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Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei Liberation is a turn-based JRPG with gacha elements developed by Sega for mobile devices. In this game you summon various deities and mythological creatures as demons of various rarities and use them to progress in the game by fighting other demons.
 
Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei Liberation is a turn-based JRPG with gacha elements developed by Sega for mobile devices. In this game you summon various deities and mythological creatures as demons of various rarities and use them to progress in the game by fighting other demons.
  
Your team is composed of a Liberator and four demons. The main objective of the game is creating different parties of powerful demons to complete all the game’s content, and since Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei Liberation has PvP (also where gems as a F2P comes from), you'll be motivated to build better demons and party compositions.
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Your team is composed of a Liberator and four demons. The main objective of the game is creating different parties of powerful demons to complete all the game’s content, and since Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei Liberation has PvP (also where [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] gems as a F2P comes from), you'll be motivated to build better demons and party compositions.
  
Dx2 is a complex game with many mechanics but the in-game tutorials will introduce you these concepts at a steady rate.
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Dx2 is a complex game with many mechanics, but the in-game tutorials will introduce you these concepts at a steady rate.
  
 
For some Terms, you can look at the [[Glossary]].
 
For some Terms, you can look at the [[Glossary]].
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== Mistakes beginners must NOT do ==
 
== Mistakes beginners must NOT do ==
 
[[File:RareResource.jpg|thumb|250x150px|Pictures of the important resources mentioned in this Section. The objects are: Kasane Magatama (top-left), Blank Genome (top-right), Yasaka Magatama (bottom-left) and Karma (bottom-right)]]
 
[[File:RareResource.jpg|thumb|250x150px|Pictures of the important resources mentioned in this Section. The objects are: Kasane Magatama (top-left), Blank Genome (top-right), Yasaka Magatama (bottom-left) and Karma (bottom-right)]]
Below is a list of actions beginners should absolutely avoid doing. Not all the items of the list are inherently bad : a few may be viable for experimented players. However they should not be performed by beginners under any circumstances.
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Below is a list of actions beginners should ABSOLUTELY AVOID doing. Not all the items of the list are inherently bad : a few may be viable for experienced players. However they should NOT be performed by beginners under ANY circumstances.
  
* Do not use natural 5★ demons as evolution sacrifices to evolve another 5★ into 6★.
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* '''Do NOT use natural 5★ demons as evolution sacrifices to evolve another 5★ into 6★.'''
** See [[Beginner's Guide#Leveling & Evolving|Leveling]] for information on how to evolve demons into 6★.
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** See [[Beginner's Guide#Evolving|Evolving]] for information on how to evolve demons into 6★.
* Do not use natural 5★ demons as skill point sacrifice to give skill points to another 5★ demon.
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* '''Do NOT use natural 5★ demons as skill point sacrifice to give skill points to another 5★ demon.'''
** To raise a 5★ demon's skill points: use Yasaka Magatama.
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** To raise a 5★ demon's skill points: use [[File:Icon Yasaka Magatama.png|32px|link=]] Yasaka Magatama (also called "green beans").
* Do not sacrifice a natural 5★ demon in order to transfer its skill to another one.
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* '''Do NOT sacrifice a natural 5★ demon in order to transfer its skill to another one.'''
** If the skill you wish to transfer is in the 5th or 6th skill slot, you can harvest the skill with a Blank Genome without sacrificing the demon. (see [[Skill Transfer]])
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** If the skill you wish to transfer is in the 5th or 6th skill slot, you can harvest the skill with a [[File:Icon Blank Genome.png|32px|link=]] Blank Genome without sacrificing the demon. (see [[Skill Transfer]])
* Do not sell natural 5★ demons in exchange of karma. (See [[Karma]])
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* '''Do NOT sell natural 5★ demons in exchange for [[File:Icon Karma.png|32px|link=]] Karma. (See [[Karma]])'''
 
** Natural 5★ demons you don't want should either be [[Spirit Merge|spiritized]] or used as Fusion material. This is your two viable options.  
 
** Natural 5★ demons you don't want should either be [[Spirit Merge|spiritized]] or used as Fusion material. This is your two viable options.  
* NEVER EVER use a natural 5★ demon as fusion material to create a 4★ as fusion result.
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* '''NEVER EVER use a natural 5★ demon as fusion material to create a 4★ as fusion result.'''
* Kasane Magatama should ONLY be used to level up unique skill (they are recognizable by the fact their skill point cost is "-")
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* [[File:Icon Kasane Magatama.png|32px|link=]] Kasane Magatama  (also called "red beans") should ONLY be used to level up unique skill (they are recognizable by the fact their skill point cost is "-")
* In the Karma shop, do not buy Hell Buns or the 4★ demons in exchange of Karma. (this action is viable for veterans though)
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* '''In the [[File:Icon Karma.png|32px|link=]] Karma shop, do NOT buy [[File:Icon 5 Star Hell Bun.png|32px|link=]] Hell Buns or the 4★ demons in exchange for Karma.''' (this action is viable for veterans though)
** Save up Karma for Selectors and Shifters, you will need them.
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** Save up Karma for [[Archetypes|Archetype]] Selectors and Shifters, you will need them.
 
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{{Clear}}
== Action Beginners SHOULD urgently perform + advices on limited packs ==
 
 
 
'''<big>Yoshitsune Beginner Banner : Start Dash Step Up Summon</big>'''
 
[[File:Start Dash Step Up.jpg|thumb|Yoshitsune banner for Beginners only. An excellent banner that stays up for 2 weeks]]
 
''Gems are the in-game currency primarily used for summoning demons''
 
 
 
The summoning portal proposes to Beginners a special banner that guarantees at the end of a Step Up summon the best PvE demon of the game : [[Yoshitsune]]
 
 
 
*The banner is a Step up banner with 6 Steps
 
**Each Step represents 10 summons (i.e. a multi-summon)
 
*There is only 1 round/cycle (i.e. after the 6 Steps, the banner is gone)
 
*Step 1 costs 500 gems, the other Steps costs 1000 gems
 
**One 5★ demon is guaranteed at Step 3 (randomly selected from the general 5★ pool)
 
**[[Yoshitsune]] guaranteed at Step 6
 
*The banner stays up for 2 weeks
 
 
 
This is an excellent banner for newbies. But '''you want to do the full 6 Steps''' as Yositsune is an incredible asset. Moreover he is not a fusable demon (see Sections below for info on fusion) and thus would be quite hard to obtain if not for this Step Up.
 
 
 
It means you need to gather 5500 gems in 2 weeks or less. '''This is a very feasable thing to do''' for beginners : simply rush through the content and complete the many one-time missions that give gems. In other word the full Step Up is totally '''Free To Play'''.
 
 
 
'''Remark''': Aside from the 2 guaranteed 5★s, it is possible to summon other 5★s as the rate of 5★ for "non-guaranteed summon" is 3%. And with 58 non-guaranteed summons, you have a good chance to pull other 5★s. All of this should be more than enough to go through early PvE.
 
 
 
'''<big>Advice on other Beginner deals</big>'''
 
 
 
There exists 2 other notable special deals for new players. None of which are nearly as good as Yoshitsune banner and '''both are obtainable only using real money''' :
 
 
 
'''Start Dash Demon'''
 
[[File:Start Dash Demon.jpg|thumb|Limited time offer, approx USD$5 for a Teal Huang Long]]
 
*A limited time offer that disappears after a week or so. For approximately 5 USD, it offers a Teal [[Huang Long]].
 
*Pros :
 
** [[Huang Long]] is widely regarded as one of the best support demons for PVE. He possesses the unique spell [[Five Elements]], a buff that allows your party to reflect non-piercing magic once, and can be repeatedly spammed to keep your party safe from spells. This is very useful for cheesing otherwise difficult PVE fights like several [[Aura Gate]] and [[Brands of Sin]] bosses.
 
** Has a good spread of resistances and high agility, allowing him to function as your team's [[Speedster]].
 
** Opens the door to effective [[Brands of Sin]] Deceit 10 and Sloth 10 auto-runs, which allow you to farm high-end Brands.
 
** Has a niche role in PVP to counter pure Almighty damage teams.
 
 
 
*Cons :
 
** Unlike Yoshitsune, '''Huang Long is fusable''' (although not a simple fusion). While it does cut down on the Magnetite grind, you are ultimately paying for something that you can grind with time.
 
** Teal is not his best color; consider shifting him later down the road.
 
** His [[Spirit Merge]] panels are pretty lackluster. If you pull another copy later on, you might end up regretting this purchase.
 
** Falls off at higher Tier PVP where Pierce sweeping becomes commonplace.
 
 
 
*'''Overall Judgement''': Good value compared to other similarly priced packs, but does not offer anything exclusive. '''Consider it a "pay to skip the grind" pack while deciding whether or not to buy it'''.
 
 
 
'''Beginner's Pack I'''
 
 
 
*Offers 600 gems for the price of 60 gems.
 
** This is around 2 USD.
 
*You can only pay for this pack once.
 
 
 
*Pro : This pack has a rate of 10 times the base gem rate. Though the game often proposes Gem Packs (on a monthly basis) but these packs are '''at best''' only at 2 times the base gem rate. So the Beginner Pack I is at 5 times the best gem rate.
 
 
 
*Con : Since you can only pay this once; that's just 600 gems. There isn't much to hope from 600 gems (100 gems = 1 summon , and the rate of 5★ is only 3%). '''There is little point in buying this pack'''.
 
  
 
== Liberators ==
 
== Liberators ==
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:''Main Article: [[Liberators]]''
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The '''Liberator''' is the party leader who boosts your demons’ abilities in unique ways. As you progress in the game, you will unlock more Liberators.
  
The Liberator is the party leader who boosts your demons’ abilities in unique ways. As you progress in the game you will unlock more Liberator.
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Liberators level up, and you can unlock different skills using skill points specific to Liberators. '''A max level Liberator will have enough skill points to unlock all of his or her skills''' (so you do not have to worry too much about which skills to unlock). Special Dx2 Quests must be completed to allow each Liberator to reach their max level. The different Liberators are:
  
Liberators level up and you can unlock different skills using skill points specific to Liberators. '''A max level Liberator will have enough skill points to unlock all of his or her skills''' (so you do not have to worry too much about which skills to unlock). Special Dx2 Quests must be completed to allow each Liberator to reach their max level. The different Liberators are:
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Main Character|name=1}}:''' Best Liberator to use for [[Beginner's Guide#Leveling & Evolving|Leveling]] Demons: has the ability to increase the EXP your demons earn by up to +35%.
 
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Megakin|name=1}}:''' Best Liberator for recruiting demons through [[Beginner's Guide#Negotiations & Summoning|Negotiations]]. Best used to farm [[Beginner's Guide#Leveling & Evolving|Leveling Quests]] and [[Beginner's Guide#Quest Areas|Aura Gate]].
* '''Main Character:''' Best Liberator to use for [[Beginner's Guide#Leveling & Evolving|Leveling]] Demons: has the ability to increase the exp your demons earn up to a +35%.
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Eileen|name=1}}:''' Best Liberator for farming [[Beginner's Guide#Quest Areas|Brand of Sin and Strange Signal]]: increases [[File:Icon Macca.png|32px|link=]] Macca (in-game money) and item drops.
* '''Megakin:''' Best Liberator for recruiting demons through [[Beginner's Guide#Negotiations & Summoning|Negotiations]]. Best used to farm [[Beginner's Guide#Leveling & Evolving|Leveling Quest]] and [[Beginner's Guide#Quest Areas|Aura Gate]].
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Templar Dragon|name=1}}:''' Great Liberator for difficult Boss Fights: boosts the effects of the demon skills {{EffectIcon|Charge|name=1}} and {{EffectIcon|Concentrate|name=1}}. Boosts healing skills. Allows you to use items without consuming all your turns.
* '''Eileen:''' Best Liberator for farming [[Beginner's Guide#Quest Areas|Brand of Sin and Strange Signal]]: increases Macca (in-game money) and item drops.
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Chalk Eater|name=1}}:''' A Liberator who casts buffs when your demons hit the opponents' weaknesses.
* '''Templar Dragon:''' Great Liberator for difficult Boss Fights: boosts the effects of the demon skills [[Charge]] and [[Concentrate]]. Boosts healing skills. Allows you to use items without consuming all your turn.
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Kangaroo Boxer|name=1}}:''' Strong Liberator for offensive strategy. One of the best Liberators for [[Beginner's Guide#Quest Areas|Hell Park]].
* '''Chalk Eater:''' A Liberator who casts buffs when your demons hit your opponents weakness.
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Meat Balloon|name=1}}:''' Strong Liberator for defensive strategy. One of the best Liberators in PVP.
* '''Kangaroo Boxer:''' Strong Liberator for offensive strategy. One of the best Liberator for [[Beginner's Guide#Quest Areas|Hell Park]].
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Shionyan|name=1}}:''' Liberator specialized on status effects/ailments.
* '''Meat Balloon:''' Strong Liberator for defensive strategy. One of the best Liberator in PVP.
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Seiran|name=1}}:''' Reward for completing [[Aura Gate]]. Liberator focused on Speed and Aura Gate exploring.
* '''Shionyan:''' Liberator specialised on status effects/ailments.
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Xana|name=1}}:''' Reward for completing [[Hollow World]]. Liberator focused on Speed and Hollow World exploring, best Liberator for Turn 1 PVP strats.  
* '''Seiran:''' Reward for completing [[Aura Gate]]. Liberator focused on Speed and Aura Gate exploring.
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Carbon Black|name=1}}:''' Liberator focused on strength and crits. Interesting alternative liberator for [[Hell Gongen]] / Physical teams.
* '''Xana:''' Reward for completing [[Hollow World]]. Liberator focused on Speed and Hollow World exploring, best Liberator for Turn 1 PVP strats. '''Xana does not currently have a Limit Break Quest.'''
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* '''{{LiberatorIcon|Honey Sweet|name=1}}:''' Liberator focused on ailments. Unlike Shionyan, she doesn't focus on making ailments stronger but rather giving you additional bonuses when you manage to inflict them.
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== Demons ==
 
== Demons ==
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=== Negotiations & Summoning ===
 
=== Negotiations & Summoning ===
[[File:Summon Files.jpg|thumb|270px|Examples of Summon Files, summon items (Hell Buns), Parchments and Tomes]]
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[[File:Demon Talk.png|right|thumb|Talk can be started with this icon, when it appears.]]
 
'''Negotiations'''
 
'''Negotiations'''
 
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:''Main Article: [[Talk]]''
Whenever you’re in a battle in the Story Mode or in [[Beginner's Guide#Quest Areas|Aura Gate]], there's a chance that one of the opposing demons will have a “Talk” bubble above their heads; this allows you to negotiate with them and recruit them.  
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Whenever you’re in a battle in the Story Mode or in an [[Aura Gate]], there's a chance that one of the opposing demons will have a [[File:Icon Talk.png|32px|link=]] [[Talk]] bubble above their heads, which allows you to negotiate with and recruit them.  
  
 
The in-game tutorial is complete and there are only few things to add:
 
The in-game tutorial is complete and there are only few things to add:
*"Talk" mainly recruits 1★ and 2★ demons and conversely this will be your main source of 1★ and 2★.
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*[[Talk]] mainly recruits 1★ and 2★ demons and, conversely, will be your main source of 1★ and 2★.
*The main use of 1★ and 2★ demons are as fodders : mostly [[Beginner's Guide#Fusion|Fusion]] fodder or evolution fodder (see [[Beginner's Guide#Leveling & Evolving|Leveling]]).
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*The main use of 1★ and 2★ demons are as fodders: mostly [[Beginner's Guide#Fusion|Fusion]] fodder or [[Beginner's Guide#Leveling & Evolving|evolution]] fodder.
*Their archetype is always "Clear" (see [[Archetypes]]) which is percfect for fusion fodders.
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*Their [[Archetypes|Archetype]] is always {{ArchIcon|arch=Clear|size=15px}} Common (Clear), which is perfect for fusion fodders.
 
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*See the [[Talk]] article for a list of frequent demon questions, and the best answers to give to maximize your chances of recruitment.
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[[File:Summon Files.jpg|thumb|270px|Examples of Summon Files, summon items (Hell Buns), Parchments and Tomes]]
 
'''Summoning'''
 
'''Summoning'''
  
Summoning is the Gacha part of this game : performed at the Summon portal, this is where you get a shot at having the most powerful units of the game.
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Summoning is the Gacha part of this game: performed at the Summon portal, this is where you get a shot at pulling the most powerful units in the game.
  
There are multiple types of Summoning but we can divide it into 2 types : Summoning using Gems and summoning using some Files or items.
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There are multiple types of Summoning but we can divide it into 2 types: Summoning using [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems and summoning using some [[File:Icon Superior Summon File.png|32px|link=]] Files or items.
*The different Files / items can not be exchanged for anything else. There won't be time-limited banners for them (except for Parchments or Tomes) and as such '''you can just use them (or not) the moment you get them''' (from events mainly) (Remark: Parchments and Tomes are different and are more similar to Summons using Gems).
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*'''[[File:Icon Superior Summon File.png|32px|link=]] Files''' - The different Files can't be exchanged for anything else. There won't be time-limited banners for them, and the pool for files is seldom updated (like, ''maybe'' once every 1 or 2 years if Sega is feeling generous). As such, '''you can just use your files (or not) the moment you get them'''.
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**Note: '''[[File:Icon Parchment Piece.png|32px|link=]] Parchment Pieces and Tomes''' are different, and are more similar to Summons using Gems. '''Hold on to these.'''
  
*Summonings using Gems is where the Gacha in "Gacha games" really is. This is where time-limited banners for new or/and broken demons will be! Use your Gems wisely.
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*'''[[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems''' - Summoning using Gems is where the Gacha in "Gacha games" really is. This is where time-limited banners for new or/and exclusive demons will be! Use your Gems wisely.
  
*Both Summoning types will be the main source of 3★, 4★ and 5★ demons. Conversely they nearly all give only 3★, 4★ or 5★ demons.
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For more information: [[Beginner's Guide#Summoning Guide|Summoning]]
  
*They mainly give you non-Clear-archetyped demons (red, purple, teal, yellow). Conversely they are your '''only''' source of colored-archetyped demons.
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The Gacha Rates (the odds of pulling demons) for most Banners and Gem Summons are the following:
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* 3% for a 5★, 7.5% for a 4★, and 89.5% for a 3★.
  
*Low rarities demons will quickly flood and fill your Box; "useless" colored 3★ and 4★ can either be used as Skill Transfer donors, Fusion materials, Evolution fodders (do not use 4★ as evolution fodder) or be sold for Karma.
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The Gacha Rates (the odds of pulling demons) for Superior Summon Files are the following:
**Please refer to the article [[Skill Transfer]] and [[Karma]] for skill donations or selling. For Evolution fodders, a Section below is dedicating to Evolution and Leveling.
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* [[File:Icon Superior Summon File.png|32px|link=]] White file: 1% for a 5★, 5% for a 4★, and 94% for a 3★.
**"Useless" or duplicate 5★ are either to be used as Fusion materials or for [[Spirit Merge]]. Please do not do anything else with them.
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* [[File:Icon Ultimate Summon File.png|32px|link=]] Gold file: 5% for a 5★, 95% for a 4★.
 
 
 
 
For more information : [[Beginner's Guide#Summoning Guide|Summoning]]
 
 
 
The Gacha Rates (the odds of pulling demons) for most Banners and Gem Summons are the following: 3% for a 5★, 7.5% for a 4★, and 89.5% for a 3★.
 
 
 
The Gacha Rates (the odds of pulling demons) for Superior Summon Files are the following: 1% for a 5★, 5% for a 4★, and 94% for a 3★.
 
  
 
Be sure to check the Demons and the Rates by pressing the i-Button on the top left of the banner!
 
Be sure to check the Demons and the Rates by pressing the i-Button on the top left of the banner!
  
 
=== Fusion ===
 
=== Fusion ===
''Main Article: [[Magnetite]]''
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:''Main Article: [[Magnetite]]''
  
Fusing demons will be your most used method of getting better demons ''at the beginning''. You need two demons with '''at least one of them being a Common archetype''' and '''some Magnetite''' (another in-game currency) and you will be able to fuse a new demon.
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Fusing demons will be your most-used method of getting better demons ''at the beginning''. You need two demons with '''at least one of them being a {{ArchIcon|arch=Clear|size=15px}} Common archetype''' and '''some [[File:Icon Mag.png|32px|link=]] Magnetite''' (another in-game currency) and you will be able to fuse a new demon.
  
Many 5★ can be obtained through fusion. But a lot of very powerful demons (and basically nearly all new demons) are '''non-fusable demons''' and must be Summoned. 5★ fusable demons are also quite expensive in terms of Magnetite which is farmed at [[Aura Gate]]. In other words, fusing a fusable 5 stars require a lot of grinding.
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Many 5★ can be obtained through fusion. But a lot of very powerful demons (and basically nearly all new demons) are '''non-fusable demons''' and must be Summoned.
  
You can ('''and should''') use the Fusion Calculator @ https://oceanxdds.github.io/dx2_fusion/#en to know what demon combination will get you the demon you want. If the site is in a language you cannot understand, locate the 'Setting' option and select your desired language.
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5★ fusable demons are also quite expensive in terms of [[File:Icon Mag.png|32px|link=]] Magnetite, which is usually farmed in the [[Aura Gate]]s. In other words, fusing a 5★ requires a lot of grinding.
  
Besides rarity, demons have grades, and that determines how they behave in fusion (higher grade demons fuse into high grades). Fusion of high grade demons are initially locked:
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You can ('''and should''') use the {{fusioncalc}} to know what demon combination will get you the demon you want. If the site is in a language you cannot understand, locate the 'Setting' option and select your desired language.
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Besides rarity, demons have grades, and that determines how they behave in fusion (higher-grade demons fuse into high grades). Fusion of high grade demons are initially locked:
  
 
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'''Fusing 4/5★ requires a lot of Magnetite, and Magnetite is a scarce resource, so be careful with which 4/5★ you fuse as it’ll be a long-term investment.'''
  
'''Fusing 4/5★ requires a lot of Magnetite, and Magnetite is a scarce resource so be careful with which 4/5★ you fuse as it’ll be a long-term investment.'''
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== Progression ==
  
===Flooded by "useless" demons?===
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=== [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gem Hunting ===
  
Considering the initial Inventory and Storage spaces start kind of low, you will quickly be overrun by demons after a few Summons.
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While there is no 'order' that things must be done in, and you can do things in whatever order you'd like, normally you want to gather as many [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems as possible for summoning/rerolling.
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* '''Story quests''' - The First 2 Chapters of Story Mode give an enormous amount of Gems.
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**All Chapters also give a bit of Gems in HARD and HELL difficulty modes, although just once per player, that is, only the first time the player beats them.
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*'''[[File:Icon Beginner.png|20px|link=]] Beginner Missions''' - these appear as a green icon on the Home screen, and give a lot of Resources, including 500 Gems for each "batch" of Missions completed.
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**After completing a "batch" and retrieving the 500 Gems rewards, you get another batch. There are a few batches (around 6 or more), so that's at least 3,000 Gems.
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*'''"Normal" Missions''' - these usually give a few 10s Gems each. You can see them in the HQ menu. Don't hesitate to do them if you have stamina to spare.
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*'''Character Quests''' - Go the the Dx2 Menu and click on the [[File:Icon Limit Break.png|32px|link=]] Limit Break tab for a character to see the condition for unlocking his or her Char Quests.
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** In total, completing all Char Quests in Normal/Hard/Hell, can fetch you around 2K Gems.
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*'''Daily Missions, Weekly Missions, and weekly PvP Ranking''' - these give you several hundred Gems each week.
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** '''Training Simulations''' - In the PvP area, there is a Training room with six simulated challenges, which are reset after 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and 32 hours since the last time they are defeated. They are easy to win and, although they don't grant EXP or ranking points, each gives 3 Gems.
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**After winning 7 PvP Battles, the player gets a reward of 10 Gems. The reward is granted every 24 h (reset at midnight, JST) and simulated fights also count, so, for beginners, running the training simulations is a good way to get a small, but continuous amount of daily Gems. (Note: The game says this has to be 7 wins in a row, but it actually doesn't need to be in a row. Just keep trying throughout the day until you get 7 wins.)
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**Training simulations are also good to get achievement bonuses for each Liberator, such as beating 10/50/100 Dx2 duels with each of them. (unfortunately, the gems here are rewarded just once per player.)
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**Revenge fights in the Defense Log tab also count for daily wins.
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=== Team Building ===
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The game is pretty generous to beginners, giving at least 3 natural/base 5★ Demons in the course of a week. Just playing normally and leveling them will allow you to complete nearly all of the early-game PvE content.
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In this game, natural 5★ Demons are much much stronger than 4★s. Normally, with your 5★ starters, '''you should not need to fuse any more Demons for all the Early PvE Game'''. However, if you still want to fuse demons, here are a few tips/trivia:
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*Fusing costs [[File:Icon Mag.png|32px|link=]] Magnetite, and Magnetite is a pretty precious resource. Even though beginners get a large amount as gift, you should be careful with spending it.
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*5★ Demons cost Millions of MAG. You should play the game, adapt to it, and understand it before starting to spend MAG on 5★.
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*3★ are cheap, fuse them as you wish. 4★ are somewhat cheap, don't worry too much about fusing for them (but do it in moderation still).
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*There's a full Guide on Fusion and Magnetite farming ([[Magnetite]]), but basically you farm MAG in [[Aura Gate|Aura Gates]].
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Now onto Team Building. Generally, a good PvE team follows this formula:
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1 Speedy demon + 1 Buffer/Healer demon + 2 DPS demons
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Roles:
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* '''Speedy demon''' - Their job is to raise your [[Battle Speed]], so you go first in combat. These demons have high AGI and generally have the speed-boosting skill [[Speedster]] (whether naturally, or you [[Skill Transfer]] it onto them). In this game, the Team with the highest AVERAGE Speed goes first, and in PvE, there is no reason not to go first.
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* '''Buffer/Healer demon''' - Buffs can be very helpful against bosses, and healing is useful in dungeon areas such as the [[Aura Gate]]. Ideally you want one demon that does both at the same time, rather than one buffer + one healer.
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* '''DPS demon''' - Ideally they should have high STR or MAG, as well as strong attack skills that can Pierce (i.e. ignores enemies' Null/Repel/Drain resistances, which would normally prevent you from damaging them). If you're rerolling, your reroll target probably fills this role.
  
Please refer to [[Beginner's Guide#Resource and Demon Management]] for more info.
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Here are some sample demons for each role (in order of increasing usefulness, so the later ones in the list are better)
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* '''Speedy demon''' - 4★ {{DemonIcon|Sleipnir|size=32px}}, 4★ {{DemonIcon|Yatagarasu|size=32px}}, 4★ Purple {{ArchIcon|arch=Purple|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Fenrir|size=32px}}, 5★ {{DemonIcon|Garuda|size=32px}}, 4★ Purple {{ArchIcon|arch=Purple|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Hresvelgr|size=32px}}
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* '''Buffer + Healer demon''' -  5★ Teal {{ArchIcon|arch=Teal|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Barong|size=32px}}
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** {{DemonIcon|Barong|size=32px}} is a VERY important demon to fuse, since he buffs and heals simultaneously with [[Barong Dance]]. Therefore, he should be your first major fusion goal (also consider making a second Barong and Spiritizing it to unlock his panel 1, which makes Barong Dance 1 MP cheaper). Until then, you can make do with the following:
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** '''Just Buffer/Debuffer''' - 4★ Yellow {{ArchIcon|arch=Yellow|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Cerberus|size=32px}}
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** '''Just Healer''' - 3★ Teal {{ArchIcon|arch=Teal|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Feng Huang|size=32px}}, 4★ Yellow {{ArchIcon|arch=Yellow|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Sarasvati|size=32px}}, 4★ Yellow {{ArchIcon|arch=Yellow|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Pazuzu|size=32px}}, 4★ Yellow {{ArchIcon|arch=Yellow|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Sphinx|size=32px}}
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* '''Filler attackers'''
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** '''Physical:''' - 3★ Teal {{ArchIcon|arch=Teal|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Ose|size=32px}}, 4★ Red {{ArchIcon|arch=Red|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Wu Kong|size=32px}}, 5★ Purple {{ArchIcon|arch=Purple|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Seth|size=32px}}
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** '''Magic''' - 3★ Purple {{ArchIcon|arch=Purple|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Efreet|size=32px}}, 4★ {{DemonIcon|Anzu|size=32px}}, 4★ Purple {{ArchIcon|arch=Purple|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Ym|size=32px}}, 4★ Purple {{ArchIcon|arch=Purple|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Anubis|size=32px}}, 4★ Purple {{ArchIcon|arch=Purple|size=15px}}{{DemonIcon|Titania|size=32px}}.
  
== Progression ==
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To plan out fusion paths, use the {{fusioncalc}}.
  
There is no 'order' that things must be done with, you can do things in whatever order you'd like. However, it's recommended to complete content on the training missions at the home page because it provides freebies such as Macca, Magnetite, and Gems.
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'''About healers''':
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*Healing from Demons usually doesn't heal for much in this game (it's dependent on their Magic Stat).
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*In PvE, you can replace healers with healing items: [[File:Icon Bead.png|32px|link=]] Bead and [[File:Icon Balm of Rising.png|32px|link=]] Balm of Rising heal you to Max HP.
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*The Dx2 {{LiberatorIcon|Templar Dragon|name=1}} also has an unlockable skill allowing you to use Items for half a press turn only.
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*A notable exception to this is the fusible 5★ {{DemonIcon|Erlkonig|size=32px}}, which heals due to a Passive Skill, which means he spends no Press Turns to heal the whole Team.
  
The game can be divided into 3 parts:
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==== Hell Gongen ====
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Another common team type for PvE is the [[Hell Gongen]] team. For this, you need:
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* '''{{DemonIcon|Hell Biker|size=32px}}, {{DemonIcon|Frost Ace|size=32px}}, or {{DemonIcon|Futsunushi|size=32px}}''' - Really anyone that gives the {{EffectIcon|Might|name=1}} buff (guaranteed critical hits) to the whole team. (Note that Biker is gacha-exlcusive and Futsu is banner-exclusive, though, so fusion won't help with this part.)
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* '''{{DemonIcon|Zaou-Gongen|size=32px}}''' - His passive [[Kongo Zaou]] makes it so anyone in {{EffectIcon|Might|name=1}} gains Phys Pierce on their {{ElementIcon|Phys|name=1}} attacks.
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*'''{{ElementIcon|Phys|name=1}} Attackers''' - Whoever you have, so they can take advantage of the above effects.
  
# '''Early Game:''' Story Mode Chapters 1~6 NORMAL difficulty, Chapters 1~3 HARD difficulty; Demon Buster [Stages 1~5], Aura Gate 1~30F
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This combo can steamroll through lots of fights, as Crits only cost half of a press turn while dealing extra damage - similar to hitting a weakness, except you can do this against ''anyone'', the weaknesses don't even matter.
# '''Mid Game:''' Story Mode Chapter 1~3 HELL difficulty, Chapters 4~6 HARD difficulty; Demon Buster [Stages 6~8], Aura Gate 31~40F
 
# '''Late Game:''' Story Mode Chapters 4~6 HELL difficulty, Demon Buster [Stages 9~10], Aura Gate 41~50F, Hell's Park
 
  
To get towards late game, we need to make our demons stronger. Several things can be done to make our demons stronger, which are (in order of priority):
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The team's weakness is [[Pierce Negation]] and sometimes missing attacks - the former isn't very common in PvE, while the latter can be mitigated by transferring accuracy boosters like [[Good Aim]] or [[Great Aim]].
  
# Leveling and Evolving
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Long-term, once you unlock {{DemonIcon|Zaou-Gongen|size=32px}}'s panel 3, he can grant team-wide {{EffectIcon|Might|name=1}} near-endlessly to the team. This is a great long-term fusion goal to strive for.
# Equipping Brands
 
# Transferring Skills
 
# Awakening
 
  
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=== Upgrading demons ===
===Cheap Demons for Early Game===
 
  
What you should focus on really depends on what demons you already have, but here is a list of Cheap early - mid game demons as well as their optimal Archetype:
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A more detailed rundown is found in the next section, but here's some quick info.
  
*Physical Attackers: 3★ Teal [[Ose]], 3★ Red [[Ares]],4★ Clear [[Yatagarasu]],4★ Purple [[Pallas Athena]]
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When you find a Demon you want to truly invest into (it should be a natural/base 5★) you need to go through:
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*'''Awakening''': See the Tutorial in-game in Pandemonium. This is the first thing to do and the easiest, too. It simply requires easy-to-farm Aether from [[Strange Signal]]. The resource isn't rare, and it's only used for this, so go ahead and Awaken anyone you like.
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*'''Leveling''' to Max. Level: leveling is called ''Enhancing'' in the game, and it's done by accumulating EXP through:
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**'''PvE battles''': Leveling Quests are the best places to earn EXP.
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**'''Dispatch''': a game area unlocked by completing some quests in the beginning of the game, accessible in the Hideout. Demons placed here will automatically gain EXP over time. Dispatched Demons can also still be used in Battles, so Dispatch as many as it allows (don't forget to check the Dispatch area regularly, as it also gives out item rewards for using it, aside from the EXP).
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**'''[[File:Icon Sword of Kusanagi.png|32px|link=]] Sword of Kusanagi''': consumable item that adds EXP to a Demon. They are otherwise useless, so use them if in a hurry (gaining EXP in Battle is always better though, because besides EXP, a lot of other rewards are collected. Swords of Kusanagi also charge you some [[File:Icon Macca.png|32px|link=]] Macca for using them, while doing quests gives you EXP and Macca).
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**'''Daily Quest''': as of October/2021, the game will offer a daily quest (or more than one, during some commemorative events) that gives humongous amounts of EXP, as well as items (''e.g.'', Aether, high rarity [[Brands]]), in a single Battle against very easy Demons (usually, just one Wave of Lv. 10 1★ Demons).
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*** Using the {{LiberatorIcon|Main Character|name=1}} and {{LiberatorIcon|Eileen|name=1}} Dx2 will grant the most EXP, [[File:Icon Macca.png|32px|link=]] Macca, [[Brands]], Aether, and whatever other rewards it is giving out. Eileen or the main character may be replaced by another Dx2 that is still below Lv. 50, to level them up.
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*** Run a {{DemonIcon|Kanbari|size=32px}} in each of the two teams to increase EXP, and put in 6 demons that you want to level up. If the Kanbari in the main team is 4★ and Awakened, it should have no trouble beating the encounter in one hit without needing brands. If running with Lv. 1 Demons for evolution fodder purposes, use 2★. This is because the daily gives more than enough EXP to go past lv. 25, but 1★ demons will stop at lv. 25, wasting potential EXP.
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**'''Special Aura Gate''': [[Aura Gate SP]], available exclusively during some events, usually feature higher [[File:Icon Talk.png|32px|link=]] [[Talk]] rates and lots of EXP, and rewards rare items.
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*'''Evolving''' it to 6★: much harder, requires days if not weeks of Farming EXP and fodderizing Demons. So choose carefully who you want to Evolve.
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*'''Talk to Demons''': recruiting Demons through [[File:Icon Talk.png|32px|link=]] [[Talk|Talking]] is essential to Evolve other Demons ([[File:Icon Yata Mirror.png|32px|link=]] Yata Mirrors of corresponding rarity may be used instead of Demons, but they are very rare.)
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**To do it automatically (using Auto Quest), the best place is the Leveling Quest of Chapter 1 (Normal difficulty), because {{DemonIcon|Slime|size=32px}} has a very limited repertoire of questions, some of them yielding neutral reactions ("ugh?") regardless of which answer is chosen - so the random-answering method of Auto Talk results in more Demons recruited than in any other LQ. Additionally, Normal difficulty costs only 2 Stamina, while Hell difficulty costs only 4. Even though Slimes are 1★ and thus need an extra evolution step compared to 2★, the ease of collecting them here makes it worth it.
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**The second-best place to collect Demons automatically is Leveling Quest of Chapter 5 (Normal difficulty), because {{DemonIcon|Pisaca|size=32px}} also have a limited conversation repertoire, and it's a 2★ Demon.
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**Auto-exploring [[Aura Gate]] should also provide a steady flow of 2★ (or 3★) fodders.
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**After some time playing, you'll collect lots of [[File:Icon Normal Summon File.png|32px|link=]] Normal Summon Files. They can be used on-demand to summon random {{ArchIcon|arch=Clear|size=15px}} [[Archetypes|Common]] 1~2★ Demons for evolution/fusion, and 3★ for fusion.
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*'''Mitama and Essence of Sin Infusions''': [[Mitama]] is gathered in [[Aura Gate|Aura Gates]], and [[File:Icon Essence of Sin.png|32px|link=]] [[Sin Infusion|Essence of Sin]] is gathered in the [[Tokyo Abyss]]. They are similarly used to raise the basic Stats of a Demon, as long as the demon has already been Awakened. Both Resources require time to collect, and there are limits of how many of each a Demon may receive, so spend them wisely.
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[[File:Black Market Items.png|thumb|Assorted items available in the Black Market.]]
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*'''Black Market''': accessible in the Hideout, and may feature very rare items.
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**Prices are random, but within ranges, with better/rarer items being more expensive than the more common ones.
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**Offered items are refreshed after an hour since the last time visited, so check it every hour, as many times as possible per day (even if you have to ''Take a Break'' from an [[Aura Gate]] run or ''Stop'' a [[Tokyo Abyss]] incursion).
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***It's possible to spend 5 [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems to immediately refresh the Black Market items, but '''NEVER''' do that, as Gems are extremely hard to collect and the offers are too random to risk so many Gems.
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**The most important items (ones you should always buy) are:
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*** [[File:Icon Yata Mirror.png|32px|link=]] Yata Mirrors (from 1★ up to 5★ may be available)
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*** [[File:Icon Normal Summon File.png|32px|link=]][[File:Icon Superior Summon File.png|32px|link=]] Summon Files (Blue and White)
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*** [[File:Icon Skill Extraction File.png|32px|link=]] Skill Extraction Files
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*** Have at least 500k [[File:Icon Macca.png|32px|link=]] Macca saved to make sure you can afford them - they're expensive, but well worth the money.
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**There may be '''6★ [[Brands]]''' available in the Black Market. Click on the Brand's banner to see its Stats before buying, because they are expensive and there is a small chance of them being worth the price (and better [[Brands]], that is, with more already-visible Tertiaries, are more expensive than those with less).
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***Generally, buy arm/leg Brands with PAtk%, MAtk%, or HP% primaries, as they're the most universally useful. Head/body brands should have at least one desired Tertiary already visible, preferably at 3-4%.
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***Certain niche primaries can still be worth picking up, for example PDef% on a Guard or Life brand, or Speed% on a Speed leg brand.
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**'''[[File:Icon Purge Extract St.png|32px|link=]][[File:Icon Purge Extract Ma.png|32px|link=]][[File:Icon Purge Extract Vi.png|32px|link=]][[File:Icon Purge Extract Ag.png|32px|link=]][[File:Icon Purge Extract Lu.png|32px|link=]] Purge Extracts:''' used to remove [[Mitama|Mitama Points]] given to a Demon, these are only available in the Black Market. They're not too expensive, and it's good to stock up on them.
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***They're also necessary to complete an [[Hollow World|Aura Gate 2]] specific quest (an NPC will request [[File:Icon Purge Extract Ag.png|32px|link=]] Purge Extract Ag x3).
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*'''Skill Transfer''': some resources used for it are quite rare for beginners, so be careful.
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**'''Leveling up Skills''' - As a beginner, the only skills you should be interested in leveling up are Unique Skills from a good 5★ (Unique Skills can be recognized by the fact that their Skill Cost is "-", also their Lv. bonuses are usually better than normal Skills). Leveling Skills up consumes [[File:Icon Kasane Magatama.png|32px|link=]] Kasane Magatama ("red beans"), which are very rare (expect 3 per months as a newbie, and 5 once you get into a Faction and perform well in Faction events).
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***You should also only level up a unique skill if you are able to get it to max immediately. This is because the final level usually has a big boost, such as decreasing the skill's MP cost.
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*'''Brands Farming''': farming for [[Brands]] is something players will constantly do, as getting the perfect Brands with perfect Stats and Sub-stats is an eternal quest. [[Brands]] are one of the most important things in Dx2. The difference between a Brandless Demon and a very-well-Branded one is night and day.
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**You farm them in [[Brands of Sin]] or in [[Aura Gate]], notably [[Hollow World]].
  
*Magical Attackers/Weakness Exploiter: 4★ Clear/Red/Teal [[Loki]], 3★ Purple [[Efreet]], 4★ Purple [[Anubis]], 4★ Red/Yellow [[Sandalphon]]
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The basic flow of the Game is the following:
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* You alternate between advancing in the PvE content, upgrading Demons, and do PvP as a side activity, until you've completed all the PvE content
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* Then, PvP and [[Democalypse]] (faction event) become the main activities, and you'd upgrade Demons for those contents.
  
*Healer: 3★ Teal [[Feng Huang]], 4★ Yellow [[Pazuzu]]
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The main PvE contents to complete are: Story Mode, [[Aura Gate|Aura Gates]], [[Hell's Park]], and [[Tokyo Abyss]].
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{{Clear}}
  
*Supporter (Buffer/Debuffer): 4★ Yellow [[Cerberus]], 4★ Purple [[Fenrir]] (Transfer a buff/debuff on him)
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==Events==
  
Please to get their fusion path use : @ https://oceanxdds.github.io/dx2_fusion/#en
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As of 2023, there are six types of recurring events:
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*'''Currency Gathering Events''' - No special areas are available. Instead, running normal quests/missions on the Map will drop, besides the regular items, the Event's Currency, which can be used to purchase items in a special Event Shop.
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*'''Special Mission Events''' - Special missions are available in a specific place on the Map. Completing those missions will reward the Event's Currency, which can be used to purchase items in a special Event Shop.
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*'''[[Aura Gate]] special demon hunting:''' No special areas are available. Instead, running normal [[Aura Gate 1]] or [[Hollow World|Aura Gate 2]] will randomly engage in fights with different Demons, as well as special bosses.
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*'''[[Aura Gate SP|Special Aura Gate Events]] (AGSP):''' The event's story is set around the appearance of a temporary AG. The main goal is to collect AGSP points and redeem '''Cubes''', which can then be opened for random rewards.
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*'''[[Take Back Tokyo]]:''' The event's story is set in an alternate dimension where demons have taken over Tokyo. By running [[Brands of Sin]] quests, you can collect [[File:Icon Spirit Orb.png|32px|link=]] Spirit Orbs to capture nodes on the event map. Each node gives items upon capture, and some nodes feature missions to complete or special Event bosses to defeat.
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*'''[[Demon Alliance Invasion]]:''' Raid-esque demon bosses will spawn upon completing most quests, and these boss fights have a unique gimmick where your ATK, DEF, and EV/AC buffs will permanently stack for the battle. You'll need to construct two teams for each boss, with your teams striking a balance between buff generation, damage output, and SP effects. Unlike other event types, this uses its own stamina system called BP, which can be restored by [[File:Icon Rader Pepper.png|32px|link=]] Rader Pepper and [[File:Icon Time Limited Rader Pepper.png|32px|link=]] Time-Limited Rader Pepper.
  
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The Event's Shop may vary from one Event to another. Some are similar to the Black Market, others, similar to opening Gift Boxes.
  
=== Leveling & Evolving ===
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===SP effects===
[[File:Screenshot_20200209-202814.jpg|thumb|260x260px|Image of the "Leveling Quest" at Chapter 8. At the bottom are the difficulty levels of the quest (Normal, Hard, Hell). The stamina cost indicated for this quest is 11.]]
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[[File:SP Effect.png|thumb|SP Effect Golden (left) and Silver (right) Demons. This image is merely illustrative, the same species of Demon cannot be both golden and silver in the same event period.]]
'''Main Page for more information and further reading: [[Leveling]]'''
 
  
PvE contents grant EXP points. However in order to level up demons, the best way is to use "Leveling Quests". Every Story Chapter has a Leveling Quest. Leveling Quests not only let you bring two parties (e.g. two Liberators and 8 demons) to level them up, but will give you much more EXP than a regular quest.
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Usually, Demons related to the current Event get Special Effect Bonuses (SP Effect), denoted by a [[File:Golduniticon.png|32px|link=]] golden or [[File:Silveruniticon.png|32px|link=]] silver demon icon on the top left of the Demon's avatar, or in the top middle of its profile screen.
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*Most SP effects (except for [[Demon Alliance Invasion]]) increase [[File:Icon Tome of Exp 12h.png|32px|link=]] EXP and [[File:Icon Macca.png|32px|link=]] gained from battle, as well as the event's currency or points.
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*Golden SP Effect Bonuses are better than Silver, and are usually tied to the new gacha demon associated with the event.
  
'''EXP/Stamina Leveling Quest Efficiency Table'''
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{| class="wikitable"
   
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
|-
 
|-
! Leveling Quest !! Stamina !! Exp || Exp/Stamina || Exp/Stamina (1/2 Stamina)
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! Icon !! Bonus
 
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|-
| Chapter 1(NORMAL) || 2 || 66 || 33 || 66
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| [[File:golduniticon.png|link=]] ||  
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* [[File:Icon Spirit Orb.png|32px|link=]] Spirit Orb +100% ([[Take Back Tokyo]])
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* Event Currency +100% (Currency collection events)
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* AGSP points +80% ([[Aura Gate SP]])
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* [[File:Icon Tome of Exp 12h.png|32px|link=]] EXP +100%
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* [[File:Icon Macca.png|32px|link=]] Macca +15%
 
|-
 
|-
| Chapter 1(HARD) || 3 || 182 || 60.6 || 182
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| [[File:silveruniticon.png|link=]] ||  
|-
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* [[File:Icon Spirit Orb.png|32px|link=]] Spirit Orb +25% ([[Take Back Tokyo]])
| Chapter 1(HELL) || 4 || 342 || <span style="color:red">'''85.5'''</span> || 171
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* Event Currency +25% (Currency collection events)
|-
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* AGSP points +20% ([[Aura Gate SP]])
| Chapter 2(NORMAL) || 3 || 133 || 44.3 || 133
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* [[File:Icon Tome of Exp 12h.png|32px|link=]] EXP +25%
|-
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* [[File:Icon Macca.png|32px|link=]] Macca +2%
| Chapter 2(HARD) || 4 || 301 || 75.2 || 150.5
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|}
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| Chapter 2(HELL) || 5 || 410 || 82 || 205
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[[Demon Alliance Invasion]] events do not boost EXP or Macca earned. Instead, they boost the Battle Certificates earned from boss fights, and increase the chance of rare bosses spawning when a boss is defeated.
|-
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* Effectively, this means that Invasion events only want you to use SP demons in the boss fights - not in the normal quests that you run to spawn the initial boss fights.
| Chapter 3(NORMAL) || 4 || 234 || 58.5 || 117
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
 
| Chapter 3(HARD) || 5 || 356 || 71.2 || 178
 
|-
 
| Chapter 3(HELL) || 6 || 499 || 83.1 || 166.3
 
|-
 
| Chapter 4(NORMAL) || 5 || 336 || 67.2 || 168
 
|-
 
| Chapter 4(HARD) || 6 || 465 || 77.5 || 155
 
|-
 
| Chapter 4(HELL) || 7 || 585 || 83 || 195
 
|-
 
| Chapter 5(NORMAL) || 6 || 474 || 79 || 158
 
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| Chapter 5(HARD) || 7 || 573 || 81.8 || 191
 
|-
 
| Chapter 5(HELL) || 8 || 716 || 89.5 || 179
 
|-
 
| Chapter 6(NORMAL) || 7 || 576 || 82.3 || 192
 
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| Chapter 6(HARD) || 8 || 691 || 86.4 || 172.7
 
|-
 
| Chapter 6(HELL) || 9 || 840 || 93.3 || <span style="color:red">'''210'''</span>
 
|-
 
| Chapter 7(NORMAL) || 8 || 638 || 79.7 || 159.4
 
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| Chapter 7(HARD) || 9 || 765 || 85 || 191.25
 
|-
 
| Chapter 7(HELL) || 10 || 957 || 95.7 ||191
 
 
|-
 
|-
| Chapter 7a(NORMAL) || 8 || 693 || 86.6 || 173.2
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! Icon !! Bonus
 
|-
 
|-
| Chapter 7a(HARD) || 9 || 831 || 92.3 || 207.7
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| [[File:golduniticon.png|link=]] ||  
|-
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* Battle Certificate +50%
| Chapter 7a(HELL) || 10 || 1039 || 103.9 || 207.8
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* Greatly increased encounter rate with rare bosses when defeating bosses
|-
 
| Intermission Ep3 Leveling (NORMAL) || 8 || 733 || 91.625 || 183.25
 
|-
 
| Intermission Ep3 Leveling (HARD) || 9 || 898 || 99.8 ||  224.5
 
|-
 
| Intermission Ep3 Leveling (HELL) || 10 || 1097 || 109.7 || 219.4
 
|-
 
| Intermission Ep6 Leveling (NORMAL) || 8 || 767 || 95.875 || 191.75
 
|-
 
| Intermission Ep6 Leveling (HARD) || 9 || 912 || 101 || 228
 
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| Intermission Ep6 Leveling (HELL) || 10 || 1168 || 116.8 || 233.6
 
|-
 
| Chapter 8 (HELL) || 11 || 1370 || 124.5 || 273.9
 
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| Chapter 9 (HELL) || 11 || 1425 || <span style="color:red">'''130'''</span> || <span style="color:red">'''285'''</span>
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[File:silveruniticon.png|link=]] ||
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* Battle Certificate +12.5%
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* Small increased encounter rate with rare bosses when defeating bosses
 
|}
 
|}
  
In terms of EXP/Stamina efficiency, the quests highlighted in <span style="color:red">'''Red'''</span> are the most efficient. The "1/2 Stamina" column indicates the efficiency of leveling quests during the monthly event called "half-stamina" where by Leveling Quests have their costs halved, thus changing their efficiency. Chapter 1 HARD is a good alternative for half-stamina events if your team isn't ready for the higher chapters.
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===Currency Gathering Event===
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In the Currency Gathering Event type, the reward will usually be linearly proportional to the Stamina spent (1 Stamina = 1 Event Currency.)
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*Leveling Quests are the best place to farm in, since you can bring 2 parties, and SP Effects from both parties are counted.
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*When making your farming team, look at the SP Effect bonuses they offer, and add them up to get your full multiplier. For example: [[File:Silveruniticon.png|32px|link=]] silver SP Effect Demons will usually increase the Event Currency drops by 25% each, so using 3 of them means you have (1 + 25% x 3) = 1.75x multiplier when doing quests.
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*If your total multiplier ended up being a whole number (2x, 3x, etc), then you can farm any Leveling Quest you want - your drops-per-stamina ratio will be the same for all of them.
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*If your total multiplier ended up being fractional (1.75x, 2.5x, etc), then it's actually best to run Chapter 1 Leveling Quest on Normal Difficulty. This is because the game rounds fractions up (''ceiling'' function). That means the most fractions are run into (a.k.a the more low-cost quest runs you do), the most rounded-up points the player will gather.
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**''E.g.'', suppose a quest/mission costs 7 Stamina to run and would yield 7 Event Currency. Using 3 silver SP Effect Demons would yield 7 x (1 + 25% x 3) = 12.25, rounded up, 13 Event Currency.
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*These calculations are based on runs without a Support Demon. Because a Support Demon is only available again after one hour, and only if its player is still on-line, it's an uncertain and somewhat rare resource, so to maximize gains, it may be better to wait for the Support Demons with SP Effect to be available again.
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**Run the Leveling Quest of Chapter 1 on Normal Difficulty with Support Demon auto-selection option disabled to get the most from fractions, until an hour is through and there're enough Support Demons for more high level quest runs.
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**Be aware, though, that Macca reward is not linear, that is, higher Quest levels/difficulties reward more Macca than lower ones, so be sure to have enough saved to avoid running out of currency to perform other tasks, like buying items at the Black Market.
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**If you don't want to overthink it, just run the highest LQ possible on Hell Difficulty using SP Effect Demons, with Support Demon auto-selection. Clear your friends' list regularly, remove players that haven't shown up for a while (you won't benefit much from having players that don't actually play and replace their Support Demon with one with SP Effect) and keeping at least one slot for new players.
  
Leveling Quests of lesser efficiency still have their uses. Since each Leveling Quest has different demons, you can use specific lower-efficiency Quests to recruit en mass specific demons you need for example: Chapter 3, 4 or 5 Leveling Quests.
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===Special Mission Events===
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In the Special Mission Event type, there is, usually, a Special Quest in every Mission, which rewards extra Event Currency. As of January/2022, the higher missions also reward proportionally more than the lower ones, that is, the reward is not linearly proportional to the Stamina spent, so, only run the Special Quests of the highest Mission on Hell Difficulty, preferably with Support Demons.
  
To maximize the amount of EXP you get, bring your Main Character as the Liberator of one of the groups, as they have a passive skill to increase EXP. Bring a Kanbari demon in both parties (2★ demon that is fused in multi-fusion), as it has a skill to increase EXP gains too.
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===AG SP Events===
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The [[Aura Gate SP|AG SP]] Event type follows different mechanics and should be run only on Master Difficulty to maximize the Stamina usage. Check the [[Aura Gate SP]] article for more hints.
  
'''Steps to fuse a Kanbari:'''
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===Take Back Tokyo Events===
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In [[Take Back Tokyo]] events, make a team of 4 SP demons and run any Brands of Sin stage on auto. You will get [[File:Icon Spirit Orb.png|32px|link=]] Spirit Orbs x4 per 1 stamina spent, whereas any area other than BoS only gives 1 orb per 1 stamina.
  
# First, make sure you already completed Chapter 3-5
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Try to auto the highest BoS stage that you can. '''The efficiency of [[File:Icon Spirit Orb.png|32px|link=]] Spirit Orbs is the same for all BoS stages''', but a higher stage has a better chance of dropping actually-useful Brands.
# Collect 5 Slimes in Chapter 1’s Leveling Quest
 
# Collect 2 Melchoms and 1 Preta in Chapter 2’s Leveling Quest
 
# Collect 1 Nekomata and 1 Sandman in Chapter 3’s Leveling Quest
 
# Fuse Bicorn with Slime x Nekomata
 
# Fuse Inugami with Bicorn x Slime
 
# Fuse 2 Kurama Tengu with Slime x Melchom
 
# Fuse Yomotsu-Shikome with Preta x Kurama Tengu
 
# Fuse 1 Koppa Tengu with Slime x Sandman
 
# Multi-Fuse Kanbari
 
  
'''Now onto evolving:'''
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When capturing nodes:
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* Aim to reach all the boss nodes first, as they usually give [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems upon capture.
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* After that, prioritize the Mission nodes, since they won't count your progress toward the mission until you reach the node.
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* Then go for gold-bordered nodes, or anything that's using an actual item icon instead of the generic bottle icon. These nodes usually have better stuff than the silver-bordered nodes and/or bottle nodes.
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* The [[File:Tbt random silver low.png|32px|link=]] randomized nodes can be very hit-or-miss. They're still worth pursuing, but maybe aren't the top priority.
  
Evolving a demon increases their level cap and slightly increased base stats as their rarity will increase. To evolve a demon you need to sacrifice demons with the same actual rarity (unlike with skill points where you needed to sacrifice demons with the same base rarity - if you have a 4★ Pixie, which is a base 1★ demon, and want to evolve her to 5★ you need to sacrifice demons with 4★ rarity) or use a Yata Mirror, an item that can substitute a sacrifice; Yata Mirrors come with different rarities so you need a 2★ Yata Mirror to evolve a 2★ demon, for example.
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===Demon Alliance Invasion Events===
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In [[Demon Alliance Invasion]] events, you can farm most normal quest to spawn bosses - the exceptions being [[Alter-World]] and any quests that play cutscenes after the fight finishes. You also don't need to run SP units when doing this. Therefore, it's recommended to run [[Brands of Sin]], [[Strange Signal]], or [[Story|Leveling quests]], depending on what you need. [[Hell's Park]] can also spawn bosses, so you can use that if you haven't finished it yet for the month.
  
'''You should not fuse Natural 3/4/5★s for evolve fodder. The recommended way to evolve is by using Yata Mirrors, base 2★s, or useless gacha 3★s to save Magnetite.'''
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Once you have a boss spawn, try to focus your BP usage on the tier-3 bosses - these are usually the newest gacha demon, and they spawn with a red screen-break instead of purple. These tend to give a lot more points than the tier-1 or tier-2 fights.  
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* The lower-tier fights are meant to be used to spawn a tier-3 boss, if you don't have one already. Try not to spend too much BP on low-tier bosses.
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* Sometimes, events will give rewards for defeating a specific amount of low-tier bosses. If these rewards are useful to you, then targeting low-tiers with your BP can be worth it.
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* If a tier-3 boss spawns and you're at low BP, don't be pressured to fight it immediately. Bosses you discover will stay available for 8 hours once found, and other players can't fight bosses you found until after you fight it once. Waiting for your BP to restore before starting the fight is a valid strategy and a good use of BP.
  
If you need 4/5★ evolution fodders but lack the mirrors, simply use natural 2★s, evolve the 2★ to 3★, then evolve it again to 4/5★. This is the best way to evolve demons into 6★.
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Bosses spawned by other players will appear as SOS requests. These have a discount of -1 BP on your first attempt, and when they're defeated, they don't raise your personal boss level - meaning you can use SOS fights to earn points more-easily and more-efficiently than your own bosses. Try to jump on these as soon as possible, as the SOS will disappear once anybody kills the boss - especially tier-3 boss SOS.
  
Evolving a demon increases level cap and slightly increased base stats as their rarity will increase.  
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Teams should strike a balance between buff generation (first priority), damage output (second priority), and SP units (third priority). Tier-1 fights are easy enough that you can just run 8 SP units, but tier-2 and tier-3 will need cohesive teams to get good scores.
  
'''Evolution Example (3★ => 5★)'''
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See the [[Demon Alliance Invasion]] page for a more-detailed rundown of how the event works, as well as some team-building tips.
  
#Level 3x 2★ to level 30.
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===General tips===
#Evolve 3x 2★ to 3★.
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*Always run a Quest with the cheapest Stamina cost and another with the highest cost and difficulty to check the rewards before Auto Questing, as some Events have different reward curves per Stamina spent.
#Sacrifice these evolved 2★ to my 3★ Ose. Ose is now 4★.
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*Don't forget to select the best demon with SP Effect as Support Demon at the beginning of a new Event, so other players may benefit from it and the game will reward you with more Fame Points.
#Level 16x 2★ to level 30.
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**Beware that SP Effect Demons may change in the middle of an Event (''e.g.'', if the Event is scheduled to last for 14 days, after the 7th day, the [[File:Silveruniticon.png|32px|link=]] Silver SP Effect Demons may change to completely different ones. Usually the [[File:Golduniticon.png|32px|link=]] Gold SP Effect Demons stay the same throughout the Event), somewhat depending on the story arc. Change your Support Demon accordingly.
#Evolve 16x 2★ to 3★.
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*Have as many SP Effect Demons as possible in the Teams to get the most bonus per battle.
#Level 4x evolved 2★ to level 35.
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**Use third-party Support Demons with SP Effect, because they also affect the final bonus.
#Evolve 4x 2★ again to 4★ rarity (sacrificing the other 12 evolved 2★).
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*From time to time, collect the Event Rewards, as most Events reward players that play regularly (at least once per day) and there may also be rewards for collecting rewards.
#Sacrifice these double-evolved 2★ to my 4★ Ose. Ose is now 5★.
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**[[Aura Gate SP]] also rewards purchases of ''Cubes'', so it's better to spend the Event Currency on them during the Event period.
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*Many Events give out [[File:Icon Time Limited Monster Dew.png|32px|link=]] Time-Limited Monster Dew, a consumable item that fully restores Stamina.
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**Depending on the Event type, there may not be enough time to use all the Event Monster Dew. When the Event period is over, they simply disappear from the Items Inventory - so, to avoid letting them go to waste when the end is near, lower your Stamina below your maximum and use them (the game won't allow consuming Monster Dew if Stamina is at its maximum or over). Use the extra Stamina to Auto some Leveling Quests, [[Strange Signal]], or [[Brands of Sin]].
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**Don't let Time-Limited Monster Dew accumulate - use them as soon as you get them, to avoid losing them when the Event is over.
  
;Max level for each rarity is: 
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==Guides on Upgrading and Leveling Demons==
:  1★ = 25 
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=== Leveling ===
:  2★ = 30 
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[[File:Screenshot_20200209-202814.jpg|thumb|260x260px|Image of the "Leveling Quest" at Chapter 8. At the bottom are the difficulty levels of the quest (Normal, Hard, Hell). The stamina cost indicated for this quest is 11.]]
:  3★ = 35 
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:''Main Article: [[Leveling]]''
:  4★ = 40 
 
:  5★ = 45 
 
:  6★ = 50
 
 
 
'''[[Kanbari]] Evolution'''
 
 
 
Mirrors are limited, and natural 4★ and 5★ are too expensive to be used as evolution fodder. The solution to this is to use Kanbari as fodder.
 
 
 
Indeed, Kanbari provides experience bonuses, and as such will constantly be on your leveling teams meaning he will inevitably reach the level cap. In order to avoid wasting EXP on a level capped demon the solution is to evolve him: eventually, he will become a 5★, and then he  can act as fodder for your best demons to evolve to 6★.
 
 
 
Now, how to evolve Kanbari to higher stars?
 
*From 2★ Kanbaris to 3★: natural 2★ can be used as evolution fodders. Natural 2★ can be cheaply fused from 1★ or recruited from higher floors of [[Aura Gate]] and Leveling Quests from later Chapters.
 
*From 3★ Kanbaris to 4★: natural 2★ demons (excluding Kanbaris) that have evolved to 3★ are the best fodders. Natural 3★ demons obtained from [[Beginner's Guide#Summoning_2|summoning]] are potential fodders too (even though it is preferable to sell these 3★ for Karmas).
 
*From 4★ to 5★: other Kanbaris, natural 2★ or natural 3★ that have been raised to 4★ through the process above can now be used for Kanbari's the final evolution.
 
  
This does create the question of where additional Kanbaris will be sourced:
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PvE content grants EXP. However in order to level up demons, the best way is to use "Leveling Quests". Every Story Chapter has at least one Leveling Quest. Leveling Quests not only let you bring two parties (''i.e.'', two Liberators and 8 demons) to level them up, but will give you much more EXP than a regular quest.
*a guide listed above tell you how to fuse Kanbari: simply run the aforementioned leveling quests while farming XP in order to get the demons needed for a Kanbari.
 
*The Compendium is an easier route: either directly summon Kanbari for 20 Karmas or summon the fusion ingredients you lack to get him. **But Karma is precious though, so it should only be used when you are really feeling lazy.
 
  
So, in essence, Kanbari is the quintessential evolution fodder for (4★s and) 5★s.
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To maximize the amount of EXP you get, bring your '''{{LiberatorIcon|Main Character|name=1}}''' as the Liberator of one of the groups, as they have a passive skill to increase EXP. Bring a {{DemonIcon|Kanbari|size=32px}} demon in both parties (2★ demon that is fused in multi-fusion), as it has a skill to increase EXP gains too.
 
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=== Brands ===
 
=== Brands ===
Main Article, more indepth: [[Brands]]
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[[File:ExampleBrand.jpg|thumb|x500px|Example of 5★ Brand at Level 1. The so-called Primary bonus of the brand is HP+, its Secondary bonus is Mag DEF+ and has Phys AC% as Tertiary bonus]]
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:''Main Article, more in-depth: [[Brands]]''
  
 
Brands are items that raise the stats of a demon and can be equipped in 5 slots: Head, Right Arm, Left Arm, Body, and Legs.  
 
Brands are items that raise the stats of a demon and can be equipped in 5 slots: Head, Right Arm, Left Arm, Body, and Legs.  
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When multiple of the same type are equipped, a set effect such as +50% HP can be also applied to a demon.
 
When multiple of the same type are equipped, a set effect such as +50% HP can be also applied to a demon.
  
'''Brand stats matter more than the rarity, so make sure the stats are what you want before fully committing to upgrading it. You will quickly run out of Macca if you try to max upgrade every Brand.'''
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'''Brand stats matter more than the rarity, so make sure the stats are what you want before fully committing to upgrading it. You will quickly run out of [[File:Icon Macca.png|32px|link=]] Macca if you try to max upgrade every Brand!'''
  
Please read [[Brands]] for in-depth Stat-brand build and advices.  
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Different body parts may have different primary stats available: this can be summarized in this Table:
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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|-
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!  !! HP+ || HP% || PAtk+ || PAtk% || MAtk+ || MAtk% || PDef+ || PDef% || MDef+ || MDef% || Heal% || Ailm. Res. || Ailm. Infl. || Speed% || Phys. EV% || Crit% || Acc%
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|-
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| Head || x ||  || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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|-
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| Right Arm || x || x ||x ||x ||x ||x ||x ||x||x||x || || || || ||x ||x ||x
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|-
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| Left Arm|| x || x ||x ||x ||x ||x ||x ||x ||x ||x || ||x ||x || || || ||
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|-
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| Body ||  ||  || || || || ||x || ||x || || || || || || || ||
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|-
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| Legs|| x || x ||x ||x ||x ||x ||x ||x||x||x ||x || || || x|| || ||
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|-
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|}
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Please read [[Brands]] for in-depth Stat-brand builds and advice.  
  
 
[[Brands of Sin]] quests at Demon Buster is the easiest place to farm Brands, and they are available all of the time. The other option is Aura Gate past Floor 40+.
 
[[Brands of Sin]] quests at Demon Buster is the easiest place to farm Brands, and they are available all of the time. The other option is Aura Gate past Floor 40+.
  
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'''Guidelines for Farming Brands?'''
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*The higher Stages of Brands of Sin give better Brands. So Auto-Farm the highest you can.
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*Starting at Stage 7 or higher your demons will probably need to be decently Branded if you want to farm (the irony: needing good brands to farm more brands)
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**So farm the lower Stages you can auto, to get good Brands then slowing climb the Stages like that.
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*Enemies in Brands of Sin: Sloth are specialized in Ailments, while the Anti-ailment Brands (Ward Brands) are farmed in Brands of Sin: Deceit. This means you need to farm Deceit and equip Ward Brands to your Demons to advance in the high stages of Sloth.
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*Stages 10 and beyond may require '''Specific Teams''' for each BoS (Sloth, Deceit and Vanity), this is Mid Game level of difficulty. Check the articles linked in [[Brands of Sin]] for an example of Team composition for each Stage 10 and beyond.
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*Avarice is significantly harder than the other BoS categories, so don't worry too much about it until lategame.
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=== Skill Transfer ===
 
=== Skill Transfer ===
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[[File:Transferable_Skills.jpg|thumb|360px|Transferable skills are indicated by a genome icon (here Mazionga and Mahashibaboo). The "blue" skill (Mahashibaboo) is the so-called "Gacha skill", it can be extracted using a Blank Genome without killing the holder]]
  
Main Article: [[Skill Transfer]]
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:''Main Article: [[Skill Transfer]]''
  
Skill transfer allows a demon to learn a skill from another demon, increasing its combat options and creating powerful combinations. To transfer a skill, the demon that receives the skill needs skill points, and you need another demon with the skill you want to transfer. Skill points are per-demon, and they are acquired by sacrificing other demons or special items (either demon's souls or Yasaka Magatamas) in Pandemonium, more precisely the possible sacrifices/fodders are:
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Skill transfer allows a demon to learn a skill from another demon, increasing its combat options and creating powerful combinations. To transfer a skill, the demon that receives the skill needs skill points, and you need another demon with the skill you want to transfer. Skill points are per-demon, and they are acquired by sacrificing other demons or special items (either [[File:Icon Soul.png|32px|link=]] demon's souls or [[File:Icon Yasaka Magatama.png|32px|link=]] Yasaka Magatamas) in Pandemonium, more precisely the possible sacrifices/fodders are:
  
 
* A copy of the same demon (ignoring level and rarity). (1 + demon's base rarity skill points) (''recommended practice '''ONLY''' for 3★ and below'')
 
* A copy of the same demon (ignoring level and rarity). (1 + demon's base rarity skill points) (''recommended practice '''ONLY''' for 3★ and below'')
 
* A demon of the same base rarity. (1 skill point) (''not a recommended practice'')
 
* A demon of the same base rarity. (1 skill point) (''not a recommended practice'')
* A demon soul (obtained from encounters in the Aura Gate) of the same demon. (1 skill point)
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* A [[File:Icon Soul.png|32px|link=]] demon soul (obtained from encounters in the Aura Gate) of the same demon. (1 skill point)
* A Yasaka Magatama item (1 to 6 skill points, number of points equal to the item’s Stars) '''Don’t use your Yasaka Magatama on 3★ or lower rarity demons as duplicates or the same rarity can easily be fused or pulled from the gacha for skill points!'''
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* A [[File:Icon Yasaka Magatama.png|32px|link=]] Yasaka Magatama item (1 to 6 skill points, number of points equal to the item’s Stars) '''Don’t use your Yasaka Magatama on 3★ or lower rarity demons as duplicates or the same rarity can easily be fused or pulled from the gacha for skill points!'''
  
 
Transferring skills can be done in two ways:  
 
Transferring skills can be done in two ways:  
 
*Using a demon with the skill you want to transfer, '''a donor'''. The donor may only transfer certain skills, marked with a DNA tag in their description. This is always the first skill, any skills received by transfer, and the bonus skill a Summoned demon receives (colloquially called "Gacha skill"). The user interface (UI) is well done, so there will be no problem performing what you seek to do.  
 
*Using a demon with the skill you want to transfer, '''a donor'''. The donor may only transfer certain skills, marked with a DNA tag in their description. This is always the first skill, any skills received by transfer, and the bonus skill a Summoned demon receives (colloquially called "Gacha skill"). The user interface (UI) is well done, so there will be no problem performing what you seek to do.  
 
**By default, the '''donor''' will die during the transfer process.
 
**By default, the '''donor''' will die during the transfer process.
**If the skill you wish to transfer is on the last two skill slots, meaning the skill was a skill received by transfer or a Gacha skill, then you can use a Blank Genome to "harvest" the skill. Harvesting does not kill the demon.
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**If the skill you wish to transfer is on the last two skill slots, meaning the skill was a skill received by transfer or a Gacha skill, then you can use a [[File:Icon Blank Genome.png|32px|link=]] Blank Genome to "harvest" the skill. Harvesting does not kill the demon.
*Using a Skill Genome with the name of the skill you wish to transfer. Skill Genomes are items that are obtained by summoning the skill (through gacha) or through the "harvesting" previously mentioned.
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*Using a [[File:Icon Skill Genome.png|32px|link=]] Skill Genome with the name of the skill you wish to transfer. Skill Genomes are items that are obtained by summoning the skill (through gacha) or through the "harvesting" previously mentioned.
  
 
Skill points and transferred skills are lost when fusing. Skills are not lost when evolving, so feel free to power up! Once you have transferred a skill, you can replace it with another transferred skill using the same process. If you transfer the same skill again, the skill will level up and become more powerful!
 
Skill points and transferred skills are lost when fusing. Skills are not lost when evolving, so feel free to power up! Once you have transferred a skill, you can replace it with another transferred skill using the same process. If you transfer the same skill again, the skill will level up and become more powerful!
  
 
A list of recommended transferable skills and their sources can be found [[Recommended Transferable Skills|here]] (basics) and [[Skill Transfer#Advanced skills - Hoarding Demons for their Gacha skills|here]] (advanced).
 
A list of recommended transferable skills and their sources can be found [[Recommended Transferable Skills|here]] (basics) and [[Skill Transfer#Advanced skills - Hoarding Demons for their Gacha skills|here]] (advanced).
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=== Awakening and Archetypes ===
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[[File:Archetypes.png|thumb|Archetypes (from left to right): Aragami (red), Protector (yellow), Psychic (purple), Elementalist (teal/cyan) and Common (clear/grey).]]
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:''Main Article: [[Awakening]]''
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Demons come in five different [[Archetypes]]:
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* {{ArchIcon|arch=Red|size=15px}} Aragami (red)
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* {{ArchIcon|arch=Yellow|size=15px}} Protector (yellow)
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* {{ArchIcon|arch=Purple|size=15px}} Psychic (purple)
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* {{ArchIcon|arch=Teal|size=15px}} Elementalist (teal/cyan)
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* {{ArchIcon|arch=Clear|size=15px}} Common (clear/grey)
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Awakening a demon unlocks their Archetype Skill, which varies depending on the demon and its Archetype, and slightly increases their stats.
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*Every demon requires Small, Medium, and/or Large Aethers of specific types and specific quantities to be awakened.
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*The required Aether types and quantities to awaken a Demon are dependent on the demon's race and base rarity.
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*Aethers are available in 5 common types, {{AetherIcon|Light|size=32px}} Light (Yellow), {{AetherIcon|Lawful|size=32px}} Lawful (Blue), {{AetherIcon|Neutral|size=32px}} Neutral (Green), {{AetherIcon|Dark|size=32px}} Dark (Purple), and {{AetherIcon|Chaotic|size=32px}} Chaotic (Red).
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** Several special types are only available during limited events, and are usually required to awaken Demons also exclusively available during those events.
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*Aethers can be obtained in some missions and in most quests, including [[Aura Gate|Aura Gates]], but especially in [[Strange Signal]].
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*'''[[File:Icon Aether Crystal.png|32px|link=]] Aether Crystal''' is a special item that can awaken any Demon, regardless of which and how many Aethers would be required for that.
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**They can be purchased in the Shop for 500 [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems each, which is ridiculously expensive, so avoid buying them.
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**They are sometimes offered as rewards for completing event missions, or as part of Log-in Bonuses.
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**'''Don't use an Aether Crystal on a Demon that can be awakened by common Aethers,''' which can be easily harvested in [[Strange Signal]] quests. Save them for awakening event-exclusive Demons that require special types of Aether, just in case you're unable to gather enough during its event period.
  
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[[File:Aether.png|thumb|Aether types]]
  
=== Awakening and Archetypes ===
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[[Strange Signal]] quests drop only one type of Aether, depending on the Signal chosen. The quality is random, but higher levels drop more of the larger sizes.
  
Awakening a demon unlocks their Archetype Skill (which varies depending on the demon and its archetype - that's the colour on the demon) and slightly increases their stats. Every demon requires Small, Medium, or Large Aether of specific type(s) to awaken them. You can also use Aether Crystals to instantaneously Awaken a demon, '''but don't use an Aether Crystal on 3★ or lower rarity demons! Even 4★ demons are relatively easy to awaken, so save them for 5★ if possible.'''
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Strange Signal quest availability rotates based on the day, with Neutral being open all the time.
  
[[Strange Signal]] quests grant the Aether of varying quality depending on difficulty required for Awakening a demon. Every Strange Signal quest will drop only one type of Aether, and Strange Signal quest availability rotates based on the day, with Neutral being open all the time.
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;Strange Signal Schedule:
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:  Monday - {{AetherIcon|Light|size=32px}} Light, {{AetherIcon|Dark|size=32px}} Dark, {{AetherIcon|Neutral|size=32px}} Neutral
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:  Tuesday - {{AetherIcon|Lawful|size=32px}} Lawful, {{AetherIcon|Chaotic|size=32px}} Chaos, {{AetherIcon|Neutral|size=32px}} Neutral
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:  Wednesday- {{AetherIcon|Light|size=32px}} Light, {{AetherIcon|Dark|size=32px}} Dark, {{AetherIcon|Neutral|size=32px}} Neutral
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:  Thursday - {{AetherIcon|Lawful|size=32px}} Lawful, {{AetherIcon|Chaotic|size=32px}} Chaos, {{AetherIcon|Neutral|size=32px}} Neutral
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:  Friday - {{AetherIcon|Light|size=32px}} Light, {{AetherIcon|Dark|size=32px}} Dark, {{AetherIcon|Neutral|size=32px}} Neutral
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:  Saturday - All are open
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:  Sunday - All are open
  
;Strange Signal Schedule:   
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:  Monday - Light, Dark, Neutral
 
:  Tuesday - Lawful, Chaos, Neutral 
 
:  Wednesday- Light, Dark, Neutral   
 
:  Thursday - Lawful, Chaos, Neutral 
 
:  Friday - Light, Dark, Neutral 
 
:  Saturday - All are open 
 
:  Sunday - All are open 
 
 
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==Resource and Demon Management==
 
==Resource and Demon Management==
''Main Article'': [[Resource Management Guides]]  
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:''Main Article: [[Resource Management Guides]]''
 
 
  
 
The above wiki page lists all the advanced guides related to resource management, however a quick rundown on the matter is :
 
The above wiki page lists all the advanced guides related to resource management, however a quick rundown on the matter is :
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There are numerous resources that you will acquire in this game. These include, but are not limited to:
 
There are numerous resources that you will acquire in this game. These include, but are not limited to:
  
*Karma (see [[Karma]] for more info)
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*[[File:Icon Karma.png|32px|link=]] [[Karma]].
*Arch-Shifters ( [[Archetypes]] )
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*[[File:Icon Arch Shifter 4 Star.png|32px|link=]][[File:Icon Arch Shifter 5 Star.png|32px|link=]] [[Archetypes|Arch-Shifters]].
*Kasane Magatama (see [[Skill Transfer]] )
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*[[File:Icon Kasane Magatama.png|32px|link=]] [[Skill Transfer|Kasane Magatama]].
*Skill Genomes (see [[Skill Transfer]] )
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*[[File:Icon Skill Genome.png|32px|link=]] [[Skill Transfer|Skill Genomes]].
*Battle Items
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*Battle rewards.
*Further Items out of Battle
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*Further Items out of Battles (Tomes of EXP/Talk, [[Brands|Brand Cubes]], etc.)
  
 
The general rule is: Keep those, until you really need them.
 
The general rule is: Keep those, until you really need them.
  
The game also has in-game "currency". [[Magnetite]] used for Fusion, Macca mostly for [[Brands]] improvement and Gems used for Summoning.
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The game also has several in-game "currencies," mainly:
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*[[File:Icon Mag.png|32px|link=]] [[Magnetite]]: mostly used for Fusion, quite rare, so use it wisely.
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*[[File:Icon Macca.png|32px|link=]] Macca: mostly used to level [[Brands]] up and Evolve Demons. Not easy to gather in the beginning, but not very rare from mid-game on.
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*[[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] [[Gems]]: mainly used for [[Summoning Guide|Gacha Demon Summoning]].
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*[[File:Icon Karma.png|32px|link=]] [[Karma]]: mostly used to buy [[Archetypes|Arch-Shifters and Selectors]].
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*[[File:Icon Fame.png|32px|link=]] Fame Points: mostly used to buy [[File:Icon Monster Dew.png|32px|link=]] Monster Dew (Item that restores Stamina), [[File:Icon Hell Bull.png|32px|link=]] Hell Bull (Item that restores Duel Stamina), and [[File:Icon Yata Mirror.png|32px|link=]] 4★ and 5★ Yata Mirrors.
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*[[File:Icon Battle Points.png|32px|link=]] Duel Coins: mainly used to buy Genome Cubes, [[File:Icon Blank Genome.png|32px|link=]] Blank Genomes, and [[File:Icon Skill Extraction File.png|32px|link=]] Skill Extraction Files.
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*[[File:Icon Democalypse Coins.png|32px|link=]] Cull Coins: used to buy the exclusive demons {{DemonIcon|Seraph|size=32px}} and {{DemonIcon|Norn|size=32px}} and materials to upgrade them, as well as [[File:Icon Absolute Summon File.png|32px|link=]] Absolute Summon Files.
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**Don't buy [[File:Icon Normal Summon File.png|32px|link=]] Normal Summon Files (cyan) in most cases, though spending Macca for them at the Black Market is fine. They are often obtained as rewards from Quests, Missions, Battles and Events. Eventually, you'll amass far more Normal Summon Files than needed just by playing normally, so spending any currency other than Macca is a waste of very rare resources.
  
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As for '''Demons management''': you will very quickly run out of room in your inventory and be flooded by demons you pulled through the summoning portal. So the question is what to do with those?
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===Managing Demon Inventory===
*First, there exists a "Storage" where you can put demons.
 
*If both your Inventory and Storage are filled you can expand their size by spending gems. '''This is not a bad use of gems'''.
 
**Increasing by 50 more rooms your Inventory then expand the Storage (if you want) is an okay route.
 
*If your Inventory is full, any demons summoned will be sent to the Gift Box. The thing is the '''Gift Box has infinite size''' and there is '''no''' time limit for your demon's stay in there.
 
**That being said, only the most recent 99 items can be displayed when you look at your box. So older demons may be burried and in this case you will have to dig into your Box to fetch these old ones.
 
  
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Considering the initial Inventory and Storage spaces start kind of low, you will quickly be overrun by demons after a few Summons.
  
That being said we have not responded to the question "what to do with dupes or useless demons?". Here are the main options
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Here's how to manage that:
*Sell those demons (Go to Pandemonium and click on the button at the bottom of the screen). '''Do not sell natural 5★ demons'''. See [[Karma]] for what is worth selling.
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*'''"useless" {{ArchIcon|arch=Red|size=15px}}{{ArchIcon|arch=Yellow|size=15px}}{{ArchIcon|arch=Purple|size=15px}}{{ArchIcon|arch=Teal|size=15px}} [[Archetypes|colored]] 3★ Demons''' - check the [[Skill Transfer]] article to see if they have any useful "gacha skills" for transfer (that skill that's in the 5th slot).
*Using them as Evolution fodders (see [[Leveling]] or see the Subsections above dedicated to "Evolution and Leveling"). '''Do not use 5★ or 4★ as Evolutions fodders.'''
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** '''Transfer Skill''' - If the skill is useful, try to find a demon to transfer it to (do '''NOT''' use a [[File:Icon Blank Genome.png|32px|link=]] Blank Genome on 3★, just let the 3★ be consumed).
*Keep them in your storage in case you need their Transferable Skills in the future (see [[Skill Transfer]])
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** '''Sell for [[File:Icon Karma.png|32px|link=]][[Karma]]''' - If the skill is '''NOT''' useful (or if you already have more than 5-ish copies of the same skill fodder), go to Pandemonium and sell the demon for [[File:Icon Karma.png|32px|link=]][[Karma]].
*Keep them for future fusions you may want to do. 5★ demons can be extraordinary fusion materials as they may make you save up 1.6 millions or more Magnetites.
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** '''Fuse a 4★''' - You could also use them as fusion fodder to make specific-color 4★ that you want, but realistically you can't use up ''all'' of your 3★ this way.
*For Duplicates 5★ (or even 4★), you can use them for Spirit Merge (to unlock Panels). See [[Spirit Merge]].
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*'''"useless" {{ArchIcon|arch=Red|size=15px}}{{ArchIcon|arch=Yellow|size=15px}}{{ArchIcon|arch=Purple|size=15px}}{{ArchIcon|arch=Teal|size=15px}} [[Archetypes|colored]] 4★ Demons''' - similar to before, check the [[Skill Transfer]] article to see if they have any useful "gacha skills" for transfer.
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** '''Transfer Skill''' - If the skill is useful, try to find a demon to transfer it to (again, do '''NOT''' use a [[File:Icon Blank Genome.png|32px|link=]] Blank Genome on 4★, just let the 4★ be consumed).
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** '''Save high-grades for future 5★ fusion''' - If the skill is '''NOT''' useful but the demon's Grade is decently high (generally 66+), you can keep the 4★ for potential fusion into a 5★ later.
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** '''4★ [[File:Icon Spirit.png|32px|link=]] [[Spirit Merge|Paneling]]''' - If the 4★ demon has a tier list rating of at least 4, and their panels are good (ask in Discord if unsure!), then you can use dupes of a demon in [[Spirit Merge]] to unlock their panels.
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** '''Fuse a different 4★''' - You could fuse the 4★ into a different 4★ that you prefer. Only do this if the color is exactly what you want, BUT DO NOT do this for paneling. For 4★ paneling, it's actually much cheaper to fuse {{ArchIcon|arch=Clear|size=15px}} Clear dupes from scratch than to fuse colored dupes.
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** '''Sell for [[File:Icon Karma.png|32px|link=]][[Karma]]''' - If none of the above applies, or you still have too many 4★, sell the 4★ for [[File:Icon Karma.png|32px|link=]][[Karma]].
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** '''NEVER EVER''' use 4★ as Evolution fodder!
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*'''"Useless" or duplicate 5★''' - Here you need to be careful.
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** '''[[File:Icon Blank Genome.png|32px|link=]] Harvest Skill''' - If the demon has a good gacha skill, ''now'' you can consider using a [[File:Icon Blank Genome.png|32px|link=]] Blank Genome to extract it. This way you can collect the skill without losing the demon.
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** '''5★ [[File:Icon Spirit.png|32px|link=]] [[Spirit Merge|Paneling]]''' - If the 5★ demon has good panels (ask in Discord if unsure!), then you can use dupes of a demon in [[Spirit Merge]] to unlock their panels.
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** '''Fuse a different 5★''' - You could fuse the 5★ into a different 5★ that you prefer, whether for keeps or for paneling. If you do this, check the {{Fusioncalc}} and click "reverse fusion" for your current demon and the demon you want. Make sure you are NOT using a 5★ to create a demon that has a 4+4 (4★ + 4★ fusion) option available - that would be a huge waste of [[File:Icon Mag.png|32px|link=]] Magnetite, when you could make the 4+4 from 4★ instead!
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** '''[[File:Swordicon.png|32px|link=]] Armaments''' - If your roster of demons is already decently strong, you can consider making the dupe into an [[Armaments|Armament]] (sword or shield) for [[Alter-World]]. This is very much a lategame/endgame area though, so '''you really shouldn't do this until you're more experienced'''.
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** If the demon is gacha-exclusive (see [[Summoning Pool]]) or event-exclusive (see [[Event Reward Demons]]), '''NEVER EVER''' use it in fusion. Dupes for these should '''ONLY''' be used for [[Spirit Merge|Paneling]] or [[Armaments]].
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** '''NEVER EVER''' sell 5★ for [[File:Icon Karma.png|32px|link=]][[Karma]]!
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** '''NEVER EVER''' use 5★ as Evolution fodder!
  
==Summoning Guide==
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====Roster and Storage====
Here is a guide for Summoning/spending gems in the summoning portal.
 
===Basics===
 
[[File:Tome_Summon.jpg|thumb|2 examples of Tome/Parch summons. The banner on top is a generic non-time-limited banner using "parchment pieces". The bottom one is a limited banner using "wings of judgement" as their tomes.]]
 
Here, we detail what has been said in [[Beginner's Guide#Negotiations & Summoning]].
 
  
The 3 important types of banner are: banners using Gems, banners using "parchs/tomes" and generic banners using "files" (or Hell Buns):
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Your '''Roster''' is your main inventory for demons. Demons here can be assigned to parties, sent on dispatch, used in fusion, etc.
*'''Banners using Gems''' are the main banners of the game. This is where you will spend most of your Gems. Most of them are time-limited and proposed either new demons or older (banner exclusive) demons!
 
**Step 1 of most Step Up banners costs only 500 Gems instead of 1000: this is a really good deal.
 
**There is also 1 generic/non time-limited "Gem banner": like in most gacha games, this is the worst banner; don't pull on it.
 
**Banners (using gems) where you summon Skill Genomes instead of demons exist too.
 
  
*'''Banners using "tomes" or "parchs"''' are what some other gacha games would call fragment summons. They are extremely important banners since you are guaranteed one of the banner demons from it.
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The '''Storage''' is a second inventory, but the demons in Storage cannot be used for anything until you take them out of storage.
**Unlike some other games, you do not have a different parch/tome for each banner demon. Instead you have a different parch/tome for each "category" of banner demons, and the parchs/tomes of a corresponding category can only be obtain in a banner dedicated to that category of demons.
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* Storage is basically meant for demons that you want to keep around (fodder, event prizes, etc), but not use in battle any time soon.
***You have categories and tomes like: "dimensional demons" (dimensional tomes), "Tenmas" (tomes of Temna), "[[Masakado]]" (tome of Masakado), "the three Archangels" (wings of judgement) etc. (new categories are regularly created)
 
**For each summon in Gem banners you are guaranteed to get as many parchs/tomes as the numbers of demons you summoned.  
 
**The tome banners are refered in-game as "Absolute Summon". They are time-limited (except for one), they guarantee you to summon one of the demon of that category, but you usually don't get to choose which one, though it depends on the banner.
 
**Among all these specific tomes, there is a generic parch/tome called "parchment piece" with a non time-limited Absolute Summon banner (see the picture on the right). Be careful: time-limited Fiends/Heroes/Reapers only Absolute "Parchment" banners exist! '''Therefore do not waste "parchment pieces" on the generic Absolute Summon one'''.
 
  
*'''Banners using files or Hell Buns''': there is no time-limited banner for any of them. You cannot exchange these files for anything either. You can hoard them or use them immediately: it doesn't matter.
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If your Roster and/or Storage is full, you can expand their size by spending [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems. '''This is not a bad use of Gems''', as it's a permanent upgrade, and you will most likely need more space than the default to play comfortably.
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* The Roster expands in increments of 10, while Storage expands in increments of 50.
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* The cost of expanding goes up each time you do it - once you get to around 200 Roster slots, it starts to be more efficient Gems-per-slot to expand the Storage instead.
  
===Guide===
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That said, you can conserve Gem usage by making careful use of the Gift Box.
First, if you just started the game read [[Beginner's Guide#Action Beginners SHOULD urgently perform + advices on limited packs]]. This banner is ''excellent''.
 
  
Beyond the Dash Start Step up, for beginners, here is a guide:
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====Use your Gift Box!====
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If your Roster is full, excess demons will be sent to the '''Gift Box'''. The Gift Box has '''infinite space''', and the stuff in it '''never expires''', so you can use it as a sort of infinite storage shed for fodder demons.
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* Intentionally fill your roster with 2★ demons (or whatever's in your storage) before doing summons - this way, everything goes straight to the Gift Box.
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** Then, move the "filler" demons back to Storage, and you can carefully manage which demons to receive and when from the Gift Box.
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* Note that you can only view the 99 most-recent Gift Box items at a time, so stuff may get buried over time.
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** Ideally, your Gift box should be filled with fodder 3★ and 4★. You should collect 5★ immediately, so they don't get buried in there.
  
*'''Earnings''': if you are a beginner, there will be a lot of 1-time missions giving a lot of Gems. However, you may wonder how much you can gain from ''resettable'' Gems earnings only? The short answer is around 4200 a month minimum (i.e. lowest PVP rank) and can jump to 5000 in Gold PVP or even 5500+ in Diamond.
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==Summoning Guide==
**This earning assumes you do every resettable gems: Hell Park, PVP Training, dailies and weeklies, and most importantly '''you need to be in a Faction''' and participate in [[Democalypse]].
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:''Main Article: [[Summoning Guide]]''
**Sega also regularly gives free Gems in time-limited Login Bonus or Events, so you could probably increase the monthly earning by several 100s.
 
  
*'''Perform the Step 1s''': if you are a beginner, you want as many 5★ as possible. In most Step Up banners, the Step 1 only costs 500 Gems (half price) for 10 demons and 10 parchs/tomes. So perform all the 500 Gems costing Step 1s you see.
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The Summoning Guide (click on the link above) helps you spend your [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems wisely.
**Gathering a tons of 5★s is important as a new player because they are likely to be useful to your roster (since you start with very little). Moreover:
 
*** even the less useful Fusable 5★s can save you up at least 1.6 millions Magnetites if used as fusion material.
 
*** duplicates can be used for Panels (see [[Spirit Merge]]) which grants very strong buffs to a demon.
 
*** as a beginner, you will severely lack strong transferable Skills. Many 5★ demons have strong "Gacha skills" and you would want to use a Blank Genome on those skills (see [[Skill Transfer]] for info on what Gacha skills are) (see [[Skill Transfer#Gacha skills from 5★]] for a list of good Gacha skills) Pulling 5★s is the most consistent way to obtain Auto-Buff/Debuff like [[Auto-Taruka]] which are very good in PVP.
 
**That being said, after reaching a comfortable roster you may want to calm down on the Step 1 mania. Indeed, at some point you will crave the new banner demons so much that getting twice more random 5★s isn't enough.
 
  
*'''The Excess of Gems'''. Even if you are in your "Step 1s mania"-phase. It is possible you accumulate more Gems than you can spend them on Step 1s. In this case, you want to summon all the Steps of a Step Up you find good! (Step Ups are usually either 6-Steps or 10-Steps with very rare 3-Steps) You better verify you have enough Gems to go ''all the way until the last Step'' or at least until Step 6 as it usually provides you with a guaranteed (random) 5★.
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Here we will simply mention the Basics.
**'''Be careful'''! Having excess of Gems doesn't mean you should spend it in the first banner you see. There exists many resources to check whether a banner is worth it:
 
***The profile page of the banner demon. In section "Role Summary" of each demon, there is an evalution and even a Tier rating of the demon (you can also see the full Tier List here: [[Tier List]]). The rating assesses the demon at its Full Potential (Full Panels, Best Skills etc.) however it is rare for a demon to be good at its Full Potential but very bad at its Base. If it is the case, it will be noted in the "Cons". New demons don't immediately have their profile up: you will need to wait a few days.
 
***You can learn from [[PVP Team Guide]] to get an understanding of the Metagame and assess yourself whether this new demon fits one of the Standard PVP Teams.
 
***Discord or Reddit: you can ask people there.
 
**Remark: at each new release or rerun, we get Step Up banners and a non-Setp Up version. Step Ups are '''BETTER''' than non-Step Ups.
 
  
*'''Rate of new banners''': Usually, we get new banners every Wednesday, and each with an associated Step-Up. (This does not mean new demons, the new banner can be a rerun) The rate of '''new''' demons can be as low as 2 weeks.
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[[File:Tome_Summon.jpg|thumb|2 examples of Tome/Parch summons. The banner on top is a generic non-time-limited banner using "parchment pieces". The bottom one is a limited banner using "wings of judgement" as their tomes.]]
  
===Advanced Strategies===
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The 3 important types of banner are: banners using Gems, banners using "parchs/tomes" and generic banners using "files" (or [[File:Icon Hell Bun.png|32px|link=]] Hell Buns):
As we mention previously, [[Tier List]], the demon's profile page, [[PVP Team Guide]] and Discord/Reddit are good tools to assess the worth of some featured banner demons.
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*'''Banners using [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems''' are the main banners of the game. This is where you will spend most of your Gems. Most of them are time-limited and propose either new demons or older (banner exclusive) demons!
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**Step 1 of most Step Up banners costs only 500 Gems instead of 1000: this is a really good deal.
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**Step-up banners are generally the best to pull on if possible, since they offer guarantees with each step (guaranteed 4★ or above, guaranteed 5★, etc), or may offer more tomes than normal (see next section).
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**There is also 1 generic/non time-limited "Gem banner": like in most gacha games, this is the worst banner; '''don't pull on it'''.
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**Banners (using gems) where you summon [[File:Icon Skill Genome.png|32px|link=]] Skill Genomes instead of demons exist too.
  
You can proceed without any kind of "Gem strategies" but, if you need, here are some strategies:
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*'''Banners using "tomes" or [[File:Icon Parchment Piece.png|32px|link=]] "parchs"''' are what some other gacha games would call fragment summons. They are extremely important banners since you are guaranteed one of the banner demons from it.
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**Some demons have tomes specific to them, while other demons are grouped into "categories" that share the same type of tome.
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***Example categories: "dimensional demons" (dimensional tomes), "Tenmas" (tomes of Temna), "[[Masakado]]" (tome of Masakado), "the three Archangels" (wings of judgement) etc. (new categories are regularly created)
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***See [[Summoning Pool#Limited-Banner Demons|Summoning Pool - Limited-Banner Demons]] for a list of these categories, and which demons are in each one.
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**For each summon in Gem banners you are guaranteed to get as many parchs/tomes as the numbers of demons you summoned (Some step-up summons may offer double the amount of tomes).
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**The tome banners are referred in-game as "Absolute Summon". They are time-limited (except for one), they guarantee you to summon one of the demon of that category, but you usually don't get to choose which one. In some cases, there may be separate tome banners for each demon.
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**Among all these specific tomes, there is a generic parch/tome called "parchment piece" with a non time-limited Absolute Summon banner (see the picture on the right). Be careful: time-limited Fiends/Heroes/Reapers only Absolute "Parchment" banners exist! '''Therefore do not waste "parchment pieces" on the generic Absolute Summon one'''.
  
*'''Step 1s in moderation'''. Let's assume you now want to be picky with the Step 1s you want to perform. Your decision should be determined by the parchs/tomes it gives as 10 tomes/parchs for only 500 Gems is such a good deal.
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*'''Banners using files or [[File:Icon Hell Bun.png|32px|link=]] Hell Buns''': there is no time-limited banner for any of them. You cannot exchange these files for anything else, either. You can hoard them or use them immediately: it doesn't matter.
**Step 1s givng "parchment pieces" (the generic white parch) are a must-do; indeed, we regularly have time-limited Absolute Summon "parchment pieces" banners where the featured demons are either Heroes, Fiends or Reapers (the 3 of them are non-fusable races).
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** Files and Hell Buns each use their own pools, separate from time-limited banner pools. For comparisons between these pools, see the [[Summoning Pool]] article.
**For the other Step 1s, the decision should be driven by a ratio between how good the banner demons are and how often you think the banner would rerun. Even then, unlike the white parch summons, you are unlikely to ever be able to get enough tomes to perform an Absolute Summon solely from Step 1s: you will at some point need to do 1 or 2 Full Step Ups to gather the remaining tomes. Therefore, you should probably decide in advance what are the 1 or 2 types of tomes you are aiming to get an Absolute from and avoid spending Gems in all the other Step 1s.  
 
  
*'''Absolute Summon buyout'''. For Tome Summons requiring 200 tomes (example: dimensional tomes) the Step Ups are usually 10-steps with 1st Step and 7th Step at 500 Gems. As such if you have gathered 18000 Gems and a dimensional banner pop up, you are 100% sure to be able to Tome Summons by spending your 18K in the Step Up. For 300-tomes banners (Masakado and many other), the threshold is 27500 Gems. 300-tomes banners regurlarly hold special banners whereby a Full Step Up (6-Steps) will give 100 tomes instead of 60: this means the threshold can actually be 16500 Gems for 300-tomes banners.
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===Rerolling===
**The strategy is simple: aim for saving up 16500, 18000 or 27500 Gems, and it is only after reaching this point you will worry about which banners you will spend your Gems in.
 
**The "buyout" strategy and the "Step 1s in moderation" strategy are somewhat opposite: the "buyout" strat forces you into ascetism but you get more time to see what are the best type of banners, the "Step 1s" forces you to decide in advance what tomes you wish to accumulate or not but allow you to pull more demons.
 
**You can also mix the two strategies.
 
**Reminder: your monthly earning of resettable (free) Gems should be between 4200 Gems and 5500+ Gems, so the aforementioned strategy is a 3-months to 6-months planning.
 
  
*'''Anniversary planning'''. Sega typically proposes excellent banners during Anniversary of Dx2 (Around January) as well as during half Annivn (end of July). It also proposes very good banners for Anniversary of games of the Series (in 2019 they celebrated SMTI Anniv and in 2020 they celebrated SMTII Anniv, please go to wikipedia for the release date of other SMT games). You should plan to save Gems for Anniv events.
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'''Gacha Rates:''' 3% for a 5★, 7.5% for a 4★, and 89.5% for a 3★
  
*'''Step 1s mania'''. Even after you obtained a decent roster, you are not forced to switch to the 2 strategies above. Doing all Step 1s and using the remaining Gems for any interesting banner you see is still a valid strategy.
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'''What to reroll for'''
  
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First off: Rerolling is not really necessary, but it can give you a good head start on PvE and PvP.
  
*'''Skill Genome banner'''. Skill Genome banners also exist. There 2 types: "Step up" and "Box". The Step Ups are 5-steps and unlike the demon banners each step are only a single pull (not 10), step 1 costs 100 Gems, step 2 200 Gems etc. The Box is a gathering of 50 or 30 skills (you can look what skills are inside each Box banner), and when you pull 1 of the 30/50 skills, it disappear from the Box. So, by pulling all the skills you are 100% sure to get all the skills of the Box (P.S.: a Box doesn't have duplicates of a same skill)
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Generally speaking, '''it's best to focus your rerolling on a powerful, banner-exclusive demon from the gacha'''. (To clarify: there are several fusible demons that can be good, but those are farmable over time, so they're not a priority in rerolling.)
**Good skills are only good on excellent demons. A lot of banner-featured 5★s skills have cheaper equivalent anyways, for example [[Force Amp]] increases Force damage by 25%: this is a strong 5★ skill but [[Force Boost]], its cheap equivalent, exists and boost it to 15% instead. (There exists however some exceptionally good skills with no cheap equivalent.)
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* Most of the permanent PvE content is 1 or 2 years old (as of 2022), so gacha demons that are somewhat-new should have no trouble making that content a cakewalk.
**For the Step Up, the Step 1 for 100 Gems isn't bad because you are guaranteed a 4★ or 5★ skill. Beyond that it is up to you and whether you already have a good demon roster but no good skill.
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* However, banner-exclusive demons are of course only available on specific banners, which might not be active when you start - so what's available won't always be consistent.
**For Boxes, even if good skills are good on excellent demons only, the "guaranteed" nature of the Box can make ''some'' Boxes worth to summon even if you do not have a good roster yet. It depends on the skills in the Box (please check the skills yourself), the most "unique" skills to look for are:
 
*** [[Dark Pierce (weak)]], a near must-have for [[Alice]]. And while Alice is not fusable, she is in the general summon pull (summonable from files and present in all banners), so it is only a matter of time before you would get her. Therefore pulling for this skill is not crazy.
 
*** [[Recarmdra]], this is a 4★ skill not a 5★, so you actually need to look at the Box detail to see if it has it. Recarmdra isn't so hard to obtain since you can get it as Gacha skill of some demons. Only pull for it if you are in a process of building a PVP team with a bulky reviver and can't afford to wait indefinitely.
 
*** [[Prayer]], also a 4★ skill. Much more scarce. Only pull if you immediately need it (for example, if you are close to finishing a team to farm [[Brands of Sin]] 11: Sloth).
 
*** [[Null Charm]] and [[Null Bind]]. If you have no counter against [[Ailment Team]] and immediately need one, or are in the process of building an anti-ailment [[Asherah]]. Don't pull for it unless immediate need.
 
*** [[Epitome of Carnage]] and [[Epitome of Fortitude]] don't fall into the "unique skills with no weaker equivalent", as such they may not be worth it if you don't have an established roster yet... at least not alone. If the Box contains one Epitome in addition to several of the above skills (Epitome + Dark Pierce is also enough), you should think about going for the Box.
 
  
===Notable Recurrent Banners===
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When picking a reroll target, you want a 5★ demon that:
'''This list may not be regularly updated'''
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* Is [[Image:Banner_s.png|link=]] '''Banner-exclusive'''. Banner-exclusive demons will have that green B icon on their [[Tier List]] entry.
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* Has a rating of 4 or 5 in '''BOTH''' PvE '''AND''' PvP, as these demons will be the most flexible for helping your progress. (Ignore the Democalypse ratings for now).
  
Last update May 2020. Here we give what are the best "banners" to summon in based on the patterns (in terms of rates, or bonus tomes, demons etc.) Sega showerd so far. Saving up Gems for those banners is not a bad idea. The list mostly includes "rerun" banners as we cannot predict the quality of "new banners"; it is is ordered from best to worse:
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Also, as a rule of thumb, newer demons tend to be stronger - check [https://d2-megaten-l.sega.com/en/news/ the latest news] or ask on Discord to see whether a banner's demon is new, or just being reran.
  
# General [[Masakado]] banner: Top Tier demon, the banner usually offer a Special Step Up giving more Tomes of Masakado (300 Tomes would only cost 16,500 Gems worth of summons; and 300 Tomes = Guaranteed Masakado). The rate for General Masakado is usually low: 0.3% per pull. The most efficient way to summon him is through Tome Summon which is usually quite inexpensive: only 16,500 Gems. '''You can expect this banner to appear every 4 months or so'''.
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A good starting point is the '''Start and Restart Step-Up banner''' (detailed in [[#Beginner Exclusive Deals]] below), which guarantees one of {{DemonIcon|Demeter|size=32px}}, {{DemonIcon|Zeus|size=32px}}, or {{DemonIcon|Elohim|size=32px}} after spending 5,500 Gems total. Any of these would be a great demon to have.  
# Dimensional banner (banners summoning Dimensional/Alt demons such as [[Shiva A]], [[Susano-o A]] etc.): Proposes many Top Tier demons. Cost of Tome summon: 18,000 Gems only (Tome summon guarantees a random 5★ Dimensional demon). '''Very frequent banners: sometimes, it appeared every months.'''
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* You can then look at the currently-running banners, and see if you want to reroll for an additional demon on those, on top of your Demeter/Zeus/Elohim guarantee.
# Hero [[Masakado A]] banner: Extremely powerful demon. Top Tier for building a Defense Team for PVP. 27,500 Gems to Tome Summon the demon (guaranteed Masakado A). The rate for Hero Masakado will probably be 0.3% per pull which is low, so your best bet is relying on Tome Summon. '''As of now it has only appeared in January 2020: very rare banner.'''
 
# Anniversary banners: usually Anniversary banners offers "Special Step Up" that gives more Tomes. (300 Tomes for only 16,500 Gems). Those are not "rerun" banners: usually the banner is on new demons; but they are often high Tier demons. '''You could expect 1 every year... Or Half a year, since Sega celebrated the 1.5 anniv year of the game, they also celebrated SMTI anniversary and SMTII anniversary once each.'''
 
# Tenma banner (Banner for Tenma Race: [[Asura Lord]], [[Indrajit]], [[Yama]] etc.): Strong demons. But Tome Summon costs 27,500 Gems and it randomly picks a Tenma (you may get a less than optimal one). Also the rate for each Tenma is usually very low. '''Quite rare: maybe every 4 or 5 months'''.
 
  
Top Bait banners (listed from the worse to the better):
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'''Steps to Reroll'''
# [[Lucifer]] banner: guaranteed Lucifer at Step 6 (I.E. 5500 Gems). This is bad, except for Step 1 which gives you 10 Parchment Pieces for 500 Gems only. Do not go all the way to Step 6 though.
 
# Rider Banners (banners for [[Red Rider]], [[Pale Rider]] and/or [[Black Rider]]): Guaranteed Rider at Step 10 (=9000 Gems). Each Rider has a Step Up, so you actually choose which one you will get guaranteed. For beginners, this is a bait banner. [[Pale Rider]] banner is the better choice out of the 3 banners though.
 
  
===Rerolling===
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# Complete the tutorial and play the story a bit more to gather gems. Spend these gems on the banner with your reroll target.
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#* If there are multiple banners with the same demon, generally you should go for the one labeled "special step-up", or something similar. '''Ask on Discord if unsure!'''
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#* Finishing the final step of a step-up banner is a good stopping point to evaluate your reroll.
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# If you're unhappy with your pulls, delete your account and restart from step 1. To delete your account, go to: Home -> Settings -> Options (top middle button) -> Other (top-right) -> Delete Account.
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#* If rooted on Android, delete  the '''"com.sega.d2megaten.v2.playerprefs.xml"''' file inside '''"data/com.sega.d2megaten/shared_prefs"'''.
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# Once you're satisfied, save the account via the Facebook link / Recovery Code feature.
  
    '''Gacha Rates:''' 3% for a 5★, 7.5% for a 4★, and 89.5% for a 3★
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== Beginner Exclusive Deals ==
  
'''What to reroll for'''
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The game has a number of deals oriented to help new players get started, by offering useful, guaranteed, demons that can make early game grinding much faster and easier.
*First off: Rerolling is not necessary, it will only give you a headstart and makes your PvP easier. A decent 5* from your Absolute Beginner File will bring you through most of mid and early game and you can fuse the rest that you need.
 
*If however you want to breeze through the game and also want to be competitive in PvP early on, you should reroll for a Gacha Exclusive Demon.
 
**This heavily depends on what current Banner is available. '''If in doubt, ask people on Discord!'''
 
  
*List of really good pulls from the Beginner Absolute:
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'''<big>Zeus, Demeter, and Elohim beginner banner: Start and Restart Step-Up Summons</big>'''
**[[Black Frost]]
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[[File:Special Start and Restart Step Up Summons.png|thumb|Start and Restart Step-Up banner for Beginners and returning players. Stays active for 14 days.]]
**[[Cu Chulainn]], '''if in Purple Archetype'''
 
**[[Zaou-Gongen]], '''if you also got or pull [[Hell Biker]]'''
 
**[[Susano-o]]
 
**[[Mastema]]
 
**[[Amaterasu]]
 
**[[Garuda]]
 
  
*List of very good exclusive demons to get in the beginning:
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''[[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems are the in-game currency primarily used for summoning demons''
**[[Yoshitsune]]
 
**[[Alice]]
 
**[[Trumpeter]]
 
**[[Huang Di]]
 
**[[Rama]]
 
  
*List of 'limited' exclusive Demons, generally not pullable
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This banner guarantees one of three excellent demons for completing all 6 steps:
**The newest released demon has a good chance to be really good. Check the newest news or ask on Discord.
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* {{DemonIcon|Demeter|size=32px}}: Support that grants the team incredible bulk through [[Bulwark]]s, grants the team extra MP to cast spells, and protect the team from [[Ailments]].
**[[Guan Yu]]
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* {{DemonIcon|Zeus|size=32px}}: Strong DPS that deals high damage, grants a bonus Press Turn, and can make enemies weak to {{ElementIcon|Elec|name=1}} when they otherwise would not be.
**[[Indrajit]]
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* {{DemonIcon|Elohim|size=32px}}: Strong DPS with very high speed, as well as automatic [[File:Icon ATK Buff.png|32px|link=]] ATK buffs and [[File:Icon DEF Debuff.png|32px|link=]] DEF debuffs to help you win on turn 1.
**[[Masakado]]
 
**[[Orcus]]
 
  
'''Steps to Reroll'''
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Banner details:
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*The banner is a Step-up banner with 6 Steps
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**Each Step represents 10 summons (i.e. a multi-summon)
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*There is only 1 round/cycle (i.e. after the 6 Steps, the banner is gone)
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*Step 1 costs 500 gems, the other Steps costs 1000 gems
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**Demeter, Zeus, or Elohim are guaranteed at Step 6 (which one you get is random)
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*3% rate for 5★ overall
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**Each of the trio have a 0.2% chance of appearing randomly in steps 1-5.
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*The banner stays up for 2 weeks
  
# Complete the tutorial until you get the 5★ Beginner Absolute File.
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Pros:
# Pray to RNGesus.
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* The featured demons are very strong in both PvE and PvP.
# If you want, you can continue the story a bit further to get some more gems to pull more.
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* Guaranteed to receive one of the three featured demons on step 6.
#* If you are unhappy with your pulls clear data (or if rooted on Android, delete com.sega.d2megaten.v2.playerprefs.xml inside data/com.sega.d2megaten/shared_prefs) and repeat.
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* Very afforable, at 5,500 Gems for the guarantee. In most other cases, guaranteeing a banner demon would run you about 27,000 Gems.
# Save account via the Facebook link / Recovery Code.
 
  
For recommended demons please check [[Tier List]].
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Cons:
:  ''Note - Any 5★ is better than no 5★ and most 5★s are fusable with time.''
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* Pulling on this banner is an all-or-nothing commitment: aside from the trio, this banner uses the standard [[Summoning Pool]], filled with fusibles and outdated demons. This banner is only worth pulling if you commit and go all the way to the end.
  
==PVP Team Building Guide==
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Overall verdict: '''Any of the trio would be great additions to your roster, so it's highly recommended to save up 5,500 [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems to finish the banner and get the guarantee.''' The 2-week time limit should give you plenty of time to collect that.
  
''Main article'': [[PVP Team Guide]]
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'''<big>Start and Restart Summons Pack I</big>'''
  
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This shop pack gives 1,450 [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems, as well as a special file that guarantees a random demon from a small pool.
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* Cost: $37.99
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* Available for 2 weeks
  
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Possible demons from the random file:
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* {{DemonIcon|Masakado A|size=32px}}
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* {{DemonIcon|Angra Mainyu|size=32px}}
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* {{DemonIcon|Ardha|size=32px}}
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* {{DemonIcon|Demiurge|size=32px}}
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* {{DemonIcon|Beelzebub (Human)|size=32px}} (can be changed into {{DemonIcon|Beelzebub☆|size=32px}} via multi-fusion)
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* {{DemonIcon|Astaroth|size=32px}}
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* {{DemonIcon|Maria|size=32px}}
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* {{DemonIcon|Mithras|size=32px}}
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* {{DemonIcon|Anahita|size=32px}}
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* {{DemonIcon|Botis|size=32px}}
  
Understanding how team building and PVP work is quite challenging (explaining it is also). Examples are the best way to learn: you can simply do some PVP matches yourself, see analyse your opponent's teams and learn how and why you lost. The problem is you will only face low rank opponents at first, and thus may be misled about what is truly good.
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Pros:
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* Gem-per-dollar efficiency is slightly better than standard Gem packs: This pack's efficiency is 38.168 Gems/Dollar, while the second-highest Gem pack (1,350 gems for $39.99) has an efficiency of 33.758 Gems/Dollar.
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* Of the 11 demons, about 9 still have some relevance in the current game.
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* {{DemonIcon|Botis|size=32px}} synergizes very well with Zeus.
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* {{DemonIcon|Mithras|size=32px}} synergizes well with Elohim, and any other {{ElementIcon|Fire|name=1}} or {{ElementIcon|Light|name=1}} attackers.
  
To remedy to this: it is possible to look at the Top 100 teams in-game (offense teams) and learn from their team compostions. Lastly, this wiki can provide you with a guide or list of Standard PVP Team Compositions here: [[PVP Team Guide]]
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Cons:
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* {{DemonIcon|Angra Mainyu|size=32px}} has virtually no relevance these days. He relies on Ailments, which Demeter shuts down in PvP. High-end PvE enemies make ailments useless due to inflated stats.
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* {{DemonIcon|Demiurge|size=32px}}'s relevance is questionable due to [[Attribute affinity down]] becoming common in PvP, and in some high-end PvE challenges. Largely overshadowed by {{DemonIcon|Kalki|size=32px}}, who pretty much does Demiurge's job better.
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* You don't get to choose which demon you receive.
  
Also see [[D2 Duel]] for a more basic rundown.
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Overall verdict: '''Not recommended, since it's a gamble. The 10-20% chance of getting a useless demon is a major downside.'''
  
== Shops ==
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'''<big>Start and Restart Summons Pack II</big>'''
  
'''''<big>This section is currently very outdated and needs to be updated.</big>'''''
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This shop pack gives 4,950 [[File:Icon Gems.png|32px|link=]] Gems, as well as a special file that guarantees a random demon from a small pool.
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* Cost: $124.99
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* Available for 2 weeks
  
There are several shops and several currencies to be aware of.
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Possible demons from the random file:
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* {{DemonIcon|Demeter|size=32px}}
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* {{DemonIcon|Zeus|size=32px}}
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* {{DemonIcon|Elohim|size=32px}}
  
; <big>Gems Shop</big>
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Pros:
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* Gem-per-dollar efficiency is slightly better than standard Gem packs: This pack's efficiency 39.603 Gems/Dollar, while the highest Gem pack (2,900 Gems for $79.99) has an efficiency of 36.255 Gems/Dollar
  
Gems are the main currency of the game and should only be used in the shop when you have a need for the particular item. Nothing from Pack 1 is necessary for playing the game, and only exists for convenience.
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Cons:
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* The demons on offer are the same as the guaranteed ones from the Start and Restart Step-Up, which is free.
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* You don't get to choose which demon you receive.
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* Price is too high to justify if all you want are the demons from the file.
  
{| class="wikitable"
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Overall verdict: '''Not worth it. Just do the free Step-Up for the guarantee instead.''' The only reason to consider this pack is if you were planning to buy the $79.99 gem pack and want a slightly-better deal.
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{{Clear}}
! Pack 1 Contents !! Gems Cost || Availability || Rating || Explanation
 
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| Variable || Monetary || Depends on availability || N/A || Various packs will circulate in the shop based on whatever events are happening at that time.
 
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| 30 Day Boost Pass || Monetary || Once per 30 days || N/A || This increases macca, magnetite, and exp earnings for 30 days. Includes bonus gems and removal of brands for free.
 
|}
 
  
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==PVP Team Building Guide==
  
{| class="wikitable"
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''Main article: [[PVP Team Guide]]''
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! Pack 2 Contents !! Gems Cost || Availability || Rating || Explanation
 
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| Skill Customization Set || 1000 Gems || Two times per week  || ★☆☆☆☆ || Skills chosen are completely random. If there is a particular skill you want it is better to spend gems on time-limited Skill Summons.
 
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| Monster Dew x5 || 100 Gems || Once per week || ★★★★☆ || This is the best deal for Stamina Pots in the game.
 
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| Yata Mirror 4★ Set || 1000 Gems || Two times per week || ★☆☆☆☆ || It is better to grind and level a 4★ demon than spend the 1000 gems.
 
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| Magnetite Set || 400 Gems || 10 times per month || ★☆☆☆☆ || Not worth it unless you need the magnetite to perform a desired fusion. Better to farm it in AG.
 
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| Brand Cube Set || 900 Gems || 10 times per week || ★☆☆☆☆ || Not worth the amount of gems required, better to farm for brands in Brand of Sin or Aura Gate.
 
|}
 
  
{| class="wikitable"
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Understanding how team building and PVP work is quite challenging (explaining it is also). Examples are the best way to learn: you can simply do some PVP matches yourself, see analyse your opponent's teams and learn how and why you lost. The problem is you will only face low rank opponents at first, and thus may be misled about what is truly good.
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! Item Contents !! Gems Cost || Availability || Rating || Explanation
 
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| Blank Genome || 500 Gems || 30 times/month || ★★★☆☆ || Only buy if you have a 5★ skill that you want to harvest.
 
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| Yasaka Magatama 1★ || 100 Gems || 30 times/month || ★☆☆☆☆ || Only buy if you need to immediately transfer a skill, otherwise better to buy these from Fame and Duel exchange.
 
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| Yasaka Magatama 1★ x 11|| 1000 Gems || 10 times/month || ★☆☆☆☆ || Only buy if you need to immediately transfer a skill, otherwise better to buy these from Fame and Duel exchange.
 
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| Monster Dew|| 30 Gems || Unlimited || ????? || Depends on how much you value Stamina.
 
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| Monster Dew x11 || 300 Gems || Unlimited || ????? || Depends on how much you value Stamina.
 
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| Monster Dew x60 || 1500 Gems || Twice per month || ????? || Depends on how much you value Stamina.
 
|-
 
| Hell Bull || 30 Gems || Unlimited  || ????? || Depends on how much you value Stamina.
 
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| Hell Bull x11 || 300 Gems || Unlimited  || ????? || Depends on how much you value Stamina.
 
|-
 
| Everything else || Variable || N/A || ????? || Only buy if you have a need for it. Most are definitely not worth it.
 
|}
 
  
; <big>Black Market</big>
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To remedy to this: it is possible to look at the Top 100 teams in-game (offense teams) and learn from their team compostions. [[PVP Ranking]] lists those teams for different seasons.
  
'''Macca becomes extremely valuable later in the game, so be careful with your spending.'''
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Lastly, this wiki can provide you with a guide or list of Standard PVP Team Compositions here: [[PVP Team Guide]]
  
*Early on, look for Repel Mag, Repel Phys and Revival Balm.
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Also see [[D2 Duel]] for a more basic rundown.
**As you stock up on these items, stop buying them.
 
*4*+ Brands with decent Stats (i.e. +PAtk% Primary on War Set) are usually worth it early on.
 
*Divine Brands with decent stats are worth it early on.
 
*6* Brands with decent stats are generally always worth it, as these are much rarer and not as easy farmable.
 
*Some Purge Extracts are needed for the middle floors of AG2. (Max. 20 of all)
 
*SSF (Superior Summoning Tickets) are also rarely available. If you have excess Macca, they can be worth it.
 
 
 
; <big>Fame/PvP Shop</big>
 
'''Purchase Magatama first.'''
 
 
 
*Fame can be gotten by borrowing your friends' demons, helping out in battle, sending & receiving likes, and when your friends use your support demon.
 
*PvP points can be gotten by defeating opponents in D2 Duel.
 
  
 
== Quest Areas ==
 
== Quest Areas ==
; Story
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{{Quest Areas navbox}}
:''Main article: [[Story]]''
 
 
 
; Aura Gate
 
:''Main article: [[Aura Gate]]''
 
 
 
; Brand of Sin
 
:''Main article: [[Brands of Sin]]''
 
 
 
; Strange Signal
 
:''Main article: [[Strange Signal]]''
 
 
 
; Eclipse
 
:''Main article: [[Eclipse]]''
 
 
 
; D2 Duel
 
:''Main article: [[D2 Duel]]''
 
 
 
; Hell's Park
 
:''Main article: [[Hell's Park]]''
 
  
 
== Resources (Discord, Fusion Calculator etc.) ==
 
== Resources (Discord, Fusion Calculator etc.) ==
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*Further Questions? Information missing here or wrong? Just wanna hang out with people that play Dx2? Join our Discord:
 
*Further Questions? Information missing here or wrong? Just wanna hang out with people that play Dx2? Join our Discord:
**https://discord.gg/DGErje2
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**https://discord.gg/Uf2EJ5yx8q
*If there's anything wrong on the Wiki, feel free to message Maaster#1273 on Discord!
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*If there's anything wrong on the Wiki, feel free to message thegreatsire or Maaster#1273 on Discord!
  
 
; Fusion Calculator
 
; Fusion Calculator
Want to fuse something but don't know how? Use the handy fusion calculator here: https://oceanxdds.github.io/dx2_fusion/#en
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Want to fuse something but don't know how? Use the handy fusion calculator here: {{fusioncalc}}
Please note that Red/Yellow/Purple/Teal archetypes can only be fused with a Clear archetype, while Clear archetypes can be fused with other Clear archetypes as well.
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Please note that {{ArchIcon|arch=Red|size=15px}} Red / {{ArchIcon|arch=Yellow|size=15px}} Yellow / {{ArchIcon|arch=Purple|size=15px}} Purple / {{ArchIcon|arch=Teal|size=15px}} Teal archetypes can only be fused with a {{ArchIcon|arch=Clear|size=15px}} Clear archetype, while {{ArchIcon|arch=Clear|size=15px}} Clear archetypes can be fused with other {{ArchIcon|arch=Clear|size=15px}} Clear archetypes as well.
  
 
; Tier List
 
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; Reddit Threads
 
; Reddit Threads
5* fusable demons
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5★ fusable demons
 
   https://www.reddit.com/r/Dx2SMTLiberation/comments/a2b2kz/discussion_on_currently_fusable_5_demons/
 
   https://www.reddit.com/r/Dx2SMTLiberation/comments/a2b2kz/discussion_on_currently_fusable_5_demons/
  
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*[[Resource Management Guides]], useful advanced guides.
 
*[[Resource Management Guides]], useful advanced guides.
 
*[[PVP Team Guide]], advanced guide on PVP.
 
*[[PVP Team Guide]], advanced guide on PVP.
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*[[Summoning Guide]]

Latest revision as of 19:13, 20 September 2024

Welcome! If you're here, that probably means you're looking for more information on how to get started, or you're keeping this bookmarked for its various resources. All of these are down below.

Basics

Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei Liberation is a turn-based JRPG with gacha elements developed by Sega for mobile devices. In this game you summon various deities and mythological creatures as demons of various rarities and use them to progress in the game by fighting other demons.

Your team is composed of a Liberator and four demons. The main objective of the game is creating different parties of powerful demons to complete all the game’s content, and since Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei Liberation has PvP (also where Icon Gems.png gems as a F2P comes from), you'll be motivated to build better demons and party compositions.

Dx2 is a complex game with many mechanics, but the in-game tutorials will introduce you these concepts at a steady rate.

For some Terms, you can look at the Glossary.

Mistakes beginners must NOT do

Pictures of the important resources mentioned in this Section. The objects are: Kasane Magatama (top-left), Blank Genome (top-right), Yasaka Magatama (bottom-left) and Karma (bottom-right)

Below is a list of actions beginners should ABSOLUTELY AVOID doing. Not all the items of the list are inherently bad : a few may be viable for experienced players. However they should NOT be performed by beginners under ANY circumstances.

  • Do NOT use natural 5★ demons as evolution sacrifices to evolve another 5★ into 6★.
    • See Evolving for information on how to evolve demons into 6★.
  • Do NOT use natural 5★ demons as skill point sacrifice to give skill points to another 5★ demon.
    • To raise a 5★ demon's skill points: use Icon Yasaka Magatama.png Yasaka Magatama (also called "green beans").
  • Do NOT sacrifice a natural 5★ demon in order to transfer its skill to another one.
    • If the skill you wish to transfer is in the 5th or 6th skill slot, you can harvest the skill with a Icon Blank Genome.png Blank Genome without sacrificing the demon. (see Skill Transfer)
  • Do NOT sell natural 5★ demons in exchange for Icon Karma.png Karma. (See Karma)
    • Natural 5★ demons you don't want should either be spiritized or used as Fusion material. This is your two viable options.
  • NEVER EVER use a natural 5★ demon as fusion material to create a 4★ as fusion result.
  • Icon Kasane Magatama.png Kasane Magatama (also called "red beans") should ONLY be used to level up unique skill (they are recognizable by the fact their skill point cost is "-")
  • In the Icon Karma.png Karma shop, do NOT buy Icon 5 Star Hell Bun.png Hell Buns or the 4★ demons in exchange for Karma. (this action is viable for veterans though)
    • Save up Karma for Archetype Selectors and Shifters, you will need them.

Liberators

Main Article: Liberators

The Liberator is the party leader who boosts your demons’ abilities in unique ways. As you progress in the game, you will unlock more Liberators.

Liberators level up, and you can unlock different skills using skill points specific to Liberators. A max level Liberator will have enough skill points to unlock all of his or her skills (so you do not have to worry too much about which skills to unlock). Special Dx2 Quests must be completed to allow each Liberator to reach their max level. The different Liberators are:

  • Hero.png Main Character: Best Liberator to use for Leveling Demons: has the ability to increase the EXP your demons earn by up to +35%.
  • Megakin.png Megakin: Best Liberator for recruiting demons through Negotiations. Best used to farm Leveling Quests and Aura Gate.
  • Eileen.png Eileen: Best Liberator for farming Brand of Sin and Strange Signal: increases Icon Macca.png Macca (in-game money) and item drops.
  • Templar.png Templar Dragon: Great Liberator for difficult Boss Fights: boosts the effects of the demon skills Icon Charge.png Charge and Icon Concentrate.png Concentrate. Boosts healing skills. Allows you to use items without consuming all your turns.
  • Chalk.png Chalk Eater: A Liberator who casts buffs when your demons hit the opponents' weaknesses.
  • Kangaroo.png Kangaroo Boxer: Strong Liberator for offensive strategy. One of the best Liberators for Hell Park.
  • Balloon.png Meat Balloon: Strong Liberator for defensive strategy. One of the best Liberators in PVP.
  • Shionyan.png Shionyan: Liberator specialized on status effects/ailments.
  • Seiran.png Seiran: Reward for completing Aura Gate. Liberator focused on Speed and Aura Gate exploring.
  • Xana.jpg Xana: Reward for completing Hollow World. Liberator focused on Speed and Hollow World exploring, best Liberator for Turn 1 PVP strats.
  • CarbonBlack.png Carbon Black: Liberator focused on strength and crits. Interesting alternative liberator for Hell Gongen / Physical teams.
  • HoneySweet.png Honey Sweet: Liberator focused on ailments. Unlike Shionyan, she doesn't focus on making ailments stronger but rather giving you additional bonuses when you manage to inflict them.

Demons

You should build as many demons as you can to make use of different party setups for content. You can check the Tier List to know which demons are worth your time, but once you learn how to build demons, you can make almost anything work.

Below are the different ways to obtain new demons:

Negotiations & Summoning

Talk can be started with this icon, when it appears.

Negotiations

Main Article: Talk

Whenever you’re in a battle in the Story Mode or in an Aura Gate, there's a chance that one of the opposing demons will have a Icon Talk.png Talk bubble above their heads, which allows you to negotiate with and recruit them.

The in-game tutorial is complete and there are only few things to add:

  • Talk mainly recruits 1★ and 2★ demons and, conversely, will be your main source of 1★ and 2★.
  • The main use of 1★ and 2★ demons are as fodders: mostly Fusion fodder or evolution fodder.
  • Their Archetype is always Clear Common (Clear), which is perfect for fusion fodders.
  • See the Talk article for a list of frequent demon questions, and the best answers to give to maximize your chances of recruitment.
Examples of Summon Files, summon items (Hell Buns), Parchments and Tomes

Summoning

Summoning is the Gacha part of this game: performed at the Summon portal, this is where you get a shot at pulling the most powerful units in the game.

There are multiple types of Summoning but we can divide it into 2 types: Summoning using Icon Gems.png Gems and summoning using some Icon Superior Summon File.png Files or items.

  • Icon Superior Summon File.png Files - The different Files can't be exchanged for anything else. There won't be time-limited banners for them, and the pool for files is seldom updated (like, maybe once every 1 or 2 years if Sega is feeling generous). As such, you can just use your files (or not) the moment you get them.
    • Note: Icon Parchment Piece.png Parchment Pieces and Tomes are different, and are more similar to Summons using Gems. Hold on to these.
  • Icon Gems.png Gems - Summoning using Gems is where the Gacha in "Gacha games" really is. This is where time-limited banners for new or/and exclusive demons will be! Use your Gems wisely.

For more information: Summoning

The Gacha Rates (the odds of pulling demons) for most Banners and Gem Summons are the following:

  • 3% for a 5★, 7.5% for a 4★, and 89.5% for a 3★.

The Gacha Rates (the odds of pulling demons) for Superior Summon Files are the following:

  • Icon Superior Summon File.png White file: 1% for a 5★, 5% for a 4★, and 94% for a 3★.
  • Icon Ultimate Summon File.png Gold file: 5% for a 5★, 95% for a 4★.

Be sure to check the Demons and the Rates by pressing the i-Button on the top left of the banner!

Fusion

Main Article: Magnetite

Fusing demons will be your most-used method of getting better demons at the beginning. You need two demons with at least one of them being a Clear Common archetype and some Icon Mag.png Magnetite (another in-game currency) and you will be able to fuse a new demon.

Many 5★ can be obtained through fusion. But a lot of very powerful demons (and basically nearly all new demons) are non-fusable demons and must be Summoned.

5★ fusable demons are also quite expensive in terms of Icon Mag.png Magnetite, which is usually farmed in the Aura Gates. In other words, fusing a 5★ requires a lot of grinding.

You can (and should) use the Fusion Calculator to know what demon combination will get you the demon you want. If the site is in a language you cannot understand, locate the 'Setting' option and select your desired language.

Besides rarity, demons have grades, and that determines how they behave in fusion (higher-grade demons fuse into high grades). Fusion of high grade demons are initially locked:

Player Level Unlocked Fusion Grade
10 40 ~ 50
20 51 ~ 60
30 61 ~ 70
40 71 ~ 80
45 81 ~ 85
50 86 ~ 90
55 91 ~ 95
60 96 ~ 99

Fusing 4/5★ requires a lot of Magnetite, and Magnetite is a scarce resource, so be careful with which 4/5★ you fuse as it’ll be a long-term investment.

Progression

Icon Gems.png Gem Hunting

While there is no 'order' that things must be done in, and you can do things in whatever order you'd like, normally you want to gather as many Icon Gems.png Gems as possible for summoning/rerolling.

  • Story quests - The First 2 Chapters of Story Mode give an enormous amount of Gems.
    • All Chapters also give a bit of Gems in HARD and HELL difficulty modes, although just once per player, that is, only the first time the player beats them.
  • Icon Beginner.png Beginner Missions - these appear as a green icon on the Home screen, and give a lot of Resources, including 500 Gems for each "batch" of Missions completed.
    • After completing a "batch" and retrieving the 500 Gems rewards, you get another batch. There are a few batches (around 6 or more), so that's at least 3,000 Gems.
  • "Normal" Missions - these usually give a few 10s Gems each. You can see them in the HQ menu. Don't hesitate to do them if you have stamina to spare.
  • Character Quests - Go the the Dx2 Menu and click on the Icon Limit Break.png Limit Break tab for a character to see the condition for unlocking his or her Char Quests.
    • In total, completing all Char Quests in Normal/Hard/Hell, can fetch you around 2K Gems.
  • Daily Missions, Weekly Missions, and weekly PvP Ranking - these give you several hundred Gems each week.
    • Training Simulations - In the PvP area, there is a Training room with six simulated challenges, which are reset after 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and 32 hours since the last time they are defeated. They are easy to win and, although they don't grant EXP or ranking points, each gives 3 Gems.
    • After winning 7 PvP Battles, the player gets a reward of 10 Gems. The reward is granted every 24 h (reset at midnight, JST) and simulated fights also count, so, for beginners, running the training simulations is a good way to get a small, but continuous amount of daily Gems. (Note: The game says this has to be 7 wins in a row, but it actually doesn't need to be in a row. Just keep trying throughout the day until you get 7 wins.)
    • Training simulations are also good to get achievement bonuses for each Liberator, such as beating 10/50/100 Dx2 duels with each of them. (unfortunately, the gems here are rewarded just once per player.)
    • Revenge fights in the Defense Log tab also count for daily wins.

Team Building

The game is pretty generous to beginners, giving at least 3 natural/base 5★ Demons in the course of a week. Just playing normally and leveling them will allow you to complete nearly all of the early-game PvE content.

In this game, natural 5★ Demons are much much stronger than 4★s. Normally, with your 5★ starters, you should not need to fuse any more Demons for all the Early PvE Game. However, if you still want to fuse demons, here are a few tips/trivia:

  • Fusing costs Icon Mag.png Magnetite, and Magnetite is a pretty precious resource. Even though beginners get a large amount as gift, you should be careful with spending it.
  • 5★ Demons cost Millions of MAG. You should play the game, adapt to it, and understand it before starting to spend MAG on 5★.
  • 3★ are cheap, fuse them as you wish. 4★ are somewhat cheap, don't worry too much about fusing for them (but do it in moderation still).
  • There's a full Guide on Fusion and Magnetite farming (Magnetite), but basically you farm MAG in Aura Gates.

Now onto Team Building. Generally, a good PvE team follows this formula:

1 Speedy demon + 1 Buffer/Healer demon + 2 DPS demons

Roles:

  • Speedy demon - Their job is to raise your Battle Speed, so you go first in combat. These demons have high AGI and generally have the speed-boosting skill Speedster (whether naturally, or you Skill Transfer it onto them). In this game, the Team with the highest AVERAGE Speed goes first, and in PvE, there is no reason not to go first.
  • Buffer/Healer demon - Buffs can be very helpful against bosses, and healing is useful in dungeon areas such as the Aura Gate. Ideally you want one demon that does both at the same time, rather than one buffer + one healer.
  • DPS demon - Ideally they should have high STR or MAG, as well as strong attack skills that can Pierce (i.e. ignores enemies' Null/Repel/Drain resistances, which would normally prevent you from damaging them). If you're rerolling, your reroll target probably fills this role.

Here are some sample demons for each role (in order of increasing usefulness, so the later ones in the list are better)

  • Speedy demon - 4★ Sleipnir.jpg Sleipnir, 4★ Yatagarasu.jpg Yatagarasu, 4★ Purple Purple Fenrir.jpg Fenrir, 5★ Garuda.jpg Garuda, 4★ Purple Purple Hresvelgr.jpg Hresvelgr
  • Buffer + Healer demon - 5★ Teal Teal Barong.jpg Barong
    • Barong.jpg Barong is a VERY important demon to fuse, since he buffs and heals simultaneously with Barong Dance. Therefore, he should be your first major fusion goal (also consider making a second Barong and Spiritizing it to unlock his panel 1, which makes Barong Dance 1 MP cheaper). Until then, you can make do with the following:
    • Just Buffer/Debuffer - 4★ Yellow Yellow Cerberus.jpg Cerberus
    • Just Healer - 3★ Teal Teal Feng Huang.jpg Feng Huang, 4★ Yellow Yellow Sarasvati.jpg Sarasvati, 4★ Yellow Yellow Pazuzu.jpg Pazuzu, 4★ Yellow Yellow Sphinx.jpg Sphinx
  • Filler attackers

To plan out fusion paths, use the Fusion Calculator.

About healers:

  • Healing from Demons usually doesn't heal for much in this game (it's dependent on their Magic Stat).
  • In PvE, you can replace healers with healing items: Icon Bead.png Bead and Icon Balm of Rising.png Balm of Rising heal you to Max HP.
  • The Dx2 Templar.png Templar Dragon also has an unlockable skill allowing you to use Items for half a press turn only.
  • A notable exception to this is the fusible 5★ Erlkonig.jpg Erlkonig, which heals due to a Passive Skill, which means he spends no Press Turns to heal the whole Team.

Hell Gongen

Another common team type for PvE is the Hell Gongen team. For this, you need:

  • Hell Biker.jpg Hell Biker, Frost Ace.jpg Frost Ace, or Futsunushi.jpg Futsunushi - Really anyone that gives the Icon Critical.png Might buff (guaranteed critical hits) to the whole team. (Note that Biker is gacha-exlcusive and Futsu is banner-exclusive, though, so fusion won't help with this part.)
  • Zaou-Gongen.jpg Zaou-Gongen - His passive Kongo Zaou makes it so anyone in Icon Critical.png Might gains Phys Pierce on their Phys Phys attacks.
  • Phys Phys Attackers - Whoever you have, so they can take advantage of the above effects.

This combo can steamroll through lots of fights, as Crits only cost half of a press turn while dealing extra damage - similar to hitting a weakness, except you can do this against anyone, the weaknesses don't even matter.

The team's weakness is Pierce Negation and sometimes missing attacks - the former isn't very common in PvE, while the latter can be mitigated by transferring accuracy boosters like Good Aim or Great Aim.

Long-term, once you unlock Zaou-Gongen.jpg Zaou-Gongen's panel 3, he can grant team-wide Icon Critical.png Might near-endlessly to the team. This is a great long-term fusion goal to strive for.

Upgrading demons

A more detailed rundown is found in the next section, but here's some quick info.

When you find a Demon you want to truly invest into (it should be a natural/base 5★) you need to go through:

  • Awakening: See the Tutorial in-game in Pandemonium. This is the first thing to do and the easiest, too. It simply requires easy-to-farm Aether from Strange Signal. The resource isn't rare, and it's only used for this, so go ahead and Awaken anyone you like.
  • Leveling to Max. Level: leveling is called Enhancing in the game, and it's done by accumulating EXP through:
    • PvE battles: Leveling Quests are the best places to earn EXP.
    • Dispatch: a game area unlocked by completing some quests in the beginning of the game, accessible in the Hideout. Demons placed here will automatically gain EXP over time. Dispatched Demons can also still be used in Battles, so Dispatch as many as it allows (don't forget to check the Dispatch area regularly, as it also gives out item rewards for using it, aside from the EXP).
    • Icon Sword of Kusanagi.png Sword of Kusanagi: consumable item that adds EXP to a Demon. They are otherwise useless, so use them if in a hurry (gaining EXP in Battle is always better though, because besides EXP, a lot of other rewards are collected. Swords of Kusanagi also charge you some Icon Macca.png Macca for using them, while doing quests gives you EXP and Macca).
    • Daily Quest: as of October/2021, the game will offer a daily quest (or more than one, during some commemorative events) that gives humongous amounts of EXP, as well as items (e.g., Aether, high rarity Brands), in a single Battle against very easy Demons (usually, just one Wave of Lv. 10 1★ Demons).
      • Using the Hero.png Main Character and Eileen.png Eileen Dx2 will grant the most EXP, Icon Macca.png Macca, Brands, Aether, and whatever other rewards it is giving out. Eileen or the main character may be replaced by another Dx2 that is still below Lv. 50, to level them up.
      • Run a Kanbari.jpg Kanbari in each of the two teams to increase EXP, and put in 6 demons that you want to level up. If the Kanbari in the main team is 4★ and Awakened, it should have no trouble beating the encounter in one hit without needing brands. If running with Lv. 1 Demons for evolution fodder purposes, use 2★. This is because the daily gives more than enough EXP to go past lv. 25, but 1★ demons will stop at lv. 25, wasting potential EXP.
    • Special Aura Gate: Aura Gate SP, available exclusively during some events, usually feature higher Icon Talk.png Talk rates and lots of EXP, and rewards rare items.
  • Evolving it to 6★: much harder, requires days if not weeks of Farming EXP and fodderizing Demons. So choose carefully who you want to Evolve.
  • Talk to Demons: recruiting Demons through Icon Talk.png Talking is essential to Evolve other Demons (Icon Yata Mirror.png Yata Mirrors of corresponding rarity may be used instead of Demons, but they are very rare.)
    • To do it automatically (using Auto Quest), the best place is the Leveling Quest of Chapter 1 (Normal difficulty), because Slime.jpg Slime has a very limited repertoire of questions, some of them yielding neutral reactions ("ugh?") regardless of which answer is chosen - so the random-answering method of Auto Talk results in more Demons recruited than in any other LQ. Additionally, Normal difficulty costs only 2 Stamina, while Hell difficulty costs only 4. Even though Slimes are 1★ and thus need an extra evolution step compared to 2★, the ease of collecting them here makes it worth it.
    • The second-best place to collect Demons automatically is Leveling Quest of Chapter 5 (Normal difficulty), because Pisaca.jpg Pisaca also have a limited conversation repertoire, and it's a 2★ Demon.
    • Auto-exploring Aura Gate should also provide a steady flow of 2★ (or 3★) fodders.
    • After some time playing, you'll collect lots of Icon Normal Summon File.png Normal Summon Files. They can be used on-demand to summon random Clear Common 1~2★ Demons for evolution/fusion, and 3★ for fusion.
  • Mitama and Essence of Sin Infusions: Mitama is gathered in Aura Gates, and Icon Essence of Sin.png Essence of Sin is gathered in the Tokyo Abyss. They are similarly used to raise the basic Stats of a Demon, as long as the demon has already been Awakened. Both Resources require time to collect, and there are limits of how many of each a Demon may receive, so spend them wisely.
Assorted items available in the Black Market.
  • Black Market: accessible in the Hideout, and may feature very rare items.
    • Prices are random, but within ranges, with better/rarer items being more expensive than the more common ones.
    • Offered items are refreshed after an hour since the last time visited, so check it every hour, as many times as possible per day (even if you have to Take a Break from an Aura Gate run or Stop a Tokyo Abyss incursion).
      • It's possible to spend 5 Icon Gems.png Gems to immediately refresh the Black Market items, but NEVER do that, as Gems are extremely hard to collect and the offers are too random to risk so many Gems.
    • The most important items (ones you should always buy) are:
      • Icon Yata Mirror.png Yata Mirrors (from 1★ up to 5★ may be available)
      • Icon Normal Summon File.pngIcon Superior Summon File.png Summon Files (Blue and White)
      • Icon Skill Extraction File.png Skill Extraction Files
      • Have at least 500k Icon Macca.png Macca saved to make sure you can afford them - they're expensive, but well worth the money.
    • There may be 6★ Brands available in the Black Market. Click on the Brand's banner to see its Stats before buying, because they are expensive and there is a small chance of them being worth the price (and better Brands, that is, with more already-visible Tertiaries, are more expensive than those with less).
      • Generally, buy arm/leg Brands with PAtk%, MAtk%, or HP% primaries, as they're the most universally useful. Head/body brands should have at least one desired Tertiary already visible, preferably at 3-4%.
      • Certain niche primaries can still be worth picking up, for example PDef% on a Guard or Life brand, or Speed% on a Speed leg brand.
    • Icon Purge Extract St.pngIcon Purge Extract Ma.pngIcon Purge Extract Vi.pngIcon Purge Extract Ag.pngIcon Purge Extract Lu.png Purge Extracts: used to remove Mitama Points given to a Demon, these are only available in the Black Market. They're not too expensive, and it's good to stock up on them.
      • They're also necessary to complete an Aura Gate 2 specific quest (an NPC will request Icon Purge Extract Ag.png Purge Extract Ag x3).
  • Skill Transfer: some resources used for it are quite rare for beginners, so be careful.
    • Leveling up Skills - As a beginner, the only skills you should be interested in leveling up are Unique Skills from a good 5★ (Unique Skills can be recognized by the fact that their Skill Cost is "-", also their Lv. bonuses are usually better than normal Skills). Leveling Skills up consumes Icon Kasane Magatama.png Kasane Magatama ("red beans"), which are very rare (expect 3 per months as a newbie, and 5 once you get into a Faction and perform well in Faction events).
      • You should also only level up a unique skill if you are able to get it to max immediately. This is because the final level usually has a big boost, such as decreasing the skill's MP cost.
  • Brands Farming: farming for Brands is something players will constantly do, as getting the perfect Brands with perfect Stats and Sub-stats is an eternal quest. Brands are one of the most important things in Dx2. The difference between a Brandless Demon and a very-well-Branded one is night and day.

The basic flow of the Game is the following:

  • You alternate between advancing in the PvE content, upgrading Demons, and do PvP as a side activity, until you've completed all the PvE content
  • Then, PvP and Democalypse (faction event) become the main activities, and you'd upgrade Demons for those contents.

The main PvE contents to complete are: Story Mode, Aura Gates, Hell's Park, and Tokyo Abyss.

Events

As of 2023, there are six types of recurring events:

  • Currency Gathering Events - No special areas are available. Instead, running normal quests/missions on the Map will drop, besides the regular items, the Event's Currency, which can be used to purchase items in a special Event Shop.
  • Special Mission Events - Special missions are available in a specific place on the Map. Completing those missions will reward the Event's Currency, which can be used to purchase items in a special Event Shop.
  • Aura Gate special demon hunting: No special areas are available. Instead, running normal Aura Gate 1 or Aura Gate 2 will randomly engage in fights with different Demons, as well as special bosses.
  • Special Aura Gate Events (AGSP): The event's story is set around the appearance of a temporary AG. The main goal is to collect AGSP points and redeem Cubes, which can then be opened for random rewards.
  • Take Back Tokyo: The event's story is set in an alternate dimension where demons have taken over Tokyo. By running Brands of Sin quests, you can collect Icon Spirit Orb.png Spirit Orbs to capture nodes on the event map. Each node gives items upon capture, and some nodes feature missions to complete or special Event bosses to defeat.
  • Demon Alliance Invasion: Raid-esque demon bosses will spawn upon completing most quests, and these boss fights have a unique gimmick where your ATK, DEF, and EV/AC buffs will permanently stack for the battle. You'll need to construct two teams for each boss, with your teams striking a balance between buff generation, damage output, and SP effects. Unlike other event types, this uses its own stamina system called BP, which can be restored by Icon Rader Pepper.png Rader Pepper and Icon Time Limited Rader Pepper.png Time-Limited Rader Pepper.

The Event's Shop may vary from one Event to another. Some are similar to the Black Market, others, similar to opening Gift Boxes.

SP effects

SP Effect Golden (left) and Silver (right) Demons. This image is merely illustrative, the same species of Demon cannot be both golden and silver in the same event period.

Usually, Demons related to the current Event get Special Effect Bonuses (SP Effect), denoted by a Golduniticon.png golden or Silveruniticon.png silver demon icon on the top left of the Demon's avatar, or in the top middle of its profile screen.

  • Most SP effects (except for Demon Alliance Invasion) increase Icon Tome of Exp 12h.png EXP and Icon Macca.png gained from battle, as well as the event's currency or points.
  • Golden SP Effect Bonuses are better than Silver, and are usually tied to the new gacha demon associated with the event.
Icon Bonus
Golduniticon.png
  • Icon Spirit Orb.png Spirit Orb +100% (Take Back Tokyo)
  • Event Currency +100% (Currency collection events)
  • AGSP points +80% (Aura Gate SP)
  • Icon Tome of Exp 12h.png EXP +100%
  • Icon Macca.png Macca +15%
Silveruniticon.png

Demon Alliance Invasion events do not boost EXP or Macca earned. Instead, they boost the Battle Certificates earned from boss fights, and increase the chance of rare bosses spawning when a boss is defeated.

  • Effectively, this means that Invasion events only want you to use SP demons in the boss fights - not in the normal quests that you run to spawn the initial boss fights.
Icon Bonus
Golduniticon.png
  • Battle Certificate +50%
  • Greatly increased encounter rate with rare bosses when defeating bosses
Silveruniticon.png
  • Battle Certificate +12.5%
  • Small increased encounter rate with rare bosses when defeating bosses

Currency Gathering Event

In the Currency Gathering Event type, the reward will usually be linearly proportional to the Stamina spent (1 Stamina = 1 Event Currency.)

  • Leveling Quests are the best place to farm in, since you can bring 2 parties, and SP Effects from both parties are counted.
  • When making your farming team, look at the SP Effect bonuses they offer, and add them up to get your full multiplier. For example: Silveruniticon.png silver SP Effect Demons will usually increase the Event Currency drops by 25% each, so using 3 of them means you have (1 + 25% x 3) = 1.75x multiplier when doing quests.
  • If your total multiplier ended up being a whole number (2x, 3x, etc), then you can farm any Leveling Quest you want - your drops-per-stamina ratio will be the same for all of them.
  • If your total multiplier ended up being fractional (1.75x, 2.5x, etc), then it's actually best to run Chapter 1 Leveling Quest on Normal Difficulty. This is because the game rounds fractions up (ceiling function). That means the most fractions are run into (a.k.a the more low-cost quest runs you do), the most rounded-up points the player will gather.
    • E.g., suppose a quest/mission costs 7 Stamina to run and would yield 7 Event Currency. Using 3 silver SP Effect Demons would yield 7 x (1 + 25% x 3) = 12.25, rounded up, 13 Event Currency.
  • These calculations are based on runs without a Support Demon. Because a Support Demon is only available again after one hour, and only if its player is still on-line, it's an uncertain and somewhat rare resource, so to maximize gains, it may be better to wait for the Support Demons with SP Effect to be available again.
    • Run the Leveling Quest of Chapter 1 on Normal Difficulty with Support Demon auto-selection option disabled to get the most from fractions, until an hour is through and there're enough Support Demons for more high level quest runs.
    • Be aware, though, that Macca reward is not linear, that is, higher Quest levels/difficulties reward more Macca than lower ones, so be sure to have enough saved to avoid running out of currency to perform other tasks, like buying items at the Black Market.
    • If you don't want to overthink it, just run the highest LQ possible on Hell Difficulty using SP Effect Demons, with Support Demon auto-selection. Clear your friends' list regularly, remove players that haven't shown up for a while (you won't benefit much from having players that don't actually play and replace their Support Demon with one with SP Effect) and keeping at least one slot for new players.

Special Mission Events

In the Special Mission Event type, there is, usually, a Special Quest in every Mission, which rewards extra Event Currency. As of January/2022, the higher missions also reward proportionally more than the lower ones, that is, the reward is not linearly proportional to the Stamina spent, so, only run the Special Quests of the highest Mission on Hell Difficulty, preferably with Support Demons.

AG SP Events

The AG SP Event type follows different mechanics and should be run only on Master Difficulty to maximize the Stamina usage. Check the Aura Gate SP article for more hints.

Take Back Tokyo Events

In Take Back Tokyo events, make a team of 4 SP demons and run any Brands of Sin stage on auto. You will get Icon Spirit Orb.png Spirit Orbs x4 per 1 stamina spent, whereas any area other than BoS only gives 1 orb per 1 stamina.

Try to auto the highest BoS stage that you can. The efficiency of Icon Spirit Orb.png Spirit Orbs is the same for all BoS stages, but a higher stage has a better chance of dropping actually-useful Brands.

When capturing nodes:

  • Aim to reach all the boss nodes first, as they usually give Icon Gems.png Gems upon capture.
  • After that, prioritize the Mission nodes, since they won't count your progress toward the mission until you reach the node.
  • Then go for gold-bordered nodes, or anything that's using an actual item icon instead of the generic bottle icon. These nodes usually have better stuff than the silver-bordered nodes and/or bottle nodes.
  • The Tbt random silver low.png randomized nodes can be very hit-or-miss. They're still worth pursuing, but maybe aren't the top priority.

Demon Alliance Invasion Events

In Demon Alliance Invasion events, you can farm most normal quest to spawn bosses - the exceptions being Alter-World and any quests that play cutscenes after the fight finishes. You also don't need to run SP units when doing this. Therefore, it's recommended to run Brands of Sin, Strange Signal, or Leveling quests, depending on what you need. Hell's Park can also spawn bosses, so you can use that if you haven't finished it yet for the month.

Once you have a boss spawn, try to focus your BP usage on the tier-3 bosses - these are usually the newest gacha demon, and they spawn with a red screen-break instead of purple. These tend to give a lot more points than the tier-1 or tier-2 fights.

  • The lower-tier fights are meant to be used to spawn a tier-3 boss, if you don't have one already. Try not to spend too much BP on low-tier bosses.
  • Sometimes, events will give rewards for defeating a specific amount of low-tier bosses. If these rewards are useful to you, then targeting low-tiers with your BP can be worth it.
  • If a tier-3 boss spawns and you're at low BP, don't be pressured to fight it immediately. Bosses you discover will stay available for 8 hours once found, and other players can't fight bosses you found until after you fight it once. Waiting for your BP to restore before starting the fight is a valid strategy and a good use of BP.

Bosses spawned by other players will appear as SOS requests. These have a discount of -1 BP on your first attempt, and when they're defeated, they don't raise your personal boss level - meaning you can use SOS fights to earn points more-easily and more-efficiently than your own bosses. Try to jump on these as soon as possible, as the SOS will disappear once anybody kills the boss - especially tier-3 boss SOS.

Teams should strike a balance between buff generation (first priority), damage output (second priority), and SP units (third priority). Tier-1 fights are easy enough that you can just run 8 SP units, but tier-2 and tier-3 will need cohesive teams to get good scores.

See the Demon Alliance Invasion page for a more-detailed rundown of how the event works, as well as some team-building tips.

General tips

  • Always run a Quest with the cheapest Stamina cost and another with the highest cost and difficulty to check the rewards before Auto Questing, as some Events have different reward curves per Stamina spent.
  • Don't forget to select the best demon with SP Effect as Support Demon at the beginning of a new Event, so other players may benefit from it and the game will reward you with more Fame Points.
    • Beware that SP Effect Demons may change in the middle of an Event (e.g., if the Event is scheduled to last for 14 days, after the 7th day, the Silveruniticon.png Silver SP Effect Demons may change to completely different ones. Usually the Golduniticon.png Gold SP Effect Demons stay the same throughout the Event), somewhat depending on the story arc. Change your Support Demon accordingly.
  • Have as many SP Effect Demons as possible in the Teams to get the most bonus per battle.
    • Use third-party Support Demons with SP Effect, because they also affect the final bonus.
  • From time to time, collect the Event Rewards, as most Events reward players that play regularly (at least once per day) and there may also be rewards for collecting rewards.
    • Aura Gate SP also rewards purchases of Cubes, so it's better to spend the Event Currency on them during the Event period.
  • Many Events give out Icon Time Limited Monster Dew.png Time-Limited Monster Dew, a consumable item that fully restores Stamina.
    • Depending on the Event type, there may not be enough time to use all the Event Monster Dew. When the Event period is over, they simply disappear from the Items Inventory - so, to avoid letting them go to waste when the end is near, lower your Stamina below your maximum and use them (the game won't allow consuming Monster Dew if Stamina is at its maximum or over). Use the extra Stamina to Auto some Leveling Quests, Strange Signal, or Brands of Sin.
    • Don't let Time-Limited Monster Dew accumulate - use them as soon as you get them, to avoid losing them when the Event is over.

Guides on Upgrading and Leveling Demons

Leveling

Image of the "Leveling Quest" at Chapter 8. At the bottom are the difficulty levels of the quest (Normal, Hard, Hell). The stamina cost indicated for this quest is 11.
Main Article: Leveling

PvE content grants EXP. However in order to level up demons, the best way is to use "Leveling Quests". Every Story Chapter has at least one Leveling Quest. Leveling Quests not only let you bring two parties (i.e., two Liberators and 8 demons) to level them up, but will give you much more EXP than a regular quest.

To maximize the amount of EXP you get, bring your Hero.png Main Character as the Liberator of one of the groups, as they have a passive skill to increase EXP. Bring a Kanbari.jpg Kanbari demon in both parties (2★ demon that is fused in multi-fusion), as it has a skill to increase EXP gains too.


Brands

Example of 5★ Brand at Level 1. The so-called Primary bonus of the brand is HP+, its Secondary bonus is Mag DEF+ and has Phys AC% as Tertiary bonus
Main Article, more in-depth: Brands

Brands are items that raise the stats of a demon and can be equipped in 5 slots: Head, Right Arm, Left Arm, Body, and Legs.

They come in 1~6★ rarities and with higher rarity, they contain more stats and upgrade potential.

When multiple of the same type are equipped, a set effect such as +50% HP can be also applied to a demon.

Brand stats matter more than the rarity, so make sure the stats are what you want before fully committing to upgrading it. You will quickly run out of Icon Macca.png Macca if you try to max upgrade every Brand!

Different body parts may have different primary stats available: this can be summarized in this Table:

Primaries
HP+ HP% PAtk+ PAtk% MAtk+ MAtk% PDef+ PDef% MDef+ MDef% Heal% Ailm. Res. Ailm. Infl. Speed% Phys. EV% Crit% Acc%
Head x
Right Arm x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Left Arm x x x x x x x x x x x x
Body x x
Legs x x x x x x x x x x x x

Please read Brands for in-depth Stat-brand builds and advice.

Brands of Sin quests at Demon Buster is the easiest place to farm Brands, and they are available all of the time. The other option is Aura Gate past Floor 40+.

Guidelines for Farming Brands?

  • The higher Stages of Brands of Sin give better Brands. So Auto-Farm the highest you can.
  • Starting at Stage 7 or higher your demons will probably need to be decently Branded if you want to farm (the irony: needing good brands to farm more brands)
    • So farm the lower Stages you can auto, to get good Brands then slowing climb the Stages like that.
  • Enemies in Brands of Sin: Sloth are specialized in Ailments, while the Anti-ailment Brands (Ward Brands) are farmed in Brands of Sin: Deceit. This means you need to farm Deceit and equip Ward Brands to your Demons to advance in the high stages of Sloth.
  • Stages 10 and beyond may require Specific Teams for each BoS (Sloth, Deceit and Vanity), this is Mid Game level of difficulty. Check the articles linked in Brands of Sin for an example of Team composition for each Stage 10 and beyond.
  • Avarice is significantly harder than the other BoS categories, so don't worry too much about it until lategame.

Skill Transfer

Transferable skills are indicated by a genome icon (here Mazionga and Mahashibaboo). The "blue" skill (Mahashibaboo) is the so-called "Gacha skill", it can be extracted using a Blank Genome without killing the holder
Main Article: Skill Transfer

Skill transfer allows a demon to learn a skill from another demon, increasing its combat options and creating powerful combinations. To transfer a skill, the demon that receives the skill needs skill points, and you need another demon with the skill you want to transfer. Skill points are per-demon, and they are acquired by sacrificing other demons or special items (either Icon Soul.png demon's souls or Icon Yasaka Magatama.png Yasaka Magatamas) in Pandemonium, more precisely the possible sacrifices/fodders are:

  • A copy of the same demon (ignoring level and rarity). (1 + demon's base rarity skill points) (recommended practice ONLY for 3★ and below)
  • A demon of the same base rarity. (1 skill point) (not a recommended practice)
  • A Icon Soul.png demon soul (obtained from encounters in the Aura Gate) of the same demon. (1 skill point)
  • A Icon Yasaka Magatama.png Yasaka Magatama item (1 to 6 skill points, number of points equal to the item’s Stars) Don’t use your Yasaka Magatama on 3★ or lower rarity demons as duplicates or the same rarity can easily be fused or pulled from the gacha for skill points!

Transferring skills can be done in two ways:

  • Using a demon with the skill you want to transfer, a donor. The donor may only transfer certain skills, marked with a DNA tag in their description. This is always the first skill, any skills received by transfer, and the bonus skill a Summoned demon receives (colloquially called "Gacha skill"). The user interface (UI) is well done, so there will be no problem performing what you seek to do.
    • By default, the donor will die during the transfer process.
    • If the skill you wish to transfer is on the last two skill slots, meaning the skill was a skill received by transfer or a Gacha skill, then you can use a Icon Blank Genome.png Blank Genome to "harvest" the skill. Harvesting does not kill the demon.
  • Using a Icon Skill Genome.png Skill Genome with the name of the skill you wish to transfer. Skill Genomes are items that are obtained by summoning the skill (through gacha) or through the "harvesting" previously mentioned.

Skill points and transferred skills are lost when fusing. Skills are not lost when evolving, so feel free to power up! Once you have transferred a skill, you can replace it with another transferred skill using the same process. If you transfer the same skill again, the skill will level up and become more powerful!

A list of recommended transferable skills and their sources can be found here (basics) and here (advanced).


Awakening and Archetypes

Archetypes (from left to right): Aragami (red), Protector (yellow), Psychic (purple), Elementalist (teal/cyan) and Common (clear/grey).
Main Article: Awakening

Demons come in five different Archetypes:

  • Red Aragami (red)
  • Yellow Protector (yellow)
  • Purple Psychic (purple)
  • Teal Elementalist (teal/cyan)
  • Clear Common (clear/grey)

Awakening a demon unlocks their Archetype Skill, which varies depending on the demon and its Archetype, and slightly increases their stats.

  • Every demon requires Small, Medium, and/or Large Aethers of specific types and specific quantities to be awakened.
  • The required Aether types and quantities to awaken a Demon are dependent on the demon's race and base rarity.
  • Aethers are available in 5 common types, AetherL-Light.jpg Light (Yellow), AetherL-Lawful.jpg Lawful (Blue), AetherL-Neutral.jpg Neutral (Green), AetherL-Dark.jpg Dark (Purple), and AetherL-Chaotic.jpg Chaotic (Red).
    • Several special types are only available during limited events, and are usually required to awaken Demons also exclusively available during those events.
  • Aethers can be obtained in some missions and in most quests, including Aura Gates, but especially in Strange Signal.
  • Icon Aether Crystal.png Aether Crystal is a special item that can awaken any Demon, regardless of which and how many Aethers would be required for that.
    • They can be purchased in the Shop for 500 Icon Gems.png Gems each, which is ridiculously expensive, so avoid buying them.
    • They are sometimes offered as rewards for completing event missions, or as part of Log-in Bonuses.
    • Don't use an Aether Crystal on a Demon that can be awakened by common Aethers, which can be easily harvested in Strange Signal quests. Save them for awakening event-exclusive Demons that require special types of Aether, just in case you're unable to gather enough during its event period.
Aether types

Strange Signal quests drop only one type of Aether, depending on the Signal chosen. The quality is random, but higher levels drop more of the larger sizes.

Strange Signal quest availability rotates based on the day, with Neutral being open all the time.

Strange Signal Schedule
Monday - AetherL-Light.jpg Light, AetherL-Dark.jpg Dark, AetherL-Neutral.jpg Neutral
Tuesday - AetherL-Lawful.jpg Lawful, AetherL-Chaotic.jpg Chaos, AetherL-Neutral.jpg Neutral
Wednesday- AetherL-Light.jpg Light, AetherL-Dark.jpg Dark, AetherL-Neutral.jpg Neutral
Thursday - AetherL-Lawful.jpg Lawful, AetherL-Chaotic.jpg Chaos, AetherL-Neutral.jpg Neutral
Friday - AetherL-Light.jpg Light, AetherL-Dark.jpg Dark, AetherL-Neutral.jpg Neutral
Saturday - All are open
Sunday - All are open

Resource and Demon Management

Main Article: Resource Management Guides

The above wiki page lists all the advanced guides related to resource management, however a quick rundown on the matter is :

There are numerous resources that you will acquire in this game. These include, but are not limited to:

The general rule is: Keep those, until you really need them.

The game also has several in-game "currencies," mainly:

  • Icon Mag.png Magnetite: mostly used for Fusion, quite rare, so use it wisely.
  • Icon Macca.png Macca: mostly used to level Brands up and Evolve Demons. Not easy to gather in the beginning, but not very rare from mid-game on.
  • Icon Gems.png Gems: mainly used for Gacha Demon Summoning.
  • Icon Karma.png Karma: mostly used to buy Arch-Shifters and Selectors.
  • Icon Fame.png Fame Points: mostly used to buy Icon Monster Dew.png Monster Dew (Item that restores Stamina), Icon Hell Bull.png Hell Bull (Item that restores Duel Stamina), and Icon Yata Mirror.png 4★ and 5★ Yata Mirrors.
  • Icon Battle Points.png Duel Coins: mainly used to buy Genome Cubes, Icon Blank Genome.png Blank Genomes, and Icon Skill Extraction File.png Skill Extraction Files.
  • Icon Democalypse Coins.png Cull Coins: used to buy the exclusive demons Seraph.jpg Seraph and Norn.jpg Norn and materials to upgrade them, as well as Icon Absolute Summon File.png Absolute Summon Files.
    • Don't buy Icon Normal Summon File.png Normal Summon Files (cyan) in most cases, though spending Macca for them at the Black Market is fine. They are often obtained as rewards from Quests, Missions, Battles and Events. Eventually, you'll amass far more Normal Summon Files than needed just by playing normally, so spending any currency other than Macca is a waste of very rare resources.

Managing Demon Inventory

Considering the initial Inventory and Storage spaces start kind of low, you will quickly be overrun by demons after a few Summons.

Here's how to manage that:

  • "useless" Red Yellow Purple Teal colored 3★ Demons - check the Skill Transfer article to see if they have any useful "gacha skills" for transfer (that skill that's in the 5th slot).
    • Transfer Skill - If the skill is useful, try to find a demon to transfer it to (do NOT use a Icon Blank Genome.png Blank Genome on 3★, just let the 3★ be consumed).
    • Sell for Icon Karma.pngKarma - If the skill is NOT useful (or if you already have more than 5-ish copies of the same skill fodder), go to Pandemonium and sell the demon for Icon Karma.pngKarma.
    • Fuse a 4★ - You could also use them as fusion fodder to make specific-color 4★ that you want, but realistically you can't use up all of your 3★ this way.
  • "useless" Red Yellow Purple Teal colored 4★ Demons - similar to before, check the Skill Transfer article to see if they have any useful "gacha skills" for transfer.
    • Transfer Skill - If the skill is useful, try to find a demon to transfer it to (again, do NOT use a Icon Blank Genome.png Blank Genome on 4★, just let the 4★ be consumed).
    • Save high-grades for future 5★ fusion - If the skill is NOT useful but the demon's Grade is decently high (generally 66+), you can keep the 4★ for potential fusion into a 5★ later.
    • 4★ Icon Spirit.png Paneling - If the 4★ demon has a tier list rating of at least 4, and their panels are good (ask in Discord if unsure!), then you can use dupes of a demon in Spirit Merge to unlock their panels.
    • Fuse a different 4★ - You could fuse the 4★ into a different 4★ that you prefer. Only do this if the color is exactly what you want, BUT DO NOT do this for paneling. For 4★ paneling, it's actually much cheaper to fuse Clear Clear dupes from scratch than to fuse colored dupes.
    • Sell for Icon Karma.pngKarma - If none of the above applies, or you still have too many 4★, sell the 4★ for Icon Karma.pngKarma.
    • NEVER EVER use 4★ as Evolution fodder!
  • "Useless" or duplicate 5★ - Here you need to be careful.
    • Icon Blank Genome.png Harvest Skill - If the demon has a good gacha skill, now you can consider using a Icon Blank Genome.png Blank Genome to extract it. This way you can collect the skill without losing the demon.
    • 5★ Icon Spirit.png Paneling - If the 5★ demon has good panels (ask in Discord if unsure!), then you can use dupes of a demon in Spirit Merge to unlock their panels.
    • Fuse a different 5★ - You could fuse the 5★ into a different 5★ that you prefer, whether for keeps or for paneling. If you do this, check the Fusion Calculator and click "reverse fusion" for your current demon and the demon you want. Make sure you are NOT using a 5★ to create a demon that has a 4+4 (4★ + 4★ fusion) option available - that would be a huge waste of Icon Mag.png Magnetite, when you could make the 4+4 from 4★ instead!
    • Swordicon.png Armaments - If your roster of demons is already decently strong, you can consider making the dupe into an Armament (sword or shield) for Alter-World. This is very much a lategame/endgame area though, so you really shouldn't do this until you're more experienced.
    • If the demon is gacha-exclusive (see Summoning Pool) or event-exclusive (see Event Reward Demons), NEVER EVER use it in fusion. Dupes for these should ONLY be used for Paneling or Armaments.
    • NEVER EVER sell 5★ for Icon Karma.pngKarma!
    • NEVER EVER use 5★ as Evolution fodder!

Roster and Storage

Your Roster is your main inventory for demons. Demons here can be assigned to parties, sent on dispatch, used in fusion, etc.

The Storage is a second inventory, but the demons in Storage cannot be used for anything until you take them out of storage.

  • Storage is basically meant for demons that you want to keep around (fodder, event prizes, etc), but not use in battle any time soon.

If your Roster and/or Storage is full, you can expand their size by spending Icon Gems.png Gems. This is not a bad use of Gems, as it's a permanent upgrade, and you will most likely need more space than the default to play comfortably.

  • The Roster expands in increments of 10, while Storage expands in increments of 50.
  • The cost of expanding goes up each time you do it - once you get to around 200 Roster slots, it starts to be more efficient Gems-per-slot to expand the Storage instead.

That said, you can conserve Gem usage by making careful use of the Gift Box.

Use your Gift Box!

If your Roster is full, excess demons will be sent to the Gift Box. The Gift Box has infinite space, and the stuff in it never expires, so you can use it as a sort of infinite storage shed for fodder demons.

  • Intentionally fill your roster with 2★ demons (or whatever's in your storage) before doing summons - this way, everything goes straight to the Gift Box.
    • Then, move the "filler" demons back to Storage, and you can carefully manage which demons to receive and when from the Gift Box.
  • Note that you can only view the 99 most-recent Gift Box items at a time, so stuff may get buried over time.
    • Ideally, your Gift box should be filled with fodder 3★ and 4★. You should collect 5★ immediately, so they don't get buried in there.

Summoning Guide

Main Article: Summoning Guide

The Summoning Guide (click on the link above) helps you spend your Icon Gems.png Gems wisely.

Here we will simply mention the Basics.

2 examples of Tome/Parch summons. The banner on top is a generic non-time-limited banner using "parchment pieces". The bottom one is a limited banner using "wings of judgement" as their tomes.

The 3 important types of banner are: banners using Gems, banners using "parchs/tomes" and generic banners using "files" (or Icon Hell Bun.png Hell Buns):

  • Banners using Icon Gems.png Gems are the main banners of the game. This is where you will spend most of your Gems. Most of them are time-limited and propose either new demons or older (banner exclusive) demons!
    • Step 1 of most Step Up banners costs only 500 Gems instead of 1000: this is a really good deal.
    • Step-up banners are generally the best to pull on if possible, since they offer guarantees with each step (guaranteed 4★ or above, guaranteed 5★, etc), or may offer more tomes than normal (see next section).
    • There is also 1 generic/non time-limited "Gem banner": like in most gacha games, this is the worst banner; don't pull on it.
    • Banners (using gems) where you summon Icon Skill Genome.png Skill Genomes instead of demons exist too.
  • Banners using "tomes" or Icon Parchment Piece.png "parchs" are what some other gacha games would call fragment summons. They are extremely important banners since you are guaranteed one of the banner demons from it.
    • Some demons have tomes specific to them, while other demons are grouped into "categories" that share the same type of tome.
      • Example categories: "dimensional demons" (dimensional tomes), "Tenmas" (tomes of Temna), "Masakado" (tome of Masakado), "the three Archangels" (wings of judgement) etc. (new categories are regularly created)
      • See Summoning Pool - Limited-Banner Demons for a list of these categories, and which demons are in each one.
    • For each summon in Gem banners you are guaranteed to get as many parchs/tomes as the numbers of demons you summoned (Some step-up summons may offer double the amount of tomes).
    • The tome banners are referred in-game as "Absolute Summon". They are time-limited (except for one), they guarantee you to summon one of the demon of that category, but you usually don't get to choose which one. In some cases, there may be separate tome banners for each demon.
    • Among all these specific tomes, there is a generic parch/tome called "parchment piece" with a non time-limited Absolute Summon banner (see the picture on the right). Be careful: time-limited Fiends/Heroes/Reapers only Absolute "Parchment" banners exist! Therefore do not waste "parchment pieces" on the generic Absolute Summon one.
  • Banners using files or Icon Hell Bun.png Hell Buns: there is no time-limited banner for any of them. You cannot exchange these files for anything else, either. You can hoard them or use them immediately: it doesn't matter.
    • Files and Hell Buns each use their own pools, separate from time-limited banner pools. For comparisons between these pools, see the Summoning Pool article.

Rerolling

Gacha Rates: 3% for a 5★, 7.5% for a 4★, and 89.5% for a 3★

What to reroll for

First off: Rerolling is not really necessary, but it can give you a good head start on PvE and PvP.

Generally speaking, it's best to focus your rerolling on a powerful, banner-exclusive demon from the gacha. (To clarify: there are several fusible demons that can be good, but those are farmable over time, so they're not a priority in rerolling.)

  • Most of the permanent PvE content is 1 or 2 years old (as of 2022), so gacha demons that are somewhat-new should have no trouble making that content a cakewalk.
  • However, banner-exclusive demons are of course only available on specific banners, which might not be active when you start - so what's available won't always be consistent.

When picking a reroll target, you want a 5★ demon that:

  • Is Banner s.png Banner-exclusive. Banner-exclusive demons will have that green B icon on their Tier List entry.
  • Has a rating of 4 or 5 in BOTH PvE AND PvP, as these demons will be the most flexible for helping your progress. (Ignore the Democalypse ratings for now).

Also, as a rule of thumb, newer demons tend to be stronger - check the latest news or ask on Discord to see whether a banner's demon is new, or just being reran.

A good starting point is the Start and Restart Step-Up banner (detailed in #Beginner Exclusive Deals below), which guarantees one of Demeter.jpg Demeter, Zeus.jpg Zeus, or Elohim.jpg Elohim after spending 5,500 Gems total. Any of these would be a great demon to have.

  • You can then look at the currently-running banners, and see if you want to reroll for an additional demon on those, on top of your Demeter/Zeus/Elohim guarantee.

Steps to Reroll

  1. Complete the tutorial and play the story a bit more to gather gems. Spend these gems on the banner with your reroll target.
    • If there are multiple banners with the same demon, generally you should go for the one labeled "special step-up", or something similar. Ask on Discord if unsure!
    • Finishing the final step of a step-up banner is a good stopping point to evaluate your reroll.
  2. If you're unhappy with your pulls, delete your account and restart from step 1. To delete your account, go to: Home -> Settings -> Options (top middle button) -> Other (top-right) -> Delete Account.
    • If rooted on Android, delete the "com.sega.d2megaten.v2.playerprefs.xml" file inside "data/com.sega.d2megaten/shared_prefs".
  3. Once you're satisfied, save the account via the Facebook link / Recovery Code feature.

Beginner Exclusive Deals

The game has a number of deals oriented to help new players get started, by offering useful, guaranteed, demons that can make early game grinding much faster and easier.

Zeus, Demeter, and Elohim beginner banner: Start and Restart Step-Up Summons

Start and Restart Step-Up banner for Beginners and returning players. Stays active for 14 days.

Icon Gems.png Gems are the in-game currency primarily used for summoning demons

This banner guarantees one of three excellent demons for completing all 6 steps:

  • Demeter.jpg Demeter: Support that grants the team incredible bulk through Bulwarks, grants the team extra MP to cast spells, and protect the team from Ailments.
  • Zeus.jpg Zeus: Strong DPS that deals high damage, grants a bonus Press Turn, and can make enemies weak to Elec Elec when they otherwise would not be.
  • Elohim.jpg Elohim: Strong DPS with very high speed, as well as automatic Icon ATK Buff.png ATK buffs and Icon DEF Debuff.png DEF debuffs to help you win on turn 1.

Banner details:

  • The banner is a Step-up banner with 6 Steps
    • Each Step represents 10 summons (i.e. a multi-summon)
  • There is only 1 round/cycle (i.e. after the 6 Steps, the banner is gone)
  • Step 1 costs 500 gems, the other Steps costs 1000 gems
    • Demeter, Zeus, or Elohim are guaranteed at Step 6 (which one you get is random)
  • 3% rate for 5★ overall
    • Each of the trio have a 0.2% chance of appearing randomly in steps 1-5.
  • The banner stays up for 2 weeks

Pros:

  • The featured demons are very strong in both PvE and PvP.
  • Guaranteed to receive one of the three featured demons on step 6.
  • Very afforable, at 5,500 Gems for the guarantee. In most other cases, guaranteeing a banner demon would run you about 27,000 Gems.

Cons:

  • Pulling on this banner is an all-or-nothing commitment: aside from the trio, this banner uses the standard Summoning Pool, filled with fusibles and outdated demons. This banner is only worth pulling if you commit and go all the way to the end.

Overall verdict: Any of the trio would be great additions to your roster, so it's highly recommended to save up 5,500 Icon Gems.png Gems to finish the banner and get the guarantee. The 2-week time limit should give you plenty of time to collect that.

Start and Restart Summons Pack I

This shop pack gives 1,450 Icon Gems.png Gems, as well as a special file that guarantees a random demon from a small pool.

  • Cost: $37.99
  • Available for 2 weeks

Possible demons from the random file:

Pros:

  • Gem-per-dollar efficiency is slightly better than standard Gem packs: This pack's efficiency is 38.168 Gems/Dollar, while the second-highest Gem pack (1,350 gems for $39.99) has an efficiency of 33.758 Gems/Dollar.
  • Of the 11 demons, about 9 still have some relevance in the current game.
  • Botis.jpg Botis synergizes very well with Zeus.
  • Mithras.jpg Mithras synergizes well with Elohim, and any other Fire Fire or Light Light attackers.

Cons:

  • Angra Mainyu.jpg Angra Mainyu has virtually no relevance these days. He relies on Ailments, which Demeter shuts down in PvP. High-end PvE enemies make ailments useless due to inflated stats.
  • Demiurge.jpg Demiurge's relevance is questionable due to Attribute affinity down becoming common in PvP, and in some high-end PvE challenges. Largely overshadowed by Kalki.jpg Kalki, who pretty much does Demiurge's job better.
  • You don't get to choose which demon you receive.

Overall verdict: Not recommended, since it's a gamble. The 10-20% chance of getting a useless demon is a major downside.

Start and Restart Summons Pack II

This shop pack gives 4,950 Icon Gems.png Gems, as well as a special file that guarantees a random demon from a small pool.

  • Cost: $124.99
  • Available for 2 weeks

Possible demons from the random file:

Pros:

  • Gem-per-dollar efficiency is slightly better than standard Gem packs: This pack's efficiency 39.603 Gems/Dollar, while the highest Gem pack (2,900 Gems for $79.99) has an efficiency of 36.255 Gems/Dollar

Cons:

  • The demons on offer are the same as the guaranteed ones from the Start and Restart Step-Up, which is free.
  • You don't get to choose which demon you receive.
  • Price is too high to justify if all you want are the demons from the file.

Overall verdict: Not worth it. Just do the free Step-Up for the guarantee instead. The only reason to consider this pack is if you were planning to buy the $79.99 gem pack and want a slightly-better deal.

PVP Team Building Guide

Main article: PVP Team Guide

Understanding how team building and PVP work is quite challenging (explaining it is also). Examples are the best way to learn: you can simply do some PVP matches yourself, see analyse your opponent's teams and learn how and why you lost. The problem is you will only face low rank opponents at first, and thus may be misled about what is truly good.

To remedy to this: it is possible to look at the Top 100 teams in-game (offense teams) and learn from their team compostions. PVP Ranking lists those teams for different seasons.

Lastly, this wiki can provide you with a guide or list of Standard PVP Team Compositions here: PVP Team Guide

Also see D2 Duel for a more basic rundown.

Quest Areas

Quest Areas
Permanent Content StoryDx2 QuestsAlter-WorldAura Gate (1, 2, SP)
Farming Quests Strange SignalBrands of SinWanted
Recurring Events EclipseHell's ParkAdventKiwamiTokyo AbyssTake Back TokyoDemon Alliance Invasion
Competitive DemocalypseD2 DuelBattle Tower

Resources (Discord, Fusion Calculator etc.)

These are some extra reading you can catch up on, such as our Fusion Calculator, an in-depth Tier List, and more!

Discord
  • Further Questions? Information missing here or wrong? Just wanna hang out with people that play Dx2? Join our Discord:
  • If there's anything wrong on the Wiki, feel free to message thegreatsire or Maaster#1273 on Discord!
Fusion Calculator

Want to fuse something but don't know how? Use the handy fusion calculator here: Fusion Calculator

Please note that Red Red / Yellow Yellow / Purple Purple / Teal Teal archetypes can only be fused with a Clear Clear archetype, while Clear Clear archetypes can be fused with other Clear Clear archetypes as well.

Tier List
Main article: Tier List
Reddit Threads

5★ fusable demons

  https://www.reddit.com/r/Dx2SMTLiberation/comments/a2b2kz/discussion_on_currently_fusable_5_demons/

Fiend/Hero demons

  https://www.reddit.com/r/Dx2SMTLiberation/comments/a4iamo/discussion_on_herofiend_demons/

See also