Tutorial:Ultimate Guide

How to go from early game to absolute endgame - The Ultimate Guide

 * 1) Leave your island.
 * 2) Buy a Promising Pickaxe, Rookie Hoe and Promising Axe.
 * 3) Get, , skills to level 7.
 * 4) NPC Flip.
 * 5) Get some minion slots (Craft more unique minions).
 * 6) Place some Redstone Minions, since the Talisman Bag upgrades are going to be really important.
 * 7) Work on some easy talismans (Buy the ones from the Adventurer)
 * 8) Do the Season of Jerry event (you can get up to by selling Gifts)
 * 9) Now buy a maxed Raider Axe and Ender Armor reforged to Fierce.
 * 10) Get a lot of Fairy Souls (preferably all)

Mid Game
Now that you have killed some Dragons and gotten level 4 - 5 on all slayers you are:
 * 1) Do some Zealot Grinding. (Unless you can't one shot zealots yet in which case get more talismans or use a talisman optimizer)
 * 2) A griffin pet works extremely well for stats; the uncommon and above versions grants strength and regen, both of which are extremely useful
 * 3) Sell Summoning Eyes that you obtained from Zealot Grinding
 * 4) Focus on more talismans and minions (16 - 18 minion slots and at least 70% talisman completion).
 * 5) Use a Minion Spreadsheet to find a minion that consistently makes a good amount of money. Alternatively, continue using collection minions to get more upgrades and recipes.
 * 6) Grind Money using zealot grinding, farming, and minions.
 * 7) Buy Aspect of the Dragons and an armor set that has a decent damage and EHP boost (Strong Dragon Armor is very commonly used).
 * 8) Do Slayer Quests.
 * 9) Also, get Young Dragon Armor with Farmer Boots and Obsidian Chestplate (speed grinding zealots). Alternatively, if you are planning to use a God Potion, get a full young set, as the cap will be increased by 100.

Late Game
Now this is going to be a lot of money grinding
 * 1) Grind tens of million using any method
 * 2) Get better Pets, such as Blue Whale, Baby Yeti, Sheep, Tiger, and Ender Dragon.
 * 3) Do Dungeons (a lot).
 * 4) Get Mana Flux Power Orb.
 * 5) 20-22 minion slots and 95% talisman completion.
 * 6) Get all Slayers to level 6 or 7.

End Game

 * 1) Max collections one by one
 * 2) Get Superior Dragon Armor or Shadow Assassin Armor or any of the Wither Armor variants. It might be tempting to get these earlier but it's not worthwhile.
 * 3) Get a 50mil Midas Sword or Livid Dagger or any of the Necron's Blade variants
 * 4) Get all Slayers to level 8 or 9. Zombie Slayer level 8's perk is actually really good, so it might be worth getting earlier
 * 5) Get all top tier Slayer Items and grind more Dungeons.

Absolute End Game

 * 1) Get everything in the game
 * 2) Do everything in the game
 * 3) Grab an Emerald Blade
 * 4) Grab all the pets
 * 5) Max everything out
 * 6) Flex with your millions of damage

Nice, now you know what to do

Final Tips
For more tips, check Tutorials/Tips and Tricks.
 * With every new Dungeon Floor added, the Skill will become easier to level up. Because of this, it is not recommended to grind Dungeons too much and focus on other things too.
 * Most importantly, these are not rules for how to play the game, simply a very efficient means of getting to End Game. The main purpose of video games is having fun, and if building your island or experimenting with overpriced Items is something you enjoy, don't stop yourself from doing it just because others don't. Don't let people bully you because your Skill Average is low or because your networth is 1/2 of theirs, people who take the game too seriously are the last people you should be getting advice from.