Anime Adventures Beginner Guide to Your First Team
October 30, 2026 · 5 min read
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Anime Adventures is a tower defense game. Clear story stages in order, keep your Gems for summons, and spend Yen during matches on placing and upgrading units. Story progress is your best early goal, since it pays Gems and also unlocks Infinite mode.
We found no reliable, up-to-date unit tier list, so this guide does not name best units. Balance changes often, and old lists can steer you wrong. Some numbers below come from a 2023 guide and are marked as old.
How a match works
Enemies walk along a set path toward the exit. You place units beside that path, and they attack anything in range. Stop every wave before it gets through.
During a match you earn Yen by defeating enemies, clearing waves and running farm units. Spend it as you play, on new units and on upgrades for the ones you have placed. The better your defense kills, the more Yen comes in, so a strong start pays off.
Some modes match you with random players, and you can also play with friends.
Know your currencies
Keep these apart, because they are easy to confuse.
| Currency | Used in | How you get it | What it buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yen | One match only | Kills, waves, farm units | Placing and upgrading units |
| Gems | Whole account | Story progress, quests, raids | Summons |
| Gold | Whole account | Playing | Shop items and crafting evolve items |
| Trophies | Whole account | Playing | Many emotes |
| Star Remnants | Whole account | Rewards and some codes | Trait rerolls |
The 2023 guide says each summon costs 50 Gems, and that first-time story level clears pay 60 Gems. Check the summon screen for today's price.
Your first hour
- Redeem any working codes at the CODES area in the middle of the main spawn. Some need a minimum level, so try again later if one is rejected.
- Summon with the Gems you have, so you have units to place.
- Start Story mode at Planet Greenie, the first world.
- Clear each act in order. Each world has six numbered acts in the early game.
- Do your quests and daily challenge for extra rewards.
Do not grind one stage for long while easier first-time clears are still open. First clears are where early Gems come from.
Placing units well
- Put attackers where the path bends, so enemies stay in their range longer. This is standard tower defense sense and works on most maps.
- Check each unit's placement type, which is either ground or hill, before you plan a spot for it.
- Watch for flying enemies. Hybrid units can hit both ground and flying enemies, so one is useful to have.
- Place a farm unit early if you own one, because farm units raise your Yen income for the whole match.
- Upgrade a few strong units instead of placing many weak ones when Yen is tight.
Units have roles such as damage, support, control, economy and summoning. A good beginner team covers damage first, then adds economy once you can survive the early waves.
Summoning
Gems are mainly for summons. Do not treat them like in-match money. The 2023 guide says rarities run from rare up to mythic and that the summon pool changes every hour, though rarities and rules may have changed since. Newer community data also lists Secret units.
A few habits help:
- Look at the current pool before you spend. If nothing helps you, wait for the next rotation.
- Keep spare units. Community guides say they can be used to level up the ones you care about.
Making units stronger
There are several upgrade paths. You do not need all of them at once.
XP food. Each story world drops its own XP food, such as Senzu Beans on Planet Greenie. Feed it to units below max level. Spend it on your main damage dealer first.
Evolving. Mythic, Legendary and Secret units can evolve with materials. Each unit has its own recipe, so one may need a different Star Fruit than another. Read the recipe before you farm.
Traits. Some units come with a trait when summoned. You can reroll at the reroll NPC outside the Evolve area, using Reroll Tokens or Star Remnants. Decide what the unit is for first, then stop rerolling once it does that job.
| Trait | Good for |
|---|---|
| Superior | Units you rely on for damage. Superior III adds 15% damage |
| Range | Units that need to reach farther |
| Golden | Farm units, as it boosts Yen income |
| Unique | Biggest damage boost, but you can only place one copy of that unit |
Superior, Range and Nimble turn up far more often than the rest, so do not burn everything chasing Unique on your first team.
Relics. Later on, you can craft relics to boost stats such as damage and critical chance. They are made by the Golden King NPC, and only units rarer than Epic can equip them. You can ignore them at the start.
Save rare materials for your strongest damage dealer. Spreading them across weak units leaves you short when your main unit is ready to evolve.
What to do after the story
Story mode has 22 worlds listed. As you clear them, new modes open:
| Mode | How you reach it | Why play it |
|---|---|---|
| Infinite | Clear the story content tied to it | Endless waves and portal drops |
| Legend Stages | Some worlds open one after act six | Extra stages to clear |
| Raids | Look for them in the lobby menus | Gems and evolve materials |
| Portals | Items from Infinite drops and stores | Separate stages with their own rewards |
| Dungeons | Needs Dungeon keys | Items and materials |
The 2023 guide also describes the Infinity Castle as a steady source of Gems per room. We could not confirm the current payout.
Mistakes to avoid
- Spending Gems the moment you earn them without checking the pool.
- Rerolling traits on units you plan to replace.
- Farming evolve materials before reading the recipe.
- Copying a tier list from years ago.
- Using exploit scripts or trading through outside sites. Both can put your account at risk.
Quick start checklist
- Redeem codes you qualify for.
- Summon a starter team.
- Clear Planet Greenie act by act.
- Do quests and daily challenges.
- Pick one main damage unit and feed it XP.
- Look for a farm unit, then add a trait that suits it.
- Move on to Infinite mode once it unlocks.
