Hey guys, welcome back! Here are some of the most effective ways to get your Diablo 4 Season 3 character to level 50. In this guide, we’ll discuss where and when is the best time to level, and compare the various options to see exactly how they stack up against each other. Without further ado, let’s get started.
How To Start?
With each new season, we skip the campaign, select World Tier 1, and make new seasonal characters.
Hopefully, before starting Season 3, you’ve already looked into leveling builds. Leveling builds should have strong Area of Effect options for clearing enemy waves, and should require very few Legendary Aspects or even really powerful unique items. We will change the build to our favorite endgame build in the future.
Once we start the game, we focus on completing seasonal quests. Completing these will accomplish two things. First, we’ll unlock a new Season 3 robot that will hopefully get a buff soon. Secondly, we will also unlock new Season 3 content such as Vaults and Arcane Tremors.
The great thing about seasonal quests is that they make it easy to reach level 25 while still increasing your productivity.
Get Stronger
Between levels 15 and 25, you may feel weaker than your enemies at this point. You can solve this problem by doing these two things.
First, we have to complete our class priority quest. Class quests will unlock powerful rewards unique to each class in Diablo 4. Not only is it a free power-up, it also enhances the way you play the game.
Next, you need to use Codex of Power. Open your Codex of Power and determine which Legendary Aspects best suit your class and play style. My favorite types to look for are offensive, resource, and sometimes defensive.
Find 4 or 5 Aspects that work for you, then head to the dungeon that unlocks them. Once done, go to Occultist and imprint your new Aspect onto the correct armor type.
Ultimately unlocking and imprinting Aspect will provide us with nice XP, but more importantly, it will help us speed up our play through time and thus level up faster.
It’s important to keep most of the legendary gear you pick up. Because it will either be useful now or later when you have to switch to Sacred Equipment in World Tier 3.
Whisper EXP
The grind begins when XP Farming goes from level 20 to level 50. You’ll find that the closer you get to level 50, the harder it is to level up.
Whisper in Diablo 4 is a great way to level up quickly. Not only do you gain experience points from defeating enemies, but you also get a ton of bonus XP when you complete Whisper’s objectives. The amount of bonus XP you receive depends on Whisper’s level.
Once you’ve collected 10 Grim Favors, you can turn these in at Tree of Whispers for another chunk of XP, some extra loot, and a ton of Diablo 4 Gold.
Upon reaching level 36 in about 5 minutes, I could complete 2 Whispers and turn in my Grim Favors on Tree of Whispers for just under 200,000 XP.
An easy way to achieve this is to complete Whispers, also located in Arcane Tremor area. There are special Whispers’ objectives here that are easier and more valuable than standard Whispers. It’s worth mentioning that I already accumulated some Grim Favors from the previous round, so the actual XP will be lower.
Legion EXP
Legion Events are special timed events that appear in random areas in Diablo 4. Opening the map will show if any Legion Events are about to occur here.
We should prioritize Legion Events when leveling up as they are a good and easy source of XP. Make sure you arrive about 3 minutes early to claim the campfire bonus for an extra 15% XP multiplier bonus. You can also invite some players to join your team for another multiplier bonus, which can also expand your XP range.
Legion Events are cooperative events where you and a large group of people are expected to clear out many mobs and bosses within a set time limit. This will happen within a fixed path, and mobs will start spawning where you see a white circle on the mini-map.
These objectives lead to the ultimate boss, which rewards you with 3 treasure chests. These chests are great for keeping your gear up to date. If you’re lucky, you’ll also get some legendary gear. In my 8 minutes, the Legion event gave me 160,000 XP at level 38.
Domhainne EXP
Another popular option for upgrading as quickly and efficiently as possible is to reset Domhainne Tunnel.
Domhainne Tunnel is located west of Corbach Waypoint in Scosglen. The key feature of traveling through Domhainne Tunnel is the huge number of enemies near the entrance to the dungeon. You’ll need to clear out the historic areas of Domhainne Tunnel and exit the dungeon after the enemy numbers start to dwindle.
Open the map and click Reset Dungeons in Journal Tab on the side of the map. After that, you can re-enter Domhainne Tunnel and complete the process repeated.
After completing this quest at level 40, I earned 70,000 XP in 3 minutes. This can be done faster if you find other players to clear the dungeon with you. This makes it one of the fastest ways to reach level 50.
Farm XP Tips
One of the major ways players waste time when reaching level 50 is by spending too much time on menus, or checking each piece of equipment too frequently, or taking too long. Another example is spending too much time talking to NPCs in town.
The point I’m trying to make is that increasing your armor by 5 points and getting a weapon with +2 damage is not going to make a meaningful difference in your play through speed.
I recommend changing equipment every 10 levels once you have collected a complete equipment list. Sorting equipment will place the highest item power level to the left of each equipment slot.
Besides equipping more powerful weapons, the major difference in your damage is that your Legendary Aspect has an [x] symbol. This means that Aspect’s effect will be multiplied rather than increasing your damage. This also applies to passive skills in Skill Tree and even the late-game Paragon system.
Bonus EXP
Each season, make sure you use Smoldering Ashes to upgrade your Urn of Aggression. This will give you an additional 20% XP multiplier bonus that is always available.
Potions are another way to get a minimal XP boost, but they’re hard to find early on and only last 30 minutes.
I recommend not spending time trying to upgrade your Seneschal Robot as it seems like a waste of time at this point. Vaults are also not an excellent source of XP, so I would mostly avoid those and devote minimal time to them.
Summary
In summary, create your seasonal character, preferably with a leveling build on hand. As soon as you enter the game, you need to complete your seasonal missions, unlock valuable Legendary Aspects to gain power spikes, and complete your class quests.
You can then focus all your time on doing Whispers, Legion Events, or better yet, running Domhainne Tunnel reset with a group of players. Good luck and have fun!
