Group Leveling
A beginners leveling guide to leveling while in a group of any size.
Group Leveling Guide
“Shared danger, shared triumph — the essence of every great tale.”
Leveling in a group is one of the most rewarding ways to experience The Realm. Whether you’re running a classic Warrior and Wizard duo or experimenting with a unique hybrid combination, having a trusted companion at your side changes everything — fights are faster, travel is safer, and the journey feels more alive.
This guide assumes a two-character team, though the same path applies to larger groups. More players make fights easier but also grant less experience per kill — so find your balance between safety and speed.
⚔️ The Basics of Partnership
In a duo, each character has a distinct role — though how you play them can vary:
Role | Responsibilities | Notes |
Warrior (or other Melee) | Takes aggro, dealsconsistent physical damage,loots items, and tanksincoming hits. | Keep gear repaired, manageweight, and maintain weaponbuffs |
Wizard (orother caster) | Provides damage, healing,crowd control, or buffs — depending on your chosen school of magic. | A well-built wizard can adapt:damage dealer (Sorcery/Elementalism),controller (Mysticism), or support (Thaumaturgy/Necromancy). |
Hybrid | Hybrids can fill multiple roleswell, but not efficiently asspecialized builds | Versatile and safe, though slowerat early levels. |
💡 Tip: The more enemies your group can handle per fight, the faster your experience gain overall — even with the shared XP.
🧙♂️ General Tips for Group Play
🛠️ Repair gear often — If weapons or armor break, it’s gone forever.
🧚Alignment - For your hitter I recommend a “good” starting alignment. Getting healed and buffed by friendly NPCs can really help expedite the early levels.
👥 Gather the Fellowship — A useful spell if you get separated. The caster summons the rest of their party to their current location.
🛡️Group Setup — How you arrange your group matters. If you attack enemies, by default, they will attack the party leader. If they start the fight by attacking you (whether you curse them or get ambushed), they will attack the first person that joined the group, NOT the leader.
🌈 Soft Perm weapons — Essential. Ask a wizard in Game Help (Ch. 4) to buff your weapons until you’re able to do it yourself.
🔮Build your Mana pool —When looking for gear upgrades, your primary focus should be on gear with + MP. The more Mana you have, the more you regenerate every round. Having a large pool with high regeneration will allow us to cast our powerful AoE spells often, clearing groups quickly.
🍌 Hoard Mana Bananas and buy an Orb of Mana — This will allow you to replenish your mana quickly between fights. An Orb of Mana is an expensive purchase for a new player, but extremely valuable when you can afford it.
- ⚠️Remember to recharge your Orb of Mana regularly so as not to destroy it!
🌐 More players = less XP per kill — but the added safety often lets you clear harder zones earlier, balancing out the loss
📖 Build Strategy (Duo Blueprint)
Each character should develop independently, but with synergy in mind.
Character | Early Focus | Midgame Goals | Late Game Goals |
Hitter | Weapon Skill 3 →Healing 3 | Weapon 6 →Healing 5 →Critical Strike | Max Weapon 6 →Healing 6 →Critical 6 |
Caster | Primary Magic School 3 →Meditation 3 | Spell School 6 →Meditation 6 | Diversify into otherschools of magic |
By Level 75, aim for:
- Warrior: Weapon 6, Healing 5, Critical 3
- Wizard: Main Spell School 6, Meditation 6, Thaumaturgy 2 (Heal, buffs)
- Pros and cons of choosing each spell school for leveling can be found here.
For a more detailed breakdown of build point allocation, check out the Hitter or Caster specific guides.
🏕️ The Journey
If one area feels too hard, go back a step. If it’s too easy, move forward together.
💧 Regeneration
Regeneration is vitally important for all of your characters. Without it, your health and mana will not recover during combat, and recovery outside of combat will be painfully slow. Early on, securing any source of Regeneration should be your top priority.
If you’re new and haven’t found gear with Regeneration on it yet, ask kindly in the Game Help channel (Ch #4) — most wizards will be happy to cast the Regeneration spell on you. The effect is temporary, but it’s often enough to get you started until you can acquire a Novice Knapsack or other item with Regeneration.
Once you have it, your efficiency and survivability will increase dramatically. Always keep at least one piece of Regeneration gear equipped on each character — even the most powerful wizard is useless without mana. It is recommended to give your first piece of gear with regen that drops to your caster, as previously stated they will not regenerate mana without it.
🪄 Tip: Regeneration for Mana stacks up to 5 times, increasing the likelihood of a regen proc outside of combat! (No change for in-combat regeneration between 1 and 5 stacks)