Arena

One of the main draws of Rhombus Square is the Arena. Here, players can compete in scored matches against previously-fought enemies and win Arena Coins, which can be traded for powerful equipment and cosmetic items.

The arena has many Cups, which can be unlocked by default or by completing specific parts of the main game. Each cup consists of one or more Rounds. In a round, you must fight and defeat specific enemies, which often spawn in two waves. The rounds can be taken on individually, although it is necessary to complete each round in order to unlock the next one. The cups can also be taken on in Rush Mode, in which all rounds are played in series, with Lea recovering half her health between rounds.

Your performance in the arena is scored, and your score can award you with Medals and Trophies, as well as Arena Coins which can be used to buy equipment and cosmetic items.

## List of Arena Cups

There are three types of arena cups. The standard cups are Solo Cups, which have you fighting alone against various CrossWorlds enemies. Team Cups are similar, but allow you to bring your teammates with you. Custom Cups are cups created by other characters in the story; due to this, they do not award Arena Coins, but may include enemies that aren't officially part of CrossWorlds. There is also a tab for Custom Team Cups, but there are currently no cups of this type.

### Team Cups

 Faction Team Cup |  | 12000
 Ancient Team Cup (A New Home DLC)

## Scoring

Your performance in the arena is given a score. The table below lists and explains the various factors that count towards your score.

Several score items benefit from a Chain Bonus. Killing enemies will increase your Chain Multiplier, which multiplies the points obtained for those items. However, taking too much damage or spending too long without damaging any enemies will reset your Chain Multiplier to zero.

### Bonus Objectives

In addition to these fixed point sources, individual arena rounds will have one or more bonus objectives that award a variable amount of points for achieving a goal. Possible bonus objectives are listed below.

 No Items Used
 Time Bonus: # Minutes
 Deal # Effective Damage
 Reach a #x Chain Multiplier

### Scoring Strategies

While the strategy for individual rounds can vary, some general advice based on this scoring system can be given. Effective damage is a very generous source of points, which makes it undesirable to be too overpowered, since dealing more damage while breaking an enemy means they have less HP to deal effective damage to once they're broken. Taking damage is heavily penalized, which makes tanky builds less effective; it is typically better to use an offensive build and focus on dodging attacks. And for rounds with large numbers of enemies, getting a high chain multiplier can provide a substantial boost to your score, so be careful to avoid attacks and don't stop attacking for too long.

## Awards

Your score for each round determines the medal you receive for that round. The medals are Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Bronze simply requires you to beat the round, while the other three medals have required score thresholds.

Rush Mode also has a medal. This medal is based on the total score from all rounds in the rush, compared to the sum of all round thresholds.

Once all rounds in a cup are completed, you are awarded a trophy, which are also available in Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum (as well as True Platinum). This trophy is based on the average of all medals in the cup, including the Rush Mode medal. If you have both a platinum trophy and a platinum Rush Mode medal, you will receive a True Platinum trophy. As single-round cups do not have a Rush Mode, a platinum medal results in an automatic True Platinum trophy.

Platinum medals and trophies have no in-game effect, and exist only as bragging-rights rewards. Lower levels will affect arena completion and arena coins.

* The four Arena Medals
* The five Arena Trophies

## Arena Coins

Earning medals in the arena awards you with arena coins. The number of coins available per round depends on the cup, but a bronze medal will award 20% of the total coins, a silver medal will award 50%, and a gold medal will award 100%.

The Rush Mode medal also awards arena coins, but is worth significantly more than other medals, and will award half as many coins as all of the round medals in that cup combined.

Custom cups do not award arena coins.

Arena coins can be used at the Arena Coin shop to purchase various items, including many powerful pieces of equipment and cosmetics. The A New Home DLC adds items to upgrade the arena equipment, and items that grant bonus CP. Only one of each item can be purchased from the shop, and there are enough arena coins obtainable to purchase all items.