STELLAVANITY - Prelude to the Destined Calamity -

STELLAVANITY - Prelude to the Destined Calamity - is a hybrid danmaku-RPG game released on December 31st, 2011 by the developer TRIS-GRAM, under the doujin circle Feathered Ether. The game has undergone significant changes since the release of its earliest demos, in addition to a number of updates. The game features 2 characters, each with a easy to learn "C-type" and a complex "S-type". The game has six difficulty modes; unique to the game is the ability to rank up in a run, making patterns harder in addition to revenge bullets.

The game's development has been halted multiple times, with the most recent stoppage from March 2022 - with sales halting on April 14th that year for a week - before development resumed on December 12th, 2022.

The latest versions are 1.23, released March 2022, and 1.22r, released January 2013 and still included in the official download. Following the developer's wishes, this article only details these (very similar) versions. Older versions may be mentioned sparingly to give context to otherwise bizarre details, but they should not be the focus.

STELLAVANITY - Prelude to the Destined Calamity -

Title screen from version 1.23

Developer:	Feathered Ether
Music:	TRIS-GRAM
Program:	TRIS-GRAM
Art:	TRIS-GRAM
Release date:	December 31, 2011 (Comiket 81) / June 7th, 2012 (DLSite)

Setup

In lieu of official support in English, setup instructions are detailed here.

Where to buy

SV can only be purchased on DLSite, but it can be done from anywhere in the world, using PayPal to buy points through DLPay. 1000 points will cover the game alone, while 1500 will also cover the soundtrack.

Installing

The game comes in a preinstalled folder named "STELLAVANITY DL版 ver1.23". If your computer's character encoding is not set to Japanese, remove the "版" character to avoid crashes. Do not place the install in Program Files or other system folders, otherwise data will not be saved.

To run version 1.22r, move it out of the "old version" folder first. On Windows 10 and above, this version will crash in fullscreen unless a patch is applied.

Running

To play the game, open SV123.exe or SV122r.exe. To adjust certain options that cannot be changed while the game is running, open 起動前設定.exe (preconfig). It can run even if its name is garbled.

Configuring

There are several ways in which the game's settings are determined. For a fully customized setup, follow them in order.

The first line of スクリーンサイズ.txt specifies the window's width in windowed mode, from which the height is also calculated to maintain a 4:3 aspect ratio. The original (and minimum) resolution is 640x480, while the maximum is 1920x1440. If the game's ZIP file is extracted in the same locale used to run it, this file's name will be garbled to exactly what it needs to be for the game to find it.

In preconfig, the following options are available:

• Screen update mode (Timer/VSync): Decides on what rhythm frames are displayed. Timer may cause tearing, while VSync may introduce lag.
• Stabilization (Off/On): Stabilizes performance, leave it on unless some issue is found with it.
• Confirm before quitting (Off/On): Asks if you are sure (Y or N to respond) before quitting the game with the Escape key.
• Bullet palette (36/18/9/6): Amount of bullet colors available. Leave at 36 unless memory is in dire need.
• Window scaling filter (Nearest neighbor/Bilinear): The process used to scale the video output in window mode. Nearest neighbor keeps the pixels sharp, while bilinear blurs them together.
• Fullscreen prescale (Off/On): In fullscreen mode, scales video output to 1280x960 (2x) using nearest neighbor filtering. Useful for getting a sharper picture in setups with poor scaling options.

When starting up the game, you are offered the option of playing in fullscreen mode. Picking the left option or pressing the Y key will enable fullscreen, while picking right, pressing N or closing the prompt will continue in windowed mode.

Finally, the ingame config menus offer more in-depth settings:

• GRAPHIC

• • Screen mode (Horizontal/Vertical A/Vertical B/Arcade A/Arcade B): Only Horizontal has the HUD sidebars. Vertical fits the whole gameplay view onscreen, while Arcade uses the entire screen and pans the view depending on your position.
  • Aspect ratio (50-200%, default 100%): Scales the picture in the long axis without affecting screen resolution. Causes great distortion, better to keep it at 100%.
  • Active info (Off/On): Displays the unlockable sidebar elements during gameplay or playback.

• • FPS control mode (By VSync/By Timer): Decides on what rhythm the game runs. VSync behaves awkwardly during 45fps slowdown and may accelerate the game on high refresh rate environments; set to Timer.
  • FPS (60/30/20): Reduces the amount of frames rendered while running the game at the same speed.

• • Effect level (1-5): Broadens the scope of special effects.
  • Effect brightness (50-100%): For special effects, brightness is the same as opacity.

• • Coin light (Off/On): Displays a glow around coin items.
  • Coin parency(sic) (0-100%): Opacity (not transparency!) of coin items.
  • Jewel parency(sic) (0-100%): Opacity (not transparency!) of jewel items.

• • Bullet color (Full/0-35): When not Full, forces all bullets to be the same color. If the palette size is less than 36, the chosen color is further collapsed to one of the available colors.
  • Bullet light (Off/On): Displays a glow around bullets.
  • Bullet graphic (Standard/Dark): Switches to a set of flatter-looking bullet sprites.
  • Bullet brightness (50-100%): Affects brightness, not opacity.
  • Shot parency(sic) (50-100%): Opacity (not transparency!) of your own shots.

• • Background brightness (50-100%)
  • Background layer (Full/Reduced/Minimum): May or may not have any effect
  • Background particle parency(sic) (0-100%): you get the point

• SOUND

• • BGM volume (0-100%)
  • Sound effect volume (0-100%)
  • Item sound volume (0-100%)

• CONTROLLER (also see #Controls)

• • Controller ID: Index of the gamepad to read input from. Starts from 0, so the second controller would be ID 1, for example.
  • Default Assault mode (Manual/Auto): Assault mode set at the start of every area.
  • Default difficulty
  • Default character

Controls

Gameplay buttons are fully remappable (movement can also be remapped for keyboard) and have different modes of operation:

• For shooting:
  • "Shot and slow(laser)" has independent shot and focus buttons similar to Touhou games. Laser is fired by shooting while focused.
  • "Shot/laser and fullauto" has two shot buttons, one which focuses and fires laser when held and another that always shoots unfocused, similar to Cave games.
    • There is also a separate slow button that allows for focused movement to be used alongside regular shots or without shooting.
    • The time for a laser hold to register can be adjusted from 1 to 30 frames.
    • Full auto does not hinder Discharge buildup, unlike the main shot button.
  • "Laser and fullauto" works the same as the previous mode, but the first shot button fires laser immediately, without room for mashing for shot.
    • It is the equivalent of setting frames to laser to 0.
    • By a small margin, this is the most powerful shoot mode, as it allows for focused normal shots and faster Discharge buildup while not suffering from laser delay.
• For shifts:
  • 1 shift mode has a single button for both shifts, Delayed being activated with a tap and Ethereal with a hold.
  • 2 shift mode has separate buttons for each shift, each being activated with a tap.

Default key	Shoot mode
	Shot-slow		Shot-auto		Laser-auto
Z	Shot		Shot (tap) / Laser (hold)		Laser
F	Slow		Full auto
E	Unused		Slow
X	Assault (type S) / Discharge (type C)
C	Blade
V	Bomb
A	DS (tap) / ES (hold)			Delayed Shift
R	Unused			Ethereal Shift
Default key	1 button			2 buttons
	Shift mode
Q	Fast forward replay
Enter	Pause

Characters

		Lemulene Raygraph リミュレーナ＝レイグラフ
Both types	Shot	Spread main shot and angled orb shots, which do not tighten when focusing
	Laser	Narrow main laser, 2 orb lasers
Type C	Discharge	Large projectile that travels at shot speed
Type S	Assault	Homing projectiles that deal damage at the end of their animation
	Blade	360° swings with two blades, then two diagonal slashes around the front

		Azerlete Orphansark アゼルリート＝オルファンサーク
Both types	Shot	Forward main and orb shots, which tighten when focusing
	Laser	Wide main laser, 4 orb lasers
Type C	Discharge	Large lighting bolt that covers the area in front
Type S	Assault	Aimed lighting bolts that deal damage over the course of their animation
	Blade	270° swings with one blade, then five powerful short-range shots

Modes

SV has a variety of RPG elements, but it is also designed with the arcade essence in mind. In light of this, three modes are available to suit player tastes:

• Story: Character level, items, customs and stat boosts are all taken into account.
• Rule: The character is set to a fixed level, while customs are disabled. Items and stat boosts still apply.
• Strict Rule: All pre-run customization is disabled, but stats are still boosted over the course of a run.

S.Rule is treated in-game as an offshoot of Rule, sharing both scoreboards and medals. However:

• Rule mode medals gain a star next to their names when achieved in S.Rule, also granting extra certification points.
• For scoring, the current consensus (at least in the West) groups Story and Rule together while leaving S.Rule as its own category, highlighting the most different modes.

Basic gameplay

Type S

• 1: Delayed Shift Gauge. Requires at least 50% to activate and will turn blue when ready to use.
• 2: Two gauges integral to scoring. The upper pink gauge is the Counter Shift gauge. When it is enabled, the level of the Counter Shift is shown at the lower right corner of the screen. The lower green gauge is the overkill combo gauge. After an overkill, a number indicating the current overkill bonus will appear next to this gauge. Keep overkilling enemies to add a multiplier to the overkill value. If the gauge empties, the combo will end, signified by the overkill value turning gray.
• 3: Lives
• 4: Bombs
• 5: Ethereal Shift Gauge. Requires at least 50% to activate and will turn yellow when ready to use.
• 6 Blade Gauge.
• 7: The character's stats
• 8+9+10: UI addons that display additional information about the run. Not available by default, but can be bought in the shop.

Type-S has a wide variety of tools to both survive and score. Type-S characters retain their normal and focus fire, bombs, bomb conversion and Overdrive from Type-C. Two additional weapons available only in Type-S are Assault and Blade.

Assault is a lock-on laser attack usable on all non-popcorn enemies. Locks are obtained by hitting such enemies with the central part of the character's shot. There is a maximum number of available locks at once, which differs depending on the character. By default, auto-assault is enabled, allowing automatic usage of Assault whenever shot is held down. This can be disabled in favor of manual Assault usage by pressing the Assault button, and re-enabled by double tapping the Assault button in manual mode.

Blade is a short range melee attack. Using it requires spending a portion of the Blade gauge depending on the character. Pressing the button multiple times will trigger a multi-attack Blade combo. The number of possible attacks in the Blade combo (ranging from 1 to 3) depends on the Blade level, which is determined by the amount of Blade gauge available and is viewable at the bottom right corner of the screen. Large enemies and bosses at low health can be targeted for a Raid by pressing the Blade button at the right time, denoted by "RAID OK" appearing at the bottom right corner and a jingle sound playing. Raiding causes the character to swiftly move to the enemy's position, execute a level 3 blade combo regardless of Blade gauge status, and then return to their previous location, all the while becoming invincible for the attack's entire duration. Afterwards, the Blade gauge will turn red (negative value) and slowly drain, disabling both Blade and Raid until it reaches 0.

Type-S has 2 exclusive "shifts" or hypers. Both shifts disable overkilling upon activation and end overkill combos upon running out, but can be cancelled early by pressing their buttons again, at the cost of half the remaining gauge.

Delayed Shift - Virtually identical to Kakusei from Espgaluda, this shift spawns more enemies, slows down all bullets on the screen and makes enemies fire more bullets. Killing any enemy during Delayed Shift converts their bullets (other than suicide bullets, if any) into gems. Entering Delayed Shift also enables a special Counter Shift. During Delayed Shift, all gems collected charge the Counter Shift and increase its level. Higher levels increase the value of future gems collected during that Delayed Shift. When Delayed Shift runs out or is cancelled normally, it releases an energy wave that clears bullets in an area around the player and damages enemies whose bullets were cancelled. Damage and cancel area increases with Counter Shift level, to the point of clearing the entire screen at the maximum level of 3. During boss fights, the Counter Shift slowly charges automatically and will always clear the entire screen of bullets when released. Bombing during Delayed Shift cancels the shift without creating a Counter Shift, but retains the full amount of Delayed Shift meter at the time of cancellation.

Ethereal Shift powers up both Blade and Assault. Assault becomes automatic rapid fire against all enemies and cannot be turned off. The blade gauge will also become infinite, allowing the player to spam Blade combos. However, Raid will be disabled. During Ethereal Shift, a lot more enemies will spawn. These enemies spawn from an independent wave based on how long you've been in Ethereal Shift. Killing these enemies spawns a large number of coins. When Ethereal Shift ends, a large portion of the Blade gauge will be drained. Getting hit during Ethereal Shift ends it early and spends a bomb to prevent life loss if one is available. Getting hit this way will still count as a hit for TLB and rank requirements, however.

Overkilling

Medium and large enemies enter an 'overkilled' state if their HP is reduced to 0 with either Assault or Blade attacks while not in either Shift. During this state, they do not move or fire bullets. Doing further damage to overkilled enemies increases both shift gauges and is central to the scoring system. This state is known to end when either: a Raid attack completes (including if a Raid would put enemies into the overkill state), or, once Assault attacks cease striking the enemies.

The player can also overkill stage bosses if they reduce the current phase's HP to 0 during Ethereal Shift, leading to a special overkill phase (marked by a special sound, the background reddening, and the boss' bottom health bar filling with a gray color instead of a red one). During the overkill phase (called a Counterburst in-game), the boss will use a harder version of the current phase's pattern, which becomes more difficult the longer it goes, via linearly increasing the velocity of all bullets spawned (with different rates depending on difficulty). This phase continues until the player takes a hit or their Ethereal Shift runs out. There is no long-term survival consequence to taking a hit during this phase, as the player will not lose any bombs or lives. Furthermore, the game does not register this as a hit for calculating post-final boss and rank requirements.

Extends

The player can get up to 4 extends per run without glitches and up to 6 extends by using glitches.

• Score extends: The player can get 2 extends by reaching the required score, the amount of score required vary with difficulty and type (C or S). The left score to extend will appear on top left on the section "Score To Extend" (need to buy score UI addon on system store).
• Hidden extend items: There's a hidden extend item on Stage 5 and Stage 7 that will be dropped if the player complete its requirements.
  • Stage 5: The requirement to drop the hidden extend item on Stage 5 is to kill all floors and towers along the stage, the final tower will drop the hidden extend item.
  • Stage 7: The requirement to drop the hidden extend item on Stage 7 is to kill both giant green orb mid-bosses before their timer ends, the second mid-boss will drop the hidden extend item, UNLESS the player is playing as Type-C on Easy, Normal or Arcade difficulty.
• Glitch extends: There's a glitch that allows the player to collect an extend item twice, it can be used to get 2 extends instead of 1 on both hidden extend items (Stage 5 and Stage 7). In order to exploit the glitch, the player needs to be at the exact position where the extend item is spawned at the exact frame where it drops, the game will register the item collection in the current and next frames, adding 2 lifes instead of 1. Since the items always drop at the same position, it's possible to exploit the glitch consistently. A demonstration of this glitch can be found on this video.

Progression

SV has several forms of progression between runs, owing to its RPG inspiration. While the grinds required can be time intensive, almost everything that can be earned or bought is shared between all shot types; the one exception being experience, which is not shared across characters.

Run rewards

Results screen, showing the experience, coins and jewels gained.

Results screen, showing a level up and the crystals gained.

After the game over or credits animations, the game advances to the results screen, where several currencies are awarded based on performance across all credits:

• From the total score, experience to level up the current character.
• From the sum of coins across all stages, coins to buy system features.
• From the sum of jewels across all stages, jewels to buy items and customs.
• From the progress made, crystals to allocate into stat boosts.

Unlockable items

Name	Translated name	Unlock condition	Description	Translated description	Notes
金運の指輪	Ring of Economic Fortune	Shop item 16 (65000J)	取得コイン +10％	Shop coin gain +10%
ミダス王の手	A Hand of Midas	Beat area 7 no hit no bomb on Hard or higher	取得コイン +25％	Shop coin gain +25%
研磨剤	Abrasive Powder	Shop item 17 (48000J)	取得ジュエル +10％	Shop jewel gain +10%
ダイヤモンドカッター	Diamond Cutter	Beat area 7 with no jewels on Arcade or higher	取得ジュエル +25％	Shop jewel gain +25%
戦技マニュアル	Manual of Battle Tech	Shop item 15 (90000J)	取得経験値 +10％	Experience gain +10%
裏マニュアル	Secret Manual	Finish a run over 500m	取得経験値 +25％	Experience gain +25%
緊急回避AI	Emergency A.I.	Shop item 18 (55000J)	自動的に食らいボムが発動する	Deathbomb triggers automatically
Bディフューザー	Blade Diffuser	Shop item 7 (20000J)	ブレードレンジ +10％ / ブレード威力 -25％	Blade range +10% / Blade power -25%
Bディフューザー+	Blade Diffuser +	Shop item 8 (95000J)	ブレードレンジ +15％ / ブレード威力 -20％	Blade range +15% / Blade power -20%
Bコンセントレーター	Blade Concentrator	Shop item 9 (16000J)	ブレード威力 +20％ / ブレードレンジ -20％	Blade power +20% / Blade range -20%
Bコンセントレーター+	Blade Concentrator +	Shop item 10 (77000J)	ブレード威力 +30％ / ブレードレンジ -15％	Blade power +30% / Blade range -15%
鷹の翼	Wings of Falcon	Shop item 1 (8000J)	スピード +10％ / レーザー攻撃力 -3％ / アサルト攻撃力 +5％	Speed +10% / Laser power -3% / Assault power +5%
天使の翼	Wings of Angel	Shop item 2 (22000J)	スピード +5％	Speed +5%
熾天使の翼	Wings of Seraph	Clear on Pandemonium	スピード +5％ / ショット攻撃力 +5％ / アサルト攻撃力 -10％	Speed +5% / Shot power +5% / Assault power -10%
降魔の札	Demonic Charm	Shop item 3 (35000J)	ランク上昇に伴う敵攻撃強化がやや激化	Slightly enhances rank's effect on enemy attacks	No effect observed in modern versions. Used to affect the old "delayed rank" system
デモニックチャイム	Demonic Chime	Clear on Nightmare or higher using #Level Canceler to downgrade to level 1	ランク上昇に伴う敵攻撃強化が激化	Enhances rank's effect on enemy attacks
降魔の香水	Demonic Perfume	Clear with type C	敵の攻撃ランクが1段階上昇する	Rank tier of enemy attacks increased by 1
退魔の札	Anti-Demonic Charm	Shop item 4 (6000J)	ランク上昇に伴う敵攻撃強化を若干抑制	Slightly suppresses rank's effect on enemy attacks
退魔の鐘	Anti-Demonic Chime	Shop item 5 (48000J)	ランク上昇に伴う敵攻撃強化を多少抑制	Somewhat suppresses rank's effect on enemy attacks
ネクロノミコン	Necronomicon	Clear on Hard	攻撃力 +5％ / 食らいボム不可	Power +5% / No deathbomb
ブラックキャンドル	Black Candle	Get hit in Ethereal Shift with no resources left	ボム +1 / イセリアルシフト時に被弾するとミスとなる	Bomb +1 / Miss if hit during Ethereal Shift
ウイングブーツ	Winged Boots	Clear on Arcade	スピード +10％	Speed +10%
高性能半導体回路	Hi Performance Semiconductor Circuit	Shop item 6 (18000J)	ゲージ消費 -5％ / ゲージ回復 -10％	Gauge consumption -5% / Gauge recovery -10%
超導回路	Super Circuit	Clear on Nightmare or higher without equipping items, but customs are allowed	ゲージ消費 -10％ / ゲージ回復 -5％	Gauge consumption -10% / Gauge recovery -5%
高精度レティクル	Hi Accuracy Reticle	Clear on Easy or Normal	アサルト攻撃力 +10％	Assault power +10%
高性能AI	Hi Performance A.I.	Reach level 16	オービターショット攻撃力 +20％	Orb shot power +20%
トランキライザー	Tranquilizer	Shop item 11 (5000J)	アサルト攻撃力 +15％ / レーザー攻撃力 -5％	Assault power +15% / Laser power -5%
霊素収束器	Ethereal Concentrator	Shop item 12 (160000J)	レーザー攻撃力 +5％ / ショット攻撃力 -10％	Laser power +5% / Shot power -10%
霊素拡散器	Ethereal Diffuser	Shop item 13 (120000J)	ショット攻撃力 +10％ / レーザー攻撃力 -5％	Shot power +10% / Laser power -5%
愚者の魂	Soul of the Fool	Shop item 14 (250000J)	攻撃力 -20％ / ゲージ消費 +10％ / ゲージ回復 -10％ / ブレードレンジ -20％	Power -20% / Gauge consumption +10% / Gauge recovery -10% / Blade range -20%
黒き心	Black Heart	Shop item 19 (55000J)	ボム +1 / オートボム・オートガード・食らいボム不可	Bomb +1 / No autobomb, autoguard or deathbomb	Autoguard not actually disabled
白き心	White Heart	Clear on Nightmare	ボム -1 / 食らいボム時の消費 -1	Bomb -1 / Deathbomb cost -1
イバラの心	Heart of Ibara	Clear no resources left	（現在特殊効果は存在しません）	(Currently no special effect)
慌て者の靴	Shoes of Hasty	Shop item 20 (300J)	高速移動と低速移動が逆転	Swaps focused and unfocused speed
亀の呪い	Curse of Tortoise	Shop item 39 (500J)	スピード -20％	Speed -20%
ドン亀の呪い	Curse of Giant Tortoise	Stay in the main menu for 10 min straight	スピード -40％	Speed -40%
スタビライザー	Stabilizer	Shop item 21 (8000J)	低速移動のスピードを200にする	Sets focused speed to 200
偽造勲章	Counterfeit Medal	Finish a run after clearing 100 different stages (per mode, char, type, diff, stage, rank, every % of stage adds up)	クオリファイドの条件を緩和する	Relaxes qualification requirements
大容量キャパシタ	Hi Capacity Capacitor	Shop item 22 (6000J)	ディスチャージ威力 +10％ / アクセルドライブチャージ -5％	Discharge power +10% / Accel Drive charge -5%
超容量キャパシタ	Super Capacitor	Clear type C ACD or higher	ディスチャージ威力 +20％ / アクセルドライブチャージ -10％	Discharge power +20% / Accel Drive charge -10%
身代わり人形	Substitute Doll	Beat area 6 no hit no bomb at rank EX	被弾を最初の1回だけ完全に無効化する（あらゆる条件にカウントしない）	Completely negates the first hit taken (does not count against any conditions)
導体80	Conductor 80	Shop item 23 (25000J)	アクセルドライブチャージ +5％ / ディスチャージ威力 -5％	Accel Drive charge +5% / Discharge power -5%
導体99	Conductor 99	Clear no hit	アクセルドライブチャージ +10％ / ディスチャージ威力 -10％	Accel Drive charge +10% / Discharge power -10%
拡張スロットx1	Expansion Slot x1	Shop item 24 (12000J)	忌晶石配分による強化限界 +50	Crystal boost limit +50
拡張スロットx2	Expansion Slot x2	Shop item 25 (88000J)	忌晶石配分による強化限界 +100	Crystal boost limit +100
拡張スロットx4	Expansion Slot x4	Finish a run after reaching level 20 with both characters	忌晶石配分による強化限界 +200	Crystal boost limit +200
はじめてのK++	First K++	Shop item 26 (120000J)	強化に必要な忌晶石コストを1段階下げる	Reduces the crystal cost for boosts by 1 step
独習K++	Self-study K++	1CC 2.5bil	強化に必要な忌晶石コストを2段階下げる	Reduces the crystal cost for boosts by 2 steps
パフォーマンスチューナー	Performance Tuner	Reach level 31	強化の効果を10％上昇させる	Increases the effect of boosts by 10%
スペルエンハンサー	Spell Enhancer	Shop item 27 (32000J)	ボム威力 +20％	Bomb power +20%
中和結界A	Neutralizing Ward A	Shop item 28 (150000J)	敵のアサルト耐性を弱体化させる	Weakens enemy resistance to assault
中和結界B	Neutralizing Ward B	Shop item 29 (170000J)	敵のブレード耐性を弱体化させる	Weakens enemy resistance to blade
中和結界S	Neutralizing Ward S	Finish a run without continues after using 25 regular bombs	敵のボム耐性を弱体化させる（一部の敵に無効）	Weakens enemy resistance to bombs (disabled for some enemies)	Known resistant enemies: Plant
中和結界Ex	Neutralizing Ward Ex	Reach Elm Order	VIERの攻撃無効化時間を短縮させる	Reduces Vier's invulnerability duration
見切り奥義書	Secret Book	Shop item 30 (920000J)	食らい判定をほんのわずかだけ縮小させる（同系統効果重複不可）	Slightly reduces hitbox size (cannot be stacked)
見切り秘伝書	Confidential Book	Defeat Elm Order with type C	食らい判定をわずかだけ縮小させる（同系統効果重複不可）	Reduces hitbox size (cannot be stacked)
レイドコンペンセイター	Raid Compensator	Clear with a speed stat under 400	ブレードゲージがプラスであればレイドが発動できるようになる	Can raid as long as the blade meter is positive
Aホールドキャンセラー	A Hold Canceller	Shop item 31 (4500J)	ダメージがオーバーキル域に達した中型敵に対し、通常ショットとレーザーがすり抜けるようになる	Normal shot and laser will not collide with overkilled medium sized enemies
鎮魂の札	Funeral Charm	Clear at rank 4/EX with Raging Soul equipped	敵の撃ち返し攻撃を弱める	Weakens revenge bullets	Effect suppressed in locked rank EX (runs only)
キャバルリィ強化セット	Cavalry Power Up Set	Shop item 32 (76000J)	攻撃力 +3％ / ディスチャージ威力 +5％ / アクセルドライブチャージ +3％	Power +3% / Discharge power +5% / Accel Drive charge +3%
ステラ強化セット	Stella Power Up Set	Shop item 33 (108000J)	攻撃力 +3％ / ゲージ回復+3％ / ゲージ消費 -3％ / ブレードレンジ +3％	Power +3% / Gauge recovery +3% / Gauge consumption -3% / Blade range +3%
プリズム	Prism	Finish a run after unlocking 70 items	敵のレーザー攻撃を無効化する	Disables enemy lasers
スペルディバイダー	Spell Divider	Clear at rank 1-3	ボムアイテム回収時にボムの数が2増えるが、威力が半減（オートガードON時は機能しない）	Bomb items are worth 2 bombs, but their power is halved (disabled with autoguard ON)
変性装置	Denaturing Device	Defeat Elm Order with type S at rank 0	ライフアイテム回収時にボムの数が6増えるが、ライフは増えない / オートボム・オートガード・食らいボム不可	Life items give 6 bombs instead of a life / No autobomb, autoguard or deathbomb
侵界石	Invader Stone	Shop item 34 (70000J)	イレース範囲 +2％	Erase range +2%
侵界結晶	Invader Crystal	Clear without using regular bombs	イレース範囲 +3％	Erase range +3%
達人のプライド	Pride of Master	Beat area 7 no hit	被弾回数1回以下でステージクリアすると動的強化値がアップ	Dynamic boosts increased after clearing a stage with 1 hit or less
武神のプライド	Pride of War God	Beat any area at rank EX no hit	被弾ゼロでステージクリアすると動的強化値がかなりアップ	Dynamic boosts greatly increased after clearing a stage with no hits
巨人の秘薬	Elixir of Giant	Shop item 35 (2500J)	攻撃力 +8％ / 食らい判定が拡大する	Power +8% / Increases hitbox size
スカーレットソード	Scarlet Sword	Clear with Shoes of Hasty equipped	攻撃力 +12％ / 食らい判定が拡大する	Power +12% / Increases hitbox size
リフレクターユニット	Reflector Unit	Shop item 37 (55000J)	カウンターシフト威力 +30％	Counter Shift power +30%
アキレスの盾	Armor of Achilles	Clear with Soul of the Fool equipped	イレース範囲 +4％ / 後方からの被弾時に回避行動を取ることができない	Erase range +4% / Instant miss when hit from behind
DC変換ユニット	DC Transformer Unit	Shop item 36 (480000J)	DS解除時に必ずLv2以上のCSが発動するが、DSを任意解除できなくなる	Guarantees Counter Shift level 2 or higher, but Delayed Shift cannot be canceled at will
セパレーターユニット	Separator Unit	Shop item 38 (29000J)	低速移動時にオービットが収束しなくなる	Orbits no longer converge when focused
バランサーユニット	Balancer Unit	Beat a stage in rank EX with type S	オービットの射角が4度広くなる	Widens orbit aim by 4 degrees
荒ぶる魂	Raging Soul	Beat stage 5 with Curse of Crab equipped	敵の撃ち返し攻撃を強める	Strengthens revenge bullets	Type S effect on bullet count suppressed in locked rank EX (runs only) (bug?)
カニの呪い	Curse of Crab	Shop item 40 (100J)	前後方向に移動できなくなる	Disables vertical movement
ダウジングロッド	Dowsing Rod	Clear at rank 4/EX with type C	取得忌晶石 +10％ / ステージごとに取得忌晶石を1個追加	Crystal gain +10% / 1 additional crystal per stage
高感度センサー	Hi Sens Sensor	Clear at rank EX	取得忌晶石 +25％ / ステージごとに取得忌晶石を2個追加	Crystal gain +25% / 2 additional crystals per stage
祈りの腕輪	Prayer Bracelet	Buy 32 items from the shop	ランク4-EX状態の維持が少しだけ楽になる	Relaxes requirements to maintain rank 4-EX

Transient items

Name	Translated name	Equip method	Observed effect
Bエクステンダー	Blade Extender	Equip Blade Diffuser and Blade Concentrator at the same time	Blade power +5% / Blade range +5%
Bエクステンダー+	Blade Extender +	Equip Blade Diffuser + and Blade Concentrator + at the same time	Blade power +10% / Blade range +10%
煉獄の扉	Gate of Purgatory	In the same slot, equip Demonic Chime, then Necronomicon, then Black Candle	Bomb +1 / Power +10% / Instant game over on hit, unless autoguard is available
虹色の心	Rainbow Heart	Equip Black Heart and White Heart at the same time	Raises the quality of all gems by one stage

Item shop

ID	Price	Name	Translated name	Description	Translated description	Notes
1	8000	鷹の翼	Wings of Falcon	スピード +10％ / レーザー攻撃力 -3％ / アサルト攻撃力 +5％	Speed +10% / Laser power -3% / Assault power +5%
2	22000	天使の翼	Wings of Angel	スピード +5％	Speed +5%
3	35000	降魔の札	Demonic Charm	ランク上昇に伴う敵攻撃強化がやや激化	Slightly enhances rank's effect on enemy attacks	No effect observed in modern versions. Used to affect the old "delayed rank" system
4	6000	退魔の札	Anti-Demonic Charm	ランク上昇に伴う敵攻撃強化を若干抑制	Slightly suppresses rank's effect on enemy attacks
5	48000	退魔の鐘	Anti-Demonic Chime	ランク上昇に伴う敵攻撃強化を多少抑制	Somewhat suppresses rank's effect on enemy attacks
6	18000	高性能半導体回路	Hi Performance Semiconductor Circuit	ゲージ消費 -5％ / ゲージ回復 -10％	Gauge consumption -5% / Gauge recovery -10%
7	20000	Bディフューザー	Blade Diffuser	ブレードレンジ +10％ / ブレード威力 -25％	Blade range +10% / Blade power -25%
8	95000	Bディフューザー+	Blade Diffuser +	ブレードレンジ +15％ / ブレード威力 -20％	Blade range +15% / Blade power -20%
9	16000	Bコンセントレーター	Blade Concentrator	ブレード威力 +20％ / ブレードレンジ -20％	Blade power +20% / Blade range -20%
10	77000	Bコンセントレーター+	Blade Concentrator +	ブレード威力 +30％ / ブレードレンジ -15％	Blade power +30% / Blade range -15%
11	5000	トランキライザー	Tranquilizer	アサルト攻撃力 +15％ / レーザー攻撃力 -5％	Assault power +15% / Laser power -5%
12	160000	霊素収束器	Ethereal Concentrator	レーザー攻撃力 +5％ / ショット攻撃力 -10％	Laser power +5% / Shot power -10%
13	120000	霊素拡散器	Ethereal Diffuser	ショット攻撃力 +10％ / レーザー攻撃力 -5％	Shot power +10% / Laser power -5%
14	250000	愚者の魂	Soul of the Fool	攻撃力 -20％ / ゲージ消費 +10％ / ゲージ回復 -10％ / ブレードレンジ -20％	Power -20% / Gauge consumption +10% / Gauge recovery -10% / Blade range -20%
15	90000	戦技マニュアル	Manual of Battle Tech	取得経験値 +10％	Experience gain +10%
16	65000	金運の指輪	Ring of Economic Fortune	取得コイン +10％	Shop coin gain +10%
17	48000	研磨剤	Abrasive Powder	取得ジュエル +10％	Shop jewel gain +10%
18	55000	緊急回避AI	Emergency A.I.	自動的に食らいボムが発動する	Deathbomb triggers automatically
19	55000	黒き心	Black Heart	ボム +1 / オートボム・オートガード・食らいボム不可	Bomb +1 / No autobomb, autoguard or deathbomb	Autoguard not actually disabled
20	300	慌て者の靴	Shoes of Hasty	高速移動と低速移動が逆転	Swaps focused and unfocused speed
21	8000	スタビライザー	Stabilizer	低速移動のスピードを200にする	Sets focused speed to 200
22	6000	大容量キャパシタ	Hi Capacity Capacitor	ディスチャージ威力 +10％ / アクセルドライブチャージ -5％	Discharge power +10% / Accel Drive charge -5%
23	25000	導体80	Conductor 80	アクセルドライブチャージ +5％ / ディスチャージ威力 -5％	Accel Drive charge +5% / Discharge power -5%
24	12000	拡張スロットx1	Expansion Slot x1	忌晶石配分による強化限界 +50	Crystal boost limit +50
25	88000	拡張スロットx2	Expansion Slot x2	忌晶石配分による強化限界 +100	Crystal boost limit +100
26	120000	はじめてのK++	First K++	強化に必要な忌晶石コストを1段階下げる	Reduces the crystal cost for boosts by 1 step
27	32000	スペルエンハンサー	Spell Enhancer	ボム威力 +20％	Bomb power +20%
28	150000	中和結界A	Neutralizing Ward A	敵のアサルト耐性を弱体化させる	Weakens enemy resistance to assault
29	170000	中和結界B	Neutralizing Ward B	敵のブレード耐性を弱体化させる	Weakens enemy resistance to blade
30	920000	見切り奥義書	Secret Book	食らい判定をほんのわずかだけ縮小させる（同系統効果重複不可）	Slightly reduces hitbox size (cannot be stacked)
31	4500	Aホールドキャンセラー	A Hold Canceller	ダメージがオーバーキル域に達した中型敵に対し、通常ショットとレーザーがすり抜けるようになる	Normal shot and laser will not collide with overkilled medium sized enemies
32	76000	キャバルリィ強化セット	Cavalry Power Up Set	攻撃力 +3％ / ディスチャージ威力 +5％ / アクセルドライブチャージ +3％	Power +3% / Discharge power +5% / Accel Drive charge +3%
33	108000	ステラ強化セット	Stella Power Up Set	攻撃力 +3％ / ゲージ回復+3％ / ゲージ消費 -3％ / ブレードレンジ +3％	Power +3% / Gauge recovery +3% / Gauge consumption -3% / Blade range +3%
34	70000	侵界石	Invader Stone	イレース範囲 +2％	Erase range +2%
35	2500	巨人の秘薬	Elixir of Giant	攻撃力 +8％ / 食らい判定が拡大する	Power +8% / Increases hitbox size
36	480000	DC変換ユニット	DC Transformer Unit	DS解除時に必ずLv2以上のCSが発動するが、DSを任意解除できなくなる	Guarantees Counter Shift level 2 or higher, but Delayed Shift cannot be canceled at will
37	55000	リフレクターユニット	Reflector Unit	カウンターシフト威力 +30％	Counter Shift power +30%
38	29000	セパレーターユニット	Separator Unit	低速移動時にオービットが収束しなくなる	Orbits no longer converge when focused
39	500	亀の呪い	Curse of Tortoise	スピード -20％	Speed -20%
40	100	カニの呪い	Curse of Crab	前後方向に移動できなくなる	Disables vertical movement

Custom shop

ID	Slots	Price	Name	Translated name	Unlock condition	Description	Translated description	Notes
1	8	400000	金運の指輪	Ring of Economic Fortune	Shop item 16 (65000J)	取得コイン +10％	Shop coin gain +10%
2	8	320000	研磨剤	Abrasive Powder	Shop item 17 (48000J)	取得ジュエル +10％	Shop jewel gain +10%
3	12	900000	戦技マニュアル	Manual of Battle Tech	Shop item 15 (90000J)	取得経験値 +10％	Experience gain +10%
4	4	80000	Bディフューザー	Blade Diffuser	Shop item 7 (20000J)	ブレードレンジ +10％ / ブレード威力 -25％	Blade range +10% / Blade power -25%
5	4	170000	Bコンセントレーター	Blade Concentrator	Shop item 9 (16000J)	ブレード威力 +20％ / ブレードレンジ -20％	Blade power +20% / Blade range -20%
6	2	18000	鷹の翼	Wings of Falcon	Shop item 1 (8000J)	スピード +10％ / レーザー攻撃力 -3％ / アサルト攻撃力 +5％	Speed +10% / Laser power -3% / Assault power +5%
7	3	52000	天使の翼	Wings of Angel	Shop item 2 (22000J)	スピード +5％	Speed +5%
8	1	500	降魔の札	Demonic Charm	Shop item 3 (35000J)	ランク上昇に伴う敵攻撃強化がやや激化	Slightly enhances rank's effect on enemy attacks	No effect observed in modern versions. Used to affect the old "delayed rank" system
9	6	140000	退魔の札	Anti-Demonic Charm	Shop item 4 (6000J)	ランク上昇に伴う敵攻撃強化を若干抑制	Slightly suppresses rank's effect on enemy attacks
10	5	37000	高性能半導体回路	Hi Performance Semiconductor Circuit	Shop item 6 (18000J)	ゲージ消費 -5％ / ゲージ回復 -10％	Gauge consumption -5% / Gauge recovery -10%
11	7	240000	高精度レティクル	Hi Accuracy Reticle	Clear on Easy or Normal	アサルト攻撃力 +10％	Assault power +10%
12	3	26000	トランキライザー	Tranquilizer	Shop item 11 (5000J)	アサルト攻撃力 +15％ / レーザー攻撃力 -5％	Assault power +15% / Laser power -5%
13	8	160000	霊素収束器	Ethereal Concentrator	Shop item 12 (160000J)	レーザー攻撃力 +5％ / ショット攻撃力 -10％	Laser power +5% / Shot power -10%
14	4	70000	霊素拡散器	Ethereal Diffuser	Shop item 13 (120000J)	ショット攻撃力 +10％ / レーザー攻撃力 -5％	Shot power +10% / Laser power -5%
15	1	500	愚者の魂	Soul of the Fool	Shop item 14 (250000J)	攻撃力 -20％ / ゲージ消費 +10％ / ゲージ回復 -10％ / ブレードレンジ -20％	Power -20% / Gauge consumption +10% / Gauge recovery -10% / Blade range -20%
16	1	300	慌て者の靴	Shoes of Hasty	Shop item 20 (300J)	高速移動と低速移動が逆転	Swaps focused and unfocused speed
17	1	600	亀の呪い	Curse of Tortoise	Shop item 39 (500J)	スピード -20％	Speed -20%
18	1	3500	スタビライザー	Stabilizer	Shop item 21 (8000J)	低速移動のスピードを200にする	Sets focused speed to 200
19	10	800000	偽造勲章	Counterfeit Medal	Finish a run after clearing 100 different stages (per mode, char, type, diff, stage, rank, every % of stage adds up)	クオリファイドの条件を緩和する	Relaxes qualification requirements
20	2	42000	大容量キャパシタ	Hi Capacity Capacitor	Shop item 22 (6000J)	ディスチャージ威力 +10％ / アクセルドライブチャージ -5％	Discharge power +10% / Accel Drive charge -5%
21	12	3500000	身代わり人形	Substitute Doll	Beat area 6 no hit no bomb at rank EX	被弾を最初の1回だけ完全に無効化する（あらゆる条件にカウントしない）	Completely negates the first hit taken (does not count against any conditions)
22	3	180000	拡張スロットx1	Expansion Slot x1	Shop item 24 (12000J)	忌晶石配分による強化限界 +50	Crystal boost limit +50
23	3	220000	はじめてのK++	First K++	Shop item 26 (120000J)	強化に必要な忌晶石コストを1段階下げる	Reduces the crystal cost for boosts by 1 step
24	2	150000	パフォーマンスチューナー	Performance Tuner	Reach level 31	強化の効果を10％上昇させる	Increases the effect of boosts by 10%
25	2	480000	スペルエンハンサー	Spell Enhancer	Shop item 27 (32000J)	ボム威力 +20％	Bomb power +20%
26	6	700000	中和結界A	Neutralizing Ward A	Shop item 28 (150000J)	敵のアサルト耐性を弱体化させる	Weakens enemy resistance to assault
27	6	360000	中和結界B	Neutralizing Ward B	Shop item 29 (170000J)	敵のブレード耐性を弱体化させる	Weakens enemy resistance to blade
28	3	250000	中和結界S	Neutralizing Ward S	Finish a run without continues after using 25 regular bombs	敵のボム耐性を弱体化させる（一部の敵に無効）	Weakens enemy resistance to bombs (disabled for some enemies)	Known resistant enemies: Plant
29	12	1100000	見切り奥義書	Secret Book	Shop item 30 (920000J)	食らい判定をほんのわずかだけ縮小させる（同系統効果重複不可）	Slightly reduces hitbox size (cannot be stacked)
30	4	170000	レイドコンペンセイター	Raid Compensator	Clear with a speed stat under 400	ブレードゲージがプラスであればレイドが発動できるようになる	Can raid as long as the blade meter is positive
31	10	1800000	鎮魂の札	Funeral Charm	Clear at rank 4/EX with Raging Soul equipped	敵の撃ち返し攻撃を弱める	Weakens revenge bullets	Effect suppressed in locked rank EX (runs only)
32	3	60000	侵界石	Invader Stone	Shop item 34 (70000J)	イレース範囲 +2％	Erase range +2%
33	3	55000	達人のプライド	Pride of Master	Beat area 7 no hit	被弾回数1回以下でステージクリアすると動的強化値がアップ	Dynamic boosts increased after clearing a stage with 1 hit or less
34	1	8000	巨人の秘薬	Elixir of Giant	Shop item 35 (2500J)	攻撃力 +8％ / 食らい判定が拡大する	Power +8% / Increases hitbox size
35	2	40000	リフレクターユニット	Reflector Unit	Shop item 37 (55000J)	カウンターシフト威力 +30％	Counter Shift power +30%
36	2	32000	セパレーターユニット	Separator Unit	Shop item 38 (29000J)	低速移動時にオービットが収束しなくなる	Orbits no longer converge when focused
37	7	550000	バランサーユニット	Balancer Unit	Beat a stage in rank EX with type S	オービットの射角が4度広くなる	Widens orbit aim by 4 degrees
38	1	200	荒ぶる魂	Raging Soul	Beat stage 5 with Curse of Crab equipped	敵の撃ち返し攻撃を強める	Strengthens revenge bullets	Type S effect on bullet count suppressed in locked rank EX (runs only) (bug?)
39	20	4000000	ダウジングロッド	Dowsing Rod	Clear at rank 4/EX with type C	取得忌晶石 +10％ / ステージごとに取得忌晶石を1個追加	Crystal gain +10% / 1 additional crystal per stage
40	15	1300000	祈りの腕輪	Prayer Bracelet	Buy 32 items from the shop	ランク4-EX状態の維持が少しだけ楽になる	Relaxes requirements to maintain rank 4-EX

Routes

The game is comprised of 7 areas, of which at least 5 must be played: two out of the first 4, then 5, 6 and 7. The game's scoreboard assigns Zones to these areas: Zone A is for areas 1 & 2, B for 3 & 4, C for 5, D for 6, and finally E for 7.

Runs can be started on area 1 or 2, and after each area the player may advance to any of the following:

• The area after the next (after areas 1–3) or immediately next (after areas 4–6).
• Areas 3 and 4, if the previous area was the first in the run.
• The next area, if the player qualified for a rank up in the previous (see #Rank).

List of routes

Route	Rank
	Least qualified			Most qualified
1-3	0			0
1-4				1
2-3
2-4
1-2-4	1			2
1-3-4
1-2-3	2
2-3-4	1		2		3
1-2-3-4	4			4-EX

Rank

Orthogonal to the difficulty selection is rank, a second scale that is determined during a run. It has various effects:

• On stages, it increases bullet speed and incrementally adds revenge bullets, which spawn over time from an enemy explosion and can be sealed by being close enough when they spawn.
• On bosses, it increases health, either bullet speed (type C) or density (type S), and adds extra boss phases in specific cases (area 3 rank 2, area 4 rank 3).

In addition, increasing rank can add more stages to the run, up to all 7 at rank 4.

Rank starts at 0 and goes up over the course of the first 4 areas. To qualify for a rank up at the end of an area:

• With type C, stay within a certain amount of stage hits, depending on the area. If you've skipped areas, the requirement is more lenient.
• With type S:
  • If you haven't skipped any areas, stay above the total score target for each rank.
  • If you've skipped areas, earn a certain amount of score in the area, depending on rank.

If you qualify for a rank up, "QUALIFIED" will be shown after the clear bonus is tallied, and the very next area will be available for selection. Selecting the next area will accept the rank up, while selecting any other will reject it. Since area 4 can only lead to area 5, it's impossible to reject a rank up earned in it.

Type C requirements

Difficulty	Route	Area 1	Area 2	Area 3	Area 4
EASY NORMAL	1-2-3-4	0	0	0	1
	Other		1	1	2
ARCADE	1-2-3-4	0	1	1	1
	Other		1	2	3
HARD	1-2-3-4	0	1	1	2
	Other		2	2	3
NIGHTMARE PANDEMONIUM	1-2-3-4	1	2	2	2
	Other		2	3	4

Type S requirements

Difficulty	Route	Rank 0	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3
EASY	1-2-3-4	180,000,000	400,000,000	650,000,000	1,000,000,000
	Other	100,000,000	120,000,000	150,000,000	N/A
NORMAL	1-2-3-4	200,000,000	500,000,000	800,000,000	1,300,000,000
	Other	130,000,000	170,000,000	200,000,000	N/A
ARCADE	1-2-3-4	220,000,000	550,000,000	900,000,000	1,500,000,000
	Other	160,000,000	200,000,000	250,000,000	N/A
HARD	1-2-3-4	250,000,000	600,000,000	1,000,000,000	1,500,000,000
	Other	200,000,000	250,000,000	300,000,000	N/A
NIGHTMARE	1-2-3-4	200,000,000	450,000,000	700,000,000	1,000,000,000
	Other	100,000,000	120,000,000	150,000,000	N/A
PANDEMONIUM	1-2-3-4	150,000,000	450,000,000	700,000,000	1,000,000,000
	Other	100,000,000	120,000,000	150,000,000	N/A

Rank 4-EX

If the player takes the 1-2-3-4 route, thus playing all stages, they will be at rank 3 in stage 4, in which case qualification works differently: rank 4 is guaranteed, but meeting the threshold will raise rank to 4-EX, denoted as an orange 4 in the HUD. It has the same effect as any other rank increase, but in greater magnitude the lower the difficulty, ranging from similar to other steps on Hard and above to game changing on Easy. By exceeding certain stage hit thresholds, this rank can exceptionally be lost, returning to rank 4 for the remainder of the run.

Hits allowed in rank EX

Difficulty	Autoguard	Area 5	Area 6	Area 7
EASY ARCADE	ON	1	1	3
	OFF	3	3	5
HARD NIGHTMARE	ON	2	2	4
	OFF	4	4	6
PANDEMONIUM	ON	3	4	∞
	OFF	5	6	∞

Shortly before the door opens in area 7, rank EX is locked in place and cannot be lost from that point. In addition, in full runs only, some extra hazards are activated once the descent starts:

• On Arcade-Nightmare with type S, Poniards shoot 3-way spreads akin to Pandemonium.
• On Easy-Nightmare, if the player has at least 5 lives, every enemy shoots an aimed ring at the start of its revenge bullets, but with a larger sealing range.
• On Easy-Hard with type S, Tetrapedes shoot much faster bullets than usual.

Hidden bosses

SV features three different hidden bosses, one of which may appear during full runs after the regular stage 7 boss, Core Unit. If CU is reached on 1CC pace while meeting certain other requirements, its last phase will have a shorter timer and far less health, giving way to the hidden boss in a manner reminiscent of Ketsui.

If rank EX is kept until the end of the game, the TLB, Vier, will appear as long as the 1CC requirement is met.

Outside rank EX, one of the FLBs (from 偽真ボス, fake TLB) may appear based on total hits. The requirements depend on type, difficulty, autoguard, and rank.

• Elm Order appears when the outer requirement is met, while Vier Dummy replaces it if the inner requirement is also met; but their fights are similar in difficulty.
• The higher the difficulty, the more lenient the requirements.
• Type C can access Elm Order starting at rank 1 and Vier Dummy starting at rank 2.
  • At rank 4, Elm Order has no hit requirement.
• Type S can access Elm Order from rank 0 to 3 and Vier Dummy from rank 1 to 4.
  • Elm Order only appears at rank 0 if the 2-4 route is taken.
  • From rank 2 on, Elm Order has no hit requirement.
  • At rank 4, Vier Dummy has no hit requirement.
• Autoguard affects hit requirements according to an exact formula: req=ceil(req*2/3)-1

Type C requirements

Difficulty	Original requirements	Autoguard requirements
EASY	FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 4 10 16 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 3 7 12	FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 2 6 10 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 1 4 7
NORMAL	FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 5 12 18 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 4 8 14	FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 3 7 11 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 2 5 9
ARCADE	FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 6 14 20 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 5 9 16	FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 3 9 13 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 3 5 10
HARD	FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 8 16 22 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 6 10 18	FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 5 10 14 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 3 6 11
NIGHTMARE	FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 10 18 26 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 7 12 20	Theoretical FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 6 11 17 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 4 7 13
PANDEMONIUM	FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 12 20 30 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 8 16 24	Theoretical FLB Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 7 13 19 ∞ Vier Dummy N/A 5 10 15

Type S requirements

Difficulty	Original requirements	Autoguard requirements
EASY	FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 4 6 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 2 8 16 ∞	FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 2 3 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 1 5 10 ∞
NORMAL	FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 5 16 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 3 10 18 ∞	FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 3 10 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 1 6 11 ∞
ARCADE	FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 6 16 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 4 12 20 ∞	FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 3 10 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 2 7 13 ∞
HARD	FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 8 18 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 5 14 24 ∞	FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 5 11 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 3 9 15 ∞
NIGHTMARE	FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 10 24 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 6 16 24 ∞	Theoretical FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 6 15 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 3 10 15 ∞
PANDEMONIUM	FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 16 24 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 8 18 24 ∞	Theoretical FLB Rank 0 Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3 Rank 4 Elm Order 10 15 ∞ ∞ N/A Vier Dummy N/A 5 11 15 ∞

Type-S Scoring

This section aims to explain the basics of the scoring system for Type-S. Scoring strategies differ between Story Mode and Rule Mode. There are exceptions to tips describe in this section. The most important part of scoring is overkilling enemies which increases all sources of points. There are other aspects of the scoring system which are explained below.

Stages

Overkill Chain: Will likely always be active during a stage. To manipulate this value attack enemies targets by assault and raid large enemies when possible. Taking a hit breaks your chain. All sources of points derive from the value of this chain making setting a high value the most important mechanic of scoring. Each "link" in a chain has its own timer, so care must be taken to route as efficiently as possible.

General Strategy for Stages: Going from Ethereal Shift (Collecting Coins) to Delayed Shift (Recharging Ethereal Shift + Cash in cancels).

Collecting Coins: Coins raise the value of gems (cancels) throughout the stage. Coins drop normally when destroying enemies and have an increased rate during Ethereal Shift. At certain thresholds Coins increase the value of Gems (cancelled bullets).

Multiplier Gains: Multiplier gains depends on a variety of factors but in general increases when you destroy enemies with a high overkill chain.

Ethereal Shift: During Ethereal Shift your Blade use is unlimited, if possible, you can stay at the top the screen to destroy enemies as they come. Enemies (excluding bosses) defeated in this state explode removing bullets in a small radius around them.

Delayed Shift: Destroyed enemies cancel their bullets. This is primarily used to recharge your Ethereal Shift. Once you’ve reached the White Gem coin threshold Delayed Shift is used to cancel.

Counter Shift: During a delayed shift it is important to charge this up to level 2 – 3 to cancel bullets on the entire screen. Level 2 adds +1 Gem Level to your Cancel, Level 3 adds +2 Gem Level to your cancel.

Raidbombing: If raiding a large enemies and bombing, the Blade button can be held to stay in place during the bomb animation. Using more than one bomb is possible but not recommended initially. Cashing in with the overkill bug requires a high overkill and a section where Delayed Shift is used to cancel bullets.

Bosses

General Strategy for Boss fights: Going from Delayed Shift (Cancelling boss patterns) to Ethereal Shift (Activating overkill + raising your overkill chain). Having a high gem values is important.

Raid: All phases should be ended with a raid regardless of whether you have an Ethereal Shift charged up.

Delayed Shift: Should be used at the beginning of the phase to cancel patterns and recharge ethereal shift.

Counter Shift: Counter Shift charges up based on time you’ve spend in Delayed Shift during a boss fight. Counter Shift will always cancel bullets on the entire screen.

Ethereal Shift: Should be used at the end of a phase, if you have it charged up you can raid and hold the Ethereal Shift button. Ethereal Shift will activate during the raid extending the current phase.

Overkilling: Occurs during an Ethereal Shift once the boss HP reaches 0. Continue attacking the boss for more points. Higher points are awards if Blade attacks connect.

Practice Mode

• 1: Game mode.
• 2: Character and type.
• 3: Difficulty.
• 4: Area name.
• 5: Rank.
• 6: Starting position. The default is stage start. You can select every mid boss or area boss.
• 7: Power level.
• 8: Auto guard.
• 9: Start practice.
• 10: Back to previous menu.

Notes:

• Only Story & Rule Mode are usable (e.g. not Strict Rule)
• Practice for areas 1 to 4 are unlocked from the start (areas 5 to 7 must be unlocked via the system shop).
• Rank selection in areas is restricted to what is possible in a normal credit (e.g. Rank 3 cannot be selected for area 1).
• Hidden bosses do not appear unless directly warped to, which must be unlocked separately.
• Hazards unique to locked rank EX do not appear.
• Power level starts from the base stats of the selected character, and increases them in steps which are highly variable depending on difficulty & character.
• Practice Mode, unlike regular attempts, allows for the use of Auto Guard in Nightmare/Pandemonium.
• Certain behaviors of stages cannot be properly replicated, such as suicide bullets from enemies in stage 7.
  • Core Unit (the stage 7 boss & final boss) also cannot be fought by itself; due to an inconsistency, its starting position will always be before the stage's final wave of enemies.
• Finer control over extraneous resources (Type-C's Advanced Drive, Type-S' Delayed/Ethereal Shift, etc) and even life & bomb counts cannot be unlocked.

Shop menu

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System shop

ID	Price	Name	Translated name	Unlock condition	Description	Translated description
1	10	エクステンドスコア表示	Extend score display	Always available	次のエクステンドまでのスコアを表示します。	Displays the score left until the next extend.
2	25000	カテゴリースコア表示	Category score display	Always available	獲得したスコアをカテゴリー別に表示します。	Displays score gained from each category separately
3	40000	被弾数情報表示	Hit count data display	Always available	そのプレイにおける被弾回数とボムの使用回数を表示します。	Displays the number of hits taken and bombs used in the current run.
4	300	コンティニュー：2回	Continue #2	Always available	コンティニュー可能回数が2回になります。	Allows continuing a 2nd time.
5	600	コンティニュー：3回	Continue #3	Buy the previous continue	コンティニュー可能回数が3回になります。	Allows continuing a 3rd time.
6	1200	コンティニュー：4回	Continue #4	Buy the previous continue	コンティニュー可能回数が4回になります。	Allows continuing a 4th time.
7	2500	コンティニュー：5回	Continue #5	Buy the previous continue	コンティニュー可能回数が5回になります。	Allows continuing a 5th time.
8	4500	コンティニュー：6回	Continue #6	Buy the previous continue	コンティニュー可能回数が6回になります。	Allows continuing a 6th time.
9	8000	コンティニュー：7回	Continue #7	Buy the previous continue	コンティニュー可能回数が7回になります。	Allows continuing a 7th time.
10	15000	コンティニュー：8回	Continue #8	Buy the previous continue	コンティニュー可能回数が8回になります。	Allows continuing an 8th time.
11	28000	コンティニュー：9回	Continue #9	Buy the previous continue	コンティニュー可能回数が9回になります。	Allows continuing a 9th time.
12	50000	フリープレイ	Free play	Buy the previous continue	コンティニュー回数が無制限になります。	Allows continuing unlimited times.
13	120000	レベルキャンセラー 1.23: ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊	Level Canceler 1.23: ********	Always available	現在値以下の範囲内で自由にレベルが設定できるようになります。 1.23: そのうち何かが追加されます	Allows level to be set at will up to the current value. 1.23: Someting will be added here
14	2000	プラクティス：ESY:AREA5	Practice: ESY, Area 5	Play area 5 outside rank EX on Easy	難易度EASY：AREA5のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 5 practice on Easy difficulty.
15	3000	プラクティス：ESY:AREA6	Practice: ESY, Area 6	Buy area 5 and play area 6 outside rank EX on Easy	難易度EASY：AREA6のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 6 practice on Easy difficulty.
16	5000	プラクティス：ESY:AREA7	Practice: ESY, Area 7	Buy area 6 and play area 7 outside rank EX on Easy	難易度EASY：AREA7のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 7 practice on Easy difficulty.
17	4000	プラクティス：NML:AREA5	Practice: NML, Area 5	Play area 5 outside rank EX on Normal	難易度NORMAL：AREA5のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 5 practice on Normal difficulty.
18	6000	プラクティス：NML:AREA6	Practice: NML, Area 6	Buy area 5 and play area 6 outside rank EX on Normal	難易度NORMAL：AREA6のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 6 practice on Normal difficulty.
19	10000	プラクティス：NML:AREA7	Practice: NML, Area 7	Buy area 6 and play area 7 outside rank EX on Normal	難易度NORMAL：AREA7のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 7 practice on Normal difficulty.
20	5000	プラクティス：ACD:AREA5	Practice: ACD, Area 5	Play area 5 outside rank EX on Arcade	難易度ARCADE：AREA5のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 5 practice on Arcade difficulty.
21	8000	プラクティス：ACD:AREA6	Practice: ACD, Area 6	Buy area 5 and play area 6 outside rank EX on Arcade	難易度ARCADE：AREA6のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 6 practice on Arcade difficulty.
22	15000	プラクティス：ACD:AREA7	Practice: ACD, Area 7	Buy area 6 and play area 7 outside rank EX on Arcade	難易度ARCADE：AREA7のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 7 practice on Arcade difficulty.
23	200000	プラクティス：ESY〜ACD:[??? 1]	Practice: ESY–ACD, [??? 1]	Defeat Elm Order without continues on Easy–Arcade	難易度EASY〜ARCADEのプラクティスに何かが出現します。	Reveals something in Easy–Arcade practice.
24	300000	プラクティス：ESY〜ACD:[??? 2]	Practice: ESY–ACD, [??? 2]	Defeat Vier Dummy without continues on Easy–Arcade	難易度EASY〜ARCADEのプラクティスに何かが出現します。	Reveals something in Easy–Arcade practice.
25	500000	プラクティス：ESY〜ACD:[??? 3]	Practice: ESY–ACD, [??? 3]	Defeat Vier without continues on Easy–Arcade	難易度EASY〜ARCADEのプラクティスに何かが出現します。	Reveals something in Easy–Arcade practice.
26	10000	プラクティス：HRD:AREA5	Practice: HRD, Area 5	Play area 5 outside rank EX on Hard	難易度HARD：AREA5のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 5 practice on Hard difficulty.
27	15000	プラクティス：HRD:AREA6	Practice: HRD, Area 6	Buy area 5 and play area 6 outside rank EX on Hard	難易度HARD：AREA6のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 6 practice on Hard difficulty.
28	30000	プラクティス：HRD:AREA7	Practice: HRD, Area 7	Buy area 6 and play area 7 outside rank EX on Hard	難易度HARD：AREA7のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 7 practice on Hard difficulty.
29	15000	プラクティス：NTM:AREA5	Practice: NTM, Area 5	Play area 5 outside rank EX on Nightmare	難易度NIGHTMARE：AREA5のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 5 practice on Nightmare difficulty.
30	25000	プラクティス：NTM:AREA6	Practice: NTM, Area 6	Buy area 5 and play area 6 outside rank EX on Nightmare	難易度NIGHTMARE：AREA6のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 6 practice on Nightmare difficulty.
31	40000	プラクティス：NTM:AREA7	Practice: NTM, Area 7	Buy area 6 and play area 7 outside rank EX on Nightmare	難易度NIGHTMARE：AREA7のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 7 practice on Nightmare difficulty.
32	300000	プラクティス：HRD〜NTM:[??? 1]	Practice: HRD–NTM, [??? 1]	Defeat Elm Order without continues on Hard–Nightmare	難易度HARD〜NIGHTMAREのプラクティスに何かが出現します。	Reveals something in Hard–Nightmare practice.
33	450000	プラクティス：HRD〜NTM:[??? 2]	Practice: HRD–NTM, [??? 2]	Defeat Vier Dummy without continues on Hard–Nightmare	難易度HARD〜NIGHTMAREのプラクティスに何かが出現します。	Reveals something in Hard–Nightmare practice.
34	700000	プラクティス：HRD〜NTM:[??? 3]	Practice: HRD–NTM, [??? 3]	Defeat Vier without continues on Hard–Nightmare	難易度HARD〜NIGHTMAREのプラクティスに何かが出現します。	Reveals something in Hard–Nightmare practice.
35	50000	プラクティス：PDM:AREA5	Practice: PDM, Area 5	Play area 5 outside rank EX on Pandemonium	難易度PANDEMONIUM：AREA5のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 5 practice on Pandemonium difficulty.
36	80000	プラクティス：PDM:AREA6	Practice: PDM, Area 6	Buy area 5 and play area 6 outside rank EX on Pandemonium	難易度PANDEMONIUM：AREA6のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 6 practice on Pandemonium difficulty.
37	150000	プラクティス：PDM:AREA7	Practice: PDM, Area 7	Buy area 6 and play area 7 outside rank EX on Pandemonium	難易度PANDEMONIUM：AREA7のプラクティスが選べるようになります。	Allows selecting area 7 practice on Pandemonium difficulty.
38	400000	プラクティス：PDM:[??? 1]	Practice: PDM, [??? 1]	Defeat Elm Order without continues on Pandemonium	難易度PANDEMONIUMのプラクティスに何かが出現します。	Reveals something in Pandemonium practice.
39	600000	プラクティス：PDM:[??? 2]	Practice: PDM, [??? 2]	Defeat Vier Dummy without continues on Pandemonium	難易度PANDEMONIUMのプラクティスに何かが出現します。	Reveals something in Pandemonium practice.
40	900000	プラクティス：PDM:[??? 3]	Practice: PDM, [??? 3]	Defeat Vier without continues on Pandemonium	難易度PANDEMONIUMのプラクティスに何かが出現します。	Reveals something in Pandemonium practice.

Bugs

• Item shop listing 6 can be purchased repeatedly by reloading the shop, but it won't duplicate the item. However, unlocking High Performance AI (高性能AI) will permanently mark the item as bought, regardless of whether it was actually bought.
• The achievement for getting 350 million points in stage 1 with type S (一面魔王S) won't unlock in Strict Rule mode, regular Rule must be played.