Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the eleventh installment in the franchise. The game takes players more than two thousand years back in time. While the events of the Peloponnesian War unfold, gamers will play one of two mercenaries, with the option to side with Athens or Sparta. Odyssey is a completely new setting, with much more of an emphasis on role-playing than the previous Assassin’s Creed titles.

However, AC Odyssey does take quite a while to complete. Mercenaries will need to log in hours upon hours to complete the entire game. Luckily, there are a few ways to expedite the process of reaching the level 99 cap.

Story Creator Mode

Gamers need to make sure they activate the Story Creator mode in the in-game settings. The mode will give players a handful of additional quests to complete. Several of the Story Creator mode quests have very high experience rewards for just a few minutes of gameplay.

The following sections will cover creator quests and where to find them. There are also a few other options for gamers that do not want to exploit the Story Creator quests.

Battle In The Cursed Valley Of Pali

Players can find the quest titled “Battle” on the westernmost land in the Kephallonia Islands. To get the quest to appear in-game, gamers will need to link their Ubisoft Club account to their in-game account. The quest marker will appear as a blue exclamation point on the map to the south of the Cursed Valley of Pali.

Players will receive a total of 35,000 experience points for completing the quest, which takes just a few minutes. The quest is a simple “kill all enemies” objective that will not require very much preparation or strategy. Assassins can hop in, kill a few bad guys, and reap the rewards.

Rulodoll In Mount Anos

The next quest assassins can complete is essentially just an experience farming quest. Just like the previous entry, players can find this Story Creator quest in the AC Odyssey Hub. Assassins should initiate the quest and speak with the NPC on Mount Anos in Markos’s Vineyard. Then, they should choose the first option in the dialogue, and that is the entire quest.

Without doing anything but traveling to the location, players can farm the quest for experience. The quest will award assassins around 2,000 XP every time it is completed. It is mind-numbing to complete over and over, but probably the easiest quest available in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. With an XP boost, the quest will level up characters quickly.

Conquest Battles

Assassins that prefer playing the base game instead of completing created quests need to keep an eye out for conquest battles. Each of the battles will give out around 50,000 XP as a reward. The battles are quick and not very challenging.

There is a specific location in the center of Boeotia that is very close to the Fort of Platia. Players can complete all of the objectives in the Fort, which will rewards players with tens of thousands of XP. After raiding the fort, it is time to complete the conquest and travel back to the fort to loot it again.

The Arena

The Arena is always an effective way to gain a lot of XP in a relatively short period of time. Gamers that have not unlocked the arena yet have not yet progressed far enough through the story. The Arena is located all the way in the southeast of the map in Pephka. Fights in the arena take a lot less time than many of the other options. Assassins will receive 35,000 XP if they win the fight, which is amazing for the quick objective.

Challengers will be level 50, so this option is better suited for gamers at higher levels. Like the other options, fighting in the Arena will get stale after a while, but it is a viable option for leveling up. There is a questline tied to the Arena, so players will need to speak with the Mercenary and complete all of the objectives before they will be able to re-play it.

Complete Bounties

Gamers can also look at the message boards for bounties. There is a message board in every region, and there should be at least one bounty to complete in each. Bounties are still one of the most efficient ways to gain experience in Odyssey. Assassins that have multiple bounties in one location should activate an XP boost and complete them all at once.

Main Quests

Re-playing some of the quests in the main storyline is a good way to get XP without any downtime. Assassins will earn XP throughout the entire mission and the quests can break up the monotony of the other options.

It might not be exciting to revisit previously completed story beats, but they do serve as dependable sources of XP.

PC XP Glitch

For players on PC, there is an XP glitch that can be used to reach the level cap insanely fast. Unfortunately, the glitch will only work on PC versions 1.0-1.21. New players should probably not use this method, as it will ruin the gaming experience. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s immersive story will not feel as exciting if players are beating up on every enemy in the game.

  • Bind the secondary weapon and crouch to the same key When an enemy is down, press the recruit button over and over Make sure to not execute the recruit and the character will get XP indefinitely for the motion

Because the menu for keybinds is not available on console, only PC gamers can exploit the mechanic.

Infinite Double XP

People are now able to get a free two hour XP boost at the club store in game. Instead of leaving the XP boost active, gamers can pause it while playing the game. If they wait to activate it right before a quest is turned in, players can get the extra XP without running down the timer more than a few seconds. Repeat this process during the story and it will easily get the character to level 30. Also, gamers should remember to activate the XP boost before completing one of the many general quests in the game.

Of course, people can always just purchase the infinite XP boost from the store. It is one of the most worthwhile boosts to purchase because it stays active for multiple characters. Whether players decide to cheat the system or just buy the indefinite XP boost, they will reach the max level in no time.