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Best ways to level up fast in ARK Survival Ascended

Level up fast using these tips and tricks!

In a game like Ark Survival, it is better to level up quickly to unlock vital blueprints like Auto Turret to protect yourself in PVP scenarios. While regular activities like crafting or taming provide XP for leveling up, there is a unique activity unknown to many that tops everything.

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If you want to know the fastest way to gather XP in Ark Survival Ascended, you are on the right page of the internet!

How to level up quickly in Ark Survival Ascended

The fastest way to level up quickly in Ark Survival Ascended is to collect Explorer's note. If you don't know what an Explorer's Note is, they are nothing but a collectible item spread throughout the map that looks like a worn book containing lore elements from the POV of each character in Ark Survival. 

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Each Explorer's Note will give a tremendous amount of XP, and after collecting 6 to 7 Notes, you will reach level 70 within 10 minutes. 

Related: Best Single Player Settings for ARK Survival Ascended

How to Note Run in Ark Survival Ascended

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The best spawn point in the Island Map for Note running is the West Zone 2, as there are multiple Notes near each other. Though it says West Zone 2, it is on the southwestern part of the map near the coastal areas.

After spawning here, go to the right or left side along the shore area, and you will start finding Explorer's Note. Travel along the coast area, and you will find one Explorer's Note after another. Since the game itself is a port of Ark Survival Evolved to Unreal Engine 5, you can use the map below to locate all the Notes on the map. We will update the article with a new map once available.

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Other ways to level up in Ark Survival Ascended

As mentioned earlier, you can always level your character quickly by doing regular stuff. Since there is plenty of stuff one can do, I have prescribed some of the most common methods I use to level up after collecting the Explorer's Note.

  • Crafting Arrows in bulk, like 600 or 700 arrows at once
  • Farming Metal resources
  • Taming Creatures around my base
  • Breeding Creatures
  • Always cooking something on Cooking Pots.

For more information on ARK: Survival Ascended, check out Best Dinosaurs to tame in ARK Survival Ascended or How to turn on Creative Mode in ARK Survival Ascended on Pro Game Guides.


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Vignesh Raja
Vignesh Raja started as a Freelancer and became a Full-Time Staff writer at Pro Game Guides in March 2024. He has an engineering degree in IT and was previously a Semi-Professional Apex Legends and Paladins eSports player. His passion for multiplayer games made him pursue a career in writing to share his knowledge about competitive gaming. Nowadays, he spends his time writing guides for Valorant, BitLife, and Roblox. Also, he manages and coaches upcoming BGMI players in his free time to help them thrive in India's competitive eSports scene.
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