Farming for gear lies at the heart of every ARPG, andLast Epochis no exception. Despite the game’s stellar crafting system, players will still need to sink in plenty of time if they want to get Unique and Set items to drop, and even more so if they want to make Legendary gear of their own.
Thankfully, it’s possible to target farm specific gear. This method won’t be available until later on, though you don’t necessarily needto beatLast Epoch’slengthy story modeto get to it. If you’re itching to get that perfect piece of loot for your build, here’s how you can work for it.
How to Target Farm Gear
To target farm gear,you need to dive intothe Monolith of Fates, the procedurally-generated endgame ofLast Epoch. Inside the Monolith aretimelines, which represent alternate realities based on the campaign’s events. Gameplay-wise, these set the main theme or biome of Echoes, or the maps that you actually have to grind. This is a high-level activity, so be sure tobring well-built characterbefore attempting it.
Timelines have unique quests, enemy types, and even map tiles, but the thing you’ll want to pay attention to here are the rewards. Each timeline has its own set of rewards, and you can farm for them by selecting Echoes that drop specific equipment. The whole target farming process can be summarized in the following steps:
Before starting a timeline, it’s important to know which ones drop what type of loot. For example, if you want to farm for Unique bows, do theStolen LanceandBlack Sunmonoliths since all Unique and Set items that drop there are bows and quivers.
Corruption and Empowered Monoliths
As you progress through a timeline, you may encounter an Echo with a Shade of Orobyss. Completing this Echo will increase the timeline’s Corruption meter, increasing the difficulty of all encounters but also improving the quality of rewards. To better target farm gear, you should aim to get as much Corruption as possible without making things too overbearing for your character.
Later on, you may unlockEmpowered Monoliths inLast Epochfor even greater rewards and challenges. These are harder versions of regular monoliths that start with 100 Corruption. They also have no Corruption cap, which means you can push your character even further to get a better chance at scoring loot.
