

Even removed from all that, playing them is just a good way of levelling up and acquiring gear you can sell or dismantle, and for growing your bond with companions. In many cases, certain items required for side-quests (assigned by some of the people at the hub), can be found within those missions. But more than that, you can find upgrade materials in the sub-missions themselves, and run into NPCs that will meet you again at the hub area. Those side-missions are optional, but you should definitely play them as they come up – especially if you’re within their level requirement.Īll missions in the game have set rewards (though their stats are randomised), and they’re listed on the mission card as you browse the battlefield screen.

Wo Long actually doesn’t have anywhere near as many of those as Nioh, but there are still plenty of them. Sub-missions are worth your timeĪnyone who played Nioh should be quite familiar with Team Ninja’s love of re-using main mission areas, changing the time of day, remixing enemy placement and calling it a sub-mission. For everything else, though, you’re probably going to be replacing it fairly quickly anyway. Why spend your precious upgrade materials on anything if you’re going to get something better in an hour? Unless you really like a weapon or a piece of gear, and it’s of a high enough ranking. If you’re the type of player who constantly scours the environment for mini-bosses, chests and other secrets, you’ll have access to even more rare and powerful loot. The other element to this dilemma is the fact that Wo Long showers you with loot practically nonstop.


The higher the item’s rating, the more stats it’s going to have, even if it starts out weaker than a lower-quality piece. First, you should only really be upgrading the highest quality gear, so gold and purple (three and four stars). The answer is: probably not, until New Game Plus. But should you use up the materials you have to upgrade your stuff? You run into the blacksmith fairly early into the game, and they eventually set up shop at the hub area.Īmong other things, the blacksmith uses upgrade materials of varying levels to boost your gear and weapons. Like so many RPGs, Wo Long lets you upgrade the power of your weapons, and improve the stats of your armour. Don’t worry so much about upgrading gear and weapons Listen to James, Dom, and myself discuss everything Wo Long.
