Enemy Cost
Enemy Cost is an invisible statistic that affects various elements in combat, and can be thought of as an enemy's relative strength.
Effects of Cost
Boss classification and enemy minimap icon
Enemies with a cost of **9** or lower are classified as normal enemies, while enemies with a cost of **10** or higher are classified as bosses. Enemies with a cost of **14** or higher will have a different icon on the map from other boss enemies.
| Enemy Cost | Icon |
|---|---|
| 1~9 | 
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| 10~13 | 
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| 14+ | 
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Class skills
- Enemies with a cost of 9 or lower will activate the Gunner class skill Overwhelm.
- Enemies with a cost of 10 or higher will activate the effects of Long Range Advantage-type skills.
- Enemies with a cost of 10 or higher will activate the Techter class skill Awake Aile.
- Enemies with a cost of 10 or higher will activate the Slayer class skill Gallant Attack Critical Up.
Weapon Potentials and EX Augments
| Enemy Cost | Effects |
|---|---|
| 1~9 | Sechetyl series potential Trample Unit EX Light Attack Protect |
| 10+ | Greaga series potential Fighting Spirit Unit EX Heavy Attack Protect |
Photon Blast generation
Attacking higher Cost enemies generates more On-Hit Photon Blast per hit.
| Enemy Cost | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1~6 | 1x |
| 7 | 1.1x |
| 8~9 | 1.2x |
| 10 | 1.8x |
| 11 | 2x |
| 12 | 2.2x |
| 13 | 2.5x |
| 14 | 3x |
N-Meseta gain
Enemy Cost affects the amount of bonus N-Meseta gained as a rare drop.
| Enemy Cost | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1~9 | +30 N-Meseta |
| 10+ | +60 N-Meseta |
Furthermore, DOLLS units in the Stia region have slightly affected base N-Meseta drops as well based on Cost.
| Enemy Cost | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1~9 | -2 N-Meseta off base drop |
| 10+ | +60 N-Meseta |
Finally, 14 cost enemies from the Aelio region drop an additional +100 N-Meseta upon defeat. This applies to if they spawn outside of Aelio, such as in Neusen Plant.
Seasonal Points
Base Seasonal Points earned from enemies is based off their Cost,m and then further multiplied by various modifiers, such as their title.
| Enemy Cost | Points gained |
|---|---|
| 1~2 | 7 |
| 3~4 | 10 |
| 5~6 | 21 |
| 7~8 | 42 |
| 9~10 | 62 |
| 11~13 | 125 |
| 14 | 250 |
| 15+ | 1,000 |
Enemies by Cost
| Enemy Cost | FORMERS | ALTERS | DOLLS | Starless | Ruinous | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | All TAMES Rappies Captan |
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| 7 | Dotts-type Gororon-type Metius-type |
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| 8 | Pettas-type | Balrog-type | ||||
| 9 | Pettax-type Pettas-type with Gunblades |
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| 10 | ||||||
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| 12 | Nogleth-type | |||||
| 13 | Bujin-type | Rasetsu-type | ||||
| 14 | Daityl | |||||
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| 16 | Vera-class | |||||
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| 18 | Dark Falz Dark Falz Aegis |
Dark Falz Solus Dark Falz Dalion |