Beginner build guides Compendium (for AoM + FG expansions)

[tqFan]

Ulvar1 is the author of this compendium.

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▧ What and why is this compendium?

Most of these builds are already included in the ”real” compendium but might be hard to find. From my experience on discord, reddit etc, most people do not even know that these build guides exists. Perhaps by moving them to a separate compendium can make these builds and guides a bit easier to find and link to.

A common thing on the forum is to hide text within ”spoiler boxes”.
To read what’s inside them, click on them.
These spoilers are marked with a ►

F.A.Q.

Beginner builds – what are they?

Items are key for making good builds in Grim Dawn (GD). As a new player, you naturally have no items, so how to make a good build that can farm items? These builds and guides can help you with that, they are kind of ”transition” builds, something you can make even with terrible RNG luck. The builds are focused around faction items, “target farmable” green Monster infrequent (MI) items with not too good rolls (target farmable means you can target a monster or area and you have high chance to get them compared to random drop legendary items). Also some blue items (epic) are used since they have much higher drop chance than legendaries.

Most of these builds also contain leveling advice, some have journals to show real life examples of builds in various stages of the progress.

Some of these builds also uses the target farmable legendary sets Krieg’s Armament and Dark One’s Gift.

But what about this or that build guide I saw on reddit / youtube?

I have limited myself to include the build guides that are posted here on this forum. The guides included have a dedicated thread and follow the “philosophies” of beginner build like focuses on faction items and easy to get monster infrequents as described above.

Patches – is the build still viable?

Patches in Grim Dawn does not work the same way as in say Path of Exile. Even if a guide is 3-4 patches old, it is still 95%-100% accurate. Given that the purpose of these build guides are to help you get a char to start doing end-game, you should not care about it being ”old” or ”outdated”. You can also just ask in the thread for that particular guide if there is some important item or skill change.

What is more relevant is if the endgame - Best in Slot (BiS) geared builds that are often presented last in these guides are updated and viable. But the leveling and budget gearing part is as mentioned 95%-100% accurate and relevant.

Build uses items with variable rolls – how can I even try to replicated those?

Green items can be very powerful and drop way more often than legendaries (purples). The presented builds are just examples, never try to get exactly those rolls of affixes. Instead, try to puzzling good greens that you have found to cover resistances and stats like offensive ability (OA) and defensive ability (DA).

A particular kind of green item type is “Monster Infrequent” (MI) which very often give very nice skill bonuses. They drop from fixed monster sources so they are pretty easy to get. Mind though, a perfect roll might take forever to get, but a perfect roll is not needed for a build to “work”. Get around 5 or so of each MI and save them in your stash. Then you combine them together with other items that you find and faction gear to cover resistances etc.

What builds are HC viable?

For me, HC success is about your own play style and playing skills. Also, I think most people start with softcore to learn about the game and builds first. Some authors here only play HC, like Stupid_Dragon so check out his builds maybe. But again, he is an experienced and good player and builder, just because he was able to pull if off will not mean that you necessarily will. Vitality casters are also a safe bet, mostly because the amount of life steal they have. Finally soldier based builds can also provide the extra defenses for HC if you are new.

Playstyles - what are they?

Personally I think the most important thing is to figure out what playstyle fit you most, what do you enjoy playing? In this compendium builds are sorted in playstyle so it will be easier for you to pinpoint what builds looks interesting for you to try out.

You can learn more about playstyles in this guide Builds types and styles in GD

• [Caster] - a generic tag for casters. Here are some important sub-categories:

  • [Spam caster] - have its main spell(s) as skills that scales with casting speed and have essentially no cooldown.
  • [Cooldown caster] - have its main spell(s) as skills that have cooldown and thus make it ideal for kiting/“hit and run”.
  • [Channeler] - a build that has to “channel” a skill to do damage. Eye of Reckoning counts as one, even though it scales with attack speed instead of casting speed.
  • [2H Caster] : for any caster that uses a two-hander weapon. No cooldown Forcewave counts as one.
  • [Shield Caster] : for any caster that uses a shield for whatever reason, builds based around Aegis of Menhir and cooldown Forcewave automatically count as one.

• [DW Melee] - a melee autoattack build that hits enemies with two weapons;

• [2H Melee] - a melee autoattack build that hits enemies with a two-hander;

• [Shield Melee] - a melee autoattack build that carries a shield;

• [Melee Hybrid] - a hybrid of a melee autoattack build and caster, implies that a good chunk of damage is going to be from other sources, like cooldown spells and pseudo pets;

• [DW Ranged] - a ranged autoattack build that hits enemies with two weapons;

• [2H Ranged] - a ranged autoattack build that hits enemies with a two-hander;

• [Pets] - summoners and the kind; There are two kinds of pets, those that scale with pet bonuses and those that scales with player bonuses (pseudo-pets) often when we talk about pets in GD we refer to pets that scales with pet bonuses.

• [Pets / Player] - builds which have pets scaling with pet bonuses and player scaled skills both dealing significant damage

• [Skater] – Vire might skill, you skate back and forth dealing damage and activate procs. Fast movement means you can be quite efficient farming totems and materials for crafting.

I got stuck - what should I do?

You can read the other guides linked in the bottom of this page. You can also make a forum account and ask the author in the guide you are trying to follow. Also make sure to read all the comments in the guide thread, there might be others who have asked the same question.

You can also join the official discord Grim Dawn and ask there - try to be specific and explain what guide you are following and what you are trying to do and are having problems with.

▧ Beginner build guides:

The formatting is as follows:

Link to guide thread	main damage type	class	author

Here are the different classes (a class = two masteries) source:
https://grimdawn.fandom.com/wiki/Masteries

▧ Beginner build guides:

Builds sorted by classes and masteries

 

Soldier

Pure Soldier Beginner Forcewave 1-75 Leveling Guide	Physical	Soldier	sp00ky
Budget Physical AAR Battlemage	Physical	Battlemage	The_Coyote
Beginner’s 2H melee Lucius Battlemage	Aether	Battlemage	Nery
Budget S&B Physical Battlemage	Physical	Battlemage	The_Coyote
Beginners Phantasmal blades Spite Blademaster	Pierce	Blademaster	supertolik
Budget cold DW melee Blademaster	Cold	Blademaster	Nery
Beginner’s Forgotten Blademaster	Pierce	Blademaster	Stupid_Dragon
American dream: from 0 to beating endgame	Pierce	Blademaster	banana_peel
Budget Alkamos’ Scythe Cold Cadence Blademaster	Cold	Blademaster	The_Coyote
Beginner’s Fire Blade Arc Commando	Fire	Commando	teppieteptep
Beginner’s Apex Death Knight	Physical	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s pre-Krieg Death Knight	Physical	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Apostle Death Knight	Pets	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
[Tactician] Serving the Light	Aether	Tactician	Evil_Baka
Beginner’s/budget DW pierce ranged Tactician	Pierce	Tactician	Nery
Voldrakian Cadence Warder – SSF journal and guide	Physical	Warder	Ulvar1
Beginner’s Lightning Warder	Lightning	Warder	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Hybrid Pet Warder - The Mogdrogen Cleaver	Pets / Physical	Warder	gargabolo
The Fakeuisher - Physical Skater Warlord	Physical	Warlord	MysteryMeat
Budget Physical Forcewave Warlord	Physical	Warlord	The_Coyote
Blitz Krieg - A SSF, HC-Viable, New-Player-Friendly Warlord	Physical	Warlord	Ceno
Budget Physical Cadence S&B Warlord	Physical	Warlord	The_Coyote
Beginner’s Physical Two-Hand melee Blade Arc Witchblade	Physical	Witchblade	Nery
Budget Physical Cadence-Blitz S&B Witchblade	Physical	Witchblade	The_Coyote

Demolitionist

Beginner’s Fire Blade Arc Commando	Fire	Commando	teppieteptep
Beginner’s Pre-Gargabol’s Defiler	Vitality	Defiler	thepowerofmediocrity
Beginner’s Sparky Elementalist	Lightning	Elementalist	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner Storm Box + Stun Jacks Purifier from scratch	Lightning	Purifier	teppieteptep
Budget Lightning DW Ranged Purifier	Lightning	Purifier	Nery
Budget 2-handed ranged “The Desolator” Fire Strike Fire Purifier	Fire	Purifier	The_Coyote
Ruinous Apostle - chaos caster	Chaos	Pyromancer	Evil_Baka
Budget cold DW melee Saboteur - the journey!	Cold	Saboteur	Nery
Spin2win Shieldbreaker from A to Z	Fire	Shieldbreaker	Nery & Ulvar1
ssf shieldbreaker mortar trap blackwater cocktail	Fire	Shieldbreaker	Dabuwa87

Occultist

Budget Fire Pet Conjurer - 75-76 Farmer, easy main game	Pets	Conjurer	Skelemental
Petwalker - Walking Simulator Budget Pet Conjurer	Pets	Conjurer	Maya
Beginner’s vitality caster Conjurer guide	Vitality	Conjurer	Nery
SSF Budget Bleed & Chaos Pet Conjurer	Pets	Conjurer	Ulvar1
Beginner’s Vitality Ignaffar Deceiver	Vitality	Deceiver	Salvor
Beginner’s/budget vitality RE Oppressor + Cabalist version	Vitality	Oppressor/Cabalist	Nery
Ruinous Apostle - chaos caster	Chaos	Pyromancer	Evil_Baka
Beginner’s/budget acid Sentinel	Acid	Sentinel	Nery
Dreeg’s Evil Eye Sentinel - leveling and beginner build	Acid	Sentinel	tqFan
Beginner’s Shield Caster Sentinel - SSF	Vitality	Sentinel	thepowerofmediocrity
how to play sigil of consumption - first character/hardcore/ravager	Vitality	Sentinel	mostmost
Vanquisher Fire Sentinel, semi-beginner friendly and practically farmable	Fire	Sentinel	Udars
Trozan’s Ice Shards - A cold Warlock Beginner Guide	Cold	Warlock	Monceaux
The Rookie Bloodsworn - A chaos Warlock Beginner Guide	Chaos	Warlock	Monceaux
Beginner’s Acid Shadow Strike Witch Hunter Guide	Acid	Witch Hunter	Silent_N
Beginner’s Physical Two-Hand melee Blade Arc Witchblade	Physical	Witchblade	Nery
Budget Physical Cadence-Blitz S&B Witchblade	Physical	Witchblade	The_Coyote

Nightblade

Beginners Phantasmal blades Spite Blademaster	Pierce	Blademaster	supertolik
Budget cold DW melee Blademaster	Cold	Blademaster	Nery
Beginner’s Forgotten Blademaster	Pierce	Blademaster	Stupid_Dragon
American dream: from 0 to beating endgame	Pierce	Blademaster	banana_peel
Budget Alkamos’ Scythe Cold Cadence Blademaster	Cold	Blademaster	The_Coyote
Beginner’s Virulent Dervish	Acid	Dervish	Stupid_Dragon
Cold DW Caster Infiltrator | SSF Beginner guide, leveling & Advanced	Cold	Infiltrator	tqFan
The blue monster - budget DW melee cold Infiltrator, Gladiator 150-170	Cold	Infiltrator	Nery
Beginner’s Shadow Strike Infiltrator	Cold	Infiltrator	banana_peel
Beginner’s Phantom Infiltrator	Cold	Infiltrator	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Phantasmal Blades Reaper	Vitality	Reaper	Stupid_Dragon
Budget cold DW melee Saboteur - the journey!	Cold	Saboteur	Nery
BYOB (Build Your Own Breaker)	Cold	Spellbreaker	Xervous
Ultimate Hardcore Spellbreaker- Ice Cold Scoundrel	Cold	Spellbreaker	JY_626
Beginner’s/budget DW cold melee Trickster	Cold	Trickster	Nery
Beginner’s Acid Shadow Strike Witch Hunter Guide	Acid	Witch Hunter	Silent_N

Arcanist

Budget Physical AAR Battlemage	Physical	Battlemage	The_Coyote
Beginner’s 2H melee Lucius Battlemage	Aether	Battlemage	Nery
Budget S&B Physical Battlemage	Physical	Battlemage	The_Coyote
Beginner’s/budget PRM Mage Hunter	Elemental	Mage Hunter	Nery
Beginner’s Albrecht’s Aether Ray Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	Nery
Beginner’s Nephrite Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	Stupid_Dragon
Semi-beginner target-farmable Outcast Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	AlkamosHater
BYOB (Build Your Own Breaker)	Cold	Spellbreaker	Xervous
Ultimate Hardcore Spellbreaker- Ice Cold Scoundrel	Cold	Spellbreaker	JY_626
Beginner’s Scorching Ray Templar	Fire	Templar	Stupid_Dragon
Trozan’s Ice Shards - A cold Warlock Beginner Guide	Cold	Warlock	Monceaux
The Rookie Bloodsworn - A chaos Warlock Beginner Guide	Chaos	Warlock	Monceaux

Shaman

Budget Physical Two-Handed Melee Savagery Archon	Physical	Archon	The_Coyote
Budget Fire Pet Conjurer - 75-76 Farmer, easy main game	Pets	Conjurer	Skelemental
Petwalker - Walking Simulator Budget Pet Conjurer	Pets	Conjurer	Maya
Beginner’s vitality caster Conjurer guide	Vitality	Conjurer	Nery
SSF Budget Bleed & Chaos Pet Conjurer	Pets	Conjurer	Ulvar1
Beginner’s Sparky Elementalist	Lightning	Elementalist	Stupid_Dragon
The Budget Brigade: Ritualist Aether Pets starter build	Pets	Ritualist	Uncle_Mac
Beginner’s Ravenous Earth Ritualist - suitable for first character	Vitality	Ritualist	Nery
Hecate - Lazy Dark One’s Set Budget Pet Ritualist	Pets	Ritualist	Maya
Full Faction Gear Ritualist	Vitality	Ritualist	AlexGoldFish_322
Beginner’s/budget DW cold melee Trickster	Cold	Trickster	Nery
Beginner’s/budget lightning Vindicator (caster version)	Lightning	Vindicator	Nery
Beginner’s/budget lightning Vindicator (2H ranged version)	Lightning	Vindicator	Nery
Voldrakian Cadence Warder – SSF journal and guide	Physical	Warder	Ulvar1
Beginner’s Lightning Warder	Lightning	Warder	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Hybrid Pet Warder - The Mogdrogen Cleaver	Pets / Physical	Warder	gargabolo

Inquisitor

Drain Essense Apostate – SSF journal and guide	Aether	Apostate	Ulvar1
Beginner’s Vitality Ignaffar Deceiver	Vitality	Deceiver	Salvor
Cold DW Caster Infiltrator | SSF Beginner guide, leveling & Advanced	Cold	Infiltrator	tqFan
The blue monster - budget DW melee cold Infiltrator, Gladiator 150-170	Cold	Infiltrator	Nery
Beginner’s Shadow Strike Infiltrator	Cold	Infiltrator	banana_peel
Beginner’s Phantom Infiltrator	Cold	Infiltrator	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s/budget PRM Mage Hunter	Elemental	Mage Hunter	Nery
Fire Shield Throw Paladin build from scratch	Fire	Paladin	Ulvar1
Budget dw ranged pierce Paladin	Pierce	Paladin	The_Coyote
Beginner Storm Box + Stun Jacks Purifier from scratch	Lightning	Purifier	teppieteptep
Budget Lightning DW Ranged Purifier	Lightning	Purifier	Nery
Budget 2-handed ranged “The Desolator” Fire Strike Fire Purifier	Fire	Purifier	The_Coyote
[Tactician] Serving the Light	Aether	Tactician	Evil_Baka
Beginner’s/budget DW pierce ranged Tactician	Pierce	Tactician	Nery
Beginner’s/budget lightning Vindicator (caster version)	Lightning	Vindicator	Nery
Beginner’s/budget lightning Vindicator (2H ranged version)	Lightning	Vindicator	Nery

Necromancer

Drain Essense Apostate – SSF journal and guide	Aether	Apostate	Ulvar1
Beginner’s/budget vitality RE Oppressor + Cabalist version	Vitality	Oppressor/Cabalist	Nery
Beginner’s Apex Death Knight	Physical	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s pre-Krieg Death Knight	Physical	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Apostle Death Knight	Pets	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Pre-Gargabol’s Defiler	Vitality	Defiler	thepowerofmediocrity
Budget Physical Melee Dual-Wield Righteous Fervor Oppressor	Physical	Oppressor	The_Coyote
Beginner’s Phantasmal Blades Reaper	Vitality	Reaper	Stupid_Dragon
Hecate - Lazy Dark One’s Set Budget Pet Ritualist	Pets	Ritualist	Maya
Beginner’s Ravenous Earth Ritualist - suitable for first character	Vitality	Ritualist	Nery
The Budget Brigade: Ritualist Aether Pets starter build	Pets	Ritualist	Uncle_Mac
Full Faction Gear Ritualist	Vitality	Ritualist	AlexGoldFish_322
Beginner’s Albrecht’s Aether Ray Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	Nery
Beginner’s Nephrite Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	Stupid_Dragon
Semi-beginner target-farmable Outcast Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	AlkamosHater

Oathkeeper

Budget Physical Two-Handed Melee Savagery Archon	Physical	Archon	The_Coyote
Beginner’s Virulent Dervish	Acid	Dervish	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s/budget vitality RE Oppressor + Cabalist version	Vitality	Oppressor/Cabalist	Nery
Budget Physical Melee Dual-Wield Righteous Fervor Oppressor	Physical	Oppressor	The_Coyote
Fire Shield Throw Paladin build from scratch	Fire	Paladin	Ulvar1
Budget dw ranged pierce Paladin	Pierce	Paladin	The_Coyote
Beginner’s/budget acid Sentinel	Acid	Sentinel	Nery
Dreeg’s Evil Eye Sentinel - leveling and beginner build	Acid	Sentinel	tqFan
Beginner’s Shield Caster Sentinel - SSF	Vitality	Sentinel	thepowerofmediocrity
how to play sigil of consumption - first character/hardcore/ravager	Vitality	Sentinel	mostmost
Vanquisher Fire Sentinel, semi-beginner friendly and practically farmable	Fire	Sentinel	Udars
Spin2win Shieldbreaker from A to Z	Fire	Shieldbreaker	Nery & Ulvar1
ssf shieldbreaker mortar trap blackwater cocktail	Fire	Shieldbreaker	Dabuwa87
Beginner’s Scorching Ray Templar	Fire	Templar	Stupid_Dragon
The Fakeuisher - Physical Skater Warlord	Physical	Warlord	MysteryMeat
Budget Physical Forcewave Warlord	Physical	Warlord	The_Coyote
Blitz Krieg - A SSF, HC-Viable, New-Player-Friendly Warlord	Physical	Warlord	Ceno
Budget Physical Cadence S&B Warlord	Physical	Warlord	The_Coyote

Apostate (Inquisitor + Necromancer)

Drain Essense Apostate – SSF journal and guide	Aether	Apostate	Ulvar1

Archon (Oathkeeper + Shaman)

Budget Physical Two-Handed Melee Savagery Archon	Physical	Archon	The_Coyote

Battlemage (Arcanist + Soldier)

Budget Physical AAR Battlemage	Physical	Battlemage	The_Coyote
Beginner’s 2H melee Lucius Battlemage	Aether	Battlemage	Nery
Budget S&B Physical Battlemage	Physical	Battlemage	The_Coyote

Blademaster (Nightblade + Soldier)

Beginners Phantasmal blades Spite Blademaster	Pierce	Blademaster	supertolik
Budget cold DW melee Blademaster	Cold	Blademaster	Nery
Beginner’s Forgotten Blademaster	Pierce	Blademaster	Stupid_Dragon
American dream: from 0 to beating endgame	Pierce	Blademaster	banana_peel
Budget Alkamos’ Scythe Cold Cadence Blademaster	Cold	Blademaster	The_Coyote

Cabalist (Necromancer + Occultist)

Beginner’s/budget vitality RE Oppressor + Cabalist version	Vitality	Oppressor/Cabalist	Nery

Commando (Demolitionist + Soldier)

Beginner’s Fire Blade Arc Commando	Fire	Commando	teppieteptep

Conjurer (Occultist + Shaman)

Budget Fire Pet Conjurer - 75-76 Farmer, easy main game	Pets	Conjurer	Skelemental
Petwalker - Walking Simulator Budget Pet Conjurer	Pets	Conjurer	Maya
Beginner’s vitality caster Conjurer guide	Vitality	Conjurer	Nery
SSF Budget Bleed & Chaos Pet Conjurer	Pets	Conjurer	Ulvar1

Death Knight (Necromancer + Soldier)

Beginner’s Apex Death Knight	Physical	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s pre-Krieg Death Knight	Physical	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Apostle Death Knight	Pets	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon

Deceiver (Inquisitor + Occultist)

Beginner’s Vitality Ignaffar Deceiver	Vitality	Deceiver	Salvor

Defiler (Demolitionist + Necromancer)

Beginner’s Pre-Gargabol’s Defiler	Vitality	Defiler	thepowerofmediocrity

Dervish (Nightblade + Oathkeeper)

Beginner’s Virulent Dervish	Acid	Dervish	Stupid_Dragon

Druid (Arcanist + Shaman)

Elementalist (Demolitionist + Shaman)

Beginner’s Sparky Elementalist	Lightning	Elementalist	Stupid_Dragon

Infiltrator (Inquisitor + Nightblade)

Cold DW Caster Infiltrator | SSF Beginner guide, leveling & Advanced	Cold	Infiltrator	tqFan
The blue monster - budget DW melee cold Infiltrator, Gladiator 150-170	Cold	Infiltrator	Nery
Beginner’s Shadow Strike Infiltrator	Cold	Infiltrator	banana_peel
Beginner’s Phantom Infiltrator	Cold	Infiltrator	Stupid_Dragon

Mage Hunter (Arcanist + Inquisitor)

Beginner’s/budget PRM Mage Hunter	Elemental	Mage Hunter	Nery

Oppressor (Necromancer + Oathkeeper)

Budget Physical Melee Dual-Wield Righteous Fervor Oppressor	Physical	Oppressor	The_Coyote
Beginner’s/budget vitality RE Oppressor + Cabalist version	Vitality	Oppressor/Cabalist	Nery

Paladin (Inquisitor + Oathkeeper)

Fire Shield Throw Paladin build from scratch	Fire	Paladin	Ulvar1
Budget dw ranged pierce Paladin	Pierce	Paladin	The_Coyote

Purifier (Demolitionist + Inquisitor)

Beginner Storm Box + Stun Jacks Purifier from scratch	Lightning	Purifier	teppieteptep
Budget Lightning DW Ranged Purifier	Lightning	Purifier	Nery
Budget 2-handed ranged “The Desolator” Fire Strike Fire Purifier	Fire	Purifier	The_Coyote

Pyromancer (Demolitionist + Occultist)

Ruinous Apostle - chaos caster	Chaos	Pyromancer	Evil_Baka

Reaper (Necromancer + Nightblade)

Beginner’s Phantasmal Blades Reaper	Vitality	Reaper	Stupid_Dragon

Ritualist (Necromancer + Shaman)

Hecate - Lazy Dark One’s Set Budget Pet Ritualist	Pets	Ritualist	Maya
Beginner’s Ravenous Earth Ritualist - suitable for first character	Vitality	Ritualist	Nery
The Budget Brigade: Ritualist Aether Pets starter build	Pets	Ritualist	Uncle_Mac
Full Faction Gear Ritualist	Vitality	Ritualist	AlexGoldFish_322

Saboteur (Demolitionist + Nightblade)

Budget cold DW melee Saboteur - the journey!	Cold	Saboteur	Nery

Sentinel (Oathkeeper + Occultist)

Beginner’s/budget acid Sentinel	Acid	Sentinel	Nery
Dreeg’s Evil Eye Sentinel - leveling and beginner build	Acid	Sentinel	tqFan
Beginner’s Shield Caster Sentinel - SSF	Vitality	Sentinel	thepowerofmediocrity
how to play sigil of consumption - first character/hardcore/ravager	Vitality	Sentinel	mostmost
Vanquisher Fire Sentinel, semi-beginner friendly and practically farmable	Fire	Sentinel	Udars

Shieldbreaker (Demolitionist + Oathkeeper)

Spin2win Shieldbreaker from A to Z	Fire	Shieldbreaker	Nery & Ulvar1
ssf shieldbreaker mortar trap blackwater cocktail	Fire	Shieldbreaker	Dabuwa87

Sorcerer (Arcanist + Demolitionist)

Spellbinder (Arcanist + Necromancer)

Beginner’s Albrecht’s Aether Ray Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	Nery
Beginner’s Nephrite Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	Stupid_Dragon
Semi-beginner target-farmable Outcast Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	AlkamosHater

Spellbreaker (Arcanist + Nightblade)

BYOB (Build Your Own Breaker)	Cold	Spellbreaker	Xervous
Ultimate Hardcore Spellbreaker- Ice Cold Scoundrel	Cold	Spellbreaker	JY_626

Tactician (Inquisitor + Soldier)

[Tactician] Serving the Light	Aether	Tactician	Evil_Baka
Beginner’s/budget DW pierce ranged Tactician	Pierce	Tactician	Nery

Templar (Arcanist + Oathkeeper)

Beginner’s Scorching Ray Templar	Fire	Templar	Stupid_Dragon

Trickster (Nightblade + Shaman)

Beginner’s/budget DW cold melee Trickster	Cold	Trickster	Nery

Vindicator (Inquisitor + Shaman)

Beginner’s/budget lightning Vindicator (caster version)	Lightning	Vindicator	Nery
Beginner’s/budget lightning Vindicator (2H ranged version)	Lightning	Vindicator	Nery

Warder (Shaman + Soldier)

Voldrakian Cadence Warder – SSF journal and guide	Physical	Warder	Ulvar1
Beginner’s Lightning Warder	Lightning	Warder	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Hybrid Pet Warder - The Mogdrogen Cleaver	Pets / Physical	Warder	gargabolo

Warlock (Arcanist + Occultist)

Trozan’s Ice Shards - A cold Warlock Beginner Guide	Cold	Warlock	Monceaux
The Rookie Bloodsworn - A chaos Warlock Beginner Guide	Chaos	Warlock	Monceaux

Warlord (Oathkeeper + Soldier)

The Fakeuisher - Physical Skater Warlord	Physical	Warlord	MysteryMeat
Budget Physical Forcewave Warlord	Physical	Warlord	The_Coyote
Blitz Krieg - A SSF, HC-Viable, New-Player-Friendly Warlord	Physical	Warlord	Ceno
Budget Physical Cadence S&B Warlord	Physical	Warlord	The_Coyote

Witchblade (Occultist + Soldier)

Beginner’s Physical Two-Hand melee Blade Arc Witchblade	Physical	Witchblade	Nery
Budget Physical Cadence-Blitz S&B Witchblade	Physical	Witchblade	The_Coyote

Witch Hunter (Nightblade + Occultist)

Beginner’s Acid Shadow Strike Witch Hunter Guide	Acid	Witch Hunter	Silent_N

 

Builds sorted by authors

Nery (17)

Beginner’s Ravenous Earth Ritualist - suitable for first character	Vitality	Ritualist	Nery
Beginner’s Albrecht’s Aether Ray Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	Nery
Beginner’s/budget acid Sentinel	Acid	Sentinel	Nery
Beginner’s/budget PRM Mage Hunter	Elemental	Mage Hunter	Nery
Beginner’s vitality caster Conjurer guide	Vitality	Conjurer	Nery
Beginner’s/budget vitality RE Oppressor + Cabalist version	Vitality	Oppressor/Cabalist	Nery
Beginner’s/budget lightning Vindicator (caster version)	Lightning	Vindicator	Nery
Beginner’s Physical Two-Hand melee Blade Arc Witchblade	Physical	Witchblade	Nery
Beginner’s 2H melee Lucius Battlemage	Aether	Battlemage	Nery
Spin2win Shieldbreaker from A to Z	Fire	Shieldbreaker	Nery & Ulvar1
Beginner’s/budget DW pierce ranged Tactician	Pierce	Tactician	Nery
Budget Lightning DW Ranged Purifier	Lightning	Purifier	Nery
Beginner’s/budget lightning Vindicator (2H ranged version)	Lightning	Vindicator	Nery
Beginner’s/budget DW cold melee Trickster	Cold	Trickster	Nery
The blue monster - budget DW melee cold Infiltrator, Gladiator 150-170	Cold	Infiltrator	Nery
Budget cold DW melee Blademaster	Cold	Blademaster	Nery
Budget cold DW melee Saboteur - the journey!	Cold	Saboteur	Nery

Stupid_Dragon (11)

Beginner’s Nephrite Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Sparky Elementalist	Lightning	Elementalist	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Phantasmal Blades Reaper	Vitality	Reaper	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Scorching Ray Templar	Fire	Templar	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Forgotten Blademaster	Pierce	Blademaster	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Virulent Dervish	Acid	Dervish	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Phantom Infiltrator	Cold	Infiltrator	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Apex Death Knight	Physical	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Apostle Death Knight	Pets	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s pre-Krieg Death Knight	Physical	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Lightning Warder	Lightning	Warder	Stupid_Dragon

The_Coyote (10)

Budget Physical Melee Dual-Wield Righteous Fervor Oppressor	Physical	Oppressor	The_Coyote
Budget Physical Two-Handed Melee Savagery Archon	Physical	Archon	The_Coyote
Budget Physical Forcewave Warlord	Physical	Warlord	The_Coyote
Budget Physical AAR Battlemage	Physical	Battlemage	The_Coyote
Budget dw ranged pierce Paladin	Pierce	Paladin	The_Coyote
Budget 2-handed ranged “The Desolator” Fire Strike Fire Purifier	Fire	Purifier	The_Coyote
Budget S&B Physical Battlemage	Physical	Battlemage	The_Coyote
Budget Physical Cadence S&B Warlord	Physical	Warlord	The_Coyote
Budget Physical Cadence-Blitz S&B Witchblade	Physical	Witchblade	The_Coyote
Budget Alkamos’ Scythe Cold Cadence Blademaster	Cold	Blademaster	The_Coyote

Ulvar1 (5)

Spin2win Shieldbreaker from A to Z	Fire	Shieldbreaker	Nery & Ulvar1
Fire Shield Throw Paladin build from scratch	Fire	Paladin	Ulvar1
Drain Essense Apostate – SSF journal and guide	Aether	Apostate	Ulvar1
Voldrakian Cadence Warder – SSF journal and guide	Physical	Warder	Ulvar1
SSF Budget Bleed & Chaos Pet Conjurer	Pets	Conjurer	Ulvar1

banana_peel (2)

American dream: from 0 to beating endgame	Pierce	Blademaster	banana_peel
Beginner’s Shadow Strike Infiltrator	Cold	Infiltrator	banana_peel

Evil_Baka (2)

Ruinous Apostle - chaos caster	Chaos	Pyromancer	Evil_Baka
[Tactician] Serving the Light	Aether	Tactician	Evil_Baka

Maya (2)

Petwalker - Walking Simulator Budget Pet Conjurer	Pets	Conjurer	Maya
Hecate - Lazy Dark One’s Set Budget Pet Ritualist	Pets	Ritualist	Maya

Monceaux (2)

Trozan’s Ice Shards - A cold Warlock Beginner Guide	Cold	Warlock	Monceaux
The Rookie Bloodsworn - A chaos Warlock Beginner Guide	Chaos	Warlock	Monceaux

teppieteptep (2)

Beginner Storm Box + Stun Jacks Purifier from scratch	Lightning	Purifier	teppieteptep
Beginner’s Fire Blade Arc Commando	Fire	Commando	teppieteptep

thepowerofmediocrity (2)

Beginner’s Shield Caster Sentinel - SSF	Vitality	Sentinel	thepowerofmediocrity
Beginner’s Pre-Gargabol’s Defiler	Vitality	Defiler	thepowerofmediocrity

tqFan (2)

Cold DW Caster Infiltrator | SSF Beginner guide, leveling & Advanced	Cold	Infiltrator	tqFan
Dreeg’s Evil Eye Sentinel - leveling and beginner build	Acid	Sentinel	tqFan

AlexGoldFish_322 (1)

Full Faction Gear Ritualist	Vitality	Ritualist	AlexGoldFish_322

AlkamosHater (1)

Semi-beginner target-farmable Outcast Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	AlkamosHater

Ceno (1)

Blitz Krieg - A SSF, HC-Viable, New-Player-Friendly Warlord	Physical	Warlord	Ceno

Dabuwa87 (1)

ssf shieldbreaker mortar trap blackwater cocktail	Fire	Shieldbreaker	Dabuwa87

gargabolo (1)

Beginner’s Hybrid Pet Warder - The Mogdrogen Cleaver	Pets / Physical	Warder	gargabolo

JY_626 (1)

Ultimate Hardcore Spellbreaker- Ice Cold Scoundrel	Cold	Spellbreaker	JY_626

mostmost (1)

how to play sigil of consumption - first character/hardcore/ravager	Vitality	Sentinel	mostmost

MysteryMeat (1)

The Fakeuisher - Physical Skater Warlord	Physical	Warlord	MysteryMeat

Salvor (1)

Beginner’s Vitality Ignaffar Deceiver	Vitality	Deceiver	Salvor

Silent_N (1)

Beginner’s Acid Shadow Strike Witch Hunter Guide	Acid	Witch Hunter	Silent_N

Skelemental (1)

Budget Fire Pet Conjurer - 75-76 Farmer, easy main game	Pets	Conjurer	Skelemental

sp00ky (1)

Pure Soldier Beginner Forcewave 1-75 Leveling Guide	Physical	Soldier	sp00ky

supertolik (1)

Beginners Phantasmal blades Spite Blademaster	Pierce	Blademaster	supertolik

Udars (1)

Vanquisher Fire Sentinel, semi-beginner friendly and practically farmable	Fire	Sentinel	Udars

Uncle_Mac (1)

The Budget Brigade: Ritualist Aether Pets starter build	Pets	Ritualist	Uncle_Mac

Xervous (1)

BYOB (Build Your Own Breaker)	Cold	Spellbreaker	Xervous

 

Builds sorted by playstyles as explained above

Spam caster

Beginner’s/budget acid Sentinel	Acid	Sentinel	Nery
Beginner’s/budget PRM Mage Hunter	Elemental	Mage Hunter	Nery
Beginner’s Nephrite Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	Stupid_Dragon
Dreeg’s Evil Eye Sentinel - leveling and beginner build	Acid	Sentinel	tqFan

Cooldown caster

Beginner’s Ravenous Earth Ritualist - suitable for first character	Vitality	Ritualist	Nery
Cold DW Caster Infiltrator | SSF Beginner guide, leveling & Advanced	Cold	Infiltrator	tqFan
Beginner’s vitality caster Conjurer guide	Vitality	Conjurer	Nery
Beginner’s/budget vitality RE Oppressor + Cabalist version	Vitality	Oppressor/Cabalist	Nery
Beginner’s/budget lightning Vindicator (caster version)	Lightning	Vindicator	Nery
Trozan’s Ice Shards - A cold Warlock Beginner Guide	Cold	Warlock	Monceaux
Ruinous Apostle - chaos caster	Chaos	Pyromancer	Evil_Baka
Semi-beginner target-farmable Outcast Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	AlkamosHater
Beginner Storm Box + Stun Jacks Purifier from scratch	Lightning	Purifier	teppieteptep
Beginner’s Sparky Elementalist	Lightning	Elementalist	Stupid_Dragon
ssf shieldbreaker mortar trap blackwater cocktail	Fire	Shieldbreaker	Dabuwa87

2H Caster

Budget Physical Forcewave Warlord	Physical	Warlord	The_Coyote
Beginners Phantasmal blades Spite Blademaster	Pierce	Blademaster	supertolik
Beginner’s Pre-Gargabol’s Defiler	Vitality	Defiler	thepowerofmediocrity
Full Faction Gear Ritualist	Vitality	Ritualist	AlexGoldFish_322
Beginner’s Phantasmal Blades Reaper	Vitality	Reaper	Stupid_Dragon
Pure Soldier Beginner Forcewave 1-75 Leveling Guide	Physical	Soldier	sp00ky
[Tactician] Serving the Light	Aether	Tactician	Evil_Baka

Shield Caster

Fire Shield Throw Paladin build from scratch	Fire	Paladin	Ulvar1
Beginner’s Shield Caster Sentinel - SSF	Vitality	Sentinel	thepowerofmediocrity
how to play sigil of consumption - first character/hardcore/ravager	Vitality	Sentinel	mostmost

Channeler

Beginner’s Albrecht’s Aether Ray Spellbinder	Aether	Spellbinder	Nery
Beginner’s Scorching Ray Templar	Fire	Templar	Stupid_Dragon
The Rookie Bloodsworn - A chaos Warlock Beginner Guide	Chaos	Warlock	Monceaux
Budget Physical AAR Battlemage	Physical	Battlemage	The_Coyote
Drain Essense Apostate – SSF journal and guide	Aether	Apostate	Ulvar1
Spin2win Shieldbreaker from A to Z	Fire	Shieldbreaker	Nery & Ulvar1
Beginner’s Vitality Ignaffar Deceiver	Vitality	Deceiver	Salvor

DW Ranged

Beginner’s/budget DW pierce ranged Tactician	Pierce	Tactician	Nery
Budget Lightning DW Ranged Purifier	Lightning	Purifier	Nery
Budget dw ranged pierce Paladin	Pierce	Paladin	The_Coyote

2H Ranged

Beginner’s/budget lightning Vindicator (2H ranged version)	Lightning	Vindicator	Nery
Budget 2-handed ranged “The Desolator” Fire Strike Fire Purifier	Fire	Purifier	The_Coyote

DW Melee

Budget Physical Melee Dual-Wield Righteous Fervor Oppressor	Physical	Oppressor	The_Coyote
Beginner’s/budget DW cold melee Trickster	Cold	Trickster	Nery
The blue monster - budget DW melee cold Infiltrator, Gladiator 150-170	Cold	Infiltrator	Nery
Budget cold DW melee Blademaster	Cold	Blademaster	Nery
Budget cold DW melee Saboteur - the journey!	Cold	Saboteur	Nery
Beginner’s Forgotten Blademaster	Pierce	Blademaster	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Virulent Dervish	Acid	Dervish	Stupid_Dragon
American dream: from 0 to beating endgame	Pierce	Blademaster	banana_peel

DW Hybrid

Beginner’s Acid Shadow Strike Witch Hunter Guide	Acid	Witch Hunter	Silent_N
Beginner’s Shadow Strike Infiltrator	Cold	Infiltrator	banana_peel
Beginner’s Phantom Infiltrator	Cold	Infiltrator	Stupid_Dragon
BYOB (Build Your Own Breaker)	Cold	Spellbreaker	Xervous
Ultimate Hardcore Spellbreaker- Ice Cold Scoundrel	Cold	Spellbreaker	JY_626

2H Melee

Budget Physical Two-Handed Melee Savagery Archon	Physical	Archon	The_Coyote
Beginner’s Apex Death Knight	Physical	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Physical Two-Hand melee Blade Arc Witchblade	Physical	Witchblade	Nery
Voldrakian Cadence Warder – SSF journal and guide	Physical	Warder	Ulvar1
Beginner’s 2H melee Lucius Battlemage	Aether	Battlemage	Nery
Beginner’s Lightning Warder	Lightning	Warder	Stupid_Dragon
Beginner’s Fire Blade Arc Commando	Fire	Commando	teppieteptep
Budget Alkamos’ Scythe Cold Cadence Blademaster	Cold	Blademaster	The_Coyote

Shield Melee

Blitz Krieg - A SSF, HC-Viable, New-Player-Friendly Warlord	Physical	Warlord	Ceno
Beginner’s pre-Krieg Death Knight	Physical	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon
Budget S&B Physical Battlemage	Physical	Battlemage	The_Coyote
Budget Physical Cadence S&B Warlord	Physical	Warlord	The_Coyote
Budget Physical Cadence-Blitz S&B Witchblade	Physical	Witchblade	The_Coyote

Pets

Budget Fire Pet Conjurer - 75-76 Farmer, easy main game	Pets	Conjurer	Skelemental
Petwalker - Walking Simulator Budget Pet Conjurer	Pets	Conjurer	Maya
Hecate - Lazy Dark One’s Set Budget Pet Ritualist	Pets	Ritualist	Maya
SSF Budget Bleed & Chaos Pet Conjurer	Pets	Conjurer	Ulvar1
The Budget Brigade: Ritualist Aether Pets starter build	Pets	Ritualist	Uncle_Mac
Beginner’s Apostle Death Knight	Pets	Death Knight	Stupid_Dragon

Pets / Player

Beginner’s Hybrid Pet Warder - The Mogdrogen Cleaver	Pets / Physical	Warder	gargabolo

Skater

The Fakeuisher - Physical Skater Warlord	Physical	Warlord	MysteryMeat
Vanquisher Fire Sentinel, semi-beginner friendly and practically farmable	Fire	Sentinel	Udars

[tqFan]

Build collections

Some authors have made a compendium of their beginner builds with additional information and tips.

• 🌐 Nery's beginner builds collection

• The Carnival - A Guide to Pets

More Guides etc. (click me)

• RektByProtoss leveling guides for every mastery. YouTube video playlist. Give good and detailed advice on the “best” ways to level each single mastery up to “mid-game”. He has ton of SSF (self solo found) build videos/journals that you can watch and learn from. He is a streamer on twitch and also plays HC.

• Official Game Guide a must read for a beginner.

• Unofficial Game Guide from Reddit, by Divisnn contains more in depth information than the official game guide.

• Advanced mechanics guide by Nery et. al. link to external source, very detailed and advanced. Good to consult later in your “career”.

• Acronyms and Abbreviations Thread This is a must to bookmark and read to learn the Grim Dawn jargong.

• Grimtools very useful tool, you can plan a build, upload and share yours, check the important quests and shrines you have missed on a character, and much more.

• Monster Totems Video guide about farming monster totems.

• Farming Routes/Farming Guides Compilation Guide about how to get materials and generic farming in main campaign mostly, perfect for beginners.

• Builds types and styles in GD Guide about various playstyles in the game.

• Customizing Hotkeys for easier gameplay Guide with tips on how to set up your hotkeys and skillbar.

• Required Stats from Equipment during Levelling Generic leveling guide with focus on gear and stats. A good side resource.

• Component Setups before Endgame Generic leveling guide with focus on components.

• Guide: Recommended stats for end game Guide with focus on what stats you need for end-game and how to get them.

• Quests - how to do - famdom wiki Guide for basically all quests.

• Actual Resist Reduction formula guide that is explaining how resistance reduction works.

• Turbo-charge your auto-attacks with default attack replacers and WPS guide about what “default attack replacers” are and work.

• How to - Move your saves from Steam cloud to Grim Dawn's default location. how to stop using steam cloud save that is notorious for be bugged and can reset your progress several days when you get desync issue.

[Nery]

Great collection!

You also skip making your own thread and instead made topic with all builds.

Sorted by play styles is also very cool! I find the lack of ranged builds disturbing. May do some 2H Purifier. I’ve left the leveling process some time ago, due to not being enjoyable but it’s worth trying again, I guess.

Edit, you missed my Battlemage.

[Ulvar1]

You also skip making your own thread and instead made topic with all builds.

Hi nery, not sure what you mean here?

Sorted by play styles is also very cool! I find the lack of ranged builds disturbing. May do some 2H Purifier. I’ve left the leveling process some time ago, due to not being enjoyable but it’s worth trying again, I guess.

I also thought of that, I had sketch of 2H ranged ABB dervish that looked promising, like cheap version of this [1.1.5.0] Acid Ranged Dervish - 5:50 Crucible [g5][c+][vid]

Edit, you missed my Battlemage.

yeah I did! I had this text in draft in a word file that I made like 1 week ago and forgot to add bottlemage!

[Nery]

You also skip making your own thread and instead made topic with all builds.

Hi nery, not sure what you mean here?

I mean Ulvar’s top beginners, ultimate farming beginner builds collection.

Also Dervish is nice idea but the class already have great DW melee guide.

[Ulvar1]

Ulvar’s top beginners

ah yes true I need to have more hype and advertisments like those You Tube builds Perhaps add some commercials “this build is sponsored by coca cola”

class already have great DW melee guide.

Yeah that is why I thought “sword and board” chaos blade arc witchblade would be redundant, also sword and board warlord…there is forcwave

Here is a gun and shield paladin I made https://www.grimtools.com/calc/D2p9gl1V

ABB 2H ranged dervish https://www.grimtools.com/calc/gZwl5blN

And this can be fun, COMMANDO https://www.grimtools.com/calc/dVbmqJ32 (yeah I know of Ba amulet but 8% OA is nice too)

[x1x1x1x2]

From my experience on discord, reddit etc, most people do not even know that these build guides exists.

At this point, I can conclude that people just want their stuff spoonfed to them. Beginner builds is literally one of the first sections on the compendium and people still don’t find it.

But more places to find stuff is never bad. And I love how you formatted it by style! Noobs usually don’t know classes or damage types sorting by style is a good idea.

[Ulvar1]

I can also add more clear what damage type and also class combo. Maybe also separate spam and cooldown casters

[Stupid_Dragon]

Sometimes I wonder if I should just delete the single class builds from Compendium and use the first post for budget builds instead.

[Ulvar1]

Now if you want you can link to this thread perhaps

[Monceaux]

Looking good brother, a few ideas :

• This isn’t too necessary right now as there aren’t many guides, but a summary linking to each playstyle section would be handy to navigate faster

• Inspired from the end game compendium, a tag to indicate the guide has gameplay video(s), maybe other tags like “hc viable” (if the builder considers it is), etc

• Where are the links to Rekt’s channel/guide compendium ? D:
  And perhaps other youtubers that do quality stuff

• I’d remove that little jab in the green spoiler, that does not feel very professionnal

Good job on the disclaimers at the beginning, those questions come back often and they’re answered well

[Ulvar1]

Thanks for feedback. I can add some more tags. HC viable is for me play skills primarily.

I wanted to limit build guides that have dedicated thread on forum like dragons compendium so no YT guides.

[Monceaux]

True, though some builds do feel safer and fool-proof (looking at you, vitality casters) and HC enthusiasts may want to begin with a safer bet so indicating those would help
Rekt does have a compendium thread and a dedicated thread for each build so I think he qualifies for the criterion, given he’s the largest resource for HC gameplay, he makes a fine addition to the collection

One question, if someone wanted to add his guide from an external source like, Reddit for example, is that possible and would there be a form to fill ?

[Stupid_Dragon]

Now if you want you can link to this thread perhaps

Thanks for the proposal, but I’ll have to deny it. Long ago I’ve beaten certain someone to Compendium management by volunteering myself, and time proven me right. I’m fine with you doing a beatiful version of budget build section of Compendium, but mine has to remain as a backup.

[Ulvar1]

Yeah maybe but I think dividing into hc viable and not can be a bit missleading too. Also most ppl start in softcore to gain knowledge of game. I know dragon play hc exclusive so his builds are of course safe bet.

To be fair, all rekts builds do not have own thread and the vast majority of them are not ssf or geared with same philosophy as these other beginner/budget builds. I have watched some of this SSF stuff, and I see whenever he drops a good legendary he just equip it which would go against this beginner/budget build philosophy. Like my warder, I dropped two avanger set items but refrained of using them just to make a point that build works even without RNG luck so to say,

Format I guess just make a dedicated thread about build guide on the forum. I think 99% of content should be written format. So no thread with a link to yt or reddit only.

[Ulvar1]

if someone wanted to add his guide from an external source like

TBH I should remove Mayas pet builds for consistancy, because not even I can find them… linking to her compendium “the carnival” should be enough.

[medea_fleecestealer]

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[Mr.Panda]

I made an account here literally just to tell you how much of a beautiful bastard you are. Been wanting something like this for ages, seeing as I’m both new and awful at this game. Thanks a million.

[Knife]

Hot damn @Ulvar1! This is great! Glad to have you in the community, brother. Keep this stuff coming, man!