It’s easy to get overwhelmed in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, especially in the latter portions of the game. Lucky you, we’ve been doing some of that grinding and have found some of the Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth best leveling and XP farming spots with some helpful tips to get you started.

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth – Leveling Up Tips

Before we dive into the best areas to farm for XP to level up, let’s first dive into some things you should do before heading to these spots.

Play The Story

This almost seems like a no-brainer, but Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a massive game, and it’s easy to get sidetracked into many things. But the best advice I can give you to help you level up is to play the story. A lot of the side content is only unlockable by progressing into the story, including the best areas to farm for XP.

That, and the story does level you quite a lot, enough to make a good headway through the story. But like me, you’ll eventually run into parts where enemies are too strong to handle, requiring some grinding.

Don’t Take On Enemies That Are Ten or More Levels Higher Than You

There may not be a game over in Like A Dragon when you lose to an enemy in the open world, but you do lose money, and the higher the level (purple markers on their head) you are, the more you lose. It doesn’t take that many levels for an enemy to easily overpower you either, as I found enemies that typically were ten levels above me to be quite the challenge.

It’s not worth the trouble, so go to an area with enemies equal (red marker on their head) or lower level than you. The time it takes to beat them will more than make for the small XP increase you get from more difficult enemies. You also don’t risk losing money this way, which can become necessary when buying new armor and weapon upgrades. At higher levels, losing a battle could cost you tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Yeah, it gets that high later in the game.

Focus on Upgrading Your Weapon

The biggest thing that is going to help you face off against enemies is better gear. To get better gear, you need resources, most of which can be farmed from random enemies. Focus on upgrading those weapons because it will make the most significant difference outside leveling.

Abuse Smackdown

Smackdown is a new feature in Infinite Wealth that lets you autocomplete a battle if the enemies are low enough level. How low? They need to be 11 levels below yours for the Smackdown option to appear. You’ll know when you can perform a Smackdown, as the enemies will have a blue marker over their head rather than a red or purple one.

The trigger to perform a Smackdown will appear as you transition into battle, allowing you to press L2/LT before the fight begins. This will make the party attack the enemies, winning the battle within seconds. This is an easy and quick way to get XP, which brings us to the next part.

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth – XP Farming Spots for Leveling Up

Labyrinths – Early Game

If you’re going to do some XP farming in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the first thing, as I mentioned, is to play the story first. Little farming is needed early in the game, and the story will get you to a decent level before it starts throwing big-level gap enemies at you. But fairly early, you’ll unlock side activities known as Labyrinths. This is part of the story, so you can’t miss it.

You’ll likely be a little under-leveled, but this is the perfect early farming spot very early on as there are some powerful enemies in these labyrinths, and if you happen to lose, you don’t lose anything. Plus, the number of resources you’ll get can be put to good use towards better weapons.

I used the Labyrinth as my main way of leveling for a good chunk of hours, but eventually, it can become boring, and other methods become quicker and more efficient.

Luckily, the main farming area I used afterward was outside the Labyrinth area. There are tons of high-level enemies roaming outside, and if you power up enough, you can even perform a smackdown on them. They spawn infinitely, but the best enemies to get XP from are the ones driving in cars. Focus on those, and if you have Smackdown available for them, you’ll be leveling up in no time.

Outside the Labyrinth is a set of strong enemies, too. You can keep fighting them and wait for them to spawn back by walking to a new area. The best thing is you don’t have to worry about wasting MP or health items since there is a healing station at the Labyrinth entrance.

Otherwise, Labyrinths are probably your best bet for early-to-late XP farming.

Farming XP for Leveling Jobs Post-Story

When you beat the game, all the enemies in the world will increase their levels, with level 40-50 enemies being common. Labyrinths are still great to do, and by now, you should be close to being able to take on those higher-level ones. I was level 50, but by the time I reached the end, that put me high enough to perform smackdowns on enemies in the 30s.

The higher the level of the enemy is, the better the XP. So use the Smackdown feature well; it will get you XP quickly. This area has level 40 enemies that you should be able to use Smackdown on.

You’ll level up fast, though once you reach level 60, things will become much grindier. But beyond your character level, you’ll also want to focus on job leveling for some added stats and new abilities. The above spot is the perfect section to level up all your jobs. Level 30 for each job will unlock all the skills, and reaching that in that area and using nothing but smackdown will take you less than an hour to get there for each character.

You could use the Smackdown technique in the Labyrinth, but this method is far faster since you don’t have to hunt down enemies. They just keep spawning in the same area over and over.

Use XP Gaining Gear, and Eat Food for XP Bonuses

A few items in Infinite Wealth will help you get a little extra regarding character XP and job XP. The items you’ll probably notice first are the gear items. These should be unlocked from playing naturally, at least they were for me, and they provide some XP gain bonuses for characters and jobs.

The next one is a temporary boost from eating food/meals. “53 By The Sea” is a high-end restaurant in the southeast portion of the map.

They sell all kinds of food there, and if you group them correctly, they’ll make a combo meal that gives bonuses. All restaurants have this feature, but only this one gives XP bonus.

The nice thing is, there’s a taxi right at the restaurant, so you can easily fast-travel to it to get an XP bonus when it ends. It’s a pricier restaurant than most in Honolulu, so be sure you have plenty of cash on hand.

I’m sure there are other XP farming methods, but these are the ones I used the most throughout the game and at the end. They’re efficient and fast enough to help you get to the level you need, but you’ll still need to invest a lot of time grinding.

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is now available to play. To learn more and read up on our thoughts, check out our Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth review!