Dark and Darker Progression Guide (For Intermediate Players)

[@SolomonDandD]

This video idea was suggested by @MendaMeister7 - if you have a video you'd like me to make, let me know. I'm currently working on -Cyclops/Troll both killed in one round gold farming guide -Beginner guides for every character (except Druid)

[@MendaMeister7]

Thank you! :)

[@Viewingaccount123]

Do u have 1 on rogue. I feel like people don’t choose backflip cuz it’s not smart but it’s just more fun. Other than that I need tips

[@juleskosky8469]

Can you be mi friends on dark and dark or do you play minecraft

[@MrSweating]

Don’t have gear fear as well! Be confident if you play scared you will get rolled

[@Pokeoakestcg]

It's totally true. Calm, cool and collected/collecting is the way to play.

[@semuf2000]

as an albion online player, this is the truest thing ever.

[@jthollywood6513]

CS is the game that taught me this. Used to play so scared and get shit on for years. one day I heard someone say push with your balls hanging out and it clicked. lmao

[@gladlawson61]

Use your gear. Have fun. You will find more. That's the best part of the game. I like doubling down on my gear by going in over and over getting better gear untill I die by something stupid. Like another player.

[@baIec]

Typed "dark and darker mid game" into the search bar, this vid came 1st and was exactly what I was looking for as a PvE enjoyer ! TY !

[@SolomonDandD]

Glad it helped!

[@ducklingswarm5457]

I like that you are honest about pve being the aspect that attracts you. I hope this game expand this area

[@SolomonDandD]

They have been and likely will continue to do so. With the current map rotation system I don't see why they couldn't just add more maps and at certain times a map might not be in any player pool. The Ruins map existed before as well with some unique mobs but it's currently removed while they are reworking it. Also, the vision for the game is still 3 layer dungeons which I think will be great - especially because they are going to let us stash some or all of our loot in between layers soon.

[@A_Goat]

I just extracted for the first time. It took me 5 or 6 trys to even figure out the basics but I started to get it down and was mowing down goblin boys. Swooped the portal from under a guy camping it. Came out with purple gloves, blue helmet and a bunch of greens. These guides help a ton. I would be clueless otherwise and I still have a ways to go. 👍

[@Viewingaccount123]

It took me so long to extra I think like lvl 10 with fighter lol, I was about to, I can see the stairs in my sight as I fall over from a trap 😂

[@ReRoji]

I do pve to earn gold and level up, pvp is more of a constant threat you need to be on the lookout for.

[@victordanielpineda4765]

getting shanked to death by a rouge in 4 sec is always horrifying

[@everfire6002]

Pleasant watch. Regarding whether or not torches can spawn snuffed: yes, and I don't know if it's some specific ones, rather I think it's totally random. Seems to be a fairly small chance, too.

[@nickmac1104]

All I can think of is spawning up in lumbridge when I watch your dark and darker vids 😅

[@Telco12]

I will say im a relatively new plater but often times i find that i win pvp when i either ambush them using secret rooms or go in with the most confidence as it will spike the opponents adrenaline and they will mess up

[@SolomonDandD]

True!

[@SQUISHYHAT]

Love the OSRS music. Great vid.

[@MendaMeister7]

haven’t watched it yet but definitely Commenting for the algorithm!

[@SolomonDandD]

Thank you :D

[@cashmoneybanks8442]

Do you still recommend going high roller to make money after the changes? You now need good gear set in order to join those lobbies

[@SolomonDandD]

Just buy a bunch of blue quarterstaves - it's as if they doubled buy in cost. Nothing else changed.

[@lodieritas8739]

OOMMGG perfect fit witht he OSRS music

[@sparriz]

yeah had quite a few games that a lvl 99 run trough slaughtering ppl in normal and in sub 25 gear as well. Frankly if you have played an earlier season or are above lvl 20 you should just get put in normal "normal" no sub 25 gs for you cause it gets kinda sille when you se ppl that don't know the basics and some sweatlord runs in massacres them 1 by 1.

[@crossbowseth]

The osrs music 🤌🏻🤌🏻

[@antoniocortes1787]

the runescape music go hard with this game lol

[@kipparikalle2192]

Cool video man! how often does the game wipe?

[@SolomonDandD]

Every 2-3 months, just wiped a week ago so hop in now if you haven't already :)

[@a1r3x]

Dark and darker wipes 😮

[@Viewingaccount123]

What are you saying 🙏🙏🙏 is it life, like, rike like I can’t figure out the word u kept saying in the beginning

[@punk_noodles]

seems like the game still need some polishing if you can cheese every mob

[@bennyandthejets9247]

what perks did you choose to run with for this particular build. looks like torture mastery? whatd you pick for the fourth perk?

[@SolomonDandD]

I have Torture mastery, vampirism, the 30% curse duration one, and the 10% will one for extra damage. 4th perk is not particularly important in this build.

[@mortalace22]

Didn't know John Mulaney played dark and darker

[@za7304]

Waiting to use the trading post because without it this game is impossible

[@mat6990]

Question: will there be another wipe? If so when and what exactly is a wipe?

[@SolomonDandD]

every 2-3 months. Basically all progress is just reset. Otherwise everyone gets to end game gear all the time and the game gets stale.

[@squiddgy]

idk if its just me but im beginging to really hate this game and im at a point where im playing this because dungeonborne is currently unplayable for me from technical reasons, but ive played about 20-25 rounds of dark and darker and ive only escaped once when i had help from a random player and on DB i got out on 2 out of my first 3 trys and i really really wanted to enjoy this game it looks like sooo much fun but its just bullying me at this point i cant suck for this long im really starting to hate it in need of serious help or how to fix DB

[@SolomonDandD]

Go warlock with the shadow touch perk, and don't even worry about learning magic for now. It'll make you heal off of melee.

[@cjober6328]

I’m new, when is the next wipe?

[@SolomonDandD]

Wipe just happened a week ago. I'd recommend hopping on now as it is definitely still early wipe. Next wipe should be 2-3 months from now.

[@cadvanacerbus7811]

well i got to lvl 20 without ever getting out of a dungeon so i have zero gold

[@SolomonDandD]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKK1fHubYsSoiJYsi=8sgAXB7wq82ZrWCD I made a beginner's guide which will be more your speed for now.

[@strongjohnson2]

really helpful

[@KimJongPhil]

Came cuz noob Stayed cuz nostalgiascape ost

[@travisbaker4603]

Liked and sub just for runescape

[@JGreed7]

If you are a f2p player know this, you will NEVER make money out of gear, because you cannot sell in the market you will be forced to sell to the vendors wich do not pay anywhere near the worth of most good items. So if you are a f2p and you loot gear from a player you either are going to use that gear yourself with the only class you can create or you will undersell like crazy to the vendors and get scammed

[@SolomonDandD]

Yup, or give the gear to friends. Otherwise worth very little.

[@The_SupremeSage]

Yeah pve is more what i want, but pvp is fun. Maybe if they decreased the lobby size a smidge for solos id enjoy it more. Feels like theres 12-14 people in solo queue and i dont have space to breathe and learn

[@SolomonDandD]

As you get more experienced the lobbies will start to feel less full. Ratting is its own specific playstyle and learning hotspots is huge for surviving as a rat.

[@juleskosky8469]

I love you

[@TheWarriorGreat]

60 gold normals run? wait what? I get 300 - 600 gold every run in normals

[@SolomonDandD]

I was definitely exaggerating

[@TheWarriorGreat]

@@SolomonDandD fair xD

[@RonaldMcDonald-o5z]

Great guide🎉🎉🎉

[@Freaktacular]

your mouse is acting crasy

[@SolomonDandD]

Wdym? I was alt-tabbing quite a bit, or do ya mean the twitch speed?

[@Borkomora]

i say this with no malice in my heart, gotta lose that garbage cliché "guys" that every douchetuber says, please 😭

[@decentralized507]

You are the best man! Thanks a lot for this guide! I just bought the full game to get more classes and didnt know about the market stuff, thats even better. Keep doing gods work mate.

[@SolomonDandD]

Hope it helps! :)

[@Phuzzi]

Thumbs up for OSRS music (it is a little loud, just a little). Sub for good video o7

[@SolomonDandD]

I'll turn it down a tad more next vid :)

[@FinalFantasyFan66666]

Did you just say... Wipe??? A game involving grinding the same 3 stages until you have enough money and gear to be even slightly useful... Has a wipe feature?!? That's bullshit... This isn't rust where they have to wipe because there are a tun of bases laying around from people that don't even play anymore... Wtf is the purpose of a wipe for this game ffs

[@NightBlade58]

I couldn’t watch. Dude moves his house in circles over and over and it drove me nuts

[@noma6450]

lmao

[@gaaraa]

this popped up in the mobile comments box AS he was doing it😭

[@TyeLucci4]

So even if you buy loot when you die you still loose it all?

[@gladlawson61]

You want to mention about placing your loot in your back pack. Like if u are efficient organizing. You can fit more loot and move faster. Inatead of humming and hawwing over what u will drop.

[@MikuntIzichi]

I've been playing this game since playtest days, its so awesome to see it popping off. great guide man props!

[@DominicRoyce]

The RuneScape music man, brings me back 😊

[@Kiranj33]

This was super helpful. Just curious why you wouldn’t use hydra and CoP/Sac to heal rather than using potions?

[@SolomonDandD]

I'm used to being low on magical healing items, which makes healing off hydra take forever. Also, a potion is a bit faster action than hydra + CoP/Sac. I generally just try to stay high enough to live from an axe hit of a nightmare skeleton in HR inferno, anything beyond that I don't worry about.

[@snakycake4790]

makes a guide for 'intermediate' players, wastes nearly 5 minutes explaining how use the main menu....

[@theuniquename5288]

Well, this doesn't work anymore bc you have to have a gear score of 225 to go into high roller..

[@CLARPUS]

awesome turn around on this video, wasn't expecting it so soon. really enjoy the way you approach the game

[@SolomonDandD]

Thank you :D

[@wishwise0]

20 seconds in, and you are already telling lies. Quests are character-specific, not account-specific.

[@ladislaobordon8291]

Warlock PvP guide or something with pvp in general, really nice videos by the way

[@michaelwhitt28]

Dude I really thought i had my GIM open on RuneLite and it was you xDDD

[@thordoo3047]

Thank you! I badly needed this guide.

[@Mrpatel000]

Not hating just curious: Doesn't this style of play(naked, cheesing, avoiding pvp, etc) get boring? Do you always play like this or is this like a "money run"? Again, not hating just curious. Everyone is free to play how they like.

[@SolomonDandD]

I play like this for 5-6 successful rounds then ball out usually. It can take me a pretty long time to die with the giga-juiced kits.

[@gladlawson61]

Highroller Maps are the most fun tbh.

[@IchorAethor]

It seems like you would have benefited from dropping the loose gold, as you ended up selling the items you collected for more than 10 gold per square.

[@SolomonDandD]

True.

[@GainsGoblin]

This is like a tutorial on how to change your clutch. It looks very simple but 10 hours in i call my mechanic to get a new transmission.

[@SolomonDandD]

Lol

[@basementversion]

cool video man, needed this guide haha!

[@SolomonDandD]

Glad it helped!

[@PrinceLizzy]

Is it okay to stomp new players in normals if I'm also a new player? lol

[@SolomonDandD]

Yes.

[@MrShavrgo]

mmmm runescape music

[@SillyLittleDemon]

i wanna know how to cheese everything

[@SolomonDandD]

Im gonna make a guide on this soon!

[@juleskosky8469]

be my friend

[@juleskosky8469]

I love you

[@crizioclips]

Awesome!

[@devintaylor7049]

Didn't you get caught with ambot?

[@SolomonDandD]

That's Dimo

[@NihnjahX]

I haven't been playing for very long, maybe 10 hours on record. Super fun game, and I love it. However, I hate pvp, I have tried using Prox chat to tell people I'm friendly, and I always end up having to kill them. I never have anything of value going into a game. So everything I end up with comes from chests which are abundant. My main tactic for this game is to avoid other players at all costs. I start a game and then fill up my inventory very carefully and very quickly, looking in windowed doors before I enter one, I never enter large rooms. Then, as soon as I find blue stairs or a rope, I crouch in a dark corner with a nocked arrow until the exits open and then extract with a full inventory. Then, I get out and clear my inventory, get supplied gear, and then do it again. So far, in 6 escapes, this has had a 100% success rate.

[@Oldboy..]

@ like 50 hours now. Still new to dark & darker. So many players have complete grasp on every aspect of everything & are out seeking Tim blood. Also, other new guys breaking up the monotonous slaughter. However, today I actually won a few fights. Wouldn't ask for it any other way.

[@Viewingaccount123]

MY FIRST GAMES as a rogue AFTER I bought the game as I was playing fighter for a lot of levels, I get spawned in a hallway with 3 mummy’s and 1 elite 💀 I kept handles for 3 games horrible spawn. I can see how some people just quit if they experience that as their first game. It was also after watching the beginner guide 😭 I died fast all 3 times

[@wwbodywork5582]

Completely agree with you about the PVP. Been playing for the past few days and have ran into more crouch spammers than people that actually wanna fight lol. Like you said, nice to have the pvp there if you want it but the pve really carries the game!

[@bubu.D.28]

Wait, they wipe? When is the next wipe?

[@SolomonDandD]

Wipes are every 2-3 months. So like a month or two.

[@d3adagain385]

24:42 Because when you are forced to, you are 1 practice session behind 😅 I totally agree about making game easier, but this philosophy has flaws 😂

[@furiatrifasica]

Nightmare axe is possible to kill. But you will die a lot of times doing it 😂 you have to be literally into them (closest possible) and do circle strafes around the body

[@trobin652]

Finally something for me

[@SolomonDandD]

:)

[@BLaCkKsHeEp]

i do the multi crouch to let people know im friendly in solos and most of the time, people dont attack.

[@TheRaginRabbit]

lol i had runelite running and was like wtf my music is off lol. great guide

[@Xailion]

Haven't been to HR or out of basekit since like playtest 3

[@Stephon351]

Bro the RS music goes hard on the nostalgia

[@Cybriouss]

I'm a new player and play warlock but i failed so much time trying to cast Power of sacrifice and hit myself whit it. So that's make me happy to see someone skilled fail too 😅

[@SolomonDandD]

I have definitely died to a miscast power of sacrifice more times than I'd like to admit.

[@Sakubo]

Thanks for this really helpful video! I've been training to play warlock but it looks like it would be way harder to cheese inferno with other classes right?

[@SolomonDandD]

Warlock absolutely has the easiest cheese methods for inferno.

[@dakota9821]

Love the RS music; Nostalgia

[@neowneow13]

this video helped a lot as to what to do next now my problem is figuring out what items are considered worth keeping since there's so many stats and items I have a hard time grasping as to what is generally worth money

[@SolomonDandD]

You learn that by playing. There's tons of different stats people will pay for depending on class. +additional damage (for phys damage class items), +magical damage (for magic class items), and vigor items rolled with +max health are generally your expensive items.

[@neowneow13]

@@SolomonDandD thank you for the response at least that gives me a general idea on what to look out for thanks for help

[@bioshocketsblorg123gamingf6]

One thing I do in any market based game is try to play a lot of different classes archetypes so you understand what people need to make them work best and it will obviously be the things that are worth more

[@Viewingaccount123]

How do u do the lock picking? My first times didn’t have the animation. Do I click or F

[@SolomonDandD]

Spacebar actually

[@louisdinks]

i watched this video with a sock puppet on my hand and it was fucking awesome ty for the tutorial

[@louisdinks]

pardon me lord, please don't forget to bring a coinpurse when high-rolling! It's only 5 gold from the collector, holds 50 gold, and usually nets >100 gold more per run if you know your stuff!

[@mcgrubbin5188]

Music almost made me cry

[@seanmcfarlane9911]

i have a legendary status account but it wont let me list items on the marketplace

[@SolomonDandD]

72h wait period for new legendary accs. Due to credit card thieves buying access then selling gold before the transaction gets disputed.

[@pxmpplug5036]

if you get cornered by spiders. crouching while jumping works

[@SolomonDandD]

Yup! Spiders are still super annoying though.

[@AbhorrentYT]

Take a shot every time he swirls his mouse in a circle really fast.

[@SolomonDandD]

You'll die of alcohol poisoning

[@GKPerfectCell]

If you wanna progress in this game learn all the mob mechanics gear comes and goes

[@SolomonDandD]

Yup

[@niceprofile-k6i]

perfectly timed

[@GiannhsGfs]

Thanks dude!❤

[@TheSkullPanda]

I agree with you on the timmy stompers. i'm almost wondering if we can start a "noobies union" to protect new players, because otherwise that kind of predatory play makes fewer new players stick around. I also wish we could get more folks using voip, to better communicate when folks are friendly or pvp-ing.

[@ArguablyTheWorst]

should have a faction system, incentivize team play but also keep pvp open for high stress high octane gameplay basically blue, yellow or red teams and you are penalized for team killing

[@SolomonDandD]

That's what the "ask for help" button at the top left is for. You can get a player with 1k+ hours to play with you. If they can't carry you enough for you to learn the game you're pretty boned.

[@lemonoeye]

Seriously great content here! Especially for us warlock mains! Thank you!

[@DennisSanders]

Man all I’m thinking is, how am I ever gonna do this on Ranger 😂 I’ll try tho! Great video man, love the way you explain yourself! Keep it up 🙌

[@Daddyops]

Ranger is easy too you just gotta know how to cheese the ai

[@SolomonDandD]

Ranger is definitely the next easiest class to do this on. He actually has higher DPS for single target than warlock too so he can sometimes clear faster.

[@carl_aye]

what would you say is the main end goal for the game?

[@bioshocketsblorg123gamingf6]

There is none, you just try new things, get better gear, fight bosses etc it's one of those games where it would take you thousands of hours before you have seen all of what the game has to offer

[@maximumrpg3707]

I feel like the only genuine way to "progress" in the game is to learn the janky ass combat system, because otherwise everything else is simple

[@cosmicfox5671]

What part about it is janky? This game honestly has one of the most accurate combat systems I've seen. Hitboxes are extremely form fitting, as are hurtboxes. I've dodged arrows that miss me by an actual hair, the blocking you have to have your shield be physically in the way of the hurtbox of the weapon.

[@eccsubs2179]

its not really janky its just slow

[@maximumrpg3707]

@@cosmicfox5671 If you've ever played Chivalry or Mordhau then you know how a melee combat system can feel nice AND be accurate instead of what D&D does. D&D you literally have to hitbox abuse and bunny hop just to be decent at the game. The game is a constant mess of just kiting everyone around, it feels extremely tedious to play.

[@cooperthornton7724]

I think my game is bugged :/ ive done quite a bit of quests but none of my merchants are offering me better gear :( all thats available is poor quality T.T

[@SolomonDandD]

you gotta do 3 from each particular one to get next tier iirc

[@cooperthornton7724]

@@SolomonDandD i did all 3 from surgeon and still nothing :(

[@freddyfishy2262]

It’s the reputation with the trader that makes them sell you higher rarity items. Higher the reputation, the higher rarity of items you can buy.

[@cooperthornton7724]

@@freddyfishy2262 my reputation with them is at 25-50 and still just the base poor quality gear :( not even any extra base equipment yet from the squire

[@dikwaibdish2924]

don't go to inferno guys go play ice map

[@krispyclown9777]

Fuck that the ice enemies are so much mare cancer than inferno enemies

[@dikwaibdish2924]

@@krispyclown9777 lmfaoo I'm just tryna gatekeep

[@jordankotyluk4448]

Love the video, LOVE the OSRS

[@SolomonDandD]

:)

[@Viewingaccount123]

It’s crazy to see that so many soldiers ventured to the red dungeons. Look how blood and stuff is on the walls, is there lore? This would be a fire show or anime. Getting gear and venturing. Each season a diff class 🔥

[@JakeTheDawgMusicOfficial]

Or do like a trio of characters vs the dungeon and another trio

[@KaiisTied]

I think it’s just more of a hell type biome opposed to it being the blood of adventurers on the walls