Writing this up as a guide for myself mostly but if it's helpful for you yay.
DISCLAIMER: IT IS MY FIRST TIME PLAYING THE GAME OUTSIDE OF EARLY ACCESS SO IM PROBABLY WRONG, THIS GUIDE IS FOR ME FIRST TO REFERENCE BASED ON OTHER GUIDES I'VE LOOKED AT AND COMBINED FOR EASIER ACCESS
Main story until 20
Run first dungeon when guild ready (don't forget to grab book inside)
Do Abyss* open world dungeon at 20 for codex stuff
Codex for Sophia - Rutaine - Robert set
Sylaveth** for belt
Cloak lithograph from all green crafted cloaks
Broadsword of the Resistance from story codex
Do Chimerus dungeon here probably
Spam some Sylaveth** for drops and guild contract
Resonance Blade from guild/world Morokai
Violent Signet from 4 crafted green ring Lithograph book
Blast story for Heroic Armour of the Resistance from final codex step (clay)
Do contracts whenever hitting new town for coins and mastery
Kill stupid crab king guy for possible weapon drop when at the beach (bottom right place idk name)
Ant nest is insane for early lucent farming from crystals probably, feed the whales :))))
Rare Marind etc
Do easy contracts, prioritise materials + mastery tears >10 (grab one, refresh)
*1st OW Dungeon
**2nd OW Dungeon
maybe will be updated idk man
solo setup
"DaVinci's Courage" -> "Precision Dash" (or "Willbreaker") -> "Provoking Roar" -> "Shield Strike" -> and maintain "Devastating Tornado" 12x > Valiant Brawl
