With this thread I want to collect and categorize all kind of useful and informative topics across the forums so there’s less need to sticky over 9000 threads to the top of the forums. If you think this guide is missing something just let me know. I try to keep it up to date as far as possible. Any kind of constructive feedback is appreciated.
Let’s go.
P.S.: I’m not a native speaker. If you happen to find any weird phrasing let me know so I can improve it.
- Trade items with your fellow Grim Dawn players - Dedicated trade threads for softcore and hardcore players.
- GDSidekick - The Grim Dawn Sidekick project is a community project which hoards all kinds of items to provide them as a big downloadable collection.
- Constellations by Bonuses - A breakdown of all constellations and the respective bonuses they provide.
- Devotion Skill Level Comparisons - Shows the bonuses for each devotion skills for level 1 and maximum level.
- One Shot Chest List - Contains all locations of Exalted Stashes and their respective guardians.
- Advanced Mechanics - This guide explains the more advanced game mechanics and character values.
- Random Unique Bosses - Lists all unique bosses including their attacks, affixes and skills.
- Location Link Compilation - Compilation of links to pictures, threads, or videos explaining how to get to certain areas in the game.
- Item rarity explained - Explains the differences between all the available item rarities and how to use the loot filter.
- The Definitive Guide to Components and where to find them
- Devotion Shrine Location List - Lists all devotion shrines, their locations, types and requirements.
- Guide to Monster Infrequent items - List MIs of the base game.
- The Official Game Guide - Here you can get a basic understanding of the game’s mechanics.
- All Build Compendiums - A compilation of all the great character build guides for the current and prior versions of the game.
- Reasonably powerful builds - Powerful builds of AoM era
- Which Mastery is most viable in Ultimate Difficulty?
- List of Community Localizations - Lists all currently available translations of Grim Dawn created by the community.
- One-click backup method per batch file - A quality of life method to handle savegame backups.
- How to - Move your saves from Steam cloud to Grim Dawn’s default location
- Windows 10 and GD fix - This basically ensures that the additional Microsoft software Grim Dawn uses to run is installed and correctly configured.
- FAQ/Common Issues - Developer Zantai answers some common technical questions about Grim Dawn.
- Grim Dawn Linux Guide - This Guide is for those of you who want Grim Dawn in Linux.
- Tips and Best Practices for using the Forums
- Guide “Where do I find the facts about Grim Dawn?” - Explanation on how to use the forums effectively when searching for developer feedback.
- Post screenshots of monsters wielding uniques
- GD Developer Stream - Zantai is streaming Grim Dawn
- Grim Dawn Build Calculator - Online and offline character planner. You can also upload chars with equipment and get a build link.
- Grim Dawn Item Database - Online and offline item database.
- Grim Dawn Monster Database - View monster stats and skills.
- Grim Calc - grimcalc.com - An online skill and devotion calculator for players without the Ashes of Malmouth expansion.
- Graceful Dusk Equipment Database - Lists all currently available items, affixes, etc. in Grim Dawn.
- GD Interactive Maps - Zoomable world map with hotspots.
- GD Stash - Infinite stash tool for Grim Dawn which stores items in a database.
- Grim Dawn Stash Manager - A tool to organize multiple shared stash files.
Thanks.