Guild Wars 2

I haven’t played SAB when it first was released but now I definitely intend to. But I want to use the opportunity to also level up some alts while having fun.

Previous releases I also wanted to play on my alts but I decided that time invested into leveling them up meant losing time that could be better spent on a geared up lv80. You might say – oh well what about the pavillion, you could level them there while farming – and well yeah, but the drops were just so much better on an 80 compared to a 40 or 60 that I just decided to use those precious events to farm while it lasts.

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So this is my question:

Is SAB alt-friendly? Is the dmg dealt difference between an upscaled character and an actual lv80 very noticeable (as in an upscaled char would fight a common enemy as long as an exotic-gear 80 would fight a veteran and in return simply obliviate a common enemy)? Also is it a farming location for non-SAB specific items? Can an upscaled character just as efficiently farm" SAB-specific" drops as an 80 could?

Thanks!

SAB does not work like other events and instances, and if I recall it correctly it doesn’t give out any exp.
You do not play as your class in there; lvl, skills and traits do not matter. You get a pointy stick for main weapon and 3 hearts for HP (you can get upgrades later).

Super Adventure Box is literally a completely separate game – inside of Guild Wars 2. I even used a level 2 character (in addition to other characters) in it when I played it; there is no difference between you and anyone else.

However, you can gain more power within the SAB itself; things like extra hearts (health) by beating the first world, extra powers (like an elite skill), upgraded powers (upgrade current skills that you’ve collected to become better). All of it is only earned within SAB itself and the upgrades are permanent (and character bound, not account bound).

As Caveth said, SAB is 100% separate from the normal game. There are no levels, there is no experience, there are no item drops, nothing. Nothing is taken from the main game into SAB, and nothing is taken from SAB into the main game except for Baubles, which can be converted into Bauble Bubbles and used to purchase skins and a few other items, or rarely sellable skin drops from the chests at the end of each level.

Given that, you can enjoy SAB with any character and you will be 100% equal to everyone else (minus equipment and now upgrades which can be obtained in SAB and used only there). There’s no upscaling because everyone is level 1 in SAB much like how everyone is the same level in activities like Sanctum Sprint or Crab Toss. Don’t expect to be leveling your character via SAB though, besides Bauble Bubbles or rare skin drops everything you do in SAB is exclusively benefitting SAB only.