No Rest for the Wicked - The Breach Guide | Best Starting Build Tips

Whether you're new to No Rest for the Wicked or returning after the recent The Breach update, there’s much to look forward to in the game, especially because there’s now a Hardcore mode that will surely test your mettle.

Whether you’re welding a Claymore or a Blood Rusted Sword and Shield or a Staff, this guide will help you win hardcore boss fights and easily get through the difficult sections of the game. 

General Attributes and Stats

First and foremost, focus on your health. Your character's survivability will increase if you have more health in hardcore mode. When creating your character, concentrate on health, stamina, and strength. Strength is crucial as it affects damage output. 

Leveling up and allocating stat points based on the guide is essential. Later, you can try different combinations when you can respec. Concentrate primarily on health, stamina, and strength to boost the damage multipliers. 

Choosing the Right Gear

You can choose a Heavy Gear further to increase your survivability in No Rest for the Wicked. This setup Gear unlocks a lethal shoulder charge, knocking enemies down and allowing healing. Although the shoulder charge does minor damage, its strategic value is very beneficial. 

Heavy gear also boosts survivability and keeps you effective at applying pressure offensively. When selecting equipment, don't select anything that decreases your stats. Select anything that increases your health, fitness, and concentration. 

Start enchanting your equipment as soon as possible, even with minimal gems. Continuing to upgrade your equipment will make your character more powerful, and these upgrades play a massive part in your character progression. 

Upgrading Sacrament

To rebuild the Scaramnet for various upgrades, talk to Thanos in the Rookery and later in the Court to gain access to multiple upgrades. Upgrades to the buildings, particularly the smithy upgrade, let you upgrade your weapons early. 

Be sure to get an axe to harvest ore used to craft early upgrades. Also, farm mushroom soup and fish skewers; these are necessary to level up the workers to level two, accelerating all crafting and upgrading.

Vendor and Upgrades

With The Breach update, Mira and Meri upgrade your armor. Regularly check in with them to upgrade and improve your defense stats. Pay close attention to the materials you get from your missions, constantly refine them, and use them in your upgrades. 

Visit Fillmore to craft and upgrade weapons. Use your anvil wisely and gather crafting recipes to unlock new upgrades.

Manage your resources properly and regularly check the vendor inventories. Prioritize buying recipes for crafting food and essential materials or resources for your upgrades. 

Avoid selling fallen embers; although they might appear valuable for a quick buck, they are more useful when saved up for later use.

Challenges and Bounties

Check-in on Captain Randolph regularly. Complete his bounty hunts and challenges for XP and gold. To find your dailies and weeklies on your challenge menu, use the left menu for dailies and the right for weeklies. Take out your map to easily see challenge markers and set your course.

Also, check our No Rest for the Wicked Review and other guides below:

• No Rest For The Wicked | Best Early Game Tips and Guide