1. BEZELS: LIFE AND DEATH

The team's health and ability to act are shown by the Hero Gauge, which contains Bezels.

At the start of Resonance of Fate, the gauge has 3 Bezels. By the end, you can have 14 Bezels if you find all the shards. More Bezels can be gained in New Game +.

Each additional Bezel requires four Bezel shards.

Bezel shards are found by beating bosses (including optional Challenge battles) and by placing Energy Hexes on the world map to uncover hidden treasures.

Bezel Shards are NOT rewards for completing optional missions.

Bezels are used when a hero action is taken, such as running or jumping with a character, costing one Bezel.

A tri-attack (a cooperative attack) uses one Bezel and allows everyone to act.

Standing still to attack or using a healing item does not deplete Bezels.

Bezels are replenished when an enemy is attacked and a body part is broken or destroyed.

Killing all enemies restores all Bezels.

If you use up all Bezels, the team enters the CRITICAL condition, preventing any Hero actions. The music changes, and characters will cower.

Enemies can also cause the CRITICAL condition by attacking.

Scratch damage, shown as blue on the green health bar, is temporary and can be healed quickly with items or slowly by making hero actions or tri-attacks.

If scratch damage is not healed and reaches 0, an enemy attack will shatter the bezel gauge.

You lose one Bezel per 1,000 HP for the character when the bezel gauge is shattered. The character will be healed when this occurs.

Lost bezel shards will be spread around the battlefield, and enemies will chase and pick them up, healing themselves, especially if their HP is low.

If you retrieve 4 broken white shards, you can restore the shape of one Bezel, allowing it to be filled again if you successfully destroy an enemy.

The CRITICAL condition makes everyone vulnerable. If one character suffers a powerful attack with no more Bezels to provide healing, it is game over.

To recover from this state, you can stand and shoot (hoping to gain a Bezel back), retreat and redo the battle (for a cost), or reload the game.