Start Guide

Getting started Wolcen: all the information you need to get started! What are afflictions, equipment and spell specs, etc!

wolcen beginner guide

once the intro is done you will start to level up. I advise you to max ferocity to boost your damage. Your survivability shouldn't be a problem during story mode, thanks to your gear.
the passive points will be a little more complicated. It will necessarily take time (or take an existing build) to do something consistent. I advise you to choose an archetype (red, blue or green), then to choose a direction, by turning the wheel if necessary (you must therefore look at all the "blue points" for example if you choose the blue archetype). Take consistent points! If you're maxing out elemental damage, don't bother looking for poison passives.

The spells can be bought from the merchant or dropped. I recommend 1 or 2 DPS spells, and the rest of the support spells.
Pay attention to the type of spell, which each time requires a particular weapon to be able to use it.
If you already have a spell, having it again will give you primordial affinity, which allows you to level up a particular spell near the merchant. Pay attention to skill tags to find out what mechanics are linked to them.

Remember to see the merchant quite often, as his stuff updates every fifteen minutes.
If you play a mage, think about spell damage, if you hit with a weapon the material damage
For gems, be careful to read the type of socket to put the gem with the effect you want!