500K Slayer Points - 6 Ultra Slayer Points

Welcome to the next progression level! This is an exciting period of the game, as you'll suddenly find your SP gains increasing quickly and your earning power skyrocketing. Remember when you were in the early game, and thought you'd never be able to afford a 10,000 SP upgrade? Well, in this stage, you'll be buying upgrades worth more than 1 million SP! Nice. You’ll be figuring out Divinities and starting to settle into some of your first long SP grinds.

This progression level ends when you Ultra Ascend - resetting your entire Ascension Tree and total Slayer Points (SP) earned, but earning Ultra Slayer Points which will dramatically accelerate your game. It's a good idea to read through the Ultra Ascension Strategy page to get ready for that upcoming adventure. It's a big one!

Your goal in this stage is to accumulate at least 6.41 million total SP and Ultra Ascend. So get grinding!

#### Divinities

Early in this stage, you’ll unlock Divinities. It’ll be the last significant gameplay shift before your Ultra Ascension. You're going to want to consult the Minion and Divinity Strategy page. We could spend a lot of time here rehashing the things written there, but it's best to go and read. You want to maximize the number of Divinity Points you gain before you Ultra Ascend - so turn on those minion notifications and really get consistent with resending them.

You’ll want to prestige your minions whenever the Dark Wizard hits max. Yes, you’ll get hit on CpS - but Divinity Points are unquestionably the slowest thing to gain in the game, and you simply can't rush them. Send out those minions!

Check the Divinity Tier List for the ideal order to purchase, but you want at least Wind Waker before you UA. Ultra Instinct is nice, and so is Emeralds and Big Troubles. If you have at least 470 DP before you UA, reset your DP, buy Ultra Prestige, and earn some extras as well!

#### Equipment

There are three additional pieces of equipment which can be unlocked after the Gloves - the Cape, Claw and Spear. It's conceivable that you could unlock the Cape during this phase, but it shouldn't be a terribly high priority. You'll be able to really enjoy the benefits of the Cape after your first Ultra Ascension.

Continue leveling equipment as much as possible in rounded groups of 50, and earning new achievements for additional levels unlocked and to take advantage of the Chain Mail of Greed.

Before you upgrade your Bow to level 400 - and unlock the final speed upgrade - make sure to purchase Muscle Memory in the Ascension Skill Tree. It will pay big dividends every time you ascend.

#### Quests

You'll likely be able to work your way through most of the Master Quests during this stage, but these shouldn't be a huge priority. Quests which marginally increase CpS gains or increase gem spawn rates simply aren't that important. Your goal is total SP, so work to unlock enemy evolutions and upgrades like the Bone Rib Whistle (Expert Quests, 40% higher chance of spawning enemies) and Divination (Master Quests, 35% soul bonus).

#### Portals

You'll find yourself using the portal much less in this stage. By and large, you'll want to stay in the Factory or Mystic Valley to farm SP. Try and play for extended periods of time, stacking soul bonus multipliers on top of mega hordes and Bonus Stage runs. When you leave, spend time in each subsequent zone farming as many materials as possible (if you unlocked the Temporary Hammer, use those Whetstones to speed up this process!), or burning through quests that can be completed in that particular zone.

As has been said before: as a general rule of thumb, portal only when you've exhausted every reason to be in a particular dimension. If you have multiple quests to complete, as well as materials to farm, complete these tasks before going elsewhere.

#### Minions

As you read in the Minion and Divinity strategy page, you'll be wanting to send your minions out as often as possible and earning as many Divinity Points as you can. If you're a primarily idle player, it may be possible you have 470+ DP by the time you start thinking about an Ultra Ascension. Daily Quests can mean this is even higher! If you do have more than 450 DP prior to your first UA, make sure you Ultra Prestige your minions. Otherwise, just continue sending them out actively.

#### Crafting

Continue crafting items that are attainable. Make sure to craft the Magic Bag and Temporary Hammer prior to your Ultra Ascension.

#### Trailing Keys Strategy

If you're an active player and want to try an alternative strategy, consider trying to "trail keys." The basic premise is that the Chest Hunt minigame can be incredibly lucrative for Slayer Points - and much moreso when you have a Soul Bonus. With a little careful gameplay, you can 'catch' a key with your magnet, and then drag it - or make it trail you - indefinitely, waiting until you get a soul bonus. Only one key will appear on-screen at a time. If enough time has passed, the next key will appear once the first key is lost or collected.

While it sounds pretty easy, the strategy does take work and concentration - so it might not be for everyone. It helps to have all the magnet upgrades *up to* Strong Magnet (it's very hard to trail with that upgrade - later, don't purchase it). It also helps to have as many boost cooldown upgrades as possible. Catch a key with your magnet, and boost away from it. Don't keep boosting, though, or the key will despawn! Instead, wait until you just see the key back on the screen, and boost again. Wait, see, boost - rinse and repeat. Jump over any giants and open the boxes until you get a soul bonus.

Trailing Keys isn't for everyone, but it can be a lucrative and fun strategy option!

Special thanks to Discord user *Tom Riddle#9515* for developing this strategy.

#### Farming and Basic Play

Oh my. NOW you want to farm SP. At various points in this stage, you'll be facing real SP walls for the first time. You'll want to settle in and farm, farm, farm!

On paper, Factory is probably still the best SP production site for you. But in reality, Mystic Valley is going to take the cake for a big reason: giants.