Vocation Guide

**Which Vocations should I Choose?**

First and foremost, whatever you enjoy and will have fun with. That being said, many people have fun playing what is strongest. In current meta, Pirate and Superstar are very strong. Sage and Armamentalist are also very strong, but require a good weapon to be competitive (Metal Slime Staff or Rubiss's Staff or Sage's Staff for Sage, Rubiss's Sword or Erdrick’s Sword for Armamentalist). Paladin is situational, but required for some of the toughest fights. Battlemaster is strong in story but not as versatile for endgame. Monster Master is weakest in meta. Note that a couple more classes will be introduced later and even further in the future all advanced jobs will be morphed to a higher tier, we just don’t know when this will happen. Here is a great overview of current classes in meta: https://www.reddit.com/r/DQotS/comments/fta62n/a\_basic\_tier\_listguide\_for\_advanced\_vocations/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=ios\_app&utm\_name=iossmf

**Party Composition Guide:**

Very debatable, but I believe the optimal party for a beginner is Pirate/Paladin/Superstar. The common strategy for bosses would be to have Paladin use Battle Buddy on Superstar, allowing him to keep On Stage up at all times. This team has great survivability, so your helper should be a high damage dealer (Sage, Armamentalist, Battlemaster, Pirate). If you are lucky enough to pull a great Sage or Armamentalist weapon, then your Paladin can easily flex over to either (shares a standard vocation with both) and can now either provide damage to trash and bosses with weaknesses or survivability to bosses strong against magic. This is the team I use today.

**Leveling order:**

Here is the most efficient route to getting to max stats:

1. Choose your Advanced Vocation.
2. Level the two required Standard Vocations to 50.
3. Complete the necessary Altarages quest to advance vocation. These are challenging fights, check out our guide in the Boss Strategies section.
4. Level Advanced Vocation to 99 and revocate. This will allow all vocations, standard and advanced, to gain 50% more xp.
5. Go back to leveling the two required Standard Vocations to 90 (99 if you are active in multiplayer). This will give additional benefits to your Advanced vocation, as seen on the “Vocation Bonus” tab. Now you are definitely competitive in all events, but there are ways to continue improving.
6. Level other Standard Vocations to 50. This doesn’t directly improve your chosen Advanced Vocation, but allows you to do the next step.
7. Level all Advanced Vocations to 80. This will give additional benefits to all other Advanced vocations, as seen on the “Vocation Bonus” tab.
8. Lastly, you can continue to level up and revocate your Advanced Vocation up to 399. You obtain a very slight stat boost every 10 levels and at 301 you get a minor passive ability.

**Fastest ways to level up:**

1. Liquid Metal doors. These keys may seem rare but if you follow my Map Sharing guide further below, you will have plenty.
2. Alltrades with supported job
3. Upgrade Hallway (if available) - A temporary event that comes and goes. I actually prefer this over Alltrades, but Alltrades does technically reward more Experience per Stamina
4. If none of the above are available, I would recommend just doing the main storyline. Other things may offer more XP, but it is probably more important to complete the main story for stamina and regional items if you haven’t.