Last Epochis a fantastic ARPG. It is an ambitious project made by"an all-remote indie game development studio"that has been better than most could’ve foreseen. The comparisons to industry giants likePath of ExileandDiabloare constant, and with good reason. Despite the smaller team and budget, Eleventh Hour Games made one of the best games in the genre.
As with all great ARPGs, Last Epoch only reveals its cards when you finish the campaign, unveiling the gargantuan amount of content the game has to offer. If you’re a veteran of the genre, a lot of what you’ll find is familiar, but it comes with enough novelty and variety to keep you hooked for hundreds of hours.
Last Epoch shines in giving the player choices. This means that this list isn’t ranked, because you can genuinely do these things in any order you want, or ignore some of them entirely, if you don’t like them personally. We do recommend you try everything at least once, though.
7Level Your Faction
Merchant’s Guild And Circle Of Fortune
You technically do not need to reach the endgameto join a faction, but you won’t be leveling either of them until you’re done with the main story. Whether you choose the Merchant’s Guild or the Circle of Fortune, this will be the perfect time to focus on getting some favor and turning it into new items.
Buy and sell items if you’re one of the merchants, or start getting your prophecies if you’re a member of the circle. Both of the factions will help you tremendously in reaching your Best-in-slot build if you start leveling them as early as you can.
6Adapt Into An Endgame Build
Don’t Skimp On Defenses
Although there are a few challenges during the campaign, namely theLagon boss fight, Last Epoch’s difficulty rises considerably when you reach the endgame. This means that, whether you’re following a guide or winging it, some changes will have to be made to your build.
If you complete all the crucial sidequests, you’ll have all your idol slots unlocked by this point, and that will give you a lot of flexibility. Work around what you have, farm what you need to farm, and get your character prepped for the hardest content the game has to offer.
5Personalize Your Loot Filter
Time Is Money
Even if you’re following a build guide that gives you a loot filter already set up, you’ll want to get accustomed with Last Epoch’s feature once you reach the endgame. The good news is, it is extremely easy to customize and understand, so it should be quite easy to do. If not,we can help.
Customizing your loot filter allows you to make it stricter and stricter as you start getting the items you need for your build, which will save you a ton of time picking up mostly useless loot. With the amount of drops that you get in the later stages of the endgame, this becomes nearly essential.
4Master The Crafting System
The Master Crafter Needs No Luck
If you’re curious, you probably already played around with the crafting system during the campaign. After all, it is very intuitive andeasy to use, and it can give your build an extra oomph. In the endgame, though, it becomes absolutely essential. If you’re working towards your Best-in-Slot build, you’ll be doing a lot of crafting.
Unless you are incredibly lucky, you’ll need to add and remove a lot of affixes to items, or test your luck with Chaos Glyphs, to reach those perfect items that can truly transform your build. Don’t be afraid to experiment, either. Last Epoch won’t punish you as hard as other games in the genre.
3Monolith Of Fate
Time Traveling Shenanigans
Monoliths are the contentthat the game pushes you towards once you’re done with the campaign. It is the core of Last Epoch’s endgame, and is neatly explained through the game’s own lore. You’ll have sidequests to complete in the multiple timelines, and a ton of loot to farm.
These are instances that get progressively harder, while simultaneously fleshing out the game’s lore. You’ll be visiting alternate timelines, fighting evil versions of your campaign friends, and getting your first Blessings, a true game-changer.
2Dungeons
A Unique Challenge
Although you’re able to access dungeons during your campaign, you probably shouldn’t do it during the first playthrough. They’re there to speed up your leveling, allowing you to skip through a few areas of the game. When you reach the endgame, though, they get an entirely new purpose.
Dungeons have specificboots and loot drops, so you’ll be farming them for uniques that you might need in your endgame build. Their difficulty scales for higher rewards, allowing you to farm this content essentially as much as you want to, and as long as you have the necessary keys.
1Empowered Monoliths
The True Endgame
The true grind of Last Epoch starts here. Empowered Monoliths is the content you’ll unlock after getting through the normal Monolith of Fate, and it infinitely scales. If you feel like it, you could do nothing other than these Monoliths, and you’d literally never run out of things to do.
These take a lot longer to complete than normal Monoliths, are much harder to do but also come with fantastic rewards. Empowered Blessings are one of the most crucial parts of the endgame of Last Epoch, and they can only be acquired through the completion of Empowered Monoliths.
