Starting ALLfiring can honestly feel overwhelming once the game starts throwing ascensions, talents, familiars, gear sets, elemental chains, and multiple currencies at you all at once.
A lot of new players end up wasting stamina early, farming the wrong materials, or investing into characters inefficiently. The good news is that the game actually gives you most of what you need early on if you understand where to focus.
This guide breaks down the most important progression systems, how to get Ascension Flowers efficiently, the best beginner priorities, and the mistakes you should avoid early.
Don’t Farm Ascension Flowers Directly Early On
This is probably the biggest beginner trap in the game.
Many players assume they need to endlessly grind flowers manually for ascensions. Thankfully, that is not actually how progression is designed.
Instead, your main source of Ascension Flowers should be the shop.
Where to Buy Ascension Flowers
Go to:
- Hane City
- Adeline Shop
Inside the shop, you can buy up to 99 flowers per day for the ascension material you need.
This is massively more efficient than trying to brute-force farm them through stamina.
How to Get Reserve Fuel
The currency used in the shop is called Reserve Fuel.
Early on, you’ll earn a large amount simply by:
- Completing main story quests
- Finishing side quests
- Clearing progression objectives
Once those are finished, the main way to farm Reserve Fuel becomes killing enemies around the world map daily.
Each enemy kill drops additional Reserve Fuel, so even casual daily farming slowly adds up.
Your Main Goal Early Game
Your first major objective should honestly be simple:
- Finish the entire main story
- Finish all side quests
- Unlock all progression systems
The game gives a massive amount of resources during early progression, and rushing through story content is much more valuable than over-farming low-level materials too early.
Best Standard Selector Pick
When you unlock the selector banner, most players want to know who is actually worth taking.
Best Overall Pick
- Garcia
Garcia is currently one of the strongest support characters in the game because she:
- Heals
- Buffs damage
- Fits multiple elemental teams
- Scales well long term
She becomes even stronger if you’re running:
- Felgia
- Seon
That combination creates one of the strongest early Wind teams available.
Second Best Pick
- Rose
Rose is still one of the best DPS units in the game and can carry story content extremely hard.
Other Characters
Honestly, most characters can clear the story just fine. The game currently isn’t so punishing that you must perfectly optimize everything.
If you like a character’s design, you can usually make them work.
One important note:
- Jaule is given for free later
So unless you specifically want dupes or really like the character, she’s usually not the best selector value.
Best Familiar Early Game
Best Familiar
- Fluffy
Fluffy is incredibly strong because it boosts:
- Wind damage
- Fire damage
- Ice damage
The familiar can provide a massive elemental damage increase for 30 seconds, making it valuable for multiple teams instead of just one specific setup.
That flexibility alone makes it one of the strongest beginner investments.
How Familiar Elements Work
The game organizes familiars by element order, which makes them fairly easy to identify once you understand the menu layout.
You’ll commonly see:
- Thunder
- Dark
- Ice
- Wind
Learning which familiar supports which team is extremely important later for elemental chains and damage optimization.
Talent Upgrade Priority
One mistake newer players make is upgrading everything equally.
That burns resources incredibly fast.
Instead, focus on the upgrades that matter most first.
Best Talent Upgrade Order
Priority Order
- Essential passives
- Core talent
- Ultimate
- Finisher
- Basic attack
- Heavy attack
- Follow-up attack
The passives are extremely important because many of them completely change how characters function.
Some passives unlock:
- Extra stacks
- Damage boosts
- Rotation improvements
- Combo quality-of-life effects
Those upgrades often matter more than raw stat increases.
Why Finishers Are So Important
A lot of players underestimate finishers early.
That’s a mistake.
Finishers do extremely high burst damage regardless of whether the character is DPS or support.
Upgrading them gives noticeable combat improvements very quickly.
How to Spend Stamina Efficiently
There’s no single “perfect” stamina route in ALLfiring because progression depends on what your account currently lacks.
However, early priorities should usually be:
- Ascension materials
- Talent materials
- Character progression resources
The game becomes very resource-heavy once you start fully building even one team.
Trying to raise too many characters early will absolutely slow your account down.
Don’t Farm Gear Too Early
This is another common beginner mistake.
Before Level 40, gear farming usually isn’t worth heavily investing into.
Instead:
- Focus on progression
- Unlock systems
- Raise one main team
Once you hit Level 40, then start seriously farming gear sets.
Why Gear Sets Matter So Much
Even mediocre gear becomes strong once you complete proper set bonuses.
A completed set is usually far more valuable than random pieces with slightly better stats.
Substats matter later, but early on, just completing your intended set already provides a massive power spike.
Weekly Dungeons Are Extremely Important
Do not skip your weekly dungeons.
The rewards include:
- Memory Crates
- Rare upgrade materials
- Progression resources
These items become very scarce later, especially for free-to-play players.
Missing weekly clears slows progression a lot more than many players realize.
What Is Boundless Snowfield?
Boundless Snowfield is essentially a progression ladder mode where:
- You clear stages
- Unlock higher tiers
- Earn scaling rewards
It becomes one of your consistent progression systems later once your account is stronger.
Why Familiars Matter More Than You Think
Familiars are not just passive stat boosts.
They:
- Deal real damage
- Scale with character stats
- Provide stacking buffs
- Improve team synergy
A properly upgraded familiar can massively increase your overall DPS.
Upgrade Your Familiar Skills
Many players completely forget this system exists.
You can actually level familiar skills up to Level 4, significantly increasing their effectiveness.
This becomes especially important later in harder content.
Releasing Extra Familiars
You can release unwanted familiars for special currency.
That currency can then be used in Adeline’s shop to buy additional familiars for different elements.
This is extremely useful for:
- Filling out secondary teams
- Supporting off-element characters
- Giving weaker units decent companions
Understanding Elemental Chains
Mono-element teams are currently the safest and strongest setup overall.
However, the game also allows hybrid compositions using elemental chains.
For example:
- Two Ice characters
- One compatible Wind character
This can still activate elemental chain bonuses depending on placement and element links.
Understanding this system becomes very important later for advanced team building.
Always Check Your Inventory Boxes
One incredibly annoying thing in the current version of the game is that inventory boxes often don’t automatically appear during upgrades.
This means you might already own:
- Upgrade materials
- Talent items
- Level-up resources
…but the game will not properly show them during enhancement menus.
Always manually check your inventory before farming extra materials.
Add Friends Daily
The friend system currently gives stamina sharing.
Even though it’s only a small amount daily, free stamina is still free stamina.
Over time, it adds up more than most players expect.