Field manual
Guides
How to play, how to spend, and how the systems work — written before launch from official articles and Dichotomy beta coverage, and re-verified against the launch client after December 14.
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Beginner's Guide: The First Two Hours
A first-session plan for launch day: open the story, keep both energy bars moving, turn on Casual Mode, start City Property early, and hold your Reactor Crystals — details live in the focused guides.
Officially confirmed CBT2 observed Beta figures pending launch check Every guide stamps its data basis and last-verified date. Beta numbers get re-checked line by line once the launch client is live.
Popular guides
- Combat Combat Basics: Telegraphs and the Loop Yellow parry, red dodge, blue interrupt — then Stun, Execution, and the Tactical Assault swap that resets the loop. The one combat page to read before launch.
- Gacha Gacha and Resources: Where to Spend Reactor Crystals Four Shot types, four banners, and one rule: limited character banners first. The CBT2 pity table, the pull cost, and the spend-or-save decision — all labeled beta until launch.
Getting Started
The Detective choice, the platforms, and the beginner plan above.
- Getting Started Beginner's Guide: The First Two Hours A first-session plan for launch day: open the story, keep both energy bars moving, turn on Casual Mode, start City Property early, and hold your Reactor Crystals — details live in the focused guides.
- Getting Started Detective Choice: Hugin or Munin The Detective has two appearances and one shared 5-star Gravitas kit. Compare Hugin's charged-swap burst against Munin's on-field basic-attack chain — then build either.
- Getting Started Platforms, Specs, and Pre-registration Where Silver Palace launches on December 14, 2026 — PC, PS5, iOS, and Android — plus the official beta PC requirements and where pre-registration rewards live.
Combat
Telegraphs, the loop, and the mode that softens it.
Investigation
Field tools, the Evidence Board, and cases with endings.
Progression
Dailies, weeks, and what to invest in first.
Gacha
Shots, pity, and where the crystals go.