A Beginner's Guide-What you NEED to know

## **A Beginner's Guide to Dungeon Crusher-What you NEED to know**

Dungeon Crusher: Soul Hunters is a fun Idle Game. You hire heroes, progress through the stages, then Reset. Every Reset, you gain Souls. These Souls boost your Damage or you can use them to buy useful Artifacts or Level the Artifacts you already have. Then you repeat this system. **Click.** **Kill Monsters.** **Hire. Progress. Reset.**

It also doesn't have a lot of tutorials and explanations. This is problematic because if you don't know what you're doing, you can slowly dig yourself into a tough hole that is hard to get out of. So this Guide is here to help you get started!

This Guide will focus on the essentials you need to know in order to get started! There's more to the game than just shown here, so take your time and read the Wiki. There's a lot of useful information here!

1. Heroes:
	* First thing you need to learn about heroes is this-Set your leveling to MAX. Not 1x, 10x, 25x, 100x, or Next. Max. It'll save you a lot of effort.
	* Second thing, there are 3 aspects to every hero. They have a Level, a Rarity, and an Equipment rating. When you first unlock a hero, that's called "Hiring". You hire heroes using gold from killing monsters in the game. Every hero has a Rarity. This can range from Common to Galactic. Increase a hero's Rarity will increase their Max Level for every Tier of Rarity they go up (Common to Uncommon, or Legendary to Mythic). Most of the tiers have more than one level (Starting at Legendary, they have 10 levels per). An Equipment rating is represented by stars on your hero's portrait. Yellow Stars represent levels 1-4, blue stars represent 5-8.
	* Some heroes have skills associated with them. It's worth it to know who does what and at what level. Brath gives you the skill that lets you use Dark Ritual (Reset) at lvl 125. So don't send him to the mines. Ever.
	* Finally, the key to progressing in this game is found in a Hero's Rarity. Unlocking new heroes will allow you to progress in small steps, but raising a single Hero's Rarity increase their level cap, which increasing their DMG bonuses. Focus on one hero at a time, especially in the Early Game (Stages 1-2300ish).
2. Dark Ritual:
	* While it was mentioned in #1, it's important to understand what Dark Ritual (DR) is, how to get it, and when to use it.
	* DR is a key function of the game. As you progress through the levels, you collect "Potential Souls" from Specters (A type of Monster). You cannot spend this type of Soul, nor does it give you any bonuses. On the hero page, they appear as 'gray' numbers above your hero hire options. There are two ways to turn these into regular (Blue) Souls. The first is to do a "Bright Ritual," but this is not recommended unless it is part of a Daily Quest. Using a Bright Ritual instantly adds those Potential Souls into your regular soul collection without resetting your current stage. You can invest with them immediately. The other route is to use DR, which resets your stage back towards the beginning, along with resetting all your heroes. Although you will have dropped, you'll go through the levels again. Each (Blue) Soul you get will give you a +10% bonus to the damage of your heroes (aka DPS).
	* How to get DR? There is a hero with a skull-like face called Brath. Get him to lvl 125 and it will unlock the skill DR (found in the book of skills).
	* Use DR when you slow down on killing monsters. Use DR when your heroes have died (do not spend potions to revive them). Use DR when you want to do the "Rarity" Trick.
3. Souls:
	* Souls are very useful for a variety of reasons.
	* First, they can be used to **BUY and LEVEL artifacts.** More on this later.
	* They boost your heroes damage by 10% per soul (DPS). Early game, this boost can be valuable.
	* They can be used to research Science for your clan.
	* There are two artifacts that help with getting more souls. The Soul Reaper and the Lamp of Specters. You want these right away, especially since the cost of artifacts go up for every one you buy.
4. The "Rarity" Trick (AKA "How to Properly Fight the Daily Boss"):
	* You'll hear this talked about a lot. There is an option to fight a Daily Boss. It's free the first time, 50 potions for the second, 100 potions for the third, etc. It resets daily when the game resets. When you beat the Daily Boss, you get a 'Free' Rarity upgrade. The problem is that the game randomly picks 3 of your Hired Heroes to give you as options for who you can give 1x Rarity Upgrade to. Meaning that you pick 1 hero out of 3 to receive it (not all 3 get it). The game will pick 3 of your weakest heroes to give it to.
	* The trick to this lies in the specifics of 'Hired' Heroes. In order to CONTROL who gets the Free Rarity upgrade, all you have to do is the following... Use Dark Ritual, only Hire (Spend Gold on) 3 heroes + your main clicker hero, then fight the Daily Boss. The usual recommendation is you hire Feralheart or Ena as your first. Make sure one of the 3 heroes you hire is the one you want to invest rarities into.
	* When you go to fight that Daily Boss, you hit the icon, pause for a second and double-check your win percentage. It should say "Victory Chance > 99%" before you hit enter.
	* Once you defeat the Daily Boss, you will be given 3 hero options and they should be the 3 heroes you hired.
5. Feralheart or Ena?
	* If you haven't hit Stage 400, then your first order of business is to decide the following: Feralheart or Ena?
	* Some players recommend Feral as the first hero to focus on. In order to obtain Feral, click on the box icon with the ribbon, second tab from the left with the Helmets, and scroll down the page. These are the gem heroes and EVENTUALLY you'll want to get all of them. For now, buy Feral.
	* Ena is a starter hero, so you don't have to buy her.
	* Feral will get you to Stage 400 faster than Ena. That being said, after you hit stage 400, Feral becomes a hero who acts as a stepping stone. Ena has long-term benefits. So she's a long-term investment. She will provide you more benefits than Feral overall.
	* There are other hero possibilities, but these two are the most common choices.
	* How does Feral or Ena get you to Stage 400? By increasing their Rarity. See #4.
6. Nush

Daily Quest, Arena, Bottle, Gems, Time Travel (TT)-Mobile Ads + Mines, Stage 666, Joining a Clan, Crafting, Midas Trick, GalX and Rarity upgrades, Artifacts.

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Edited by : Deuces ('Omicron Prime') Slayerz Clan