Diablo 4 Beta: How to Earn Skill Points (The Fast Way)

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In players can gain skill points by leveling up with XP and by completing Region Progress tiers. The quickest way to gain levels and earn skill points is by completing quests on higher-difficulty World Tiers. While killing bosses is a great way to farm loot, it isn't as efficient for gaining the XP needed to get skill points. Every level rewards one skill point.

Not every class will be available to play in either the Early Access Beta or the Open Beta, but the three included in early access, Rogue, Barbarian, and Sorceress, all level at relatively the same speed. However, AoE attacks will help players to gain XP faster than more targeted attacks just through the quantity of kills. Killing can also give side quests, creating more potential XP income.

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Region Progress utilizes map discovery, like finding Waypoints or completing side quests, to gain Renown. Once players have gained enough Renown, a Region Progress tier will be unlocked, and they will gain rewards like Bonus XP, gold, and skill Points.

Only the first and third tiers of Region Progress award a skill point. Each region will have separate progress, and players will probably be able to earn skill points from gaining Renown in those other regions. As of Early Access Beta, only one region is available, Fractured Peaks. Fractured Peaks will also be the starting location for the game once it's fully released in June 2023.

World Tiers are essentially a difficulty level, and higher Tiers reward more experience. While the current beta has only two difficulty Tiers available, Adventurer and Veteran, the full release will have a total of four. The extra 20% exp from playing Veteran Tier will quickly add up,