We shall keep this very short and sweet. I will be placing my personally collected knowledge about the game here for others who may be in need of a different view. I hope this is helpful and will remove your need to search. I am obviously not the only person who has collected this information, and I do not claim to be unique in my findings. Please note that this game shares many similarities to Phantom Brave in how it is played but is in itself another fun variation of the formula.

I do not claim to be the original and only founder of any of this information. This is merely a collection of both my findings in game and those of cursory internet searches that revealed many and multiple sources for the information scattered over the web.

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• Introduction
  
• Table of Contents
  
• Immediately Noticeable Major Differences
  
• Early Dungeon Tips & Memorables
  
• Classes and Monsters
  
  • Humanoid
    
  • Non-Humanoid & Monster
    
  • Vehicles
• Special Use Units & Shops
  
  • S.U. Units
    
  • Shops
    
  • Not in the Shop!!!
• Buildings
  
  • Facilities You Say
    
  • Who Builds What
• Leveling Up
  
  • A General Fore-Note
    
  • Do I REALLY need help with this one?
    
  • Getting it right early
    
  • Alright so... Where's the Grind?
    
  • Getting Creative: Farming
• Mana-ing Up
  
  • Clearing things up
• Dungeons and Food Dungeons
  
• An Unnecessary Proof
  
• Weapon Types and Skills
  
  • Weapon Mastery Skills
    
  • Magic Skills
• Reincarnation
  
  • With Star Item
    
  • Without Star Item
    
  • Now What?
• Secrets
  
• Achievements
  
• Special Character/Vehicle Unlocks
  
  • Vehicles
• Optional Fights
  
• Optional Fights (Cont.)
  
  • Cycle 2+
• Endings
  
  • Unlockable Endings
    
  • Special Loss Endings
• Special Thanks

To those familiar with the genre, there are some things that will stick out immediately about this game that are different. Major differences include:

• Unlike Phantom Brave where we controlled and could move around Marona, in this iteration we have Zetta, the most badass overlord, in book form who is unable to move on his own and from him we summon our units. Do not forget that if Zetta takes damage, you can and will lose the ability to invite!!
  
• Most of us are familiar with the traditional unit combinations from the other series such as using other characters as weapons or building towers. This entry however introduces both buildings and vehicles which have internal slots where characters can occupy space to receive additional bonuses like increased stats or access to vehicle specific abilities or both. It is completely possible to place a character into a vehicle and then place that vehicle into a building. This is another method of extending your summon range from Zetta as this Building Unit can be summoned at the extremes of his boundaries and it then can release characters even further away provided they were already inside the unit.
  
• An extremely large change to the formula is the complete change of battle focus and goal. We are no longer required to kill every enemy on the screen, in fact we may not have to kill a single one. Our goal now is to accrue points. Every preexisting unit and unit added through extensions has a point value that can be seen in their stats by hovering over them. Each stage displays a goal point value which when reached will allow you to tell Zetta to end the stage. These points affect after battle rewards and the stage can continue after reaching the goal value if there is still stuff to do and you do not decide to leave.
  
• Another change that makes things interesting is the ability to customize the chapters. Without going into too much detail here, we get to choose which overlord builds each of the chapter's Netherworld.

Now there are a few things that are good to keep in mind.

• There is no skip/fast-forward function, BUT holding the "Cancel" (Keyboard Default "Esc" or XBOX default "B") button will speed through dialog at your chosen speed without skipping choice selections.
  
• Zetta can take damage. If this happens you will lose your invite capabilities and all of your units will take damage!
  
• Enemies can invite/summon other enemies or buildings full of enemies. This is signified by the invite tag above their head.
  
• Encounters can be expanded by either killing or O.B.(out-of-bounding) the "Key" marked unit or item. You can also O.B. any random unit or item into the outline for the expansion area to unlock it early!
  
• Equipment can be changed and swapped multiple times on a single character within the same turn! This can be used to move a weapon to an armor slot, then lift and throw something, then move the weapon back!
  
• Zetta CAN be thrown to adjust your invite strategy. A good method: summon a pickpocket (they have great move), lift and move Zetta and then throw to where you want, repeat as needed!
  
• Hammers are dangerous and will be found on enemies randomly through out your journey. They are incredibly dangerous because they can permanently lower your level!
  
• Dishwashers can increase your EXP gain by feeding enemy and ally units! Do not forget this later!
  
• Each Star on an item (up to 5) increases its stats by 20%! At 5 stars that's double stats!!! -This does NOT apply to MOVE, JUMP, or Elemental stats-
  
• Accumulating stars on characters increases the requirements to reincarnate but it also increases stats!

I will use the base class name for the entry. For the unlock method I will list the base class required: please note that upgraded versions will work in their place.


Defeating a monster base class instantly unlocks MOST for creation. Encounters from map expansions are MOSTLY random and can give the potential to unlock lots of things early. Unless it has a predetermined unlock location or additional requirement which I will list below.


Somewhat special case: Humanoid with a Non-Humanoid requirement


And one more available only through wishing


These are basically moving Fortresses/Buildings with 1 unit slot. You will unlock the ability to use them at the beginning of Chapter 4. Vehicles can only have one pilot but can carry other units as well.

Side Note: Vehicles take more damage from Bazooka weapons

These units have alternate uses outside of battle. Just summon them onto the map and talk to them to use access their abilities.


Unlike other entries, we have two currencies and two completely different kinds of shops.

The traditional "Shop" will sell weapons and armor and allow you to sell your items to them for money. This shops items are determined by the shop rank and the laboratory rank of your professor.

The Mechanics version is more like a "Garage" of sorts and allows you to trade items for materials. These materials are then used to purchase part upgrades for your vehicles.

There are some pieces of equipment that will never be found in the shop: Balloons, Bombs, Boxes, Drums, Fans, Fishing Poles, Hammers, Lightsabers, Magic Cannons, Magnets, Pans, Pies, Remotes, Rods, and Syringes. These things must be stolen from enemies or found in dungeons. A few of these appear in the story from time to time. I will list the ones I am absolutely sure of.

These are special "Units" that give the characters inside special bonuses. Vehicles can also be housed here. It may seem like you can only have four buildings but this is just misleading. You can only have four deployed and visible in the home area. In order to get more than 4 buildings total you must remove one of the visible buildings. This can be done by storing it. Now you can make another building!

Buildings, other than the ones given from the start, are created by making the wish "I wish for a new Facility" on anyone other than your chosen leader unit. Please note immediately that this WILL Permanently KILL the chosen unit, if they cannot survive the damage, this requires very high levels though. The character will become available for reincarnation. The built facility will be the level of the sacrificed character. There is no way to increase this level.

Side Note: Buildings take more damage from Drill, Hammer, and Shovel weapons

Most major changes to your character won't begin until after level 100. At this point the character will begin to accrue permanent stat boosts that will carry over into reincarnations as well as better/ more optimized skills. These are important classes to consider for their over level 100 Passive Skills. These are just suggestions and they are not the only skills they offer.


Honestly, you probably won't need to do a lot of excess leveling for the main game unless you are trying to get everything. Let's be honest here though, you're on this guide to do EVERYTHING. So yes you will need to do a little bit of work. Luckily it's nowhere near as lengthy or difficult as the other entries can be.

Well first... Get a Carrot. You were told that veggies were good as a kid for a reason even though this game nefariously names all of them. They however possess two very important skills that we will want on all of our future characters and will be used as the second or first incarnation of every character you plan to power level. These skills are EXP + X% and MANA + X%. If you have ever played a NIS title like this, then you know just how useful and necessary skills like this and similar are to your success and speed. So like the words of your parents, "Don't forget your vegetables!"

Next we need to focus on getting the "Academy" building which provides an additional benefit of "Experience gained by battle increases by 50%." We will be placing any and all units important to us inside this building as we level up. It is highly unlikely that you will need more than the initial buildings and this building for this process unless a specific strategy opens up for you later that you personally prefer.

Now that we have our two most important tools, the Carrot class and a(n) "Academy", we need to focus on leveling that Carrot up to unlock its higher tiers. The higher tiers unlock better versions of it's skills that we will want when training future characters. So now we will focus on an easily missed leveling technique.

ALWAYS invite the characters you are leveling if there is an experience bonus that you will get. It doesn't matter if they are on the ground, in a vehicle, or in a facility. If they are on the field at the end of the level, and an experience bonus was awarded, they WILL receive it. It may not seem like much early but it will quickly add up while going through the stages. That Carrot will quickly unlock higher tiers and be capable of reincarnation rather quickly if you decide to use it.

So our method of choice here is, in this order after unlocking the above things.

• Make character from any star item to allow easy reincarnations
  
• Choose a base class with a weapon you enjoy OR that makes leveling easier (Book, Bazooka, AoE(area of effect) weapons are fastest :: Junk Trader is an amazing choice here because it will give MONEY + X% AND Bazooka:: Magician and Witch are also amazing for AoE Magic)
  
• Collect mana and level up that weapon skill at least 1 time so that it will transfer in reincarnation. OR in the case of Magician and Witch, aim for around level 50+ to unlock all the version of the elemental Magic they will learn.
  
• Become a Carrot to learn the EXP + X% and Mana + X% skills
  
• Reincarnate to your next desired class and continue as needed.

I have found the following chapters to be very useful. Please remember that your choice of overlord can customize your encounter some. These are the earliest locations that I found somewhat efficient.

• Chapter 3.4: Exceptionally good for weapon training. If killing the building, I recommend Shovels.
  
• Chapter 5.4
  
• Chapter 6.1
  
• Chapter 7.4
  
• Chapter 8.3
  
• Chapter 9.1
  
• Dungeons then Food Dungeons after level 100
  
• Most, if not all, of Petta Mode

We can also create a nonending supply of food monsters with the use of a Foods Market.

Step 1: Create a Foods Market, or several, of the desired enemy level.

Step 2: Go to any stage where you have a situation in-which you can throw at least one enemy.

Step 3: Clear away all enemies that are not your chosen "throw enemy."

Step 4: Summon your empty Foods Market(s) and then toss your enemy into it and end your turn. This building will now produce new food enemies every turn.

Final Step: Optionally repeat step 4 and kill food enemies until your satisfied.

Note: Enemies will spawn at the level of the building.
Further Note: This can be used to artificially gain score if there isn't enough for a prize you are after!

Further Note: If your final target is the hardest fight: I recommend focusing on 2 characters, either magic or physical or one of each, and collecting at least 50-100 stars on each of them as you level up, reincarnate, and play through the story. This will save you time grinding later as you will have your two damage units prepared to do their job when the time comes.

So we know where to level up and we'll soon read about dungeons, but where do we collect mana? I personally was just killing the fortress in 3-4 with Mana + X% and getting between 600 and 900 a mission. I thought this was good enough. Shortly after reaching the early 200's I realized that I was in for a slog in my approach to 1000.

Luckily, a comment of someone familiar with how to make this better suddenly appeared! I will paste their method below for drastically increasing mana gain at this location.


Buildings shouldn't count against you but be wary of using your own regular units as targets for this as it can force you into an optional fight after the final chapter for too many ally kills! Encounter: Pram

For anyone having trouble following, this is what was meant:

Step 1: Have between 1 and 4 surprise box monsters each holding a Box weapon (this weapon can be obtained randomly in free dungeons early game or guaranteed in a specific late game stage: Chapter 8.4). They must each have leveled up the Box Mastery skill enough to have the 3rd attack skill from it (Box Mastery 7: Pandora Force).

Optional Step: Summon 3 high level hut buildings (definitely makes this work better).

Step 2: Summon the character that you want to receive the mana and the surprise boxes on map 3-4.

Step 3: The surprise boxes should now attack Zetta with the third Box Mastery skill for a total of 16 times spread over however many turns you need to get this done.

Final Step: Mana receiving character now destroys buildings beginning with the optional ones if they were summoned.

I really should make some kind of D&D joke here, but I can't think of one that would last longer than a Food Dungeon.

Dungeons are a special kind of battlefield that can be created by making the wish "I wish for a new dungeon" with Zetta. These uniquely created battle areas will be randomly created with between 1 and 100 floors. These dungeons are where you will find all those weapons that are unpurchaseable.

These are a special variation of free dungeons that are created with a character that is level 100 or higher while only holding food in the weapon slot, the other slots do not affect this. These dungeons yield a 1 floor dungeon with enemies twice the level of the creator. They are very mana expensive and they are the single best level up location in the game. Food Dungeons always look the same.

To show how useful Chapter 3.4 can actually be, I have used this mission exclusively to unlock all the human classes and will be using it to reach the leader level requirement for post game content so that I can check cycle requirements. I wanted to show this so that it could be known that one can achieve much higher levels early on for the sake of optional battles. Once I reach optional battles, I will go on to using them and other methods that do not increase my distance into the story for further leveling purposes so that I can maintain my current chapter location.

After reaching roughly level 20 with about 6 or so characters, it becomes possible to whittle the building down instead for leveling. Obviously this was a big waste of time, but it does show that you do not necessarily have to wait until level 100 to do "Food Dungeons", a later cycle, or even a later chapter!

Please please note that this is a terrible idea and I am only doing it in the pursuit of determining EXACT cycle requirements. There are much faster ways to level up, like just completing the chapters normally and naturally reaching post game content! Do not follow this example if you value your time.


Hind-sight being what it is, I did realize many ways that I could have done this faster: focusing on one character from the start instead of unlocking all the classes first would have made this go tremendously quicker.

Any and all skills based on a character's/class's/vehicle's level will be learned before or at level 100.

This will provide information on when you can expect to learn skills from the different weapon types. I will exclude the initial skill. The use of a Library will increase how quickly you level a weapon's mastery.


The Magician and Witch will naturally learn elemental magic as they level up. These skills will be passed down when reincarnating but they will not learn higher tiered spell versions than what they already know if they are reincarnated into a class other than these two. I.E. A level 49 Mage reincarnates into something other than a Magician or Witch. This once Mage will now have elemental spells of 1 type up to Giga, but will never learn Omega level. Even though you can continue to level up your Magic Mastery level, you will still not learn the next level spell because it unlocks at Magician/Witch level 50. This is also the same for Healing magic spells like the levels of Heal and buffs or debuffs. They are tied to level. I will put provide the level each of these traditional spells is learned.



Note: These are not the only classes that learn other skills as they level up, in fact all classes received stronger passives at 100 and a select few others learn new attacks along the way. Vehicles also learn new skills as they level up. Obviously Special unlocked characters do as well.

In order to reincarnate, each character must have gathered mana and be free of both equipment and buildings. After separating them of their obligations you will be able to begin the process. There is a singular important distinction here that changes how reincarnations works: is it a star item?

At character creation for each unit you will be given the option of which item to use as the base. The name of this item can be followed by a number of stars.

If the character was derived from a star item, then all that must be done is to go to Zetta and make a wish to reincarnate. This method requires less mana and allows the unit to immediately reincarnate into the next class.

If the character is a commoner and did not derive from a star item, they must first make a wish at Zetta to build a building. This requires more mana because they must have enough mana to create the building and then enough to pick their next class. The character will receive fatal damage while completing the building and cannot be healed through normal means. They have died.

Now that the character is ready to complete the process, we will need a new base item. Summon the item to the ground and begin the process of creating a character with it as you did in the tutorial with the exception of selecting our reincarnated characters name and portrait instead of new character. This will now allow you to change their class and add in more stat points, usually more than they had originally if they leveled up any.

Opinion: I believe it is best to focus on the collection of stars on a single character as each star grants extra points. I do not know if this continues past 100 stars, but I do know that total levels also add points. These points go in at the creation and will count as base stats in level up calculations. TLDR: More stars equals more points equals higher stats faster.

Spoiler-like content will be below this section! Please do not read further if you wish to discover everything for yourself!! Cycle requirements personally verified.

How and when each achievement should unlock as well as its individual requirements and if possible a method by which to more easily obtain it.

Like all of their other games, there are many special characters to be unlocked from this title and from their many other titles. This will list how to obtain them. Cycle availability will refer to the cycle in which you can meet the requirements to unlock them. In some cases, unlocking the character will force you into the next cycle. These will be listed as 1st(forced cycle change). You technically unlocked the requirements in the first cycle but couldn't use them until the next. Once unlocked, the character remains unlocked for future cycles.

These are battles that are not normally unlocked through natural story progression and will require alternative methods such as "Making a Wish." Some encounters will force a game cycle restart. Some fights have Chapter requirements for the "Wish" itself but the fight stays available after that chapter so long as it was wished for.

Important Note: Make sure to remember that you only have to meet the score requirement to beat the mission! Sometimes this means you can skip everything except one unit!
Important Tip: DO NOT underestimate your neutral Book Mastery skills!! Especially Thunder Cage!

The Overlords come available in the chapter they are introduced. Most of them go away at the end of Chapter 8. Make wishes accordingly.

Some of these would be better described as hidden scenes than endings.

Thank you Eichidav

And to everyone else who has helped with my previous guides, a sincere thank you.