Key takeaways
- Choose the best Soulstone character to increase your chances
- Maximize your fighter's skills with the best runes, abilities, and upgraded weapons
- Always move!
This Soulstone Survivors beginner's guide will help you better understand how to unlock all characters, weapons, maps, runes, and active skills. We'll also provide you with a couple of Soulstone Survivors tips and tricks, so you're always prepared for the challenges that await you.
Soulstone Survivors Beginner's Guide
How to Unlock Everything - Achievements Guide
The best way to find out how to unlock a specific thing in Soulstone Survivors is to use the Achievements tab on the home screen. To see everything, check the "Show only incomplete achievements" on the left-hand side of the menu. Knowing what you need to do to unlock a character, rune, map, or weapon will help you in planning your actions.
Best Starting Character
While the Barbarian and the Pyromancer are very good choices for starters, you should switch to the Spellblade as soon as you unlock it. It serves as a superior version of the Barbarian, offering better protection and movement speed. For glass cannon strategies, instead of the Pyromancer, unlock the Arcane Weaver. This magic user focuses on damage, cast frequency, and experience.
| The Arcane Weaver | The Spellblade | |
|---|---|---|
| How to Unlock | Eliminate 100 elite enemies | Eliminate 10k enemies |
| Stats | +10% dmg modifier +10% cast frequency +15% EXP -20 max HP -20 armor power | +30 max HP +20 armor power +20 movement speed -10% cast frequency |
| Best Weapon | Glacies | Scroching Edge |
Best Character in the game
The best character in the game is the Samurai, with his focus on critical damage, fast movement, and fire damage. Having said that, I had the most fun playing the Death Knight! This undead champion is the only character with a mount, which makes him very fast. In fact, he's so fast he can't use Dash.
Best Runes in SoulStone Survivors
Runes in Soulstone Survivors are divided into Versatility (you can equip three runes) and Tenacity (you can equip four runes). Depending on what you want to achieve (farming or completing achievements), focus on runes that improve your chances.
The best offensive runes for beginners:
- Weapon Expert - You start the game with a special weapon skill for your weapon.
- Head Start - Start the game with increased dmg, extra area, and cast frequency that get to 0 gradually as you level up.
- Glass Cannon increases dmg by 40%, but you have 70% less HP.
- Dash Mastery - 50% faster dash speed.
The best runes for farming resources:
- Material Harvest - You gain random minerals and gems after collecting a Major Soulstone.
- Efficient Extraction - 50% more materials.
- Light Feet - increases speed by 20%.
Top 5 Survival Tips & Tricks for Beginners
1. Always move!
No matter what character you choose and how much armor they have, you'll always be vulnerable if you're just standing around. Granted, you'll sometimes be so dominant that you'll be able to go AFK. However, in most cases, especially when dealing with bosses, constant movement and dashing are a must.
2. Keep your resources
Resources are precious, as upgrades are expensive and you'll need a lot of grinding to get enough (and it's never enough). So, avoid spending on things you don't need by not using them unless you're certain you really need to spend materials on something. Why would you spend resources on upgrading things for a character you won't use much?
3. Focus on unlocking new characters
Instead of being satisfied with what you have, focus on unlocking as many characters as you can. It will give you more options to play, and it's the main driving force for grinding. If you've ever played any survivor-like game, you'll know that unlocking characters is the main thing that drives you to play.
4. Choose skills carefully
The best way to choose the best skills is to pick ones that maximize your character's powers. For example, as the Pyromancer, focus on fire skills and casting speed. Skill tree in Soulstone Survivors looks very similar to one you saw in Path of Exile. But it's much smaller; each class can't "jump" into a skill tree from another class.
5. Plan your sessions
Need more Soulstone Survivors tips and tricks? There are a lot of things to unlock, but at least you'll always know what the requirements are. Refer often to the Achievements tab to plan your activities, as each session may bring you closer to unlocking new characters, weapons, maps, runes, or skills.
Soulstone Survivors FAQ
There are 22 characters in Soulstone Survivors.
Increase the prestige level of your character to earn skill points. You must first reach level 20 before you're able to increase your prestige.
You can remove some information like enemy health bars, map visibility, damage number colors, and more in Settings - Interface.
If you're playing on PC, you'll have the best control over your attacks and movement if you use a combination of keyboard and mouse, or even better, a controller. You can also play with only a mouse, but it's not as precise.
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Nebojša Prijić is a Managing Editor at Pro Game Guides with over 25 years of experience in journalism, screenwriting, and copywriting. He previously worked as Editor-in-Chief of Maxim Serbia magazine and the IGN Adria website. Nebojša is an old-school gamer who loves real-time strategies, shooters, and RPGs, but most of all, he plays Roblox and mobile games with his son. He remembers the first Diablo, PC games on a single floppy disk, and playing Mortal Kombat on the keyboard.