![](https://static.oqupie.com/oqupie/157664370212/portals/2024/08/76fed3a8644a11ef9d8b0a974841a760.jpg?Expires=1724990595&Signature=ERHNwgUy3Q1TidqCbviXI-6a3DUljndhfnIOe69bOU5lWqHgd~rqBdQhzlD3choo6nd9Uix2sq4lH26GPEitpBQd4BtvUaStS2NbqZlOG8DqU-J3im-beY08OKUhRcBPNeQ-ZF~jOHu9873EDgOY8XWfUPDk6J9y~fHzgbePxx1xvp7s8Gc~qo3GDoq0PcBTTHafgx2TqpyIdHx4T7UbO3n81NVhPgIgw~yqt69WjwHYKp2eN77PAwQ~GmfNYI0W2WSEoOW432POB1g1RYe8eybsWWpdXLZhl7c2bX~aho2fCv~GnFb-9Yo7E7JCzdHxc5p5JHqiWBVupEfblK9fqw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAICJRDPOLJGTKMITQ) ->*\- Pages 1/8 -*<- # /esg/ Newfag guide %olivedrab%>Last updated: 09/08/2024 - v1.3%% !!!info The guide covers most aspects, if in doubt about anything, ask in !~mediumaquamarine;%mediumaquamarine%[the thread.](https://boards.4chan.org/vg/catalog#s=/esg/)%%~! Additional specifics will be included in boxes like these. [TOC2] ### -> FAQ <- ##### What is Eversoul? A comfy anime-styled harem gacha developed by Nine Ark and published by Kakao Games ~~(for now)~~ with a fantasy theme with some sci-fi elements. Passively it's an idle RPG that demands very little daily time investment, with everything being sweepable in around 10-15 minutes every day once you cleared it once. Active gameplay consists largely of 5v5 autobattles with a variety of game modes surrounding that concept and decent depth to characters and team building aspects. Story and VN presentation is done through full 3D models, with chibi variants for some game modes and voiced segments in Korean and partial Japanese. ##### What are the characters like? It's a harem gacha with a self insert male MC where almost all the girls are for (you). There are currently **73** Souls with a good variety in character designs, personalities and archetypes, including angels, demons, cute kemonos with ears and tails and even filthy elves. Character bond stories and events feature multiple Live2D illustrations and even get you alternate costumes for free. Story and previous events are available right away so you're not missing any character development. You can also touch their boobs in the menus if you want. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/P6PlsRx.png)<- ->*Sex with all the Souls!*<- ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### Is this game F2P friendly? Extremely. The premium currency income is pretty high for free players, there are many pulls given through tickets and the gacha rates are generous. If you only care about your waifu collection, you will almost always get at least a copy of the newest unit for free, either through tickets or the banner pity. Some units are farmable with ingame currency, and the frequent events give you at least one copy of the units associated with them. This is a dupe-based game with a sync system which means you only need a handful of well invested units, but you'll be able to ascend many passively over time thanks to the high rates. There is currently only **one** semi-limited unit. Leaderboard and PVP-based rewards have a pretty flat curve and you don't need to tryhard to get good rewards out of them. You can focus on meta teams but you won't brick yourself by dickpulling or investing into your favorite units and since it's an idle game you won't be very competitive against day 1 or whale players anyway. Events can get you a few more rewards with higher difficulty clears but you'll be able to get everything important from them even as a newcutie. !!!info The !~mediumaquamarine;%mediumaquamarine%[Gacha Mechanics](#mileage-rates-and-numbers)%%~! section has some more stats about rates. ##### Am I too late to start? Absolutely not. Aside from the single semi-limited unit which will likely get rerun at some point, everything else is rerun frequently and your progression is limited by idle income in the long run so the earlier you start playing the better. The 1.5th Anniversary added the "Power Up!" catch-up series of tasks for newbies which makes it far easier to progress early on. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ### -> Getting Started <- ##### Where do I get the game? **Global/Asia:** [Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kakaogames.eversoul) | [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/eversoul/id1626247427) **JP:** [Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kakaogames.eversouljp) | [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB/id6470790562) **Emulators:** [Google Play Games](https://play.google.com/googleplaygames) | [Bluestacks](https://www.bluestacks.com/bluestacks-5.html) | [LDPlayer](https://www.ldplayer.net/) | [MEmu](https://www.memuplay.com/) | [Nox](https://www.bignox.com/) | [MuMu](https://www.mumuplayer.com/index.html) !!!info There is no PC client so you'll have to cope with emulation. In my experience, GPG is stable, very fast and comes with built-in hotkeys for the game however it lacks a lot of the features (and bloat) of other emulators. It has an issue with texture scaling that will make certain UI graphics look slightly blurry or compressed and it will force install itself on your C: drive. Emulation is going to be highly dependent on your computer's hardware and other factors so one of the other emulators might run better for you. I cannot vouch for any of the other ones and only added them for reference. ##### Which server should I choose? Game client is split into NA/EU and Asia regions as well as a Korea region which is region locked. Most people here play on the NA/EU region and we have two NA/EU guilds: Jammies and Pits. JP server is on a different client with a delayed release schedule, a few QoL improvements ported ahead of time from Global and an extra collab event. ##### Rerolling In my opinion it's absolutely not worth doing a traditional reroll. Regardless, I'm going to give you some options at the end of this section depending on how much time you want to waste. Keep in mind that the game is pretty casual so while you CAN reroll to try to get your favorite or a specific meta unit, the odds are low and it's not really worth your time. You have been warned. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Built-in reroll The game offers two built-in mechanics to pick starter units: - **Infinite Banner Reroll:** This happens immediately after the tutorial story dungeon and allows you to repeat a 10-pull until you're satisfied with the %mediumpurple%Epic%% (SSR) unit you get, excluding %violet%Angels%%/%mediumpurple%Demons%%/**%silver%Chaotic%%** (functionally UR) units. Don't skip it by accident. This contains all released %mediumpurple%Epics%% which means your chances are low to get a specific unit, but it does give you a lot of freedom if you have a favorite. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/mc1uI5u.png){35vh:100%}<- ->*Ignore this for brick speedruns*<- - **Pick-Up Choice Summon (S2):** This unlocks in your list of events after clearing one stage, and it lets you pick one of several units to roll for for the next two weeks. There are a lot of freebies early, so doing up to 300 rolls on it to get 8+ copies of your choice should be fairly effortless. You can delay your choice for several days to start the banner countdown later if you really want to for some reason. Depending on when you start, certain upcoming banners might be more attractive, so ask around before committing to it. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/R3a4hF5.png){40vh:100%}<- The best choices for these are %gold%Beleth%%, %lightcoral%Onyx%%, or %springgreen%Daphne%% for the Infinite Reroll and %gold%Aki%% from the Choice Banner. You can just dickpull, but keep in mind some units can be obtained for free. !!!info %gold%Beleth%% is a solid healer with some buffing focus, usable in any content as well as the best maid girl. %lightcoral%Onyx%% can also heal but her focus is on more heavily buffing teams without %violet%Angel%%/%mediumpurple%Demon%%/**%silver%Chaotic%%** units, making her more tricky to use well. %springgreen%Daphne%% is a tank with an invulnerability phase on death which allows you to fight stages with a high CP deficit where other tanks would die in seconds. You CAN get her from newbie selector boxes unlike the previous two so she's lower priority. %gold%Aki%% is a strong hypercarry up until the late stages where multiple teams are required to clear Battlefronts. Once she gets all her skills at level 201 she can easily take advantage of %springgreen%Daphne's%% invulnerability phase to charge up enough mana to kill three enemies in a row. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Rerolling strategy - **Maximum mald:** Log in with a Guest account. If you're using a fancier emulator you can probably take advantage of multi instancing. Pick %gold%Beleth%% or %lightcoral%Onyx%% from the Infinite Reroll and %gold%Aki%% from the Choice Summon. Collect all your newcutie rewards and the Hall of Fame gems which should amount to around 160-170 pulls immediately. Dump them on the %gold%Aki%% banner and try to get a copy of %violet%Yuria%% primarily since she works fine with one copy. %mediumpurple%Eve%% is another solid secondary option. Keep in mind that the odds of getting either like this is around **0.07% PER REROLL** so expect to be here for a very long time. Make sure you get at least eight copies of %gold%Aki%% by the time you finish the banner (4 pulls + 4 from mileage at 300 pulls). If there's a high profile banner going on you can try to snipe a copy of that unit too, they get added to all banners as soon as a unit is released. You can get %springgreen%Daphne%% from a newbie %mediumpurple%Epic%% selector box. **%red%Make sure you bind your account when done from the Settings menu.%%** ->![](https://i.imgur.com/EvDg6iN.png){35vh:100%}<- ->*Don't be a retard*<- - **Reasonable reroll:** Log in with a Guest account. Pick %springgreen%Beleth%% (preferable) or %lightcoral%Onyx%% from the Infinite Reroll and %gold%Aki%% from the Choice Summon. Try to get close to eight copies of %gold%Aki%% by the time you finish the banner (4 pulls + 4 from mileage at 300 pulls) or else reroll and try again, it'll be fairly fast. Get %springgreen%Daphne%% from a newbie %mediumpurple%Epic%% selector box. **%red%Make sure you bind your account when done from the Settings menu.%%** - **Serene start:** Pick whoever makes your dick hard from the Infinite Reroll, this is your best chance to guarantee someone you like the design of early. Pick %gold%Aki%% for the Choice Summon and try to get eight copies of her from the banner but if you come up short, those selectors can cover a deficit. You can get %springgreen%Daphne%% from one of the four newcutie %mediumpurple%Epic%% selectors you'll get from the starter tasks and if you need a healer, you can get %springgreen%Talia%% from another selector box, or buy the $1 pack to get a copy but wait until you do your banner pulls in case you randomly get someone to cover for those roles. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### What should I focus on after starting? - Collect all your newfag rewards and Hall of Fame gems, they add up to around 170ish pulls; - Do your dailies/weeklies. Focus on Boot Camp, Recommended Tasks and Power-Up! Event tasks early on; - Save your extra Power Up! selectors to help you reach five Origin units unless you need a specific one right away (like %springgreen%Daphne%% if you skipped her on Infinite Reroll); You can also save your Keepsake selector for later; - Push Battlefront to unlock all the features, early freebies and get your idle income up. Try to add a lot of high level friends since you can use friend hires to progress faster if a stage walls you; - Early Battlefront and Boot Camp rewards will get you two copies of %gold%Linzy%% and one of %gold%Mephistopheles%%, %springgreen%Chloe%%, %lightcoral%Clara%%, %lightcoral%Seeha%% and %dodgerblue%Rebecca%%. If you purchase anything, even the $1 pack, you'll also get a copy of %springgreen%Talia%%. Power-Up! tasks will get you an %violet%Origin%% copy of %gold%Mephistopheles%%, four %mediumpurple%Epic%% Soul Selector Tickets, and two %burlywood%Legendary%%%gold%+%% fodder boxes so you can round out your roster how you like; - If there's an ongoing event, try to clear as much of it as possible; - Get your choice banner to 300 pity for your second %violet%Origin%% unit (probably %gold%Aki%%); - Buy the Anniversary Keepsake set in the Antique Shop for a large power boost for your carry; - Save your gems for your waifu or upcoming %violet%Angel%%/%mediumpurple%Demon%%/**%silver%Chaotic%%** banners, if you care about meta; - Don't use %mediumpurple%Epics%% as fodder unless prompted or you'll brick yourself; - RTFM. There are guides on every page ingame explaining the basics of each mechanic. - As soon as a unit is released, they're added to the general pool, so you can get the current banner unit from Friendship and Normal summons if you're a luckshitter but early on you'll just want to spend those immediately to build your roster. - Reset is at **[00:00 UTC](https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter?t=00&tz2=Coordinated-Universal-Time-UTC)** daily. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### Gacha ######Everstones The premium currency of the game is called **%deepskyblue%Everstones%%** and you get it by doing pretty much anything. It's a reward for many content clears and milestones and you'll get all of your F2P income by just doing all the activities available to you. A small amount is tied to leaderboard rankings but it's not worth fussing over. There's a small distinction between paid and free Everstones, but outside of a single starter banner it doesn't really matter. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/BiYxpiO.png){35vh:100%}<- ->*Gacha lifeblood*<- ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Tickets and banners ->![](https://i.imgur.com/rV8qxJA.png){50vh:100%}<- **Pick-Up Summon:** This uses premium currency and works on a mileage system that gives progressive rewards. These milestones **do not** carry over to other Pick-Up banners. You will get 30 golden Pick-Up Summon Tickets as mileage rewards, so you only need 270 pulls to reach complete mileage and while there are a few rare spots where those tickets show up, don't expect to be able to hoard them. It's worth noting that doing single pulls on Pick-Up banners costs more than 10-pulls (2400 vs 2100) so always do the latter if possible. Only ever spend your Everstones on these banners. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/THKDTgB.png)<- ->*Current Pick-Up Soul*<- Mileage | Reward ------ | ------ 40 | 10 Pick-Up Summon Tickets 80 | **1 copy of the banner unit** 120 | 100 Artifact shards for the banner unit 160 | 20 Pick-Up Summon Tickets 200 | **1 copy of the banner unit** 250 | 30 %deepskyblue%Rare%% fodder of the banner unit's race (or **1 copy of the unit on %violet%Angel%%/%mediumpurple%Demon%%/%silver%Chaotic%% banners**) 300 | **2 copies of the banner unit** X00+ | **1 copy of the banner unit** every 100 pulls after that !!!info You will need 8 copies to ascend a normal unit to %violet%Origin%%, and 14 to %violet%Origin%% an %violet%Angel%%/%mediumpurple%Demon%%/**%silver%Chaotic%%** unit. You can get 300 pulls in less than 2 months with F2P rewards. The stat difference between %violet%Origin%% and %violet%Origin%%%gold%+5%% is around 21% in each stat so it's fairly negligible. I'd recommend only getting a unit to %violet%Origin%% on it's banner, and then rolling them to %violet%Origin%%%gold%+5%% on a rerun if you use them a lot. Or you can roll with your dick and +5 your waifu as soon as she's released. **Erika's Alchemy:** This banner unlocks at Battlefront 10-20 and uses the purple Erika tickets and can get you **ANY** soul including the semi-limited **%silver%Chaotic%%** ones with a 70 pull pity at 2% chance. It's primarily for whales but you can get some free tickets over time from the login track, some events, Battlefront challenge mode or Operation Eden Alliance. Your priority for these should probably be a **%silver%Chaotic%%** unit you missed or an %violet%Angel%%/%mediumpurple%Demon%% that works fine at low Ascension such as %violet%Yuria%% or %mediumpurple%Eve%%. **Normal Summon:** This banner uses blue Normal Summon Tickets. It can get you any Soul except for **%silver%Chaotic%%** Souls, with %violet%Angels%% and %mediumpurple%Demons%% on a much lower individual rate. You frequently get a lot of blue tickets and there's no reason to hoard them. Especially early on the fodder you get out of it is more important for progression, especially before the 5 Origin wall. This banner has a 30 pull pity mechanic which makes the rates slightly better for random Souls and you get one free pull per day. **Type Summon:** This banner uses the green Type Summon Tickets and rotates between the basic four factions every day. %gold%Humanlikes%% and %springgreen%Fairies%% tend to have slightly stronger rosters if you want to roll on it but it's primarily a good way to get %deepskyblue%Rare%% fodder for a faction you need, especially since the banner has no pity mechanic. **Friendship Summon:** This banner uses hearts you get by exchanging them with friends or doing Town Expeditions and it functions like the Normal Summon banner but without the pity. You'll get a lot of friendship points if you fill your friends list with active players and sweep your guildies so it's practically free units. **Artifact Summon** This banner uses the red Artifact Tickets and it gets you artifact shards which improve your Souls' stats and have a passive ability upgrade attached. This isn't like other gachas' weapon banners since getting all artifacts is trivial and leveling them is a matter of time even as a F2P player. You can get these tickets through various dailies, events and so on and have a steady trickle of them. Unlike the other banners, the Artifact Summon has a wishlist feature that allows you to greatly increase the chance to get shards for three of your choices. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Mileage, rates and numbers - %mediumpurple%Epic%% rate is **4%** on all banners except Erika, up to ~5.6% on the Normal Summon by including pity. **Commons** take up 50% of the pool and %deepskyblue%Rares%% the remaining 46%; - %violet%Angel%%/%mediumpurple%Demon%%/**%silver%Chaotic%%** units have 1/5 the individual probability within that (roughly 0.015% vs 0.076% for regular %mediumpurple%Epics%%). - Erika's Alchemy has a 2% rate for the selected unit regardless of type; - Pick-Up banners improve individual probability of the banner unit to 1.6% regardless of faction leaving 2.4% for the other %mediumpurple%Epics%%; - For a regular Epic Soul you need eight copies for %violet%Origin%%. %violet%Angel%%/%mediumpurple%Demon%%/**%silver%Chaotic%%** Souls will need 14 copies for %violet%Origin%%, but this is offset by the three extra copies of **%silver%Chaotic%%** Souls you can buy in the shop. That translates to the probability table below: Pulls (incl. mileage) | Mileage (A/D/C) | Origin % | Chaotic Origin % | A/D Origin % | Everstones ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ 200 (170) | 2 (2) | ~10.3% | ~0.52% | ~0.01% | 35,700 **300 (270)** | **4 (5)** | **~70%** | **~34.8%** | **~5.4%** | **56,700** 400 (370) | 5 (6) | ~95.4% | ~76.7% | ~31.1% | 77,700 500 (470) | 6 (7) | ~99.7% | ~95.8% | ~68.8% | 98,700 700 (670) | 8 (9) | %limegreen%100% %%| ~99.9% | ~98.7% | 140,700 900 (870) | 10 (11) | %limegreen%100% %% | %limegreen%100% %% | ~99.9% | 182,700 1200 (1170) | 13 (14) | %limegreen%100% %% | %limegreen%100% %% | %limegreen%100% %% | 245,700 ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### Cash Shop ->![](https://i.imgur.com/AQ1v3Uc.png){30vh:100%}<- ->*Are you really just going to sit there and let her starve?*<- The $1 Starter Pack has great value, plus buying anything for the first time gets you a copy of %springgreen%Talia%%. After that the Achievement Packs give a ton of raw gems for clearing Battlefront stages once you're further in the game. and they'll sometimes run special limited packs that give 20 pulls for $4 that are a great value. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/JQ0T3Zf.png){35vh:100%}<- ->*This comes in three tiers*<- As for repeatable things you can buy, the highest value will be the monthly subs. Both give high gem value per dollar, and add a few extra abilities that can be helpful, like the free Daily Shop reset, the extra Town Expedition, the free Quick Hunt, and the free Soul level reset. Then I would recommend the gold ticket for the current event. It gives a bunch of gems, Pick-up tickets, normal tickets, Epic Soul Memories, progression materials, a decor building, and a stat building for one of the event characters. At this point, the value of spending starts to drop significantly. The gold ticket for the soul pass can give a lot of progression materials but not a ton of gems. The pick-up packs for the current banner have a decent value too. I would only recommend the event packs if its the last day of an event and you're on the cusp of pulling one of the high value event rewards, like the 40x Artifact tickets. The regular packs and raw Everstones are whale bait, don't buy those. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### Souls and progression !!!danger If you want to skip this, keep in mind that your short term goal is to get !~5 units to %violet%Origin%% Ascension~! for the sync system in order to progress in the lategame. ######Souls ->![](https://i.imgur.com/5QW4sU0.png)<- ->*Love your Souls, even the knife-ears*<- Your Souls are divided into factions: **%gold%Humanlikes%%, %springgreen%Fairies%%, %lightcoral%Beasts%%** and **%dodgerblue%Undead%%** are the standard ones, **%violet%Angels%%**, **%mediumpurple%Demons%%** and **%silver%Chaotic%%** units are harder to get and generally more impactful, while also requiring more dupes to ascend. All units have a characteristic dividing them into **STR, DEX** and **INT** which restricts their Keepsake choices and less importantly a class that generally signifies what they do and can be a factor in some challenges: **Defender, Warrior, Ranger, Striker, Caster, Supporter.** !!!info The only limited unit at this time as well as the only **%silver%Chaotic%%** unit and the only alternate version of an existing character is %silver%Catherine (Radiance)%%. Although you can get %violet%Angels%%/%mediumpurple%Demons%% rarely off-banner, the only way to get her until an eventual rerun is by using Erika's Alchemy. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Who are the best Souls? Whoever makes your heart flutter. But mostly %lightcoral%Beast%% Souls because they're objectively the cutest. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/aMlBHQg.png){40vh:100%}<- ->~~*Actually it's her.*~~<- The game is casual enough that you won't permabrick yourself even if you focus on sub-par units. There are definitely stronger units that shine better in a lot of content, but you can probably make everyone work with enough dedication. Generally you want to save your Everstones for %violet%Angel%%/%mediumpurple%Demon%%/**%silver%Chaotic%%** Souls since they tend to be the most impactful, but even then it varies since some of them require a lot of copies to really shine. There is a tier list floating around but things will highly depend on your level of investment, Ascension and especially the content you do so always take it with a grain of salt. Try to make your own judgements, rather than follow an opinion blindly, especially if it focuses on endgame maximized teams that you won't be able to field until much later. The sync system makes it easy to experiment with units and that's half the fun of progressing in this game. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Ascension ->![](https://i.imgur.com/bRcMU06.png){25vh:100%}<- Unit and item grades follow this progression: **%silver%Common%% < %deepskyblue%Rare%% < %mediumpurple%Epic%% < %mediumpurple%Epic%%%gold%+%% < %burlywood%Legendary%% < %burlywood%Legendary%%%gold%+%% < %lightcoral%Eternal%% < %lightcoral%Eternal%%%gold%+%% < %violet%Origin%% < %violet%Origin%%%gold%+%%** In brief, **%silver%Common%%** units are useless and cannot even be ascended, %deepskyblue%Rare%% units are used as fodder to ascend your %mediumpurple%Epics%% and they have some lore relevance, those can be ascended to %burlywood%Legendary%%%gold%+%%. Epics can be ascended to %violet%Origin%% and then transcended up to %violet%Origin%%%gold%+5%%. Ascension primarily increases stats and more importantly it raises level cap, which requires either copies of the same Soul, or fodder Souls of a particular ascension and the same faction. This means that some supporter Souls can work just fine with a low number of copies whereas melee Souls or high DPS focused Souls usually need the extra stat boosts to survive or do damage appropriately. %violet%Angel%%/%mediumpurple%Demon%%/**%silver%Chaotic%%** units don't use fodder Souls but they need extra copies of themselves to compensate. Refer to the images below. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/dcgDL71.png){80vh:100%}<- ->**%red%Don't be a retard. Never use%% %mediumpurple%Epics%% %red%as fodder unless the game specifically asks for it or you'll unironically brick yourself. If in doubt, "Auto-select" is safe.%%**<- ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Leveling Souls Leveling Souls takes Gold and Mana Dust and this increases their stats further. Every 20 levels (21, 41, 61, etc.) you'll need to use some Mana Crystals as well, and this will automatically upgrade one of the unit's skills all the way up to level 201. Past level 201 it takes Mana Crystals in addition to dust and gold for every level henceforth. The sync system which means you only want to focus one your five highest ascended units and throw everyone else into sync to benefit from the levels and even bypass their low ascension level restriction. Resetting a unit's level takes a tiny amount of gems and gives you back 100% of the resources spent on leveling them. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ->![](https://i.imgur.com/2isLrVj.png){55vh:100%}<- Because of these Sync feature, you'll want to focus on getting five units to %violet%Origin%% Ascension and level 201, which will unlock the full skill potential of your roster. %deepskyblue%Rare%% fodder is going to be a real bottleneck so the ideal situation is spreading out your five chosen units between the four main factions to alleviate the lack of fodder Souls. Getting five Origin units isn't that hard thanks to the high rates, the Choice Banner and the Power-Up! tasks which will get you an %violet%Origin%% copy of %gold%Mephistopheles%%, leaving only three units required. !!!info If you want to optimize your early game, you can level your (ideally) %violet%Origin%% %gold%Aki%% (or the free %violet%Origin%% %gold%Mephi%% as a cope alternative) much higher than your other units to take advantage of their skill improvements. An Epic rarity %springgreen%Daphne%% is enough to keep enemies busy while your carry finishes them off. You can level the %burlywood%Legendary%%%gold%+%% fodder Souls you got from your newbie selectors for your sync while you wait for enough dupes to get %mediumpurple%Epic%% units raised to %violet%Origin%%. This will give you a strong hypercarry and a level 160 cap for your other units without having to worry about wasting fodder Souls since you can just consume them once you get %violet%Origin%% Souls to replace them in sync. You won't brick yourself by not doing this, but it's an option to consider for faster progress since this strat will last you all the way until the later Battlefront levels if you use friend hires well. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Artifacts ->![](https://i.imgur.com/OPlcOS3.png)<- Artifacts are items important to a Soul's backstory and can be primarily obtained through the Artifact Summon banner. They are specific to each Soul and improve their stats further with a percentage bonus as well as giving them an extra passive upgrade that depends on the Artifact's ascension. Unlike other gacha games with weapon banners, this is more of a guaranteed slow improvement of your characters over time. At %burlywood%Legendary%%%gold%+%% and %violet%Origin%% ascension Artifacts get an improved effect that can be significant depending on the unit. %burlywood%Legendary%%%gold%+%% is also where optimal investment lies since the higher tiers require significantly more shards to ascend for comparable benefits per ascension. Ascension | Shards | Total shards ----- | ----- | ----- %mediumpurple%Epic%%%gold%+%% | 100 | 100 %burlywood%Legendary%% | 200 | 300 **%burlywood%Legendary%%%gold%+%%** | **400** | **700** %lightcoral%Eternal%% | 700 | 1400 %lightcoral%Eternal%%%gold%+%% | 1000 | 2400 %violet%Origin%% | 1500 | 3900 For starters it's best to just focus on your soulwife, the artifacts for units you use often or metafaggotry. DPS units naturally benefit more from artifact ascension too because of the stat increases. Ask in [the thread](https://boards.4chan.org/vg/catalog#s=/esg/) if you don't know what to focus later on but make an effort and read through what each artifact skill does, it'll help you understand unit kits better. Aside from the Artifact Summon banner, you will get 100 shards as mileage when pulling on a Pick-Up banner, as well as 300 for reaching floor 30 in the Tower of Origin if the Soul has a ToO story (This will also increase the Artifact's maximum level by five) Lastly, the shop has 10 random shards of four different artifacts every day. If you have the currency for them, it's a good idea to pick them up and passively level your whole roster that way. Keep these in mind if you plan on pulling until %burlywood%Legendary%%%gold%+%% so you don't accidentally overshoot the mark. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Keepsakes ->![](https://i.imgur.com/X6Xaqq3.png){40vh:100%}<- Keepsakes represent item sets restricted by characteristic (STR, DEX, INT) which offer stat boosts and later on set bonuses. This is the gear equivalent of other gachas but it's thankfully not a system where you need to reroll stats or something autistic like that. Each Soul has four slots for specific artifacts (Clock, Key, Music Box and Mirror) and they provide a mixture of flat stat bonuses, percentage stat bonuses and sometimes a random set bonus. The flat portion of stats on a keepsake scales with their level which you can enhance using Gold and Keepsake Enhance Stones or other Keepsakes however that's mostly a waste of Gold until endgame. The percentage stats on them scale with the ascension of the set but only %lightcoral%Eternal%%%gold%+%% Keepsakes can be ascended manually up to %violet%Origin%%%gold%+1%% Lastly, the set bonus comes in either 2 or 4 parts that are **additive** with each other and you can mix and match which Keepsakes have which bonuses when building your units **regardless of individual ascension level**. It's common to swap those sets around to different Souls depending on the content you're doing so take good advantage of the Keepsake preset features when equipping them. The Information Source spreadsheet linked at the bottom of this page has Keepsake set suggestions for different situations but in general you'll benefit the most from a lot of INT Speed sets (to speed up mana generation on most caster and supporting units, also good on some STR/DEX units), some DEX Crit Damage sets (preferably higher ascension keepsakes for DPS reasons, also good on some STR/INT units) and a few STR HP sets (some bosses target the highest HP units) You obtain Keepsakes primarily through idle loot which scales as you get further into the game, but you can also buy some sets from the guild shop, obtain a few full sets from Challenge mode stages and a few occasional other sources. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Potentials ->![](https://i.imgur.com/tzIL0sS.png)<- Potentials are a newer mechanic that boils down to min-maxxing stat boosts on your Souls randomly, perfect if you like extra gambling in your gambling game. Although not hugely impactful, there's little barrier to entry, so you can roll some stats on your favorites early. There are four categories with three slots each. One is unlocked by default, the second when their Artifact reaches %burlywood%Legendary%% grade, third when you get to Bond 5 with the Soul and the last when you take the Soul to %violet%Origin%%%gold%+5%% ascension. You can reroll either the bonuses or the values for 1000 Iridescent Crystals, as well as lock a stat but that will increase the cost by 1000 crystals per reroll. You get those crystals from smashing the weekly pussy in the Iridescent Scenic Instance and then sending your Souls to toil in the mines for profit. As for the bonuses themselves, you can find a full list of odds and max values [here.](https://kakaogames.oqupie.com/portals/2470/articles/65852) The game will give you a general indication of how good a roll is based on its color but here's some extra condensed info: - All stats have the same odds of rolling; - Stat values lean towards a mid value roll; - You can't stack the same type of stats in one category, such as ATK% and ATK (level); - Crit Hit Rate is a buff despite the confusing negative value; !!!info So what's the better option between a stat like ATK% and ATK (level)? Let's take a character with rounded stats having %limegreen%(+35,000)%% %silver%95,000%% ATK at Sync 300. First subtract the bonus attack to get the base value of 60,000. For ATK% the max roll of 8% would add an extra 4,800 ATK. Meanwhile, ATK (level) can add at most +10 per level, meaning 3,000 extra on a max roll. This seems pretty bad for the level-based stats but for some Souls with worse stat gains they might be closer together, and if you don't have the crystals to throw away on rerolls, even an ATK (level) boost is going to be better than no ATK boost at all! ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Other Soul improvements Most of these bonuses represent small minmaxxing opportunities and are listed from most to least impactful. You should engage with these mechanics but don't let it drive you crazy, it's not worth putting too much effort into them. - **Town Houses:** One of the building types you can purchase for your town are manors which will provide a percentage bonus to ATK, DEF or HP for a specific Soul depending on the size of the manor. You'll also get to see the Soul walking around the town which is cute! Sadly there are no presets for this mechanic so you need to go into your town whenever you want to change a Soul's house bonus; ->![](https://i.imgur.com/LRtzxFP.png){40vh:100%}<- - **[Zodiac Buff:](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#zodiac)** Zodiac buffs can improve specific factions or characteristics with small percentage boosts to the stats of all members that apply to it. Zodiac presets allow you to minmax those stat boosts for the content you're doing if you're inclined to put in some extra effort into it. The preset function makes it much quicker now; ->![](https://i.imgur.com/EsxfNyq.png){70vh:100%}<- - **[Ark Enhance:](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#ark-enhance)** Ark Enhance System is tied to the periodic Operation Eden Alliance event and it allows for more minor improvements based on class to all members that apply to it. You primarily get Ark Enhance Circuits from the shop with currency you obtain by doing that event; ->![](https://i.imgur.com/17Yn8F0.png){40vh:100%}<- - **Soul Links:** These are small percentage buffs tied to specific groups of Souls which you can find in the Soulpedia. You get small improvements to everyone who forms that soul link depending on their ascension level. It's not something worth focusing on specifically, but the stories are cute so give them a read; ->![](https://i.imgur.com/dWbu6UV.png){70vh:100%}<- - **Bond:** Lastly, if your bond level with a Soul is high enough they'll get some more minor ATK, HP and DEF percentage boosts as well. This takes quite some investment for a minor boost so only do it if you're either a metafag or a waifufag, otherwise let it grow on its own; ->![](https://i.imgur.com/SZshK0Q.png){30vh:100%}<- ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ######Meta Progression ->![](https://i.imgur.com/Sb2ujA2.png)<- Battlefront progression will unlock most of the game's features and game modes in the first ten or so Battlefronts which you can easily breeze through with all the newbie advantages the game provides. Your Battlefront progress also dictates your idle income. The game will point out the increase in idle Gold and Mana Dust when you clear stages but it WON'T point out the slow increase in Mana Crystals as well. Furthermore, as you progress through Battlefront you unlock new drops and improved rates for some items. For comparison, BF16-17 unlocks random %lightcoral%Eternal%%%gold%+%% Keepsake Chests as drops with a 0.005% chance per minute. At BF28-59, those chests have a 0.048% chance to drop, which is almost 10x higher. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/9UGaHq6.png){60vh:100%}<- A particular thing of note is that your consumable resources scale with your base idle income which increases with Battlefront progress. Save those until you get walled for progress and use as few as you need to continue progressing because they get more valuable over time. Don't just hoard them forever or you'll lose out more on the potential idle income you could get with a higher BF clear but prioritize other income sources like Gates or ToO first. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/ygOtmKK.png){50vh:100%}<- ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> #####Team Building and Combat There's a surprising amount of depth that goes into team building and since various content has different requirements and meta teams I'll only be covering the general basics of team building and what to look out for and what better place to start than with the tactical bonuses offered to you. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/ZyCyjaj.png){50vh:100%}<- ######Formations Your choice of formation will determine one of several things. The primary consideration being the bonuses. It's common to use an Assault (1-4) formation with the carry in the back or a Ranged(4-1) formation with a strong tank in the front if you want to take advantage of the stat bonuses offered. The second consideration with formations is targeted abilities. %violet%Adrianne's%% subskill for example will target the farthest enemy, stunning it, and then dragging it in front of her. Knowing that, you can either try to preemptively shut it down or take advantage of formations to slot in a bait character which will get dragged instead of your squishy carry. You can do the same with enemy teams by deploying your own %violet%Adrianne%% and adjusting your formation to grab the opponent's damage dealers. The final aspect of formations is how the Souls clash with each other. There are many targeting rules for abilities and regular attacks, skills that displace, CC or benefit from specific positioning and so on, which means that sometimes you can turn a complete loss into a smooth win just by shuffling the formation of characters around so they engage differently. It's worth trying that a few times if a team doesn't seem to work out. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/SOv5mY5.png){80vh:100%}<- ######Soul Buff This is pretty self explanatory and I'd consider it nice to have but not worth prioritizing over team synergy. The bonuses can be pretty strong but you're likely to run some sort of mixed team that can't benefit fully from the Soul buffs. That said, it's worth keeping an eye out for especially once you have a more developed roster with multiple faction alternatives for roles like healers or tanks. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/SrmvoNr.png){70vh:100%}<- ######Faction Type Advantage Similar to the Soul Buff, it's nice to have but not worth stressing over, especially in 5v5 content where you're likely to have two teams of mixed faction units. This bonus IS worth keeping in mind for raid style fights where the longer duration and boss specific type means you can capitalize on this bonus a lot more with a dedicated team, and likewise take less damage by avoiding Souls that are weak to its attacks. ######Team composition If you've followed the guide or you're a meta shitter, you can clear up to BF24 by just using a hypercarry %gold%Aki%% hiding behind Daphne's immortality. Good general supporting characters include %gold%Beleth%%, %springgreen%Talia%%, %springgreen%Jade%%, %springgreen%Vivienne%%,%lightcoral%Onyx%%, %mediumpurple%Eve%% or an extra tank like %springgreen%Chloe%% to stall until you can combo them to death. Even without Aki, you can apply a similar formula with your carry of choice with some minor team adjustments. If in doubt, there's a "Winning Team" button that will show you many lower CP clear formations for your current fight. They might not always be easy to replicate but it can give you a starting point for what works. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/aE6MCNa.png){50vh:100%}<- ->*Note the high level friend borrows included in these teams*<- Oftentimes, those flex slots will need to be used to counter some specific enemy formation in addition to this. Here's a couple of Souls off the top of my head that can cause you issues, and some non-exhaustive ways to deal with them: - **Strong carries:** %dodgerblue%Jacqueline%%, %violet%Adrianne%% or %gold%Eileen%% can target them. You can slow them down with someone like %lightcoral%Honglan%% and use a Soul who targets high ATK like %gold%Aki%% or %gold%Linzy%% to kill them quicker; - **%gold%Claire:%%** She'll jump in the middle of your team and heavily disrupt it while healing from hits. %dodgerblue%Jacqueline%% can move before her, acting as a bait to make her jump backwards. %dodgerblue%Nini%% can silence her abilities and %dodgerblue%Otoha%% can ignore her DEF and evasion. CC and nukers are always good; - **%gold%Linzy:%%** High evasion and her skill targets high ATK units. %springgreen%Nicole%% and %lightcoral%Honglan%% can lower evasion with the latter also slowing her down; - **%springgreen%Daphne:%%** Dispels will cancel her immortality buff, %lightcoral%Tasha%% has a handy one on her main skill but many others have alternatives you can manipulate to cancel it. %dodgerblue%Otoha%% can instakill low health units which will bypass the immortality; - **%dodgerblue%Jacqueline:%%** She'll teleport to the farthest ally in stealth at the start of the fight to attack them. You can deal with that with formations and putting a tankier character in the rear, especially one with a taunt; - **%dodgerblue%Petra:%%** Her passive gives her 80% DEF when alone, making her extremely hard to kill. %violet%Adrianne%% can pull an extra enemy near her to nullify it, %lightcoral%Dora%%, %springgreen%Nicole%% and %gold%Mephi%% can lower her DEF somewhat to help kill her faster. %springgreen%Fairies%% have type advantage against her. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ### -> Other Game Mechanics <- !!!info This part will only focus on some brief info for each relevant mechanic. Read the tutorials on each page or ask for specifics in !~mediumaquamarine;%mediumaquamarine%[the thread.](https://boards.4chan.org/vg/catalog#s=/esg/)%%~! ->![](https://i.imgur.com/hAc6v0c.png)<- ->*Don't ignore your Evertalks like I do*<- ##### 1. Profile - There's an extensively customizable profile so there's a lot of opportunity to get creative with it or just write %dodgerblue%Bryce%% smut all over it. - Be aware that if you apply for one of our guilds, the "Self-introduction" box in both the Savior Info section and the Profile section is bugged and will appear blank to others. If you want to add /esg/ to your Profile do it through a regular text box. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/0N1Loba.png){50vh:100%}<- ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 2. Soul Pass - Pick the Resources pass over the Artifact pass when prompted. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/DloyNCi.png){35vh:100%}<- ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 3. Souls - Read their fucking skills; - There's an entire section on [progression](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#souls-and-progression) for more details on what everything does; - You can touch their boobs and look up their skirts if you're dedicated enough; - If they like you enough they might respond differently to it. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 4. The Ark - %gold%Beleth%% is the cutest operator!! ###### Ascension - See [this section](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#ascension) for the gist of it; - If the button says "Auto-select" it's always safe to use. **%red%Do NOT use%% %mediumpurple%Epics%% %red%as fodder unless prompted.%%** ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ###### Ark Enhance ->![](https://i.imgur.com/cG21D7c.png)<- - The Ark Enhance System is tied to the periodic Operation Eden Alliance event. - You primarily get Ark Enhance Circuits from the shop with currency you obtain by doing that event but you can also buy a few random circuits daily from the General shop; - Focus on Main and Striker Systems, spread them out later to minimize diminishing returns; - There's no real strategy beyond this, you can't reset or reinvest into other circuits. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ###### Level Sync ->![](https://i.imgur.com/NwY6Sm2.png)<- - Be patient and you'll get your slots through Battlefront and daily progression; - Only level your highest ascension Souls, you can use %burlywood%Legendary%%%gold%+%% fodder in the very early game if you want to boost your level cap temporarily; - The Overclock feature once you reach Sync 300 is kind of a scam and is only rarely worth it over upgrading your top five Souls as usual. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ###### Release Soul - Turn on Auto-release Common Grade in the Release Soul tab. The shards can be used to get %mediumpurple%Epics%% from the shop and you can still use them for slave labor. Lock a copy of %springgreen%Pixie%% first because she's objectively the cutest **%silver%Common%%** soul; ->![](https://i.imgur.com/x4v4b1b.png){50vh:100%}<- ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ###### Reset Soul ->![](https://i.imgur.com/axFUwEr.png){50vh:100%}<- - Don't be afraid to reset Soul levels, it's cheap if you need to redistribute them or swap units out of sync and it will return 100% of your invested resources; - If you somehow end up with two %burlywood%Legendary%%%gold%+%% Souls, you can use this feature once per month to break down one of the Souls into its constituent parts, you even get the fodder back! ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 5. Shop In general, the things that are worth buying: - **General Shop:** Mana Crystals and Class Enhance Circuit Random Chest; - **Release Shop:** %mediumpurple%Epic%% Soul Memories or save some for the Awakening Shop; - **Labyrinth Shop:** %violet%Adrianne%% copies, %mediumpurple%Epic%% Soul Memories or save some for the Awakening Shop; - **Town Shop:** Passive resource buildings first, especially Mana Crystal and Mana Dust ones. They add up a lot. Then stat manors or part time job buildings if you have enough slaves to staff them. Finally you can focus on decor or Soul gifts. Ash of Progress is always worth it if sold for Town Coins; - **Raid Shop:** %lightcoral%Eternal%%%gold%+%% Keepsakes or Set Keepsake Selection Chests (%lightcoral%Eternal%%%gold%+%%) to help finish sets once you know what you're doing; - **Arena Shop:** %mediumpurple%Ayame%% copies, %mediumpurple%Epic%% Soul Memories or save some for the Awakening Shop; - **Artifact Shop:** The random Artifact shards, or whatever Stones you're missing. If your income is lower, you might have to be a bit picky; - **Evil Soul Shop:** Whatever. Mold Selection Chests (%violet%Origin%%) aren't bad; - **Alliance Shop:** Main and DPS (Caster or Striker) Circuits at first but you'll probably want to spread these around to minimize diminishing returns; - **Awakening Shop:** Everything, as long as you own one copy of the relevant unit; - **Antique Shop:** The 1st Anniversary Keepsake Set (%violet%Origin%%) and whatever else makes your dick hard. You can get past event costumes and items here. !!!info Although both %violet%Adrianne%% and %mediumpurple%Ayame%% are kind of mid, they're still harder to get than other Souls so you might consider their dupes higher priority than more random %mediumpurple%Epics%% or other Souls from those shops. Follow your heart but get at least a copy of them, they can be pretty useful still. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 6. Bag Items ->![](https://i.imgur.com/2hgY95i.png){50vh:100%}<- ->*Hoarder simulator*<- - Consumables scale with your base idle income which increases with Battlefront clears. Save those until you get walled because they get more valuable over time; - Remember to open your gift Pokeballs. - Keepsakes are an endgame gold sink, but ones with set bonuses are extremely useful at any point regardless of rarity so save them all. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 7. Zodiac ->![](https://i.imgur.com/TYpr44s.png){50vh:100%}<- ->*Mana Dust can be a bottleneck in the midgame though*<- - You get points to spend based on player level; - Max out Aries, Cancer and Pisces first. They increase your passive income and that's far more impactful in the long run; - You **only** need the buff at the moment when you collect your idle loot, so if you swapped off it for another preset you won't brick yourself; - Mana Crystals are going to be your bottleneck in the long run so I recommend Aries as your active Zodiac. - Once you filled those out, you can start focusing on the general characteristic Zodiacs for units you use a lot. The addition of presets means you can minmax active zodiacs for specific game modes if you want to; ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 8. Artifact - See [this section](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#artifacts) for details. ##### 9. Stories ->[](https://i.imgur.com/uW077JR.png)<- - Don't be a skipfag; - There are True Ending guides for love stories in the Information Source spreadsheet linked at the bottom of this page; - You can reset love stories for 100 gems to get the other endings, illustrations and a blue ticket. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 10. Town ->![](https://i.imgur.com/PaG1qQH.png)<- The town is a collection of mechanics so read the tutorials on it; ###### Buildings ->![](https://i.imgur.com/7UjpqYr.png){35vh:100%}<- - Passive income buildings from the shop and events add up, don't sleep on them; - Once you're set with those, the stat manors and part-time job buildings are a good priority to focus on; - You can balance out your part-time jobs either by removing lower tier buildings with the same jobs, or just auto-assigning Souls only to Epic or Rare jobs if you don't have enough rest slots or investment to keep them going; - The Forge lets you turn excess buildings directly into Town Points so you don't have to place them down. Generally the rate is 10:1 of their Town Coin cost. Ash of Progress when sold in the shop for Town Coins is 5:1 value. - Don't be a faggot who just dumps all their buildings in the middle of a field. Buy some decorations and make your town nice! ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ###### Activities - Do your daily monster hunt and visit friend/guildie towns for extra rewards; - Sometimes when it rains or snows you'll have an extra mini quest in the Commercial District for an Eternity Flower reward; ->![](https://i.imgur.com/sYjV5sX.png){35vh:100%}<- - You can get a portrait frame if you destroy enough decor in the Commercial District. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ###### Souls ->![](https://i.imgur.com/Ix6nelE.png){60vh:%100}<- ->*Handholding with Mephi!*<- - There are guides for Outings in the Information Source spreadsheet linked at the bottom of this page if you really want to minmax that for some reason; - Bond 9 gets you the full bond story and unlocks repeatable quests which makes it easier to passively raise bond further when a Soul visits the town. It's a good intermediate level to aim for; - Bond 11 gets you most of the relevant bonuses for Souls; - Quest items and monsters have some preset spawn points but they extend to the entire Commercial District including the garden areas on the western side; - When you use Auto-Deploy for part-time jobs, the tab you have highlighted will be taken into consideration. Use that to prioritize higher value jobs easily. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 11. Adventure ###### Challenge ->![](https://i.imgur.com/taTpuiI.png){40vh:%100}<- - The gates are an excellent source of resources, Soul Memories and other rewards and it's easy to forget about them; - in Decoy Operation you'll pretty much always want to farm Mana Crystals; - Keep an eye out for Decoy Operation modifiers. Some are much easier to handle than others and can help you get ahead a few stages. - You can use two of the same synced Soul in Decoy Operation (and Dungeons). This is pretty niche but two %springgreen%Daphnes%% is something to consider; ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ###### Dungeon ->![](https://i.imgur.com/MfCJXmy.png){40vh:%100}<- - Dimensional Labyrinth can be swept as long as you don't use a revive potion. This includes using friend borrows so you can use a whale to defeat the whale. - When using Skip Battle in Dimensional Labyrinth and Hall of Memories battles, it'll use your current Auto settings. If your Auto is off, then they simply won't use any abilities so make sure you set it up along with an ultimate skill order before using that feature. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ###### Arena (PVP) ->![](https://i.imgur.com/bbKdMej.png){40vh:%100}<- - It's PVP so it only exists for day 1 players and giga whales; - Put as much or as little effort into it as you want, it won't matter much rewards-wise; - You can set meme defense teams on regular Arena since you don't lose points when you're attacked. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ###### Raid ->![](https://i.imgur.com/eB6Pmx6.png){50vh:%100}<- - The endgame content, usually requiring multiple teams or other unique mechanics; There's too much to cover about these game modes here so ask in [the thread](https://boards.4chan.org/vg/catalog#s=/esg/) for details on whichever mode is going on if you're having trouble; - Do your Guild Raid hits for the extra reward tracker or danchou will be disappointed! ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ###### Tower of Origin ->![](https://i.imgur.com/TOiUTZ6.png){50vh:%100}<- - The floors go up to 60, but the main rewards are sprinkled up to floor 30; - Do these as soon as you can. This raises the Artifact's max level by five, you get a cute statue worth 1000 Town Points for your town along with a ton of resources, as well as 300 Artifact shards! That's enough to raise an Artifact to %burlywood%Legendary%% right away! ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ###### Special Missions ->![](https://i.imgur.com/7oY91YK.png){40vh:%100}<- - For Operation Eden Alliance you do daily clears to get tickets, which unlock more modifiers for the infinite mode; - The infinite mode gets scored halfway through the event and one more time at the end. You only need to do one decent clear before each of them; - The Operation Coins can be spent on Ark Enhance Circuits and if you score well in the infinite mode you can get some Erika tickets. - For the Iridescent Scenic Instance, beat down the weekly boss taking into account the buffs/debuffs each pussy has for an immediate crystal reward; - Once you do, you can freely send out Souls on an Expedition Dispatch for more crystals which can be used to improve your Souls through [potentials.](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#potentials) Some Souls have bonuses to harvesting those crystals so read before starting one. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 12. Battlefront - Use friend hires, especially for two team stages, it makes progressing a lot easier; - Starting with BF24 you'll be facing three teams. This is where the fun begins; - Battlefront progress gives you a lot of freebies and increases your passive income which is kind of important for an idle game; - Specific stages will also unlock new drops or keepsake rarities; ->![](https://i.imgur.com/IjFG0iK.png){30vh:%100}<- ->*Eversoul Information Source*<- - Don't ignore Challenge Mode. The first few chapters will give you full %burlywood%Legendary%%%gold%+%% sets with set bonuses: A STR HP set, a DEX Crit Rate set and an INT Speed set. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 13. Social - Exchange Heart Points with friends daily for a ton of free pulls; - You can hire up to five units daily to help with Battlefront progress and some other game modes. It costs you nothing and is a great way to progress if you can butter up a whale friend; - Join Jammies or Pits once you unlock guilds! ->![](https://i.imgur.com/M3reTla.jpeg){20vh:%100}<- ->*Jammies!*<- ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ##### 14. Events - Clear as much as you can even if you're new; - With the typical shop event format prioritize passive income furniture then event costumes since both are limited, then the unit copies and whatever else you want; - You can clear event shops fully with a bit of leeway if you get maximum income from the stages; - Event shop items get added to the Antique shop for Everstones if you missed them; - For box gacha, it's mathematically worth it to buy at least one ticket a day if you can get the full coin reward. In the long run, getting those artifact ticket boxes adds up a lot; - Box gacha is a fuck. ->![](https://i.imgur.com/Mp6QWx8.png){35vh:%100}<- ->*Nyoo...*<- ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ### -> Other Relevant Links <- ⭐= Official ⏳ = Possibly outdated Description | Link ------ | ------ ⭐Eversoul website | [Eversoul](https://eversoul.playkakaogames.com/) ⭐Eversoul notice/support website | [KakaoGames](https://kakaogames.oqupie.com/portals/2152) ⭐Eversoul Youtube channel | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/@eversoul_kr/videos) ⭐Eversoul EN Twitter | [Twitter](https://x.com/Eversoul_EN) ⭐Eversoul JP Twitter | [Twitter](https://x.com/Eversoul_JP/) **The Eversoul "Information Source" spreadsheet** | [Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wv2b4PLsmg0_Cq0fhld1hD0JSS9AQLZlk4s9j2c9oe8) Keepsake Tracker spreadsheet | [Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16TNDT5QWWfyT3a1eN4unNJiu5xnyfUiyb-Gxph02qC8) NirviiGaming's content clear videos | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/@nirviigaming/videos) /esg/ divegrass team | [Rigged Wiki](https://implyingrigged.info/wiki//esg/) ![](https://i.imgur.com/N822zgH.png) Pixie's data dump | [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1b6AuNC2YEcGFir3IuNOkMrvQUMun4b0b?usp=drive_link) ⏳Trifolium's Guides for ESS / Guild Raids | [Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EMY6J4ZgpW_rFes7hVFVvWZ4m4wNIATLELC99WKOQNM) ⏳Wiz's Gear Guide | [Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZQb_1cKsdhs9UZ2B8HDcJGj_y5PZHhT3Xe7nV7pppUs/) ⏳The old Rentry guide, which this one is based on | [Rentry](https://rentry.org/esgnewbie) ⏳%olivedrab%>Pr\*dwen%% | [Prydwen](https://www.prydwen.gg/eversoul/) ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ### -> Afterword & Changelog <- Just mention %olivedrab%>esgbasics%% in the thread if you got anything you want to suggest. Big thanks to the original Rentry and the other /vg/ generals that had quality Rentries for inspiration. I'm not an expert or day 1 player so if something looks off, ask in the thread or offer up a correction. **09/08/2024** - v1.3 - Added a section for potentials, revised the reroll section and changed the ascension guide image to a custom one plus other small unlisted corrections; **27/07/2024** - v1.2.1 - Made images more readable on smaller screens and mobile; Corrected an error about Keepsake restrictions; **26/07/2024** - v.1.2   - Major update. Removed 1.5th Anniversary info and added more detail to most sections based on questions I've seen repeated during the anniversary. Added more raw images but they need some formatting; **08/07/2024** - v1.1.2 - Small clarifications and additions; **03/07/2024** - v1.1.1 - Added 1.5th Anniversary special shop strategy; **02/07/2024** - v1.1    - Added 1.5th Anniversary reward details; **30/06/2024** - v1.0    - Revised some text and added a few more details. Should be good to go for now; **28/06/2024** - v0.9.1 - Added some images, made many sections more readable for the troglodytes who use light mode; **27/06/2024** - v0.9    - Initial release for feedback. ->[**[🡱]**](https://rentry.org/esgbasics#esg-newfag-guide)-> ->![](https://i.imgur.com/qEQDE9m.png){35vh:%100}<-