Leveling up is often your primary objective in the game. And you do this by completing quests. 

As mentioned above, you’ll start by fighting bandits. But after doing just a few rounds of bandit fighting, you’ll unlock a new island. And that means new quests — and soon, your first boss.

The more you progress, the more locations and quests you’ll unlock. You also need to be at certain levels to activate your fruits (more on that later) or join in player vs player gameplay. 

You can spend hours and hours leveling up. At this moment, the top level available is 2,450. But it will continue to go up as the game is updated. No worries though — it’s a fun game even at the lower levels.