- For game loading and connection errors, see Proxy Connection and Troubleshooting.
- For information on how to input serial codes, see FAQ/Serial Code Input Form.
- For information on Pocket App, see FAQ/Touken Ranbu ONLINE (Smartphone App).
- For translations on in-game messages and troubleshooting, see FAQ/In-Game Messages and Troubleshooting.
Registration and Game Start[]
How come I am unable to play, even after registering?[]
All servers are currently full. Since players are unable to exit or switch between servers, it would mean that you can only play after new servers are added. Constantly refreshing the page would not work as no players can exit for you to take their place.
Why does it say I'm from the wrong region?[]
Touken Ranbu can usually only be played from within Japan. This can be bypassed, however, by following the steps on the Proxy Connection and Troubleshooting page.
I tried all of the steps listed and I still can't play the game![]
Please see Troubleshooting for some suggested instructions on resolving your problem. Generally, if you still receive a message that you're from the wrong region, you need to clear your cache and cookies and redo the cookie method steps. If you're getting a black screen, or white screen, or the game isn't loading, please update your Adobe Flash Player, clear your cache again, and make sure your internet connection is stable.
Where do I go to learn how to play the game?[]
We have a dedicated How to Play page for teaching the mechanics of the game, as well as the Glossary for understanding some of the most frequently used terms in the game.
Why is the game slow?[]
The game may run slowly for a number of reasons, including but not limited to: high CPU usage because of a large number of browser tabs, a slow or spotty internet connection, server issues, viruses and spyware, or an extremely outdated graphics card. In a majority of cases, clearing the browser's cache and cookies repeating the cookie region flag procedure on the Proxy Connection and Troubleshooting page will resolve most issues.
Swords[]
What is the difference between the swords?[]
As of now, there are currently 8 different types of swords.
How do I get a particular sword?[]
The Smithing page has recommended recipes listed for each sword type, but keep in mind that it does not guarantee that you will get the sword you want, as smithing is completely random. The Drop List page also lists maps where each sword can potentially drop from an enemy. In the end, much of the game is random and it just comes down to luck.
How many swords can I hold? How can I gain more sword slots/sword spaces?[]
The default sword slots/sword spaces given to a player is 120 and it can only be increased with DMM Points. Please see the Shop page for more details.
How many items can my inbox hold?[]
The inbox contents are limitless, however only the 200 most recent items gained can be viewed (the newest items are displayed first). To access older items, claim any items from your inbox (it is advised to claim the oldest ones starting from page 25 of your inbox), and the next time you open your inbox older items will be displayed on page 25.
What do each of the stats mean?[]
In common terms, the stats are, from left to right on each sword's infobox in-game, HP-attack-defense-speed-critical-awakening-scouting-camouflage. Please see the Combat Mechanism page for more details.
What are these flying sakura petals around my sword?[]
The moving sakura petals indicate that your sword has Sakura Fubuki status, so they will have improved performance in battle. For more information, see the Fatigue page.
The background of my sword is orange/red and there's a sad face. Why?[]
You have sent out your troops onto too many sorties and they are now fatigued. They will naturally recover over time if they are not sent into battle. For more information, see the Fatigue page.
What's the difference between flying sakura petals and non-moving sakura petals in the background?[]
The first indicates Sakura Fubuki status; the second indicates toku (特) status.
What is toku (特)?[]
Every sword will upgrade at either level 20 or 25 (depending on the sword) to Toku version. When a sword upgrades to Toku, they will have all of their health instantly restored. The sword's stats will increase to a certain amount, regardless of any prior refinements. The upgrade level for each sword is listed under the Rank-Up column on the Characters page. Moreover, the stats for the Toku version of each sword can be found on the sword's individual page.
How do I unlock the second, third and fourth party?[]
Make a six-sword party for the second party, clear Sortie 2-4 for the third, and clear Expedition D4 for the fourth. You will need to receive the rewards by completing their respective Missions.
Citadel[]
What does this term mean?[]
For a full list of terms used in Touken Ranbu, please see Glossary.
How do I gain more resources?[]
Your resources will regenerate naturally at the rate of 3 resources per 3 minutes, until the max amount of resources that you can naturally regenerate is reached. The max amount of resources that you can regenerate to scales with your level, and can be found by looking at your Battle Records. Alternate methods to gain more resources would be to do Missions, Expeditions or from the Front Lines. Resources can also be purchased with DMM points in the Shop.
What does ___ do / Where can I get it?[]
See the Glossary for quick descriptions of items and how to obtain them. Most items like Request Tokens, Help Tokens, Horses, and Ofudas can be obtained from completing Missions. The Shop also sells resources and items in exchange for DMM points.
I encountered an error message while smithing. Why?[]
Check the screenshots under In-Game Messages and Troubleshooting to see if the error messages you received matches any of the examples.
What time do daily missions and PvP partners refresh?[]
The list of Daily Missions is refreshed at 05:00 (GMT+9). PvP (演練) partners switch at 03:00 and 15:00 (GMT+9).
How can I get my nendoroid background? Where do I enter the serial code?[]
Please check this page for the instructions.
Why is my inbox empty when I'm sure it had swords/troops/resources?[]
Any swords, items, and rewards sent to the inbox will automatically be deleted after 30 days. If the player doesn't claim the items before the expiration date, they will permanently disappear after the expiration date passes.
Sortie[]
Why can't I clear a stage?[]
Currently, there are no battlefields that require a special condition to reach the boss node. The path the player takes every time they enter a battlefield is heavily dependent on probability, often not in the player's favor to make it intentionally difficult to clear certain stages. The best course of action is to repeat a stage until the player reaches the boss node.
Only a few maps have confirmed branching rules based on the composition of the team; these can be checked by going to each battlefield's information page.
How do I unlock Expeditions?[]
You must have a second party unlocked to go on Expeditions. To do so, complete the Missions that requires you to form a complete team of 6 swords.
Why am I not getting experience, resources, or drops from this map?[]
Your team is above the level cap for that map. Each map has a level cap that prevents teams from gaining experience, receiving sword drops, or obtaining resources from resource nodes if the team's average level exceeds the level cap.
How come I did not get my sword when I'm pretty sure it was a drop?[]
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro reaching toku status. Notice the pink square with the kanji 特 in the bottom-left corner.
Many people confuse a drop with a sword reaching their toku (特) level. Both events will show a blue message and a picture of your sword. The distinct difference in the cut-in scene is that a pink stamp with 特 appears for swords reaching the toku level, and does not appear for a normal drop. Hence, there is no extra sword.
You may check the toku level of your sword in the Characters page, under the Rank Up column, or on each character's individual pages.
In other cases, your sword inventory may be full, so check your mailbox for any extra swords.
What does it mean if lightning and a silhouette appears after I clear a map?[]
Cutscene indicating that Kebiishi has appeared in the map
After clearing a map's boss node for the first time, subsequent visits to the boss node may spawn Kebiishi on that map. Kebiishi are typically more powerful than usual enemies. Afterwards, the battlefield will be marked with a purple icon when selecting it from the Front Lines menu. While traveling on an infested battlefield, every enemy node encounter, with the exception of the boss node, has a chance of spawning the Kebiishi instead of the normal enemy pattern. For more information, see the Kebiishi page.
Why hasn't my expedition team come back even when the time is up?[]
You must be on the citadel main page for your expedition team to return. If you are already there before the time is up, you will need to exit the citadel main page (simply click on any of the other options in the menu, e.g. Smithing) and come back to see your team return.
Wikia[]
Where should I go to ask a question about the game?[]
We recommend that you visit and ask on the Chat, as there will generally be experienced users available in the Chat to answer any questions. The Chat can be accessed through either the right sidebar of the main page, the Navigation bar on top of every page (under "Community"), or a direct link at Discord Chat. If nobody is currently available, there are also Comments sections at the bottom of each article, as well as the Forums, but these are less recommended.
How do I add or change major content on a page?[]
You should go to the Suggestion page. If you want to change/edit content in pages, it is highly recommended to start a discussion there to avoid confusion, prevent edit-wars, etc. The same goes if you want to add some information but you had trouble with the editing or can't do it by yourself. You can freely add, change, or delete content, but please discuss major changes with other contributors first.
If you would like to discuss a major revision to the site's layout or content, please contact any of the active admins on their Message Walls or in Discord Chat.
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Sorry if this is stupid... but how to change e-mail address? I've been looking everywhere in my dmm profile but the thing I found most is link to change password and link to change email for newsletter.
Resource farming notes...
Your easiest source of charcoal, steel, and whetstone, other than expeditions and natural regen, is tantou drops from 1-1. Each tantou dismantles for 1 charcoal, 2 steel, and 1 whetstone, so up to 2 charcoal, 4 steel, and 2 whetstone for a run that roughly takes a minute to clear, for a maximum of 120 charcoal, 240 steel, and 120 whetstone per hour if things were perfect and you got 100% drop. That's not the case though, and you'd be lucky to get half that if there's no drop rate increase campaign on. Still, it's comaprable to expedition resource rates and can be done even with level 1 swords.
Other than that, pick a map tha thas the resource node near the entrance and force close if your team moves away from it. You'll want a team that can handle battles in that map even at red fatigue, because you'll be going in and out of the map a LOT.
Also note that resources don't drop if your party is above level cap, so add some lower-level padding if your favorite AoE attacker is overleveled. Tantou drops from 1-1 make good fodder, and you don't need to care about repairing them either.
It probably varies with the device, but it takes me maybe 30 seconds or so to refresh the page, load the game, and re-enter a map if my swords got lost. It takes about the same amount of time to run one battle, but it bogs me down if my fodder get hit and I'm forced to change my party because someone's severly damaged.
Some example locations:
Charcoal - 3-3, 50 charcoal on node B.
Steel - 3-2, 30 steel on node D. Special mention to 8-2 with 120 steel on node D, but it's all the way in era 8.
Coolant - 4-4, 65 coolant on node H/ 4-1, 40 coolant on node C, don't bring Ootachi.
Whetstone - 3-4, 40 whetstone on node B.
Is there a way to make the game less laggy? It wasn't like this before and now it keeps getting laggy everytime I reach a node in VOT.
Should I clear the cache or something?
Also I keep getting an error message as well when that happens and I have to refresh the tab -_-
What does this mean??
https://imgur.com/a/Dc0mB5z
Your browser is not supported, please use the latest version of either Chrome or Firefox.
If your game is running slow in your PC/laptop, you may want to turn on "hardware accelerator" on your browser!
Any way to disable the animated loading screen? Its taking up a lot of vpn data
Is it the one on the login screen? I think if you turn the game opening off from the settings (from the menu in the citadel, 設定 -> 音設定 -> switch off OP映像) it should turn it off as well.
I don't know if they changed things, but IIRC you can turn off VPN once you're on the game's page.
AFAIK the smartphone app doesn't require VPN, even the Japanese one. You could play on an emulator if you find turning your VPN on and off every time you log in bothersome.
I think it has 120 free spaces after the 5th anniversary gave out 62 swords?
I could be wrong tho, maybe it's not available for new players.
What can you do when you can't get one of your swords for expedition or frontline battle because it was marked as "on expedition" even if he's not, and keeps getting the error code 20002?
Please provided a screenshot of character in team formation.
what does this message mean?
i am playing pocket right now.
it's me (not signed in) - I figured it out. i accidentally pressed the button to purchase gold.
Excuse me to ask what's the point of having a dmm account??
Having a DMM account and syncing your data is important to ensure that you don't potentially lose your progress should something happen to your device(s) in the future. If something should happen to the device you're playing on, and you don't have that data backed up, you'll probably have to start over from scratch again.
So it's just watching pretty boys fight? No romance between each other or with the player?
Pretty boys fighting enemies yis
Any ios user ???
I would like to know if this also happens in your accounts.
When I want to see a Recollection, the images of some swords do not come out and the others are slow. I already deleted cache but it remains the same.
This does not happen to me on Android or on PC, only on the iPhone.
Before removing the application I wanted to know if it is on all ios devices or only on mine.
Hello,on touken ranbu pocket I can not take care of my swords l told me error 100000.
Am I the only one to have that? should I wait for an update? Thank you for your answers
I opened the game and this showed up. What does it mean?
You got disconnected while in the Jurakutei event.
Trying to link my pocket data to a DMM account, and I keep getting this error. Is there a fix?
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I'm also having the same problem here.
may i have a new discord invite link for the server? it says the link is invalid. thanks.
nvm i found another one
Hello, i got this message on the home screen and i tried to re-install adobe flash player but this message still appears. >< what should i do?
お使いのブラウザの Adobe Flash Player がインストールもしくは有効化されていないため、ゲームを起動することができません。 Flash をインストールもしくは有効化する場合はこちらをクリック
Hello! It most likely means that you don't have Flash turned on. This is normal. On the address bar of your browser, there should be an "i" icon on the left. Click on that and set your flash permissions to "allow". Then refresh the page to apply the settings.
Help, this keeps on appearing and I can't start the game.
It just shows the DMM screen, then black with the loading flower, then black for a while then this.
What does it mean...
This appeared after i typed my id,can someone help me, what is it mean? TwT
Your ID and password verification failed. Check if you typed in your ID/password correctly or if the ID/password has been issued in the last 30 days.
Oh i see thank youuu~ you're a big help тωт
Hi, I'm using the pocket app but for some reason it keeps giving me the no connection message even though my wifi bars are all full, and every time I press the button below, it keeps giving me the same message even with strong wifi. This started after the maintenance. Can anyone tell me what to do?
you need to manually update the app (from your app store). After the update it will work!