Beginner's Guide

This guide is meant to aid you in understanding the basics of interacting with your Girlfriend. **For more in depth information, please be sure to refer to any linked pages!** If you have any further questions feel free to leave a comment below, post in the forum, or directly on an Admin's wall.

**Read first!**
As a newbie, certain boosts/useful rewards will be made available to you during your first seven days of game-play.
* Upon completing the Prologue, you will receive: Album Space +1 x3, Choco Heart +100 x 1, Super Stamina Bento x1, Closet Space +10 x1. Gacha Ticket x2, MR Gacha Ticket x1, an outfit (Argyle Combo Brownie), and 10,000 Shells which are a type of in game currency.
* **Beginner's Campaign**: This Campaign runs for three days, and gives the following boosts.
	+ Chat EXP x1.5
	+ Chat Affection x1.5
	+ Study EXP x2
	+ Study Personality Trait x2
	+ Work EXP x1.5
	+ Work Shells x1.5
* **First Buy Campaign**: for your first NP purchase, you are able to buy the 350 NP pack for a reduced price. This must be bought with real money, as NP is a paid currency.
* **Quests**: these will aid you in getting used to navigating the game and understanding basic functions. There are three difficulties-- Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. This means they will get slightly more difficult as you go along. However, it's worth it to complete these as you will be given rewards for doing so.
* **Beginner's Login Bonus**: a special login bonus that lasts 7 days and contains useful items, so be sure to login at least once per day.
* **72 hr Sale**: items can be purchased for reduced NP prices (it is highly recommend to purchase any Stamina Bentos and Rainbow Drinks available).
* **Beginner's Limited Set**: can be purchased within the first 24 hrs of game-play for one NP, and contains Super Stamina Bento x1. Timesaver 60 x3, Rainbow Drink DX x1, and a Gacha Ticket x1.
* You will get one free play for both NP and Mix Gachas.

## **Your Girlfriend**

When you begin the game, you will start off with only one Girlfriend,but as you Gain EXP you will have the opportunity to get up to 9 Girlfriends.

### **Changing Your Girlfriend's Appearance**

During the Tutorial you are able to choose your Girlfriend's Skin Tone, Eye Shape, Hairstyle, Height, and Hair Color. These can be changed any time by heading to the Shop, which can be accessed by tapping the **Shop** icon at the bottom of your screen. There are a variety of Shops listed on this page, however only two are used to change your Girlfriend's appearance. You can purchase new Hairstyles at the Hair Stylist for Shells, NP, Hairstyle Coupons, or LG.

Further Customization can be performed at the Makeup Artist. Here you can:

* Purchase different Eye Shapes for Shells or NP. Eye Shapes which can be purchased for Shells have level requirements that must be met before you can purchase them.
* Purchase different eye colors from the **Regular Palette**, **Premium Palette**, or **Rainbow Palette**. The Regular Palette eye colors can be purchased for Shells, while the Rainbow and Premium Palettes require NP.
	+ When Purchasing Eye Colors from the Premium Palette, keep in mind that every Eye Color change will cost you 20 NP unless you purchase an App Pack and choose the Premium Eye Color Change Bonus Feature. While this feature is active, you can change your Girlfriend's eye color as many times as you'd like for the cost of 1000 Shells each time.This is only applicable to all colors displayed on the **Premium Palette**. **Rainbow Palette** eye colors must be purchased separately.
	+ Eye Colors purchased from the Rainbow Palette are **permanent**, so once they are purchased you can switch between colors as many times as you'd like without having to pay Shells or NP.
* Change your Girlfriend's Pupils by reaching certain Player/Affection levels, Shells, NP, or LG. These can be customized further, i.e. having different pupils on each eye, but you must purchase an App Pack and choose the Premium Pupils Bonus Feature.
* Change your Girlfriend's Skin Tone to either Default, Pale or Tanned.Each skin color change will cost you 50 NP, unless you purchase an App Pack and choose the Free Skin Color Change Bonus Feature. While this feature is active, you can change your Girlfriend's Skin Tone as many times as you'd like free of charge.
* Change the color of your Girlfriend's Eyebrows/Eyelashes. Colors located on the Regular Palette can be purchased for Shells, while colors on the Makeup Palette require **Accessory Coupons**, which are obtainable by playing the Date mini game.

If you'd like to change your Girlfriend's height, you can do so by purchasing a height changing drink from the Items Shop.

### **Personality Types**

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There are 15 Personality Types in total. These will determine what your Girlfriend is like.

When you begin the game, your Girlfriend's personality type will be Standard. However, you can obtain others for her by Studying.

Important things to keep in mind regarding Study:

* Your girlfriend starts with a total **Trait Limit** of 10,000 points. This means that the value of all of her traits combined cannot go over 10,000 points. If you continue to Study despite the limit being reached, they will not be added and will instead show up as a +0 upon completion.
	+ Your **Trait Limit** can be increased by:
		- +500 upon reaching **Personality Rank 90**. This can be done by **Chatting** with your Girlfriend.This increase will only apply to the Girlfriend who reached Rank 90.
		- For unlocking Achievements-- +1000 for 50 achievements, +1500 for 55 achievements, +2500 for 60 Achievements).This increase applies to all Girlfriends.
* Depending on your level, not all traits may be available. In order for these to be unlocked, you must gain exp.

### **Sub Personality Types**

Sub Personality Types, which are separate to regular Personality Types, can also determine what your Girlfriend is like.

In order to obtain these, certain requirements must be met. These can range from:

* Reaching a specific level.
* Obtaining, or already having certain Personality Types unlocked.
* Obtaining the necessary amount of EXP from **Sub Personality Study**.

**Sub Personality Study** can be performed on the Study page, however it will only appear as an option once you have obtained certain Personality Types.

Something else to keep in mind is that the requirements for each Sub Personality will be different, so be sure to check their respective Help pages in order to see what they are. This can be found by going to Menu > Help > Personalities.

### **Affection**

Affection indicates how much your Girlfriend likes you. This can be determined by the one of the various **Heart Icons** shown when **Chatting** with your Girlfriend.

You can raise or lower your Girlfriend's Affection by **Chatting** with her.

Upon reaching a certain amount of Affection, you will receive rewards and her **Personality Icon**, located next to her name may have a heart added onto it (only up to 3 hearts may be added).

### **Receiving Advice**

If your Girlfriend receives **Advice** from another Player while she is Studying or Working, she will gain bonus effects upon completion.

When advice is available to be received, an "Advice!" button appears in the lower-right-hand corner of the Home screen, above the Actions button. Clicking this button, or visiting the girlfriend's Work/Study page, brings you to the Work/Study screen where you can tap the "Receive Advice" button to receive the advice.

You can also visit other Player's Girlfriends and give them Advice as well.

**Advice Precautions**:

* Unless you have the Automatic Advice bonus feature active (which can be obtained by purchasing an App Pack), advice needs to be received using the Receive Advice button before it expires, and before Work or Study is complete, in order to grant its bonus.
* Advice that is not received expires after one hour and is no longer available.
* Received advice from a friend is worth a 20% bonus, while received advice from a random visitor is only worth a 10% bonus.
* If advice has been given to more than one of your girlfriends, you need to receive advice for each girlfriend separately, one at a time.
* If more than one player gives a girlfriend advice before you tap the Receive Advice button, you will only be awarded one advice boost when you receive advice for that girlfriend. It is therefore a good idea to receive advice as soon as possible.
* The maximum bonus that advice can provide is 100% (which can be obtained by receiving advice from five friends, ten strangers, or some combination). Receiving more advice after this doesn't have any additional effect.

## **Gaining Experience**

You can gain experience by having your Girlfriend Study/Work, giving Advice to other Player's Girlfriends, giving out/removing Recommendations (or Recs), Talking with other Girlfriends, giving Likes, having your Girlfriends (when you have more than one) Chat with each other, Group Work, and exchanging sweets when an Event has ended.

For a more detailed explanation about the ins and outs of Gaining Experience, please refer to the linked pages!

## **Different Types of Currency/How to earn it**

* Shells = Easiest currency to obtain in game. Can be obtained through work, group work, Sweets Exchange (which can be done once an Event has ended), and Recycling duplicate avatars. **Note:** You can only hold a maximum of 999,999 shells at one time.
* NP = A paid in game currency which is used for most Campaigns and Limited Gachas. Must be purchased with real money, however it can also be obtained by completing TapJoy offers.
* LG = LG is a currency that can be obtained either by spending NP (you will earn 1 LG for every 1 NP spent) or Dropping Off duplicate NP Gacha items in the Premium Shop.
* CP = Can be used in the CP Shop in order to purchase useful items and even avatars. This currency can be obtained through participating/ranking in the Show Off Contest, registering a Show Off, and obtaining Likes from other players.