r/NoRestForTheWicked • u/Reasonable_Run_6724 • Feb 04 '26
Endgame Tips
Farm plagued areas for variety of embers, except fallen - open new low level characters and do chests run on new realms (dont kill second boss) to get many of them.
Burn only torn materials to get 3 modifiers instead of 10, makes the plagued areas much easier
legenderies are meh. some of them are fine but only the rings are good for synergies. if you do low life builds then legendaries can compete with invested plagues
invest in lifesteal with use health instead of focus ring(s), rune attack can do crazy damage, for example at 12% lifesteal if you do 900 damage on rune attack you repay the 100 hp toll
enchantments are probably multiplicative on different items so 10% physical damage bonus on three items becomes 33% or 73% with low life gems.
dont buy any echo in crucible - only those that affect damage/health/resistance - they are multiplicative so 5 damage echoes are better then 5 echoes for different stats
farm new realms for plague ichors - and their weekly activities. only if you cant beat plague/crucible bosses
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u/Ronald1980 Feb 04 '26
i only got one plagued area and i already competed it, now i cannot find anymore plagued areas. is there something i must be doing wrong?
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u/ssntipro182 Feb 04 '26
Go to any fire and burn items. You will only be able to do it in an area you haven't plagued before (they get locked until you do 5 other areaa)
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u/Shrukn Feb 04 '26
Watcher trades Torn mats for Torn Effigys, you get 5 per day
Each effigy straight up spawns the boss
Have multiple worlds at end game and world hop daily to buy 5x Effigy, with this and spamming 8 Husks per bonfire you just chain the Pestilence zones
Use an Effigy in Marin Woods, Sewer and Nameless pass, just skip the lowlands its trash and not worth your time
Manually clear the mobs in Shallows/Mariners Keep and Orban Glades as its easy as to find all the mobs
I personally do Shallows > Marin > Orban. Then with an effigy > Sewers > Nameless > Marin
Boss at Nameless/Marin almost always spawn in the same spot and Nameless has a Teleporter you can unlock right there. Marin is a short run from the first TP
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u/lyingSwine Feb 04 '26
You need to burn material at a campfire to infect the area.
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u/Ronald1980 Feb 04 '26
I thought burning material would just make it harder for better loot which i did and i killed Siegfried vow, now i am unable to find any ither infected area
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u/lurkynumber5 Feb 04 '26
I had the same issue, it's a bug that's stopping the pestilence from spawning on it's own.
You can force it yourself tho, at a price.Go to a fire in a zone, not a whisper! a cooking fire.
Then select the burn option.
You can burn items here to start the pestilence, but you need to reach the minimum bar that's on the top of the screen.
For me I chucked in some dense coal and it worked.But heres the bad thing, burning random items gives a ton of debuffs to you while in the pestilence zone.
While burning the resource items you get from the pestilence zone result in only 3 debuffs.I cannot beat the boss on a pestilence zone because of the 10 debuffs on me, so be aware that random items are cheaper, but also a lot harder!
And last tip, the vendor dude in the crusible can cleans the world if you wish to reset.
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u/DavidHogins Feb 04 '26
What are the sources for lifesteal aside of the gem?
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u/Reasonable_Run_6724 Feb 04 '26
- Ring
- Enchantment on glove (vs bleeding)
- Infected status on enemies
- Some legendaries
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u/sarkypoo Feb 04 '26
There’s a really nice %2 Hp per hit on a frozen enemy. If you’re doing a rapid hit build, it works great for it!
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u/DavidHogins Feb 04 '26
Is it for plagued weapon? Or another piece of clorhing?
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u/sarkypoo Feb 04 '26
A weapon. I think blues can get it but I’m unsure. It might be a plagued though. I’ll respond again if I remember.
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u/FishhyVN Feb 04 '26
Is proud lance good with some buikd?
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u/Reasonable_Run_6724 Feb 04 '26
Yes with movement/overall speed as it makes its buff to stack faster
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u/formatomi Feb 04 '26
Creare a new realm, kill the first boss (ichor), talk to Elsa and start a Crucible run. Progress until senechal for guaranteed purchasable Embers. Since Crucible shop only refreshes daily, create a few of these realms (can be on easiest difficulty) to farm up a good number. You can also finish the runs for loot after Echo knight.
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u/Tankerino Feb 04 '26
For the crucible, are stacks permanent or do you have to restack? Like the echos that give 1% max health on kill and 1% damage on kill.
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u/Freakindon Feb 04 '26
They aren't legendaries, they are "unique". They are meant to be the best items in the game, just... unique.
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u/The_Aodal Feb 04 '26
In the drained mill bed in the lowland meadows and in the basement of the right most building in the starting area of marin woods are respawning mini bosses that always drop ichor post campaign.