Anime Paradox throws a lot at new players very fast, and the biggest mistake beginners make is doing too much of the wrong content early. This guide focuses on what actually matters for progression, how to build a real team, and where your time gives the highest returns instead of burning hours for almost nothing.
Summoning
The first thing most players do is summon blindly. That’s fine for fun, but if you want fast progress, you should be aiming for function, not rarity.
Your first priority is a farm unit. Bulma is the best farm in the game and completely changes how Anime Paradox plays. With Bulma on your team, you can usually max upgrades by mid-waves, which removes cost efficiency from the equation entirely. If you don’t get her early, Speed Wagon works as a temporary replacement, but the moment you pull Bulma, Speed Wagon becomes irrelevant.
For damage, strong early Mythics matter more than flashy Secrets. Broly, Killua, Okora, and Frieza are the safest early investments. Broly gives you scalable AoE damage, Killua shreds waves and bosses with speed and stuns, Okora brings survivability and slows, and Frieza scales the longer he stays on the map. Meliodas is also usable thanks to burn damage, but he’s more of a secondary pickup.
Support-wise, Orihime and Idol are the two units that actually change runs. Orihime keeps teams alive through healing, shields, and overheal damage buffs, while Idol turns already-strong DPS into monsters through cooldown and damage boosts. If you have to pick one early, Orihime is usually more important.
Story Mode
Story mode is not filler content. It’s your main gem source early on.
You should push Normal difficulty first through Leaf Village, Planet Namek, and Dark Hollow as far as your team allows. First clears give massive gem rewards compared to any repeatable farm. Once Normal is cleared or starts feeling slow, move into Nightmare. Nightmare first clears give even more gems and unlock milestone rewards that include trait rerolls.
Clearing Nightmare across all acts is one of the fastest ways to stack rerolls without touching endgame content. This alone can fund multiple Mythic pities if you fully clear it.
Infinite Mode
Infinite mode looks tempting, but it’s not something you rush immediately.
Once you have a stable evolved team, Infinite becomes useful for steady gem income. In early maps like Leaf Village, you earn gems every few waves, and runs are short enough to be efficient. Infinite also grants rerolls over time, which adds up quickly if you’re consistent.
That said, Infinite is not a replacement for story clears. Think of it as a maintenance farm, not your main progression tool.
Challenges
Challenges are one of the most underrated systems in Anime Paradox.
Regular challenges reset frequently and give essences, trait rerolls, stat chips, gold, and gems. Daily and weekly challenges are even better, offering large bundles of resources that would otherwise take hours to grind.
The reason challenges are so good early is that they are short. Most are only 10 waves, and bosses are much weaker than story bosses. Once you have a couple evolved units, challenges become some of the easiest content in the game with the highest reward-to-time ratio.
Legend Stages
When you’re actively playing, Legend stages are where you want to be.
They give a strong mix of gems, gold, food, and green essences per run, and they are also how you unlock and evolve several key units. Ichigo, Okora, Broly, Cell, Frieza, and Orihime all tie back to Legend stages in some way.
Legend stages are also forgiving compared to raids, making them ideal for farming while your account is still developing.
Time Chamber and AFK Progression
If you can AFK, the Time Chamber is extremely valuable. Over time, it gives steady gems and gold with zero effort, especially if you have Premium or VIP bonuses.
However, once Infinite mode becomes manageable, Infinite AFK farming usually outpaces the Time Chamber for gems alone. Time Chamber is still better for gold, but Infinite wins if your only goal is gems.
Traits, Ascension, and Rerolls
Do not chase perfect traits early. It’s a trap.
Traits are limited early on, and rerolls are better spent making units usable, not perfect. Survivability traits like Vampiric often outperform raw damage traits because dead units deal zero damage.
Ascension is helpful but not mandatory. The stat boosts are small and should only be done when you have duplicate units you don’t need. Never sacrifice progress just to ascend early.
Raids and Siege
Raids are where Sung Jin-Woo comes from, along with high-value gold and gem rewards. They are not beginner content. If raids feel impossible, that’s normal. You are supposed to come back later.
Siege mode is currently very grind-heavy, especially for units like Igris. The rewards are strong, but the time investment is brutal. Treat Siege as a long-term goal, not something you rush in your first week.
The Correct Progression Order
Build Bulma first.
Add Orihime for survivability.
Secure a strong DPS like Broly or Killua.
Clear Story and Nightmare for gems and rerolls.
Farm Legend stages for evolution materials and Ichigo.
Use Infinite and Challenges for steady income.
Touch Raids and Siege only when your team is evolved and stable.