Fastest Way To Level Up in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix

[@Jebusthlord]

TLDR: True Rock Titan XP/s is likely more around 115/s, not 200. The Rock Titan XP/s in the video is way off. The 40 seconds counted in the video are accurate only from fight start to fight finish. But if you mean to lvl up by chain-killing the Titan over and over again, you have to sit through the numerous unskippable cutscenes (mostly camera circling around you before and after the fight) as well as set up the fight with Phil again. I timed it (being as fast as possible) for about another 30 seconds. So realistically if you mean to level up by killing the RT, it will cost you about 1m10s from setting up the fight to being able to set it up again. It takes about 44 RTs (provided you get double xp from items) to lvl from 80-100 or about 51 minutes if you keep a consistent pace. Can't attest to how accurate the other methods were measured, didn't test them.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@Jebusthlord I love the peer review 😍 this is correct, as mentioned in the pinned comment - thank you for testing and providing your evidence!

[@Jebusthlord]

@@nickmcsleighten Don't actually see a pinned comment for this video. Anyway, thx for the vid, ended up using some of the strats for mid game.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@Jebusthlord i just searched for it and neither do i???? Okay, well, ill pin your comment since it provides the same info lol thanks again for the peer review and im glad the vid could help 😁

[@meebybell]

The real answer for endgame is just entering 3rd district from 1st district with encounter plus on and spamming thundaga on the 3 waves of heartless that spawn there, back to 1st district, rinse and repeat. That’s how platinum trophy speedrunners grind level 100 every time

[@nickmcsleighten]

That’s a pretty quick way too! Thanks for sharing 😁

[@dgameskidHD]

As someone who likes to grind to max level in RPGs, this’ll help a lot. Thanks for the advice

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@dgameskidHD no problem 😁 glad it could help!

[@DannyGaytan04]

Thank you for the awesome strategies!! Pushing forward to that 100%

[@nickmcsleighten]

No problem and heck yeah :) best of luck!

[@mackenziebanks8777]

Yes! I was low-key subconsciously doing your strat for level grinding for end game stuff! But for the other two, I'll definitely get onto that. Thanks! 💙

[@cedgieb117]

i like to use to the 12 pots right outside the castle doors in agrabah, where that one FM heartless is. i just walk into all the pots and the one that doesn’t move is the heartless. so smack all the other pots while avoiding that one. you get 124 exp every time. as long as you don’t attack the pot with the heartless inside, you can just run to Aladdin’s house, then go back to the room and the pots will be reset. if not, i just go back and save, check once more, and if they still haven’t respawned then i just soft reset. this works really well for me and you can do it at any time, although some other strategies probably are more worth it later on.

[@nickmcsleighten]

That definitely sounds like a really useful mid game strategy, 124 exp is pretty substantial around Agrabah

[@kuro_agito]

@@nickmcsleighten you can also combine the black fungi strat with the pots. You look at the castle if pots are spawned and destroy them if yes, otherwise you go to the back fungi spawn and look if they spawned. As this rooms are right next to each other and you have two room transitions you get the added bonus of reseting the rooms anyway. Also I like to use Simba on the black fungi, because if you can charge his roar to 4 you insta kill them with crits and get the items from them :P

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@kuro_agito ooooohhh ive never tried Simba! That’s so smart!!

[@DrNekobeard]

This is much better than my first playthrough when I just grinded off the deep jungle

[@nickmcsleighten]

Ay I’m glad it could help out :)

[@kh_bbs286]

0:07 hey i know those people

[@Devil-Shall-Cry]

i lost it when he called destiny islands deez nuts islands

[@nickmcsleighten]

Hell yeah 💀

[@austinfowler2707]

In my experience in later game exp grind, i found the best spot to be right next to Neverland: Cabin. With Encounter Plus, three Dark Balls and 3 Pirates. The benifit is that theres a save point right in the other room. So you can in and out every few seconds. When i timed it, i believed it matched Rock Titan bullying, but its been a long while since ive done the math.

[@nickmcsleighten]

I can run a test for you and we can see how effective it is comparatively

[@NexGenUtuber]

@@nickmcsleighten you end up testing it?

[@nickmcsleighten]

​@@NexGenUtuber yes! thank you for reminding me lol - With all 4 EXP Accessories equipped, the 3 Pirates and 3 Darkballs drop a total of 900 exp per fight (aka per loop) - Timer started when I entered the room from the Cabin save point - I had 15 MP so i was one shotting all enemies - In 2 minutes, or 120 seconds, I did 10 loops - 900 exp per loop x 10 loops = 9000 exp total / 120 seconds = 75 exp per second compared to the Rock Titans 204 (technically 114 with menuing) On the other hand, I did get like 6 Power Gems in those 2 minutes so it is good for that!

[@donniedarkofan55]

thanks so much dude!!! I’ve shying away from the game cause of how hard it’s been but this helps a bunch

[@nickmcsleighten]

Glad it could help 😁😁 I hope you enjoy the rest of your play through!

[@chrismercado457]

I honestly didn't think the questions mattered with gaining more exp. This helped a ton 😂 so all I gotta do is pick all 3 top choices.

[@nickmcsleighten]

Basically, yeah 😁 the top three answer path (dawn) will give you the fastest level speed before LV 40, then the bottom three answer path (dusk) will become the fastest at LV 41 and after

[@gamergoku9001]

GH NaTHaN here, (but on another account) I am SHOCKED that my strat is top 3! I get a lot of comments on that video saying my strat outright sucks lol. I'm happy taking the middle spot on this list :D

[@nickmcsleighten]

Hey GH NaTHaN!! Idk why people are dogging on you (maybe they’re bad at Ice Titan lol) I think you’ve got a very viable strat for some quick levels Personally, I think Ice Titan would work the best as an early post-game strat because one of the main benefits is that makes stats completely irrelevant and most people likely wouldn’t have more than 1 or 2 EXP Accessories making it really high exp gain in a very short time

[@gamergoku9001]

@@nickmcsleighten Quick response! Haha, yeah I guess they are bad at it lol. Yeah you're probably right about that, I haven't played the first KH in a few years, but next time I do I am gonna use that Rock Titan strat. I never bothered with that one because tech points were only ever 1p rather than the much higher tech points I was getting from ice Titan, but it turns out Rock Titan really is worth it after all. That fast time to kill with the Aeroga on everyone for max xp is a killer strat!

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@gamergoku9001 im perpetually online lol plus this is like meeting a celebrity for me 😂😂 And i totally get that, 125 exp per block is pretty busted when you think about it But its wild Rock Titan is one of the fastest out there and I actually found out from testing after making this video that blasting Rock Titans health with Ars Arcanum (behind him on his back left foot) is way faster than going for Aeroga tech points because of that 9000-ish exp drop he gives upon being defeated So yeah when you play again, i highly recommend giving it a try!

[@bellamerci8423]

Loved the video as always! Thanks for all the awesome content!

[@nickmcsleighten]

Glad to hear it :) and, of course, thanks for watching!

[@olgerkhan9331]

Lol so your exp loop is the one i figured out for myself back in 2003. Good thing btw is, that its less boring due to more maps so your brain has at least a little bit of stuff to process. Btw the last room before the final battle was a very good spot to lvl up aswell.

[@teo2805]

If youre going for 100%, use the hotel hall (2nd district take the first left) so you can farm Defenders and then Wizards because of their rare weapon drops.

[@Wolfbane8]

3:05 Yeah, I beat Proud mode last night, so I ain't going back to that headache. But I'll keep watching

[@nickmcsleighten]

Fair enough 😂

[@blakeasisco]

I did the parry strategy until level 35, then went onto leave Destiny Islands. Note that with the shield/sword route, you will get tech boost early on. So, you'll get about 80 EXP a minute instead of 40 EXP.

[@RyugaIrving]

I never thought of Xemnas like that.

[@Secret-ion]

I know it's later but it just came out on pc so I got the Master Intergrum edition. Decided to play them all. MASSIVE NOTE , on the Aladdin strategy I found out by trial u don't need to soft reset or exit re enter to get purple black fungus to appear. Just walk in, kill them, leave, go up pole to Aladdin house, save, do it all over again. Repeat.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@Secret-ion correct! This was an oversight on my part; good catch

[@alexandertwol]

Easily the best area to grind is the coliseum. Once you’ve beaten each cup all three times you can just choose the boss fight and if you equip all the EXP up items you can you’ll get around 7200 EXP per rock Titan, about 3000 EXP for Hercules and about that amount from Leon/Yuffie as well.

[@alexciccone2824]

So does being a he him contribute to the efficiency of this guide or rate at which i gather xp for levels?

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@alexciccone2824 great question! It contributes to my introduction, so you know who is speaking to you Thanks for your inquiry 😁

[@DDX098]

@@nickmcsleighten but we know from your voice that you are a he/him. Totally crazy American nonsense.

[@CharlesChaldea]

Me reaching level 100 fighting Heartless in Atlantica with mostly the Attack command: "I like to think I made good time."

[@SupremacyGamesYT]

In terms of singular areas that are quickly clearable and resettable: 1. The District 2 Roof top with the ghosts and wyverns 2. The hotel hallway with Defender and Wizards you can easily farm them, I wonder if it's any good?

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@SupremacyGamesYT the former may be, but the latter is listed in the video and it wasn’t the strongest

[@franciscotavares6334]

I didn't do any strategy and often skipped fights that looked repetitive and still got to Jungle world at level 15. Also I'm pretty sure i didn't choose the fast leveling answers cause i didn't know they were a thing and i know i chose at least one of the bottom answers once. I didn't skip the coliseum though. But if that's all it takes to reach the same level you did then it's a much more fun way of farming xp then parrying a kid with a wooden sword over and over

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@franciscotavares6334 understood lol happy you found a way that works for you

[@cosmicmelon9305]

Rock Titan. Getting EXP bullied since 2002. LMAO!

[@MatthewCenance]

8:15 The magic attacks appear to work on the same damage formula as the physical attacks. But, instead of using the strength stat as a base, magic attacks use the base power of the spell plus how much MP (or double the MP for some spells) the caster has as a base. So Firaga hits the damage cap at 19 MP due to 19 + 36 (spell base power) = 55. Blizzaga would hit it at 21 MP due to 21 + 34 = 55 but no character can reach that much MP without cheating. Thundaga hits it at 15 MP because (15x2) + 26 = 56, one point above the strength damage cap. Aeroga isn't strong enough to hit the cap below 24 MP, and Gravity spells work on a different system of damage and thus don't count.

[@nickmcsleighten]

Oh nice, that’s really useful info! Where’d you find all that out at?

[@MatthewCenance]

@@nickmcsleighten The statement is a conclusion I got to due to three factors. First is how the strength damage cap is generally claimed to work by fans on forums. Superbosses apparently have a strength cap of 62, but spells aren't affected normally because they're immune to the three normal spell attacks and Aero is too weak to come close to the 55 power cap. Second is how the magic damage appears to scale similarly when increasing MP to how Keyblade damage scales when increasing strength, as both increase more and more per extra point in the related power stat, so increasing Strength by 10 usually increases damage far more than just 10 points. Third is how similar the magic caps are according to the Kingdom Hearts Wiki's provided power calculations for spells in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix to the 55 damage cap. Therefore I conclude that the magic caps are just the magic spells hitting the power caps that are both used for strength based attacks and magic attacks (except for Gravity). As I said earlier the stats for the magic power are stated on the Kingdom Hearts Wiki.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@MatthewCenance thats a fair deduction and I don’t see why it couldn’t work that way I only know of 15 MP being soft cap because that’s what everyones been saying since forever lol

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@MatthewCenance but I can also test your hypothesis with my gamesharked data as I have well over 23 MP

[@krackel4982]

bro, I was SOOOOOO convinced ice titan strat was the fastest exp grinding before I saw this, too bad I saw this 2 weeks after platting the game, lol

[@nickmcsleighten]

Oh no 😅😅 that’s okay, now you know for the future

[@HeartlessJackal]

I can appreciate you laying out the base numbers. Once i finish my grind for all cosmic arts on the party its off to the final grind to 100. This was very helpful.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@HeartlessJackal glad to have helped 😁

[@mr.whocares8787]

nice guide thanks! off to blatantly bully boulders!

[@nickmcsleighten]

Haha you’re welcome! You bully that belligerent boulder

[@KillaaKris]

quick question, in the 4:18, black fungus method, is there a particular reason why you would bring Aladdin? like does it make it faster :)

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@KillaaKris sometimes! Aladdin’s multi-hit charge attack can actually instant defeat a Black Fungus 2% of 20% of the time (don’t ask i dont get why it works that way lol)

[@KillaaKris]

@@nickmcsleighten oh okay I see thank you for clarifying! :)

[@captianbacon]

Waka ball is the best grinding spot

[@nickmcsleighten]

It’s a very good one! But simply isn’t the best based on the math

[@FizzyMcSoda]

After my STR is capped I just loop the 3rd District most of the time because of all the Defender spawns in that room. Probably not the best EXP run though, i'm not sure how it'd compare to the ones in the video.

[@nickmcsleighten]

Depends on your speed, with 4 exp accessories, Defenders (6 spawn) each drop 300 exp and Darkballs (7) each drop 120 exp, you’ll get 2640 exp per loop and let’s estimate it takes 30 seconds to clear that area that’s about 88 exp per sec; which is not bad at all

[@Scarecrowgame76]

My personal favorite place to level cap is redoing the hades cup. I level up 2 times or 3 if I can do the Rare Truffle fully and with the exp accessories goes faster for me. But these strats are awesome

[@nickmcsleighten]

Ay, personal favorites work too! Anything that makes it less of a trial for you, I’m all for it 😎

[@squishybrick]

I never grinded (or felt the need to (yet)) in KH1, but, I would often use your route just for grinding synthesis materials. I had no idea how rare the defender shield was but got one relatively early. Once one learns about strike raid, bosses like sephiroth don't have to be fought at such high levels.. I knocked him down at around 75. Anyway, decent content.

[@pizzawolfer1947]

I just naturally got to max level during my synthesis grinding.

[@TheNekoPastel]

Love your editing 😂⭐ Definitely going to keep your LVLing guide in mind for my series! Also left a sub! Can't wait to see what you do next 🥰

[@nickmcsleighten]

Thank you 😂 I’m thrilled you enjoyed and that the video could help, even in the future :) And thank you so much!! 😁😁

[@JackieOwl94]

Best place to level up: go through the entire game on Level 1, then use simba in the final area before the last boss.

[@nickmcsleighten]

Someone else said this too, and it kind of makes sense, but the way the level curves work is that: once you're at the proper level, it'd take the same remaining time as if you got there normally

[@cutterhicks7203]

Never have a watched a video strategy that has also cracked me up multiple times. Bravo my friend. Subbed

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@cutterhicks7203 thank you so much 😁 thrilled you enjoyed!

[@Ark_Strike]

All these strategies are great but I think hotel loop is the better one, its the shortest one, easiest to loop, less walking, encounter plus mandatory and buying tents to fully regain MP is not even a problem because this route can net you quite a bit of munny, and you can get tons of materials plus braindead farming for the goofy shield and donalds staff for the achievement. So far I have 3 staffs and 0 goofy shield, fucking hell.

[@JamesonMusic808]

Monty Python AND kh? My birthday came early

[@Shazam815]

Currently playing this on ps3 again and got the game for under 10 bucks, 20 hours into the game im level 58 and find it harder to level up without any EXP accessories

[@wildbuckhouse]

What if you use more than 4 exp accessories?

[@nickmcsleighten]

Outside of Beginner Mode, there is only 4 (though you could probably synthesize more if you really wanted to), but if you’re on Beginner Mode, you can have a total of 5, and that will increase your exp gain to 120-130%, it still stacks 😁 I should also say, me saying “there’s only 4” or “only 5” doesn’t mean you can’t have more if you synthesize them, I’ve just never tried

[@stephennapier9076]

....been playing KH for years didn't know I could guard the ice titan shards to deflect x.x just beat em made my life so much easier

[@nickmcsleighten]

What were you doing before? Attacking the shards back?

[@KaosDeathLord]

Not the Nicky boi guide I currently need

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@KaosDeathLord what is, bing bong?

[@THEAPRILFOOL-1983]

I have always pronounce that travelers town 9:30

[@SpicyJuan]

How many people came here after getting smoked by Sephiroth?

[@jsaj2]

Bro i don't know why people are hating on your video but your funny asf man

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@jsaj2 appreciate you 😁😁 and idk man, its the internet, what can ya do? Lol

[@jsaj2]

@@SendRoses I think he is being sarcastic bro that’s the way I took it

[@seandam8943]

does any of the methods apply to the original game of KH1? currently trying to grind to up to lvl 100 before fighting Ansem

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@seandam8943 I assume they would all apply, they would just have lower exp per second due to the lack of EXP Accessories in the PS2 OG version

[@TheMasterJay]

I often use the Black Fungus strategy too when I get to Agrabah, at least for around level 23 to 26 is good enough. One method I usually do mid-game is beating Squall and Yuffie over and over again until I'm in the mid level 30s which is faster than it sounds if you have a few Golem Chains equipped. You get 300 and 400 EXP per their defeat, I find battling them somewhat faster when you're about level 35 or higher and on a casual run after 100 Acre Wood I grind at Olympus to around Level 50 before Hollow Bastion. I've never been able to consistently juggle the Rare Truffles, probably to some lesser extent because I often stick to the Kingdom Key for a little extra challenge during my playthroughs of KH1 (though I'm probably going to stop doing that at some point since while I like it aesthetically there's no advantage to using Kingdom Key over most of the Keyblades in KH1, though Golem Chains do make up for it at least), but 5050 EXP per minute and 47 sec. does sound appealing (granted you may need to Save Scum but still). If this is done consistently, I think one could potentially reach level 50 or higher quickly before Hollow Bastion which is an appealing prospect to me, especially when done with two or more of those suckers. I find so long as I have good equipment and at a high enough level and abilities that you can get through the entirety of the Hades Cup in about 30 minutes, I equip Ragnarok and grab a ton of items that restore MP before I enter the Hades Cup and equipping Goofy with MP Gift and no attack skills (he's the best party member simply for this ability, Tornado's good and all but when you obtain MP Gift there's no other ability he needs) and with great amounts of MP I find Ragnarok does pretty decent damage, Cerberus for instance went down in seconds when I used it a few times with 13 to 15 MP. I know the Rock Titan's probably technically not the fastest method to getting the most EXP gains, but I find it's a pretty fast EXP grinding method for endgame still, by the time you get access to the materials for the EXP accessories I feel you'll have the means to get to level 100 quickly just by beating Rock Titan over and over with EXP Ring equipped from my experience, beating the game in about 30 hours (which included cutscenes) whilst doing everything except the Gummi Ship missions. Update: Mad Truffle Match in the Hercules Cup is a good place to juggle the Rare Truffle if you can get into the rhythm, you won't get any items in the match of course but the EXP is more than worth the effort, restarting matches doesn't reset your EXP gains, and it only takes about a minute and 53 seconds to 2 minutes, doing this at least two times gives you a total of 10,100 EXP which is enough to level up in the mid level 40s, 5050 EXP is great to have, especially when grinding for level 50 or higher. As an example, I provide this video by me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roHWe6ibn5eIobs

[@domonchief]

Is having Aladdin in your party really that necessary to the agrabah mushrooms? Ive been doing it with doland and gombi and it seems to work just fine. Also, you dont have to soft reset, just going back to aladdins house seems to reset the pattern.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@domonchief good question! aladdin can instant kill the black fungus with his charge attack, but like you’ve figured out, no he isn’t necessary And that’s true, reset is not necessary either, but it can help reset your RNG if the spawns just aren’t happening

[@domonchief]

@@nickmcsleighten ahh okay I will try with Al'. I usually just throw out Gravity a couple times then use sonic blade while switching targets between each thrust, and most of the time i can wipe them before they go concrete. But thanks for the tip and keep up the great work. I've been loving your content for my series playthrough. Thanks Nick!

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@domonchief no problem! That’s a great strategy as well and I’m glad my videos can help 😁

[@WolfmanArt]

I'm gonna try this strategy 👍🏻

[@jem0202]

Suprinsingly hilarious bro

[@nickmcsleighten]

Glad you thought so 😁 thanks!

[@Icarus975]

I’ve been watching your other videos and how come your most viewed video from recent times has a lower quality mic compared to other ones (no offense) I still love and enjoy the content but I found it weird that your most popular video has a sorta lower quality mic but your second most popular video has had a much better mic from many years ago. Did some stuff happen with ur mic? o:

[@nickmcsleighten]

I assume its a content thing, like this topic is just highly searched, and unfortunately for me: i made it before i bought my good mic 😅

[@rubymejia_933]

Im just raw dogging it and not leaving the islands 😂

[@nickmcsleighten]

😂😂 best of luck! I got up to LV40-ish and haven’t gone back

[@rubymejia_933]

@@nickmcsleighten thanks 😆🤙

[@nostalgiatrip3231]

i wish thi was up when i was doing it lol oh well its here for next time

[@nickmcsleighten]

My thoughts exactly 😎

[@panduvandal]

Easy, just try to synthesized Ultima Blade. I'm sure you'll be on level 90s by the time you finish that.

[@nickmcsleighten]

Ironically, for me, that only boosts me about 10 levels but that’s probably because i do the bulk of it before Hollow Bastion lol

[@captianbacon]

The fact ypur that low lvl at agrabah is wild you need 26 just to get scan which I always get be4 Clayton. Which is the first disney world.

[@nickmcsleighten]

Dive to the Heart weapon choice dependent, that’s true, but its also why I go fight the Black Fungus; it boosts me right up in mere minutes

[@captianbacon]

@@nickmcsleighten oh ya. I always pick sheild

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@captianbacon honestly? Same lol

[@goldillusiongaming2410]

I’m gonna do proud mode so would choosing the middle questions be good?

[@nickmcsleighten]

Personally I think middle questions is the worst option Either top answers or bottom answers because top answers is fast now, bottom answers is fast later

[@r3v9191]

You have some dumb humor.... Which it's right up my alley! Subbed 👍

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@r3v9191 thank you 😁😁

[@glasscastlex]

adhd girlies SOUND OFF 🗣️🗣️

[@nickmcsleighten]

My favorite comment ❤️

[@Craiger3491]

Which power did you give up at the beginning? Or which is best? I usually do magic, but I'm not sure it makes an impact or not?

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@Craiger3491 good question 😁 the weapon choice is (generally speaking) irrelevant to leveling outside of some minor stat differences, instead it mostly affects abilities So I personally always pick Shield so I can get Second Chance, Lucky Strike, and Slapshot early

[@Craiger3491]

In the beginning when you select strength, defense, or magic, which do you give up usually?

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@Craiger3491 So when I pick the Shield, I’ll give up the Sword cause I only lose 1 STR which I immediately regain at LV2

[@christophermodlin3597]

This video is golden! Lol

[@danimals3615]

Your editing and presentation is too good for you not to have a better microphone!

[@nickmcsleighten]

Well i have good news! I bought a better microphone 😂 thank you by the way

[@danimals3615]

@@nickmcsleighten Man I'm silly, for some reason I thought this said released 8 hours ago not 8 months ago haha, love your new videos! (and your microphone)

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@danimals3615 appreciate you 😁😁 maybe one day I’ll redo this video with good audio quality 😂

[@zorathehedgehog6341]

I use the ice titan to level up fast to me a was easy

[@nickmcsleighten]

I agree it's definitely easy, just not the fastest; but will absolutely work if you prefer it :)

[@Fenris2]

Donald is useless because of his low item slots

[@alexandremontesinos7876]

This makes me so mad, the gizmo shop is the best by far its not even funny, the hotel will feel like a waste of time compared to the sticking to the gizmo shop the entire way. From level 50 to 100 it only took me hours… the time required to even unlock rock titan.

[@nickmcsleighten]

I definitely understand your frustration, Rock Titan is really only viable if the player already plans on doing Alone; Just Sora and Time Trial in the Hades Cup and I personally use the Traverse Town Loop and then at a later level, like 80, complete the extra stuff in Hades Cup then bully Rock Titan only cause it’s convenient And if you like I can test a Gizmo Shop Loop specifically to see how effective it is 😁

[@alexandremontesinos7876]

@@nickmcsleighten i honestly believe gizmo shop is better, i really like gamersjoint or whatever his name is i cant remember but i find it very stupid of him to mix up the gizmo shop with the hotel when the gizmo shop is objectively superior to the hotel in every way, you have more enemies in a single place without having to move anywhere and you can literally beat the whole room by spamming x thats how little you have to move you actually dont need to use the joystick to even finish the gizmo shop and the gizmo shop has multiple enemies with alot of waves. Hotel just has 3 enemies that give alot of exp sure but they take a while to beat and are spread across a long corridorplus you have to move across rooms just to get a few more wizards wich are immune to magic and the gizmo shop spawns two of them as the last wave anyways along with 3 wizards after many waves in one spot, i went from level 50 to level 80 in 30 minutes on my unchanged trophy along with the under 20 hours trophy (my run took exactly 7 hours) so in 30 minutes with default equipment on begginner mode. Even if rock titan is somehow faster than that i think you might even save time beating all of the colosseum at level 100 then getting there to grind at lower levels. Id really like to know about your gizmo shop test, basically stay in the gizmo shop and dont leave the entrance of it, if you need to refresh the enemies go to the hotel and get out. Even past level 90 a run is still an entire level and even a bit more and it takes no times and you can do it with your eyes closed.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@alexandremontesinos7876 I totally gotchya! After the holidays, I’ll run a Gizmo Shop test and see how much exp per second it is 😁

[@alexandremontesinos7876]

@@nickmcsleighten yay. Just make sure you are the same level you were for the rock titan tests. are you gonna make a video about it or are you going to reply again?

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@alexandremontesinos7876 I’ll reply about it, if it ends up being the absolute fastest, I’ll pin a new comment correcting my video

[@LeonardoAkira]

Bro, i'm at final rest, i'm able to get back and grind on traverse town or anywhere else? I can't fucking beat Ansem i'm at level 51, feels like impossible for real

[@nickmcsleighten]

Yeah! You can head back to any world and level up as much as you need too What’s your defense stat at?

[@LeonardoAkira]

@@nickmcsleighten seriously? It 's only showing for me two options, end of world and final rest, but i want tô select other world 😭

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@LeonardoAkira if youre in the gummi ship and are on End of the World, drop down to “select world” then you can move the cursor over to any world you’ve previously been to and warp there

[@LeonardoAkira]

@@nickmcsleighten Ty my friend, i'm feeling stupid right now, i was trying with the d-pad to select other world, there's a best place that you recommend to grind? i'm want to level up till i can beat Ansem but still having fun, which level is better? once more, thank you! Already liked and subscribed, hug from Brazil.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@LeonardoAkira no worries! You are not stupid, sometimes things are confusing and that’s okay 😁 I recommend grinding in Traverse Town for as long as you like - I think anywhere LV 66+ should work, also be sure to equip high DEF accessories when fighting Ansem and the Leaf Bracer and Second Chance abilities!! And also thank you so much 😁😁

[@greenlightning6803]

Why is this guy actually so funny

[@nickmcsleighten]

More effort than i care to admit lmao

[@danithefoot633]

Doodle and goobus😂

[@cashmielucero0723]

Hey Nick did you ever try to upload any reguarding Kingdom Hearts 3??

[@nickmcsleighten]

Hi again! It’s been a long time, nice to see you comment again 😁 And no, I have nothing on Kingdom Hearts 3 yet, but I can answer any questions you have :)

[@cashmielucero0723]

@nickmcsleighten yea I been replaying it from the beginning again because my hard drive got damaged. Also thanks for remembering me 💛 I am working up to KH3 😂

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@cashmielucero0723 Ah, totally understand - that happened to me before too - it sucks to lose the hard drive 😩 And of course! i remember you had some questions about forms and abilities in Kingdom Hearts 2 It inspired me to make a video that’s coming up on my schedule 😁 How’s working up to KH3 been?

[@cashmielucero0723]

@@nickmcsleighten oooooooo can't wait for that video ❤️❤️ & yessssss good times 😁 KH3 I am in 😍 with the quality but I so far so good I like the Bistro part you can actually cook there is so much more like I am upto Tangled it is sooooo much fun! 😁😁

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@cashmielucero0723 I’m glad you’re enjoying it! I do plan to make KH3 videos, but it might take some time 😅

[@asterea0077]

Found a faster mid game for yall

[@asterea0077]

So go to agrabah theres a pot mini game spawn thats faster than the mushrooms just walk up to them if they move they are real and break em if doesnt move dont hit it you get 155 exp per run and you dont need to close re open game just run 2 rooms away and come back if no pots leave come back

[@asterea0077]

At the room where the weird pot boss spawns (where jasmin is kidnapped first)

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@asterea0077 dang this definitely could be faster! Does it spawn after you beat the world or during? Because the black fungus stat is one i use during, as in after picking up aladdin but before fighting pot centipede, and during that time frame, i dont believe pot scorpion can spawn

[@Gingergent07]

You are hilarious.

[@nickmcsleighten]

I’m framing this comment on my wall

[@Noahtheorigianl]

sounds like a DS mic lol

[@nickmcsleighten]

It was pretty close 😂 it was a built in webcam mic from a dell laptop

[@omgkikoo]

thank you but I was looking for a guide from someone with they/them pronouns instead

[@nickmcsleighten]

Ah well, better luck next time :)

[@sinistar3198]

9:23 I really hate when KZbinrs do this. Please don't do it. It's not funny and it wastes time. It makes me want to not watch any of your other content.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@sinistar3198 understood

[@matisebenign]

Your jokes 😂😂

[@ASSWAX123]

Spirit Halloween 😂

[@yoshidude64595]

I'm glad I was recommended this video. The humor really landed for me, and the advice is solid. Thank you for the laughs and advice!

[@nickmcsleighten]

Glad it could help 😁 and thank you so much!

[@LovelessPrince]

In the ps2 version I used Wakka to level up. In that one, if you stay far enough away, he’ll not be hit when you guard/hit his blitz ball. It’ll always go over his head. In the final mix they seem to have shortened his throw distance cause he’s now hit more. It’s only 1 exp per guard/hit, but can be done for ever. Later, around level 5, I done what you suggested. Mixing in the 3 vs 1 or fighting Riku to get potions. Beat him in race on day 2 and stock up pretty stones. Nowadays I’ll rather get money via batting rather then selling stuff. (Cause you also get exp)

[@TheLastCakeGames]

Nice nice. I usually set Wakka nearby a tree. Lock ONTO the tree itself, and repeatedly hit the ball to the tree so he's literally feeding me EXP (Y-You know when I hit the ball)

[@LovelessPrince]

@@TheLastCakeGames What tree?

[@TheLastCakeGames]

@@LovelessPrince Right where the coconuts are. Above the save point and on the pathway to Riku. Theres a barrel and a tree. I move Wakka to a specific place, repeatedly hit the tree or barrel with the ball. Boom. New stat.

[@JLuvsWicked93JRL]

Donald being booted off of carpet had me cackling

[@nickmcsleighten]

Good 😂😂 when I found that voice clip of him being upset and matched it, I had to stop editing for a solid 5 minutes from laughing

[@MatthewCenance]

Why no Donald?

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@MatthewCenance cause Aladdin can defeat the Black Fungus much easier than Donald who will likely just run into their poison and immediately be defeated

[@abiean222]

@@MatthewCenance better question, why donald?

[@spadesofhearts7714]

God not the pronoun shit in the first 5 seconds lol

[@nickmcsleighten]

Then don’t watch :)

[@spadesofhearts7714]

@@nickmcsleighten Not anything to not watch the video over. I just think the whole pronoun thing is silly. But thought it was also silly how you put he/him as though we were gonna assume something else lol

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@spadesofhearts7714 its not about what people assume of me, its about normalizing it so trans people aren’t targeted

[@spadesofhearts7714]

@@nickmcsleighten Personally, not something I support. But it makes sense now why you put it there. Still funny video though and will continue to watch your vids.

[@abiean222]

honestly, i'd do your traverse town loop solely because all the others are basically equal in exp gains AND its the only loop that wouldn't get me rage quitting from the the monotony

[@ivanmaple1225]

mans said you crazy B lets get you there i had to stop the video look at the video and laugh.(cause i was gaming and had this on the side) then i gave this man a well deserved sub cause that shit was outta nowhere xD

[@lilmeowmeow613]

As someone who is currently doing the 100 level in Destiny Island challenge... Thank you! I thought beating Riku was the fastest way to level up. Now I know it is not but I'm so pleased reading on the screen "Sora 99 - Riku 0". Also I'm doing it in kh2 with Roxas and I don't know how to make it faster. Any idea?😅

[@nickmcsleighten]

Thank god, don't waste your time with Riku lol And yes! So my current strategy is on Day 3, pick the path of the mystic as we get Experience Boost the soonest at Level 7 Then on Day 6, get taken down to red blinking health and beat all the Nobodies that are in Twilight Town (don't go on to the Old Mansion), I loop Back Alley > Station Heights > Tram Common > Sandlot > repeat

[@TakuTePuke-qd6df]

This was great. Wish this video came out back in 2002 lol

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@TakuTePuke-qd6df well, I was 7 and I’m not sure youtube existed 😂 but thank you

[@Jounerr]

Even if i got 100lvl and got the trophy on ps3 but guess what console like to do little bit of trolling? obviously ps3 (ylod lol) and because of the ylod i couldn't finish the game to platinum But i might get ps4 soon and i will be able have a chance to get again those trophies with platinum idk why im typing it but why not tho

[@nickmcsleighten]

Oof that’s tough, I hope you get that PS4, Przy! Is LV100 the last trophy you need?

[@jonyleche3549]

Interesting i was spending all day yesterday just grinding a loop on the top 2 floors on hollow bastion went from lvl 50 to 68 i swear it made grinding the sling shot monkeys way easier. Also finally beat the time heartless in neverland i never beat as a kid

[@kupokupo94]

Legit the best guide I've found for leveling. Thank you!

[@frodofranz]

Even with strats I have never gotten a good setup for the rare truffles. i always attack and they miss making them fall. but ill say i have never seen this version. seems easier than others I have seen.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@frodofranz if it helps, you can go to the rare truffle in the hercules cup and practice the timing there; since its a no stakes, repeatable environment

[@CybaPixel]

Been playing this game since I was a kid, and I never knew the exp settings thing at the start of the game

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@CybaPixel i cant blame ya, its such a weird thing to implement in any game lol i only know cause I had the Brady Strategy Guide when I was little

[@McgurganatorZX_Live]

I've been streaming this game in my own time and honestly I'm dreading trying to get all the materials and whatnot I need to clear everything out. This information for the level grind is super useful, thank you for putting it all in one place

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@McgurganatorZX_Live no problem! I hope it helps with your stream 😁

[@shooga4482]

Thank you for this guide! Definitely was helpful finishing up some leveing in the postgame before I fight Sephiroth and Unknown, thank you!

[@nickmcsleighten]

No problem! I’m thrilled it could help 😁

[@wendtils]

I'm thankful for people like you who have already done all this research, testing and math for me

[@MatthewCenance]

Isn't the strategy shown at 3:35 the strategy to get the Mystery Goo without completing a challenge? And the strategy shown at 5:28 the strategy to get the Mystery Goo the easiest from the fling challenge introduced by that specific Heartless?

[@nickmcsleighten]

Whatchya mean?

[@MatthewCenance]

​@@nickmcsleighten The Mystery Goo is a required material item for some synthesis items in the game. These two strategies (only one was mentioned before I edited the comment) are also close to the strategies to get the Mystery Goo. The first one generally uses Simba to eliminate the enemies with a critical hit or combo finisher to try and get the Heartless to drop the Mystery Goo. The second strategy drops Mystery Goo when the 100 hits are obtained.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@MatthewCenance Ah, I gotchya! I don’t see why you couldn’t use them for that too since the heartless drop Mystery Goo You can also hit White Mushrooms with three spells for a 20% chance drop too, iirc

[@thetruebluestarj4746]

On my first run I got most of the trophies on final mix. Decided to get the few remaining. Im going for the 15 hr trophy and the no equipment changing on beginner. Made good time getting to final boss so I needed this to know the best way to grind. Ironically the gizmo shop was how i grinded in my first run before i decided to clear all the coliseum challenges and realized the rock titan was working.

[@nickmcsleighten]

If you were able to get to Rock Titan within that 15 hour limit, then you were making good time, holy crap lol

[@thetruebluestarj4746]

@nickmcsleighten oh no no no. I was talking about my first run on final mix. I didn't get even close to that timing on that run. But that was probably more to do with just not even bothering with the coliseum until much later in the run. Still have to play through it again on proud to get all the trophies. BTW I'll be checking out your channel a lot since I plan to go for all the trophies in every game. Given how it's been going so far I'm in for a lot of worlds of hurt.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@thetruebluestarj4746 ooo gotchya gotchya, my mistake, my brain is smooth today lol and thank you! I hope they help 😁

[@tomgu2285]

I just grinded when I collected items for ultima weapon. I mean you automatecly level up when you do alot of it. So I level up till level 78. Until I was done with all items. And the rest in hades Arena.

[@nickmcsleighten]

Multitasking, I like it!

[@RedFloyd469]

@@nickmcsleighten Right. I'd say these are all valid strats for speedrunners. For most normal players, by the time they've finished the final mix synthesis requirements for ultima blade, the rock titan is just the most valid option. Still, there is no denying the research you put into it, and I genuinely do think all of that stuff around how fungi spawns ACTUALLY work is essential information, even if you AREN'T grinding for exp specifically. I'm sure the internet is filled with misinformation on this front.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@RedFloyd469 i totally feel you, I think just about any method will work if time isn’t a factor I usually get synthesis done by level like 50 so I’m not a good litmus test lmao

[@AyEmEl_]

Someone let Peter Parker near a playstation. I'm not particularly upset by it.

[@nickmcsleighten]

Isn’t- isn’t he on PlayStation?

[@AyEmEl_]

@@nickmcsleighten ... I'm 86ing Spider-Man 2 now- you got me... I mean to say you're very quippy. You quip. I dig your quippiness.

[@nickmcsleighten]

@@AyEmEl_ oooooh!! Thank you 😁😁 I very much appreciate it Don’t worry though, on top of quippy, I’m also stupid lmao

[@samwise495]

~Moustaaaaache~ Using that song alone just got you a sub from me

[@Nyx_Room]

How dare you. It is MR.FUNGI SI TO YOU! 😂

[@nickmcsleighten]

😂😂 my mistake, Mr. it is!