That’s because the World Tier’s first effect is on enemy levels. Like we said at the beginning, Outrider’s World Tier is basically the same as a difficulty setting. You won’t revert back to an already unlocked level, though - your World Tier XP will only reduce to zero. When you die, you’ll lose some of the XP going into unlocking the next World Tier. That means that to unlock World Tier 5, you’ll need to kill enemies on the World Tier 4 setting - setting it to World Tier 3 or lower won’t add any XP toward unlocking World Tier 5. Only XP earned from your highest available World Tier goes toward unlocking the next.
When you kill enough enemies to fill the World Tier bar (at the top of your HUD under your level XP gauge), you’ll unlock the next level. The yellow World Tier XP gauge tracks your progress to the next difficulty. Only XP earned from killing enemies goes toward World Tier, so completing quests and main story missions do not add to your World Tier XP. Increasing World Tier (World Tier leveling)Īs you kill enemies in Outriders, you’ll earn XP toward both your Outrider’s level and the World Tier level. Hover over the chest at the bottom of the World Tier tile to claim it. This menu is also where you’ll pick up rewards for unlocking new World Tiers. There’s also a setting in the World Tier menu to automatically set the World Tier to the highest available - which is usually the best idea. Hovering over each World Tier tile will pop up information about that World Tier’s effects. This is also where you’ll claim rewards for unlocking new levels. Hovering over a World Tier tile lists the effects. Open the pause menu, and the first option is World Tier. You’re in control of what World Tier setting you’re playing, and can change it whenever you want.
World Tier determines things like how hard the enemies you face are and the quality of drops you’ll pick up. Everyone starts on story, or World Tier 1. It starts with story difficulty and progresses through easy and then 13 more increasingly difficult settings - for 15 total difficulty settings.
Understanding World TierĪt its most basic, Outriders’ World Tier is the same as difficulty.
In this Outriders World Tier guide, we’ll explain the World Tier system, how to change the setting, and talk about the World Tier’s effects (and why you’ll usually want to play on the hardest setting you can manage). It’s a little more nuanced than just difficulty, though. World Tier determines how tough your enemies are and what kind of loot you’ll get. The Hero menu's skills tab contains detailed information about each skill and its use.Outriders’ World Tier system works a lot like a difficulty setting in other games. Skills are labeled with Keywords that describe an aspect of the Class. Some large Class Tree nodes grant bonuses to all skills labeled with a particular keyword (for more information go to Class Tree). To use the other 8 skills you first need to equip them in one of the 3 available Skill Slots. Note that it is possible to swap the equipped skillset at any time, although you cannot unequip a skill that is currently in Cooldown. Your basic skill is an Anomaly Push and every Class has its own version. Some skills provide buffs for you and your party, increase your mobility, or interrupt enemy movement and attacks.Skills can inflict Status effects on enemies: crowd control, damage over time, or debuffs (for more information o to Enemies: Status Effects).Skills can deal damage based on your character's Anomaly Power (a value you can check in Player Stats, accessed in the Hero menu's Inventory tab).These are your special abilities that can have various effects: Upon leveling up you may unlock a new skill.