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Tutorial/Currency Wars

Last updated 2026-07-22

There are 48 tutorials that focus on Currency Wars:

Currency Wars
Tutorial Currency Wars Currency Wars
In Currency Wars, gradually recruit your team, form a team of 8–10 members, and defeat your competitors.
Character: Positioning
Tutorial Currency Wars Character Positioning
Characters have their own "positioning", classified as either "On-Field" and "Off-Field".
Some characters are "On/Off-Field", meaning they can be placed either on-field or off-field.
Character: Empowerment
Tutorial Currency Wars Character Empowerment 1
When characters are in the correct position, you can gain the new ability exclusive to Currency Wars: Character Empowerment.
This will bring different character combat experiences.

Tutorial Currency Wars Character Empowerment 2
"On-Field" Character Empowerment:
Character's base abilities are enhanced, or they gain brand-new combat abilities.

Tutorial Currency Wars Character Empowerment 3
"Off-Field" Character Empowerment:
Characters will use enhanced abilities to fight off-field, automatically using abilities to attack enemies or support teammates in a battle.
Character: Star Rating
Tutorial Currency Wars Character Star Rating 1
3 characters of the same star rating can be automatically upgraded, greatly boosting their combat power.
3-star is typically a character's most powerful form.

Tutorial Currency Wars Character Star Rating 2
After a character is upgraded, besides gaining stat increases, their Character Empowerment effects will also be enhanced.
For example: Dr. Ratio can consecutively throw chalks to attack enemies in combat.
Character: Cost
Tutorial Currency Wars Store 1
In Currency Wars, each character has their own "Cost", which is the number of Gold Coins required to recruit them.
The costs are 1-cost, 2-cost, 3-cost, 4-cost, or 5-cost.

Tutorial Currency Wars Character Cost 2
Characters receive different levels of initial boost to their combat abilities based on their cost.
Generally, 5-cost > 4-cost > 3-cost > 2-cost > 1-cost, with characters of the same cost having similar combat capabilities.
Character: Leveling and Trial
Tutorial Currency Wars Character Leveling and Trial
When recruiting characters in "Currency Wars":
If you already own the character, you will inherit your character's build data.
If you don't own the character, you can recruit a trial version of the character to play with.
Character: Arithmetic Mapping
Tutorial Currency Wars Character Arithmetic Mapping
If you have characters that are below the build standard, they will be automatically enhanced by the system.
Characters that have been automatically enhanced will have this Mapping Tag.
Bond
Tutorial Currency Wars Bond 1
Recruiting characters with matching Bonds can greatly enhance your team's combat effectiveness.

Tutorial Currency Wars Bond 2
Deploying more characters with the same Bond will increase the Bond Level.
The higher the Bond Level, the stronger the effect.
Bond: Tracking
Tutorial Currency Wars Bond Tracking
Master the Bond Tracking feature to quickly find characters with desired Bonds in the Store!
Gold Coin
Tutorial Currency Wars Ascension Tips Economy and Operations 2
In "Currency Wars", Gold Coins are the core economic resource used for recruiting characters, upgrading team size, and refreshing Store offerings.
Gain more Gold Coins to enhance your team's combat power.

Tutorial Currency Wars Gold Coin 2
At the end of combat, you will receive:
Current Node's Gold Coins = Base Gold Coins + Winning Streak Gold Coins + Interest.
Gold Coin: Winning Streak
Tutorial Currency Wars Gold Coin Winning Streak
When you win a battle, your winning streak tally increases by 1.
The longer your winning streak, the more Gold Coin Rewards you'll earn.
Gold Coin: Interest
Tutorial Currency Wars Gold Coin Interest
At the end of combat, for every 10 Gold Coins you own, you'll earn 1 Gold Coin as interest (up to 5 Gold Coins).
Moderately saving up Gold Coins is an effective way to gain more economic advantage.
Store
Tutorial Currency Wars Store 1
The Store automatically refreshes 1 time at the start of the preparation phase for each Node. You can use Gold Coins to recruit desired Characters from the Store.

Tutorial Currency Wars Store 2
You can use 2 Gold Coins to refresh the Store and reset the Characters appearing within it.
You can also use the Lock feature, which will prevent the Store from automatically refreshing at the start of the next Node.
Level: Team Size
Tutorial Currency Wars Level Team Size
Participate in battles to gain Experience, or spend Gold Coins to buy Experience and level up, increasing your team size to deploy more characters!
Level: Drop Rate in Store
Tutorial Currency Wars Ascension Tips How to Locate Character 1
As your level increases, higher cost characters will appear more frequently in the Store.
Planes and Nodes
Tutorial Currency Wars Overclock Gambit Rules 1
The Currency Wars match consists of 3 Planes.
Each Plane contains several Nodes of different types.

Tutorial Currency Wars Planes and Nodes 2
Reward: Nodes with lower difficulty have infinite Action Value, and enemies will randomly drop the crystal ores as rewards.
Battle: Challenging combat Nodes where you will face normal and elite enemies from different competitor factions.
Supply: Provides several sets of character and Equipment Supply Packs. You can freely choose supplies based on your current lineup.
Encounter: A challenge node with selectable difficulty. You can receive extra rewards after completing the combat challenge. Generally, the higher the difficulty of the enemies challenged, the higher the quality of the rewards you can obtain.
Boss: The Boss challenge for the current Plane. Completing the challenge will allow you to clear this Plane.
Squad HP
Tutorial Currency Wars Squad HP 1
In Currency Wars, you start with 100 Squad HP.
At the end of the match, the remaining squad HP determines the rating for that match.

Tutorial Currency Wars Combat Win Rules 2
When you achieve victory at Battle, Encounter, or Boss Nodes, the squad HP remains unchanged.
If you do not achieve victory, you will lose a certain amount of squad HP.
The match is lost if the squad HP drops to 0.
Combat: Win Rules
Tutorial Currency Wars Combat Win Rules 1
If you defeat all enemies before the countdown reaches zero, the combat is won.

Tutorial Currency Wars Combat Win Rules 2
If you fail to eliminate all enemies before the countdown reaches zero, combat will be lost and your squad will take damage.

Tutorial Currency Wars Combat Win Rules 3
When HP reaches 0, the simulation test will end, and you will exit the test. Please do your best to survive.
Combat: Minimum Progress Requirement
Tutorial Currency Wars Combat Minimum Progress Requirement
The Encounter and Boss Nodes have minimum progress requirements.
Failing to meet the minimum progress requirements before the countdown ends will result in losing more squad HP.
Combat: Near-Death Rules
Tutorial Currency Wars Combat Near-Death Rules 1
When a character receives a killing blow in combat, they will not be knocked down and will immediately recover some HP.

Tutorial Currency Wars Combat Near-Death Rules 2
When a character takes a killing blow in combat, the battle countdown timer will decrease, causing the combat to end early.
This means it will be harder to defeat all enemies before the countdown expires.

Tutorial Currency Wars Combat Near-Death Rules 3
Please improve your team's survivability by finding suitable healer characters, Bonds, or sustain equipment to avoid combat ending prematurely.
Combat: Auto Technique
Tutorial Currency Wars Combat Auto Technique 1
In "Currency Wars", on-field characters will automatically use Techniques in combat.

Tutorial Currency Wars Combat Auto Technique 2
When multiple on-field characters have Technique Buffs that cannot be activated simultaneously, only the Technique of the leftmost character will take effect.
Equipment
Tutorial Currency Wars Equipment
In Currency Wars, you can equip up to 3 pieces of Equipment on each Character.
Equipping suitable gears on a character can significantly boost that character's combat ability.
Equipment: Basic Equipment
Tutorial Currency Wars Equipment Basic Equipment
Basic equipment is the most fundamental type of equipment, providing different Base Stat bonuses for the Character.
Equipment: Equipment Synthesis
Tutorial Currency Wars Equipment Equipment Synthesis
Any two basic equipment can be synthesized into a piece of advanced equipment.
Click on the basic equipment to view the synthesis chart.
Equipment: Advanced Equipment
Tutorial Currency Wars Ascension Tips Equipment Advancement 2
Advanced equipment retains the Base Stats of the basic equipment from the synthesis table.
In addition, advanced equipment provides unique combat effects that can greatly enhance a character's combat capabilities.
Equipment: Recommendation and Tracking
Tutorial Currency Wars Equipment Recommendation and Tracking 1
You can view the recommended equipment suitable for a character on the Character Card.

Tutorial Currency Wars Equipment Recommendation and Tracking 2
Master the Equipment Tracking function to quickly find the recommended equipment for a character!
Rare Equipment: Privileged Equipment
Tutorial Currency Wars Rare Equipment Privileged Equipment
The enhanced version of advanced equipment with the same name. In addition to having more powerful stats, its unique combat effects will also be strengthened.
Rare Equipment: Emblem
Tutorial Currency Wars Rare Equipment Emblem 1
Generally, a Bond has a corresponding Bond Emblem equipment.
When the Emblem is equipped on a non-Bond character, that Character will join the Bond, adding to the Bond's count and simultaneously gaining the enhancement effect provided by the Bond.

Tutorial Currency Wars Rare Equipment Emblem 2
Usually, synthesizing Red Gems/Blue Gems with a piece of basic equipment results in Emblems of various Bonds.
Rare Equipment: Red Gem and Blue Gem
Tutorial Currency Wars Rare Equipment Red Gem and Blue Gem
Rare synthesis material, usable for:
Synthesizing various Bond Emblems to increase the number of members in a Bond.
Synthesizing Wealth Gems to increase the team size limit.
Rare Equipment: Wealth Gem
Tutorial Currency Wars Rare Equipment Wealth Gem 1
A very rare and valuable piece of equipment. When acquired, it increases the team size limit by 1.
While continuously equipped, it also grants some Gold Coins.

Tutorial Currency Wars Rare Equipment Wealth Gem 2
Perform synthesis using any 2 Red Gems/Blue Gems to obtain a Wealth Gem.
Consumables: Disassembly Wrench
Tutorial Currency Wars Consumables Disassembly Wrench
Use the Disassembly Wrench to freely reassign equipped gears and maximize your team's combat power.
Consumables: Smelting Furnace
Tutorial Currency Wars Consumables Smelting Furnace 1
Drag onto the equipment to randomly re-obtain another piece of equipment of the same quality.

Tutorial Currency Wars Consumables Smelting Furnace 2
Drag onto the character to randomly reroll all pieces of equipment on that character.
Consumables: Staff Projector
Tutorial Currency Wars Consumables Staff Projector
Drag onto the character to obtain a 1-star duplicate of that character.
Consumables: Good Fortune Token
Tutorial Currency Wars Consumables Good Fortune Token
Drag onto the character to choose and obtain 1 of the 4 pieces of advanced equipment from that character's recommended equipment list.
Consumables: Special Privilege Card
Tutorial Currency Wars Consumables Special Privilege Card 1
Drag onto a piece of advanced equipment to upgrade it, obtaining the privileged equipment of the same name, which greatly enhances the equipment's stat values and special effects.

Tutorial Currency Wars Consumables Special Privilege Card 2
Drag onto the character to select and upgrade 1 piece of advanced equipment that the character is already wearing to privileged equipment.
Rank
Tutorial Currency Wars Rank
In Currency Wars, you start with an initial rank.
Successfully challenging the current highest rank difficulty in the Standard Gambit mode will earn you a battle rating based on your remaining squad HP, allowing you to rank up.
Rank: Ascension Rules
Tutorial Currency Wars Rank Ascension Rules 1
If squad HP is 70 or above, rank increases by 3.
When clearing the stage, if squad HP is 40 or above, rank increases by 2.
When clearing the stage, if squad HP is below 40, rank increases by 1.

Tutorial Currency Wars Rank Ascension Rules 2
When a challenge fails, your current rank will not be lowered.
Standard Gambit
Tutorial Currency Wars Standard Gambit 1
"Standard Gambit" is the regular game mode for Currency Wars.
Challenging Standard Gambit allows you to be promoted in rank.

Tutorial Currency Wars Standard Gambit 2
In Standard Gambit, you can freely select the rank difficulty you wish to challenge.
The higher the rank, the greater the challenge and the more luxurious the rewards.
Overclock Gambit
Tutorial Currency Wars Overclock Gambit 1
Overclock Gambit is a fast-paced mode that requires less time to play, and can be used to complete Weekly Points mission rewards.

Tutorial Currency Wars Overclock Gambit 2
In Overclock Gambit mode, you can freely choose the challenge difficulty, but cannot increase your rank after completion.
Overclock Gambit: Rules
Tutorial Currency Wars Overclock Gambit Rules 1
In Overclock Gambit, each plane has fewer progression nodes.

Tutorial Currency Wars Overclock Gambit Rules 2
In Overclock Gambit mode, at the start of each Node, you'll automatically gain more Experience and Gold Coins, but no longer receive Interest.
Strategy Compendium
Tutorial Currency Wars Strategy Compendium
In Currency Wars, you can view the complete Strategy Compendium on the main gameplay interface or within the preparation phase interface during a match.
You can view lineups recommended by other players to use as a reference for your match lineup.
Strategy Compendium: Apply Strategy
Tutorial Currency Wars Strategy Compendium Apply Strategy
During the match, the strategy system will automatically recommend suitable strategies based on the character lineups you have unlocked.
Use the Apply Strategy feature to quickly find the characters recommended by the strategy in the Store!
Strategy Compendium: Equipment Tracking
Tutorial Currency Wars Strategy Compendium Equipment Tracking
After applying Strategy, you can track the recommended character's equipment in the strategy anytime.
Ascension Tips: Combat Power Increase
Tutorial Currency Wars Ascension Tips Combat Power Increase 1
Find your team's core DPS character and build your team centered around that character.
Hint: Main DPS characters are usually higher-cost, higher-star-rating damage dealers in the Bond system.

Tutorial Currency Wars Ascension Tips Combat Power Increase 2
How to develop your main DPS character:
1. Prioritize increasing their Star Rating: 1/2/3-cost characters can aim for 3 stars, 4/5-cost characters should be raised to 2 stars.
2. Prioritize equipping them with 3 suitable pieces of advanced equipment.
3. Activate at least 2 of the main DPS character's affiliated Bonds.
Ascension Tips: How to Locate Character
Tutorial Currency Wars Ascension Tips How to Locate Character 1
As the Store Level increases, the chance of characters with various costs appearing changes.
The higher the Store Level, the easier it is for higher-cost characters (4/5 cost) to appear.
The higher the Store Level, the harder it is for lower-cost characters (1/2/3 cost) to appear.

Tutorial Currency Wars Ascension Tips How to Locate Character 2
How to find a desired character: Based on the target character's cost, refresh the Store at the level where the chance for the character to appear is highest.
For example: If your lineup has a 2-cost character as the main DPS stay at level 6 and refresh the store, where there is a 40% chance of encountering 2-cost characters.
Another example: For a lineup with a 4-cost character as the main DPS, reach Level 8 as soon as possible before refreshing the store to find that character.
Ascension Tips: Economy and Operations
Tutorial Currency Wars Ascension Tips Economy and Operations 1
The total amount of Gold Coins acquired in a match will greatly influence the match's outcome.
Remember to keep 50 Gold Coins to accumulate interest, which grants 5 Gold Coins in interest per Node. Every little bit adds up!

Tutorial Currency Wars Ascension Tips Economy and Operations 2
Reasonable allocation of Gold Coins:
1. Moderate Store refreshing in the early game. Prioritize saving interest and increasing your level to find higher-cost characters in the late game.
2. Non-core characters in the lineup do not need to aim for 3 stars, as 2 stars are sufficient, which saves a certain amount of Gold Coins.
Ascension Tips: Equipment Advancement
Tutorial Currency Wars Ascension Tips Equipment Advancement 1
There are 8 types of basic equipment, and each type corresponds to an attribute. For example:
• The Folding Knife can increase On-Field Strength, suitable for on-field damage dealers.
• The Peace Pistol can increase Off-Field Strength, suitable for off-field damage dealers.
• Roller Skates can increase SPD Amplification, suitable for speed-type characters.

Tutorial Currency Wars Ascension Tips Equipment Advancement 2
The effect of Advanced Equipment is usually related to the effect of the Basic Equipment in its synthesis formula. For example:
Folding Knife (On-Field) + Lucky Star (Lucky Strike Rate) = High-frequency Chainsaw (Significantly increases the Lucky Strike Rate of on-field characters)
Flower of Life (HP) + Batch Produced Armor (Armor) = Analgesia Chip (When healing a target, reduces the DMG they take)
Bond: Elation
Tutorial Currency Wars Bond Elation 1
In each match, Aha randomly carries 3 pieces of basic equipment, which are unlocked sequentially as the Elation Bond activates at 3/4/5 characters.

Tutorial Currency Wars Bond Elation 2
Drag basic equipment to "Aha" to synthesize the corresponding advanced equipment.
Aha has THEIR own stats and star rating. Equipping THEM with equipment can improve THEIR stats and grant equipment effects.

Tutorial Currency Wars Bond Elation 3
In combat, Aha takes action based on THEIR own SPD to trigger Aha Instants.
When Elation Skills are used, Aha joins in as an attacker to strike enemies together, so offensive stats and equipment effects will take effect in Elation Skills.