Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Patch 7.5: Gluttony, Void Reaping, and Cross Reaping further potency buffs
Patch 7.45: Void Reaping, Cross Reaping, Grim Reaping and Sacrificium got potency boosts. 20/20/20/100
Patch 7.3: Some AoE buffs so that damage falloff is only 20%. More important is that Enshroud now has a 5 second cooldown. This makes the 2min window and double Enshroud extremely easy.

New? Got too many skills? Made the mistake of using a level skip and have no idea what anything does? Just hate reading? Try this guide out!

This guide seeks to teach new Reapers how to Reaper properly, without getting too deep into optimization. I'll be showing off and explaining some openers but not delving too much deeper beyond that and general skill usage. Endgame is a long way away and there's lots to learn along the way. Start slow and work your way up one skill at a time! Then, graduate to more advanced guides.

General DPSing Guide: youtu.be/QV7gLorSweo
Melee Role Actions Guide: youtu.be/Wuhci5l7Xl4
Guide to my HUD: youtu.be/GgXOHas9GyY
Dictionary of Terms: youtu.be/Oi8-myAY-Uc

Opener images: imgur.com/a/Rds7Lqk

Dawntrail 1-100 Guides Full Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoXER4idrFLZTFHQXlLzGIwGgNti_yKiS

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Timestamps:
Video Outline: 0:00
Playstyle Summary 1:41
Requirements: 2:16
Role Actions: 2:30
L50. Soul Gauge: 2:53
L60. Melee Mastery: 3:07
L1, L5, L30. Slice Combo: 3:15
L10. Shadow of Death: 3:43
L60. Soul Slice: 4:45
L50, 70. Blood Stalk and Enhanced Avatar: 5:14
L70. Gibbet, Gallows, Unveiled Gibbet and Unveiled Gallows: 5:53
Mini-Review of Toolkit thus far: 7:44
L25, L45. Spinning Scythe Combo: 8:15
L35. Whorl of Death: 8:44
L65. Soul Scythe: 9:36
L55. Grim Swathe: 10:03
L70. Guillotine: 10:36
L15. Harpe: 11:24
L20. Hell's Ingress and Hell's Egress: 12:00
L40. Arcane Crest 13:16
L70. Opener: 13:46
L70. AoE "Opener": 16:00
L72. Arcane Circle: 17:18
L74. Hellsgate and Regress: 17:58
L76. Gluttony: 19:05
L78. Tempered Soul: 20:13
L80. Shroud Gauge, Enshroud, Void Reaping, Cross Reaping, and Grim Reaping: 21:00
L80. Opener: 23:23
L80. AoE "Opener": 24:15
L82: Soulsow and Harvest Moon: 24:41
L84. Enhanced Arcane Crest: 26:21
L84. Melee Mastery II: 27:09
L86. Void Soul, Lemure's Slice and Lemure's Scythe: 27:15
L88. Enhanced Arcane Circle and Plentiful Harvest: 28:37
L90. Communio: 30:17
L90. Opener: 31:25
L90. AoE "Opener": 33:11
L92. Enhanced Enshroud and Sacrificium: 34:15
L94. Melee Mastery III: 34:50
L96. Enhanced Gluttony and Executioner's Gibbet, Gallows, and Guillotine: 34:57
L100. Enhanced Plentiful Harvest and Perfectio: 35:42
L100. Opener: 36:49
L100. AoE "Opener": 39:43
Outro: 42:02

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