Anime Zero Beginner Guide: Your First Run and Next Upgrade

What should you do in your first session?

Prepare a usable loadout, learn one manageable Story run, then decide what to improve. Ashira’s beginner video recommends Story after preparing weapons and early upgrades. Use that as a learning loop: preparation, combat, completed rewards and one deliberate adjustment. You do not need to solve every summon, trait and accessory decision before understanding the combat controls.

This guide explains which decision to tackle next. For the actual wave indicators and boss encounter shown in the recording, use the first Story clear walkthrough.

What should you check before queueing?

Check what is equipped and what an available upgrade actually changes. The recorded Arsenal has two equip controls, but the sources do not demonstrate every locked-slot purchase or replacement state. See the weapon-slot guide before assuming a paid card is required for your intended loadout.

Then inspect your available skill tokens. In Ashira’s recording, the tooltip shows Attack II. That is evidence of the displayed node, not proof of the first node or cost on a new account. The skill-tree guide compares the shown branches and explains what the footage leaves unanswered.

Source frame: Ashira RBX, 1:31. Inspect the current tooltip rather than treating this dated node as a mandatory purchase.

If you want to claim codes, open the reviewed code list. The video’s launch-period codes may be outdated. Our list identifies source-reported status and any listed level requirements; the game’s response determines whether a redemption succeeds.

What should you learn during your first run?

Learn the progress indicators and how your skills recover. Ashira’s Easy Story footage shows area progress, the current wave and Enemies Alive separately. Check those together before deciding that the stage is finished. Watch your cooldowns while grouping enemies for area attacks.

Source frame: Ashira RBX, 2:20. The displayed area and wave counts describe this recording, not every stage.

Keep the stage and difficulty consistent while learning. If skills hit only one scattered enemy, work on positioning. If you take damage while every skill is recovering, practice creating space. A stronger weapon may help a slow clear, but a tier label cannot tell you whether an attack missed its target.

How do you choose your next upgrade?

Match the upgrade to the problem you observed. Use the following table as a reading order, not a guaranteed build sequence. It points to the evidence and limitations relevant to each decision.

After returning to the lobby, check quests, milestones and achievements for completed entries. This follows Ashira’s progression advice. Exact payouts and completion conditions have not been independently verified, so this guide does not budget a guaranteed income from each run.

Should you leave the game in the AFK chamber?

Check whether the recorded event still exists before planning around it. Ashira’s October 1 screen is explicitly a Time Chamber Event with an end countdown. D1SGUISED’s later overnight reward is a personal report, not a guaranteed drop schedule for your account.

The AFK chamber review explains the two sources and their different limitations. Read the current screen, account modifiers and disconnect behavior before committing an overnight session. Historical footage alone cannot establish today’s reward interval.

What should you save for your second session?

Save a note about the actual obstacle, rather than a shopping list of every recommended item. Record the stage, difficulty, equipped weapons and the part of the run that was difficult. After making one change, compare another attempt under similar conditions. This is a practical learning method, not a measured progression-speed claim.

Use the broader tier-list source review when you have a concrete equipment choice. It separates the original chart from the creator’s later buff correction and player disagreements. Return to the relevant guide whenever a recommendation depends on an untested mechanic.

Sources: Ashira RBX’s original beginner guide, published October 1, and D1SGUISED’s beginner guide, published October 6. The source reviews and screenshots are recorded in this project’s October 9 evidence notes.

Ashira RBX — Anime Zero beginner preparation and Story — YouTube

Ashira RBX — Anime Zero beginner preparation and Story