AFK Arena Guides List


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2	Please send any new/updated guides or suggestions to "steelsauce" on Discord
3	Guide	Notes	Creator	Months since update
4	New Players
5	Beginner's guide (image)	New players start here!	Phoenix#6124	16
6	Beginner's guide (text)	Detailed new player guide	Obsidianqqtt & Seas0n	21
7	Extended wishlist	Wishlist order beyond first six	afk.guide	19
8	Redeem codes	Set your wishlist before summoning	afk.guide	19
9	Terminology guide	Learn what 309e60 means	Redorb	N/A
10	Glossary of terms	Learn common abbreviations	TodayProfessional907	N/A
11	How to spend diamonds	Spend diamonds wisely! (IMO don't spend diamonds on stargazing until you have 10-20 ascended meta heroes)	Rusher_RK	19
13	Legacy of Grit swap guide	TBD but click here for the swap event guide for ideas	Steelsauce
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15	Game Modes
16	Campaign mid-endgame teams	Guide to most common campaign teams with substitutions. For beginners, check beginner's guide at the top	sergiocamposnt & afk.guide	19
17	Campaign formation lookup	search your chapter for comps	afkhelper	N/A
18	PvP	PvP teams and variations, note that TS debuffs change meta	afk.guide	18
19	Arcane Labyrinth (Lab)	lab tips from Tartaros	afk.guide	40
20	Peaks of Time	step by step guides	afk.guide	N/A
21	Twisted Realm (TR)	Check leaderboard, always use a merc from a friend	Chinese AFK community	17
22	Cursed Realm (CR)	updated weekly, check for guide on reddit for comments	Tartaros & Cursed Friends	19
23	Nightmare Corridor (NC)	New game mode with weekly rewards	afk.guide	19
24	Treasure Scramble (TS)	Not a full guide, just an overview of the top meta	sergiocamposnt	19
25	Temporal Rift (Rift)	Guide for the newly revamped Rift	LordBob49	16
26	Compiled list of Rift teams	Sheet with lots of different comps for rift	No_Name_Edit	18
27	Abyssal Expedition (AE/abex)	Join heroic and an active guild, teamwork > hero investment	Hwoarang992	32
28	Hunting Fields (HF)	Find active team mates!	Hwoarang992	30
29	Guild Hunt	Get aBelinda merc from a friend	LordBob49	20
30	Legend's Championship	high end pvp, not always applicable to other pvp modes	Presea & sergiocamposnt	19
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32	Heroes
33	4F heroes investment guide	Incredible guide that discusses each 4f hero in detail, their usefulness and recomended investments	Rakudayyy	18
34	Celestial heroes investment guide	Incredible guide that discusses each Celestial hero in detail, their usefulness and recomended investments. Also includes celehypo stargazing order	Rakudayyy	16
35	Dimensional heroes investment guide	Incredible guide that discusses each dimensional hero in detail, their usefulness and recomended investments	Rakudayyy	17
36	Overall tier list	Tier list to get a sense of hero's overall usefulness	Rakudayyy	20
37	CR priority & investments	good to use for overall investments	Tartaros & Cursed Friends	19
38	Awakened Hero priority	*outdated, new guide TBD	sergiocamposnt & afk.guide	19
39	Stargazing and challenger store priority	Stargazer & Challenger store priorities. If you have an awakened hero asceneded your #1 priority is to stargaze them to 1*! Daemia is very stong, maybe placed before haelus	Vicksin & Basilio	18
40	Signature item priority (SI)	Read before spending signature item emblems	sergiocamposnt & afk.guide	19
41	Furniture priority (F)	Read and set wishlist before spending furniture coins	sergiocamposnt & afk.guide	19
42	Engraving priority (e)	Read before spending engraving cores	sergiocamposnt & afk.guide	21
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44	Basic Game Systems
45	Resonating crystal	Learn how the resonating crystal works and who to put on it	Hwoarang992	31
46	Hero tiers	Learn the differences of legendary and ascended tier heroes	Hwoarang992	31
47	Hero ascension types	Learn the differences in ascending four faction, celehypo, and awakened heroes	Hwoarang992	31
48	Beasts priority (pets)	Set your pet wishlist before spending bait	Cero_GT	15
49	Elder Tree priority	Level your tree branches most effectively	LordBob49	26
50	Artifacts	which artifacts to prioritize and who to equip them on	afk.guide	N/A
51	T4 gear guide	Gear upgrade order, hero priority is TBD check outdated	LordBob49	25
52	Time emblem aquisition	List of f2p sources of time emblems	Moist_Sky_2957	18
53	Should I single or multi summon?	Latest available data shows no difference in rates for single or multi summons	gdq0	20
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55	Advanced Game Systems
56	Relative resource values	Compare the diamond values of different resources and exchange value from events. Go to file > make a copy to edit for your preferences	gdq0	18
57	When to use hero trials	See when faction towers are open and when to use hero trials	Dae314	13
58	Importance of systems for hero power	Visual comparison to show how various game systems influence hero power in different game modes	Avis9	25
59	RC cramming discussion	Decide if its worth buying dust for diamonds	EjnarH	19
60	Elder Tree deep dive	Explanation of tree stats	inSeason	46
61	Mechanics deep dive	deep explanation of stats, hidden mechanics and more	LordBob49	17
62	More mechanics info	explanation of battle mechanics	XapySlenderman	46
63	Furn dupe bonus stats	See the buffs to heroes when you use dupe furniture	Cero_GT	16
64	Buy time cards efficiently	Turn dollars into awakened! Priority order is whale-centric	Cero_GT	20
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66	Events
67	Wasteland Rescue	temp guide, dm me if there is better		17
68	Exchange Event values	Relative values for exchange event. The best choice is dependent on your account, read comments for discussion	Rusher_RK	18
69	Voyage of Wonders	step by step guides for the latest VoW	afk.guide	18
70	Maritime Menace	Video guide here	_LordScar_	19
71	Crimson Snow	Thrilling voyage	OGVuehl	19
72	Misty Valley chest choices	need better guide	gdq0	19
73	Heroes of Esperia	temporary pvp event	EgidaAFK	18
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75	Communities
76	Official subreddit
77	Official discord
78	Crowdsource discord	Share comps for competitive game modes
79	Cursed Friends discord	Share CR comps and help give data for weekly guide
80	Floofs discord	Join the friendly Floofs community and discuss all aspects of the game. Has two competitive Abex guilds, rank 15 and 81. Join and apply if interested!
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82	Useful Websites/Misc.
83	Afk.guide	lots of guides and info, some is out of date
84	Afk helper	find campaign formations
85	afkalc	track and share your hero roster
86	Hero Timeline	See when each hero was released	afk_inside	16
87	Ingame art assets	Huge collection of ingame art assets	ErLouwerYT	19
88	Lore relationship map	Cool graphic for lore enthusiasts!	aubzilla13	29
89	AFK fan art	Awesome fan art for every hero	wenmAFK2020
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91	Content creators
92	FreeOnAFKarena	youtube channel with formations for many game modes
93	AFK Arena F2P Life	youtube channel with formations for many game modes
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95	Outdated Guides
96	Isle of Gold	All offense strategy gives way more resources than defensive	gdq0	22
97	Treasure Vanguard Early Guide	Basic guide for this new event. Be sure to choose an operation every day, otherwise you don't get rewards. Use your standard PvP teams	TOS	15
98	Dim planning calculator	Learn how many of each coin you can get to plan exchange	gdq0	18
99	How to get both Dimensionals f2p	Learn what resources you need to get both Dims and where to get them	fenodereee	14
100	Dimensional Exchange	outdated dates but more info on double exchange	Whitesushii	46
101	Beginner's Compendium	still good beginner info, specific heroes very outdated	Tree3SL	46
102	Game mechanics	new mechanics added since then	Whitesushii	46
103	Tier list by game mode	breakdown for different game modes	sergiocamposnt	22
104	Witcher exchange calc	see resources needed for double dimensional exchange	fenodereee	25
105	Awakened Hero priority	imo swap aBaden & aBelinda	Arkinz & AlphaBnB	21
106	Awakened Hero priority 2	no mention of athane, who is great for new players in TS	TheFireAngel	20
107	Oudated PvP guide	Similar team structure compared to today but different heroes	Arty & Alpattex	46
108	Oudated campaign guide	These teams still work but missing many newer key heroes	Arty & Alpattex	45
109	Engraving priority (e)	read first comment	Ben_Christenson	25
110	Signature item priority (SI)	fairly outdated	b4silio	34
111	Thoran cheese guide	should still be relevant?	CatCalledPippi	46
112	T4 gear priority	Almost a year old, so missing heroes	Konrad & inSeas0n	30
113	Hero Swap event	Hero swap ends 4/21	Steelsauce	21
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115	Maintained by: Steelsauce	This list was last updated on:	8/20/23	15
116	Please message me on Discord for suggestions, or if you notice a guide has been updated!