Final Fantasy Artniks Final Fantasy Artniks is a free - to - play social card collecting game developed by Square Enix and published on GREE ' s mobile - social gaming platform exclusively in Japan on November 30th , 2012 . The game was discontinued on August 29th , 2014 at 3 : 00PM ( JST ) . A second game , " Final Fantasy Artniks Dive " , was announced on June 30th , 2014 . It is also a collaboration with GREE and will be released in the summer of 2014 for Android and iOS mobile platforms . Story . A crystal summons the player to a distant world ruled by Bahamut and charges them with spinning the tale of the land through meeting many allies , facing many enemies and bearing witness to many miracles . Upon the player ' s arrival , they meet Moguro , a Moogle who helps to guide them on their adventure . As the player embarks on their adventure , they meet Bahamut , who wishes to test their strength in battle . However , Moguro tells the player that they have the unique ability to summon cards . Moguro aids the player in summoning a card to fight against Bahamut . Although it is apparent the card is no match for Bahamut , reinforcements arrive and the player is able to defeat Bahamut . Upon his defeat , Bahamut is impressed , pointing out that the player is the ' chosen one ' and then departs proclaiming that he will watch over the new world that the player creates . Gameplay . The game consists of summoning cards and using them to complete quests and battle against other players . The player begins by choosing a Final Fantasy series between I and XIII from which they wish to receive their first card ; a representative Rank R character card from the series . There are five ranks of cards : N ( Normal ) , R ( Rare ) , R + ( Rare + ) , SR ( Super Rare ) , SR + ( Super Rare + ) . The higher the rank , the stronger the card . Cards fall into two categories , character cards and equipment cards . Character cards have a designated Rank , Attack , Defense , Cost and Elemental Affinities ( fire , lightning or ice ) . Cost determines how many BP ( battle points ) are required to summon a card to player - versus - player battles . Some character cards have Special Effects that activate against wanted enemies and Limited - Time Abilities which are active for the duration of an event . Additionally , character cards ranked Rare and above may possess unique Abilities with designated activation rates . Equipment cards come in the form of offensive and defensive items and generally only have rank , attack and defense values , but may also possess Equipment Abilities and Limited - Time Abilities . The same equipment card may have different attack and defense values . The player may hold one hundred of each type of card at any given time , with all additional cards going to the player ' s delivery box . Character cards begin at level 1 but the player may strengthen them through Enhancement . Both other character cards as well as equipment cards may be used in the process , provided the player possesses an adequate amount of Gil . While character cards primarily raise the designated card ' s level , equipment cards are more effective for increasing a card ' s ability activation rate . Both types of cards may be obtained from chests in quests and through summoning . There are two modes of summoning : a Normal Summon or a Crystal Summon . One Normal Summon requires 100 Bravo Points , while a Crystal Summon may be performed using 100 Coins ( purchased with real money ) or special tickets obtained from events . The player is able to Normal Summon for free once every new day , as well as once during lunch time ( 10 : 00am - 3 : 00pm JST ) . Crystal Summons have a higher chance of yielding rare and powerful cards . Unwanted cards may be sold for Gil . In addition to cards , Stone Tablet Fragments which are a type of collection item , may also be obtained from quests or PVP battles . There are three series of stone tablets which may be completed an unlimited number of times . If the player obtains six fragments of the same series , they will receive a reward for completing the tablet . The player has a Level , Action points , BP , EXP , and HP values which influence the range of activities they may participate in . Action points , BP and HP are expended through a variety of ways , but there are a number of recovery items which may be used to replenish them . These may be obtained in the cash shop or through completing quests and events . Additionally , Action points and BP replenish at a rate of one point and two points per minute , respectively . The player obtains one Bonus Point per level gained to distribute in their Action points or BP . For quests , the player chooses up to three character ( A Leader and two Subs ) and equipment cards to equip . Character cards participate directly , while equipment cards boost the parameters of characters selected for battle . The length of the quest is displayed in the quest screen , and the player advances at a rate of ten meters per turn . Quests require progressively more Action points and HP may be lost upon encountering enemies . However , the process yields increasing amounts of EXP , which in turn raises the player ' s level . Defeating enemies fills up the BURST meter and when it ' s full , the Burst Mode triggers and transforms all lesser enemies into chests . At the end of the quest area is a boss battle , which plays out automatically . The boss and the player ' s cards take turns attacking when their action bars are full until one party has been defeated . HP may be recovered with items at any point in the quest using the recovery button . Additionally , the player may borrow one card each from up to two friended players for boss battles . Players can also customize their own deck of up to 11 cards to fight against other players . The player may only summon a number of cards whose Cost do not exceed the player ' s current BP . The winner obtains ranking points on the game ' s leaderboard , Stone Tablet Fragments , as well as Mog Medals , which can be used to play the Mog Bonus minigame . Other players may attack the player to steal their Stone Tablet Fragments . " Final Fantasy Artniks " also features a number of special events such as : Wanted Monsters , in which players cooperate to defeat difficult foes ; Ultimate Quests , which has the player open booby - trapped treasure chests for rewards ; and Mission Bingo , which requires the player to do quests listed on a bingo sheet . Covered games . " Final Fantasy Artniks " covers numerous " Final Fantasy " games to provide plenty of characters and enemies , mainly : " Final Fantasy " , " Final Fantasy II " , " Final Fantasy III " , " Final Fantasy IV " , " " , " Final Fantasy V " , " Final Fantasy VI " , " Final Fantasy VII " , " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " , " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " , " Final Fantasy VIII " , " Final Fantasy IX " , " Final Fantasy X " , " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , " Final Fantasy XI " , " Final Fantasy XII " , " Final Fantasy XIII " , " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , " Final Fantasy Tactics " , " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " , " " , " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " , " " , " Dissidia Final Fantasy " , and " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " .