Tutorials by feature — Suikoden STAR LEAP

Attacking with an enemy's WEAK attribute will increase damage!

This also reduces WEAK gauges!

Deplete an enemy's WEAK gauges and they become unbalanced. This reduces their number of actions or prevents them from acting at all temporarily, and they also take more damage!

4–6 characters can combo when linked on the timeline. Using the Combo button does so automatically!

Benefits of Comboing

Comboing gives a damage bonus! Damage goes up more and more throughout the combo!

Leader Skills affect all characters that meet the conditions in the party.

Designating a Leader

If a character has a Leader Skill you wish to activate, choose them to be your leader!

If no actions remain or all members are KO'd, the party will auto-switch to the next one!

Fill the special gauge to unleash a powerful special! It fills up via normal attacks and techniques.

Auto-Battle

The Auto-Battle function has been unlocked. Fight by automatically selecting skills and specials!

Battle Training with RanRinTen

Your characters and their stats are fixed in this battle. Use what you've learned to defeat RanRinTen!

Winning this battle unlocks Auto-Battle! This allows techniques and specials to be auto-selected in battle!

Attack Limit

While disguised as an imperial soldier, you're limited to normal attacks. Be careful as you explore!

Techniques can't be used so as to avoid harming the Ulse. Drive them away with normal attacks!

Characters with Battle Support set to the party's support slots can use their Battle Support during battle!

Each Battle Support has specific activation timing—some depend on timeline events while others depend on conditions.

Touch a Journeyman Crystal to restore your HP and skill uses! KO'd members will also be revived.

When Annihilated

If you are wiped out in a dungeon, you will restart from the last Journeyman Crystal you touched.

By using up stamina, you can take on various bounty quests!

Bounty Rewards

By clearing bounty quests, you can earn various resources and other things!

Bounty Skip

Once you've cleared a bounty quest, you can skip it by using stamina!

Unlock attributes to open 24-hour challenges! You can unlock only one at a time, so choose wisely!

Level Limit Ascension Orb Bounties - Restrictions

24 hours after unlocking an attribute, you won't be able to unlock the same attribute for 50 hours!

EXP Bounties and Potch Bounties

You can complete 2 EXP Bounties and 2 Potch Bounties per day!

Mirage Tower - Transient Chamber

Conquer all 50 floors of the Transient Chamber! It resets every month, and then you can earn more rewards!

Exchange the Crescent Coins you obtain for rare items!

Win the battles on each floor and get rewards! Win battles to challenge the next floors!

Mirage Tower - Meeting Conditions

There are missions set for each floor. The rewards you receive depend on how many missions you completed across all floors!

Mirage Tower - Elemental Chamber

You can challenge the Elemental Chamber only with characters of certain attributes!

The attributes change daily!

In Loot Expeditions, the aim is to conquer dungeons while accumulating bonus effects.

Loot Expedition - Realm of 7 Luminaries

Progress and rewards for Realm of 7 Luminaries reset weekly. However, difficulty levels that you previously cleared remain treated as cleared with respect to rewards, so you get them instantly each week!

Mysterious Coins (Obtainable in Realm of 7 Luminaries)

Use Mysterious Coins at the Exchange. Acquire Boost Tomes and Refinement Tomes needed for training!

Loot Expedition - Battle Rules

In Loot Expeditions, there's a limit to your number of actions per battle!

You'll lose unless you stay within the action limit! Choose your moves wisely!

Loot Expedition - Realm of Eclipse

The Realm of Eclipse is only accessible on weekends!

Attack with 2 Parties

In the Realm of Eclipse, you take on separate routes using 2 parties, then rejoin to defeat the boss!

Ancient Coins (Obtainable in Realm of Eclipse)

Use Ancient Coins at the Exchange. Acquire ATK Balls and DEF Balls needed to enhance high-rank weapons and armor!

Challenge strong enemies in Phantom Duels! The Memoria you receive are party equipment. They boost the abilities of all characters!

After finishing a Phantom Duel once, you can select Auto-Repeat. Your speed and win rate will vary based on your party.

You cannot possess multiple Memoria of the same type.

Swap in Powerful Memoria

Duels are thrilling 1-on-1 battles!

Duels have special rules for each battle, requiring different tactics!

A duel in which you fight academy students one after another!

Duel against 30 students! Defeat them all to win a luxurious reward!

War is a large-scale battle mode with multiple units. Win by fulfilling the battle conditions!

War - Movement

Guide units toward the enemy camp with movement instructions! Encounter enemies and battle begins!

War - WEAK

Units with a favorable matchup WEAK gauges! Fully deplete WEAK gauges to unbalance opponents!

War - Wave Attacks

Wave attacks trigger when you attack an unbalanced enemy, dealing extra damage.

Units can use powerful martial skills. Martial skills differ based on the leader!

Units can use martial skills a limited number of times. Think about when to use them!

War - Troop Matchups

In close combat, troops with an unfavorable match-up have their abilities reduced 10%. The abilities reduced are Physical ATK, Magic ATK, Physical DEF, Magic DEF, and Speed.

War - Unit WEAK Gauges

If a matchup is favorable for the attacker, the soldiers at a disadvantage will have their WEAK gauge depleted!

War - Unit Unbalance

If a unit's WEAK gauge is entirely depleted, they will be unbalanced temporarily! Pile on the pain!

To Victory

Utilize what you've learned so far to claim victory in war!

War - Martial Skills

Martial skills are powerful skills unit leaders can use! However, there is a limit on how many times they can be used.

Again to Victory

Use what you've learned about troop match-ups and martial skills to lead your troops to victory!

A mode where the hero is attacked by nightmares! Face down the nightmares to earn rewards!

Nightmare Battlefield - Challenge

You can challenge nightmares 5 times per day. The number of challenges is restored daily!

If you want to try a different nightmare, you can switch via Refresh Nightmare!

Nightmare Battlefield - Deployment Check

You can check a nightmare's deployment! Choose a party formation with advantageous troop types!

Nightmare Battlefield - Unit Changes

With Change Units, you can change the placement of units or swap them with reserves!

Nightmare Battlefield - Rank

Defeating nightmares increases your Nightmare Battlefield rank! Increase your rank and earn rewards!

Nightmare Battlefield - Defense

You'll be attacked by nightmares 3 times per day! Check your defense results the next day!

Nightmare Battlefield - Reports

You can check your battle results in the report. Utilize the info for your next battle!

The nightmares plaguing Hero have been driven off! But...

Other players' dreams have become connected! Nightmares of players around the world will attack!

Nightmare Battlefield - Rankings

Defeat nightmares to earn Victory Points! Get Victory Points and aim for the top of the rankings!

At the end of the season, you'll earn rewards based on the rank you achieved!

You'll be matched with other players randomly. After matching, note that there's a time limit for switching your units.

Equip party equipment to buff all characters in your party as long as the conditions are met!

Increasing Charm Levels

Charms of the same rarity can be merged. This increases their level and strengthens them.

Use Ascension Orbs to increase characters' level caps!

Increasing level caps immediately increases basic stats!

Party Equipment - Charms

You can equip up to 6 charms! Earn them when your bond with a character reaches Rank S!

Party Equipment - Memoria

You can also equip up to 6 Memoria! Earn them by winning Phantom Duels!

Rune Shop - Enhancement Runes

At Rune shops, you can use orbs to have your character bear enhanced Runes!

Rune Shop - Skill Enhancement

At your headquarters' Rune shop, you can use Rune pieces to enhance techniques!

Equip armor to increase your physical and magical defenses.

Armor Types

Different characters can equip different types of armor.

How to Equip Armor

You can choose armor from storage or equip it from Character Info. You can also immediately equip armor from treasure chests.

By upgrading, you can transform armor you own into armor of a higher rank.

When you also want to keep your current armor, it's recommended to craft new armor instead.

In piece drills, you'll get a piece of a placed character every 12 hours!

Pieces can be used for Limit Breaks.

Limit Break to greatly enhance your characters! Collect character pieces to Limit Break!

Limit Breaks significantly enhance your characters.

How to Limit Break

Activate Limit Breaks by using duplicate characters and character pieces!

You can make your characters even stronger through training!

Grow Stronger via Training

Ability Training improves basic stats, while Skill Training lets you strengthen skills and learn new ones!

Items Required for Training

The proof items required for training can be obtained by clearing Boost Item Bounties!

In EXP drills, you can earn EXP every hour by setting a character!

EXP Drill Max Level

EXP drills have a max drill level. When you reach a certain HQ Lv., your max drill level will also increase!

You can restore the village by meeting specified conditions!

New facilities are built as Village Restoration Level rises! Unlock new options and earn rewards!

Raise your Village Restoration Level and rebuild the village!

Restoration Effects

Increase your Village Restoration Level to earn rewards, recruit allies, and unlock features.

At the tavern you can enjoy side stories and the games area!

Tavern - Side Stories

Side stories are unlocked when companions join your team or as the story progresses!

You can enhance your weapons at the blacksmith!

At blacksmiths in towns, you can use potch to enhance your weapons up to Lv. 3!

Further Weapon Enhancement

At your headquarters' blacksmith, you can use materials to enhance to Lv. 4 or higher!

You can create accessories at the accessory shop!

Accessory Effects Randomization

When accessories are created, they are imbued with effects determined randomly, within certain limits.

Tips for Getting Better Effects

The better the quality of the materials you use, the easier it will be to create higher quality accessories!

Equipping characters with accessories has a variety of effects!

At the item shop, you can use potch to purchase various items.

Merchandise Updates

The village item shop's inventory is updated daily. You can also make it update by paying potch!

Get unappraised items appraised to reveal treasure! Treasure can be sold right away.

How to Obtain Unappraised Items

Unappraised items can be acquired at the Trading Post, among other places!

Twice a day, your allies will donate resources/Fantasy Stones to the donation box.

Donation Levels

As you gain allies, Donation Levels goes up, and the quality of donated materials improves. There is a different Donation Level per resource type.

Wishes from villagers arrive daily in the Box of Wishes.

Effects of Wish Fulfillment

Fulfill wishes before the time limit to strengthen your bonds and receive thank-you gifts!

As you progress in the story, you will receive Special Wishes which further strengthen your bonds. Make them come true!

All the information from your adventure is recorded!

Info is revealed when you meet certain conditions! Acquiring info also leads to rewards!

Encyclopedia Missions

Each character has missions in the character encyclopedia! Receive rewards for completing them!

Enjoy music and videos in the small theater! You can also change the music for your headquarters!

Music List

You can listen to past music anytime!

Video List

You can also view intros from other games in the series! The cinematics are projected onto the plaza!

The names of the 108 Stars of Destiny you befriend in the story will be engraved one by one.

Tablet of Promise - Star Trials

Each character has a Star Trial. Complete them to get character pieces!

Storytelling lets you look back on past events. Revisit past stories on your adventure!

You can move freely during storytelling! However, some content access may be restricted.

Keep in mind that if you exit storytelling, you can't resume from the exact spot you left off!

Whip up dishes in the cooking area for your companions! Deepen your bonds with many companions at group meals!

Deepen your bond with companions at group meals! Choose the food to cook and characters to invite!

Invite more people to earn more Bond Points! More ingredients are required, but this lets you deepen bonds more efficiently!

Resource Processing

Some resources can be processed to become new resources!

Many resources are required ingredients for group meals! Process them to make a variety of foods!

Increase your Bond Rank at special group meals to enhance your characters and earn rewards!

Bond Rank Rewards

Raise your Bond Rank to increase basic stats, learn Battle Supports, obtain charms, and more!

Companions who reach MAX Bond Points can be invited to a special group meal!

Raise Bond Rank via invitations to special group meals! As it rises, characters grow and you get rewards.

Required Ingredients

Special group meals require high-quality ingredients. Prepare the required ingredients!

You may receive various requests from townspeople.

By fulfilling requests from townspeople, your Town Favor for that location will increase!

Boost your Town Favor to widen the product lineup at the trading post and town shops.

Helping Hand Rewards

The more times you've lent a Helping Hand, the better the rewards from Gonoh at headquarters!

After a certain number of times, Gonoh will join your team!

Grain Harvest - Spirit Skills

The variety of spirit skills has increased! Use the new skills to harvest grains!

Fishing Leisurely

Enjoy various fishing spots! You can't keep the fish, but they're registered in the encyclopedia!

Keep fishing to increase your Angler Rank! You can catch high-score fish with a higher rank!

Catch rare & phantom fish to enter Fever Mode. Fish will bite quicker and high-score ones become easier to catch!

Diving - Skills

New diving fishing skills have been added! Make use of these new skills to fish!

You can now attend the event!

Allows to you to experience another character's story set in another time and place.

You can take on limited-time battle content! Win magnificent rewards such as SSR characters!

Event Loot Expeditions #1

You can take on limited-time Loot Expeditions! Conquer them to earn event rewards!

Event Loot Expeditions #2

The event is divided into two parts. Each can be tried twice a day! Don't forget to try them!

Rewards #1

Scores are calculated according to boss battle results! Achieve high scores to earn rewards!

Reward

The field is arranged into a grid. Clear the battle on each square to advance the story!

Battle Grid Danger Level

The icon color changes according to the enemy’s stats. Raise level to defeat tougher enemies.

Event Guests

A companion who joins in an event RPG. Only event guests can join your party in an event RPG!

HP, techniques, and special gauge are reset for each battle! Always battle at full strength!

Multi-battle

Multi-battle features multiple battles in succession. Win them one by one to challenge the boss!

Multi-battle tips

HP, techniques, and special gauge are reset for each battle! Use techniques and specials wisely!

Weapon/Armor Enhancement

Enhance weapons and armor during event RPGs using special funds gained by defeating enemies!

Training/Technique Learning and Enhancement

Use skill levels from event guest level-ups to train your characters and learn/enhance skills!

Reset all Training/Techniques

This button allows you to reset training and technique status! Use it to refund skill levels!

You can raise the level of certain characters using EXP drops obtained during the event.

Available for use on event characters

EXP drops are for use on your event characters (excludes event guests).

Raising Max Level and Limit Breaks

Event guests will increase in max level and achieve limit breaks automatically in the scenario.

Event guests who cannot receive optional enhancements

Optional enhancements (training or weapon/armor enhancement) can't be used on some event guests.

Non-optional enhancements are available.

As with other characters, level-ups, max level increases, and limit breaks occur automatically.

Odessa's (Virtuous Will) Trait

After four total actions, boost ATK and DEF of Sword allies in the front row! Best placed in the back row!

Flik's (Blue Flash) Trait

Greatly boost ATK by using the special at 75% HP or higher! Try to keep HP up until you can perform a special!

Humphrey's (Silent Swordsman) Trait

Using a special grants excess HP recovery and greatly boosts PATK and PDEF! Protect allies from enemy attacks!

Viktor's (Virtuoso Swordsman) Trait

Greatly boost PATK by using the special at 100% HP or higher! Try to keep HP up until you can perform a special!

Leona's (Crimson Mercenary Leader) Trait

After performing 3 normal attacks, boost PATK for the character and a Fire ally in front! Place behind a Fire ally!

Mose's (Blazing Blacksmith) Trait

When buffing the PATK (stackable) of an ally for the second time total, their PATK/PDEF will be boosted if Fire element!

Ronnie Bell's (Crimson Flame Heroine) Trait

Receive a total of 3 stackable PATK buffs to greatly boost PATK and PDEF. Pair with characters who use stackable buffs!

This is the last event RPG currently available to play. The next update will be available:!

Have a rematch with the boss!

The boss will reappear stronger than ever! Test your skills!

Take on a truly powerful foe!

A powerful enemy has appeared in the field! Prepare well before taking them on!

Event RPG Clear

Congratulations on completing the event RPG! This is the end of the story for this event.

The boss will reappear stronger than ever! Test your skills!

A powerful enemy has appeared in the field! Prepare well before taking them on!

You can visit places from previous stories. This is your chance to do anything you missed!