Introduction

The following guide takes the player through the combat of the Atlas of Discovery Expansion with as little effort as possible. This guide is targeted at people who have either completed or nearly completed the base game. Completion of at least the Air God Dungeon is recommended to follow the largest portion of this guide.

This Guide is NOT designed with the Ancient Relics Game Mode in mind. Players looking for more information about that Game Mode should visit the Ancient Relics Guide.

A simplistic order for completing Combat:

Find Torn Chart
Excavate Ancient Market to get some starting gear
Blind Ghost
Vampiric Bat
Find Ancient Stone Tablet
Golem Territory
Find Old Route Chart
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Unholy Forest
Find Torn Scrolls
Trickery Temple
Find Lost Cursed Text
Cult Grounds
Upgrade god gear to (B)
Discover Melantis
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Mermaid Archer,
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Merman,
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Merman Guard
Underwater City

Barrier Combat

The primary mechanic added to the game in is Barrier, a powerful shield that is entirely immune to player attacks while active. In order to break barriers, the player must utilize

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Summoning

Familiars that deal damage such as the

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Golbin Thief

or

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Unicorn

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Since the combat portion is heavily focused on using familiars the following is strongly recommended:

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Level 90
Tortoise
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Dragon

Two-handed weapons are strongly recommended during the entire combat section, unless the alternative is required for Damage Reduction or the alternative simply does more damage. Two-handed weapons generally have a higher hit chance and because the familiar's hit-chance is based on the player's hit chance, the higher the hit chance, the better.

Because the combat mechanics in this expansion are rather complex, and minor changes in enemy, equipment and player stats can make specific items better or worse it is always recommended to use the Combat Simulator to verify how to get the most kills per hour or drops per hour.

Throne of the Herald Expansion

This content is part of the Throne of the Herald Expansion.

Skip this section if you plan to progress

content before

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Having progressed through most of Throne of the Herald's combat will make combat significantly easier. This is due to the huge damage increase in the Spectre Spider compared to