Cyber Rebellion is a 3D turn-based strategy RPG where you must take your role as the commander and lead a team of unique, technologically enhanced combatants against humanity’s greatest threat—the Corroded.
This game can be considered one of the best cyberpunk titles released in 2023—complete with fantastic graphics, decent storytelling, and a simple, yet engaging combat system.
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In this guide, we will go through every piece of useful information you’ll need to know before playing Cyber Rebellion—including some tips to help you set your account up for success in the long run.
Cyber Rebellion: Basic Gameplay, Features & Mechanics
Listed below are all the basic features and mechanics you’ll encounter while playing Cyber Rebellion.
Gacha
In Cyber Rebellion, you can obtain new characters (i.e. combatants) from a gacha-based system called Recruit. Furthermore, there are three different types of banners in Recruit:
- Permanent Recruit Banner
- Limited Recruit Banner
- Selection Banner
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The Permanent Recruit Banner stays indefinitely, while the Limited Recruit Banner stays in the Recruit System only within a set timeframe, but features higher rates for specific combatants.
The Permanent Recruit Banner has the following rates for each combatant rarities:
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The Selection Recruit Banner, on the other hand, can only be unlocked after you have recruited 100 times in total from other banners and disappears from the Recruit System as soon as you use it once.
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Cyber Rebellion is a story that revolves around a world forever changed by cutting-edge technology and body modifications.
You can follow the main story simply by playing story stages in the World Map. Keep in mind, however, that some chapters are locked behind an account-level requirement, so make sure you play other game modes as well!
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Another unique feature that only Cyber Rebellion and a few other games have that ties directly to storytelling is the ability to review words or phrases of interest, as shown in the image above.
By using this feature and simply clicking on any blue-colored text, you can review what unique keywords mean and how they tie into the main narrative—making it easier to follow the story!
Combatant Rarities And Classes
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All combatants are categorized based on their rarities, which can only be increased through a power-up method called Fission:
- SS-Rank (Highest)
- S-Rank
- A-Rank
- B-Rank (Lowest)
TIP: Just because a combatant is S-Rank or lower doesn’t mean they’re completely useless. Investing in a few low-rarity characters would be wise, especially early on when you don’t have much access to SS-Rank combatants.
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There are also four different classes of combatants in Cyber Rebellion—each with their roles and specialized stats:
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In Cyber Rebellion’s combat, all units use their Basic Attack depending on their Speed stat automatically (units with higher Speed attack first). Basic Attacks then give both you and the enemy Tactics Points accordingly.
If you fill up the Tactics Points gauge at the bottom of your screen with Tactics Points to max, you’ll be able to enter Tactics Mode, as shown in the image below:
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Tactics Mode allows you to use either Unique or Ultimate Skill Cards based on which combatants you have on the battlefield during combat. You can draw one Skill Card per combatant in your formation.
The Skill Cards you draw every time you enter Tactics Mode are completely randomized, so make sure you utilize Tactics Mode to the fullest by picking the appropriate skills to execute and arranging them optimally!
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During combat, you can also Upgrade an A-Rank, S-Rank, and SS-Rank combatant’s Skill Card up to two times by using the Energy they acquire during combat, which increases their skills’ effectiveness.
Each A-Rank to SS-Rank combatant can gain Energy by launching their basic attacks. B-Rank combatants, on the other hand, do not have the Skill Card Upgrade feature.
How To Get Stronger In Cyber Rebellion
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Listed below are all the ways you can increase both your account’s overall CR and your combatants’ individual performance during their battles.
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Also, keep in mind that you can increase the strength of all your acquired combatants as a whole by using other features such as the Animus Link.
The Animus Link increases the stats of your combatants depending on how many unique combatants you’ve collected, so make sure to recruit ‘em all!
Important Items To Farm In Cyber Rebellion
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Listed below are all the items that you should consider farming a lot of and use wisely as soon as you start playing Cyber Rebellion.
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Next, you’ll automatically be shown all the sources you can get it from, as well as a means to get it instantaneously through Blitz.
Blitz allows you to clear stages you’ve already completed in an instant—giving you all the clear rewards right away without actually going to battle.
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Make sure to keep these features in mind, as there are lots of resources you’ll have to farm this way—no matter if you’re a beginner or a veteran!
Best Cyber Rebellion Tips
Here, we have several tips that’ll help you get better at the game and make account progression way easier as you play more Cyber Rebellion.
TIP #1: Add Lots Of Friends
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On your first day of playing, you should add as many friends as you can not only because you can socialize with them, but also because of another in-game feature called the Friendship Store.
The Friendship Store allows you to buy a lot of useful items in exchange for Friendship Badges, which you can only get from your friends.
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Make sure to only keep active friends in your Friends List, however, as you’ll need every bit of Friendship Badge you can get to clear out the Friendship Store, which resets weekly.
TIP #2: Follow The Mission Guide
If you don’t know what to do during your first few hours into the game, then following the Mission Guide should be one of your main priorities.
The Mission Guide is shown right at the tutorial, and is located at the upper-left side of your screen:
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Clicking the Mission Guide will automatically lead you to the feature or game mode that it wants you to visit, which makes prioritizing more important tasks easier and less complicated in the early game.
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Following the Mission Guide also rewards you with a ton of resources along the way, so there’s really no reason why you shouldn’t do it—especially if you’re a newbie still getting used to the game.
TIP #3: Read Skill & Character Descriptions
If you want to make the most out of the combat system and get better at it, then you’re going to have to get your hands dirty and read every single skill and character description in the game.
You can do this easily by going to your Combatant List and clicking a combatant’s skill individually, or in mid-combat by also clicking their skills.
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Reading a boss’s character or skill description may also come in handy, as this way, you’ll know what to look out for while fighting them.
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Just remember that reading skill descriptions can optimize the way you order your skills in Tactics Mode and also dictate which skills, in particular, would be better to use in certain situations.
TIP #4: Participate In Events
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Participating in Cyber Rebellion’s events isn’t just a suggestion, it’s a requirement. If you want to get as much out of the game as you can, especially as a F2P player, your only option is to complete every event that comes by.
Not only do events oftentimes bring new content for you to explore, but they also allow you to farm the following items for free:
- SS-Rank and S-Rank Combatants
- TacData
- Tesseracts
- Secured Coins
- NeuroCons
- CompCores
- Skill Codes
- Combatant Breakthrough Materials
- Anima Chips
- Component Interface
- Mod Components
- Implants
- Implant Upgrade Materials
If you’d like to keep up with all current and upcoming events in Cyber Rebellion, I highly recommend joining the game’s official Discord server!
NOTE: For additional rewards, please visit our Cyber Rebellion Gift Codes article which shows all the available gift codes in the game, as well as how to redeem them!
TIP #5: Join A Club
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Joining a Club in Cyber Rebellion, just like in other games in its genre, will give you access to exclusive features that would otherwise not be available if you don’t join, such as
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More importantly, the Assist Request feature is locked behind Clubs as well. This feature will give you a massive advantage even as a beginner, so you must get access to it as soon as you can.
Assist Request, hence the name, allows you to “borrow” combatants from your Clubmates in some game modes, allowing you to clear certain stages more easily depending on your choice of combatant.
Wake Up, Samurai…
Cyber Rebellion has quite a lot of content you can explore, which also means it can get a little complicated to navigate at times. This guide will help you in that regard, as it will allow you to focus on the most important things to know and prioritize before you go deeper into the game.
All in all, Cyber Rebellion is a welcome addition to the turn-based gacha RPG, and a decent game that takes some inspiration from another breathtaking title in the cyberpunk genre (*cough* Cyberpunk 2077 *cough*).
If you’d like to see other turn-based RPGs like Cyber Rebellion, feel free to visit our articles about Reverse 1999 and Final Fantasy XII: Evercrisis!
