To maximize your Combat Power (CP) and maintain efficient account progression in ARES: THE IRON VANGUARD, start every daily session by clearing your gated daily tasks and dungeon entries before investing materials into suit upgrades.
Prioritizing Daily Reset Tasks
Your immediate focus upon logging in should be activities that reset on a 24-hour cycle:
- Daily Task List: Complete these missions first to secure core materials required for suit enhancements.
- Daily Dungeons and Bounties: Run your daily dungeon entries and bounty missions early, as they supply the primary resource foundation for character growth.
- Energy Management: If you maintain multiple active suits, allocate your daily energy to gather specific materials needed by your active loadouts rather than spreading resources thin.
Managing Combat Power Upgrades
Increasing CP effectively requires balanced stat growth across your gear and suits rather than focusing entirely on a single item.
- Support Gear and Passives: Evaluate your suit's tier, rarity, and active operator or gear set bonuses. Adjusting support gear often provides a larger CP boost than forcing expensive primary weapon upgrades.
- Targeting Bottlenecks: Identify whether suit leveling or skill enhancements are stalling your progress. Shift your daily farming to gather resources specifically for your lowest-performing active suit.
Dungeon Farming and Playstyle Modes
Balance clear speed against difficulty when running repeatable dungeons to maximize reward output per hour.
| Activity Type | Recommended Playstyle | Farming Strategy |
|---|---|---|
| Low-Level Resource Farming | Auto-Play | Run lower tiers quickly to build up standard craft materials without manual effort. |
| Optimal Dungeon Tiers | Hybrid | Select the highest difficulty you can clear fast; total material volume outweighs long clear times on hard tiers. |
| Push-Content & Bosses | Manual Play | Take active control to manage survival, dodge mechanics, and execute skill combinations precisely. |
Resource Allocation Guidelines
- Avoid Temporary Upgrades: Do not spend primary currency on cosmetics or short-term stat buffs during early progression.
- Invest in Permanent Power: Direct your key currencies into permanent upgrades that carry over as you transition through content zones.
- Inventory Management: Review surplus materials from earlier zones regularly. Convert or trade unused items for mid-game crafting supplies to maintain an uninterrupted upgrade trajectory.
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48 players commented on this guide.
This saved me time in the early game.
This guide answered the exact question I had.
Good guide for ARES: THE IRON VANGUARD players. The early game part was useful.
Can you add more details about early game in a future update?