If you’re new to Anime Destroyers, the biggest mistake you can make is rushing worlds without understanding what the early game is quietly setting up for you. The first world especially looks basic, but almost everything tied to endgame progression starts there in some form. A lot of players ignore it, then later wonder why they’re stuck grinding harder than everyone else.
First World
The first world isn’t just a tutorial area. It’s where you start collecting systems that scale into late game. The token exchanger is the biggest example of this. Many players think mystery tokens only come from gifts or dailies, which is completely wrong. If you’ve already finished a gacha, like Dragon Ball, and you’re sitting on thousands of unused tokens, those tokens are not dead weight. You can exchange them directly into mystery tokens through the exchange shop.
Right now, not every token type is supported because the owner hasn’t updated the exchanger for newer content yet. That’s fine. The important thing is understanding that unused tokens are future value. Hoarding them before the update is often smarter than dumping them randomly.
Avatar Stats
This is where most new players panic for no reason. You’ll see people rerolling avatar stats endlessly trying to hit S or SS in everything. That’s not required unless you’re chasing leaderboard rankings.
Having SS in energy and gems with AA in damage and luck is already more than enough to clear content comfortably. Even full AA stats are fine if your goal is just finishing the game. The update will improve scaling anyway, so burning all your rerolls now is usually a waste unless you’re committed to leaderboard pushing.
If you’re free-to-play, especially, don’t fall into the trap of thinking bad luck on rolls means you’re behind. You aren’t.
Also, at the moment, Eizen is the best avatar, so if you’re rolling now, there’s no real reason to wait unless you’re specifically saving for the next update.
Avatar Leveling
Power cells are not rare. They drop from literally everything. If you’re asking how to get them, the answer is boring but honest: play the game. Kill NPCs. Do content. Every enemy drops them.
There’s no secret farm spot you’re missing. The only difference between players who have power cells and players who don’t is time spent actually playing.
Rank Up
If the game lets you rank up, do it immediately. There’s no downside. Rank doesn’t slow progression and it doesn’t make content harder in a meaningful way. Once you’re around rank 40 and above, you’ll be deleting final NPCs anyway.
The max rank right now is 45, and the game is extremely forgiving. Sitting on unspent rank-ups only slows you down.
Crafting and Progression Raid
This is one of the most important systems people misunderstand.
Progression raid keys are not optional if you care about endgame strength. Raids are where a massive amount of your long-term power comes from. If you want to grind raids with friends, everyone needs the same number of keys. One person can’t carry the others into free loot.
Raids reward avatar shards, raid shards, tokens, and stat upgrades. Even with low drop rates, the volume adds up fast, especially with drop multipliers.
Free-to-play players usually cap at two times base drops, or four times with potions. Pay-to-win players can go higher, but free players are still rewarded well enough to progress smoothly if they stay consistent.
Raid shards are especially valuable because they directly improve luck, damage, energy, and gem gains. That scaling affects everything else you do.
Traits, Luck
There’s a visual bug that confuses a lot of players. Traits like Berserker or The Strongest appear to reduce luck, but they actually increase it. The negative number is purely visual.
The reason this matters is because stacking The Strongest across your entire team adds up fast. Even small luck boosts per unit turn into huge gains when multiplied across multiple equipped units. This is why late-game players obsess over trait consistency rather than individual unit stats.
If you pull one of these traits early, keep it. Don’t reroll it away.
Tokens
Raids give tokens. NPCs give tokens. Mini-bosses give tokens. Everything gives tokens.
Killing mini-bosses in the first world alone can give multiple tokens per kill, which multiply with drop bonuses. Players who feel token-starved usually aren’t doing anything wrong mechanically. They’re just not killing enough things.
The game rewards activity far more than optimization at this stage.
Boss Rush
Not all boss rushes are equal, even if they share the same currency.
The second-world boss rush is inefficient because of the long walk back after each kill. You waste time traveling instead of farming. The third-world boss rush, especially the One Piece world, is significantly better because you respawn much closer to the boss.
With drop multipliers active, this boss rush can flood you with boss rush tokens far faster than earlier ones. If you care about efficiency, this is where you should be farming.
Accessories
Accessories provide massive boosts, but here’s the catch: the same accessory can roll different stat values. Auto-locking too early can permanently lock a weaker version of an item.
For example, one Shinobi Headband might give less energy than another Shinobi Headband. Until you’re sure you’ve rolled a strong version, don’t auto-lock accessories. Keep rolling and compare.
This system rewards patience more than rarity.
Levels, Prestige
Prestige is essential for endgame players. It increases how many points you get per level, which translates directly into more energy, damage, luck, and gems.
The key thing to understand is that prestige does not delete your gems. You only lose levels, which you can regain quickly if you’re farming efficiently. This makes prestiging one of the safest progression systems in the game.
Free-to-play players should prioritize energy upgrades, while endgame players should prestige aggressively and grind high-value NPCs and mini-bosses.
Units
Units provide massive energy boosts. Secret units like Yamamoto already give huge scaling, and higher-tier versions like DAT units push that even further.
Once you pull a DAT unit, you’re essentially set until the next major update. At that point, progression becomes about optimization rather than survival.
Tickets
Tickets regenerate over time. You don’t need to buy them endlessly. Just by playing, you’ll accumulate enough tickets to slowly unlock game passes and exclusive shop items.
Many free-to-play players already own most passes simply because they stayed active. There’s no hidden exploit here. The game is generous if you show up consistently.