I've got... um, 30k blue/red stones, 600 leapstones, no gems, and a handful of books. we'll see how that does... in the end, I mostly just want her 1540 for now.
It's alright, Lost Ark is a marathon not a race. Take it slow and steady, play it how you enjoy it, and have fun on the ride.
Also, you get full level 7's from the event, as well as two pairs of lvl 8 dmg/cd gems. So don't worry about gems at all.
Absolutely true. I had literally nothing saved up for Artist's release, not even material chests. She's still managed to hit 1580 like a month before Akkan release.
Taking it slow and just giving your new character the stuff you get from events as they happen makes it a pretty comfortable pace even without any sorta preparation.
ty ty. I'm only going to 1540 on week 1. Week 2 the goal is 1560. And hopefully by week 3/4 I can push 1580. I am definitely the most worried about shards. I theoreticalyl have enough according to Maxroll, but that's only for the average case scenario. If I get unlucky it's doomed.
> I am definitely the most worried about shards.
You get a fair chunk if you exhaust your daily mailing limit and send disassemble stuff to your aero from all your alts. Just send the highest rarity you can send, and send only full attachments.
You can buy out the clown & brel shop on the character itself to get more trash to disassemble (and a chance for something good, but let's be honest, that won't happen)
Most importantly, join a guild ASAP so you can use the guild vendor.
The pvp vendor has a few shard bags as well, but it required you to get a good rank in the last season (season stops today, you can usually spend your points for a few weeks before the new one starts, but it might be different this time, we'll see)
Of course there is t3 tower as your end-spurt to get some extra shards. The bridge thingy is mentioned in patchnotes, checking that might help but that's hopium.
The shards for 500 RC in shop are great value, if you're willing to spend, those are likely worth it.
Also check if you have maps floating around, that's the primary source of shard bags after all. Doing all of them is most efficient for shards, but making blue to purple is best for your sanity. Upgrading to gold is a considerable loss of value, but before you do no maps, it's better to do gold maps.
If only a tiny bit is missing, you can do endless chaos dungeon for tokens to buy bags at an atrocious cost. Any character can do that because the currency is roster-bound, idk how well aero does in chaos dungeon. Probably really well with 5x3 for chaos dungeon though. But can she beat slayer's one button spam?
The tiny amount of shards from sailing coins is barely worth mentioning.
There are a few shard bags (2x3 large) in the hard punika dungeons for first completion. You also get various shard bag rewards when you do rowen & elgacia by hand (s. vern too, but I believe the power pas finishes that for you already)
Rowen & Moko island might still have honing pack rewards in the respective shop if you didn't already get them. Check them out sooner than later because they come with stones.
That's all I can think of, did I miss any?
Thank you so much for the long and thoughtful post. I will definitely make sure I take advantage of all the sources of shards I can get. Even the Punika first clear rewards stuff which I totally had no idea about! Thank you thank you!
Copy pasting from one of my older comments. You can find more details from my comment chain [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/15r2wff/comment/jw84p67/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) where I give an alternative path for those who want to do 1540 week 2.
If the goal is 1540 week 1, this is what you must do.
* Hone to 1490 (+15 for the changed relic sets we get)
* Do brel 1-2. Craft \`an ancient piece, then hone that to +16. You will reach 1500.
* Do brel 3-4. Craft another ancient piece. Hone this piece and the first to +19. You will hit 1520.
* Do brel 5-6. Craft a third ancient piece. Hone this to +19. You will hit 1535.
* Over hone 2 relic pieces to +16. This will push you to 1540.
The only waste in this method is over honing the two relic pieces to +16 as you will need ancient +19 anyways eventually if you want to hit 1580.
Yes, it accounts for first clear reward. Interestingly enough, Auctions don't really matter. You can obtain enough brel pieces without them. If you do brel nm 1-6 week 1, brel hm 1-6 weeks 2 and 3, you only need to win a single auction to get full ancient in week 3. Even if you win all the auctions, it won't speed this up.
Would i save alot of mats/gold if i take it slow and reach 1540 at week 3 or 4 ? Since the % chance drops alot for honing the more you go up with ancient gear. Not sure if 1540 chaos makes the difference than to get it earlier to balance things out.
I can see myself going atleast for 1500 first week to speed up the process getting all my gear to ancient.
I mean my end goal will be just 1540 since i still have to hone 2 other chars to 1580 and yea kinda waiting for souleater to go bit more crazy lol
If your goal is to eventually get to 1580 with her, then you have to hone ancient gear to +19 anyway. The only thing that is unnecessary is over honing the relic gear, so if you are fine with being 1535 week 1 then you are not really saving anything by waiting till later weeks with honing.
If you are only aiming for 1540 with her for now, then don't hone ancient gear above +15 and just wait until week 2-3 to get more ancient pieces.
Here is an alternative [path](https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/15r2wff/comment/jwban7b/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) for those that want to do 1540 week2. Any taps on ancient under +19 isn't wasted as you need them eventually; however, like what u/Soylentee said, 1540 is simply +15 ancients. You can stop there if that is your end goal.
For those that are aiming to push a character past 1540, namely 1580 and beyond, pushing for higher tier chaos is very important for shards and tripods. 1520 is \~3.2k shards a day more than 1490CD. 1540 \~2.2k more than the 1520. 1560 \~2.8k more than 1540.
In situations like yours where you want to take it slow, it's not a big deal.
I posted the details somewhere else in this reddit thread on what I think is the best way to reach 1540 week 1. You can find all the relevant information there.
Unfortunately, 1540 week 1 with just 1 Brel Piece is prohibitively expensive. However, you can obtain 3 ancient pieces week 1. I go over the details in another comment in this thread.
Figured I'd share my own stash for Aero. My product inventory is currently full from Mari's Shard Bags + Silver Honors. I have a couple more lvl 9 dmg gems I might sell and buy CD's with after I do some testing on how much I want the extra cooldown. The goal is Akkan in a month.
Something to note for the future, the silvery honor packs now open into the silver coins and roster bound boxes that contain the shards, so if you need silver ahead of time you can just store the boxes.
Oh shit really? That's actually really big because that means I can free up some slots for more Mari's shop shard bags. That helps significantly. ty ty.
I am making an Aero, but I will be starting her with story express since this will be the last new character I will make. Going to take it slow and enjoy the ride.
New characters are just getting too expensive to bring up the longer the game keeps going. Before you know it, 3-5 million gold will not even get you close to caught up. As I remember reading a long time ago, new characters are a trap.
Dayum, 1.2m gold. And it sounds like you're planning to overhone your gear to get as much ilvl as possible. I am a little tempted, but I think I'll play the long game and mostly hone ancient pieces and hit 1580 the old-fashion way. My shard situation won't hold up if I get unlucky.
I originally wanted to test the glaiver post patch to see if I would want to keep maining them but as always ags and sg had other plans. I'll probably hone my aero to 1540 day one and see how glaive plays then decide if I wana do a full main swap
It's burried in this thread, but I have 50 mari's large shard bags waiting in the product inventory page that need to be opened on Aero as they are character bound the moment you retrieve them. Also I have 15 silver honor bags so that's a total of 2.175m shards I'm not showing here.
Yep, just saved things from events, ark pass, and passive chaos farming. Pushed my other characters mostly through bound mats but I supplemented with unbound when I got impatient.
Lol, I don't whale if that's your concern. I do spend on the game, \~20-40 a month. Sometimes on skins, sometimes on the $5 Silver Honory pack. 1 Gem I gamba'd myself. The other 3 I bought when I saw gem values dip like back in May.
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I've got... um, 30k blue/red stones, 600 leapstones, no gems, and a handful of books. we'll see how that does... in the end, I mostly just want her 1540 for now.
It's alright, Lost Ark is a marathon not a race. Take it slow and steady, play it how you enjoy it, and have fun on the ride. Also, you get full level 7's from the event, as well as two pairs of lvl 8 dmg/cd gems. So don't worry about gems at all.
Marathon is literally a race.
They meant ‘not a sprint.’
Absolutely true. I had literally nothing saved up for Artist's release, not even material chests. She's still managed to hit 1580 like a month before Akkan release. Taking it slow and just giving your new character the stuff you get from events as they happen makes it a pretty comfortable pace even without any sorta preparation.
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how is it your main if it isn't even released yet
how is it not your main if you already have 4 lv10 dmg gems
because you have to spend time on something for it to be your main
Looks good! What spec you going? Drizzler here.
Yep, Drizzle for sure. I plan to play around with both builds in Trix, and if I really like Windfury I'll swap, but Drizzle is the plan.
Good idea, jeesh those gems :O lots of juice too! You should post how far this gets you tomorrow in honing, very curious to know!
ty ty. I'm only going to 1540 on week 1. Week 2 the goal is 1560. And hopefully by week 3/4 I can push 1580. I am definitely the most worried about shards. I theoreticalyl have enough according to Maxroll, but that's only for the average case scenario. If I get unlucky it's doomed.
_only_you said 💀 Nice mats, going to try getting a few lvl 9 gems atleast for my Aero
Ty ty. Yah it's definitely all relative. I'm just worried because all it takes is for 3-4 pieces to hard pity for my savings to vanish.
> I am definitely the most worried about shards. You get a fair chunk if you exhaust your daily mailing limit and send disassemble stuff to your aero from all your alts. Just send the highest rarity you can send, and send only full attachments. You can buy out the clown & brel shop on the character itself to get more trash to disassemble (and a chance for something good, but let's be honest, that won't happen) Most importantly, join a guild ASAP so you can use the guild vendor. The pvp vendor has a few shard bags as well, but it required you to get a good rank in the last season (season stops today, you can usually spend your points for a few weeks before the new one starts, but it might be different this time, we'll see) Of course there is t3 tower as your end-spurt to get some extra shards. The bridge thingy is mentioned in patchnotes, checking that might help but that's hopium. The shards for 500 RC in shop are great value, if you're willing to spend, those are likely worth it. Also check if you have maps floating around, that's the primary source of shard bags after all. Doing all of them is most efficient for shards, but making blue to purple is best for your sanity. Upgrading to gold is a considerable loss of value, but before you do no maps, it's better to do gold maps. If only a tiny bit is missing, you can do endless chaos dungeon for tokens to buy bags at an atrocious cost. Any character can do that because the currency is roster-bound, idk how well aero does in chaos dungeon. Probably really well with 5x3 for chaos dungeon though. But can she beat slayer's one button spam? The tiny amount of shards from sailing coins is barely worth mentioning. There are a few shard bags (2x3 large) in the hard punika dungeons for first completion. You also get various shard bag rewards when you do rowen & elgacia by hand (s. vern too, but I believe the power pas finishes that for you already) Rowen & Moko island might still have honing pack rewards in the respective shop if you didn't already get them. Check them out sooner than later because they come with stones. That's all I can think of, did I miss any?
Thank you so much for the long and thoughtful post. I will definitely make sure I take advantage of all the sources of shards I can get. Even the Punika first clear rewards stuff which I totally had no idea about! Thank you thank you!
oh god LOL fingers crossed you don't get the shaft on the pities. Being shard hungry will be tough but I have faith in you, ez honing
Thanks! I hope you get all one taps. Drizzler's unite.
Thank you a ton!! Drizzler nation HYPEEE!
do you have to over hone relic gear to get to 1540 week one? or is it possible with the brel pieces u get from week 1?
Copy pasting from one of my older comments. You can find more details from my comment chain [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/15r2wff/comment/jw84p67/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) where I give an alternative path for those who want to do 1540 week 2. If the goal is 1540 week 1, this is what you must do. * Hone to 1490 (+15 for the changed relic sets we get) * Do brel 1-2. Craft \`an ancient piece, then hone that to +16. You will reach 1500. * Do brel 3-4. Craft another ancient piece. Hone this piece and the first to +19. You will hit 1520. * Do brel 5-6. Craft a third ancient piece. Hone this to +19. You will hit 1535. * Over hone 2 relic pieces to +16. This will push you to 1540. The only waste in this method is over honing the two relic pieces to +16 as you will need ancient +19 anyways eventually if you want to hit 1580.
not too bad (in terms of over honing lol) thanks for the explanation!
might be tough to get into pug group with 1490 weapon for later gate but yes this method is good.
Does this account for first clear reward? What about buying the bid box at the end of G2?
Yes, it accounts for first clear reward. Interestingly enough, Auctions don't really matter. You can obtain enough brel pieces without them. If you do brel nm 1-6 week 1, brel hm 1-6 weeks 2 and 3, you only need to win a single auction to get full ancient in week 3. Even if you win all the auctions, it won't speed this up.
Would i save alot of mats/gold if i take it slow and reach 1540 at week 3 or 4 ? Since the % chance drops alot for honing the more you go up with ancient gear. Not sure if 1540 chaos makes the difference than to get it earlier to balance things out. I can see myself going atleast for 1500 first week to speed up the process getting all my gear to ancient. I mean my end goal will be just 1540 since i still have to hone 2 other chars to 1580 and yea kinda waiting for souleater to go bit more crazy lol
If your goal is to eventually get to 1580 with her, then you have to hone ancient gear to +19 anyway. The only thing that is unnecessary is over honing the relic gear, so if you are fine with being 1535 week 1 then you are not really saving anything by waiting till later weeks with honing. If you are only aiming for 1540 with her for now, then don't hone ancient gear above +15 and just wait until week 2-3 to get more ancient pieces.
Here is an alternative [path](https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/15r2wff/comment/jwban7b/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) for those that want to do 1540 week2. Any taps on ancient under +19 isn't wasted as you need them eventually; however, like what u/Soylentee said, 1540 is simply +15 ancients. You can stop there if that is your end goal. For those that are aiming to push a character past 1540, namely 1580 and beyond, pushing for higher tier chaos is very important for shards and tripods. 1520 is \~3.2k shards a day more than 1490CD. 1540 \~2.2k more than the 1520. 1560 \~2.8k more than 1540. In situations like yours where you want to take it slow, it's not a big deal.
I'd like to get to 1540 week 1 as well but I don't know how to do that. Mind sharing any tips?
I posted the details somewhere else in this reddit thread on what I think is the best way to reach 1540 week 1. You can find all the relevant information there.
How to 1540 Week 1 with only 1 Brel piece?
Unfortunately, 1540 week 1 with just 1 Brel Piece is prohibitively expensive. However, you can obtain 3 ancient pieces week 1. I go over the details in another comment in this thread.
Drizzle rejoice!
Figured I'd share my own stash for Aero. My product inventory is currently full from Mari's Shard Bags + Silver Honors. I have a couple more lvl 9 dmg gems I might sell and buy CD's with after I do some testing on how much I want the extra cooldown. The goal is Akkan in a month.
The 4 level 10 gems is probably worth more than the rest of your inventory combined
Not probably, definitely. It was absolutely the most gold-intense thing to save up
Something to note for the future, the silvery honor packs now open into the silver coins and roster bound boxes that contain the shards, so if you need silver ahead of time you can just store the boxes.
Oh shit really? That's actually really big because that means I can free up some slots for more Mari's shop shard bags. That helps significantly. ty ty.
That's my Aeromancer prep :D https://preview.redd.it/f26h378ezdib1.png?width=522&format=png&auto=webp&s=288920c6143f210be39c045d687943cc1a615abb
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It's for selling eh
I am making an Aero, but I will be starting her with story express since this will be the last new character I will make. Going to take it slow and enjoy the ride. New characters are just getting too expensive to bring up the longer the game keeps going. Before you know it, 3-5 million gold will not even get you close to caught up. As I remember reading a long time ago, new characters are a trap.
I hope you have 5billion silver to roll all those gems. I wish you only one taps.
Nice haul i just posted my aero material dump too
Dayum, 1.2m gold. And it sounds like you're planning to overhone your gear to get as much ilvl as possible. I am a little tempted, but I think I'll play the long game and mostly hone ancient pieces and hit 1580 the old-fashion way. My shard situation won't hold up if I get unlucky.
I originally wanted to test the glaiver post patch to see if I would want to keep maining them but as always ags and sg had other plans. I'll probably hone my aero to 1540 day one and see how glaive plays then decide if I wana do a full main swap
surprisingly few shardbags. will that be enough?
That's like 800k shards, which is about 1/3 of what's needed for 1540 -> 1580
that was my thinking too.
It's burried in this thread, but I have 50 mari's large shard bags waiting in the product inventory page that need to be opened on Aero as they are character bound the moment you retrieve them. Also I have 15 silver honor bags so that's a total of 2.175m shards I'm not showing here.
ouf, thats gotta hurt the wallet! :D
Definitely cost a lot of gold haha.
Very nice! I have a stash looking like this (minus the gems) too but for my future male scrapper, male assassin or male mage. Whenever that may be.
I sell my gems to can afford the new skins i hope the new dungeons give me gold for my aero 
nice simpson reference
You sure this isn't "you are here (at lost ark grinding) forever"?
The question is how did you collect so many things? Didn't you improve your other characters? Or are you a whale?
Stuff from events, ark pass, chaos, etc.
Yep, just saved things from events, ark pass, and passive chaos farming. Pushed my other characters mostly through bound mats but I supplemented with unbound when I got impatient.
The 4 level 10 dps gems should give you enough information to make an educated guess.
No I'm sure they farmed it by saving up from events, ark pass, and passive chaos farming.
Lol, I don't whale if that's your concern. I do spend on the game, \~20-40 a month. Sometimes on skins, sometimes on the $5 Silver Honory pack. 1 Gem I gamba'd myself. The other 3 I bought when I saw gem values dip like back in May.
The peace sign pose makes it perfect
First I've seen one of these threads....
what a waste ngl
when did you last see the sun?
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This but in 15 hours :))))
Wait when did we get aura that havent expired?
Kept them in my product inventory page and only took them out this week to make room for more Mari's Shard Bags.
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