Anime Expeditions challenges players to assemble powerful teams capable of tackling demanding waves and formidable bosses. The thrill of deploying beloved combatants comes paired with the tricky balancing act of managing cooldowns, area-of-effect damage, and status afflictions as difficulty spikes in higher stages.
While securing top-tier characters gives you a solid foundation, equipment is what truly defines late-game success. Equipping the proper gear turns modest abilities into screen-clearing powerhouses, either through direct stat amplification or game-changing mechanical passives.
This Anime Expeditions equipment tier list ranks every major piece of gear currently available. Whether you need to know which character-specific items are worth crafting or which flexible standard tools to roll in the Armory, this breakdown details stats, unique effects, and farming locations to guide your upgrades.
How Equipment Works in Anime Expeditions
Equipment in the game is split into two distinct classes:
- Unit Equipment: Exclusive to designated characters. These items provide tailor-made passive skills that often completely redefine how the character functions in battle.
- Standard Equipment: General gear pieces that any character can equip. While they lack unique unit transformations, they supply reliable raw stat increases and universal utility.
As a rule, Unit Equipment sits at the top of the meta due to the sheer value of unique passive perks, but select Standard items provide outstanding utility across diverse compositions.
S Tier Equipment
These pieces represent the pinnacle of power in Anime Expeditions, offering unrivaled crowd control, high-impact passives, and elite damage scaling.
Predator’s Skull
- Designated Unit: Razorjaw
- Drop Location: Crow Hideout
- Stat Rolls: +1% to +5% Range, +1% to +10% Damage
- Passive (Roar): Triggers an area-of-effect attack every 10 seconds that hits for 70% of Razorjaw’s damage, inflicts a 2-second Stagger, and raises Critical Chance for every target struck.
Dark Scepter
- Designated Unit: Dark Mage
- Drop Location: Crow Hideout
- Stat Rolls: +1% to +5% Range, 1% to 5% SPA Reduction
- Passive Effects: Arc Lightning delivers 50% damage every second. Ice Magic continuously stacks Frostbite; upon reaching 15 stacks, enemies detonate in a wide Freeze blast.
Hexed Blade
- Designated Unit: Shadow
- Drop Location: Crafting (Requires 5 Green Sprites, 5 Red Sprites, 5 Blue Sprites, and 10,000 Gold)
- Stat Rolls: +1% to +5% Range, +1% to +10% Damage
- Passive (Winged Spirit): Becomes active at Upgrade 3. Summons an orbiting familiar that strikes every 5 seconds for 75% damage while applying Stun.
Hair Bells
- Designated Unit: 8th Sword
- Drop Location: Spirit City
- Stat Rolls: +1% to +5% Range, +1% to +10% Damage
- Passive Effects: Damages nearby targets on a continuous basis. Cleanses Stun immediately upon receiving the debuff, counterattacking with Thunderclap Cut for 125% damage. Consecutive strikes inflict Dismembered.
Emperor’s Attire
- Designated Unit: Flame Emperor
- Drop Location: Rose Kingdom
- Stat Rolls: +1% to +5% Range, +1% to +10% Damage
- Passive (Wildfire): Causes existing Burn effects to jump to up to five neighboring enemies.
A Tier Equipment
A-tier options provide significant offensive spikes and can match S-tier performance when slotted into dedicated elemental or status-effect teams.
Promise Ring
- Designated Unit: Cursed Student
- Drop Location: School Grounds
- Stat Rolls: 1% to 5% SPA Reduction, +1% to +10% Damage
- Passive (Spirit Bats): Calls forth Spirit Bats once an enemy hits 20 Bleed stacks. Each summoned bat strikes three times, dealing 25% damage per strike.
Spirit of the Moonblade
- Designated Unit: Reaper
- Drop Location: Spirit City
- Stat Rolls: +1% to +10% Critical Chance, +1% to +10% Critical Damage
- Passive (Adaptation): Grants scaled combat bonuses based on the variety of enemies encountered, increasing Damage and Critical Chance by 10% each.
Elven Battle Staff
- Designated Unit: Elf Mage
- Drop Location: King’s Tomb
- Stat Rolls: 1% to 5% SPA Reduction, +1% to +5% Damage
- Passive (Arcane Spells): Releases scaling area spells as charges build up during combat—Old Magic at 3 charges, Eruption at 5 charges, and Storm at 7 charges.
Calamity’s Eye
- Designated Unit: Puppet
- Drop Location: Fairy King Forest
- Stat Rolls: +1% to +5% Range, +1% to +10% Damage
- Passive (Puppet Creation): Marks enemies; upon defeat, marked targets manifest as Dolls that inherit and scale from the unit’s damage stat.
Hell’s Flower
- Designated Unit: Hollow
- Drop Location: Flower Forest
- Stat Rolls: 1% to 5% SPA Reduction, +1% to +10% Damage
- Passive (Radial Flames): Converts expiring Burn afflictions into Austere Flames, dealing 85% bonus damage.
B Tier Equipment
B-tier gear includes specialized character items that demand precise micromanagement alongside the best general-use Standard Equipment in the game.
Unit-Specific Options
- Webbed Fruit (String Demon): Obtained from Rose Kingdom. Grants Cocoon crowd control to stun enemies or burst down targets.
- Boulder (Lady Giant): Obtained from Fairy King Forest. Summons defensive Stone Walls to stall enemy lanes.
- Memory Pendant (Cursed Immortal): Obtained from Crow Hideout. Introduces the Black Magic Meter, cycling between Caring and Cold states.
- Technique Amplifier (Salmon Sorcerer): Obtained from School Grounds. Applies multiple grades of Slow debuffs depending on the attack used.
- Illusion Crow (Crow): Obtained from the Villain Invasion Shop. Stores damage accumulated during Illusion and expels 50% back as an area blast.
Top Standard Gear
- Magic Book: Grants +5% to +20% Magic Damage. Farmed from King’s Tomb or acquired via the Armory.
- Bamboo Bottle: Grants +1% to +10% Range and reduces active skill cooldowns. Found in Flower Forest or the Armory.
- Cursed Finger: Grants +1% to +10% Damage, +1% to +5% Critical Chance, and amplifies damage per Bleed stack. Available in the Armory.
C Tier Equipment
Items in this tier serve as standard baseline upgrades. They lack specialized passives but offer straightforward numerical improvements for secondary team slots.
- Soul Splitter: +1% to +10% Physical Damage, +1% to +5% Range (Armory)
- Dragon Hilt: +1% to +10% Critical Damage, +1% to +5% Critical Chance (Armory)
- Enhanced Katana: +1% to +5% Critical Damage, +1% to +10% Critical Chance (Armory)
- Katana: +1% to +5% Damage, +1% to +10% Physical Damage (Flower Forest, Armory)
- Magic Orb: +1% to +10% Range, +1% to +5% Damage (Rose Kingdom, Armory)
- Raid Cape: +1% to +5% Range, +1% to +10% Damage (Armory)
- Elf Suitcase: +1% to +10% Range, +1% to +10% Magic Damage (Armory)
- Shinigami Sword: +1% to +5% Range, +1% to +10% Critical Chance (Spirit City, Armory)
D Tier Equipment
These entry-level items provide basic boosts but are rapidly outclassed as you unlock targeted drops from story stages and late-game modes.
- Warrior’s Axe: +1% to +10% Physical Damage, 1% to 5% SPA Reduction (Fairy King Forest, Armory)
- Kunai: +1% to +10% Damage, 1% to 5% SPA Reduction (School Grounds, Events, Armory)
- Pirate’s Slingshot: +5% to 15% Range, 1% to 5% SPA Reduction (Armory)
- Staff of Chaos: +1% to +10% Magic Damage, 1% to 5% SPA Reduction (Armory)
- Three Swords From Hell: +5% to 15% Damage (Armory)
- Accursed Equipment: +1% to +10% SPA Reduction (Armory)
Priority Upgrades Summary
When planning your farming route, invest your stamina into specific stage runs for high-impact Unit Equipment first. Predator’s Skull, Dark Scepter, Hair Bells, and Emperor’s Attire provide unmatched control and damage expansion for their respective owners. If you are rounding out units without dedicated signature gear, allocate resources toward universal staples like Magic Book, Bamboo Bottle, and Cursed Finger to maximize team-wide effectiveness.
