KD's Hero Rank guide

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Preface

Levelling up your hero rank increases team cost, max tickets and at certain milestones you get gems and rare gems from achievements. This guide details all the increases and costs.

Rate of max tickets increase

Hero ranks	Description	Tickets
1-52	+1 ticket each level	50-101
53-70	+1 ticket every 2 levels	101-110
71-100	+1 ticket every 3 levels	110-120
101-140	+1 ticket every 4 levels	120-130
141-210	+1 ticket every 5 levels	130-144
211-300	+1 ticket every 2 levels	144-189
301+	+1 ticket every 10 levels	189-190

In version 2.33 the max tickets was rebalanced, drastically increasing the number of tickets in early hero ranks. This was done with the introduction of daily missions, to help make the ticket spending requirements accessible to all.

Click here to see the old number of tickets (pre-version 2.33)

Hero ranks	Description	Tickets
1-70	+1 ticket each level	12-81
71-100	+1 ticket every 2 levels	81-96
101-150	+1 ticket every 3 levels	96-113
151-300	+1 ticket every 2 levels	113-188

Rate of max friends increase

Hero ranks	Description	Max friends
1-100	+1 max friend on every 10th level	50-60
101-300	+1 max friend on every 5th level (e.g. 105, 115)	60-100
301+	+1 max friend on every 5th level	100+

Rate of the exp increase

Hero ranks	Description
1-25	Extremely easy the first few levels then increasing by roughly 300 per level
26-80	Slowly going up exponentially by slightly random amounts each level
81-240	Almost linear increase, going up each level by the previous amount +2
241-260	Increasing exponentially
261-285	Increasing exponentially, the percentage gain on each previous level going up at a rapidly increasing rate
286-301	Increasing exponentially, the percentage gain on each previous level now slowing down but still increasing a lot and the amount of exp required has got ridiculous by this stage
302+	The same amount each level, roughly 10m per level

As you approach level 300 each one takes an extreme amount of experience. Levels 290-300 take slightly over the amount it takes in levels 1-290. Level 300-301 alone takes as much as it takes to get from level 1-183.

Summary of exp requirements

Hero Rank	Total Exp
1-25	51,106
26-50	303,697
51-75	700,042
76-100	1,187,457
101-125	1,725,880
126-150	2,280,050
151-175	2,863,844
176-200	3,478,800
201-225	4,125,050
226-250	5,068,673
251-275	7,285,924
275-300	62,675,200
300-310	101,405,330

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.
EXTRA NOTE: Now we have monster bond quest, it’s best to simply do that with excess tickets. In the later levels you get a lot of exp so overall the exp/ticket is quite good and it will level you up quite consistently over time.

Here are the best options and when to do them:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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+.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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

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Full breakdown

A big thanks to the devs for sharing this information with me so I could share it with the community!

Please note: Team cost increases by completing the leagues in the offline story but this is not shown in the table below.

Default: 6 slots / 20 cost
Complete Rookie League: 10 slots / 35 cost
Complete Advanced League: 16 slots / 45 cost
Complete Elite League: 53 cost
Complete Expert League: 61 cost
Complete Master League: 69 cost
So the max team cost is 137+69 = 206.

Hero Rank	Total Exp	Cost	Tickets	Required Exp	Friends
1	0	0	50	0	50
2	20	3	51	20	50
3	60	5	52	40	50
4	130	7	53	70	50
5	240	9	54	110	50
6	400	11	55	160	50
7	619	13	56	219	50
8	909	15	57	290	50
9	1278	18	58	369	50
10	1947	23	59	669	51
11	2916	24	60	969	51
12	4185	25	61	1269	51
13	5755	26	62	1570	51
14	7497	27	63	1742	51
15	9738	28	64	2241	51
16	12323	29	65	2585	51
17	15256	30	66	2933	51
18	18541	31	67	3285	51
19	22226	32	68	3685	51
20	26217	33	69	3991	52
21	30514	34	70	4297	52
22	35117	35	71	4603	52
23	40026	36	72	4909	52
24	45351	37	73	5325	52
25	51106	38	74	5755	52
26	57646	39	75	6540	52
27	64644	40	76	6998	52
28	72100	41	77	7456	52
29	80014	42	78	7914	52
30	88386	43	79	8372	53
31	97216	44	80	8830	53
32	106518	45	81	9302	53
33	116292	46	82	9774	53
34	126538	47	83	10246	53
35	137258	48	84	10720	53
36	148366	49	85	11108	53
37	159571	50	86	11205	53
38	171175	51	87	11604	53
39	183365	52	88	12190	53
40	196078	57	89	12713	54
41	209303	58	90	13225	54
42	223148	59	91	13845	54
43	237574	60	92	14426	54
44	252544	61	93	14970	54
45	268124	62	94	15580	54
46	284290	63	95	16166	54
47	301018	64	96	16728	54
48	318327	65	97	17309	54
49	336279	66	98	17952	54
50	354803	71	99	18524	55
51	373943	72	100	19140	55
52	393888	73	101	19945	55
53	414329	74	101	20441	55
54	435630	75	102	21301	55
55	457640	76	102	22010	55
56	480216	77	103	22576	55
57	503562	78	103	23346	55
58	527506	79	104	23944	55
59	552164	80	104	24658	55
60	577740	85	105	25576	56
61	604072	86	105	26332	56
62	630955	87	106	26883	56
63	658779	88	106	27824	56
64	687379	89	107	28600	56
65	716518	90	107	29139	56
66	746496	91	108	29978	56
67	777382	92	108	30886	56
68	809034	93	109	31652	56
69	841454	94	109	32420	56
70	874615	99	110	33161	57
71	909103	100	110	34488	57
72	944270	101	110	35167	57
73	980229	102	111	35959	57
74	1017086	103	111	36857	57
75	1054845	104	111	37759	57
76	1093338	105	112	38493	57
77	1132647	106	112	39309	57
78	1172474	107	112	39827	57
79	1212594	108	113	40120	57
80	1253594	113	113	41000	58
81	1295386	113	113	41792	58
82	1337700	114	114	42314	58
83	1381082	114	114	43382	58
84	1425262	115	114	44180	58
85	1470242	115	115	44980	58
86	1516024	116	115	45782	58
87	1562610	116	115	46586	58
88	1610002	117	116	47392	58
89	1658202	117	116	48200	58
90	1707212	121	116	49010	59
91	1757034	121	117	49822	59
92	1807670	122	117	50636	59
93	1859122	122	117	51452	59
94	1911392	123	118	52270	59
95	1964482	123	118	53090	59
96	2018394	124	118	53912	59
97	2073130	124	119	54736	59
98	2128692	125	119	55562	59
99	2185082	125	119	56390	59
100	2242302	135	120	57220	60
101	2300354	135	120	58052	60
102	2359240	135	120	58886	60
103	2419800	135	120	60560	60
104	2481200	135	121	61400	60
105	2543442	135	121	62242	61
106	2606528	135	121	63086	61
107	2670460	135	121	63932	61
108	2735240	135	122	64780	61
109	2800870	135	122	65630	61
110	2867352	136	122	66482	62
111	2934688	136	122	67336	62
112	3002880	136	123	68192	62
113	3071930	136	123	69050	62
114	3141840	136	123	69910	62
115	3212612	136	123	70772	63
116	3284248	136	124	71636	63
117	3356750	136	124	72502	63
118	3430120	136	124	73370	63
119	3504360	136	124	74240	63
120	3579472	137	125	75112	64
121	3655458	137	125	75986	64
122	3732320	137	125	76862	64
123	3810060	137	125	77740	64
124	3888680	137	126	78620	64
125	3968182	137	126	79502	65
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155	6773292	137	133	106892	71
156	6881128	137	133	107836	71
157	6989910	137	133	108782	71
158	7099640	137	133	109730	71
159	7210320	137	133	110680	71
160	7321952	137	134	111632	72
161	7434538	137	134	112586	72
162	7548124	137	134	113586	72
163	7662624	137	134	114500	72
164	7778084	137	134	115460	72
165	7894506	137	135	116422	73
166	8011892	137	135	117386	73
167	8130244	137	135	118352	73
168	8249564	137	135	119320	73
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170	8491116	137	136	121262	74
171	8613352	137	136	122236	74
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173	8860754	137	136	124190	74
174	8985924	137	136	125170	74
175	9112076	137	137	126152	75
176	9239212	137	137	127136	75
177	9367334	137	137	128122	75
178	9496444	137	137	129110	75
179	9626544	137	137	130100	75
180	9757636	137	138	131092	76
181	9889722	137	138	132086	76
182	10022804	137	138	133082	76
183	10156884	137	138	134080	76
184	10291964	137	138	135080	76
185	10428046	137	139	136082	77
186	10565132	137	139	137086	77
187	10703224	137	139	138092	77
188	10842324	137	139	139100	77
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216	15154492	137	147	168136	83
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218	15493964	137	148	170270	83
219	15665304	137	148	171340	83
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221	16011202	137	149	173486	84
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227	17074784	137	152	179972	85
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