New Player Guide

# Introduction

*Updated as of **Jewel Tales ~ Desert Marriage Race .***
This guide is intended for mostly non-Japanese speakers (still works for Japanese speakers). You may first be very overwhelmed on what to do as a new player, which this guide will help get your foundation going, and once you have the train running, everything up to future events will be smooth. Don't worry about events first, what you have right now wouldn't be enough to perfect said event, though you can certainly get the maximum amount of points for Ranking events and you should have no problems doing event story.

# Story Mode & Regalia Board

First and foremost, use all the gems you have at the start to roll the gacha, then use whatever you like clear all of Story Mode on Easy difficulty (All story chapters are default to Easy mode. Normal and Hard is unlocked only after completing Easy). Clearing a chapter unlocks Regalia Gems for use in the Regalia Board. While training the necessary jewel princesses for use in the future, focus on clearing all Story chapters on all difficulties or until filling up the Regalia Board. Do not worry on what characters you should use for story mode until you reach Normal, as the difficulty is negligible and can be cleared by anything.

Filling up the Regalia Board should be top priority as it provides a substantial amount of stat boosts for all modes. Red gems increases the total damage multiplier for all back-row characters. Cyan gems increases the total defense multiplier for all front-row characters, and magenta gems increases each character's health. For now the only available board is up to level 3.

# Team Formation

Team Formation decides how the stats from the Regalia Board are distributed to each of your party members. Characters on the front row are more likely to be targeted for enemy attacks than it is on the back row, by about 66% front and 33% back, unless target priority changes such as Focus-Fire, Taunt or Beacon is involved.

The attack and defense bonuses you see on the regalia is divided between individuals for front row and back row. For example, should you have a 80% attack boost, if you have only 1 back row, said character will have the full 80% attack boost. If you run 2 back row, it will then be split to 2 (80%/2 = 40) and so on.

## Formation Types

There are four useable formations, suited for different situations.

* **Two Stronghold Formation (二体堅守型)** - Default formation. The stats distributed are fairly balanced but it is somewhat more defensive than Two Offensive Formation. This formation is used mostly on PvP when you want to use three damage dealers, or if you want a tanky front line.

* **Two Offensive Formation (二体攻勢型)** - Alternative formation. This formation deals a bit more damage than Two Stronghold Formation in exchange for less tanky frontline. Can be seen in PvP if you prefer two damage dealers, but can also be seen sometimes in PvE when you cannot afford to wait for cooldown on a single back row character.

* **Guardian Diety Formation (守護神型)** - Super defensive formation. This formation is never used in PvE as the damage output is too low to score properly and it causes plenty of wasted damage. On PvP, this formation is well suited for teams where you want to use a character with high counter chance, such as Pink Epidote or Tinctura, or if you want to run a dedicated tank such as Emerald (2nd Anniversary).

* **One Point Breakthrough Formation (一点突破型)** - Super offensive formation. Most popular choice for many players as it is well suited for most PvE content and also in PvP content where you want to grant All-Status Immunity to your nuke via characters such as Angelite, Alexandrite ilL or Andesine.

# Equipment Development

For new players, the ultimate objective when it comes to your armory is to get a full set of Spectra-grade equipment at maximum rarity. However, it is definitely difficult when starting as you have little resources to develop.

## How To Begin

Some stats are better than none. Take your time to develop Spectra weapons to 6-star, but focus on at least having a set of 4-Star +5 Zolne equipment for your PvE and PvP team.

For weapons, Agility is best for PvP, while Focus-Fire and Critical are good for PvE. For armor, only HP is worthwhile and the other two stats Counter and Block are traps that everyone should avoid using.

For new players, actively play Raid, so that you can earn Zolne Shards to trade in the shop. Focus on getting the 4-star Zolne weapons whenever you have 200 shards. Aim for getting a full set for PvE and PvP. Each girl can equip 2 weapons and 2 armor, so the total should be 10 agility weapons, 10 critical or focus-fire weapons, and 20 hp armors.

## Rerolling

You can upgrade a weapon from 4 to 5 or 5 to 6 when the equipment reaches +5. The upgrade randomizes the weapon type (but not the class). Equipment from events are often always better than if you reroll an equipment however, so if you already have Event-equipment then you can safely ignore rerolling.

When rerolling for 6 stars, look only for the Spectra-grade weapons:

Before you get a level 5 to 6 this way, it is highly advised to have a large stockpile of Lux so that you may re-roll when prompted if you dislike the result. Re-rolling equipment costs 100 Lux per attempt. Lux can be obtained from daily missions but can also be obtained from Mirage Tower, events and from selling dupes. Also, get your 6-star equipment to +5 to maximize damage/defense. Focus on getting these Spectra weapons only when re-rolling Lux.

## Stats

Each weapon has 3 different bonuses:

* **Agility(敏捷度)** - Increases chance of extra normal attacks after every action taken. This stat is very important in PvP, as whoever has the most agility total in their party gets to use skills first. You also want to have high agility with characters that has the keywords **"For every Xth action taken"** so they can trigger that effect as soon as possible.

* **Critical Chance(クリーチカール率)** - Straightforward. Chance to have a 200% multiplier on attacks or skills.

* **Focus-Fire Chance(急所率)** - This bonus grants the chance for a bonus 150% multiplier. This is lower than Critical, but the benefit is that the character will change its targeting actively to the weakest opponent that can be attacked. Focus-Fire can stack with Critical.

Each armor has 3 different bonuses:

* **HP** - Straightforward, grants maximum health. Default and only viable choice for almost all characters in the game hands down. Always aim for HP.

* **Counter Chance(反撃率)** - Allows the character to do a counter attack when hit. Counter chance can work on very specific characters that has **"For every Xth action taken"** or **"On every attack, do X** effects, though for almost anything else it's just as useless as Block Chance.

* **Block Chance(ブロック率)** - Adds a 50% damage multiplier to received damage. Never get this as many characters have **Auto-Block** in the first place so the chance is pointless, and actual HP is always more effective than effective HP at a flip of a coin. Armors with Block Chance should be used as material instead.

# Jewel Princess Development

On this section, this guide advises on what characters you should focus on and train to max potential. You may reroll accounts to get what you want, but often it's not necessary. It is important however that you should get characters which are good for PvE content, characters which are good for PvP content, and characters good for very specific maps. Focus on mostly characters good for PvE and PvP. Some characters require levels more than others, especially damage dealers. Buffers only require you to get them to 6-Star 30. The list below is certainly not exhaustive and is purely based on veteran experience and opinion.

The list below are good characters to develop:

## Stat Boosters

* **Marialite**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Medium

* **Ruby**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Medium

* **Black Diamond**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Hard

* **Himekawa Yakuseki**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Hard

## PvE w/ One Boss Target

* **Peridot**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Medium-Easy

Peridot is a very good character that is easy to develop for new players, she is one of the best nukes in the game (after Awakening, if not then characters like Barisite and Ruby Luminous are better.)

* **Topaz**
* **Use on: Advent, Spectra**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Medium

Topaz is straight up brute force. Her 1st skill deals a lot of damage given good team buffs, and her 2nd skill resets the 1st skill for 2 highest attack characters in your team.

* **Aquamarine**
* **Developmental difficulty**: Medium-Easy

Just like Peridot, Aquamarine is also one of the best nukes in the game for both free-to-play and paid players (after Awakening), though unlike Peridot, Aquamarine does require more **Accelerate** support should you use her as the main damage dealer due to her longer cooldowns.

## PvE w/ Two Boss Target

* **Phenakite**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Hard

The magical version. While tons stronger than Shamanite, she's much more difficult to develop because of her jewelia status and is not a Spectra. Using 1st skill followed by 2nd skill yields a lot of damage.

## PvE w/ Three Boss Target

* **Ruby (2nd Anniversary)**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Hard

## Overall PvE

* **Shinsha (Santa)**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Very Hard

### Speed Runs (Renkiden EX)

* **Jadeite**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Easy

Jadeite is notable for having one of the fastest skill animations in the game. Both skills end very fast, one for single targets and the other for area of effects. Do not equip any Agility weapons on Jadeite on speedruns.

* **Nephrite**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Easy

Similar to her little sister, Nephrite has equally fast animations, with the difference being in that both of her skills hit everything. Do not equip any Agility weapons on Nephrite on speedruns.

* **Larimar**
* **Use on: Renkiden, EX Treasure**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Easy

Quite surprisingly, Larimar is here for the very same reasons why Jadeite and Nephrite are used for speedruns. Do bear in mind that unlike Jadeite and Nephrite. However, Larimar's damage is lower compared to the other two due to her class. Do not equip any Agility weapons on Larimar on speedruns.

* **Tinctura**
* **Developmental difficulty:** Very Hard

While her normal attacks can easily wipe an entire team of Zolne, obtaining her is not possible for free players however. Instead, stick to Peridot for the fastest normal attack animation in the game. Equip Agility for both Tinctura or Peridot.