Ladder Slasher Noob Bible (2025 Edition)
Practical, SC-first, written for people who want to stop feeling lost and start progressing.

Who this guide is for
If you’re brand new, returning after years, or you keep hearing “EE” and “skillables” and your brain shuts off, this is for you.

1) Softcore vs Hardcore (market, population, sanity)

Softcore (SC)

• Bigger population, better market liquidity
  
• Easier to buy “close to your level” upgrades
  
• Best place to learn systems and stack FG without pain

Hardcore (HC)

• Smaller community, thinner market
  
• Progress feels meaningful, but gearing is slower unless you’re already funded

Recommendation: Start SC. Once you understand tiers, pricing, wells, shrine, and danger mobs, then try HC for the adrenaline.

2) Core glossary (the words you’ll see everywhere)
Tier (T1, T2…): The gear level bracket. Most things scale by tier.
Magical level (Magical, Rare, Mystical, Angelic, etc): Item quality. Higher quality matters for crafting systems and pricing.
EE (Enhanced Effect): A % multiplier that amplifies the item’s base stats.

• EE on weapons = more damage
  
• EE on armor = more defense
  
• EE on charms = stronger charm effects (damage or healing)

Mutables / “Skillables”: Items people buy mainly to process (transmute, glyph, training, etc), even if rolls are mediocre.
White / Normal items: Items with no stats. Many have value because they can be thrown into wells.
Welling: Tossing white items into Evil Wells to roll them into stat gear.
Shrine: Sacrificing magical+ gear (or glyphs) for a % life and mana refill.
Proficiency: Passive progression that boosts effectiveness for certain weapons, charms, and skills over time.
Master Quest (MQ): Your first major milestone. For starter classes, MQ becomes available at level 71.

3) Quick Start (solo to MQ, no fancy stuff)
Step 1: Pick Softcore.

Step 2: Pick a starter class.

• Barbarian or Fighter are the cleanest “learn the game” starters.
  
• You can start Magician or Guardian, but most new players have an easier time learning on melee because gearing is straightforward and you’re not juggling charm scaling early.

Step 3: Stats (press C)

• Put everything into Vitality until 100
  
• Then pump Strength (Barb/Fighter)

Step 4: Buy gear instead of praying to RNG
It’s normal to not find consistent upgrades while leveling. Use the Marketplace early and often.

Step 5: Your core loop

• Explore to find wells, presences, totems, chests, trapdoors, quests
  
• Whistle when you want steady XP and predictable fights

4) Stats explained (what they actually do)
(Short version, but accurate.)

• Strength: boosts base melee damage and crit chance scaling (depends on weapon type)
  
• Dexterity: also boosts base melee damage and crit chance scaling (depends on weapon type)
  
• Vitality: boosts physical defense for armor; every 25 Vitality gives +1 Life Regen; level-ups grant life based on base Vitality
  
• Intelligence: boosts magical defense for armor and base effect for charms; every 25 Intelligence gives +1 Mana Regen; level-ups grant mana based on base Intelligence

Noob rule:

• Melee starters live on Vitality + Strength
  
• Casters scale hard with Intelligence (plus enough Vitality to not explode)

5) Gear 101 (what to buy, what to ignore)

Barbarian / Fighter starter melee shopping list

• Weapon: closest to your level or tier, then prioritize EE
  
• Armor: prioritize EE, then Strength or Dexterity
  
• Main Charm: Strength (or Dex if you’re building that way)
  
• Acc Charm: optional, do not sink early FG unless you know why

Accessory Charm facts (important)
The Acc Charm slot is real power, but it’s not a full second charm:

• It does not reflect most charm stats in your totals, except Enhanced Effect
  
• It only provides 25% of the displayed effectiveness
  
• In Catacombs, its mana usage is also reduced by 25%

White items are not trash

• Whites can sell because people want them for wells
  
• If you don’t know the price, search the market first

6) Controls, useful keys, and commands

Keys

• C: Character screen (stats + abilities)
  
• ESC: Settings/options
  
• G: Engage (returns you to the movement screen, same as clicking Engage)
  
• WASD: move through the maze (also works in groups)
  
• T: Whistle hotkey (spawns monsters while whistling)
  
• 1-9: use items from the quick item bar
  
• Ctrl-click gear: quick equip

Commands (type in chat, open chat with Enter)

• /set easy 1 (solo safety): limits spawns to 1-2 regular monsters and 1 evil presence at a time (works level 1 to 71; does not persist after relog or character swap)
  
• /find MIN MAX: find players within a level range
  
• /online: shows online counts and groups
  
• /msg NAME MESSAGE, /r MESSAGE: private messages

7) Abilities (how they work, and beginner picks)
Abilities are charged attacks. You gain ability points by leveling, and you can bring up to three abilities into a climb.

Important patch note behavior
Abilities are a toggle style action now, and modern clients trigger on keydown, so learn the rhythm: tap to arm the ability for your next hit, tap again to disarm if needed.

Beginner solo melee setup
Fighter/Barb

• Early: Powerstrike as your main single-target nuke
  
• Later: add utility once you’re stable

Charge usage tip
Most players get better results using abilities around 50% to 100% charge. Waiting for huge overcharge is usually wasted time.

8) Catacombs fundamentals (explore vs whistle)

Explore (loot, events, progress)
Hunt for:

• Evil Presences (boss monsters)
  
• Evil Wells (welling, fishing)
  
• Enigmatic Totems (random bonuses and chaos)
  
• Trapdoors (deeper, harder)
  
• Quests (risk and reward)

Whistle (steady XP grind)
Whistling spawns waves quickly. Use this when you want predictable fights and XP pacing.

Solo safety setting
Use /set easy 1 early. It’s one of the biggest survival improvements you can make while learning.

9) Monster threat list (community danger chart)
This is not every monster. It’s the ones that commonly delete new players.

Dangerous for SOLO (red)
Huntaguar, Frisp, Doomglider, Frostivil, Twintile, Gigapede, Lavoulder, Hornicorn, Shocktooth, Slugslider, Fizzypup

Dangerous for GROUPS (blue)
Brrraptor, Porcuball, Chargon, Gustfly, Torrentiale, Tornalisk, Boaurora, Floraworm

Dangerous for BOTH (red + blue)
Mantaprey, Glazier, Pawfulgore, Freaver, Peaktrice

How to not die to danger mobs

• If sustain is low, disengage. Reset the room, then re-engage.
  
• Stay on easy mode solo until you’re clearly ahead of your tier.
  
• If you don’t know the monster, treat it like it’s lethal until proven otherwise.

10) Sustain and recovery (how healing actually works)

Key reality: You only regenerate health naturally in Town. Catacombs survival is about items, shrine, and smart pacing.

Sustain tools

• Shrine: sacrifices magical+ equipment (or glyphs) and returns at least a chunk of life and mana, better items heal more
  
• Fish and consumables: your core sustain while fighting
  
• Heal charms: usable, but beginners often waste FG on them instead of fixing weapon EE, armor EE, and main charm stats

The “cheap heal trick”
If you do use a heal charm, some players whistle low level monsters to self-heal safely when learning. Just don’t do it mid-danger room and get slapped while channeling.

11) Marketplace, storage, and the FG engine

Marketplace basics you should know

• You can list up to 10 items per character
  
• Unsold items return after 5 days, and fees are not refunded
  
• Market transfers are an easy way to move items between your characters

The real secret: sell constantly
Even ugly items have value because people buy them for:

• Transmuting
  
• Glyphing
  
• Training and skilling
  
• Welling
  
• Shrine food

What “skillables” means
High tier magical+ items people want to process. The rolls can be mediocre and they still sell.

Beginner selling rules that work

• Sell most level 5+ multi-stat items for small FG
  
• Many level 45+ items sell even if they look bad
  
• Whites scale up by level because of welling demand

Pricing note
Pricing shifts. Always search current listings before you set a BIN. If you want instant sales, undercut slightly.

12) Vault (when it’s worth it)
Vault is optional, but it makes your life easier if you’re building gear pipelines.

Vault facts

• Rents in chunks of 25 slots
  
• Costs 50 FG per 25 slots for 30 days
  
• SC and HC vault subscriptions are separate

No vault strategy
Make extra characters as “mules” and transfer items through the Marketplace transfer tab.

13) Objectives (free power most noobs ignore)
Objectives are mini goals inside Catacombs that reward stats, item slots, ability points, and more.

Important: Objective stat bonuses stick with your character until you reroll or attempt MQ, then they reset and can be earned again on the next climb.

14) Skilling deep dive (what each skill is, and when to care)
Fishing

• Cheap to start, feeds your sustain pipeline
  
• Some well fishing outcomes can also create extra danger, so don’t AFK fish in sketchy spots

Cooking

• Turns fish into better sustain
  
• Not mandatory day 1, but it pays off fast if you stick around

Transmuting

• Turns magical+ items into essence
  
• Essence is used to reroll other items
  
• This is a big reason “skillables” always sell

Glyphing

• Turns gear into a time-limited buff item
  
• Higher reward, higher risk, practice on cheap gear

Suffusencing

• Long-term system that can add EE to certain consumables (when they don’t already have EE)
  
• Not a day 1 priority unless you love skilling

15) Master Quest, ladder, resets, and what’s next
MQ availability

• At level 71, your character can attempt Master Quest
  
• Higher classes raise MQ requirements (example: Samurai is level 73)

What happens when you attempt MQ

• Pass: unlocks the next secret character and resets you to level 1
  
• Fail: you still reset to level 1 and try again
  
• You do not lose items or proficiencies from attempting MQ

After MQ, your priorities

• Unlock more classes
  
• Build a vault or mule pipeline
  
• Start investing into the skilling systems you enjoy
  
• Optimize your farm routes and objectives

16) Copy-paste beginner builds

A) Solo-to-MQ Barbarian/Fighter (most common starters)
Stats: Vit to 100, then Str
Gear:

• EE weapon near your tier
  
• EE armor (then Str)
  
• Str main charm
  
• Acc charm optional, treat it as a bonus slot, not a full second build

Abilities:

• Power strike as main single-target tool till 40 then Retribution
  
• Add Knockdown later if you want safety and control

Playstyle:

• /set easy 1 early
  
• Explore until stable, whistle when you want XP speed

17) Practical profit notes (real noob economy)
These are “starter heuristics”, not gospel. Always verify against current market listings.

Common low tier flips

• Level 5 items with 4 stats often move for 1 FG
  
• Low level magical+ items sell to people training or processing
  
• Level 55 magical+ items often have a floor value because of processing demand
  
• Level 55 white items can be valuable because people well them for rolls

If you find something that feels valuable
Post a price check in the Ladder Slasher price check forum:
https://forums.d2jsp.org/forum.php?f=273&t=2

18) Official built-in guides (bookmark these)
These pages answer 90% of “what does this do?” questions:

• Game Basics: https://ladderslasher.d2jsp.org/index.php?g=1
  
• /Slash Commands: https://ladderslasher.d2jsp.org/index.php?g=9
  
• Objectives: https://ladderslasher.d2jsp.org/index.php?g=18
  
• Magical Stats (includes EE): https://ladderslasher.d2jsp.org/index.php?g=10
  
• Item Vault: https://ladderslasher.d2jsp.org/index.php?g=16

Community mega collections (also worth bookmarking)

• Ladder Slasher Guide Collection: https://forums.d2jsp.org/index.php?showtopic=18560908
  
• Bob888 Brand New Player Guide: https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=82660445

Credits
This “Noob Bible” is a compilation and rewrite using official Help pages, patch notes, and long-running community guides, plus recent SC market and pricing chatter.
If you authored a guide and want a direct credit line added, PM me and I’ll update it.

If anything is incorrect or you have better information, feel free to post to or PM and we can update the guide accordingly

This post was edited by iNazo on Dec 20 2025 05:27pm

surprisingly good for someone with 0 mq's, i'm hoping you used an AI for that but kudos either way

the following is incorrect



You can list 25 items per core between 0-19.99 fg, number of characters doesnt matter. You can put up as much stuff above 20 fg as you want.
Unsold items still sit in the market but the price is reduced to 0 and can't be purchased after 7 days, they will also delete after around 6 months if left there. These also still count to your 25 max between 0-19.99 fg

i'd somewhat disagree on skilling, i'd suggest not caring till you have at least 10 mq's as all of them are a waste of time if you decide to quit.
However that's a matter of opinion and you're not necessarily wrong.


I'll dump my price list here
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k1bDNJGNGvzmJVZpDiTQVYQooOaPxwn7sh8_1ROWHFs/edit?gid=0#gid=0

you also don't have anything on group climbs, this is the one i made for that:
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=82759999&f=74


but on the whole a lot of good information in one place. nice work

This post was edited by Bigheaded on Dec 20 2025 08:48pm

Ill update with all your suggestions! Thanks for the info

Ladder Slasher Noob Bible (2025 Edition v2)
Practical, SC-first, written for people who want to stop feeling lost and start progressing.

Who this guide is for
If you're brand new, returning after years, or you keep hearing "EE" and "skillables" and your brain shuts off, this is for you.

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1) Softcore vs Hardcore

Softcore (SC)
• Bigger population, better market liquidity
• Easier to buy "close to your level" upgrades
• Best place to learn systems and stack FG without pain

Hardcore (HC)
• Smaller community, thinner market
• Progress feels meaningful, but gearing is slower unless you're already funded

Recommendation: Start SC. Once you understand tiers, pricing, wells, shrine, and danger mobs, then try HC for the adrenaline.

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2) Core Glossary

Tier (T1, T2…): The gear level bracket. Most things scale by tier.
Magical level (Magical, Rare, Mystical, Angelic, etc): Item quality. Higher quality matters for crafting systems and pricing.
EE (Enhanced Effect): A % multiplier that amplifies the item's base stats.
• EE on weapons = more damage
• EE on armor = more defense
• EE on charms = stronger charm effects (damage or healing)
Mutables / "Skillables": Items people buy mainly to process (transmute, glyph, training, etc), even if rolls are mediocre.
White / Normal items: Items with no stats. Many have value because they can be thrown into wells.
Welling: Tossing white items into Evil Wells to roll them into stat gear.
Shrine: Sacrificing magical+ gear (or glyphs) for a % life and mana refill.
Proficiency: Passive progression that boosts effectiveness for certain weapons, charms, and skills over time.
Master Quest (MQ): Your first major milestone. For starter classes, MQ becomes available at level 71.

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3) Quick Start (Solo to MQ)

Step 1: Pick Softcore.

Step 2: Pick a starter class.
Barbarian or Fighter are the cleanest "learn the game" starters. You can start Magician or Guardian, but most new players have an easier time learning on melee because gearing is straightforward and you're not juggling charm scaling early.

Step 3: Stats (press C)
• Put everything into Vitality until 100
• Then pump Strength (Barb/Fighter)

Step 4: Buy gear instead of praying to RNG
It's normal to not find consistent upgrades while leveling. Use the Marketplace early and often.

Step 5: Your core loop
• Explore to find wells, presences, totems, chests, trapdoors, quests
• Whistle when you want steady XP and predictable fights

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4) Stats Explained

Strength: boosts base melee damage and crit chance scaling (depends on weapon type)
Dexterity: also boosts base melee damage and crit chance scaling (depends on weapon type)
Vitality: boosts physical defense for armor; every 25 Vitality gives +1 Life Regen; level-ups grant life based on base Vitality
Intelligence: boosts magical defense for armor and base effect for charms; every 25 Intelligence gives +1 Mana Regen; level-ups grant mana based on base Intelligence

Noob rule:
• Melee starters live on Vitality + Strength
• Casters scale hard with Intelligence (plus enough Vitality to not explode)

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5) Gear 101

Barbarian / Fighter starter melee shopping list
• Weapon: closest to your level or tier, then prioritize EE
• Armor: prioritize EE, then Strength or Dexterity
• Main Charm: Strength (or Dex if you're building that way)
• Acc Charm: optional, do not sink early FG unless you know why

Accessory Charm facts (important)
The Acc Charm slot is real power, but it's not a full second charm:
• It does not reflect most charm stats in your totals, except Enhanced Effect
• It only provides 25% of the displayed effectiveness
• In Catacombs, its mana usage is also reduced by 25%

White items are not trash
Whites can sell because people want them for wells. If you don't know the price, search the market first.

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6) Controls, Keys, and Commands

Keys
• C: Character screen (stats + abilities)
• ESC: Settings/options
• G: Engage (returns you to the movement screen)
• WASD: move through the maze (also works in groups)
• T: Whistle hotkey (spawns monsters while whistling)
• 1-9: use items from the quick item bar
• Ctrl-click gear: quick equip

Commands (type in chat, open chat with Enter)
• /set easy 1 (solo safety): limits spawns to 1-2 regular monsters and 1 evil presence at a time (works level 1 to 71; does not persist after relog or character swap)
• /find MIN MAX: find players within a level range
• /online: shows online counts and groups
• /msg NAME MESSAGE, /r MESSAGE: private messages

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7) Abilities

Abilities are charged attacks. You gain ability points by leveling, and you can bring up to three abilities into a climb.

Important patch note behavior
Abilities are a toggle style action now, and modern clients trigger on keydown, so learn the rhythm: tap to arm the ability for your next hit, tap again to disarm if needed.

Beginner solo melee setup (Fighter/Barb)
• Early: Powerstrike as your main single-target nuke
• Later: add utility once you're stable

Charge usage tip
Most players get better results using abilities around 50% to 100% charge. Waiting for huge overcharge is usually wasted time.

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8) Catacombs Fundamentals

Explore (loot, events, progress)
Hunt for:
• Evil Presences (boss monsters)
• Evil Wells (welling, fishing)
• Enigmatic Totems (random bonuses and chaos)
• Trapdoors (deeper, harder)
• Quests (risk and reward)

Whistle (steady XP grind)
Whistling spawns waves quickly. Use this when you want predictable fights and XP pacing.

Solo safety setting
Use /set easy 1 early. It's one of the biggest survival improvements you can make while learning.

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9) Monster Threat List

This is not every monster. It's the ones that commonly delete new players.

Dangerous for SOLO (red)
Huntaguar, Frisp, Doomglider, Frostivil, Twintile, Gigapede, Lavoulder, Hornicorn, Shocktooth, Slugslider, Fizzypup

Dangerous for GROUPS (blue)
Brrraptor, Porcuball, Chargon, Gustfly, Torrentiale, Tornalisk, Boaurora, Floraworm

Dangerous for BOTH (red + blue)
Mantaprey, Glazier, Pawfulgore, Freaver, Peaktrice

How to not die to danger mobs
• If sustain is low, disengage. Reset the room, then re-engage.
• Stay on easy mode solo until you're clearly ahead of your tier.
• If you don't know the monster, treat it like it's lethal until proven otherwise.

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10) Sustain and Recovery

Key reality: You only regenerate health naturally in Town. Catacombs survival is about items, shrine, and smart pacing.

Sustain tools
• Shrine: sacrifices magical+ equipment (or glyphs) and returns at least a chunk of life and mana, better items heal more
• Fish and consumables: your core sustain while fighting
• Heal charms: usable, but beginners often waste FG on them instead of fixing weapon EE, armor EE, and main charm stats

The "cheap heal trick"
If you do use a heal charm, some players whistle low level monsters to self-heal safely when learning. Just don't do it mid-danger room and get slapped while channeling.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

11) Marketplace, Storage, and the FG Engine

Marketplace basics you should know
• You can list 25 items per core priced between 0-19.99 FG (number of characters doesn't matter)
• You can list unlimited items priced at 20 FG or higher
• Unsold items stay in the market but the price is reduced to 0 after 7 days and can't be purchased
• Items left at 0 FG will delete after ~6 months
• Items at 0 FG still count toward your 25 item limit (0-19.99 FG bracket)
• Market transfers are an easy way to move items between your characters

The real secret: sell constantly
Even ugly items have value because people buy them for:
• Transmuting
• Glyphing
• Training and skilling
• Welling
• Shrine food

What "skillables" means
High tier magical+ items people want to process. The rolls can be mediocre and they still sell.

Beginner selling rules that work
• Sell most level 5+ multi-stat items for small FG
• Many level 45+ items sell even if they look bad
• Whites scale up by level because of welling demand

Pricing note
Pricing shifts. Always search current listings before you set a BIN. If you want instant sales, undercut slightly.

Community Price Reference:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k1bDNJGNGvzmJVZpDiTQVYQooOaPxwn7sh8_1ROWHFs/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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12) Vault (When It's Worth It)

Vault is optional, but it makes your life easier if you're building gear pipelines.

Vault facts
• Rents in chunks of 25 slots
• Costs 50 FG per 25 slots for 30 days
• SC and HC vault subscriptions are separate

No vault strategy
Make extra characters as "mules" and transfer items through the Marketplace transfer tab.

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13) Objectives

Objectives are mini goals inside Catacombs that reward stats, item slots, ability points, and more.

Important: Objective stat bonuses stick with your character until you reroll or attempt MQ, then they reset and can be earned again on the next climb.

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14) Skilling Deep Dive

Important note: Some experienced players recommend not investing in skilling until you have 10+ MQs. The logic: all skilling systems are a time sink that only pays off if you stick with the game long-term. If you're unsure whether LS is for you, focus on MQs first and revisit skilling later. That said, fishing and cooking are cheap to start and provide immediate sustain benefits.

Fishing
• Cheap to start, feeds your sustain pipeline
• Some well fishing outcomes can also create extra danger, so don't AFK fish in sketchy spots

Cooking
• Turns fish into better sustain
• Not mandatory day 1, but it pays off fast if you stick around

Transmuting
• Turns magical+ items into essence
• Essence is used to reroll other items
• This is a big reason "skillables" always sell

Glyphing
• Turns gear into a time-limited buff item
• Higher reward, higher risk, practice on cheap gear

Suffusencing
• Long-term system that can add EE to certain consumables (when they don't already have EE)
• Not a day 1 priority unless you love skilling

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15) Group Climbs

Grouping is a core part of LS progression. Groups can tackle harder content, share loot, and level faster than solo.

Group basics
• Use /find MIN MAX to find players in your level range
• Use /online to see who's grouping
• Communication is key—call out danger mobs and coordinate shrine usage

Group etiquette
• Don't ninja loot
• Share shrine fairly
• Communicate before engaging dangerous content

Full group climb guide:
Bigheaded's Group Climb Guide

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16) Master Quest, Ladder, Resets

MQ availability
• At level 71, your character can attempt Master Quest
• Higher classes raise MQ requirements (example: Samurai is level 73, Alchemist is level 85)

MQ is not a boss fight - it's pure RNG
Master Quest is a key-and-door puzzle based entirely on luck:
• You have 3 keys (Bronze, Gold, Silver) and 3 doors
• You must pick the correct key for each door in sequence
• First door: 1 in 3 chance
• Second door: 1 in 2 chance
• Third door: guaranteed (only 1 key left)
• Overall odds: 1 in 6 (about 16.7%)

On average, you'll attempt MQ ~6 times before passing. That means leveling 1-71 roughly 6 times per class unlock. The grind to 71 is the real challenge, not the MQ itself.

What happens when you attempt MQ
• Pass: unlocks the next secret character and resets you to level 1
• Fail: you still reset to level 1 and try again
• You do not lose items or proficiencies from attempting MQ

After MQ, your priorities
• Unlock more classes
• Build a vault or mule pipeline
• Start investing into the skilling systems you enjoy
• Optimize your farm routes and objectives

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17) Copy-Paste Beginner Build

Solo-to-MQ Barbarian/Fighter (most common starters)

Stats: Vit to 100, then Str

Gear:
• EE weapon near your tier
• EE armor (then Str)
• Str main charm
• Acc charm optional, treat it as a bonus slot, not a full second build

Abilities:
• Power strike as main single-target tool till 40 then Retribution
• Add Knockdown later if you want safety and control

Playstyle:
• /set easy 1 early
• Explore until stable, whistle when you want XP speed

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18) Practical Profit Notes

These are "starter heuristics", not gospel. Always verify against current market listings.

Common low tier flips
• Level 5 items with 4 stats often move for 1 FG
• Low level magical+ items sell to people training or processing
• Level 55 magical+ items often have a floor value because of processing demand
• Level 55 white items can be valuable because people well them for rolls

If you find something that feels valuable
Post a price check in the Ladder Slasher price check forum:
LS Price Check Forum

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19) Official Built-In Guides

These pages answer 90% of "what does this do?" questions:
• Game Basics
• /Slash Commands
• Objectives
• Magical Stats (includes EE)
• Item Vault

Community mega collections (also worth bookmarking)
• Ladder Slasher Guide Collection
• Bob888 Brand New Player Guide
• Bigheaded's Group Climb Guide
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k1bDNJGNGvzmJVZpDiTQVYQooOaPxwn7sh8_1ROWHFs/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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Credits

This "Noob Bible" is a compilation and rewrite using official Help pages, patch notes, and long-running community guides, plus recent SC market and pricing chatter.

Special thanks to Bigheaded for marketplace corrections, skilling perspective, and linking the group climb guide + price list.

If you authored a guide and want a direct credit line added, PM me and I'll update it.

If anything is incorrect or you have better information, feel free to post or PM and we can update the guide accordingly.

This post was edited by iNazo on Dec 20 2025 09:58pm

Nice work. Good luck on your first MQ!

Thanks for this. It'll come in handy. Bookmarking now!

Very good guide, it was needed for one!

nice work
post #4 looks very nice and much easier to read

Thanks guy, any feedback or additions is greatly appreciated. Im new so im just going off of research vs experience.

This post was edited by iNazo on Dec 21 2025 02:06pm

Had another look through for a bit more nitpicking. I can also request a mod to modify post #1 to the updated guide. As generally people only read post #1. Alternatively could just repost when we're happy and leave this post to die



For the armor, it's optional whether or not you use EE or Strength. Ideally you want a Heavy Armor (Chain/plate) as physical defense is high and they're cheap. although medium (scale/leather) is slightly worse for new players (100ee chain beats a 100ee leather for a general 55-71 climb and usually costs less). Robes/Padded robes to be avoided due to minimal physical defense.

so i'd probably redo that entire list like this:



Club is also preferred because you will actually get more damage and they're generally cheaper. this might change as people mute significant amounts of axes and that's the most common way of getting 60+ee items these days. Receiving a cheap axe from a muter is certainly possible. Although a 250ee club is likely to set you back 50-80k, whilst a 250ee axe will go to 150k+++.



Knockdown is practically worthless given the fact we're recommending set easy 1. The chance of 2 mobs being side by side is 1 in 4 and you fight a significant number of single mobs also. The main point of knockdown is to potentially hit 3 in a row which isn't doable for solo play with easy mode on. The chances 3 mobs have 2 in a row is also significantly higher.



"explore until stable" doesn't really make any sense, main reason to explore is to find evil presences in particular, whom have a higher chance of dropping excellent items. in general normal mobs on explore also generally drop better than whistle. Can also come across wells/treasure chests in explore.
The main reason whistling is faster is there's 0 delay between fighting a mob to fighting the next. Whilst explore has a fight, then you need to go to map, remember where you are, do correct key presses until you find your next mob and you can often travel a good few spaces before finding one which is just time not spent fighting mobs. However despite the fact you can fight more mobs faster, exploring is definitely the way to go if you're trying to farm fg.


I would also suggest my price guide goes in
18) Practical Profit Notes
Rather than randomly as a guide.



I'm not sure how i feel about MQ information about the keys being given out, in general in the past we've never told people specifically what it was and hinted it involved a unicorn instead.
Amusingly your information here is also wrong, that's super old that all classes were 3 door. So i'd prefer that part was removed, especially given the fact the information is incorrect. I've added what i'd prefer to see.



In general i think all of this is pretty much wrong.

I'd put 2 categories
Public random level groups

Public 1-MQ group climbs.

In both you are welcome to click on any drops, the vast majority of the playerbase accepts that any item which drops is available to anyone in that group.
In the 1-MQ groups, you won't ever use the shrine, there will be a healer in the group and their mana is refilled on level up so heals will be constant throughout the climb.
The main question mark is what happens with group welling. In general you should clarify the rules which you're using. This is generally avoided anyway but often the ruling is that if you threw the item in, you get the drops. However lets suggest a 200ee item does drop and someone else does click it, what happens then? It's unlikely it will go through as a scammer report. the name of the guy who grabbed could get tarnished if a public topic is opened up saying what happened. In general only well when you don't mind sharing the loot, means there's no issues then and if all people contribute then it's somewhat fair.
In terms of shrining in random public groups, ideally if you have a healer, leave items for them as them using shrines is more efficient than everyone just grabbing stuff. Otherwise it's basically grab and use as you need to.
random public groups are very uncommon these days anyway.
Usually people will ignore you rather than joining a public group as generally it's seen as the drops are better when solo'ing and if you solo, you guarantee that you get the drop which is pretty important. I've noticed significant reduction in the amount of drops, two people solo'ing will get significantly more shrines than if they both joined the same group. It's literally less than 1 person solo'ing. so using the find command isn't particularly helpful, main reason it's used is to see whos online to potentially grab for a 1-mq run.
For the 1-MQ run, you will sit at level 1 until the group is full or decides to start as 4 player, it's extremely uncommon to see groups go like this with only 3 players.
The whole section needs a re-write.


i've already posted my opinion on skilling of basically if you're reading this guide you shouldnt even really touch skilling.

i'd also point out you somewhere you can disable easy mode by typing /set easy 0



This is pretty much redundant given the fact you repost it later and it's done better and more cleanly at 17. Also Guardian is also a melee class which can heal. It's not a caster and the english used doesn't really make sense on step 2.