Cage Rumble Guide

Looking for a thrilling new challenge in Etheria: Restart? The Cage Rumble event has landed, and it’s ready to test your Animus team to the limit. With bosses like NicoNana, Sharon, and Apate waiting to crush your dreams, you’ll need strategy, speed, and raw damage to claim that coveted SSS score of 4500+.

Let’s dive into everything you need to know about Cage Rumble: its rules, battle mechanics, boss skills, and the sweet rewards waiting at the top.

Cage Rumble is an intense arena mode where you team up your best Animus as Gladiators to fight increasingly powerful bosses. The higher your daily challenge rating, the better your rewards.

Here’s a quick overview:

• Three Stages: Preliminary Stage, Intense Combat Stage, Final Battle Stage. Each stage unlocks new bosses to tackle.
• Combat Progression: Gladiators improve their rating through each battle, unlocking tougher stages.
• Daily Attempts: You get 5 challenge attempts per day, so plan your teams wisely for maximum damage output.

Battle Mechanics Simplified

• Each boss requires at least one Animus to be deployed.
• Bosses have no HP limit – your rating depends on the total damage dealt before time runs out or your team is defeated.
• The higher your damage, the better your rating. To reach SSS rank, aim for a score of 4500+ each day.

• Weakness Break: For every 1 debuff applied, NicoNana takes 20% increased damage, stacking up to 100%.
• Spinning Windmill: Deals 600% damage to a single target, stealing 25% Turn Meter.
• Game of Moles: AoE 500% damage with a 50% chance to reduce DEF by 60%.
• Friendly Match: Starts with 60% extra DMG Reduction, which reduces by 1.5% per 1 SPD difference.
• Losing Patience: Deals 15% more damage for every 2 turns taken.

Tip: Stack debuffs to maximise your damage output and bring high-speed DPS to mitigate Friendly Match’s reduction effect.

• Overwhelming Momentum: Every 1 buff on your units increases their damage dealt by 20%, up to 100%.
• Minuet: 350% AoE damage, boosts allies’ Turn Meter by 20% and SPD by 30%.
• Prelude: 500% AoE damage, 75% chance to reduce main target Turn Meter by 40% and resolves all [DoT].
• Symphony: Enhances all [DoT] damage by 5%, grants immunity to all debuffs, and applies more [DoT].
• Aria: 30% chance to apply [DoT], increasing to 40% and stacking as her flower evolves.

Tip: Prepare for heavy [DoT] damage. Cleanse or immunity units are vital, and buff-heavy comps will deal greater damage to Sharon.

• Offense-Defense Swap: Starts with 12 Guardian Stance stacks, losing 1 per hit. When removed, becomes Exposed, taking 100% increased damage.
• Card Trick: 600% single target damage, 50% chance to Petrify, 100% chance to inflict [Joker’s Mark].
• Mirage Magic: 450% AoE damage, dispels 1 buff, 20% chance to Petrify, resolves all [Joker’s Mark] reducing HP by 6% per stack, then reapplies 4 stacks.

Tip: Break her Guardian Stance quickly to expose her to massive damage windows. Cleanse Petrify if your carry is locked down.

Daily Rewards

• E (1-100): 30 Hydra Crystals & Investigation Records
• D (100-400): Silver & Investigation Records
• C (400-800): 30 Hydra Crystals & Investigation Records
• B (800-1200): Silver & Investigation Records
• A (1200-2000): 30 Hydra Crystals & Investigation Records
• S (2000-3000): Silver & Investigation Records
• SS (3000-4500): 30 Hydra Crystals & Investigation Records
• SSS (4500+): Silver & Investigation Records

Rumble Quest Rewards

• Perfect Lattice Fragments
• Hydra Crystals
• Apex Summons
• Anima Summons
• Enhanced Prototype Summons

Rewards scale based on your highest daily challenge rating, so aim for that SSS score every day to maximise your loot.