Project Spark

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Some time in mid April 2016 Team Dakota changed the requirements of Seph and Conker leveling achievements. And thus at time of writing the other guides are out of date.

Although the description didn't change, the requirements are now COMPLETE CROSSROADS X TIMES WITH [Conker or Seph] where X is the associated level that used to be required.

Fastest way to do is similar to start of XP grinding solutions: Create whatever initial settings you want, then start the quest, defeat the 3 enemies and place the enemy base/goal as close as you can to your village.
Run over, choose 2 bandits or whoever you prefer.
I'd also say still use Fallen Ranger as I believe him to be the easiet boss and it'll gain you a chunk of XP for little effort (might as well).
Interact with the chest and return to quest giver.
Make sure you leave/exit using the portal that spawns otherwise IT WON'T COUNT

Rinse and repeat.


(This is my first guide, so if you vote down please tell me why so I can improve it)

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IMPORTANT NOTE for the Seph level achievements. This achievement and the level 10 achievement for Seph seem to unlock automatically for most people. I unlocked both achievements and my Seph character is still level 9. If they eventually patch the game, you will need this guide. Otherwise, just wait for the game to unlock them for free .
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This is a new solution post-update, now that Project Spark is totally free. Use this guide if you are done with the Void Storm campaign and are only left with grinding XP for characters. This guide is loosely based on SnD ACiD RAiN's guide, but I wanted to point out that the order in which you take actions is important. For example, if you build houses before completing the main quest, your hero won't receive any XP.

1. Start a Crossroads game. The starting setup doesn't matter.

2. Select your hero. You can set the difficulty to easy with .

3. Talk to the NPC, kill the invaders, and generate the ending lair. Put it close to the village to save time.

4. Reach the boss lair, and spawn the Fallen Ranger. This boss will randomly give 600 XP to 1200 XP during fight. Just hit him with and collect easy XP. You can expect 2-3 random XP "gifts" per fight, on top of the XP for the kill.

5. Go back to the first NPC and collect your reward. From this point on, all actions that require a decision on your part will grant you free XP.

6. Start by building the 3 blue buildings in the village. Each building should give 160 - 380 XP...this seems random. Build the Fortune Teller and make her tell your fortune for another XP gain.

7. Talk to both blue NPCs that grant side quests. Choose Observatory and Puzzle Stones.

8. Puzzle Stones is really easy and only requires you to read the sign and press the correct stones. Onyx=Black, Citrine=Yellow, Sapphire=Blue, Amethyst=Purple, Emerald=Green, and Ruby=Red.

9. Observatory gets you 2 XP gains. 1) Talk to the guy on top of the tower and press has your first answer. He'll give you the caged pet. 2) Look into the spyglass and drop the meteor. Now go see what fell from the sky to earn more XP.

10. After #5, anytime you come close to a blue house or NPC, you can at least trigger its quest to gain free XP. No need to complete the quest (note that The Kodian Beacon is quite easy).

There you have it! I hope it will help you get to lvl 20 faster! Good luck

Side note= When you level up, the game shows a huge amount of XP on your character. This is not a new XP gain. It's simply a bug..