Is there a way to increase difficulty or something to speed up the lower levels? 1-20 or so feels so slow everytime.

you could use +exp gain gear.
try using /set easy 0 to allow for 3 mobs at a time, /set easy 1 to allow only 2 if needed
Stack as much damage as you can, in general you can one shot all 1-5 mobs, most of the 6-10 mobs and 2 shot a lot of the 11-20 mobs. In general this is more efficient than +exp gear.
You should also whistle rather than explore the map, excluding at level 1 where you should complete the map for inventory slot quest. Being able to spam the spawn button is significantly faster than coming out of battle and moving

should be able to get at around 1 level per minute for 1-10 and not far off this for 11-20, although i'm using significantly better gear
getting 80ee+ level 10 weapon should help significantly compared to your current weapon

This post was edited by Bigheaded on Apr 18 2025 03:03am

Bigheaded answered like 98% of what you can do to be faster at lower levels 1-20 as requested... I feel sorry for YOU once you get to like level 45+ and it is slower than 1-20.

From 1 to 20.

EE weapon (check)
Stat Armor ... not checked.
Stat main charm ... not checked.
... Note...your armor and main charm @ level 5 / 10 is poor... you weapon covers EE and a great deal of Max life. However, club has low end damage and high end damage in comparison to a Sword (you are using a Club at level 10 to 15) ... it needs more EE, however it is useful if welling Tier III / IV's and Vs at your level 14. ... but slower progress even with the benefit of more experienced gained per Well monster killed @ level 14 welling Tier III / IV's ... longer process for Tier V's @ 14.

Test and tried... have fun working out things when you get higher levels.

Club is actually optimal due to 90:10 stat split, seeing barb/fighter have higher strength than dex and seeing all barb/fighter non heavy weapons are depend on strength this is also where more stats go as well as vitality. Dexterity should be ignored
The difference is minimal though. However the main point is the EE could be significantly higher, a level 10 weapon with 70-80ee should still cost 5-10 fg on softcore, if it's not available on the market at that price, use trade forum. There is boatloads of spare weapons hanging around on mules because we prefer selling mutables than low ee weapons which might not sell.
Here's a few examples
Can post an iso like this: https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=106167484&f=273
or check peoples for trade mules:
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=105660952&f=273
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=106182759&f=273
There are more people selling out there


As an example this is what i'm running:
https://forums.d2jsp.org/user.php?c=3&i=193561&p=58179

This post was edited by Bigheaded on Apr 18 2025 09:51am