Ninjamanager: Beginner Mode
First of all, hi! This is a walkthrough based on my experiences with Ninjamanager, or more specifically: "Link".
I learned a lot from my month-long journey through Beginner and now Easy mode, as well as from my interaction with Discord community, and of course, my lovely clanmates. I wanted to standardise the experience and to make sure we're all on the same page, please check out the "Help" section in the Discord, as well as the Academy on the website.
Waffle over, walkthrough begins!
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Q: Which village and starter should I pick?
Your starter genin and jounin don't matter on Beginner. Once chakra becomes an issue, 0 chakra ninjas will become more relevant. But for Beginner, I recommend picking "Leaf" or "Neo Leaf" to skip the village tax on the genin you unlock in the Forest of Death.
I'd pick "Neo Leaf" to use the Ino and Shikamaru you unlock in the Forest of Death. As for why, let's move on to our next section.
Q: Which ninjas should I use?
On Beginner, you main priorities are stamina and damage. Stamina determines what % of damage you lose after each hit, which is translates to extra attacks on the World Map. Very important.
Damage however is complicated. We have taijutsu, ninjutsu and bukijutsu.
Taijutsu is a flat 0.5 damage per point. It's solid, consistent and that makes progress slow unless you scale your Critical Chance, then Critical Damage. Every crit gives you 25% more tai (woah!)
Ninjutsu is a range between 0~1 damage, scaling down until it's a simple 0.5 damage depending on your ninjas seal. At a high seal, it's Taijutsu that can't crit and a low seal, it's a gamble. This and the fact it doesn't require any support stats like Critical Chance makes it ideal for progressing (at a low seal) because you only need to win once.
Bukijutsu is 0.3~1 damage that uses ammo. Don't worry, the ammo is free, but you'll run out if you don't have enough Bukijutsu Recovery to support your Bukijutsu Boost, which determines what % of your Buki pool you use. It requires a lot of investment to use and while Bukijutsu growth is generous, it can't crit or highroll and will deal much less damage until you have the items to utilise it.
In short, pick someone with decent Stamina and a decent Tai or Nin growth. I recommend focusing on Ninjutsu because you can highroll your way through everything.
Q: I can't get past this area. What do I do?
Farm. Not for experience, but for the Legendary Weapon and Bloodline you want to bring when you reset. You can find all your options on the Codex however for recipes, use this spreadsheet: "Link". For Legendary Weapons, I recommend: Bahamut's Mane (for Tai), Python Robe (for Nin), Abaddon's Armory (for Buki) or Snakeskin Seal if you're not sure.
For Bloodlines, I recommend: Boil Release (for Tai), Lava Release (for Nin), Kidomaru's Curse Seal (for Buki) or Swift Release if you're not sure.
Remember, you can only take one with you when you reset! However you can strip the abilities (genjutsu's) from your items and Legendary Weapons, and keep those abilities forever.
Q: Which summon should I use?
Katsuyu if you're low seal. Gamabunta if you're tai. Gamaken if you're high seal.
================================================ And that's the end of my walkthrough. Yes, yes, I know. I should've given you a full team but that's the fun of it. Beginner mode is the realm of exploratation and experimentation, so long as you have a decent Summon that is. Armed with knowledge, you're more than ready to tackle it yourself! Believe it!