How to Level Up Fast in Brighter Shores

Brighter Shores is being developed by one of the original creators of RuneScape, and as expected, it features a lot of grinding not too dissimilar from the game that very clearly inspired it. Right now, it is still very much in early development, so the grind is incredibly mundane with little to no variation in methods for leveling up.

To hopefully ease the grind and let you watch those numbers go up quickly, we have a few tips that will help you speed it up a bit. Do note that this is mainly for newer players, as there are surprisingly many factors to consider when trying to level up quickly.

How to Level Up Fast

Before everything else, you should know that most methods of “fast leveling” really just revolve around doing the quickest activities that you can participate in and then funneling knowledge points into your desired profession.

If you are new to the game, it will take you a while to actually appreciate this feature, as it really only starts to become useful once you reach level 20 at any profession. In fact, it only comes into play once you hit a 20 for the first time.

Not only does knowledge let you unlock passive leveling methods, but it also lets you spend it on either a small injection of silver or a decent chunk of experience that slightly scales with your selected profession’s level.

How Does Knowledge Work?

Nobody actually knows the inner workings of how knowledge points are gained, though it seems to be based on actions rather than experience drops. In general, training literally any profession will eventually net you a knowledge point.

These cannot be saved up, so when you get one, you will have to spend them immediately if you want to be efficient. If you refuse to do so, the game will show you the knowledge point interface every time you get an EXP drop, which will get annoying rather quickly anyway.

All we have right now are theories, but the general consensus right now is that training combat is one of the most efficient ways to fill up your knowledge meter. There is still a lot of testing to be done here, but based on my personal experience so far, here is a quick comparison I noticed while writing this:

• Using pine logs to level up carpentry results in just under 1% progress towards the next knowledge point, with around two actions required for visible progress.
• Training the guard profession against ghouls that are several levels below me gives 3% progress per kill. These kills go by fast due to the level gap.

Although I can’t necessarily conclude that one is faster than the other, there is no denying that training combat will feel much more efficient as it costs nothing. On top of that, you can make money by selling drops at the quartermaster. Each kill gives you

Depending on the mobs you are targeting, you can even get XP potions as a drop. For example, the thieves in Hopeport have been giving me 5% bonus XP potions every now and then. This further boosts the level gains, though only for professions in the first region.

NOTE: You can always check your progress towards the next point by clicking on the professions menu at the upper right corner of the screen.

Where to Spend Knowledge Points?

How you use your knowledge points is honestly entirely up to personal preference. If you want my take on it, the best use for them will mainly just be whichever professions you need for the next quest you have to do.

For example, while writing the first half of this guide, I was still inching towards the level 32 carpentry requirement for the Storage Rift quest. As such, all of my knowledge points went towards that profession, as it provided thousands of experience per drop. In the long run, this also saves you from spending too much time or money on gathering/buying resources.

Picking Money Over Experience

An argument could be made for spending knowledge points on the silver option. If you are still in the process of getting level 20 in other professions, getting the money to buy tools and resources might be more helpful to you.

Personally, since I just grind enemy mobs due to it being a low effort and high reward activity, I prefer to dump the points into experience for that specific region’s combat skill if I can’t decide on anything. Again, combat gets you money even if you go dry on gear drops.

Hitting 20s Across the Board

One short-term goal you could try is to rush level 20 in all professions every time you open a new zone. If you are a free player, you only really have to worry about two regions worth of professions, but for premium pass owners, you have a lot more to train.

By getting everything to level 20 first, you can eventually just go back to training combat and using your points to quickly level up everything else while still making a lot of money in the process. The EXP threshold for leveling up also spikes significantly at 20, which is just another reason to focus on getting knowledge points as fast as possible.

At the end of the day, the game is still in early access, and there currently isn’t any reason to grind further than what the quests require at the moment. Unless you are trying to hit a personal milestone or really want one of those skill capes, just take it easy and do whatever activities you enjoy the most.

Since the game is still constantly being updated, there is also a huge chance that the way progression works will change over time. Because of that, keep an eye out for any patch notes, as the developers may just decide to shift numbers around if they think certain methods are too “cheesy” right now.