Don't rush to follow the novice guide at the beginning. The first option will let you choose the initial beast. Remember to choose the fire cub. Don't ask why, the problem is that the fire restraint range is too wide in the early stage. From the North Sea Icefield to the Buzhou Mountain Ruins, 70% of the wild monsters suffer fire damage. The water type seems to have a long battery life, but insufficient output in the early stage will slow down the pace of map pushing. The difference in time is enough for you to clear the secret realm three times.
Physical planning is the core threshold of this game. The 120 stamina given every day plus the natural recovery is enough to push four pictures. My suggestion is not to touch any branch dungeons on the first day, and go straight to Chapter 8 of the main quest to get the qualification to hatch Kunpeng eggs. Kunpeng is the most cost-effective flying mount in the early stage. It can double your movement speed on the big map. This has a greater impact on speedrunning than any equipment.
Then when it comes to the egg hatching mechanism, many people have been fooled by this. Although the ancient mythical beast eggs with a long incubation time have a high growth limit, they cannot be raised in the early stage and require a large amount of alchemy materials. My strategy is to first train Kunpeng to level 30 and unlock the "Sky Up" skill. This skill can trigger a critical hit for all when fighting Nuwa in the trial. Combined with the range-burning fire cubs, it can clear out a wave of elite monsters in two rounds. Wait until you get the Xuanwu Armor in Chapter 3 and then go back and hatch the Green Dragon Egg. At this time, your resources can just support the second main force.
In popular terms, the lineup is "one tank, one tank, three outputs", but there is a hidden mechanism here: placing mythical beasts with the same attributes in adjacent positions will give them a bond bonus. I actually measured that after the fire element triggers the bond, the attack power increases by 15%. This value is critical to the checkpoint. Therefore, try to gather three fire-types in the early stage. Even if the quality is lower, don't mix and match, because the bond bonus is calculated by percentage. After the buff is full, the purple-quality phoenix output can stabilize the orange unicorn without bonds.
Remember to look at the day when brushing materials. Monday to Wednesday is the fire element secret realm, Thursday and Friday are the wood element, and all attributes are open on weekends. Determine the main players you want to train and then brush them accordingly. Don't waste your energy on hitting every material. Don't try to draw ten consecutive gold coins in the early stage. Save 20,000 and go directly to the black market to buy breakthrough stones. This is a shortcut ignored by countless people. I have calculated that with the same resources, buying breakthrough stones can provide about twice the increase in combat power than drawing cards. It is a sure profit until Chapter 4.
I almost forgot to mention the priority of skill upgrades. First, level up the group attack skills to the full level, then level up the passive and critical skills, and finally level up the single target skills. Efficiency is always the first priority for speedrunning. If you can't take it away in one wave, you will know what it means to be uncomfortable when you play the Chang'e branch. Finally, you must finish the arena every day. Even if you lose, you will still be rewarded for participating. If you add up, you can exchange for awakening materials. It is not a dream for the whole team to awaken once a week.
That's probably all. If you follow this routine, you should be able to reach the threshold of Gonggong BOSS on the fifth day. Let's talk about what lineup we will bring to pierce Buzhou Mountain at that time. I'm going to farm the Fire Qilin👋