Ultimate Arise Crossover Beginner’s Guide

Arise Crossover seems like a very straightforward game, right? You get a bunch of Shadow units and attack enemies (who can’t fight back), so you can get even stronger Shadow Units until you run out of things to do. Simple right? Well, we made it to the very end of the game, and we saw a lot of good players who were really confused about how to progress, where to level up, what Shadows to use, and so on. If you feel like you’re one of those players, then this Arise Crossover beginner’s guide is for you.

How Shadows Work in Arise Crossover

Each of the nine islands in Arise Crossover has several recruitable Shadows and one powerful dungeon Shadow. Currently, based on types, the weakest unit in the game is Soondoo, while the strongest is Monarch.

However, ranks are more important than types. A Rank SS Soondoo is much more powerful than a rank D Monarch. Units that are higher ranked can level up further than lower-ranked units. For example, A Rank D unit can only go as high as Level 75, but an SS Unit can go as high as level 200. This means that the ultimate team of shadows would consist of four Mifalcons level SS, but getting there is the fun part.

Arise Crossover Dungeon Guide

Dungeon Portals spawn every 30 minutes in the game. When a portal spawns, it stays there for 15 minutes. Even if you make it and start a Dungeon 1 second before a portal closes, you still get to complete the entire dungeon (because it’s treated like entering a different game).

Portals can spawn on several different locations on each island, and their difficulty rank is always random.

When you start the game, try to create a team of Rank D units and try to do a Rank D (or even C) dungeon on Leveling Island. This should give you a decent group of units and maybe even a rare (boss) Shadow Unit. Dungeons are the only way to recruit Rare Units and common units higher than Rank C.

After this, whenever you get a message that a portal has spawned, GO FOR IT. Even if you don’t have a good enough team, stand in front of the portal and wait for someone else to join. In most cases, you’ll get one player who will be happy to boost you through the dungeon. The reason for this is that many players are able to solo these dungeons and don’t really mind if low-level players tag along. So, accept this kindness from strangers to get higher-ranking units. Essentially, recruiting Shadows from dungeons is how you progress in Arise Crossover.

When we only had rank C units, we had one kind person take us through a rank A dungeon, which helped us recruit a few rank A units, and we were able to get to the end game with them. Later down the line, we helped a few players with rank D units get through a Rank S dungeon. We hope you embrace this trend, too.

Arise Crossover Weapons

Back when the Beta just launched, weapons in Arise Crossover were pretty much useless. However, now all you need is a strong weapon. Yeah, things are definitely going to keep changing, but once you obtain and upgrade your weapon, you can pretty much do everything on your own, without even using your shadows.

Sure, this takes a bit of time and a lot of Gems, but after you have a good weapon, you can simply farm the final mob over and over again without even using your Shadows. Yes, to get there, you will definitely need your shadow buddies, but once you have the upgraded weapon, you can literally solo everything.

How to Get a Mount in Arise Crossover

Just like with dungeons, every 15 minutes, a wild mount will spawn. Only one player on the server can attempt to claim the mount. When a new wild mount spawns, a server-wide message appears, so you better drop whatever you were doing (unless it’s a dungeon) and go try to claim it.

Mounts can spawn on small islands between the main ones. You can usually tell if a mount is there or not without even leaving your aquatic mount.

You can’t claim the same mount more than once. You can also fail at capturing a mount (it happened to us). Flying mounts are the rarest (they usually have a 10% chance to spawn), ground mounts spawn frequently, and water mounts can be bought from the Boat Shop NPC.

Essentially, if you need a mount, wait for the mount server message to pop, and race around the world, passing by all locations, and hopefully, you’ll be able to claim a mount along the way. If you don’t, just wait for another message. We are still waiting for our chance to claim a Flying mount. As cool as mounts are, they aren’t necessary to progress through the game, but having a flying mount sure makes traveling easier.

That’s all there is to it. As the game gets more updates, we’ll keep updating this Beginner’s guide. In the meantime, check out the Arise Crossover codes for some cool freebies.