Kemono Friends: Kingdom - Game Review & Gacha Rates

In a far away place, there’s a theme park called “Kingdom”, a paradise for a group of mysterious “Friends”. In this Kingdom there’s a strange substance that permeates in the air, the “Sand Star”, containing an unique and special energy that endows animals with primitive characteristics and allows them to exist in the world in the form of girls. All those Friends live happily in this Kingdom, but under the surface of joy and carefree appearances, a crisis is quietly approaching! Here starts your adventure in the Kingdom of Kemono Friends. You wake up under the water, slowly drowning! Finally, Weasel and Chevrotain notice you and save you from the water! But as soon as you are safe, a monster attacks you and your Friends, the Ceruleans! Defend the Kingdom of Kemono Friends from Monster, discover their story in this new game!

What is Kemono Friends: Kingdom?

Kemono Friends: Kingdom is a new Strategy RPG Gacha Game. The game offers a unique feature called “The Catapult” during battles, this feature is similar to games like “Angry Birds” where you need to aim at enemies or collectables on the battlefield for damage/gathering them, position your Characters, Destroy structures etc. The game also offers a great variety of Classes (Guard, Assault, Control, Support & Healer) and Elements (Brilliance, Splendor & Wonder). There’s also a great variety of game content, such as Main Story, Daily Dungeon to obtain Exp, Gold and Materials for your Characters, Raid, Tower, Scouting System, Park (Home) and much more. If you like Strategy RPG with a lot of Characters to collect, a lot of battles, funny events and great story, Kemono Friends: Kingdom is the game you are waiting for!

Game Content

Main Adventure

The “Main Adventure” will let you explore the Main Story of the game, while also giving you a lot of rewards such as Kemono Miracle Enhancement, Star Gems, Summon Ticket, New Characters Etc. If you complete a stage with 3 Stars, you can use the “Blitz” function to instantly complete the stage as much as you want (require stamina). You can also collect special currency on some stages to unlock Special Chest Rewards for each different map.

Daily / Miracle Supplies

The “Daily / Miracle Supplies” let you complete specific dungeons to collect different materials, based on the Dungeons you complete

Daily Supplies

•  Daily Supplies will give you different drops such as Flourite (In game Gold Currency), Wood (for Park), Buns (Exp Items) and Pinecone (Used in Store). You can also obtain double Flourite and Buns drop every day 3 times x day! If you complete a stage with 3 Stars, you can use the Blitz feature.

Miracle Supplies

• Miracle Supplies will give you different drops based on the Miracle Dungeon you complete. Choose the dungeon appropriate with the Characters Miracle you wanna upgrade.

Raid

The “Raid” game content lets you fight, 10 times x day, a boss based on the weekly rotation. There’s different difficulty you can choose (from Casual to Ultimate) with increased difficulty and rewards. Completing a raid boss gives you Raid points. With Raid points you can obtain rewards such as Flourite, Buns, Summon Ticket, Memory Crystals etc. On Daily Reset, you will also obtain Star Gems and Mutated Shards based on the score you did on the leaderboards. With Mutated Shards you can obtain 5 or 6 Stars Characters! 

Cable Car Challenge

The “Cable Car Challenge” it’s a tower-like content that lets you fight a lot of different floors to obtain rewards (Summon Tickets, Fluorite etc). There’s 2 different Tower Content:
Main Tower

• The Main tower is open to any Kemono Friends Element. There’s a total of 210 Floor to complete and will prolly expand with time

Splendor/Brilliance/Wonder Tower

• Each Tower will only permit the entrance of specified Kemono Friend Element. This is an advanced level Tower, so aim to complete it when you are prepared

Park

The “Park” feature lets you build your Kemono Friends Headquarter. Within the Park, you can Build Houses for your Kemono Friends, obtain Fluorite by completing the Construction Order, and also send your Kemono Friends into “Hike” (expedition) to let them obtain Rewards (Buns, Fluorite etc). There will also be special Events to increase your Characters Friendship at random. Keep expanding your Park to obtain better rewards!

Party

The “Party” Content is a special feature that lets you get New Characters for free! At the beginning of the game, you can only party a single time, but further in the game you can unlock more parties at the same time. To start a Party,  you need to choose a Kemono Friend that will meet the one invited, and the time of the party (The more the length, the better the chance to receive a high grade Kemono). You are required a Letter of Invitation to start a party, and also you can complete any Party invitation instantly with the Instant Reply Item.

Friends, Team & Battle

Friends

Your Kemono Friends must be leveled up, Awaken, Breakthrough and Equipped with an album to increase their potential for a higher difficulty stage. Let’s see how to make your Friends Stronger

Kemono Friends Class

• Guard = Enhance the Team DEF while having High HP and defensive stats

• Assault = Both Single and AoE damage dealer

• Control = Reduce the power of enemies by debuffing them

• Support = Increase other Kemono Friends ability and power

• Healer = Restore Kemono Friends HP and can also Shield

Kemono Friends Element

• Brilliance = Strong Against Splendor Ceruleans

• Splendor = Strong Against Wonder Ceruleans 

• Wonder = Strong Against Brilliance Ceruleans

Leveling Up

• To increase your Kemono Friends Level, you must use “Buns”. Buns can be obtained while completing Main Story, Event or specific Daily Dungeons

Awaken

• The Awaken feature can increase the power of your Kemono Friend by giving them new Ability. Awaken can be obtained by collecting and consuming Awaken Specific Items

Breakthrough

• The Breakthrough feature lets you increase your Kemono Friend power by consuming Photo on it, up to 5 times. You can obtain Photos by obtaining the same Kemono

Album

• After you increase your Kemono Friend to Awaken 1, you unlock Albums. Albums equipment let you increase the power of your Kemono

Team

Your collected Kemono Element and Classes are very important to obtain victory on any stage. When you create a team, you must consider having at least 1 Guard and 1 Healer to improve the survivability of your Kemono Friends. You also need Assault Characters that can deal both Single and AoE Damage based on the stage you fight. A good addition to your team are Supports and Controls Kemono, that can increase the damage you deal or reduce the damage of Enemies. Keep in mind that you can also unlock Radiant bonus by deploying 2/3/4 Kemono Friends of the same Element to increase the damage of those Friends by 6%/9%/12%! Try to deploy Kemono that counters the Ceruleans Element you are going to fight to maximize the Damage Output!

Battle

Here’s what a normal stage looks like. Let’s check the most important things

1. The Menu and Speed of your Battle

2. If your Kemono have a combo, it will be displayed here

3. Enemies and Collectables 

4. Element Table & Items gathered in the stage

5. The List of all your Kemono Friends for the Battle

6. The turn remaining before the stage end

Gacha Rates

Opening Celebration

The “Opening Celebration” banner is a One-Time offer banner in the game. In this Banner you can summon up to 21 times, after finishing summoning 21 times, the banner will disappear. You can only summon on this banner with “Beginner Encounter Tickets” that are available for free while playing the game. A limited number of Characters is available in this banner, so you can only obtain specific Characters from this banner. Here’s the rates and Special Pity:

Characters

• 6 Stars Characters = 2.5% Rate

• 5 Stars Characters = 6% Rate

• 4 Stars Characters = 50% Rate

• 3 Stars Characters = 41.5% Rate

Special Pity

• You are Guaranteed to obtain at least one 5 Stars Character between the first 10 pulls

• You are Guaranteed to obtain at least one 6 Stars Character once you reach 21 Pulls

6-Star Special Encounter

The “6-Stars Special Encounter” banner is another One-Time offer banner in the game. In this Banner you can summon only one time by buying the special Wish Tickets, for a total of 10 Pulls. After summoning the banner disappears, but you are Guaranteed to obtain one random 6 Stars Characters. Here’s the rates:

Characters

• 6 Stars Characters = 2.5% Rate

• 5 Stars Characters = 6% Rate

• 4 Stars Characters = 50% Rate

• 3 Stars Characters = 41.5% Rate

Special Pity

• You are Guaranteed to obtain at least one random 6 Stars Character

Shiny Encounter

The “Shiny Encounter” banner is the Rate Up banner in the game. In this Banner you can summon consuming Star Stones (Paid Currency) Star Gems (Free Currency) and Tickets (obtained for free while playing the game). Every single Pull costs you 180 Star Stone / Star Gems or 1 Ticket, while 10 Pulls cost you 1800 Star Stone / Star gems or 10 Tickets. You can also summon once x Day with Star Gems only for a discounted price of 90 Star Gems (down from 180). Here’s the rates:

Characters

• 6 Stars Characters = 2.5% Rate (60% chance Rate Up)

• 5 Stars Characters = 6% Rate (25% chance Rate up)

• 4 Stars Characters = 50% Rate

• 3 Stars Characters = 41.5% Rate

Pity

• You are Guaranteed to obtain at least one 5 Stars or 6 Stars Character between the first 10 pulls, with a 60% chance for the 6 Stars Character to be the one in rate up, and a 25% chance for the 5 Stars Character to be the one in rate up. If the 6 Stars Character obtained is not the one on Rate Up, the next 6 Stars Character is Guaranteed to be the one on rate up

• You are Guaranteed to obtain at least one 6 Stars Character once you reach 80 Pulls

• You can obtain a 6 Stars Characters of your choice when you reach 300 Pulls

• The Pity is NOT resetted when the banner ends, and is transferred into the next Shiny Encounter Banner.

Should I Play It? Pro & Cons

Pro

• Cute Graphic with Anime Style Cutscene for 5 and 6 Stars Characters

• A great variety of Characters to collect

• Funny Gameplay with unique “Catapult” style

• Low Pity for a 6 Stars Character (80 Pull Only)

• A lot of stamina during the day

• Free Sweep on stages after obtaining 3 Stars

• Can obtain new Characters for free with Scouting System (Party)

Cons

• Maximum Characters Rarity is 6 Stars

• Characters Awakening Requires Dupes

• Require to own specific characters to activate Combo