The climb to get to it isn’t a walk in the park, either, so Howe offered some tips for Escalation to help Slayers out. With its erratic movement patterns, powerful attacks, and new mounting mechanic to figure-out while facing it, Malkarion definitely isn’t an easy-peasy fight. This is why unlocking powerful amps on this season's talent tree is so important - getting to Escalation Level 40 each time is no easy feat. This will make it easier to get a high score reliably!ĭo well enough to achieve Escalation Level 40 – then, Malkarion will appear as a boss at the end of each four-round Escalation, as long as that level is maintained. Doing Escalation repeatedly will reward more Talent Points to unlock more amp upgrades and other perks on this season’s talent tree, making you disproportionately more powerful for this season of Escalation. Progress to Escalation level five, and get your weapon and armor level each to 450 or above - this unlocks Escalation’s “Hard” difficulty.īecause 450 is the minimum gear requirement, consider upgrading your gear further before continuing in Escalation’s Hard queue for a less difficult time. Unlock Escalation by progressing to Dire Behemoths in Dauntless’ campaign. These steps are for a new player, so if you’re a seasoned Behemoth Slayer, skip to Step 4. Here’s a step-by-step method to unlock Malkarion, as provided by Howe himself. Basically, it’s meant to be an end-all-be-all Shock weapon, so fighting Malkarion enough before it’s cycled out for a new season should be high up on any Slayer’s goal list. Plus, their two Cell Slots aren’t beholden to any one type. These weapons not only have a special, once-per-kill legendary ability, but Malkarion’s legendary weapons can also use weapon bonds to equip the perks of other shock weapons.
Defeating this Behemoth will allow you to forge the best legendary shock weapons in Dauntless. Malkarion, the new shock Behemoth, is basically the end goal of the inaugural season of Escalation. Look out for a quest called “Things Have Escalated” to gain access to the 1-13 Escalation queue, and then “King of the Hill” to unlock for more difficult 10-50 Escalation queue - where Malkarion will show up. This is basically when the “training wheels” of Dauntless are removed, Howe said. Once you get access to Dire Patrols and have a gear score around 350 – Howe says this will probably take a new Slayer five to ten hours if they try to blitz through the campaign – you’ll unlock the easy mode for Escalation, which lets you climb Escalation Levels 1-13. Phoenix Labs really wanted a lot of players to be able to come in and play Escalation as soon as possible, including fresh-faced Nintendo Switch players, so Escalation isn’t hidden very deep within Dauntless. “So we want to continue to explore that space and build onto it ‘cause we really like where it's going.” “Things like Slay the Spire or a Risk of Rain, all of them are great experiences that are based on that same sort of premise,” Howe Explained. Howe specifically worked on developing Escalation and said the Dauntless team was inspired by rougelikes. For more on Escalation, check out the official Dauntless Escalation page. This is also how you'll unlock rewards, like Malkarion’s cosmetic Ultra Armour. The more you do Escalation, the more talent points you’ll earn to invest in this season’s talent tree, which can power up your amps, allowing for more reliable help as you progress. These amps are helpful buffs that remain for the rest of the Escalation run, and can range from pure boons like a Flask refill to reckless modifiers that make you deal and take more damage. However, each round, one of three amps (pulled from an expanding “deck”) can be applied. In between rounds, nothing – not consumables nor health – are automatically replenished. Sometimes, you may go up against two Behemoths at once. These procedurally generated challenges include Behemoths with modifications like additional health, or special abilities like being able to spawn Boreus' minions or produce Shrowd's shadow orb regardless of species.
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Escalation is a new type of hunt in Dauntless accessible the same way as a Pursuit or a Patrol, but instead of a single fight it throws Slayers into a series of four sequential arena-type battles against varying Behemoths (five if you unlock Malkarion).
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