Since the introduction of the Echo to Eureka in patch 5.1, it became possible to much more easily level solo in Eureka than previously. Of course, Eureka itself is community-minded content, but feel free to use this information if you ever need to level solo.
This page continues from the Solo Leveling in Anemos page.
Eureka leveling relies on some basic knowledge you should familiarise yourself with from Solo leveling guide page, while the page you're currently on aims to give you some specific tips on what you can do to level in Pagos.
For general information about Pagos NPCs and relic progression, please check the Pagos page.
General tips
- Buy a Potion of harmony from the market board, if you don't have some already
- Get yourself any food lvl 60 or higher for some extra vitality (HP)
- Look around the bottom of the map to find Pagos elemental (fairy) if possible
- SOUND AGRO is now a thing in Eureka! Be careful of sleeping dragons, toggle walk (walk slowly) close to them to avoid waking them up. Expect them in pretty much all of the narrow areas of the map, evil as they are.
- Teleports unlock at levels 21, 23 and 25 - so attune as soon as you can, especially to first two as they will be very useful in navigating the map.
Important steps
- Level 21: Attune to Vlondette's Retreat Aetheryte (23,27).
- Level 23: Attune to Geothermal Studies Aetheryte (7,14). (You will have to go to the upper left part of the map for this, when you get close to dragons move slowly, don't touch them and they will not wake up)
- Level 25: Attune to Gravitational Studies Aetheryte (28,15). (You will have to go to the upper right part of the map for this, when you get close to dragons move slowly, don't touch them and they will not wake up)
- Level 25: If you're working on your relic weapon, do the blue quest from Gerolt, this will give you access to Light. To have this quest available, you need to have Anemos relic step finished and the first few questions in Pagos.
- Level 35: Finish your weapon if you plan to work on Eurekan gear in Pyros
Quest locations:
Some additional notes about the quests:
- level 21: its up on the hill
- level 25: its on the bottom part of the map, no need to go up
- level 29: you need to go up (geothermal) and drop down the cliff carefully, to land on a ledge from above.
- level 35: ameretats (morbols) have sound agro, so toggle walk and have no fear. Griffons around the quest have true sight agro, so carefully walk behind them and don't rely on stealth actions because true sight can see through them.
Leveling logic in Eureka
Eureka leveling relies on some basic knowledge you should familiarise yourself with from Solo leveling guide page, while the page you're currently on aims to give you some specific tips on what you can do to level in Pagos.
In early levels, focus enemies 1-3 levels higher (if solo) or 3-6 higher (if in group) and do FATEs only if they are around your level.
New enemy mechanics in Pagos and later:
Mutation: enemy changes its model, often changes elements and all of its skills. It gives very high experience compared to non-mutated enemies. Adaptation: enemy retains its model, skills and element, but changes its size and starts hitting harder. Gives high experience compared to non-adapted enemies.
For knowing what enemies to focus, use our mutation tracker or alternatively, check the same tracker in spreadsheet form.
FATE GRINDING
Overall, FATE exp in Pagos is pretty good, but at early levels it's more beneficial to do some grinding, and then join a FATE train - if there is one - when you can get rewards from most of them. Joining FATEs is only beneficial if they are around your level or lower, don't even bother trying to get to highest level FATEs until you have all of the teleports unlocked.
Pagos crystal grinding
For finishing a Pagos weapon, you'll need, all together:
- 31 frosted protean crystals (light farming, remember to empty your kettle here and there)
- 500 pagos crystals (drop from fates)
- 5 Louhi ice (cost 50 pagos crystals each or get 2 per gold rating in a Louhi fate, lvl 34-35)
You should not have trouble with frosted crystals if you've unlocked kettle at lvl 25. For additional info about kettle and Louhi boss, check info below.
Light Exchange
In order to turn your light from "vitiated aether" to Frosted Protean Crystals, you need to visit the forge. To get to the forge, you need to go to the aetheryte Geothermal (can be attuned at level 23), and jump down on a ledge from the marked position:
Unlocking the light kettle
You must have an Anemos weapon finished to get a lvl 25 blue quest from Gerolt in Pagos. Finish the quest to unlock the kettle which will then collect light randomly as you kill higher level enemies and from FATEs at a fixed rate. You'll need 31 light/Frosted Protean Crystals for one Pagos weapon. Finishing Pagos weapon is mandatory if you want to make relic gear later in Pyros. So, if you're gear hunting, make sure to make this weapon, even if you don't care about the relic.
Methods for Light Farming
You can use this page to figure our most efficient way to farm light for your level.
Louhi NM
Louhi is the level 40 area boss of Pagos. You can drop down to the ledge from X:32 Y:20 to get to Louhi cave. Watch out for the sleeping dragon to avoid taking aggro.
Boss abilities
- Cold kick: Frontal cleave tankbuster
- Windlash: Raidwide damage. Get inside his hitbox or go far out to avoid getting a vulnerability stack.
- Dextral icecleave: Hits right side (stay left or far)
- Sinistral icecleave: Hits left side (stay right or far)
- Snowstorm: AOE under her. Move away (also summons 3 ice crystals that will do line aoes so avoid that)
- Force of Will: Raidwide damage + knockback. She summons several adds that need to be tanked and killed.
- Raging strikes: frontal cleave, short range but wider than Cold Kick
- Supercool: Self-buff that makes her do more damage and take more damage as well
- Snowbloom: frontal cleave, longer range, will freeze you to place if hit.
Adds:
- Stout: Casts Raging strikes that needs to be stunned every 30 seconds or it wipes the group
- One of the adds applies poison to random targets
- Last of the adds targets random people with AOE.
Adds can be dealt with even if you reset Louhi, after which they won't spawn again