REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – December 29, 2023 - FINAL FANTASY, Square Enix’s world-famous roleplaying game series, brings more of its iconic cast of characters to GungHo Online Entertainment’s hit mobile puzzle game Puzzle & Dragons in a limited-time collaboration. Characters from CRYSTAL DEFENDERS join in as another collab as well! Today at 18:00 through January 15, 2024, 17:59 (PST) summon mythical heroes and otherworldly beasts to overcome fourteen exclusive dungeons.
Harness the power of Eikons by recruiting newly-added FINAL FANTASY characters, including Clive, Joshua, Jill, and Dion from the critically acclaimed FINAL FANTASY XVI, and more. Gather these mighty warriors with pulls from the FINAL FANTASY Egg Machine and FINAL FANTASY Memorial Egg Machine. The latter will grant a free pull to all players who log in during the collaboration. Additionally, players who do 5 pulls at once at the FINAL FANTASY Egg Machine will receive 5 pulls from the CRYSTAL DEFENDERS Egg Machine, which features CRYSTAL DEFENDERS Collab characters exclusively!
Pick Up the Gauntlet
Take on deities and become a legend by participating in fourteen exclusive dungeons:
- FINAL FANTASY Collab is a dungeon that lets players battle for a chance to earn rewards, including FF Crystal Medal - Gold. Players can also receive one pull from the FINAL FANTASY Memorial Egg Machine as a first-time clear reward for the Netherworld-Expert floor.
- FINAL FANTASY Collab 2 is a dungeon that lets players battle for a chance to earn rewards, including FF Crystal Medal - Gold. Players can also receive one pull from the FINAL FANTASY Memorial Egg Machine as a first-time clear reward for Void Beyond-Expert floor.
- Eikon Odin Descended! is a dungeon that rewards players who defeat the boss with a guaranteed Odin, Eikon of Darkness drop. Players will also receive one pull from the ★5+ FINAL FANTASY Egg Machine and 4 PvP Icons of Clive and Jill as first-time clear rewards.
- Multiplayer! Eikon Odin Descended! is a 3-player mode of Eikon Odin Descended!
- Multiplayer! Eikon Odin Descended! is a 3-player mode of Eikon Odin Descended!
- FINAL FANTASY Colosseum! challenges users with the Assists Invalid rule and rewards teams led by a specified leader character with a drop rate of 100%. Players will also receive Airship Highwind as a first-time clear reward for using Cid Highwind as their team leader.
- Multiplayer! FINAL FANTASY Colosseum! is a 3-player mode of FINAL FANTASY Colosseum!
- Multiplayer! FINAL FANTASY Colosseum! is a 3-player mode of FINAL FANTASY Colosseum!
- [Chocobo] Title Challenge! is a special dungeon that requires players to use a fixed Helper and clear within a certain time limit. Players will receive the [Chocobo] title as a first-time clear reward.
- FINAL FANTASY Challenge! challenge users with the Assists Invalid rule and rewards players who defeat the boss with a guaranteed Yiazmat drop. Players will also receive one pull from the FINAL FANTASY Egg Machine as a first-time clear reward.
- Fat Chocobo’s Gift is an exclusive one-shot dungeon that rewards players with Fat Chocobo as a first-time clear reward.
- Moogle’s Gift is an exclusive one-shot dungeon that rewards players with Moogle as a first-time clear reward.
- Skill Leveling Dungeon FINAL FANTASY is a dungeon that lets players increase the skills of their FINAL FANTASY Collab characters in teams used for this dungeon.
- CRYSTAL DEFENDERS is a dungeon that lets players battle for a chance to earn rewards such as Red Crystal. Players can also receive one pull from the Clear Reward! CRYSTAL DEFENDERS Egg Machine as a first-time clear reward for the Cursed Shroud-Expert floor.
- Gift from the Chocobos is an exclusive one-shot dungeon that rewards players with Chocobo as a first-time clear reward.
- Gift from the Moogles is an exclusive one-shot dungeon that rewards players with Moogle & Carbuncle as a first-time clear reward.
Monster Exchange
Trade FF Crystal Medals and Crystals at the Monster Exchange. The Monster Exchange lineup features event-exclusive collab characters, Locke and Chocobo. FF Crystal Medals can be collected from the FINAL FANTASY Collab and FINAL FANTASY Collab 2 dungeons, and Crystals can be collected from the CRYSTAL DEFENDERS dungeon.
Additionally, Glauca has been added to the Monster Purchase lineup.
Limited-time Bundles
With these special bundles, players can recruit beloved FINAL FANTASY warriors:
- 20 Magic Stones & New FINAL FANTASY Collab Characters Egg Machine: Grants players 20 Magic Stones and one pull from the New FINAL FANTASY Collab Characters Egg Machine for $19.99 USD, guaranteeing a new FINAL FANTASY Collab character.
- 20 Magic Stones & Clive Egg Machine: Grants players 20 Magic Stones and one pull from the Clive Egg Machine for $19.99 USD, guaranteeing Clive. Players will also get the FINAL FANTASY Orbs 2 Skin when they get Clive for the first time.
- 20 Magic Stones & ★6 FINAL FANTASY Egg Machine: Grants player 20 Magic Stones and one pull from the ★6 FINAL FANTASY Egg Machine for $19.99 USD, guaranteeing a ★6 rarity character.
- 10 Magic Stones & Thancred Egg Machine: Grants players 10 Magic Stones and one pull from the Thancred Egg Machine for $9.99 USD, guaranteeing Thancred. Players will also get the FINAL FANTASY Orbs Skin when they get Thancred for the first time.
- 1 Magic Stone & FINAL FANTASY Egg Machine: Grants 1 Magic Stone and one pull from FINAL FANTASY Egg Machine for $0.99 USD.
Assets for the FINAL FANTASY collab can be found here.
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ABOUT FINAL FANTASY
For over 35 years, the FINAL FANTASY series has delighted generations of gamers and millions of players worldwide through beloved role-playing adventures that are built upon the benchmarks of spectacular visuals, highly imaginative worlds, rich stories, memorable characters, and technical and gameplay innovation leading the industry and earning the highest accolades from around the world. Each mainline game in the series is a completely new experience, and an ideal entry-point to the series. Titles of the series have sold over 185 million units worldwide.
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Puzzle & Dragons is a mobile puzzle adventure game developed and published by GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. with over 90 million downloads worldwide. Puzzle & Dragons combines match-three-style puzzles, monster collecting, and dungeon crawling mechanics for a definitive free-to-play experience that’s kept players hooked since 2012. Regarded as a landmark release in mobile gaming, the game continues to evolve with each new update and collaboration. Puzzle & Dragons is available on the App Store and on Google Play. Visit www.puzzleanddragons.us to learn more.
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