The essential episodes of Solo Leveling
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Solo Leveling — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Around ten years ago, gates that connected our world to another dimension began to appear, leading to the rise of hunters who would traverse these gates to fight the magic beasts within. Sung Jinwoo, E-Rank hunter, is the weakest of them all.
- 02
Jinwoo and his party appear to have cleared a low-level dungeon, when a hidden path to an unfamiliar temple is revealed. There they encounter a set of commandments and a group of monsters that cause them absolute despair.
- 03
While the C-Rank dungeon raid by Jinwoo and the others seems to be progressing well, the moment they step into an area covered in mana stones with a sleeping dungeon boss, things take a wrong turn.
- 04
Jinwoo survives tragedy once again, but Woo Jinchul warns him that Hwang Dongsoo, an S-Rank hunter, may be after his life. Determined to grow stronger, Jinwoo teams up with Jinho to raid a succession of C-Rank dungeons, but they attract attention...
- 05
A Knight Who Defends an Empty Throne
Out of the blue, a "job-change quest" pops up in Jinwoo's window. Feeling that it may help him get stronger, he enters the gate. Inside, he fights wave after wave of enemies, culminating in a knight who brings back memories of the Cartenon Temple.
- 06
Drained from endless battle, Jinwoo sees a phantom of his past self. To overcome his own past as the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind, he struggles to find a way to clear the job-change quest.
- 07
After a scheduled meeting with Jinah's teachers, Jinwoo is asked to talk to one of her classmates, Han Song-yi, who is working as a hunter. In an effort to show her the harsh reality of the job, Jinwoo takes her to a raid designated for new hunters of the White Tiger guild.
- 08
After being trapped inside of a red gate, Jinwoo has to contend with a bloodthirsty pack of ice elves who question his humanity.
- 09
Having completed his promise to Jinho to clear 19 dungeons, Jinwoo is stronger than he was when he fought the Cerberus. In order to gather the ingredients for the Elixir of Life and save his mother, he once again enters the S-Rank Demon's Castle dungeon.
- 10
The Hunters Guild strike team is confronting the high orc shaman Kargalgan when Jinwoo crashes the fight.
- 11
Jinwoo officially becomes an S-Rank hunter, allowing him to finalize his preparations for the Demon's Castle.
- 12
Seeking the remaining ingredient for the Elixir of Life, Jinwoo continues his conquest of the Demon's Castle.
- 13
It's Going to Get Even More Intense
As the S-Rank hunters continue fighting, they're confronted by a new magic beast resembling a humanoid ant.
- 14
Jinwoo arrives at Jeju Island to save the S-Rank hunters, but to do that he'll have to face the Ant King.
- 15
After no shortage of hardship, the 4th Jeju Island raid comes to a close. But for Jinwoo, the hunt never ends.
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