*Corrections:* 1. Early game do not put points into heavy armor until you are ready to make and wear it. This influences chance to drop armor books and I have no idea if the chance stacks. It looks like it may. Just putting points into any main category so for example Strength will increase chance of finding armor books. 2. *Do not* put a point into Advanced Engineering put it into *lockpicking* instead. Advanced Engineering also gives a chance to find trap, electric and build tool magazines and lockpicking only adds Great Heist and Workstations. So it is a better option. 3. The boots. Looks like these are not important. I misinterpreted what I was reading. Looks like they only give stamina regen only when running. So with maxed out miner 69'er and the ergonomic grip you will regen stamina faster than you can spend it mining. So use whatever boots you want. ----- These are the only discrepancies people have pointed out so far that are actually factual. I am verifying claims by looking at the actual XML files. I am very sorry for these mistakes. I do my best but I'm not perfect. Thank you to the people who caught them.
I just did some simple testing and found that even though there's a negative xp modifier on the mother lode skill and other items, you still get more xp over all. Results: With 5 in mother lode, xp per coal boulder was 597 instead of 502 with 0. Breakdown: 0 points- 502 1 point- 540 2 points-562 3 points- 584 4 points- 594 5 points- 597 5 points w/ rock buster- 614 Also wearing the nerd goggles with the XP mod increased per block xp to 683 but does reduce the ore gathered by 15 per block. Also, the amount of coal gathered went from 64 per rock to 125. Another note, having the full mining set further reduces degradation of mining tools by 35% Note: the book that increases ore by 10% when buzzing from coffee actually dropped how much ore I got, reducing the xp gains. However, reading all 7 art of mining books increases ore drop rates by 20%. This increased my xp to 706 per block. In all, with 5 points in miner 69'er, 5 points mother lode, all 7 art of mining books, nerd goggles with xp mod, the rest of mining set with 3 customized fittings mods, grandpa's learnin' elixir, and rock busters, you get 706 xp per block or 38,830 per minute of continuous mining. At any rate, great video. I wouldn't have thought to check these possibilities without your work and I can understand it took you a lot of time testing and making the video. Again great video. 👍🏼
should be titled, how to get fast xp when you really don't "need" it any more. get a nail gun and upgrade your base blocks with an elixir. going from frame to to concrete is a lot. doing it over night is sweet. EDIT: still some sweet info worth the watch.
My best leveling way but needs a higher level setup are horde nights and I usually set them more frequent like every 3 days and max the zombie settings. My best setup has been a room with blade traps on floors and ceilings and wire from the sides as I sit behind and shoot the zombies. With learning elixirs, nerd head, xp mod, 75% trap xp from electrical perk etc this gave me roughly one level per in game hour after the 180k xp cap so it's usually 6 levels per horde night after roughly 1k zombie kills. I get that upping the hn time for farming xp can be thought of as cheesy but it's fun to me so I do it.
better way to get exp early game? screamers. build a cheese base and then screamers. mining is good for late game but also add the screamers. also scavenging is good exp, and its good for screamers. go to a poi and take everything apart, and get screamers. you know, you can also just stand and stare at the sun and screamers.
Also Mother Lode does increase your experience gain. Base experience gain is 420 per, 466 if you drink coffee with Art of Mining Vol 3, and 502 if you drink a Learning Elixir while it caps at 575 for both. But with Mother Lode you get 450 as your base and Coffee makes you loose experience, and Learning Elixir gives you 614 per block mined. So I don't quite understand why you tell them not to take Mother Lode as that +30 xp, and +100% additional materials without a learning elixir or +94 xp and still +100% additional materials is huge.
I only tested Rock Busters after I added mother lode points so I don't know if it helps or hinders prior to mother lode, nor did I care as you're just hindering yourself not taking mother lode but Rock Busters does make you loose xp for maximum buff foods you just stick to learning elixir.
Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.... What's that sound? You don't know about the Nerf engine? It's the sound of TFP going into battle. They say not a single fun thing has heard it and survived.
You are correct. I missed the tag at the end stating its only when running. So it looks like the boots are not needed at all you can regen fast enough without them. TY for pointing this out.
its a good guide, the only propblem is once you have all these things you dont need to level anymore lol i LOVE 7 days, but by the time i have tier 5 or 6 gear the game is mind numbly easy, your basically immortal and 1-2 shot most zombies. i hoped 1.0 would come with more endgame stuff to do but maybe later, figers crossed and they need to boost kill XP, mining has always been the fastest way to level and thasts stupid, i would go out clearing multiple tier 5 POIs come home to a friend double my level from just minding a bloody tunnel with no risk challenge and barely any effort.
While this is true, I wouldnt recommend grinding out xp as fast as you can. The size of the horde is based heavily on your gamestage and lvl. So if you just grind xp, youre gonna have a high lvl horde with a mediocre base, weapons and ammo. So if youre gaining xp, make it worth it. That really only applies if you're playing solo though. This is great if you're playing with a group, because you can rely on others to get the books, weapons and ammo!
Its so weird having played this game for years and all the sudden seeing a ton of RUclipsrs that rarely or never cover it start releasing videos for it. If any new players are reading this, you're going to ruin the game for yourself if you worry about XP all the time. XP is not a huge deal in this game, just invest early skill points in combat skills and you'll be fine. 7days is more about the journey than anything else, if you go and farm XP until your eyes bleed you'll miss out on a lot and you'll go do a few of the tougher POI's and then you'll get bored. Unless you're on a pvp server I would just take it easy, experience as many POI's as you can, and as long as you're frequently fighting zombies the XP will come quickly enough. But like I said, pvp is a different story 😂
I think guides like this are not so much for grinding straight to 300 but more for getting those few levels you need fast to finish your build or what have you. As for more people covering it. It's because it's close to 1.0 and it's a good game.
Yeah this up ⬆️ Don’t ruin the game by playing it like a grind, all good information, all useful to know but it’ll ruin your experience if you just do grind your way though it.
Fast leveling isn't always a good thing. Your game state increase and you very well can outpace your crafting abilities. So you could be running pipe weapons against radiated zombies quick. Be careful.
Lmao I love when that happens. It's hilarious. Trying to kill a radiated with a t2 stone sledge is the best. But yes you are correct. Game makes you strike a balance.
I have a tactic were you can spam magazines that most people don't know about that's been in the game since alpha 21 I can have a bunch of magazine sets maxed by day 7 and now with the nerd armor it's even more op would anyone like the know how?
Good video but warning to new people, your blood moons (and general gameplay) will get harder zombies faster than intended if you do this. The higher your level (without dying) the higher your gamestage will be thus harder zombies (radiated/demos/whights)
Also, according to the info, adding points into Heavy Armor shouldn't influence what books drop. It states 'attributes' opposed to Heavy or Light Armor skills... so, what should affect your Armored Up magazine drops is Strength and Agility, not the underlying skills.
this can be done with a T6 iron pickaxe too for those of you who know how rare it is to get steal early game. i always can do T6 before day 14 but never before day 10. you also need a bunker buster mod
So funny.. In order to 'get yourself' all these Tier 6 tools, you are probably already into the fourth week of the game in order to even acquire the legendary items. At this point, I think you probably have done most of the leveling that is needed.
most of youtubers use creator mode and easiest building, exp farming and etc...well just use cheat mode!! everything is easy!! does he know how hard to make 6 tier?
@@gabrielfernandes7370 I manage, but I get why it would be useful on second thoughts for those who want every perk late game, just seemed pointless at first lol
Okay, so just start with end loot levels or end game level crafting. Which would necessitate having already leveled up to mid or late game. Check. Sheer elegance in it's simplicity.
Man you are just a goldmine of niche information and I love it! This is incredibly useful and I will definitely be using this next time I play with my friends. Also, a video about how to farm legendary parts in the 1.0 update would be incredibly useful since noone has made any video about it and the wiki is quite... Well let's say that people don't really know how to efficiently obtain those parts. Also you are insanely underrated imo, 2 000 of useful information filled videos about like every single video game and only 200 000 subs? That's kinda criminal not gonna lie...
Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you find the videos helpful. I'm working on the video for the legendary parts. I'm having issues figuring out exact chances but I do know every block they can show up in.
The gathering buffs, like from Rock Busters and Motherlode do give a mining penalty. Until you want to increase your harvest do not bother with motherlode. You will get more ore by breaking blocks faster with just Miner 69er then is worth the xp penalty. It's been this way since I started playing back in a19. I would put a point into Lockpicking instead of advanced engineering. It adds Forge ahead to the loot table until you get to 15 books. Advanced Engineering adds wiring and traps books to the table too so it clutters up the loot table for a while.
@@CodeThatTalksexplosives don't need a buff. They just do mad amounts of damage especially if you can group zombies effectively (6x6 box with a roof of 4 way poles. You can throw grenades and pipe bombs through the gaps, but I'd avoid Molotovs and contact grenades) just ensure you upgrade the walls to cobblestone at the minimum.
@@Elucidus4mid game is the most fun, but you plow through it quickly. I typically only see 2-3 hordes if I'm on default settings before I'm nearing my build completion. Of course I don't like limiting my progress so I change the cap for quests that count towards tier completion to unlimited and I usually run 150% xp
Tempered Blade adds 10% Block Damage -15% Degradation Rate, Diamond Blade Tip Mod has -40% Degradation Rate, I personally prefer the 10 block dmg in exchange for 25% less Degradation.
Does that really help break any block damage thresholds? Because I keep the degradation rate in mind mostly because it still requires the same amount of strikes to break iron blocks as I've seen.
@@NovaZeroit could be enough to only need a quality 2 steel pickaxe to one shot ore blocks vs quantity 3. In the video he was leaving them at 12 up when using the lever 2
@@Calibrax33 you're both right but from my experience stamina usage needs to be kept in mind a lot more here so I've never really cared enough to notice and the only time I stopped was from fatigue, repair, or screamer
You didn't watch the whole video. We have a skipper everyone! SKIPPER ALERT. Dear skipper, Please watch the whole video as I clearly explain this and show you that is not the case. 😁 Thanks for clicking and commenting and helping the algorithm though.
So basically you are saying : you need a bunch of end game stuff to lvl as fast as possible but you then wont need to lvl because you are already endgame 😂😂😂
with how getting books gated player tech level, I would try to level up carefully... and it is hard, because mining and building give you tons more exp than killing things...
very nice tips to know I am unsure if it was changed since you made the video, but the default setting for the daily quest progression limit in my game is 4 not 3, you can change that from 1 to 8 and unlimited at 0
Did some testing and it appears Heavy armor is heavily favored. I tested 100 skill book bundles 7 times. 4 times without any skills, just to be sure it wasn't an anomaly, which to be fair it still could be. Armor - 128 Armor - 108 Armor - 102 Armor - 90 Average = 107 / 53.5% of the bundles gave me armor books. Maxing Heavy Armor I did a test and only got 124 (which could be a fluke) Maxing M. 69er as well I got Armor 144 Tools 124 Level 3 advanced Engineering Armor - 108 Tools - 72 Forge - 70 Electrical Traps - 60 Wiring - 48 Repair - 58 All other books gained from the bundles were always under 40.
It's better to use lock picking to get forged ahead books. Especially in this instance as you only need 15, the skill stops providing the bonus of finding forged ahead books once you reach level 15 meaning your only boosting 2 skill books vs 4-5
Id argue that it makes sense from a game balance perspective. Those items focus on material gain not xp gain, and getting 10 levels mining can be a deadly jump to game stage for unprepared people. Darkness Falls has a tool mod to cut mining xp by 50% to help keep the game stage manageable.
The one that increases the ore you get? If that's the one you are talking about yes. Everything except the miner helmet which I'm sure is a bug and will get patched and I say that because everything else has that negative to exp gain except it. So they probably just were rushing and forgot.
I think your doing the buried supplies the hard way. dig down and mine out a bit before starting the quest start the quest and most times the supplies will be visible
NO BOOTS. I tested the Enforcer, Athletic, and Lumberjack footwear (all light armors). The Athletic and Enforcer add 20% to run speed. The Lumberjack boots add 20% to stamina regen, but not speed while running (and only running). The Lumberjack Boots add NO help while mining. At Lvl 300 with Miner 69er at 5, you can swing 57 times with or without them on. To paraphrase Rainier Wolfcastle, "These boots, they do nothing!"
My friend found this really great way to get free xp. He died outside of my base during hoard night and spawned at his base. . . No zombies went to his house. . . I killed 273 zombies 16 of those were cops alot of glowing eye guys but had a few dogs and birds too. Bro leached +260k xp by getting killed in the first 2 sec and ignored for the rest of the night.
Don't put a point in advanced engineering you end up increasing the chances for 2 or 3 book types (workstations, electrical, traps). Instead put that point into lock picking. This perk does stop providing a bonus for finding workstation books at level 15, but that's when the workbench is unlocked.
That is why I stopped reading at 14 forge aheads and scoured all the forest towns for cement mixers and forges. I had 61 saved up by day 7. Used a level 2 nerd armor and had 2 books leftover
got a mini horde led by feral Arlean as i activated 1st poi fetch quest and got stun locked to death, i'm so use to AGI build that i forgot sneak is almost pointless with no points spent :)
So your day 73 with end game tier 6 gear and now talking about how to level fastest possible? Best and easiest way other than game editing in stacks of diamonds and selling them which is the fastest. but doing it normally the best and easiest way from game onset is to make as much cobble stone as possible and build any base, and simply upgrade, from plain wood, to harden wood and then cobblestone. once you have concrete churning out, upgrading from the beginning again all way to concrete burns thru exp...the more levels you upgrade thru the more the exp stacks. This can be done from the moment you spawn into game.
my most recent RNG game i got a t1 nail gun super early, like I had just gotten a T2 hammer in a tool box on a quest and got the nail gun turning it in. got it somewhere around day 1-20, and still using it day 70. (made it super easy to build a pretty big horde base to upgrade quickly)
So you have to basically avoid playing normal for quite some time to get that much XP. In a game where it get´s harder the more you level. Just to level faster and then realize there is no endgame yet. Then you level superfast, but have no skillbooks to craft weapons that match the enemies. I mean that´s a challenge on it´s own. This might work on nomad only.
I mean it is cool. But by the time RNG has blessed you to get full T6 gear your build is probably already all filled out and your just upping your level to see number go up.
i have everything i need i oneshot everything but not iron for some reason. i tried it with iron breaker mod but still need 2 hits. a bug? and also are you sure you dont get more exp when buffed and mother load? i thought u get exp per ore mined and buffs and the perk increase it or not? is it really bad or is it just not needed for the exp?
I made it 28 seconds and bounced. By the time you have this gear, what's the point of level grinding? Just play, vibe, and the levels will come on their own.
So far, I have had screamers at my base one time, while running 2 forges, a fire, the workbench and the chemistry station. I got screamers twice easily while harvesting shelves in the video store. Bases on those three times, I have to say that deconstructing shelves might be the way to go, do it before hitting the mission marker and do it twice, like I did..
Breaking down things is infinitely slower than mining. So is killing zombies on any day other than blood moon. I tested all this. Cut from the video for time.
Dear lord. Why do motor tools suck? They're SUPPOSED TO BE FASTER in exchange for the fuel. Not only can they be completely outclassed by steel tools but they still have the annoying sounds too. WTF, fun pimps? Must be some John Henry fans in the dev team who despise motor tools or something.
They don't suck at highest tiers. Tho iron 5-tier pickaxe vs steel 1-tier pickaxe makes a lot more difference than like the same with steel to motorized. Motorized kinda sucks up to like 3rd tier.
@@kreozello I mean, you saw the vid too. Hand tools with perks outscale motor tools by a clear margin AND don't cost fuel. The step up in stamina cost is notable but completely counterable. Motor tools are apparently just meant for those who don't perk out strength.
@@kreozello yeah but it looks like that stamina regen isn't nearly as hard to achieve anymore. I hesitate to tell my mining buddy this because he's always hated motor tools, claimed he can outmine them anyway and if I show him this I know I'll never hear the end of it.
I got a better one , if you have machine gunner maxed out , a lvl 6 machine gun , the penetrator perk and a decent corridor of death then you have another fast way to level up.
Did the things you said, got to level 7 str, 1 armor and 1 miner plus daring adventurer and the last one, no read anything but books that improves all but skills, such as more dukes found etc. Despite all that I have gotten the worst rng, 11 armor books, 10 forge and 2 tools. But kudos on the video, it is an interesting take and it is kinda fun, but I am not having fun with the stone hammer, has not been the best. Thanks for the video.
so we have to find 24 of those armor crafting boxes, which are impossible to find anyways. and then have maxed out tools which is also impossible to make early game and there is no chance in finding one early game.
he is wrong in the video about many thins, I have tested what he is doing and actually u get more exp with nerd helmet, and mother load also increasing exp while mining, as well the rock buster, so all in total eith exp potion, nerd helmet with treasure hunter mod u get 706 exp / destroyed coal block which is insane. The only thing i did not understand when you have no points on mother load, just simply using miner helmet or nerd helmet then yes, miner helmet gives u more exp, but as soon as u have points on mother load, it turns around, and nerd helmet gives u more exp. So u get more exp and more materials what i dont really understand why it doesnt work the same way without mother load but whatever.
Motherload perk exactly Harvest 20/40/60/80/100 % more materials with harvesting/mining tools Hidden: Receive 10/17.5/25/32.5/40 % less experience from harvesting/mining Since experience is given per material harvested, higher levels of this skill still give more experience on average You have to max it or don't touch it I guess Maybe level 3 for min max exp but not level 5 unless you want to The Hidden exp reduction part is what the weird results you were finding might be from
@Firespark81 the old pregen maps were removed causing any saved games to be null. They save them the pregen files on Google drive and have been able to find it. Still having issues running though, getting an error. Could be a file missing.
@@Memesaregood273 is that only if you are playing the game the right way with no settings tweaked? Idk. It just seemed like with the Auger you get more XP in DPS. I got to 100K XP in 2 minutes with the auger with mods and 100K in 6 minutes with a level 6 steel pick with damage mods, full miner no mother. So I just don't understand some of the nuances here maybe.
@@Memesaregood273 The auger only adds heat when it's triggered, if you only trigger it once (more gas usage) even if it's not hitting anything until you can move it to the next block adds no heat... if you keep stopping and restarting, that adds tons of heat. same with the chainsaw.
Bro forgot to mention, but a lot of ore spawns in the mesa lookin ah biome, like coal, that little gas shard thing, iron. All sorts of things, if you have a bike or a helicopter, just roll through on there and boom. Mad xp.
So lowkey update, I’ve been going for an hour with everything bro said and I’ve leveled up six times. Sooo he might be on to sum. Buttttt it’s finna take alotttttttt of grinding.
oil shale is the best in my opinion, the deposits are nearly infinite it seems. Also I level up quite a bit with the treasure hunter mod in the Nerd helmet, that is without the elixir as well. I'm level 117 and still seem to always have 4-5 points after mining for a short time. I'm definitely going to try this though!
Actually, there is a faster way in DM mode :D sell cash 3 stacks, 3 stacks silver, 3 stacks gold, 3 stacks diamonds. reset traders' inventory and sell again, rinse and repeat. Grandpas speeds it up plus any trader barter bonus item or food. The more money you sell the more your XP. That is if you just want to get to level 283 before playing.
@@MrJaggerGH f1 dm f1 talk to trader. it will say admin options reset inventory and reset the quest. But I believe you have to set up your solo game to take admin commands
@@Sharpshooter50 lol, really? Please is polite. Try again invited a fresh comment after (1st sentence) watching the whole video again. You really are so socially weak as to be offended by someone's polite words? Which you fail miserably to understand. Please try again.
Been playing for 140 hours on my singleplayer world, the fastest way I did to level up faster is just change player EXP gain to 300%, set in game day cycle to 120 minutes, have bloodmoon frequency and rate 1 day and have bloodmoon zombie count to 64. Then just have bloodmoons every night, kill all zombies, have exp bonus buffs, plus it's more actionpacked and considering its late game, I already have the best equipments and plenty of hoarded resources. I got to level 300 just so that I can get the steam achievement that needs me to be level 300.
@@Nyruami Can't you keep going in his build though? So if you're saying per block the auger gives less and both use the same stam, wouldn't pick make more sense?
Auger fails in both exp and resources mined. Plenty of videos showing this. Auger is underpowered IMO given the gas you need to use and should be better but it isn't.
@@l0ne240 For me 200% block damage and 200% loot rate and half time daycycle is the norm, otherwise this game is a slog to play trough. I wish there was a way to run twice as fast
Is easy, just use DM and CM to award you the skills and books and T6 Items and Poof! you get the most experience wait... you already have max experience so what's the purpose of this video? By level 12? Really? Even Mr. Sarcasm cannot do that in that time span.
Better yet, go outside and close your eyes, imagining you're level 300 with everything you wanted. Congratulations... you win! What was your point again?
*Corrections:*
1. Early game do not put points into heavy armor until you are ready to make and wear it. This influences chance to drop armor books and I have no idea if the chance stacks. It looks like it may. Just putting points into any main category so for example Strength will increase chance of finding armor books.
2. *Do not* put a point into Advanced Engineering put it into *lockpicking* instead. Advanced Engineering also gives a chance to find trap, electric and build tool magazines and lockpicking only adds Great Heist and Workstations. So it is a better option.
3. The boots. Looks like these are not important. I misinterpreted what I was reading. Looks like they only give stamina regen only when running. So with maxed out miner 69'er and the ergonomic grip you will regen stamina faster than you can spend it mining. So use whatever boots you want.
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These are the only discrepancies people have pointed out so far that are actually factual. I am verifying claims by looking at the actual XML files. I am very sorry for these mistakes. I do my best but I'm not perfect. Thank you to the people who caught them.
I just did some simple testing and found that even though there's a negative xp modifier on the mother lode skill and other items, you still get more xp over all.
Results: With 5 in mother lode, xp per coal boulder was 597 instead of 502 with 0.
Breakdown: 0 points- 502
1 point- 540
2 points-562
3 points- 584
4 points- 594
5 points- 597
5 points w/ rock buster- 614
Also wearing the nerd goggles with the XP mod increased per block xp to 683 but does reduce the ore gathered by 15 per block.
Also, the amount of coal gathered went from 64 per rock to 125.
Another note, having the full mining set further reduces degradation of mining tools by 35%
Note: the book that increases ore by 10% when buzzing from coffee actually dropped how much ore I got, reducing the xp gains. However, reading all 7 art of mining books increases ore drop rates by 20%. This increased my xp to 706 per block.
In all, with 5 points in miner 69'er, 5 points mother lode, all 7 art of mining books, nerd goggles with xp mod, the rest of mining set with 3 customized fittings mods, grandpa's learnin' elixir, and rock busters, you get 706 xp per block or 38,830 per minute of continuous mining.
At any rate, great video. I wouldn't have thought to check these possibilities without your work and I can understand it took you a lot of time testing and making the video. Again great video. 👍🏼
should be titled, how to get fast xp when you really don't "need" it any more. get a nail gun and upgrade your base blocks with an elixir. going from frame to to concrete is a lot. doing it over night is sweet.
EDIT: still some sweet info worth the watch.
My best leveling way but needs a higher level setup are horde nights and I usually set them more frequent like every 3 days and max the zombie settings. My best setup has been a room with blade traps on floors and ceilings and wire from the sides as I sit behind and shoot the zombies. With learning elixirs, nerd head, xp mod, 75% trap xp from electrical perk etc this gave me roughly one level per in game hour after the 180k xp cap so it's usually 6 levels per horde night after roughly 1k zombie kills. I get that upping the hn time for farming xp can be thought of as cheesy but it's fun to me so I do it.
better way to get exp early game? screamers. build a cheese base and then screamers. mining is good for late game but also add the screamers. also scavenging is good exp, and its good for screamers. go to a poi and take everything apart, and get screamers. you know, you can also just stand and stare at the sun and screamers.
Also Mother Lode does increase your experience gain. Base experience gain is 420 per, 466 if you drink coffee with Art of Mining Vol 3, and 502 if you drink a Learning Elixir while it caps at 575 for both. But with Mother Lode you get 450 as your base and Coffee makes you loose experience, and Learning Elixir gives you 614 per block mined. So I don't quite understand why you tell them not to take Mother Lode as that +30 xp, and +100% additional materials without a learning elixir or +94 xp and still +100% additional materials is huge.
I only tested Rock Busters after I added mother lode points so I don't know if it helps or hinders prior to mother lode, nor did I care as you're just hindering yourself not taking mother lode but Rock Busters does make you loose xp for maximum buff foods you just stick to learning elixir.
mining is what I like most about the game , relax and for me so funny , thanks for vid man
So in order to lvl fast, you already have to be leveled up and have end game gear...
Didn't think this one thru did you?
Yeah, my thoughts exactly.
Pretty useless when starting a new game/day 1.....
Tip to level fast = Step 1. Have top tier gear already. Hmm...
Tip 1 go mining, that's what I did.
Was thinking the same thing 🤣
Oh really? I thought that was just obvious 🤔
He didn’t say tips to level fast he said I found the fastest possible way to level. Wouldn’t make sense for you to be able to do that on day one haha
@@wolfecouture541it’s not like there aren’t ways to do this at level one lmao, think.
Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun....
What's that sound?
You don't know about the Nerf engine? It's the sound of TFP going into battle.
They say not a single fun thing has heard it and survived.
Biker Boots reduce melee stamina use (including pickaxe), while lumberjacks only reduce while running.
You are correct. I missed the tag at the end stating its only when running. So it looks like the boots are not needed at all you can regen fast enough without them. TY for pointing this out.
its a good guide, the only propblem is once you have all these things you dont need to level anymore lol i LOVE 7 days, but by the time i have tier 5 or 6 gear the game is mind numbly easy, your basically immortal and 1-2 shot most zombies. i hoped 1.0 would come with more endgame stuff to do but maybe later, figers crossed
and they need to boost kill XP, mining has always been the fastest way to level and thasts stupid, i would go out clearing multiple tier 5 POIs come home to a friend double my level from just minding a bloody tunnel with no risk challenge and barely any effort.
Very comprehensive guide, also useful to point out the flaws of going off your path.
While this is true, I wouldnt recommend grinding out xp as fast as you can. The size of the horde is based heavily on your gamestage and lvl. So if you just grind xp, youre gonna have a high lvl horde with a mediocre base, weapons and ammo. So if youre gaining xp, make it worth it.
That really only applies if you're playing solo though. This is great if you're playing with a group, because you can rely on others to get the books, weapons and ammo!
Its so weird having played this game for years and all the sudden seeing a ton of RUclipsrs that rarely or never cover it start releasing videos for it.
If any new players are reading this, you're going to ruin the game for yourself if you worry about XP all the time. XP is not a huge deal in this game, just invest early skill points in combat skills and you'll be fine. 7days is more about the journey than anything else, if you go and farm XP until your eyes bleed you'll miss out on a lot and you'll go do a few of the tougher POI's and then you'll get bored. Unless you're on a pvp server I would just take it easy, experience as many POI's as you can, and as long as you're frequently fighting zombies the XP will come quickly enough. But like I said, pvp is a different story 😂
I think guides like this are not so much for grinding straight to 300 but more for getting those few levels you need fast to finish your build or what have you.
As for more people covering it. It's because it's close to 1.0 and it's a good game.
Yeah this up ⬆️
Don’t ruin the game by playing it like a grind, all good information, all useful to know but it’ll ruin your experience if you just do grind your way though it.
Fast leveling isn't always a good thing. Your game state increase and you very well can outpace your crafting abilities. So you could be running pipe weapons against radiated zombies quick. Be careful.
Lmao I love when that happens. It's hilarious. Trying to kill a radiated with a t2 stone sledge is the best. But yes you are correct. Game makes you strike a balance.
@@Firespark81 It's happened to me and now I'm careful. But, this is a good late game strat when leveling is a PITA.
I have a tactic were you can spam magazines that most people don't know about that's been in the game since alpha 21 I can have a bunch of magazine sets maxed by day 7 and now with the nerd armor it's even more op would anyone like the know how?
@@benbaker4198 I use the nerd armor all the time now. It's always in my vehicle till it's not needed anymore. But share your info. I'm intrigued.
Wish I saw this comment before I basically said the same thing haha
Good video but warning to new people, your blood moons (and general gameplay) will get harder zombies faster than intended if you do this. The higher your level (without dying) the higher your gamestage will be thus harder zombies (radiated/demos/whights)
Yea this is a good point
Also, according to the info, adding points into Heavy Armor shouldn't influence what books drop. It states 'attributes' opposed to Heavy or Light Armor skills... so, what should affect your Armored Up magazine drops is Strength and Agility, not the underlying skills.
this can be done with a T6 iron pickaxe too for those of you who know how rare it is to get steal early game. i always can do T6 before day 14 but never before day 10. you also need a bunker buster mod
Wait the Auger got a resource gathering boost in update 1.1 does that mean it's more viable now or???
You told us nothing.
So funny.. In order to 'get yourself' all these Tier 6 tools, you are probably already into the fourth week of the game in order to even acquire the legendary items. At this point, I think you probably have done most of the leveling that is needed.
or you change game mode to creator mode and then switch back which to me just doesn't seem as fun or challenging
most of youtubers use creator mode and easiest building, exp farming and etc...well just use cheat mode!! everything is easy!! does he know how hard to make 6 tier?
So basically get everything to the point you dont need xp
I am lvl 81 and I still need a lot of xp for my build, how you guys do a build with only lvl 40?
@@gabrielfernandes7370 I manage, but I get why it would be useful on second thoughts for those who want every perk late game, just seemed pointless at first lol
great vid, love the side by side comparison for each of the tools
Okay, so just start with end loot levels or end game level crafting. Which would necessitate having already leveled up to mid or late game. Check. Sheer elegance in it's simplicity.
How to make money: Step one, already be rich. (14 minute video)
It's pretty easy to level up at the start
Man you are just a goldmine of niche information and I love it! This is incredibly useful and I will definitely be using this next time I play with my friends. Also, a video about how to farm legendary parts in the 1.0 update would be incredibly useful since noone has made any video about it and the wiki is quite... Well let's say that people don't really know how to efficiently obtain those parts.
Also you are insanely underrated imo, 2 000 of useful information filled videos about like every single video game and only 200 000 subs? That's kinda criminal not gonna lie...
Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you find the videos helpful. I'm working on the video for the legendary parts. I'm having issues figuring out exact chances but I do know every block they can show up in.
The gathering buffs, like from Rock Busters and Motherlode do give a mining penalty. Until you want to increase your harvest do not bother with motherlode. You will get more ore by breaking blocks faster with just Miner 69er then is worth the xp penalty. It's been this way since I started playing back in a19. I would put a point into Lockpicking instead of advanced engineering. It adds Forge ahead to the loot table until you get to 15 books. Advanced Engineering adds wiring and traps books to the table too so it clutters up the loot table for a while.
Progression by books , whilst not progressing your game stage makes most sense to me
At the point where I have all of that gear, I’m pretty much bored of the game and starting another.
A week or two in the game?
Yeah, these sets are not helping with challenge or fun. I'm pondering an explosives run, since those don't have a massive buff (I think?)
@@CodeThatTalksexplosives don't need a buff. They just do mad amounts of damage especially if you can group zombies effectively (6x6 box with a roof of 4 way poles. You can throw grenades and pipe bombs through the gaps, but I'd avoid Molotovs and contact grenades) just ensure you upgrade the walls to cobblestone at the minimum.
@@Elucidus4mid game is the most fun, but you plow through it quickly. I typically only see 2-3 hordes if I'm on default settings before I'm nearing my build completion. Of course I don't like limiting my progress so I change the cap for quests that count towards tier completion to unlimited and I usually run 150% xp
@@Elucidus4you have a full set of tier 6 armor that isn't even poi clearing armor by the end of week two? AND a tier 6 steel pickaxe? Sure
SO PRETTY MAXED EXP BEFORE YOU CAN AFFORD ALL THIS. 😢
Well another one that didn't watch the whole video lol
@@Firespark81 it's the Clickbait heading,they are not needed
Tempered Blade adds 10% Block Damage -15% Degradation Rate, Diamond Blade Tip Mod has -40% Degradation Rate, I personally prefer the 10 block dmg in exchange for 25% less Degradation.
Does that really help break any block damage thresholds? Because I keep the degradation rate in mind mostly because it still requires the same amount of strikes to break iron blocks as I've seen.
@@NovaZero Depends on the pick tier and levels, It will however help breaking loot chests even if it one shots weaker things
@@NovaZeroit could be enough to only need a quality 2 steel pickaxe to one shot ore blocks vs quantity 3. In the video he was leaving them at 12 up when using the lever 2
@@Calibrax33 you're both right but from my experience stamina usage needs to be kept in mind a lot more here so I've never really cared enough to notice and the only time I stopped was from fatigue, repair, or screamer
You'll get more experience if you use nerd hood instead of mining helmet..mining helmet only increase yield. nerd hood gives you extra 20% exp bonus
You didn't watch the whole video. We have a skipper everyone! SKIPPER ALERT.
Dear skipper,
Please watch the whole video as I clearly explain this and show you that is not the case. 😁
Thanks for clicking and commenting and helping the algorithm though.
@@Firespark81 *Skip*... J/K! Thanks for the great explanation and game play!
So basically you are saying : you need a bunch of end game stuff to lvl as fast as possible but you then wont need to lvl because you are already endgame 😂😂😂
How u dont need lvl on end game ? if u want to max out every perk u need a lot of levels
Maxing every perk is kind of useless
with how getting books gated player tech level, I would try to level up carefully... and it is hard, because mining and building give you tons more exp than killing things...
The math for motherload still gives more exp than it takes away. At max you get 100% more material for 40% less exp
Thanks alot for this video, very detailed and easy to follow man :-)
You can also turn up the xp modifier in the game. For me if I get to the higher levels too fast, it's game over as I get bored.
Why not just giveselfxp 100000000 while you're at it?
@@Zonker66 I think your making my point that why would you want XP so fast?
lol! cmon firespark....by the time you have all that gear levels won't matter, you can do better than this.
yep...this is his style though...admin spawn stuff in, and then "flex"
How levels dont matter? i am lvl 81 with all itens tier 6 and i still NEED more levels for my build, how u guys play a build with 40points ?
very nice tips to know
I am unsure if it was changed since you made the video, but the default setting for the daily quest progression limit in my game is 4 not 3, you can change that from 1 to 8 and unlimited at 0
Did some testing and it appears Heavy armor is heavily favored. I tested 100 skill book bundles 7 times. 4 times without any skills, just to be sure it wasn't an anomaly, which to be fair it still could be.
Armor - 128
Armor - 108
Armor - 102
Armor - 90
Average = 107 / 53.5% of the bundles gave me armor books.
Maxing Heavy Armor I did a test and only got 124 (which could be a fluke)
Maxing M. 69er as well I got
Armor 144
Tools 124
Level 3 advanced Engineering
Armor - 108
Tools - 72
Forge - 70
Electrical Traps - 60
Wiring - 48
Repair - 58
All other books gained from the bundles were always under 40.
It's better to use lock picking to get forged ahead books. Especially in this instance as you only need 15, the skill stops providing the bonus of finding forged ahead books once you reach level 15 meaning your only boosting 2 skill books vs 4-5
Sucks that Rock Busters, Mother Lode, and the art of mining coffee buff all reduce XP, seems conterintuitive.
Id argue that it makes sense from a game balance perspective. Those items focus on material gain not xp gain, and getting 10 levels mining can be a deadly jump to game stage for unprepared people.
Darkness Falls has a tool mod to cut mining xp by 50% to help keep the game stage manageable.
The coffee boosts- do they hinder xp gain? Hoarding books to use with the Nerd Body armour is also a good way of gaining more skills fast.
The one that increases the ore you get? If that's the one you are talking about yes. Everything except the miner helmet which I'm sure is a bug and will get patched and I say that because everything else has that negative to exp gain except it. So they probably just were rushing and forgot.
im for sure trying out this method
Would mother lode increase xp, or maybe balance out because youre getting more material?
I think your doing the buried supplies the hard way. dig down and mine out a bit before starting the quest start the quest and most times the supplies will be visible
NO BOOTS. I tested the Enforcer, Athletic, and Lumberjack footwear (all light armors). The Athletic and Enforcer add 20% to run speed. The Lumberjack boots add 20% to stamina regen, but not speed while running (and only running). The Lumberjack Boots add NO help while mining. At Lvl 300 with Miner 69er at 5, you can swing 57 times with or without them on. To paraphrase Rainier Wolfcastle, "These boots, they do nothing!"
My friend found this really great way to get free xp. He died outside of my base during hoard night and spawned at his base. . . No zombies went to his house. . . I killed 273 zombies 16 of those were cops alot of glowing eye guys but had a few dogs and birds too. Bro leached +260k xp by getting killed in the first 2 sec and ignored for the rest of the night.
That still requires someone is killing zombies so it’s not really free
Are there any consumables that can help with block damage and don't affect xp gains?
Don't put a point in advanced engineering you end up increasing the chances for 2 or 3 book types (workstations, electrical, traps). Instead put that point into lock picking. This perk does stop providing a bonus for finding workstation books at level 15, but that's when the workbench is unlocked.
Thank you for this. You are correct it is a better option. Not sure how I missed that.
That is why I stopped reading at 14 forge aheads and scoured all the forest towns for cement mixers and forges. I had 61 saved up by day 7. Used a level 2 nerd armor and had 2 books leftover
@@Firespark81 it's not hard to miss. I only remembered because I read the experimental patch notes.
great vid, good work, keep it up. love it.
got a mini horde led by feral Arlean as i activated 1st poi fetch quest and got stun locked to death, i'm so use to AGI build that i forgot sneak is almost pointless with no points spent :)
So your day 73 with end game tier 6 gear and now talking about how to level fastest possible? Best and easiest way other than game editing in stacks of diamonds and selling them which is the fastest. but doing it normally the best and easiest way from game onset is to make as much cobble stone as possible and build any base, and simply upgrade, from plain wood, to harden wood and then cobblestone. once you have concrete churning out, upgrading from the beginning again all way to concrete burns thru exp...the more levels you upgrade thru the more the exp stacks. This can be done from the moment you spawn into game.
my most recent RNG game i got a t1 nail gun super early, like I had just gotten a T2 hammer in a tool box on a quest and got the nail gun turning it in. got it somewhere around day 1-20, and still using it day 70. (made it super easy to build a pretty big horde base to upgrade quickly)
@@jaymzraulfin2227 thats superb a nailgun will literally make you zoom thru the XP as you upgrade blocks.
@@michaelvial125 yeah, so many times upgrading to concrete/steel without meaning too
the reason you get more with the miner helmet is because you get more ore and the xp gained is PER ore mined.
Yea but not that much more. You would think a 30% exp boost would be better but guess not lol
How does effect the coffee book the exp?
So you have to basically avoid playing normal for quite some time to get that much XP. In a game where it get´s harder the more you level. Just to level faster and then realize there is no endgame yet. Then you level superfast, but have no skillbooks to craft weapons that match the enemies. I mean that´s a challenge on it´s own. This might work on nomad only.
So minecraft is the way in the apocalypse huh? I'm gonna try it in the next session.
Firespark81 - by far the best channel for guides and tutorials of alot of my favourite games :)
I hear Rick and Joel crying in the corner 😀
I think upgrading blocks is a good way to get experience, but I'm no expert.
Tier 2 Charismatic Nature from another player in your party gives you 20% more block damage.
I mean it is cool. But by the time RNG has blessed you to get full T6 gear your build is probably already all filled out and your just upping your level to see number go up.
Even before you have the t6 stuff t5 can go pretty hard.
Well, the game seems to heavily favor armor books, and once you get a high level nerdy outfit, that can expand your other books pretty significantly.
i love when the reason is "is"
i have everything i need i oneshot everything but not iron for some reason. i tried it with iron breaker mod but still need 2 hits. a bug? and also are you sure you dont get more exp when buffed and mother load? i thought u get exp per ore mined and buffs and the perk increase it or not? is it really bad or is it just not needed for the exp?
I explain this in the video
If you have even half of your required items you don't need experience 😂😂😂
Thanks for the info!
I made it 28 seconds and bounced. By the time you have this gear, what's the point of level grinding? Just play, vibe, and the levels will come on their own.
What about the screamer farms? Are those still a thing? What is the most effective way to build a screamer farm?
So far, I have had screamers at my base one time, while running 2 forges, a fire, the workbench and the chemistry station. I got screamers twice easily while harvesting shelves in the video store. Bases on those three times, I have to say that deconstructing shelves might be the way to go, do it before hitting the mission marker and do it twice, like I did..
A load of water catchers or some forges running
@@westvirginian3102 Thank you. So it seems that old way of "destroy every block" still works
Breaking down things is infinitely slower than mining. So is killing zombies on any day other than blood moon. I tested all this. Cut from the video for time.
Dear lord. Why do motor tools suck? They're SUPPOSED TO BE FASTER in exchange for the fuel. Not only can they be completely outclassed by steel tools but they still have the annoying sounds too. WTF, fun pimps? Must be some John Henry fans in the dev team who despise motor tools or something.
Dont forget the fuel you could feed your bike with
They don't suck at highest tiers. Tho iron 5-tier pickaxe vs steel 1-tier pickaxe makes a lot more difference than like the same with steel to motorized. Motorized kinda sucks up to like 3rd tier.
@@kreozello I mean, you saw the vid too. Hand tools with perks outscale motor tools by a clear margin AND don't cost fuel. The step up in stamina cost is notable but completely counterable. Motor tools are apparently just meant for those who don't perk out strength.
@@therealbahamut if you have huge stamina regen, then yes. Motorized tools don't worth a buck now. In A21 motorized tools had a meaning...
@@kreozello yeah but it looks like that stamina regen isn't nearly as hard to achieve anymore. I hesitate to tell my mining buddy this because he's always hated motor tools, claimed he can outmine them anyway and if I show him this I know I'll never hear the end of it.
Thanks good stuff 8) 🍺
I got a better one , if you have machine gunner maxed out , a lvl 6 machine gun , the penetrator perk and a decent corridor of death then you have another fast way to level up.
Did they put out when this is coming to xbox yet?
@lothwitchviewing3776 well lt coming to Xbox Series X / S in july 25th
@@firezombie4316 thanks 😊 it will be nice to finally get the updated stuff
U just turned this game into a farming game lol.
Did the things you said, got to level 7 str, 1 armor and 1 miner plus daring adventurer and the last one, no read anything but books that improves all but skills, such as more dukes found etc.
Despite all that I have gotten the worst rng, 11 armor books, 10 forge and 2 tools.
But kudos on the video, it is an interesting take and it is kinda fun, but I am not having fun with the stone hammer, has not been the best.
Thanks for the video.
Does the level of the armor increase the perk? Nerd outfit for example.
Yes, all the sets do... well except primitive which doesn't have a real use.
Personally I just play the game and have fun, never worry about min/maxing. It's a game meant to be fun not a job to slave away in.
Some people have fun min/maxing - nothing wrong with that either.
so we have to find 24 of those armor crafting boxes, which are impossible to find anyways. and then have maxed out tools which is also impossible to make early game and there is no chance in finding one early game.
he is wrong in the video about many thins, I have tested what he is doing and actually u get more exp with nerd helmet, and mother load also increasing exp while mining, as well the rock buster, so all in total eith exp potion, nerd helmet with treasure hunter mod u get 706 exp / destroyed coal block which is insane. The only thing i did not understand when you have no points on mother load, just simply using miner helmet or nerd helmet then yes, miner helmet gives u more exp, but as soon as u have points on mother load, it turns around, and nerd helmet gives u more exp. So u get more exp and more materials what i dont really understand why it doesnt work the same way without mother load but whatever.
These mistakes happen when you don´t really play the game and only make videos after digging trough the xml files.
Motherload perk exactly
Harvest 20/40/60/80/100 % more materials with harvesting/mining tools
Hidden: Receive 10/17.5/25/32.5/40 % less experience from harvesting/mining
Since experience is given per material harvested, higher levels of this skill still give more experience on average
You have to max it or don't touch it I guess
Maybe level 3 for min max exp but not level 5 unless you want to
The Hidden exp reduction part is what the weird results you were finding might be from
I was doing pretty well up until the pregens got removed and replaced.
what happened?
@Firespark81 the old pregen maps were removed causing any saved games to be null. They save them the pregen files on Google drive and have been able to find it. Still having issues running though, getting an error. Could be a file missing.
Why not use the Nerd Headgear+treasure mod+grandpas+auger?
The auger is not good it makes more heat along with getting a xp reduction
@@Memesaregood273 is that only if you are playing the game the right way with no settings tweaked? Idk. It just seemed like with the Auger you get more XP in DPS. I got to 100K XP in 2 minutes with the auger with mods and 100K in 6 minutes with a level 6 steel pick with damage mods, full miner no mother.
So I just don't understand some of the nuances here maybe.
@dageekbaby It's a sandbox game. There is no right way to play it.
@@Memesaregood273 The auger only adds heat when it's triggered, if you only trigger it once (more gas usage) even if it's not hitting anything until you can move it to the next block adds no heat... if you keep stopping and restarting, that adds tons of heat. same with the chainsaw.
I wonder if this is gonna work on consoles too?? Im stoked when it releases on xbox ;)
Should. The game versions should be exactly the same
Yes
We need level 50 60 70
Bro forgot to mention, but a lot of ore spawns in the mesa lookin ah biome, like coal, that little gas shard thing, iron. All sorts of things, if you have a bike or a helicopter, just roll through on there and boom. Mad xp.
So lowkey update, I’ve been going for an hour with everything bro said and I’ve leveled up six times. Sooo he might be on to sum. Buttttt it’s finna take alotttttttt of grinding.
oil shale is the best in my opinion, the deposits are nearly infinite it seems. Also I level up quite a bit with the treasure hunter mod in the Nerd helmet, that is without the elixir as well. I'm level 117 and still seem to always have 4-5 points after mining for a short time. I'm definitely going to try this though!
Actually, there is a faster way in DM mode :D sell cash 3 stacks, 3 stacks silver, 3 stacks gold, 3 stacks diamonds. reset traders' inventory and sell again, rinse and repeat. Grandpas speeds it up plus any trader barter bonus item or food. The more money you sell the more your XP.
That is if you just want to get to level 283 before playing.
HOW TO RESET STORE??
@@MrJaggerGH f1 dm f1 talk to trader. it will say admin options reset inventory and reset the quest. But I believe you have to set up your solo game to take admin commands
@@staticthewhitewolf7040 any tips on how to get the 1000km
@@MrJaggerGH is that an achievement? I did most of them a few versions ago.
its actually wild how 90% of these commenters didnt watch the video all the way thru LOL.
I'm currently watching stay tuned for my comment 😅
@@TofuGamer93 I am still tuned and waiting for your comment.
no one is gonna have a tier 5 iron pick axe early on with out adjusting the loot setting in game this video is misleading
Did you try out the approach suggested in the video? o.O
02:00
03:00
How is any of this early game or some what close?
You didn't watch the whole video. Please try again
@@Firespark81dude no need to be so snarky and have such an attitude. That’s a sure way to drive away viewers
@@Sharpshooter50that is Not a snarky attitude. That’s just the simplest answer possible Without dumping on you.
@@michealnelsonauthor 100% is. No need to say some condescending comment like "Please try again" at the end there
@@Sharpshooter50 lol, really? Please is polite. Try again invited a fresh comment after (1st sentence) watching the whole video again.
You really are so socially weak as to be offended by someone's polite words? Which you fail miserably to understand.
Please try again.
Been playing for 140 hours on my singleplayer world, the fastest way I did to level up faster is just change player EXP gain to 300%, set in game day cycle to 120 minutes, have bloodmoon frequency and rate 1 day and have bloodmoon zombie count to 64. Then just have bloodmoons every night, kill all zombies, have exp bonus buffs, plus it's more actionpacked and considering its late game, I already have the best equipments and plenty of hoarded resources. I got to level 300 just so that I can get the steam achievement that needs me to be level 300.
If you want to level that fast just turn on %200 xp and play the game the normal way or play creative if you dont want to play the normal way
Just use an Auger and you are way faster than that
auger gives less exp
@@spyke101911 Per block, maybe, but you can just keep going, per hour you get way more XP, and there is really no shortage of blocks to mine.
@@Nyruami Can't you keep going in his build though? So if you're saying per block the auger gives less and both use the same stam, wouldn't pick make more sense?
Auger fails in both exp and resources mined. Plenty of videos showing this. Auger is underpowered IMO given the gas you need to use and should be better but it isn't.
Stop saying you need tier 6 and just say it's better with tier 6. If have tier 6 you don't need these useless tips.
Just put your block damage to 300% get nerd goggles level 6 start mining in 1 hit with level 1 Steel axe your welcome 200k in 5 mins
Good for some people but kinda takes the challenge out of the game when you just boost yourself so hard like that
@@l0ne240 it’s a video on leveling fast so what the matter are u here to level up faster or not
Nope this doesn't work on 1.0 just tried it
@@stevem8639 really well it works for me
@@l0ne240 For me 200% block damage and 200% loot rate and half time daycycle is the norm, otherwise this game is a slog to play trough.
I wish there was a way to run twice as fast
Auger is better especially with twitch integration
Is easy, just use DM and CM to award you the skills and books and T6 Items and Poof! you get the most experience wait... you already have max experience so what's the purpose of this video? By level 12? Really? Even Mr. Sarcasm cannot do that in that time span.
Better yet, go outside and close your eyes, imagining you're level 300 with everything you wanted. Congratulations... you win! What was your point again?
Bad guide
Quality, not tier :)