The Crucible (Quick Start Guide)

This is quick guide for the Crucible. In some ways, this technique will provide you with a head-start for the normal game and is very easy to accomplish.

Updated to: Grim Dawn: v1.0.2.1 and includes the new expansion: Ashes of Malmouth

Below you will find a list of how much it will cost you to earn your devotion points through the Crucible using the tribute that you earn.

Devotion Points Costs

• 1-5 Devotion Points = costs 3 Tribute Points
  
• 6-10 Devotion Points = costs 5 Tribute Points
  
• 11-25 Devotion Points = costs 10 Tribute Points
  
• 26-40 Devotion Points = costs 18 Tribute Points
  
• 41-50 Devotion Points = costs 30 Tribute Points
  
• 51-55 Devotion Points = Unable to purchase with Tribute Points (Ashes of Malmouth)

What you do is you start the normal campaign, level your character to level 2 and stop. Start the crucible and clear the first 10 waves. STOP at this point.

End the Crucible and collect your rewards, which include 3 tribute points.
After the first wave and stopping the crucible, you will level up to level 7 or 8.
Turn the 3 tribute points in here to collect your first devotion point.

Do this 4 more times for 3 tributes per run and each time you will need to turn those tributes into devotion points.

Level 13
Your first 5 Devotion Points

SIDE NOTE: At this point, it will get you to 5 devotion before you even hit your first shrine in the normal campaign. Assuming that you will get all of the shrines in normal and elite, this will result in you getting a perfect 50/50 devotion without having to step foot in ultimate. However, if you want even more levels & devotion points, continue reading.

Once you get to level 13 and your first 5 devotion points, you have 2 choices.

1. Stop and start the normal game
2. Continue with the Crucible and get to 10 devotions and level 18.

If you want to continue, this is what you must do.

Repeat the method that has been mentioned previously 7 more times. This time however, you will need 5 points instead of 3. This means that on every other "wave" you will turn your tribute points into devotion points.

When you are done, you will be around level 18 and have 10 devotion points. This will also take you in total between 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours to complete. (depending on your character build)

If you followed my guide and got the 10 devotion points through the Crucible, you will have all 50 devotion points by the time you get to Homestead in Elite. This is also assuming you get all of the shrines up to that point.

In the expansion "Ashes of Malmouth" we have the chance to obtain an extra 5 devotion shrines.

Like previously with "getting to 50 Devotion points", if you have followed my guide and obtained the 10 devotion points through the Crucible and you have the expansion "Ashes of Malmouth", you will have all 55 devotion points by the time you get to Homestead in Elite. This is also assuming you get all of the shrines up to that point.

The 5 new devotion shrines with the expansion can be seen below:

If for any reason you want to delete the Crucible's leaderboard scores from Grim Dawn you need to do the following:

• Go to: C:\Users\Wolfen\Documents\My Games\Grim Dawn\save
  NOTE: Wolfen represents your name for your PC
  
• Look for the "leaderboard.brd" file
  
• OPTIONAL: make a back-up of the file
  
• Delete it.

This resets your leaderboard scores for the Crucible. You may want to do this, if you are using this guide for leveling many differant characters, as the personal leaderboard will be crowded with low scores that are not that important.

This guide was made with the intention of helping and giving new & old players a boost with new characters. I hope that you like it and if so, please give it a star and a thumbs up!!.

Thanks in Advance!!