How to play
Renown, upgrades and Legacy
What you win in one level makes the next one easier.
Renown
Winning a level earns Renown: more for a finale, more for each star beyond the first. Winning a level again earns 50% of that.
| Normal | Hard | |
|---|---|---|
| Renown for a level won | 150 | 300 |
| Renown for each star after the first | 50 | 100 |
| Renown for a finale won | 400 | 800 |
| Renown for an interlude mission won | 100 | 200 |
| Coins for a level won the first time | 10 | 25 |
| Coins for each star after the first | 10 | 25 |
| Coins for a finale won the first time | 100 | 250 |
| Coins for an interlude finished the first time | 30 | 75 |
Reading a chapter's “What really happened” pages, once its finale is won, earns 20 Renown, or 40 with the Archivist.
Upgrades
Bought with Renown. They last for the whole chapter. In each branch, a tier can be bought only once the one before it is owned. Bought now, an upgrade takes effect at once and lasts for the whole chapter.
| Tier | Renown |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 100 |
| Tier 2 | 250 |
| Tier 3 | 500 |
| Tier 4 | 1,000 |
Every chapter's upgrade trees are on its pages in Lore.
Legacy
Winning a chapter's finale earns Legacy: 3, plus 1 for each upgrade branch you bought in full, plus 2 on Hard, up to 8 for the chapter. Legacy buys the nodes of the Legacy tree, which last for the whole campaign.
| Node | What it does | Legacy |
|---|---|---|
| Archivist | "What really happened" pages give +40 Renown instead of +20. | 2 |
| Deep Pockets | +10% starting side resource in every level. | 3 |
| Cartographer | Landmarks always visible through fog of war. | 3 |
| Long Memory | See scheduled story events one turn early. | 4 |
| Old Networks | Start each chapter with your most loyal faction at loyalty 60 or more. | 5 |
| Second Chances | One free checkpoint retry per level. | 5 |
| Steady Hand | Opinion penalty from violence −10%. | 6 |
| Old Friends | Neutral factions start each level +10 toward you. | 6 |
| Veteran Staff | +1 Action Point in every level. | 8 |
| The Chronicle | Unlocks the hidden endings in chapter 13. | 10 |