Added a more extensive breakdown of the best places to farm exp for hero rank to KD’s Hero Rank guide. Thanks to @MementoMori for highlighting that I was missing options when I hastily wrote the guide before. For any of you planning to level up, here is the information for you…
Exp farming
The amount of experience needed beyond hero rank 260 gets extreme. If you want to achieve a high hero rank you’re going to need to find a good place to farm exp.
Note: Whichever mission you’re farming, be sure to create a specific farming team that clears the battle quickly.
Here are the best options and when to do them:
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Trainer’s dojo, last stand, first battle = 60xp / 0 tickets (just time)
This is occasionally useful for getting the last bit of exp needed for a level if you have time to go through all the refilled tickets. -
Ingredients missions (pyramid/elemental/mouth) = 4000/3000/3500xp / 30/25/25 tickets (133/120/140 exp/ticket)
These are less efficient than the online story options (roughly half the best) but use up tickets quite quickly (especially the pyramid mission). They feel like less of a grind to do than the chapter 4 mission but the main benefit is you’re also stocking up on almost all the ingredients you’ll need for evolving monsters.
This is a great option all the way through hero rank 0-100 as well as beyond, but will get tiresome beyond hero rank 200 due to the heavier time investment and lower exp efficiency. -
Chapter 4, shadow area final battle: 2440xp / 9 tickets (271 exp/ticket)
This is technically the most efficient but takes lots of time to use up your tickets. It’s great for the early-game to boost up your hero rank to 100. -
Chapter 7, final battle = 5400xp / 22 tickets (245 exp/ticket)
This is the second best option for efficiency. However, it saves you a lot more time by using more than double the tickets per battle compared to the chapter 4 mission. Building a team to clear it quickly requires a better collection so it’s probably more for people hero rank 100+. -
Hell mode chapter 2, final battle = 7140xp / 30 tickets (238 exp/ticket)
Practically the same efficiency as the chapter 7 final battle but this uses even more tickets each time and there’s no story to click through. Any hell mode chapter 2 battle will give you the same exp so it depends on which you can build a team for to beat quickly. The final battle has fewer monsters so is theoretically the easiest to do in 1 minute or under.
This is arguably the best option to farm exp efficiently with the least amount of time effort. However, most other options are easier to build teams for. -
Chapter 8, final battle = 6480xp / 32 tickets (203 exp/ticket)
Another extremely fast way to burn through tickets with the right team. However, the efficiency is lower. This is much easier to build a team for than hell mode chapter 2. -
Hell mode chapter 8, final battle = 9240xp / 50 tickets (185 exp/ticket)
This is the fastest way to use tickets. The battle can be done incredibly fast, there’s no story to click through and it uses the most tickets per battle. 24 hours worth of tickets can be used in 5 minutes. This is the option for the ultimate lazy farming.
Here’s a breakdown of each chapter and region of the online story detailing the best exp/ticket available in that region…
| Chapter | Storm | Earth | Fire | Water | Holy | Shadow | Lost area | Hell mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 38 | 238 |
| 3 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 84 | 96 | 86 | 100 | 213 |
| 4 | 167 | 186 | 222 | 235 | 228 | 271 | 260 | 196 |
| 5 | 195 | 198 | 203 | 203 | 198 | 202 | 206 | 205 |
| 6 | 200 | 212 | 214 | 216 | 182 | 160 | 233 | 190 |
| 7 | 215 | 219 | 223 | 227 | 228 | 238 | 245 | 178 |
| 8 | 206 | 204 | 205 | 204 | 202 | 203 | 203 | 185 |