Top Lords Gear Crafting and Upgrading Priority Guide

To maximize combat effectiveness in Top Lords without stalling your progression, forge equipment at the Blacksmith and upgrade individual pieces asymmetrically. Prioritize upgrading the weapons of your primary damage dealers and the chest armor of your frontline tanks before distributing enhancement materials across other slots or heroes.

Equipment Slots and Stat Distribution

Heroes in Top Lords equip four distinct pieces of gear. Each slot increases specific combat attributes, making certain equipment far more valuable to specific battlefield roles:

Because offensive stats shorten battle duration and high defensive stats keep tanks alive to absorb hits, upgrading weapons on damage dealers and chest armor on guardians delivers the most noticeable combat improvement.

Upgrade Priority by Hero Role

Spreading upgrade materials evenly across your entire squad slows your progress. Instead, concentrate your enhancement stones on the highest-impact stats for each position:

Primary Damage Dealers

Positioned primarily in the backline, damage dealers rely on raw damage output to eliminate enemies before the front line collapses.

1. Maximize the enhancement level on your main attacker's weapon first.
2. Upgrade their accessory to reinforce offensive output and speed.
3. Leave their helmet and chest armor at low enhancement levels until offensive slots reach their enhancement caps.

Frontline Guardians

Frontline protectors sustain incoming attacks to build rage and shield the backline.

1. Maximize the enhancement level on their chest armor first to boost Defense and Health.
2. Upgrade their helmet to further expand their survivability and defensive buffs.
3. Delay weapon enhancements on tanks, as their role depends on survival duration rather than damage output.

Gear Tiers and Crafting Efficiency

Hero gear is divided into rarity tiers: common (green), rare (blue), epic (purple), and legendary (orange). High-tier pieces feature significantly higher base attributes and higher enhancement caps.

• Limit investment in early tiers: Green and blue pieces require few materials, but upgrading them provides minimal numerical returns. Purple gear acts as an intermediate stepping stone, while orange legendary gear is the ultimate target for your main squad.
• Avoid over-enhancing low-tier gear: Keep green and blue gear at base or minimal enhancement levels so you do not waste gold and upgrade materials that are better spent on high-tier gear.

Dismantling and Reclaiming Materials

When you acquire higher-tier gear, use the salvage function to recycle obsolete pieces. Dismantling returns your base crafting components alongside a large portion of the spent enhancement materials.

• Craft replacements first: Never salvage an equipped item until its replacement is ready to equip, avoiding unintended power drops.
• Funnel reclaimed materials back into your main squad: Direct all recovered enhancement resources straight into your core team's priority slots rather than spreading them across secondary heroes.
• Coordinate forging with events: If kingdom power or crafting events are active, forge your accumulated gear pieces during those windows to earn milestone rewards for your expenditures.