Gameplay Info

Learn Etrian Odyssey Nexus controls, status effects, battle commands like ATTACK, SKILLS, DEFEND, ITEMS, MOVE, FORCE, ESCAPE, and Force Skills.

Controls:

• Analog Stick: Observe surrounding field; Navigate while drawing maps.
• D-Pad: Move on the field; Navigate while opening the menu.
• A Button: Confirm; Various controls while checking inventory/navigating at shop.
• B Button: Cancel.
• Y Button: Open main menu; Show buffs/debuffs in battles; Various controls while checking inventory/navigating at shop.
• X Button: Zoom/unzoom the map; Various controls while checking inventory/navigating at shop.
• L & R Buttons: Move sideways left/right on the field; Switch characters while checking equipment/navigating at shop.
• Start Button: Read the Back Log; Create a temporary save point (only works inside the labyrinth).
• Select Button: Read the Back Log.

Status:

• HP (Hit Points): Character is incapacitated when it reaches zero.
• TP (Talent Points): Required for performing skills and casting spells.
• STR (Strength): Increases physical-based damage.
• INT (Intelligence): Increases magical-based damage.
• VIT (Vitality): Increases physical-based defense skills.
• WIS (Wisdom): Increases magical-based defense and/or healing skills.
• AGI (Agility): Increases speed, accuracy, and/or evasion rate.
• LUC (Luck): Increases critical hits rate, and/or evasion, and/or status ailments rate, and/or binds rate.
• ATK (Attack): Base physical attack.
• MAT (Magic Attack): Base magical attack.
• DEF (Defense): Base physical defense.
• MDF (Magic Defense): Base magical defense.

Battle Screen Commands:

• ATTACK: Inflict physical damage based on ATK and STR stats.
• SKILLS: Perform skills whose damage/effect depends on their STR/INT/VIT/WIS/AGI/LUC icons.
• DEFEND: Reduce all physical and magical damage taken.
• ITEMS: Use any consumable items.
• MOVE: Switch character's position to front or back row.
• FORCE: Activate Force Skills.
• ESCAPE: Flee from battle. May require several times before succeeding.

Force Skills: A returning system from Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold. There are two options under this menu.

• Force Boost: Requires 100% Force Gauge to activate. Enables a 3-turn passive buff that doesn't consume buff slots and thus can't be dispelled. Afterwards, the gauge goes back to zero. Every command will recharge the gauge until it reaches 100%.
• Force Break: A powerful limit break that can only be activated during Force Boost state. It has a devastating effect, but using this will completely destroy the Force Gauge, meaning you won't be able to recharge the gauge until you return to town. Every class has its own Force Boost/Break ability.

Ailments and Binds:

Status ailments can mitigate or turn the tide of battle. There are 9 types of ailments with their own effects. Binds may be new for players unfamiliar with the Etrian Odyssey (EO) games. Most skills require a body part (Head, Arms, or Legs) to be performed. Disabling the right body part can prevent targets from unleashing deadly moves.

• Stun: Any action is cancelled for one turn.
• Instant Death: Instantly kills target. Incapacitated members won't receive EXP from battle and Adventure Result, can't activate any Gathering skills, and can't be selected to deal with certain events.
• Petrification: Unable to move, perform attack, and also evade incoming attack, but all received physical damage is decreased by 40%.
• Curse: Receives damage equal to half of the inflicted damage to the enemy, but only if the enemy isn't killed.
• Sleep: Unable to move, perform attack, and also evade incoming attack. Any attack will remove this ailment, but any waking up physical-based attack gets 1.5 bonus multiplier.
• Panic: Randomly attack one enemy, one ally, or self. Unable to evade incoming attack.
• Paralysis: Has a chance to cancel the inputted action, and if cancelled, unable to evade incoming attack.
• Poison: Receives constant damage at the end of the turn. Poison damage can't be mitigated by any means.
• Blind: Decreases accuracy and becomes harder to evade incoming attack.
• Head Bind: Decreases INT-based damage; can't perform any skills that use the head.
• Arm Bind: Decreases STR-based damage; can't perform any skills that use the arms.
• Leg Bind: Decreases AGI, unable to evade incoming attack, unable to escape from random encounters, and can't perform any skills that use the legs.