Quote Originally Posted by g346007_1906957 View Post
You need to get your gear to at least hopebringer to be able to level them past 10. You get plans from the heroic realm, and materials from auto-level and quests.
Getting runes at rune temple could power you up a bit.
You get more slots to put heroes in from Royal challenge.

You don't need to spend any money to progress in the game. Spending money will only get you there faster.

Hope this helps.
crafting epic gear is a minimum of level 20

Quote Originally Posted by Murphy_6865694 View Post
I have the scroll that says hopebringer sword and a couple of other things but I cant seem to equip them. not sure what im missing . thank you for responding
you need to either click on open scroll or on the little arrow with the apprentice sword and gather your materials first