Introduction
Hello and Welcome Duel Links Meta Fans! My Name is Jadehex, and I'm your residential Farm Expert. With each new Legendary Duelist released for Duel Links, players have always asked me how to best farm for EXP. This Guide should provide you with everything you need to know about EXP and how to quickly level your Legendary Duelists to get their rewards!
Overview
Every Legendary Duelist you unlock has a level cap of either 45 (for DM and GX) or 35 (for 5Ds and DSOD). Each Win against a Standard Duelist,Legendary Duelist, or PVP opponent will give you 500 EXP towards your next Level (Using the x3 Multiplier gives you three times as much as much EXP). Vagabonds give you a substantially larger amount of EXP, much more than any singular Duel, however the exact amount varies depending on the Rank of the deck he's using at the time. Conversely, losing the Duel provides half as much experience in either case. In addition, there are 1.5x EXP Campaigns that, as the name suggests, multiplies all your EXP gained by 1.5. The following table illustrates just how much EXP it takes to max out one character.
Level | EXP Needed | Total EXP |
---|---|---|
2 | 500 | 500 |
3 | 600 | 1100 |
4 | 700 | 1800 |
5 | 800 | 2600 |
6 | 1000 | 3600 |
7 | 1300 | 4900 |
8 | 1600 | 6500 |
9 | 1900 | 8400 |
10 | 2200 | 10600 |
11 | 2500 | 13100 |
12 | 3000 | 16100 |
13 | 3500 | 19600 |
14 | 4000 | 23600 |
15 | 4500 | 28100 |
16 | 5000 | 33100 |
17 | 5000 | 38100 |
18 | 6000 | 44100 |
19 | 7000 | 51100 |
20 | 8000 | 59100 |
21 | 8000 | 67100 |
22 | 10000 | 77100 |
23 | 10000 | 87100 |
24 | 10000 | 97100 |
25 | 10000 | 107100 |
26 | 15000 | 122100 |
27 | 15000 | 137100 |
28 | 15000 | 152100 |
29 | 15000 | 167100 |
30 | 15000 | 182100 |
31 | 20000 | 202100 |
32 | 20000 | 222100 |
33 | 20000 | 242100 |
34 | 20000 | 262100 |
35 | 20000 | 282100 |
36 | 30000 | 312100 |
37 | 30000 | 342100 |
38 | 30000 | 372100 |
39 | 30000 | 402100 |
40 | 30000 | 432100 |
41 | 40000 | 472100 |
42 | 40000 | 512100 |
43 | 40000 | 552100 |
44 | 40000 | 592100 |
45 | 40000 | 632100 |
Not accounting for Vagabonds, it takes 565 Wins to max out a DSOD/5Ds Character, and 1265 Wins to max out a DM/GX Character. Obviously, with Auto-Dueling and the Reward Multiplier, you can significantly cut down the amount of time it takes to actually max out your characters, but Duel Links offers tools to make this process easier.
EXP - Boosting Items
Vagrants
If you have the money to spend, Vagrants are the most time efficient way to Level your characters.
- After purchasing the Vagrant at the Shop, 6 Vagrants who give out more EXP than Standard Duelists will appear in Duel World.
- Vagrants will give out EXP in multiples of EXP that Standard Duelists give out, and the amount of EXP the Vagrants will be denoted by a multiplier number next to their name.
- The price of the Vagrant, as well as the amount of EXP Vagrants give out will be determined by how many times you have purchased the Vagrant. Details on the Vagrants that appear are below.
- Vagrants are unaffected by EXP Boosters and 1.5x EXP Campagins.
[1st - 2nd Purchase] The Vagrant (★): 2 Vagrants (x5 EXP), 1 Vagrant (x7 EXP), 1 Vagrant (x10 EXP), 1 Vagrant (x15 EXP), and 1 Vagrant (x20 EXP)
[3rd - 4th Purchase] The Vagrant (★★): 1 Vagrant (x7 EXP), 2 Vagrants (x10 EXP), 1 Vagrant (x15 EXP), 1 Vagrant (x20 EXP), and 1 Vagrant (x30 EXP)
[5th Purchase and Onward] The Vagrant (★★★): 1 Vagrants (x10 EXP), 1 Vagrant (x15 EXP), 2 Vagrants (x20 EXP), and 2 Vagrants (x30 EXP)
- Number of purchases will be reset every day.
- Vagrants will remain in Duel World until you defeat them. You cannot purchase the Vagrant at the Shop, as long as there are Vagrants in Duel World.
Vagrants★ | EXP Earned |
---|---|
2 Vagrants (x5 EXP) | 5000 |
1 Vagrant (x7 EXP) | 3500 |
1 Vagrant (x10 EXP) | 5000 |
1 Vagrant (x15 EXP) | 7500 |
1 Vagrant (x20 EXP) | 10000 |
2 Vagrants★ | 31000 |
Vagrants★★ | EXP Earned |
---|---|
1 Vagrants (x7 EXP) | 3500 |
2 Vagrant (x10 EXP) | 10000 |
1 Vagrant (x15 EXP) | 7500 |
1 Vagrant (x20 EXP) | 10000 |
1 Vagrant (x30 EXP) | 15000 |
2 Vagrants★★ | 46000 |
You Cannot Purchase Vagrants★★ until you have purchased 2 Vagrants★.
Vagrants★★★ | EXP Earned |
---|---|
1 Vagrants (x10 EXP) | 5000 |
1 Vagrant (x15 EXP) | 7500 |
2 Vagrant (x20 EXP) | 20000 |
2 Vagrant (x30 EXP) | 30000 |
2 Vagrants★★★ | 63500 |
You Cannot Purchase Vagrants★★★ until you have purchased 2 Vagrants★★.
Note: Vagrants reset daily, so to get the higher ★ Vagrants you need to purchase them the same day.