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As soon as one of your professions inBrighter Shoreshits level 20, you’ll gain access to theKnowledge Pointssystem. With Knowledge Points, you may essentially make a fairly grindy game a bit less so, either by engaging in passive EXP that continues after you log out, by giving direct EXP boosts to one of your professions, or by converting the point into silver.
Some of these choices are better than others, and having a fundamental grasp of the way in which Knowledge Points operate can help you to make informed decisions that will speed you through menus on your road to mastery of Brighter Shores' vibrant world.
What Are Knowledge Points In Brighter Shores?
Knowledge Points are not unlocked until you reach level 20 in a profession for the first time,so you needn’t concern yourself with them throughout your earliest hours roaming Hopeport in Brighter Shores.
Once you hit that point - for us, it was with theGuardprofession -a pop-up introduces the system. But the in-game explanation can be a bit vague, so here’s how it works:as you use profession-specific actions, your Knowledge Point percentage bar steadily rises.
At 100 percent,a single Knowledge Point is gained. You havethree primary choicesas to what to spend it on.
Passive Activities
You can elect to unlock aPassive EXPsource froma specific monster or gathering task. Your professions must reach minimum levels for each available task -a level 20 Guard can engage in the Passive EXP system for Street Lice, for instance.
AFishercan spend timefishing for particular species as outlined by the Knowledge Point’s unlock, while aForagerwill tap into the same mechanic, albeit forparticular sources of foraging. Easy enough.
The nice thing about Passive EXP is thatyou can log out of the game after starting up the specified task, and you’ll continue to gain EXP until you log back in.
Well,not quite- it’s a bit more complicated.Gathering classes require a tool for offline EXP-gaining.These toolseventually fill up to the point that no more Passive EXP can be earned before logging back in, though it takes several hours.
Convert To EXP
You can alsogain a lump sum of EXP for any profession that’s at least level 20. Which is to say,if you gain a Knowledge Point while grinding as one 20+ profession, you can actually use that point for a different profession.
This is an excellent way tobuild levels in professions you’re not quite as enamored with, or professions that just happen to be at a much lower level. If I gain a Knowledge Point as alevel 40 Guard, I can get a chunk of EXP toraise my level 21 Chef, and so forth.
Convert To Silver
Lastly, you’re able to choose totransform the Knowledge Point into silver. At least at the early-to-mid profession levels,the payout is kind of awful, so we’d advise against this path.
This is a common complaint among Early Access players, sothe payout may increase in future updates to Brighter Shores. But then, since this is Early Access, bear in mind thateverythingwe cover could change in time!
What Should You Spend Your Knowledge Points On?
To a degree, it’s up to personal taste, of course. But in our travels through Brighter Shores, we’ve kind of reached a consensus thatthe instant EXP is the savviest choice overall.
Mind you,even the instant EXP offerings aren’t great. But sinceyou gain Knowledge Points at a reasonably steady clip, this is more or less mitigated by the relative rapidity of them.Some actions garner multiple percentage points at once, even.
You should probably go ahead andunlock one Passive Action per profession, just so you’re getting a bit while you’re logged out. But frankly,Passive EXP is dismal- at least, in Brighter Shores' earliest early-access days.
