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Last Epochis a massive ARPG with Unique items to find, skills to unlock, and builds to try. Outside of the main campaign, there are also several side activities you’re able to take part in to make your character stronger, including the Arena.
The Arena is a small dungeon-like instance that pits you against waves of enemies, rewarding you more the longer you survive. Below, we’ll take a look at everything you need to know about conquering the Arena.
How To Find And Enter The Arena
The Arena is found in theDivine Era, to thewest of Heoborea. From Heoborea, travel west through the Heoborean Forest, the Nomad Camp, the Wengari Fortress, Kolheim Pass, and finally toChampions' Gate, where the Arena is located.
To enter the Arena, you need anArena Key. While these can drop from almost any enemy you kill, the best way by far to get them is to complete specificMonolith Echoesthat reward them. These Monolith Echoes are indicated by aKey symbol, and are a surefire way to get an Arena Key.
Once you consume the Arena Key to enter the Arena, youwon’t get it back. This means if you die before completing the Arena, you will beimmediately removed from the instance, and you’ll need to get anduse another Arena Keyto enter again.
The Arena Mechanics, Explained
In the Arena, you will fight waves of enemies thatincrease in power in increments of five. Every five waves, the fight will pause, and you will be able to collect your loot before deciding to continue to harder waves or to escape the Arena.
Atevery 10 waves, the fight will pause again, but this time you will be able toselect a modifierbefore you continue. These modifiers will have the final boss of the Arenadrop different or more items, whileincreasing the stats of the enemiesyou face.
You can see a running total of the modifiers you’ve selected on the right side of the screen.
You will alsomove to a new Arena stage every 10 waves, traveling to a different map with new enemies. Most Arena stages haveShrinesthat spawn around the edges of the Arena; thesewon’t carry over to the next map, so use them or lose them.
Once you reachwave 40,you will face thefinal boss of the Arena. There are three types of bosses you have the possibility of fighting, each modeled loosely after one of the playable classes. These bosses include the following.
If you’re familiar with playing any of these classes, you should have a pretty good idea of what to expect when fighting their associated boss in the Arena. Once you beat the Arena boss, you’ll be able to collect all the loot you obtained through modifiers before leaving the instance.
The Endless Arena
The Endless Arena functions similarly to the normal arena, but there isno limit on the number of waves you’re able to complete. Enemies and waves willcontinue to spawn until you die. A singleboss enemy will appear at wave 90, instead of wave 40 like the normal Arena.
Additionally, youdo not select modifiers in the Endless Arenaevery 10 waves. Instead,enemies scale with each new wave. This also means you won’t get as many rewards from the boss when it spawns.
Enemies in the Endless Arena begin at your level, thenprogressively scale to level 100over the first 80 waves.
Rather than loot or experience, the main purpose of the Endless Arena is totest your skills on the leaderboard. Every cycle, the top-performing Endless Arena players will be recorded on the leaderboard, allowing you to compete with others.
