Vessel of Hatred S6 Leveling Guide

Watch this video in it's entirety for youtube algorithm :) & put my twitch stream on your other monitor
https://youtu.be/SCtlMou792k  twitch.tv/nicktew

If you have any questions feel free to hop in my twitch chat and I'm more than happy to answer. I'll be grinding all the time on launch.

Generic Tips:
Salvage all junk items you get for materials - dont sell.
Always ensure you have an opal+elixir on for XP% increase
Look out for good additive damage tempers - temper on offensive items (glove, rings, weapon, amulet)
Don't imprint a ton of aspects, it is expensive. Never imprint on your main weapons. Imprint important aspects on the amulet
Press U to look at your seasonal journey to claim extra rewards, maybe go out of your way to finish a section if close to done
Use your seasonal urn stuff on XP % increase
Save your obols to gamble for uniques once in Torment 1 difficulty (so they can drop as ancestral)
Always replace your weapon with higher item power weapons
Generic additive damage is very good early on, vulnerable damage, damage %, damage to close, etc.

Step 1: Create a Spiritborn

Step 2: Watch Nick's leveling build video + open build link on other monitor
(I also have leveling builds posted for Necro, Sorc & Rogue)

Step 3: (WT1) Load into Zarbinzet grab seasonal quest, do the intro part

Step 4: Do a Realmwalker to unlock seasonal power mechanic + reputation vendor +
Opals (seasonal elixir for 15% more xp)

Step 5: Craft an XP Elixir if you can at the Alchemist, do anything else in town i.e.
unlock mount, grab pet, etc.

Step 6: B-line Nahantu Campaign, this should get you to roughly level 45 by the end of it.
All the XP is from quest turn ins, hence the WT1

Step 7: Mid Campaign take a quick break to do the class specialization quests
(very good for spiritborn) and go to town to imprint/salvage etc.

Step 8: As soon as they become available, unlock all Mercenaries so you can start leveling them up.
Raheir is very good defensively, Subo shows all mining/herb nodes on the map which is very helpful

Step 9 Once the Campaign is completed, feel free to raise the difficulty to Hard/Expert/Penitent whatever you can handle)
- this is strictly just for the XP increase / seasonal journey objectives

Step 10: Do the "Deeds of a Champion" Questline, this'll get you started/complete a lot of necessary pre-req quests that are listed below, as well as give you some nice rewards.

Step 11: Complete the intro questlines to unlock the Dark Citadel, The Undercity, Infernal Hordes, the Pit. Deeds of
a Champion may have already had you do this, I don't remember 100%

Step 12 Get all renown done in Nahantu via strongholds >  Altars > Dungeons etc for skill points/paragon points

Step 13: Finish getting to 60 and focus on making your guy as powerful as possible. Nightmare dungeons
are decent for XP and will give you glyphs early on. Helltide is good XP and needed for certain
Seasonal Journey objectives. The Pit is decent XP, but ideal to enter later on once you can do
higher levels of it, therefore getting more Glyph XP. If your primary goal is FAT XP, Infernal Hordes
is the most xp/hour.

Once level 60 your ultimate goal is to climb the Torment difficulties ASAP for higher Ancestral
drop rates, more XP for paragon points, Mythic Unique drop rates from boss kills, etc. Each torment
tier makes the Torment bosses drop +1 item, so ideally you don't want to kill bosses on anything
lower than Torment 3. Torment 4 currently isn't extremely easy to reach, may take a bit for casual
players to get there.

Once in Torment 1 prioritize increasing your player power in any way that is most beneficial to you at that time. Getting certain build enabling uniques, leveling glyphs in The Pit, getting masterworking materials in Nightmare Dungeons, or farming specific rewards from The Undercity when you get the consumables to enter with. There isn't a set in stone linear way to progress, it depends on what your needs are at that moment. Save boss mats for at least torment 2/3 IMO. Full end game guide will be posted soonTM.

I haven't personally done the raid or seen the rewards, so I can't speak to the importance of doing it, or recommend when exactly you should do it. Same can be said for the new Undercity activity, it's fun, but the rewards aren't fully fleshed out in the version of the game I'm playing. This isn't an end-game guide, this is more of a leveling & preliminary end-game guide to give you some goals for your first couple days. By the time you finish all of these steps, I'll likely have a full end-game guide posted already.