In this Gunslinger Leveling Guide we cover everything you need to know on your journey to level 50 in Lost Ark. We’ll teach you what you should focus on, the skills you should make priority, and which skills to level to as you continue on.
Gunslinger Levelling Guide
We recommend that you try out all the skills and play whatever is the most fun for you. However, if you just want to speed up the process (maybe that’s the most fun for you) or you’re tying to power through levelling an alt, follow this level by level breakdown of what skills to use and level up and which tripods to activate.
You can swap between saved skill tree slots whenever for free (even in combat as long as no skills are on cooldown). It’s recommended to use both your skillbook slots, choose abilities based on this: one for AoE (packs of normal enemies) and one for Single Target (Boss/Elites).
Largely you’ll be in the Pistols stance for all the movement skills to travel when you cannot mount up. The basis of the allocation of points goes like this: select Tripods that increase Mobility, Attack Speed, and Cooldown Reduction. These Tripods are typically found in the first tier:
- Excellent Mobility
- Quick Preparation
- Quick Aim
- Swift Fingers
- Agile Movement
Gunslinger Skill Priority
Here are the mobility skills you should focus on keeping at Level 4:
- Quick Step
- Somersault Shot
- Dexterous Shot
- Peacekeeper
Then there are filler skills you can choose to put points into or not if you want to save time later when you need to remove them for Level 10 Skills. (in order of importance)
- Shotgun Rapid Fire
- Spiral Flame
- Catastrophe
- Dual Buckshot
- Last Request
- Hour of Judgement
Finally, the High Damage abilities you’ll want to max to level 10 when you can in this order:
- Equilibrium (lvl 20)*
- Sharpshooter (lvl 40)+
- Bullet Rain (lvl 36)
- Focused Shot (lvl 32)
- Perfect Shot (lvl 20)
*only take away points from movement skills to acquire Equilibrium Level 10.
+You can create a second skill build for boss fights with only changing the Tripods of Sharpshooter to: Tripod 1: Special Bullet and Tripod 2: In a Tight Spot.
Below is an example Skill Progression Chart, and their Tripods, that you can use to Level your Gunslinger. In theory, you can get Bullet Rain and Focused Shot to Level 10 once you reach the level unlock them, however it would require losing a lot of movement abilities.
Gunslinger Skill Level Chart
Level | Icon | Skill Name | Skill Level | Tripod 1 | Tripod 2 | Tripod 3 |
![]() | 11 | Quick Step | 4 | Excellent Mobility | ||
![]() | 12 | Equillibrium | 4 | Weakness Exposure | ||
![]() | 13 | Equillibrium | 5 | Weakness Exposure | ||
![]() | 14 | Hour of Judgment | 4 | Quick Preparation | ||
![]() | Shotgun Rapid Fire | 4 | Combo Rapid Fire | |||
![]() | 15 | Spiral Flame | 4 | Quick Aim | ||
![]() | 16 | Catastrophe | 4 | Quick Aim | ||
![]() | 17 | Equillibrium | 6 | Quick Aim | ||
![]() | 18 | Equillibrium | 7 | Quick Aim | Enemy Raid | |
![]() | 19 | Somersault Shot | 4 | Agile Movement | ||
![]() | 20 | Equillibrium | 10 | Weakness Exposure | Eneemy Raid | Vital Shot |
![]() | 21 | Quick Step | 4 | Excellent Mobility | ||
![]() | 22 | Somersault Shot | 4 | Agile Movement | ||
![]() | Dexterous Shot | 4 | Agile Movement | |||
![]() | 23 | Shotgun Rapid Fire | 4 | Combo Rapid Fire | ||
![]() | 24 | Perfect Shot | 4 | Stable Stance | ||
![]() | 25 | Last Request | 4 | Quick Preparation | ||
![]() | 26 | Spiral Flame | 4 | Quick Aim | ||
![]() | Hour of Judgment | 4 | Quick Preparation | |||
![]() | 27 | Catastrophe | 4 | Quick Aim | ||
![]() | 28 | Peacekeeper | 4 | Excellent Mobility | ||
![]() | 29 | Dual Buckshot | 4 | Swift Fingers | ||
![]() | 32 | Focused Shot | 7 | Quick Aim | Enhanced Bullet | |
![]() | 35 | Perfect Shot | 7 | Stable Stance | Precision Shot | |
![]() | 37 | Dual Buckshot | 6 | |||
![]() | 38 | Dual Buckshot | 7 | Swift Fingers | Enhanced Fire | |
![]() | 40 | Sharpshooter | 10* (remove points from Dual Buckshot (to lvl 4) Perfect Shot (to Lvl 4) Hour of Judgment (all points) | Ranged Shot | Omnidirectional Fire | Swift Preparation |
![]() | 41 | Bullet Rain | 6 | Vital Point Shot | ||
![]() | 45 | Bullet Rain | 10* (remove points from Last Request) | Vital Point Shot | Rapid Fire | Flame Shot |
![]() | 46 | Perfect Shot | 6 | |||
![]() | 47 | Perfect Shot | 7* (remove points from Dual Buckshot) | Stable Stance | Kill Confirmation | |
![]() | 48 | Focused Shot | 9 | |||
![]() | 49 | Focused Shot | 10 | Quick Aim | Enhanced Bullet | Quick Finish |
Gear While Leveling
Just equip the highest Item Lv. item you find. Focus on Swiftness for increased movement speed, reduced casting time, and faster skill cooldowns. Secondly, your next best stat is Specialization.
Next Steps
Now that you’ve made it through this sub-guide, make sure you are ready for the End-Game once you hit level 50. Check out our End Game Gunslinger Guide.
Also note that these sub-guides are also part of our full-scope Gunslinger Class Guide which will encompass all of these sub guides.
As always, you can also use our Guide Directory article to see all of our Lost Ark Guides in a nice, detailed, organized fashion: