Upgrading Your Guardians

Leveling and ranking up your Guardians will directly affect their attributes, as well as which talents they may equip. You may rank up your Guardian before reaching maximum level, opening up an additional pool of levels to obtain stronger attributes.

Leveling

You will be able to increase the levels of your Guardians using XP motes. XP is also gained when completing encounters. There are two types of XP motes: universal and role specific. Within those types, there are also three tiers of XP motes: minor, major, and superior.

Minor XP motes apply to levels 1-20, major XP motes apply to levels 21-50, and superior XP motes apply to levels 51-100.

Universal XP Motes

These XP motes can be used on any Guardian regardless of their role.

Role XP Motes

These XP motes are split into four roles: Melee, Ranged, Support, and Tank. They can only be used on Guardians that share their role type.

To upgrade the level of your Guardian:

1. Tap on the GUARDIANS menu on the home screen.
2. Select the Guardian you wish to level.
3. Tap the UPGRADE button.
   • If you have the appropriate XP motes to proceed to the next level, your LEVEL UP button will be illuminated.
4. Use the + and - buttons to choose how many of your XP motes you would like to use. The number of levels your Guardian will gain will be displayed.
5. Tap the LEVEL UP button and confirm the usage of the items.

   

Note:

• XP motes are shared amongst all your Guardians, so be sure you are keeping track of how many you have available. Once you use your motes for one Guardian, you may not have enough to level up another.
• Every level will have different XP mote requirements, increasing as you level and rank up.
• Leveling your Guardians does not cost Gold.

Ranking Up Guardians

Once you reach the maximum level of your current rank, you will be able to use upgrade gems to rank up your Guardian. As with XP motes, there are universal and role-specific versions of these upgrade gems.

Diamonds: Universal

Rubies: Melee

Topazes: Ranged

Emeralds: Support

Sapphires: Tank

To upgrade the rank of your Guardian:

1. Tap on the GUARDIANS menu on the home screen.
2. Select the guardian you wish to rank up.
3. Tap the UPGRADE button.
   • This button may be illuminated to indicate that you have reached the resources needed for a level increase rather than a rank increase.
   • You must have met all of the prerequisites in the REQUIREMENTS list in order to proceed to the next rank.
4. Tap the RANK UP button.
   • If you have the appropriate upgrade gems and Gold and have met all of the necessary requirements to proceed to the next rank, then your RANK UP button will be illuminated.
5. The RANK UP menu will display the required upgrade gems, Gold, and other requirements needed to proceed to the next rank. If you have all of the requirements, you may tap the CONFIRM button.

   

Note:

• Upgrade gems need to be in your inventory to rank up your Guardian. If an upgrade gem is located in your stash, it will not count for the upgrade.
• As with XP motes, upgrade gems are shared amongst all of your Guardians. Be sure you are using them wisely.

What Are the Maximum Levels for Each Rank?

Rank 1: Levels 1-10

Rank 2: Levels 11-20

Rank 3: Levels 21-30

Rank 4: Levels 31-40

Rank 5: Levels 41-50

Rank 6: Levels 51-60

Rank 7: Levels 61-70

Rank 8: Levels 71-80

Rank 9: Levels 81-90

Rank 10: Levels 91-100

Other Increases in Guardian Attributes

Guardian milestones

As you advance your Guardians, so too will your milestones progress. Milestones require that a certain condition is met with each individual Guardian, earning you one-time rewards.

Some milestones unlock permanent attribute bonuses that raise the overall strength of your Guardian.

Leveling up your talents

In addition to advancing the levels and ranks of your Guardian, leveling up the talents you equip to them will also raise their attributes.

Upgrading a talent is possible using Gold and books. These can be found in crystals, earned as rewards, purchased from the store, or claimed once enough pages to form a book are collected. You may view the upgrade requirements for each individual talent by tapping its LEVEL UP button.

Once you have fulfilled the upgrade requirements, your menu’s INFO button will turn into an UPGRADE menu button.

After spending the required resources, your talent will rank up, increasing the benefits of its use, as well as the power rating that your Guardian will receive from equipping it.

Signature Abilities

Signature abilities unlock when your Guardian reaches a rarity rating of four stars. When you unlock your Guardian’s signature ability, you will also receive a Guardian-specific signet to level up that Guardian’s signature ability.

Signets can be found in crystals and as part of the Guardian milestones.

In order to further increase the level and strength of your Guardian’s signature ability, you will need to collect additional signets. There are two types of signets: Guardian specific and universal. Once you have met the required signet amounts, your LEVEL UP button will illuminate.

To upgrade the level of your Guardian’s signature ability:

1. Tap on the GUARDIANS menu on the home screen.
2. Select the Guardian you wish to level.
3. Tap the ABILITIES button.
   • If you have the appropriate signets to proceed to the next level, you will see a pink indicator displayed on the icon for that Guardian’s signature ability.
4. Tap the icon for your Guardian’s signature ability to open the Signature Ability panel.
5. Use the + and - buttons to choose how many of your signets you would like to use. The number of levels your Guardian’s signature ability will gain will be displayed.
6. Tap the LEVEL UP button.

   Note: There will not be a confirmation for the usage of the signets. Once you have hit the LEVEL UP button, your signets will immediately be used. This action can not be undone.