Becoming a Demon Slayer in Slayers 2 takes more than buying a katana and picking your favorite anime character's Breathing Style. You need to build your character, complete your training, and survive Final Selection before settling into the longer grind. This Slayers 2 Demon Slayer progression guide walks you through that route, including what to prioritize and where you can save yourself some unnecessary running around.
Slayers 2 Demon Slayer Progression Order
Your first major goal is Breathing training at level 25, followed by Final Selection at level 45. Use these milestones to plan your progression:
| Stage | Your next objective |
|---|---|
| Levels 1–6 | Repeat Krue's quest to defeat three Bandits. |
| Level 7 | Take Krue's Mini Boss Zuko quest. |
| Starter weapon | Visit Raze: - Regular Katana costs 500 Wen; - Fancy Katana costs 1,500 Wen. |
| Level 13 | Move to Tom's bear-hunting quest. |
| Level 18 | Take Tom's Mother Bear quest. |
| Level 25 | Start your chosen Breathing trainer's questline. |
| Level 26 | Talk to Chaka and grind Kaiden's subordinates |
| Level 34 | Take the Kaiden quest and grind to Level 40. |
| Level 40 | Talk to Wagwan (under the waterfall) and grind his quests until you're level 60. Hoyuzo's Guard NPCs can be annoying to beat, but you'll have to. |
| Level 45 (minimum; level 60 is optimal) | Complete Final Selection |
PRO TIP: The more people are on the server at the time you're playing, the more EXP you'll get from beating mobs and completing quests.
Start With a Useful Clan, Then Get Moving
Your clan can make a meaningful difference, but don't turn character creation into your entire first session. A rare surname won't teach you when to stop swinging. Look at what your clan actually contributes to the build you want. Pair Rengoku with Flame, Urokodaki with Water, and Sabito with Water and sword-focused play. Ubuyashiki's progression utility is also worth considering while you're focused on leveling and collecting drops.
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Those are reasons to keep a useful roll, not requirements for becoming a Slayer. My recommendation is to start playing with a workable clan and revisit optimization once you know which style you enjoy. Spending all your resources chasing a build you haven't tried is a very expensive way to discover you prefer something else.
PRO TIP: Make sure to always set your spawn to the nearest Bamboo Grove to the location you're currently grinding.
Levels 1–45 Grind - Build Your Combat Fundamentals
This is the part of the game where you'll mostly do your usual bandit-beater stuff. A quest in the starting village has you deal with fake civilians who are actually spies for the bandits outside. You'll find some notes on them, which, when translated, will point you to where to move next. There are also a couple of other quest-givers inside the village; make sure to do every one of their quests at least once.
What's really important is to complete the Recover the Lost Pages quest. This quest rewards you with the Book of Guidance, which will always point you toward the next quest you need to complete to progress. The game is already rather chaotic and unintuitive even with the book, let alone without it. Then you'll complete several boss- and henchman-type quests.
Use these opening fights to practice a repeatable attack pattern: wait for an opening, land a short sequence, then defend or reposition. If you keep getting interrupted halfway through a combo, shorten it. Landing three hits safely is better than planning seven and eating the other four yourself.
For boss quests, judge efficiency by successful clears. If a fight repeatedly sends you back to spawn, spend a little longer on content you can handle or find someone to tackle it with. Unlocking a quest doesn't automatically make it your best grind.
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Spend Skill Points With Your Next Unlock in Mind
Your build draws on Body, Weapons, Clan, and Breathing progression. Mastery is separate from your general level, so gaining levels alone won't finish your moveset. I recommend spending your hard-earned points around the problem you're currently facing:
- Can't reach a trainer? Check movement unlocks such as Wall Climb before buying another combat upgrade.
- Keep dying before you can finish a fight? Invest in HP and block branches.
- Struggle to keep attacking or repositioning? Review your stamina options and how aggressively you're spending it.
- Just unlocked Breathing? Check the requirements for your first useful techniques before spending your remaining points elsewhere.
In general, the first thing you'll absolutely need to unlock is movement nodes (wall climbing and double jump). These are mandatory; then see where to go from there, depending on your needs.
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Level 25: Unlock Your Breathing Style
Breathing Styles come from trainer questlines, and they become avilable at Level 25. Reach the level requirement, bring the requested resources, complete the training tasks, and beat the trainee encounter for your chosen route.
The current roster includes Water, Thunder, Flame, Wind, Stone, Insect, Sound, and Serpent. For a first character, I'd shortlist Water for a varied toolkit or Flame for straightforward offensive roles. Thunder is worth considering if fast approaches are what you enjoy. Treat those as playstyle recommendations rather than a claim that one style makes every boss trivial.
For starters, these are some of the easiest trainers to find:
| Style | Trainer route and preparation |
|---|---|
| Water | Urokodaki, through the underwater cave route near Bamboo Grove. Budget 5,000 Wen and 30 Demon Horns. |
| Flame | Rengu, when you cross one of the two massive bridges from Mistfall Village towards teh yellow area on the map. Bring 10 Demon Horns. |
| Serpent | Obari, on the cliff to the north above Windy Peak (the starting area). Bring 20 Demon Horns and five Beast Cores. |
| Sound | Icevail Valley's snowy area. Unlock Wall Climb for the route. |
| Insect | In front of the Butterfly Estate, when you're reaching it from the Mistfall Harbor. |
Keep in mind that these are early-access planning requirements, so read the trainer's current dialogue before committing to a long material grind. In particular, don't assume every style charges the same amount or requires the same items. Pick your style before farming its materials. You want a shopping list, not an inventory full of things a different trainer asked for.
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Levels 25–44: Turn Your New Style Into a Working Build
After training, your priority should be learning the moves you have and working toward the next useful unlock. Use your chosen weapon and style in combat to develop mastery alongside your character level.
The best thing to do here is to talk to Wagwan (the NPC under the waterfall just below the bear area) and grind his quests until you're level 60. Hoyuzo's Guard NPCs can be annoying to beat, but you'll have to. Theoretically, you can end the grind at level 45, but I advise against it. As a solo player, you'll need to be at least level 60 to beat the Final Selection.
Before Selection, aim to understand three things about your kit:
- Your safe damage option: something you can reliably land during a short opening.
- Your approach or spacing tool: how you enter range or keep a comfortable distance.
- Your defensive answer: how you respond when the enemy gets the first hit or your attack misses.
Test longer combinations against ordinary enemies first. A move that launches or locks down a normal target may not control a boss the same way. Don't build your entire strategy around the Hand Demon politely cooperating.
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Level 45: Complete Final Selection
First, you'll need to reach an area called Final Selection, located in the far west of the world map. Use the map marker feature to guide you, and first make your way to Mistfall Harbor. From there, cross the bridge and head toward the Butterfly Estate. Once there, you'll see a very long bridge to the south that leads toward the Final Selection Plains. From there, follow the path northeast, and you'll eventually reach Final Selection.
Enter when the gate opens (every hour right now) and follow the quest chain. The current route is The Sisters → Rem → Vael → Klien → Mizuto → Lavato → Levi → Steve, ending with the Hand Demon. After defeating it, return to The Sisters to finish. Completion awards Mizunoto rank, a Slayer Uniform, Ore, and a Kasugai Crow.
Before entering, check your equipped gear, spend any points you've been saving for an available upgrade, and make sure you can use your core moves without staring at the hotbar. Bring a friend if possible, but still read your own objectives and finish your turn-ins. Minimum level is 45, but I strongly advise grinding to at least Level 60 before tackling this challenge.
For the boss, start conservatively. Watch an attack sequence, identify the recovery window, and punish it without emptying every resource at once. Increase your aggression once you understand what you can safely get away with. Surviving with an unused skill is considerably more useful than dying with an impressive cooldown collection.
What to Do After Becoming a Demon Slayer
In this stage of Slayers 2 Slayer Progression, you'll use your crow for quests, keep developing mastery, and start working on Slayer Progress. Talk to Ren at the Butterfly Estate (the gourd vendor): return his missing blade from near the waterfall to unlock his shop. Gourds raise Slayer Progress, whose levels grant permanent stat improvements.
For funding, unlock Ginzo at Mistfall Harbor by returning his Jewelry Box from his house in the Village Hidden in the Mist. He buys loot, including coin items, which helps fund further training.
My recommendation here is to choose one upgrade goal at a time. Work toward a useful technique, a better piece of equipment, or another progression milestone. That gives each farming session a purpose and makes it easier to judge whether the activity is worth repeating.
You also don't need to rebuild your character the moment someone wins a duel against you. First ask whether the problem was your setup, an unfamiliar matchup, or the part where you dashed directly into their attack. All three happen. Only one necessarily needs a reset.
Common Slayer Progression Mistakes
These are mostly things I wish I knew before starting the game and my Slayers 2 Slayer Progression. Unfortunately, as is often the case with Roblox games, Slayers 2 can be a very unintuitive experience, with almost non-existent onboarding and player guidance. Hence, if you wish to avoid frustration and losing time unnecessarily, try not to repeat these mistakes:
- Reaching a trainer without the right resources or movement unlocks. Check the route and requirements first.
- Confusing character level with mastery. Develop the weapon and style you intend to use.
- Spending every point before checking your next technique. Plan around the unlock that improves your actual combat routine.
- Choosing difficult content purely because it is available. Reliable clears matter more than ambitious respawns (no matter how boring and repetitive they are)
- Treating Final Selection as the finish line. Keep improving your kit and Slayer Progress afterward.
Get a functional build together, learn its openings, and give yourself a specific goal each time you head out. The Hashira fantasy can wait until you've stopped losing arguments with the local wildlife.
And there you have it, this is more than enough to get your Slayers 2 Demon Slayer Progression on the right track. For now, that's all you need to know. Thanks for reading, and while you're here, be sure to check out our other Slayer 2 guides, tier lists, walkthroughs, and other useful content.
