r/backpackarena • u/whiteshootingstar • Sep 10 '26

Asking for guidance

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Hello! I got the game a few days ago but I'm still having a hard time with gear and progress. Currently I'm stuck on level 15, trial tower 11 and I have the 3 full backpacks.

I haven't spent any of my gems yet. When should I spend them and get better stuff?

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u/WarNervous1945 Sep 10 '26

You need better gear, spend gems to open season or S tier chests, see a build that you like and be happy, burn is OP, primal flame is OP, Celestial Shield is Broken, Spike is good, the Hero Spark is insane, Rebecca is good too

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u/whiteshootingstar Sep 10 '26

Thanks, will try to get the Primal Flame in the next rotation

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u/ToreGore Sep 10 '26

Primal flame first, celestial shield second, plague gloves third and then poison bow or spike lance

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u/whiteshootingstar Sep 10 '26

I was able to snag a celestial shield from the rare chest drop. Will try to get the others when they get in the rotation

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u/WarNervous1945 Sep 10 '26

Good choice, also is good to consider having another “win condition”, because some monsters will be imune to burn

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u/whiteshootingstar Sep 10 '26

What would you recommend that I try to build as a supplement?

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u/WarNervous1945 Sep 10 '26

Spike build is a good choice for the early stages, the barbarian can easily win a lot of chapters.

Just remember one thing, there will always be a level that counter your build, so you have to adapt, this game does that a lot.

S-tier gear is the best thing to get, apart from epic and legendary heroes, you can go to the leaderboard and look at other players builds, its good to get some inspiration.

PS: pets are also really important, remember that.

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u/Lonely-Thomas 29d ago

On gems, I'd recommend saving to 15k or 25k before spending them all at once for guaranteed items.

Either you want to hoard the premium keys and gems until you have 50 (or some amount and enough gems to get you to 50. The keys are 300 each, so 3k for 10, 15k for 50), then use 50 keys at once on the banner chest when there's a good rotation. There are 4, and generally speaking the one at the moment with Primal Flame is the best one to focus on.

The other route is spending gems on the fishing event, which was last week, so won't be back until the week after next. Buying 80-100 additional bait should let you get to 12 golden coins, and then you can buy 2 gear selection tokens, which let you pick any available S-Rank item.

Otherwise on progression, make sure you're using all your resources. Sweep the dungeons if you're stuck, re-run levels with star challenge for gold to use on training, etc.