Elemental Vessels Explained: Basics 2

Elemental Vessels are unlocked through story progression. The last two will be obtained in Chapter 5.

Each Vessel unlocks a character class with specific strengths and weaknesses.

Unlock skills on each character’s Elemental Plots using Elemental Points.

Gain Elemental Points primarily by leveling up and gathering Elementites.

Gold Clovers can also be converted into Elemental Points at a one-to-one ratio.

Assign Vessels to the R2/RT button for use in battle.

After use, Vessels go on cooldown; melee strikes can speed up cooldown.

Some Vessels have long cooldowns (e.g., Wood), while others are short.

Set AI companions to use Vessels via their Strategy settings or control them manually.

Using Vessels in combat releases orbs that replenish MP (base value of two) and can be enhanced by Ability Seeds for HP and MP recovery.

To use Elemental Breaks, progress the Elemental Plot to unlock the second tier.

The first node on the second tier unlocks the Elemental Break for that Vessel.

Unlocking an Elemental Break for the first time adds the Mana Gauge to the HUD (heads-up display — the on-screen icons showing health, ammo and the minimap (the small circular map in the bottom-left corner of your screen)), located to the left of the characters in the lower left corner.

Fill the Mana Gauge by collecting orbs released when using Vessels.

Hold the Vessel button when the Mana Gauge is full to perform an Elemental Break.

During an Elemental Break, magic and moves of the same element deal increased damage and have reduced casting times, and the Vessel's normal effects are enhanced.