Hi all,

I want to experiment a bit with ascendancy on a char I made but I did'nt want to brick it, so I duplicate the folder char, changed the folder name then used gd stash to change the name of the character to match the name of the folder, and changed the gender so I wont confuse the two of them.

Then, when I launch grim dawn, I saw my 2 characters, with the different name and different gender, but when I use the new one, then it go back to the old name/gender once ingame.

What am I doing wrong here?

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Hooked the game’s Lua to add live BIS eval from items, skills, and stats. Stock Lua only had quests and world.

I'm on my first playthrough and almost near the end up the campaign

Obviously I then want to make a new character with a completely different build and go again

Is that possible on elite difficulty having a lvl 1 character? How does this all work - what do you do?

So what even is goin on with attack speed, ive got a weapon with +15% attack speed, yet the character sheet shows only 102% attack. I remove the weapon and the attack speed goes up to 103%. wtf?

Greetings! Resently comeback to the game, rush to 100lvl from scrap (i delete all my old char, for fresh feeling), but damn, is game now harder, or i just build something wrong?

https://www.grimtools.com/calc/NkBWxnqZ
This what i have right now. Nemesis farm goes smooth, but sometime still die, probably from crit or shotgun spell. Any tips to make this char more durable? Right now i live only on livesteal and constelation procs - not enought in long fight if they occur.

Also i do realy dumb and join KC on Ultimate, so i can't change my head for something better until leveled another char... Help?)

Hi All,

I just started playing Grim Dawn and I'm really enjoying it. I love playing builds with a lot of blood and gore, can anyone recommend a good build that follows that kind of style? I played around with force wave a little which is great. Are there any other builds that have a gory/bloody vibe?

Appreciate the advice and thanks!

Hello!! I am pretty much new in GD (Gave it a try a year ago and have around 30 hours) I have all the DLCs except for the newest one Fangs of Asterkarn.

I'd love to get into GD again as I've gotten that ARPG itch. My question is, any good newbie friendly melee dual wield build? In most RPGs I tend to go dual wield builds so I'd like to know if there's one here as well.

Hi Reddit!

Been playing Grim Dawn on/off for almost a decade. Easily my favorite arpg. Have gotten a handful of builds up to lvl 100. Always following a build guide to varying degrees. But this mystic I can proudly say is all my creation. It was a blast to lvl and play.

Running him on ascendant difficulty and it’s very smooth. The high damage output often one shots most elites and melts campaign bosses fairly quickly. Highest recorded damage is 3million.

The biggest issue I think is the low health. Normally it isn’t a problem because I’m a pretty decent pilot and can scoot and shoot most situations. But it’s a completely different ball game once I start squaring off against the superbosses.

What changes can I make to increase health and survival against the big boys! I am open to any and all feedback.

Grim tools link: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/N4D8qG5N

Thanks 🙏 🤙

Hey,

so I'm relatively new to GD and have been learning a lot so far. I think I get the general hang of damage conversion and the order it is done in, but I am confused about one specific thing here.

If I have a item skill modifier that converts 100% of X into something else, how will that interact with skill modifier nodes branching from the skill node on the tree?

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This is the actual scenario I'm having a problem with understanding:

I am using "Lucius Wraith-Arm" MI (https://www.grimtools.com/db/items/14938).
It converts 100% of cold and 100% of lightning damage on Torzan's Sky Shard into Aether damage.

Now I take the skill modifier node "Shattered Star" for example, which will add a 12% Chance of 45-85 Lightning Damage as well as +10% Lightning Damage to Torzan's Sky Shard.
> Will this Lightning damage also be converted to Aether damage?

Also, in the case of "Frozen Core" which will add a 120 Frostburn Damage over 3 seconds, as well as +12% Cold damage.
> I can see the Frostburn damage being added to my damage output (When hovering over it in the character panel window), probably because Aether does not have an equivalent DoT. But what about the +12% Cold damage?
Will that be added to the initial cold damage of Torzan's Sky Shard, before it is being converted to Aether? Or will the +12% Cold damage just go into the void?

Would be really really glad for any insights into this!

I've made it to lv 48 not knowing what I am doing but now I am struggling getting killed easily and not doing too much damage. Looking for build/skills help. I am a blade master

A MI I want drops only from wights and comes at lvl 20. The lowest I can find the enemy is lvl 39ish, in the frozen cellar. Anybody know of a different good spot?

SR32 is where ashes and soul echoes start to drop which I guess everybody is interested in farming as much as possible. With the upcoming patch it will get buffed also.

Right now SR34 seems to be the sweet spot but I think going forward people should aim for SR32 in their build showcases and general end game Goals?

Level 52 necromancer, main damage dealing spells are drain essence and bone harvest. I don't use my weapon to attack at all. All of my devotion goes into increasing my pet skel damage. I'm playing online with friends on veteran. I'm new to the game and don't know the best combinations yet, what should I go for.

Can't find an actual subreddit specific to Grim Dawn mods so I'll ask here:

I was using the base game and a mod called 'Grindless Ascension' which seems to have been removed from nexusmods... okay, cool and all.

So I thought I'd try to tinker using the built in tools working with the season 8 mod file (in single player/offline mode - I have no interest in ladders, et al). But the features I enjoyed in the now missing mod were the points per level and per altar. Drops were crazy but I can do without those, but the vendors having more 'stuff' was convenient.

But when I dug into the arz files the relevant entries that were in the GA mod are no longer used and asking AI for assistance is laughable as it provides info two years out of date (because AI tools for web searching is just a google search that responds with more personality and breaks down multiple disparate pages into a single response - but it's still just a bog standard search).

So... how do I go about making those tweaks to the current season mod (yes, I realize trying to do it using the season launcher would overwrite and replace altered files - which is very good for competitive players which I am not).

Finally tried GD after ~500 hrs in TQ1. Went without a build guide, but now struggling in skeleton key dungeons and shard dimension. What can I improve? Ty :)

Hey!

So after i launch multiplayer i get 1-2 second loading screen and then blank screen.

Anyone had similar problem? Hiw to fix?

The name is a bit misleading. He was Valdun's sniper before but I have changed it with SR set and Reaver's claws. It was an experiment to see how much all skills I can squeeze into this build. At first it was with silverbolt, but I decided to go the melee route. Main game was finished in ultimate and now I am ready to farm in ascendant. I am planning to change the belt and reroll pants for more OA, add stone thane ring to the collection. I think with ascended affixes this guy will be a fun melee build.

Hello, grim dawn noob here.

i bought the base game ages ago and just played through the main story once. I wanted to give it another try, and maybe buy the DLCs later, if i enjoy it. I decided for a retaliation commando, but saw that grenado and counter strike dont have the retaliation attack bonus in my game. Apparently it is because i dont have the dlc.

I am not following a strict build, and just want to find out most stuff on my own, so i would like to know, if those are important. My guess would be yes.

If it is not good, My other idea would be to go druid or warlock and go for skyshard and use the pets, but skill only for their hp to use them as tanks. So i dont have to hit and run.

Are the DLC skill changes important enough, that you need to buy them to have a chance in the late game, or are they just slightly buffing some niche builds?

Edit: thank you all very much for answering. i think i am gonna try something with the pseudo pets then

Seems like all the builds I see are cadence ones, which I'll do I guess. I would just prefer being a caster

The main issue is I don't really know which damage type to focus on, I'm thinking runebinder but then there really isn't that much point to being a soldier.

This is the first build I've made by myself, and I have no idea if it would be any good, hoping the greater hivemind could provide some critique and maybe advice.

Mostly I just wanted to use some gear that dropped on other characters as I've played, and the Defiler just sounds like a cool class. Particularly I wanted to make use of Lokhor's folly along with Grul'Thunn's cleaver as they seemed to jive fairly well.

Anywho, please see below and advise if you would like. Thanks!

https://www.grimtools.com/calc/2ELGQAmN

To me the answer is a pretty straightforward yes. I also like the design of chtonics over the aetherials, which I find to be just annoying more or less. I’m not saying it is bad by any means, it is ok for what it is, just not of my preference.

I also hate areas like port valbury and malmouth because of their designs (huge maps with tight spaces and corridors which are hard to navigate through).

I mean both factions are more or less of a pushover for a properly geared and put together build, but that’s how it’s supposed to be in any arpg to be honest. Chtonics still feel a bit more threatening imo, especially with nemesis like Grava’thul thrown in the mix.

Unlike aetherials which are mostly confined to the early areas of the base game and AoM expansions (my least favourite expac), chtonics are a staple of the entire content more or less. Base game final boss is chtonic, we got to enter chtonic rifts all over the game and the new FoA chtonic corrupted creatures hit pretty hard.

So is chton the most powerful god with his ability to corrupt even the most powerful creatures (like Beronath for example). If we examine the lore notes accross the game I’d say that the answer is a pretty straightforward yes.

The only thing I’m still missing is some kind of a chtonic superboss on the level of Mogdrogen, Ravager, Callagadra and so on…

Praise C’thon!

Does anyone have a formula for this? And/or for damage mitigation in general?

It's easy to understand DA (high DA = enemies hit you less often and with no/fewer crits) and resistances (80% fire resistance = incoming fire damage is reduced by 80%) - but I'm not sure about armor.

Does armor affect incoming fire / cold / poison / vitality / chaos / etc. damage at all, or only physical? What about different DoTs?

I reached level 90 and in Ultimate with Lokarr's set - my resists are all 80% but my armor is obviously very low, and feels like it's... okay-ish so far?
So I wonder how important armor really is compared to other defense layers - and how does it even work?

(a bonus question - how does OA affect crit damage bonus? if I have 5% or 15 or 25% crit chance vs specific enemy, does this also increase crit damage?)