Sword x Staff comes with an exciting mix of exploration, combat, and progression systems. However, handling everything alone might feel harder than you think. So, you can use this beginner guide to understand everything from choosing Sword or Staff to classes, combat mechanics, AFK rewards, and useful tips to progress faster.

 

One of the biggest parts of Sword x Staff gameplay is experimenting with different classes, farming resources through AFK progression, and steadily building your Combat Power over time. Managing all of that becomes much easier with OSLink, allowing you to run multiple game sessions at once to try different playstyles while also simplifying repetitive farming through auto-click setups. This gives you a more flexible and efficient way to progress without needing to manually manage every session yourself.

Choosing Your Path: Sword or Staff

In Sword x Staff, your adventure begins by choosing a path that matches your playstyle. You can fight as a close-range warrior using the Sword or become a ranged magic user with the Staff. More advanced classes unlock later based on your starting choice.

• Warrior Style (Sword): The Sword path is generally the best choice for beginners because it is simple and easy to learn. It focuses on steady damage, strong defense, and easy combat mechanics. This path is great for smooth progression, farming, and AFK gameplay with less effort.

• Mage-style (Staff): Better for players who like skill combos and strategy. It focuses on high burst damage, timing, and skill synergy. It is more active and powerful, but mistakes can make battles harder.

 

For Beginners: Try the Warrior (Sword) class path for an easier learning process. In the future, you can experiment with different powerful versions and change your gameplay style.

Unlock More Sword x Staff Classes with Progress

As you play Sword x Staff, you can unlock stronger classes and improve your character based on your chosen path, either the Warrior path or the Mage path. This choice becomes the foundation for all future class promotions.

Choosing Sword: Warrior Path

Here are the all subclasses that you can unlock after choosing the Sword path:

• Warrior → Duelist → Berserker

• Warrior → Knight → Paladin

 

Choosing Staff: Mage Path

Here are the all sub classes that you can unlock with choosing the Staff as your foundation:

• Mage → Sage → Arcanist

• Mage → Sorcerer → Archmage

These are the powerful Sword x Staff classes you can unlock as you progress through the game. The good news is that you can still change your class later, even after unlocking all the subclasses from your chosen path. So, you can choose your class that suits your playstyle for a better gameplay.

Understand the Core Gameplay Mechanics

The best way to enjoy Sword x Staff is to understand its core Sword x Staff gameplay systems. The game mainly focuses on exploration and progression, along with its combat mechanics.

How Exploration and Progress Works 

Progress in Sword x Staff comes from exploring the map and unlocking new areas while unlocking more Sword x Staff Classes as you level up. You follow the Auto Crest to find your next main objective and clear both main story zones and smaller areas to reach 100% completion. When you complete areas, you activate Statues that give permanent AFK rewards, better resource production, and bonus damage or resistance.

 

Sword x Staff Combat Mechanics

Sword x Staff combat is simple and uses an auto-battle system. Fights take place on a grid-based battlefield where your character automatically moves, uses skills, and casts ultimates to defeat enemies.

It requires sufficient Combat Power to win battles. This is achieved through leveling up your character, improving your skills, and optimizing your builds. Strong preparation makes it much easier to clear enemies during exploration.

 

Swap Your Skills for Different Builds 

Sword x Staff has over 200+ skills and charms that you can unlock during gameplay. This lets you create many different builds for your character. You can also change the skill order in your loadout to adjust how your combat style works.

You can build your own setup by focusing on AoE damage, strong single-target attacks, or tank-style counterattacks. This helps you customize your playstyle for different battles. Here are some example builds you can follow:

• A Tank-Counter Build focuses on defense, blocking, and counterattacks to survive longer fights.

• A Pure AoE Build uses wide-area skills like Whirlwind Slash to clear enemies quickly.

• A Block-Focused Build uses shields and defensive charms like Luminous Shield for better survival.

Important Tips and Tricks:

• All the skills and charms you have can be further enhanced and ascended into Legendary skills, giving you greater buffs and advantages.

• Focus on AoE damage and survival skills early for smoother progress.

• Try different builds in dungeons to see what works best for your playstyle.

 

Maximize Your AFK Rewards

AFK rewards are an important part of Sword x Staff progression because you keep earning EXP, Rolo, ore, and other resources even while offline. You can increase your AFK rewards by doing a few simple things.

Clearing zones and activating statues gives permanent multiplier bonuses. Upgrading your Cart at the home base also improves your resource production. Companions, relics, blessings, daily activities, and events can all help boost your AFK rewards even more.

Beginner Tip: Focus on clearing the main story and side zones quickly to unlock more statues and reward boosts. Claim your AFK rewards regularly and upgrade your Cart whenever you can to increase your resource income faster.

 

Companions and Relics Systems

Companion and Relic systems in Sword x Staff help you make your character stronger and prepare for tougher challenges.

Companions

Companions are a passive system that gives permanent stat boosts like Attack, Defense, HP, and Crit. You can unlock them through the companion booth at your home base. You can level up companions by giving them gifts, which increases their bonuses over time.

 

Tip: Claim your free daily gifts every day and focus on leveling your best or favorite companions first. This is an easy way to slowly increase your Combat Power.

Relics

Relics are powerful equipment items that greatly increase your Combat Power and give special bonuses. They come in different rarities, from Blue to Mythic, and can be upgraded to become stronger. You can get them from a gacha system, but higher-rarity relics are harder to obtain.

Beginner Tip: Focus on upgrading 4–6 strong Purple or Gold relics instead of upgrading too many at once. Strong relics help increase your Combat Power and make it easier to clear difficult zones.

 

Master the Gacha Systems

Sword x Staff has two main gacha systems for getting skills and relics.

• Skill Gacha: The Skill Gacha is used to obtain skills and charms for your character. It is very free-to-play friendly because the game gives many free Stellati (summons) through events and rewards. After 200 summons, you can choose any Legendary skill you want.

• Relic Gacha: The Relic Gacha lets you summon powerful relics. It also has a pity system where every 10 summons guarantees a higher-rarity relic.

Tips for Gacha Systems:

• Check the Events tab daily for free Stellati, relic tickets, and login rewards.

• Focus on Skill Gacha early, because strong skills help you clear maps faster.

Different Game Modes You Can Enjoy

There are a lot of exciting game modes in Sword x Staff, offering a variety of gameplay experiences while allowing players to progress through both active and AFK content. Here is the list of game modes that you will find in Sword x Staff.

• Main Story & Zone Exploration: The core progression in the game. It is based on the numbered stages. You will need to clear zones to 100% and activate all statues in order to earn AFK boosts.

• Daily Dungeons: Special dungeons with resource farming for certain upgrades.

• Moonville Woods (Tower): This is a tower mode where you climb through stronger enemies. The higher you go, the better rewards you get.

• Material Realms (Mining): Using Iron Hammers that come daily from quests, you can mine resources. Leaderboard competitions are available for additional rewards.

• Guild Content: Join a guild to gain bonuses and participate in guild-based activities such as dungeons and other events.

• Resource Hunts: These are stamina-based hunting stages for farming important resources such as Iron Ore and Battle Essence.

 

Tip: Use auto features often. You can let the Tower run in the background while you explore maps or farm resources.

Conclusion

Sword x Staff is an adventure-filled game with many exciting systems built around exploration, combat, progression, and class customization. As you continue experimenting with different builds and farming resources through AFK progression, staying consistent becomes one of the most important parts of getting stronger. With OSLink, you can run multiple game sessions and simplify repetitive farming tasks, making it easier to test different classes, progress more efficiently, and enjoy the game with greater flexibility.