The Skyfarer's Guide to Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Welcome back Skyfarer's, to the world of Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising.

This guide will cover a lot of what Rising has than in Versus, but with slight differences and changes here and there.
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If you have previous save data from Versus, you can transfer it over to Rising. The following that does get transferred...

-RPG Mode/Story Progress (Up to Episode 55 with past episode clear ranks you've gotten at the time, starts you out at Part 3 with various unlocks, such as Journal (Gallery) plus Glossary entries, and various Support and Sub Skills.)
-Tournament Trophies (specific titles from participating and/or winning from official GBVS tournaments.)
-EX Color (a color given out probably as a participation or a prize from winning the official GBVS tournaments.)
-Battle Pass Rewards (Color #19 and Weapon Skin #8 for characters you've unlocked within the 5 battle passes from Versus. Otherwise, they are unlockable in-game in Rising.)

Be aware that the save transfer only works if you own the full game (either Standard or Deluxe edition), it will not work in the Free Edition.

Basic Stuff

Character Hit Points: (For every other mode except Story mode.)

14000: Seox/Avatar Belial
15000: Lancelot/Metera/Ferry/Nier/Vikala
16000: Gran/Djeeta/Katalina/Charlotta/Percival/Lowain/Zeta/Beelzebub/Narmaya/Zooey/Belial/Cagliostro/Yuel/Anre/Eustace/Vira/Anila/Grimnir/Lucilius/2B/Vane/Beatrix/Sandalphon
17000: Soriz/Siegfried/Versusia
18000: Ladiva/Vaseraga

CPU/Arcade Mode Boss HP:
Stage 7: Beelzebub (15000) / Avatar Belial (18000)
Stage 8: Lucilius (16000)
Stage EX: Versusia (21000)
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Controls: (Assuming default controls, button legend will assume Xbox buttons, then PS, and then NS buttons. L/M/H/U is used for the control scheme, but the button prompts can be changed in the options.)
D-Pad/Stick: Movement
X/Square/Y: L (Light)
Y/Triangle/X: M (Medium)
B/Circle/A: H (Heavy)
A/Cross/B: U (Unique Action)
LB/L1/L: Throw
LT/L2/ZL: Dash
RB/R1/R: Easy Skill moves (Special Moves), used in conjunction with the Pad/Stick for other skill moves. Note: Cooldown is only affected on Plus and Ultimate Skills (special moves).
RT/R2/ZR: Block (You can also press <-+Block to evade or ->+Block to roll out attacks and projectiles if timed right.)

As of Rising, Tactical Move - Rush, Tactical Move - Backshift, and Overdrive are no longer mechanics. They have been changed to newer mechanics, such as...

-Triple Attack Enders: with ->+M for a low hitting attack, or ->+H for an overhead attack.
-Dash Attacks: While Dashing, press ->+L for a quick attack, ->+M for a low attack, or ->+H for a high attack.
-Ultimate Skills: With 50% SBA gauge, perform any special move with either Technical or Simple input with the U button. It can be also used while its in cooldown, but with reduced damage. (Any U. Skill landed that's not a DP motion or in a combo will recover 25% SBA gauge on hit, and half of that on block.)
-Raging Strikes: Press M+H simultaneously while you have at least 1 Bravery Point. It will inflict guard crush if the opponent blocks it, along with 1 Bravery Point removed. But the opponent can also do the same and counter back with it if they were guard crushed, but it'll cost them 2 Bravery Points to counter.
-Raging Chains: A follow up to Raging Strikes by pressing M+H simultaneously again, which uses 25% SBA gauge and can be followed up into various combos.
-Brave Counters: A counterattack while guarding while also pressing M+H simultaneously, this will use 1 Bravery Point and a small amount of damage if it lands on the opponent. (As of Ver. 1.30, Brave Counters will no longer damage the opponent if their health is 500 or lower.)

-Bravery Point System: You start with 3 in each round. They are used if you perform Raging Strikes and Brave Counters. However, you will lose them if you are guard crushed by a Raging Strike (1 point) or taking damage from a Skybound (1 point) or Super Skybound Art (2 points). You will take additional damage by the opponent the less Bravery Points you have. You can also recover a Bravery Point if you perform a S/SBA.
3 or 2 Points: No effect / 1 Point: 20% additional damage. / 0 Points: 50% additional damage.
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For Training:
LS/L3/LS: Switch control to P2 and/or record opponent movement.
RS/R3/RS: Switch control back to P1 and/or replay opponent movement.
You can view the command list for every character by pausing the game. They will show you how to perform the moves (Skills and Skybound Arts) in both Simple and Technical forms along with demonstration clips on the side.
As of Rising, the tutorial (Situational Training) and character combos (see "Basic Combos" on Character Guide) are now part of the Training mode.

Leveling

Leveling is a system new to Rising where the more you play with any character or in Grand Bruise Legends where you earn various rewards and you'll earn experience to unlock various items (which some are available in the Rupie Shop) along with additional Rupies too at various levels.

Experience can be earn in online matches and in both arcade/survival mode. However, you earn more experience in online matches more, but less in arcade/survival and in room matches. (Please be aware that you cannot earn any experience in arcade/survival and online matches if the game is offline (and during maintenance). Experience gains for arcade mode has been increased in Ver. 2.00.)

Experience Values: (Character)
Ranked, Casual, Online Lobby: 300 Exp. each win / 150 Exp. each loss
Arcade: 60 Exp. each win / 5 Exp. each loss
Room Match: 30 Exp. each win / 15 Exp. each loss
Survival: 25 Exp. each win (100 stages max for a total of 2500 Exp.)
(Draws are counted as losses for both you and the opponent.)

Experience Values: (Grand Bruise Legends)
Stage 1: 50 Exp. if you qualify to Stage 2 or be eliminated (you can withdraw anytime during stage 2 and/or 3). / 0 Exp. if you withdraw anytime during Stage 1.
Stage 2: 200 Exp. if you qualify to Stage 3 or be eliminated (you can withdraw anytime during stage 3). Otherwise, 50 Exp. for withdrawing anytime during Stage 2.
Stage 3: ? Exp. plus placement bonus for either victory or elimination. Otherwise, 200 Exp. for withdrawing anytime during Stage 3.
(Placement bonuses vary, the higher your placement, the higher the bonus. However, you get lots more if more players are in your session and reach a high placement. Experience gains has since been increased highly in Ver. 1.10.)

The rewards for characters are up to Lv. 1500 currently (with Lv. 2000 being the max level as of Ver. 2.00), and Lv. 100 in Grand Bruise Legends. (Free Edition has a level cap at 80 for characters and 40 in Grand Bruise Legends.)

Character Level Rewards: (2,000 Rupies and 26 Draw Tickets each/total per character can be earned in-between levels. Each character has their own set of various Trophies and named weapon skins. Note: Belial and Avatar Belial share their own Character Level Rewards and have their own list. 2B has her own set of level rewards.)

Lv.2: Trophy (Character Specific)
Lv.6: Character Card Design: 1
Lv.8: Character Color 5
Lv.10: Badge: Character Level 10
Lv.20: Character Card Design: 2
Lv.26: Character Color 6
Lv.30: Weapon Skin 2
Lv.34: Trophy (Character Specific)
Lv.44: Character Color 7
Lv.50: Badge: Character Level 50
Lv.55: Weapon Skin 3
Lv.60: Character Color 8
Lv.70: Trophy (Character Specific)
Lv.75: Weapon Skin 4
Lv.85: Character Color 9
Lv.90: Weapon Skin 5
Lv.100: Badge: Character Level 100
Lv.105: Character Color 10
Lv.115: Weapon Skin 6
Lv.125: Character Color 11
Lv.130: Trophy (Character Specific)
Lv.140: Character Color 12
Lv.150: Character Card Design: 3
Lv.160: Character Color 13
Lv.170: Character Color 14
Lv.180: Weapon Skin 7
Lv.190: Character Color 15
Lv.200: Badge: Character Level 200
Lv.210: Weapon Variation 1
Lv.220: Weapon Variation 2
Lv.230: Weapon Skin 8
Lv.240: Weapon Variation 3
Lv.260: Weapon Variation 4
Lv.280: Trophy (Character Specific)
Lv.290: Weapon Skin 9
Lv.300: Badge: Character Level 300 / Weapon Variation 5
Lv.350: Boss Illustration (Beelzebub, Avatar Belial, and Lucilius)
Lv.500: Special Variation Weapon (Prismatic Effects)
Lv.700: Badge: Character Level 700
Lv.900: Trophy ("'Character Name' Supremacy")
Lv.1000: Character Card Design: 4
Lv.1250: Badge: Character Level 1250
Lv.1500: Trophy ("'Character Name' is Life")

Legend Level Rewards: (5,400 Rupies and 50 Draw Tickets total can be earned in-between levels.)

Lv.3: Trophy: Don't Forget the Family Lizard!
Lv.5: Badge: Legend Level 5
Lv.10: Card Design: Legend Level Reward 1
Lv.20: Badge: Legend Level 20
Lv.30: Trophy: Granblue Genius
Lv.40: Badge: Legend Level 40
Lv.50: Card Design: Legend Level Reward 2
Lv.60: Trophy: 100% Certified Cardboard
Lv.70: Badge: Legend Level 70
Lv.75: Trophy: Understandable, Have a Nice Day
Lv.80: Card Design: Legend Level Reward 3
Lv.90: Trophy: The Laws of Nature Answer to Me!
Lv.100: Badge: Legend Level 100 / Lobby Avatar: Bonito

Rupie Shop

Note: The in-game currency is Rupies, but be aware that rupies are a server sided currency that you can earn by leveling up your characters or in Grand Bruise Legends. Along with completing daily (which reset at 12PM PST/1PM PDT, 3 challenges each for 50 rupies [150 rupies daily]) and weekly challenges (which reset Sundays at 12PM PST/1PM PDT, 3 challenges each for 150 rupies [450 rupies weekly]). There are also "Special Challenges" that will appear monthly and are available until the end of the month to earn various profile items. (Items that you've already owned will be converted to rupies.)

1. Character Colors:
(Colors 1-4 are available by default.)
Colors 5-8: 200 Rupies each. (Otherwise unlocked either by purchasing the deluxe edition or through the deluxe character passes.)
Colors 9-13: 500 Rupies each.
Colors 14-15: 1000 Rupies each.
Color 16 (DLC Characters): 600 Rupies each.
Colors 17-18 (DLC Characters): 1000 Rupies each.
Colors 19-22: 2500 Rupies each. (Colors 20, 21, and 22 are also available as DLC.)

Colors 9-15 can also be unlocked by playing the specific character and level them up online and in Arcade/Survival.
Colors 16-18: Can be earned through the Crane Game (they can be found in the Online Lobby), but only for the base roster. DLC character colors 16-18 can only be bought through the Rupie Shop.
Color 19 is automatically unlocked if you got it through the battle passes from GBVS for those specific characters.
Buying/Unlocking colors will also apply to the Lobby Avatar as well. Same with secondary characters if they are a part of that character (Example: Vyrn and Lyria for Gran, and Yggdrasil for Lowain.)
Color 22 can be acquired through the Battle Pass(es) and as DLC or in the Rupie Shop for those that missed it.
Color EX is currently a participation prize for entering in official tournaments and its only of a character of your choice. There is no other option at the moment to acquire it.
2B only has colors 1 through 8.

2. Weapon Skins:
(Weapon Skin 1 is available by default)
Weapon Skins 2-4 are 600 Rupies each. (Otherwise unlocked either by purchasing the deluxe edition or through the deluxe character passes.)
Weapon Skins 5-6 are 600 Rupies each.
Weapon Skin 7 is 1200 Rupies.
Weapon Skins 8, 9, and 10 are 3500 Rupies each.

Weapon Skins 2-9 can also be unlocked by playing the specific character and level them up online and in Arcade/Survival.
Weapon Skin 8 is automatically unlocked if you got it through the battle passes from GBVS for those specific characters.
Weapon Skin 10 can be acquired through the Battle Pass(es) and as DLC or in the Rupie Shop for those that missed it.

3. Character Illustrations:
300 Rupies each.

4. Lobby Avatars:
600 Rupies each (including those from previous battle passes). 564 for Gold Ship. 10 for Yukichi.

5. Stages and Music:
-Colosseum (Dusk) and Port Breeze Archipelago (Night): 200 Rupies each.
-Cannan Shrine: 2500 Rupies (The stage is included as part of the Deluxe Character Pass 2.)
-Music: Battle Pass tracks: 100 Rupies each.

6. Card Designs:
100, 200, or 300 Rupies each depending on the item.

7. Character Figures:
Starter Set (dependent on character): 100, 200 or 300 Rupies each.
Poses 2 through 4: 300 Rupies each.

8. Other Figures:
Backgrounds: 600 Rupies each.
Extra Effects and Objects Set: 1000 Rupies (Can also be bought as DLC.)

9. Special Content:
Eternal Edge Gran and Djeeta: 22500 Rupies each (Included with either purchase of the Deluxe Edition or Deluxe Character Pass 1.)
Siegfried (Fully-Masked Armor): 2500 Rupies
Lucilius (Character Unlock): 22500 Rupies (Can also be bought as DLC.)
2B and future DLC characters (Character Unlock): 36000 Rupies (Can also be bought as DLC.)
Lady Serenity Katalina and future DLC costumes (including previous Battle Pass costumes): 22500 Rupies (Can also be bought as DLC.)
Weapon Cutout Ticket (Set of 10): 500 Rupies

Crane Game

The Crane Game is a fixture in the Online Lobby (both near the Grand Bruise Legends reception area, and inside the Arcade) where you can spend 50 Rupies per play in a chance to earn prizes from capsules. Like actual claw games, they can be rigged if the prize you're looking for is near the corner or if it inadvertently falls before dropping down in the prize drop, which means in a loss of 50 Rupies.

Prizes in the Crane Game can include...

Colors 16, 17, and 18 for the base roster. (These will have a yellow color boarder.)
Various Profile items. (These will have a red color boarder.)
Various Digital Figure Mode items. (These will have a green color boarder.)











The capsules you'll see will determine how many prizes can be inside one capsule.

Green/Blue: 1 prize
Red: 2 prizes
Yellow: 3 prizes

Once you get everything from the crane game, they will be replaced with 5 Draw Tickets instead (These will have a blue color boarder.).

Helpful Hints:

-If you think a capsule might be out of reach or you might miss it, you can exit out from the crane game and back in again, so that its position is changed and that its easier to reach it.

(Update: Increasing the odds of getting additional red or yellow colored capsules is no longer possible as of Ver 1.10.)

Rewards in the Crane Game refresh/reset daily at 12 PM PST/1 PM PDT.

Grand Bruise! Legends

Controls: (Assuming default controls, button legend will assume Xbox buttons, then PS, and then NS buttons.)
D-Pad/Stick: Movement
X/Square/Y: Strafe (Holds your character facing position in place.)
Y/Triangle/X: Continuous Attack
B/Circle/A: Pick Up/Drop Item
A/Cross/B: Jump
LB/L1/L: Unused
LT/L2/ZL: Used to zoom in/out the camera by holding down the button and either holding/pressing up/down.
RB/R1/R: Attack
RT/R2/ZR: Dive

Grand Bruise! Legends is a mini-game mode essentially similar to Fall Guys, but with a Grand Blues perspective. Like Fall Guys, the objective is to reach 1st place.

You and a group of up to 30 players (with the option to play with friends included in Ver. 1.30) will tackle between 3 stages (if you reach it that far) to see who will try to reach the top and earn various amounts of XP depending on the number of players entered. The more players that are in GBL, the more XP you get.

Items:
-Sword: 5 uses, attacking moves the opponent out of the way, charge attack knocks down the opponent within the radius.
-Gun: 15 uses, continuous fire, good for breaking walls in the Rising Royale stage quicker.
-Bow: 3 uses, good for long range, attacking fires one arrow, charge attack fires 3 arrows.
-Axe: 3 uses, attacking moves the the opponent out of the way, charge attack heavily knocks down the opponent from a distance.
-Staff: 1 use, turns giant for a limited time, no knockbacks when attacked by opponents. Basically the same effect as a Shield.
-Lance: 1 use, usually targets the player in first place during Rising Royale stages, knocks the opponent on hit if it lands.
-Fried Shrimp: 2 uses (previously 3), knocks opponents down in their range once thrown. (It previously knocked the player and teammates too, but not anymore since ver. 1.50.)
-Flawless Prism: 3 uses, knocks opponents down when hit.
-Ice: 3 uses, usually used as a movement boost to reach the goal quicker on Rising Royale stages.
-Shield: 1 use, temporarily protects you from any and all attacks from your opponents for a couple of seconds.
-Smoke: 1 use (previously 3), covers the target area temporarily with smoke.
-Bahamut Anima: 1 use, rare to get, strikes all other opponents with a beam attack except the player with heavy knockback regardless of position.

You'll advance to the next stage if...
-You reach the goal in stage 1's Rising Royale.
-You're not the last team remaining via time out in Gold Brick Hoarder, survive in Golem Defense Force, or reach 5000 points in Slime Blaster in stage 2.

You'll win in Stage 3 if...
-You become the last player standing in Blast King and Beam Bouncers, and if you reached the goal first in Rising Royale.

However, you'll be eliminated if...
-You didn't reach the goal in in stage 1's Rising Royale once a set amount of players reached the goal or if time runs out.
-Your team is in third/last place in Gold Brick Hoarder once time runs out, lose all 3 lives in Golem Defense Force, or not reach 5000 points in Slime Blaster in stage 2.
-You fall into the void in Blast King and/or Beam Bouncers, and if any other player reaches the goal first in Rising Royale in stage 3.

Note: For any daily/weekly challenge/mission that requires playing Grand Bruise, collecting an item once (or more) requires that a stage has to be completed first to get credit. You can't just get an item and then immediately withdraw the game from stage 1, it doesn't work. Also, "playing GBL stages" also count if you're eliminated from stage 1 and continue spectating onto stages 2 and 3. The counter will go up that way.

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Stage 1:

Rising Royale (Straight):











Time: 3 Minutes
Objective: Reach the goal within a certain amount of players.
Hint: Use the items and take shortcuts when necessary.

Rising Royale (Swirl):











Time: 2 Minutes, 30 seconds (now changed in Ver. 2.00)
Objective: Reach the goal within a certain amount of players.
Hint: Use the items and take shortcuts when necessary.

Stage 2:

Gold Brick Hoarder:











Time: 2 Minutes
Objective: Have the highest amount of Gold Bricks if your team is either in first or second place.
Hint: Once the timer hits 30 seconds, Owlcat Anima (Strong) will appear across all 3 teams (changed in Ver. 1.50), use them to hopefully get a winning chance for your team and steal their gold bricks from their base from the other 2 teams. And use the various items/weapons at your disposal to keep the enemy team away from your base or to get their Gold Bricks.

Golem Defense Force:











Time: Not shown (Around 2 minutes and 20 seconds total [Wave 1: 1 minute / Wave 2: 1 minute and 20 seconds], now changed in Ver. 1.30)
Objective: Survive until you last 2 waves. You have 3 lives. The firing type you'll have is always randomly selected.
Hint: Defeating Golems and various other enemies will sometimes/randomly drop a damage and/or jump boost. A healing circle will appear sometimes/randomly which will let you recover your lives. (Odds for the healing circle have been extended in Ver. 1.50 after defeating Boss Owlcat and Gray Golems, which now have their health reduced.)

Slime Blaster: (Added in Ver. 1.50)

Time: 2 Minutes
Objective: Reach 5000 points to qualify to the next stage.
Hint: Use the items at your disposal to defeat the various slimes quickly and earn points. Lots more will appear once the timer gets closer to 0. The mini-game ends once everyone reaches 5000 points to go to the next stage.

Stage 3:

Blast King:











Time: Not shown (The ground collapses at various times until the last square space disappears. Which is around 2 minutes.)
Objective: Survive until you are the last one standing.
Hint: Use the items and the blasts to your advantage. Blasts have now been buffed in Ver. 1.30, pushing back the players more when the blast radius gets wider.

Beam Bouncers:











Time: Not shown (The ground collapses at various times until the last square space dissappears. Which is around 2 minutes.)
Objective: Survive until you are the last one standing.
Hint: Use the items and the beam to your advantage. The beams have changed in Ver. 1.30, the blue beams will knock the players down, the red beams will push the players further across the edge of the void to the point where you can't make it even when diving.

Rising Royale (Final Stage):











Time: 1 Minute, 30 seconds (now changed in Ver. 2.00)
Objective: Reach the goal first.
Hint: Use the items and take shortcuts when necessary. As of 2.00 (and in a previous update), the final section to cross the bridge is no longer easy. Strong winds now slow down your reach for the goal. You must now use the rotating gears on the sides of the bridge to your advantage and jump through.

Mode Specifics

Arcade Mode:

Arcade Mode Stage 7 Bosses:

0-5 Spheres: Beelzebub











6 Spheres: Avatar Belial











You earn 1 sphere (with a feather inside) every time you finish your opponents in Arcade mode with a Skybound Art (either SBA or SSBA). Up to a max of 6. Your stage 7 opponent will depend on the number of spheres earned. You will not earn any if you lose a single round or when you fight your Stage 7 opponent.











Bonus/Extra Stage (8): Lucilius
The following requirements...

-6 Skybound Art Finishes between Stages 1 through 6 (you won't get any in Stage 7).
-No round losses (or continues).
-Difficulty does not matter.

The difficulty for the fight is scaled depending most likely on specific difficulties selected through your arcade mode fights. (As of Ver. 1.50, you can continue against Lucilius.)
(For example: If all stages were done on Beginner difficulty, then the Lucilius fight will be set to Hard.)

Stage EX: Versusia
The following requirements...

-Defeat Beelzebub (Stage 7) or Lucilius (Stage 8) with an S/SBA.
-Difficulty does not matter.

Similar to fighting Lucilius, the difficulty will be scaled 2 tiers above your previous chosen difficulty route. (Beginner -> Hard)

Ranked Matches:

When you go in Ranked for the first time, you are greeted with the option to find players of your skill level, you have 3 choices between...

-"I'm not too confident or have little experience". (Color Rating at Dark Green / Versus Rank at D.)
-"I like fighting games, but I'm not the best". (Color Rating at Light Green / Versus Rank at C.)
-"I can take on anyone"! (Color Rating at Yellow / Versus Rank at B.)

Please be aware that this is a one-time option that's server checked, and select the rank you really want to start in (and committed to), and yes, this affects all characters as well. (Say for example, you select the "C" option, all characters will start at Versus Rank "C")

There are no options to revert this, so choose carefully. However, characters can be ranked up individually.

Unlockables

Lobby Avatars:
In-Game Unlockable:
Rein: Clear Episode 81 in Story mode.
Lunalu: Clear Arcade Mode with Lunalu.
Helel ben Shalem: Defeat Beelzebub (Nightmare difficulty) in Arcade mode.
Colossus Omega: Clear Episode 18 (Hard difficulty) in Story mode.
Yggdrasil: Clear Episode 26 (Hard difficulty) in Story mode.
Proto Bahamut: Clear Episode 38 (Hard difficulty) in Story mode.
Nice-Abs Vyrn: Complete 27 combos in Combo Practice.
Fluorescent Marva: Create and save 3 total dioramas in the Figure Studio.
Gorilla: Perform Ultimate Skills 100 times.
Bonito: Reach Legend Level 100.
Buff Bubs: Clear Stage 100 in Survival mode.
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DLC:
Vikala (Yin): Part of the Deluxe Character Pass 1 (either by purchasing the digital Deluxe Edition or the Deluxe Character Pass 1).
Special Week/Tokai Teio/Meijiro McQueen/Silence Shizuka: Requires purchase of the UmaMusume: Pretty Derby Premium Avatar Set.
Pecorine/Kokkoro/Karyl/Sheffy: Requires purchase of the Princess Connect! Premium Avatar Set.
Arisa/Luna/Rowen: Requires purchase of the Shadowverse Premium Avatar Set.
Popuko/Pipimi: Requires purchase of the Pop Team Epic Premium Avatar Set.
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Other:
Id: Requires save data from Relink and can be accessed from the Relink Save Data Transfer option after updating to Ver. 1.10 or later.

Stages:
Point Zero: Clear Part 3 (Episode 81) of Story Mode.
Point Zero (Twilight): Clear Part 3 (Episode 82) of Story Mode.

Character Figures:
NPC/DLC Figures: Beatrix, Vane, Rein, Sandalphon, Lucilius, Versusia - Clear Part 3 (Episode 81) in Story mode.

Card Design:
Defeat the specific bosses in Story mode Hard Difficulty to earn their card design. (Ares, Colossus Omega, Yggdrasil, Rose Queen, Proto Bahamut, Beelzebub, Grand Order, Avatar Belial, and Lucilius)

Journal:
Purchasable items in the Journal (Artwork/Music): 100 rupies each.
Locked items in the Journal: Certain conditions either in Arcade and/or Story mode. (Clear Arcade mode with both endings for everyone, and clear Story mode entirely.)

Arcade Endings:
Normal Ending: Defeat Beelzebub in Stage 7.
True Ending: Defeat Avatar Belial in Stage 7 (and Lucilius in Stage 8.)

Story Mode

Story mode has changed fairly from RPG mode, as it no longer uses the weapon grid system, along with character levels gone, and to no longer be able play in co-op offline and offline, only CPU (Auto) as your 2P partner (specific episodes).

Also, certain characters are episode specific only, unlike in Versus where you could just play as anyone if you have already unlocked them. Also characters will start with fixed amounts of ATK and HP for that specific episode. Most fights are boss fights (with very few mob battles in certain episodes). Tower of Babyl is also no longer available.

Color, Weapon Skin, and Outfit can be selected/changed before battle.

Support Skills and Subskills can also be set before battle. (Some might need to be unlocked first. Or can be immeaditely unlocked either from the skip feature or if you have save data from Versus with the save transfer feature and any progress you made up to that point.)

If your main character's HP hits 0, regardless of partner HP, "Quest Failed" will appear, however, you can either continue with a 10% Attack and HP increase (Max: 100%) or continue the fight without the attack/HP increase.

However, if you are a new player to Rising and have already played both parts 1 and 2 of the RPG/Story mode previously, but do not want to grind it over again, you can use the skip feature to immeadaitely skip to Part 3 of the story mode. (Or have already used the save transfer feature if you have save data from Versus.)
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Boss HP:

Part 1: (Normal/Hard)
Episode 4 (Katalina): 20000
Episode 8 (Katalina): 60000 / 100000
Episode 9 (Ares): 450000 / 600000
Flash of Steel (Ares): 300000 / 510000
Episode 13 (Lancelot): 100000 / 170000
Episode 17: (Charlotta): 100000 / 170000
Episode 18: (Colossus Omega): 550000 / 900000
Episode 21 (Ladiva): 132000 / 198000
Episode 24 (Lowain): 100000 / 150000
Episode 25 (Metera): 95000 / 142500
Episode 26 (Yggdrasil): 423000 / 635400
Chestnut Locks, Longing Looks (Ladiva): 132000 / 193600
Episode 30 (Ferry): 114000 / 171000
Episode 33 (Percival): 140000 / 210000
Episode 34 (Rose Queen): 500000 / 900000
Wherever Your Path Leads (Rose Queen): 400000 / 800000
Episode 36 (Zeta): 140000 / 240000
Episode 37 (Vaseraga): 242000 / 374000
A Troubling... (Proto Bahamut): 289000 / 374000
Episode 38 (Proto Bahamut): 510000 / 680000
Episode 40 (Beelzebub Phase 1/Avatar/Beelzebub Phase 2): 810400 / 1219000
Endless Game (Grand Order): 440000 / 880000
Seeds of Chaos (Proto Bahamut): 289000 / 357000
Pitfall (Beelzebub): 240000 / 350000
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Part 2: (Normal/Hard)
Episode 45 (Grand Order): 700000 / 1100000
Panic at the Jewel Resort (Ladiva): 176000 / 220000
A Measure of Resolve (Belial): 180000 / 240000
Episode 48 (Belial): 180000 / 230000
Episode 49 (Beelzebub): 240000 / 300000
Episode 50 (Avatar Belial): 270000 / 350000
Episode 52 (Vaseraga): 176000 / 242000
Episode 54 (Seox): 140000 / 170000
Episode 55 (Katalina): 180000 / 240000
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Part 3: (Normal/Hard)
Episode 57 (Lucilius): 300000 / 345000
Episode 65 (Grimnir): 330000 / 405000
Episode 69 (Siegfried): 170000 / 190000
Episode 73 (Lowain): 180000 / 220000
Episode 76 (Nier): 300000 / 400000
Episode 79 (Lucilius): 630000 / 720000
Episode 80 (Beelzebub): 12000000 / 14000000
Episode 82 (Versusia): 280000 / 600000
Shifting Skies and Sinking Stars: 500000 / 560000

Survival Mode

New/Added to Version 2.0, Survival Mode challenges you in a gauntlet of 100 stages with buffs to power you up and also fight boss versions of the Rising roster exclusive to Survival with various modifications/enhancements to the AI opponents. (Similar to Unlimited forms in BlazBlue and Boss mode in P4AU.)

Note: All of the fights in Survival are randomized, including boss fights, but will usually end either against fighting Gran or Djeeta last.

-Every 5 stages, you will fight against a boss designated in their Color 17 palette and their Special Variation Weapon Skin (Prismatic Effects). They will have different buffs depending on the character. And all bosses will have universal passive meter gain that slowly fills up.
-If you defeat the boss, you will go into a Skill Roulette to randomly choose 1 of 5 skills either passive until the end of the run (ex: ATK, time, or heal buffs) or one time skills (but they can repeat) you can get (ex: Full Health Recovery). After that, you can either continue to the next fight or save and quit and return to the mode at any time to the currently saved stage you were in with the selected character.
-You'll gain more health the quicker you defeat the opponent, and less the longer you do.
-You start at 99 seconds, but each win will earn you an extra 20 seconds normally, outside of passive time extension skills (maximum 999 seconds).
-Skipping the round victories (by pressing any of the face and/or bumper/trigger buttons) after you defeat your opponent every stage (which can be done as early even before they fall to the ground) will go into the next stage quicker. This only works on the normal character fights (since boss stages go straight into the Skill Roulette and then the decision to continue or save and quit).

You earn 25 Exp. per win. (For a total of 2500 if you clear all 100 stages.)

Once you clear all 100 stages, your fastest clear time will be saved for each individual character.

Rewards: (By number of wins.)
10: Badge: Young Cat (White)
30: Badge: Young Cat (Ginger Tabby)
50: Badge: Young Cat (Black)
70: Badge: Young Cat (Mackerel Tabby)
90: Survival Badge: Special (Vikala, Beatrix & Vane)
100: Lobby Avatar: Buff Bubs

Battle Pass

The Battle Pass is a rewards list that includes various items that you can earn.

-Rupies (In-game currency)
-Draw Tickets (for weapon cutouts in Grand Bruise.)
-Trophies ("Titles" for your profile card.)
-BGM
-Badges (for your profile card.)
-Stickers (for use in online lobbies and private matches.)
-Weapon Skins (WS #10)
-Lobby Avatars
-Character Illustrations
-Character Plates
-Character Colors (Color #22)
-Character Costumes

There are two tiers to it however, a "Normal" section, and a "Premium" section.

Normal: No purchases needed, the maximum level in the "Normal" tier is 30 and it ends with a Lobby Avatar. (Your BP level will still increase however...)
Premium: Requires in-game purchase similar to buying DLC. The maximum level in the "Premium" tier is 60 and it ends with a Costume. (The BP Level will max and stop at 60.)

There are two ways to earn levels...(You start at Lv.1.)

One is in-game level purchases similar to buying DLC, but it is completely unnecessary. The second requires to clear in-game challenges, those being the "Standard", "Daily", and "Weekly" challenges.

Standard Mission: Play Ranked/Casual matches. This maxes out up to 20 matches. XP starts at +500 up to +3,000 the number of specific matches needed. These are only one time missions, and they don't reset (until the next round of battle passes, that is).

Daily Missions: There are 3 daily challenges that you can clear. Usually easy to do. Clearing them will give you +500 each (max +1,500 daily).

Weekly Missions: There are 3 weekly challenges that you can clear. Takes a while to do. Clearing them will give you +2,000 each (max +6,000 weekly).

You gain levels for every 800 XP reached in the battle pass, and the value is always static.

Daily missions reset at 12 PM PST/1 PM PDT. Weekly missions reset on Sundays at 12 PM PST/1 PM PDT. Battle Passes last for 40 days.

Edition Comparisons

Additional Info (for Free Edition users):

-Playable Characters: As of Version 2.00, DLC characters will be in the weekly rotation.

-Training Mode: All of the Training mode functions are available, including frame data. The only
exceptions are that Situational and Matchup training are only available for Gran.

-Online Lobby Avatar: Gran (Casual Wear) only.

-Story Mode: Up to Episode 40.

[NeoStrayCat]

@Criz416
Sorry for the wait, but yeah, Wings of Terror (Proto Bahamut's theme) is unlockable in Story mode. You can use the skip shortcut for the first two parts to unlock some things early, including this BGM track. (Or if you already made progress via Versus' RPG mode, then use the save transfer.)

[Criz]

Had a match against someone and they had Wings of Terror as the BGM, but I can't find it in the unlocks. Is it a Story Unlock or something else?

[FGCNN | Nurdell]

Thank you.

[NeoStrayCat]

@FGCNN | Nurdell
New Horizons, its unlocked after you finish Part 3 of the Story mode.

@LilDeathFox
Not really, but yeah, back then, those had incorrect mission/challenge requirements written wrong, and has since been fixed.

[FGCNN | Nurdell]

Can you tell, what's the unlock requirements for Music - Other, 1st row 5th place, please? (between Where Champions Converge and World of Chaos) Or at least say the name so I could google it, idk.

[Slaskburk]

Great stuff. Super useful.
Thanks a lot.

[LilDeathFox]

Anyone else have problems with the 200 damage in on line matches not working I just got two perfects and finished a 44,000 damage challenge and the 200 damage is still only at 1 50

[Gemusukidayo]

Awesome guide! Thanks a lot!

[NeoStrayCat]

@Alphen
2970 Rupies and 40 Draw tickets total after maxing out the battle pass.

[Alphen]

How much are the total Rupies and Draw Tickets earned from the Battle Pass?