Yes, you have to be lvl50. A quick tip for after you rebirth, if you have GR8, if you do Escort II in Frass Chasm you can recruit 2 NPCs that won't take EXP and grind there to re-lvl. You get about 500/kill plus an NPC that heals you. I run between the two save points skipping the giant in between and it takes me about 10 minutes to complete a run. Doing this you will get 1 lvl / run until lvl40.
Note- Only Captain Marco heals. Warriors use axe, and the other characters don't fight so don't recruit them.
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