10 beginner’s tips to know before starting Infinity Nikki

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Infinity Nikkiis the comfy open-world mobile game that Nikki fans have been waiting for. Even if you’re not into the previous Nikki games, there’s a lot that this big world has to offer if you love collecting items, exploring huge landscapes, or just dressing up in cute outfits.

If you’re not familiar with the gacha-mobile game model, Infinity Nikkican be overwhelming — and honestly, even if you arefamiliar with them, it’s still a lot to take in at once, as it has a bit of a different gameplay loop than you may be used to.

Below, we provide some tips for getting started in Infinity Nikkito assist both completely new players and gacha experts alike.

Yes, it’s a gacha game!

Before you get too excited about a new shiny free-to-play open world game, note that, yep, Infinity Nikkiis a gacha game (just like the other titles in the franchise). While this won’t be surprising for fans of Nikki games, just remember that it’ll offer you a lot of microtransactions, and tons of the fanciest outfits are going to be locked behind the RNG gacha system. Play and purchase responsibly!

Rather than building for combat, you improve your outfits

Similar games in this genre (like Genshin Impactor Wuthering Waves) have you leveling up your characters, weapons, and specialized equipment for each character, but in Infinity Nikki, you’re leveling up the visual stats on your clothes. This has no effect on your combat (which is just firing a simple orb at enemies), but it does help you beat styling duels, which require you to set Nikki up with an outfit that meets a certain stat requirement.

Your Vital Energy will recharge over time and you can use it at warp spires to do a plethora of things: fight bosses to get special drops needed to make clothes, farm eureka (special equips that boost your styling stats), trade collected items for Insight, and more.

You’ll also amass a ton of EXP to increase your Mira Level, so spending your Vital Energy is a must-do.

Fulfill your daily wishes

Your daily wishes are a set of tasks that you’ll get every day, as the name implies. Fulfilling these will give you premium currency, money, and lots of EXP, so don’t forget to check to see what your tasks are for the day. Most of them can be completed just by playing the game, but there’s no harm in double checking.

You’ll also need to amass the wishes from here to level up in the courses menu.

Keep your eye out for promotional codes

As with the rest of the games in this genre, the social media accounts for Infinity Nikkioccasionally hand out promotional codes to use in game that fork over a handful of the premium currency, crafting materials, money, and other useful goodies. If you don’t want to be on social media (understandable), we have a guide that stays updated with all the codes you’ll need to get that free Nikki loot.

Keep track of your findings with an interactive map

If you plan on going hard with collectables — grabbing every Whimstar, chest, and Dew of Inspiration — you’ll want to keep track on what you’ve found and what you still need to grab. Just like for other open-world games, we recommend using an interactive map where you can mark your findings and keep track of what you’ve found already. While we don’t have an on-site interactive map for you, we liked using this one by IMapp.