Developed by Nimble Neuron,Eternal Returnis a multiplayer survival arena game that mixes together elements from the battle royale and MOBA genres. You play as one of the numerous Test Subjects that have been thrown into an experiment on the abandoned Lumia Island with the goal to create a new superhuman population.

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The primary game mode sees eight teams of three players fight to be the last one standing. Between surviving, crafting, and fighting other characters, there is definitely a learning curve to overcome. If you’re just starting out, here are some tips to keep in mind.

Do Some Training Alone And Against AI

There areover 60 playable characters in Eternal Return, and it will take some time to learn the gist of what everyone can do. There are a couple of suggested ways tobecome familiar with a character’s abilities before diving into a real match.

Make sure not to skip the tutorial.Completing the tutorial rewards you with the characters Yuki, Hyejin, and Eva.

Eternal Return’s loadout screen shows different groups of items you can plan to build.

Go into training anduse the Practice Modeto load into a near-empty Lumia Island, and justtest out a character’s kit. you’re able to eventry out Test Subjects that you don’t own. This way, you cansee if you want to unlock them, and you can also better understand their fighting ability if you encounter them in a real match.

Some Test Subjects are able toswitch to a different primary weaponfor each match. Practice Mode can be great to see which style of weapon you prefer to use.

Eternal Return’s Tactical Skill screen shows different skills, such as a Force Field barrier you can use.

you may alsouse the AI Mode to practice playing a Test Subject in a match with other opponents. You’ll be able to choose betweeneasy,normal, andharddifficulties for the AI matches.

Untilaccount level 20, you can evenearn A-Coins and experience from AI Mode.

Your character loots a box to obtain items marked with a yellow triangle to build your chosen items.

Fully Prepare Your Loadout Before You Queue Up

Once you’re familiar with your Test Subject’s abilities, you’ll then want tofocus on your build for them. There arethree areas you will want to keep in mindbefore diving into a match.

Make A Saved Plan For Items

One of the great aspects of Eternal Return is your ability topre-decide on an item build for your characterusing the game’s recommended plan, or even plans from other players. This chosen plan determines whatweapon and armor items you will craftduring your upcoming match toboost your offensive and defensive stats, respectively.

Stick to using one of the available saved planswhile you are coming to grips with the game, then you can experiment with creating your own plans. Make sure toread over the stat buffs and passives for each item, too.

A team fight begins in Eternal Return, two characters have the advantage over a lone enemy player.

You have the option tobuild different items during a matchother than the ones you added to your saved plan.

Switch Up Your Tactical Skills

Before you enter a match, you will also need to choose which Tactical Skill you want to have. There are12 different Tactical Skillsin total. Some may fit better with the playstyle you are going for, but make sure totry different skills for different matches.

Slice around you to deal damage, and increase movement speed.

The enemy Androids named Alpha, Omega, and Wickeline

Teleport toward a target direction.

Electric Shift

Move a short distance, then your attack range increases for a brief period.

False Oath

Consume HP to increase your damage for a time, while a portion of the HP is recovered.

Force Field

You gain a shield that absorbs damage for a short while.

You and allies within range recover some health.

Cyberpunk-inspired skins for various characters in Eternal Return.

Instantly cleanse debuffs and most crowd control effects.

Protocol Violation

Summon an E.M.O.T.E. drone to a target location. After a few seconds, it explodes, increasing allies’ health while reducing enemy defences.

Quake

Release a quake around you, slowing nearby enemies for a brief period.

Soul Stealer

Build up energy from being damaged. Consume the energy to increase movement speed and lifesteal for a short time.

Totem

You enter Stasis, becoming untargetable and immune to damage. You cannot move during the duration.

Decide On Your Main And Sub Augments

You willchoose passive Augments for your character before heading into a match. These are split intothree categories:

Saved plans will also have Augments saved with them, but you may switch it up if you want to. You’llalways want to play around your character’s playstyle. If you’re playing an assassin type, you’ll want your main Augment to be Havoc, and you likely wouldn’t want to choose Support.

Unlike the items you build, youcan’t change your Tactical Skill or Augments during a match.

Always Craft Your Equipment First

Because you focused on planning your build before even getting into a match, you canimmediately start searching for materialsto craft your equipment once you drop in to Lumia Island.

Crafting your items needs to be your first priorityfor the first part of a match. There isno point in trying to fight other playerswhen everyone is weak. Being the first ones to craft your Epic, and eventually Legendary, weapons and armor items will give youan automatic advantage in fights.

If you see another player at the start of a match,just run past them. Try and escape if they choose to attack, but if you just run they likely won’t chase you down.

As you run aroundlooting boxes and hunting wild animals, you’ll want to focus on getting materials that have asmall yellow triangleon them. The yellow triangle means it isa necessary crafting material for an item that is in your saved plan.

Enable theAuto Lootfeature in your settings. This way,required materials will automatically be added to your inventorywhen you loot boxes and search animals.

Don’t Fight Without Your Team

It can be easy to get ahead of ourselves, but youdo not want to start fighting enemies if you aren’t around your teammates. That lone enemy player who seems like an easy target could be one corner away from the rest of their team.

1v3 fights are easily lost, so don’t risk it! Everyone needs a reminder of that sometimes.

You and your teammates will often be indifferent areas of the mapwhile you search for early-game materials to craft your items. You’ll want togroup back up with your teammatesas soon as it makes sense.

Keep Track Of Alpha, Omega, and Wickeline

As the match progresses, you will be notified when certainspecial items and enemies will be spawning on the map. You will noticethree names of enemy androidsthat you will want to know about:Alpha,Omega, andWickeline.

These are muchstronger enemies than the wild animalsyou will have encountered. These powerful androids willdrop special materialsthat you will need tocraft Legendary items.Defeating one of these enemies will alsoreward you with special buffs.

You will be toldwhich area of the map Alpha, Omega, and Wickeline will spawn into, but they are also capable ofwandering around.

Check Out Eternal Return’s Official Stat Tracker

The final tip is something you can do outside the game altogether. There is anofficial Eternal Return statistics spreadsheeton the game’s website. You can see afull breakdown of each character with a swath of statistics, such aswin rates,pick rates,total average kills per match, and more.

If you want to deepen your knowledge of Eternal Return, andsee what the possible meta seems to be, you should check this out often. You can evenget ideas on which characters to playmore often, orwhich ones to unlock next. If a character has a high win rate, it’s likely for a reason.

The stat tracker alsoseparates each character by weapon type, which leads to different stats. See ifa certain weapon type on a character has a higher win rate, then try and focus on using that one.