Solo Leveling:Arise - Action-packed RPG

Step right into the fantastical world of Solo Leveling:Arise, where a kitty-loving hunter Meilin Fisher and the powerful Shaman Kargalgan await your command! Join forces with them to conquer the infamous Vulcan Raid. But that's not all – as a bonus, you can even sport Sung Jinwoo's stylish Black Suit costume just by playing the game! So, are you ready to embark on this epic adventure and claim your title as the strongest hunter?

Are you prepared to immerse yourself in the highly anticipated Solo Leveling:Arise game, inspired by the legendary webtoon with over 14.3 billion views? Get ready to experience every thrilling moment of Jinwoo's journey from being the Weakest Hunter to the mightiest warrior. Travel through ancient dungeons, tackle fearsome bosses, and recruit loyal Shadow Soldiers to lead your army to victory! Plus, indulge in brand new exclusive stories, strategically swap equipment, and harness unique skills to dominate your foes. Gear up for action-packed gameplay like never before!

Unleash your inner hunter and team up with favorites like Ultimate Hunter Choi Jong-In, Baek Yoonho, and Cha Hae-In in this immersive action RPG. With swappable equipment and strategic tactics at your disposal, every decision you make influences your combat style. Will you opt for Extreme Evasion to dodge attacks, or will you unleash a devastating QTE skill to vanquish your enemies? The choice is yours! And while you're at it, don't forget to explore different game modes like massive dungeon raids, boss challenges, and Time Attack content to test your skills!

But wait, there's more! Dive headfirst into the heart-pounding world of Solo Leveling:Arise, where the power to rule the shadows lies within your grasp. Command a formidable army of Shadow Soldiers by extracting defeated monsters' shadows and recruiting them as allies. Combine diverse hunters, abilities, and strategies to craft the ultimate team and reign supreme as the Monarch of Shadows. Can you rise to the occasion and pave your way to glory in this gripping novel-based game?

So, what are you waiting for? Equip yourself for battle, gather your allies, and embark on an unforgettable journey filled with danger, mystery, and endless excitement in Solo Leveling:Arise!

Beginner Guide:

START AND PROGRESSION

Reroll

When you play the game you should first decide if you want to reroll or not. Rerolling doesn’t take much time after completing the tutorial the first time and is a great way to start the game with a few strong Hunters or weapons.

You can find our reroll guide linked below but to keep it short, you should try to get the current featured pick-up Hunter and then focus your rolls on getting Seo and Emma (Min is another great character, as he can fit in all teams as a dedicated support). For weapons, considering you can get Scythe for free we suggest focusing on weapons that could work nicely with it, namely Plum Sword and Book of Thesis.

Here are the three characters we mentioned:

STAT ALLOCATION FOR SUNG JINWOO

It’s also important to properly allocate your stat points, as stats were not made equal.

Players should focus mostly on Strength and Perception stats, as they are universally useful regardless of the weapon. How much Perception you need depends on the dupes of your weapons - since dupes will give you additional Precision, a stat that influences the minimum amount of damage when attacking. A maxed out SSR weapon provides 4000 points of Precision (2000 for the first dupe, 500 afterward) while a maxed SR weapon provides 2000.

EQUIPMENT

Main and sub-stats

We can split equipment in two groups: left side and right side. Left side equipment can be obtained playing Gates and doing Encore Missions, while right side equipment can be obtained playing Instance Dungeons. More to this later!

Some equipments will have fixed main stats while others have a randomly assigned one:

For left side gear, Helmets can have additional or % based ATK, DEF and HP, Gloves and Chest will always give additional DEF, gloves will always give additional ATK and lastly, boots have crit damage, defense penetration, healing given increase %, defense %, hp%.

For right side gear, Necklace will always give additional HP, Bracelets give element % damage up, Rings give additional or % based atk, HP or DEF and Earrings always give additional MP.

Early on you should not upgrade your gear past +5, as you want to focus on getting purple gear or above as soon as possible. While substats are helpful, start by targeting the correct main stat first and then replace pieces as you get better substats. Also, percentage based increases are stronger later in the game as you gain more stats and increase your level, while ‘flat increases’ are very helpful while progressing considering they can quickly boost your stats.

For a lot of Hunters, you can simply stack their preferred stat early on in order to clear the first tiers of Encore Missions.

For Jinwoo you should focus on attack bonuses (be it additional or % based), critical hit chance and you can also raise pieces with defense ignore. Critical Hit Damage is currently bugged and only working when above the stage suggested CP, so when it gets fixed the value will increase significantly if your crit rate is high enough.

If you don’t know what stats you should focus on, you can tap ‘Recommended Stats’ on the artifact page of your Hunter:

Sets

Equipping pieces of the same sets will give you a set bonus for 2 or 4 pieces. Obviously getting the desired sets is preferred, but when starting out don’t be afraid to use ‘broken’ sets or pieces as long as they have the correct stats. That being said, try to at least use a 2/4 bonus as they can provide a lot of free stats - the popular Toughness set gives 8% crit rate at 2/4, while you can also get some % stats with sets like Noble Sacrifice (HP) or Armed (Atk%).

SKILLS, RUNES AND BLESSINGS

Skills are the bread and butter of Jinwoo and hunters, allowing them to deal damage or support their allies.

Hunter skills

Every Hunter has 2 basic attacks - a normal one and a ‘core attack’ that happens when you fill the bar - two basic skills and four special skills.

The first special skill is the character’s support skill when selected as an assist. Every dupe will increase this passive for a total of 1/3/5/7/10 extra levels. You can also level this passive using Hunter skill scrolls,

The second is a QTE skill, Quick Time Event. These are the skills that Hunters use when doing a ‘switch in’ when you are doing a Hunter stage,

The third one is their Ultimate skill and can only be used when the power gauge is full.

The last one is the passive skill, that generally defines the character’s “identity” and adds unique mechanics to their kit. Every dupe will add one ‘star’ to the character, allowing them to get extra charges of their skills or even change how they work, morphing their existing skills in specific conditions like Choi’s first dupe.

Levelling skills up costs Hunter Skill scrolls 1 up to level 4 and level 2 scrolls up to level 7.

As you increase the skill level you will also need to reach a specific level in order to proceed with the upgrade. Level 8 and 9 upgrades require level 3 scrolls and Mana dusts, these are extremely rare and should not be used without a lot of consideration.

Jinwoo skills

In the case of Jinwoo, you will get more skills as you progress through the game.

You can customize his skill layout to select two basic skills and one ultimate skill,

You can also select the QTE skill when dodging and the ultimate skill.

The skill upgrades are similar to the Hunter skill upgrades, they just use a different skill scroll type. Also, Jinwoo can level up the skill of his weapons.

Every weapon has a Basic Attack skill, a Core Attack and an Ultimate, so you should upgrade the ones that you use the most first and then gradually increase the skill levels of your strongest weapons to increase your damage. Of course, apply discretion - if you only use a weapon as a ‘switch in’ for their ultimate, there is no immediate need to raise the basic attack or core attack skill.

You can find the option of levelling up weapon skills in the ‘Weapon’ menu after selecting the weapon you want to upgrade.

Runes

It’s very important to know that Jinwoo can also equip runes. Runes can be obtained by crafting and can change the skill they are equipped to, adding extra effects or changing the element of the attack. Unlocking a rune for a skill adds an extra skill level to it and every skill has four different runes that can be unlocked, even if you can only equip one at a time.

Runes also come in different rarities: Basic, Epic and Legendary. Epic runes provide a stronger buff and adds 2 skill levels when equipped. You can craft runes with the Fusion menu.

You can exchange 100 rune fragments for a random rune - most likely it’s going to be a basic rune. When you obtain a new rune it will be automatically added to the list of runes for that skill. However, if you obtain a rune that you already have, it will be stored and you can use it to try and craft a higher rarity rune with the skill fusion.

The chance of obtaining a higher rarity rune is displayed on the screen and increases every time you fail to generate a higher rarity rune - the % will go back to default after you manage to get one. Should you get a dupe Epic Rune, you can do the same for the Legendary rune fusion.

Blessings

Considering the nature of runes, it’s a great time to mention the existence of Blessings. Blessings are basically ‘free’ passives that you can equip with a different set of effects. You start with only one Blessing slot and increase a new one as you hit level 50/60/70. Some blessings offer extra damage, others offer damage buffs or even extra abilities like the ‘Daily quest completion’.

You can obtain Blessings by fusing blessing powder and the process is the same as the rune fragments - as you get dupes, you can try to fuse them for higher grade blessings and so on.