About Exclusive Weapons

Guides

When you upgrade a character to their Mythic+ tier, their Exclusive Item becomes available to unlock and upgrade. This Exclusive Item grants a set of stats tailored towards the character it is for and unlocks a 4th ability in their kit (known as an EX or Exclusive Skill).

EX LevelsNew passive?Stone (total)
EX+1 to EX+5Yes
150x
Tidal Essence
Tidal Essence
EX+6 to EX+10Yes
75x
Temporal Essence
Temporal Essence
EX+11 to EX+15Yes
200x
Temporal Essence
Temporal Essence
EX+16 to EX+20No
125x
Twilight Essence
Twilight Essence
EX+21 to EX+25No
500x
Twilight Essence
Twilight Essence

Exclusive Weapon Priority

Since the

Temporal Essence
Temporal Essence
and
Twilight Essence
Twilight Essence
are very hard to obtain, you have to be really careful with the using them to upgrade the EX weapon. And in this guide we ordered all characters by the priority when it comes to how much they need investment in their EX weapon to work well and where should you stop to get the best bang for your buck.

Why does the +8 breakpoint appear so often?

Because the raw stats you get from upgrading the EX weapon help you more than the passive in some cases. Also, to upgrade the EX from +5 to +8 you need only 30x

Temporal Essence
Temporal Essence
, while the remaining two levels require additional 45x
Temporal Essence
Temporal Essence
. So you get the best bang for your buck stopping at +8.

Color explanation:

  • +0 - the base investment for the character,
  • +5/8 - the next step that you should do when investing into that character,
  • +10/15 - the final step you should do when investing into that character - you can go beyond that later though once you have the Essences to spare.

Character
Priority
PVE investment
PVP investment