Deskrawl Leveling and Paragon: From 1 to 70

Use experience per hour, not enemy level

A higher map can grant more experience per kill while producing less experience per hour if waves take too long or the character dies. Start from the highest stable route and measure a timed sample.

When progress slows, compare clear time, deaths, travel, inventory stops, and boss interruptions. Fix the largest lost-time category before chasing a new area.

Plan around talent and skill milestones

Protect gold with a zero-regret testing order

One current Monk guide reports talent reset cost exceeding 2,600 gold around level 25. Treat the exact price as patch-sensitive; the planning lesson remains valid.

1. Swap active abilities first; current guide testing reports those changes are free.
2. Change one equipment group or minion next.
3. Farm the last stable route and record the result.
4. Only reset talents when the destination tree is written down point by point.
5. Keep enough gold for town, gear, and recovery priorities after the reset.

Diagnose Paragon XP before calling the save broken

• Update to at least the current 1.0.0h baseline.
• Repeat the same activity once and record the before/after XP values.
• Note class, level, difficulty, region, map, and enemy.
• Check whether changing maps causes a visual reset or a real loss after restart.
• Report reproducible values; do not delete or copy save files.

Build the level-70 route around consistency

The official “Peak of Power” achievement confirms level 70 as a milestone. Reaching it efficiently means keeping the build alive and the loot pipeline moving through many sessions.

Use difficulty increases only when the reward gain survives a full timed test. A slower but stable route is often the correct bridge to the next talent, Paragon point, or gear breakpoint.