Dying Light 2 Early Game Combat XP, Money, and Trophy Farming

I found a good spot for farming combat XP, money, and trophies in the early game of Dying Light 2.

Personally, I find the main gate (?) northwest of the Bazaar (or is it closer to the west?) easiest to use. You should be able to do this once you reach the Bazaar.

However, just leveling up combat XP won't give you enough health to unlock skills, and you don't need any specific skills for this farming method, so it's better to prioritize money and trophies over combat XP at first. It's also a good idea to set the game mode to Easy.

To do this, go out through the main gate at night. You'll usually find at least one Howler, so let it scream and then head back to the front of the gate. There is a circular barricade built in front of the gate, so position yourself in the gap between the barricades to the left or right of the gate and defeat the enemies as they come to increase your chase level.

From chase level 3, Volatiles—familiar faces from the previous game—will appear. Since it's difficult to win in melee combat early on, when they show up, it's best to either go inside the gate or wait for the chase to end while dodging them effectively in front of the gate.

However, defeating enemies in melee combat reduces weapon durability, which will leave you short on money. You can buy weapon mods from the Craftmaster to restore durability, but actually, your top priority should be throwing knives.

Crafting recipes can be upgraded at the Craftmaster's shop using trophies. Since the first level-up can be done with (Uncommon) trophies, you should focus on upgrading throwing knives. Just be aware that, later on, you will need money (Old World currency, which is commonly used) in addition to trophies.

Once the throwing knife recipe is leveled up to a certain point, you'll be able to defeat Virals and Volatiles in one or two hits. Being able to defeat Volatiles, in particular, makes farming XP, money, and trophies much more efficient, which in turn helps you level up your throwing knives even further.

Eventually, you'll reach chase level 4 and just keep defeating Volatiles until you either make a mistake and die or run out of throwing knives. If you do this, you'll end up with only (Unique) trophies and run out of Uncommon and Rare ones, so you need to defeat Virals as well.

The problem with throwing knives is that they require a massive amount of scrap. While it's cheap at shops—1 scrap for 1 coin—a single shop only sells about 20 to 35 pieces. Make sure to unlock more shops, such as trading posts and schools, and spend your days farming as much scrap as possible.

Many recipes can only be obtained by completing quests, so once you've farmed enough and get bored, it's a good idea to go ahead and do some quests.

By the way, if you just keep leveling up, your rank will increase. I don't know if there are any negative side effects to this, so be careful. Since throwing knives deal fixed damage, I feel like the damage output might relatively decrease as your rank goes up.

There is a spot on the far left of the barricade where, for some reason, enemies cannot approach you (this might be fixed in a future game update), so you can use this to reach chase level 4 while being AFK.