Classes

There are six classes in Farmer Against Potatoes Idle. Each focuses on a specific talent type and gains stats at different rates.

Levels in each class are gained through Class Exp, gained by killing potatoes and buffed through many upgrades. Every 10 levels gained adds a talent point to spend in the talent tree. For each class, the first time a multiple of 100 levels is passed, a permanent 1 talent point is gained, granted both immediately and at the start of each reincarnation. Thus, leveling all classes to 500 will grant 30 free talent points at each reincarnation.

Gained levels also fuel reincarnation. Each level gained grants reincarnation exp, which is detailed further in the reincarnation page. Also, each level gained contributes to class exp multiplier granted upon reincarnation for that class. With a base of x1 at level 1, each level adds 0.01 to the multiplier, so leveling to 101 will increase the multiplier to x2 and leveling to 150 will increase it to x2.49. This multiplier is granted based on your maximum level and is specific to each class.

## Tips for Class Choices

While the extra talent point per 100 levels is super useful, many players find it wise during your first few reincarnations to pick a single class to focus on. This is to take advantage of the class exp multiplier that you get after each reincarnation.

Once you have gained some reincarnation levels, the bonus it provides will begin to include class exp in increasing amounts, as will your equipment. Once this bonus picks up, at that point it is recommended to do a quick cycle through all the classes (usually each twice in turn, taking advantage of the extra multiplier for the 2nd one) in order to both claim the free talent points and also to improve their individual post-reincarnation class exp multipliers.

At this point, it is probably reasonable to start cycling classes and keeping their max levels fairly even, as you'll also likely start to take advantage of their individual specialties.

\*\*Most recommend using the Freeloader as the primary class, because of their much larger equipment drop rate. More equipment means more enhancement materials to upgrade equipment. One common strategy is to push and farm gear with the Freeloader, then cycle through the other classes in 10-15 minute runs to bring their levels close to the Freeloader (usually in 1000+ level increments), then repeat.\*\*

## 3000 Class Levels

Each class has an extra set of nodes in the talent tree that unlock upon reaching lvl 3000. They each specialize further in different things. Once these extra nodes are unlocked, they remain available for use by any class.

Spoiler 3K+ Specialties
 Smasher
 Hoer
 Harvester
 Rancher
 Freeloader

## How Effective are Class Experience and Class XP Nodes?

Class experience is an extremely useful statistic, considering that it feeds directly into your reincarnation experience. However, it is worth noting that it has diminishing returns. Essentially, every time your class xp goes up 1.5x, you will gain up to 45 more class levels.

At 1000 class levels, that results in around 8% more reincarnation xp. At 2000 CL, that is a 4% gain in your Rxp. 3k CL is about 3% more Rxp. By 4k it is down to a 2.2% increase in your reincarnation experience.

Again, this requires an increase of 1.5 times as much class xp, so thinking about the talent tree, if you have a 200% bonus from choosing class xp nodes, you'll need an additional 3 nodes (a minimum of 15 Talent Points, plus the pathing to get to them) to gain 2-8% more reincarnation experience.

While at the lowest levels, class xp nodes may not be efficient, but it picks up, and then through 1000 class levels, class xp nodes are rather efficient at generating more reincarnation experience. Sorry about the bright graph.