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Ashes of Creation: Gear Guide to Triple Your Damage (Levels 10-19)
This guide shows you how to significantly improve your equipment in Ashes of Creation by reaching level 10, focusing on 'Adept' gear accessible in the auction house. You will learn how to use Ashes Codex to filter and find the right gear, prioritizing key stats like Power, Strength, and Intelligence, and looking for the 'Strength' set bonus to increase your damage and healing. Farming alternatives and the importance of stats on weapons are also discussed.
1. 📈 Introduction to the equipment system and how to triple your damage at level 10
- ✅ The equipment system in Ashes of Creation can be confusing.
- ✅ Upon reaching level 10, you can triple your damage with 'Adept' gear.
- ✅ This power increase also benefits healing if you are a healer.
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1. 📈 Introduction to the equipment system and how to triple your damage at level 10
- ✅ The equipment system in Ashes of Creation can be confusing.
- ✅ Upon reaching level 10, you can triple your damage with 'Adept' gear.
- ✅ This power increase also benefits healing if you are a healer.
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2. 💰 Gold requirements and auction house location
- ✅ You will need around 3 gold, depending on the server.
- ✅ You must go to a node with an auction house (village or city rank).
- ✅ Check the tax rates in different nodes to find the best deals.
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3. 🛡️ Avoid leveling with starting gear and farm 'Adept' gear
- ⚠️ Don't try to level from 10 to 20 with the starting gear.
- ✅ Farm in Riverlands (church) until level 10-11.
- ✅ Then, farm minotaurs and three-star mobs near Miralith until level 18-20.
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4. 🌐 Use Ashes Codex to find the right gear
- ✅ Ashes Codex makes it easy to find gear by allowing you to filter by level and stats.
- ⚠️ Searching manually in the crafting menus is tedious.
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5. ⚙️ Filtering and selecting accessible 'Adept' gear
- ✅ Filter by level 10-20 ('Adept' gear) and sort by item level.
- ✅ Item level 13 gear is generally more accessible.
- ✅ Avoid rare boss gear or gear that requires high-level crafting professions at first.
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6. ⛑️ Example of helmet selection and stat prioritization
- ✅ The 'Halo Bound Aegis Quif' helmet is a good option for its power.
- ✅ Look for stats useful for your class (magic power for bards, physical power for physical classes).
- ✅ Strength and intelligence are important, as they increase magic or physical power by a multiplier of three, in addition to giving crit and accuracy.
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7. 💪 'Strength' set bonus: 15% strength and intelligence
- ✅ Prioritize getting the 'Strength' set bonus for a 15% increase in strength and intelligence.
- ✅ This bonus scales indefinitely, making it very valuable.
- ✅ You need five pieces of the 'Strength' set to activate the bonus.
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8. 🏷️ Names of accessible 'Strength' armor sets
- ✅ Look for gear with the tags: Scorch Wander, Shell of the Sanctifier, Storm Canon, and Unfallen Reignment.
- ✅ Copy and paste these names into the auction house to find the pieces.
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9. 🛒 Searching and selecting 'Strength' armor pieces in the auction house
- ✅ Look for cheap pieces from the mentioned sets.
- ✅ Prioritize five pieces with the 'Strength' bonus and good stats.
- ✅ Example: Helmet with power, shoulder pads and chest piece with 'Strength', bracers with wisdom and magic power.
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10. 💍 Selecting 'Adept' rings, necklaces, and weapons
- ✅ There are no good accessible 'Adept' rings, use 'Cindered' rings.
- ✅ There is a good necklace for healers.
- ✅ Upgrade your weapons to 'Adept' to get big power increases.
- ✅ Look for weapons with stats useful for your class.
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11. ⚔️ Weapon stats and priorities for different roles
- ✅ Choose a main weapon with appropriate stats.
- ✅ Secondary weapons act as 'stat sticks', providing stats even if you don't use them.
- ✅ Prioritize power (physical or magical) for damage, healing power for healers, and constitution for tanks.
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12. 🛠️ Using Ashes Codex to build your character and example bard configuration
- ✅ Use Ashes Codex to build your character and filter the gear.
- ✅ Select the level range 10-20 and sort by item level.
- ✅ Example bard configuration: focused on magic and healing power, with damage and mana regeneration buffs.
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13. 🤝 Conclusion and thank you
- ✅ The video provides direction for gearing up in the game.
- ✅ Crafting is a long process, best divided between players or characters.