Day 1
We want to look for any location with the fire modifier and move towards that location. While moving there, still clear any Forts, Encampments, and Cathedrals for their loot and runes.
It's important to move fast so that we can also reach as many churches as possible on day 1 to upgrade our healing. However, don’t go out of your way to go there since you will most likely waste a lot of time, which is not worth it. Look to the path there, clearing any location so that you still level up properly. We want to reach level 8 by the end of the day, and preferably higher. While moving around the map, if you move past the central castle, be sure to check if there are Trolls. If there are, we won’t want to go there on day 2 unless we are level 12-13.
If you cannot find weapons, we have listed any weapon from the following categories that will perform well: Curved Swords, Thrusting Swords, Katanas, Twinblades, or Straight Swords.
Day 2
Day 2, what we do depends on the Shifting earth. If we have no event and Trolls didn’t spawn on the central castle, we want to go there and get as many runes as we can, aiming for level 12 before we kill the boss inside at the top and bottom.
After this, we can aim to kill some field bosses, especially the elite ones.
If you have either Noklateo or Crater spawn, you can decide to do those instead since they will net you around the same amount of runes, with the addition of a good reward at the end.
The Mountain and Rot Forrest are not worth going to at the start of the day since they take less time. The Rot Forrest does have a ton of Elite Field Bosses to keep that in mind going into day 2.
Day 3
Gnoster starts as 2 different entities that share the same HP pool: The Butterfly and The Lobster. These will combine into one entity in phase 2, more about that later.
In phase 1, the Lobster and Butterfly act independently, so let's talk about what the Lobster does first.
The Lobster has 2 attacks if you are in front of it and 1 when you are beside it. All of these are delayed AOE slams that deal heavy damage. He can also armor up, making him take next to no damage, but during this, the Butterfly will fly lower so you can hit them.
The Butterfly, meanwhile, has more projectile-based attacks. She will usually shoot missiles at you from a distance, shoot poison mist, or try to grab you, which will instantly infect you with the parasite.
The parasite is a unique poison that makes a worm come out of your body, damaging you constantly and staggering you in the process. The only way to get rid of this is by being damaged by fire from a teammate or dying.
During phase 2, they will combine and get two new attacks.
They always start it off with one of them, making the Lobster charge forward while the Butterfly shoots missiles forward. It's a very annoying attack, and I recommend sprinting to the side the moment you see it coming.
The Butterfly can also randomly decide to launch a laser beam from the sky, which will linger at that location, consistently dealing high damage around it.