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Use your crystals liberally, especially early on. They, more than drops, will be your method for upgrades, and until the last row or two, you’ll get way more use out of using them early than saving them. By the time you’ve found gear worth using them on (if that’s why you aren’t using them), you’ll have plenty of that breed of crystal, most likely.
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Diamonds and Larimars can be used on maps. Once you’ve got access to maps and have a decent AoE clear, roll for pack size, then roll for it to be 100%+ and enjoy!
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Thinking of maps. Once you are progressing floor 200+. Keep a backup map somewhere. I once used a map (fortunately only 260 or so) and the game crashed. Had to start back from 200. You can buy maps from the vendor, do so every 25-50 floors and set it aside, just in case.
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Energy is an AMAZING resource alternative for PvE. Farm it and use it as early as you can get that Abyss to drop. Find a 4 socket item in one of your worst slots at the time, make it Energy, then gem it up and go nuts.
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Crystal affixes (the cyan colored ones from using obsidians) CANNOT be removed. So when building an item with crystals, start with the obsidian first. If you burn a bunch of legendary affix gems and amethysts getting everything else right, THEN the obsidian roll jacks you, it could net in a lot of wasted gems.
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- Hunter works on replenishing pools as well as shrines.