Granblue Fantasy Relink Beginners Guide - 7 Tips New Players Should Know!

Granblue Fantasy Relink Beginners Guide - 7 New Player Tips
Granblue Fantasy Relink is a game with a lot of features to explore, and although the game provides a tutorial for said features, there are still many things GBF Relink doesn’t teach players, particularly on how to progress in the game efficiently. This is where our Granblue Fantasy Beginners Guide come in
It is one of the crucial Guides we’ve created, especially when just starting the GBF Relink. And while the game’s progression is relatively straightforward, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and fall into traps if you don’t know what you’re doing.
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0:00 - Granblue Fantasy Relink Beginners Guide
0:41 - 1. Complete the Main Story First
1:56 - 2. Form a Balanced Party
2:49 - 3. Which Characters to Unlock First
4:05 - 4. Don’t Be Afraid to Upgrade Your Weapons
5:07 - 5. Manage Your Resources Wisely
6:30 - 6. Don’t Worry About Sigils Early On
7:29 - 7. Don’t Sell Materials and Sigils for Rupies
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[@user-mf5fp9rh4d]

He missed the biggest tip of them all... A character you unlock will be around the same level as you. If you unlock characters before you max out a single character you will end up grinding WAY more to level them up. Not only that, but if you wait to unlock, HALF of their skill tree will be already full. So you save on level grinding AND mastery point grinding. Potentially saving tens if not hundreds of hours of grinding if you plan to use every character. I believe the highest level an unlocked character can get to is 60, as far as I've seen. So.... basically just work on 4 of the starter characters to start until you see the unlocks at level 60.

[@skyslayer7660]

I agree BUT I think unlocking one main will be good so you can feed all the materials to them instead of the other starters. Maybe unlock two might also be good. However, no more than two should be unlocked until they are lv 60 with tickets.

[@pla6ue]

Really not that big of a deal. People are overthinking this and concerned about it too much.

[@PureTazr]

Max for a unlock character is lc 20

[@Juno-ii4mb]

​@@PureTazrwrong. Its 60 when you unlock Maniac difficulty

[@atelierbunny]

this is unnecessarily try-harding because unused characters level up passively alongside your main party anyway. not as fast, but still.

[@PrincePryce]

Old school RPG players: What?! Finish main quest before sidequests??? Outrageous!

[@KidBowsur]

The frustrating part is trying to finish a sidequest only to find out you don't even have a mission that drops the needed item yet

[@marcamusprime9513]

Blasphemy!

[@HigkeyRegarded007]

As someone who binged all of Early Access…ya’ll are in for a real treat. Such addictive gameplay.

[@Neilo1994]

Dude it’s so good I just started a lot of the endgame content. I’ve been using Narmaya as the main for now and zeta. Very addicting

[@matcoffidis1135]

I agree. I think I'll definitely be playing this awhile.

[@BenDufault]

This is super helpful. I thought this was going to be more of a "Xenoblade Chronicles" type of large party game. I didn't realize it is more similar to Diablo. I've been playing in early access and have been panicked about how fast the story is going. Now I know I just gotta finish to get to the good stuff.

[@Blockdigit]

Great tips. Especially the tip about not selling stuff for rupies.

[@juliuscarlodegracia3478]

but how to earn rupies?

[@Wisppp_]

A friend of mine bought this game for me(he’s been stoked for this and wanted me join) this may end up being my GOTY. This is straight fire

[@meltygear5955]

ikr I got Persona 3 Reload and now this and I'm juggling them send help!

[@Wisppp_]

@@meltygear5955 bruh I’m juggling those and now Helldivers 2

[@ragebull968]

i didnt started yet cause i want to finish persona 3 reload first. but im almost done with the first playthrough and cant wait to start granblue. with ff7 rebirth and dragons dogma 2 in the line... the start of this year is made for gamers xD @@meltygear5955

[@dsalas88]

Great guide, thank you!

[@saadahsaadah4142]

Really helpful fextralife thank you looking forward for the game release👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@utmostkibbles9125]

I had such a hard time deciding on a single new character to first unlock as a main. Was torn between Narmaya, Cag, Vane, and Zeta. Ended up going with Zeta and man her timing window is really freaking hard to nail down on moving targets, but once you unlock more of her nodes and get the timings down, it's a lot of fun. Still, Cag was definitely second on my list. Fun to play and good ai support if not.

[@Videlsports]

Great guide! Unfortunately I was in chapter 6 before I watched your guide video and did upgrade some lower tier sigel's. I maxed out only 1 however and saved the rest after watching your video. Thanks again

[@eru_barth]

These are really helpful, I'd have fallen for most of these traps for sure if not for this video 🥲 Thanks!

[@Fextralife]

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[@aznwierdone]

5:05 I dig it. Ive heard feeding two birds with one scone too But is also takes adapting to the cadence.

[@Sean500Vid]

The expression is killing two birds with one stone

[@dominicp9296]

Wow i never ever heard of this game untill right now. It looks freaking amazing definitely gotta buy it

[@Pubstarkudda]

Thanks for the detailed beginners guide, helped me a lot. Who should I swap for Lancelot?

[@Shujao]

First! So excited to finally play the full game today!!! Fextra videos are a cherry on top ❤

[@patrick-gz5er]

Question on mastery points. I received the game today, and I have 500 mastery plus points from the pre-order and bonus codes. Should I go crazy and just start leveling stuff up or save them for future characters? Thank you

[@Okeymate]

Honestly don't be afraid to do the side quests during main quests.. its more fun and challenging to do while your level is similar to the missions. There are certain ticks you won't be able to do but you could always come back when you're stronger. Definitely enjoyable early game to get them rewards and mastery points through the side missions.

[@blankwave7650]

So even if it's more efficient to not do side quests during main story, it also doesn't hurt your endgame, it just consumes your time? So if I want to do side quests and main story it will just take me longer to get to endgame. Is that right or are you saying avoid side quests because if you pick the same side quests up after the main story that those quests have better rewards than they would have if you picked them up in the early, main game?

[@DBrn47]

This is great info, but I found it too late. The only thing I haven't done is sell materials or sigils. I don't feel bad about it, though, because I'm not in a hurry. Honestly, the rush to end game usually rushes me out of games anyway. Sometimes there is fun in playing inefficiently, especially when you need a break from the 'short' and not particularly great story.

[@burningblaise]

Is this game like monster hunter? Everything says recommended for me because I’ve played those games

[@miponii-chan]

Cagliostro is just a really really badass sounding name for a cute character lol Edit: just viewed her prologue episode in-game nvm.

[@MANGGG5000]

so when is the best time to unlock new character ? since i heard u should wait to lv 60 for unlocking

[@ericsmyth2221]

Are fate stories best to clear early as they become available?

[@JH-ok5lx]

I don't remember them covering what the different potions do. I just remember hearing that they get replenished Correction they do explain it fully, just on a random slide on the loading screen

[@Dusty-Zafu]

Can you miss any side quests if you do the main story first ?

[@Hope_Beyond]

feeling overwelmed? Ti; one qickly unlock more things, cause unlocking more when feeling overwhelmed is a great solution.

[@rowlandhudson1511]

Idk what this game is but I saw a demon girl with a katana sword and brought it immediately, how do I get her?

[@deadexo-3]

This man knows what he likes. You might mean Narmaya, not a demon tho

[@Kyle-Marxluxia]

Play the story up to chapter 5, you'll then unlock your first crew ticket. Go to the merchants and select her to recruit her after

[@OngakuTanuki-tq6pw]

Meanwhile, I'm soloing the game with just the main character cuz it makes the game feel like a souls game. The 4-man party is too OP, I'm using them just on those red stones where powerful enemies show up and you have limited time to kill them. My builds will be ruined for sure, but maaan, it's so much fun soloing this game. Feels like playing Sekiro, but actually having enough healing items and not having to die for every small mistake. If I reach critical state I restart from the checkpoint though. It's like having the souls game that I always wanted. Just hard and challenging, without the usual bs, insanity and unfairness.

[@danieldaneil9212]

Can i unlock that white suit for Gran later in the game or is it just a pre order bonus or something?

[@KaeyinSe]

It's part of the story, just progress through story and you unlock it

[@danieldaneil9212]

@@KaeyinSe thanks!

[@skyslayer7660]

Once you complete the main story you unlock outfits and colors.

[@Attackplaya]

Anyone know if elemental dmg is relevant?

[@lovelace3046]

I’m about to get this game? Is the multiplayer fun!? It looks SO GOOD

[@lordbingus2085]

Yes, it’s genuinely great. The characters, builds, etc. are absolutely fantastic & the bosses are incredibly fun. I’ve dropped 35hrs in it already & nowhere close to wanting to slow down

[@lovelace3046]

@@lordbingus2085 you’ve been playing Online? And who’s your 4 main so far. (I have to look up the names) -BUT My Fav 3 by the looks IO, Gran (main protagonist), and ZETA. That’s what I’m feeling by the looks

[@lordbingus2085]

@@lovelace3046 Yeah you bet! Online is super fun, haven’t ran into any issues/bugs with it either aside from just sometimes not finding parties. Once people catch up though that’ll be fixed. Uhhh for mains Zeta & Ferry are my highest power, with Narmaya & another character i won’t spoil pretty close to them. Zeta is prob my favourite, but literally every single character is really really fun imo. Edit: also started playing Cagliostro more recently too, she’s pretty fuckin cool

[@lovelace3046]

@@lordbingus2085 when I get the game! I’ll come find you ! 😩. I promise !! Thank you man frl

[@richardnguyen1520]

​@@lordbingus2085How you feel about Percival? Vids show him kind of clunky to play, but his design is my fave so hope he's okay

[@faysalfattouh7223]

Heard there’s a lot of crashes on PC so I’m staying off of it for now. Anyone have any insight on that? Is it really that bad?

[@yoshikid91]

Been playing it on PC and have faced no issues so far

[@Sunny-gm5wp]

Same here no issue for me​@yoshikid91

[@15984398500]

I believe it’s problem with controllers, connect your controller after the game starts, or just play offline will solve the bug. I think they will patch this very soon

[@DeltaRaven97]

Hard to say, I've heard some people are having crashing issues while others are having no issues at all. This is why they should have released a demo for steam as well...

[@nature_laughslast6438]

I have tried everything and only got to the main screen once. Otherwise it crashes upon launch. Oddly enough it works fine on my steam deck, go figure. 😅

[@cagitsukidjo]

Rupies? It sounds like Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) 😊

[@MrScandalous24]

want to buy it but it's still crush on steam?

[@D3athW1ng]

Is anyone else having connection issues for MP sessions?👀

[@GuiltyKit]

Yeah I don't know about that first piece of advice. Just trying to be line through the main story is going to leave you really underpowered, and unless you're extremely good at these types of games it's going to wind up being unbelievably frustrating and way too difficult. Oh God I just realized what channel this is. The KZbin channel for the Guide website that is Infamous for never having a single page that doesn't have massive errors.

[@cjsandy5595]

Drop ya gamer tags I need people to play with

[@TheMasterwitcher]

i dont think that not doing side quests is a good idea. id say do at least the first and second map to get a decent boost and wait with the unlocks of new charaters although i myself unlocked 2 already and i dont mind. grinding in this game is not that bad

[@luvstagrind]

Beat it and it was okay. Maybe it is because I am new to the series and I kind of didn't like being dropped at what feels like a later arc. It is enjoyable but the story and lore isn't newcomer friendly when it comes to that aspect. I have to either spend time reading Lyria's journal or watch an anime to get the simple gist of it

[@guest0046]

Or do the fate quests where you get more skill points for you character and other things. For me, the story is a bit boring and the dialogue is kinda childish or cringe. Lil dragon: "Ok mr fix it dude" Guy: my name is Rolan! Creqw: uahaha ha ha ha

[@Logic105]

Using mastery points make me nervous.

[@guest0046]

I saw a video of tips n tricks. And the guy had like 150000 mastery points. I think its safe to use em. Im early in, and ive leveld up my main character first a bit with the points, Then ive picked 3 characters im gonna use for the story and leveld them up so they have at least 4 abilities that i like, some defence and offence Then i spend all my mastery points on my character i play with. I think im at chapter 5 playing on hard and its going really well

[@Logic105]

@@guest0046 I'm just worried I want to change my team somewhere down the road.

[@Misha-lt9vy]

Mastery points are farmable, with higher level quests giving exponentually more points. They are given out as quest rewards. But even medium difficulty quests unlock only after finishing the main story. What people are saying about the main story is true - i died only once during the last boss because I didn't meet a damage check. Went back to town, got 2 of my party's weapons to 75lvl and beat it easily. I did only 2 of the side quests before beating the main story... but SO MUCH unlocks after beating it. The main story is kinda like a tutorial

[@ink3478]

Ummm so I’m hating the keyboard and mouse navigation controls. What the actual …

[@raphaelnavarrette8156]

This isn’t meant to be played on K&M.

[@azza9423]

if on pc the game literally tells you for the best experience use a controller

[@bridgesbane7032]

These comments already way too focused on min maxing smh

[@1R3TR01]

Personally I don't get why getting through the game fast is desirable.

[@nightwolf235]

well I just started the game and so far the story is really basic sadly. I never played grandblue and was excited to get this game because it looked beautiful back when they revealed it several years ago. I was thinking great a story mode of the mobile game that will introduce characters. Instead this is sort of the equivalent of Once piece red where you are expected to already know lore and characters…..I was like wtf? still I got the game and I wanna put the work in for however long it keeps me interested.

[@markxv2267]

First

[@captaingabi]

It is so sad when you are talking about a game, and you are talking about "wasting your prescious time". That indicates that there is something very wrong.

[@nightwolf235]

yeah sadly I see his point in mentioning just blaze through story mode alot of other reviewers said the same. Its mostly to what he points out that the drops in the harder quest are much better than grinding out the shitty ones in the beginning. Plus alot the missions are beat this in 1min or less to get S plus plus plus rank which will be easier at higher levels. I wish the game had a better story intro than what was given. Im only on chapter 6 but I tuned out so much so far when I was really exited to play a story version of gbf

[@dart_]

Who cares about side quests when you completed the main story game... obviously you do them during your playthrough, when you finish the main quest, you just uninstall the game

[@in2it85]

*Great tips from someone who only played the Story or Normal Mode.* 🤡 😂🤣😂🤣

[@ChoTakahashi]

bro thinks hes an expert.

[@jonnyfendi2003]

fextralife is straight to the point no bullsh*t, you must be new.

[@ChoTakahashi]

bro thinks he play it the right way. LMAOO

[@adanarterius5697]

The Bad: 1. Pretty Horrible English Translation It's really horrible, if you understand even a bit of Japanese, you will easily get confused because the localizer really like to tell their own story with their own wording instead of just translate it as it is. Often what you heard and what you read will be so different in meaning. It's not even a complex sentence, even basic ones got butchered. They also like to use unconventional English and modern gen-z impression, which really out of place and ruin immersion. Example: Character A (JP): Will be done in a second Character A (EN): Will be done in a jiffy You seriously need to changed "second" to "jiffy"? It's so unnecessary Another example: Character A: We can't ignore people in trouble Character B: Exactamundo Huh?? Even when characters speak formal Japanese, they altered it with some slang and impression which made the characters really out of place. 2. Censored Yes, they censored/altered several characters outfit by giving them ugly short pants. 3. Some technical issues Crashing, black screen, glitch, but all can be easily fixed with patch. 4. Possible cheaters in co-op mode because there is no anti cheat present at the moment. The Good: - The game itself run pretty good on RTX 2060, it's not a resource intensive game - The graphic is beautiful - Movement and combat almost feel fluid, but not the level of DMC or Bayoneta - Good amount of playable characters - Good amount of side content - Combat is still fun even in higher difficulty - Co-op It's just so sad the translation is so bad and has unnecessary censorship ruining the original visual artistic. Japanese game companies really need to wake up fast, listen to your costumer not the localizer. Such a good game, ruined by horrible localization and censorship. If you can tolerate all the negatives especially the translation, then it's safe to buy.

[@HolyRain89]

The translation team be like : I don't like how the original dialogue so bland, let's make them fancy by adding unnecessary wording into it. (Ended up with pissed off fans)

[@thanindystans3614]

Mr. Fix it dude 🥶

[@fyte4luv23]

too yappy during fights, refunded. horrible

[@imzzno1]

What game do you recommend?

[@ShitOwl]

2:07 uhhhh uhhhhhhhhh someone gonna tell him?