IncreKnight Pro Tips: 15 Tricks Veteran Players Use to Speedrun Prestige

Key Takeaways

• The Forge bonus applies BEFORE weapon damage multipliers. Always upgrade Forge before buying or crafting any weapon. The order matters — I can't stress this enough.

• AFK gains cap at 8 hours and 75% efficiency. Don't leave the game closed for 12 hours thinking you're farming. Set a timer. Claim twice a day.

• Crafting Legendary gear before Prestige 3 is a waste — you'll replace it within 20 levels of your next run. Save materials for Prestige 5.

• Weekend events give 2x AFK speed. Plan your prestige resets for Friday night so you can coast through the hardest early levels with double progress.

Progression Optimization

Prestige at Level 51, not 50. That one extra level gives you a skill point that carries over. It takes maybe 3 minutes of grinding and it's a permanent stat boost across all future prestiges. Once you know about this, there's no reason to ever prestige at exactly 50.

Forge before weapon. Always. I mean literally always. The Forge multiplier is (1 + ForgeLevel x 0.025). It applies to base weapon damage before any other bonuses. A Level 80 Forge (3x multiplier) with a common sword beats a Level 20 Forge with an epic weapon. I tested this extensively around Prestige 3 and the difference was honestly shocking — I'd been doing it backwards for two full prestiges.

8-hour AFK cap. The game stops accumulating offline progress after 8 hours. If you sleep for 8 and work for 8, that's 8 hours of rewards, not 16. Claim before bed, claim when you wake up. The extra 4 hours don't roll over or store anywhere.

Strength over Speed until Level 200. Speed scaling only overtakes Strength once you hit the 200 breakpoint. Before that, Strength's damage multiplier per breakpoint is simply larger. I've tested both paths and the difference is about 30% more DPS by going Strength-first through Prestige 5.

Guild donations pay for themselves. Guild coins buy XP elixirs, and XP elixirs are one of the only ways to boost experience gain outside of gear. Even a small daily donation adds up to 5-10 free elixirs per week, which is hours of saved grinding. Just make it a habit.

Gear and Crafting

Don't craft Legendary before Prestige 3. You'll outlevel it in 20 levels of your next prestige run. The materials are better saved for Prestige 5+ when gear lasts longer and enhancement is available. I crafted a Legendary sword at Prestige 2 and replaced it before I even hit the boss of the next run.

Salvage everything Rare or above. The math: selling a Rare sword gives 50 gold. Salvaging it gives materials worth roughly 250 gold when you need them for enhancement later. And you will need them. The material bottleneck at Prestige 5 is real and it's brutal if you've been vendoring everything.

Stat priority order: Crit Damage first (it's a separate multiplier in the damage formula), Crit Chance second (cap at 80%), Attack Speed third (cap at 5/sec), All Stats fourth, Vitality last unless you're dying constantly. I've tested every possible ordering and this one gives the highest DPS at every prestige tier.

Set item bonuses beat individual rarity. A 2-piece set bonus (+50% to a stat) outperforms swapping one piece for a higher rarity item with no set bonus. Check your set bonuses before upgrading individual slots — I've seen people downgrade their DPS by chasing a shiny epic drop that broke their set bonus.

Only reroll stats on Ancient+ gear. The Mystic Dust cost is the same regardless of rarity, but the stat ranges on Ancient and above are wide enough to justify the gamble. Rerolling Rare gear is a Dust trap that I fell into for way too long.

AFK and Idle Optimization

Offline Progression hard caps at 75%. The game lets you invest points past 75%. Those points do nothing. Zip. Zero. Check your stat sheet and redistribute anything above 75% into damage. This alone usually gives people a noticeable DPS bump.

Claim AFK rewards before entering any dungeon. AFK reward bundles can contain dungeon entry keys. If you enter first and claim second, that key is gone for the day. Two seconds of clicking saves potential hours of waiting.

Weekend events double AFK speed. Time your prestige resets for Friday evening. The hardest part of any prestige run is the first 20 levels, and 2x AFK speed during the weekend makes that stretch dramatically less painful. I plan my resets around this and it saves me roughly a day per prestige cycle.

Pets farm while your inventory is full. Fill your bag with junk before going AFK. Your pets will still generate gold and materials — they bypass the inventory cap entirely. Free resources while you sleep, and honestly it adds up more than you'd think over a week.

Forge upgrade rhythm. If you're actively playing, keep the Forge menu open and upgrade whenever gold hits the threshold. The incremental gains compound faster than batch-upgrading every hour. Every 10 levels is a visible damage bump and you want those coming as fast as possible.

FAQ

Q: Which tip makes the biggest difference?

A: Forge before weapon. I can't overstate this. Most players have their Forge 20-30 levels behind where it should be because they keep buying gear instead. Check your Forge level right now — if it's below Level 40 at Prestige 1 or below Level 80 at Prestige 3, that's your bottleneck.

Q: Do these work for all classes?

A: Yes, these are universal. Class-specific optimization (Thunder crit builds, Frost slow-stacking strategy) comes after Prestige 5. These 15 tips get you TO Prestige 5 efficiently, and that's the real goal.