Progressing Through the Verdant, Infernal, Aetheric and Echoing Tiers

The mod splits progression into four stages, each with its own gear and machines. Knowing the order helps you plan what to work toward next.

The four tiers

1. Verdant: the starter stage. It gives you your first resonant equipment and basic generators. Get this set up first so you have stable power and better gear than vanilla.

2. Infernal: fiery armor, tools and mid-game machinery. This tier is linked to The Infernal Crucible, a fiery boss encounter.

3. Aetheric: high-tier resonant gear, including the Aetheric Elytra. This stage is linked to The Aetheric Bulwark, a heavy-hitting boss.

4. Echoing: the ultimate endgame resonant armor, tools and weapons. The final challenge here is The Echobound Dragon, a multi-phase dragon.

How to move up

• Defeat the progression bosses to unlock the higher tiers. Aetheric and Echoing gear in particular are gated behind boss kills.
• Use your Transmutation Table between fights. Turn spare loot into EMC and duplicate the supplies you need, such as food, building blocks and ammo, so you can focus on gearing up.
• Upgrade your machines as you go. The Condensed Core Generators and the Resonant Furnaces, Smokers and Blast Furnaces keep your base running fast.

Finish one full tier set before you challenge the next boss. Each encounter is built to test gear from the stage before it.