Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5155207-20160806222949/@comment-27701762-20160806232754

I'll provide a small tip that helps the grinding go a bit faster: use the wallhump (Up+Down), which makes your step count increase faster than normal walking (so long as you are not moving horizontally as well), and after each encounter move to a different area (you can exit and then go back to the same area), which resets your step counter so you can get encounters a bit faster.