hey everyone, so you all want to get to level 5000 right? well this guide here will help you in doing that. so lets get started and get that level up!!

what you will need:
runes (more particularly runes that summon totems)
the "shambles" level unlocked
barricades
shockwave generator

levels in certain skills (required)
treasury
looting
boon of the rusher
learning
scavenge
killing spree
avarice
rune mastery

optional skills
engineering
efficiency

for treasury you will need, at the minimum, level 10/50. the higher the level you can get, the better. for the others just max them out as it will make things a lot easier.

NOTE: all skills in required must be maxed out OR have a number of points put into them. you NEED to have these skills to maintain the upkeep of what i am about to explain later on.

to start this off you will need to go into the shambles level.










next, you will need to have the following:
barricade
shockwave generator
other weapons to occupy the walls near the entrance
runes that have the ability of spawning in totems. these will be our main source of exp.

the set up:
so this is what the stage looks like in the beginning.














to start off, you will need to put a barricade on the floor behind the door on the destructible floor. give it the following upgrades: alchemy, fiery revenge, reassembly.
you might be wondering why these specific upgrades? well this spot is bugged in a way that doesn't get completely destroyed when the barricade destroys itself in an explosion. we are going to take advantage of this and exploit a fun little weakness but i will get to this in a little bit.

next get rid of some of those destructible walls with your shockwave generators. do not destroy to many or else this will not work. this screenshot here will show you how its done and the set up.















to explain how this set up works.
first the barricade:
placing the barricade behind the door on the destructible floor is as i said, bugged. it wont destroy the floor entirely and once the barricade is destroyed it will blow up but will re-spawn within 20 seconds. however, this will cause the enemy to go around that short path until the barricade re-spawns so instead of putting the shockwave generator there you will want to put something there to block their progress like spike traps, freezing traps or anything to kill or hinder them. you NEED to let at least one enemy through to destroy the barricade then it will trigger the glitch. upon destroying the barricade a second time the enemies will think the path to the portal is clear, because they believe the barricade is on a solid block when it isn't. they will then try to walk to the portal through the barricade only to fall into the pit!















next, you will notice above the portal i have knocked out all but 3 destructible walls and put a barricade there, why is this? well this level spawns miners that will destroy the walls over time. we want to prevent this so we destroy those walls until we can put a barricade there to prevent enemies from bypassing it and destroying the walls. you can upgrade this barricade if you like but its not mandatory, just do not upgrade it to alchemy or they will target it if they get to close.

this is where our totem runes come in.
totems will spawn around the area as well, you will want your shockwave generators as high of a level as possible to destroy them as quickly as possible. the best upgrades i found for these is: any one of the first upgrades, salvage, shattering wave. these upgrades not only help a lot but are really good. salvage gives you 100 coins every time a totem is destroyed giving you a ton of money early on in the waves and allowing you to build up some savings. shattering wave helps a ton in unlimited mode, this is due to the totems gaining large amounts of health as the waves go on.
totems also will give a ton of experience to as the waves go on, even going as high as over 10 million exp depending on how far you want to go.
NOTE: DO NOT put a shockwave generator anywhere near the special barricade that drops enemies into the abyss! if you do this it will stop enemies from falling and they will go around to your portal!

there is one problem with this though and its battering rams. these enemies are VERY tanky and require a lot of firepower to take down... or so you may think! this is where barricades come in and are your best friend! barricades, in the early parts of the waves, can one shot these battering rams with ease. simply drop the barricades on their heads and they will be destroyed. in later waves it may take 2 barricades to destroy one battering ram but this is the best counter to them. if you let them get to that hole they will fall in, but when they explode they will eject knights out and into your portal so its best to take them out with barricades early on near the entrance. a note to take is never rush the waves with battering rams in them or they will shrug off the barricades completely.

in the screenshot below i have marked the spots where the totems will appear at. its best to put traps where a lot of these totems spawn, more particularly in the beginning you will want that area near the entrance to be free of totems or it can cause issues when you are trying to get set up.














this is basically all their is to it! all you need to do is follow the steps above and your golden! be sure to drop barricades on the heads of the battering rams and there's no way enemies can bypass your set up. you can keep this going for as long as you like! soon your game will look just like my score above!

i hope this guide helps! if you have any questions feel free to ask.