Disclaimer: This guide is outdated due to the changes of the Renown System brought with Season 2. Renown is now completely account-wide, meaning there is no reason to have any kind of speedrun guide for new seasons.
A crucial step in increasing the power of your character is the Renown system. With this Renown Speedrun guide, you'll complete this journey much faster! It provides additional Skill and Paragon Points for your character. While many people enjoy gathering Renown points, others view it as an annoying chore. We'd like to reduce the time this chore takes with this article.
Renown Objectives
There are 6 objectives that grant Renown points:
- Map explorations: 5 points each
- Waypoint pickups: 10 points each
- Altars of Lilith: 10 points each
- Side Quests: 30 points each
- Side Dungeons: 40 points each
- Strongholds: 100 points each
You need a total of 2,000 points to complete all 5 Renown tiers in each zone
Altars of Lilith & Map Exploration
These two objectives are extremely valuable. As of Patch 1.1.0 you only need to collect Altars of Lilith and explore the map once per game-mode (Softcore & Hardcore). They'll be completed instantly at the start of each future Season. The first two tiers of every zones' Renown board are completed with them, granting you 5 Skill Points and 5 Potion Capacity.
Strongholds & Waypoints
While the whole map is going to be revealed for every character you create, you still have to fight your way through Strongholds and pick up all the Waypoints. Some Strongholds also contain Waypoints, focus on them first, then pick up all Waypoints you haven't activated yet.
Side Dungeons
Side Dungeons have a much higher value than Side Quests to fill up your Renown. Besides Renown points you can gain a ton of experience and gear completing them. Play through all of them on the highest World Difficulty you can manage to get the maximum out of them. Prioritize Dungeons with the following additional objectives:
- Dungeons that provide a Codex of Power for your build.
- Tree of Whispers objectives - They are marked with a red star symbol.
- Remaining Dungeons - When 1 and 2 are not available.
Side Quests
Side Quests are your last resort to finish off the final tier in every zone. If you wnt to avoid any Side Quest, then keep in mind each zone requires at least to complete some Side Quests:
- Dry Steppes: 4
- Fractured Peaks: 0
- Hawezar: 2
- Kehjistan: 3
- Scosglen: 0
If Renown is your goal, you only focus on Side Quests that you can trigger and clear on your way between Dungeons and also Side Quests that are completed in Dungeons.
Full Renown Completion Route
This is a Renown Speedrun route to pick up objectives as quickly as possible as a solo player. The capital of each zone is the starting point for our route. We try to combine fast Side Quests with Dungeon completions as much as possible. For the following Routes we expect you to already have completed the Altars of Lilith as well as the full map completion!
Quests in all Zones
Every Zone has Side Quests that start with a drop-only item from Herbs and Ores. Make sure to pick these up in every Zone!
Zone Routes
If you start with a fresh character, begin with Fractured Peaks and continue in Scosglen. Once you have completed these two Zones on World Tier 1, you can continue with any of the remaining Zones in any order you like.
The World Map is not up to date and the road might be perfectible or can be changed for specific needs (unlocking some specific Aspects for instance...).
- Pick up the Reject the Mother Side Quest.
- Pick up the No Deed Unpunished Side Quest.
- Gather Ore Veins to get the Unusual Ore Side Quest.
- Complete the Reject the Mother Side Quest.
- Clear the Dark Ravine Dungeon.
- Pick up the Farobru Waypoint.
- Clear the Path of the Blind Dungeon.
- Onyx Watchtower Stronghold
- Clear the Onyx Hold Dungeon.
- Complete No Deep Unpunished.
- Pick up the Consumed by Pride Side Quest.
- Complete Consumed by Pride. Kill Bandits to drop Tarnished Amulet.
- Pick up the Raising Spears Side Quest.
- Clear the Champion's Demise Dungeon. Raising Spears
- Temple of Rot Stronghold
- Clear the Sealed Archives Dungeon.
- Clear the Charnel House Dungeon.
- Pick up the Jirandai Waypoint. Pick up the Augury of Bones & Salt Begets Salt Side Quests.
- Qara-Yisu Stronghold
- Pick up the Blood and Sweat Side Quest.
- Complete the Salt Begets Salt & Blood and Sweat Side Quests.
- Clear the Pallid Delve Dungeon.
- Clear the Shifting City Dungeon.
- If Necromancer, consider clearing Betrayer's Row Dungeon for Aspect.
- Pick up the Hidden Overlook Waypoint.
- Complete the Buried Halls Dungeon.
- Complete the Guulrahn Slums Dungeon.
- Complete the Guulrahn Canals Dungeon.
- Complete the Ancient's Lament Dungeon.
- Complete Augury of Bones Side Quest and take Hubris Smile Back Side Quest.
- Complete Keeping the Old Traditions Side Quest
- Clear the Grinning Labyrinth Dungeon and complete Hubris Smile Back Side Quest.
- Take the Southeast exit out of Kyovashad and pick up the Side Quest A Cold Faith.
- Head Southwest and complete the Maulwood Dungeon.
- Enter Margrave and pick up its Waypoint.
- Complete the Side Quest A Cold Faith.
- Pick up the Legacies of Light's Watch Side Quest.
- Head North to complete the Light's Watch Dungeon. Make sure to complete the Side Quest objectives inside!
- Use the Waypoint back to Margrave and complete the Legacies of Light's Watch Side Quest.
- Head East and pick up the Yelesna Waypoint.
- Enter the bar in the East of Yelesna to pick up the Traveler's Prayer Side Quest.
- Head North to complete the Traveler's Prayer Side Quest.
- Complete the Dead Man's Dredge Dungeon in the East, then Teleport back to Kyovashad.
- Complete the Raising Spirits Side Quest Northeast of Kyovashad.
- Head North and Pick up the Secret of the Spring Side Quest.
- Enter the Forsaken Quarry Dungeon and complete it.
- Head Northeast to complete the Secret of the Spring Side Quest.
- Enter the Black Asylum Dungeon and complete it.
- Leave the Dungeon and pick up The Dread Martyr Side Quest.
- Head South to complete the Immortal Emanation Dungeon.
- Enter the Hallowed Ossuary in the East. Make sure to finish The Dread Martyr Side Quest inside!
- Head Northeast and kill the Ice Clan Goatmen to pick up the Gory Display Side Quest. (Number is missing on the map screenshot... Sorry)
- Enter the Bear Tribe Refuge, complete the Gory Display Side Quest and pick up the Waypoint.
- Pick up The Beast's Challenge and Shattered Tribute Side Quests.
- Head North to claim the Skull of Kauller the Collector.
- Enter the Hoarfrost Demise Dungeon and complete it.
- Head East to complete the Zenith Dungeon. Note: We skip Kor Valar Ramparts Dungeon as it is a Level 50 area!
- Complete the Sanguine Chapel in the Southeast.
- Teleport back to the Bear Tribe Refuge and complete The Beast's Challenge and Shattered Tribute Side Quests. Also pick up the Hammer of the Champion Side Quest.
- Free the Stronghold Malnok.
- Complete Anica's Claim Dungeon.
- Enter the Rimescar Caverns Dungeon and complete it. Make sure to complete the Hammer of the Champion Side Quest objective inside.
- Complete the Hammer of the Champion Side Quest in the Bear Tribe Refuge. Teleport to Kyovashad and head Southwest to complete Defiled Catacomb Dungeon.
- Head West to pick up Nevesk's Waypoint.
- Complete the Tormented Ruins Dungeon in the North.
- Head Southwest to complete the Lost Archives Dungeon.
- Free the Stronghold Nostrava in the North.
- Complete the Cultist Refuge Dungeon in Nostrava.
- Finish the Derelict Lodge Dungeon in the North.
- Keep heading North and finish the Nostrava Deepwood Dungeon.
- Continue North and complete the Caldera Gate Dungeon.
- Head East to pick up the Menestad Waypoint.
- Pick up the Gold Well Spent Side Quest.
- Head Northeast to complete the Kor Dragan Barracks Dungeon.
- Free the Stronghold Kor Dragan.
- Enter the Forbidden City Dungeon and complete it.
- Head Northwest to complete the Gold Well Spent Side Quest objective.
- Continue Northwest to finish the Mercy's Reach Dungeon.
- Finish off the Renown by completing the Gold Well Spent Side Quest in Menestad.
The World Map is not up to date and the road might be perfectible or can be changed for specific needs (unlocking some specific Aspects for instance...).
- Pick up Remnants of Faith Side Quest
- Clear Earthen Wound Dungeon
- Clear Endless Gates Dungeon
- Clear Lost Keep Dungeon
- Free Crusader's Monument Stronghold
- Clear Bastion of Faith Dungeon
- Pick up Wejinhni Waypoint
- Pick up Desperate Remedies Side Quest
- Clear Light's Refuge & Complete Desperate Remedies
- Teleport to Wejihani and finish the Side Quest
- Pick up Ruins of Rakhat Waypoint
- Clear Steadfast Barracks, Iron Hold & Akkhan's Grasp Dungeons
- Clear Blind Burrows Dungeon
- Clear Maugan's Works Dungeon and complete Remnants of Faith Side Quest
- Free Vyeresz Stronghold
- Take Left Behind Side Quest
- Clear Shadowed Plunge Dungeon and Complete Left Behind Side Quest
- Clear Witchwater Dungeon
- Clear Serpent's Lair Dungeon
- Kill Nangris for Poison of the Nangari Side Quest
- Faceless Shrine Dungeon
- Take the Backwater Waypoint
- Complete Brought to Heel & A Debt Repaid Side Quests
- Clear Belfry Zakara Dungeon
- Clear Fetid Mausoleum Dungeon
- Free Eriman's Pyre Stronghold
- Clear Oblivion Dungeon
- Teleport to Backwater
The World Map is not up to date and the road might be perfectible or can be changed for specific needs (unlocking some specific Aspects for instance...).
- If you encounter a Treasure Goblin, slay it to get Old Journal (Endless Fortune). This can allow you to skip another Side Quest if you like.
- Pick up The Speaking Stone
- Kill Bandits for Battered Shipment (Late Shipment)
- Clear Hakan's Refuge
- Complete Speaking Stone & Pick Up A Voice from the Past
- Gather Herbs for Spotted Mushroom
- Clear the Conclave & Complete Voice from the Past
- Clear the Deserted Underpass
- Pick up Denshar Waypoint
- Free Omath's Redoubt Stronghold
- Clear Crumbling Hekma
- Clear Abandoned Mineworks
- Pick up Tarsarak Waypoint
- Pick up Strayed from the Path & Traces of Iron Quests
- Complete Strayed from the Path Quest
- Clear Renegade's Retreat
- Kill Knights for Iron Wolf Armor (To Serve Again)
- Clear Crusader's Cathedral
- Clear Prison of Caldeum & Pick up Crumpled Note (Remnants)
- Complete Remnants
- Kill Demons & Heretics until you get Iron Wolf Sword (The Weapon of a Wolf)
- Pick up Imperial Library Waypoint
- Complete The Weapon of a Wolf and To Serve Again & Pick up In Desperate Times
- Complete In Desperate Times Quest
- Complete Yshari Sanctum
- Teleport to Jirandai in Dry Steppes
- If you want the Aspect of Disobedience, teleport to Tarsarak instead and head to Halls of the Damned before next step. You can also finish Strayed from the Path Quest since you're in Tarsarak in that case.
- Complete Sirocco Caverns
- Complete Alcarnus Stronghold
- Clear Collapsed Vault
- Clear Inferno
- Cler Shivta Ruins
- Free Altar of Ruin Stronghold (Auto Waypoint)
- Clear Sepulcher of the Forsworn
- Clear Sunken Library
- Pick up Iron Wolves Encampment Waypoint
- Pick up A Wolf's Honor Quest
- Complete Traces of Iron
- Complete Forgotten Ruins + A Wolf's Honor
- Pick up Seeking Refuge and collect Lost Supplies
- Gather Ore to get Unusual Ore
- If you missed a quest or skipped a dungeon, you can clear the dungeons on the road : Putrid Aquifer, Uldur's Cave or Corrupted Grotto.
- In any order :
- 44. Teleport to Gea Kul to complete Late Shipment
- 45. Teleport to Iron Wolves Encampment to complete Unusual Ore, A Wolf's Honor & Seeking Refuge
- 46. Teleport to Tarsarak to complete Strayed from the Path
- 47. Teleport to Kyovashad to complete Spotted Mushroom
- Pick up the Daughter of the Oak and the Fledling Merchant Side Quest.
- Head Northwest and complete the Stockades Dungeon.
- Head West and free Túr Dúlra. Finish the Fledling Merchant Side Quest objective on the way.
- The Waypoint is activated automatically.
- Enter Underroot and complete it. Make sure to clear the Daughter of the Oak Side Quest objective inside.
- Clear the Wretched Delve Dungeon in the North.
- Head East and complete the Howling Warren Dungeon.
- Pick up the Marowen Waypoint in the Northwest.
- Head East to complete the Calibel's Mine Dungeon.
- Continue East to complete the Sunken Ruins Dungeon.
- Free the Stronghold Hope's Light in the North.
- Complete the Flooded Depths Dungeon.
- Teleport back to Cerrigar and head North to pick the Braestaig Waypoint.
- Head Northeast and complete the Penitent Cairns Dungeon.
- Continue Northeast and finish the Vault of the Forsaken Dungeon.
- Teleport back to Braestaig.
- Head Southeast and complete the Raethwind Wilds Dungeon.
- Clear the Domhainne Tunnels Dungeon in the East.
- Complete Luban's Rest in the Southeast.
- Next stop is the Garan Hold Dungeon.
- Head Southeast to complete the Aldurwood Dungeon.
- Continue South to pick up the Tirmair Waypoint.
- Pick up the Settling the Tab Side Quest in Tirmair.
- The Jalal's Vigil Dungeon is our next stop all the way in the Northeast corner.
- Free the Moordaine Lodge Stronghold, then enter Ferals' Den Dungeon.
- Complete the Twisted Hollow Dungeon.
- Continue westwards and complete the Mariner's Refuge Dungeon.
- Follow the coast westwards. You'll find the Washed-Ashore Bottle on the beach. Pick it up to start the Message in a Bottle Side Quest.
- Head Southwest to pick up the Corbach Waypoint.
- Finish the Message in a Bottle Side Quest in Corbach.
- Teleport back to Tirmair.
- Head East to enter and complete the Whispering Pines Dungeon.
- Complete the Maddux Watch Dungeon in the Southwest.
- Head North to complete the Hive Dungeon.
- Continue Northwest to pick up the Under the Fat Goose Inn Waypoint.
- Complete the Settling the Tab Side Quest here.
- Head Northwest to complete the Oldstones Dungeon.
- Continue Northwest to pick up the Fields of Ruin Side Quest. We actually don't complete this quest - See next step:
- Pick up the Feral Moon Side Quest in the South. This Quest only shows up if you picked up the Fields of Ruin Side Quest - For whatever reason...
- Head South and enter the Sarat's Lair Dungeon. Make sure to complete the Feral Moon Side Quest objective. Then leave the dungeon and complete the Side Quest.
- Pick up the Firebreak Manor Waypoint in the West.
- Finish the Braegas Chronicles Side Quest.
- Head South to complete the Demon's Wake Dungeon.
- Continue South and finish the Broken Bulwark Dungeon.
- Teleport back to Cerrigar.
- Finish the Daughter of the Oak and the Fledling Merchant Side Quests.
Group Play Tips
As a group there are multiple ways to speed up your progress through Renown significantly.
Waypoints
Split up to pick up different Waypoints in the world. Share the Waypoint locations with each other. Teleport to a Waypoint and let all party members use the Town Portal next to the Waypoint in any capital to teleport to you.
Side Dungeons
You can group up with 3 other players and split up into different Dungeons to complete them. You don't have to join each other on the final Dungeon objective to do so. When one player in the group completes a Dungeon, everyone gets the completion! Added bonus: You fill out your whole Codex of Power much quicker!
Be aware that the individual Dungeons become a lot harder because they are scaled to four players.
Summary
- Finish the campaign first to unlock all Dungeons and the Mount.
- Reveal the whole map and collect all Altars of Lilith to jump-start your Renown progress in future Seasons.
- Fight your way through all Strongholds and pick up all Waypoints to get through to unlock the additional Skill Point in the third tier of each zone quickly.
- Play through every single Dungeon in each region to complete tier 4 and most of tier 5 of the Renown boards.
- Finish off every Renown Board with as little Side Quests as possible. Focus on especially quick Side Quests to not waste your time!
Credits
Written by Teo1904
Updated by Chewingnom
Reviewed by Jymnasium