Elex skill tips: How to level up your character quickly and appropriately for you
Like any role-playing game, Elex rewards you with experience points for defeating enemies or completing tasks, which will eventually allow your hero to level up.
However, while you can freely increase character values such as Strength, Intelligence or Dexterity, you can only unlock new abilities for your hero via a master teacher if you have enough money and learning points in your luggage.
In the following, we will tell you which stats you should increase and which skills you should learn in order to be able to level up your hero within the first 10 levels. Tips for the right weapons at the start of the game and what you should generally consider when playing Elex, we have summarized elsewhere.
In addition, we have highlighted the different factions in Elex and where you can find them in the detailed video, whereby the 41 teleporters in the game world of Elex will also help you.
For this skill guide, we played Elex up to level 11 without spending a single point on character stats or skills. During these 10 level-ups, you will earn 100 skill points and 10 learning points, which you should use as follows:
Play Styles
Combat-Professional
Since in Elex, as in every Piranha Bytes role-playing game, you are released into the open game world as a puny buffoon, most players' first impulse is likely to be: How do I make my character fight better?
Therefore, the first thing we'll do is introduce you to the fighter's path, so that you can quickly deal out some serious damage and beat up the riffraff in the game world of Magalan. The skills are listed in parentheses behind the talent tree where you can find them:
| Level | Invest points in |
| Level 2 | 10 points on Strength or 5 on Strength and 5 on Dexterity |
| Level 3 | 10 points on Strength (if you have chosen the 5/5 variant before) or 5 on Strength and 5 on Dexterity (if you have previously invested 10 on Strength)Learning: Melee Weapons 1 (Combat) Cost: 500 Elexit Prerequisite: 25 Strength, 15 Dexterity |
| Level 4 | 10 points on constitution |
| Level 5 | 5 points on constitution and 5 points on dexterity Learn: Armor (Survival) |
| Level 6 | 5 points on Strength and 5 points on Intelligence Learn: Attack Strength (Combat) |
| Level 7 | 10 points on Dexterity Learn: Ranged Weapons (Combat) |
| Level 8 | 10 points on intelligence Learn: Deploy Sockets (Craft) |
| Level 9 | 10 points on intelligence(Attention: Ends at 33 because of high costs) |
| Level 10 | 4 points on intelligence (ends at 35) and 5 points on constitution Learn: Animal Trophies II (Survival) |
| Level 11 | 11 points on cunning (Base for extra attribute points, plus you can then learn Lock Picking II, which makes stealing easier) |
Screenshot from Elex.
Survival pro
The complete opposite of the fighter is the survival pro. In this role, the focus is more on exploring the world, because most of the skills we suggest here increase your hero's resistance.
This allows you to roam around Magalan fairly safely and explore areas that would otherwise be inaccessible (due to radiation, for example).
| Level | Invest points in |
| Level 2 | 5 points on intelligence and 5 points on dexterity Learn: Animal Trophies (Survival) |
| Level 3 | 10 points on constitution |
| Level 4 | 10 points on constitution Learn: Extra Hitpoints (Survival) |
| Level 5 | 10 points on intelligence Learning: Chemistry (Craft) |
| Level 6 | 10 points on intelligence (end at 33) |
| Level 7 | 10 points on intelligence (end at 38) |
| Level 8 | 4 points on intelligence (ends at 40) and 6 points on cunning Learn: Adventurer (Survival) |
| Level 9 | 4 points on cunning and 5 points on constitution (ends at 33) Learn: Group (Personality) |
| Level 10 | 10 points on constitution (ends at 38) |
| Level 11 | 4 points on constitution (end at 40) and 7 points on cunning Learn: Survival Theory (Survival) |
Screenshot from Elex.
Crafting professional
Craftsmen are mainly interested in filling their wallets. You can do this legally, for example by killing animals and then trading with NPCs. Or you can go on a thieving spree and steal your wealth.
The crafting pro is also best suited for completing quests for the thieves' guild, if he can find them at all.
| Level | Invest points in |
| Level 2 | 5 points on Dexterity and 5 points on Intelligence Learning: Shoehorn Cracking (Craft) |
| Level 3 | 10 points on Dexterity Learn: Upgrade Weapons (Crafting) Cost: 500 Elixit, Requirement: 25 Dexterity, 15 Intelligence |
| Level 4 | 5 points on Cunning and 5 points on Intelligence Learning: Claw (Craft) Cost: 250 elixir, prerequisite: 25 dexterity, 5 cunning |
| Level 5 | 10 points on intelligence Learning: Chemistry (Craft) |
| Level 6 | 10 points on Dexterity (ends at 33) |
| Level 7 | 4 points on Dexterity (ends at 35) and 5 points on Intelligence (ends at 33) Learn: Lock Picking II (Craft) Cost: 500 Elixit, Prerequisite: 35 Dexterity, 30 Intelligence |
| Level 8 | 4 points on intelligence (ends at 35) and 7 points on cunning Learn: Animal Trophies II (Survival) |
| Level 9 | 8 points on Cunning and 2 points on Dexterity (ends at 36) Learn: Haggler (Personality) Cost: 500 elixir, prerequisite: 30 cunning, 20 intelligence |
| Level 10 | 8 points on Dexterity (ends at 40) and 2 points on Intelligence (ends at 36) |
| Level 11 | 8 points on Intelligence (ends at 40) Learn: Craft Theory next .. |
Screenshot from Elex.
Personality pro
The Personality Pro role may be a bit tricky to play at first, as you're not too well equipped for combat.
However, such characters gain a lot of attributes and additional experience points the longer you invest in the appropriate skills. Thus, the hard path you take in the beginning will pay off the longer you persevere.
| Level | Invest points in |
| Level 2 | 10 points on cunning |
| Level 3 | 5 points on Cunning and 5 points on Intelligence Learning: Attribute Points (Personality) Cost: 500 elixir, prerequisite: 25 cunning, 15 intelligence |
| Level 4 | 5 points on Cunning and 15 points on Intelligence (Now 20 Attribute Points, since you previously learned the Attribute Points skill) |
Study: Group (Personality)
Cost: 500 elixir, prerequisite: 30 intelligence, 20 cunning
Study: Haggler (Personality)
Cost: 500 elixir, prerequisite: 30 cunning, 20 intelligenceLevel 59 points on intelligence (ends at 35)Level 610 points on intelligence (ends at 40)
Learn: Adventurer (Survival)
Cost: 500 elixir, Prerequisite: 40 IntelligenceLevel 710 points on Intelligence (ends at 45)Level 8
10 points on intelligence (ends at 50)
Learning: Attribute (Personality)
Cost: 500 Elixit, Prerequisite: 50 Intelligence
Learning: Experienced Hunter (Survival)
Cost: 500 elixir, prerequisite: 50 intelligence, 30 cunning
Learning: Practitioner (Personality)
Cost: 500 elixir, Prerequisite: 50 Intelligence, 30 Cunning
You can save the skill "Read books"! This leaves one learning point.
Level 911 points on Cunning (ends at 36)
(Since you have 12 learning points available through the Attribute skill, you have 1 point left over)Level 1012 points on Cunning (ends at 42)
Learning: Personality Theory (Personality)
Cost: 500 elixir, Prerequisite: 40 Cunning, 40 IntelligenceLevel 11
10 points points on cunning (ends at 47)
Goal: Attribute points II
Cost: 1.000 Elixit, Requirement: Cunning 55, Intelligence 35
If needed already invest in Hacking (all to be found under Crafting)
Learn: Hacking
Cost: 250 Elixit, Prerequisite: 15 Intelligence, 15 Cunning
Learn: Hacking II
Cost: 500 Elixit, Prerequisite: 35 Intelligence, 30 Cunning
Learn: Hacking Pro
Cost: 500 elixir, prerequisite: 30 intelligence, 20 cunning
Learning: Take it easy
Prerequisite: 50 intelligence, 30 cunning
If you follow these ski recommendations, you will be reasonably well prepared to explore the merciless game world of Magalan after the first 10 level ups.
Authors: Lukas Lackner / Sebastian Weber
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