Guardian Tales General Guide:
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Starting Out & Finishing Story Mode
● Your weapon is much more important than your hero’s rarity, grade or awakening
● Try to get as much yellow weapon as possible and evolve them to 5*
● Exclusive weapon isn’t necessary to finish story mode, but definitely helps a lot
● Level up your weapon until at least lv 50, item dungeon is your best friend here
● DODGE, DODGE, DODGE . GIT GUD
● How to complete World 5 ninja stage : focus on dodging, let fei and mei finish them.
They are immortal anyway
● Only spend Exp for your current main unit. Don’t try to max them all at once
● Evolving your heroes to 3* is enough to complete world 1-7 . world 8 might require 4*
to make it easier
● Most 2* heroes can be acquired from story mode and they will come with lv 30. Don’t
rush to do hero gacha because hero from gacha start from lv 1. That’s quite a lot of
exp difference
● Early user better do weapon gacha until they get enough usable weapons (at least
yellow grade)
● [Opinion] Karina is better than lorraine early on because of her infinite heal. But her
heal become insignificant later on
Ailment & Chain Skill
● Each weapon special skill can will invoke special ailment to enemies
● Ailment will stun and debuff enemies for 3 seconds , it will also cancel any boss
attack
● Ailment icons : Injured Airborne Downed
● When enemy inflicted by ailment status, you can activate hero chain skill if the
required ailment matching. Successful chain skill activation will inflict enemy with
another ailment status
● E.g Bari chain skill require injured state and will inflict downed state
● Wildcard : hero with wildcard requirement can activate with any ailment status. It
indicated with diamond shaped grey background icon. Some heroes that got wildcard
are : Marina, Aoba, Aisha , Lavi and Lorraine (mostly support units)
● You can check your team by clicking on chain skill button on the bottom right menu .
● One of your goal in team building is to create a good 4 chain combo team
● Hero chain skill unlocked when you activate initial awakening circle
Team Combination
- Team combination requires full 5★ team and some specific unit type combination
SS’ed from fb group, too lazy to retype~
Leveling Hero
● Level up hero by feeding them exp
● Exp pool is shared for all heroes
● You earn exp mostly by finishing story and farming in dungeon. Exp can sometimes
obtained from mission and event points
● Max level will increase along with the story progress :
○ Unlock World 2 : Lv 35
○ Unlock World 3 : Lv 40
○ Unlock World 4 : Lv 45
○ Unlock World 5 : Lv 50
○ Unlock World 6 : Lv 55
○ Unlock World 7 : Lv 60
○ Unlock World 8 : Lv 63
● Focus on max leveling one hero at a time
● Exp required (credit to Walfi ) : Level 1 to 63 = 1,655,960 exp
● Exp will become scarce resource quickly, only max level any hero that you would
actually use and ignore the rest until later
● Roughly 2-3M exp required to max level one hero to lv 63 (if anyone got correct value
please inform me)
● [Opinion] Best way to do story mode is to focus on main stage until you unlocked at
least world 5 before coming back to previous world and start working on side stages.
It’s will be easier to finish because now you can do it at lv 50
Hero Awakening
● The main method to increase hero stat
● Each circle contain 6 nodes and 1 center node that requires awakening stones to
unlock
● Center node can only be unlocked after the 6 surrounding node unlocked
● Center nodes usually contain better or special stat : Atk +3% , Weapon Skill Regen
+2%, Party HP +2% , etc
● There are some center node that glow with pink light, that’s the special node of each
hero. It usually contain special ability .
● Initial node will unlock hero chain skill
● Focus on fully awakening one hero at a time, but activate initial circle of all hero to
activate chain skill
● [Opinion] Unlocking strategy : aim toward the nearest special node first before
starting to unlock the surrounding
Hero Evolution
● You can evolve all hero to 5★ using evolution stone
● You will gain stat boost and extra abilities when evolving
● Evolving hero also unlock more awakening path
● 5★ evolution will unlock the hero’s pasive ability
● All nat 1★ heroes share the same stone : Normal Hero Evolution Stone
● Each nat 2★ and nat 3★ heroes got their own evolution stone
● Required stones for each evolution step :
○ 1★ to 2★ - 40 stones
○ 2★ to 3★ - 120 stones
○ 3★ to 4★ - 320 stones
○ 4★ to 5★ - 840 stones
● Ways to earn evolution stones :
○ Evolution dungeon
○ Element box in hero growth shop (Basic box, light box,fire box, etc)
○ Purchase with hero crystals (10 HC = 40 2★ stones || 20 HC = 40 3★ stones)
○ Event point rewards
○ Purple coin rewards
Limit Break
● After reaching 5★ you can push hero max level further by doing limit break
● By doing limit break your hero max level will be = Current Max Lv + Limit break Lv
● E.g : Current max level is Lv 63 as this guide written. And I already limit break my
marina twice so my current marina max level is Lv 65
● You can do limit break 5 times
● Each limit break will increase max level by 1
● Each limit break will grant extra awakening circle
● Limit break use hero crystal as material
○ SAVE UP THOSE HERO CRYSTALS FOR LIMIT BREAK
● HC Limit break cost for nat 2★ heroes :
○ Lv 1 : 50
○ Lv 2 : 60
○ Lv 3 : 70
○ Lv 4 : 80
○ Lv 5 : 90
○ Total : 350
● HC Limit break cost for nat 3★ heroes :
○ Lv 1 : 100 HC
○ Lv 2 : 120 HC
○ Lv 3 : 140 HC
○ Lv 4 : 160 HC
○ Lv 5 : 180 HC
○ Total : 700 HC
Ways to Earn Hero Crystals
● Duplicate hero gacha (check on Summon section for exchange rate)
● Event rewards
● Converting excessive evolution stones to crystal
○ You need to max evolve 5★ the hero before the stone can be converted
○ Conversion rate is 80 nat 2★ per 1 HC and 40 nat 3★ per 1 HC
○ The conversion rate can be combined from multiple hero stones
○ E.g : 50 rachel stone + 30 marriane stone = 1HC
○ Normal hero stone cannot be converted
○ Feature access is from Inventory -> Consumable
Weapon Rarity & Grade
● There are 2 things that determine the rarity of a weapon : Grade and Rank
● Rarity is the amount of stars a weapon has.
● Grades are the base Rarity of the weapon, indicated by the weapon background :
○ White : 1★
○ Blue : 2★
○ Reddish orange : 3★
○ Yellow : 4★
○ Green : 5★
Exclusive Weapons
● Weapons that when equipped by a certain character will give an extra effect.
● Indicated by orange flag in the top right
● Exclusive weapons for 2★ hero are Yellow grade
● Exclusive weapons for 3★ hero are Green grade
Enhance
● You can enhance your weapon using hammer or another weapon
○ NEVER USE ANOTHER WEAPON AS ENHANCE MATERIAL
● Gear rarity doesn’t affect the exp gained, only weapon level determines the amount
of exp gained
● Lv 40 1★ weapon will give more exp than a Lv 5 3★ weapon.
● The amount of exp given per level is exponential. Lv 15 hammer > 2 x Lv 10 hammer
● You can farm hammers in the Item Dungeon (located in Resource Dungeons)
Limit Break Weapon
● Use duplicate weapons as sacrifice to increase weapon max level
● If the sacrifice is already limit broken, the limit break level will carry over
● E.g : sacrifice limit break lv 65 weapon to lv 63 weapon, the result is max level 66
weapon
Random Evolution
● Sacrifice x number of weapons to get the next tier weapon.
○ 1★ to 2★ - Needs THREE 1★ weapons (1 base + 2 sacrifice)
○ 2★ to 3★ - Needs FIVE 2★ weapons (1 base + 4 sacrifice)
○ 3★ to 4★ - Needs NINE 3★ weapons (1 base + 8 sacrifice)
○ 4★ to 5★ - Needs ELEVEN 4★ weapons (1 base + 10 sacrifice)
○ Above number are for 100% success rate
● Base weapon level will carry over
● The result is totally random
● You can even get exclusive weapons from random evolution
Weapon Protip:
● As an early user that is still doing story mode, you will get lots of weapons.
● Save high level (Lv 20 and above) weapon as random evolution base
● Do not use weapons as enhance material
● Do not use high level weapons as random evolution material (except for base, as
explained above)
● Lv 20 above are hard to come by outside of story mode
● Farm the item dungeon to get lots of weapon as random evolution material , as well
as hammer
● Q : “I do not have luck with exclusive weapon, what weapon should I use?”
A : “Yellow grade weapon is easier to come by if you do some weapon gacha. They
are good enough to use until you actually get the hero exclusive weapon. Evolve
them to 5* before using it”
Stamina/Coffee
● It takes 10 minutes for one coffee to regenerate.
● 5 Coffee grinders are required to increase your max stamina by 1
● Consuming 5 coffee grinder will add up stamina to your current stamina :
○ E.g : your current stamina is 10/68 , you consume 5 coffee grinder, your
stamina now is 79/69 (current 10 + 69)
● Current highest max coffee for now is 72
● If you never let your stamina fill up, you will get 144 stamina daily from stamina regen
● Refill coffee 2x per day to get most event rewards and complete daily stamina event
● You get a daily coffee gift in inbox at 16:00 UTC+8 (convert it to your local timezone).
Claim it by opening the mail icon
● You can keep your daily coffee in your inbox for 7 days
● If you do not login between 16:00 - 22:00 UTC+8 the unclaimed coffee will be gone
● Coffee consumption :
○ Story stages & tower only need coffee once to enter. You don’t need stamina
to reenter
○ You will not lose coffee if you lose or exit dungeon
Arena
● You get 20 trophy points and 2 medals when you win
● You lose 10 trophy points and earn 1 medal when you lose
○ Arena rank safety net system: If you rank up and then lose on next battle, you
will not get deranked (that’s how you do weekly rank targeting)
● Trophy points required to rank up:
○ Bronze until Platinum Rank : 100 p
○ Diamond Rank : 150p
● Arena map changes every week
● Arena open twice a day, one hour per session, for asia it is :
○ 12:00 - 12:59 , UTC+8
○ 19:00 - 19:59 , UTC+8
○ Time shown is UTC+8 , convert it to your local timezone to know the actual
time
○ For example, I live at UTC+7 so I can play arena at 11:00 and 18:00
○ For American time zones it would be -
■ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
■ 11:00 PM - 12:00 PM EST
○ It might be different for another region. Check it in the arena menu
● You get 10 arena ticket per day
○ First 5 ticket will give trophy points, medals & event point
○ Last 5 ticket only give trophy points
○ Arena ticket counted for both session
● Hero party buff get applied in arena
● Taunt does not work in arena
● Arena Time (credit to Walfi) :
○ Southeast Asia (SEA) server: 12:00 -12:59, and 19:00 - 19:59 UTC+8
○ North American (NA) server: 12:00 -12:59 (13:00 - 13:59 PDT), and 19:00 -
19:59 PST (20:00 - 20:59 PDT)
○ European (EU) server: 12:00 -12:59, and 19:00 - 19:59 UTC
○ Latin American (LA) server: 12:00 - 12:59, and 19:00 - 19:59 BRT
○ Oceania (OC) server: 12:00 -12:59, and 21:00 - 21:59 AEST
Regarding Arena free win giver :
● There will be people who give you free win by using 1* unit team or not moving while
you attack them
● They are either already reached their target rank or do not have enough time to play
arena
● RESPECT THEIR DECISION BY QUICKLY KILLING THEM
● No running arround, no crate collecting, no wasting their time by waiting until time
out. just shoot and kill ASAP. You’re fighting against real people, their time is
precious
● Some user even paid gratitude by circling them 3 times before killing them. I dunno if
it’s a thing. But let’s make it a thing
Heroes that can attack through walls in Arena PvP:
● Bari
● Elvira
● Catherine ( with her bow recharged up to 150%)
● Hekate
● Girgas
● Idol Eva
● Lorraine
● Lupina
● Lapice
● Marvin
● Plitvice
● Sohee
Colosseum
● Similar to arena, you earn 20 point for winning and lose 10 points for losing
● 2 medals for winning, 1 medal for losing
● Also similar to arena, required point to rank up is 100 for bronze to platinum rank and
150 for diamond rank
● unlike arena, there's no rank safenet in colosseum. You can get deranked when you
lose
● arena ticket regen time : 2 hr 30 min
● You can have different setup for attack and defense
● press Set Defense Team to set your current team slot as defense team
● Higher DPS & toughness does not guarantee a win. 70k dps 310k tougness team
can lose against 50k dps 300k toughness
● Hero rarity also does not guarantee a win. It is entirely possible for full unique team to
lose to full rare team
● Positioning, hero weapon type, lead hero type and hero element are the most
deciding factor
● Only the lead hero can invoke their weapon skill. When lead dies, the rest of the
team will not invoke their skill.
● Lead hero get 12x hp boost while another team member get 6x hp boost
● Currently colosseum is the best way to earn weekly diamond
● The AI prioritize attacking the weaker element first unless getting taunted
● Taunt works in colosseum
● Important takeaway: Good team synergy and positioning are the keys to winning in
Colosseum
Ways to Earn Free Diamonds
● First time completing story map stages : 150 on story stage, 50 on transition stage
● First time completing dungeon stages : 50 per stages
● Daily guild login : 20
● Daily arena run 3x : 50
● Day 7 guild attendance : 100
● Weekly arena reward : based on rank
● Weekly colosseum reward : based on rank
● Guild Raid season reward : based on rank
● Day 14 daily attendance : 1000
● Day 28 daily attendance : 2700
● Beginner, Challenge and event mission
● Event points
● Sunday coffee mail : 50
● Princess gift (every 6 hours?) : 10-30
● Collecting new weapons
● Evolving heroes
● Tower level reward
Summon Mileage
● Each summon give you 1 mileage
● You can buy 3★ hero or exclusive weapon with 300 mileage
● NEVER buy Yellow grade exclusive weapon (exclusive weapon for nat 2★ heroes).
That’s waste of mileage. Here’s why :
○ Yellow grade ex weapon are (comparatively) easier to obtain through random
evolution or item dungeon
○ Some event will reward users with yellow grade ex weapon
○ Paid battle pass give player yellow grade ex weapon . $8 definitely cheaper
than 300 mileage
● Focus on ex weapon for unique hero that you own , or vice versa
Summon Duplicates
● Duplicate hero summon will give you Hero Crystals
○ Duplicate 1★ = 1 hero crystals
○ Duplicate 2★ = 8 hero crystals
○ Duplicate 3★ = 50 hero crystals
● No reward given for duplicate weapon
Extra Summoning Info
● 10x pull got higher chance to give you rare or the rare Unique box
● 1x pull often gives common box
● Daily discount 1x pull has the same rate as a regular 1x pull
● Except for daily discount pull , NEVER do 1x pull. Always save up gem for 10x pull
● 10x is also cheaper anyway
● Gem usage for regular pull :
○ Priority on free gem first , if not enough then try to add paid gem
○ Gem in the top right corner is combined gem (paid + free), make sure to
check your actual free gem before doing pull so your paid gem doesn’t get
consumed
● Generally it’s better to not use paid gem for 10x pull. 10x daily discount only cost
1000 paid gem
● Your signature doesn’t matter, but feel free to pray to RNGesus.
Summon box (image by Kuroto)
There are 3 types of summon packaging: Common Box, Rare Box, Unique Box
Common Box
● Lowest tier box
● plain box with only white stamp
● Contain 1★ hero only (green) or 2★ weapon only (blue)
Rare Box
● Mid tier box
● Box with blue stamp and orange strip
● Guaranteed at least one 2★ hero (orange) or 3★ weapon (reddish orange)
● Have a chance of 3★ hero (white box) or exclusive weapon (white box)
Unique Box
● Highest tier box
● Box with big red stamp on the side
● Guaranteed at least one 3★ hero (white box) or exclusive weapon (white box)
Awakening Stones
● There are 4 types of stones :
○ Red : Atk stone
○ Blue : Def stone
○ Green : HP stone
○ Blueish-Purple : Dream Stone
● For RGB stones there are 3 tiers :
○ Low tier stone
○ Mid tier stone
○ High tier stone
● For Dream Stone there are 4 tiers :
○ Low tier stone
○ Mid tier stone
○ High tier stone
○ Legendary tier stone
● Awakening stone can be gained from :
○ Daily dungeon (3x entry per day, can recharge entry with 300 gem for 5
times)
○ Events
○ Saturday Mail
○ Heavenhold Shop
○ Bushes in Heavenhold
○ Paid packages ($$$$)
● Generally low tier stones are the ones that always run out. Always buy low tier stone
in shop even if it cost gems
● Dream stone is the most rare to come by
● Legendary Dream tone is the absolute rarest, you can buy 3 pcs of it on “Shop >
Hero Growth” for once a week.
● Best time to do recharge daily dungeon is on Sunday, you will get a lot of dream
stone that way
Shopping Guide
What to spend my star piece and hero crystal on?
● Star Piece :
○ Spend it on high grade box
○ DON’T SPEND ALL OF IT . Leave around 30 pieces to upgrade heavenhold
buildings
● Hero crystals :
○ Should be used for limit break as main priority
○ Use it to purchase unique heroes evo stone if you’re not patient enough
grinding evo dungeon.
What to spend my purple coin on?
● Do take note that if you collect 100% of all purple coin in a world you can purchase
all the available item EXCEPT for World 6 . (yeah wtf dev?)
● Purchase priority :
1. Coffee grinder (to increase max stamina)
2. Coffee
3. Everything else
Completed Normal Mode Story Maps
(Nightmare map is straightforward so I won’t include it here)
World 1
World 2
World 3
World 4
World 5
World 6
World 7
World 8
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Last Update: 8/2
