Every transcension, upon defeating the boss at level 100 for the first time, and every 10th level after that, you will receive 1 gilded hero at random. As you get farther into the game, you can start moving the gilds to other heroes in order to increase your DPS. This guide will help you determine when to start moving gilds and which hero(es) to place the gilds on.
The Power 5
Around the point when you can clear the first 200 levels without farming or failing a boss, you should have enough Hero Souls to start moving gilds randomly for 2 hero souls each. You can do this by holding Control and left clicking on a gilded hero to move the gild to another random hero. You’ll be leveling the “Power 5”: Treebeast, Ivan, Brittany, the Seer and Samurai. Move as many gilds onto them as you can while spending the bulk of your hero souls on leveling up your ancients.
The Masked Samurai
Once your runs are getting to about level 500, you should have enough HS to move your gilds directly (Shift-click) for 80 HS each. Once you can comfortably afford to do so, move your gilds onto Samurai. Continue spending most of your hero souls on leveling ancients, as that will help boost your progress more than regilding.
Atlas
Once you’re able to level Samurai up to 2425 (that’s his hero level – not your zone level) then it’s optimal to move your gilds over to Atlas. Level Atlas to 725 before moving the gilds. If you can’t instantly clear all the zones before you can buy Atlas, move 1 gild onto Samurai and level him until you have enough gold for Atlas. This is known as a “transition gild”.
Terra through Wepwawet
For all of these heroes, you will follow one simple rule: Put all your gilds onto the best hero you can level to 1000 (hero level, not zone level.) Once you can level Atlas to 1500, you’ll be able to level Terra to 1000 so you can move your gilds over. Once Terra is 1500, you regild to Phthalo, and so on all the way down to when Gog is 1500 and you regild to Wepwawet.
Wepwawet, Betty & Midas
At level 1500, Wepwawet unlocks an ability that gives Betty Clicker a huge DPS boost. She becomes the best hero until the boost to King Midas at 2000 Wepwawet. Betty Clicker can often be skipped, as it is a very narrow range where she is the optimal hero. If you can level Wepwawet to 2000 without slowing down, then skip Betty.
Returning to Gog & Wepwawet
Once you can get Wepwawet to 6000, he becomes the best hero once again. If you can get Wepwawet to 6000 without slowing down, then you can skip both Betty and Midas. Beyond that, Wepwawet and Gog alternate being optimal in the following sequence: Wep 6000, Gog 7000, Wep 7000, Gog 8000, Wep 8000. If you can get Wepwawet to 8000 without slowing down, then you’re optimal – mathematically speaking. But for practical purposes, you can keep it simple and leave your gilds on Wepwawet at 6000 as the difference isn’t huge.
Transition Gilds
- Atlas: use Samurai
- Terra: use Samurai (Frostleaf is OK)
- Phthalo: use Samurai (Frostleaf/Dread Knight is OK)
- Banana through Wepwawet: use whoever is 3 heroes above
- Betty & Midas: use Wepwawet (and Moloch, if necessary)
After Transcending
Once you’ve transcended a couple of times, you can skip the random regilding into the Power 5 and head straight to Samurai. Depending on how far along you are into the game, you may even be able to skip straight to Atlas. The same rules will apply; regild to Atlas at 2425 Samurai, and then use the best hero you can get to 1000 without slowing down.
Don’t Forget – Level First, Move Gilds After
When you’re getting ready to move your gilds to the next hero, always make sure it’s leveled to 1000 (725 for Atlas, and 6000 for Wepwawet the second time) before transferring your gilds over. If you don’t, you’ll slow down considerably until you get a treasure chest!
1.0e3 Update – Five New Heroes
For these five new “elemental” heroes, you can regild to each as your main gilded hero as soon as you unlock them. One level of each of these heroes far surpasses thousands of levels of the previous hero because the gap between each of these heroes is so wide.
Quick Reference Guide
You can use this regilding chart as an easy reference tool for when to move your gilds. For more information on gilded heroes, check out the Gilded Heroes FAQ from the Clicker Heroes Wiki.