Grim Dawn | New Player Strong Start + Act 1 Tutorial | Full Guide | Nov 2022

New Player strong start tutorial will get you through Act 1 with a Soldier build that is simple to understand, with gear that is easy to obtain. Timestamps and other info below. Noise gate issues - some commentary is affected by slight clipping of words, such as "skill" sounding like "kill". I'm fixing this for future videos, sorry if it's occasionally noticeable in this one! 0:01 Introduction 1:20 Gear overview (at level 21) 3:18 Attribute point allocation overview (Spoiler - 100% into Physique as at level 21) 3:39 Skill point allocation overview (at level 21) 5:56 Devotion point allocation overview (at level 21) 7:44 Starting the new character - character creation 8:13 50xp free from a 'hidden' lore note 9:06 Level 2 9:59 Level 3 11:20 - Free 2-handed Greatsword (Green rarity) plus location 13:25 Level 4 16:02 Level 5 17:56 Reanimator fight (main campaign target) 21:30 First shrine, first devotion point 22:40 Level 6 and intro to Devil's Crossing reputation 24:12 Into hub area - Spirit Guide, Player stash and quest givers 25:49 Level 7 27:06 Level 8 27:30 Wightmire rift fight 28:52 Rare ring quest giver location 29:53 Wightmire cavern with shrine and many Slith 30:46 Shrine and second devotion point 31:40 Totem fight and Level 10 33:03 Foggy Bank rift and cashing the quest for the rare ring 33:50 Location of free green-rarity shoulder armour 35:11 Level 11 point allocation 35:55 Milton Hart fight (quest target) - this is how to get the green-rarity amulet quest reward and Milton's Casque head armour which is great for this build 36:17 Cashing the Hart quest 36:35 Barnabas quest - boss kill, shrine and first additional inventory bag 37:02 Level 12 37:24 Viloth boss fight 37:43 Shrine and third devotion point 38:29 DC reputation progress update 38:39 Second attempt to get Milton to drop his head armour 39:13 Milton's Casque 40:21 Flooded Passage rift reached 40:39 Level 13 skill point allocation 41:10 Level 14 41:36 Flooded Passage shrine and fourth devotion point 42:01 Shambler fight - great amulet drop from this boss can be target-farmed 42:54 Burrwitch Outskirts rift and Blacksmith quest 43:58 Recruiting Blacksmith 44:30 Cash Blacksmith quest and craft a decent medal 44:58 Heading to next shrine location 45:36 Shrine, fifth devotion point, attaching constellation skill to an attack skill 46:43 Level 15 47:38 Burrwitch Village - rift fight 48:17 Collect the Cultist Orders - good xp, good DC rep and a rare crafting item 48:43 Using the Cultist Orders - kill Direni at DC 49:21 Taking the Fabric quest that is available at Friendly reputation 49:38 Fabric quest walkthrough (quest reward - decent chest armour) 50:00 Level 16 (but I forget to allocate points for a while) 51:18 Cashing the Fabric quest 52:01 Burrwitch Estates shrine and rescuing Kasparov's apprentice (Inventor NPC) 53:29 Into Warden's Cellar and highlight run through to Underground Transit rift and shrine 54:16 Level 18 54:25 Using Spirit Guide to reclaim skill (mastery) and devotion points 54:58 Reaching Warden's Laboratory rift 55:08 Level 19 55:40 Warden Krieg boss fight 56:33 Get Tainted Brain, use it to craft relic 57:20 Going into Forgotten Gods DLC area (Get Leovinus Ring early) 58:14 Level 20 point allocation 58:35 Why I always join Bysmiel faction 58:50 Faction mobility skills 59:14 Getting the Leovinus Ring 1:00:38 Quick gear recap (if you didn't want to watch the full video) 1:01:23 How to choose a weapon that suits your damage skills 1:07:21 Quick skill point allocation guide (if you didn't want to watch the full video) 1:09:43 And finally...build performance demonstration at level 21 Other videos that might be useful Full guide to Leovinus ring location -    • Grim Dawn - Leovinus Ring - Location walkt...   How to max your damage -    • Grim Dawn - Tips for maxing your damage - ...   Rebinding Keys -    • Grim Dawn - Rebind keys for maximum fun an...   Full guide to reclaiming points -    • Grim Dawn - How to reclaim Attribute, Skil...   Rainbow item mod (why my item colours are not like yours) -    • Grim Dawn - Rainbow Filter mod - 2022 - Ga...   Absolute Beginner guide -    • Grim Dawn - Absolute Beginners - Essential...   Damage introduced and explained -    • Grim Dawn - Damage Introduced And Explaine...   Using the search function in stash and at vendors -    • Grim Dawn - Search Function - New Player G...   Devotions guide for new players -    • Grim Dawn Devotion Guide - Beginner Friend...   If you would like to support me (and find out some cool stuff about arcade gaming right back in the Golden Age) buy my book 'Arcadelife - Life versus Video Games' in paperback or for your kindle / kindle app: US Paperback https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GFX5J35 US Kindle format https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FBGFDYK UK Paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08GFX5J35 UK Kindle format https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FBGFDYK Other Amazon regions, just search (in Amazon) for B08GFX5J35 (paperback) or B08FBGFDYK (Kindle format)