Intro:

Since the drop of 5.0 I decided to hop back into a brand new account and play the game from Rookie on up! I felt like a brand new player again, see everything fresh and untouched. I wanted to share my thoughts and guide for new players who wouldn’t have the same knowledge as myself of the game and may feel a bit overwhelmed at the start. I hope you find all this useful!

Booting up the Game

When you first boot up the game you’ll be greeted by a short prologue telling the player what has happened up to this point in the Phoenix 2 universe. The invaders have arrived from no-where and now the player is to be thrown into a battlefield where they must kick so invader butt!

Then your given a small tutorial mission explaining how movement works, how your main weapon works and what invaders look like and how they behave

Rookie Missions

Once the prologue has been read you are greeted by this screen:

And you will be asked to open your first Warp Gate, exciting times! You can receive one of 3 ships: Veil, Jericho or Tempest, all these ships have the “Aura” Bullet EMP (or BEMP). Veil or Tempest are the pick of the 3 as they are a balance between Offensive (Mega Bomb and Mega Laser) and Defensive (Bullet EMP) but Jericho has its moments. So whichever you receive you’re not gonna be unprepared.

Training Missions and Tutorials

Now you’ll see 2 missions, one is locked for the time being, but one you can play by hitting the Play Button. Before you are able to play the mission however, you are shown how to use your aura Bullet EMP. This type of tutorial will play any time you unlock a new Aura or Zen for the first time. The tutorial will look something like this:

Then once the short tutorial ends, you’ll be faced with your first mission! Both Rookie missions consist of 4 acts (each act consists of 4 waves, so 16 waves respectively) and you will earn 210c(redits) per mission. These credits are used to upgrade your ship later. I would advise holding off buying upgrades for now. Beat both missions to proceed to the main body of the game.

IMPORTANT: Please note only your reactor (the blinking blue light) is able to be hit by bullets, the rest of your ship wont take damage, only your reactor will be hit

The Warp Gate, Free Items and the Shop

By now 10 minutes should have passed by the time you got your first Warp Gate, if not, you should wait around a few minutes before attempting the next mission. Your second warp gate (Found on the “Warp Gate” tab at the bottom left of the screen) will consist of a Rare ship (listed at the end). Then after that the Warp Gate will give random rewards, whether it be new ships, upgrades, apexes (late game purchase), credits and revives. After the second Warp Gate, they will recharge every 12 hours for you to collect, so be sure to check them out for new goodies!

You may also see symbols such as these on the Warp Gate tab:

These are free items that you can claim every day, you get 1 add for 125c and multiple every day for the revives. Dont worry the game doesn’t force you to watch them or rely on it, its just a nice extra source of income.

The Shop is the final thing of importance on this page for new players (unless you wish to splash some cash out on the game, which can prove useful if thats what you wish, although again its not necessary and you wont be at a disadvantage not having them). This shop features 3 ships, that rotate every 6 hours. You can purchase these ships for 500c (Common Ship), 1500c (Rare Ship) or 3000c (Super Rare), I’d advise asking Reddit or another community what ships are good, because Rare does not necessarily mean better! There are many useful resources on the Menu tab of the Reddit, or you can make a post asking players what they think.

Daily Mission (Leagues and Ranks)

You will be placed in a Rank (Cadet, Ensign, Sergeant or Ace) depending on your performance in the Training Mission. You will start in D League in one of the ranks. Each Rank consists of Four Leagues (D, C, B, A). Once all 4 leagues are beaten you are promoted to the next rank, and that process is repeated.

You beat a League by finishing the mission, if you dont beat past Act 3, you are demoted to the league below. If you get between Act 3 and Act 4 (or 5 in later leagues), you remain in the same league.

Cadet consists of 4 Acts (each act consist of 4 waves), and 220 credits are earned total for finishing the mission

Ensign consists of 4 Acts, 220 credits in total

Sergeant also consists of 4 Acts, 220 credits in total

Ace consists of 5 Acts, and 300 credits are awarded for beating the mission.

-All other Ranks and their credit earnings can be found by joining the Reddit.

Community Missions

I would recommend to keep playing the mission a couple of times to Level up to level 8. This will earn you an extra 100 credits each time you level up, but once you reach level 8 the “Community” tab will unlock at the bottom of the screen, which then allows you to join a community. There is a Thread on the Reddit for Communities you can join. Find one that you like the look of, and join that! It doesn’t affect the difficulty of the mission, just the competitiveness of the players.

Once you join the community you will be greeted with a mission. This mission is a great training ground if you, it has 6 Acts (so 24 Waves in total!) and the difficulty doesn’t change, so its a consistent training ground. It may be a little difficult for you at the start but dont be disheartened you’ll continue to get better, as you play it more! Its also acts as another source of income for upgrades!

Upgrading

I’d recommend upgrading the starter ship first. The game gives you an order in which it thinks you should upgrade them, its a good order for sure, but if there is something you want to experiment with, you can select the ship and upgrade the Main Weapon, Aura, Zen in whatever order you wish. The prices will rise each time you upgrade something. It costs 9300 credits to fully upgrade a ship

When you get to the last upgrade on the aura and zen, it unlocks an extra ability known as an “ultimate” or “ult” for short. This costs 1500 credits for the zen and aura and 1250 credits for the main weapon because it does not unlock a new ability and is more of an extra upgrade.

Create an Account

You can create an account through the Firi Logo at the top of the screen, creating an account makes it so, if you delete the app, get a new phone, etc. You’d be able to log in again using your email and password. It also adds an extra layer of protection on your account and it totally worth doing. If you hit “create new account” it will place the account you’re currently using under the new account and WILL NOT wipe your account. Then when you log in, you’ll have your account there.

Note: If you log back out, you’ll be met with a fresh account that you can use and switch between with your main account

Other Resources

The Phoenix II Reddit – https://www.reddit.com/r/Phoenix_2/

The Phoenix 2 Discord- https://discord.gg/YP5KcFc

The In-Depth Guide- https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/iphone/193681-phoenix-ii/faqs/76704/tier-list-introduction

List of Ships as of 5.0-

Hope this helps! Enjoy Flying and Kick some invader butt soldier! Be sure to tap randomly on things to see how everything works and most importantly have some fun with the game!

-Nene