To level up and progress quickly in Echocalypse: Scarlet Covenant, advance through the main Expedition campaign until you encounter a hard player level requirement, then spend your Action Points (AP) sweeping character upgrade stages to reach the next milestone. Account experience is earned at a direct one-to-one ratio with AP spent across all stages, making constant stamina consumption and daily quest completion the foundation of account speed.
How Account EXP Works
Your account level governs squad size, individual character level caps, and feature unlocks. Player experience does not scale with stage difficulty. Spending 10 AP on an introductory stage awards the exact same 10 account EXP as spending 10 AP on a late-game boss.
Because account level sets your overall power ceiling, letting your stamina sit at maximum capacity slows your progression. Keep your AP constantly regenerating and expanding:
- Buy Daily AP Refreshes: Purchase the earliest daily AP refills using Iridis or Diamonds while the costs are low to gain immediate account EXP.
- Claim Timed Refills: Collect free daily stamina distributions from the canteen or tribute system during their active collection windows.
- Burn Surplus Stamina: If you cannot sit through an extended play session, use the Blitz auto-sweep feature to consume excess AP immediately so your stamina gauge continues to regenerate.
Clearing Expedition Level Gates with Blitz
Advancing the main Expedition campaign unlocks new modes, awards recruitment currency, and increases passive resource generation. When the campaign locks behind an account level barrier, use your AP on targeted character materials rather than arbitrary stages:
- Open your core team's character menu.
- Select an active character and inspect their missing Augment items or equipment promotion components.
- Select the missing item to navigate directly to its corresponding drop stage.
- Use the Blitz feature on that node to exhaust your available AP.
This process provides the exact one-to-one account EXP required to surpass the Expedition level requirement while gathering the upgrade items needed to increase your combat power (CP) once the gate opens. Return to the main campaign and push as far as possible as soon as the level gate clears.
Daily Routine and Progression Priorities
Daily quests provide fixed account experience bundles that bypass the standard AP conversion rate, along with summon currency and progression materials. Complete your daily checklist in this order to maximize efficiency:
| Priority | Task | Progression Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expedition Push | Unlocks game features, story rewards, and idle resource gains |
| 2 | Material Sweeps | Converts AP into 1:1 account EXP and provides character upgrade parts |
| 3 | Daily Activity Points | Awards fixed account EXP bundles, Diamonds, and summon items at 100 points |
| 4 | Arena Entries | Uses free daily attempts to secure shop currency and combat stat buffs |
| 5 | Guild / Faction Tasks | Provides guild tech bonuses and communal aid via daily donations |
Always claim your 100-point daily activity reward chest before logging off, as missing these fixed EXP bundles significantly delays unlocking higher-tier modes.
Unlocking and Clearing Subsidiary Modes
As account milestones open secondary battle modes, incorporate them into your daily rotation to sustain your squad's stat growth:
- Regression and Resource Trials: Clear the highest unlocked tier daily to gather gold, character EXP data, and skill books. Focus these resources strictly on your primary six-character formation.
- Cage of Despair: Climb this challenge tower after leveling spikes to secure gear sets, relics, and milestone equipment chests.
- Abyss and Map Exploration: Revisit completed Expedition maps to solve side puzzles and open hidden chests, which contain missed Iridis caches and upgrade components.
Reinvesting Summons into Your Core Squad
Early recruitment tickets and banner pulls should establish a single, reliable six-unit lineup featuring frontline defense, crowd control, and damage dealers. Rather than spreading promotion materials across unused bench units, invest duplicate shards and biochip upgrades exclusively into your main combat squad. Concentrating your resources into a primary team provides the stat scaling required to defeat high-CP Expedition bosses without stalling your campaign progress.
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