How to Play

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Selecting Your Starter Sword
The very first thing the game will ask you is to enter your Saniwa's nickname. After that, you have to select your starter sword. Click the arrows to either side of the button at the bottom to see your five options.

Don't worry too much about deciding which sword to choose, as all the starter swords are Uchigatana with similar stats, and you will have the opportunity to obtain the other swords via Smithing or as a drop from Sorties. The starter sword you choose will not affect gameplay.

The five starter swords are:


 * Kashuu Kiyomitsu


 * Kasen Kanesada


 * Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki


 * Yamanbagiri Kunihiro
 * Hachisuka Kotetsu

Tutorial
When you're done choosing your starter, Konnosuke, the game's fox mascot, will lead you through a basic tutorial. There are four sections of the tutorial: There are also additional short tutorials for the Refinery, Internal Affairs, and the Background tabs when you click on them.
 * Sortie: Konnosuke will bring you to the Sortie menu. The only available option to select is Sortie (出陣), while the other two options, Expedition (遠征) and PVP (演錬), will be unavailable. Konnosuke will show you how to progress through a Sortie map, scouting and battle formations, and your sword's Awakening mode. At the end, you will lose the battle as a scripted event and sustain heavy damage to your sword.
 * Repair: Now that your sword is severely damaged, he needs to be repaired. Konnosuke will guide you through repairing your sword and introduce Help Tokens, which can be used so that you won't have to wait for your sword to finish being repaired.
 * Smithing: Here, Konnosuke will show you how to create new swords using the Smithing menu. There are four resources you gather as you play: charcoal, tamahagane, coolant, and grindstone. These resources are used to smith swords, and the amount you input can be adjusted using the arrows. For the tutorial, you are locked into a 50/50/50/50 recipe and will receive a Tantou-type sword. He will also allow you to use a Help Token here to skip the 20:00 minute timer.
 * Armory: In the final section, Konnosuke will show you how to make troops, which can be equipped to your swords to enhance their stats and protect them during battle. The Armory uses a menu similar to that of the Smithing section, and you will also be locked into a 50/50/50/50 recipe.

Introduction
This is your home screen, or citadel. This is where you will be spending most of your time in Touken Ranbu. The sword who is in front of you is the leader of your first party, and will chat with you when you click on him or idle for five minutes.

Main Function Resources
 * Citadel - The center of your operations. You can interact with your sword here.
 * Front Line - Here, you can send your swords to battle on Sorties, gather resources on Expeditions, or challenge other players' teams at PVP.
 * Formation - This is where you can reorganize parties for Sorties and Expeditions and equip your swords with troops.
 * Smithing - This is where you can forge swords and scrap unwanted swords for raw materials.
 * Armory - This is where you can create troops to equip your swords and scrap unwanted troops for raw materials.
 * Repair - You can repair your swords here when they aren't at full health.
 * Refinery - Here, you can sacrifice unwanted swords to enhance another sword's stats.
 * Internal Affairs - Your swords will complete chores or practice sparring to train their stats.
 * Mission - A list of missions and daily missions are found here. You can also claim rewards for completed missions.
 * Battle Record - This is where you can view your battle records, basic account information, and set your greeting message.
 * Library - Displays your sword collection, your sword CGs, and information about them.
 * Shop - This is where you can purchase cash items, such as emas, help tokens, O-mamori, dumplings, and extra inventory slots using DMM points. DMM points are purchased with real money. You can also view your current inventory of cash items.
 * Background - This where you can buy a background for your citadel using Koban (in-game money gathered from Expeditions, obtained as rewards from Expeditions, or obtained by leveling up your player).