War of Genesis: Idle Loot initially looks like a fairly simple idle RPG where your character automatically defeats enemies, gains experience, and collects gear. A few hours in, however, many more systems open up: Training Ground, Arena, World Boss, Ability Unlock, pets, wings, runes, relics, and additional heroes within each class. The game explains some of these mechanics only briefly, which makes it easy to waste valuable resources.In this guide, we'll cover the best class for beginners, which stats to prioritize, why you should buy additional heroes, how to arrange your skills correctly, where to get pets, wings, and runes, what to buy with Ether, and which systems deserve the most attention during your first few days.
Which Class to Choose in War of Genesis: Idle Loot
There are three main classes available at the start: Knight, Ranger, and Wizard. The Knight is a traditional melee fighter with strong survivability, Stun, and defensive options. The Wizard deals high skill damage but pays for it with slower attacks and noticeable gaps between powerful spells.For a fast start, Ranger is the most convenient option. The class attacks from range, clears regular enemies quickly, and has very little downtime between abilities because even its basic attacks deal solid damage. Its biggest advantage, however, is Evasion. With enough Evasion, the Ranger regularly avoids enemy attacks completely, and this works against bosses as well as ordinary monsters.Image unavailableIf you've just started playing and don't want to experiment with several builds yet, Ranger is an easy class to begin with. It farms quickly, performs well in auto-battle, and gains a useful balance of damage and survivability early enough to push into more difficult stages.
Which Ranger Skills to Upgrade
Early on, prioritize Rapid Fire and Stone Arrow. Stone Arrow works well near the start of your skill order thanks to its strong direct damage and Attack buff, while Rapid Fire strengthens one of the Ranger's biggest advantages by increasing Evasion.For stats, focus on Evasion, Attack, and Attack Speed early on, then add extra Damage and Critical Hit as your build develops. Poison Hit is much less impressive without dedicated investment into Poison Damage, so there is little reason to build your entire early setup around it.Don't try to roll perfect stats from the first few levels. While you're replacing gear constantly, maintaining solid damage and Evasion matters more than spending all your resources chasing a tiny advantage on one temporary item.
How Skill Order Works
Skill placement matters in War of Genesis: Idle Loot. Your character attempts to use abilities in the order they're placed, starting from the left side of the skill bar, so you shouldn't simply drop them into whatever slots happen to be empty.Image unavailableThe first slot should go to a skill you want the character to use whenever possible. For Ranger, you can start with Stone Arrow, place Rapid Fire after it, and then add your other offensive abilities. If several skills are ready at the same time, the character prioritizes whichever one appears earlier in the sequence.Because of this, skill order directly affects auto-battle efficiency. If a powerful or build-defining ability sits at the end of the sequence, your character may use it much less often than you expect.
Buy Additional Heroes
Each class has several heroes that gradually unlock as your account level increases. At first, buying characters from another class may seem pointless, especially if you've already settled on a main hero.However, these characters have an Owned Effect. Once purchased, they grant permanent stat bonuses regardless of whether you actively use that hero. One may add Critical Hit, another HP, while a third provides a different permanent bonus.Because of that, it's worth buying newly unlocked heroes whenever you can afford them. Individual bonuses may seem small at first, but they stack over time and eventually make a noticeable difference to your overall account power.
How to Upgrade Gear at the Blacksmith
The Blacksmith lets you work with Equipment, Accessories, Pets, Wings, Runes, Jewels, and other progression items. Extra gear can be combined to increase its tier or dismantled for Gold and special fragments.Higher-tier items can provide materials tied to the Relic system when dismantled. That means you shouldn't automatically treat every unwanted item as trash. Some pieces are better used for combining, while others should be dismantled for permanent progression.As you advance, the amount of dropped equipment increases sharply and manual sorting becomes inconvenient. This is where Auto-Combine becomes useful. It automatically combines eligible items and prevents your inventory from constantly filling up during long farming sessions.
How to Set Up Auto-Combine
The Auto-Combine settings let you choose which item tiers, levels, and categories the game can use automatically. Early on, it's better not to include absolutely everything because some items may still be useful for your current build.Image unavailableOnce gear starts dropping in large quantities, you can gradually broaden the settings. After Auto-Combine is enabled, the system processes eligible items on its own while your character continues farming.For an idle RPG, this is one of the most useful quality-of-life features. The difference is especially noticeable if you leave the game running for several hours and don't want to come back to a completely full inventory.
Don't Get Stuck on One Stage
If your character cannot clear the current stage, you don't need to manually return to an earlier one and keep pressing Retry Stage. You can simply let the hero continue auto-farming at the highest difficulty they can handle.While fighting, the character gains experience, Gold, and new items, gradually increasing their stats. After enough time, the accumulated power will usually let them clear a stage that previously seemed impossible.In most cases, there is no need to micromanage normal progression too aggressively. It's more useful to check your gear periodically, improve the main progression systems, and let the character push as far as their current stats allow.
Which Jewels to Use
Jewels add extra stats to individual pieces of equipment. For weapons, Attack and Attack % are among the most universal options because they directly increase damage in almost any type of content.On defensive gear, HP % scales well as your base health increases. Ranger players should look for Evasion on Accessories, while other suitable slots can be used for Critical Hit, Recovery, or additional offensive stats.Image unavailableDon't blindly insert your best Jewels into the first item you find. If removing an installed Jewel is limited or costly, it's better to save rare ones for gear you expect to use for a while.
What to Upgrade in Training
Training contains a tree of permanent upgrades where some stats gradually unlock access to others. Certain bonuses require several levels in earlier nodes first, so you can't always go straight to the stat you want.One of the best early priorities is PvE Attack Power. Most of your time is spent in PvE, so extra damage speeds up regular farming, stage progression, and most battles against AI-controlled enemies.After that, gradually improve Attack, Evasion, Defense, and other useful stats for your chosen class. If you often leave the game running unattended, consider Vault Expansion as well. During long AFK farming sessions, the Gold storage cap can eventually start limiting your efficiency.
How Training Ground Works
Training Ground is a separate system and should not be confused with the regular Training tree. Here, your character rolls random permanent stats, and you can reroll them in an attempt to get higher ranks and more useful bonuses.Stats come in different grades, including A and S. You can lock the results you want to keep so they remain in place during the next reroll while the other slots continue changing.Image unavailableAt low Training Ground levels, don't burn huge amounts of resources trying to create a perfect setup. While the highest grades are still extremely rare, it's enough to keep a few decent stats and continue leveling the Training Ground itself.Once better grades become more realistic, you can start serious min-maxing. Attack, Attack %, Damage, and Boss Damage are useful for most offensive builds, while Ranger also benefits from Evasion.
Which Stats Are Worth Keeping?
Early in the game, flat Attack provides a simple and noticeable increase. Later, once your character's base stats become much higher, Attack % scales better, so the relative value of these bonuses changes over time.For defense, HP % remains useful because percentage-based health continues scaling as the character grows stronger. Defense and damage reduction can also be effective, although their value depends much more on your class and specific build.Ranger players should pay extra attention to Evasion. With enough of it, the class can avoid a significant amount of incoming damage, improving survivability and allowing you to stay in harder stages for longer.
How the Arena Works
Once Arena unlocks, you can fight other players in PvP. Your character also participates when you aren't actively starting battles, as other players can attack you and those results appear in your battle history.Arena participation rewards Ether, which can be spent in the Ether Shop. The exact amount depends on your league, but even lower-tier battles provide Ether consistently, so regular participation quickly adds up.The Ether Shop sells Growth Eggs, Growth Wing Crystals, Growth Rune Orbs, and other useful items. Even if PvP itself isn't particularly interesting to you, the Arena is still worth using because it feeds several permanent progression systems.
What to Buy in the Ether Shop
One of your first useful purchases can be a Growth Egg. It gives you a pet, and some pets provide permanent bonuses such as increased EXP gain, helping your character level faster.Image unavailableAfter that, you can move on to Growth Rune Orbs and Growth Wing Crystals. The best priority depends on what your current build is missing.Because some rewards roll a random tier or result, you shouldn't expect a single purchase to immediately give you the perfect high-rank item.
How to Get Wings
Wings are tied to several progression systems. One of the first ways to obtain them is through the World Boss after the mode becomes available. Your first participation awards Wings of Defense, while ranking rewards can provide additional Wing Crystals.Extra wing resources can also be obtained through other systems, including the Ether Shop. Once you get your first pair, check the Wings section of your character menu. Owning wings provides additional stats, making them another permanent source of account power.You'll continue upgrading and collecting wings alongside the rest of your progression systems, so they should not be treated as purely cosmetic items.
How to Get a Growth Rune
A Growth Rune Orb can be purchased from the Ether Shop using Arena currency. If you participate in PvP regularly, you'll gradually build up enough Ether even without trying to reach the very top of the rankings.The Runes you obtain can be upgraded, combined, or dismantled depending on their quality. Like several other progression systems in the game, part of the process relies on random results, so you won't assemble a perfect set immediately.During the early game, a few useful Runes are enough. Serious filtering by tier and stats is better left until later progression.
How the World Boss Works
World Boss becomes available after progressing through the early stages. The fight lasts for a limited time, and each time your character defeats the current version of the boss, a stronger level appears. You continue pushing until the timer expires or your character can no longer keep up.Your result depends on the damage dealt, the highest boss level reached, and your ranking against other players. A character around level 40 with similarly leveled gear may reach roughly the eighth boss level in an early setup, although the result varies heavily with class, stats, and skill selection.The mode matters for more than ranking rewards. World Boss is also tied to Wings and resources for Ability Unlock, so once it becomes available, it's worth using your available attempts regularly.
How Ability Unlock Works
After your first World Boss battle, another permanent-stat system becomes available: Ability Unlock. Its basic idea resembles Training Ground. You roll random stats, lock the results you want to keep, and reroll the rest.Early on, Attack is a solid universal choice. If you manage to roll several offensive stats at once, they directly speed up normal stage progression and boss fights.Image unavailableLater, percentage-based bonuses become more valuable because they scale better with higher base stats. Ability Unlock also rewards certain matching combinations, so building several connected stats can be more effective than simply keeping four unrelated high-rank bonuses.
Don't Spend All Your Ability Unlock Currency at Once
Unlock Stones used for Ability Unlock are limited, so the same rule applies here as in Training Ground. Don't try to roll a perfect set of stats during your first few days.At first, it's enough to keep several decent offensive or defensive bonuses and continue developing the rest of your account. Once higher grades become available and you have a steadier supply of resources, you can return to Ability Unlock for serious min-maxing.Otherwise, you risk spending most of your stockpile on stats that you'll replace a few levels later anyway.
Are the Paid Packs Worth It?
The War of Genesis: Idle Loot shop includes several Contracts and permanent bonuses that speed up progression. Blessing of the First Journey expands Inventory and Storage capacity while also increasing Gold Gain, EXP Gain, and Equipment Drop Rate.Expedition Contract adds PvE Attack Power, PvE Defense, and Stun Resistance while also providing Training Tokens. Subjugator's Contract improves Boss Damage, reduces PvE damage taken, and provides Unlock Stones for Ability Unlock.Gladiator's Contract stands apart because it focuses on PvP. It increases PvP damage dealt, reduces PvP damage taken, and provides additional Arena Tickets. Its value therefore depends directly on how actively you plan to play Arena.
Do You Need Gladiator's Contract?
If you're only interested in PvE and regular idle farming, Gladiator's Contract is not essential. Its main benefits are designed for Arena, where extra Tickets let you fight more often and earn Ether faster.For active PvP players, the damage bonuses also provide a noticeable advantage. Faster Ether income means earlier access to pets, Runes, and Wing materials as well.Because of that, Gladiator's Contract makes the most sense as a way to accelerate Arena-based progression rather than as a mandatory purchase for every player.
What to Do With Gold Bars and Diamonds
While farming, you can obtain items that convert directly into currency. Gold Bars can be exchanged for Gold, while Diamond-related items are tied to a separate part of the game's economy.Diamonds are especially important because they are used for both Altar progression and Steam Community Market listings. The game generates one Diamond roughly every four hours and can store only a limited number at once. Listing an eligible item on the Marketplace consumes one Diamond.Because of that, don't spend Diamonds carelessly. If you plan to use the Steam Community Market, remember that every item you list consumes this resource.
How to Sell Items on the Steam Market
War of Genesis: Idle Loot allows some loot to be listed on the Steam Community Market. Open Marketplace in the game, select an eligible item, and list it for sale. The item is then transferred into the corresponding Steam inventory system.Image unavailableBefore setting the final price, check what the item is currently selling for on the Community Market. Don't rely only on any automatically suggested value because current player listings can differ significantly.Steam Guard confirmation may be required before the listing becomes active. If you plan to trade regularly, set up mobile confirmations in advance so you don't have to deal with unnecessary delays every time.
What to Upgrade First
During your first few days, there is no reason to try to perfect every progression system at once. It's much more efficient to choose a main class first, put together a decent skill setup, and stabilize your regular farming.If you're starting as Ranger, develop Rapid Fire and Stone Arrow while prioritizing Evasion and Attack. As new heroes unlock, buy them for their Owned Effects, keep improving your equipment, and enable Auto-Combine once the volume of dropped items becomes difficult to manage manually.In Training, gradually work toward PvE Attack Power. In Training Ground, keep generally useful stats at first instead of chasing a perfect roll. Once Arena opens, start collecting Ether and consider getting a pet. After World Boss becomes available, participate regularly for Ability Unlock resources, Wings, and other rewards.Serious min-maxing is better saved until the main systems are unlocked and you have a stable flow of resources. Before that, overall account progression matters more than squeezing a few extra percentage points out of one specific stat.
What Beginners Should Know
Character strength in War of Genesis: Idle Loot comes from a large number of small permanent upgrades. A single character level or rare item does not determine your progress on its own. Owned Effects from additional heroes, Training, Training Ground, pets, wings, Runes, Ability Unlock, Jewels, and rewards from different game modes all play meaningful roles.Don't focus only on your main equipment. Gradually unlock additional systems, buy new heroes for their permanent bonuses, participate in Arena and World Boss, and be careful when spending resources on random stat rerolls.For the simplest start, Ranger with a focus on Evasion and Attack remains a convenient option. Rapid Fire and Stone Arrow work well early on, high Evasion helps you survive stronger enemies, and a good skill order improves auto-battle efficiency. Once those foundations are in place, you can gradually move toward more complicated stat combinations and full min-maxing.
