100 points of your Fury, your next Weapons Master Skill damage increases by 40%-60%.

For Druid

Raw Might Aspect: With this Aspect and after hitting 15 enemies with any Shapeshifting Skills, your next Werebear Skill will deal 40%-55% more damage to enemies. In addition, it will cause Stun to enemies for 3 seconds.

Runeworker’s Conduit Aspect: With this Aspect and use Critical Strikes with Storm skills, the surrounding air will be charged for 3 seconds, and Lightning Bolt will periodically hit enemies in the area. Each Lightning Bolt will deal 250%-300% Lightning damage to enemies.

Crashstone Aspect: With this Aspect, your Earth Skills will deal 40%-50% more Critical Strike Damage to enemies that are controlled.

For Necromancer

Shattered Spirit’s Aspect: With this Aspect, using Bone Spirit will launch 18 Bone Splinters around you, dealing 200%-400% additional damage. In addition, each Bone Splinter hits an enemy and generates 6 Essence for you.

Rotting Aspect: With this Aspect, Decompose skill can be continuous and burst up to 2 additional targets, and the explosion damage generated by Decompose is also increased by 15%-30%.

Aspect Of Swelling Curse: With this Aspect, Bone Spirit’s Critical Strike Chance is increased by 15%-25%, and each enemy hit increases your Maximum Essence by 2 for 15 seconds.

For Rogue

Aspect Of Artful Initiative: With this Aspect and have spent 75 Energy, you unleash a barrage of exploding Stun Grenades that deal Physical damage to enemies and grant them Stun for 0.5 seconds. Your Grenade Skills also increase damage by 25%-40%.

Aspect Of Pestilent Points: With this Aspect, every three times you cast Puncture is Poison, you inject poison into your next attack with 1x to 1.5x the normal poison strength.

The three general Aspects mentioned above are the best aspects of this weapon, because they can directly increase all the basic skills of Shard of Verathiel, allowing you to use dazzling skills without being busy during the battle. In addition to the above aspects, there are some other aspects connected to the build that use these basic skills, such as Puncture or Druid’s Shapeshifting, Storm, and Earth abilities, which can make your equipment more powerful.

That’s all about how to get Shard of Verathiel in Diablo 4 Season 5, and what Offensive Aspects you can choose for it. Hopefully, you can defeat more bosses with this powerful One-Handed Sword!

Path of Exile players must know that in each challenge league, some new mining materials are added, and Settlers of Kalguur is no exception. In this seasonal challenge league, you will be responsible for building a small town called Kingsmarch into a prosperous place of commerce, which requires a lot of materials, time and workers.

When building Kingsmarch, the first important resource you encounter is Crimson Ore, and the second is Orichalcum Ore. You can’t mine it yourself. You need to mark the location on the map and wait for your workers to collect it.

This guide will show you how to unlock these two important materials and how to mine them. It should be noted here that if you want to mine all the ores in one go, you need to use some POE Currency to upgrade your Mining operation to level 6 or above. Without further ado, let’s take a look!

How To Find Crimson Ore?

To get Crimson Ore, you need to talk to Johan in Kingsmarch, who is a very important NPC in the entire Settlers of Kalguur League. Is he hard to find? Of course not! You will find him in the first act.

As you interact with him, Corrupted Growths around you will open up, and enemies will continue to spawn. It is important to figure out who you are focusing on killing, Corrupted Growths and not the enemies. If you don’t cut off the source, it will spawn more enemies and you may be overwhelmed by them.

When all Corrupted Growths are destroyed, a marker will appear around the center of Crimson Ore Deposit. If your Kingsmarch still has idle workers at this time, the portal will open up, allowing them to mine Crimson Ore.

How To Find Orichalcum Ore?

When you discover Orichalcum Ore Deposit while exploring any map, several Pale creatures will appear around you. You can kill these creatures, and you will also receive a marker for Orichalcum Ore, besides some POE Currency.

At this point you can return to Kingsmarch and hire a worker with Mining skill to mine it. Here’s a tip for you: when you complete Prisoner’s Gate area, you can find a very large Orichalcum Ore Deposit, which will be very easy to find.

How To Use Workers To Mine?

In Town Overview Menu, you can clearly see how much ore you have and how many ores are marked but not mined. As mentioned earlier, you can’t mine in person, so without workers, you can’t collect Crimson Ore and Orichalcum Ore.

First, you need to go to Kingsmarch, build a mine and hire some workers. The steps to build a mine are also very simple. You just need to go to the area on the west side of Kingsmarch and interact with NPC there. It will cost you some POE Currency, and then you can build a simple mine.

So how do you hire workers? You need to talk to Raulf in the central tavern. After this conversation, you can choose from a variety of workers on the page, and you can refresh to show more choices. Once these workers start mining for you, don’t forget to return to the mining area and interact with the board. What I can tell you here is that you can assign a worker of mine a specific ore for you. For example, you can assign a worker of mine Crimson Ore specifically.

After the mining task is completed, Crimson Ore and Orichalcum Ore will enter your town’s inventory. If you have a worker who specializes in smelting, the ore will be smelted when it enters the warehouse. There is a very important tip to tell you that your workers will only mine and smelt when Kingsmarch has enough funds. If you must pay attention, you must deposit POE Currency into the town’s treasury in time after you obtain it.

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How To Mine Crimson Ore And Orichalcum Ore?

After setting up your mine and workers, you can start mining. I just said that you can find Crimson Ore and Orichalcum Ore mines on any map, so after you mark them, the best way is to run this map and search this area.

But it should be noted that these ores will not appear in those generated maps, only in new maps. So you can’t just mine repeatedly through a map. So how to maximize the amount of ore mined? You can hire more workers, because each worker has the same mining efficiency at the same time.

If you want to mine ore and smelt it in Kingsmarch at the same time, but you don’t have enough workers, you can move the smelting workers to the mining task, which will greatly increase the efficiency of mining Crimson Ore and Orichalcum Ore.

The above is some information and steps on how to mine Crimson Ore and Orichalcum Ore in Path of Exile 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur. I hope you can have fun playing in Settlers of Kalguur League, and I wish you can build your Kingsmarch into a prosperous town as soon as possible!

In Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, many things are added that are not in the base game, and Thiollier’s Hidden Needle is no exception. In addition to adding new weapons and spells, it also adds a brand new status effect, Eternal Sleep. Eternal Sleep is a little different from the previous normal sleep effect. Eternal Sleep can be triggered by using either Velvet Sword of St. Trina or Thiollier’s Hidden Needle.

Although Thiollier’s Hidden Needle is useless in PVE mode, because most bosses in the DLC are resistant to sleep or Eternal Sleep effects. But in PVP mode, when it is used with Thiollier’s Hidden Needle’s ash of war Sleep Evermore, it is absolutely invincible.

But for a weapon, the effect it can produce depends on the build you make for it. So this guide will give you a detailed introduction on how to choose the best build for Thiollier’s Hidden Needle.

Best Attribute Distribution

Before choosing a build, you need to know that Thiollier’s Hidden Needle is mainly developed through Dexterity, and then Intelligence. So in terms of attributes, you need to first increase Dexterity to 70, and then invest the remaining skill points in Intelligence to maximize your damage.

In addition, you also need to know that Ash of War does not consume a lot of your FP, so you only need to invest 10 points in Mind. But if you want to integrate spells into your build, you can consider investing a little more.

In Faith attribute, you can invest 25 points to reach the minimum requirement of Golden Vow. But if you don’t need this buff in daily tasks and exploration, you can choose to ignore it. You can use Uplifting Aromatic instead. Here are the minimum points you need to make sure you have for each attribute before building:

• Vigor 40
• Endurance 24
• Mind 10
• Strength 10
• Dexterity 70
• Intelligence 40
• Faith 25
• Arcane 10

Best Gear

After choosing your attributes, you will start to choose some gear that can be matched with Thiollier’s Hidden Needle. Many players will ask, why should it be matched with other weapons? Can’t it be used alone?

Obviously not, because the effect of using Thiollier’s Hidden Needle alone is not good, first because it has a short range, and second because it can only cause a small amount of Eternal Sleep effect when used alone. Therefore, when it is used with the right items and weapons, it will be easier to get Elden Ring Runes.

Here are the weapons and items you can choose to match it with in the DLC.

Velvet Sword of St. Trina

When you use Velvet Sword of St. Trina, it will project a cloud that will put the target into Eternal Sleep. You can switch to Thiollier’s Hidden Needle and use its Ash of War to defeat the enemy.

Spread Crossbow

For this weapon, you can put it in your off-hand. This way, when you use it in combat, each shot will fire multiple arrows. Combined with Thiollier’s Hidden Needle in your dominant hand, you can kill enemies faster when they enter Eternal Sleep.

Eternal Sleep Pot

In the DLC, many ritual pots were added, one of which is Eternal Sleep Pot. This Elden Ring Item allows you to throw 10 pots at once to cause the sleep effect.

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Best Talisman

Since Thiollier’s Hidden Needle can cause Eternal Sleep, you can choose some amulets in the DLC that can also cause this effect, or amulets that help you increase the effect. For example, Shard of Alexander, St. Trina’s Smile, Ritual Sword Talisman, and Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman.

Although Companion Jar can help you increase the damage caused by throwing jars, it does not increase the accumulation of Eternal Sleep status, so you can ignore it in this build.

Best Wondrous Physik Mixture

It should be noted here that Wondrous Physik is not very useful for this build, so you can use any crystal tear you like.

But this definitely does not mean that there are no best choices. You can choose Opaline Hardtear and Opaline Bubbletear to enhance your defense, or Greenburst Crystal Tear is also a very good auxiliary item.

How To Use The Build?

After you have selected all your weapons, items and attributes, you can start using your build. First, you need to equip Spread Crossbow in your off-hand and bring Sleepbone bolts. This way, you can quickly put the enemy target to sleep.

In some cases, you can also use sleep pots and ritual sleep pots. You must remember that the first priority is to put the enemy player to sleep or sleep forever.

Once the state is in effect, you can equip Thiollier’s Hidden Needle in both hands and use its Ash of War to hit the enemy. This will cause a lot of damage to their health, and finally a heavy hit will kill them.

After understanding the construction of Thiollier’s Hidden Needle, have you opened the steps in this guide to change your build step by step? I hope it can help you when you use Thiollier’s Hidden Needle in combat. Wish you a happy game!

Elden Ring has added a lot of powerful weapons in this latest DLC, but have you tried the strong additions to the colossal sword class in the game? This category includes Ancient Meteoric Ore Greatsword, Moonrithyll’s Knight Sword, and Fire Knight’s Greatsword we are talking about today.

In this weapon category, Fire Knight’s Greatsword stands out from the crowd because of its powerful moves and some unique abilities. It has the light attack combination of the legendary Godslayer Greatsword, the classic stabbing attack of the giant sword, and the lightweight characteristics of the iconic Zweihander.

But the rarity of this excellent weapon is also its only drawback. You can only find it on rare Fire Knights in Shadow Keep. Once you have it, you can make a pretty perfect build around it, making your entire character more powerful. Before creating a build, you need to have 22 Strength, 18 Dexterity, and 12 Faith. This guide will show you how to make the most powerful build around Fire Knight’s Greatsword.

Best Affinity And Stats

Fire Knight’s Greatsword has a special feature that it can get extra damage from fire-related Ashes of War or Grease. This means that it can also be blessed with flame incantation. So you need to infuse flame when making a build, which can greatly increase the power of this weapon.

Similarly, Flame is the best affinity for Fire Knight’s Greatsword because it is highly correlated with Faith stat. So you can prioritize flame, and other infusions may not be as useful for this weapon.

Ideally, you should end up with 60 Faith so that you can get Flame affinity. If this stat is not reached, you can try the following 60 Strength, both of which will greatly increase the attack power of Fire Knight’s Greatsword. Don’t overdo it though, as the benefits of one of these two attributes start to diminish after your attribute is above 60.

If you have a Strength, Faith, or hybrid Strength-Faith build, then Fire and Flame affinities are your best bet. For some enemies that are resistant to fire, switching to a Heavy or Sacred affinity can be a big help. They will also allow you to defeat enemies more easily and obtain Elden Ring Runes faster.

Best Ashes Of War

In Fire Knight’s Greatsword, you have access to a variety of powerful Ashes of War. As mentioned above, Flame infusion does more damage, so you should prioritize Ashes of War that deal fire damage, provide fire infusion, and have a Fire or Flame affinity. In the DLC, you can choose between Ash of War Flame Spear and Ash of War Flame Skewer.

Both of these Ashes of War are Flame affinity Ashes of War that are very powerful in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. In contrast, Flame Spear has a longer range and can launch a stabbing attack to close the distance between you and the enemy, allowing you to defeat enemies more easily while keeping a safe distance. You can also use Elden Ring Runes to enhance your Ashes of War, so you may have an easier time in combat.

Flame Skewer is a fire variant of Giant Hunt skill with a follow-up attack. Both of these provide you with additional fire damage, the former lasting 15 seconds and the latter lasting 45 seconds.

In addition, you can choose between Flame of Redmanes, Lion’s Claw, Savage Lion’s Claw, and Cragblade. Flame of Redmanes provides you with AOE fire attack, Lion’s Claw and Savage Lion’s Claw both provide you with High attack and stance damage. The last Cragblade can increase your physical attack and stance damage.

If you find some better equipment than the items recommended in this guide during the game, you can find Elden Ring player community in Discord and express your opinions there. IGGM Discord will occasionally release some welfare information in the community, come and participate!

Best Talismans

For the talismans, it depends on your play style and weapon. For Fire Knight’s Greatsword, you still need something with Flame infusion, so Shard of Alexander is your best choice, as it provides you with 15% extra damage.

If you are ready to fight the enemy head-on, Spear Talisman is also a good choice, because Fire Knight’s Greatsword can be used when you use crouching and charging attacks. In addition to the above two, you can also choose Godfrey Icon to increase your charge thrust.

Just now I have been talking about increasing attack power. For survivability, Erdtree’s Favor +2 and Bull Goat’s talisman can provide you with enough balance to hit the target enemy you marked. Also, since colossal swords drain a lot of your stamina, you might also consider picking up Two-Headed Turtle Talisman to speed up your stamina regeneration.

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Best Buffs

Fire Knight’s Greatsword can be enhanced in a number of ways, but the easiest way is to drink Flask of Wondrous Physick with Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear and Stonebarb Cracked Tear. The former increases your fire damage, while the latter increases your stance damage.

You can also use Spiked Cracked Tear or Oil Soaked Tear instead of Stonebarb Cracked Tear, which increases the damage of your charged attacks. With Oil Soaked Tear, you can apply the oil to enemies to increase their fire damage. But you need to be careful about your positioning at this time, as if you are too close, the fire will burn you.

Since Fire Knight’s Greatsword is tied to Faith build, you have access to a wide variety of beneficial spells, including buffs, such as Golden Vow, which gives you some extra damage and some extra damage reduction, and you can stack it with Flame, Grant me Strength incantation, which gives you more fire and physical damage.

The above is how to make a powerful build around Fits Fire Knight’s Greatsword, I hope it can make your battles easier.

The recent release of Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail has led to a meta shakeup. From changes to certain job skills and cooldowns to exploring new raids, players in the game are entering uncharted territory.

So in the current situation, players are eager to know which food and equipment they should use their limited resources on, as well as the best slot food for each job in the raid. If you want to take it easy, you can choose two or three, and your choice only depends on the statistics provided by your remaining equipment and your play style.

This guide will introduce you to which food to use in different jobs, which will not only greatly save your trial-and-error time but also reduce your trial-and-error costs!

Best In Slot Food For Melee DPS Jobs

For Melee DPS Jobs, such as Monk, new Viper, or Samuri, they all have similar statistics to Tank, and have additional crit. So, the food they use is mostly the same BIS food.

As of patch 7.01, either Vegetable Soup or Fruit and Aloe Jelly can be used in raids, but the latter is better.

Vegetable Soup

• Direct hit rate +8% (up to 96)
• Vitality +8% (up to 141)
• Determination +8% (up to 58)

Because Vegetable Soup has a very high IL, and the combination of Direct Hit and Vitality, this food is widely used in various professions. For Melee DPS Jobs, a small amount of Vitality and Determination can greatly improve the survivability of the character, while also providing you with a small damage buff.

However, Vegetable Soup lacks a little crit, so your damage input may be slightly weaker if you use it.

Fruit And Aloe Jelly

• Determination +8% (up to 90)
• Vitality +8% (up to 132)
• Critical Hit +8% (up to 54)

Fruit and Aloe Jelly works perfectly with the stats of Melee DPS Jobs - it has a decent Critical Hit bonus, Vitality, and Determination. You’ll feel the significant damage from the determination and Critical Hit stats, but you’ll also feel the same amount of Vitality as Vegetable Soup.

Best In Slot Food For Ranged DPS Jobs

Ranged DPS Jobs usually rely on its Determination and Direct Hit, plus the ability speed can reduce GCD, so you and your team will get bonuses, including FFXIV Gil, more often.

In addition to the above two points, the ability speed is usually increased to a certain level. So Vegetable Soup or Mesquite Soup is your first choice, but the specific situation still depends on your own stats.

Vegetable Soup

• Direct hit rate +8% (up to 96)
• Vitality +8% (up to 141)
• Determination +8% (up to 58)

Vegetable Soup is ideal for increasing raw damage output and is the more “selfish” choice. This also makes it a brilliant choice for Machinists, and other Ranged DPS jobs that have already reached the desired GCD level through existing equipment.

Mesquite Soup

• Skill Speed ​​​​+8% (up to 96)
• Hit Power +8% (up to 141)
• Direct Hit Rate +8% (up to 58)

Mesquite Soup differs completely from Vegetable Soup. Mesquite Soup will increase your GCD to the next level while also providing you with a useful Direct Hit. This will make Bard and Dancer buff last longer in combat.

Although Mesquite Soup cannot increase the number of players itself, like Vegetable Soup, it is very good for teamwork and can significantly increase team damage.

Read More: FFXIV: What Quests Do You Need To Complete With Tank Role In Dawntrail? - Prerequisites & Steps

Best In Slot Food For Magical DPS Jobs

In the game community, players who use Magical DPS Jobs prefer more damage, followed by spell speed. Considering the ultimate equipment available in Dawntrail, only Vegetable Soup and Creamy Alpaca Pasta are most suitable for Magical DPS Jobs.

Vegetable Soup

• Direct Hit Rate +8% (up to 96)
• Vitality +8% (up to 141)
• Determination +8% (up to 58)

Vegetable Soup is more suitable for players who want to maximize damage and do not consider GCD. The most typical is players using Black Mages, as well as players who use other Jobs but have reached the upper limit of the spell speed they need.

Creamy Alpaca Pasta

• Spell Speed+8% (up to 96)
• Hit Power +8% (up to 141)
• Direct Hit Rate +8% (up to 58)

Creamy Alpaca Pasta can help you reach the next Spell Speed ​​Breakpoint, and you can also provide you with a little Direct Hit Rate. This is very useful for some damaging skills for a long time, but at the same time, cooldown time is also very useful, especially for the newly added Pictomancer or Summoner in Dawntrail.

Best in Slot Food For Tanks

Because of its own attributes, Tanks usually find Vitality, Tenacity, and Determination or Critical Hit. With the launch of Dawntrail Raids and Culinarian Recipes, most Tanks will choose one of Vegetable Soup, Fruit And Aloe Jelly, OR Tacos de Carne Asada.

For most Tank jobs, Vegetable Soup is the first choice. But except Gunbreakers, it is more inclined to the other two.

Vegetable Soup

• Direct Hit Rate +8% (up to 96)
• Vitality +8% (up to 141)
• Determination +8% (up to 58)

Vegetable Soup becomes BIS Food again, which is not surprising, because the attributes of no food can be compared with the Vitality, Determination, and Direct Hit Rate it provided.

If you have the limited crit gain in your team, then you can recommend them to try Vegetable Soup, and it is also possible to use it by yourself. In addition, the additional Vitality he provided can provide you with greater damage.

Fruit And Aloe Jelly

• Determination +8% (up to 90)
• Vitality +8% (up to 132)
• Critical Hit +8% (up to 54)

If your Static/Party Finder already contains many Critical Hit Buffs, then you can choose Fruit And Aloe Jelly. The data of this food is very similar to the Vegetable soup. The difference is that it has a Critical Hit rather than Direct Hit Rate.

Just mentioned that Gunbreakers will like this food very much, because after use, there will be ultra-high damage and crit.

Tacos De Carne Asada

• Tenacity +8% (up to 96)
• Vitality +8% (up to 141)
• Determination +8% (up to 58)

Although Tacos de Carne Asada is the lowest of the three foods, it can significantly improve Tanks' survivability. Tanks work as one armor in most other games, so they receive considerable buffs and make healing more powerful.

If you want to use Tanks to face the enemy easier, or reduce the pressure of the therapist in your team, then Tacos de Carne Asada will be your best choice because it can provide you with higher ones itself. Damage will also reduce some of the damage you suffer.

Best In Slot Food For Healers

Healers in Final Fantasy 14 usually selects some foods with Determination, Critical Hit, or Direct Hit Bonuses. Although Spell Speed ​​will greatly improve your damage and treatment output, if you add too much, it will seriously consume your MP reserves.

So at this stage, you can choose Vegetable Soup or Fruit And Aloe Jelly.

Vegetable Soup

• Direct Hit Rate +8% (up to 96)
• Vitality +8% (up to 141)
• Determination +8% (up to 58)

Vegetable Soup provides Healers with a large amount of Determination and Vitality, both of which are very useful for your treatment. Another attribute, Direct Hit, although it cannot help you maintain the chief function of your life, it can greatly increase your damage output when treating your team.

In addition, there will be few Direct Hit in Healers’s equipment, so the increase in this attribute may give you unexpected surprises.

Fruit And Aloe Jelly

• Determination +8% (up to 90)
• Vitality +8% (up to 132)
• Critical Hit +8% (up to 54)

Unlike Vegetable Soup, Fruit And Aloe Jelly will pay more attention to treatment. Although the overall attribute it provides is relatively weak, you will notice that it provides Critical Hit rather than Direct Hit Rate, which will cause your damage skills and trigger treatment.

The above is about how to choose the right food for each job to face the raid on FFXIV Dawntrail. I hope this guide can help you with your game experience and wish you a happy game!

Some catacombs in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree are tricky to find, and each has its own gimmick, and some are purposely hidden, making them easy to miss if you don’t know where to look.

One of these is the Scorpion River Catacombs, an optional dungeon you can find after clearing Castle Ensis and entering Scadu Atlas Region. As you explore this dungeon, you’ll be constantly affected by Death Blight, which can hinder your exploration.

However, there’s a lot of loot in Scorpion River Catacombs Dungeon, including the very important Death Knight’s Longhaft Axe and many Elden Ring Runes, especially if you’re using Faith build.

This guide will show you how to find Scorpion River Catacombs Dungeon and how to explore it very easily, eventually obtaining the Death Knight’s Longhaft Axe.

How To Find Scorpion River Catacombs Dungeon?

Scorpion River Catacombs Dungeon is located at the end of a river in Scadu Atlas Region. If you haven’t unlocked Rauh Ruins base area yet, you need to go to Moorth Ruins Site of Grace in Scadu Atlas to complete the quest to unlock that area.

In the north of Scadu Atlas Region, there is a glowing area where you will find a lake with fireflies. Next to the lake, you will find a cave with a statue of Marika in front of the entrance. Then you need to go inside and you will find two perfumers surrounding a golden tree.

Approach them and you will get the Heal From Afar Incantation, and they will point you to the cave exit leading to the poisonous swamp. After you break out of the poisonous swamp, you will reach Ancient Ruin Base Site of Grace. You need to go southwest and you will encounter two giants that you do not need to defeat until you reach Temple Town Ruins in the river.

Now you need to continue moving along the river bank, but be careful of Pests and other potent enemies. After crossing the river, you will see the entrance to Scorpion River Catacombs Dungeon.

Scorpion River Catacombs’ First Layer

When you enter Site of Grace to rest, you will see a small room directly in front of you. This will be the first enemy you encounter, the bigmouth imp, so you need to equip yourself first. It will fall from the wall as you enter the room. After you kill it, continue to the left.

After going downstairs, you will see a large room with a bridge leading forward. There will be an imp using a great sword at one end of the bridge. You can kill it, but remember not to walk onto the bridge. You need to go into the room on the left, but be careful of another imp in the room. After killing it, you can find Rejuvenating Boluses on its corpse.

Rejuvenating Boluses is very important for exploring the Scorpion River Catacombs, so make sure to craft and equip enough Rejuvenating Boluses in your quick item slot.

When you start walking on the bridge, you will see a Basilisk statue just above the entrance to the room in front of you. As you get closer to him, two black eyes will appear on the statue, slowly applying Deathblight to anything in sight.

Therefore, you should try to walk in its blind spot, or you can use Mimic’s Veil item to turn yourself into a random item. But be careful not to get too close to him, otherwise the trap will lose its effect.

When you rush under the bridge and go downstairs, you will find that there will be many imps waiting for you. They will be distributed in different rooms, especially the room you need to enter. Eventually, you will find Grave Glovewort 3 on the body of an imp as your reward.

Continue walking deeper into the dungeon. You will encounter a larger room, and there will be a Bigmouth imp waiting to shoot explosives at you on the opening on the left side of the room. After killing it, you will see a Redflesh Mushroom on a body in the room.

Continue walking down, and you will see two paths, one leading to a narrow path in front of you, and the other leading to your right. Here we choose the first path, which will take you to the room where you can get Ghost Glovewort 5. Then remember to go downstairs.

Be careful of the spike trap in the room downstairs. You can also get Head (Lion) equipment and Knight’s Lightning Spear Incantation by jumping over the spike trap directly. However, if you want to pass this dungeon, you need to take the elevator to the second layer.

Scorpion River Catacombs’ Second Layer

When you take the elevator up here, you’ll see a Death blighting eye walking around the hallway. If you stand directly in front of the eye, it will cause a Death blight buildup. The best way to avoid it is to follow it when it moves to the side.

Also, there is a blind spot in the hallway that can be used to avoid the eye. Downstairs you’ll see an imp, kill it as usual, then jump over the rubble. At the end of the hallway, you’ll find a path leading to the left.

Following this path, you’ll enter a large hallway with three imps waiting for your challenge. After you successfully defeat them, you’ll find Grave Glovewort 4 behind them.

From there, look to the right and you’ll find a ladder leading down. Go down and you’ll find a large Ghost Acacia. Turn around and you’ll see three Basilisks. You can choose to kill them, or go back up the ladder and continue into the dungeon.

After that, look to the right and you’ll find a staircase leading back into the hallway. This corridor is the same as the previous one, with a Death blighting eye that moves back and forth. The technique for getting through this corridor is exactly the same as the previous one.

The only difference is that you no longer have a staircase to walk down safely, so you can only jump off the bridge. After landing, you need to kill the imp guarding the ladder. After climbing the ladder, you will reach a room with a treasure chest. If nothing goes wrong, you will need to fight the bigmouth imp here to take the treasure chest.

In the treasure chest will be Ancient Dragon Knight’s Cookbook 2. At this time, follow the path and you will encounter a Deathblight sorcerer and an imp who gave you a lot of trouble before. After defeating these two, remember to return to the main corridor with the Deathblight eyes.

This time, don’t jump off the bridge, but walk directly behind the eyes and go to the end of the corridor. You will see an elevator that can take you to the boss’ arena.

How To Defeat Death Knight Boss?

Compared to other bosses in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, Death Knight is relatively simple. Just be careful with your self-healing grab attack, which will only attack you once in the entire battle.

After you successfully defeat Death Knight, you can obtain Death Knight’s Longhaft Axe. This is a Greataxe weapon that can be adjusted in real time according to your Dexterity, Strength, and Faith, which can cause physical and lightning damage to enemies. In addition, you will also receive a Cerulean Amber Medallion +3 Talisman to increase your FP.

After understanding the entire exploration process of Scorpion River Catacombs Dungeon, are you more confident to take your own Death Knight’s Longhaft Axe? I wish you a happy exploration in the game!

Elden Ring DLC, like most games from FromSoftware, provides you with the opportunity to collaborate with some players to defeat enemies and bosses. If you find this traditional collaboration too boring, then the next step is a guide to invade other players! Does this sound very interesting? Then let’s continue reading!

Preparation Work

The first thing to know is that if you want any player in the Invade game, you need to go to the following two places to have Festering Bloody Finger.

The first one is the simplest method. On the southern edge of Mistwood area, there is a merchant who will be at your position before you reach the castle occupied by Demi Humans. This merchant will get you 5 Festering Bloody Fingers for 5,000 Elden Ring Runes.

Additionally, you can also obtain Festering Bloody Fingers by completing tasks at Rose Church.

Rose Church is only a short distance from Stormveil Castle. In the game, when you receive your first Great Rune, please pass through Liunia of Lakes and head to Raya Lucaria Academy. Or you can take a detour from the west of the swamp. You will eventually reach Rose Church.

At the entrance of Rose Church, you will see a man calling you Maidenless. Get close to him and talk to him. When he asks you about your impression of Two Fingers, you should choose the option “feeling something is not right” in order for him to give you two Festering Blood Fingers.

It should be noted that if you encounter a dangerous dragon while it means you are going too far north. Although you can kill it to get a Dragon Heart, you still need to return to the right path.

How To Invade?

As I just mentioned, Festering Bloody Fingers is the key to being able to invide other players into another world. If you already have one to three Festering Blood Fingers, you can consider invading them.

Because you have ensured that it is launched in online mode, simply enter your Inventory or Multiplayer tab and use Festering Blood Fingers.

If it works, you will receive a message indicating that you are invading another player. Festering Bloody Fingers will automatically ignore passwords for multiplayer games, but if you have previously set a password, you will not only match with your friends.

It should be noted that Festering Blood Fingers are disposable Elden Ring Items. This indicates that once you successfully invade, Festering Bloody Fingers will be used and cannot be reused. You can only invide those who are within your basic level range. This is a design that helps maintain the randomness of the in-game system, ensuring that you do not have overwhelming victories or failures in battles. Please remember, you can only directly invade players in the current area who have not yet defeated the boss.

Remember to search for a hotbed, and if one is unsuccessful, you can try changing places. Or to put it more cruelly, many people actually find it difficult to have bosses in their own areas, such as Margit Fell omen or Godrick Graded in ancient game .

After entering the world of another player, please take action quickly. If you kill this player, you win. Conversely, if they kill you or escape to the boss fight area, you lose. Players who are invided by you will receive a warning, and they will also have a few seconds to think about how to respond.

How To Be Summoned In PVP?

In the classic PVP mode, all the random invasions mentioned above are not the only way to combat Host of Fingers. If you want a more sporty feel, you can also unlock Duelist’s Furled Finger to have other players summon you for battle. Unlike Festering Bloody Fingers, it is not just an infinitely usable Elden Ring Item, but its retrieval method is also very simple.

First, head to Warmaster’s Shack near Southeastern Stormveil Castle and continue north from there. On the way, you will pass through some enemy camps, and you can choose to run directly or kill them. Continuing north, you will encounter some vast ruins. Duelist’s Furled Finger will be on those corpses in front of the door.

It is important to remember that because of the nature of someone voluntarily summoning others to fight. These players will be much more dangerous than those you randomly invade. Make sure you are equipped with the best equipment and magic, otherwise you may be defeated.

The key is here, because this summoning is voluntary in nature. Players who engage in these confrontations are much more dangerous than those who randomly invade themselves, so you must ensure that you have the best equipment and magic to ensure your own safety.

Alternatively, you can also participate in the competition through the latest released Coliseums. This place will provide players with a new way of fighting that relies solely on speed compared to other players. Maybe it will be released in the new Elden Ring on June 21.

Summary

Some players may feel a bit unfair, but of course, we respect every player. But since Demon’s Souls, this has been a part of the FromSoftware mode, and there’s nothing unfair about it. I hope every player can have a better gaming experience in the game!

Let's look forward to the new expansion Shadow of the Erdtree DLC of Elden Ring on June 21st.

As the Season 4 of Diablo 4 has recently launched, after reaching Level 100, conquering the Pit, and vanquishing all the bosses, I felt compelled to create an extensive endgame guide of gearing. This guide has got you covered with all the essential information and strategies to elevate your gameplay to the next level. Let's get started!

Get Max Level Gear

The first step is getting full 925 gear. Your first goal of endgame should be to get a full set of 925, that's max level gear in every single slot. Because the highest level 925 gear is always slightly better than anything below it.

So here's a couple of good ways to try and farm out a full set of 925 gear:

Nightmare Dungeons

First, the Nightmare Dungeons. The higher level of mobs, the higher level of the gear that drops. So once you can start fighting around Level 95 mobs, you will almost guarantee they'll be dropping 925 gear. Try to push into higher and higher Nightmare Dungeons.

Even if you are not Level 100, Tier 41 Nightmare Dungeons will have monsters at Level 95. So that's a good place to try and get into and farm, even if you can't beat the boss at the end. Just try and craft a Nightmare Sigil for a Level 41 dungeon, get in, and just farm some Elites, and they'll start dropping 95 gear.

Helltides Events

The next way is the Helltides. You can get a ton of gear from Helltides, as you probably already know. But you can also push the level of the mobs in the Helltides higher with the new Diablo 4 Item - Profane Mindcage, same as with Nightmare Dungeons.

So, that's a good way to boost the level of the mobs but also boost the level of the drops, meaning you'll get much more 925 drops. And these Profane Mindcages come from the Iron Wolves questline. They drop in the Helltides, so there's some good ways to get the gear early as well.

World Boss

As for the World Boss, which is also a good way to get some 925 gear. Then once you hit Level 100, everything drops 95 gear. So just keep farming and try to get the Greater Affix rolls, use your Murmuring Obols at the Purveyors of Curiosity, try to get some even better gear, but the base 925 gear with good stats will take you a very long way.

Tempering

Once you've got 925 gear, the next significant leap in power comes from tempering your gear. Tempering is a new system introduced in Season 4, allowing you to add new affixes of your choice to your gear as you progress. Little scrolls will drop as you play, and clicking on them will grant you new tempering recipes. Head to the Blacksmith, click on the Tempering icon, and begin tempering your gear.

The beauty of Ancestral World Tier 4 gear is that you can apply 2 tempers to each item, making tempering a substantial boost to your build. You have the flexibility to enhance various aspects, such as DoT, vulnerability and even increase the levels of your abilities for more skill points. This translates to significant power-ups for your character.

However, there's a risk involved as tempering can fail, and each item can only be tempered a certain number of times. Therefore, it's advisable to start tempering your items early, familiarize yourself with the system, and gradually make them more potent. It's relatively inexpensive and doesn't require many materials, so tempering everything is recommended. If you happen to replace an item, you can always re-temper it.

Once you've tempered your entire gear set, you'll notice a considerable boost in damage and effectiveness, aiding you in endeavors like tackling Nightmare Dungeons, mastering the Pit, and further exploring the game's challenges.

Masterworking

Once you have 925 tempered gear, it's time to look at Masterworking. To unlock Masterworking, you have to be at least Level 46 in Nightmare Dungeons. Level 46 Nightmare Dungeons feature monsters of Level 100.

If you don't have a Nightmare Sigil that high, you can visit the Occultist and craft one in the 40 to 50 range. Once you've completed a Level 46 Nightmare Dungeon, you will unlock the Masterworking system at the Blacksmith, as well as the Pit. This is a new repeatable dungeon-type content introduced in Season 4.

The reason you need the Pit is that this is where the materials for Masterworking come from. So, as soon as you've done that, head into the Pit. If you can beat a Level 46 Nightmare Dungeon, you can probably complete the first level of the Pit very easily.

Every time you complete 1 level of the Pit, you can try a few levels higher. Beat the timer within a good range, and you can progress from Level 1 to Level 3 and beyond. The way Masterworking works is that every time you Masterwork a piece of gear, every affix on that piece of gear grows by 5%. It does this 3 times, and then on the fourth upgrade, it will upgrade one affix by 25%.

Your endgame progression will be tied around progressing through the Pit. Once you have a full set of gear that you're happy with, you'd go into the Pit to Level 30. While you're doing this, you should also still be going into Nightmare Dungeons because that is how you upgrade your glyphs.

It's kind of a whole system where you jump between going to the Pit, Masterworking your gear, going to a Nightmare dungeon, and getting your glyphs leveled up. It's a big gameplay loop you'll be doing for a long time.

Diablo 4 Season 4 added lots of new endgame content and ways to progress. So this gearing guide should help learn all the different ways to progress your gear and the best ways to do it. I will be really happy if you find this useful.

Crafting plays a pivotal role in advancing through the more challenging segments of Last Epoch. In this guide, we'll be examining a comprehensive crafting guide for this game. Let's begin without delay.

Crafting Basic

Let's begin with the fundamentals.

Pressing the 'F' key will bring up your crafting menu. You can select any piece of gear and bring it to the crafting menu or the forge.

Within the crafting menu, you'll find the tiers of affixes on your gear. Pressing the 'Alt' button reveals the tiers of your affixes. Each tier ranges up to five for normal items, with Exalted items being purple and rolling up to t6s and t7s. As you progress further into the endgame, prioritize seeking out purple gear, as they can roll higher affixes than normal gear.

During the campaign, keep an eye out for resistances, which play a crucial role in mitigating incoming damage. If you encounter a boss or situation requiring specific resistances and your gear lacks them, swiftly craft the needed resistances.

For instance, if you possess an amulet with only 7% lightning resistance, consider enhancing it on the fly to counter a lightning-intensive boss encounter.

Now, let's delve into crafting basics.

Each item has forging potential, dictating the extent of crafting you can perform. When leveling up an affix, the game informs you of the forging potential cost, typically ranging from 1 to 10. Once the potential reaches zero, crafting on the item ceases, though you can still shatter it.

Utilize Glyphs of Hope to enhance crafting outcomes. These glyphs grant a 25% chance of no forging potential cost, maximizing your crafting efficiency.

Suppose you have an amulet with desirable attributes like minion health and damage over time, but undesirable lightning resistance. This is where Glyphs of Chaos come into play, allowing you to reroll affixes.

As you progress, identify crucial affixes for your build. For example, if you specialize in fire damage, prioritize acquiring fire-related affixes. Rolling unnecessary affixes is costly and often not worthwhile. Of course, if you have enough Last Epoch Gold, you can ignore this point. Focus on refining your gear to suit your build's needs effectively.

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How To Hunt Specific Affixes?

Now, let's discuss the pursuit of specific and high-value affixes in Last Epoch.

Certain affixes hold greater value and importance, and it's crucial to keep an eye out for them. One significant example is the "percent increase to health" affix.

This affix provides a substantial boost to health, as demonstrated by its 6% increase. Upon further leveling of the gear, even greater health bonuses can be attained. However, I've currently exhausted my supply of shards for this increased health affix, necessitating the acquisition of more shards to enhance this chest piece further, potentially up to Tier 5.

Identifying essential affixes and incorporating them into your loot filter is imperative for efficient item acquisition. Let's illustrate this with an example: suppose we aim to improve a particular item by breaking it down.

If we stumble upon such an item, regardless of its rarity, we could employ either a Rune of Removal or a Rune of Shattering, depending on our priorities. The Rune of Removal is ideal for preserving affix tiers, returning a corresponding number of shards. For instance, if targeting health bonuses, utilizing this rune on a Tier 5 affix would yield five health shards, facilitating significant enhancements.

However, using the Rune of Removal involves a degree of randomness. In our demonstration, although we targeted health, we ended up depleting the forging potential without achieving our goal, emphasizing the need for careful consideration.

Conversely, the Rune of Shattering presents a more unpredictable outcome. It destroys the item, generating a random number of affix shards. While this method may yield desired results, it also carries a risk of obtaining fewer or even no shards, as seen in our attempt to improve the affix.

Ultimately, your approach depends on your immediate needs and the level of risk you're willing to accept. Utilizing Runes of Removal to secure specific shard quantities before resorting to Runes of Shattering can optimize your crafting endeavors. However, always exercise caution, particularly in the early stages of the game, where resources are limited and strategic decision-making is crucial.

How To Make A Loot Filter?

To prioritize these high-value affixes, it's beneficial to create a loot filter.

By pressing Shift + F, you can access the loot filter screen. Alternatively, navigate to your gameplay settings and manage the loot filter. Let's establish a new filter, naming it the xxx filter. Choose a symbol and designate it red for identification. Then, add a rule to designate certain affixes as high-priority.

To illustrate, let's prioritize health-related affixes, focusing on increased health and hybrid health over added health. Additionally, include movement speed and cooldown recovery speed, as they are universally beneficial for all builds.

With these conditions set, any item containing these affixes will be highlighted in red, making it easier to identify priority items amidst the clutter. For instance, we can now easily spot a belt with a 3% increase in health, indicating it's likely a tier one affix.

If such an item is encountered, and considering its low tier, using a shattering method to break it down may suffice, even if it doesn't yield the desired shards. For higher-tier affixes, such as tier three or above, employing a Rune of Removal may be necessary to acquire the desired quantity of shards.

That covers the fundamentals of crafting in Last Epoch. While there are numerous runes and glyphs to discuss, we'll touch on an advanced glyph known as the Rune of Ascendance.

The Rune of Ascendance transforms an item into a unique or set item of the same type. For example, applying it to a silver ring could yield any unique ring, regardless of its original type. This presents a fortunate opportunity to acquire desired legendaries for your build. Simply use the rune on a suitable item, such as a two-handed sword, to potentially obtain the legendary weapon you seek.

In summary, the Rune of Ascendance offers a strategic method to secure essential items for your build, albeit with an element of luck involved.

Embarking on your Sea Dog Journey in Skull and Bones can be quite daunting at first. With numerous ports, materials, and customization options to navigate, getting your sea legs can be challenging. In this guide, we'll delve into some useful tips and tricks to swiftly set you on course for plundering and pillaging ships in Skull and Bones.

1. Collect All Items Found In The Water

Near Sainte Anne, the initial major port you encounter, various Skull and Bones Items populate the waters. From torn sails to jute, broken planks, and rusty nails, the high seas offer abundant loot early on.

Though coconuts aren't constantly floating about, collecting them while sailing with your saw can prove highly profitable. Coconuts replenish 20% of your stamina while sailing, but cooking them yields a 40% stamina boost. Given their prevalence across the red aisles, they serve as a convenient snack to stave off stamina depletion during looting and exploration.

Different materials are essential for ship upgrades, obtaining weaponry from the Blacksmith, and crafting repair kits for instances of sea water ingress. Ensure to thoroughly scavenge and collect any floating items you encounter.

2. Acquire Resources From Shipwrecks

As you navigate the map, you'll begin to notice lilac-purple ship icons dotting the shores of various islands. These icons indicate shipwrecks, ripe for exploration. Armed with the crowbar crafted during the tutorial, you can unearth substantial loot left behind.

Typically, these shipwrecks contain silver, ammunition, food, and ingots, valuable resources essential for future ship upgrades. Precise timing with the crowbar accelerates the process, ensuring quicker access to loot and enabling swift progression to the next wreck.

Additionally, it's crucial to upgrade your crowbar at the carpenter to access higher-level shipwrecks. Therefore, we advise promptly upgrading all tools to maximize efficiency in looting and material gathering.

For those who find the gathering mechanic tedious, there's an auto-harvest feature in the game settings menu. Simply navigate to 'Settings', access the 'General' tab, and activate 'Auto Harvest' to streamline material collection without the need for precise clicking timing.

3. Gather Silver Currency

Silver serves as the cornerstone for aspiring pirates aiming to reign supreme across the seven seas, given its indispensable role in virtually every aspect of the game. But for those just starting out, how does one amass this wealth?

Any cargo item labeled as commodities presents an opportunity to fetch a substantial sum by selling it to vendors. Here's how you can leverage the market to your advantage.

As you navigate your map, you'll observe delineated zones within different areas. These zones are subdivided, with tabs indicating "plentiful supply" and "highest in demand." Here, you'll find a list of commodities that these territories either lack or possess in abundance. Opting for areas with high demand for specific items, like uncut sapphire, for instance, ensures vendors in these zones offer better prices compared to others on the map. Swiftly traveling to locations with high demand and offloading your goods proves the most efficient method to accumulate silver with minimal effort.

Especially in Sainte Anne and Telok Penjarah, commodity vendors specialize in selling specific items at a lower cost, which you can then resell at a premium within zones where the material is in demand. This strategic maneuver not only capitalizes on economic fluctuations but also generates silver without venturing far from safe havens and outposts.

4. Enhance Your Ship

Certainly, while it may appear obvious, we're not referring to an upgrade from the dow. Instead, the emphasis is on consistently enhancing your ship as much as possible from the outset.

To progress, you'll need to locate outposts with vendors offering various blueprints for new ships. Currently, there are 10 ships available for collection and creation, with each ship having a maximum base level of 5. Enhancing this base level involves equipping more potent weapons, armor, and furniture. However, the crucial aspect is adapting and evolving alongside your environment to match the challenges posed by adversaries in new zones.

The Shipwright is your go-to for upgrading to the next best ship, and each one comes with both ship type and perks depending on the vessel. Take the Sentinel, for example. This handy ship is a support type that aids friendly ships if they begin taking damage while you're around. When working with a team, a support ship helps out significantly to turn the tides in battle in your favor by repairing your boat without any repair kits. This ship's perk is that it will restore severe damage by 5% and whole health by 5% per second, which may not seem like a lot until you're bombarded by several ships in all directions. This boost of restoration can be the difference between you meeting Davy Jones and living to pillage another day.

There are also tanking ships, straight DPS ships, and more options to cater to your favorite play style.

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5. Attack Low-Level Ships

Before you find your footing, it can be intimidating to engage the random enemy ships you encounter while sailing.

However, this action is pivotal not only for accumulating substantial silver but also for acquiring materials that may otherwise be inaccessible. These materials include bronze ingots and higher-quality refined items like fine jute or iroko planks, essential for crafting advanced-level ships.

Additionally, these materials are integral in crafting more potent weaponry necessary for confronting formidable adversaries. Engaging ships within your level range or slightly higher can lead to disaster at sea if you're not adequately prepared and cautious. We suggest targeting lower-level ships initially, ideally between levels 1 and 3, to increase your Infamy rank and amass resources for vessel upgrades and enhancements.

From our experimentation, engaging ships weaker than yours still yields a respectable amount of Infamy, making it worthwhile to engage smaller targets to fortify your ship.

Another crucial consideration is the use of repair kits, which become indispensable as you progress. These kits, obtainable through looting or crafting, are essential cargo items while engaging enemy vessels. However, they have a substantial cooldown period, necessitating prudent usage to sway the tide of battle effectively.

6. Keep An Eye Out For Blueprints

When it comes to weaponry, blueprints are central to becoming the most formidable pirate to ever navigate the seven seas. These blueprints are forged by the Blacksmith in Sainte Anne. While some weapon blueprints can be acquired from him through purchase, other vendors also offer a selection.

Visiting every outpost and exploring their offerings is essential, as they may house some of the most potent cannons and ballistas. With a vast array of weapons available, it's normal to feel overwhelmed initially. Starting with the blueprints offered by the Blacksmith is a solid starting point. Furthermore, as you venture forth, completing bounties and contracts, you'll encounter vendors offering superior options.

Almost every vendor, including the Shipwright, requires specific blueprints to craft items, ships, weapons, and even meals. Thus, it's crucial to remain vigilant and keep an eye out for these blueprints as you progress further into your journey.

7. Master Ship Control

Mastering ship control can be challenging for new pirates, but it's essential for survival in treacherous waters. Maneuvering out of incoming attacks can mean the difference between life and death. Therefore, mastering the controls is crucial for navigating the perilous depths of the sea.

Lowering your sailing speed when making turns is advisable, as it's easier to control your ship at lower speeds. Additionally, pay attention to the arrow next to your speed indicator at the bottom right-hand corner of your UI.

This arrow serves as a crucial indicator: it turns red when sailing against the wind, indicating significant slowing. When it turns white, you can achieve moderate speeds, almost in harmony with the wind's flow. Finally, a green arrow signifies optimal sailing conditions, indicating that the wind is fully in your sails, allowing you to reach maximum speed based on your ship's capabilities.

Always strive to sail with the wind rather than against it. Otherwise, not only will you exhaust your stamina attempting to navigate against strong headwinds, but you'll also prolong your journey significantly.

Speaking of stamina, it's a delicate resource to maintain while cruising the waters. Essential for reaching maximum speed, running out of stamina will automatically throttle your speed down to the second notch on the speed wheel.

To ensure you can maintain maximum stamina consistently, always carry some form of food with you. Whether it's cooked coconuts, durian, or fish, having food readily available can help you avoid sticky situations. Remember to add food to your quick action bar so you can consume it swiftly while evading enemies.