Developer - DeNA
Publisher - Square Enix
Platform(s) - iOS & Android
Price - Free
Release Date -
- Japan - September 24, 2014
- Canada - March 17, 2015
- US/Europe - March 26, 2015
Unfortunately FFRK is no longer available Globally as the servers shut down late September 2022. The game is only available in Japan.
Story
Tyro is an apprentice Record Keeper, a group that maintains the paintings that store the history of the world, who studies under Dr. Mog. Although he is the youngest member of the group, Dr. Mog views him as his most promising pupil. Thus, when a mysterious force begins to cause the records to disappear, he is chosen to investigate the cause and to restore the records by entering the paintings to reenact famous battles alongside prominent figures from the history of the Final Fantasy series.
The player assembles a party of up to five members consisting of the main character Tyro as well as various named popular Final Fantasy characters. With their party, the player visits various worlds from the Final Fantasy series, and progresses through the game by clearing the dungeons within "Realms", which are each based on its associated Final Fantasy game.
Each dungeon consists of one or more locations, which have one or more Active Time Battle. These battles use pixel art sprites against a 2D background, with sprites being taken from the 2D games in the series while creating unique ones. Uniquely for the sideline game, Final Fantasy Record Keeper has animated boss and summon sprites.
Do I need to spend money to progress in this game?
No. The only dungeons that are now substantially harder are elite dungeons (on an event, at that). Unlike classic dungeons, that require you to beat a previous dungeon to open the next, you do not unlock any levels by clearing an elite dungeon. They are each opened by mastering their respective classic version.
What's the drawback?
The game has a stamina system. Though keep in mind that as you progress the story, you will obtain stamina shards that increase how many stamina you have. Stamina pots coming out in the near future.
How do I unlock a certain character?
Luckily you don't need to roll for characters in the game. By progressing through the story or participating in events you can unlock characters. If you have a memory crystal lode, your able to unlock any character at any given time.
How's the Gacha in this game?
This game gives at least one guaranteed 5* equipment if you do a ten-pull. How the "rolling gacha" mechanics work is as such: each time you pull, if you don't get a 5* relic, a very small amount of probability is shifted from (either 3 or what you pulled) to 5, giving you a slightly better chance that your next relic on the same banner is a 5. This resets once you get a 5, regardless of what it is.
What is Orbfest?
It's basically a quarterly (approx. every 3 months) farming opportunity for players to stock up on EXP, orbs, gil, and upgrade materials. Every dungeon has increased EXP and gil rewards, while the orbs and upgrade materials are distributed among distinct farming phases.
Just did an 11 pull and my 5 star was off banner, what happened?
- Back up your game! We read our fair share of stories about people accidentally losing their save data. To prevent this, you can go to Menu > Manage Account > Manage Account link > Pick how you want to back up (Facebook, Google Account, Game Central). On this same page you can see your User ID. It might be a good idea to note the code somewhere in case anything ever happens and you need to contact support.
- Characters can be placed in either the front or back row. Those in the front row deal more damage but also receive more damage from enemies. Being in the back row reduces damage dealt and received. Characters that focus on close-range attacks should be placed in the front row. Mages, bow users and so on should be placed in the back row, since the damage from magic and long-range attacks is not reduced when used from the back row.
- A good medium term goal is to get Black Mage, White Mage and Summoner to 50, to unlock their 2nd Record Materias, which recharge 1 use of each school per stage. This is bread and butter for lv80+ dungeons and events to have enough gas left in the tank when facing the boss. On the flipside, BM/WHM/Summoner themselves really, really suck, so this is a huge chore.
- If you are unable to complete a certain dungeon, try repeating previously completed dungeons to level up your characters. One of the Daily Dungeons gives large amounts of EXP and is perfect for leveling up characters.
- You receive characters by defeating certain dungeons. For some of the high profile ones, they'll have a weekly dungeon that comes up and stays around for awhile. So do not worry about not getting Tidus or whatever now or spending money on Mythril to restore your stamina. Take it slow as you'll have time. Also, the game periodically has mega-events that give you wildcards to unlock from a plethora of characters and Memory Crystals.
- Record Synergy is a significant power boost. Characters, as stated above, but more importantly gear. The numbers work out that a 2++ (farmable 2* equipment combined twice and upgraded to the maximum) with Record Synergy generally is on the power level stat-wise as a non-Record Synergy 5* item. A 4* Synergy item will often outright outclass a non-Synergy 5*.
- THE FIRST RULE OF FIGHT CLUB IS: Never, ever pull relics (especially with cash) with the intent of getting a specific item.
iOS Download Link
Android Download Link
FFRK Subreddit
Official ENG Strategy Site
Official JP Strategy Site
Official Facebook
Quick Info Spreadsheet
FFRK Character chart
Battle Mechanics & Formulas
Battle Multipliers Database
Buffs and Debuffs Timing: Knowing Your ATB guage
Auto-updating (& underused) 4* Orb Droprate spreadsheet
Endgame Ability Creation/Honing guide
Diving Deep: A guide on Record Dives/Record Spheres
A guide to Magicite effects aka passives
Elemental Forces: Guides for one-element teams
Kongbakpao Calender of Events
Torment Farming Cheatsheet
Special thanks to WarAdept for helping out with the OT!
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