The game features 18 playable characters . Select 6 to form an expedition squad and embark on a journey to vanquish the source of evil. Each of the 18 characters possesses unique combat styles. Strategically assemble your squad to balance offense and sustainability, significantly reducing expedition difficulty. Deploy Nimble Cat to steal equipment from enemies using her theft ability, ensuring your squad fights with abundant resources. The Loongstrike Fighter can trigger consecutive pursuits with base-attacks, unleashing a barrage of continuous strikes upon enemies. Aegis of Gold shields allies with wings of protection, sharing damage taken and dramatically boosting squad survivability. Engage in turn-based tactical combat across maps with elevation differences . Control key areas using terrain height advantage to eliminate enemies efficiently. Entering strongholds from different directions on the route map generates varied starting positions. Approaching from the rear may grant tactical advantages. Tactical cards spawn at specific battlefield locations during combat. Acquiring and strategically deploying these cards can secure decisive victory or enable dramatic reversals. Over 50 unique combat boards featuring grasslands, wastelands, deserts, oases, towns, forests, tundras, snow peaks, and ruins. Procedurally generated routes ensure distinct expedition experiences. Neutral units—Oversight Committee members—appear alongside allies and enemies. At battle start, they issue challenge tasks. Completion grants battlefield buff selections lasting until battle end . Repeated challenge completion yields additional equipment and items from the Committee based on achievement count. Post-combat Crystals appear for each expedition member, containing core mechanic enhancements. Choose wisely to significantly empower characters for subsequent journeys. Defeated enemies drop equipment. Each character has 3 equipment slots for customizable builds, providing stats, passive skills, and additional combat skills . Characters possess unique Skill Board. Spend AP to permanently unlock abilities granting base stat improvements and new combat skills . Strategic points on the route map offer recovery, resurrection, shops, and other functions. Utilize them methodically for tactical supremacy. Random events may spawn post-combat. Arriving expedition teams can trigger diverse effects. Unlocking sufficient Skill Board nodes unlocks customizable board . Use special items to tailor skill unlocks, enabling personalized character progression. After completing an expedition, enable Enhanced Mode for new runs. Enemies scale with character progression, while post-battle AP rewards increase and deployable unit cap rises by 2 . Fulfilling hidden conditions before expedition completion unlocks special stages featuring unique combat challenges. Clues may appear in in-game text.
