Beginner&Advanced Guide

So you are here because you like this game and want to know more.
That's the first step you needed to do. Now here is some help which will make the game easier for you.

**Essentials:**

*Energy*

You start with an energy of 20(or 25 as "ad's free" player). Energy is capped at 30 for free players or 35 for "ad's free" players.
Every boss gives you 3 energy, but because you use for every attack 1 energy you basically get +2 for each boss you kill.
So if you are at your cap-2(28 or 33) you can attack an boss without loss. If you need to kill a path guardian (non optional boss)
and have more you should kill one of the highest possible monsters next to the boss.

*Heros*

Every hero gives a boost, most on stats. So f.e. if you use an hero which gives you attack boost 20% and your weapon gives you and attack boost of 100%
it doesn't give you 120% boost. The math works different here: <STAT> x <EQUIP Boost> x <HERO BOOST>
So for our case we take 1000 attack. 1000 x 2,0 (equals 100%+100%) x 1,2 (equals 100%+20%) =2000 x 1,2 = 2400 ATK
Compare this now with the 100% boost+20%(x2,2) boost we would only get a result of 2200 ATK.
For small calculations this is no big difference but as soon as you reach a +150% hero it makes a huge difference!
So which hero to take? Basically there is no best for real. Based on how you wanna play you choose one hero.
If you play an attack hero every stat point you invest into attack is worth more for you. I only recommend you to not use the HP Heros,
because def is more important than HP. Also the luck hero only helps in really late game. I'll Explain that later.

*Leveling*
You read this because your question is "How should i level?" then the answer is i can't answer you that.
There are many factors you need to think about: Which hero do i use and what does it boost me most. Which equipment will give me the most bonus (the % number on your Equip screen)? And what am i lacking on the boss i need to kill? The only good hint i can give you here is luck doesn't matter except you wanna farm gold on one area where you can't kill the boss and DEF is better than HP normally.

**In deepth infos:**

*"How to fight bosses and when?"*

There are 2 different boss types: Pathguardians(called main in boss article) and optional bosses.
In the beginning every boss helps you to see your progress. So you kill bosses in order of their strength/level.
Because every boss have a higher chance to drop some equipment/relic than normal enemies. You get further based on how good your equipment is.
So try to remember how strong your equipment is (without using levels) and start with getting to that area. My recommendation don't level and check regularly which pathguardians your equip can destroy in combo with your hero. So when you got a stronger hero try just running straight till you die.
And then obvious restart the game and get into that area without attacking boss. Every time you test a boss check on how many times you attack compared to the boss, compare your damage and the enemies damage and compare how much health you have left when the enemy is dead. If you run low on HP that tells you to level your defence/invest in def EQ. If you don't make enough damage level atk/get better atk equip. If your opponent is a lot faster attacking than you, you need to level some agility, because otherwise you can't compare your stats with the later enemies like this.
Only attack a boss if you easy can defeat the highest normal enemy with your equipment, sometimes its important to switch the relics between normal leveling and boss fight to be able to go through.

*"Where should i level?"*

In the highest area you can reach! Every level the enemy is higher it gives you more exp&gold, which is crucial for getting further. Many times you need to clear the same area multiple times to get better equipment to kill a boss. That's normal. But when you do it all well you maximum need to clear an area 3-4 times. Sometimes even less when you are lucky to get better equip dropped. If you know that you can't kill the pathguardian with your Equip, level your stats till you always defeat the highest normal enemy in that area and then equip& only level luck stats to get more money. Remember using some points to reach a higher area helps you to get more gold than to only level luck! So always reach a path guardian which is a wall for you.

*"Efficient energy usage"*

We remember we have an energy cap, so if we just kill bosses we will loose a lot energy. So the main question is when to kill optional bosses?
As stated above kill all path guardians as far as you come. When you used up your energy lets say till around 10 run back and kill all optional bosses which you let alive till there. Rather invest this energy in the highest possible mobs you can kill, than the mobs near the bosses. It takes you in late game around 5-10 mins longer to finish one game, but is totally worth it! f.e. killing a bee at first boss gives you less than 1000 gold and later normal enemies give you 100.000 or even more. So you get tons of more exp and gold with it!
This will use the max energy for "add free" players to explain.
Maybe you have seen relics which give you "Max energy +X", f.e. x=2, then you can have up to 37 energy. If you equip that relic after game start, you will start with your normal 25 energy. But if you equip your "Max energy +X" relics before game start, you will start with additional energy! f.e. +2 if you equiped a +2 relic. When you unequip a +X relic, your energy over the max vanishes, so always use that energy up to your max of 35 before unequip all +X relics. If you ran through only the mains you will ALWAYS reach you max cap after killing "father time" which is the 5th pathguardian. From there on you need to kill 2 other enemies before killing the next path guardian or optional boss.

***EDIT:***Also a little hint, if you have unlocked 2nd set for relics, you can switch the relics when you have lets say 41 energy when you energy is max 35 and switch to the other set for grinding enemies. You don't loose the extra energy! But you can't get new energy with that set, so if you kill a boss, switch to your energy set ;)

*"Which equip should i buy first?"*

As above explained thats based on your hero, what you lack to kill a boss and if you want to farm gold next. Sometimes the relics are cheaper than the normal equip but give you a higher boost. So always check that before buying equipment. Here an example how i would buy equipment on an ATK boost hero:
1. Equipment which jumps over the most ranks of EQ (the EQ cost the same which i call here a rank)
2. Relics that are way stronger/equal then the stat value of my equip
3. ATK EQ
4. AGI EQ
5. DEF EQ
6. HP EQ
7. LUCK EQ
8. Some other useful relics
Based on your hero 3.-6. will change and your heros prio, which would be on 3..
On an DEF or HP hero the setting from 3.-6. will be the opposite.

*"How to get tickets the fastest?"*

In early game only watching adds will help you or using RL money to buy them.
IMO you should one time pay what the game is worth for you to the developer in form of one "Ad's Free" pack which is totally worth it.
You start with getting 500 tickets per add you watch. That's approximately 500 Tickets in 30 seconds so 1000 tickets per minute.
In early and mid game its the fastest way to archive tickets, because you get every 500 gold 1 ticket, later i think it will be more per 500, but not sure. In later game it goes up to 750 per video then 1000 per video and more(im not through im at behind the dark hunter and get 2750 tickets per video)
Just a quick math lesson for you: you take 30-50 minutes per game and get around 10.000 tickets, lets go with 40 mins. Means 1000 tickets in 4 mins. If you watch a video you get 1000 tickets in 1 min, which equals 4x the amount. so if you wanna grind tickets, its always fastest to watch videos. i mean i get around 120.000 tickets now per run and it takes me 50 mins = 12.000 per 5 minutes, with video i would get 27.500 per 5 mins watching video. Also there are some videos which only takes 3-5 seconds.
( we all see now how good the developer implemented adds in this game :D)

*"I reached a boss i can't get further..."*

So this is easy, get to the boss, grind for money and better Equip. If you can't get better equip because you don't get enough money, think about how you leveled your stats and equiped items. Sometimes you need tickets to get past a boss, because you need your relic slots. So what if you have all you can and can't get further ? (i'm not at this point yet but it's obvious what to do) You need to go to the highest area you can, using all tips before to have a maximum on energy and grind there for items, if you have the item drop hero use that one, else your best hero and go for luck. Maybe you have seen till here, if you drop an equip which you already have it adds a bonus to that equip, which can be added multiple times (i don't know the cap till now and don't know if that applies for relics too). And after grinding a lot you will be able to kill the next boss.

So with all that info you should be able to play the game through, not fast, but who wants games that are done after a day? :D
Therefore you would not need a wiki. So happy playing!

Guide by Sora\_7672