Level Guide

## Starting Off

When first joining Pixel Piece, you are prompted with the main menu and able to choose between character slots and just jumping right in. Once you finish character creation, you are placed on Pixel Piece Island, the island that will begin your journey to become the strongest in the seas.

The following are a few factors you must consider as you start your journey:

### Health and Stamina

**Health** determines how much damage you can take before you die. Your health can be seen on the bottom left panel of the screen in a red bar. You can take damage from external sources, such as enemies, other players (with PVP enabled), and drowning in the sea (for pixel fruit users except fishmen). When your health drops below 10%(?) of your maximum health, your screen will get a red tint and your character will move slower than usual, allowing enemies to catch up to you easily. Your health will regenerate slowly in increments based on your maximum health, after a short period when you aren't taking damage.

**Stamina** is consumed when performing actions such as dodging, blocking, using skills, and using Geppo/Sky Walk. Your stamina is displayed in the blue bar below your health bar. Each action consumes a different amount of stamina, and if your stamina completely depletes, you cannot perform an action. Similar to health, stamina regenerates slowly in increments based on your maximum stamina, after a short period when you haven't used stamina.

You start out with 100 health and 25 stamina, assuming you do not have racial buffs. This can be increased by distributing stats into Defense, or by wearing accessories, which can affect maximum health and stamina, and/or health and stamina regen.

### Experience Points

Experience points are gained through killing enemy NPCs & completing quests. Experience gain depends on the type of NPC and or quest. The experience point bar can be seen at the bottom of the players screen, colored purple. XP contributes to the player's level, which increases health and stamina.

### Mastery

Each unique fruit, weapon, and fighting style has its own mastery, which is earned through killing enemy NPCs. Each item's moveset is unlocked at certain mastery levels, with higher tiers usually having higher mastery requirements. Mastery XP is easily earned while grinding, so it is advised that you consistently use the fighting style/fruit/weapon that you wish to keep using throughout the game.

### Stats

When levelling up, you will gain **3 Stat Points** per level, which can be allocated in the stat menu (Press M for menus). The maximum amount of points that can be assigned to each stat is equal to the current max level. There are 5 stats that points can be allocated towards:

* **Melee**: Increases strength and melee (fighting style) damage
* **Defense**: Increases health (5/point) and stamina (15/point)
* **Blade**: Increases sword and melee weapon damage
* **Gun**: Increases gun damage (unused due to a lack of guns)
* **Pixel Fruit**: Increases pixel fruit skill damage

Early on, it is recommended to focus on **melee/blade** and **defense** stats, as you will likely be using a fighting style to grind enemies at that point. Defense will improve your overall survivability and increase your stamina, which is necessary for using skills with your fighting styles.

### Beli ()

Beli (indicated throughout the wiki with ) is the main currency in the game, used for purchasing items at almost all shops. Beli is gained through quests. Currently, Beli is capped at 250k. Early game, it is advised you save your Beli for fighting styles/weapons, as they will help you in combat and to level up quicker. If you wish to purchase a Pixel Fruit from the Central Port, it is recommended to only purchase a logia or other high-tier fruit, as they are the most efficient and effective for grinding.

## Leveling

*Note: All stated levels are the minimum level requirement for the quests. Individual needs may vary based on fighting styles/weapons/fruits.*

**(Pixel Piece Island) Level 0-20**: Grind the Bandits multiple times till you reach level 10. You can then grind the bandit boss and the bandits until you finally hit Level 15 (Or Level 20 if you really want to be ready for Shells Town). As for your stats, there are two potential options. You can either dump your stats into Melee or Sword to maximize M1 damage early or split them evenly between Health and one of those two to prepare yourself for a Fighting Style. The starter pixel fruit store only sells low valued pixel fruits, and should only be bought if you are desperate, since it will cost Beli to remove it at Central Port if you do stumble upon something better.

(**Fighting Styles) ASAP:** At this point you need to keep track of your current Beli count as you continue to level. You are going to need a Fighting style to earn your way through the Pixel Piece World and getting one as early as possible helps immensely. Black Leg is 2,400 Beli at Baratie, 1SS is 2,500 Beli in a cave on Syrup Island.

**(Shells Town) Level 25-35**: Follow the quests recommended levels and grind the Marines until you reach level 35. It is recommended to skip the Norgan boss until a later point unless you are confident in your parrying abilities or have a group of friends with you, as he can stunlock you easily with his spin attack. While sword users may feel the need to upgrade their weapon here, it is recommended to skip the Katana and Classic Cutlass entirely. Instead, once you have 500 Beli, go straight to Shark Park and buy the Shark Katana as it is the best sword you can buy with Beli, and is unlikely to be replaced for now.

**(Orange Town) Level 35-70/75**: Follow the quests recommended levels starting with the Clown Pirates. ~~If you get lucky, you can get the Collectible Weapon; Cutlass Charlie. It has higher M1 damage than the Shark Katana but is not compatible with 1SS.~~ (It is no longer obtainable). The Puggy boss cannot be damaged by swords, so if you are a sword user you must travel South to Central Port and buy a stat reset for 5k Beli. This is recommended as Puggy has three accessory drops, all of which are worth farming for as they provide massive boosts to health regeneration. While the Kabaji Boss is easy to fight, he should not be farmed for items as both his sword and scarf are worse drops than the Shark Katana and Puggy Drops.

**(Syrup Village) Level 70/75-110**: Grind the Nuro Bandits and Strong Nuro Bandits the whole time you are here. The Kuro Pirate boss can be nice for farming money but his weapon drop is not worth farming for.

**(Shark Park) Level 110-210**: Follow the quests recommended levels. By this point you should have a fighting style or even a pixel fruit. The Strong Arling Pirates are the current best way to farm mastery for both of these as well as the best way to farm Haki XP after obtaining it at level 210+. The Arling Boss is also a good farming method if you can kill him consistently due to his 3 minute spawn timer and possible Shark Saw drop, although he has a spin attack that can stunlock.

**(Vaill Island) Busoshoku Haki Level 210+:** The Haki Trainer is on this island and requires you fight the Ancient Gorilla Boss three times in order to learn the powers of Haki. The Vaill Island Log Pose is located on Central Port. The Ancient Gorilla has a ton of health but is easy to defeat with friends.

**(Logue Town) Level 210-550**: Follow the quests recommended levels. Make sure you have max stats in your main form of damage by this point. The Angry Pirate (rec. 250) quests are best for getting to max level on your own, due to ease and numbers, but if you are with your friends or a group of people, the Corrupt (rec. 290) quests are the way to go!

## Endgame

So you've hit max level for now. What's left for you to do?

If you only been focused on leveling, you either have the Shark Katana or Shark Saw as your best weapon, and some amount of accessories. There are a few ways to go from here.

**(Beast Island)** The sea beasts are world bosses that can drop sea beast teeth. These teeth act as currency allowing you to buy a selection of weapons and accessories at Central Port, which are all direct upgrades from your current gear. The weapons are especially useful for 1SS users. The gear is very costly however, so you'll be farming for a while.

**(Bosses)** While many of the boss drops are generally worse than what you likely have at this point, collecting them can be their own reward. Also, you can use them to show off.

**(Scrolls)** While farming mobs, you might have noticed a scroll appearing in your inventory. These function as treasure maps, and will provide a variety of rewards once completed. These range from Beli, to cursed shards (used for curses), to race spins, and finally two of the best weapons in the game. They are unfortunately rare, but if you are lucky enough to get either weapon, you can easily farm mobs/bosses and make loads of Beli. Scrolls can also be purchased on Central Port for 7.5k Beli, with a free scroll daily.

**(Pixel Fruits)** You may have gotten lucky enough to get a fruit during your travels, but it is more likely you don't have one. Thankfully, you can obtain a selection of fruits on Central Port, although the stock shown is randomized and resets every 2 hours. The costs range from a few hundred Beli to upwards of 100k Beli, based on their rarity. It is recommended to prioritize logia types if possible (cheapest being 90k Beli), as it will grant you damage immunity from mobs (but not bosses), making farming a breeze. However, feel free to choose what works best for you, since there will be new fruits coming in the future that may be better.

**(Vaill Island)** The ancient gorilla boss has a 30% chance of dropping the Soul Of Armament, which changes your Haki color. It's only for cosmetic purposes, so you can ignore this if you don't care about looks.