How to Copy a Local Character in Last Epoch for Mastery Choice Experimentation
I wanted to share a little guide I put together for those of you who, like me, found themselves facing the tough decision of choosing a mastery without being fully informed about their options. This guide is particularly helpful if you wish to try out different masteries before committing, as the choice is irreversible once made.
First off, I want to clarify that I completely respect the developers’ decision regarding the mastery choice system. However, for some players, including myself, making such a permanent decision without proper exploration of all options wasn’t ideal. Ultimately, this process actually helped me make a more informed decision, leading me to pick “runemaster” over my initial inclination towards “spellblade”.
It’s important to note that this method works for offline/non-online characters only. If you’ve already picked a mastery, you need to modify it using an external save-edit tool. If your character is online, unfortunately, there’s currently no way to edit your mastery.
Now, onto the method:
- Exit the game completely.
- Navigate to the save folder location: This is typically found at %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Eleventh Hour Games/Last Epoch/Saves
- Back up the entire /Saves folder: It’s crucial to do this step to prevent any accidental loss of progress. I cannot stress this enough, and am not responsible for broken saves.
- Copy the character save: Look for a file named something like 1CHARACTERSLOT_BETA_0 where the number at the end represents your slot. Copy then rename this copy to a new slot, for example, 1CHARACTERSLOT_BETA_1
- Edit the name value: Open the copied file and find the “characterName” field. Change the value to something that helps you differentiate between your saves easily.
- Create the backup of the edited file: Before proceeding, make sure to copy this file and rename it by adding .bak at the end.
- Launch the game: Once you’ve completed the above steps, relaunch Last Epoch and verify that your new copy appears in the character selection screen.
FAQ
What’s the easiest class for a beginner?
I love necromancy as a summoner. There is a catch though! You have to go all in, or forget it. That means all your gear and passives need to be geared for minions and not you. With a 1000% + bonus to minions damage and defence, they’re pretty much going to stamp over everything. You just need to dodge attacks and let your minions do all the work.
Acolyte is pretty straightforward if you stick to the playstyle of the chosen mastery (minion for necro, curses for warlock and Lich isn’t a clear cut but basically using Lich form).
Sorcerer is super straightforward too.
Why cant I put points in mastery passives?
You have to spend 20 point into yout base classe. You also have to progress past a certain point in the game.
Bug when entering the time rift to unlock your mastery
That is just the servers on delay, click it once, see if there’s a text saying “Entering [location you’re entering]” up top, if so, then just wait… grab a coffee basically. Re-entering the game can help you too.
What Mastery for Primalist?
The easiest route would be Shaman but you can make a Druid or a Beast thingy with lightning build if you really want to.
Shaman will have the most passive skills that can increase lightning damage
But if you like druid active skills better, go for druid but keep in mind you will need specific gear to make a lightning build be strong for end game.
How to check skill before choosing mastery?
You can preview every skill, specialization nodes and character mastery passive trees starting from the second your new character loads into the game.
Just back out of the mastery selection and start browsing.
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