Level Any Class Fast – Complete Twink Guide for Last Epoch Season 3
This guide breaks down the exact gear, skills, and mechanics you’ll need to level any character from scratch in record time.
Step 1: Join Your Faction Again
When you create a new character, the first town offers you the choice between Circle of Fortune (CoF) and the Merchant’s Guild. Stick with the same faction as your main, since most of your stashed twink items will already be aligned with it. For this guide, Circle of Fortune is preferred because of its synergy with idol farming, but either works.
Step 2: Gear Setup for Level 1–35
The twink leveling strategy relies on stacking ignite chance and damage-over-time (DoT) multipliers. Most of the recommended items can be equipped at level 1, with a couple of exceptions like Calamity (level 7) and the ignite amulet (level 4). Here’s the breakdown:
Firestarter Torch – The centerpiece of the build. Its “inflict spreading flames on hit” mod clears entire screens. Pair it with a high ignite chance to solve single-target weaknesses.
Amulet (Ignite Chance) – Provides early ignite stacking to ensure bosses melt as quickly as trash mobs.
Calamity Helmet (Level 7) – Adds ignite chance and fire damage, further boosting scaling.
Claw Off-hand (Level 4) – A solid early weapon with low requirements.
Kestrel – Grants haste and strong movement speed for blazing through the campaign.
Chest (Ward per Second) – Provides passive sustain, making you nearly unkillable before Monoliths.
Vial of Volatile Ice (Optional Off-hand) – Adds cold DoTs that synergize with your elemental damage scaling. Swap for a defensive shield if you prefer survivability.
Aurora’s Circuit – Up to 18% movement speed from level 1, making it one of the strongest campaign items.
Keeper’s Gloves & Lessons of the Metropolis Boots – Both available from level 1, stacking movement speed and DoT multipliers.
Tome of Elements – Provides damage leech, further boosting sustain.
Defensive Twink Options
If you prefer a more defensive setup, aim for a tier 7–8 all-resistance shield crafted with the Rune of Evolution. By rolling the right base down to level 0 with Glyph of Envy, you can create a shield that massively boosts survivability for alts. Even a tier 7 all-res roll is enough to trivialize campaign damage.
Step 3: Skills and Playstyle
The leveling strategy centers around stacking ignites while spreading flames across entire packs. The Firestarter Torch ensures that any multi-hit ability becomes a screen-clearing machine.
Key points:
Look for skills with generic “more damage” multipliers, since these scale with ignites and spreading flames.
Avoid multipliers that only apply to hits (e.g., Lightning Blast “more damage to shocked enemies”), since those don’t scale DoTs.
Every class has at least one viable multi-hit skill to carry you through the campaign.
Even without optimized skill specializations, this setup delivers strong damage and unmatched clear speed.
Step 4: The Level 35 Power Spike – Reflect Setup
At level 35, everything changes. You swap into the reflect build, which revolves around Thicket of Blinding Light, a new Season 3 Primordial Unique Shield.
What it does:
Blinds enemies every 0.5 seconds – effectively nullifying crits in softcore.
Reflects damage equal to your “damage reflected to attackers” stat – turning defense into offense.
This allows you to transition into a playstyle where you simply walk forward and let enemies kill themselves.
Idol Support
The shield’s power scales with idols that grant “+150 damage reflected to attackers.” These are farmed via Circle of Fortune prophecies once you reach rank 9. Using prophecy lenses to guarantee only kill-based conditions makes farming straightforward.
Gearing the Reflect Build
At this stage, start stacking Attunement and flat reflect damage:
Thorn Shell (Level 52) – The single biggest multiplier for reflected damage, scaling with Attunement.
Aurora’s Circuit & Arboreal Circuit – Haste, movement speed, and Attunement.
Hand of Judgment & Grimoire – Add Attunement and valuable defensive layers.
Evolutions End (Level 11) – +2 to all skills, all res, and movement speed.
Small Reflect Idols – Essential for pushing damage into absurd territory.
Step 5: Gameplay with Reflect
Once the setup is online, your “rotation” is laughably simple:
Walk toward enemies.
Let them target you.
Watch them die instantly to reflected damage.
The reflect radius is nearly screen-wide, making mapping effortless. For extra scaling, some classes (like Primalist) can cast Thorn Shield, further increasing reflect damage.
Step 6: Transitioning to Endgame
This setup isn’t just for the campaign—it carries well into Monoliths. With capped resistances, strong sustain, and absurd reflect damage, you can comfortably push through empowered timelines and even farm corruption early. From here, you can:
Continue scaling Reflect as your main build.
Transition into a different archetype once you’ve stockpiled gear.
Either way, the twink leveling method gets you to endgame faster and safer than traditional leveling.
Final Thoughts
Without question, the fastest and easiest way to level alts in Season 3. The ignite-based setup dominates from level 1–35, and the reflect shield build at 35 turns you into a walking nuke.
While this chest piece may see nerfs in Season 4, for now, it’s an absurdly strong leveling path that works on all classes and all builds. Having enough cheap Last Epoch gold will help you upgrade better. Use it to blast through the campaign, hit Monoliths at record speed, and start experimenting with your real endgame builds almost immediately.
Enjoy it while it lasts—and happy blasting in Last Epoch: Beneath Ancient Skies.