How to Beat Ethernet Rally

Ethernet Rally is one of Etheria: Restart’s more strategic and rewarding endgame events. It challenges you to push through various regions using elemental teams tied to the five factions: Red (Reason), Blue (Odd), Green (Hollow), Light (Constant), and Dark (Disorder). The further you progress, the better the rewards—but to succeed, you’ll need to make smart use of elemental advantages, rotating buffs, and recruited allies.

Ethernet Rally is essentially a faction-based gauntlet mode where each stage is restricted by elemental composition. That means you can only use characters of a specific element (e.g., only Reason units for the Red section). What makes the mode exciting is the ability to recruit additional characters, gather team-wide buffs, and rotate those buffs across elemental squads.

If one element of your account is stronger—like a fully built Reason team—you can use that power to gather powerful buffs, then apply those to your weaker teams to help them progress. This creates a natural loop of strengthening one team to pull the others up, encouraging full-roster investment without forcing you to build everything all at once.

Each elemental path includes several key nodes, including Basic Link Points and Recruitment Points. The Basic Link Points offer buffs like increased [Crit rate], [Crit Damage], pursuit chance, or passive healing. These buffs are not locked to the team that earned them—you can move them to whichever element needs help.

Let’s say you dominate the [Reason] route early on. You can collect powerful buffs from that path, then shift them over to your struggling [Odd] team to help them survive longer battles. This mechanic is essential to clearing all elements without needing six-star units across the board.

In addition, some nodes let you recruit powerful units—often SSR characters like Massiah, Tiamat, or Helkid—temporarily for use in the Rally. These recruited characters scale to the strength of your current team, often matching your six-star units. This allows even underleveled or poorly geared teams to punch above their weight with the right recruits.

If you have an element that’s significantly weaker—like a [Hollow] team lacking DPS or sustain—you can use recruited characters or transfer buffs to even the odds. For example, in this run, the user had a strong [Reason] team that included Helkid and Massiah, which provided a massive early-game advantage. They were then able to carry buffs into their weaker [Hollow] and [Odd] paths.

Each elemental faction also allows the use of [Disorder] or [Constant] units, adding flexibility. For instance, Kraken, Obol, or Tiamat can be slotted into multiple lineups to compensate for missing pieces.

Shells also play a big role. Even if a character is only four-star, you can equip them with powerful red gear or leveled purple/gold shells to boost survivability and impact. Gear and shells aren’t bound by rarity, which means your stronger units can hand down older gear to your weaker teams.

Ethernet Rally offers some of the best resources in the game, especially if you’re looking to progress toward more five- or six-star characters. You’ll earn:

• Shadow Prints (Purple and Gold)
  
• Hydra Crystals
• Universal Currency for use in exchange shop
  
• Stamina Packs, Prowess Modules, and Character Dupes

As you clear higher nodes, you unlock Class Points, Advanced Supply nodes, and even a showdown with Super DokiDoki, one of the mode’s major milestone bosses.

In the event store, you can spend your hard-earned currency on everything from SSR fragments and Shells to Lattice and module packs. Top-tier SSR characters like Massiah, DokiDoki, Lilith, and Tiamat are available for purchase, though at a higher cost. Mid-tier characters like Lian, Veronika, and Helkid are more affordable options and great for roster expansion.

1. Start with Your Strongest Element – Use your best-built team to quickly gain buffs and recruit allies.
   
2. Focus on Buff Transfer – Move your buffs to weaker teams and start tackling their paths next.
   
3. Use Recruits to Patch Weaknesses – Recruited SSRs can turn a fragile team into a viable one.
   
4. Hand Down Gear and Shells – Don’t let purple or gold shells go to waste—equip your secondary characters.

Push Before Reset – Just like with Infinity Train, wait until you’ve powered up for the day before committing your Rally attempts.

Ethernet Rally might seem overwhelming at first, especially if you’re early in your progression. But once you understand how to chain buffs and work around elemental weaknesses, it becomes one of the most satisfying and rewarding modes in Etheria: Restart.

It rewards preparation, clever team rotation, and smart investment—not brute force. And as your roster grows, your ability to tackle all five elements increases. With careful planning, you’ll be able to take on even the final nodes like Super Doky Doi and walk away with some of the best loot in the game.

Start with your strongest, build momentum, and let the Rally carry you to greatness.