Prepare gear before Ancient Power reset

Your inventory and shard collection before speaking with Mananode in Town.

Before you go

Meet the current Ancient Power reset floor and Ascension requirements.
Identify the gear and shards needed to rebuild after the reset.
Be prepared for equipment to return to Campaign level and ungilded shards to level 1.

Review every hero and defense build you expect to use after the reset.
Identify key shards that are ungilded and plan to relevel them after the downgrade.
Keep track of important equipment and mods; item levels may fall even when mod quality remains.
Check the current reset interface for exactly what will be downgraded or preserved.
Confirm you have a post-reset route for experience, gear, and shard progression.
Speak with Mananode only after the rebuild plan is workable.
After resetting, equip the awarded random Prestigious weapon and rebuild from the saved priorities.

Gilded shards avoid the recorded downgrade applied to ungilded shards; prioritize valuable shards before resetting if possible.
Materials, consumables, currency, and already unlocked Wayfarer weapons are recorded as preserved, while item Chaos levels can still fall.

Preparation is needed before each reset because floor requirements can rise. The reset itself is a prestige action, not a repeatable farm run.

Assuming all shards retain their level; ungilded shards and Hyper Shards are downgraded to level 1.
Assuming equipment or mods are fully preserved; gear returns to Campaign level and mod Chaos level may downgrade.

Proceed only when you can tolerate the rebuild and the reset’s benefits suit your goal; otherwise keep improving your current gear first.

Sources & fact checks

Open a guide to find other locations and see what the item is used for.

Shard progression

Preparing reduces the disruption from Ancient Power’s gear and shard downgrades.