Neo Artifacts Beginner Guide: Core Mechanics & Team Setup

Neo Artifacts is a tactical SRPG where legendary cultural relics awaken as humanoid warriors known as Artifacters. Set in a modern city threatened by mysterious distortions, these awakened relics fight alongside you—the Collector—to restore order to the world.

This guide introduces the core systems of the game, including combat mechanics, character progression, team-building strategies, and major gameplay modes, helping you quickly learnabout how the game works and progress smoothly through the early stages.

 

 

If you plan to reroll at the start, tools like OSLink can greatly improve efficiency. By controlling multiple emulator instances on PC and synchronizing actions, you can complete tutorials and perform summons across several accounts simultaneously, allowing you to quickly compare results and secure a strong starting roster.

 

Core Systems Overview

Combat System

 

Elemental Advantages

Each Artifacter belongs to one of six elemental types: Ventus, Silva, Ignis, Terra, Lux and Umbra.

These elements interact through a counter system that certain elements deal increased damage to others.

Taking advantage of elemental weaknesses is extremely important during battles. Before entering a stage, it’s recommended to check enemy elements and adjust your team composition accordingly to gain a tactical advantage and improve overall combat efficiency.

 

 

Action Points

Movement in combat consumes Action Points.

Different Artifacters have different Action Point values depending on their role and class. This determines how far they can move in a single turn, like an Artifacter with 3 Action Points can move up to 3 tiles per turn.

 

So positioning and movement planning are key tactical elements:

High-mobility characters are excellent for flanking enemies or quickly supporting allies, while lower-mobility characters usually specialize in defense or frontline control.

 

Attack Range

Attack range varies depending on the character’s class.

• Ranged classes can attack enemies from a distance, allowing them to deal damage safely from the backline.
• Melee classes typically attack enemies in adjacent tiles and must approach the enemy directly.

Some characters also possess skills that extend attack range or modify attack patterns, which can provide valuable tactical flexibility in certain battles.

 

 

Undo System

The game includes an Undo mechanic that allows players to correct mistakes during battle.

When activated, the battle will restart from a selected previous turn, letting you rethink your strategy.

However, the number of Undo attempts is limited per battle, so planning carefully.

 

Character Building System

Leveling

Artifacters can level up by consuming experience materials.

Leveling increases their base stats, improving overall combat performance.

Once a character reaches the level cap, they must undergo a Breakthrough to continue leveling.

 

Evaluation

The Evaluation system allows players to:

• Perform Breakthrough upgrades
• Upgrade character skills

The materials required for these upgrades are mainly obtained from specific Training stages.

 

Advance

Each Artifacter can choose one of three advancement paths within the Advance system.

Characters of the same class share the same available paths.

After selecting a path, players can spend Advance Points to enhance their attributes. Each path focuses on different STAT:

• Offensive paths emphasize Attack and Critical Damage
• Other paths may focus on survivability or utility

Advance Points are primarily obtained by leveling up Artifacters.

 

Bond

Bond functions as the game’s affection system.

By using Bond items to increase affinity with an Artifacter, you can gain bonuses such as:

• Increased attributes
• Upgraded normal attack levels

 

Insight

When you obtain duplicate copies of an Artifacter, whose Insight level increases.

Upgrading insight level can strengthen the character by improving stats and skill effects.

 

Equipment

Equipment provides additional stats to Artifacters.

Each piece of equipment includes:

• Fixed base attributes
• Random additional attributes

Equipment can be obtained primarily through:

• Crafting
• Equipment stages

Crafting requires equipment blueprints, which can be obtained through shops, missions, and events.

 

 

Artifacters & Recommended Early-Game Teams

Artifacter Classes

Artifacters are divided into five main classes:

• Strategist
• Guardian
• Caster
• Striker
• Sniper

 

Here is the best team composition in Neo Artifiacts early time:

Tank (Guardian) + Healer (Caster / Strategist) + DPS (Striker / Sniper) + Support (Strategist / Caster)

Among these roles, the team usually needs around three damage dealers. As the limited grid space, it is recommended to include both melee and ranged DPS. Of course, you can adjust the lineup depending on your roster and the requirements of specific stages.

 

Recommended Early-Game Team

Here is a recommended early-game team lineup:

Duke Mao Tripod + Starry Night + Chalice of Stability + Sword of Goujian + "Li" Bronze Vessel + Lotus Pond

 

 

● Duke Mao Tripod, a Guardian, can taunt enemies and reduce their attack power, making him a reliable frontline protector and the foundation of the team’s survivability.

 

● Starry Night, as a Sniper, specializes in long-range burst damage. Her skill grants a extremely long attack range and applies debuffs to enemies. Combined with her passive ability, she can trigger high-frequency combo attacks and deal consistent damage from a safe distance.

 

● Chalice of Stability and Sword of Goujian are both Strikers focused on melee combat. They excel at close-range assaults and feature additional action mechanics that allow them to act again, enabling them to quickly approach enemies and finish them off.

 

● "Li" Bronze Vessel functions as a Strategist support. This character can allow allies to act earlier while increasing their damage output. Their ultimate ability can also revert an ally’s state, significantly boosting the team’s overall combat efficiency.

 

● Lotus Pond provides continuous healing for the team. In addition to sustaining allies, this character can also apply control effects to enemies, creating a safer environment for your damage dealers to output damage.

 

Core Gameplay

Main Story

The Main Story consists of narrative chapters and combat stages.

Your primary goal in the early game is to push the main story, as systems and gameplay modes will gradually unlock by progress through story missions.

 

 

Training

Training is a dungeon system in Neo Artifacts.

By clearing different Training stages, players can obtain:

• Experience materials
• Character breakthrough materials
• Skill upgrade materials

These stages are the main source of progression resources.

 

 

Private Agency

The Private Agency functions similarly to a base system.

Here you can:

• Craft equipment
• Dispatch Artifacters to gather resources
• Play mini-games

 

Aria

Aria is the game’s PvP mode.

Players can choose opponents and initiate battles. The combat is fully automated, and successful victories will increase your ranking.

Higher rankings provide better rewards, mainly PvP tokens, which can be exchanged in the shop for:

• Summon tickets
• Upgrade materials

 

Important Tips for Beginners

1. Prioritize Main Damage Dealers

When upgrading characters, prioritize your primary DPS units first.

For skill upgrades, follow this order:

• Unlock new skills
• Increase skill levels
• Improve attribute bonuses

 

2. Don’t Over-Upgrade Early Equipment

Equipment progression moves quickly in the early game.

Low-rarity gear obtained early does not need to be fully upgraded.

Focus on upgrading equipment for your main DPS characters, and replace gear whenever better options become available.

 

3. Avoid Farming Equipment Too Early

It’s not recommended to spend stamina farming equipment stages during the early game.

Early-stage equipment tends to be low rarity with limited long-term value, making it inefficient to farm heavily.

Instead, prioritize farming character progression materials, such as:

• Breakthrough materials
• Skill upgrade materials

Once you reach later stages where high-rarity equipment begins to drop, you can start focusing your stamina on equipment farming for better long-term rewards.

 

Conclusion

Overall, the gameplay of Neo Artifacts revolves around tactical positioning, character progression, and strategic team building.

As long as you understand class roles and maintain a balanced lineup of damage dealers, tanks, and support units, progressing through the main story should be relatively smooth.

Since Neo Artifacts involves a lot of material farming and long-term character development, tools like OSLink can help streamline the process. By farming stages or daily content on PC while remotely monitoring progress on your phone, you can continue managing character upgrades and equipment even when away from your computer—turning spar.