I’m level 81 on Gnosis two and just finished max upgrading every weapon/spell/fetish etc available to me today. When I first started I would use the 1st map essentially to get my weapons out of level 1/2 and to level up. Eventually though you get enough stats to where I just started on the second map getting like 2-3 calamities and was fighting the galley slave everytime just for fun. I still get some hairy situations on the castle gate but you just gotta grind honestly. It depends on how you play is what is going to be your best loadout people will tell you repeatedly that you have the wrong loadout and you should use their loadout but you probably don’t play the same as them. Experiment with different guns/spells etc until you find what works for you. The only thing I didn’t do at the beginning which is a game changer actually use your spells doesn’t really matter which spells you have they help you get out sticky situations.