The Meditation Circle: Leveling Up Your Heroes
In DeFi Kingdoms, leveling up is a very interactive process. We want players to be able to choose their gameplay style, from specializing in Profession Quests to creating the perfect Hero for combat.
As of writing this post, you can level up your Heroes in Beta.
Your Hero must have maxed out their XP levels. This is currently best done through our available Profession Quests (Foraging and/or Fishing).
In the future, you will also be able to use an attunement crystal while leveling up to increase the success rate for certain stat increases. Each set of 10 levels has a focus rune associated with it. For Levels 1 to 10, that rune is the Shvās rune.
The JEWEL cost of leveling up is 0.1 * Current Level.
The benefit of leveling up is to increase a Hero’s stats. Excluding Hit Points (HP), Mana Points (MP) and Stamina, the game will roll twice for each stat to see if they will increase.
1. The game will roll for each stat to increase based on the Hero’s primary stat growth parameters and any bonuses provided by attunement crystals. Successful rolls receive +1 to that stat.
2. The game will roll for each stat to increase based on the Hero’s secondary stat growth parameters and any bonuses provided by attunement crystals. Successful rolls receive +1 to that stat.
3. The game provides a +1 bonus to the stat selected by the player.
4. The game will roll for the two stats selected to seek Gaia’s blessing. Each has a 50% chance of success. Successful rolls receive +1 to that stat.
Stamina has a fixed growth rate, increasing by 1 every even level:
- Level 2: 25 + 1 = 26
- Level 4: 26 + 1 = 27
- Level 6: 27 + 1 = 28
Lastly, increases for Hit Points (HP) and Mana Points (MP) are calculated after other stat bonuses are applied. Each class has its own chances for a small, regular or large increase in HP and MP.
For example: Wizards have higher chances for large MP increases, but lower chances for large HP increases.
After completing the ritual, you will see a breakdown of the stats that increased from the leveling up process.
How do Hero Rarities Affect Leveling Up?
Heroes receive additional stat bonuses every 5 levels depending on their rarity. This means that having a Mythic Hero is inherently far more valuable than having a Rare.
Uncommon
- +1 to two random, mutually exclusive stats
Rare
- +1 to three random, mutually exclusive stats
- +1 to a random stat (including any that received a bonus already)
Legendary
- +1 to three random, mutually exclusive stats
- +1 to two random, mutually exclusive stats (including any that received a bonus already)
- +2 to a random stat (including any that received a bonus already)
The best-case scenario with a Legendary Hero would give you a +4 upgrade for one stat, +2 for a different stat and +1 for another stat.
For example: You get +4 AGI, +2 LCK and +1 DEX. This is the best-case scenario as you maxed out the potential increase for each stat.
Mythic
- +2 to three random, mutually exclusive stats
- +1 to three random, mutually exclusive stats (including any that received a bonus already)
- +1 to a random stat (including any that received a bonus already)
The best-case scenario with a Mythic Hero would give you a +4 upgrade for one stat, then +3 for two other stats.
For example: You get +4 STR, +3 END and +3 VIT. This is once again the best-case scenario.
For reference, Level 100 Mythic Heroes on average have 200 more stat points than Level 100 Common Heroes do.
