How do I get battle credits?

[DanTheTerrible]

I know the game says go offline, but I don't understand what that means. I log out and get no credits.

[Handoiron]

You get them based on how long you're offline. Then when you log back in there is a button in bottom left to claim them.

You get much more for Boss Rush runs later. And some end game gear gives them for killing in dungeon runs.

For the most part, you can ignore them except for a "free" run after being offline overnight until late game when they add a bit extra to your dungeon run gains from gear effects giving them to you effectively adding free levels to what you're clearing.

[bucephalus]

You can use that end-game gear to build a team (you can have up to three saved load-outs) specifically for farming vast numbers of Credits from the Boss Rush mode.

Another method is building a team to run very high (6k-7k, possibly even more) numbers of floors per hour in the main dungeon while geared toward gaining Credits form boss kills, which also requires end-game gear.

In both cases, whether you even need the Credits at that point is debatable, although with enough of them all the extra "free" (as in, take effectively no time) runs can generate a sizable quantity of essences and gold to convert into essences.

Its should be noted that there is a limit of 1440 Credits earned while offline regardless of duration thereof, which turns out to be a full day's earnings at 1 per minute.

[Starweaver]

You will find the so-called end game gear fairly early on in the Tribal Lands in the form of a mammoth shield. I use the credits for mining runs as they can be very long and mostly unproductive in the way of acquiring uranium.