Ultimate Enigma of Sepia Beginner’s Guide – Gameplay Tips, Best Teams & More

Enigma of Sepia is a popular mobile RPG featuring a mix of idle RPG along with rogue-like and Gacha elements. Apart from that, there are tons of characters to summon, create teams, and engage in both PvP as well as PvE. So, to help you dominate the battles, here's a complete beginner's guide for Enigma of Sepia.

How to Redeem Codes in Enigma of Sepia

After you complete the tutorial, which takes around five minutes to finish, you should first redeem the Enigma of Sepia codes. Not only does this provide you with tons of in-game resources like Star Diamonds and Elite Contracts, but it also helps you gain a headstart compared to other players, which can be quite useful, especially in newer servers.

How Summoning Works in Enigma of Sepia

Now, the most important aspect of every Gacha and idle RPG is getting your hands on top-tier characters for your team. This can be done through summoning, but there are three kinds of summoning in Enigma of Sepia, namely Elite Summon, Friend Summon, and Faction Summon. Among them, Elite and Faction are the ones you need to focus on.

There's around a 1% chance to pull an SSR+ character from Elite Summon, and 0.1% to get a UR rarity one. While on the Faction summon, an SSR+ or a UR is guaranteed every 10 draws. If you're unhappy with your pulls, you can always choose to reroll your account by logging out and changing servers. If you want to know how to do it in detail, check out our reroll guide.

What is the best unit in Enigma of Sepia

With over 40 different characters to summon and choose from, it can be quite confusing on which ones to focus on and invest your resources. So, to help you choose the right ones, here are the best units in Enigma of Sepia:

1. Satoria: If you're looking for a core AoE damage dealer from the Mastery Faction, then Satorina is the best pick. Her skill set is overall balanced and works like a charm if built correctly.
2. Chronis: Excelling at debuffs and sustained fights, Chronis provides a much better skillset for PvP and boss fights. She can inflict strong debuffs while gradually getting stronger.
3. Saguina: The best character from the Legend Faction, Saguina has an extremely overpowered skillset. While she's very strong, she's equally hard to get, especially if you're an F2P player.
4. Sepia: The only other Legend Faction substitute, that you can star up decently because of the newbie events. With the right build, she can be quite good in any game mode.

Apart from the above ones, there's Giselle who is arguably the best SSR+ and has tons of use in PvE and PvP modes. For F2P players, Little Sai and Nova with 10+ stars are also great for mid to late-game usage. For a detailed look, check out our tier list for Enigma of Sepia.

How to build characters in Enigma of Sepia

As you might've seen, the core of your team isn't the character itself, but how you build them. So, to help you build your units correctly, here's a detailed overview:

1. Star Up: The first thing you need to do is star up your characters, using character as well as universal shards. At 6✦, you'll unlock your character's 50% power, and at 10✦ they'll be at full power.
2. Cabala Tree: The Cabala Tree determines your character's Life Skills which can turn the tide of your battle. With four different paths, namely Spirit, Creation, Origin, and Matter, choose them wisely to make your unit even more powerful. Do note, that this function is unlocked when a unit reaches 6✦.
3. Gear & Scrolls: Finally, you need to equip the right Gear Sets and Scroll skills to make sure that your character has enhanced DPS and passive skills to provide better value to your team.

Apart from the above, it is recommended that when you're building your characters, your team's core or the best unit should be at least 100 levels higher than your remaining units.

What is the best Shikigami in Enigma of Sepia

Shikigamis are a very important part of your team's formation. Even though you can equip up to 3 of them in the late game, you'll be starting with Onimusha. But, do note that Tsukuyomi is by far the best Shikigami for your team in Enigma of Sepia. You can eventually get her from Shikigami Wish.

Best teams in Enigma of Sepia

Your team's formation is what matters in the late-game and PvP modes. If you haven't optimized your lineup, then even with top-tier characters you'll be losing. So, here are some good lineups to use in Enigma of Sepia:

Best PvE Lineup

Characters: Eclipsea (Core), Satoria (Sub Core), Little Rasi, Sylvia, Eldwyn, Lumina

Essentially a one-shot lineup against PvE and Boss-fights. Every character stacks up Bleed debuffs and then deals a massive burst with Eclipsea's Rage skill.

Best PvP Lineup

Characters: Carmilla (Core), Chronis (Sub Core), Ivy Lynn, Nora Zorana, Bipolaris, Ginara

Arguably the best lineup for PvP, excelling in Defense and Counter attacks. Decreases opponent's skill triggers while dishing out massive DPS and counterattacks.

Best F2P Lineup

Characters: Lumina (Core), Elysia (Sub Core), Little Rasi, Scientia, Cheshire, Eclipsea

Relatively easy to acquire the characters and star up to 10✦. Works well in every mode, and has great synergy among units. Overall quite balanced.

How to Farm Gears and Scrolls in Enigma of Sepia

The Great Voyage mode in the Void Rift is your go-to mode if you want to farm Gears and Scrolls in Enigma of Sepia. You can clear stages in this Rogue-like PvE mode to get Epic, Legendary, and even Mythic rank gear at stages 1-12, 13-44, and 45+ respectively, which have good chances of Scroll drops. You can then synthesize them at the Factory to increase their rank even further.

What to buy at the shop in Enigma of Sepia

There are a total of seven types of Shops in Enigma of Sepia. So, to help you avoid confusion, here's what you should buy from each of them:

• Black Market: Use 5x Free Refresh every day for Daily Task. Buy Arena Tickets with Gold if available. Buy Elite Contracts if the discount is 50% or more. Nothing else worth buying.
• Limited Shop: Buy Arena Tickets for 10 Star Diamonds. Buy Energy Matrix if the discount is 20% or more. Nothing else worth buying.
• Budo Shop: Buy 1x Giselle or Carmilla for 6,000 Budokan Coin. 5x Energy Matrix for 1,800 Coins each. Onimusha Shards if you have leftover coins. Nothing else.
• Guild Shop: Try to buy every Mythic Grade Gear with a 30% Discount (5,000 Guild Coins each). Apart from that, buy one of the SSR+ characters if you use them. Or else, save coins for next week.

Apart from the above shops, the other three shops have fixed items that are permanently available. Just buy the characters or Life Skills that align with your team.

For more on Enigma of Sepia, check out Enigma Of Sepia Tier List & Reroll Guide – All Characters & Shikigami Ranked or Enigma of Sepia Codes on Pro Game Guides!