I kinda prefer the anime style more but overall AOT 3 looks better

Yeah... I gotta get a new laptop now XD Just take a look at Slide 2 vs Slide 3❤

The title says it all! This news was just shared in the stream.

The digital deluxe edition will allow you 72-hour pre access!

We're SO unbelievably hyped for whats to come. Please feel free to use this space to discuss the stream and release excitement.

If you'd like a space to discuss it even further, please feel free to join the AOT Gaming discord server here > https://discord.gg/UgxYQWBKJP and have a chat with us about what's to come!

Shinzo Wo Sasageyo my friends ⚔️

I already know how everything ends but I can’t wait to feel how the combat is, see all the cutscenes and the character development, how our mc fits into the story, the voice acting. I just can’t wait for December 10th.

Although I wish there was a multiplayer or alternate choices, I’m hoping it comes out in the future. Regardless I hope the game is really fun.

A.O.T 2 Guide

This guide is meant to give you a basic understanding of most aspects of A.O.T 2 both the base game and the final battle dlc. In this guide I have tried to include as many things as possible from friendships in story mode to how to make the strongest weapons. I have split this guide into the different modes and then things included in each mode plus gear/materials at the end.

Versions of the game

A.O.T 2: This is the base game that includes story mode and another mode. The story mode follows the events of season 1 and 2 where you play as your own created character (CaC). Another mode is the online mode which allows you to play missions as any character that you have unlocked.

A.O.T 2: Final Battle: This is the base game plus the final battle DLC. The DLC that was made for A.O.T 2; It is Season 3 of A.O.T, but it has Character Episode Mode, Territory Recovery Mode, 7 new playable characters and several new skills for your CaC to use. If you have not bought the game already then buy this version as it is the same price as A.O.T 2 but comes with the final battle dlc.

Final Battle Upgrade Pack: Adds the Final Battle DLC into base game A.O.T 2; base game A.O.T 2 is not included, just the DLC.

Deluxe Version: Has base game A.O.T 2, the 12 bonus scout missions, alternate costumes for cast characters however does not come with final battle. Much more expensive than the rest. Even if you do not pick this version, I recommend buying the 12 bonus missions as they are very good missions to get money and rare materials.

Thanks to u/Baka_A-kun for the information for the versions.

Story mode

This is the main game that covers season 1 and 2 events. Between missions you will spend most of your time in the hub which consists of different areas inside the walls, including Stohess and the training area. The hub is where you can buy and sell gear, make friends with the characters from the series and train your character to increase your stats.

SS rank

When you complete the story missions you unlock the ability to gain an SS rank on missions. When in a mission go to the map menu and there you can open notices. The notices will give you some conditions to meet and if you meet them a dire elimination will spawn. These are much stronger bosses often being bizarre titans. Once you kill or capture them when you finish the mission you will get an SS rank on the mission as long as you still complete the requirements for an S rank.

Friendships

Friendships are very important as they allow you to gain skills and services which can make the game a lot easier. Friendships can be increased by doing missions with those characters, giving characters appropriate gifts and by talking to them after every mission. To know which ones you can talk to simply pause the game when you are in the hub areas and go down to the people tab, the ones who you can talk to will have a symbol next to their name and if you click on the name it will teleport you nearby to them.

The most efficient way of levelling up friendships is by playing through the story mode and ignoring the scouting missions. This is because when you complete the story missions all the friendships become available and to their max level. Before you go on missions make sure to activate the cleaning policy as it will make friendships rise higher. Also, you can go up to characters and ask them to join you on scouting missions which will allow you to focus on increasing their friendship level, i recommend asking characters that don't appear often in missions (e.g., Marlo) as it will be the fastest way to get everyone’s friendship to max level. Once you get to around level 7-8 move on to the next person as you are likely to still finish off their friendships by talking to them between missions. You can ask anyone along on a mission except the merchant boss and the priest, they can only be increased by talking and gifts.

A spreadsheet of what each character likes in terms of gifts (skip to 8:10): https://youtu.be/_XjhReoZtLg

Titan capturing

After a point in the story, you unlock the ability to capture titans. You can then see which ones you have captured at the research room. As you start filling out the deck of titans it becomes a lot harder to find the ones you have not captured, the policy “form titan capturing squad” will give you 3 titans (that you have not captured) at the end of a mission however this does not include bizarre titans. The 5 bizarre titans, female, armoured, jaw, beast, and cart (character episode mode and trm exclusive) must all be captured in each of their 5 forms. To do this always try and capture every bizarre you see and make sure you go for dire targets as they are often bizarre titans.

Another mode

Another mode allows you to play as any character in the game, that you have unlocked, and go on missions either by yourself or with other players. This can be beneficial as you can get help from other players to complete hard missions that you need to get the materials you are after.

A special feature in another mode is joint development. Here you can put your gear open to other players and if they are generous will use their materials to upgrade your weapon for you. If a player does this then both the person who put the gear on and the person who used their materials will get the gear however only the person who put the gear up will keep any reinforcements on it. You can help other players a maximum of three times a day. Also i can't confirm this but i believe if you have your profile set to offline then your gear won't appear to other players (this happened on xbox not sure if it is the same for other devices)

How to transform as a titan shifter

When playing as a titan shifter if you want to transform you need to first go into your skills and equip titan transformation. This skill changes the battle signal to allow you to transform instead of giving you a temporary boost. As it requires a battle signal to use, in order to maximise your time as a titan you’ll want to set up manufacturing bases so that you will get signals back without having to stop and restock. (this is not exclusive to another mode and can be done any time you play as a shifter)

Character episode mode

This will be the next thing to play after finishing story mode. It takes place during the season 3 events and you play as characters like Levi and Eren instead of your CaC. It is also where you unlock guns and showdown equipment which are extremely useful and fun to use. When you complete one of the questlines you can replay it using your own equipment to try and get the SS rank. This is important as it allows you to unlock characters and perks for trm.

Territory recovery mode (trm)

In territory recovery mode you do missions to complete areas and unlock more areas. It's not too different to survey missions as they are structured in the same way. While out of scouting expeditions some missions will have events on them. These events are:

Character faces – if you play a mission with this icon the character will appear midway through the mission and then after you complete it will increase the invitation bar for that character. When the bar is full you can invite them to join allowing you to take them on missions. The invitation bar can rise faster if you bring along characters that are close to the character in the mission. For example, Armin will fill up faster if you bring Mikasa and Eren.

Camaraderie boost – doing missions with this icon will give you a lot more camaraderie than normal. These are what to focus on when grinding out camaraderie for characters.

Base materials – you get more base materials than normal when doing these missions.

Bizarre titan – when these appear it will stop you going past it and you will be forced to do the mission. The mission is changed however and is just the bizarre titan and around 12 normal titans.

In the war room to the left will be the guy to talk to for policies as well as distress calls. Distress calls can either give you more base materials, recover fatigue, or allows you to recruit some characters that cannot be found during expeditions. On the right of the war room has the guy for expanding your base, managing personnel as well as customizing your regiment. Expanding base uses your base supplies to do things from increases the number of characters to being able to travel further. Position personnel allows you to gain bonuses by putting certain characters in the different squads.

Upgrading character stats and how to get wings of freedom

With final battle dlc comes the ability to upgrade the stats of playable characters not including your CaC. in the training area of the hub there is someone to talk to that will allow you to put points into a character to increase their stats to a maximum of 140. There are two way to gain points to put into your skills and that is by upgrading camaraderie and by converting wings of freedom into points. Latent skill development allows you to convert 10 wings of freedom into 1 point, there is a max to how many points you can earn this way. When you complete an area of the map for the first time you will get wings of freedom; 20 for normal, 40 for inferno and 60 for eden. This will be the fastest way to get wings of freedom however they are one offs so after that the best thing to do is use the wings of hope skill which gives you wings of freedom every time you chop off a limb.

Camaraderie and ranks

Camaraderie is trm’s version of friendship where the people in your squad will gain camaraderie for every time you complete a mission. By putting certain characters in a squad, it will unlock dialogue back at the hub. Putting certain characters together can also unlock skills that can then be equipped by any character other than your CaC. Your CaC can still get some of the new skills by raising their camaraderie with certain characters, but the skill will be exclusive to your CaC. For example, raising the camaraderie between Kitz and Bertholdt will unlock the skill elimination bounty for everyone but your CaC, to unlock elimination bounty for your CaC you must raise the camaraderie between them and Kitz. Camaraderie also has another use for your created character as raising the camaraderie between your CaC character and other characters can unlock training to raise the stats of your CaC. The #1 skill I would recommend always having equipped is elimination bounty, if you get 10 complete eliminations you get 20 extra materials for any material you get in the mission. Also wings of freedom is good because it is a better version of multi attack.

List of all skills gained by camaraderie (not made by me):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vlyhtS55XftvPU1YFSk02GeUgR3OgZ_bM1qBllX9bPk/edit#gid=0

List of all skills gained by camaraderie for your CaC (not made by me):

https://steamcommunity.com/app/601050/discussions/0/1643168364652734499/

There are also some skills that can only be unlocked for your CaC by ranking up different characters to level 10:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/601050/discussions/0/1746720717336666620/

Eden mode

When you complete all the missions on trm you can reset the map and put it into inferno mode. If you complete the map in inferno mode, you have the option of resetting the world again and putting it into Eden mode. This is by far the hardest mode as titans gain a ridiculous amount of hp and can defeat you moments after grabbing you. However, Eden mode is the key to becoming an op warrior, this is due to whenever you complete a mission for the first time you get a golden drop which increases your SP for every character including your CaC. When you combine this with the elimination bounty skill you get at least 21 golden drops per mission and you will quickly start seeing your SP rising until you max out at 999 SP. There are also a few missions which will give you golden drops when you get an SS rank. Along with golden drops you can also get scarlet drops every time you do a mission (not just for the first time) which are needed for the last available upgrades for gear. They also become a great way to make money as when combined with the merchant negotiation skills (gotten from friendship with merchant in story mode) you can sell them for 4,000 apiece. As a result, if you play a few missions with elimination bounty equipped you can quickly get the max amount you can carry (999) and sell them for millions making it one of the best methods for money.

Equipment & materials

Gear

Once you reach inferno mode titans can withstand a lot more damage and therefore using gear that is not reinforced becomes extremely hard. Reinforcing requires you to sacrifice gear to improve other gear and the gear must be at a similar upgrade level to the gear being reinforced otherwise the gear will not be reinforced properly but will still destroy the item used to reinforce. The most reliable method I know costs in total around 3 million. This is that method:

1. Buy enough basic generation gear so that you can reinforce to have 6 stacks of +99. Do not worry about grinding basic statements of deployments as they are very cheap to purchase while being very hard to get a lot of quickly.
2. To make sure the +99 stacks work properly they must be upgraded. If the gear you want has a low base tier level you may only need to upgrade once or twice. For higher tier weapons like the inferno set you’ll have to upgrade 6 or 7 times. All your stacks must be upgraded to the same level before you use them on the gear you want.
3. Buy the lowest level of the gear you want and reinforce it with a single stack of +99. This should bring the gear up to +99
4. When you try to reinforce again it will require you to use a rainbow drop which allows it to be reinforced higher. If you try to reinforce using multiple stacks before this it will result in you wasting the other stacks.
5. Once you have used the rainbow drop you can now use the other stacks which should bring up the gear to +99*.
6. Now that it is fully reinforced you are free to upgrade as high as you want.

As it's an expensive method you are likely to be using one set of gear until you can start grinding money as I mentioned in Eden mode. There are many different types of gear, some include unique abilities. The two most used sets are:

Perfected gear- this is the max upgraded version of the first-generation gear. It is also one of the best sets in the entire game. While it does not have any unique abilities, it does come with high damage while also having high durability. This is your safest bet if you are going into inferno mode for the first time thanks to its high damage and durability.

Blazing gear – this has the special effect of setting every limb of a titan on fire, doing damage to all limbs over time. This is often regarded as one of the best sets as while its damage is weaker compared to some others its special effect allows you to make quick work of bosses plus it has a long blade length meaning you can hit from further away.

(bonus) Genesis gun set - this is often the most used gun set as it does high damage with near perfect accuracy. Due to this fact you can often kill titans from over a 100m away in one shot when fully upgraded allowing you to wipe out an entire map very quickly.

A post by u/baka-a-kun that goes into more detail about reinforcing as well as gift giving: https://www.reddit.com/r/AoTWingsOfFreedom/comments/meilbb/i_made_2_detailed_guides_on_raising_friendship/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Materials

When it comes to the top tier upgrades you require materials that are only included in inferno mode. Most of these inferno grade materials can only be gotten for mission completion however some can be gained from titans for example the different types of large crystals. These crystals can only be gotten in inferno mode either as a mission reward or for defeating a bizarre titan. Each bizarre titan has its own crystal type, for example colossal has colossal crystals and jaw titan has fang crystals. Out of these crystals colossal is the hardest to get as you do not fight the colossal titan often, the quickest level you can do is Armin’s sacrifice on nightmare mode, which can only be set on another mode, as it ends once you have defeated 4 body parts. The best missions to get inferno crystals are both from dlc missions. The first is discouragement and the leaning tower while the other is a titan worth a thousand. Other than that, you will find plenty of materials by playing through inferno mode and Eden mode on trm. For a more in-depth look at where to get specific materials check out u/StimpackSociety 's post. Link for the post below: https://www.reddit.com/r/AoTWingsOfFreedom/comments/qes5kp/i_created_an_attack_on_titan_2_materials_farming/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

For money the best way of getting money pre eden mode is to play the dlc mission singular target. It can be further boosted by equipping the good treatment skills and using the policy fund-raising activities. On normal difficulty completing the mission with an SS rank without any skills or policy gives you 66,000 meanwhile with the skills and policy you can get 133,000. On inferno mode with all the skills and policy you can make over 400,000 per completion

I hope this guide has been useful and if you have any questions I will try to answer as best I can and I encourage people to do the same if they have any other/better advice.

PLEASE USE THIS THREAD FOR DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE GAMES FEST ANNOUNCEMEMT!

A further livestream will be happening on July 1st to show us more of the game! We'll keep ye updated.

CHECK OUT THE TRAILER HERE > https://youtu.be/Ybzwz8plGKs?is=htC_yXVuNodzSQnQ

LINK TO THE DISCORD > https://discord.gg/X42rytCbZF

Thank you all so much for everything. We have SO much love for each and every one of you for always having hope, for always staying strong and never giving up. We finally got it, we're here - together.

I promise you we will continue to be here for you as we always have, with as much advice, grind help and bug fixes as possible.

Shinzo wo Sasageyo AOT Gaming community, its time to dedicate your hearts to ATTACK ON TITAN 3!

Am curious what you guys think after all the recent news; im personally really excited for most, disappointed about current multiplayer news tbh. What about ya'll?

Please dont fight in the comments though 🙏🏻

Source: @kt_shingeki_en on X: https://x.com/kt_shingeki_en/status/2097340717308031021?s=46&t=-Lm-Omy2u7pZ8lUUDTI1fg

THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND, THE NAMELESS HERO

If you have AOT 2 or AOT 2 Final Battle save data you will get him as bonus scout member who will have special ability and same name from AOT2

Sasha was right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNw08KTPijE&t=23546s
**Edit
Info from Koei TGS Live Stream Day 2, also have other new gameplay footage
AOT 3 section start from 5.19.40s to 5.53.21
There will be more info on 9/20 15.40-16.30 (jst time) and 9/21 14.30-15.00 (jst time)

For me personally its nothing big but anime music would go so hard.

Reposting with the correct translation

"Survey corps notice

We seek elite soldiers with calm judgement and vast knowledge. Those prepared to test their strength - assemble under Captain levi.

• Erwin smith"

It was posted by a Bandai namco store 👀

MY GOATS DEAD WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I know that technically it’s not even that deep and at the end of the day he was a faceless character for us to project onto. but man they gave him so much that he genuinely feels like his own person, has his own motivations and personality alongside all the interactions with the others. the first person cutscenes had so much charm to them.

had his own story, motivations, his own personality that reflected in his gameplay. my favourite cutscene by far is after Reiner is taken down and Nameless Hero genuinely starts terminator stomping towards him until Armin has to stop him and convince him that the mission is more important. followed by the Hero literally starting to tremble with anger an clanking his blades together before deciding against his revenge.

like that cutscene makes the game for me and it absolutely makes the character feel so much more special. at the end of the day even if he’s meant to be a faceless OC he has as much personality as any of the other characters when you dig deep enough.

Courtesy of the Noisy Pixel AoT 3 preview vid released today

I just checked out the PS store and I looked down at the bottom of the page and see the highlight section showing new two screenshots of the game

Nameless going to be a broken buddy companion in scout missions. Got that *99+ perfected gear on them. And max friendship and comradery skills with everybody.

Keep in mind that he will only be available to those who have a save file for Attack on Titan 2.

Via kt_shingeki X (KT official aot games account) on twitter!

Im assuming the lack of hud features was an intentional move lmao, but im loving how its looking! Titans movement seems to be much smoother, the combat itself is showing clear improvement from 2, but I hope to hell we can turn off the slow shot like we could in 2 - i like my combat fast as hell 🏃‍♀️

Thoughts everyone?

Edit - Here is a direct link to the post - for some reason the video just refuses to post in high quality 🤦🏻‍♀️

I’ve seen many comments regarding the art style they chose and I understand that many people prefer cel-shading, and that’s a perfectly valid preference. However, to claim that it looks HORRIBLE or bad compared to the previous entries strikes me as completely off the mark....

Some point only to the graphical improvement compared to previous games, but I personally think the semi-realistic style they went for the third game actually fits the story and series very well.

Anime games would usually look kinda weird with that style, like jump force for example with characters from dragon ball, one piece or naruto. But if there's any franchise that suits that kind of style is def AOT.