Day 1
Recluse starts with one of the lowest health pools in the game, so it’s important to stick with your team early on to avoid unnecessary deaths. A clean, efficient route is key to a successful run. Going down wastes precious time you can’t afford to lose.
Your top priority on Day 1 is to gain as many levels as possible and hit every church you can to boost your flask charges.
Use the map overview to mark locations that guarantee a staff or sacred seal. Focus on areas with lightning, frost, rot, bleed, or poison spells—listed in order of effectiveness against Fulghor.
Avoid farming holy camps, since Fulghor has high resistance to holy damage.
If you’ve chosen the Improve Dragon Cult Incantations relic effect, target seal drops specifically to maximize your chances of getting value from that bonus.
Once you’ve found a decent catalyst and hit at least level 4, head to the central castle to begin farming. Start in the basement—you’ll only have to fight a single boss, and clearing it nets you both a boss drop and a guaranteed talisman from the chest in the room behind it. If time allows, level up at a nearby grace and work your way up through the castle to stockpile more runes.
Equip any weapon with a strong passive effect as soon as you can. To save time, scoop up all the gear you come across and toss what isn’t useful while you run to the next location.
Day 2
At this point, you should have a solid weapon and enough levels to handle most enemies, so it’s time to start clearing the tougher zones in Limveld.
If there’s a Shifting Earth active, make that your top priority for the day. These zones always offer excellent loot and enough enemies to reliably hit level 15 by the end. If a field boss happens to be on the way, take the time to defeat it—doing so might land you a significant damage upgrade.
If there’s no Shifting Earth, focus instead on taking down as many newly spawned field bosses as possible. They drop the best loot and offer a big rune boost, making them a worthwhile investment of your time.
If you haven’t already cleared the castle, now’s a great time. The basement and rooftop bosses aren’t heavily scaled and should be easier to defeat with your current level and gear.
After defeating the Night Boss, feel free to farm nearby locations if you’re still feeling under-levelled. The zone damage is low enough that you can safely grind a bit more without major risk.
Day 3
Once you’re here, spend any remaining runes to level up first, then grab any final upgrades or consumables you need from the merchant.
Make sure to discard any unused upgrade materials or keys—you won’t be able to use them in the final fight, so it’s better to stock up on consumables you’ll actually need.
Buy 
Starlight Shards! These are essential—they’ll let you cast far more spells without constantly relying on affinity residue pickups. It’s worth spending what you have left to grab a couple.
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