Pick a class
Your character grows along one combat job. There are 18 classes on a 5-rank tree branching from 2 roots — Warrior and Mage.
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Beginner's guide
Sword x Staff for new players — the core loop (class, skills, gear, pet), honest first steps, and where to go next.
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The short version
You play one character. You power it up four ways: a class (your combat job, 18 of them on a 5-rank tree), skills pulled from the Goddess Prayer, gear across 5 slots, and a pet in your corner. Learn that loop, follow the story to unlock everything, then read the system guides below for the details.
One character, four power systems
Unlike a hero-collector, you don't build a roster — you build yourself. Everything else (classes, skills, gear, pets) is a layer of power on that single character. These four systems are the whole game.
Pull skills
Power comes from skills you pull on the Goddess Prayer — 13 banners in all. The Skill Prayer's Legendary rate is 2.41%.
Equip gear
Fill all 5 equipment slots and upgrade toward higher rarities — the ladder runs across 6 tiers.
Bring a pet
Add one companion to the fight. 14 pets cover 3 roles — damage, tanking and support.
The loop: pick a class → pull skills for it → gear up → add a pet → fight harder content → earn more to repeat. Each lap makes the next one possible.
What to do as a new player
General orientation, not a tier list. The exact “best” class, skill or pet shifts with live balance and your content — so this sticks to the moves that hold up regardless.
Follow the main story first
The campaign is what unlocks each system — the Prayer, pets, gear upgrading and side modes open up as you progress. Push the story before chasing anything else.
Level your starting class to its first promotion
You begin as a Warrior or Mage. Get that base class to its promotion level so you can pick a Rank-2 lineage — that choice sets the combat role you climb all the way to the 5th rank.
Spend your standard Prayer currency
Pull on the everyday Prayer banners with your standard currency rather than hoarding it — early skills and companions are a bigger power jump than holding resources. Save premium currency for banners you actually want.
Keep every gear slot filled
Empty slots are free stats left on the table. Equip something in all 5 slots and upgrade the pieces you use; replace and re-roll as better rarities come in.
Bring a pet that covers a gap
Match your companion's role to what your build is missing — extra damage, survivability or utility — rather than always defaulting to the same one.
Dig into each system
Each system has its own deep-dive guide with the full detail, verified against the game's own values — rosters, exact rates and progression gates.
ClassesClasses & progressionAll 18 classes on the 5-rank promotion tree, the four endgame roles and every promotion gate.SummoningPrayer rates & bannersEvery Goddess Prayer banner, what each pulls and the real Legendary / pity probabilities.PetsCompanionsThe 14 pets across three combat roles, which evolve, and how to raise them.GearEquipment & raritiesEvery equipment slot, the full rarity ladder and the materials each upgrade tier needs.StatsCombat statsWhat every combat stat does, how they scale and which ones matter for your build.EconomyCurrenciesEvery currency, where it comes from and what it's worth spending on as a new player.CodesRedeem codesActive gift codes and how to redeem them for early-game currency and resources.IndexAll guidesThe Sword x Staff guides hub — every systems breakdown in one place.
Sources & caveats
Every count on this page is verified against the game's own values — the class data (18 classes), the banner and pity data (13 banners, 2.41% Skill Prayer Legendary), the pet data (14 pets), and the equipment data (5slots). This is an orientation guide to the game's systems and facts; what is actually “best” depends on your account, your content and live balance these values can't capture — treat strategy as gameplay-dependent, not a fixed meta.