Dungeon Guide

Dungeons are one of the main endgame systems in Last Epoch, making them an important activity after the campaign. They also provide substantial rewards to players who complete them. While each dungeon is unique, there are many aspects that apply to all dungeons. In this guide we will cover the basics of dungeons, including how they work, how to unlock them, and descriptions of each dungeon.

Each Dungeon is designed to provide an experience that sets it apart from other content in the game. However the general design of each one is similar, which allows us to provide a general framework of what to expect when entering a dungeon.

In order to enter a dungeon a key is required. Each dungeon has their own key (Lightless Arbor Key, Soulfire Bastion Key, Temporal Sanctum Key) that must be used to enter them.

Dungeons scale difficulty through two mechanics. The first and most significant is through tiers. Each dungeon has 4 tiers of difficulty that players can choose from, with tier 4 being the most difficult but also the most rewarding. Players usually must complete lower tiers in order to access the higher tiers (with some minor exceptions). Each tier also has a bonus reward that rotates daily, with higher tiers generally offering better daily rewards.

The other way difficulty is scaled comes from the modifiers found when opening doors. Doors come with a modifier that provides both rewards and increases to monster damage and health and the modifiers are different for each door. Better rewards generally have higher damage and health modifiers. Higher tiers of dungeons also grant better rewards at the expense of higher damage and health.

All dungeons follow a similar layout that consists of two maps and a boss arena. Players must travel through each map to find one of two doors that lead to the next section. The first map leads to the second map and the second leads to the boss encounter. After killing the boss the dungeon is complete.

The maps in dungeons aren't randomized but paths can be blocked in a randomized manner. Example: Upon running the dungeon the first time a path may be open and traversable, but on the second run of the dungeon the same path is now blocked. There will always be at least one path to the doors that lead to the next section, but which path(s) will change each run.

There are no extra attempts in Dungeons. If you die at any point in the Dungeon, you lose all of your progress and need to use a new Key to try again. You need to balance the risks of starting over with the rewards offered to you in order to maximize your Dungeon experience.

The boss of each dungeon has it's own specific Unique drop pool, which features Uniques that are exclusive to that boss. that means the only way to acquire these items is by completing the dungeon. Many of these Uniques also require a minimum tier to drop which further incentivizes running higher dungeon tiers.

Since we need keys in order to run dungeons we also need to know how to acquire them. There are several ways to obtain dungeon keys:

Another purpose for Dungeons is as a campaign 'skip' for players who have multiple characters. Each dungeon is designed in a way that provides an entrance and exit that skip large parts of the campaign while not missing out on the main quests. This provides an alternative path through the campaign and some customizability for experienced players since they can choose which dungeons to complete and which to skip when completing the campaign, but since a new player will not have a key to enter they will not be distracted away from the campaign on their first playthrough.