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Upgrading Your Guardians

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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 level of your Guardian 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 two tiers of XP motes: minor or major.

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

Image of a Major Universal XP Mote.Universal XP Motes

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

Image of a Minor Tank XP MoteRole 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 LEVEL UP 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.

    A screenshot of the level up panel when accessed from the Guardian screen

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.

Image of a Tier 1 Diamond Upgrade GemDiamonds: Universal

Image of a Tier 1 Ruby Upgrade GemRubies: Melee

Image of a Tier 1 Topaz Upgrade GemTopazes: Ranged

Image of a Tier 1 Emerald Upgrade GemEmeralds: Support

Image of a Tier 1 Sapphire Upgrade Gem.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.
    • You must have maximized the levels for the guardian in order to proceed to the next rank.
  3. Tap the RANK UP button.
    • If you have the appropriate upgrade gems to proceed to the next rank, your RANK UP button will be illuminated.
  4. The RANK UP menu will display the required upgrade gems and Gold to proceed to the next rank. If you have all of the requirements, you may tap the CONFIRM button.

    A screenshot of the rank up panel when accessed from the Guardian screen

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 1-20

Rank 3: Levels 1-30

Rank 4: Levels 1-40

Rank 5: Levels 1-50

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.

A screenshot of the detailed talents information windowpanel opened by tapping the level up button.

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

A before-and-after screenshot of the level up button turning yellow when you have fulfilled the upgrade requirements

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.

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