AFK Journey Hero Essence Problem: How You Can Progress

Stuck at level 100? Don't have any hero essence? Here are the main sources, and why things slow down HARD for progression. These are a few ways to keep getting Hero essence... but sometimes you just need to WAIT
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[@AFKJourneyKing]

Wtf ... My editing was terrible. Tried to get this video out between baby naps and my other sins hockey lol. Sorry 😢

[@edercarmona6431]

Dont worry

[@yugimon313]

how did your sins hockey go

[@gakguu]

Don’t care much about editing, your content is enough Keep up the good work

[@Noob-town]

alright so what comp for 2 different teams ?

[@rileylaher5057]

Literally fine I didn’t notice

[@MrNoobGamerX]

Hey Mtashed just thought you should know that in the setting of the game, there is an option to turn off auto ults for only certain characters and that can change where your cecia ults or when koko ults. It is a game changer. All you need to do is go to settings>battle>manual control>optional per battle. I just found out about this from Volkin's latest video.

[@trishal837]

Wish this could be used in dream realm.. I don't find any real use in campaign

[@LuisHSK]

@@trishal837 afk level runs are crazy good with it though, there's a lot of levels I shouldnt win with my current power I won cause I made good ults with cecia

[@trishal837]

@LuisHSK I'm the opposite I'm pushing so high ur praying for units to hit ults as fast as possible lol... I'd love it for dream realm some of those bosses would be so much easier

[@MrTopi89]

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

[@quickpawmaud]

It is insane how big a spike the Dark Forest is. The map recommends level 71 for area 6 or whatever but the hyperfiend to get there has a level 106 Valen who just walks through my entire team with nothing I can do to stop him. Not to mention I had to clear AFK 300 just to fight the hyperfiend which has enemies over level 100. I am stuck at level 90 and will have to wait forever to ascend it costs 1900 to ascend 1 unit to 91 and most sources give like 30 or less. It is ridiculous. AFK stage 290 was by far the hardest for me as the Seth could literally 1v5 my whole team and he did it. I used Reinier to imprison Seth and killed the rest of his team then he soloed my entire team. Against units like Valen, Seth, Shakir stuff like that you can't really cheese it. The wolf world boss doesnt activate in my server for like 5 more days.

[@Kiflego]

I’m also struggling at that part too lol

[@cadaddyden]

Gameplay experience is tailored for whales I think. Someone with hella dupes can probably use whoever they want in the story and win while being under level.

[@Szczurzyslawa]

@@cadaddyden Dunno I'm ftp and I am way ahead of that part. I don't have a single mythic but I was so lucky to get a Smokey so he carries me through the game ngl

[@cadaddyden]

@@SzczurzyslawaI just mean the area completion rewards

[@zedrotti1939]

Yeah even the events compels you to have legend above characters in order to get rewards. It's pretty bad once you gets past the bait that is free heroes per login.

[@T1NKYW1NKY56]

As you said, it still is an AFK game to its core so waiting really is not an avoidable thing which is why it baffles me when people start complaining about hitting a wall (difficulty in clearing stages or story because of lack of levels). Reaching endgame takes around 1 to 2 months depending on how acrive you are as a player. And wait till you hit resonance 200. Essence will not be enough even after 2 days of waiting

[@XiaoLumine-zb4et]

Umma quite by then if that happens

[@tommyska8082]

Glad your making content for afk journey. I always love your guides ❤

[@zepox1984]

Hey Mtashed it is great to see you growing on this Channel I hope this game continues to thrive.

[@Kaiju_Bos]

I had actually just looked this up cuz I hit a wall and I was so happy to see that you had a video posted about it like 18 minutes before I logged on lol

[@Hiro.the.God.]

Thanks Mtashed your suggestions helped me progress big time.

[@yih]

I'm so glad you're playing this. The amount of things that I'd have missed if it weren't for you 🤣

[@ayoubghali999]

W tashed with another golden tips from the afk journey god, keep going with this content man love ur vids so much

[@Nataninko]

I missed the stream but I'm here for the video👍

[@bIuecrimson]

I've used auto navigate to bypass certain blocks on the map when getting the big chests.

[@TimRoed]

Dude I just hit this essence wall today…good timing

[@vinzpiration]

btw just wanted to ask what's your setup for running the game in a large screen format? are you on a desktop? is it emulated? *wish i could play it on my mac

[@d4ncedemon326]

It looks like he's playing on desktop. I do too, and it's nice to have the big screen!

[@asterr001]

Question: Dust aside, does it matter when you collect your AFK materials? I see so many people say it doesn't matter when. But I feel like you get more out collecting your resources every 5 or 6 hours versus every hour. Like extra equipment. It has to matter to some degree, right?

[@reccavisey1819]

If we're minmaxing, collecting your AFK mats every hour and progressing as far as you can on AFK progress will ultimately get you more AFK mats over time Though logging in once or twice everyday for like an hour or two would be fine cause I ain't sacrificing sleep and social relationships just to get my Brutus from lvl 108 to 109

[@trishal837]

Surprised no1 mentions the corrupted team fights that net like 400 purple powder per fight and auto scales ur units up or down and are very easy....

[@vukkicos5688]

But there is limited # of those

[@trishal837]

@vukkicos5688 yea but it's another source unless uve beat every chapter in campaign then there's still quite a few...400 is quite a lot wen u consider those battles and chests give you like 5 or 6 lol....and like he said a lot of time ur completely locked out of progression so this is something u can do on the side for some more

[@Dragone04]

also daily quests try to complete all before collecting it, get good amount of essence dust there.

[@PauIo001]

Cant wait for day 2 of f2p

[@silverslash3616]

it's 18 minuts bro xD

[@jrgv1]

also dont forget the town quests, they give a decent bit of essence

[@numbersabcdefg]

Think as the game expands they'll loosen their britches and let you get more once there's more to do? They still kind of have to keep you from finishing what they've made dark 5 then what?

[@YokNg]

i can only do 3 instant afk claims a day. How did you get the 4th one?

[@DNAbro]

Tashman! The thing I’m stuck on are these damn acorns for ascending, are there any ways you know to help with that? My Brutus is waiting and I still need 70 more acorns.

[@AFKJourneyKing]

Legend trials after you get higher afk stages helps!

[@garry12777]

What is the push comp? He never posted the link

[@noktariso_o1433]

Really hope they add more features for hero essence. Getting to 120 sucks. :(

[@WeaKeDBZH]

yeah i just look at the information and the record run of others what comp and look the placement on the replay

[@JJ-mn3nd]

To use the comp you recommended it assumes I have Smokey, but I’m starting to think he doesn’t exist

[@db.1304]

How many synergy battles do we get per day or how does that cooldown work? If I use it for afk level can I still use it for map enemies in that day?

[@matthewsantoro919]

U can use 1 per day for afk and 1 per day for world content too

[@db.1304]

@@matthewsantoro919 ah ty so much for clearing that up! I thought it was 1 per day for all game types so I've been missing out on the world content since I thought it was silly to use it there lmao

[@sowrabsinha1931]

Town quests also give a good amount of essence

[@SweeeetLovex3]

valuable info before hitting a wall myself c:

[@TheKillerMB1]

i guess its fine to wait, but i feel like my progress is slowing down immensly, maybe 20 afk stages today while other days were 50+ , also every floor now is agony, i have to look up what other people did because otherwise i just get nuked (im at 409 afk stage, 3 lvl 110 units)

[@reccavisey1819]

What's your team setup, I have 2 lvl 110 units and I'm stuck on 389

[@brendonprophette8890]

mtashed baby 😍😍😍

[@fluffyisyermom7631]

only 1 or 2 days?

[@MadridMonarch]

If this game was just like Arena waiting and having patience is all you have. Do the dailies, push progress and then forget about it. In time you’ll eventually get there don’t rush this game.

[@akashneogi]

lol I came to type your thumbnail looks like matashed's

[@andthenitateme]

i have no way of knowing so im asking my overall power rn is 153k and im on stage 446 am i farther than i should be and getting carried by a mythic vala and legendary/+ korrin, thoran rowan and cecia? *and climbing actually

[@JTT126]

I'm about the same as you. Around 144k team power and stage 445.

[@Adoster7540]

It’s not even hero essence that I lack, it’s the books

[@jamis1232]

Bro I can’t use that comp because I got that smokeyless grind

[@boredbuffysummers]

at least I'm not the only one.

[@TheKillerMB1]

they should make it so that the info stages also display the positioning of the units. its a pain to go into a replay and screenshot just to remember the placements

[@alolandonaldtrump8368]

they serioulsly have to up the acquisition of resources man. In afk arena you can easily push into chapter 15 literally within the first 24 hours of playing, while getting most characters up to 100 and beyond. AFK Journey is great, but you hit walls WAY to often in this game waiting for more resources.

[@iamkurek5200]

im curious how my bro has +4700 daily when he has 1900 from farmed afk and i have 1770 daily with 1740 farmed from afk like HOW

[@herbertanzelbelen7776]

just wait

[@borntobegame]

I give up after dark forest 7 the game basically impossible for me essence are impossible to find, unit that requires 2 fragment is hard when you got no luck in pulling and enemy are 50k power ahead of you

[@ArmisHart]

I have 180 resonance and yeah...even buying the 1200% pack wont help me lol... its 2,000 essence PER hero. I think the pack gives 600ish.

[@micgi8918]

They need to have side exp content

[@micgi8918]

To at least cut it down by a day or 12 hours

[@Tromaxer]

mtashed?

[@ezpeezee5368]

how can you progress. log in collect. sleep. repeat. :)

[@korneto05]

He’s gonna quit again because of this in the future. For SURE.

[@MKIS_33]

It's in the name. Just go afk loo. Also do side stuff.

[@timgravelle3253]

Shit I hit a wall long before hero essence becomes an issue. Literally have no experience and can't level my characters. And for some reason even tho I use the same exact team (but mine is 20k more powerful) and positioning as those who beat content I'm stuck at, my team gets wiped. SO can't progress unless I get exp

[@LongHoang88884]

Need primal lord to open on ur server then exp wont b a problem. N when hero essence is wallin u will also stack exp waiting.

[@timgravelle3253]

@@LongHoang88884 even if it opens up I can't get there as I'm only in Dark forest 3 and can't beat the level 96 enemies. Even tho people using the exact same team as me did it even tho they have more than 20k less power. I copy their formation and everything yet still get wiped.

[@LongHoang88884]

@timgravelle3253 Go to Keith's store and can buy exp from him. And use ur gems to refresh the afk progress treasure chest.

[@LongHoang88884]

@@timgravelle3253 you can buy some off Keith's store.

[@chim8939]

​@@timgravelle3253 what relic are you using?

[@Mjolnir_Inbound]

Unfortunately it’s the only part of the game that really bothers me. I actually really like most of the mechanics of the game and this is the only one that bothers me because it also halts the campaign experience.

[@kevinlandrini6799]

the tash man

[@templar552]

To me, the fact that you can't buy hero essence with money is enough.

[@knottyboy6086]

BUY IT. 10 bucks. Hero essence

[@juliamalyugina3546]

The worst thing about this game is AFK. I want to play more but too impatient to wait for days. This makes people really want to pour money into the game, just to progress a little bit further, very predatory. That’s why I’m ftp

[@marioiix366]

"and sometimes you gonna get trash" haha

[@Peacehagen]

Tbh its better to not push as much dmg as possible on wolf. I did 7mil got 140, anothrr guilde did 11mil and got 144. Killing him fast means less days that ppl can get these essences every day. But getting everyone on a server to not push dmg is close to impossible 🤣

[@lucasetche]

"AKF JHOURNEY" people wanna hit endgame in 2 days... lmao

[@reccavisey1819]

7:30 lmao

[@Hopless1900]

The best way without stress is simple 😂 just wait for your afk reward. The game is called "AFK" Journey for a reason😂😂😂

[@manisthere]

I'm actually stuck behind experience right now.

[@jaben9654]

Mtashed

[@anthon8ydan8iel]

Rezource

[@RyomeiX]

Mtashed you straight up ruined server 291 haha. I finally get a good reroll account and his army of F2P warriors flooded the server and the leaderboards. (They are not free to play btw)

[@IRINUK26]

How does he have so many legendary an mith characters ftp?

[@RyomeiX]

@@IRINUK26 he’s on a different account there but he probably got lucky. There are a bunch of other Moby Dick players on the server though. Brought by Mtashed because they are naming themselves F2P

[@AFKJourneyKing]

Yea I'm worried about this too :s

[@oal2928]

This game was fun when it lasted, it’s a whale haven. Shit system selling unlimited dust to whales, I don’t mind them summoning but don’t f sell dust, killed the game.

[@Erisno1]

Why do you play gachas with rewards based on rank if you hate whales...

[@MileyMoniqueDove1989]

Well, it isn't AFK for nothing... hahaha... Just saying...

[@susanoinzaghi6980]

*Copium*

[@curtj52]

This is the guy who cried because he was spending money on Genshin Impact isn’t it? Lol bro spend on this game and make the same video again 😅

[@AFKJourneyKing]

Sure. I'll make another 3 million

[@gnaix9623]

yea hes a pos, man there's much better cc out there not this garbage genshin(whatever that's hot/hype) drama baiter, too bad cant get rid of them, hopefully more attention to people other than this guy

[@user-sw7ck3ym1z]

Bruh, you pissed me off so much. In each games you play, you're so annoyingly demanding. Lot's of us here play journey without a fcking problem with upgrade mats despite being F2p. Unless if you're one of those rush players that can't wait for another day to play.

[@AlbertShizznipple671]

Another video, another tash